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- 101 You Were Supposed to Stream Ghost Hunting, So Why Are You Dating Her? 让你直播抓鬼，你跟她谈恋爱？ (Supernatural livestream + romantic comedy + a female ghost who throws herself at him + no blades, no angst) Su Li gets bound to a terrible System: he can only grow stronger by livestreaming ghost hunts! Other streamers sell products, while he sells talismans. Other streamers get paid in money, while his tips cost lives! For his first mission, he barges into a supposedly haunted school, planning to put on a half-hearted livestream and collect the rewards. Instead, he meets her. Bai Tan, the most 1.6kReads7.8Score23214d adds
- 102 Miss, Wait Up, Little Taoist 女施主：小道长留步 Witty and humorous + grounded in reality and rich in metaphor + ghost hunting and the supernatural A Taoist priest descends the mountain + an utterly doting big brother + a collection of short stories + long-term foreshadowing + guiding souls to the afterlife In 2026, I hunt ghosts and guide souls in the city. Only later did I realize that human hearts are far scarier than ghosts. I have just two kinds of clients: the living and the dead. The living pay me to solve their problems. The dead pay w 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 5.9kReads9.2Score51814d adds
- 104 My Forensic Partner Is a Stunning Female Ghost 我的法医搭档是绝美女鬼 [A science-minded, straight-talking forensic doctor × a stunning thousand-year-old female ghost] [Science vs. the supernatural] [Hilarious bickering] [Feelings growing in secret] [Feng shui] [Magic arrays] Other people solve cases with deduction. We solve them with a little help from “ghosts.” Lu Mingzhe is Jiangcheng’s chief forensic doctor. Highly rational, he believes in science. That is, until he sees a breathtakingly beautiful thousand-year-old female ghost in a red dress on his autopsy tab —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Urban Hauntings: My Paper Knife Can Pierce Illusions 都市诡异：我的纸刀能破妄 The rating has just been released, so it may still go up. Zhang Ping, an unemployed advertising copywriter, is attacked by a paper figure with a slit mouth in his shared apartment on a stormy night, at the lowest point in his life. On the verge of death, he desperately throws out an old piece of yellow paper he has carried for years, unexpectedly activating a fragment of the ancestral “Blade of Illusion-Breaking” and a mysterious “Night Watchman System.” The System turns terrifying supernatural 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 106 I Burned the Wrong Incense and Worshipped the Wrong Spirit, and Now a Powerful Female Ghost Won’t Leave Me Alone 烧错香，供错魂，女鬼大佬赖上门 “Everyone else transmigrates and gets a golden finger that goes ding, ding, ding. I transmigrated, and a female ghost has me screaming my head off!” Lin Mo was one of the countless people who had transmigrated. Aside from a paper effigy shop his grandfather left him, he had no golden finger at all. Pressed by the need to make a living, he went to burn paper offerings at someone's grave on the Ghost Festival, but through a twist of fate, he paid his respects at the wrong grave and disturbed a pow 5.4kReads7.5Score52814d adds
- 107 Blood Sun Annihilation 血日湮灭 [Potions]+ [Sequences]+ [Evil Gods]+ [Cthulhu] ·(When the blood sun is extinguished, humanity will perish as well.) ·(By day, the blood sun hangs in the sky and monsters run rampant.) ·(By night, the silver moon shines high above and ghosts run rampant.) ·(When the ‘Crimson’ corrupts the sun and invades Earth, humanity will fall into endless despair.) ·(They are followers of the ‘Crimson’.) ·(They are followers of ‘Folly’.) ·(And I am a follower of ‘Shadow’.) ·(So it was all my doing. So I’m the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 One Divination a Day: A Heavenly Master's Trainee 每日一卦，天师练习生 [Urban Cultivation] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Supernatural Ghosts] [Folk Customs] [Cautious Cultivation] [System Farming] [Multiple female leads ahead: policewoman, ghost, catgirl, foxgirl] Other Taoist priests heading down the mountain: slay demons, uphold justice, and fight evil in Heaven's name! Jiang, radiating the air of an immortal, flicked his sleeve. “Boundless Heavenly Venerable, vanquishing demons is my duty… That'll be one hundred thousand in incense money. WeChat or Alipay?” A college g 162.1kReads8.5Score19.6k14d adds
- 111 The Daoheart’s Journey 道心征途 (This novel focuses primarily on horror, the supernatural, and suspense. It isn't mindless, it isn't about cultivating immortality, and the story is tightly connected. The early chapters lay the groundwork, and there are many genuinely frightening scenes. If you don't like it, feel free to say so in the comments!) My master said there are only two principles to being a Taoist priest. First: Never put off revenge until tomorrow. Let it fester in your heart, and it will throw your Daoist mind into 7Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 112 Reading Yin Fate: The Female Ghost Is So Gorgeous, I Can't Help Myself 算阴命：女鬼太正，真的忍不住啊 Lin Qishan stayed up past midnight and brought a ghost home. She was a beautiful female ghost, too. As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave. After all, the law doesn’t protect female ghosts. The female ghost bit her lip, eyes burning with shame and anger. She didn’t dare make a sound and could only endure it in silence. After experiencing how wonderful the female ghost was, Lin Qishan finally let himself go... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 I Command the Ghost King and Become the Mastermind Pulling the Strings 我驾驭鬼王，化身幕后执棋者 [Slow-paced + ghost control + satisfying read + invincible protagonist + daily life] This story follows Mo Bai, who accidentally falls into a supernatural realm while out in the suburbs. After meeting a teammate, he successfully gains control of the Ghost King and returns to the real world. He gradually grows stronger through one supernatural incident after another, eventually becoming the mastermind pulling the strings. This is an invincible-protagonist type of novel, so please don't nitpick th 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Visited the Wrong Grave, and Now the Female Ghost Wants to Come Home with Me 上错坟，女鬼竟要跟着我回家 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 115 The Ghost-Catching Taoist Master 捉鬼天师 To build a road, the village assigned me and a few others to demolish a grave. Everyone died, but I survived. I’m the only one who knows why... 55Reads—Score814d adds
- 116 The Demon Taoist Breaks Through the Underworld Pass 妖道破阴关 (Supernatural horror, feng shui and geomancy, warding off evil and misfortune, one heroine) My parents used forbidden magic to conceive me, but on the day I was born, my strange appearance frightened them away... My third uncle raised me in a cage. I barely managed to grow up on borrowed yin virtue and incense offerings... On my eighteenth birthday, I was buried alive in the ancestral graveyard. She saved me... but she wasn’t human... 5.4kReads9.1Score47014d adds
- 117 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Zombie Scammers: Celestial Master, You’re a Dad Now 僵尸碰瓷：天师你当爹了 During a nighttime patrol, Celestial Master Ye Tian comes across a female zombie who refuses to leave his home. She declares, without a hint of shame, “I’m pregnant. The baby is yours, so you have to take responsibility.” Ye Tian: “I didn’t do anything!?” 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 After My Girlfriend Died, She Came Looking for Me 女友死后，她来找我了 [Alternate setting + yandere + supernatural + special powers + ghosts and monsters + mild horror + suspense] [Female-led romance + romantic entanglements + male-oriented] My name is Fu Ming. I'm an ordinary person, and I have a girlfriend who loves me very much. My girlfriend is Lin Wan, a rich heiress. She is decisive and ruthless, and very good at putting on an act. Most importantly, she's smart. Throughout the years we've been together, she has always controlled my life. I thought things woul 1.7kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 121 Paper Effigies to Cross the Yin and Yang: Strange Tales of a Folk Taoist 纸扎渡阴阳：民间道士异闻录 In the modern city, spiritual energy is scarce, and the Daoist sects are in decline. Evil spirits hide among ordinary people, and yin and yang are out of balance. Most mortals go their entire lives without ever seeing the truth lurking in the darkness. My name is Zhao Hao, an heir to the Lushan School of Zhengyi Daoism and the young master of Shanhetang, our family’s traditional paper effigy shop. When I was nineteen, a grave relocation job ended with me watching my father and two uncles die hor 224Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Fox Wife 狐妻 As a child, I was alone and had no one to rely on, so I depended on a little fox I had found. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. I still remember that an old woman came looking for her granddaughter the day before, and then all sorts of strange things started happening. Why has my brother, who hasn't come home in years, suddenly returned? He says he'll find me a wife, and that we'll have to go into the mountains to look for her. Who could have guessed... 2.7kReads8.1Score21314d adds
- 123 Transmigrated to 1981: Am I Kayako's Desk Mate? 穿越1981，我是伽椰子同桌？ [Non-Fanfiction] + [Light Novel] + [Original Fantasy] + [Supernatural] When Luo You wakes up, she discovers that she has become a Japanese college freshman in 1981. After a traffic accident kept her away for a month, Luo You finally returns to school and activates a System that rewards her whenever she raises someone's affection for her. But the target's name sounds strangely familiar. Something like “Kawamata Kayako.” 1.2kReads7.4Score10014d adds
- 124 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 7.5kReads8.3Score90814d adds
- 125 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
- 126 The Enchantress Is Alluring, and the Ghost Girl Knows How to Flirt 妖女很妩媚，女鬼太会撩 It's not that a wife is too expensive to marry. It's that female ghosts and demons offer better value. No house, no car required. And they'll even help you make a comeback! It's not that my Daoist heart is unsteady. It's just that demonesses are bewitching, and female ghosts know exactly how to flirt. My name is Chen Zhou. I'm a highly educated shut-in. My main job is gone, and my side hustle is matchmaking. It all began when I helped my beautiful landlady rent out a building that was warm in wi 1.2kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 127 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 299Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 128 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 129 Nightmare Tide 梦魇潮汐 [One Female Lead, No System, Stockpiling Supplies, Slaughter] In 2050, strange changes gradually began to appear across the world. Good omens vanished, disasters emerged, hope ran dry, balance shifted, and the pure land was swallowed by nightmares. Perhaps an ancient virus had returned. Perhaps it was nature's revenge. More likely, it was a purge... In a nightmare, can what your eyes see really be trusted? Are "people" just ordinary people? Are the buildings you see really ordinary building —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Year I Was Born, Ghosts Came Looking for a Groom 我出生那年，鬼招婿 The year I was born, ghosts came seeking a bride. To stay alive, I slept in a haunted coffin. When I was twelve, I was forced to marry a ghost bride, bringing disaster upon us all. My grandfather had me take an unclaimed grave as my master. I thought things would finally be peaceful from then on. But the good times didn't last. I discovered by chance that my ghost wife had been by my side all along... 12.2kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 131 Eerie: After Dying a Hundred Times, I Turn the Tables and Sacrifice My Ghostly Wife 诡异：连死百次，反手献祭鬼娇妻 The author’s new novel: “Reincarnation and Immortality: My Lifespan Limit Doubles with Every Life” [Supernatural Resurgence + System + Ghost Bride + One Heroine!] (A motion-comic adaptation of this book is now available.) After being killed by something hurled from a heavy truck that swerved to save someone on the road, he transmigrates, only to find a blood-clad vengeful ghost invading his dreams. What should he do? Looking at the abilities in his System, Jiang Wuyang sees “Dream Corridor” + “M 1.5kReads8.6Score12114d adds
- 132 Those Years I Spent Hunting Ghosts in Kunming 在昆明抓鬼那几年 [Modern Celestial Master] [Criminal Investigations] [Forensic Pathology and Ghosts] I'm Zhang Chenfeng, a celestial master who can draw Five Thunder Talismans, and a “Special Case Investigator” specially appointed by the police. Last year, I handled 47 paranormal cases and nearly lost my life 12 times. My approach to solving cases is hardcore: ✓ Forensic examiners test DNA; I measure the concentration of yin energy. ✓ Criminal investigators hunt down the culprit; I guide the dead to the afterl 361Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Seven Roads Across the River, Homeward Bound 渡川七路归人 [Publication-quality assurance, slow-burn + expansive worldbuilding that gets better the more you read + urban fantasy + college student + supernatural + Taoist priest + mild horror + face-slapping + showing off] My name is Lin Du, and I’m a college student. I was born with a weak Water element in my birth chart, and my fate lacked a safe ferry crossing. My mother named me Lin Du, hoping I would help others and myself safely cross life’s waters and enjoy a peaceful life. For half my life, I was 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Supernatural Revival: The Truth Is Out, I’m a Big Shot from the Underworld 灵异复苏：摊牌了，我是地府大佬 As the supernatural returns, the world descends into chaos. Demons run rampant, ghosts and gods rule the land, and supernatural incidents are happening everywhere. Chen Feng is reborn. On the surface, he’s a humble paper effigy maker, but no one knows who he really is. The City God Temple is under my name; the Black and White Impermanence are my underlings; the Ten Halls of Hell obey my command. Fine, I’ll come clean: I’m a big shot in the Underworld! 1.7kReads5.4Score12714d adds
- 138 Chengwen Master's 11th Book 成稳大师第11本书 375Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 139 Urban Ghost-Hunting Livestream: I Slay a Ghost and Become Famous Online from the Start 都市直播捉鬼：开局斩鬼全网封神 Under the gaze of countless people, he slays every demon and fiend. With chaos engulfing the world, he alone stands guard over humanity! In an age crawling with sinister spirits and where yin and yang have fallen into disorder, the protagonist shoulders the burden of saving the world with nothing but his courage! Ghost weddings, snakes coiled around graves, paper effigy makers, corpses weeping bloody tears, red robes claiming lives, rotting corpses devouring hearts, poisonous insects paying homa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Beauty in the Coffin 美人棺 [Mystery + Revenge + Feng Shui] Every month on the fifteenth, my grandfather would ask me for a drop of blood from my middle finger. Only later did I learn that he was feeding the beautiful older sister inside the beauty coffin. 6.7kReads8.7Score53614d adds
- 141 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.5kReads7.4Score28614d adds
- 142 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 My Wife Looks Like a Villain When She Hunts Ghosts 我老婆捉鬼时宛若一个反派 Everyone knew Lin Qing liked Pei Shiyu like crazy and had pursued him for three years. Everyone except Lin Qing herself. Everyone knew Pei Shiyu didn’t like Lin Qing, and that he’d married her only because his first love had married someone else. Everyone except Pei Shiyu himself. No one had faith in Lin Qing, and no one had faith in their marriage. Lin Qing didn’t care in the least. After they married, she ate when she was hungry and drank when she was thirsty. But gradually, she realized some 795Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 144 The Fox Immortal Madam Chose Me as Her Son-in-Law 狐仙娘娘选我做女婿 Since I was born in a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour, I'm especially prone to attracting unclean things. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a fox immortal and make her my wife. From then on, my life... 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score16514d adds
- 147 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds
- 148 Survival in the Graveyard: From the Start, Wrapped in a Corpse Shroud, I Evolve the Underworld 坟场求生：开局裹尸席，进化地府 [Chinese-style horror + universal lords + over a thousand types of ghosts + complete evolution system + cultivating uncanny plants + tomb raiding and grave digging + traditional folk customs + partial survival] Currently revising. If you enjoy this type of story, please check out the new book on my profile. 139Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 149 A Book by the Speed-Loving Snail 爱飙车的蜗牛的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 873Reads7.9Score10314d adds
- 150 The Fox Immortal Beauty 狐仙美人 When I was fourteen, I saved a white fox. To save my life, Grandpa actually made me enter into a contract with it? Fox Immortal: “I would gladly shed all my demonic aura and give up a thousand lifetimes of cultivation, all to spend a lifetime with you, from youth to old age!” Ding Ning: “I thought I’d become a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and vanquished demons, but in the end I became a heretic condemned by everyone...” As I taught myself Taoist arts, secrets and legends began to emerge one a 1.1kReads8.6Score10014d adds
