Novels like Witchcraft
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- 1 The Underworld Divine Craftsman 阴司神匠 A conspiracy, a storm of trouble, and a perilous ordeal that refuses to end. Old grudges and tangled passions from twenty years ago, step after nerve-racking step twenty years later: the search for the truth continues. The deaths of my parents, the divide between the living and the dead, a foothold in the Underworld, and demons unleashed in droves... Every step marks my growth, and every step warns that danger is drawing closer. Turn the page and follow me, a paper effigy maker of the Underworld 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Paper Effigy Maker: A Ghost Bride Steals the Groom, So I Craft a Yin Deity 扎纸匠：鬼新娘抢亲，我扎出阴神 Wu Qingyang transmigrates to a world where supernatural horrors have returned and inherits a shop that makes paper figures. On the day his heart is broken, he gets drunk and accidentally picks up a ghost's embroidered ball. Legend has it that at midnight, a ghost bride arrives in a grand sedan chair to take away whoever picked up the ball... and drain his life force. Luckily, he gets bound to a Paper-Figure-Making System! Make paper figures of underworld constables to capture evil ghosts! Make p 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Gu Poison 蛊毒 The tumor cut from my body was raised into a Gu insect by my master. And so began my defiance of heaven... 12Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 4 Master of Yin-Yang and Feng Shui 阴阳风水天师 [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Mysticism] [Battles of the Occult] [Bickering Couple] My name is Chen Jiuyou. My master gave me that name. He said I was born in the underworld hour of the ninth month, on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour. My entire Eight Characters birth chart was yin, making me a natural “coffin-born child.” The day I was born, my mother bled to death, my father went mad and threw himself down a well, and the midwife who delivered me went home and died suddenly, bleeding 1.7kReads6.2Score127Shelves
- 5 The Yellow Immortal Worships the Moon: A Dreamt-Up Suicide Note 黄仙拜月：托梦遗书 [Traditional Supernatural Tales, Told by a Practitioner of the Netherworld Arts] A strange book left behind by my grandfather before he died. It records hundreds of uncanny spells: The Nether Soul Spirit-Communication Art, the Scissors Ghost-Sending Method, the Treasure Mirror Circle of Light Technique, the Broom Evil-Breaking Method… These spells may seem rather “homely.” But they brought me all kinds of terrifying experiences: An eerie spirit in a rented apartment, a lost child by the roadside 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Died in the Gu World, Luckily I Have a Simulator 身死蛊界，幸好我有模拟器 Humans are the spirits of all things, the finest essence of heaven and earth. When the body is left behind, only the soul remains. Relying on himself and a simulator, the protagonist, Ye Qixing, gradually comes to understand the world, grows stronger step by step, and searches for a way to return to life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸人 My grandfather was a renowned paper effigy maker, a trade associated with the yin world. I never imagined there could be so many mysterious and unfathomable secrets hidden in it... 172Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Eerie Artifacts 诡器 The supernatural is reviving!!! Evil spirits are invading the human world, and ghosts cannot be killed!!! Evil spirits run rampant across the world, plunging it into a massive catastrophe. The human world has become a living hell. Where can humanity find hope? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Raised It for Three Years, and It Turned Out to Be a Golden Cicada Gu King 养宠三年，它居然是只金蝉蛊王 [Invincible + decisive and ruthless + beast taming] After raising silkworms for three years, he finally discovered that his little silkworm didn't eat mulberry leaves. It was actually a king-tier Gu pet, and he found that he could communicate with it! But Chen Tian soon realized that his kindred spirit seemed a little off. It was a well-behaved little darling in front of him, but once it went out, it turned into a little devil who caused chaos everywhere... and was even better than him at flirti 25Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 10 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 278Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Deadly Feng Shui Master 绝命风水师 Ever since I was little, my grandfather told me that I was born with the Sheep Blade star at my side, fated to suffer the Three Punishments and Calamities, and destined for many trials and dangers. When I was sixteen, my grandfather took the deadly curse upon himself to shield me. Those marked for death have no path to Heaven. Even the founding master would refuse to take them in. Now that death has severed me from fate, my life is mine to command, not Heaven's. I wield the universe, turn the su 518Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 12 The Paper Effigy Maker: Paper Figures Become Gods 扎纸匠：纸人成神 The world underwent a tremendous change, and spiritual qi revival began. All kinds of monsters appeared in the human world and wreaked havoc everywhere. Fortunately, humans also awakened all sorts of supernatural abilities, gaining the power to fight back. Wang Ling was an ordinary paper effigy maker until he awakened an ability called “Spirit-Driving Paper Control.” From then on, all kinds of powerful paper spirits came into being. Ferocious beasts, ghosts, supernatural ability users, even the 6Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 13 The Ghostly Papercutter 幽冥剪纸人 “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 26Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 14 Northeastern Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 Wang Chuyi learned the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams, Maoshan magic, swordsmanship, and boxing from his grandfather from an early age. He met Ma Hongmei, a disciple of the Ma family from Northeast China, and became her godson. Before she died, Ma Hongmei passed on to him her shrine, where she had enshrined a hundred immortals. Practicing both the immortal and Daoist paths, Wang Chuyi slays evil ghosts, subdues wicked demons, battles zombies, and guides benevolent spirits onward. He even 400Reads6.8Score111Shelves
- 15 I Reincarnated into the Gu World and Was Blessed with Unparalleled Luck 魂穿蛊界的我鸿运齐天 [A little ruthless] [Fast-paced] They say that if you have the kind of luck usually reserved for a protagonist, you’re guaranteed to rise smoothly and enjoy a bright future. Yet Qi Xiao can’t bring himself to be happy. He has transmigrated into Ma Hongyun, a mere pawn blessed with incredible luck, while the demon Gu Yue Fang Yuan, who transmigrated and was reborn five hundred years ago, lurks by his side. The Shadow Sect lies hidden in the darkness, plotting across the Five Regions to control hi 54Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 16 Wanderer of the Gu World 蛊界行者 This is a world of Gu insects and Gu Masters, telling the story of a seeker pursuing eternal life. A strange world, bloodthirsty magical beasts, ruthless Gu Masters, and wondrous Gu insects. Life or death? Bloody, brutal, terrifying… The Demon Heart Endures, the Demon’s Heir Descends the Mountain, the Demon Star Brings Chaos to the World, the Demon King Battles for Supremacy, the Demon Lord Roams the World, the Demon Emperor Stands Unrivaled, the Demon God’s Twilight. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Tomb Raiding: Pingshan From the Start, Inheriting the Gu God's Legacy 盗墓：开局瓶山，蛊神传承 Xu Nuo transmigrates into a crossover tomb-raiding world, starting in Pingshan. He awakens the inheritance of the Gu God, with his spiritual aptitude and intuition maxed out and heaven-defying comprehension. “You listen to the insects chirping in the funeral home at Old Bear Ridge and comprehend the Gu secret art, Insect-Attracting Curse.” “You observe the poisonous insects of Pingshan and comprehend how to refine Heart-Piercing Gu.” “You observe the spirit cat Wuyun Xiao Tie and comprehend how 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Maoshan Arcane Arts 茅山秘术 The world is full of extraordinary people, including those who can locate burial sites, read the forces of yin and yang and feng shui, and exorcise evil spirits. They are the true practitioners of Maoshan! Armed with a book of Maoshan esoteric arts, Lin Jiusheng travels across the land from north to south, encountering countless strange events and bizarre tales... 605Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 19 Raising Gu Across the Globe: My Lifebound Gu Is Acting Strange! 全球养蛊，我的本命蛊不对劲！ A 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Cultivating the Cautious Way: My Gu Worms Are Just a Little Too Strong 苟道修仙：我的蛊虫有亿点强 A portable cave abode, spirit plants taking root within the body, a swarm of Gu running wild, and a leisurely life of cultivating immortality. 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Daoist Exorcist: One Body, Two Souls, a Daoist and a Curse Master 道降师：道士和降头师一体双魂 Banish evil spirits, avenge the wronged, solve century-old mysteries, and explore ancient ruins thousands of years old. One righteous, one wicked: Daoist secret arts and cursecraft coexist in a single body. Lu Xiaoxi studied for five years in the Lingbao School of Mount Gezao. After his master passed away, he was expelled from the sect and attacked by its leader. By a twist of fate, Yang Gongyu of the Curse Sect, whose attempt at body liberation had failed, tried to possess him. The possession f 165Reads—Score118Shelves
- 22 Global Immortality: An SSS-Rank Golden Silkworm Gu from the Start 全球永生：开局获SSS级金蚕蛊 Everyone on Blue Star was forced to sacrifice all but ten days of their lifespan, then sent to another world to fight for immortality. Cultivators from Huaxia, angels from the United States, mages from Britain, mechanical lifeforms from Hans Country, Buddhist cultivators from India, ninjas from Japan, and more all took the stage. From the start, Fu Yuanxing obtained an SSS-grade innate Gu-cultivator Dao Body and an SSS-grade Golden Silkworm Gu. Command ten thousand Gu and ascend the path to immo 603Reads7.6Score101Shelves
- 23 Gu Saint 蛊圣 Gu cultivation, mortal's journey, no System. Sold into slavery to become a Gu Master, he happens upon the Thief Saint's legacy and steals his archenemy's rank-one spirit vein. Disguised as a mole, he infiltrates an opposing faction, where schemes and plots eventually make him a Gu Saint. Cultivating all six paths, he stands unrivaled and cuts across the ages. Sword Path, Luck Path, Theft Path, Performance Path, Strength Path, Dream Path, and many other Gu cultivation disciplines. From Three-Foot 543Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 24 In the Gu World, My Song Leaves My Heart Shattered 人在蛊界，我一曲肝肠断 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Ghost Valley Corpse Scripture 鬼谷尸经 A corpse the police can't move, and a farewell letter no ordinary person can understand. These two seemingly unrelated things lead to a secret that has driven occult practitioners mad throughout history. The five magical arts of western Hunan, Daoist yin-yang divination, feng shui formations, and the long-lost art of reading the veins of mountains and rivers... Keep reading, and you may find it hard to believe, yet everything fits together perfectly. Remember: Heaven sees all, and fate is p 21Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 26 EN Celestial Master of the Gu Arts 蛊道天师 Miaojiang Gu techniques: sinister and vicious, and anyone struck by them is doomed to die a gruesome death. You live beneath the sunlight, but do you know how many evil forces are watching you, eager to devour your flesh and consume your soul? The things you cannot see are entering your body through the bread in your hand and the drink in your cup, slowly gnawing away at your organs. Are you ready? Let me take you into the world of Gu arts. 220Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 King of Gu Sorcery 蛊术之王 (Miaojiang + Chiyou + Supernatural + Gu Poison) A hundred years ago, the last Gu King passed away, leaving behind a Golden Silkworm Gu. A hundred years later, on a winter night, two boys were born one after the other. Their arrivals in the world were perilous and strange. One was a Gu fetus, the other a ghost infant! [Miaojiang Gu Arts, Feng Shui Talismans, Evil Spirits and Gu Gods] [Brotherhood] 1.2kReads8.9Score140Shelves
- 28 Dumped from the Start and Left to Drive Corpses, Now I'm Invincible 开局被甩成为赶尸人，我无敌了 At a dinner where he was supposed to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a college entrance exam failure, is pranked and teased by his classmates. By sheer chance, he obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: “Zhang Bufan, come sweep the toilets at my dad’s company. I’ll give you the friends-and-family rate of 1,000 yuan a month!” Zhang Bufan: “For 100 yuan, I’ll help your dad find his roots.” “When the dead travel, the living must keep their distance…” At midnight, bells ring t —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 29 Everyone Refines Gu: I Can Boost Their Power a Hundredfold 全民炼蛊：我能百倍增幅 In a parallel world where demons and monsters have returned, everyone can choose a Gu worm upon reaching adulthood and become a Gu cultivator. Yiyang No. 1 High School! On the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, while everyone else rushes to pick the finest Gu eggs, Su Yu, who has obtained the Infinite Evolution System, chooses a worthless Gu egg that nobody wants! Ding! The Host has chosen a worthless Gu egg. Infinite Amplification talent activated! Amplify a Gu worm, and an A-rank Gu worm b 169Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 30 In a High-Martial World, You Become an Immortal by Refining Gu? 人在高武，你成仙靠炼蛊？ [Gu] [System] [Urban High Martial Arts] [Invincible] [Transmigration] [No Female Lead] [New Author] (Do these even count as tags...?) Ding Wei is struck by lightning and transmigrates into a modern high-martial-arts city, where he becomes a janitor at a club with nothing but four bare walls. He nearly dies again as soon as he arrives. Luckily, he binds himself to the “Gu Worm Synthesis System.” Moths, woodlice, flying twin ponytails... all can be used as ingredients for Gu worms! Great families 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Little Dumpling's Livestream Exposes My Identity as a Corpse Driver 小呆呆直播，我赶尸人身份被曝光 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Wei inherits a yin-yang shop and settles into life as a laid-back shopkeeper. One night, he unexpectedly becomes a corpse driver. Viewers: The campus beauty is getting married. Want to come to the wedding? Zhang Wei: I’m an officially employed corpse driver for the Underworld. I’m happy to join the banquet, but count me out of the wedding. Viewers: What perks come with an official job? Zhang Wei: I stay at the five-star Delona Hotel, have Bai Wucha 31Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 32 After Dropping Out, I Became a Corpse Driver: Exposed on Ziqi's Livestream 辍学后当赶尸人：被子柒直播曝光 After dropping out of school, Yuan Shuai thought his life was over. He never expected to be hit by a god-tier corpse-driving System. After the college entrance exams, a classmate posted in the group chat: “Yuan Shuai, if you dropped out and don’t have a job, why not come work as a security guard at my company?” Yuan Shuai: “No thanks, I’m busy driving corpses. Since we’re classmates, I can give you a twenty percent discount if you need a corpse driven.” When the dead return home, passersby must 41Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 33 I Ferry Souls in the Underworld 我是冥界运魂人 [Standalone Stories + Mild Horror + Folk Legends + Not a Female Powerhouse] When I was born, a fortune-teller said my fate belonged to fire and that I would bring harm to my parents, so they sent me to live with my grandfather in the countryside. Grandfather told me I was someone who wandered between life and death, able to communicate with the living and the dead and guide spirits onward. I suspected the old man had lost his mind, until one day the guardian spirit of our home manifested and tol 45Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Miao Mountain Romance 苗山情缘 During the summer of my sophomore year, I returned to school and took the wrong bus because I was in a hurry. I fell asleep on the ride, and when I woke up, I was in a remote mountain village. A farmer took me in, and I never imagined my life would change so drastically from that moment on. 2kReads8.4Score173Shelves
- 35 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 422Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 36 The Maoshan Taoist 茅山道士 There are many things in this world that are unknown to most people. Five hundred years ago, hordes of ghosts and monsters roamed near the Kunlun Mountains. They fed on the spiritual qi generated by the Kunlun Dragon Vein and grew powerful enough to wreak havoc on the human world. For reasons unknown, the Nine Hells shattered, leaving the souls of humans and other living beings with nowhere to go after death. They gathered at the Kunlun Mountains, where they absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven a 20Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 37 The Gu Path: A Vast Sea in Turmoil 蛊道之沧海横流 (New book out now!) Green hills, setting sun; autumn moons and spring breezes. Indeed, hair black at dawn turns white by dusk; right and wrong, success and failure, all vanish in the blink of an eye. Chu Luosheng, a Blue Star wage slave, accidentally transmigrates into the Gu world. How he might make his mark on this chessboard, where the Ten Venerables and Heaven's Will move the pieces together, still seems a long way off... Because he suddenly discovers that the person he transmigrated as is a 33Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 38 The Yin Official Forensic Doctor 阴倌法医 Armed with half a tattered book left behind by my grandpa, I took up the shady trade of a Yin Constable, making a living by swindling people. I thought that as long as I followed the rules, I’d be safe and sound. But my final job dragged me into a bewildering whirlpool, and from then on I found myself walking the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld... 1.6kReads7.7Score245Shelves
- 39 The Gu Master 蛊人 I became a gu person at the age of seven… I was the only one of nine children to survive. The other eight died with blood pouring from their seven orifices as countless worms burrowed into their hearts… The most mysterious gu magic! The strangest stories! Find them all in this novel! 298Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 40 I Hosted a Show, and My Identity as a Corpse-Driving Taoist Was Exposed 主持节目，我赶尸人身份被曝光了 A campus interview show. Host Zhou Xiaoyi asked, “Have you ever seen a ghost?” “Heh. What era are we living in? We should believe in science. Of course I've never seen a ghost!” Ye An replied. Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! “Then what did you do after you encountered a ghost?” “Obviously, I ran! It was a ghost. Wouldn't I have to be an idiot not to run?” Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! From that day on, Ye An's identity as a corpse-drivin 31Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 41 The Sixth Book by Guhan 孤寒的第6本书 My new story is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13.9kReads—Score399Shelves
- 42 Miaojiang Raising: The Gu World Inside the Box 苗疆养成：箱子里的蛊世界 [Deities + Diorama Box + Clan-Building + Gu + More Children, More Blessings] Li Shousheng, the weakest man in Miaojiang, is said to be unlikely to live past eighteen. He orders a jar for raising gu online, only to unexpectedly find a diorama box containing a world of gu! Can a single drop of blood keep a thousand gu alive? Can just one gram of Five Plague Gods powder raise ten thousand gan gu? Can the corpse of a single crow nourish a hundred thousand crow gu? The miniature tribes in the diorama 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Love Curse 情蛊 I went on a trip to Yunnan and accidentally ended up at a Miao village's matchmaking gathering, where I drank liquor offered by one of the men in the village. That very night, he dragged me home... Afterward, I waited until he fell asleep and sneaked out of the village. But not long later, my stomach began to ache unbearably, and I retched up a blood-red worm! 51Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 44 Celestial Official of the Corpse-Subduing Sect 镇尸天官 The unfathomable mystery of immortality, horrifying strange happenings in a mountain village, a mysterious ancient tomb buried deep beneath the earth, and ancient legends from the barren wilderness... None of it should have had anything to do with me. But after my grandfather's bizarre death, I could no longer escape my fate and was dragged into this endless conspiracy... 461Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 45 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业，偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Have a Super Map System in the Gu World 蛊界我有超级地图系统 Zhao Changsheng transmigrates to a world of Gu Masters and awakens a Super Map System. He ventures into secret realms and captures Gu, growing from a nameless good-for-nothing into an unrivaled Gu Immortal and enjoying a wondrous life. The Super Map System can distinguish good from evil, determine direction, and locate treasures. While others are still poking their faces into bushes, Zhao Changsheng has already looted the resources and made his escape. Whenever his enemies pursue him, they alway 328Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 47 The Cunning Yin-Yang Doctor 阴人诡医 [Supernatural + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Doctor + Witchcraft + Ghosts + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Qimen Bagua + Professions] To repay a debt of gratitude, I went against my grandfather’s dying wish. From then on, there was a strange doctor in the world, and I encountered countless extraordinary people. A human face that appears on your back at night, man-eating Gu insects, evil spirits with human faces and snake bodies. The wandering knife peddlers who sell their wares on credit, and the 167Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 48 Maoshan's Fifth Day's First Book 茅山第五天的第1本书 Where can I find a kindred spirit on the road to immortality? Only Gu can preserve affection through the ages. A young man stranded in another world endures countless hardships and steps over the withered bones of myriad races, rising step by step to the pinnacle of the Gu path. 10.5kReads6.2Score287Shelves
- 49 I Became Haunted by Evil Spirits After Starting Out as a Corpse Burner 从当烧尸匠开始恶鬼缠身 To escape an arranged marriage, I took a job burning corpses at a funeral home. Old Li, who handled the bodies, actually brought a prostitute to the funeral home. That woman later died, leaving a red high heel at the entrance... The next day, Old Li died. A red high heel had pierced through the center of his forehead... With my father's help, I learned that before she died, the woman had been pregnant. Someone had cut the baby out of her and turned them into a Mother-Child Demon. After that, t 5.7kReads8.3Score483Shelves
- 50 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Slaughter My Way Through King Xian's Tomb and Inherit the Gu Immortal Legacy 盗墓：开局杀穿献王墓，蛊仙传承 Synopsis: [The most satisfying tomb-raiding novel of 2023!] [Tomb raiding + the Silent One + tattoos + Gu magic + treasure appraisal + adventure]. This story is guaranteed to be a blast, so please, esteemed readers, give it a try. Su Mo transmigrated into a tomb-raiding world and inherited the legacy of a Gu Immortal. Starting with King Xian’s tomb, he set out to tame all kinds of Gu creatures, one step at a time! A giant centipede shaped like a flying dragon. The Huo Clan’s Undying Insect, whic 10Reads6.6Score—Shelves
