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- 1 The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: I Have a Goddess Senior Sister 道士下山，我有女神师姐 I have come down the mountain on my master's orders to find my goddess-like senior sister in the bustling city. I have superb medical skills, the power to capture ghosts, and secret methods for refining pills. I have it all. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Forbidden Secrets of the Mountain Village 山村禁忌 One day, my childhood friend and I went to sneak a look at a strange ritual to return a corpse. We were forced to make a wish, and then the strange thing came knocking. Trouble followed one disaster after another. The weirdness went far beyond anything I could have imagined. 632Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Daoist Comes Down from the Mountain: I've Got This World Covered 道爷下山：这人间我罩了 Lin Zhao, a young Daoist from Kunlun, was swindled by his master. His temple was blown up, and the old Daoist fled, leaving him saddled with debts spanning all three realms and a cryptic parting message: You were never mortal to begin with. New to the mortal world, he mistakes a high-speed train for an earth dragon and runs into Su Wan, an internet celebrity. Before long, he stumbles upon one bizarre urban case after another. The underworld is already caught up in workplace rat races: the Heiba 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 《道士下山》 The Taoist Descends the Mountain 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Yin-Yang Shopkeeper 阴阳掌柜 [Forgotten River Shop Rules] 1. The shop opens at the hour of the Pig and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. 2. Red cords are sold to the living, white candles to the dead. Do not mix them up. 3. If you see a customer whose feet do not touch the ground, do not trade with them. Close your eyes and look away until they leave on their own. 4. On the fifteenth of every month, you must complete a special order. It will be posted inside the counter. 5. Take good care of the bookkeeper. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 道士下山 The Taoist Descends the Mountain 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Repaying Evil with Evil: The Evil Spirit Quells a Hundred Ghosts 以恶制恶【邪灵镇百鬼 My name is Ni Daye. My father gave me that name! He hoped that when I grew up, I would make a fortune, build a great enterprise, and achieve great things! But things didn't go as he wished. I hadn't learned any real skills, and on my very first ghost hunt, I ran into something terrifying... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Taoist Master Was Reborn and Slaughtered His Way Through the Spirit Realm 道爷重生后杀穿阴人界 Reborn, he is no longer Gu Jiuxuan, but Jinchuan, master of yin and yang! In his previous life, on the bloody night at Ailao Mountain, his Daoist body was destroyed. He could only watch as a flying zombie slaughtered every member of his sect, while even the Black and White Impermanence stood by coldly. In this life, he returns with forbidden underworld currency. He commands yin and yang, summons ghosts and gods, and tempers an indestructible Daoist heart. The flying zombie sneered. “Call your Pa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Send Money in the Living World, Climb the Rankings in the Underworld 阳间打钱，阴间打榜 My name is Chen Fugui. I died from working overtime. When I woke up, I was lying on a drab street in the underworld. The ghosts waiting in line beside me told me the Terrace of Looking Homeward was up ahead. Once I drank Granny Meng’s soup, I could cross the bridge and get my place on the roster. I didn’t drink it. My wife was still pregnant with a child I’d never met, and I wanted to wait a little longer. Then the Ghost Festival gala began. The living world was holding a vote for “the ghost mos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Yun Che: The Seven Rules of the Funeral Home 云澈：殡仪馆的7条规矩 Yun Che: Seven Rules of the Funeral Home 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Great Xia Ghost-Raising Bureau 大夏养鬼局 Also known as: The Strange Arrives, I Use Paper Effigies to Suppress Evil Spirits [Ghost Raising] [Ghost Hunting] [Not a Power Fantasy] A ghost returns to a paper effigy shop after dying. Lu Hang investigates and discovers that the ghost is being controlled. In the end, he falls into a trap and is forced to break the seal on a vengeful ghost, but some things are still happening... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Spirit Medium Qing Xuan 出马仙清玄 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people and horses, the old hall's immortal. Whip the horse down the mountain, and make your name known throughout the land. I was born in 1990 in an ordinary village in a northeastern province. When I was three, a great deity said I would one day take up the incense and become a spirit medium. I didn't believe in fate, but in the end, I did become one. Over the years, I've worked as a chef, served as a leader, and entered the 1.1kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 13 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Work as a Test Sleeper in a Haunted House 我在凶宅当试睡员 [Supernatural horror only, one female lead (though I personally think there's no female lead), rule-based horror] There's a residential complex where every room contains a rule, and every rule represents a vengeful ghost. Never break the rules, because the ghosts will kill you. Never trust the rules, because the rules will deceive you. 125Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 15 A Taoist Priest Livestreams His Cultivation, Yet Preaches the Supremacy of Science 道长直播修仙，却劝科学至上 Zhang Changsheng transmigrates to another world. He becomes the direct grandson of the old Heavenly Master of the Tianshi Mansion and binds himself to the Livestream Taoist Teaching System. Every time he completes a System task, he receives all kinds of rewards. Before long, the whole Taoist world starts getting downright bizarre. Unlucky college girl: “Master, I keep drawing terrible lots. I don’t want to live anymore.” Zhang Changsheng: “Here, this lot canister is full of the best possible 558Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 16 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 道士下山 A feng shui expert and master diviner, skilled in every art and proficient in them all! Those who reveal the secrets of heaven will face retribution. It isn't that it won't come, only that the time isn't right yet! Qin Hao was an orphan, taken in by an old Taoist who brought him to the mountains and taught him Taoist arts for three years. When his time was up, his master sent him down the mountain to find his seven senior sisters, supposedly to gain experience... 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain to Let Loose 小道士下山放飞自我 Ye Feng was abandoned as a child and raised by an old Taoist priest. He learned alchemy, divination, ghost-catching, medicine, martial arts, and much more. He made his mark in the city and won the devotion of several women. Once he had gained power, he began searching for his family and slaughtered his way through his enemies to avenge them. He even braved the tiger's lair and dragon's pool for his master and mistress... 3.1kReads7.5Score33314d adds
- 18 The Heavenly Master in the Modern Age: Struck by Lightning and Given a System from the Start 天师在现代：开局被雷劈出系统 Zhang Bufan is the youngest purple-robed Celestial Master in the history of Mount Longhu, the supreme figure of the Daoist sects, and a man whose every call brings a crowd. Yet behind that dazzling purple robe lies a huge secret: raised without supervision by the old Celestial Master, he’s a “good-for-nothing” at metaphysics who can’t even cast basic spells! He relies entirely on ten fiercely loyal red-robed Daoist masters to keep up appearances. As for him, he can only stay cooped up at the hig 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Years as a Duangong Taoist Priest 我做端公道士那些年 I was born in 2004 in a remote mountain village. The day my mother gave birth to me happened to be the day of a solar eclipse. I was purple all over and barely breathing when I was born. Everyone in the family said I wouldn’t survive, but my father refused to give up and rushed me to a major hospital in the city that very night. After more than a month of treatment, I miraculously pulled through. I was frail and sickly as a child, too, but I was lucky to survive. I thought I’d spend my life in q 159Reads—Score10614d adds
- 20 The Five Elements' Path of Brahma 五行梵道 In the northwest lies a remote little village called Fanjialou, nestled at the foot of a mountain. The mountain is shaped like a bat, so people call it Bat Mountain. Grandpa Fan lay in his rocking chair, waving a palm-leaf fan as he told this tale to his only grandson. Long ago, the land at the foot of Bat Mountain was fertile farmland, where villagers grew the grain they depended on for survival. But at night, swarms of bats would fly down from the mountain and ravage their crops, leaving the p 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 21 Uncle Jiu, My Martial Uncle Is Pretty Amazing 九叔，我师叔很厉害的 I woke up to find I had transmigrated to the Republican era and become a disciplinary elder of the Maoshan Sect, as well as Uncle Jiu’s martial uncle. No one in the supernatural world could stand against me, and nobody knew just how powerful I really was. When the Maoshan Sect was about to choose a new leader, I went down the mountain to assess its younger disciples. By chance, I uncovered the secret behind the Age of Dharma’s Decline. The blurb does this story no justice. Head to the main text —Reads—Score15.7k14d adds
- 22 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 172Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 23 The Peerless Young Celestial Master 极品少年天师 In his twilight years, an old yin-yang master from a family of Taoist practitioners adopted an abandoned baby on the brink of death and named him Yuan Mu, with the courtesy name Zuxuan. From then on, an extraordinary young Celestial Master appeared in the world of mortals. Whatever ghosts and monsters you are, whatever demons and spirits you may be, all of you, stand aside for your young master. If I can't send you on your way, I'll send you into the cycle of reincarnation. Yuan Mu's sayings: Do 460Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 24 The Celestial Master Taoist 天师道士 Wu Yue wanders the world with an old Taoist priest until one day he cultivates a strand of profound pure qi within himself. The old priest tells him he can go out and gain experience on his own, gives him an address, then mysteriously disappears. Cultivation + breaking formations + talismans. 32Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 25 The Living Bear the Scent of Death: I Handle Ghostly Affairs in the Human World 活人死香：我在人间办鬼事 [Supernatural • Folklore • Close to everyday life • Suspense at full throttle • A great, engrossing read!] The old man at the plain-water noodle stall has no feet, and the young beauty in the Pavilion of Embroidered Spring has a neck broken three inches out of place. In this bustling world, half the street is alive and half the street is filled with ghosts… 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Exorcist Partners: The Female Daoist 驱邪合伙人：女道士 The world is vast, and anything can happen. They say metaphysics lies at the end of the universe. Since even science can't explain everything, leave it to me, your humble Daoist, to sort things out. (Psst! Master says we need to promote Daoism, so this book will cover plenty of Daoist knowledge. It's for reading and learning only. If you haven't had a master, don't try to practice it on your own!) The setting is based on real events, but the story is entirely fictional. A young female Daoist hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Paranormal Cases I Experienced Over the Years 那些年，我经历的灵异事件 [Standalone Stories] + [Supernatural Horror] + [No System] Ten years ago, after graduating from college, I happened to get a job driving a taxi. I never expected to encounter a whole series of bizarre and terrifying events! It wasn’t until later that I learned I was born with a yin fate and a pair of yin-yang eyes, but someone had sealed them when I was young. I’ve written more than a dozen stories so far, and there’s plenty to read! 4.8kReads7.3Score21014d adds
- 28 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: From the Start, I Mistakenly Snatched a Betrothal 小道士下山：开局误抢婚约 A gifted young man heads to the city to search for his mother. He promised to keep a low profile, but his nature and abilities make it impossible for him to stay under the radar. With his extraordinary Taoist arts and profound medical skills, he becomes invincible in the world before he even realizes it. 891Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 29 Tales of Dao Chen 道尘往事 [Fate of the Yin Hour]: Never set the coffin down before reaching its destination; [Phantasmal Yin Realm]: The wails of vengeful spirits drive people to their deaths; [Seven Stars in Alignment]: A defiant demon lays claim to the earth's ley lines; [Ghost Market of the Netherwilds]: Every spirit has a price, paid in paper money. [Spirit Mountain Soul Summoning], [Shumen Exorcism], [Miaojiang Gu Poison], [Wuxian Feng Shui], [Nine Chrysanthemums Corpse Cultivation]… After five hundred years o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 My Days as the Family's Inherited Mage 我当家传法师的日子 This story is entirely fictional and set in an imaginary world. Please keep that in mind. I’ve only been in the trade for a few years, but my family has made a living from traditional crafts for generations. I wrote this book simply because I had some free time and wanted to find something to do. Every story is told in the first person. If you’re looking for a power trip, feel free to move along... A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support m 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 On My Wedding Day, My Deceased Sister Texted: You Can't Marry This Man 婚礼当天，亡妹发短信：这人不能嫁 On her wedding day, her deceased younger sister texted her: Don't marry this man. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 Tales of Folk Supernatural Encounters 民间灵异故事说 This book takes a fresh approach with its distinctive chapter structure. Each chapter is like a gateway to a mysterious world, leading readers into one gripping, spine-chilling ghost story after another. The stories cover a range of subjects and styles: some are so sinister and terrifying they raise the hairs on your neck; others are packed with suspense that makes your heart race; still others are steeped in an eerie atmosphere that draws you in and refuses to let go. Whether you’re a seasoned 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Girls' Dormitory 女生宿舍 Every school has its share of ghost stories, especially places steeped in yin energy, like the girls' dormitory... I'm a veteran who used to be an atheist. But it wasn't until I became a security guard at Taiping School that I learned the truth...! 218Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 35 Rule Horror: I'm an NPC, and I'm Going Crazy Again Today 规则怪谈：我NPC，今天也发疯 Others enter Rule Horror scenarios to survive. I got sucked in as an NPC, and the System even forces me to go crazy. If I don’t, I die. Fine, then I’ll go crazy for everyone to see. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 8Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Hell's Strongest Temp Worker 地府最强临时工 After I died, Black and White Impermanence brought me back to life, and I became a temporary worker in the Underworld. I work in the mortal realm during the day and in the netherworld at night. I work around the clock, all year long, just to earn a little more time for myself. From then on, I travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, and my life takes off... 3.5kReads7.3Score25114d adds
- 39 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Female Ghost Knocked, So I Crafted Thunder with My Bare Hands and Redeemed Her 女鬼敲门，被我手搓雷霆度化 [Terror descends + the supernatural returns] [Horrifying! A man dies a gruesome death at a hotel. When his body is carried out, his hand is on his own...] [Uncanny! A film crew shoots a scene with twenty-one extras, but one more person appears in the video!] [I'm not lying, I swear! A female ghost knocked on my door yesterday. I opened it and charged right in. The scene was absolutely shocking. Not for anyone under eighteen...] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Han finds it over 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Horror and Terror 恐怖，惊悚 A classmate by the bed calls out softly. A cat's cries echo through the woods. Shadows flicker at the edge of the street. A piercing scream comes from inside the restroom. Are all the things you see and hear real? And are they all human? 697Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 My Paranormal Memoirs 我的灵异自传经历 The story follows the male protagonist through a series of supernatural and terrifying events he personally experienced as a boy and later as an adult. Each chapter is a new story, beginning with memories from his childhood, as the paranormal incidents grow steadily more frightening. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Hauntings of the Paper Effigy Shop 纸扎店诡事 The mysterious shopkeeper Su Damei can communicate with the worlds of the living and the dead and ward off evil spirits. She runs an inconspicuous paper-offering shop, yet keeps getting caught up in bizarre incidents. Her adorable pet, Big Black Cat, is no ordinary cat! It can see ghosts and make snarky comments, and it’s Su Damei’s ghost-hunting partner. Cat lovers, rejoice! With Northeastern Chinese folk customs and a collection of short, episodic stories, each chapter brings a self-contained 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Days at the Funeral Parlor 我在白事铺的那些事 I'm the owner of a funeral supplies shop. On the surface, the name says it all: I run a funeral business. But my real job is helping the government eliminate every kind of paranormal phenomenon. Ghost kings, great demons, zombies: that's all child's play. There are far too many strange and bizarre phenomena that ordinary people have never even heard of. Let's explore this future full of the unknown together. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I’m a Celestial Master at a Taoist Temple, but the System Insists I’m from Qingyun Sect 人在道观当天师，系统非说青云宗 [Only I Have Magic + Cultivating Immortality on Douyin + Showing Off Before the World + Martial Arts? This Daoist only knows thunder arts!] [The Sect Master displays his divine might, intimidating the ferocious, strange-eyed cat demon. Reward: Nine-Turn Golden Pill!] Lu Jing has just transmigrated into the role of Celestial Master of Qingyun Mountain. Looking at the orange cat beside him, still kneading its paws, he falls into deep thought. [The Sect Master displays peerless valor, driving back 9Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 46 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Old Tales of Gushui 4: The Scales of Conscience 沽水旧闻4：良心秤 Old Tales of Gushui 4: The Scales of Conscience —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Old Tales of Gushui 5: The Three-Ghost Mystery 沽水旧闻5：三鬼奇案 Old Tales of Gushui 5: The Strange Case of the Three Ghosts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Old Tales of Gushui: The Jade Toad of the Ghost Market 沽水旧闻：鬼市玉蟾记 Old Tales of Gushui: The Jade Toad of the Ghost Market —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Old Tales of Gushui 9: The Wonton Tale 沽水旧闻9：馄饨记 Old Tales of Gushui 9: The Wonton Tale —Reads—Score—14d adds
