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- 1 The Yin-Quelling Taoist 镇阴道士 My name is Chen Yuan. I was born under the Star of Solitude and was not supposed to live past eighteen. My grandfather was the last feng shui master in the village. Before he died, he told me to go to the back mountain and take an abandoned old manor as my godmother. A girl had died in that house, nailed to a door with eight coffin nails. Her death had been uncanny. From then on, I had to climb the mountain every month on the sixteenth, burn incense, kowtow, and call that dilapidated house “Moth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Road of No Return 绝鬼路 The Ghost Talisman Classic has reappeared in the world, barring the way for the living and sealing off the road for ghosts! Two orphans, each carrying a mysterious and bizarre past, set out to unravel the secrets of their origins and the curse of the Seven Venomous Ghost Tongues. They endure one hardship after another as they desperately search for answers, while conspiracies, monsters, ghosts, and evil spirits close in... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 You Say I'm Not a Proper Taoist? I'm So Proper It's Wicked 你说我不是正经道士？我正得发邪 After graduating from university, he finds the Taoist temple empty, with his master and senior fellow disciples all gone. Feng Yurain takes his whole arsenal of mystical skills down the mountain to No. 17 Huai'an Road, where he opens an unremarkable little shop. Those with a dark aura between their brows, haunted by spirits, afflicted by bad feng shui, or entangled in karma are all welcome to come by. Fate is set by heaven. I can only offer a little guidance. If you refuse to see reason, then yo 13kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 4 The Heavenly Master Comes Down the Mountain 下山天师 I, Ye Tianze, possess the Ghost Gate’s Thirteen Needles. They can heal people, suppress spirits, ward off evil, set up formations, subdue demons, summon gods, command spirits, and transform the dead. This Celestial Master also has four senior sisters. The eldest is the orphaned descendant of an ancient Corpse King, a cool and aloof beauty. The second is a nine-tailed red fox from Qingqiu, whose charm could topple a kingdom. The third is the beloved jewel of the King of the Underworld, with limit 347Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 5 The Divine Seer Who Peers into Heaven 窥天神相 When my parents got married, my grandfather got drunk and caused a scandal, leading to the ruin of our family... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Shocking! A Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain to Exorcise Ghosts on Livestream 惊！道士下山直播抓鬼 Supernatural + livestreaming + ghost hunting I’m Bai Qingxuan, a rookie Daoist priest. After coming down from the mountain, hunger left me with no other options. Then I had an idea: I’d livestream myself hunting ghosts. There are plenty of supernatural incidents in this modern city. I’ll use Daoist arts to deal with them and livestream the whole thing for everyone to see. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 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
- 9 The Forbidden Gate 禁门 When I was six, I pulled a nail out of the depths of Yin Mountain. It had been driven into the Taiji symbol before a stone coffin. A dragon was carved into its head, and its eyes could glow. After I pulled it out, the woman inside the coffin sat up. Dressed in white and barefoot, she asked me: “Do you want to die, or do you want to live?” I said I wanted to live. She took me with her. Ten years. Spending nights in wells, practicing horseback riding on wooden stakes, and driving a copper coin 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Three Thousand Paths of the Weird: Starting by Rejecting My Gentle Homeroom Teacher 诡道三千，从拒绝温柔班导开始 There are two things crooked practitioners love most: stealing other people’s fortune, and scheming to live forever! Zhang Sanqian had only just started college when he encountered ghosts and humans together, corpses leaping from rooftops, and a ghost raising corpses. He thought it was just some evil spirit causing trouble. He never imagined his own homeroom teacher was plotting to live forever. A hundred lives sacrificed for one person to attain immortality. As Zhang Sanqian dealt with these in 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Defying Fate, Returning to Heaven 逆命归天 The ruler of heaven and earth, who held dominion over all creation, is betrayed by his brothers and dies a horrific death. His beloved disciple saves his remnant soul with a forbidden technique. They both enter the cycle of reincarnation and become village children: Zhang Wuji and Zhang An. A strange fragrance constantly emanates from Zhang Wuji. Later, their maternal grandfather renames them, giving the older brother the name Zhang Lingxi and the younger brother the name Zhang Chengan... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 What Do I Do If My Arm Comes to Life? Help, Urgent! 胳膊成精了怎么办？在线等，急！ What do I do if my arm has become a spirit? Asking online, urgent! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 This Taoist Master Can Really Catch Ghosts! 道爷我真能捉鬼啊！ [Young Taoist priest] [Jiangshi] [Magical duels] [Ghost hunting] [Romance, but no womanizing] [School life] When I was young, I regretted having so little affinity with the Dao. Now I fear I have too much! Young man, if you could choose all over again, would you still leave the mountain? Zhang Wuming’s unscrupulous master tricked him into coming down the mountain with a roast chicken. Only later did he realize he’d been sold! Sold to a rich man to protect his daughter for a year! “You old dog, j 54.3kReads7.7Score3.6k14d adds
- 14 I Make My Living Off the Dead 我靠死人吃饭 [Funeral Customs] + [Supernatural] + [Feng Shui and Taoist Arts] Warning: Do not try to learn the incantations or chants in this book. You do so at your own risk. Based on real events, with some details about people and places adjusted. The dead refuse to close their eyes, a black cat wails at a grave, sobbing comes from down a well, a widow holds a funeral vigil in tears at midnight, an old man kneels before his son... Behind these eerie happenings lie even more poisonous human hearts. 127.3kReads8.7Score10k14d adds
- 15 One Divination a Day: A Heavenly Master's Trainee 每日一卦，天师练习生 [Urban Cultivation] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Supernatural Ghosts] [Folk Customs] [Cautious Cultivation] [System Farming] [Multiple female leads ahead: policewoman, ghost, catgirl, foxgirl] Other Taoist priests heading down the mountain: slay demons, uphold justice, and fight evil in Heaven's name! Jiang, radiating the air of an immortal, flicked his sleeve. “Boundless Heavenly Venerable, vanquishing demons is my duty… That'll be one hundred thousand in incense money. WeChat or Alipay?” A college g 162.1kReads8.5Score19.6k14d adds
- 16 Sis, I'm Just a Delivery Guy, Not a Gigolo 大姐，我只是一个送外卖的，不是出来卖的。 Hey, I'm just a delivery guy, not a gigolo. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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 1kReads8.2Score11714d adds
- 18 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!] 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I Asked You to Spread Taoism, and You Became an Immortal? 让你传播道教，你直接成仙？ Chen Dao transmigrates into a parallel world and unexpectedly inherits a Taoist temple, becoming a Taoist priest on the spot! Unfortunately, Taoism has fallen into decline in this world, and nobody pays it any attention. Meanwhile, demons and monsters run rampant, and ghosts are everywhere. Fortunately, he has a System to help him revive Taoism! [Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a lightning-struck peachwood sword!] [Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Thunderbolt Sword Art, Gran 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After College, I Became a Taoist Priest 大学毕业后我去当了道士 Ghost-catching, zombies, tombs, feng shui, and the divide between the living and the dead I was just an ordinary person. That is, until I graduated from college. My relatives passed away, my parents abandoned me, and I became someone the world had no place for. An unexpected letter led me into the world of Taoism. From then on, the realms of yin and yang had boundaries, but they were no longer distinct. White-haired jiangshi lurking in the earth, ancient tomb zombies, spirit mediums borrowing so 16.5kReads8.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 21 My Daoist Arts Failed, but So Did the Ghosts 道术学废了，但鬼也废了 Taoists train by striving for balance and harmony. I’m different. When I train, I strive for something ghosts can’t understand. Draw a talisman? The paper catches fire before I’m even done. Recite an incantation? By the time I finish, I’ve untied my own shoelaces. My master says I’m the most useless disciple he’s ever had, the one who’s managed to learn every sect art completely wrong. That is, until a vengeful ghost responsible for nine deaths broke into our temple. I tossed out a misdrawn tali 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Master Is Down from the Mountain: Master, Your Disciple Doesn't Want to Go on Blind Dates Anymore 高手下山：师傅，徒儿不要相亲了 [Master comes down the mountain + Celestial Master + being pursued + invincible + comedy + the arrival of the Classic of Mountains and Seas] Unhappy with his master's repeated matchmaking arrangements, Liu Mang runs away from his wedding and heads down the mountain. Danger and prospective brides soon come one after another! What, you're a great demon who lays waste to the people? I'll capture you and turn you into barbecue! What, you're a rich second-generation heir who acts like you own the wor 999Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 23 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
- 24 Why Are You Messing with Him? He's the Young Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain! 你惹他干嘛，他是龙虎山小天师啊 Traditional supernatural fiction, no System. During the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians, countless people died. The sheer number of deaths generated resentment that blotted out the sky, and all kinds of powerful ghosts began appearing in great numbers. According to ancient texts, immortals descended from legendary sacred mountains to teach the Dao, helping the world's Daoists eliminate those ghosts. But after that, spiritual energy grew increasingly thin. After the Tang Dynasty, the world offici 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Heavenly Strategy: The Return of the Immortal 天策：长生者的归途 [Mystery + Feng Shui + Ancient Tombs + Group Exploration] In the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, at Deshun Teahouse in Beiping. A young man in his early twenties sat alone by the window. Two cups of tea stood before him: one for himself, and the other for someone who had been waiting for two thousand years. His name was Zhou Ce, heir to the Zhou family of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. On the surface, he was simply a young man skilled in feng shui. But no one knew that he was the ve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Run a Stall Selling Ghost Money at the Vegetable Market Entrance 我在菜市口摆摊卖冥钱 [Folk taboos + ghost hunting + no romance] After accidentally violating a mysterious folk taboo, Xu Xuanzhi has only three days left to live. It is then that Xu Xuanzhi finds his family and successfully inherits the ancestral incense shop, beginning a new life selling ghost money at a stall in Caishikou. He slays the Dragon Turtle and battles evil spirits, becoming the most revered person in the Gelug school. He makes ghost money and saves those lost to suffering, becoming the president of the U 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 I Told You to Be a Taoist, So Why Did You Strike My Ex-Girlfriend with Lightning? 让你当道士，你却雷劈前女友？ [Folk Horror + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless + Packed with Jokes + Slow Start] After my girlfriend broke up with me, she ran off to northern Myanmar to work in sales for someone else. When she came back, she'd turned into an evil ghost who wanted to rip out my kidneys. To save myself, I accidentally became a Taoist priest. I'm not much good at the arts, but I've got a real talent for cursing people out! I learn thunder magic and raise fierce spirit soldiers. I'm a 11.7kReads8.2Score85614d adds
- 29 The School Beauty’s Little Ghost-Hunting Taoist 校花的捉鬼小道士 The young Daoist Xu Ziqing is a master at healing the sick, vanquishing demons, catching ghosts, and subduing spirits. He can locate buried treasures, read faces, and master feng shui. He enrolls in school, dates the campus beauty, and takes down bullies... Wait, campus beauty, what are you doing? 403Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Love on Route 11 情迷11路 While other people are born with jade in their mouths, I was born with a stone in mine. After my first love dumped me, the little stone around my neck went missing too, and I became a walking jinx. Dogs chased me whenever I went out, I got rear-ended on my bike, and even my chances at love disappeared. I became an unwanted old maid, so I gritted my teeth, stamped my foot, and went to the city to work as a bus driver. By a twist of fate, though, I ended up driving the number 11 night route. And t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Police Academy Cadet from the Start: Bridging the Worlds of Yin and Yang 开局警校生，阳执阴渡 [Police Academy] [Mystery and Supernatural] I thought my life would follow the usual path: graduate, pass the joint recruitment exam, and start working. But an accident let me glimpse the divide between Yin and Yang and awakened my Yin-Yang Eyes. With mortal eyes, I could pierce the veil between worlds and face ghosts and evil spirits head-on. I inherited the secret art of thunder, and can summon lightning with my bare hands. Yin creatures flee at the sight of me. I glimpsed the secrets of fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 I Have a Panlong Grotto-Heaven 我有一座蟠龙洞天 Graduation meant unemployment. Long Yu, 22, was a graduating senior at Nanhong University. He had failed to find a job, and his savings were running out. Then, at a street stall in the old quarter, he spent fifty yuan on a dragon-carved jade pendant. In his dream, he saw an enormous stone dragon, a barren stretch of land, and a clear stream. He ate a red fruit. Then he spent the whole night on the toilet. When he finally emerged, the world had changed. The old man watching the building downs 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Unusual Tenant in My Home 我家的特殊房客 Lighthearted, funny, supernatural abilities, no System, and mostly everyday life. Ding Yang has had a close friend for years: a stunningly beautiful woman. As someone who transmigrated into another person's life, passing up such a gorgeous woman would be a waste of life. He arranged to have barbecue with Wu Xinyue that evening, but somehow he was dragged to a cemetery in the northern suburbs and haunted by a woman in red. She wanted his help investigating the cause of her death. Wu Xinyue flatly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Strange Tales: Paper Money 诡异杂谈之纸钱 Weird Tales: Paper Money 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Maoshan Ghost Arts: Kill, Never Deliver Souls 茅山鬼术，只杀不度 When I was twelve, my father was killed by someone using an evil technique, and my mother took her own life. I was adopted by relatives and suffered endless abuse. In the end, their entire family died horribly, leaving me an orphan. The villagers regarded me as an omen of misfortune. To stay alive, I stole offerings meant for the dead, only to attract an evil ghost, which bought my life with a hell banknote. At the critical moment between life and death, my master, Old Guo, saved me, took me in 241.7kReads8.8Score23.5k14d adds
- 37 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2kReads—Score12714d adds
- 38 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 39 The Way of Heaven: Feng Shui Master, I Control the Universe 天道门，风水神师，乾坤由我执掌 The lotus scorched by hellfire is the birthmark on my back. The sins of my past life were too great, and in this life I'm fated to die young. To stay alive, I descend the mountain in search of a way, only to find eighty-one coffins and an underworld wedding waiting for me. A coin hung from a mountain, a cup of water holding the world in check. A demon fetus in a human belly, a woman in a bottle, the witchcraft of Luonan, eight or nine layers of coffins, the underworld's watery halls, a golden co 228Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 40 Global Gatefall: I Became a God by Delivering Takeout 全球门化：我靠送外卖成神 Horror + suspense + Cthulhu + supernatural powers + wild imagination On a stormy night, my food delivery order reads: “Deliver to 77 Huangquan Road.” I’m forced to become a courier between the worlds of the living and the dead. Every five-star review extracts a customer’s soul, while a bad review gets me hunted by creatures from the Gate Realm. When I discover that my father’s last order before he disappeared was sent to the Bermuda Triangle, and that my mother has turned into a faceless being i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain: He Kills, He Doesn’t Save 天师下山，只杀不渡 My name is Zhang Qingfeng. I was born with the bones of a Daoist, and every ghost wants a piece of me. At eight, I was bound by forty-nine debts to the underworld. I had seven days to live. The headmaster of Maoshan saved me and brought me up the mountain, where he taught me Daoist arts and freed me from my death sentence. At twenty, I descended the mountain and made myself a rule: When I encounter a wronged spirit, I ask what happened first. If they’ve been wronged, I’ll set things right. If th 3Reads—Score10814d adds
- 43 Never Seen a Taoist Priest Riding a Motorcycle? 没见过道士骑摩托吗 [No CP + No System + A Little Mysticism + The Paranormal Returns] A rumor has been making the rounds in the paranormal world lately: There’s a Taoist priest named Xie Qi’an who catches paranormal beings and makes them work for him! Even the mighty King of the Mortal World has become one of this human’s generals! What a cruel fate for the paranormal! We must rise up! Rise up! The King of the Mortal World, now reduced to a general: ??? Don’t believe or spread rumors! Xie Qi’an nods in satisfaction 45Reads—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 The Funeral Home Host's Path to Immortality 殡仪馆司仪修仙记 A fortune-teller said Mo Wen was fated to be haunted by five ghosts, and that a disastrous curse would befall his family that very day. Mo Wen didn't believe him. Then his father fell off the roof that same day and broke his leg. To keep his family out of danger, Mo Wen went far away, but the spirits continued to hound him. In a fit of anger, he walked into a funeral home and took a job as an unofficial funeral host, only to attract even more vicious ghosts... A love affair spanning three thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 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
- 47 The Empty Apartment Next Door 没人住的隔壁 The Unoccupied Apartment Next Door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Watching People Through a Crack in the Door 《门缝看人》 The Eye at the Door Crack 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Yet My Uncle Master Says to Stay Away from Women 下山无敌，师叔却让我离女人远点 Pei Zhaoye spent twenty years on Burial Star Mountain. His martial aunt was beautiful, and had quite a temper. Before his master went missing, he left him only three things: an old token, a broken sword, and a single instruction. "Go down the mountain." So Pei Zhaoye stepped into the Nine Wastes for the first time. But as soon as he came down the mountain, he realized something was off. A demoness, a saintess, a princess, a princess of the Dragon Clan... They all came looking for him one after a 18Reads—Score414d adds
- 50 Beneath Uncle Jiu: Trading Merit for Dao Arts 九叔座下：功德换道法 “Uncle Jiu + Zombies + System + Taoist Priest + Monster Hunting” Modern young man Lin Mo transmigrates into the world of Mr. Vampire, where he encounters Uncle Jiu and becomes his disciple. He unexpectedly binds a Merit System: slaying evil spirits earns him merit points, which he can use to speed up his cultivation and exchange for spells. From a clueless novice to a Taoist with a solid grasp of the arts, Lin Mo travels the land with Uncle Jiu and his disciples. After the zombie incident in Ren 6Reads—Score—14d adds
