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- 151 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 350Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录 [Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 Chronicles of Ghostly Encounters 遇鬼纪 I’m not a professional writer. A few years ago, I started writing things down on a whim, simply because I wanted to record what was happening around me, and somehow ended up writing quite a lot. I also tried to pursue writing as a career, but honestly, aside from recording or adapting real events, writing is difficult for me. After thinking it over, I decided I wanted to return to my original purpose. Maybe I’m not much of a storyteller, but I really enjoy sharing and talking with people, especi 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Dao God Among Mortals 道神在人间 Since the rise of humanity, the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Paths have stood side by side. The Heavenly Path sets the rules and restrains all living beings; the Earthly Path governs reincarnation and judges right and wrong, good and evil; while the Human Path takes the form of a Dao God, traveling through the mortal world to slay ghosts, monsters, and demons. But sometimes, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and demons... What does it mean to cultivate the Dao? It isn't about the de 2.9kReads9.0Score180Shelves
- 155 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Viewer, You’re Headed for Prison 直播算命：水友你有牢狱之灾啊 [System + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + making money] High school student Lin Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a livestream fortune-telling System. He can read people's romantic prospects, careers, life, and death... Classmate: “If you're really that good, tell me why I suddenly got rich overnight.” Lin Yi: “That friend of yours of the opposite sex is turning eighty tomorrow, isn't she?” His classmate dropped to her knees on the spot! The dim-witted i 815Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 156 Transmigration: Others Rob Tombs with Feng Shui, I Use Taoist Arts 穿越：别人盗墓用风水，我用道术 [Alternate world + tomb raiding + Classic of Mountains and Seas + one heroine + Taoist arts + sorcery + three realms] Li Si transmigrates to what he thinks is a parallel world, but the arrival of an archaeological team reveals a strange and fantastical realm. Demons are the fruits of a divine tree that reaches the heavens. Gods and fiends are the world’s source, emerging from Mount Buzhou. The God of Zhongshan created the Northern Sea Realm, while the Void God Realm kills deities. An archaeologi 5.3kReads7.4Score265Shelves
- 157 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score160Shelves
- 158 Records of Yin and Yang Mysteries 阴阳诡录 Ji Rendong was born with Yin-Yang Eyes and brought misfortune to her father, her mother, and her entire family. Since childhood, she has been able to see a girl who looks exactly like her, following her everywhere. At the age of five, her grandmother abandoned her, and a mysterious man took her away. She thought she would finally have a home, but it turned out the man only wanted her extremely yang blood. Her blood could save his son, in exchange for her life. Should she save him or not? That is 241Reads8.5Score102Shelves
- 159 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 160 Haunted from the Start, I Dug Up Her Family's Ancestral Grave Overnight 开局鬼缠身，我连夜刨了她家祖坟 [Comedy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Schemer + Wild Imagination + Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] Supernatural incidents are breaking out all over Blue Star, and suddenly the whole world has become dangerous. Luckily, Qin Yuan has activated the Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare System. By collecting ghosts’ negative emotions, he can use them as points to draw prizes and obtain all kinds of items and abilities. As a result, ghost victims are starting to appear all over the place. Starved Ghost: “He tied me up and 9.8kReads8.5Score734Shelves
- 161 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves
- 162 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 No Way Out, So I Opened a Shop to Read Feng Shui and Catch Ghosts 没活路了，我开个店看风水捉捉鬼 The evil ghost’s face grew even more hideous and terrifying. Its skin began to peel away, revealing bright red muscle and stark white bone beneath. The flames in its eyes blazed more fiercely, as if they were about to shoot out. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves
- 165 Maoshan Disciple 茅山弟子 Maoshan has divine arts to exterminate evil, gathering ill omens from both the yin and yang worlds. Where is the Seven-Star Dragon Spring now? Ye Shaoyang, the hero of those days, is nowhere to be seen! 1.8kReads8.2Score238Shelves
- 166 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
- 167 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.9kReads8.3Score194Shelves
- 168 After I Dumped My Jerk Ex, a Powerful Figure from the Underworld Set Their Sights on Me 和渣男分手后，冥界大佬盯上我 Two male leads + mystery and the supernatural + solving cases + powerful leads + satisfying revenge The sweet young love of college couldn't withstand reality. For the sake of a bright future, his boyfriend cheated on him and left without hesitation. Think he's just a college student working a part-time job? That's only because you haven't seen him at night, transformed into the director of the Special Events Investigation Bureau, judging yin and yang, deciding life and death, fighting evil spir —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin 九龙拉棺 The day my grandfather died, all living things on Mount Kunlun paid their respects. Dark clouds churned as nine dragons pulled an emerald divine coffin down from the heavens... People said: When an immortal passes into meditation, heavenly thunder welcomes them back to their place in the celestial court; When nine dragons pull a coffin, a divine coffin buries an immortal's body. 4.5kReads7.9Score404Shelves
- 170 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Maoshan Ghost-Catching Specialists 茅山捉鬼专门店 [Modern urban setting (no cultivation) + Taoist priests + cultivators + Buddhism + factions + witchcraft + cults + romance + satisfying read + a little brainpower + nontraditional] Huaxia is a place steeped in mystery, known as a sacred land of ancient culture. Here, many Taoist priests and cultivators each command a range of miraculous arts and techniques. Lin Xiu, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, gets caught up in a vast and complicated whirlpool because of a job! A mother-and-child corpse fi 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 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
- 173 Danyangzi: This Daoist Transmigrated from the Start 丹阳子：道爷我开局穿越 [Not mindless + Daoist Gu + mild Lovecraftian horror] (Friendly reminder: The protagonist enters the Immortal Realm in Chapter 62 and begins interacting with the World of the Great Nuo in Chapter 113.) (After Chapter 158, the story draws close to the original Daoist Gu timeline. From here on, you can read the chapters before and after in any order. The two places feature Danyangzi at the same time, but in different circumstances. What I mean is the idea that neither moving forward nor standing s 449Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 174 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score636Shelves
- 175 The Stubborn Ghost of the Underworld 地府钉子户 [A sidekick, adorable pets, and a bit of fun. No romance.] Wu Lingling is a little ghost whose origins are a mystery to everyone! She doesn't know how she died or how many years she's been drifting around! In fact, apart from her name, she knows nothing at all! Her one big goal as a ghost is to be reincarnated... But that goal seems a long, long way off! To escape her status as a permanent resident of the underworld, Wu Lingling does a whole series of things that no self-respecting ghost would b 553Reads9.2Score106Shelves
- 176 A Taoist Priest in the Mortal World 阳间道士 I was an ordinary person, never knowing that a hundred-yuan bill on the ground would completely change my life. 799Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 177 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
- 178 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀，不是道士 I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Wail of a Midsummer Night 仲夏夜的哀号 Awoooo... Awoooo... Two plaintive, drawn-out cries pierced the noisy chorus of insects on a midsummer night in 1993, drifting intermittently from the mountains to the north. Their sorrow cut through flesh and struck the soul, like the cries of the eighty-year-old deaf-mute widow who had been shunned in the village, lamenting her tragic life and her children’s cruelty beneath the bright moon... —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 180 A Celestial Master from the Future, Drifting Around the Entertainment Industry Until I Lose Contact 未来天师，人在华娱飘到失联 (A semi-alternate-universe entertainment-industry story + multiple heroines + feng shui geomancy and yin-yang mystic arts) My name is Chen Tianfan, a handsome fortune-teller who runs a photo studio by the entrance to Beijing Film Academy. I know a little kung fu, and I’m best at performing rituals and inscribing charms for female celebrities in the entertainment circle, improving their feng shui and luck, and solving all kinds of difficult ailments. People call me Chen Mayi, or Old Chen the Sixt 51.9kReads8.6Score5kShelves
- 181 The Splendor of the Kaiyuan Era 开元盛景 [History + political intrigue + Taoism + Tang Dynasty + Kaiyuan era + a touch of fantasy] Li Longji was originally just a concubine-born prince of a deposed emperor, imprisoned deep within the palace from the moment he was born. With a woman disrupting the court, his mother murdered, and the realm in turmoil, all he could see was endless darkness. With the help of Celestial Master Ye Fashan, he boldly rose up in the struggle and successfully restored his father to the throne. He himself was nam 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural] The year I turned ten, my grandmother passed away. Not long after, I came down with a strange illness. Days of injections and medicine did no good, and every night I became unusually alert, often babbling incoherently. After five days of continuous fever, my parents had no choice but to take me to the countryside to see a woman they called Auntie, who they said could treat me. Here, “Auntie” didn’t mean a relative on my father’s side. It was the respectful title we 1kReads9.1Score170Shelves
- 183 Master of Folk Occult Arts: My Livestream Terrifies the Entire Internet 民间秘法大师，直播吓疯全网 [Horror + no romance + comedy + innate spirit body + spirit communication + maximum fear factor] My younger sister drew the death lot, and the whole village demanded she be sacrificed. I turned on a livestream and made a century-old vengeful ghost into sashimi. From then on, haunted houses became my cafeteria, and ghost kings became takeout. The authorities begged me to work with them, the Taoist sects revered me as a master, and the underworld begged me to livestream. When fear returned and a h 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 I've Got People Downstairs 我下边有人 “Master, I died so suddenly that my family doesn’t know where I hid some money. Could you pass them a message?” “Sure. I’ll take thirty percent!” “Master, my son is getting married next month. I want to see his wedding. Could you ask the underworld messenger to wait a few days before taking me down?” “No problem, but you’ll have to cover my expenses...” “Kid, you dare mess with me? Do you know I’ve got connections? One word from me and your business will be shut down!” “Heh, you’re finished! Do 858Reads8.0Score103Shelves
- 185 Upholding Justice in Heaven's Name 替天行道 Yin cannot thrive alone, and yang cannot exist by itself. I grew up in the countryside, left behind by my parents and raised by my grandfather. All his life, Grandpa was either helping widows and orphaned girls or on his way to help them. So, for as long as I can remember, I heard the villagers cursing him behind his back. Then one day, a stranger in a burial shroud asked me a question. A tree without bark but with a soul is bound to die. What happens to a person with skin but no soul? The relat 3kReads8.9Score247Shelves
- 186 The Underworld Has Arrived: Even the King of Hell Has to Step Aside 阴司驾到：冥王也得靠边站 [Strong male lead vs. strong female lead, one-on-one romance, feel-good, supernatural, ghost-hunting, taking down scumbags] Gu Shuhan is the underworld’s only female spirit official. She can travel freely between eight thousand worlds, and in her spare time, she catches a few little ghosts. Life is carefree and pleasant enough. But then she meets Du Qin, a woman with absolutely no emotional intelligence... “Wifey, you’ve ruined my good name! You have to marry me to make it right!” “Get lost.” “W 92Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 187 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score112Shelves
- 188 The Celestial Master Police Chief 天师警长 (Daoist priest + urban suspense + unconventional + no invincibility + no dumb decisions + not a wish-fulfillment story) Ever since Celestial Master Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family of Mount Longhu has passed down its lineage for 2,000 years, with cultivating the heart amid the mortal world as its main path of practice. A top law student and collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Zhang Shouyi memorized scriptures at three 414Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 189 The Celestial Master’s Verdict 天师决 The living have their police, and the dead have their ghost officials. By a twist of fate, an old ghost who has lost all memories of his previous life joins the nation's paranormal affairs department and begins a journey of capturing ghosts and growing stronger. One battle after another awakens all of his memories. A thousand ghosts, a thousand forms; ghosts roaming the night; Xingluo's voodoo curses; Japanese shikigami; Western demons; rebels from the Underworld. One by one, a conspiracy target 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Renjia Town from the Start: A Six-Year-Old Celestial Master 开局任家镇：六岁天师 After transmigrating into Uncle Jiu's world, I gain a heaven-defying System. Born with the bones of a Daoist, blessed with the Six Divine Powers, I take in all the Daoist rhythm of heaven and earth. In the Age of Declining Dharma, I roam the world unhindered. I am the Celestial Master of the Daoist faith. 2.3kReads7.7Score135Shelves
- 192 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 193 The Divine Seer and the Eerie Doctor 神相诡医 Zhang Fan grew up with his grandfather, who ran a coffin shop. Blessed with peerless skills in face-reading, medicine, and the supernatural, he makes his way through the city. He can read the faces of the living and the dead, treat both human ailments and ghostly afflictions, take on local bullies, and capture evil spirits as he writes the story of a legendary life! 4.5kReads8.7Score587Shelves
- 194 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 So What If I'm Out of a Job as a Male Model? I Can Exorcise Demons! 男模下岗咋了？老子会驱魔！ [Paranormal + Exorcism + Episodic Stories + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Harem + Brotherhood + Growing Up] Male model and drinking companion Sun Yu gets plied with drinks and groped by rich women in private rooms every night. He curses under his breath but still has to smile, thinking he’s doomed to spend his whole life trapped in drinking parties. Then he finds a busted piece of wood hidden by his adoptive father, and a big brother from an exorcist family suddenly shows up! Now the winegla 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Oneness 归一 The mysterious golden dragon tattoo on his chest, the strange human-shaped skeleton in a grave, the dying beggar who speaks an unknown language, the modern writing carved on an ancient stone tablet: all of it haunts Wu Zhongyuan. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going... 9.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 198 Entering the Dao with Immortal Guidance 带着仙家入道 I started out as a disciple of a top incense master, then met a wise teacher and became a young Taoist disciple. This book consists entirely of popular science and real-life experiences, and it also contains plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! Nothing is made up, and this is not a power fantasy about cultivating immortality. Your support is greatly appreciated! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 My Master Is Lin Zhengying 我师傅是林正英 Nan Chen transmigrates into Uncle Jiu's universe, a time of war and chaos where demons run rampant and monsters are everywhere. He joins Uncle Jiu's school as his third disciple. He studies the Maoshan Tiangang Arts and becomes the strongest young cultivator of all the major Taoist sects. Once his Taoist arts are unleashed, he overturns the plot and exterminates demons, traversing the worlds of yin and yang to become a legendary Great Celestial Master of Maoshan. 1.1kReads7.2Score104Shelves
- 200 The Metaphysics Master’s Revenge for Love: No One Gets Away 玄学大佬为爱复仇，一个也别想跑 Synopsis: [Laugh-out-loud humor + mysticism + intense entanglements + sound values] As everyone knows, Ji Huaian is the youngest and most handsome Taoist priest at Qianyu Temple. Before leaving the mountain, he made ends meet with the last of the money his master left him, barely managing to keep incense burning for the temple’s founder. Following his master’s final instructions, he waited until he turned twenty-two before heading down the mountain to A City to avert his misfortune. After leavin 340Reads8.6Score100Shelves
