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- 1 A Widow Turned Ghost Is Forcing Me to Marry Her. You Call That True Love? 寡妇成鬼逼婚，你管这叫正缘？ [Ghost Marriage] [Countryside] [Urban Supernatural] I met a widow from the village. That very night, she hanged herself. The next day, I received a wedding photo of the two of us. The seventh day after the widow’s death will be the day I die. I don’t want to die. If I want to survive, I have no choice but to… A friendly reminder: The author is insanely talented, can tell fortunes, and can exorcise ghosts. Some plotlines are adapted from real cases. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 122Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 2 Ghost Tamer: From the Start, I'm Haunted by a Stunningly Beautiful Hanged Ghost 御鬼：开局被绝美缢死鬼缠上 [Everyone can command ghosts] + [Lots of female ghosts] + [Summoning and leveling up] + [System] + [Beloved by all slice of life] + [Slow-paced and steady] [Setting similar to an era of global paranormal phenomena] [Original story] [Entirely handcrafted, no AI] [Harem-seekers, stay away] Paranormal entities invaded reality. Humanity resisted for a century, and people awakened their talents to become Ghost Tamers. During the exam to contract his first ghost, Yi Liang was pulled into a deadly 60Reads—Score10814d adds
- 3 Only After the Divorce Did I Discover My Wife Wasn’t Human 直到离婚，才发现我老婆不是人 [Protagonist Wei Kun + All Heroines Are Ghosts + Defying the Righteous World to the End] (No NTR, no NTR, no NTR. We’re saying it three times because it’s important!) Wei Kun was a burly, muscular butcher, yet he had married a beautiful wife. Three months later, Wei Kun lay emaciated in a hospital bed. As he stared at the divorce papers in his hands, consumed by grief, the System mistakenly identified him as a ghost, allowing him to awaken the Ghost Cultivation System ahead of time. Only after a 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Years Learning to Catch Ghosts 我学捉鬼的那些年 People can get away with all sorts of things, but greed is one thing they must avoid, especially when it comes to things inside a coffin. And greed was exactly where I went wrong. If you covet money, it can cost you your life! They dug a red-lacquered coffin out of a construction site, and I thought I'd found a priceless antique. If I'd known what would happen afterward, I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it even if they killed me... 762Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Bride I Brought Home Was Dead 媳妇领回来的，是个死人 The woman he brought home was a dead person. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 山间有鬼兵 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Guardians of the Lake: Ghost Ship in the Mist, Season One 守湖人雾中鬼船第一季 The Lake Keeper: Ghost Ship in the Fog, Season One 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Guardians of the Lake: Don't Board the Fog Boat, Season Two 守湖者，莫登雾.船第二季 Guardians of the Lake: Do Not Board the Fog Boat, Season Two —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Ghostly Qi 姽炁 Dual transmigration between two worlds + mild horror + not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don't complain if that's not your thing (slow pacing) + a touch of Lovecraftian fantasy The red moon descends, vengeful ghosts return, and the human world becomes a living hell. In the depths of despair, he controls ghosts and is reborn. 8.2kReads7.5Score51314d adds
- 10 Ninefold Mystic Seal: Demon-Slaying Massacre 九玄封魔戮 A thousand years of Taoist tradition, now at its final breath in an age when magic has waned. When Lin Jiuxuan, the last heir of the Tianshu Temple, enters Jiangcheng University as an auditor, all he wants is a few quiet days. Then a pair of bamboo chopsticks from the cafeteria pins down an earthbound spirit, ancient jade at the neck of the cool, aloof goddess of the archaeology department begins to glow, and the Demon-Sealing Talisman dormant in his palm grows searing hot. Only then does he rea 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Ghost Hunter 捉鬼人 My name is Zhao Jinyin. By chance, I learned the skills of a ghost hunter, and from then on made my living at it, roaming freely between the worlds of yin and yang. Ahem, this book is a bit frightening, so readers with high blood pressure should stay away. It’s also a little humorous, so anyone with a weak heart should stay away too. 273Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 12 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 13 Collecting Beauty Cards: I Open Blind Boxes in Highway Survival 收美女图鉴，我在公路求生开盲盒 [Beautiful Women + Highway Survival + No System] Everyone in the world transmigrates to a highway survival world where they can only move forward, never backward. From the start, they get one vehicle, and all their supplies have to be scavenged. All they can do is search for supplies along the highway and try to stay alive. Li Chengxing, an orphan, rides a beat-up electric tricycle with his unrelated younger sister on board. After passing through a tunnel, they arrive in this world. “Everyone el 7.6kReads6.7Score43314d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Reborn in My Senior Year: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Scumbag 重生高三，我真不想当渣男 [Reborn + multiple heroines + entrepreneurship + wish fulfillment] Jiang Yu was reborn. He was back in 2007, in a senior-year high school classroom. Chalk dust still floated in shafts of sunlight, his deskmate Liu Yang was still dozing, and Lin Xiaoran, seated in front of him, was still sneaking glances his way. In his previous life, he was thirty-two, worth over a hundred million, and never short of women, but not one of them had ever reached his heart. This time, he set himself three goals: 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 All Races Vie for Supremacy, and My One Wife Gives Me a Full Stack of Buffs 万族争霸，我一妻一光环增益叠满 Every newly emerged race in the universe enters the Star Abyss Trial. Reborn, the protagonist relies on the Family Bond System. Each wife grants him an aura, and together they lead Huaxia to soar, making the myriad races tremble beneath their slaughter... 9.4kReads6.7Score77114d adds
- 17 A Sudden Disaster? No, a Sudden Stroke of Romantic Luck! 天降横祸？不，是天降桃花运！ [Multiple female leads] [System] [Not brainless] [Fast-paced] After his gold-digging girlfriend dumps him and a rich heir humiliates him, Chen Lei thinks he has hit rock bottom. Who could have guessed that a car accident, a disaster falling from the sky, would become the start of a life-changing comeback! [Ding! Host detected in a locked encounter: 'accidental hand-holding' and an 'accidental event'!] [Rogue Wish Book successfully bound! Fulfill an 'accidental event' to make a wish!] Chen Lei lo 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Are You Crazy? My Counselor and the Campus Belle Are Both Ex-Girlfriends 疯了吧！辅导员和校花都是前女友 [Multiple Heroines + Young Ladies from Prestigious Families + A Variety of Types + Romantic Push and Pull + Sweet Everyday Moments + Love Rival Showdowns] Zhu Xunchuan had barely started his first year of college when his ex-girlfriends cornered him at his door! It was all supposed to be a joke, so why wouldn't his exes let him off the hook? He'd have come clean if it were anyone else, but every one of them came from a terrifyingly powerful family! Also known as: “After I Sent a Breakup Text to 58.1kReads8.4Score9.9k14d adds
- 19 Global Haunted Game: Chainsaw Man Slaughters Ghostly Classmates from the Start 全球诡游：开局电锯人乱杀鬼同学 [No Female Lead] [Invincible] [High Martial Arts + Semi-Infinite Flow] [Joins the Official Organization] [Battle-Crazed Lunatic] [Slightly Horrific] [Deadpan Humor] When Ning Ye was five, he witnessed the horrific deaths of his parents, and a line of bloody text appeared before his eyes. [Kill a ghost 0/1] He tried drinking talisman water, summoning spirits with a pencil, and even working as a sleep tester in a haunted house, but he never saw so much as a ghost. Until he was dragged into the 1.7kReads7.6Score25614d adds
- 20 85: At 25, I Somehow Have Four Sons 85：25岁的我居然有四个儿子 [Small-town Brahmin caste]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Unfaithful male lead]+ [Heroines who are hopeless romantics] Reborn in 1985, twenty-five-year-old Zhang Huaijin already has four sons. Yes, they weren't all born to the same wife. Looking at his four boys, he feels more pressure than the sky itself. He wants to run, but he can't. His first ex-wife looks at Zhang Huaijin with hopeful eyes every time she sees him, wishing he would change his mind and come back to her. His second ex-wife glares at Z 12.3kReads7.6Score75214d adds
- 21 Beasts Trapped in a Small Space 方寸困兽 A star basketball player vanishes in midair as he leaps for a dunk. A spatial distortion, or a supernatural force? Yuyang, a history student, accidentally forms a symbiotic bond with Huaiyan, a thousand-year-old evil spirit known as the “Wall Monk.” He becomes a “demon beacon,” a target coveted by all sides. When a mysterious organization sets its sights on his roommate, Yuyang is forced into a vast conspiracy revolving around ancient feng shui arts. Facing the mastermind who manipulates fate, Y 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Eerie: A Divine Hint from the Start, and I've Seen Through Everything 诡异：开局神提示，我已看透一切 [Ghosts Fighting for His Affection + Passionate Nights + Horror + Livestream + Survival + Fast-Paced + Power Fantasy] While everyone else scrapes by for survival in the dungeons, Ji Feng uses his ability to know everything to fall into a sweet romance with a female ghost. A bizarre game begins. Players die, and ghost realms descend. Ji Feng is chosen as a player, and from the start he picks the most ferocious female ghost of all: the Ghost Bride! A chill wind howls, red candles flicker, and bene 26.7kReads8.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 23 I Asked You to Write a Horror Play, So Why Did You Have to Add a Deity? 让你写诡剧，您非要往里加神人？ He Mo has always believed that eerie plays, with their dark, disturbing themes and wall-to-wall negativity, are bound to drive actors to a mental breakdown if they perform in them for too long. So he insists on adding a few absurd characters and comic plotlines to lighten things up. The more the theater objects, the more it proves he's doing the right thing. It shows that he's exposed the theater's intention to torment its actors through eerie plays. The more the actors object, the more it prove 1.1kReads—Score17014d adds
- 24 Reborn at Eighteen, I Really Just Want to Make Money 重生十八，我真的只想搞钱啊 (Reborn as a food-delivery app developer, no System, multiple female leads, everyday life, entrepreneurship, an entertainment-industry storyline, with illustrations) After an accident, Lin Shuchen wakes up as an eighteen-year-old boy. After spending more than a decade as a programmer in his previous life, he doesn't want to work for someone else this time around. Starting with an inconspicuous food-ordering mini-program, he visits restaurants, builds the system, takes on group catering, and trie 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Fourth Book by Teacher Chen of Northern Guangdong 粤北陈老师的第4本书 1.4kReads7.2Score10014d adds
- 26 The Crack in My Heart 心中的裂缝 The Cracks Within the Heart 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau: The Sequel 民调局异闻录后传 Twenty-six years ago, when I was born, someone told my fortune and said my fate was tainted by ill luck. So my grandfather gave me a name meant to ward it off: Shen La. Twenty years ago, when I was six, I innocently saw a friend from that other world. Four years ago, when I was still a special forces soldier, I took part in a bizarre incident. Fate led me to an organization called the Bureau of Folk Affairs Investigation and Research, where I became an investigator. From that day on, my nightmar 1kReads9.4Score—14d adds
- 28 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score11214d adds
- 29 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 773Reads—Score10514d adds
- 30 Eerie Descent: The Haunted Harem Game 诡异降临：诡异后宫游戏 84.7kReads8.9Score9.1k14d adds
- 31 Mecha Girl Era: I'll Make Her Tail Fins Perkier 机娘纪元：我让她尾翼更翘 Mecha Girl Era: I Made Her Rear Wing More Curvaceous —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Sister Zombie, Help! There's a Ghost Behind Me! 尸姐，救命！我身后有鬼！ [Mild Horror] [Devoted Couple] [Ghost Wife] [Two Female Leads] [Contractual Bond with a Coming-of-Age Dynamic] My name is Ji Ting. I died the day I was born. My grandmother summoned a female ghost, who dragged me back from death. She looked at me as if I were an enemy from a past life. I clung to her leg, and she called me useless. On our wedding day, she asked me, “Jinglan, are you happy?” Her soft lips kissed me until I was dizzy with bliss. I could no longer tell whether I was Ji Ting or Pei 4.6kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 33 Prague’s Bloody Countdown 布拉格的血色倒计时 A Bloody Countdown in Prague —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Eerie Revival: My Neighbor Isn't Human 诡异复苏：我的邻居不是人 [No female lead, no romance, and the protagonist grows stronger over time. He becomes formidable after death.] Three years ago, the world twisted, and terror returned. As the entire world was shrouded in the shadows of ghosts and monsters, Qi Miao: Thanks for asking. There's the old woman who looks for people to take her place in death, the widowed father raising a daughter, the little kid who likes bouncing a ball, the zombie family that holds spirit-summoning rituals, the ghost in a horse-face 624Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 35 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5kReads8.6Score37314d adds
- 36 Strange Tales from the Bureau: The Final Chapter 民调局异闻录之最终篇章 A strange past, a mysterious department, an eccentric white-haired man, and a fat man who can see through everything: the final chapter in the history of the Folk Affairs Investigation and Research Bureau. 16.6kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 37 My Gunplay Is the Way: I Use an M1911 to Exorcise Ghosts 枪法即道法，我用M1911驱鬼 (Just got a rating) (harem) (urban high martial arts, supernatural mysteries, Taoist priest, multiple heroines, daily life, ghost-hunting with firearms, urban supernatural abilities, SCP-like, no System, solving cases, tomboy, childhood friends, tsundere) “Have you made up your mind?” “I have.” Wu Kui picks up the document and signs his name. “A true hero, and so young!” “No. I just don’t want to be kept in the dark.” To protect Wen Wan, an innocent girl with a rare Yin fate who is repeatedly ta 72Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 38 The Real Heiress Was Reunited with Her Family, Only to Turn Out to Be a Mystical Arts Master? 真千金被认回后竟是玄门大佬？ [The Male Lead Appears Late! Very Late!] Eighteen years ago, twin sisters were switched at the Nan family maternity ward. Nan Zhi, who should have been cherished as the family's darling, grew up in a remote Taoist temple and became the youngest and most mysterious fifth-rank Celestial Master in the mystic world. She has never failed to exorcise evil spirits or suppress sinister forces, and can wield talismans and formations with ease. The cinnabar mark on her palm is proof of her ability to trav 22.1kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 Suppressing Yin and Yang 镇阴阳 [Supernatural The Underworld Comedy No female lead Not human] I used to think I was just an ordinary person. But on the day I was born, Yama sent a child into the world, ten thousand ghosts entered my body, and every ghost within a hundred miles hid in fear. The Underworld’s gods of the dead avoided me like the plague. In this life, I shall command yin and yang and tread the cycle of reincarnation. I only hope this song of sorrow ends in splendor… 3.9kReads9.0Score35914d adds
- 41 This Is a Rules Horror Story, So Why Am I Getting More Children, More Blessings? 这是规则怪谈啊，让我多子多福？ [Rule-Based Horror + More Children, More Blessings] Lin Feng, who was enjoying the blessings of a 996 work schedule, was unexpectedly dragged into a rule-based horror scenario! It’s hell difficulty from the start: [Death Flight ZQ-114514]! Fortunately, Lin Feng is bound to the [More Children, More Blessings] System! “Ding! Win over Xia Ning, the 007 ghost flight attendant, who has a comprehensive rating of 95, and have a child with her to receive Rule Resistance and an SSS-Rank Talent!” 47.2kReads8.2Score3.6k14d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Haunted Taoist Temple: I Only Hunt the Most Ominous Things 恐怖道观：我只抓大凶之物 “My good apprentice, you've completed your training. You may leave the mountain now.” “Rest assured, Master. Once I descend the mountain, I will vanquish demons and exorcise evil, restoring the glory of our Daoist tradition!” “To temper your character, I have a small test for you.” “I won't let you down, Master!” “Excellent. There's a young woman down the mountain. Go marry her!” “What?!” … 3.3kReads8.9Score35414d adds
- 44 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 3.9kReads8.7Score24814d adds
- 45 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
- 46 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡，活人回避 The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 8.6kReads8.8Score76514d adds
- 47 You Blush Eight Times in Five Minutes, and You're an SSS-Rank Female Ghost? 五分钟脸红八次，还SSS女诡？ This is supposed to be a terrifying survival game, yet while all the other contestants are struggling to stay alive, you’re falling into a sweet romance with an SSS-ranked eerie school beauty? The eerie game descended upon Blue Star, and one lucky person was randomly chosen from each country to represent it and survive in the eerie realm. Xu Fei was chosen against his will, but he could see hidden hints. His first dungeon was “Horror University.” To survive all 44 days, contestants from other co 25.1kReads8.6Score3.6k14d adds
- 48 Move Aside, That Phoenix Proudheaven Is Mine 起开，那个凤傲天是我的 [Adventure and combat + fantastical cultivation + multiple female leads + slow burn + passionate] She is Han Zelin, a girl disguised as a boy and the family’s “genius young master.” With a long sword gleaming coldly in her hand, she wields it with fierce precision, acts decisively, and has an unyielding will. Burdened by her family’s legacy, the demons of the Northern Frontier, and the fate of humanity, she swears to seize control of the future with the sword in her hand. I, Wu Yunqi, am perfect 50.5kReads8.7Score6.5k14d adds
- 49 Reborn, I Let Her Keep Me, and They Love Me Even More! 重生后我软饭硬吃，她们更爱了！ [Love rivals + multiple heroines + everyday life + lighthearted + living off a woman + constantly changing sides...] Ye Cheng was forced to be reborn for reasons that were less than honorable. He returned to four years earlier. To make sure he could lie flat this time, Ye Cheng arranged to meet them sooner. A year later... [The weirdo who likes wearing black stockings]: A Cheng, I've been taking my medication properly lately. Could you spend more time with me? [The silly little blonde who draws] 21.7kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 50 Now That I'm Reborn, I'm Definitely Confessing This Time 都重生了，这场白说什么也要表了 Staring at the classroom's iron door, wrapped in sheet metal and covered with streaks of rust, You Zihao's gaze shifted slightly upward. The rigid red characters “Senior Year 1, Class 7” were printed on a white rectangular plaque hanging above the door's upper-right corner. Another wave of dizziness hit her. You Zihao raised one hand to her forehead and slowly closed her eyes. The images in her mind had yet to fade completely... The lyrics of “I Want to See You~ Just Want to See You~ In the Futu 323Reads—Score—14d adds
