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- 1 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Fate Is Pure Yin, Even Ghosts Fear Me as I Cultivate the Dao 我命格全阴，鬼都怕我修道 I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when the gates of hell opened. All four pillars of my birth chart were yin, and my fate was full of holes. My grandmother called my soul back three times before I could be born without becoming a ghost. My father kept a butcher's knife under my pillow. With its blade facing outward, it kept ghosts outside away; tucked beneath my pillow, it held my own soul in place. At three, a drowned ghost knelt at the foot of my bed and begged to borrow my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Way of the Celestial Master: I Will Slay Every Evil Spirit 天师道：我将斩尽一切邪祟 (Taoist arts + witches + paper effigies + talisman curses + ghost exorcism + spirit summoning + soul guiding + evil spirits + suspense and the supernatural) When it comes to vanquishing demons and evil spirits, the first people who come to mind are Maoshan Taoists. But in fact... the ones truly skilled at catching ghosts and driving out demons are the Celestial Masters! The yin wind rises... vengeful spirits emerge... Orthodox One spells... drive out the ghosts... How will they deal with one biz 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Also known as Soul of Porcelain A new bridge was being built in the village, but no matter what they tried, the final pier simply wouldn’t stand. So the village chief invited a feng shui master. As soon as he entered the village, he said that a white tiger was raising its head in their midst. If they wanted to get the pier standing, they would have to sacrifice a living person... Legend has it that a master potter’s final piece was made with his own blood instead of water. Its patterns resembled 53Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Horror Revival: I Marry the Female Ghost Emperor from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和女鬼帝成亲 [Transmigration + comedy + System] The supernatural is back, and ghosts roam the night. They say female ghosts often lure men to their deaths, so what’s it like to marry a ghost empress from the very start? My name is Roger. There’s a female ghost empress one meter in front of me, eyeing me hungrily. Please tell me how to escape her clutches... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 13Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 9 I Sell Haunted Cars and Keep a Hundred Evil Spirits at Bay 我！卖凶车，镇百煞！ A cursed car is a car in which someone has died. I'm a used-car dealer, and I only buy cursed cars! My journey in this line of work began with a cursed car I bought, one that nearly cost me my life... 295Reads6.1Score11214d adds
- 10 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… 1.5kReads6.7Score11914d adds
- 11 Honestly, I Met the Ghost King’s Wife as Soon as I Came Down from the Mountain 真的，一下山就碰见了鬼王老婆 “Honey, help! A rogue cultivator is killing people!” “How dare you! You think you can lay a hand on my man?” Uh... I only killed one person. There’s no need for the Ghost King to get involved... Li Xuan is a special being whose fate lies beyond the six realms of reincarnation. Liu Baisu is a princess of an ancient kingdom a thousand years ago. She died for her country and has remained hidden among mortals ever since. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 There’s a Library 有个图书馆 A job ad that appeared out of nowhere gave recently unemployed Wu Hao a glimmer of hope that life might get better. But that same job ad led him to the boundary between the human world and hell. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 What? The Beautiful Female Ghost Is the System 啥？漂亮女鬼是系统 Xia Datou rose from humble beginnings to become the supreme sovereign. After retreating into seclusion for several epochs, he still couldn't take the final step to attain the Dao. So he decisively threw himself into reincarnation. After countless lifetimes, he let go of everything and returned to the Blue Star, putting on a yellow robe... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Old Shen 旧沉 My name is Chen Lingqi. I live in a remote little village, where my master told me that a calamity is written in my fate. But what exactly is this calamity? Will I be able to get through it? And if I do, how should I live the rest of my life... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Master Is a Maoshan Taoist 我师父是茅山道士 No System, no cultivation of immortality. Chinese-style horror, traditional supernatural tales, rule-based horror, Taoist culture, and traditional culture. Have you ever seen a water ghost take revenge? Heard that a threaded needle can be used to identify a ghost? Eaten barbecue cooked upstairs at a barbecue restaurant? Seen the “Three Evils of Western Hunan”? Do you know how many kinds of zombies there are?... The sacrificial rites of the insect burial... My name is Lin Fusheng, and I’m a Maosh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Maoshan Occultist: Tales of the Underworld and Evil 茅山诡术师：幽冥话邪 Maoshan's arcane arts have returned to the world, as demons and evil spirits run rampant. What bloody storm will rise this time? In this cruel world, with its tumultuous lives, who will pay for each and every blood debt? Behind the layers of eerie schemes, who is righteous, and who is evil? I, Fang Gui, have a strange past. By chance, I was drawn into a spiritual calamity. How can I break free of this trap? How can I defy fate and change my destiny? Gather spirits, exterminate evil, and dispel c 362Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 18 The Maoshan Ferryman 茅山摆渡人 Since ancient times, there have been many people among the common folk with extraordinary skills. They are mysterious and unpredictable, yet everything they do revolves around one thing: life and death! Corpse drivers, ghost painters, corpse menders, guides to the underworld... But the most mysterious of them all are the Maoshan Taoists. They can connect the realms of yin and yang above, and slay demons and banish evil below. Meng Yan is the latest inheritor of the Maoshan tradition, entrusted w 121Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 Debts of the Dead 死人债 Born of vengeful spirits, bound by the debts of the dead! When a hundred ghosts roam, they chain the souls of the departed! Bearing the debts of the dead, I enter the cycle of reincarnation, blessed from birth with the ability to foresee death... 317Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 20 Grandma's Yin-Yang Eyes 奶奶的阴阳眼 When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just thought it was fun. I remember when Second Grandma died, even Second Grandpa, who slept beside her, didn’t know. But Grandma woke Dad up and told him to go pay his respects... 652Reads7.8Score10314d adds
- 21 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
- 22 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 149Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 23 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
- 24 Command My Body 敕吾身 “Perfect my body, command my body. This body is no ordinary body, but one transformed into the golden body of the Supreme Lord Lao…” (The Edict to My Body, also known as The Xuanpin Academy and The Manifestation of Divine Power, is a prequel to The Xuanpin Teahouse.) I became an apprentice at nine, formally began studying the Dao at eleven, and decided to record my experiences and observations at twenty. This is the story of Feng Cai, a disciple of Master Hu Fawang of the Great Manifestation of 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Golden Core Cultivator's College Life 金丹修士的大学生活 “Heaven is round and Earth is square. By the nine laws, I write this decree: may all ghosts hide and flee.” What manner of demon are you? Come out and accept your punishment! Oh no! How did I manage to provoke her? Master, save me... The wonderful, thrilling college life begins!!! 93Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 26 A Taoist Priest’s Guide to Exorcising Evil in the City 道士之都市驱邪 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 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... 562Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Neither Good nor Evil 我的不死骨老祖宗亦正亦邪 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Both Righteous and Evil Phoenix blood, the soul of a qilin, an undying bone, the Art of Immortality... A thousand-year-old conspiracy stirs once more, sending the world into turmoil. See how young Master Feng meets every move with a counter of his own! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 177Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 33 I Married a Ghost Bride, but They Told Me It Wasn’t a Script 和鬼新娘成婚，却告诉我不是剧本 Chu Fangyuan is a livestream script actor in a parallel world on Blue Star. The day before the supernatural energy returned, his assistant wrote him a livestream script about spending his wedding night with a ghost bride. Just as Chu Fangyuan headed to the agreed location the following evening and started the livestream, a world-changing upheaval quietly began. The blood moon rose, and countless ghosts returned. The once-normal world was instantly overrun by monsters. As people panicked, unsure 58Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 34 Folk Taboos: I Cultivate Merit in the Mortal World 民间禁忌：我在人间修功德 Everyone knows the barber, but few realize that the earliest barbers were actually executioners, and strange adepts who mastered esoteric arts. They walk between life and death, needing only a barber's razor to read the secrets of Heaven and travel between yin and yang. They shave the living, and they shave the dead. Even today, folk wisdom warns: never offend the barbers who roam the land with their poles and packs. 168Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 35 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... 20Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 36 The Heaven-Mandated Ghost Tamer 天命驭鬼人 [Traditional · Supernatural · Suspense] I was born from a corpse, and the day I was born, my parents died because of me. Yin and yang clash, and my fate is marked by the Seven Killings. An orphan's grave, a green-clad sky lantern, Qin Mao shadow puppets, a portrait of a blood-eyed beauty… All the ghosts bow before me. Clad in a yellow robe, I wield wondrous powers. 251Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 37 Marry a Ghost Wife and Defy Yin and Yang 娶鬼妻逆阴阳 The year I was born, nine bolts of heavenly lightning struck, soldiers from the underworld escorted the way, and ghosts roamed the night. Master Qingyun divined that my fate was unusual, and that the ghosts would come for my life when I was nine. On my eighteenth birthday, I would have to marry a ghost bride in a yin wedding. Defy the balance of yin and yang. Fight against fate... 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Don't Be Afraid, She's the Person Closest to Me 别怕，她是我最亲密的人 [Handcrafted from Scratch] [Flesh-and-Blood Vengeful Ghosts] [Chinese Horror] [Character Growth] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Tightly Plotted] [Absolutely Ruthless] [50,000-Word Outline] If you were given the chance to change your fate, would you rather keep working hard as a delivery driver, or suddenly become a 182-centimeter-tall, golden-haired older man who never has to worry about food or clothing? Yu Fa had no choice. He was forced to transmigrate into the latter. But before he could e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Weasel Came Seeking a Heavenly Title from the Start, but I Turned It into a Pet 开局黄皮子讨封反手被我当做宠物 [No System + ghost stories + comedy + egg-shaped demon + not acting human + sunny young man] One night, after a few drinks, Wang Huo ran into a weasel on the road that was asking him to grant it a human form… “Do I look more like a human or a god?” “You look like a five-foot-tall, white-haired, soft and adorable little beast-girl with fluffy ears and a flat chest!” … From that day on, Wang Huo couldn't stop himself. Beneath the blood moon, all the ghosts howled in despair as one man laughed wild 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Ghost Master of the Yellow Springs 黄泉鬼师 A Master of Water Divination, also known among the people as a Ghost Master or Celestial Master, possesses powers that reach from heaven to earth and can speak with ghosts and gods. He treads the Yellow Springs, wields the Yin Lamp, glimpses fate, and cultivates the Great Dao. One day, my grandfather told me that I was actually dead... 159Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 41 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 186Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 42 The Great Master of the Ma Yi School 麻衣大相师 I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. My grandfather, a feng shui master, never let me go outside after dark when I was little. Then one day, he had to leave the house… 234Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 43 The Celestial Master's Book of Strange Tales 天师诡事录 Twenty years ago, a female ghost from a thousand-year-old tomb came to claim a bride. My grandfather gave his life to protect me from the calamity! Twenty years later, fate led me to rob the tomb of that very female ghost. 200Reads7.7Score10414d adds
- 44 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 283Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 45 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... 262Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 46 Wilderness: I Met a Ghost Sister While Trying to Survive 荒野：我在求生时遇到个女鬼姐姐 [Good news: I have a girlfriend! Bad news: She's a ghost…] After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Hansheng enters a wilderness survival competition, hoping to make a fortune and change his fate. Only after arriving at the venue does he realize this is nothing like a proper wilderness survival show. Who puts coffins all over the wilderness?! And there's a lifelike girl lying inside one! Hey, hey, holy crap! She's moving! She's moving! She's alive! “Big Sis, I'll kowtow to you 41Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 47 The Daoist Half-Immortal 道门小半仙 [Fox Wife, Single Female Lead] [Pure Supernatural Horror, No Cultivation, No Invincibility, Intelligent Male Lead] The night I was born, it snowed all night despite the sweltering midsummer heat. The descendant of the Willow Immortal, one of the Five Great Immortals of the Northeast, and the current Celestial Master of Mount Longhu both came to my home. A fate marked by an evil dragon, rejected by Heaven? Then I'll defy Heaven itself. My grandfather used eight coffins, eight yin souls, and eight 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Haunted Clinic: I Use My Snake Wife to Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 恐怖医馆：我以蛇妻镇百鬼 I grew up in a gloomy, ruined temple, where I unexpectedly met a white snake. When I turned eighteen, the white snake became the love of my life. For its sake, I also became a rising star in the underworld of occult practitioners... 394Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 49 The Secret Records of Yin and Yang 阴阳秘录 Mountain spirits summon immortals; water spirits summon dragons. Do immortals really exist in this world? I don't know, but I do know that dragons are real. From the day the roar of machinery rang out across Miaoling Valley, everything began to slide toward an unknowable abyss. And from that abyss, a pair of eyes watched those involved, their gaze carrying an emotion impossible to decipher... 183Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 50 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 12Reads—Score114d adds
