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- 51 I Am a Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 我乃大唐公子 A remote ancient town seals away a thousand-year-old ghost. When I set foot in this land, the seal breaks, and a tragic love spanning a thousand years begins. “Hello, young master.” “Goodbye, young master.” 156Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 52 The Boarding School Deep in the Mountains 大山深处的寄宿学校 This is a fully enclosed school built deep in the mountains. Strange things began happening as soon as she arrived. Just how many secrets is she hiding? And why is the school tucked away in the mountains? It all began the day she transferred. 679Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 53 The Maoshan Taoist Master of Yin and Yang 茅山阴阳道长 Night fell. The corpse in the coffin slowly opened its eyes and raised both hands. Suddenly, it shoved the coffin lid aside, exhaled a breath of cold air, then leaped up and slowly hopped into the woods beneath the moonlight... As the name suggests, Yin-Yang Daoist is a Maoshan priest. Evil spirits have emerged, plunging the world into chaos. Watch as the Yin-Yang Daoist slays demons and banishes evil to keep the world at peace. 486Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Ghosts and Monsters: Run! This Taoist Has a Wild Style 鬼怪：快跑！这道士路子有点野 No harem, no formulaic tropes, invincible, no System, feel-good comedy, laugh-out-loud funny Hey, you ghost up ahead, stop right there! This Daoist isn't going to take your kidneys. Pah! You think a female ghost like you can seduce me? Listen, I'm an honest, upstanding young man! You're only slowing down my money-making. Pay up! Granny Ghost, you ran into me! I won't get up without at least eighty or a hundred thousand. No money? That's fine, just sign this work contract and pay me back by wo 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Unmatched Little Taoist 极品小道士 This humble Taoist studied under the Ancient Wood Sect, and my master is Sun Banxian. Though my learning is limited, I've been fortunate enough to learn a tenth of my master's skills. Catching ghosts and driving away evil spirits are my specialties. If any handsome gentlemen or beautiful ladies have nightmares, bad luck, or want a face reading or fortune-telling, please do come by. I guarantee I'll be there as soon as you call! Hehe, here's my card. I hope you'll look after me. 205Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 56 Reading Qi in the Imperial Court 气观庙堂 Back then, the roads were still dirt tracks, and there were no big trees along the streets. All you could see was a crowd of children running under the blazing sun, kicking up clouds of dust that mingled with their sweat. After that day, my life was never the same. It has been exactly sixteen years since I first encountered the supernatural. I’ve witnessed the genuine spirit-medium traditions of the Northeast and visited shrines worshiped in other parts of the country. I’ve seen the wondrous cor 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 My Husband Comes from the Netherworld 我的夫君他来自幽冥 I've been unlucky since I was little, bringing misfortune to husbands and children. My father even offered me up to settle the debt he owed to the underworld. When I came of age, he came to claim what was owed under that old contract. From then on, my mother was left on the brink of death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another met with disaster. Evil spirits and demons surrounded me. The man who haunted me night after night chuckled. “Chan'er, you can't escape me.” A bridal process 447Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 59 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 60 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Coffin Bride 棺材娘子 I spent summer vacation helping Grandpa look after his paper effigy shop. But then an unexpected visitor showed up and asked me to paint eyes and eyebrows on a paper figure. I never imagined that painting its eyes could give it a soul. That very night, the person in the painting appeared in my dreams and demanded my life... 278Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 62 The Fragrance of Serpent’s Desire 蛇色生香 Everyone considered me an ill omen, but my grandmother said I was born noble: I must never kneel to anyone in this life. Others should kneel to me, and everyone I helped must enshrine my spirit tablet at home and address me as Her Ladyship. Yet I spread blessings far and wide, driving away evil and averting disasters for the people, only to end up infamous as the reincarnation of a snake woman who brought misery to all. In this life, I’ve slain ghosts, vanquished demons, raised monuments, an 278Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 63 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 64 My Identity as a Maoshan Celestial Master Was Exposed While I Was Casting a Spell 施法时，茅山天师的身份被曝光了 Chu Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Maoshan Heavenly Master System. He had planned to quietly exorcise demons and subdue evil spirits, but one day, while driving ghosts from a haunted house, a streamer exposes him. He sets up an altar and performs a ritual, unleashing thunder with every move. Peachwood swords smite evil, and all the ghosts scatter. “Holy crap, Maoshan Taoist magic is actually real!” Chu Yang: “You all need to believe in science.” As soon as he finis 81Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 65 The Snake Wife 阴蛇妻 My name is Su Xue. I was slow to develop as a child, and I’m not very smart. My grandpa was a Yin-Yang Master. Out of a moment of kindness, he saved someone, but a snake spirit tricked him, leading to my grandma’s tragic death. In his fury, he burned every snake on the entire back mountain. To avoid revenge from the Snake Venerable of the serpent clan, he sent me straight to a psychiatric hospital, then vanished with my parents. They say that before the mentally ill, all evil spirits are nothing 217Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 After Three Years Sweeping a Taoist Temple, I Revealed Myself as the Nine Heavens Thunder Lord 道观扫地三载，我本九天雷尊 The poor odd-job man sweeping the grounds at the Three Purities Temple turns out to be the only heir to the Thunder Ancestor. A tycoon throws money at me to humiliate me, and a feng shui master tears up my talismans. That night, evil spirits run rampant, and his whole family ends up in the hospital. The next day, luxury cars block my door as a billionaire kneels and kowtows: "Celestial Master, save my life!" I set down my broom, lightning crackling faintly in my palm. It's time for this world to 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Guided the Authorities to Catch Ghosts on Livestream and Became the Imperial Preceptor 直播指点官方抓鬼，我成了国师 Lin Jiu transmigrates into a world overrun by ghosts and becomes a middle-aged Daoist priest at a dilapidated mountain temple. He possesses the true teachings of Uncle Jiu, but no one knows it. When an official ghost-hunting livestream ends in disaster and the screen fills with despair, he sends a single comment to set things straight: **“Splash black-dog blood on its brow! Drive a peachwood spike three inches below its heart!”** The comments explode. The officials are stunned. The ghost… really 601Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Fox's Allure 狐媚 On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld open, and ghosts should hurry off to be reincarnated. A fox delivered me at birth. My mother died giving birth to me, and my grandmother raised me until I was eighteen, then she passed away too. On my twentieth birthday, a fox came looking for me. He said he had given me my life, and I had to repay him. If he could give it, he could take it back. To stay alive, I struck a deal with him and became his spirit medium, but 23Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 69 My Fox Immortal 我的狐仙大人 I was frail and sickly from childhood. When I was three, someone put a white jade bangle on my wrist. The fortune-teller at the village entrance said that the day it came off would be the day I died. On my twentieth birthday, my mother suddenly called me back to our hometown for some kind of coming-of-age ceremony. At midnight, paper money began drifting outside. A strange man gripped my wrist and said, “It’s time for you to repay your debt.” 572Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 70 My Husband Comes Knocking at Midnight 老公夜半来敲门 Out of curiosity, I picked up a banknote in a cemetery where people were paying respects to their ancestors. From then on, strange things began to happen... 52Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 71 My Husband Is a Thousand Years Old, So What If He Treats Me Like a Treasure? 老公大千岁，宠妻如宝怎么了？ Yun You was born with an extremely yin fate, making her a target for countless ghosts and monsters. To keep her safe, her parents found her a fiancé with an extremely yang fate. When she encountered a vicious ghost, she begged her fiancé for help. But he was taking his sister to the hospital because of her stomachache, and didn't arrive in time. Afterwards, he told Yun You there were no such things as ghosts and offered to take her to see a therapist. Her fiancé became her ex. On the day she enc 661Reads8.8Score11214d adds
- 72 Marry the Phoenix, You! Go Cook Me a Couple of Dishes 嫁凤，你，去给我炒两个菜 [The heroine is clever, neither a saint nor an idiot. The hero isn’t aloof or short-tempered. Lots of jokes, a mutually faithful couple, happy endings for everyone, causes revealed after effects, no substitute trope, a little angst for the hero but none for the heroine, with a touch of past and present lives.] Warnings: The heroine is a strong woman with a feminist outlook, and there are lots of jokes. The romance between the leads has little to do with their past and present lives, but those li 210Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 73 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 524Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 74 The Northeast’s Top Yin Tattoo Master 东北第一纹阴师 [Mystery · Thriller · Modern · Horror · Urban · Supernatural] When I was eighteen, my dad died in a car accident. My mom took the compensation money and ran off with some pretty boy. To take care of my younger sister, I dropped out of school and got a job at a tattoo parlor. That was how I discovered a remarkable art: yin tattoos. They attract wealth, turn your luck around, and bring romance. They cure illnesses, ward off evil, and boost your career. My name is Yang Wei, and I’m the eighteenth-g 1.3kReads7.9Score11514d adds
- 75 I Took a Thousand-Year-Old Female Ghost as My Big Sister 认了个千年女鬼当姐姐 (Supernatural + Taoist priests + the Underworld + zombies + fiery golden eyes) A stunning beauty lives atop a deserted mountain, and I'm the only one who can see her. She won't tell me her name, but insists I call her Madam. Only later did I learn that there were no homes on that mountain at all, just a tomb belonging to a First-Rank Madam. 733Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 76 The Snake King's Sacrifice 蛇王祭 After three years of severe drought, not a single grain was harvested, and corpses littered the land. Then, following a deafening crash, a black snake dozens of meters long and as thick as a barrel fell into Minshang Village. The villagers swarmed toward it like starving wolves and devoured it. From that day on, Minshang Village was cursed... 101Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 77 Maoshan Taoist: Exposed on Xiaotuantuan's Livestream from the Start 茅山道士：开局被小团团直播曝光了 [Livestreaming + Maoshan Taoist + Little Dumpling + Ghostly Tales + Urban Fantasy] Zhang Mang is a Maoshan Taoist. He can read feng shui, divine yin and yang, communicate with heaven and earth, and perform supernatural arts. He can catch ghosts and subdue demons above, and explore tombs and hunt for treasure below. A haunted building is plagued by strange happenings late at night, and Zhang Mang is invited to deal with the ghosts. Paper, brush, ink, knife, and sword; three incense sticks, one of 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 I, the Purple-Robed Celestial Master, Am Exposed on My Wife's Livestream 我，紫衣天师，被老婆直播曝光 It all began when my wife’s livestream uncovered my purple Daoist robe. From that moment on, the gears of fate began to turn… When everyone learned that Bai Yixue’s husband was actually a Celestial Master in purple robes, they were all astonished. But then… 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 143Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 80 The Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Legend has it that at the boundary between the mortal realm and the underworld lies an ancient, mysterious street called Banshijin. On it stands an inn known as the Reincarnation Inn. Any soul, be it human, god, demon, or monster, whose heart is gripped by an overwhelming fixation will come here after death and wander along this street. 1kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 81 I Mistook My Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying a Snake 相亲认错人，我闪婚了一条蛇 Eighteen years ago, the villagers tore down the archway carved with a giant snake for money and burned the coffin beneath it. Afterward, a snake calamity struck the village. My grandfather threw newborn me into the snake-burning pit, saving the whole village from disaster. The summer I turned eighteen, the village party secretary tricked me into coming back. Because another snake calamity had struck the village. The party secretary said that throwing me into the snake-burning pit once more would 155Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 82 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 301Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 83 You Said You’d Be a Taoist Priest, So How Did You Become the Dao Ancestor? 说好的当道士，你怎么成道祖了？ Three thousand years ago, the myriad races invaded, and everyone awakened a class. Feng Chen became a Daoist, but all he could do was concoct pills for kidney strength and stamina, and calculate what the old Wang next door was up to. The strongest Daoist System showed him the right way to be a Daoist. The Thirty-Six Heavenly Methods, the Seventy-Two Earthly Arts! He moved mighty rivers with his bare hands and slew the myriad races with a flick of his finger! Then the Old Ones descended upon the 59Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 84 On My Wedding Day, the Fox King and Snake Lord Both Forced Me to Marry Them 我出嫁当天，狐王蛇君齐逼嫁 When I was fifteen, I went to the river to bathe and encountered a huge white snake. That very night, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, I was paralyzed from head to toe, and my belly swelled as if I were ten months pregnant. After three years of paralysis, I became a cripple everyone despised. Just as my parents were worrying every day that I’d never find a husband, a man as beautiful as a celestial being volunteered to marry me. He was willing not only to wed me but a 1.7kReads8.8Score25014d adds
- 85 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 You Were Supposed to Guard the Coffin, Not Marry the Person Inside 让你守棺，没让你娶棺中人 Elderly people in the village would prepare their own coffins in advance. The better the coffin, the more prestige it brought them in the village, and even in the underworld they would be treated with greater respect. To earn face in life and fame after death, my grandfather stole a priceless crystal coffin from deep in the mountains! On the day he died, I opened the coffin and found a woman inside. That was how I embarked on a mysterious, uncanny path between yin and yang. To defy fate, I kille 1.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 87 Martial Arts? I Don't Know Any, but I Can Wield a Flying Sword 国术？贫道不会，但贫道会御剑术 (Taoist arts + urban fantasy + supernatural powers + clever, satisfying action + beating up the Koreans and Japanese + 20,000 words daily) “Reverend, do you know martial arts?” “A little.” “What about superpowers?” “I know a little about those too.” “So what do you think of martial arts?” “I watch standing up, or on my phone. I can't do them, so how else would I watch?” “Reverend, you can't do them?” “What kind of times are these? We should believe in science. Anyway, I'm heading down the mounta 107Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 88 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Ghost Child 鬼娃儿 I was born only after my mother died! I've known since childhood that I'm a living corpse! Everyone in the village calls me a ghost child! The words I've heard most often since I was little are: “Stay away from that monster! She might eat you!” 99Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 90 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 This story is also known as The Spirit Medium’s Diary. Little Hu Rong holds incense in her hands, born to take her place in the main hall. Though it was shortly after five on a June morning, the moment she was born, darkness swallowed everything. At seven, she made a mistake that cost the life of a Willow Immortal. Like oil catching fire, it set off a disaster that had been building for years. At eighteen, she fell ill, and a fortune-teller declared: “You were born to make your living as a spiri 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Ghosts Follow Every Top-Tier Star 顶流身后全是鬼 [Chinese-style Horror + Folk Legends + Entertainment Industry + Metaphysics + Episodic Stories + Mutual Salvation + Contemporary Romance] The first time Li Yueman saw top-tier star Su Zichen, she stared at him for a full ten seconds. His manager eyed her warily. “Miss Li, Mr. Su doesn't take photos with fans.” Li Yueman: “I wasn't looking at him.” “Then what were you looking at?” “The seven ghosts behind him.” The manager was speechless. Su Zichen, however, smiled. At last, someone could see the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 After Kissing a Dead Man, She Couldn’t Get Rid of Him 和死人接吻后，她被缠上了 [Ghosts and Monsters + Urban Romance + Devoted Love] My dad sold me to a dead man. I was kidnapped on the street, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself inside a coffin! A cold corpse was lying in the coffin. The moment I touched him, he came back to life! He pinned me down and kissed me by force! I don’t care how handsome he is, he can’t just do whatever he wants! The living and the dead belong to different worlds. Handsome, stop haunting me! “Dead man, quit flirting with me like that.” “Com 758Reads8.5Score6814d adds
- 93 A Snake's Many Pregnancies 蛇孕连连 My ancestors killed countless snakes, and generations of my family have had snake blood on their hands. A passing Taoist priest said we would have to pay for those blood debts. A fire burned my father to death. As I was collecting his remains, a snake on his body bit me. The village chief said it was a subterranean dragon snake from Hell, come to claim my life, and that I had less than three months to live. I refused to believe it, until one day a handsome young man came and insisted on marrying 79Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 94 My Spirit Fox Immortal Wife 灵狐仙妻 [Spirit Fox + Immortal Lord Mentor + Spirit Medium + Sweet Romance] [This novel is complete] The day I was born, the sky was thick with dark clouds, and lightning flashed and thunder roared, but not a drop of rain fell. The moment I came into the world, a blood-red moon suddenly appeared in the sky. When the blood moon rises, monsters are born! From then on, my family treated me as a monster. Years later, after I started working, I learned that Grandma didn’t have long to live. Before she died, 156Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 95 Snake Demoness 蛇姬 [Ensemble Cast + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Strange Folk Tales] Romance: A dignified, devoted, ruthless Snake Lord vs. a pampered, cunning diviner I was born on the night of the Ghost Festival, when the gates of the underworld swing wide open. Everyone in the village said my mother conceived me after being entwined by a snake, so they called me Little Snake. When I was thirteen, I spoke carelessly and offended the “Snake Lord” in a painting. From then on, I was bedridden, and st 1.9kReads9.0Score28014d adds
- 96 A Lonely Ghost Goes on a Blind Date 孤魂野鬼来相亲 A former top student returns to her hometown in disgrace and takes over her grandmother’s shabby, run-down matchmaking house. With a huge debt to pay off, she has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Good grief! What kind of ghosts are showing up for these blind dates? The head of a ghostly date rolls right off. Terrifying-looking men and women ghosts want her to edit them into handsome men and beautiful women. Her best friend has been dismembered, yet still asks Su Yinran to fi 33Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 97 The Dragon King’s Embryo 龙王胎 In 1934, my grandmother witnessed a strange dragon-fall incident with her own eyes... Many years later, scales began to grow on my body. Worse still, I somehow became pregnant with a monster! I lead troops, run an incense hall, and carry out the rituals. I'm a female shaman, and my husband is the Dragon King! 344Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 98 The Eerie Coffin in Deep Waters 深水诡棺 When I was ten, I fell into a well. Deep in the water was a coffin. After I saw it, I was plagued by nightmares and fell ill. My grandfather gave me a piece of deadwood to protect my life, and I miraculously recovered! From then on, strange and supernatural events followed one after another, and all kinds of mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas came after me! Even stranger, a mysterious neighbor moved in next door. He was fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged, with a mastery 191Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 99 The Top Scholar Became a Celestial Master from the Start? I Attain Immortality Through Incense 开局状元被封天师？我以香火成仙 [Top scholar, Celestial Master, wish-fulfillment, no female lead, Age of the Five Turbidities, ghost hunting and demon slaying] Zhang Zhiwei transmigrated into an Age of the Five Turbidities where no immortals or Buddhas remained, the gods had vanished, and demons and ghosts ran rampant. The original owner, a genius of the highest caliber, had helped the empress ascend the throne solely to rebuild the Demon Suppression Bureau and subdue the monsters and demons of the world. Yet the empress went 11Reads7.1Score414d adds
- 100 The Serpent King's Decree 蛇王令 I was born with a black scale on my body. As I grew older, the scale kept spreading. When I was sixteen, I dreamed that the black scales came to life and turned into a black snake that coiled tightly around me… 40Reads8.8Score—14d adds
