Novels like My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural
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- 1 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Shrine Is Full of Jokers and Screw-Ups 我的堂口，全是逗比和坑货 Yang Erlang reincarnated + an ancient tragic love + a cast of screwups + face-slapping comeback The whole village laughs at me for being a useless spirit medium. The immortals at my altar are all lazy screwups, and my uncle, a Qingfeng spirit and master thief, is the most unreliable of them all. I smash the ancestral copper coin and single-handedly conquer the Nine Hells. The underworld's soldiers keep three paces away from me! One sentence from my little aunt, muttered in her sleep, reveals t 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 22Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 4 The Yin-Yang Ghost Master 阴阳鬼师 The young Maoshan Celestial Master Zhao Ziyang ventures into the city. Half a bowl of clear water reveals the workings of heaven and earth; one spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. He walks the Eight Trigrams steps of Maoshan and wields a divine sword to slay evil spirits. From the underworld’s ghostly canals and the six-eyed evil child to the great demon of Black Mountain and the thousand-year-old Blood Corpse King, he takes them all on along the way. There is a female lead. Pure supernatu 24.2kReads6.3Score2k14d adds
- 5 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Seven Roads Across the River, Homeward Bound 渡川七路归人 [Publication-quality assurance, slow-burn + expansive worldbuilding that gets better the more you read + urban fantasy + college student + supernatural + Taoist priest + mild horror + face-slapping + showing off] My name is Lin Du, and I’m a college student. I was born with a weak Water element in my birth chart, and my fate lacked a safe ferry crossing. My mother named me Lin Du, hoping I would help others and myself safely cross life’s waters and enjoy a peaceful life. For half my life, I was 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Ghost Hunting: My Baton Is Made of Thunderstruck Wood! 捉鬼：我的警棍可是雷击木做的！ The protagonist, Chen Mo, starts out as an ordinary criminal police officer. After stumbling upon a supernatural incident, he is recruited by the Special Security Department to join its Seventh Squad, which specializes in handling paranormal cases. The Seventh Squad is a unit stationed in the field that deals with supernatural criminal cases. Hidden within the police station, its members work with beings the public knows nothing about. 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Old Tales of Strange Happenings 民间旧诡事 The woman in red who knocks on doors late at night, the soul-binding bones beneath the locust tree, the copper-bell curse in an old house in an abandoned village... These old tales of the uncanny, scattered across the countryside, are the idle chatter of old folks and stories sealed away by time... 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Come Listen to a Ghost Story! 来听诡故事！ The chime of midnight is the switch that starts each story. Hidden here are 365 eerie legends from every corner of the world. Maybe it's the strange sobbing in the night-shift office during overtime, a stranger's long hair beside your pillow in an old residential complex, or a passenger in a white dress who vanishes in front of a cemetery. One short ghost story every night, tearing through the everyday facade to reveal the chilling truth beneath. Do you dare open this collection of midnight tale 42Reads—Score514d adds
- 10 Heir to the Spirit Medium 通灵师传人 Supernatural + ghost marriage + strong female lead power fantasy + horror stories + mystery. There are ghosts in every heart. Have you ever seen anything more terrifying than a ghost? It's not about walking a dark road too often and running into an evil spirit. The deadliest thing isn't knowing that it's a ghost. It's the utterly dark heart hidden beneath that perfect face. Shh... Don't make a sound. She's right behind you. Run. Don't look back. The story is even more terrifying than you ca 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Paranormal Master of Xuan Zong Feng Shui 玄宗风水术师之灵异先生 City life, celestial masters, the supernatural, feng shui, talismans, witchcraft, dark arts, ghost hunting, exorcisms, monster slaying, evil-spirit banishment, demon subjugation, battling zombies, living with a policewoman. No cultivation. 730Reads6.1Score10714d adds
- 12 Chronicles of the Ashen Earth 烬土录 You can try it, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The book was signed too early, so I can’t change the title anymore. It can only be called Records of the Ashen Earth now. I originally wanted to change it to The Mountain Keeper: I Slay Demons with My Sharp Tongue. Synopsis Deep in the Qinling Mountains lies a town called Ashen Earth, where generations have served as mountain keepers. I, Chen Nian, had kept watch for seventeen years, but on the day the peachwood tablet shattered, my entire clan tre 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Have a Scroll of Shangqing Scripture 我有一卷上清书 These days, who doesn't have a side hustle? Liu Yuan's side hustle is transmigrating to the Southern Dynasties to become a Daoist priest. No System, no invincible cultivation, and no heavenly destiny backing him. He's just an ordinary man, carrying a damaged copy of the Shangqing Scripture, a few Yun Zhuan talismans that work only sometimes, and a piece of salvaged rebar. Under the name Zhao Chengyang, he ventures into a world unrecorded in county gazetteers, where the dead can speak. Mass grave 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Strange Tribulation: The Daoist Shaman's Deadly Fate 诡劫：道巫凶命 [No System] [Mild Horror] [Taoist Priest] [Female Lead] [There have been too many coincidences along the way. It feels like someone has been setting me up.] After losing my memories, life became incredibly difficult... The bizarre and terrifying things I encountered nearly drove me to a breakdown... Every strange, eerie event put me in danger, yet somehow I survived time and time again. Then one day, I met an expert who gave me a new understanding of my own fate... [What kind of conspiracy lies 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Yin-Yang Eyes: Ghostly Tales from a Mountain Village 阴阳眼之山村鬼事 On the night I was born, dark clouds covered the sky, fierce winds and torrential rain raged, and thunder boomed until dawn. Countless ghost soldiers and underworld bailiffs waited outside our home, intent on dragging me back to the underworld. If my grandfather hadn't fought to protect me, I wouldn't have lived to see morning. Dogs barked all night throughout the village. The elders called me a cursed, ill-fated child and an evil omen, and wanted to beat me to death to put an end to the calami 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Got a Bad Review for a Delivery, and Now I’m Reincarnating as a Dog 外卖给差评，竟让我投胎做狗 Su Fan gave a bad review to a food delivery order and woke up to find himself mysteriously transformed into a dog. Luckily, the reclusive Taoist priest Shen Nian took him in. From then on, Su Fan was forced onto the path of vanquishing demons and subduing evil. Vengeful ghosts haunt the streets, an ancient mansion seethes with yin energy, and zombies roam a deserted village. Countless sinister dangers lurk in the corners of the city. Armed with talismans and a sword, Shen Nian joins forces with 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Ghost Knocks at the Door 鬼敲门 A child born of a ghost, a fox worshipping the moon, a hundred ghosts roaming at night, ghost soldiers taking the road. I was born under the sign of ten calamities, and the Ghost Knocking Calamity came right to my door! To stay alive, I made a pact with a ghost when I was ten, setting out on a road of no return... 6.7kReads6.4Score27114d adds
- 19 Agent of the Living World: My Years Working for the Underworld 人间代理人，我给地府打工那些年 [Urban Supernatural + Ancient Legacy + Action, Humor, and Heart] The Black and White Impermanence dressed like corporate executives in suits? Zhong Kui is a burly biker in a leather jacket? The Ten Yin Marshals work in a skyscraper? You’ve seen too little of the world. Even the Underworld has to keep up with the times! After an accident makes Yang Chen the Underworld’s agent in the human world, he begins his life working for the Underworld. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The End of the Daoist Age 道门末法年 The Daoist Sects’ Age of Decline: Secrets of the Three Realms The Immortal Realm has no time to spare for the mortal world. Yin Xi, a reincarnated disciple of the Three Pure Ones, awakens with no memories. He uncovers the secrets of the Daoist legacy, defies fate, and shakes the Three Realms to their core! Feuds, tangled romances, and battles against destiny await! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Maoshan Edict for Slaying Evil 茅山斩邪令 Chen Xuan, the nineteenth-generation successor of Maoshan, descends from the mountain at eighteen to enter the mortal world. With a single talisman, he subdues a hundred ghosts; with a wooden sword, he cuts down every evil spirit! In a mountain village, a hanging ghost comes to claim lives. In an ancient town, a water ghost drags people under. A deserted village hides the secrets of a lantern made from human skin... Other people go weak in the knees when they see a ghost. Chen Xuan draws his s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Cursed Coffin 阴棺抬煞 Deep in Bai Street stands a yin-yang coffin shop that never makes coffins and never receives customers. Chen Ye grew up accompanying his grandfather on spirit-walking rites and coffin-bearing, learning all manner of evil spirits. He thought he would spend his life in the peaceful funeral trade, taking payment to guide souls onward and living in safety. Then, in a single night, three coffins arrived at the Ding family’s home, and one bizarre incident after another erupted throughout the househol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns 破狱：天师归来 After ten years in prison, the day he gets out, he discovers he’s completely out of step with the world. There are no bustling streets or lights in every window. The streets lie abandoned, the cities are dead, and the air reeks of rot and blood. Monsters that are neither human nor ghost roam everywhere: stiff bodies, fangs and claws, and a thirst for blood. The military can’t defeat them, the police can’t hold them back, and human civilization is on the brink of collapse. Even more absurdly, peo 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Great Medium 通灵大法师 A mysterious young man gets dragged into one conspiracy after another when he takes on a ritual job. To stay alive and avoid becoming a pawn, he launches an epic battle to defy fate and change his destiny. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Born of a Corpse: I Landed a Government Job by Catching Ghosts 尸生子：我靠抓鬼混上编制 My new work is out! 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! 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The City's Exorcist 都市驱魔先生 When shadows emerge beyond the reach of the city’s neon lights, young exorcist Jin Lei sets out on the path fate has laid for him. He inherits more than his family’s powers: he also inherits a tragic mystery spanning a hundred years. Why did his ancestor and fellow disciple turn evil? What earth-shattering scheme is the Xuanjing organization plotting from the shadows of history? From strange happenings on campus to bloody feuds in the countryside, from urban crime investigations to a battle ove 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Day Job or Burning Incense? I Choose to Open a Taoist Temple 上班和上香，我选择开道观 [Taoist priest + urban cultivation + mystery + no harem + no System] After grinding himself into the ground for five years, Li Mu had saved 800,000 yuan, enough to buy a ticket to Tilanqiao and a body on the verge of collapse! Just as he was preparing to move to Hegang, a call came in: “There’s an inheritance waiting for you.” He rushed back to his hometown... only to discover that what he’d inherited was a dilapidated ancestral Taoist temple. Li Mu saw the light: why keep grinding when he could —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Mr. Ghost, Your Takeout Is Here! 鬼先生，你的外卖到了！ (Note: Bizarre world, yandere, the female lead gradually becomes a deranged yandere, powerful male lead who hides his strength at first, horror, supernatural, ghosts and monsters, superpowers, celestial masters, a touch of comedy.) He delivers late-night snacks and slays a hundred demons and evil spirits. When the city sinks into a night of horrors, the spicy hot pot in his delivery box is still steaming, while the demons beneath his blade have gone cold. "When I twist the throttle all the way, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Professional Funeral Watcher 职业守灵人 At funerals, there is a ritual called “keeping vigil.” I am a professional vigil keeper. People pay me to keep watch over their dead. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed far too many touching stories and tragic circumstances. But most of all, I have encountered strange and terrifying events. And it all began the first time I saw a ghost while keeping vigil... 191Reads6.9Score13714d adds
- 32 Ninefold Mystic Seal: Demon-Slaying Massacre 九玄封魔戮 A thousand years of Taoist tradition, now at its final breath in an age when magic has waned. When Lin Jiuxuan, the last heir of the Tianshu Temple, enters Jiangcheng University as an auditor, all he wants is a few quiet days. Then a pair of bamboo chopsticks from the cafeteria pins down an earthbound spirit, ancient jade at the neck of the cool, aloof goddess of the archaeology department begins to glow, and the Demon-Sealing Talisman dormant in his palm grows searing hot. Only then does he rea 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 116Reads—Score15514d adds
- 35 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Northeastern Folk Taboos 东北民间禁忌 The black soil of the Northeast holds too many stories, and hides too many rules. If you hear someone call your name in the middle of the night, never look back. On New Year’s Eve, if a dumpling wrapper breaks, it’s for the “good brothers” to eat. If you meet a woman in red while walking at night, remember to pull your hat down low... These taboos passed down by the older generation are superstition if you don’t believe in them. But if you break them, they become a ghostly gateway that leads str 1.6kReads—Score10314d adds
- 37 Supernatural: Starting Work at the Funeral Home 灵异：从殡仪馆上班开始 A person who received nine years of compulsory education finds themself caught up in a series of utterly bizarre events because of a job posting and a job... The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Read the story and see for yourself. 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Paper Effigy Celestial Master: I Use Paper Dolls to Guard the Nine Hells 纸扎天师：我以纸人镇九幽 “Other people burn paper offerings for the dead. The paper figures I make... all came to life!” Yun Sheng, a poor young man working on Funeral Street, one day discovers that the paper figures he folds can move on their own. ✔ Delivering takeout to the underworld? Paper-figure delivery, guaranteed arrival! ✔ Helping vengeful ghosts pass on? Merit earned, unlocking super-evolution for paper figures! ✔ Taking the underworld civil service exam? The King of Hell personally sends you an offer! But whe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 Twin Fates of Yin and Yang 阴阳命双生 [A defiant, fight-first demon girl heroine VS a henpecked, scheming, dark-hearted, grudge-holding male lead who seems sweet as a glutinous rice ball on the outside] [Career first, romance second] The rating just opened, so it'll go up [The heroine has two fathers. This isn't a BL story, and the two fathers aren't close; there are scenes where they try to kill each other. They are not a couple. The father who gave birth to the heroine only did so after returning to life in another body, acting ou 2.3kReads7.5Score23414d adds
- 41 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 With the Book of Life and Death in Hand, the King of Hell Makes Me a Judge 手拿生死簿，阎王让我当判官 Two names lie before Zhao Ming: Zhang Min and Wang Fuqiang. One of them will die in seven days! Who dies is up to Zhao Ming! Zhao Ming has inherited Old Man Leng’s legacy: a Judge’s Brush, a Book of Life and Death, and a volume called The Judge’s Notes. He has become a Judge personally appointed by the King of Hell. In the world of the living, he passes judgment on people’s fates on the King of Hell’s behalf! A correct judgment earns him an extra month of life. A wrong one costs him a year. Befo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Celestial Master? I'm the Ghost Emperor 天师？我可是鬼帝 He was once one of the supreme Five Ghost Emperors of the Underworld, ruling Mount Luofu in the south and wielding awe-inspiring divine might. But according to the Underworld's structure, the other four regions were each jointly ruled by two emperors. Only his southern domain had long been guarded by him alone, through ten thousand years of solitude unknown to anyone. After one drunken binge, a moment of carelessness allowed a fragment of the sealed Demon Ancestor Luohou's soul to escape, unleas 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 291Reads—Score1014d adds
- 48 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世：我于人间抗万劫 This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 640Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 She Became an Online Sensation Through Fortune-Telling 她靠算命爆红全网 [Taoist priest + ghost hunting + talisman drawing + face-slapping comeback + feng shui] Reborn on the night of her ghost wedding, Qin Youyou awakens on the spirit bed and discovers that she bears a special fate, drawing the covetous attention of evil Taoists and the hauntings of vengeful ghosts. To protect herself, she clears haunted houses, hunts ghosts, takes in monsters and ghosts as companions, and fights evil gods, gradually regaining her cultivation. At last, the man who has always protect 20Reads—Score—14d adds
