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- 51 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 52 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿那些年 The funeral services provider Gouqie runs a one-stop funeral business on a shoestring. Uncle Yang is attacked, bringing the Chenxing List to light. A perfectly ordinary funeral services provider is drawn onto the path of spirit-mediumship. Gouqie has seen every side of the human world, yet is pulled into another supernatural realm. This isn't transmigration. Funeral shops, funeral homes: Gouqie's business keeps growing, and so does the number of enemies! Meng Qin, the Chenxing List, the Qia 768Reads7.6Score10214d adds
- 53 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 38Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 54 I Told You to Be a Taoist, So Why Did You Strike My Ex-Girlfriend with Lightning? 让你当道士，你却雷劈前女友？ [Folk Horror + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless + Packed with Jokes + Slow Start] After my girlfriend broke up with me, she ran off to northern Myanmar to work in sales for someone else. When she came back, she'd turned into an evil ghost who wanted to rip out my kidneys. To save myself, I accidentally became a Taoist priest. I'm not much good at the arts, but I've got a real talent for cursing people out! I learn thunder magic and raise fierce spirit soldiers. I'm a 11.7kReads8.2Score85614d adds
- 55 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Me! Rebuilding the Underworld in the Mortal Realm 我！在人间重造地府 Jiang Ning transmigrates to a world where ghostly qi has revived. This world has no reincarnation, and no Underworld! The gates of hell stand wide open. The supernatural is everywhere, ghosts roam in droves, and all life is devastated! The gods and Buddhas turn a blind eye, and heaven and earth offer no refuge. Fortunately, he awakens a System, summons the manifestation of the King of Hell, and becomes ruler of the netherworld! Build a hell, recruit yin soldiers, and appoint judges. The Book of 2Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 57 The Southeast Asian Medium 东南亚通灵先生 Under duress, I embedded a woman's corpse inside a Buddha statue in a temple. After I was framed, Master Dad taught me Southeast Asian spirit-medium arts. From that day on, the world I saw was no longer inhabited by the living alone... 3.5kReads8.4Score42414d adds
- 58 The Divine Coffin of a Thousand Years: I Become a Disciple in Yin Village 千年神棺：我于阴村拜师 If she was born of the heavens, why was she left to sleep for a thousand years in a secluded mountain wilderness? She began studying the Tao under a master as a child, slaying ghosts and banishing evil. Was this simply her fate, or was an unseen hand tipping the scales? Everyone around her seemed destined to cross her path. It turned out that from beginning to end, we were all just pieces on a chessboard. 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 60 Strange Tales from the South 南方灵异事 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 I Am a Feng Shui Master 我是风水师 I thought I would follow the three instructions my parents left in their will, but everything changed after I rescued a female classmate… 8.9kReads7.4Score65414d adds
- 62 Friends with Demons: The Monsters Are Here to Help 狐朋狗友：妖怪帮帮忙 Towering buildings line the streets, neon lights blaze, and the city is spreading at an astonishing pace. “They” were forced to leave their original homes. They blended into our society, disguising themselves so we would hardly notice them. Some mean well, others do not. They cultivate, hunt, and evolve in silence... Perhaps “it” is right beside you, or maybe it’s someone you know well. 3Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 63 Eerie Descent: I Blow Up a Haunted Site from the Start 诡异降临：开局炸掉诡异场景 Unconventional invincibility + lighthearted comedy + no female lead + mild horror Chen Sha is an orphan with a peculiar fate, raised from childhood under his master's carefully crafted program. He is a lone star of doom, and nothing can withstand him! His master originally planned to turn him into a weapon for taking revenge on the whole world. But just as Chen Sha entered society, he was chosen by a supernatural game. From then on, the world gained an unconventional chosen one. Any supernatural 719Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 64 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score35014d adds
- 65 The Pawnshop 典当 [Urban + supernatural + mystery] My name is Mo Linyuan. I run my family’s ancestral pawnshop. Other pawnshops deal in dirty money; mine trades in lives! Grandpa says our family has always had three storerooms: one for Heaven, one for Earth, and one for mortals! Rules: No strange item is ever refused; the redemption price is a hundredfold. Advertisement: Pawn ghosts, take immortals as collateral. We do not pawn past lives or future ones. Deceive Earth and Heaven, and you can redeem a life as old 242Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 66 The Maoshan Patriarch 茅山祖师 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a world of movies and becomes the eldest disciple of the Maoshan Patriarch during the Republic of China era! Demons and monsters are no match for him, and defeating them earns him blessings and merit. With the Patriarch at his back and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Maoshan Celestial Master is waiting for me, Zhao Hao! 1.3kReads6.7Score14514d adds
- 67 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score24814d adds
- 68 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 69 Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine 妖妻鬼妾 [Third-Person Narration | Traditional Supernatural | Taoist Arts | Spirit Mediums] My name is Zuo Li. I was different from the moment I was born, carrying the fate of a ghost. To make sure I could grow up safely, my grandfather had me live off two women at once. As it turned out, I could only stay alive by living off women... 260Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 70 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 370Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 71 The Paper Effigy Shopkeeper Is Not to Be Messed With 纸扎铺老板不好惹 [A So-Lazy-He’d-Die Bottom (Sheng Qing) × A Green-Tea, Jealous Hades Top (Yan Nanque)] [Two Male Leads + Both Powerful + Fantasy Ghost-Hunting + Sweet Romance] Three thousand years ago, Sheng Qing was a human-world guardian deity who wanted for nothing. Three thousand years later, to make ends meet, he had no choice but to drag his long-neglected, badly atrophied body to open a paper-offering shop near a graveyard in Jingcheng. On the shop’s opening day, restless spirits took turns showing up. T 18Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 72 Ghost Hunting with a God-Tier Acting System 打鬼，我有神级扮演系统 [Main genre: Lighthearted comedy] [Secondary genre: Supernatural horror] Chu Zimo transmigrated to a parallel world and unexpectedly awakened the Horror Role-Playing System. While everyone else was consumed by fear beneath the shroud of the paranormal, Chu Zimo was taking them down one after another. Miserable Ghost: “Bro! I’m not miserable at all! Please, just act human for once!” Starving Ghost: “Stop feeding me! I’m really full!” Hanged Ghost: “Could you cut the rope and save me instead of cu 5Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 73 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 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 74 Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始 The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid... 102Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 75 The Yin-Yang Courier 阴阳快递员 After graduating from college, I became a delivery courier to make ends meet. Who knew I'd have to work nights, and that none of the people coming to collect their packages would be human… 153Reads8.1Score14714d adds
- 76 Tales of Feng Shui, Tomb Raiding, and the Supernatural 风水盗墓灵异录 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, tomb raiding, feng shui, the supernatural, tomb exploration, retrieving corpses from water, suspense, pranks, ghost hunting, coffins, ghosts and monsters, the Eight Trigrams and other esoteric arts, dragon seeking and acupoint locating, sorcery, adventure, warding off evil, metaphysics His grandfather left Li Qing an old tomb-raiding journal, a bronze compass, a soul-suppressing staff, and a jade gourd. At midnight, at the bottom of the corpse-filled valley in Yang 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Supernatural Revival: I'm the Only One Who Knows the Plot 灵异复苏：只有我知道剧情 Chen Mu transmigrated into a parallel world where the supernatural was resurging. Terrifying ghosts were everywhere, posing a grave threat to humanity. Humanity's only way to fight back against the resurrected ghosts was to enter the mysterious Tower of Reincarnation. Clear its various instances and earn System rewards, growing stronger in the process! After entering the Tower of Reincarnation, which others described as mysterious and perilous at every turn, Chen Mu discovered something. Mr. Vam 985Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 78 Supernatural: I’m the Top Exorcist in the Cosplay Scene 灵异：我！COS界超度大师 [Supernatural + Anime and Manga + System] Ye Yu, a hardcore shut-in, encounters a supernatural incident while using the toilet and awakens the Myriad Worlds Merit-Bestowing System! But soon afterward, he discovers something even more terrifying than the supernatural incident. There’s no toilet paper. (‧̣̥̇꒪່⍢꒪່ )… Female ghost: Do you want red toilet paper or white toilet paper? Ye Yu: Um... I usually use sandpaper. The female ghost, inwardly: ∑(O_O;) Are young people these days all this hardco 939Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 79 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 861Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 80 Horror Descends: From the Start, I Awaken the Black-and-White Impermanence Immortal 恐怖降临，开局觉醒黑白无常仙 Jiang Nan transmigrates to another parallel world, only to find terror descending. A rift to hell opens, unleashing hordes of monsters and ghosts. As his companion ghost spirit awakens, his System binds to him as well. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the twin ghost spirits, Black and White Impermanence! Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Yiyang Finger technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Lightfoot technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the s 30Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 81 The Yin-Yang Inn 阴阳旅店 From the day I was born, underworld soldiers came to drag my soul away. At eight, I arrived at the Yin-Yang Inn and began working as a guide for the dead. From then on, I guided both the dead and the living. Every ghost or living person who came to the inn had a secret they couldn't tell. The Yin-Yang Inn has strange rules. Ghosts must sign a contract, while the living must stay the night. Whether or not their request is fulfilled, their payment is never refunded. Even so, guests keep coming one 257Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 82 Tales of a Taoist Priest 道士往事 Join me as I uncover the Three Realms, the Heavenly Court, the Thirty-Three Heavens, blessed grotto-heavens, magic arts, golden pills, ancient times, Gu, Zhuyou healing, feng shui, fortune-telling, divination, investigating and reading cases... demons, devils, ghosts, monsters, imps, evil masters and fallen saints... as well as the modern-day Imperial Observatory! The Three Teachings trace their origins to the Dao, which stands above the empty titles of Confucianism and Buddhism. Golden scriptur 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 680Reads6.7Score11414d adds
- 84 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score11414d adds
- 85 Terror Has Arrived: Is This Not a Raising Sim? 惊悚降临：难道这不是养成游戏？ [No heroine, no romance] The Ghost Realm descends, and Qin Fan enters the world of horror as a newcomer. From the start, he obtains the Eyes of the Sea King and suddenly feels that this game, with its sky-high death rate, might not be so hard to play after all… 22Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 86 I Manage the Book of Life and Death for the King of Hell 我替阎王掌管生死簿 After an accident, Ye Xiaofan bluffs the King of Hell into letting him take charge of the Book of Life and Death. He develops an app that lets his software take all three realms by storm. One short-video app, Douyin, leaves the gods of all three realms utterly obsessed. 295Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 87 Dragon-Seeking Feng Shui Master 寻龙风水师 My mother was offered as a living sacrifice to the river god. To everyone's surprise, ten months later, she crawled out of the river. Dragons eat their illegitimate children. As the Dragon King's bastard son, I was supposed to be eaten at birth. Luckily, my master saved me and used eighteen phoenix maidens to deceive the heavens, helping me escape the Dragon King's pursuit. But eighteen years later, the people who had built their fortunes on my dragon blood turned against me. They looked down on 920Reads8.5Score26814d adds
- 88 Sinister Livestream: At Midnight, the King of Hell Passes Judgment 极恶直播：午夜十二点，阎王断罪 [The Only One on the Entire Site] From the start, Lige is slandered after bravely stepping in to save a girl who has been violated and taking her to the hospital. She even takes him to court, and the story makes the news. The whole world learns about it. In an instant, a deluge of accusations and abuse engulfs Lige and his younger sister. Online keyboard warriors, petty villains in real life, and attention-seeking profiteers. This world still paints him as utterly evil, guilty beyond forgiveness 9Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 89 The Corpse-Retrieving Ghost, I Founded a Secret Organization in the City 捞尸女鬼，我在都市成立诡秘组织 (Mysterious Revival + Urban Life + Live-Streamed Corpse Retrieval) One night, a teenage boy wakes up and discovers he has awakened the Corpse Retrieval System. He must venture to the River of the Underworld to retrieve the corpse of a female ghost. The tragic beauty Qiao Ji, the quirky Luohua Cave Maiden, the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae, the fiendish Banruo... As the mysterious returns to life, the boy loses his memory before a bronze gate on a rainy night. The gates of the underworld swing wide op 116Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 90 The Exorcist from a Poor Family 寒门镇邪师 The three-year-old daughter of Lin Yan, a poor woodcarver, grows a fragrant green shoot in her palm, just as three golden lines appear in a crack in a copper lock passed down through his family. Only then does Lin Yan realize that a peddler's prophecy from three years ago has come true. His daughter, Nian'an, is the Chosen One of the Dao Fruit, but this divine gift is also a death sentence. Evil spirits from the outer city knock at the door in the dead of night, while members of the Spirit Infan 15Reads—Score214d adds
- 91 The Years I Spent as a Shepherd 我当羊倌那些年 A noodle shop packed with customers uses eels dug out of graves. A scrawny yellow dog is willing to develop gallstones for the sake of its master. A man-eating catfish has a water-swallowing pearl in its belly, while the teeth of an ancient corpse have turned to jade. As an heir to the grave-robbing treasure-seeking trade, I transmigrate through mountains and forests in search of heavenly treasures. People call those of our trade shepherds… 2kReads8.1Score24314d adds
- 92 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 685Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 93 I Work as Meng Po's Underling 我给孟婆当小弟 I’m the young apprentice of Meng Po. I’m your comeuppance. I’m the most terrifying urban legend. I’m a mage who walks in the darkness. I’m the guardian of the order between yin and yang. I’m also the unluckiest person in the world. The story begins on Tomb-Sweeping Day, when I arranged to meet a girl I’d been chatting with for a long time... 635Reads7.8Score10214d adds
- 94 I Asked You to Stream Down-to-Earth Content, Not from the Underworld! 让你直播接地气！不是接地府啊！ The world is on the brink of a terrifying resurgence, and Chen Mo transmigrates into the body of a streamer with barely any viewers. Luckily, the System may be late, but it never misses its cue! [Option One: Ride Bus 13 at midnight and livestream a ghostly hearse. Reward: The Golden Light Mantra!] [Option Two: Hide at home and livestream while waiting for a female ghost to show up. Reward: The Five Thunder Orthodox Art!] Chen Mo: “Can I have both?” When Chen Mo boards that midnight hearse, t 5Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 95 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 115Reads—Score15514d adds
- 96 The Mountain Keeper 守山人 My family has been guarding the mountain for generations. Every generation, someone meets an untimely end at the age of forty. The curse was broken in my grandfather's generation, but it came at a great cost. A soul dwells in each mountain, and one person holds each mountain at bay. 4.2kReads8.7Score46714d adds
- 97 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 669Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 98 Fortune-Telling and Feng Shui by Day, Ghost-Hunting as a Part-Time Reaper by Night 看相算命测风水，兼职阴差要捉鬼 [Fortune-telling, face-reading, and feng shui | Ghost hunting, exorcism, and mastery of the yin and yang] The story is one thing, the principles behind it another. Young readers may not understand, so please go easy on me. Thank you. Han Dongzhi was born with the fate of the Five Defects and Three Shortcomings, and anyone who came into contact with him was doomed to bad luck. His parents died after he was born, and he grew up relying on the villagers' sporadic handouts. After finally working har 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749 灵异：我在749局打鬼那些年 The appearance of a white coffin and a red coffin at the construction site changed my fate. That night, I saw corpses that could move and a ghost that could steal a person's soul. They were all "deceiving" me, trying to make me die. What should I do... When you think the person behind you is a ghost, the real ghost may be the one standing in front of you... Once it's dark... don't read this!! 216Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Outcast: Divine Mask, I Only Sing Eerie Operas 一人之下：神格面具，我只唱诡戏 “I perform only for ghosts, monsters, gods, and immortals. Will you become a ghost, or ascend to immortality?” Nuo opera bridges yin and yang. Eighteen-year-old Miaojiang Nuo performer Liu Huaige enters the world, bearing a spirit-contract System that lets him witness the past and future, disperse resentful souls, and suppress ghosts and gods. He makes contracts with powerful ghosts and fiends, turning them into divine masks. He can become Zhong Kui, the Demon-Quelling Lord, and swing his sword 186Reads7.6Score—14d adds
