Novels like Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Wielding the Qingping Sword, I Slay Every Demon I Meet
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- 1 In the World of Strange Tales, No Magic Can Harm Me 聊斋世界的我万法不侵 Transmigrated into the world of Liaozhai: Xiao Ran: “I have a domain that renders me immune to all magic. Thunderbolts, hellfire, ghosts, monsters, gods, and immortals, all of you stay away! ...” The Heavenly Dao: “Unknown bug detected. Initiating removal...” “Removal failed...” Unbound by karma and impossible to remove... Designating as a Heavenly Mandate Saint! Xiao Ran: “Great Heavenly Dao, stop messing around! I can’t handle this!?” 206Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Freedom Between Two Worlds: I Want to Rise Above Everyone 两界逍遥：我要做人上人 [System]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Otherworldly Fantasy]+ [Everyday Urban Life]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Not Mindless]+ [The Protagonist Isn’t Held Back]+ [Do As You Please] If you gained the ability to travel to another world, what would you choose? Would you let loose and live life your own way, or report your ability to the government and receive an award for your service? Would you quietly build up your strength while keeping a low profile, or rise to the top and become the supreme ruler? 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Yan Xi’s Third Book 颜禧的第3本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 29Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 4 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Doing Good and Saving Lives, a Young Monk at Lanruo Temple from the Start 聊斋：行善济世，开局兰若寺小和尚 [Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Demon Slaying] In the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, heaven and earth undergo a cataclysmic change. The gods and Buddhas vanish, and demons run rampant. Ye Xizhou arrives in the world with an automatic Merit System. The bad news is that the place he transmigrates to is the Lanruo Temple. The good news is that Lanruo Temple hasn't fallen. It's still the most powerful Buddhist sect within a hundred-mile radius. With the automatic Merit System giving him 652Reads—Score3414d adds
- 5 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Starting as a Little Island Lord 聊斋：从小岛主开始 Reborn as Ye Zhiqiu from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, he owns a small island of mountains and seas. Su Yingning, Yan Ruyu, Nie Xiaoqian... He recruits fox spirits and takes in ghosts and monsters, working together to build an overseas paradise. 169Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 6 After Work, I Somehow Got Sucked Into a Book of Strange Tales 下班后我竟被吸入聊斋这本书了 Synopsis: Overworked office drone Su Ci works himself to death from overtime (not really) and wakes up inside an old copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Here, Daoist venerables attain sainthood and the demon clans lurk in wait. This is a high-risk, fortune-driven version of Strange Tales. Su Ci wakes up outside Lanruo Temple with no spiritual roots or aptitude, only a silver tongue that can spin any tale. While others are scared witless by ghosts, he trades group calisthenics for tr 152Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 7 More Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 续聊斋志异 Sequel to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural stories inspired by the classic Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. It aims to continue and expand upon the strange, fantastical, and mysterious world of ghosts and gods penned by Pu Songling. In this work, readers will once again enter a world filled with mystery and wonder. Here they will find gentle, moving fox spirits and ghosts, as well as ferocious, terrifying demons and monsters; stories of steadfast devotion t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 From the Start, I Thought It Was a Strange Tales Story, but After Breaking Through, I Found Out It Was Journey to the West 开局以为是聊斋打穿后发现是西游 What? You’re fighting the Bull Demon King over a woman? Whoa! Princess Iron Fan wants to have your child? Huh! You actually stole the heavenly treasures of Princess Jade Face? Good grief! You even swindled Princess Wansheng out of her treasures? What? Chang’e and Yang Chan, the closest of sisters, fell out because they were fighting over you as their man? Pfft!” The broken half of the Snow-Night Saber plunged deep into Madam White Bone’s chest. Its blade pierced her demon core and sank in all th 1.3kReads—Score13914d adds
- 9 Lord of the Primordial Dao: From Wandering Taoist to True Immortal of the Mortal World 混元道主：从游方道士到红尘真仙 [Classic xianxia + traditional cultivation + multiverse + tales of the strange + upright values + no heroine + 200,000 words in reserve, readers can jump in with confidence] After transmigrating to a world where Daoist arts manifest in reality, Zhou Qingnan turns away from romance and devotes himself to cultivating the Dao! With a treasured scripture in hand, he gains both cultivation and merit, freely claims techniques and supernatural abilities, and exchanges talismans and magical treasures a 228Reads6.8Score14814d adds
- 10 Seeking Immortality, Starting by Becoming Yan Chixia's Disciple 证道长生，从拜师燕赤霞开始 Also known as: Attaining Immortality, Starting by Becoming Yan Chixia’s Disciple An overpowered System and a path to immortality. Lin Yu transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and is reborn as a seventh-rank county magistrate. He thinks he has landed a civil service job that will keep him fed and clothed, only to discover that he is actually in the world of A Chinese Ghost Story. What good are money and power here? When ghosts and monsters show up, won’t they just suck him dry and leave him a corpse? 729Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 11 So What If I Like Fox Spirits? 我就喜欢狐妖怎么了？ Since I’ve transmigrated, I might as well set myself a small goal. Is it too much to ask to marry a fox demon? Fang Chang transmigrated to a world much like Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. After ten years of seeking immortality and the Dao without a single result, he gave up on the immortal path. He planned to use his ability to reload saves to make a little money and live an ordinary life, but just when all hope seemed lost, he unexpectedly became a rogue cultivator while escorting a carav 471Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 12 Heir to the Great Sage, Here to Settle Every Score in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 大圣传人，专治聊斋各种不服 An ancient book that fell from the sky changed the life of an eighteen-year-old from Northeast China. The moment Wang You’an opened it, he instantly mastered the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. The Somersault Cloud, the Golden Cudgel, and the Great Sage’s divine armor all returned to him. At the same time, another side of the human world slowly unfolded. A woman’s sobs drift from an ancient temple in the dead of night. Foxfire flickers in an abandoned mansion. Paper figures at —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Hardship of Taking It Easy 清闲难享 No Peace in Leisure —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Was Born an Immortal of Strange Tales 我本聊斋仙 A foolish ruler sits upon the throne, while his ministers attack one another with accusations. Corrupt officials scheme to line their pockets, and powerful clans seize the people’s farmland. The human way wanes, and the people suffer. In the shadows, all manner of demons and monsters gradually emerge, along with countless strange tales and uncanny happenings. Gao Ge finds himself in such a world by accident. True to his carefree nature, he becomes an immortal traveler, wandering the four corners 4.5kReads8.8Score37814d adds
- 15 Reborn in Another's Body: Dalang, Let's Go Home 借尸还魂之大郎，我们回家吧 Reborn in Another's Body: Dalang, Let's Go Home 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Lord Guan's Descent to Exorcise Demons 关帝君降魔 Lord Guan Subdues Demons 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Skeleton's Revenge 骷髅的复仇 The Skeleton’s Revenge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Words Become Law, but I Truly Don’t Want to Show Off in Public 言出法随，贫道真不想人前显圣啊 The realm of Chixian is on the brink of collapse. Monsters and demons run rampant, and horrors from the old days stir once more. Rules? The only rule in this world is that there are no rules. Ye Qingfeng transmigrates into the body of a beggar who has starved to death. But this world is sick: skin-stealers rewrite memories, river demons demand brides, paper horses steal people's lifespans, and living type gives rise to miasma... Gods and Buddhas have vanished, order has crumbled, and human lives 101.5kReads8.4Score12.9k14d adds
- 19 I Play Dirty in the Immortal Heroic World 我在仙侠世界打闷棍 Zhao Fantian, a security guard famously known as a good-for-nothing, is forced to transmigrate into a world of immortals after performing a heroic deed. The worst fate most people face when they transmigrate is starting out with just a dog. But he starts out in a situation that means certain death. Where are the legendary old masters and golden fingers? Even worse, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a book, and apparently it’s a horror novel. In a world where fox spirits are everywhere 6.8kReads8.8Score55614d adds
- 20 Tales of the Embroidered Shoe's Spirit 绣鞋魂记 The Embroidered Shoe's Spirit 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score62714d adds
- 22 Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭 Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was 260Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 23 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Dark Strange Tales: I'm a Demon NPC, So What If I'm a Little Ruthless? 黑聊斋：我是妖人NPC狠点咋了 Black Strange Tales is a dark, eerie, and terrifying cultivation game. It features martial arts masters like Left Thousand Households, as well as monsters and demons like the Black Mountain Old Demon and Nie Xiaoqian. Ji Chang transmigrates into a demon-ravaged, perilous game world and becomes a scholar in the Great Yu Dynasty. He's also the only Strange-Tale Investigator. Every time he verifies a bizarre tale or records an unusual incident, he gains a supernatural ability or spell. With the pow 5kReads8.9Score32114d adds
- 25 From Minor Unorthodox Cultivator to Primordial Spirit Dao Lord 从旁门小修到元神道君 [Overpowered protagonist + ordinary mortal's journey + ruthless style + Immortal Gourd style + Deep Blue stat boosts + decisive and merciless + cautious cultivation + unorthodox methods + steady and prudent + cultivation + Daoist priest + Strange Tales + longevity + Primordial Spirit] In an immortal world, what could be better than being a young Daoist who admires beautiful women, loves flying swords, raises venomous insects, draws talismans, refines pills, and enjoys a long, carefree life? Unfo 15.5kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 26 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶：我躺着都能突破 Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 High Battle Clouds: Heroes Languish in Solitude 阵云高：英雄寂寞 Genius protagonist, no System, ruthless and decisive. Li Chengfeng, a genius formation master, uses formations to cultivate all kinds of mutated spirit insects. At last, he achieves a first-grade Golden Core. Just as everything seems to be going his way, he encounters a genius of the Ghost Clan. After a fierce battle, the Ghost Clan Golden Core cultivator dies, while Li Chengfeng, gravely wounded, is swept into a spatial black hole. A new legend is about to begin. 1.2kReads—Score14914d adds
- 29 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 45.7kReads9.1Score6.9k14d adds
- 30 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 849Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 32 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
- 33 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.3kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
- 34 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
- 35 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6k14d adds
- 36 EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 312.7kReads9.8Score31.4k14d adds
- 37 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9k14d adds
- 38 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
