Novels like I Told You to Be a Taoist, So Why Did You Strike My Ex-Girlfriend with Lightning?
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- 1 Wang Xiaoming! Your Stupid College Antics Will Keep Me Laughing Until Graduation 王小明！你大学蠢事够我笑到毕业 “Wang Xiaoming from the computer science department at Jiangcheng University spent four years proving that you can make a style out of running pigeon-toed, fail classes with consistency, and even get three dishes wrong when picking up takeout for your roommate. His motto: ‘Can’t do anything right, but number one at messing things up.’” He barely made it into college on his entrance exam score, and the people around him are a whole crew of lovable oddballs: his musclebound roommate Zhang Wei, who 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 You Say I'm Not a Proper Taoist? I'm So Proper It's Wicked 你说我不是正经道士？我正得发邪 After graduating from university, he finds the Taoist temple empty, with his master and senior fellow disciples all gone. Feng Yurain takes his whole arsenal of mystical skills down the mountain to No. 17 Huai'an Road, where he opens an unremarkable little shop. Those with a dark aura between their brows, haunted by spirits, afflicted by bad feng shui, or entangled in karma are all welcome to come by. Fate is set by heaven. I can only offer a little guidance. If you refuse to see reason, then yo 13kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 3 Funeral Parlor No. 44 44号白事铺 All he wanted was a quiet job and a little extra cash. But by chance, he became a yin-yang master, earning cabbage money while worrying himself sick. His skills were too shallow to tell the living from the dead at a glance... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Catch Ghosts with Cheats 我靠开挂捉鬼 The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the village. The fortune-teller said my birth chart was entirely yin, and that I was different from ordinary people. So, starting when I was four, I could always see things that other people couldn’t. A female ghost possessing Grandpa Li, a mysterious man in black, a water ghost reeking from head to toe, a weasel pretending to be a spirit... My ordinary life became dangerous and thrilling... 105Reads8.0Score13214d adds
- 5 The Divine Seer Who Peers into Heaven 窥天神相 When my parents got married, my grandfather got drunk and caused a scandal, leading to the ruin of our family... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Little Taoist of the Yin Gate: I Get by and Send Vengeful Ghosts on Their Way 阴门小道士，我靠摸鱼渡厉鬼 My name is Lin Shi'an. While others slay ghosts and demons to chase fame and fortune, I joined the Yin Sect just to coast through life in peace. Haunted by vengeful ghosts or targeted by sinister spirits? I stay calm and perform half-hearted exorcisms. I may look lazy and idle, but my mastery of Yin arts is divine. Every vicious spirit in the world has to obey me. Everyone calls me a good-for-nothing, never realizing that I use my laid-back ways to subdue every spirit under heaven. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 In the Chaotic Five Dynasties, I Have a Dou of Rice That Keeps My Granary Overflowing 五代乱世，我有斗米爆满仓 [System Rewards + Infrastructure and Farming + Massive Troop-Building + Modern Management Overwhelms the Past + Five Dynasties Era of Chaos + Feel-Good Story] Lu Anian transmigrates into the fictional chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. From the start, the city has fallen, the officials are dead, and bandits surround it! All that remains inside are 490 starving refugees, so desperate they're resorting to cannibalism. A hellish start, but he binds to the “Population and Rations S 140.3kReads8.0Score14.9k14d adds
- 8 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain: He Kills, He Doesn’t Save 天师下山，只杀不渡 My name is Zhang Qingfeng. I was born with the bones of a Daoist, and every ghost wants a piece of me. At eight, I was bound by forty-nine debts to the underworld. I had seven days to live. The headmaster of Maoshan saved me and brought me up the mountain, where he taught me Daoist arts and freed me from my death sentence. At twenty, I descended the mountain and made myself a rule: When I encounter a wronged spirit, I ask what happened first. If they’ve been wronged, I’ll set things right. If th 3Reads—Score10814d adds
- 9 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 You Fake Taoist, I Didn’t Know You Were the Real Deal! 骗子道士，没想到你是真会啊！ [Ghost stories + hilarious comedy + urban legends] As the supernatural resurges and the world descends into chaos, Lin Yu, a fake Taoist, awakens the Dao Ancestor System. He exorcises ghosts to earn merit, which he uses to draw character cards and take on the forms of Taoist disciples from across the myriad worlds. Faced with all kinds of vicious, uncanny, and sinister ghosts, he transforms into a holy master of myriad realms, the Thunder Lord... Wang Lingguan, the Three-Eyed Deity... becoming e 37.4kReads6.5Score5.8k14d adds
- 11 The Ferryman: Senior, Don't Be Like That. You Have a Boyfriend 摆渡人：学姐别这样，你有男朋友 [Urban fantasy] [Campus goddess] [Hilarious monster-hunting] [Invincible young hero] [World-shattering power] [Heaven above and earth below] [Can do anything] [Supernatural antics] [Decisive and ruthless] … 143Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 12 Shocking! A Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain to Exorcise Ghosts on Livestream 惊！道士下山直播抓鬼 Supernatural + livestreaming + ghost hunting I’m Bai Qingxuan, a rookie Daoist priest. After coming down from the mountain, hunger left me with no other options. Then I had an idea: I’d livestream myself hunting ghosts. There are plenty of supernatural incidents in this modern city. I’ll use Daoist arts to deal with them and livestream the whole thing for everyone to see. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Senior Brother Is Simply Too Gentle 我师兄实在太温和了 Hearing the willow-breaking song in the night, who wouldn't feel a longing for home? Big brother-in-law, single-subject grades, unchanging shoes, baby girl, spring, maple, crystal, eight-treasure rice, thank goodness it's still fine, Chinese localization patch, Korean drama method, holiday, work hard, ship the goods, hhh, V-clothes, hahaha, not convinced. 551Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Why Are You Messing with Him? He's the Young Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain! 你惹他干嘛，他是龙虎山小天师啊 Traditional supernatural fiction, no System. During the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians, countless people died. The sheer number of deaths generated resentment that blotted out the sky, and all kinds of powerful ghosts began appearing in great numbers. According to ancient texts, immortals descended from legendary sacred mountains to teach the Dao, helping the world's Daoists eliminate those ghosts. But after that, spiritual energy grew increasingly thin. After the Tang Dynasty, the world offici 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 This Taoist Master Can Really Catch Ghosts! 道爷我真能捉鬼啊！ [Young Taoist priest] [Jiangshi] [Magical duels] [Ghost hunting] [Romance, but no womanizing] [School life] When I was young, I regretted having so little affinity with the Dao. Now I fear I have too much! Young man, if you could choose all over again, would you still leave the mountain? Zhang Wuming’s unscrupulous master tricked him into coming down the mountain with a roast chicken. Only later did he realize he’d been sold! Sold to a rich man to protect his daughter for a year! “You old dog, j 54.3kReads7.7Score3.6k14d adds
- 16 The Horror Stories I Tell on the Midnight Radio Come True 午夜电台我讲的恐怖故事都成真了 [Thriller + horror + wild imagination + plot twists] Zhang Mo, a transmigrator whose parents have both died, is forced to inherit the radio station his father left behind, which is on the verge of going under. Then a System suddenly activates, releasing a new horror story every seven days. To his shock, every story comes true in the real world. The radio station reaches its peak, but little by little, Zhang Mo is driven to despair... 804Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 17 The School Beauty’s Little Ghost-Hunting Taoist 校花的捉鬼小道士 The young Daoist Xu Ziqing is a master at healing the sick, vanquishing demons, catching ghosts, and subduing spirits. He can locate buried treasures, read faces, and master feng shui. He enrolls in school, dates the campus beauty, and takes down bullies... Wait, campus beauty, what are you doing? 403Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Wreak Havoc in the Underworld, and His Majesty Is a Little Annoyed 大闹地府，陛下有点烦 Chen Fei, the leader of the Azure Dragon Gang, is dead! The King of Hell runs the Underworld, and Chen Fei runs the King of Hell from behind the curtain! [King of Hell] A foolish ruler and an old rascal On the job: He ignores state affairs, fights crickets, catches grasshoppers, and scrolls through short videos of beautiful women. Off the job: He heads to the brothel to visit an old flame, only for Chen Fei to catch him in the act and parade him through the streets. [Officials] Corrupt and greed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A CEO Godmother Falls from the Sky, and My Seven Older Sisters Spoil Me Like Crazy 天降总裁干妈，七个姐姐狂宠我 [Multiple Heroines + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted Everyday Life] From the start, Gu Yunfan suddenly gained a wealthy CEO godmother with assets worth hundreds of billions, along with seven gorgeous older sisters. The eldest is his homeroom teacher, strict yet caring. The seventh is the school beauty hailed as the princess of Beijing's elite circles, aloof yet clingy. At the same time, he binds to the "Happy Family" Management System. Interacting with family members earns points that unlock System 38.6kReads8.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 20 The Way of Heaven: Feng Shui Master, I Control the Universe 天道门，风水神师，乾坤由我执掌 The lotus scorched by hellfire is the birthmark on my back. The sins of my past life were too great, and in this life I'm fated to die young. To stay alive, I descend the mountain in search of a way, only to find eighty-one coffins and an underworld wedding waiting for me. A coin hung from a mountain, a cup of water holding the world in check. A demon fetus in a human belly, a woman in a bottle, the witchcraft of Luonan, eight or nine layers of coffins, the underworld's watery halls, a golden co 228Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 21 Ghosts and Monsters: Run! This Taoist Has a Wild Style 鬼怪：快跑！这道士路子有点野 No harem, no formulaic tropes, invincible, no System, feel-good comedy, laugh-out-loud funny Hey, you ghost up ahead, stop right there! This Daoist isn't going to take your kidneys. Pah! You think a female ghost like you can seduce me? Listen, I'm an honest, upstanding young man! You're only slowing down my money-making. Pay up! Granny Ghost, you ran into me! I won't get up without at least eighty or a hundred thousand. No money? That's fine, just sign this work contract and pay me back by wo 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Last Sand Diver 最后一个淘沙官 [Tomb Raiding]+ [Mystery]+ [Supernatural] There is a group of people in this world who understand the balance of yin and yang, know the past and present, and brave deadly dangers in search of secret treasures buried with dragons, lost cities, and ancient palaces said to house immortals. With their own hands, they piece together fragments of the unknown world. They are the Sand-Seeking Celestial Officials. I am the last inheritor of the Sand-Seeking Celestial Officials, and I have decided to reco 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Golden Core Cultivator's College Life 金丹修士的大学生活 “Heaven is round and Earth is square. By the nine laws, I write this decree: may all ghosts hide and flee.” What manner of demon are you? Come out and accept your punishment! Oh no! How did I manage to provoke her? Master, save me... The wonderful, thrilling college life begins!!! 93Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 24 Infinite Save Slots: I'm Truly Devoted 无限存档：我真的很专一 [Multiple heroines] [Urban] [No-brains, just fun] Yu Wang, once an overworked wage slave in his previous life, obtains an infinite-save System. Each save is a parallel world, but things start to change from the second save onward. A cool, aloof CEO, a legal loli, an unexpectedly athletic student, the girl of his youth... Before he knows it, Yu Wang is surrounded by girls. Yu Wang insists, “I'm really devoted to just one!” Heroines so far: Save 01: Jiang Muqing (cool, aloof CEO) Save 02: Zhen Xia 38Reads—Score10214d adds
- 25 Strange Tales from the Countryside 农村里的奇异怪谈 [Traditional supernatural horror + third-person narration + one female lead + no immortal cultivation] In a strange, gloomy bamboo forest, evil forces claim people’s lives. A university graduate has just returned to his village when he becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre events. In the end, he takes a master and learns the Dao. Is the mysterious woman good or evil? What other strange events will the protagonist encounter? Find out in the book. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Greatest Ghost Taoist in the Mortal Realm 阳间第一鬼道 The coffin is raised, the incense still burns, and the grave is moved. The Taoist was once an evil ghost; wicked arts throw the age into chaos. Paper figures harbor murderous intent; living stones imprison evil spirits. Vengeful ghosts don Taoist robes, and the sinister wind never stops blowing. Ning An was a disciple of the Taoist sect, but his master used him as a pawn, while his master’s wife wanted to eat him and turn him into a vengeful ghost. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Retirement Diaries from Yucun 【盗墓笔记】：雨村的养老日记 [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanfiction, starring the young crew of five] The bamboo rustles in the breeze, and the moon is out tonight. We can soak in the bath later. May the years always be this peaceful. The story is nearing its end, so let them all take a break. This is a book about their life after they went into hiding, filled with nothing but ordinary, peaceful days. As for whether they'll set out again, who knows? (If they do, it'll just be my wild imagination!) Please don't flame me i 587Reads8.1Score10414d adds
- 28 I Picked Up a Republic-Era Ghost Wife 捡个民国鬼妻当老婆 Lin Mo, a greedy, lecherous relationship counselor, takes a bride price of a hundred thousand yuan to go on a matchmaking visit to a remote village. In a daze, he signs a marriage pact with the dead and marries a ghost bride from the Republic of China era who has been dead for eighty years! His left hand awakens as a Yin Hand: touch a ghost and it can be destroyed, touch a living woman and she suffers searing pain. Only a female ghost can approach him without harm. A cool, beautiful policewoman 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 30 Apartment 14: A Tale of Terror 惊悚14号公寓 I was promoted to security team leader at a new residential complex. I couldn't tell whether the people around me were human or ghosts: the beautiful woman in white who flags down cars at midnight, Old Zhang clutching an urn, the elderly man with a face as pale as a ghost's, and a colleague who vanished years ago only to turn up again... What? The eighteenth floor of Building 14 is off-limits? Then I'll just have to see whether this eighteenth floor is the eighteenth level of hell or... the huma 777Reads—Score10014d adds
- 31 What a Disaster! I Refused to Bind with the System, and It Made Me Reborn 惨！拒绝绑定，系统给我干重生了 [Reborn]+ [Reject the System]+ [Trickster]+ [Get Rewards for Refusing]+ [I’ve Shamelessly Milked the System Dry] Good news: I passed the imperial examination. Bad news: I awakened the Rejection System! A Rejection System? You think I'll let a piece of junk like you ruin my future? Lin Luo: “I refuse to bind!” System: “Hehe, congratulations, Host! You correctly matched the binding phrase. System binding successful. Rebirth initiated!” Wait, System, I... In the blink of an eye, I was reborn. Syste 10.6kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 32 The Treasure Hunter with a Lucky Touch 桃运摸宝师 I left home when I was young and stumbled into the world of treasure hunting and spirit-reading. From Kunlun’s Hell to the South Sea Dragon Ruins, the Netherworld Ghostwood, and the Sea of Sand’s hidden nest... I traveled far and wide in search of secret treasures. Just as I thought I could take control of my own fate, Heaven played a cruel joke on me. I tried to escape, but only sank deeper and deeper... 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Hilarious Ghost-Hunting Adventure 我的搞笑捉鬼之旅 Lighthearted + hilarious + Supernatural. Bi Xiao accidentally scares a pair of green eyes so badly that he rolls his eyes back and dies. And so he gets the nickname “Bi the Coward”! Then he meets Hu Jiutian, a sidekick of Granny Meng who possesses a sacred bone. There’s Bi Xiao, who can’t handle Supernatural incidents; Hu Jiutian, who has a sense of humor; Mao Mingming, who claims he can drink anyone under the table; Huang Liuzi, who looks cunning but is actually a complete idiot; and Aidi Li, a 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Maoshan Occultist: Tales of the Underworld and Evil 茅山诡术师：幽冥话邪 Maoshan's arcane arts have returned to the world, as demons and evil spirits run rampant. What bloody storm will rise this time? In this cruel world, with its tumultuous lives, who will pay for each and every blood debt? Behind the layers of eerie schemes, who is righteous, and who is evil? I, Fang Gui, have a strange past. By chance, I was drawn into a spiritual calamity. How can I break free of this trap? How can I defy fate and change my destiny? Gather spirits, exterminate evil, and dispel c 362Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 35 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Tao Comes to Another World: The Tao Te Ching from the Start, Crushing Forbidden Spells 道临异世：开局道德经，爆锤禁咒 After a car accident, the young Daoist Jian Chen is reborn in another world in the body of a useless nobody. He just wanted to recite a couple of lines from the Dao De Jing to calm himself down. Who knew it would summon radiant clouds stretching for thousands of miles and earn him heavenly merit? The whole continent is stunned to discover that the Eastern cultivation arts they dismissed as worthless are even more terrifying than forbidden spells. Only after Jian Chen crushes his way to the divin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Write Horror Novels on Tomato Novel 我在番茄写恐怖小说 A friendly heads-up: [This story is wildly imaginative] This novel brings together over a hundred stories, with elements of the uncanny, fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror. Unlike other novels, it has no long, tedious passages. Every story is full of eerie, fresh surprises. 99Reads—Score12714d adds
- 38 Intel: The Campus Belle Is a Martial Goddess, and the System Says I Should Cling to Her 情报：校花是武神，系统建议我抱 Martial arts assessment: F-grade, barely a star. True qi density: 0.3, not even as much as a fart. The whole school laughed: “Chen Lang the loser! Chen Lang the loser!” Chen Lang was used to it. Then the System activated [Today’s Intelligence: The school beauty, Su Wan’er, will practice swordsmanship on the rooftop tonight. She’s actually the reincarnation of the Martial God.] [System Recommendation: Get on her good side.] [Friendly Reminder: If you do it wrong, she’ll beat you to death.] Chen L —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 My Organs Think I'm Weak, So They Help Me Cultivate to Godhood Overnight 器官嫌我弱，连夜帮我修炼成神 [Urban Fantasy + Sentient Organs + Chat Group + Lighthearted Comedy + Lie-Flat Invincibility] After transmigrating to a high-martial world undergoing spiritual qi revival, Lin Fan just wants to be a quiet slacker. But his organs think he’s far too weak, so they start a chat group called “A Loving Family” in the middle of the night and kick off a fierce competition to outdo one another! [Heart]: “Brothers! Our host is only Bronze rank. What a disgrace! I’ll get things started by activating the te 9.8kReads7.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 41 A Druid Appears in the City: Hey, My Name’s Ding Wenxi 都市惊现德鲁伊，哥们我叫丁文西 [Stephen Chow-style absurd humor + hilarious daily life + goofy plot + lighthearted comedy that takes no brainpower] What happens when an ordinary person suddenly gains the ability to communicate with animals? During his internship, he turns the property management office into the center of a community upheaval! He befriends a rich young master and builds a base of operations at the zoo! After being tricked into returning to his hometown to become village chief, he builds a new socialist country 346Reads8.4Score10914d adds
- 42 Late Ming: Causing Trouble with No Moral Limits 明末乱坑主打缺德 Whether the late Ming falls into chaos is up to Xiaobao. A master at digging pitfalls, utterly shameless and without limits. Borrow a knife to kill, add fuel to the fire. Stir up chaos across the land, then pin the blame on someone else. The emperor gets taken for a fool, and not a single official escapes. Everyone knows he’s a menace, but nobody can do a thing about it. He keeps setting traps all the way to the end, and no one dares complain! 429Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Third World You Don't Know 你不知道的第三世界 Have you ever doubted the world you see with your own eyes? Have you ever experienced a supernatural event? Are you curious about unknown creatures? Open this book and step into the mysterious, unknown Third World! 820Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 46 I Cultivate the True Five Thunder Method and Crush the Evil Ghosts of the Spirit Realm 我修五雷正法，力压鬼界恶鬼 Xu Fan was born different. His natural Yin-Yang Eyes could suppress every evil spirit and demon. After Old Xu died, Xu Fan inherited the family’s ancestral spirit hall and became a shamanic medium. He battles Japanese invaders and evil spirits! Beats up the island nation’s Yin-Yang masters! Bullies the shikigami You Chizi! And marries a thousand-year-old White Snake Immortal! 615Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 47 Maoshan Ghost Arts: Kill, Never Deliver Souls 茅山鬼术，只杀不度 When I was twelve, my father was killed by someone using an evil technique, and my mother took her own life. I was adopted by relatives and suffered endless abuse. In the end, their entire family died horribly, leaving me an orphan. The villagers regarded me as an omen of misfortune. To stay alive, I stole offerings meant for the dead, only to attract an evil ghost, which bought my life with a hell banknote. At the critical moment between life and death, my master, Old Guo, saved me, took me in 246kReads8.8Score23.9k14d adds
- 48 You Asked Me to Tell Fortunes, but You Turned a Warlord into the Living Yama 让你算命，你把军阀投资成活阎王 In a chaotic Republic-era world, evil spirits run rampant, the Daoist sects are hidebound, and foreign occult forces are invading. After Chen Changsheng, a man blinded in both eyes, unexpectedly unlocks the Republic-era Fortune Venture Capital System, he can glimpse the fortune charts of all things and invest in down-and-out beings at rock-bottom prices. Once they survive their death trials, he reaps tenfold returns in fortune, cultivation, and magical treasures. He rejects the traditional path 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
