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- 1 From the Start, the Daoist Sect Leader Takes a Female Ghost as His Follower 开局，道门掌教收个女鬼做跟班 A friendly heads-up: This is a funny supernatural story with plenty of passion and clever characters. It gets even better later on. I’m no good at writing blurbs, so please dive right into the story! Mu Feng, the leader of the Daoist sect, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. Read faces and tell fortunes! If you meet a female ghost, don’t panic. Catch her and have her massage my legs! Female ghost, female ghost, don’t be mad. It’s all Mu Feng’s fault you’re sad! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Living Man’s Grave 生人坟 Have you ever heard of a living person’s grave? It’s also called a shengji tomb. A living person chooses a spot with good feng shui and buries some hair and nail clippings there, hoping to steal good fortune. But a person’s fate is fixed. Defying heaven is sure to bring divine punishment… I was born under the influence of a hundred ghosts as a person of the Four Yin. To stay alive, a shengji tomb was planted for me at birth to prolong my life… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Underworld Divine Craftsman 阴司神匠 A conspiracy, a storm of trouble, and a perilous ordeal that refuses to end. Old grudges and tangled passions from twenty years ago, step after nerve-racking step twenty years later: the search for the truth continues. The deaths of my parents, the divide between the living and the dead, a foothold in the Underworld, and demons unleashed in droves... Every step marks my growth, and every step warns that danger is drawing closer. Turn the page and follow me, a paper effigy maker of the Underworld 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Suppressing Yin and Yang: The Five Spirits Slay Evil 镇阴阳：五灵诛邪 On the night Li Tian was born, ghosts surrounded the village. Countless spirits clad in ancient armor knelt in worship. Everything about Li Tian seemed strange: the Azure Dragon on his left, the White Tiger on his right, the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise on his legs, and a Qilin tattoo covering his back. The villagers whispered that he was a demon child. When Li Tian turned eighteen, his nightmare began... 81Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 5 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 251Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 6 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 I was born unlucky. My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and even my grandfather, who had been closest to me when I was little, wanted nothing to do with me. Then one day, I accidentally drank some “mineral water” my cousin had made for an experiment, and my life changed completely. I thought my life was about to end, but my grandfather, who had spent his whole life making funeral wreaths and paper effigies, suddenly came looking for me. He took me to a place only the dead cou 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Eerie Craftsman 诡匠 My grandfather and great-grandfather both died at the hands of stone carvings, so a saying took hold in our village: stone carving is a forbidden trade, and anyone who practices it is doomed to an untimely end. When I was sixteen, Wang Mazi from the village bought himself a wife, and my father died as a result. To find out what caused his death, I ignored the consequences and picked up the family carving knife... 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Paper Effigy Maker: A Ghost Bride Steals the Groom, So I Craft a Yin Deity 扎纸匠：鬼新娘抢亲，我扎出阴神 Wu Qingyang transmigrates to a world where supernatural horrors have returned and inherits a shop that makes paper figures. On the day his heart is broken, he gets drunk and accidentally picks up a ghost's embroidered ball. Legend has it that at midnight, a ghost bride arrives in a grand sedan chair to take away whoever picked up the ball... and drain his life force. Luckily, he gets bound to a Paper-Figure-Making System! Make paper figures of underworld constables to capture evil ghosts! Make p 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Spectral Express 亡灵专列 (Classic suspense and supernatural mystery · Fated reincarnation · High-stakes twists · Mild horror) As a railway employee, I was assigned to a special train where every passenger was uncanny! The train was officially listed as out of service, so why was it still running? And why were the female passengers so eager to get close to me? Sealed memories! Missing numbers! Strange rules! Beneath the calm surface lurks one baffling, eerie mystery after another! Board this train and listen to a strange 357Reads—Score11214d adds
- 10 I Am a Corpse Burner, Keeper of the Book of Life and Death 我是焚尸人，手奉生死录 Fang Cun wakes reborn and becomes a corpse burner in the Imperial City's Funeral Bureau. Every day, he earns rewards for burning corpses: the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Celestial Stems and Earthly Branches, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, the Sea-Calming Divine Needle... He summons temple ghosts, painted-skin demons, drought demons, Jiangshi generals, the Black Mountain Old Demon, the Ten Kings of Hell, and all manner of demons, monsters, ghosts, and jiangshi in the world... In times of chaos, the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸人 Feng shui encompasses a great many trades, collectively known as the Eight Outer Schools. Among them, the profession that deals most with the dead and has seen the most terrifying things is that of the corpse tailor! I was born in a village hidden in the mountains. Following the family trade, I began working as a corpse tailor alongside my grandfather, and before long, more than ten years had passed... One day, a man appeared outside my shop, leading a young woman and bringing a coffin. The vill 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Master of Yin-Yang and Feng Shui 阴阳风水天师 [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Mysticism] [Battles of the Occult] [Bickering Couple] My name is Chen Jiuyou. My master gave me that name. He said I was born in the underworld hour of the ninth month, on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour. My entire Eight Characters birth chart was yin, making me a natural “coffin-born child.” The day I was born, my mother bled to death, my father went mad and threw himself down a well, and the midwife who delivered me went home and died suddenly, bleeding 1.7kReads6.2Score12714d adds
- 14 The Dragon-Locking Coffin 锁龙棺 I have all five yin aspects, yet my allotted years are cut short. Every day, I wear burial clothes. The moment I take them off, one strange and eerie thing after another begins to happen... 133Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 15 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I’m a Paper Effigy Maker 僵尸世界：开局一个扎纸匠 On a deserted street in Changping City stood a shop that made paper offerings. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The night should have been peaceful and quiet, but now the air was thick with the stench of corpses. Every shop on the street was closed, and the nearby residents had gone to bed early. Only that paper-offering shop still had a faint light shining inside. The wreaths at the entrance looked especially unnerving. Inside, row upon row of paper figures and burial clothes were 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Corpse Investigator 探尸人 In the 1980s, a feng shui master was attacked by a zombie in a land of five evils. He lost a leg and an arm, but miraculously survived. Twenty years later, a mysterious woman surnamed Qin sought out the grandson of that master, Sun. She gathered a group of people and went exploring everywhere, capturing zombies to use as ingredients for medicine. Every member of the group was stranger than the last. What secrets were they hiding...? 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Midnight Livestream 午夜直播 Other people livestream to make money. I livestream to stay alive. When you see me on stream, you need to be careful. Shh, don't look back... There's a ghost there. 1.9kReads6.7Score19814d adds
- 18 The Yellow Immortal Worships the Moon: A Dreamt-Up Suicide Note 黄仙拜月：托梦遗书 [Traditional Supernatural Tales, Told by a Practitioner of the Netherworld Arts] A strange book left behind by my grandfather before he died. It records hundreds of uncanny spells: The Nether Soul Spirit-Communication Art, the Scissors Ghost-Sending Method, the Treasure Mirror Circle of Light Technique, the Broom Evil-Breaking Method… These spells may seem rather “homely.” But they brought me all kinds of terrifying experiences: An eerie spirit in a rented apartment, a lost child by the roadside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Corpse Burner 烧尸人 Liu Gen is a designer who complains about life every day. By chance, he gets a job as a cremator, only to discover that the work involves more than simply burning the dead. They aren't demons who burn corpses, but Buddhas who deliver souls. Behind each seemingly eerie incident lies a heartwarming story. Most ghosts are good. People, on the other hand, aren't necessarily good. Want to know what goes on behind the scenes at a crematorium? Come on in and read on. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Cultivating Yin and Yang Beyond the Six Paths 六道之外修阴阳 Do you think forgetting is easy? It isn’t. For some people, it is an unattainable wish and a disaster no one else can understand... There is an indescribable being, neither demon, god, nor ghost. He does not know how to describe himself. He wears a human shell, yet is not human... He must live alone for an extraordinarily long time, so long that even fate cannot make plans for him. His ageless body bears an endless weight of heart-rending grief. His life is utterly meaningless, even cruel: every 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Seven Disciples of the Daoist Sect 道门七子 Do you believe that other spaces and dimensions exist beyond the world we know? Do you believe that among the people we encounter every day, there may be extraordinary individuals with extraordinary skills, unknown to the rest of us? Here, we tell stories about people and events in this world that ordinary people never hear about. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Tales of the Daoist Sect 道门怪谈 Liu Yunfei is the reincarnation of Lu Bu. In this life, his identity as a yin-yang practitioner condemns him to the Five Drawbacks and Three Deficiencies, and he searches desperately for a way to break the curse. He is bound by a fated, ill-starred romance with the daughter of a cult. When he uncovers the secret behind his parents’ disappearance, he thinks everything has finally been settled. But the Five Drawbacks and Three Deficiencies lead to an even greater mystery. The laws of Heaven? Fate? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Clay God Carver 泥神匠 My family has been making clay idols for generations. We sculpt statues of gods and invite spirits into them. Remember, you must never worship at the little mountain god or earth god temples hidden in the ravines. Those are wild temples, because you never know what it is you're worshipping... 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Worries of the Mystic Sect 玄门忧道 Twenty years ago, someone stole my fortune. To save me, Grandpa sent me to Mount Longhu. Twenty years later, a young Daoist descended the mountain. My mother in the mortal world had died, and I stepped between yin and yang to find her… 1.5kReads6.7Score11814d adds
- 25 Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸人 My grandfather was a renowned paper effigy maker, a trade associated with the yin world. I never imagined there could be so many mysterious and unfathomable secrets hidden in it... 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I'm Done Being a Celestial Master This Poor 这么穷的天师不当也罢 In times of peace and prosperity, Buddhism flourishes across the land while Daoists hide away in remote mountains. In times of chaos, Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye to worldly affairs, while the Old Lord shoulders his sword and saves a world in turmoil. Daoists emerge from seclusion to save the people only when chaos reigns. In prosperous times, they shun worldly gain and retreat to the mountains, pursuing the Great Dao in their hearts, untouched by mundane distractions. This seems to have become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Married to an Evil Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village 嫁煞：槐安村的红盖头 Married to a Malevolent Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕，我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 17Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 30 The Shangqing Celestial Master 上清天师 [Taoist priest + no saintly protagonist + supernatural + two male leads + two female leads] Ever since the great battle between Chinese Taoists and Japanese onmyoji, supernatural incidents have been erupting across the cities, as though ancient forbidden spells have been broken. White-hair vampires, black fiends, vengeful ghosts, grinning corpses... Feuds that began a thousand years ago will finally be settled in this life. With humanity twisted and morality in decline, what other dangers are wa 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I, a Young Maoshan Taoist, Walk Between Yin and Yang 我，茅山小道，行走阴阳 (A note to all readers!!! You can skip Volume One, The Young Maoshan Daoist Comes of Age, and go straight to Volume Two, Conquering the Yin and Yang. Volume One is a little slow, so feel free to skip it if you don’t want to read it.) My name is Li Qingfeng. The year I was born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky, as dragons and tigers contended. Later, I studied Maoshan Daoist arts under a master. He said I was the most gifted person he had ever met, and that taking me as his disciple left hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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.” 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Deadly Feng Shui Master 绝命风水师 Ever since I was little, my grandfather told me that I was born with the Sheep Blade star at my side, fated to suffer the Three Punishments and Calamities, and destined for many trials and dangers. When I was sixteen, my grandfather took the deadly curse upon himself to shield me. Those marked for death have no path to Heaven. Even the founding master would refuse to take them in. Now that death has severed me from fate, my life is mine to command, not Heaven's. I wield the universe, turn the su 530Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 34 Boss, I Need a Day Off to Compete in a Hopping Corpse Contest Back Home 老板请个假，回乡参加赶尸比赛 [Leave Request:] [Dear Manager,] [There will be a corpse-driving and Gu-worm competition in western Hunan in the second half of December. I need to request leave so I can go home and train my Gu worms. Without me, our village will lose.] In his twenties, Chu Yan has already become the undisputed master of corpse-driving. Tired of the dull life, he joined a Fortune 500 company and settled into a leisurely office job. Until one day, the village chief sent him a text: "When are you coming back to c 55Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 35 Cultivating the Dao Amid the Strange: Starting with Corpse Driving 诡异修道：从赶尸开始 Ye Bai woke up one morning to find himself a corpse-driver. The dead should return to their roots. Those who die far from home must be escorted back to their hometown by a corpse-driver, or trouble may follow. In this chaotic dynasty, wars break out constantly, and there are plenty of corpses. However, Ye Bai discovers that he can earn rewards simply by driving corpses. Corpse-Controlling Arts, the Yellow Skin Drum, divine-mask Nuo opera, paper figures brought to life, the Rebirth Eye, Earthly F 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Paper Effigy Maker: Paper Figures Become Gods 扎纸匠：纸人成神 The world underwent a tremendous change, and spiritual qi revival began. All kinds of monsters appeared in the human world and wreaked havoc everywhere. Fortunately, humans also awakened all sorts of supernatural abilities, gaining the power to fight back. Wang Ling was an ordinary paper effigy maker until he awakened an ability called “Spirit-Driving Paper Control.” From then on, all kinds of powerful paper spirits came into being. Ferocious beasts, ghosts, supernatural ability users, even the 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 37 Tales of Dao Chen 道尘往事 [Fate of the Yin Hour]: Never set the coffin down before reaching its destination; [Phantasmal Yin Realm]: The wails of vengeful spirits drive people to their deaths; [Seven Stars in Alignment]: A defiant demon lays claim to the earth's ley lines; [Ghost Market of the Netherwilds]: Every spirit has a price, paid in paper money. [Spirit Mountain Soul Summoning], [Shumen Exorcism], [Miaojiang Gu Poison], [Wuxian Feng Shui], [Nine Chrysanthemums Corpse Cultivation]… After five hundred years o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 On My Wedding Day, My Deceased Sister Texted: You Can't Marry This Man 婚礼当天，亡妹发短信：这人不能嫁 On her wedding day, her deceased younger sister texted her: Don't marry this man. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Ghostly Papercutter 幽冥剪纸人 “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 22Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 41 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Northeastern Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 Wang Chuyi learned the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams, Maoshan magic, swordsmanship, and boxing from his grandfather from an early age. He met Ma Hongmei, a disciple of the Ma family from Northeast China, and became her godson. Before she died, Ma Hongmei passed on to him her shrine, where she had enshrined a hundred immortals. Practicing both the immortal and Daoist paths, Wang Chuyi slays evil ghosts, subdues wicked demons, battles zombies, and guides benevolent spirits onward. He even 404Reads6.8Score11114d adds
- 43 The Maoshan Chronicles 茅山录 Pure supernatural horror, no cultivation, Maoshan Taoists, ghost hunting Maoshan Celestial Master Liu Xiangyu: Qianyuan breaks curses and sweeps away demon stars. He strides through the Nine Palaces, summoning thunder; his sword divides the Eight Trigrams and subdues the netherworld. The Three Pure Ones’ edicts destroy evil spirits; the Five Emperors’ talismans subdue ghost fiends. The Taiyi Golden Light incantation appears. He walks between yin and yang, proving his devotion to the Dao. Born wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Wicked Fate Geomancer 邪命地理师 [Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Urban + National Fate] The Dragon Veins are gone from the world. The nation's fate now depends entirely on geomancers! Also known as The Geomancer of an Ill-Fated Destiny A friendly warning: This story is almost too realistic… I'm a geomancer. Some people call us feng shui masters, but that's not the whole story. I don't know much, but in my line of work, it's all about cause and effect, and the tides of fortune! In your eyes, a nati 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Ghost at the Interview: The System Makes Me Play Chu Renmei 面试撞诡，系统让我扮演楚人美 [Supernatural resurgence + no female lead + System + role-playing + horror + decisive and ruthless + urban] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Lin Ye receives a high-paying job offer from the Afterlife Funeral Home. It turns out to be a death warrant leading straight to hell! The interviewer is a faceless ghost, and HR is a painted-skin demon! The moment a ghostly claw pierces his heart, Lin Ye thinks he’s done for! [Ding! Host’s life is in imminent danger. Critical condition at 100% c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Corpse Walker: My Disciple Goes Viral 赶尸人,我的徒弟爆红全网 “When the yin spirits travel, the living must stand aside.” After failing the college entrance exam, Fan Wushe spent his days drinking away his sorrows. Then one night, he got drunk and slept in a cemetery, and somehow bound himself to a corpse-driving System. Before he knew it, he had become a corpse-driving master who walked the night. His utterly ordinary life driving corpses began. Until that night… Tuantuan: Master, Master, slow down! Old Lady: Um, Master, can I feel your abs? Zhou Jie: Umm 11Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 47 The Haunted Campus: Who Says School Is the Safest Place? 惊魂校区谁说学校最安全 Shocking! A Qing-dynasty tomb has been unearthed behind the school, but the coffin inside is empty. And the four seemingly ordinary university students turn out to be Yin-Yang masters straight out of horror movies. A coffin slid down the hillside behind the school. A secret history of the Qing dynasty that was never recorded. Missing classmates. A sinister archive room. A hearse on Zhongshan Street. A weasel encountered while camping. Somehow, it all seems to be pointing toward something. Do you —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Ghost Valley Corpse Scripture 鬼谷尸经 A corpse the police can't move, and a farewell letter no ordinary person can understand. These two seemingly unrelated things lead to a secret that has driven occult practitioners mad throughout history. The five magical arts of western Hunan, Daoist yin-yang divination, feng shui formations, and the long-lost art of reading the veins of mountains and rivers... Keep reading, and you may find it hard to believe, yet everything fits together perfectly. Remember: Heaven sees all, and fate is p 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 49 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 428Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 50 Heir to Mount Longhu: Zhang the Celestial Master of the Streets 龙虎山传人：市井张天师 He looks like a rough-and-tumble man, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a penchant for snark. He's also an heir to profound Taoist arts. His peachwood sword slays evil spirits, and his Heavenly Master's seal suppresses dark forces. A vivid and engaging supernatural novel. 109Reads—Score—14d adds
