Novels like The Ghostly Qi
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- 1 The Invincible Rebel Son 逆子无敌 [The final book in the Empire Trilogy. Guaranteed quality, come join the adventure!] Song Chi transmigrates and becomes the son of the current chief minister. He dreams of beautiful wives and concubines and an easy life as a pampered young master, but instead he is cast out of his family and abandoned. Foreign tribes sharpen their blades and covet the realm; the people are starving and freezing, living in misery. He passes the imperial examinations and enters officialdom, rising to dominate the 2.8kReads8.6Score217Shelves
- 2 Deep Dive Game: I Have the Eyes of God 深潜游戏：我有一双上帝之眼 “Would you like to enter a real game?” That night, every screen around the world lit up at once. Lin Ye had been an ordinary power-leveling player, but after entering Deep Dive, he gained a unique ability: he could see hidden rules. He could see monster information, clues to survival, and anomalies invisible to everyone else. But this ability came at a cost: contamination accelerated, and death penalties doubled. In a beginner instance with a survival rate of just 29.4%, the first time he saw th 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Darling? Darling! 亲爱的？亲爱的！ Welcome, everyone, to our Loving Family The blurb can't show off my charm, so just read Chapter One. I'm a new author, and the earlier chapters aren't very good. Please bear with me. I'll try to wrap up the instances quickly and just write romance in the real world instead. I'll be making major revisions to the earlier chapters. Updates will probably come gradually, with around 200,000 words in total. The earlier chapters really aren't good. Start reading from Chapter 60 onward. The earlier part 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn, I Spoil My Husband Like He's My World: He Pretends to Be Poor, and I Pretend to Be Blind 重生后宠夫如命，他装穷我装瞎 Reborn, He Spoils His Husband Like His Life Depends on It. He Pretends to Be Poor, So I Pretend to Be Blind 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Became My Archrival's Cat, and Now He Wants to Cuddle Me Every Day 穿成死对头的猫后，他天天想挼我 After Reincarnating as His Archenemy's Cat, He Wants to Pet Me Every Day 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After a Drunken Confession, the Aloof Big Shot Won't Leave Me Alone 醉酒告白后，高冷大佬缠上我了 After a Drunken Confession, the Cold and Powerful Big Shot Won't Leave Me Alone 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Brother Who Adopted Me Was Reborn, But He Doesn't Know I Was Reborn Too 领养我的哥哥重生了，可他不知道我也重生了 The Brother Who Adopted Me Was Reborn, but He Doesn't Know I Was Reborn Too 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 As I Suffered in the Delivery Room, I Saw the Comments: He Transferred My Pain to His One True Love 产房剧痛时我看见弹幕：他把我的痛转移给了白月光 As I suffer through labor, I see a barrage of comments: He transferred my pain to his one true love. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 My Frail, Innocent, Adorable Husband 我那柔弱无辜的小娇夫 [Marriage First, Love Later + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + A Power Couple + Sweet from Start to Finish] They had to get married within three days? Shen Li glanced at the family tree and gave a cold laugh. She flipped straight to the last page and picked Gu Chen, the most forgettable little nobody in the Gu family. They said he was sickly. They said he blushed whenever he saw a woman. They said he was the most useless member of the Gu family. At the wedding, he hid behind her, trembling. 2.1kReads—Score258Shelves
- 10 The Celestial Tribulation Inspection Bureau 天劫巡检司 Whenever a cultivator in Linchuan City undergoes tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation Inspection Bureau must survey the area in advance and verify the tribulation order to prevent stray lightning from harming innocent people. On his first solo night patrol, trainee inspector Shen Yan encounters a tribulation that should never have happened. The order calls for three bolts of lightning, but the scene bears seven scorch marks and eight corpses. The dead have no names, the order lists no target, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn as a Demon Slayer 重生之降妖师 Lin Feng never imagined that the soul-rebirth stories in novels could actually happen, let alone to him!!! That’s right: Lin Feng, a truck driver hit by a midlife crisis, is reborn in a world where humans, demons, ghosts, and monsters coexist. Exorcist Lin Feng sets off on a journey to hunt demons and find his way!!! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Yin Walker: The Last Stick of Incense 走阴人：最后一炷香 Xu Zhaolin makes a living with his ears. He is a sound documentary field recorder, traveling through the countryside with a recorder on his back to document folk crafts on the verge of disappearing and the oral histories of the elderly. Three years ago, his twin brother, Xu Zhaochuan, vanished near the reservoir in Baishi Town. No one had seen him alive, and no body was ever found. Three years later, Xu Zhaolin returns to Baishi Town to record the final oral history of an old man. A stretch of b 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Get New Intel Every Day and Snatch Opportunities from All Realms 每日刷新情报，我截胡了万界机缘 Lin An transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a mine slave from the start. Before he can even open his eyes, he is nearly beaten to death. At the edge of despair, he awakens the Daily Intelligence System! [Intelligence 1: A spirit herb that can cleanse the marrow grows on the cliff behind the mountain. Consume it, and your constitution and talent will improve a hundredfold!] [Intelligence 2: The ward behind the waterfall in the Autumn Leaf Woods is about to fade. A cave 2kReads—Score134Shelves
- 14 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Wawu Mountain Code 瓦屋山密码 At the Soul-Trapping Hollow on Wawu Mountain, nine out of ten who enter never return. Ten years ago, Cen Xu's father walked into the mountain fog and vanished without a trace. Cen Xu has stayed here ever since, determined to uncover the truth. A sudden landslide at Eagle-Beak Cliff exposes the remains of an ancient stone foundation, clearly carved by human hands. Scientific equipment lowered into the earth detects a strange vibration, its frequency exactly matching a human heartbeat. Among the l 37Reads—Score145Shelves
- 17 The Divine Martial Physician and the Charming Empress 神武太医俏女帝 (It only gets better from here!) Xiao Yun transmigrated into the Great Qi Dynasty and, from the start, was dragged into the palace to treat the emperor. As he felt around the emperor's chest... “The emperor's chest is so firm... Wait! You're a woman?” With his superb medical skills, he became a court physician, fought corrupt ministers, destroyed enemy kingdoms, and roamed the land unchecked... (The author's previous novel, From Eunuch to Emperor, also known as The Eunuch and Empress: The Most D 2.6kReads9.2Score308Shelves
- 18 As the Whole Village Called Back the Soul of His Missing Son, He Came Home Through the Door 全村替失踪的儿子收魂时，他从门外回来了 As the whole village performs a soul-summoning ritual for their missing son, he comes home through the front door. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Strange Realm: From the Start, I Dismembered the Monstrous 怪域诡界，我开局分尸诡异 [A handsome male lead, just like the readers] [Horror-leaning; do not read if you scare easily] [Mystery and the supernatural] [A story where despair and hope intertwine and ebb and flow] [Similar to Taming the Supernatural] It was an ordinary night, but it led Lu Ying into a new world woven from madness and death. This world has lost its light, and people like Lu Ying need a constant supply of “candles” to stay alive. But “candles” can only be found in the realms of those unkillable, rule-bound 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Transmigrating to Great Yan: Starting as the Useless Seventh Prince 穿越大炎，从废物七皇子开始 After transmigrating as a good-for-nothing prince, Qin Zheng puts all kinds of advanced knowledge to clever use as he contends with the various powers. One day, he will rise to the pinnacle of the world, sleep with beauties at his side, and wield all power over the realm! 3.3kReads8.3Score454Shelves
- 21 The Legend of Gongshan 公山传奇 Deep in the Daba Mountains, dangerous forces lie hidden beneath the earth. The Serpent God's egg shatters, its true form bursts from the ground, and the mountain spirits fall into turmoil. Xue Tongzi bears the powers of the Azure Dragon, White Dragon, and Fire Dragon. He guards the mountain and subdues demons, bound by the chains of fate. The little demon Xiao Jiao is devoted to him, loving him with all her heart. But he bears the heavy duty of subduing demons, and the divide between humans and 15Reads—Score102Shelves
- 22 The Space-Time Deliveryman 时空外卖师 The male lead refuses to become an official, yet as a senior engineer in the municipal bureau compound, he empowers his superiors to climb the ranks step by step. Driven by love of country, he occasionally lets go of his low profile, coordinating spacetime energy to help the nation counter the technological blockade imposed by foreign powers! On weekends, famous figures such as Su Dongpo will join you in reliving the timeless spirit of “literary scavenging,” amid the laughter of State Preceptor 90Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 23 I Awakened a System and Leveled Up Seven Realms in a Row, and You Want to Break Off Our Engagement? 我觉醒系统连升七境，你来退婚？ After he transmigrates as the son of a military family, the emperor happens to reclaim the army's command? And he's been dumped too? His Bragging System activates, and Li Xingchen rises through seven realms in three days just by bragging! A gentleman waits ten years to take revenge; a petty man takes revenge every chance he gets. I'm Li Xingchen, and I'm no gentleman. When the stunning woman who came to break off our engagement showed up at my door, I calmly picked up a whip! 7.7kReads7.1Score767Shelves
- 24 Mount Mang Beneath the Mirror 镜下邙山 Mount Mangshan Beneath the Mirror 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 177Reads9.2Score102Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 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—Score170Shelves
- 28 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 115Reads—Score155Shelves
- 29 The Yin-Yang Wicked Son-in-Law 阴阳恶婿 At the end of the Ming dynasty, four families discover a terrifying dragon's lair, a feng shui site said to lead to heaven. They divide it into four parts, named Power, Wisdom, Wealth, and Beauty. Those buried within it can ensure their descendants enjoy power, wisdom, wealth, and beauty forever. But the lair defies the natural order. Even its good fortune carries danger, and it invites Heaven's punishment. To preserve their destiny, the families must find a scapegoat to take the blow in their p 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 30 The Starved Cast-Off Wife Is Back for Revenge 那个被饿死的弃妇杀回来了 Transmigration, rebirth, farming, building an information network, establishing a power base, household intrigue, palace intrigue, rising to the pinnacle of power Shen Zhao, a modern-day female assassin, transmigrated to ancient times and into the body of Yuan Yihe, a discarded wife who had suffered abuse for years. Her family had always ignored her, left her hungry, and married her off in place of her elder sister to a spoiled young master. On her wedding day, the groom ran away. She asked to 1.4kReads9.1Score179Shelves
- 31 Living for the Dead: I Devour the Bizarre in the Human World 替死者而活：我在人间吞噬诡异 [This novel is a serious supernatural mystery] Qi Guang died, and I took his place. An inhuman being, surviving in a borrowed body, without warmth or an understanding of humanity. I can devour every supernatural entity. I carry all of his memories, imitate his life, and learn to understand warmth, the bustle of everyday life, and the bonds between people. The human world meant nothing to me, until I met Mu Chen and gained a family I wanted to protect, along with an ordinary daily life. But the 301Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 What Do You Mean the Corpses I Sew Together Are All Cursed? 什么叫我缝的尸体都是大凶之物？ [Chinese folk customs] [Corpse seamster] [Traditional supernatural horror] [A clever protagonist who isn’t an idiot] My name is Chen Yang. I’m a mortician, or rather... a corpse seamster. I can sew up corpses no one else can. I can take jobs no one else dares to accept. I’ve handled all sorts of bizarre cases: people who jumped from buildings in red clothes, corpses missing arms and legs, and even one person who was holding their own head... Everyone says the corpses I sew up are all terribly un 219.6kReads9.1Score29.1kShelves
- 33 That Beggar's at It Again 那个乞丐又开始了 Chen Shouzhuo is a beggar with no parents and nothing to tie him down. His only talent is stirring up trouble. When someone was buried alive and cried for help, he casually filled in the hole. When someone was chased and ran for their life, he turned around and sold the killer's knife. When someone became an official and devoted himself to the job, he stole the official seal on his very first day. From sesame-cake stalls to pawnshops, from grain shops to the northern military camps, wherever he 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世：我于人间抗万劫 This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 640Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Awakened to Martial Arts, I Can Copy Other People's Combat Instincts 觉醒武道，我能复制别人的战斗本能 Awakening the Martial Way, I Can Copy Other People's Combat Instincts 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Great Ming Court: Your Majesty, Hug the Cute Chicken and Achieve Enlightenment 大明官场：圣人，该抱萌鸡顿悟了 In The Scholars, Fan Jin passes the imperial exam. Do you remember the egg-laying hen that he nearly sold at the market? With the male lead, a fortune-teller cradling that adorable chicken, as their link, watch as the oddball official Fan Jin from The Scholars and the hilarious sage Wang Yangming form a three-man-and-one-chicken team, their fates resonating in perfect sync during the Zhengde and Jiajing eras! The first fifty chapters are packed with hilarious commentary as the protagonist rises 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 37 No One Is Innocent 无人清白 During a dinner gathering, Pei Yuming’s closest family and friends are all poisoned to death. He is the sole survivor, but becomes the police’s prime suspect. During questioning, Pei Yuming repeatedly flashes back to the moments before dinner began. After accidentally uncovering a secret between his wife and a friend, he gradually realizes that everyone at the table was hiding something they never wanted outsiders to know, and the killer is hidden among those secrets... 140.9kReads9.1Score21.6kShelves
- 38 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score102Shelves
- 39 The Mortal's Path to Ascension 凡人飞升道 A borderland youth with an incomplete Spirit Root accidentally gains a mysterious ability to “devour flaws in cultivation techniques.” Starting from the very bottom of the cultivation world, he gets caught up in the feuds of the martial world, the rise and fall of dynasties, and battles between immortal sects, ultimately uncovering the cultivation world’s greatest secret. “Above mortals lies the path to immortality; along that path lies the martial world.” 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Prague’s Bloody Countdown 布拉格的血色倒计时 A Bloody Countdown in Prague —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Mystery Revival: Speedrunning Evil Ghosts, Starting with the Starving Ghost 神秘复苏：从饿死鬼开始速通厉鬼 Ghosts cannot be killed. The only thing that can deal with a ghost is another ghost. The transmigrator Zhou Yuan awakens in the Knocking Ghost's domain at Linchang No. 11 High School. He is neither an ordinary person nor a ghost handler: he has directly become the consciousness of the Starving Ghost. A ghost infant writhes in his abdomen, and the instinct to devour everything surges like a tide. Outside the door, an A-class calamity-level evil ghost is hunting him down. He has read the original 597Reads6.6Score431Shelves
- 42 The Night of the Slaughter at the Abandoned Water Station: I'm the Only Survivor! 废弃水站屠杀夜，活着的只有我！ On the night of the massacre at the abandoned water station, I was the only one left alive! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Ugly Girl's Stunning Transformation: One Song, 'Love You,' Shocks the Entertainment World 丑女大变身，一首爱你震惊娱乐圈 The day Jiang Wan was publicly dumped by her fiance, she weighed two hundred jin and had a head full of songs from another world. At an open audition for ordinary contestants, she stunned the whole crowd with a single performance of "Love You." Black trending topics could be suppressed, but not the hearts of the people. They mocked her for being fat; she laughed at them for being deaf. The diva is back, and the song thieves and homewreckers won't get away! 1.1kReads—Score122Shelves
- 44 From Beijing's Old-School Tough Guy to the King of Chinese Showbiz 从京城老炮儿到华娱之王 The 1990s were both the twilight of the brotherhood era and the golden age of the Chinese entertainment industry's rise. Bai Hang, a seasoned Beijing tough who grew up in a traditional courtyard house, gritted his teeth and left his old life behind just to stay alive. From then on, he embarked on an extraordinary career in show business. Other award-winning actors relied on their acting skills. He won awards because he'd really lived that life. “Brother Hang, there's a production that wants you 40.3kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
- 45 While Others Tame Beasts, I Tame Dragons, and the Fiercest Ones at That 别人御兽我御龙，还是最凶那个 [A completed 2.23-million-character beast-taming novel] [Handcrafted from scratch] [One female lead (no helpless damsel) + Repays kindness and exacts revenge + Decisive and ruthless + Spirit Realms + Human Federation + Illustrated Compendium (golden finger) + Reincarnated before birth + Character growth] Five thousand years ago, with the help of their tamed beasts, humanity caught a glimpse of the vast universe. Two thousand years ago, the First Emperor used a black 92.6kReads9.0Score9.9kShelves
- 46 Ghost Corpse Refining, Bearer of a Deadly Fate 鬼炼尸，背命人 Song Yuanqing is a former soldier. After leaving the military, he turned down a government-assigned job and chose instead to become an adventure tour guide. Because of the dangers of the profession, people like him are also called “edgewalkers,” meaning they are always walking on the brink of death. In just a few short years, Song Yuanqing has guided clients through the Amazon rainforest and into Lop Nur, the “Sea of Death.” He has also traversed the Bewitched Marsh of Wawu Mountain, known as th 2.1kReads9.3Score214Shelves
- 47 It Begins with a Figure in the Mirror 从镜中人影开始 [Eerie phenomena descend + no System + escape by following the rules + fighting evil with evil + semi-infinite flow + brotherly bonds] As the Heavenly Dao declines, eerie forces revive. Bai Ren and Bai Jian pray to the gods, but the only ones who answer are their future selves… The terrifying Hell Apartment issues deadly missions, the government’s Anomaly Control Bureau struggles to hold the line, and mysterious forces stir up a storm. The struggle between salvation and destruction has never 65Reads—Score103Shelves
- 48 The Capital’s Crown Prince’s Sweet Seduction Trap 京圈太子爷的甜诱陷阱 The Sweet Seduction Trap of the Capital's Young Master 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 50 The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼 [1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert 960Reads8.3Score166Shelves
