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- 101 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 126Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 102 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Fortune-Telling at a Street Stall: From the Start, I Was Given a Banner Calling Me the Bane of Evil 摆摊算命，开局被授罪恶克星锦旗 [Fortune-telling + livestreaming + comedy + ghosts and monsters + female lead? (There is romance, so please don’t attack me if it’s not your thing.)] After pretending to be crazy in an asylum for ten years, Xu Lang is finally released and awakens the “Make Your Tall Tales Come True” System. With his mastery of the mystical art in Questions to Heaven, and the System’s support, Xu Lang sets off on an extraordinary life! He’s barely set up his fortune-telling stall when a fugitive who’s been on the 3.1kReads8.9Score32214d adds
- 104 When the Supernatural Arrives, I Summon Black and White Impermanence from the Start 诡异降临我开局召唤黑白无常 [Supernatural Revival + Decisive Killing + Summoning + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Invincibility + No Female Lead] Ye Yu transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has revived and ghosts roam everywhere. He thinks he is as good as dead, but then he binds to the Underworld Summoning System and becomes the Underworld's supreme ruler, the Yin Emperor. He summons Black and White Impermanence to slaughter their way through a mass grave. He summons the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pacify the 18.7kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 105 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.1kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 106 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 107 Carrying a Coffin to Bury the Mortal World, Immortal for Ninety Thousand Years 背棺葬人间，长生九万年 [Immortality + System + coffin-making + claiming lives + ultimate villain look + no female lead] Lu Wusheng transmigrates to a fantasy world and inherits a shop that sells incense and candles. Making paper money every day increases his lifespan. Placing people in coffins increases his cultivation. And so, over the long years, Lu Wusheng begins an endless cycle of making money and coffins, hunting down souls and claiming lives. In the endless river of time, Lu Wusheng has witnessed ghost kings ma 2.5kReads8.8Score23314d adds
- 108 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 39.6kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 110 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了 Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill 480Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 112 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 124Reads8.7Score1314d adds
- 113 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 114 Tomb Keeper: In China's Ancient Tombs, Even Gods Are Forbidden to Enter 守陵人:华夏古墓，神明禁行 After Zhou Sheng fails to confess his feelings to the campus beauty, Huo Yujie, his classmates mercilessly mock his summer vacation plans. Just then, the Tomb Guardian System awakens! Tomb Guardians protect the imperial tombs of the world and safeguard the dragon veins of China! What Zhou Sheng doesn’t know is that his beloved campus beauty is the heir to one of the nine great tomb-raiding families! The very first tomb he’s assigned to guard is already being targeted by her family! Zhou Sheng: “ 8.3kReads7.9Score88614d adds
- 115 I'm Paralyzed, So How Could I Be the Butcher of the Night? 我都瘫痪了，怎么会是黑夜屠夫？ Gu Yang had a successful career and a happy family, but a car accident suddenly left him in a vegetative state. His mind, however, remained perfectly clear. In the endless darkness, he finally learned the secret behind the accident. On a night filled with anger and despair, he fused with his own shadow and became a butcher of the night! And after killing someone, he could even steal their lifespan, heal his body, and spend points on skills! A top detective, a medium, occult practitioners, and ma 36.8kReads7.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 116 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, You're About to Suffer a Bloody Disaster 直播算命：姑娘你有血光之灾 Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y 6.8kReads9.2Score60114d adds
- 117 The Most Connected Person in the Supernatural World 灵异界最强关系户 “What, you think a pen fairy, zombies, Chu Renmei, Sadako, werewolves, and vampires can just show up at the parent-teacher meeting? Your kids are such underachievers. How are they ever going to graduate?” This is a university for the supernatural. The toughest man in the supernatural world is the vice principal, Black and White Impermanence head the admissions office, a weasel demon runs the monster studies department, and exorcists and Taoist priests teach classes... Every student here is the d 8kReads9.1Score85714d adds
- 118 You Worship the Gods, I Worship Myself! 你们拜神，我拜自己！ Also known as Spiritual Qi Revival: I Get Stronger by Sacrificing Everything! (Spiritual Qi Revival + Leveling Up + the Myriad Worlds + No Female Lead + Wild Imagination + High Martial Arts + Beyond) "From your words and actions, I can see you're quite surprising. I never expected you to resist the charms of women and grasp the truth that beauty is but bones, rosy flesh a skull, and the mortal body frail and wretched." Zuo Xuanji: ??? I was just pretending! You actually believe that? Zuo Xuanji 28kReads8.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 119 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 120 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 21.8kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 121 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 42.2kReads9.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 122 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 912Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 123 One Slash, One Demon: Bro, Are You Done Pretending? 一刀一个妖魔，不是哥们不演了？ My name is Su Wuji. I physically transmigrated to a world where demons and monsters have returned 22 years ago. I thought I could live in peace, but it turns out everyone in this world is out of their minds! A demon is eating people, and I cut it down with one stroke, yet someone still shouts, “A demon’s life matters too”? I’ll give you two slaps right here! I joined the Demon-Slaying Bureau and became Jiangcheng’s most fearsome “Demon Crusher.” A night-crying demon possesses villagers? One 40kReads8.5Score3k14d adds
- 124 I Founded the Night Watch, Protecting the Nation from the Supernatural, and Now I'm Exposed! 我创建守夜人，为国镇诡被曝光！ [Supernatural resurgence + no romance + subverting expectations] Lin Wuyang transmigrated to a parallel world and discovered that supernatural entities were gradually returning. So he planned ahead, founded the Night Watch organization, and secretly spent ten years suppressing the supernatural for Daxia! Ten years later, he gathered a hundred ghosts and used his own flesh and blood to build a Great Wall protecting the nation, holding back the supernatural tide! The sudden appearance of the red G 4kReads9.2Score30914d adds
- 125 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 22.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 126 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.2kReads7.8Score4k14d adds
- 127 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 11.4kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 128 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 129 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.7kReads9.0Score38414d adds
- 130 Sign-In at the Funeral Parlor: I’m Getting Uncle Jiu Drunk 义庄签到：我给九叔弄麻了 [Uncle Jiu + zombies + Daoist priests + sign-in + invincibility + System + cultivation] Lin Yi transmigrates into the world of Mr. Vampire and spends eighteen years as an ordinary person. Then the Divine Cultivator System activates, and he takes off overnight! The Sky-Penetrating Talisman, Spirit-Gathering Pills! The Golden Light Mantra, Sword Flight! The Five Thunders Orthodox Method! Heavenly Dipper Battle Aura! Uncle Jiu: “I haven’t seen you in a few days. How have you already reached Foundat 1.9kReads8.9Score31014d adds
- 131 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘ 72kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds
- 132 Sword Maidens Lose HP from Forbidden Arts? Too Bad I Have Infinite Healing 剑娘禁术掉血？可我有无限回血啊 [Urban high martial arts] [Fresh new concept] [Swords turned into girls] My name is Xu Ping'an, and I transmigrated to a wondrous world where anything can take human form. Sword girls, shield girls, gun girls, even catgirls… Girls with all kinds of personalities can turn into weapons and fight alongside their masters, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. To get a sword girl of my own, I use the abnormal recovery power of my golden finger to sell my organs and work hard to earn money. I thought t 124.9kReads9.3Score16.8k14d adds
- 133 Horror Revival: I Am Monk Sanzang, Sanzang as in Burying the Dead 恐怖复苏：贫僧三葬，送葬的葬 [Horror Revival] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [This book is entirely fictional and has no connection whatsoever to reality.] After transmigrating into a world where horror had returned, he awakened the System for Delivering All Beings from Suffering. Only, the way it delivered people seemed a little... Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, depleted uranium bullets purify the six senses. Three thousand six hundred revolutions in a single breath, great compassion saves all the world! The Great Mighty Heaven 4.9kReads8.8Score37614d adds
- 134 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score92814d adds
- 135 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.7kReads9.2Score6.2k14d adds
- 136 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.1kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 137 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 The Qingling Rankings 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 The Mysterious Domain City 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 140 The Strange Sword 诡剑 The Ghost Sword 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score39514d adds
- 142 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 The Blind Girl's Wedding 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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—14d adds
- 144 The Grand Feng Shui Master 大相师 Ten years ago, nine snakes crawled into my bed. Grandpa said someone was trying to steal my life. To keep me alive, he arranged an engagement for me to extend my lifespan... 8kReads9.3Score98414d adds
- 145 The Debt Beneath the River, Billed in My Name 河底那笔账，记在我名下 My dad spent the money meant for buying a house on a female livestreamer, unaware that a ten-year debt had already been recorded in my name. Chapter 1: The Top Sponsor My dad has recently become obsessed with watching livestreams, especially those where the girls writhe and sway in the middle of the night, speaking in a high-pitched, affected voice. "I watch livestreams day and night, from dawn till dusk..." He said, crossing his legs and spitting sunflower seed shells all over the floor, "For w 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 Terror at the Grand Estate 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Eerie Tattoos 诡纹 My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but the things he tattooed were seriously sinister… 7.3kReads9.1Score77414d adds
- 148 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 73.1kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds
- 149 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 32kReads9.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 150 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 53kReads9.2Score5.1k14d adds
