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- 1 A Terrifying Coffin Opening: My Mysterious Wife 惊悚开棺：我的神秘老婆 I am an ill-fated person, and the people in my village have despised me since I was a child. Then one day, my grandfather carried in a coffin, and inside was a beautiful woman… 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 2 Livestream: Is It Really So Strange for a Taoist Priest Like Me to Know Magic? 直播：我一个道士会道术很合理吧 [Livestreaming + System + Pets + Urban Fantasy + Supernatural Invasion = ?] Chen Chuan transmigrates to a world on the brink of a supernatural invasion, becoming a Taoist priest with a temple from the start and binding himself to a live-streaming System for saving the world. To prepare for the crisis that may be coming, Chen Chuan begins his daily livestreams. “Daoist, why can your husky do kung fu?” “Daoist, you say you can’t use magic, so what’s that ball of lightning in your palm?” “Daoist, y 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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... 152Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 4 The Coffin Bearer 压棺人 Carriage duty, also known as sitting on the coffin, means that when a funeral procession takes a body to its burial site, someone must ride on top of the coffin all the way up the mountain. But not every coffin is fit to sit on. I agreed to ride on one to help someone out, never expecting it to bring me trouble... 517Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 5 The Last Ghost Exorcist 最后一个驱鬼人 I was born under a curse, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck before I was even born. My grandfather used a life-borrowing ritual to save me. But how could anyone challenge the authority of the underworld and King Yama? Strange things began happening around me one after another, and at night I even saw the Impermanence Spirits coming to claim my life. Later, I followed a fat old Daoist and learned the way of the Dao, how to read burial sites, and how to break poison curses. I became t 81Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 6 I Have a Fox Immortal Wife 我有一个狐仙老婆 As the old saying goes, when a fox comes asking for your hand, it’s either deeply in love or out to harm you. When Gu Ning was five, a white fox with magical powers tricked him into a wedding ceremony, making him take the heavenly tribulation in her place. To stay alive, Gu Ning opens a café that only operates after midnight and caters exclusively to wandering spirits... 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 7 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 8 Come On! Who Needs Cultivation When There's a System? 拜托！有系统了谁还修仙？ [Supernatural + System + cultivation + ghost wife] I transmigrated through countless lifetimes of reincarnation with the System. When I opened my eyes, I found the soul of a thousand-year-old female ghost inside my body! “Little brat, the sun’s been up for ages! Get up and practice!” Ye Lingxing yanked the covers away. “Master, wait! Let your disciple sleep a little longer.” I sat up and pulled the soft, fragrant beauty beside the bed into my arms. “My dear ghost lady, I went to all the trouble 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score105Shelves
- 10 Global Class Change: Who Says Taoists Are the Weakest All-Rounders? 全民转职，谁说道士是最弱全能！ Games from countless worlds descend, ushering in an age where everyone changes class. Hundreds and thousands of professions are available to choose from. Wang Ye happens to awaken the all-purpose class: Taoist! Some say the Taoist is the most versatile class, and also the most useless. Taoists can wield flying swords, but not as well as swordsmen! Taoists can heal, but not as well as priests! Taoists can tame beasts, but not as well as summoners! Taoists can brew pills, but not as well as alchem 31Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 11 The Ninefold Celestial Master 九转天师 Maoshan is another name for the Shangqing School. Since it is based on Mount Mao, it is also called the Maoshan School. Maoshan arts are fierce and domineering, renowned for the Three Mao traditions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. They are considered the foremost of the Daoist methods, and flourished from the Southern Liang dynasty through the Northern Song. After the Northern Song, many lineages spread among the common people, with the Luofu Maoshan School becoming the most famous. Also known as Sou 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Yin Corpse Ghost Physiognomist 阴尸鬼相 I never imagined that simply returning to my village to attend a strange funeral would somehow get me stuffed into a coffin... From then on, my life changed completely, and I became what people call a “yin corpse ghost visage”! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Became a Heavenly Master of the Dao 我成了道门天师 My name is Li Changqing. When my mother gave birth to me, ghosts roamed the night, and a wandering Daoist saved my life. He said my fate was far too harsh, bringing calamity to my closest relatives. My parents might not die peacefully… and I still had three disasters to survive. My only chance of survival was to join the Daoist sect. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Fox Immortal Seeks a Title: I Said You Look Like My Future Wife 狐仙讨封：我说你像我未来的老婆 The white fox who once snuggled under the covers with me came to ask me to grant her a human form. I said: “You look like my future wife: a tempting face and figure, a slender waist, soft breasts, peach-round hips, fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. You're even more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox spirit descended to the mortal world.” 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始 The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid... 100Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 16 You're a Showbiz Streamer, So Why Are You Livestreaming a Ghost Hunt? 你一个娱乐主播，竟然直播去抓鬼 Inside Meng Po's Manor. A ghost guard asked Meng Po Linglong for leave. “My lady, I'd like to take a few days off.” “No, no!” “But I'm really exhausted. I haven't had a day off in over a hundred years. You're exploiting your employees! I quit!” “Are you serious?” “More serious than gold!” “Fine! Drink this bowl of Meng Po Soup, and you can go be reincarnated!” “You promise?” “Of course. When have I ever lied to you?” “Fine! No matter how awful this soup tastes, I'll drink it!” The black-clad gho 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 129Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 18 I Am a Taoist 我是一个道士 I'm a freak who combines the traits of a ghost, a virgin boy, and a star of ill fortune, and I also possess yin-yang eyes. I join a cursed Daoist sect. Watch as I struggle to make my way along the path of cultivation while bearing this curse. 159Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 19 My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Wife 我的千年女鬼老婆 My name is Zhang Shaobai. Behind our village stands an ancient pagoda that has been guarded for generations. Everyone in the village says it’s cursed. But outsiders refuse to believe it, and for money, I took them to the pagoda. From then on, strange things kept happening around me. It all began with that livestream one night... 220Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 One day, a construction crew was blasting a path through a mountain when the explosives engineer suddenly felt an ominous premonition. The mountain collapsed, splitting open to reveal a seal buried for thousands of years deep within its heart. A towering crystal pillar, strange runes, and the seal’s sudden explosion blurred everyone’s vision. When they came to, they no longer knew where they were... Thus began a tale buried for thousands of years! 35Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 21 Crouching Tiger Celestial Master 卧虎天师 A Celestial Master from the Age of Decline transmigrates into an age of the uncanny and unexpectedly becomes the Commandant of Justice. When demons and ghosts run rampant and witchcraft brings chaos, Zhang Suxuan grips a thunder-striking knuckle guard in his right hand and a tiger-inscribed waist token in his left. With a peachwood sword on his back and a Celestial Master’s robe on his shoulders, he exclaims, “Oh yeah, a job just came in!!” 929Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 22 After Gaining the Power of Witchcraft 拥有巫蛊之力后 The book just got its rating, so it’s very low for now TT. It’ll go up later. [Occasional unhinged writing + power fantasy + strong female lead + a bit of infinite-flow + no romance] One day, Jiang Mo unexpectedly discovered that she had awakened a special ability. Witchcraft? One of the nine strongest known abilities? Was she really that powerful?! With the conviction that anyone who doesn’t want to be the world’s strongest awakened one isn’t a proper awakened one, Jiang Mo joined the Seventh S 4.3kReads8.4Score606Shelves
- 23 Part-Time Celestial Master: The Nation Calls on Me to Hunt Evil Spirits 兼职天师，国家请我出山抓诡 "I had only just transmigrated, and before I could learn much of the Daoist arts, the old Taoist priest had already gone to heaven on a crane." "I'd barely learned the basics before they dragged me down the mountain to hunt ghosts for the state!" "And every ghost I catch turns out to be a female ghost. What's going on?" The mortal world is a mess of temptations, disrupting this poor Daoist's quiet cultivation! 1.5kReads—Score100Shelves
- 24 I Was Cast Out by the Taoist Sect, and I Turned the Martial World Upside Down 我道家弃子，掀翻了这座江湖 [Hundred Schools of Thought + three heads and six arms + prodigy rivalries + subverts the usual tropes] There is a live-in son-in-law in Baidi City. Everyone under heaven calls him a coward, until he makes his move three times! The first time, he borrows a sword in Baidi City and slays the Dragon-Tiger Rakshasa, shaking the martial world! The second time, he kills the Bone Rakshasa. Martial heroes from several cities cry out in unison: “We respectfully send off the Martial Sage of Humanity!” 1.2kReads8.3Score100Shelves
- 25 Global Class Change: You Think Taoists Are Useless? 全民转职：道士不行？ System, decisive and ruthless, not saintly, funny In his previous life, Luo Chuan died from suppressing the backlash of his murderous aura after slaughtering a million people. In this life, Luo Chuan changes class to become a Dao Venerable, a unique Longguo class that no one thinks much of. Watch a Taoist priest kill with ruthless resolve. The game and reality are intertwined. There’s a beautiful campus belle. There are delicacies from another world. There are unusual modes of transportation. Le 254Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 26 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts 哪有什么鬼 (Urban supernatural, talismans and Taoist arts, yin-yang and feng shui, two male leads, mysterious agency) One of the male leads is a complete novice, forcibly carried to victory by a lecherous old man, a chubby chatterbox, and an internet-addicted loli. Together, they form the ultimate demon-hunting team. The other is a celestial master from Mount Longhu, the first in a century to emerge from seclusion. But after predicting that he will die at 28, he gives up and spends his days playing around. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Demon Revival: The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain, Inheriting His Legacy from the Start! 妖魔复苏：天师下山，开局传承天师度！ Seven peerless skills reign supreme, while the night-time martial world is shrouded in mystery. The affairs of every school and faction unfold amid chaos, and in this world of flowers, I roam without restraint! I'm an heir to Maoshan. I'm invincible! 1.3kReads—Score104Shelves
- 28 The Maoshan Sect Leader 茅山掌教 The Dao is the foundation of the Way; arts are how it is put to use. Hidden soul-binding talismans, a life of poverty and an early death for initiates, the three Maos’ upper, middle, and lower teachings, and secret arts that leave ghosts and gods in awe! The most mysterious final patriarch of Maoshan leads his disciple Zhang Shouyi across the land, exorcising demons, exploring dangerous places in search of treasures, resolving ancient grudges, and roaming both the realms of yin and yang as he li 1.1kReads6.7Score100Shelves
- 29 The Premier Feng Shui Master 超品风水师 “You rich brats, tremble! I, Zuo Feibai, am back!” Cast out by his powerful family, Zuo Feibai spent ten years cultivating the Dao before returning to his old home. Thus begins a grand adventure, with romantic encounters following him everywhere. From feng shui and divination to the Eight Trigrams, the Five Elements and escape techniques, traditional Chinese medicine, and cooking, there’s nothing he can’t do. Smooth and capable in every situation, he ultimately becomes a master of the occult art 3.9kReads8.9Score410Shelves
- 30 Born of a Corpse: I Landed a Government Job by Catching Ghosts 尸生子：我靠抓鬼混上编制 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Maoshan Patriarch 茅山祖师 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a world of movies and becomes the eldest disciple of the Maoshan Patriarch during the Republic of China era! Demons and monsters are no match for him, and defeating them earns him blessings and merit. With the Patriarch at his back and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Maoshan Celestial Master is waiting for me, Zhao Hao! 1.4kReads6.7Score147Shelves
- 33 I'm a Daoist Master, the Strongest Celestial Master Around! 道爷我，可是最强天师啊！ As paranormal phenomena erupt, Chu Fan obtains the most powerful Heavenly Master System. He livestreams himself catching ghosts, and the viewers go wild! "Wow! That Taoist priest is so skilled and handsome!" "Looks like the Taoist sects really do have something going for them." "Hey, hey, why does the priest only kill male ghosts? Why does he gently guide female ghosts to the afterlife?" The evil spirit weeps in despair. "Discrimination! This is blatant discrimination!!!" 427Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 35 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 293Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 36 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 79Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 38 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 154Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 41 Praying for Rain from the Start: I Can Summon Wind and Rain, and Now I'm Being Livestreamed 开局求雨，呼风唤雨的我被直播了 After transmigrating to a parallel world, I became the abbot of a dilapidated Taoist temple and was forced to perform a rainmaking ritual. “Three years of drought, no moisture in the air, and artificial rainmaking is impossible. Why are you asking me?” Faced with a terrifying disaster, Qin Yi, who’d been mooching off people with his fake tricks, says there’s nothing he can do. Just as an angry crowd is about to attack him, he awakens the Natural Way System. He can exchange faith points for all k 476Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 42 The Daoist Sect Is Slandered, but When the Ghost Tide Attacks, They Still Expect Me to Step In 道门被污蔑，鬼潮入侵却要我出手 [Live Streaming + Invincible + One Female Lead + Ghostly Energy Revival] For hundreds of years, the Celestial Master Sect has suppressed myriad monsters and exterminated evil spirits. Yet the world refuses to acknowledge them, and the Buddhists even lead the way in slandering them as the source of calamity. The Daoist sects have fallen into decline. Jin Qichen, the last Celestial Master, can only descend the mountain and marry. Five years pass in a flash. Over the years, paranormal incidents 182Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 43 Magic? This Daoist Doesn’t Know Any. I Suggest You Trust Science 法术？贫道不会，我劝你相信科学 Yun Xin transmigrates into the body of a Daoist priest and obtains a System to revitalize the Daoist sect. From then on, a carefree, untroubled Daoist lives in a mountain temple, eloquently discussing the Dao with anyone who comes by. He can play the qin beneath the moon and pluck its strings in the breeze, making the beads ring. He can write talismans and incantations, perform ritual steps, and make uncannily accurate predictions... A lesser hermit lives in the wilderness; a true hermit lives i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 668Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 45 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 110Reads—Score155Shelves
- 46 I Just Became a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and Now I've Encountered a Pen Fairy 刚成龙虎山天师，就遭遇笔仙 [Supernatural] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Heroine/Single Heroine] + [Don't Read If You Don't Like It] Zhang Xiuyuan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the forty-ninth Celestial Master of Mount Longhu, the birthplace of Daoism! But in this world, Daoism has fallen into decline while Buddhism flourishes! After passing down the position of Celestial Master, his cheap master promptly kicks the bucket. “What? The Celestial Master of Mount Longhu? That little brat?” “Move aside! I want to chal 499Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 47 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 49 My Years as a Daoist Master 我当方士那些年 With five fingers, he divines the fate of all under heaven; with a single reading, he plots the destiny of dynasties for generations to come. Uncover a mysterious and unfathomable world of Daoist arts. His predictions are always spot-on, and his word is absolute! 2.3kReads8.7Score414Shelves
- 50 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score151Shelves
