Novels like Lan the Demon Hunter
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- 1 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Catcher of the Village 中元劫之老村跳蚤老人 The Hungry Ghost Festival Calamity: The Old Flea-Ridden Man of the Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Village Taoist: My Stunning Master Keeps My Harem in Line 乡村小道爷：绝美师尊帮我管后院 [Rural Supernatural Tales + Light Comedy + You Know What I Mean + No System + Genre Subversion + Everyday Master-and-Disciple Life] Green hills and clear waters surround Hidden Dragon Village, where Xuan Sheng has an unusual constitution. His pure yang energy tends to run wild, but luckily, beautiful women are by his side. His master and disciple bicker, concealing their affection, while strange happenings crop up one after another in the village. Evil practitioners of unorthodox arts scheme in 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Rural Romance: Officer Ji’s Special Devotion 乡村爱情之季警官的独宠 After graduating from an arts school, Ye Xiyi had seen enough of the entertainment industry’s twists and turns. She chose to return to the countryside with her considerable assets, to keep her elderly grandmother company and do what she loved! Ji Xubai had once been an anti-drug police officer. During an undercover operation, he endured terrible suffering. After the operation succeeded, his nervous system was left in disarray, and he received long-term psychological counseling. His parents could 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Tales of Strange Figures from Eastern Sichuan 川东奇人录 In the 1980s, Chen San was born in Ningchang, an ancient town along the old Daning River, deep in the Daba Mountains of eastern Sichuan. Its salt springs had been flowing for five thousand years, and it was also the birthplace of the mysterious and enigmatic Wu culture. An old saying went: “For a hundred years, apprentices seek out masters; in a thousand years, a master seeking an apprentice is a rare sight.” Yet young Chen San was singled out at a glance by the unfathomable carpenter Wang, who 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Old Man "Joy" 老头“乐” The Old Man “Le” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Mirror-Crossing Record 渡镜录 [Historical political intrigue + mystery] The entire army was wiped out. I alone survived, only to be condemned for all eternity as a traitor who colluded with the enemy! Behind the Canglang Valley massacre lay a monstrous plot by the Marquis of Jing'an, who falsified military intelligence and trafficked in weapons. He goes undercover at the marquis’s manor under an assumed name, tearing apart, layer by layer, the outrageous lies woven by the powerful. Undercover agents, forensic examiners, vete —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Seventh Layer of Fiction 第七重虚构 My father disappeared twenty years ago, leaving me only half of a bronze mirror. Everyone said he had run away and abandoned me. I believed them for twenty years. Until the day the mirror cracked, when I saw someone kneeling in the darkness. Six hundred years had passed, and he was still alive. Blue-green patterns began to grow across the back of my hand, creeping upward a little farther each day. When they cover my whole body, I will vanish from this world completely. Not die. Be erased, as i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The 4th Book by Zhe Ci Wo Yao Huo 这次我要火的第4本书 50Reads6.8Score11414d adds
- 9 Chronicles of the Yin Ruins 【阴墟纪】 Where do people go when they die? Lin Yueheng has wondered about this ever since she was a child. Her family works in the funeral business. She has seen a thousand different ways to die, but never once has she seen a dead person tell her the answer. That is, until she listens to a song performed without an actor in an abandoned theater. The sixth scene of The Peony Pavilion: “Return to Life” “Strange fate, strange fate, a ghost’s dream beneath the Yellow Springs; great fortune, great fortune, fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 From the Start, I Explored Dreams for Three Hundred Years, and the Ascetic Imperial Preceptor Lost Control 开局探梦三百年，禁欲国师他失控 I woke up as a good-for-nothing female tutor, and from the start I was expected to bring good fortune through marriage to a seventy-year-old man. At my most desperate, I bound myself to the [Dream Tracing System]. Enter other people's dreams, uncover secrets from their past lives, solve a strange case, and earn three more days to live. I thought I was just solving cases to stay alive, until I entered the mute bodyguard's dream for the first time... A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Book Behind the Veil 帷后之书 I hope to tell this story slowly to every listener. But when you hear it, the curtain will hear you too. I hope you enjoy my new work. I’m new to this, so please be kind. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 Everyone Transmigrates! Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Cases? 全员穿越！说好的鬼呢咋都是案子 Everyone Transmigrates: Where Are the Ghosts We Were Promised? Why Are They All Murder Cases? I had barely transmigrated before bandits dragged me up a mountain and demanded I become their captive bride? Top forensic pathologist Lin Qingge says: No problem. First, let's use science to humiliate you all. [Ding! Golden finger “Voices of All Things” activated. Three uses per day. Hear the final words of all things!] The bandit chief raised his blade. “You little brat, prepare to die!” I looked up a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Survival Manual for the Eerie World 诡异世界生存手册 [Suspense] [Rule Horror] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Battle of Wits] [Warning: This is not a novel. It is a real survival manual for the supernatural world.] Rule One: Don’t open the window after dark. Rule Two: The night-watch candle must never go out. Rule Three: Never trust anyone outside the window. If you break any of these rules, write down your last words immediately. Because a ghost player is already standing behind you. 30Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 14 Er Ci Ru Mian's 7th Book 二次入眠的第7本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads6.8Score10714d adds
- 15 Rural Love: I Got Rich with the Top Student System 乡村爱情之我靠学霸系统暴富 Liu Shihuan transmigrates into the world of Country Love. Liu Neng becomes her father, Liu Ying becomes her older sister, and she even binds herself to a top-student System. Every day, she listens to the village gossip while working hard to study and make money. 291Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 Nighttime Mysteries of the Divine Capital 神都夜疑录 In the late Tang, strange cases erupt one after another. Lu Mingyuan, head of the Unusual Affairs Bureau and a former judicial investigator at the Dali Temple, teams up with Lin Suwen, a gifted female coroner, to handle bizarre unsolved cases such as “the ghost ship that claims lives” and “the fox spirit that steals souls.” Together, they follow every clue to unravel mysteries of the human heart beneath a veil of spirits and monsters, and expose the power struggles behind the scenes. Keywords: h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Whole Village Took a Tree as Their Godmother, Only to Discover a Thousand-Year Pact 全村认树做干娘，却发现千年契约 (The real-life inspiration for this ancient camphor tree truly exists.) Since childhood, Zhao Xun had regarded the ancient camphor tree at the entrance to his village as family. As his eighteenth birthday drew near, he received a bizarre message consisting of just three words: Don't come back. But a clue about his father, who had been missing for years, suddenly surfaced, and the red mark on his wrist was creeping toward his heart day by day. He had no choice but to return to Zhao Family Village 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Jade Snow Hides the Traces 玉雪藏痕 Snow-White Jade Conceals a Trace 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 At the Crime Scene, a Prompt Appears Above the Victim’s Head 命案现场，死者头顶飘出提示框 [System-focused] [Crime solving] [Urban] Three months into the job, Gu Bei, a trainee forensic technician, was examining a hanging scene when a line of blood-red words appeared out of thin air above the victim’s head: [She didn’t tie the knot]. Using the bizarre clue, Gu Bei applied his forensic knowledge to reconstruct the scene and expose the truth behind the staged suicide. Then came [It fell twice] on the face of a car-crash victim, and [Died before the fire] on a charred body at a fire scen 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Night Shift Big Shot 夜班大佬 My mother died of a strange illness, leaving behind nothing but debt and an old bronze mirror. That night, Su Yue's eyes were opened. Beneath the city's neon lights, he could see the uncanny, and the "rules" each of them followed. He was terrified of dying, terrified to the point of trembling. Yet every time he solved a crisis, he did it too cleanly and too decisively. Survivors fell to their knees and worshipped him on the spot. Fake masters went out of their way to avoid him. Even the official —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Country Love: Reborn as Wang Xiaomeng 乡村爱情之重生我是王小蒙 She transmigrates into the world of Country Love before the story begins, becoming 17-year-old Wang Xiao Meng. With a study System of her own, she helps Wang Lao Qi open a tofu factory and become the richest man in Ivory Mountain. After graduating, she returns to her village to build up her hometown, keeps her distance from Xie Yong Qiang, and gets together with Bai Qing Ming. She changes the protagonists’ lives: Liu Ying and Yu Tian split up, Xiang Xiu finds a suitable partner, and Yong Qiang r 867Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 22 Wang Xiaomeng Returns to Country Love 王小蒙重回乡村爱情 My new work is out! Feel free to check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Peerless Immortal Healer in the Countryside 极品仙医在乡村 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in Xiangya Mountain, I Became Li Fu's Biological Son 重生象牙山，我成了李福的亲儿子 Also known as: “Reborn in Xiangyao Mountain: I'm Xie Dajia's Biological Son.” Reborn, I became the biological son of Li Fu and Xie Dajia from Xiangyao Mountain Village. After leaving to attend university and graduate, I returned to the village with the millions of yuan I had earned in college. I helped my parents reconcile, developed the barren hills of Xiangyao Mountain, built factories, and earned the villagers' affection. I even became an entrepreneur, and lots of girls fell for me. This is a 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Code of the Shadow Soldiers 阴兵密码 A blood-soaked dossier deliberately erased from history. A deadly hunt for the truth spanning forty years. Li Wu, a veteran, returns to his hometown carrying the mystery of his father's strange death and a rusted five-pointed star cap badge from the People's Liberation Army. The village lies forgotten in the folds of the mountains. What awaits him is no warm homecoming, but a world-shaking secret soaked in blood: a ghost woman in a red gown weeps blood night after night; Nanyang sorcery is used —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Country Love: I’m a Male Doctor, and I’ve Heard Enough 乡村爱情：我男科大夫，听麻了 Lin Heng transmigrates to Xiangya Mountain and gets the [Gossip System]. Every time he hears gossip from the village, he earns points, which he can use in the shop to redeem anything he wants. From then on, Lin Heng rules Xiangya Mountain. Xiangxiu: Heng, can I come over tonight and give you a foot massage? Wang Xiaomeng: Heng, can you really help me grow my tofu factory? Liu Ying: Heng, come over to my place when Yutian isn’t home, okay? Chen Yannan: Heng, I want to be your assistant. I won’t e 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Who Is the One at the Door? 谁是开门的人 The night Jin Meng returned from North Bay, she came down with a high fever. When she woke up in the hospital, Jin Meng thought she had only been unconscious for a few nights. The inexplicable WeChat messages, her mother’s cold replies, and the news scrolling across the TV screen all reminded her that she, Jin Meng, had become a murder suspect. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 What If I Were Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 如果我是悬疑文炮灰 If I Were a Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Binhai City Crime Files 滨城罪案 [Bincheng Crime Cases / Urban Criminal Investigation / Humanity Shrouded in Fog / Chilling Suspense / Multi-Case Series] Bincheng is rainy and foggy, with a river winding through the city and dampness hanging over the night. Every downpour seems to wash something away: Some hide their wounds, some erase their traces, and some sink their crimes to the riverbed. The alleys of the old district, abandoned factories, bridges stretching into the night, and ordinary people who keep silent... One murd 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Drowning a Child to Steal a Womb 溺童抢胎 Stealing a Child's Reincarnation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Haunted Cellblock: I Am Thailand's Chao Fa 监舍诡事：我是泰国昭法 A strange female resident arrives at a drug rehabilitation center. She comes from a remote town and has never left the country, yet insists she is a Thai Chao Fa, a princess. Dressed in the coarse clothes of a rehab patient, she carries herself with the poise of royalty. In a two-second news clip, she instinctively performs a deep-palace court ritual. She casually reveals long-buried royal secrets, and with a few strokes, sketches the layout of a palace. She can’t remember her ordinary life, yet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 This Detective Is Rather Eerie 这个侦探很邪门 Zombies are born from the resentment, filth, and deathly energy of heaven and earth. They neither age nor die, and cannot be destroyed or extinguished. Rejected by heaven and earth, they are ill omens cast out by the Three Realms and Six Paths. They bear none of the world's karmic ties, endure countless tribulations of lightning with their own bodies, and feed on the blood of the living, keeping their lonely vigil through the ages... In the cold night, ghosts howl through the desolate city; the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Heartbeat Concerto 心跳协奏 There are two kinds of people heart surgeon nurse Lin Xue wants nothing to do with in this life: police officers, and people even more stubborn than police officers. When Lu Jun, deputy captain of the criminal investigation squad, bursts into her emergency room with a gunshot wound, the two become one. He investigates cases with decisive efficiency, yet cannot understand why she resents the badge. She stitches wounds with calm professionalism, yet cannot escape the truth closing in as he reopens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 From the Start, I Was Crippled, but I Survived by Devouring Spirit Runes 开局被废，吞噬灵纹活下去 He transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old servant, only to be hunted down from the start. Lu Chen discovered that a fragment hidden inside him could devour spirit marks. It was something his mother had left in his body, and something everyone was searching for. But every time it devoured a mark, there was a price to pay. His lifespan was counting down, his enemies were on his heels, and the steward was investigating the origin of the mark on his body. And the secret hidden deep within —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in Xiangyashan: Blossoms in Full Bloom 重生象牙山之繁英似锦 Liu Ying is reborn on the eve of her broken engagement. She decisively dumps Zhao Yutian and breaks free from her in-laws' control! She puts down roots in Xiangya Mountain and builds her career, rising to wealth and independence along the way. She becomes the fiercest queen in the whole village, never again a parasitic vine revolving around a man! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Every Beginning Has a Cause, Every Rebirth Its Consequence 终始有因，轮回有果 This is a mystery novel. There is no paranormal content. The 1997 Asian financial crisis had a severe impact on every aspect of life for the people of Thailand. As the financial tycoon Soros plundered the economy, a series of stories that should never have happened began to unfold. Their effects can still be felt today. This novel follows two high school students whose misguided actions during the financial crisis set off a chain reaction, ultimately leading to a terrible catastrophe. Even twent 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Terrifying Journey West: Chasing Killers Across Seven Cities 惊悚西行：我在七城追凶的诡异事 [Mystery + wild imagination + folk customs + strong female lead] In a Dong village, the village elder is found dead in the drum tower in the middle of the night, while a mad girl mutters, “Sax Sui has come.” Deep in western Hunan, Nuo opera performers go missing one after another, and an eerie smile shows beneath their blue-faced, fanged masks. What secrets lie behind Grandma's death? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Can’t Beat People in a Fight? Catching Demons Should Be a Piece of Cake, Right? 斗人斗不过，抓妖还不手到擒来？ A ghoul is a creature of lack. Whatever it lacked in life, be it wealth, health, or fortune, it must seize from others after death to make up for it and rest in peace. In 2009, five homeless children were suffocated in a dumpster. I was the sixth, and the only one who survived. I was never meant to become a Yin-Yang Celestial Master. Until I discovered that what happened that year was no accident. Some ghosts are bottomless pits, plundering without restraint. Some people once swept away an entir 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Country Roads to Power: I Become a Cadre in Xiangya Mountain Village 乡村官途：我在象牙山当干部 Trouble is brewing again in Xiangya Mountain. Liu Neng’s son, Liu Ran, returns home after completing his studies, bringing a fierce new energy to the warm, bustling life of Northeast China. Determined to build his own business in the countryside, he keeps crossing paths by chance with Wang Xiaomeng, the capable and composed boss of the tofu factory. One is a bold young man eager to take on the world; the other is an independent woman who has weathered life’s storms. Amid the everyday family squa 33.6kReads7.3Score2k14d adds
- 42 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Tales of the Uncanny 诡话传说 “Hey, everyone, I’m here.” I pointed my phone camera at the abandoned village gate in front of me. The characters on the archway had long since blurred beyond recognition. All that remained was a sinister, rust-red color, splashed irregularly across the stone pillars like blood that had dried long ago. “See that color? Is it a good enough opening for the ‘Blood Axe’?” The comments immediately began to fly. [Sister Xue is charging into a new map!] [Just looking at this place gives me the creeps.] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Livestreaming Crime Consultations: I Go Viral with the Dead’s Comments 直播问凶，我靠亡魂弹幕爆红全网 Guest appearances welcome! Open indefinitely! Chen Mo is a 22-year-old penniless medium who livestreams. Born with Yin-Yang Eyes, he can see the dead, and his livestream comments are full of ghosts begging for help. During the early days of the spiritual qi revival, ordinary people can't see ghosts, but he goes viral by “fortune-telling.” One comment, “There's a woman in red behind you,” and viewers catch a shadow on camera, setting the entire internet ablaze. Ghosts crowd into his livestream to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Missing Pages of History 史阙 Time flows like water, never resting, never stopping. The world's obsessions surge like a tide, throwing the river of time and space into chaos. Some defy the natural order, trying to rewrite the years and throw the world into turmoil; Others hold fast to the rules, facing eerie shadows to defend the source of time and space. Ordinary books conceal countless rifts. Strangers who meet on unfamiliar paths become companions, while obsessions and rules clash without end. The path of order is thorny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Opened a Pawnshop at 33, and the Midnight Visitors Aren't Human 33岁开寄卖行，半夜来的不是人 Dongji Pawnshop has three rules: First, after midnight, we accept anything, no matter who knocks. Second, we don't give change in spirit money. Third, never ask customers where they came from. Han Haodong had survived for three years on this old street by following these three rules. Until he found a fourth rule among his grandfather's belongings: “Never let the scales tip out of balance.” He didn't know what it meant. But he would soon find out. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I Used a Criminal Investigation System to Clear My Mother's Name 我用刑侦系统为母翻案 Twelve years after my mother was wrongly killed, I received the pocket watch she had mailed me. It lets me see every lie, and has made me the number-one target of an entire criminal organization. —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 48 Armor Hero: After Signing the Overlord Contract, I No Longer Believe in the Light 铠甲：签完霸王合同后，我不信光 [Armor Hero 1 + Behind-the-scenes power plays + Mystery and the supernatural] Lin Yu transmigrates as the son of D City's richest man. He doesn't wear armor or fight supernatural beasts. He sets the rules, draws the game board, and manages the ledgers. Relying on connections, information asymmetry, and analytical skill, he turns the battlefield into a chessboard. Someone in the morgue's cold storage refuses to wake. Something in the depths of an abandoned well has been painted over and concealed 65Reads—Score314d adds
- 49 Folk Tales of Feng Shui and the Supernatural 民间风水怪谈 Curse Arts + Maoshan Arts + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Folk Arcane Arts + Gu Techniques Feng shui affects everyone’s health, fortune, romance, family, and career. Want great fortune and riches? Want to become the richest person around? Want your children and grandchildren gathered around you? Want to become famous overnight? Want a beautiful companion by your side? If so, open to the first page and keep reading… 17.2kReads7.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 50 The Mountains and Rivers Have Spirits: The Dragon Lord Helps Me Guard Dongting 山河有灵：龙君陪我守洞庭 Lin Wan, a hydraulic engineer, accidentally awakens the Dongting Dragon Lord, who has been asleep for a thousand years, and discovers that the waterways are bound to the fortunes of the dragon clan. Faced with land reclamation around the lake and the threat of flooding, she joins forces with the Dragon Lord, using the wisdom of ancient texts to protect the waterways and the land, and writes a modern tale of humans and nature living in harmony, and of love between a human and a god. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
