Novels like Night Fishing for Ghosts: I Ask Her Where the Fish Are Underwater
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- 51 The System Opens, and a Female Ghost Comes In 系统一开，女鬼进来 (Urban + System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Invincible Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Face-Slapping) Spiritual qi revived, the mortal realm became a ghostly haunt, and ghosts roamed everywhere! Xu Lin encountered a ghost and was on the brink of death, but turned the tables by binding himself to the [Three Thousand Beauties System]! A yang-spirit evil ghost detected? Instantly slain! Purified! Reduced to ashes! A peerless yin spirit detected? Scanned! Rated! SSS-rank looks? Be sure to contract 179Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 Sleep Paralysis from the Start? I Confessed to the Female Ghost and Made Her My Wife! 开局鬼压床？表白女鬼当老婆！ What? Sleeping paralysis can’t be cured with medicine? Is there an easier way to treat it? Lin Cheng: There is, bro! There is! I’ll just kiss her and confess! Won’t the ghost girl explode? 22Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 54 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Before the Ghost King Recovers, I'll Marry Her and Bring Her Home 趁鬼王没有恢复，娶她回家当老婆 [One female lead + devoted husband + both leads are each other's first love + pure romance + fast-paced + daily life of the leads. The male lead is weak at first but invincible among his peers later on (after Chapter 60). The female lead is cold on the outside but warm inside.] My name is Shen Jingting. I've been single for twenty years and work a dead-end job. On Ghost Festival, I made a wish to my ancestors. “Ancestors, I burn so much money for you every year. Do your best down there and help 2kReads8.8Score21714d adds
- 56 A Living Person's Ghost Marriage 活人冥婚 A ghost marriage is traditionally a union between two people who are already dead. But I was supposed to die at the age of three. By defying fate and holding a ghost wedding while still alive, I secured a future for myself… 397Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Delicate Beauty Beloved by a Powerhouse in a Period Novel 年代文大佬名下的娇软美人 When Wen Chuyi woke up, she had somehow transmigrated into an 1980s novel as a vicious minor character. Though born in the countryside, she had snow-white skin and a lovely, striking face. The poor girl had been raised in comfort and had never suffered in her life, let alone lived in a poor rural village. Her coarse clothes made her itch, and eating wild greens made her gag. Wen Chuyi gazed teary-eyed at the man before her, with his broad shoulders, narrow waist, deep-set eyes, and strikingly ha 1.3kReads5.4Score10214d adds
- 58 Lord of the Origin Clan 源族之主 [Mystery and the Supernatural, Ghost Wife and Fox Demon] In my senior year of high school, I became the top scholar in a dream and married a female ghost and a fox demon. After I woke up, one strange thing after another began happening around me. Together with my ghost wife and the fox demon, I embarked on adventures, weathered countless trials, and fought powerful foes. Bizarre and uncanny cases, strange folk customs, Miaojiang sorcery, demon arts, magic, and all manner of oddities await. Let’s 28Reads—Score314d adds
- 59 You Sent Me to Crack Down on Vice, and I Arrested My Fiancée? 让你去扫黄，你把未婚妻给逮了？ [Catching criminals + positive vibes + pure wish fulfillment + no suffering, steamrolling everyone] Li Fan is a trainee police officer. During a blind date, his match humiliates him, and then he binds to the Tough Cop System. On his very first assignment, he catches his fiancée studying a foreign language... Women will only slow down how fast I can draw my gun!!! (Ding! Arrest your fiancée. Reward: ten times the physical strength, a powerful arm, Li-style flying cards...) 20.7kReads7.6Score2.7k14d adds
- 60 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
- 61 Paranormal Livestream: Post Your Fears in the Chat 灵异直播：把害怕打在公屏上 Radio host Zhang Yang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to Blue Star, where ghost stories are in short supply. Bound to the Supernatural Master System, he collects Fear Points to exchange for special items! The Haunted Pen. The Midnight Ringing. Corpse Driving in Western Hunan. The Yellow-Skinned Weasel... Endless horror stories harvest his listeners’ Fear Points! 524Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 62 From the Start, This Livestreamer Summons Spirits and Gets Even with His Enemies 开局直播招魂，这主播有仇真报啊 [Comedy, lighthearted, supernatural, invincible, livestreaming] [One female lead] On a dark, stormy night, a bizarre livestream caught everyone’s attention. Countless viewers watched a “sacrifice and spirit-summoning” unfold live. At first, people thought it was all scripted. Until “he” really came. He said, “My name is Cang Ji. Remember it.” He laid one horrific case after another bare for all to see. He made sure the culprits met a gruesome end. At first, viewers said: [It’s just a script. You 629Reads8.9Score12514d adds
- 63 Red Candles Shine on the Corpse, a Bride in Red Sends the Soul Away 喜烛照尸，红妆送魂 Wedding candles illuminate a corpse; red robes send a soul on its way 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 Marrying a Ghost Bride from the Start, the 749 Bureau Comes Knocking 开局迎娶鬼新娘，749局找上门 [Ghost Bride + 749 + invincible + lifespan-for-power + hot-blooded + ruthless...] Hong Yao was panicking. He was living in what should have been an ordinary modern city, yet supernatural incidents were becoming more and more frequent. By chance, he found the betrothal letter of a ghost bride, and now he had to marry her! From then on, one strange entity after another came after him, all out to take his life. You brought this on yourselves! System! Take my lifespan! Also known as: “Am I strong? I 10.4kReads7.9Score80414d adds
- 68 The Beautiful Ghost Wife 阴妻美人 I was born with the “Four Calamities and Nine Tribulations.” A fortune-teller said I had to marry a widow who had kept her chastity in order to survive them. After searching for years, I finally won the beauty's heart. But on our wedding night, when I lifted the red veil from my gorgeous bride, I realized that my tribulations were only just beginning… 732Reads8.6Score8414d adds
- 69 Chengwen Master's 11th Book 成稳大师第11本书 375Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 70 I’m a Ghost Smuggler. What’s Wrong with Kidnapping Female Ghosts? 我作为鬼贩子，拐卖女鬼怎么了？ [Supernatural horrors return + hilarious feel-good story + absurdly powerful items + if this doesn’t make you laugh, you can beat me to death!] Jiang Xiaobai transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and gains the Ghost Smuggler System. He gets stronger by smuggling ghosts! [Ding! You smuggled a female ghost to a mining site. Ghost Smuggling Points +3000] [Ding! You smuggled a red-clad vengeful ghost to a pyramid scheme. Ghost Smuggling Points +5000] [Ding! You smu 1.5kReads8.5Score17614d adds
- 71 Horror Revival: Kissing Sadako from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和贞子热吻 [Mystery + Horror Resurgence + System + Supernatural] Horror resurges, and nightmares descend. Lin Han has only just transmigrated when the urban legend Sadako shows up at his door to claim his life. As an ordinary person, he has to... Option One: Turn and run, call the emergency number on the wall, and summon a nearby ghost handler to save him. Option Two: Fight back and get strangled to death by Sadako’s hair. Option Three: Hesitate and you lose; act decisively and you still lose. Don’t say a 351Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 72 Impostor Files: Monsters Want to Take Over My Life 伪人档案：怪物想要取代我的人生 The Fake People Files: Reborn is now available. Have you ever wondered if the people you know have long since stopped being themselves, replaced by some unknown creature... Fake people have the following traits: 1. Strange appearance 2. Uncoordinated movements 3. Bizarre behavior If you encounter someone like this in your everyday life... Shh! (I’m the security guard downstairs, the lunch lady in the cafeteria, your friend, teacher, colleague, family member. I’m a fake person.) I am you. I am yo 685Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 73 The Ghost-Eyed Yin Child 鬼眼阴童 I was born with ghost eyes, and my entire family was slaughtered. To survive, I had no choice but to become the disciple of a Rat Immortal and absorb the aura of a thousand-year-old Ghost King! The Judge of the Underworld appointed me a Yin Official in the mortal realm! I command the underworld’s ghost soldiers and generals, rule both the worlds of yin and yang, and restore the former glory of the Yan family! You kids! Want to know more about me? Heh, meet me in your dreams tonight! [Not an over 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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 8kReads8.3Score93714d adds
- 75 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
- 76 The Glutton’s Last Bite 大胃王的最后一口 The Glutton's Last Bite 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Unborn Creditor 未出生的债主 The Unborn Creditor 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 I Have a Book of the Yellow Springs 我有一本黄泉书 [Decisive and Ruthless + Violent Ghost Exorcism + Kill, Never Save + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The most terrifying thing in this world is often not ghosts, but people, especially ruthless men like me, who kill instead of saving souls. Chanting sutras to send the dead to a better afterlife, saving all sentient beings? None of that exists where I’m concerned. In this age of underworld officials, vengeful ghosts, and supernatural monsters, I seek only one thing: exorcising ghosts. I kill them. I don’t sa 536Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 79 Feast of the Undead: Slaughtering My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 盛世尸宴：我在大唐杀穿末日 A Feast of Corpses in an Age of Prosperity: Slaying My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Rotten Jasmine: Karmic Sin and False Testimony 腐茉莉：业障伪证 Rotten Jasmine: False Testimony of Sin 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I Turned In a Portal, So Why Is the Country Putting Me on Trial? 上交传送门，国家却要判我刑？ [The rating was maliciously manipulated, so please don’t hold it against the book! With a million words and tens of thousands of readers, there’s no way it could deserve only five stars.] “Farrell! You bastard! Prepare to die!” A thunderous roar shattered Qian Guanhai’s dream of grilling skewers. Inside the enormous door that had appeared out of nowhere stood the otherworldly warrior woman whose savings he’d swindled, and who’d been hunting him for three years. He’d thought his identity as Joe F 240Reads5.1Score25814d adds
- 82 From the Start, I Kissed the Ghost School's Campus Belle! 开局相亲，我竟强吻了鬼校校花！ Zhou Ming went on a blind date, only to discover that the woman was the campus belle of a haunted school. Just as he was about to die at the hands of the female ghost, the System arrived! [Haunted School Campus Belle. Rank: Blood-Robed Vengeful Spirit. Tip: Kiss her by force! Kiss her until she can’t breathe!] Zhou Ming was dumbfounded. You want me to force a kiss on this female ghost whose mouth is bleeding and whose nose has been half sliced off? But with the other party about to kill him, he 331Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 83 Demon Book 妖书 Demonic Book 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 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
- 85 Orders from the Underworld: The Last Delivery 阴间订单：最后一单 Orders from the Underworld: The Final Delivery 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Female Ghost Comes to Be My Bride 女鬼嫁到 Cao Susu’s shoulders shook as she wept pitifully. Zhao Cao couldn’t help putting an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. With his arm around her, Cao Susu simply let herself fall into his embrace, sobbing softly. … A loser with the extraordinary fate of having lived ten lives makes an invincible comeback as a Taoist master. He mixes it up with female ghosts and the underworld, then, with the help of female ghosts and demons, takes back ownership of the Hongyuan Group… 466Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 87 Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty: Blood and Tears of Tianshu 盛唐诡事录：天枢血泪 The Strange Cases of the Prosperous Tang: Blood and Tears of Tianshu 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 On Our Wedding Night, My Bride Turned into a Female Ghost, and I Got Even More Excited 新婚夜，新娘变女鬼，我更兴奋了 Before he died, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me. My bride was a rich heiress, and so beautiful she could put every other woman to shame. But on our wedding night, the bride turned into a female ghost. Everyone was terrified, but I was even more excited. “Ding! The ghost bride is bashful. Ghost Qi +20.” “Ding! The ghost bride is acting coy. Ghost Qi +30.” The Underworld has fallen into chaos, and ghosts roam the night. Su Zhe farms Ghost Qi from ghosts, then exchanges it for superna 1.1kReads8.5Score12114d adds
- 89 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Strange Tales of the Rainy City: A Red Notice on a Rainy Night in Nangang 湿城诡录：南港雨夜红单 The Strange Cases of the Rainy City: Red Orders on a Rainy Night in Nangang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Chang’an Night Walks: The Black Death Flower 长安夜行录：黑死花 Chang’an Night Walk: Black Death Flower —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Villain: The Mad Young Noble, the Heroine Begs to Be Tormented 反派：疯批贵公子，女主跪求折磨 [Unhinged] [Disturbed] [Psychological Manipulation] [Elegant] The villain Jiang Yaoyang is reborn on the day he kidnapped the heroine. In his previous life, the protagonist rescued the beauty, and Jiang Yaoyang had his legs broken before his whole family was slaughtered. This time, he's going to change everything. His [Eye of Insight] awakens, laying bare everyone's character settings before him and putting their corruption progress at his mercy! [Hidden character setting detected for the Chosen 9.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 94 Horror Descends: I Bind Myself to a Red-Clad Female Ghost from the Start 恐怖降临：开局绑定红衣女鬼 [Supernatural] + [System] + [Single female lead] A year ago, terror descended upon the world, reducing the global population by 90 percent. Only China, protected by its dragon veins, avoided complete collapse. The Maoshan Celestial Master set out to exorcise demons and uphold the Dao, taking his disciples down the mountain to slay monsters and demons. They never returned. By then, Lin Tian had spent ten years sweeping the grounds of Maoshan and had been signing in for ten years straight. “Ding! 1.8kReads7.7Score13914d adds
- 95 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
- 96 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan in Offerings 拜错神:三十块祭品 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan's Worth of Offerings 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 How Is He a Simp? Even Female Ghosts Are Throwing Themselves at Him! 这哪是舔狗？连女鬼都在倒贴他！ This book has multiple female leads. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution! After swearing he’d never be a simp again, Chen Zhen somehow becomes a “Grim Reaper of the Six Realms.” Humans, ghosts, demons, gods, devils, and immortals: Beautiful women from all six realms throw themselves at him, and his life becomes one where he’s the one being pursued... “What do you do when a female ghost tries to force you into marriage? Asking online, and I’m in a real hurry...” “Miss, my cultivation 8.7kReads8.8Score97514d adds
- 98 Making a Wish to a Ghost 向鬼许愿 A school where everyone has vanished. A company that serves ghosts. A city crawling with vengeful spirits. A mountain of weeping where yin and yang are turned upside down. … In an age when paranormal phenomena run rampant, Gu Shan possesses a terrifying wish-granting machine that can crush any supernatural incident. But each wish also carves an even deeper despair. “After you make your tenth wish, we’ll meet again in a world without pain.” (The original title of this book was The Tenth Wish.) 4.9kReads7.9Score46814d adds
- 99 Paper Doll Hauntings: A Living Person's Funeral 纸人诡事：活人出殡 Paper Figures and Strange Happenings: The Living Hold a Funeral 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Missing Tenants' List 消失的租客名单 The Missing Tenant List 3Reads—Score—14d adds
