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- 151 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
- 152 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
- 153 Mountain God Festival 山神祭 The Greater Khingan Range. Temperatures below minus twenty, with snow up to a hunter's knees. A weasel spirit crouched in a tree, watching as a hunter in a fox-fur hat crept across the snow with his rifle at the ready. If the hunter died, his flesh would go to the beasts and spirits hiding in the woods, while his soul would belong to the mountain god who commanded the clouds, winds, and rain. From the moment he took his first step into the forest and snow, the hunter's life was no longer his ow 40Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 154 The Last Soul Summoner 最后一个起灵人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Folk Customs + Showing Off and Face-Slapping + Urban] I dreamed that my grandmother, who had been dead for two years, tore my aunt's hair out. A few days later, a huge patch of my aunt's hair was ripped out in real life. I dreamed that Grandma broke my uncle's neck. A few days later, my uncle had an accident in real life, and his neck was broken. Then I dreamed that Grandma bit my little cousin to death... 89Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 155 The Daoist Sect's Underworld Office 道门阴司 [No System + No Golden Finger + Not a Mindless Power Fantasy + Young Taoist + Slow Burn + Earth God] All beneath heaven belongs to the king. Under the Celestial Court, the Underworld Bureau and the Taoist Office govern side by side, one yin and one yang, complementing each other! The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the body of a young Taoist. Starting as an off-the-books employee of the Underworld Bureau, he rises step by step until he stands equal with heaven and earth. 29Reads—Score414d adds
- 156 Real-Life Tales of Feng Shui and the Metaphysical Arts 风水玄学之实录杂谈 After eight years, I’m starting a new book. No System, no cultivating immortality. Just a straightforward account of an ordinary person’s everyday experiences with the occult. Impatient readers can start from Chapter Two. Suitable for occult enthusiasts to learn from as they read. Of course, if anything seems familiar, it’s purely a coincidence. These are just casual notes, written on a whim. 16Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 157 The Daoist Arts Compendium: Flirting with Ghosts in the Underworld 道术灵册我在冥界调戏鬼 Supernatural and bizarre incidents keep happening, along with the use of all kinds of talismans, spells, and Taoist arts. Follow me, Lin Feng, as I promote traditional Chinese Taoism. Lin Feng was raised from childhood by his grandfather, Lin Yousheng, a renowned Taoist priest. The story takes place in a small town in the 1980s and 1990s. Before turning thirteen, Lin Feng had little interest in his grandfather's identity as a Taoist priest, but at thirteen, he began his journey down the Taoist p 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 158 The Patriarch of Taoism 道家祖师 As the old saying goes, one person shouldn’t enter a temple, and two people shouldn’t peer into a well. One rainy night, I went into a ruined temple all by myself. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Fox Immortal Seeks a Title: I Said You Look Like My Future Wife 狐仙讨封：我说你像我未来的老婆 The white fox who once snuggled under the covers with me came to ask me to grant her a human form. I said: “You look like my future wife: a tempting face and figure, a slender waist, soft breasts, peach-round hips, fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. You're even more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox spirit descended to the mortal world.” 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Heavenly Official's Edict 天官敕令 When Chen Qi awakens the long-lost “Word Spirit Edict” during a haunted-house livestream, he thinks it’s just a way to earn money to save his father. But when fragments of an antique bronze mirror reveal a thousand-year-old formation, and the technology group “Entropy” uses algorithms to optimize feng shui and kill, he realizes he’s been dragged into an ultimate war between traditional occult arts and modern technology. From malignant spirits in haunted houses to ghost soldiers on the march, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Ascended to Immortality in the Apocalypse 灵气复苏：我在末世中飞升成仙 [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Apocalypse] [Infinite Flow] [Light Sci-Fi] As Spiritual Qi Revival transforms the world, monsters multiply and nuclear bombs sweep the land. The surviving humans call this period of history the Psychic Energy Catastrophe! Those who survive the trials of the Dark Cavern World can awaken their own superpowers! Psychic abilities, genetic mutations, virus fusions, high-tech weapons, and heirs to mythological legacies: who among them is humanity's future? Mao Shisan, brought t 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 162 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 A Miscellany on Mind Cultivation: No-Mind Qigong 无念气功之修心杂录 There is a great deal to learn about practicing qigong. These days, many masters go around promoting and preaching their teachings, making it hard to tell what's real and what's not. When I was in junior high, I was fortunate enough to meet a master who passed a few words of wisdom on to me. I practiced until I was twenty-five, then continued on and off for more than ten years. I don't dare claim that others are wrong, and I don't know whether what I learned is genuine. In this age of spiritual 327Reads8.2Score9614d adds
- 164 Geological Survey Team No. 793 地质大队第793队 A twist of fate drew me into a historical event and set me on the path of following in my grandfather's footsteps. As I investigate what happened to him all those years ago, one baffling story after another begins to emerge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Folk Secret Spells 民间秘咒 [This book presents the classical Chinese text alongside its translation, for the appreciation of all fellow enthusiasts.] …The folk secret incantation, also known as “The Thirteen Ancient Moxibustion Incantations,” is said to have been entrusted by Patriarch Chen Tuan to a guardian in his final moments. After escaping danger, the guardian searched for someone to pass it on to, but found no one. The sole surviving copy was later kept by the Jiang family of Donglai. During the compilation of the 229Reads—Score3414d adds
- 166 The Most Ridiculously Unlucky Little Taoist in History 史上最坑小道士 What? Master, are you messing with me? Sending me down the mountain to gain experience is one thing, but now you want me to find a wife? Aren’t we forbidden from getting married? Fine, fine! So, in my quest to find a wife, I became the most troublemaking little Daoist... They say the world has yin and yang. Just because you don’t believe in something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’ve experienced far too many strange and uncanny things in my life, like the old woman sewing soles for shoes, and 1.8kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 167 This Taoist Priest Is the Crown Prince 这个道士是太子 A domineering, unruly crown prince who gave the civil and military officials endless headaches, filled the people with grievances, and made his peers jealous yet helpless was finally sent up the mountain to become a Daoist by imperial decree... That day, officials of every rank cried out, “Long live the wise emperor!” Their voices soared into the clouds... That day, firecrackers thundered and gongs and drums blared throughout Chang'an... On Cranecry Mountain, the deposed crown prince, now a Daoi 1.6kReads5.6Score12314d adds
- 168 Living with a Fairy Who Descended to Earth 带着仙女下凡同居 There is a room in a side chamber of the main hall of the Taoist temple that Chen Jiugong has never entered. One day, he accidentally wanders inside and discovers a transparent ice coffin. A breathtakingly beautiful woman in exquisite clothing lies motionless within, her eyes closed... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 I Just Became a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and Now I've Encountered a Pen Fairy 刚成龙虎山天师，就遭遇笔仙 [Supernatural] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Heroine/Single Heroine] + [Don't Read If You Don't Like It] Zhang Xiuyuan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the forty-ninth Celestial Master of Mount Longhu, the birthplace of Daoism! But in this world, Daoism has fallen into decline while Buddhism flourishes! After passing down the position of Celestial Master, his cheap master promptly kicks the bucket. “What? The Celestial Master of Mount Longhu? That little brat?” “Move aside! I want to chal 463Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 170 The Book of Changes in Plain Language, by Ji Wufan 姬无烦白话文讲易经 After my work about the Inner Earth people was published, many readers enjoyed it and strongly urged me to use their technology to publish other works. After giving it much thought, I decided that, to honor the readers' wishes and support, I would use Inner Earth technology to translate China's classic, the Book of Changes, as simply as possible. This will help readers understand the Book of Changes, learn, reflect on life, grow spiritually, resolve their doubts, and seek good fortune while avoi 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Little Fortune-Teller 小半仙 A young half-immortal from Mount Qingcheng descends the mountain to gain experience. He tells fortunes, reads feng shui, explores ancient tombs, and battles venomous insects. He helps people avert disasters, eliminate evil, and uphold justice, all to broaden his horizons, improve his cultivation, and enjoy this wonderful world to the fullest. But as his fame grows, so do the troubles he faces... 70Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 172 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... 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 What, You Used Ghost Money to Restart the Mythic Age? 什么，你用冥币重启了神话 [Slow-burn start, fiery later on] [Golden finger] [Invincible protagonist] [Supernatural Revival] [One heroine] Everyone says money makes the world go round. Zhang Xuanling believed that wholeheartedly when he was delivering takeout. Then one day, ghosts and gods suddenly appeared before him, and he could no longer believe it. But when he learned the truth about how he had restarted mythology with ghost money, he believed again: money can make ghosts work for you, and it can even reach the gods! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Heavenly Master of Zhuyou 祝由天师 After my grandfather dies, I inherit the art of Zhuyou and become a ghost doctor who wanders the mortal world. I've treated the living, tormented by evil ghosts, and helped the wronged spirits bullied by wicked people. As I encounter more and more evil entities, I learn more of Zhuyou's secrets. I get drawn deeper into it all, with less and less control over my own fate. A corpse alive in a mass grave, an evil spirit kept in an old mansion, a fingerless woman who steals people's lifespans. Every 139Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 175 You Inherited a Taoist Temple, So You Adopted a Bunch of Female Demons? 让你继承道观，你收养一群女妖？ [Folkloric Cultivation + No System + No Mindless Protagonist] Xu Ping'an arrives in an unusual version of the Great Song after transmigrating with a family heirloom magical treasure. Here, wars rage and demons run rampant. Xu Ping'an was useless in every way, but he soon discovers that the treasure his grandfather left him has extraordinary powers... Slay a corpse dog, gain the demon’s immense strength! Slay a ghost-faced spider, gain the ability to spin webs! Slay a mountain Kui, gain the art o 2.6kReads8.3Score42114d adds
- 176 My Cultivation Memoir 我的修仙自传 [Novella] + [Cultivation] + [A Truly Selfless Saint] [Underdog's Comeback] + [Rise to the Top] + [Build an Invincible Character] This is my own Cultivation story. You might not believe me, but I'm going through things I can't explain. Scientific Cultivation, a physical ascent to immortality. To achieve greatness, first set your sights high. I wish to become an immortal, and revel in joy beyond the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Believe in Science! School Beauty, What Are You Doing? 要相信科学，校花你在干啥？ Take a look at this man. His name is Xiaoshuai! He’s sitting cross-legged on his bed, with his palms facing up and resting on his knees. That’s right, he’s meditating. You could also call it sitting in meditation. It’s ten minutes until the Ghost Festival. The time is 11:50 p.m. He’s just curious, that’s all. He wants to know if ghosts and gods really exist in this world. Legend says the gates of the underworld swing wide open on this day. If you want to see ghosts and gods, this is the perfect 774Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 178 The Art of Reading Faces 相字 Chinese characters are the most beautiful writing system in the world, and the most delightful for telling stories. As Chinese people, we’re all familiar with the thousands of characters we use every day. Beyond their literal meanings, have you ever wondered if each character might hold other meanings as well? Whether it’s life or death, poverty or wealth, or even a cold case that has remained unsolved for years, I can find the answers through Chinese characters, one by one. Whether you’re skept 3.8kReads8.8Score55114d adds
- 179 Taoist Temple: Exposed as a Fraud from the Start 道观：开局就被打假了 [Urban] + [Taoist Priest] + [Livestream] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [One Female Lead (No Female Lead)] He transmigrates to a parallel world where historical records are woefully incomplete, and awakens the Taoism Revival System. The national treasure, the giant panda, is my registered disciple! Fortune-telling and face-reading? Just the basics for me! Martial arts? No, I cultivate the Immortal Dao! Taoism is a scam? That's ancient history. Spiritual Qi begins to revive, deities awaken across the 333Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 180 Unlicensed Celestial Master: Selling Talismans at a Street Stall from the Start 无证天师，开局地摊卖符箓 (Supernatural thrills and comedy early on, wish fulfillment, then Primordial Chaos later) The world is overrun with strange phenomena. After transmigrating here, Zhang Chen unexpectedly gains a Celestial Master System. He thought he was finally on his way to the top, but it turned out Celestial Masters in this world had to pass exams. Full of confidence, Zhang Chen went to take the test, only to fail at the very first hurdle: the written exam. With no other choice, he set up a street stall, but 41Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 181 The Strange World: My Arts Shape Mountains and Rivers 诡异世界：我术开山河 [No Female Lead] [Not a Saint] [Taoist Arts + Supernatural Invasion + Alternate Ancient World + Decisive and Ruthless] Heaven and earth turned upside down. The blood moon rose high, its light slowly fading as darkness covered the land! The supernatural descended, throwing the world into chaos. The masses could no longer endure it, as fear and despair engulfed the entire continent! [Slay the Red-Robed Vengeful Ghost and receive one of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Arts: Demon-Slaying!] [Slay the 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Path of Cultivation Begins with Inheriting a Dilapidated Taoist Temple 修道从继承破道观开始 A young Daoist who has just graduated from a Daoist academy inherits a rundown temple with his master’s help. While cleaning it up, he encounters the teachings of the founding patriarch and begins his path of cultivation. New author, new book. 32Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 183 After a Hundred Years in the Coffin, the Nation Asked Me to Slay a Dragon in the Yangtze! 百年出棺，国家请我下江斩龙！ [Supernatural]+ [The Resurgence of the Paranormal] A hundred years ago, Lin Yejiu and Xiao Ge founded the Bureau of Celestial Surveillance, a state agency dedicated to dealing with feng shui and paranormal incidents! For some reason, Lin Yejiu was buried deep underground for a hundred years! A century later, Xiao Ge led a unit to dig him out! Together, the two brought the country's special agencies under one command to deal with the paranormal resurgence! When a flash flood struck and a giant py 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 184 The Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate 诡门十三针 My ancestors were a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and I inherited the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles. After receiving the legacy, I treated someone with acupuncture without my grandfather's permission and caused a disaster. To avoid further trouble, I had no choice but to leave my hometown and open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in the city. Little did I know that breaking the forbidden rules of the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles to save someone's life would make me the 1.8kReads9.2Score17714d adds
- 185 The Strange Realm Frontline 诡界战线 [Mystery and Puzzles + Supernatural Powers + Eerie Folk Customs + One Heroine + Not Mindless + Ensemble Cast and Political Intrigue + Takes Off Around Chapter 30 and Gets Better and Better] The Ten Halls of the King of Hell stand empty. The mysterious Miscellaneous Affairs Bureau barely maintains order between the worlds of the living and the dead. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and magic; Yin-Yang arts and Mount Mao; cyber exorcism, electronic dance music to ward off misfortune. Awaken all man 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 186 Bashar: A Restriction Master Alien's Observations of Earth 限制大师外星人对地球的观察巴夏 First of all, who am I? I am what people on Earth call an alien, or extraterrestrial life. To be clear, I am not a true alien. I share a genetic connection with humanity. However, I am definitely extraterrestrial life. I was born and raised on a planet beyond Earth, which I will explain in detail later. In our ancient language, our civilization's world is called Ashasa, meaning "the place of the light of life." I say "ancient language" because, by the time our species evolved to this stage, we c 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Engineer's Strange Case Files 工程诡录 Please note: This story has no harem, no brainless characters, no overpowered cheat, and uses science instead of mysticism. If that's not your thing, please don't read. A staunch atheist with a PhD in control engineering is unexpectedly sent as a technical consultant to a new factory plagued by strange incidents. One bizarre equipment failure follows another, yet every scientific method he knows proves useless. With only three days left to finish the project, Dr. Qi decides to use scientific ins 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 188 My True-Life Paranormal Encounters: The Bizarre Things I've Experienced 亲身灵异实录：我经历的邪门事儿 Based on true events, firsthand accounts. Over the course of my life, I’ve encountered far too many bizarre things that science can’t explain. On a stormy night, a nightclub hostess was pinned down by a ghost in her sleep. Something furry crouched on her chest, and a seductive moan like a fox’s cry sounded beside her ear. She began to walk with a sway, her eyes shining like a fox’s, and the men around her started meeting with strange accidents one after another: the boss’s brakes failed in a c 1.1kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 189 The Qilin Oracle 麒麟神相 I'm a feng shui master. Over the past twenty-plus years, I've traveled all across China. I've experienced many things that ordinary people could never imagine. 10.5kReads6.9Score38914d adds
- 190 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 145Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 191 First-Rank Spirit Official 一品灵官 What’s it like to “catch ghosts with physical force”? The day my grandfather died, a dark wind blotted out the sky and earth as the gates of the underworld swung wide open. The Ten Yin Marshals arrived, escorted by a million Yin soldiers. But I fell ill, burning with fever for three days and nights. After I recovered, I was sorting through my grandfather’s belongings when I stumbled upon a redwood box. Inside was a book called the “Ledger of the Impermanent” and a black command token. The fro 45Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 192 The Yin-Yang Scissors 阴阳剪 A black dragon coils around me, skeletons block the door, fox spirits form ranks, and a white snake possesses me... All I have is a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper. I cut down demons and sever the boundary between life and death... The Yin-Yang Scissors cut through the forces of yin and yang. I am the heir to the Yin-Yang Scissors. With them in my hands, one snip decides life or death. All the thrilling, eerie, and mysterious tales are found in The Yin-Yang Scissors... 118Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 193 The Supreme Taoist: Peerless Daoist Master 道门太上：绝世道长 Clad in a Daoist robe, I walk among the people, driving out every evil under heaven... Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, gods, immortals, and strange beings: no matter how many I eliminate, I cannot purge the evil thoughts in my heart. Meet kindness with kindness, meet evil and become a demon. The arts of the Daoist tradition shall be the strongest! (Not an invincible protagonist story. Read with caution. No female lead!) 99Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 194 The Great Mystic War Chronicles 太玄战记 A valiant soldier, a bizarre transmigration, a chaotic age where the Three Realms were indistinguishable, and a passionate yet solitary path of cultivation… 845Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 195 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
- 196 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 533Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 197 Master Qimen in Thirty Days 三十天学会奇门 30 Days to Learn Qimen: Decoding the Ancient Wisdom of Time and Space. An introduction to Qimen Dunjia, which originated in ancient philosophies of time and space and is known as the “art of emperors.” Rooted in yin-yang and the Five Elements, it combines the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches with the Eight Trigrams and Nine Palaces, using the analysis of temporal and spatial energies to aid decision-making. This book breaks through the obscure barriers of traditional metaphysics and uses a 30 211Reads7.6Score4814d adds
- 198 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 48.7kReads6.7Score2k14d adds
- 199 Tales of the Shangqing Sect 上清宗往事 After accidentally stumbling into the Four Fiends Soul-Suppressing Formation, he finds his life ticking down to its end in seven years. He joins the Daoist sect in pursuit of immortality, grows stronger as he encounters zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters, travels the human world and seeks out hidden realms, slays demons and monsters to prove the Dao, and searches through the Six Paths of Reincarnation for true immortality. Only today does he finally realize who he truly is. 6kReads8.8Score55914d adds
- 200 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
