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- 1 Film and TV Crossover: From the Start, I Transmigrated into Yan Chixia in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 综影：开局聊斋，我穿成燕赤霞 “What? Nie Xiaoqian likes Yan Chixia? Ning Caichen fell in love with the Black Mountain Demon?” Chen Luo: “How bizarre.” “Hm? Bai Suzhen flooded Jinshan Temple for Fahai?” Chen Luo: “That’s absurd.” “??? Fairy Zixia pledged her love to Zhu Bajie? The Supreme Treasure stole the bride, Lady Niu?” Chen Luo: “Now that’s interesting.” That day, Chen Luo traveled through various worlds, mending tangled romances and giving unhappy endings the closure they deserved! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Strange Tales: The Wandering Taoist Who Hunts Demons Across the Land 聊斋之云游道人四海捉妖 A wandering Daoist, skilled in extraordinary arts and armed with magical implements, roams the world, making a living by catching demons. Sometimes he pits his wits against monsters; other times he mocks evil spirits with his clever words, taking on demons, monsters, and ghosts in one thrilling battle after another. Not only is he skilled at catching demons, he also knows how to resolve crises. On his demon-hunting journeys, the Daoist befriends all sorts of people and righteous heroes, bringing 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 In the World of Strange Tales, No Magic Can Harm Me 聊斋世界的我万法不侵 Transmigrated into the world of Liaozhai: Xiao Ran: “I have a domain that renders me immune to all magic. Thunderbolts, hellfire, ghosts, monsters, gods, and immortals, all of you stay away! ...” The Heavenly Dao: “Unknown bug detected. Initiating removal...” “Removal failed...” Unbound by karma and impossible to remove... Designating as a Heavenly Mandate Saint! Xiao Ran: “Great Heavenly Dao, stop messing around! I can’t handle this!?” 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Immortal Longevity in Strange Tales: The Romantic Scholar 长生聊斋之风流书生 In a run-down temple, a destitute scholar was reading by candlelight when someone knocked at the door. Who would invite him to a feast in the middle of the night? Curious, he went to the place and found, to his amazement, that every woman there was more beautiful than the last. “Young master, I’m only sixteen, and I’ve always had a soft spot for scholars like you...” 330Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 5 The Fox Demons of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 聊斋狐妖传 A tribute to the esteemed Mr. Pu Songling. Adapted from the complete Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, this work strives to preserve the original in its entirety, without cuts, so readers can enjoy and understand it with ease. The tales of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio are wondrous indeed; ghosts aren't really ghosts, and monsters aren't truly monsters. Ox-headed demons and snake spirits win our hearts, while upright gentlemen lose their luster. Laughter holds tears, and joy contains so 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 In Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I Begin My Path to Godhood as Zuo Qianhu 人在聊斋，从左千户开始证道成神 Below the immortals, I’m invincible. Above them, we take each other out. When he wakes up, Zuo Xiong finds himself in the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as Zuo Qianhu, a mortal who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods. Cihang Pudu has usurped the throne, Black Mountain Old Demon rules supreme, and thousand-year-old monsters are everywhere while century-old ghosts are beneath contempt. All kinds of spirits even pass themselves off as gods to deceive the world and steal its 471Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 7 Freedom Between Two Worlds: I Want to Rise Above Everyone 两界逍遥：我要做人上人 [System]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Otherworldly Fantasy]+ [Everyday Urban Life]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Not Mindless]+ [The Protagonist Isn’t Held Back]+ [Do As You Please] If you gained the ability to travel to another world, what would you choose? Would you let loose and live life your own way, or report your ability to the government and receive an award for your service? Would you quietly build up your strength while keeping a low profile, or rise to the top and become the supreme ruler? 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The World of Strange Tales: I Have the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits' Divine Powers 聊斋世界：我有三十六天罡神通 An archaeologist stumbled upon a wondrous jade slip and somehow transmigrated to the Liaozhai world, overrun by demons and monsters. In this harsh environment where everyone fought for survival, watch as Fu Yi rises above adversity, masters the Thirty-Six Divine Powers, and wipes out every evil creature beneath the heavens. 2.7kReads—Score160Shelves
- 9 In Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: From the Start, I Became a Demon Slayer 人在聊斋：开局成为降妖师 Chen Dian transmigrated to the world of Liaozhai with a System and became a demon slayer. “This troublemaking woman is a fox demon. You have three ways to deal with her: behead her, subdue her, or report her to the authorities. Which method will you choose to complete the mission?” “This is the world of Liaozhai. As long as I stay alive, I can do whatever I want without shame!” Chen Dian thought, choosing “subdue her.” 291Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Dalang's Fight to Survive 穿越聊斋之大郎求生记 (No System + Slow Burn + Xianxia + Keeping a Low Profile + Wealth) A hooligan isn't scary. A hooligan with an education is! Yu Dalang, one of the few fish to slip through the net of nine years of compulsory education, doesn't want to work hard or strive for success. He just wants to lie flat. While plotting with his sister-in-law, he is caught red-handed by his big brother and injected with an anesthetic. Somehow, he is reborn in a parallel world in the body of an unlucky man with the same name. 304Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 11 Yan Xi’s Third Book 颜禧的第3本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 30Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 12 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Told You to Take in Xiaoqian, Not Become an Immortal 聊斋：让你收小倩，谁让你成仙了 He transmigrates into the world of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio". He becomes Ning Caichen as played by Leslie Cheung! The System assigns him livestreaming missions, rewarding him with extra years of life and treasure chests. He works hard to complete the missions so he can live forever! His fans want him to catch female ghosts and fox spirits. A lucky draw even wins him an invulnerable body, the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Xuanyuan Sword, the Pangu Axe, the Nuwa Stone... Nie Xiaoqian, as 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Doing Good and Saving Lives, a Young Monk at Lanruo Temple from the Start 聊斋：行善济世，开局兰若寺小和尚 [Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Demon Slaying] In the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, heaven and earth undergo a cataclysmic change. The gods and Buddhas vanish, and demons run rampant. Ye Xizhou arrives in the world with an automatic Merit System. The bad news is that the place he transmigrates to is the Lanruo Temple. The good news is that Lanruo Temple hasn't fallen. It's still the most powerful Buddhist sect within a hundred-mile radius. With the automatic Merit System giving him 678Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Starting as a Little Island Lord 聊斋：从小岛主开始 Reborn as Ye Zhiqiu from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, he owns a small island of mountains and seas. Su Yingning, Yan Ruyu, Nie Xiaoqian... He recruits fox spirits and takes in ghosts and monsters, working together to build an overseas paradise. 170Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 15 Strange Tales of Liaozhai: Slay Men, Ghosts, and Demons for Merit 诡异聊斋，杀人杀鬼杀妖取功德 [System] [Eerie] [Ghosts and Monsters] [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio] [Gods] Ye An transmigrates to an eerie world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, teeming with ghosts, monsters, and demons. From the start, he takes the City God examination. The top scorer can become the City God. But who ever became the City God by taking an exam? Fortunately, he has a Merit System: killing ghosts and demons earns him merit points. The City God examination, bookworms crawling into ears to control 45Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 16 After Work, I Somehow Got Sucked Into a Book of Strange Tales 下班后我竟被吸入聊斋这本书了 Synopsis: Overworked office drone Su Ci works himself to death from overtime (not really) and wakes up inside an old copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Here, Daoist venerables attain sainthood and the demon clans lurk in wait. This is a high-risk, fortune-driven version of Strange Tales. Su Ci wakes up outside Lanruo Temple with no spiritual roots or aptitude, only a silver tongue that can spin any tale. While others are scared witless by ghosts, he trades group calisthenics for tr 165Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 17 More Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 续聊斋志异 Sequel to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural stories inspired by the classic Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. It aims to continue and expand upon the strange, fantastical, and mysterious world of ghosts and gods penned by Pu Songling. In this work, readers will once again enter a world filled with mystery and wonder. Here they will find gentle, moving fox spirits and ghosts, as well as ferocious, terrifying demons and monsters; stories of steadfast devotion t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 From the Start, I Thought It Was a Strange Tales Story, but After Breaking Through, I Found Out It Was Journey to the West 开局以为是聊斋打穿后发现是西游 What? You’re fighting the Bull Demon King over a woman? Whoa! Princess Iron Fan wants to have your child? Huh! You actually stole the heavenly treasures of Princess Jade Face? Good grief! You even swindled Princess Wansheng out of her treasures? What? Chang’e and Yang Chan, the closest of sisters, fell out because they were fighting over you as their man? Pfft!” The broken half of the Snow-Night Saber plunged deep into Madam White Bone’s chest. Its blade pierced her demon core and sank in all th 1.3kReads—Score136Shelves
- 19 I Transmigrated into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Became a Disciple of the Laoshan Taoist from the Start 穿越聊斋之开局拜师崂山道人 In the world of Liaozhai, demons and monsters run rampant. Li Qingxuan, a cancer patient from the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrates into the world of Liaozhai and gains top-tier cultivation talent. From the start, he becomes a disciple of a Daoist master from Mount Lao, learning immortal arts and slaying demons. Step by step, he uses his mortal body to refine essence into qi, refine qi into spirit, refine spirit to return to the void, and refine the void to unite with the Dao, ult 765Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 20 Heir to the Great Sage, Here to Settle Every Score in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 大圣传人，专治聊斋各种不服 An ancient book that fell from the sky changed the life of an eighteen-year-old from Northeast China. The moment Wang You’an opened it, he instantly mastered the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. The Somersault Cloud, the Golden Cudgel, and the Great Sage’s divine armor all returned to him. At the same time, another side of the human world slowly unfolded. A woman’s sobs drift from an ancient temple in the dead of night. Foxfire flickers in an abandoned mansion. Paper figures at —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Hardship of Taking It Easy 清闲难享 No Peace in Leisure —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn in Another's Body: Dalang, Let's Go Home 借尸还魂之大郎，我们回家吧 Reborn in Another's Body: Dalang, Let's Go Home 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Lord Guan's Descent to Exorcise Demons 关帝君降魔 Lord Guan Subdues Demons 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Skeleton's Revenge 骷髅的复仇 The Skeleton’s Revenge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Was Born an Immortal of Strange Tales 我本聊斋仙 A foolish ruler sits upon the throne, while his ministers attack one another with accusations. Corrupt officials scheme to line their pockets, and powerful clans seize the people’s farmland. The human way wanes, and the people suffer. In the shadows, all manner of demons and monsters gradually emerge, along with countless strange tales and uncanny happenings. Gao Ge finds himself in such a world by accident. True to his carefree nature, he becomes an immortal traveler, wandering the four corners 4.7kReads8.8Score381Shelves
- 26 I Play Dirty in the Immortal Heroic World 我在仙侠世界打闷棍 Zhao Fantian, a security guard famously known as a good-for-nothing, is forced to transmigrate into a world of immortals after performing a heroic deed. The worst fate most people face when they transmigrate is starting out with just a dog. But he starts out in a situation that means certain death. Where are the legendary old masters and golden fingers? Even worse, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a book, and apparently it’s a horror novel. In a world where fox spirits are everywhere 6.9kReads8.8Score557Shelves
- 27 Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭 Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was 260Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 28 Tales of the Embroidered Shoe's Spirit 绣鞋魂记 The Embroidered Shoe's Spirit 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn as a Flood Dragon: I Take Wives and Concubines in Liaozhai 重生蛟龙：我在聊斋娶妻纳妾 More children, more blessings + Dragons + Cultivation + Bloodline Evolution In the world of Liaozhai, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens have mysteriously vanished, leaving the world to demons and monsters. Ye Yan transmigrates here and becomes a flood dragon demon king, gravely wounded and on the verge of death. At this very moment, the centipede demon Pudu Cihang is trying to kill him and take his core, while the Black Mountain Old Demon of the underworld covets his powerful demonic body. Ye 11.9kReads7.2Score1kShelves
- 30 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
- 31 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Dark Strange Tales: I'm a Demon NPC, So What If I'm a Little Ruthless? 黑聊斋：我是妖人NPC狠点咋了 Black Strange Tales is a dark, eerie, and terrifying cultivation game. It features martial arts masters like Left Thousand Households, as well as monsters and demons like the Black Mountain Old Demon and Nie Xiaoqian. Ji Chang transmigrates into a demon-ravaged, perilous game world and becomes a scholar in the Great Yu Dynasty. He's also the only Strange-Tale Investigator. Every time he verifies a bizarre tale or records an unusual incident, he gains a supernatural ability or spell. With the pow 4.9kReads8.9Score317Shelves
- 33 EN Heaven's Chosen Villain: I Can See People's Life Scripts! 天命大反派：我能查看人生剧本！ Villain + Script + Destiny + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead + Adrenaline-Fueled Wish Fulfillment + Martial Arts + Fantasy Su Changqing transmigrates into a mixed martial arts world, proves himself the supreme martial arts saint, and starts out with the Tyrant Saber, the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art, and the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, sweeping through the martial world! Hulong Manor! The Best in the World! Embroidered Spring Blades! A Chinese Ghost Story! Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils! 16.1kReads8.6Score879Shelves
- 34 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves
- 36 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Invincible Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之无敌 Wu Xiaoyao was an ordinary wage slave. To survive in this damnable era, he had no choice but to go abroad and become a mercenary, risking his life for a living so his family could have an easier life. Who could have guessed that, through a twist of fate, he would transmigrate back to the late 1970s? See how Wu Xiaoyao, equipped with the golden finger every transmigrator needs, makes a name for himself in that red-hot era! 653Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—Shelves
- 39 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 490Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 40 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 562Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 41 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score116Shelves
- 42 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score103Shelves
- 43 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 44 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
- 45 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
