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- 1 Uncle Nine: Are You Sure You Didn't Learn Your Taoist Arts Wrong? 九叔：你确定你道法没学歪 [Transmigration + cultivation + Uncle Jiu and a few other Taoist masters from childhood favorites + System + lighthearted] “Uncle Jiu, is there anything in this?” “There is.” “What about cultivation? Is there anything in that?” “There is.” “Then cultivation with Uncle Jiu is the next big thing, isn't it?” “Well...” This is a story about cultivation in a world of immortals, with Uncle Jiu, who has truly experienced the ways of the world, guiding the protagonist's training. It's also about Uncle J 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Desolate Reef Island 荒礁岛 Barren Reef Island 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Old Arts Building 旧术楼 Old Techniques Building 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Lost Paradise Amusement Park 失乐游乐园 The Lost Paradise Amusement Park 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Sealed Gate's Final Sacrifice 封门遗祭 The Sacrifice at the Sealed Gate 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Village Opera Stage Where the Coffin Was Lowered 落棺村戏台 The Village Coffin Stage 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Ten Years as a Psychiatrist, I Finally Began to Doubt My Entire Worldview 当了十年精神科医生，第一次彻底怀疑世界观 After ten years as a psychiatrist, I finally began to seriously doubt my view of the world for the first time. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Become a God Through Daily Intel 灵气复苏，我靠每日情报成神 “Warning: The spiritual qi revival will begin in one year. Ferocious beasts will occupy 90% of the world's cities.” Chen Kong reads the first piece of intel that pops up from the System and thinks he must be hallucinating from a fever. But when he follows its instructions and snatches someone else's opportunity before they can claim it, he realizes this is the key to changing his fate. “Hand over that million-yuan lottery ticket!” “The strongest ancient body-cultivation technique? You clearly 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Uncle Nine: The Peerless Little Junior Uncle 九叔：无双小师叔 [Uncle Jiu in the Early Story] + [Modern Day] + [High Martial Arts Fantasy] + [Not an Overpowered Protagonist] + [Levelheaded, Not Some Hothead Who Starts Fighting at the Drop of a Hat] After being hit by a car, “Model Young Man” Dongfang Yuchu transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world and becomes the closed-door disciple of the Maoshan Sect leader. After studying on Maoshan for ten years, his master tells him that his time is near and asks him to deliver the purple jade ring, a symbol of the sect lead 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Uncle Nine World: Your Beloved Captain Awei 九叔世界：你们亲爱的队长阿威 [Coming of age + comedy + Uncle Jiu + zombies + decisive action + wish fulfillment] Storyline: Mr. Vampire, Mr. Vampire II, Mr. Vampire III, Heavenly Masters' Grand Ceremony, Night of a Hundred Ghosts, Mr. Vampire IV, Onmyoji, Thunderbolt Lord, Musical Vampire, Zombie Xuankui, One-Eyebrow Taoist... After transmigrating into Uncle Jiu's world, he unexpectedly finds himself in the world of Mr. Vampire, possessing Captain Ah Wei of Renjia Town. Bound to the Boundless Merit System, he draws on his 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Uncle Nine: In Hong Kong Crossover, I Start with the Choice System 九叔：港综从获得选择系统开始 Chen Ye transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world and binds himself to a God-Tier Choice System. While others rely on talismans, magical tools, or their ancestral masters’ blessings to catch ghosts, he just has to choose the right path. At the age of three, he picks a fragment of the Upper Clarity Great Grotto Scripture from among the System’s options. From that moment on, he sets out on a completely different path of cultivation. After ten years of hard training, he breaks through in a single mom 150Reads—Score11214d adds
- 12 The Charismatic Feng Shui Master 风骚风水师 Huang Daxian, an outcast from the Three Pure Ones Temple, and his disciple Wei An live in seclusion at Xiaoyao Temple. They spend their days using the Book of Strange Gates and Hidden Armor to tell fortunes and read people's fate. One day, while practicing the Great Ultimate Golden Flower Teaching, Wei An suffers a cultivation deviation. In a dream, he becomes the Unforgiven Tower Lord, leading his followers in a final battle against the righteous path, only to suffer a crushing defeat. Wei An 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Strange Tales: Paper Money 诡异杂谈之纸钱 Weird Tales: Paper Money 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Uncle Nine: Daily Rewards, and I've Already Broken Through Every Limit 九叔：每日结算，我已力破万法 [Uncle Jiu Style + Extreme Path + Daily Settlement + Leveling] Li Changsheng transmigrates into a world of zombies, where the Age of Declining Dharma has arrived, spiritual energy is depleted, and demons and monsters run rampant. Just then, Li Changsheng awakens his golden finger: the [Daily Settlement System] [Today's settlement: Technique: "Taihe Guidance Art" ×1, Attribute Points ×100, Copper Coins ×260] [Daily settlement rewards ×10] [Obtained: Technique "Taiqing Essence-Consolidating Guidan 18.1kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 15 The Empty Apartment Next Door 没人住的隔壁 The Unoccupied Apartment Next Door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Watching People Through a Crack in the Door 《门缝看人》 The Eye at the Door Crack 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Uncle Nine: Nezha's Legacy, the Rebellious Senior Disciple of Maoshan 九叔：哪吒传承，茅山反骨大师兄 Xu Tian was reborn in a world of zombies and raised to adulthood by Uncle Jiu. In this reality, which was far more brutal than the movies, Xu Tian had absolutely no talent for cultivation. After sixteen years of training, he still hadn't entered the Dao! Fortunately, he awakened the Rebellious Nezha Inheritance System. By completing the rebellious choices provided by the System, he would earn corresponding rewards. Uncle Jiu: “Xu Tian, the ghost in that mansion has entered the Dao! You're no mat 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Codename: Bone Butterfly 代号骨蝶 A young woman's body is pulled from a cold riverbank. The police's preliminary conclusion: accidental drowning. When the victim's twin sister, the sharp and composed forensic pathologist Ye Shuyun, touches the body that looks so much like her own, professional instinct cuts through her grief in an instant: abnormal fluid in the lungs, a hidden needle mark, a missing kidney... This was no accident! The victim was her younger sister, Ye Shuya, an investigative journalist determined to expose socie 16Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 19 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain: A Death Buff from the Start 道士下山：开局死亡buff叠满 Lin Yi woke up to find that the sky had fallen, with countless female ghosts lying beside him... Lin Yi had always kept to strict rules and remained pure and innocent. But because he was so handsome, female ghosts adored him. One moment of carelessness, and he was kidnapped by a ghost. That night, his innocence was gone... In the end, the female ghost even accused him in return. Jealous of him, the underworld authorities punished him severely: his temple was shut down, his merit wiped clean, he 19Reads—Score10214d adds
- 20 Tales of the Strange 聊斋那些事 Have you ever heard of a plain-language version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? A scholar spends the night in an abandoned house and is welcomed into a beautiful woman's arms, only to discover that her face is a painted skin. A poor young man finds a fox. The fox says, “I’ll marry you, but you must never look at my tail.” At the mass graves outside town, someone tells stories every night. Anyone who listens disappears the next day. Don’t be afraid. These are all stories passed down by ou 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Risked Everything to Become Uncle Jiu's Disciple 我靠拼命拜师九叔 In the chaotic Republic of China, demons run rampant. Chen Mo wakes up to find himself an apprentice at a coffin shop in Renjia Town. He has no System, no special abilities, only hazy memories of zombie movies from his previous life and a fear of death. When the first white-haired corpse breaks out of its coffin, its claws rip through the rainy night, and the stench of death hits him head-on. On the brink of death, Chen Mo grits his teeth, paints a talisman with his blood, and ignites his only c 7Reads5.4Score314d adds
- 22 I'm Really Not a Ghost! Uncle Jiu, You've Got to Believe Me! 我真不是鬼！九叔你要相信我啊！ (Myriad worlds + Uncle Jiu + no female lead + comedy + cultivation.) Half a bowl of clear water reflects heaven and earth, one talisman commands ghosts and gods. Stepping through the yin-yang Eight Trigrams, wielding a wooden sword to slay demonic souls. Weeping and pouring wine upon the heroes' resting place, the Dao endures throughout heaven, earth, and mankind. Red cords and glutinous rice are still here today, but Lam Ching-ying is gone! Jiang Hao transmigrates into Uncle Jiu's world. Everyo 11Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 23 From the Start in a Zombie World, I Slacked Off and Left Uncle Jiu Panicking! 开局僵尸世界我摆烂后九叔慌了！ [Laid-back protagonist + invincible + multiple female leads + lighthearted + TV and film worlds + System] Bai Tianxuan transmigrates to a zombie world. While Uncle Jiu practices cultivation, he trains in martial arts; while Uncle Jiu hunts ghosts, he slacks off. Uncle Jiu: “How did you start cultivating immortality?” Uncle Jiu: “What the hell? Where did that top-grade spirit artifact come from?” 642Reads6.9Score11014d adds
- 24 Uncle Nine: The Laid-Back Celestial Master, the Maoshan Sect's Rebel 九叔：摆烂天师，茅山逆徒 Chu Mo transmigrates to a world of zombies and becomes Uncle Jiu's youngest junior fellow apprentice. After ten years of hard cultivation on Maoshan, his cultivation hasn't improved at all. Just as he's at his lowest and most disheartened, he activates the Joyful Cultivation System. As long as he enjoys himself, he earns Joy Points. And so he begins his life of lying flat. Lying flat and having fun? Staying out all night? Enjoying freeloading? [Ding! The Host is feeling happy in body and mind. + —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Escape from the Bear’s Jaws 熊口逃生 Escape from the Bear’s Jaws 917Reads—Score2714d adds
- 26 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Daily Life of a Madman in Uncle Jiu’s World 九叔世界之神经病的日常 A frog jumps into the water, two eyes and four legs. It kicks and splashes, then gets coated in chili and popped into someone’s mouth! Whoa! I’ve been bitten by a five-step viper! Don’t panic. Just walk backward five steps to cure the venom. Zombies are here??? Don’t worry. Use a selfie stick to hold them off, and take a quick picture first! 961Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 28 I’m an S-Rank Aberration, Contracted by a Psychic School Beauty S级诡异的我，被通灵体校花契约 [Supernatural + Mysterious Revival + Suspense + Horror + Terror + Adrenaline Rush + Not for the Faint of Heart] My name is Zhang Jian. I transmigrated into a world where the supernatural had returned and was reborn as an S-rank supernatural entity, the Taotie Ghost. I can devour other supernatural beings and take their powers, earning me the title of nightmare to countless spirits. Unfortunately, my strength was low from the start. I planned to lie low and devour a few weak spirits to grow stron 206Reads6.0Score14014d adds
- 29 Eternal Supreme 太上永生 Some people cultivate for thousands of years only to end up completely alone. Others live for thousands of years and have cars, houses, and disciples by the dozen. “I don't want to show off. I just want to experience an ordinary life.” “If money can solve it, is it even a problem?” “Disciple, I have something to take care of here. Can you get here in ten minutes?” The above are Du Sheng's famous quotes. 7.6kReads5.1Score88914d adds
- 30 Uncle Nine: Max-Level Qi Origin Flow from the Start with Daily Sign-Ins 九叔：开局签到满级炁体源流 [A tycoon novel with no shortage of resources] Ye Yun transmigrates to a world of zombies and becomes a disciple of Second Uncle, played by Lin Zhengying. From the start, he binds to a System with a mission: die a normal death and ascend to immortality. But then another sign-in System shows up, seemingly just to sabotage him. Threatened by a sorcerer when he is too weak to fight back, he signs in and gets a max-level Origin of Qi and Body, plus beginner swordsmanship mastery in his starter pack. 37Reads—Score214d adds
- 31 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Shadows in the Mountain Mist 迷山雾影 Have you ever seen a monster? A creature that exists only in legend... Suddenly appearing in the human world, thirsting for blood and slaughter, treating human lives like ants... In ancient times, whenever a "heavenly dog devoured the moon," people would bang drums and gongs, hoping to drive away the dog eating the moon... Today, human satellites roam through space, and humans have even set foot on that bright moon hanging in the sky, going so far as to declare that its surface is unsuitable for 980Reads8.2Score11714d adds
- 33 Apprenticed to Uncle Nine: I’m the Daoist Sect’s Ultimate Prodigy 拜师九叔，我！道门通天代 [Uncle Jiu + transmigration + wild imagination + System + no simping + female characters only serve to advance the plot] Su Yuan transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world and, by a stroke of luck, becomes his disciple. At Uncle Jiu’s arrangement, Su Yuan becomes a schoolteacher in Renjia Town and makes a name for himself. He lives this way for nearly three years, until one day he finally awakens a System: the Kiss-Kiss System. Complete the System’s missions, and you can claim all kinds of powerful re 90Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 34 Welcome to the Global Wonderland of the Bizarre 欢迎来到全球怪诞乐园 [You have never entered a strange-tale realm like this before] [This is an adventure game that spans dimensions] [This is a collection of mind-bending stories beyond the limits of scientific understanding] [This is an unusual and uncanny book unlike any other] [Welcome to: The Global Wonderland of the Bizarre!] 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Uncle Nine: My Clones Run Wild Across the Heavens, and There Are a Few Billion of Them 九叔：横行诸天我的分身有亿点多 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Jiangshi: Ninth Uncle’s Junior Disciple, Unlimited Daoist Arts 僵尸：九叔小师弟，道法无限升级 Ling Yutian, the eighty-first-generation heir of Maoshan and Ninth Uncle's junior apprentice, is blessed with extraordinary talent. His mastery of Taoist arts improves at a speed beyond that of ordinary people. No one knows that his true identity is actually that of a transmigrator from the twenty-first century. In this bizarre world of zombies, Ling Yu follows Ninth Uncle, starting in Renjia Town and fighting demons and monsters all along the way. As he steadily accrues merit, his strength cont 126Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 37 From the Start, I Took My Colleagues Back to Town 开局带着同事回镇 I grew up in Luoyin Town, but when I was six, I fled the ancient town overnight with my family. The town's baleful energy sealed away all my memories of it, leaving only scattered fragments of terrifying nightmares. My parents vanished mysteriously many years ago, leaving behind just one final warning: Never return to the mountains, and never touch anything red. To uncover the truth behind their disappearance, I follow the clues in a fragmentary ancient text and return to Luoyin Town. I am the o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Daoist and the Exorcist 道士与驱魔人 [Taoist] + [Exorcist] + [Dual Systems] He was once a young Taoist priest on Mount Longhu, but was forced to shoulder the immense burden of protecting Huaxia’s dragon veins. On Changbai Mountain, he summons the mountain god at the cost of his lifespan. Deep in the Yanshan Mountains, he is cast into a celestial lake, a dragon spike driven into his meridians as his life force fades. He sleeps for four years in Xu Fu’s secret chamber beneath the Yellow River. On the summit of Zhongshan, carrying the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Don't Look Back, My Shadow Is Killing People 别回头，我的影子在杀人 Don't Look Back, My Shadow Is Killing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 41 Uncle Jiu's Little Junior Sister 九叔的小师妹 After Su Muqing is struck by lightning, she transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world. Lei Yunting, the head of the Maoshan Sect, finds her and brings her back to Maoshan, where she becomes Uncle Jiu’s junior fellow disciple. Under her master’s earnest guidance, she finally completes her training and heads down the mountain straight for Renjia Village, where Uncle Jiu lives. Zhegu has already settled in town and is staying by his side, so the two women act out the classic scene of rivals meeting and in 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I, the Zombie King, Am Uncle Jiu’s Beloved Disciple 我，丧尸王，九叔亲亲徒弟是也 (The rating just came out. It'll go up later, probably. (இωஇ )) No CP + The No. 1 Uncle Jiu Fan + Uncle Jiu Protects His Kids + Light Ensemble Cast + Light Horror + Brotherly Harmony (Utter Chaos) (Note: The story uses the framework of Lin Zhengying's movies, with some changes. Most of the stories are original. You can still enjoy it even if you haven't seen the movies. The stories will generally be reworked and blended together.) No System, no cultivation. The story mainly follows Uncle Jiu and 646Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 43 The Strongest Disciple in Uncle Jiu's World 九叔世界之最强弟子 [Uncle Jiu + System + daily sign-in + invincible + supernatural + thrilling] Lin Yang transmigrates into the supernatural world where Uncle Jiu lives, unexpectedly becoming his adopted son and awakening the [Patriarch’s Blessing System]. A daily sign-in brings heaven-defying rewards! From the start, he can draw talismans in midair and receive an instant infusion of knowledge, sending his cultivation soaring! Zombies? He suppresses them with a flick of his hand! Evil cultivators? One sword strike 150Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 The World Inside the Box: I Become Uncle Jiu's Ancestral Master 箱子里的世界，我成了九叔的祖师 [Deities + miniature worlds + sect building + monster battles and leveling up] After unexpectedly obtaining a miniature world box, Lu Chen discovers that it contains the world of zombies where Uncle Jiu lives! A royal zombie bursts out of its coffin, and just as Qianhe is about to meet his end, a gigantic palm reaches through the clouds and squashes the royal zombie flat. Qianhe and Simu drop to their knees in worship. “The patriarch has descended!” 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Uncle Nine: I Have a Great Wilderness World 九叔：我有一个山海大世界 Volume One is the Classic of Mountains and Seas arc. If you’re here for Uncle Jiu, start with Volume Two. When Beiming Yu brings an entire world of mountains and seas with him as he transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world, what will happen when the mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas appear before everyone? Ren Tingting: (⊙o⊙) Wow, a Feifei! So cute! I want to pet it! Uncle Jiu: This big rooster (Fuxi) my grand-uncle gave me is even stronger than I am! Wencai: So why did Grand-un 285Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 47 Jiangshi: Hello, Uncle Jiu 僵尸：九叔你好 [Uncle Jiu + two male leads + System + heartwarming + zombie world] This story has two male leads! Two male leads! Two male leads! [Mo Xuanyu × Lin Jiu (Uncle Jiu), Uncle Jiu is the top and Mo Xuanyu is the bottom. An incredibly sweet story!!! Super sweet!] This is my first time writing, so please go easy on me, everyone. After Mo Xuanyu was hit by a car, he wound up in the Republican era, with a System to boot. Good heavens, could things get any more ridiculous? Um, yes: Mo Xuanyu accidentally 114Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 48 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—14d adds
- 49 Midnight Ghost Stories 午夜鬼话 Can't sleep alone at night? The kind of story that makes you more hooked the more scared you get? I've prepared a bedtime companion for you. Pick one according to your courage. New updates every night at ten, see you there. “Turn off the lights and put on your headphones. You hear breathing behind you, but you're supposed to be home alone. Don't turn around. Just listen while I finish this story…” Which story would you like to wander into tonight? I'll do my best to tell each one well! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
