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- 1 After the Metaphysics Master Came Down the Mountain, a Male Ghost Clung to Her 玄学大佬下山后，被男鬼缠上了 [Mysticism + fortune-telling livestreams + ghost hunting + romance + extreme contrasts] My master told me to get off the mountain and gain some experience, and maybe find love while I was at it. On my first day down the mountain, short on cash, I rented a haunted house. I never met the landlord. Instead, I came across a male ghost floating in midair, dressed in white with long hair and a face as lovely as a painting. The first thing he said was, “You’re finally here.” Me: “? Do we know each —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Underworld 007 地府007 The mortal realm calls me Mo Changxin, the underworld calls me 007, and the divine realm calls me Mo Qilin. The Yellow Springs’ greatest God of War, summoned but never commanded. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s. This book is all about absurd comedy, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud! Wishing all readers a happy 2026, with every worry swept away! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Making Money in Both the Living and the Dead Worlds 阴阳两界通吃 [Multiple Heroines + Wacky Daily Life + Light Comedy + No System] I'm Guan Du, one of the top wage slaves between the worlds of the living and the dead. I take jobs and make money by day, then work for ghosts at night. Ghost Big Shot: Help me find my killer, and I'll give you a haunted house! Gluttonous Impermanence: You can mooch a meal, but pay protection money first! Tsundere Receptionist: Keep running your mouth, and I'll put you up for auction online! What? You don't scam people for money? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Scheming Crown Princess, and the Prince Who Defies the Emperor to Pursue Her Every Day 心黑神棍太子妃，王爷每日抗旨追 [Mysticism Expert + Palace Intrigue and Sweet Romance + Satisfying Revenge + A Touch of Political Scheming] Su Qingxian, a mysticism expert whose soul had transmigrated through nine lifetimes, possessed peerless magical skills but had no System and no missions. All she wanted was to set up a fortune-telling stall, make some money, and live a quiet life of idleness! She’d planned to make some quick cash off Prince Jing, but who could have guessed an imperial edict would come crashing down and mak 144Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Professor, You Look So Cool Exorcising Ghosts 教授，你驱鬼的样子帅裂了 Lin Xi is shaken awake in the middle of the night by his roommate, who says a bloodstained ancient painting has appeared on the wall. He grabs a clothes-drying pole and pokes it. “The paint hasn’t dried yet!” Professor Shen, the elegant scholar who teaches at the lectern, suddenly appears in the dorm. “You’ve been specially recruited, student.” Only later does Lin Xi learn that Shen Zheng teaches history by day and hunts evil spirits by night. Even more ridiculous is Officer Lu Yang, whom Lin Xi 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I’m a Dentist in a Small Town, and I Exorcise Demons on the Side 我在小城当牙医，兼职驱邪 [Mystery + the supernatural + urban legends + team growth] Pull teeth by day, exorcise evil by night: my side gig is way more thrilling than my day job! Chen Mo is an ordinary dentist in Qinglin City. One day, after pulling a mysterious old man's tooth, the man drew a blood talisman on his palm. That night, Chen Mo dreamed of a giant snake that could speak. When he woke up, he discovered he had become a disciple of the Willow Immortal, able to communicate with the realms of the living and the d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Altar of Views: The Influencer Who Sends Off the Meat Dumplings 流量祭坛：送肉粽的网红 The Traffic Altar: The Influencer Who Sends Off Rice Dumplings 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Chinese Taoist Priest Hunts Ghosts in Japan 华夏道士在东瀛捉鬼 “Roar!” The evil spirit let out an utterly bloodcurdling howl. Its attack on Yuna abruptly changed course. It became a pitch-black storm, abandoning all strategy and focusing solely on tearing that accursed man, who was munching on sunflower seeds, to pieces! “Hey, why are you all coming after me?” Looking at the black storm roaring toward him, Li Xuan wore a smug grin. He casually brushed the sunflower seed shells off his hands and rose to his feet at an unhurried pace. “Since you’re all s 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Glutton’s Last Bite 大胃王的最后一口 The Glutton's Last Bite 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Miss, Wait Up, Little Taoist 女施主：小道长留步 Witty and humorous + grounded in reality and rich in metaphor + ghost hunting and the supernatural A Taoist priest descends the mountain + an utterly doting big brother + a collection of short stories + long-term foreshadowing + guiding souls to the afterlife In 2026, I hunt ghosts and guide souls in the city. Only later did I realize that human hearts are far scarier than ghosts. I have just two kinds of clients: the living and the dead. The living pay me to solve their problems. The dead pay w 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Be the Leader of the Ghost-Hunting World 做捉鬼界的领头羊 [Mysticism + Goofy Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Romance] Word has it that the youngest daughter of the Du family of Liucheng, who went missing 18 years ago, has been found. After spending 18 years away from home, she learned an impressive range of mystical arts from a master. Fortune-telling, face-reading, ghost-catching, and feng shui are all a piece of cake for her. You could even call her a fairy. But why is this little fairy so unconventional? While others catch ghosts with all kinds of 1.8kReads8.8Score217Shelves
- 12 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Chang’an Night Walks: The Black Death Flower 长安夜行录：黑死花 Chang’an Night Walk: Black Death Flower —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 冥婚诡事：阴水镇 Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞 You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Incense for the Streamers: The Nth Livestream 流量香火:第N次开播 Traffic and Incense: The Nth Livestream 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Metaphysics Master Remarries with Her Mother; Her Stepbrothers Won’t Stop Spoiling Her 玄学少女随母改嫁，被继兄追着宠 [Mysticism + putting scumbags in their place + sweet romance + everyday life] In her previous life, Gu Wanxi gave her all, exhausting herself to help her father and brothers rise to prominence and reach the highest offices. She thought she would finally enjoy a good life, but they cherished her younger sister more. They even peeled off Gu Wanxi’s face and put it on her sister, then made her take her place in marriage. Her father and brothers said, “Wanxi, you were supposed to go with your mother 12.1kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 18 The Tycoon's Daughter Is Charming, Beautiful, and Can Catch Ghosts 那暴发户的女儿又娇又美还会捉鬼 [Strong heroine + supernatural + everyone's darling + eccentric family + ghost hunting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + comedy] Blackwind Village is a backward, impoverished place, and everyone in the village talks about the Ma family. After having five sons, the forty-year-old woman of the Ma family got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to a girl, and the family's elders treasured her dearly. The Ma family's legacy had arrived: their ghost-hunting skills were passed down to daughter 2kReads8.6Score246Shelves
- 19 Feast of the Undead: Slaughtering My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 盛世尸宴：我在大唐杀穿末日 A Feast of Corpses in an Age of Prosperity: Slaying My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Sewing Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face 雨夜缝皮.最后一张脸 Stitching Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Sacrificial Offering for Views: Live-Streaming the Zongzi Offering 流量祭品:直播送肉粽 Traffic Sacrifice: Livestreaming a Rice Dumpling Offering 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Little Fool’s Demon-Hunting Chronicles 瓜娃儿捉妖记 [Mystery and Supernatural] + [Folk Customs] + [Legends] + [Strange Tales] This really is a mystery and supernatural novel about catching demons and ghosts. The author begs the officials who review the categories to show mercy and stop changing this book’s category at random. Could you please? During the Xianfeng era, Gua Wa’er is sent to learn magic from Taoist Li at the Wengong Shrine, having incurred a debt of gratitude for changing his father Niu Yuansheng’s fate. He joins the wondrous Yunmen 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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 6.4kReads8.2Score641Shelves
- 24 Shangyuan Plague Register: I'm on the Last Page 上元疰簿：名册最后一页是我 The Shangyuan Curse Register: I'm on the Last Page 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 戏台鬼影 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Torment-Novel Heroine Is Busy Catching Ghosts 虐文女主忙抓鬼 [Comedy + transmigration + ghost hunting] Su Su opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital bed, with someone nearby trying to take her kidney. From the doctors' conversation, she realizes she's transmigrated? Into the very angst novel she had just complained about, and as the abused heroine, no less? Then Su Su discovers that the world of the book is actually supernatural. Isn't that her specialty? They dare abuse her? They have no idea what's coming. How about a female-ghost special, on the h 3.6kReads8.9Score502Shelves
- 27 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 My Girlfriend Is a Fox Spirit 我的女友是个狐狸精 Ever since the day Zhang Lang was born, the neighbors had called him a jinx. On the night of his birth, half of the tile-roofed house where his family had lived for three generations came crashing down. His parents sat with him in their arms amid the ruins, gazing up at the stars in despair. A fortune-teller had warned them long ago that the child was the reincarnation of a bringer of calamity, doomed to a life of misfortune with no way to escape it. Sure enough, he could get hit by a falling bi 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Mystical Art of Spirit Communication 玄之通灵 This is a novel made up of short stories about supernatural events. Some are true, some are false, and some are exaggerated, with humor, comedy, horror, and all manner of paranormal happenings... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I’m a Ghost Smuggler. What’s Wrong with Kidnapping Female Ghosts? 我作为鬼贩子，拐卖女鬼怎么了？ [Supernatural horrors return + hilarious feel-good story + absurdly powerful items + if this doesn’t make you laugh, you can beat me to death!] Jiang Xiaobai transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and gains the Ghost Smuggler System. He gets stronger by smuggling ghosts! [Ding! You smuggled a female ghost to a mining site. Ghost Smuggling Points +3000] [Ding! You smuggled a red-clad vengeful ghost to a pyramid scheme. Ghost Smuggling Points +5000] [Ding! You smu 1.7kReads8.5Score228Shelves
- 31 Paranormal Civil Servant 灵异公务员 Wang Xiaotian, a civil servant wielding the "Heaven-Measuring Ruler," transmigrates to a parallel world where the supernatural resurges in the 1990s. Zombies have to meet their KPIs, and ghosts who like people have to follow the proper procedures. Using the bureaucratic wisdom he's gained from writing reports and mediating disputes, he specializes in dealing with every kind of monster and demon that refuses to cooperate. When a red-clad vengeful ghost has to write a work summary, and a thousand- 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty to Escape the Zombies, Only to Find I Brought Them 穿到大唐躲丧尸，丧尸竟是我带的 I transmigrated to the Tang dynasty to hide from zombies, only to discover that I was the one leading them. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Strange Happenings on the Lantern Festival: The Dead Man in the Coffin Is Clutching My Name 上元诡事：棺材里的死人攥着我的名 Lantern Festival Mysteries: The Dead Man in the Coffin Clutches My Name —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 3.9kReads8.7Score223Shelves
- 35 A Ghost Chased Me for Three Blocks, So I Scared It Into Calling Me Daddy 被鬼追了三条街，反手吓的鬼叫爹 From the start, Zhang Yang was chased by a ghost for three whole blocks. At that critical moment, he awakened the Ghost-Scaring System and immediately summoned the founding master to possess him, then pinned the ghost down and beat it senseless. From then on, terrifying tales about Zhang Yang began spreading among the ghosts. Headless ghost: “Damn, he used my head as a ball and kicked it around...” Water ghost: “He drained all the water just to catch me. Who am I supposed to complain to?” Hanged 1.1kReads8.8Score107Shelves
- 36 The Spirit Medium’s Here! A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Flick It on the Forehead 出马！黄皮子讨封，我弹它脑瓜崩 A mostly story-driven tale, slightly spooky and a million times hilarious. [Spirit Mediums] [Humorous and Hilarious] [One Thrilling Moment After Another] [Not a Dull Moment in the Whole Book] After a breakup, the brash young Zhang Shitou gets drunk and runs into a weasel asking him to grant it a title. He thinks it’s just a big yellow dog. “Damn it, a good dog doesn’t block the road.” He goes right up and flicks it hard on the head. “Kid, quit flicking me. Look carefully, I’m the Yellow Immortal 15.1kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 37 Who Wore That Blue Robe? 谁穿了那件蓝衫 Who Wore That Blue Shirt? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Villainess Awakens! The Fallen Princess Joins the Paranormal Investigation Unit 恶女觉醒！亡国公主在灵异调查组 No romance + revenge + mysticism + ghost hunting + an overwhelmingly powerful female lead Meng Zhi, the fallen princess of the Dazhao Kingdom, is dug up two thousand years later along with her cat. Literally dug up. Still inside her coffin. Meng Zhi still remembers the day she woke up: the archaeological team’s earth-shattering screams nearly made her go deaf the moment she opened her eyes. Archaeologist: “Can you believe it? The TV show came true. This thing can come back to life?! Fine, then 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 When a Ghost Meets a Dog: What Are You Looking At? 当鬼遇上狗：你瞅啥？ My life has been full of misfortune, so I’ve never believed in fate. It was all thanks to toxic feel-good slogans that I found the courage to keep living. As I struggled against fate, I discovered that the only way to protect myself was to do things even I couldn’t understand. As long as fate is left utterly baffled, I have a chance to survive. If fate won’t let me be human, fine. I can always become a ghost. If fate won’t let me be a ghost, fine. I can always become a dog. If I’m human, I’m bol 546Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 40 My Gunplay Is the Way: I Use an M1911 to Exorcise Ghosts 枪法即道法，我用M1911驱鬼 (Just got a rating) (harem) (urban high martial arts, supernatural mysteries, Taoist priest, multiple heroines, daily life, ghost-hunting with firearms, urban supernatural abilities, SCP-like, no System, solving cases, tomboy, childhood friends, tsundere) “Have you made up your mind?” “I have.” Wu Kui picks up the document and signs his name. “A true hero, and so young!” “No. I just don’t want to be kept in the dark.” To protect Wen Wan, an innocent girl with a rare Yin fate who is repeatedly ta 69Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 41 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 42 The Lord of the Underworld Doesn't Want to Work Today Either 冥主今天也不想上班 [Female-Dominated World + Strong Female Lead + Infinite-Flow + Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Historical Romance + Apocalypse: Cultivation] Doctor: Miss Man, do you ever hear strange voices? Man Tong: Does the Great Emperor of Fengdu constantly nagging in my ear count? The doctor nodded and checked a box on the paper: “Auditory hallucinations!” Doctor: And what do you think makes you different from ordinary people? Man Tong: I am the ruler of the Underworld. The doctor checked another box: “Delusi 338Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 43 From the Start, I Had Ten Thousand Years of Power, and I Smashed the Ghost King to Pieces 开局万年功力，我把鬼王锤爆了 [Comedy]+ [Insanity]+ [Ghost Hunting]+ [Invincible]+ [Everyone Misreads the Situation] Liu Xuan is a severely mentally ill patient with extreme delusions. He fantasizes that he is an unparalleled master. From the start, he awakens the Sage Development System and gains ten thousand years of cultivation. He becomes a true unparalleled master, fighting his way from the Ghost King’s underlings all the way to the Ghost King’s lair, crushing every foe in his path. The System also rewards him with all 7.7kReads9.0Score506Shelves
- 44 Don't Mess With Her! The Fortune-Telling Heiress Is a Fearsome Ghost Hunter! 别惹她！神算大小姐捉鬼超凶哒！ [Legitimate daughter + occult arts + feng shui + fortune-telling + satisfying read + ancient setting + a little family drama + strong heroine] Jiang Jiaoyue returned to the capital to reunite with her family and set up a fortune-telling stall to earn merit. “Master, someone chased me in my dream and demanded I give his head back. What’s going on?” “That wine bowl of yours is made from a dead person’s skull. Just give it back to him.” “Master, I dreamed my grandfather pushed open his coffin lid a 4.7kReads8.9Score594Shelves
- 45 The Yinshan School: From Ghost-Hunting Jobs to Founding a Daoist Sect 阴山法脉：从接单捉鬼到称宗道祖 (Thriller) + (Supernatural) + (Mystery) + (Horror) + (Ghost Hunting) + (Exorcism) + (Feng Shui) + (Showing Off in Public) The sole heir of the Yinshan Sect's 37th generation! He inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. Armed with half a ghost seal and three pages of a fragmentary manual, his cultivation is mediocre at best, yet he relies on the Yinshan Sect's secret arts to hunt ghosts and exorcise evil! Is orthodox Taoism hostile to him? Are Southeast Asian sorcerers causing trouble? Do vengeful s 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Mad for the Martial Way: Eat People to Get Stronger, That’s Too Xuanhuan 武道疯魔：吃人就变强，太玄幻了 (Fantasy) + (Martial Arts Training) + (Wild Imagination) + (Cthulhu) + (Cannibalism) + (Martial Dao) + (Decisive and Ruthless) Martial arts are inferior to cultivation? Body tempering and opening meridians are impossibly difficult? Thanks for asking. I just finished eating an Old God. Now bring me a cultivator for dessert. A secret realm is crawling with tentacled horrors? Take one bite in a desperate moment and refine it directly into the source of martial power! Devour the bizarre and level up 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Hong Kong Crossover: I Started Cultivating from the Start, and Every Female Ghost Wants to Marry Me 港综：开局修仙，女鬼都想嫁给我 Sadako crawls out of The Ring and hands him a love letter. “Sir, I would be honored to cook for you.” A red-clad female ghost from a funeral home clings to him, her eyes sparkling. “Master, why not take me on as your little sidekick?” Even the wrongfully killed heiress of a wealthy family and a fox spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years come knocking, all hoping to marry him! Faced with a parade of stunning female ghosts desperately pursuing him, Lin Chen rubs his forehead helplessly. “ 186Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Little Exorcist: The Rat Race Starts in Childhood 灵异小天师：内卷从娃开始 [Adorable kid + supernatural + occult arts + ghosts and monsters + no romance + a supernatural novel even timid readers can enjoy + doted-on darling] Li Niuniu is adopted by a fortune-teller who swindles people and his rich wife. They think she's an ordinary little girl, but she opens her mouth and asks to eat ghosts, scaring the ghosts half to death. When her parents aren't looking, she finally gets to lick one. Brr, it's so spicy! On her first day of school, she skips class and follows some gr 1.6kReads9.1Score222Shelves
- 49 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.8kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
- 50 Don’t You Feel Guilty Making a Living Selling Ghosts? 你当鬼贩子良心不会痛吗 [Ghost peddler + no female lead + bluffing + ghost summoner] Ghostly energy surges, and terror descends. Lu Jing inherits the funeral goods shop his grandfather left behind and becomes the best business partner the Spirit Guard Bureau could ask for. “Captain Fang, 30,000 for this B-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, 500,000 for this A-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, this Ghost King...” Watching Lu Jing remove 5.6kReads8.9Score390Shelves
