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- 1 Thirteen Taboos 十三禁忌 Thirteen folk taboos: the first is killing cats; the second, walking close to walls at night; the third, killing beneath a tree; the fourth... They say cats have nine lives, but most people don't know what that means and simply assume it refers to cats' strong vitality. There are many ancient texts that discuss the origins of the nine-lived cat. In the East, for example, the Buddhist text Sayings Above explains it this way: a cat has nine lives, corresponding to insight, spirituality, stillness, 5Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 The Part-Time Taoist Priest 业余小道士 To earn his living expenses, Mao Tianxing shows up on Immortal Lane, joining a crowd of old immortals to reveal heavenly secrets and offer guidance on the affairs of the world. Pills that hide corpses under the bed? This immortal will bring peace to your home! A cheating man haunted by a ghost? I'll exorcise the female ghost and teach that scumbag a lesson! “Hey, miss, I can see romance coming your way. Don't let this destined match pass you by!” “Hey, sir, you're in for some good fortune. You'l 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I'm Just a Con Artist, and You Want Me to Exorcise Evil? 我神棍一个，你让我驱邪？ Qi Yu is a funeral specialist who makes a comfortable living pretending to perform exorcisms with a few battered books passed down through his family. He believes science has triumphed, and that zombies and ghosts are just nonsense meant to scare people! A professional con man runs into the real thing, and a half-baked charlatan comes face-to-face with a murderous zombie! The ancient family books conceal mysteries, and spirits in the dead of night call him Grandpa! When science can’t explain a c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Little Taoist Ghost Hunter: The Happy Little Taoist 捉鬼小道士之欢乐小道士 I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes, yet spent twenty years as an atheist. That changed the day a piercing scream came from the old house. I opened the door and saw an entire human skin hanging from the rafters, dripping blood. I calmly took out my phone. “Master, that ghost-hunting side job you mentioned comes with insurance and room and board, right?” There was a moment of silence on the other end. “...First, recite the Divine Incantation for Purifying Heaven and Earth. Put on your Bluetooth earbuds 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Wife Is a Ghost Constable 我的老婆是阴差 I saw a little ad about a rich woman looking for a man to father her child, and it left me completely shaken. Now she won’t stop pestering me, claiming she’s pregnant with my baby. What am I supposed to do? 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 Repaying Yin Debts: The Living Must Not Pass 还阴债：活人禁行 From the day I was born, my whole family wore shrouds. The day my parents took theirs off, they died under mysterious circumstances. To keep me alive, my grandfather sacrificed himself... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I, a Young Maoshan Taoist, Walk Between Yin and Yang 我，茅山小道，行走阴阳 (A note to all readers!!! You can skip Volume One, The Young Maoshan Daoist Comes of Age, and go straight to Volume Two, Conquering the Yin and Yang. Volume One is a little slow, so feel free to skip it if you don’t want to read it.) My name is Li Qingfeng. The year I was born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky, as dragons and tigers contended. Later, I studied Maoshan Daoist arts under a master. He said I was the most gifted person he had ever met, and that taking me as his disciple left hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 13Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 11 I Studied Hard to Hunt Ghosts Before Coming Down the Mountain, So What Does High Martial Mean? 苦学捉鬼下山，高武是什么意思？ [Slow Burn, Read with Care] [Modern High Martial Arts] [Taoist Priest] [Ghost Hunting] [Eerie] [Awakening] [May Not Be for Everyone] Ye Xuan transmigrated at the absolute worst time. He had been the top scorer in the college entrance exam, but he got a terminal illness and died. As soon as he transmigrated, he took a Taoist priest as his master, though the old man was hardly a proper master. To make a name for himself and slap people in the face after transmigrating, Ye Xuan spent over a decade 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命：驱邪看相妥妥的！ [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Who Is the Person Beside Me? 枕边人是谁 My name is Tan Zihan. I’ve been married to my husband, Ye Tianci, for eight years, and married life has been one mess after another. We still live under the same roof, but now we’re just friends. With the economy in a slump, Ye Tianci is looking for work. Then one day, I suddenly realized that he was different at night than he was during the day. Did he have multiple personalities, or was there someone else in the house? I was terrified. Later, Ye Tianci vanished without a trace, yet I kept seei 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Tales of the Supernatural in the City 都市灵异传 “The living must not wander into the mass grave, and the dead must not disturb Mr. Chen.” This old saying has been passed down in Chenjia Town for decades. Chen Hui is Mr. Chen’s grandson, but he scoffs at his grandfather’s arts of yin and yang and wants nothing more than to be an ordinary college student. That is, until zombies attack the village at night. Forced to take up a peachwood sword and open the ancient book titled The Dao, he wields the family’s ancestral divine weapon, the Heaven-and 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Fool by Day, a Taoist Priest by Night 白天当傻子，夜晚当道士 Who says a Taoist priest has to hunt ghosts? Can’t he flirt with girls? Can’t he be a tomb raider? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Divine Son-in-Law in a Ma Yi Robe 麻衣神婿 My father is a dog, an old dog with a mottled coat. I called him Father for ten years… 390Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 20 Help! Since When Did the Translator Moonlight as a Ghost Hunter? 救命！翻译员什么时候兼职抓鬼了 Something extraordinary happened to Ye Luning when she turned twenty-four: she found she could see ghosts, and one of them even latched onto her. With no other choice, Ye Luning, a translator, was forced to take the ghost back to its homeland so it could be laid to rest. While searching for the ghost's family, she unexpectedly met a man. From then on, the two became a very odd pair. She catches ghosts, he lays them to rest. To the head of the Ji family: “Oh, did you pee yourself?” To the crippl 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Only Wanted to Transmigrate Back and Enjoy Life, but the World Was Overrun by Evil Spirits 本想穿归享受生活，世界出现诡煞 [Urban][High Martial][Supernatural][No Female Lead] Wang Yi transmigrates back with a whole arsenal of skills. He plans to use them to enjoy life in what he thinks is his ordinary world. But then he discovers that this world isn't really his ordinary world at all. It's a similar parallel world, and it is beginning to be invaded by sinister spirits. This world isn't ordinary in its own right, either: It has been fighting giant beasts from the deep sea for more than eighty years; The physical abil 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Little Brother, Dad Was Taken by Demons 弟弟，爸爸被妖魔抓走了 [Mild horror + solving cases and exorcising ghosts + episodic stories with an overarching plot] The story of the TV series Supernatural, reimagined in a Chinese setting. Zhang Jiuyou had left the supernatural world behind, but after his brother tells him, “Father went missing while hunting ghosts!” he sets out once more on a road of no return. A driver vanishes without a trace. Hikers are attacked deep in the mountains. A young woman drowns in a reservoir. A plane mysteriously crashes. As cases 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 24 A Taoist Priest’s Guide to Exorcising Evil in the City 道士之都市驱邪 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Yin-Yang Diviner 阴阳占卜师 My name is Jiang Wuxuan, a yin-yang diviner in Luoyang. Rumor has it that I’m the greatest protector of demons and monsters, but that’s not true. The ones who do evil are always people with unfathomable hearts. I’m just a yin-yang diviner who can’t stand the wickedness of human nature!” Yellow Weasel: Young man... Do I look like a human, or a god? Jiang Wuxuan: Huh! What did you say? Yellow Weasel: Do I look like a human, or a god? Jiang Wuxuan: Who’s there? Yellow Weasel: Me! Do I look like a h 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I’m Just a Middle Schooler, Why Do You Want Me to Stand Up for Ghosts! 我一初中生，你让我为鬼撑腰！ My grandpa and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... My two best friends and I go ghost hunting in our daily lives... I don't know how I ended up with a constitution that attracts ghosts. Wherever I go, there are ghosts... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Taoist Master of the Funeral Home 殡仪馆的天师 A Celestial Master’s legacy? No thanks. Slaying demons and exorcising evil? Not interested. Lin Yue lands a government job at a funeral home, using the Three-Flavored True Fire to cremate bodies and Five Thunder Talismans to keep the place under control. His boss praises his efficiency, while evil spirits curse him for fighting dirty. The whole city is haunted? Don’t worry. Master Lin from the funeral home will come right to your door. Overtime costs extra. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Ghost at the Interview: The System Makes Me Play Chu Renmei 面试撞诡，系统让我扮演楚人美 [Supernatural resurgence + no female lead + System + role-playing + horror + decisive and ruthless + urban] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Lin Ye receives a high-paying job offer from the Afterlife Funeral Home. It turns out to be a death warrant leading straight to hell! The interviewer is a faceless ghost, and HR is a painted-skin demon! The moment a ghostly claw pierces his heart, Lin Ye thinks he’s done for! [Ding! Host’s life is in imminent danger. Critical condition at 100% c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Decoding the Spirits 解灵 Do you believe that souls really exist in this world? Have any of you ever encountered one? If you truly came face to face with a soul one day, would you be afraid? There are many strange and unusual things in this world. If you ever encounter a soul, please believe me: don’t be afraid. All things have a spirit; even grass and trees have feelings. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Chronicle of Folk Secrets 民间秘闻纪实 The stories I write aren't made up. They're born when the wind beneath the old Chinese hackberry tree carries the earthy scent of Guanzhong into my ears, then slowly simmers in my heart. The “I” in those stories isn't always the same person either. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Ghost Tattoo Seal, Forbidden Arts of the Yellow Springs 鬼纹印，黄泉禁术 From the start, he was bound in marriage to a ghost. After a series of twists and turns, he met a master. To stay alive, Yin Linchuan followed an old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and ward off evil, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. From then on, he embarked on the path of catching ghosts and driving away evil... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Unusual Tenant in My Home 我家的特殊房客 Lighthearted, funny, supernatural abilities, no System, and mostly everyday life. Ding Yang has had a close friend for years: a stunningly beautiful woman. As someone who transmigrated into another person's life, passing up such a gorgeous woman would be a waste of life. He arranged to have barbecue with Wu Xinyue that evening, but somehow he was dragged to a cemetery in the northern suburbs and haunted by a woman in red. She wanted his help investigating the cause of her death. Wu Xinyue flatly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Yellow Stone Method 黄石土法 Huang Shigong, a recluse of the Qin dynasty, was the equal of Guiguzi. He passed the Plain Book to rulers, earning them the world; He passed the Three Strategies of Huang Shigong to advisers, earning them renown; He passed the Taigong Art of War to generals, bringing them victory; He passed the Carved Heavenly Book to craftsmen, giving them a livelihood; He passed Huang Shigong’s Folk Methods to the common people, winning their gratitude. Xu Zhen had worked like an ox and a horse, started a comp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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... 262Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 35 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Coffin Bride 棺妻 My name is Li Guan. Li as in the character for plum, and Guan as in coffin. When I was fourteen, I dreamed of a purple coffin. A beautiful woman lay inside. She opened her eyes and told me she was my wife, and that she'd kill me if I married anyone else! She told me to wait for her. On my eighteenth birthday, she really came... When the purple coffin crossed my threshold, the world's shackles broke, revealing the first mysterious glimpse of an entirely new and fantastical world... 373Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 37 A Record of Folk Mysteries 民间诡事笔录 Since ancient times, folklore has been full of strange tales, and the mountains of mysterious happenings! Unusual stories have always held a strange fascination for people, drawing everyone in to uncover their secrets. The mystery of the unknown never fails to stir our curiosity! This book collects folk oddities and strange tales from the wilderness. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every tale has its own unique flavor. Come and experience them for yourself! 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Heavenly Demon-Suppressing Master 镇魔天师 My family has always worked for the powerful. By my generation, Grandpa wanted me to live a different kind of life... And what happened? The sinister Seven Stars of Yin Mountain, a blood-soul spinning top jerked into motion by a little ghost, the White Lotus Holy Mother reborn through body possession, the debauched Black-Robed Dragon King, an ancient Western Zhou cauldron teeming with vengeful spirits, and a sinister Taoist who uses souls to form an array... I've been through so much over the ye 390Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 39 The Mystical Dao God 玄清道神 [A slow-burn story: The beginning is a little quiet, but it gets more and more exciting as you read on!] A love that spans three lifetimes. You protected me through two of them. In this life, I have come only for you! Xia Yang owns a paper effigy shop and is also a Taoist priest. With just a sword at his side, he walks the roads of the living while earning his keep in the underworld. He hunts evil spirits, battles zombies, captures monsters, and lays restless souls to rest... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Tales of the Demon Trafficker 贩妖记 If I told you all of this was true, would you believe me? A bizarre walking marriage among the Mosuo people set me on an extraordinary path that would shape half my life. A thousand-year-old cosmic box. A river where the dead never die. Inspired by numerous supernatural events that really happened and drawing on little-known local customs and traditions, this story reveals a hidden world of spirits and strange creatures! 121Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 The Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 Paper crafting, also known as paper ornament making, is a traditional craft practiced by skilled artisans called paper crafters. With nimble hands and clever minds, they fold and cut paper into all kinds of designs. Some are intricate, depicting people, birds, animals, fish, and insects, while others are simple, like decorative lanterns. These paper creations can comfort the living and help them make up for regrets and debts to the dead. They can also serve as bribes to appease the dead and win 342Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I'm a Taoist Priest. It's Normal for Me to Tell Fortunes for the Paranormal, Right? 我一道士，给诡异算命很正常吧？ [Supernatural Horror Revival + Livestreaming + A Little National Fate + One Female Lead] A bizarre game has arrived. Anyone who dies in the game dies for real, becoming a sacrifice that summons the true forms of the horrors into our world. To resist the invasion, countries around the world assemble elite teams and send them into the game. But once the weak and helpless humans enter, they can't even handle the first minor boss. They're torn to pieces, and their gruesome deaths play on repeat in 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Dual Transmigration: The Eerie Modern World and Uncle Nine's World 双穿：诡异现实与九叔世界 [Dual Transmigration] [Eerie] [Uncle Nine] Lin Yu has just finished his college entrance exams when he receives the news that his grandfather has passed away. Overcome with grief, he falls asleep on his way to the high-speed rail station and unexpectedly transmigrates back to his first year of middle school. But this world seems different from the one he remembers: ghosts and monsters have existed since ancient times, rising and falling with each dynasty. Fortunately, Lin Yu gains the ability to 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Hidden Truth: A Nuo Exorcist Hunts a Killer 阴真道：傩师追凶 This book uses suspense as its thread, the search for answers as its backbone, and the pursuit of hidden mysteries as its path. Its standout feature is a wealth of strange tales steeped in folk customs and occult lore. At its heart is a central idea: the lost art of Wu Nuo is the only key to crimes that modern criminal investigation cannot explain. Protagonist: Lu Shi, a young inheritor of Wu Nuo who is trying to fit into modern society. On the surface, he is a laid-back, trouble-averse owner of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Inviting the Divine 请圣 Those who live on alongside heaven and earth are gods; Those who cultivate after birth and attain the Dao are immortals; Those whose divine consciousness lingers after death are ghosts; Those revered by all the people of the world are saints! All saints, past and present, exist within the divine consciousness of the people. The faith gathered by those who worship them becomes holy thought. To practice the art of inviting a saint, one must use divine consciousness to observe and search far and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 A Different Path Through Maoshan 不一样的茅山之路 This book has been completely rewritten, with an even more exciting story full of humor and passion. Stay tuned and follow Yang Fei as he sets out on an extraordinary journey, amid extraordinary sights, along an extraordinary Maoshan path!! Ghosts, demons, evil Taoists: Yang Fei will take you across haunted lands and along a Maoshan path like no other!!! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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
- 48 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 1.8kReads—Score10814d adds
