Novels like Witchcraft
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Witchcraft, best match first.
- 51 Gu Yue Locks Your Heart 蛊月锁君心 A clear-headed editor transmigrates into a book VS an unhinged young master of the Miao borderlands: she takes the plot apart, while he falls head over heels. ◆ The male lead really does go crazy and become obsessive, but the female lead gradually sets him straight. ◆ The romance is full of intense push and pull, while the plot blends political intrigue and the art of Gu. Expect constant high-stakes twists. ◆ Features plenty of Miao culture, Gu battles, the truth behind a substitute, and court i 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Hauntings in Xiang Village 湘村诡事 The living leave shoes to see someone off; the dead leave shoes to send someone to their grave. After I picked up a pair of a beggar’s straw sandals, my grandfather hanged himself in the bamboo grove in the middle of the night... 141Reads7.0Score107Shelves
- 53 The Gu Insect Chronicles 捉蛊记 On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, take a pair each of ghost-faced butterflies, large gray moths, white butterflies, and red admirals. Catch hornets, venomous bees, silkworms, venomous snakes, centipedes, and toads, then grind them into powder. Three days later, scald them with boiling water. Add a woman's hair, fingernails, menstrual blood, poisonous fungi, and plants such as datura, then grind everything into powder. Thus is the gu poison made. If a woman has been wounded in love and u 2.3kReads9.2Score304Shelves
- 54 I Became a Gu 我变成了一只蛊 After transmigrating into a village of witchcraft and poison, Feng Yao became an adorable little spider. He finally accepted his fate and decided to evolve into a fearsome divine Gu. But the first task the System gave him was “Do not eat,” and the second was “Do not become a Golden Silkworm.” Feng Yao broke into a cold sweat. What the hell was he supposed to do now? 119Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 55 A Bug Cultivator by the Azure Sea 碧海虫修 [Beast Taming] + [raising insects] + [ordinary protagonist] + [no female lead]. A boy raised on a fishing island by the sea is drafted into the Five Tigers Sect, a seafaring gang. From then on, his fate changes. He awakens his spiritual aptitude, sets out on the path of cultivation, uses a spirit gourd, and raises spirit insects. The magnificent world of cultivation gradually reveals its mysterious side to him. 511Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 56 After the College Entrance Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, Exposed by the Campus Goddess 高考后当赶尸人，被校花女神曝光 After the college entrance exams, the campus belle suggested that everyone take a trip to western Hunan and visit her childhood sweetheart. When they arrived at a village in western Hunan, they found a gloomy, mysterious old mansion standing there. The locals stayed well away from it. Campus Belle: Village chief, this old mansion has been abandoned for so long. Why doesn't anyone live there? Village Chief: Miss, don't ask so many questions. Hurry up and leave, or someone might die! Campus Belle: 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 57 The Underworld Longevity Bureau 黄泉长生局 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Ghost Hunting] They say the Yellow Springs are crawling with ghosts and demons. Once I raise my yellow talisman and form a hand seal, I'll wipe them all out. From three-eyed ghost lice and the Fish Kingdom tomb to the Ten-Thousand-Pearl Snake Woman... Li Que, a little nobody of the Daoist sect, and Fatty get caught up in a vast scheme for immortality. As the saying goes: “In paper shoes, I tread into the Yellow Springs; through the gloom of life and death, I 215Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 58 After Failing the Exams, I Took Up Corpse Driving and Got Exposed by Xiao Zhouzhou! 落榜后去赶尸，被小周周曝光了！ Li Chen fails the college entrance exam, and his family is buried in loan-shark debt. Just as he thinks he's done for, he suddenly awakens a corpse-driving System. Driving corpses makes him stronger and earns him generous rewards on the side. Just then, a call comes in about his class reunion. “Li Chen, you didn't get into college, did you? How about I get you a job hauling bricks at my family's construction site?” “Sure! You'd better pay the wages of a few people, then!” The call ends. Li Chen 104Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Ghost Doctor's Heir 鬼医传人 A reincarnated child can't live past twelve? At twenty-four, I was forced into the fate of a reincarnated child! From then on, I became a modern-day Tang Sanzang. Ghosts and monsters were drawn to me all my life! Fortunately, I met an old Chinese medicine doctor and a successor to the Celestial Master sect, and they saved my life! From then on, I set out on the path of healing the sick, saving the world, and driving out demons... 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 27Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 61 Naruto: I Am an Immortal of the Gu Dao 火影：我乃蛊道仙人 The maker of trypophobia, the nightmare of the legendary eyes, the ender of Kekkei Genkai, and the founder of the Shinobi World's fourth great sacred land. He single-handedly orchestrates a war between the insect race and the alien Ōtsutsuki Clan. "My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror. Everything I do is righteous." - Gu Dao Immortal Qingye 586Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 62 The Qin Dynasty Gu Master: I Raise Poisonous Gu with the Blood of Rotten Confucians 大秦蛊师：以腐儒精血，养我毒蛊 Ying Qingxuan transmigrated to the Great Qin dynasty as Ying Zheng's seventh son and awakened a Gu-raising System! With Ying Zheng's days numbered, Ying Qingxuan used longevity Gu worms and Gu sorcery to earn the title of Marquis of the Owl! He raised bloodthirsty Gu worms in Bai Qi, the God of Killing, and built a bloodthirsty army! He raised bewitching Gu worms in the demon enchantresses of Baiyue and built an enchanting army! He raised illusion-crow Gu worms in the crows of the Nightfall and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Reborn as a Toxic-Doting Godfather, I Become a Ship for the Campus Belle and Her Girlfriend 重生毒宠教父，被校花女友磕CP [Build a fortune with venomous pets, make a name as a tycoon, and spoil your girlfriend until she becomes part of a wealthy family!] [Contains some detailed scenes involving venomous pets. Please bear with them.] After graduating, Xu Huo lounged around in the apartment his campus belle girlfriend rented, doing nothing with his life, idling away and indulging in his hobbies. “He's raising a deadly king cobra in the apartment you rent? That's terrifying!” “He goes night fishing and makes you bring 1.7kReads8.5Score164Shelves
- 64 Would You Love Me If I Were a Gu Master? 如果我是蛊师你会爱我吗 Supernatural + Urban + Campus Beauty A Gu master leaves the valley and comes to campus. By a twist of fate, he turns the campus beauty into a Gu... Join me in warding off evil spirits, battling zombies, exploring secret realms, and protecting the campus beauty and humanity! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master: I Wield the Art of Qimen Dunjia 斩龙天师：我身怀奇门遁甲术 On the day I was born, a dragon skeleton was unearthed beneath our ancestral home. My grandfather said I was the dragon reincarnated, and that I would live no longer than twenty years. To stay alive, I became the last Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master in the world. 3.1kReads8.8Score234Shelves
- 66 I'm a Young Daoist from Maoshan 我是茅山小道士 I'm a young Maoshan Taoist. I can't earn enough to eat, life is hard, and misfortune follows me everywhere. With no other choice, I set up a fortune-telling stall, reading the winds and studying the land, interpreting hexagrams and divining people's fates. When ordinary people are in trouble, they come to me for help. When vengeful spirits have grievances, I help them find justice… 269Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 I Expose My Corpse-Driving Skills at School 开学赶尸，被校花曝光了 He was just passing by while escorting a corpse, but the campus belle exposed him! They even thought he was playing dress-up! “Bro, your makeup looks so real!” “Miss, these are real zombies! They're not pretending!” 2.7kReads6.9Score134Shelves
- 68 The Poisonous Pet's Inner Voice: It All Starts with Making Venomous Snakes Call Me Dad 毒宠心声：让毒蛇叫爹开始 [I'm a snake, and one bite from me will kill you... Sss. This human is under my protection!] [How dare you! I'm a spider with principles... Oh no, I've fallen for you!] [You can't scratch there! I'll bite you! ...I hope you won't refuse to see reason. Otherwise, I'll get down on my knees and beg you.] [Picking a human to be my pooper-scooper is so much fun!!] Zhou Ming drags a two-meter-long venomous cobra with one hand and holds a Solomon Islands bird-eating spider bigger than his palm with the 44Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 69 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 715Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 70 The Corpse-Driving System from Heaven 天降赶尸系统 College student Tian Ye suddenly acquires the Corpse-Driving System and becomes a mysterious corpse driver... 418Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Heir to the Five Arts 五术传人 All the arts of divination under heaven fall into five branches. They are: Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination, and Physiognomy. More specifically, they include magic, talismans and incantations, the Four Pillars of Destiny, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, feng shui based on the principles of qi, face reading, bone reading, and more... Our Wei clan is the guiding principle behind all five arts. The five arts encompass everything and seize the workings of Heaven. Thus, only those blessed with 1.7kReads8.3Score171Shelves
- 72 I Am a Maoshan Corpse Driver 我是茅山赶尸人 Gu Yuan transmigrates into a zombie world overrun by demons and zombies, and accidentally binds himself to a Celestial Master System. Thus begins his journey in another world as an amateur corpse-handler. Uncle Jiu: “Xiao Yuan, you have an excellent build and remarkable talent. Would you like to become my disciple?” Shi Jian: “You can use Lightning and Thunder Fist too? Dare to test your skills against me… Gu Yuan, I was wrong. Please go easy on me.” Gu Yuan: “Miss, would you care to play Pai Go 266Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 73 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score129Shelves
- 74 Gu Watch 蛊观 [Folklore and the Supernatural + Urban Superpowers + Gu Poison Mysteries + A Young Man’s Coming of Age + Family Revenge] Want revenge? Want to change your fate? Want to take back everything that should have been yours? Then come raise gu. Each talisman bears a karmic debt; each gu can end a life of suffering. The upper three talismans can alter life and death, the middle three can transform the body, and the lower three can change the heart. Which will you choose? The Life-Bearing Talisman takes 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Upright Coffin 竖棺 They dug up a coffin buried upright while relocating graves in our village. It brought disaster upon the whole village and claimed the life of the person dearest to me… 1.2kReads7.4Score104Shelves
- 76 Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传 My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Terrifying Rich Lady 恐怖富婆 Everyone knows how great it feels to live off someone else, but sometimes you shouldn’t accept a free ride, especially from a rich woman with unusual tastes. You might regret it for the rest of your life... 101Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 78 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 230Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 79 The Corpse Driver: I Can Copy the Skills of the Dead 赶尸匠：我能复制逝者技能 After graduating from university, Lin Ye gets the God-Tier Corpse-Driving System. He grows stronger by driving corpses and can copy the skills of the deceased. Through corpse-driving, he travels among humans, gods, ghosts, and demons. His mighty army of the undead is invincible, conquering all before it. As a corpse driver, Lin Ye laughs proudly between heaven and earth and becomes the sovereign of all worlds. 4Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 80 I Guard the Realm with My Dao 吾以吾道守山河 [Taoist Priest + Spells + National Destiny + Supernatural + Taoist Arts] Disciples of the Taoist sect command spirits and generals, exterminate evil and vanquish demons, all because the Tao endures! Has the ghost army deep in the Taihang Mountains really seized control of China's dragon vein? Could the lost Heavenly Master's sword really be on the roof of the Peace Hotel? As the Heavenly Master's representative, he actually destroys a temple with thunder and fire at the slightest provocation! He 152Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 81 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 82 The Corpse Walker: I Brought Your Ancestors Back 赶尸人：我把你们祖宗找回来了 Han Tian was a killer who bound himself to the [Corpse-Driving System] at the brink of life and death. From then on, he embarked on a very different path. A Fourth Master who turns to people's ancestors whenever he can't make up his mind? A Black Panther who can draw talismans? A corpse driver who uses brute force to deal with ghosts? He brought back a group of ancient corpses from a tomb deep in the mountains. Going from house to house, he said, “Come on, I've brought your ancestor back.” Now t 1kReads8.2Score106Shelves
- 83 The Age of Gu Masters: From the Start, My Toad Swallowed the Campus Belle 蛊师时代：开局我的蛤蟆吞了校花 [Gu Refining + Beast Taming + Spirit Pets] Wang Xiao transmigrates to another world, where everyone is a Gu Master. They refine and raise Gu, then rely on spirit Gu to fight and wield tremendous power! Every kind of spirit Gu has different abilities! The Vajra Ant Gu has immense strength and is known as a tank on the battlefield! The Bloodshadow Mantis Gu is like an invincible swordsman. Its pair of scythes inspire terror wherever it goes! The Heavenly Wolf Spider Gu has peerless venom and overw 644Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 84 Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 2 苗疆蛊事2 "Witchcraft of Miaojiang II", also known as "Witchcraft of Miaojiang: The End of the World", is written by Nan Wu Jia Sha Li Ke Fo. The calamity of witchcraft has persisted for thousands of years, ever since the Western Han dynasty, despite repeated attempts to suppress it. Today, as traditional Chinese culture declines and public awareness grows, only country folk in this vast land of China still talk about it. Many people caught up in the affairs of the world don't even know it exists. Yet wi 6.7kReads9.3Score735Shelves
- 85 The Miao Boy With the Silver Chain 银链苗疆少年 System + romance + the Miao frontier + demon hunting Du Xianghuan transmigrates into a book, but she's read so many novels that she has no idea which one she's landed in. By the time she finally figures out the book and its plot, all she wants is to finish her part of the story and enjoy a taste of life in ancient times. The first time she sees him, Du Xianghuan has to admit he's exactly her type... After finishing her part of the story, she's looking forward to the future when a System suddenly 214Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 86 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 20Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 87 EN Urban Gu Cultivation: Starting with Raising Gu 都市蛊修：从养蛊开始 Fresh out of high school, Jiang Yiming left the mountains and entered a factory, where he got a brutal taste of life in the working world. He thought that was how he’d spend the rest of his life. Then a System that let him raise Gu appeared out of nowhere, setting him on the path of Gu cultivation. Three-Legged Golden Toads, Eight-Winged Singing Snakes, Emperor Cicadas, Nine-Tailed Earth Scorpions, Seven-Colored Ghost Spiders... These strange and wondrous Gu insects opened his eyes and gradually 3.4kReads8.0Score249Shelves
- 88 The Comically Awkward Taoist 神囧道士 I have a master who claims to be an unofficial eighth-generation disciple of Maoshan, but I've never seen him perform a single Daoist art. I always thought he was a fraud, until the day we took on a ritual to guide the dead for a wealthy family... 715Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 89 Venerable of the Gu Dao: I Can Raise the Success Rate of Gu Refining 蛊道天尊，我能提升炼蛊成功率 Humans are the spirit of all things, while Gu are the essence of heaven and earth. Li Si transmigrated to a world ruled by Gu and awakened a Gu Refining System. By spending spirit points, he could increase his chances of successfully refining Gu, but spirit points could only be obtained through killing... 3.2kReads6.3Score234Shelves
- 90 Dao Seal 道印 Jiang Xiaofan was nothing more than an ordinary mortal until he unexpectedly obtained a fragment of a Dao Seal. Cultivating the supreme ancient scriptures of both Buddhism and Daoism, he roamed the Ziwei Star, traversed the Milky Way, and stood unrivaled beneath the starry sky, using his own body to prove the supreme Dao! 137Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 91 EN Global Class Change: Even Gods Are Materials for My Gu Refining 全民转职：神明都是我的练蛊材料 The universe undergoes a strange transformation, and games and the supernatural descend upon reality. Monsters run rampant, secret realms and dungeons appear, and horrors are beyond counting. Beyond the Nine Provinces, countless races watch with predatory eyes. This is an age when everyone changes class. Only by becoming a class holder, leveling up, and growing stronger can you take part in the great struggle of this world. After transmigrating here, Cao Xiaochun awakens the only hidden class on 150Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 92 The Gu Lady 蛊娘 I was born in a village cursed by witchcraft, the only girl born there in hundreds of years. Everyone saw me as an ill omen destined to bring disaster upon the world. Refusing to believe or spread rumors, I worked hard to prove I wasn't a harbinger of calamity. In the end, I became the last female gu master in the mortal realm. I raised Golden Silkworm Gu, ancient divine beasts, and fierce ghosts from the Nine Hells... and eventually, a husband whom everyone adored. He told me, “Bai Wu, if this 6.6kReads9.0Score339Shelves
- 93 After the School Belle Humiliated Me, I Became a Corpse Driver and Now I'm Invincible! 被校花侮辱后成了赶尸人，我无敌了！ At the dinner where he plans to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a student who failed his exams, is pranked by his classmates and unexpectedly obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: Zhang Bufan, come clean the toilets at my dad's company. I'll give you the friends-and-family rate: 1,000 yuan a month! Zhang Bufan: For 100 yuan, I'll help your dad find his way back to his ancestors. “When the dead are on the move, the living must keep away...” At midnight, the bells ring and 393Reads5.4Score102Shelves
- 94 The Villainous Miaojiang Boy Can Charm You with Gu, and Blushes Easily 反派苗疆少年，他能蛊善诱会脸红 [Lively, spirited Central Plains princess × crazed, lovesick young man from Miaojiang] [Both devoted only to each other | Transmigrate into a book | Lots of memes] Yu Chu’s family was drowning in debt, and she died from overwork while writing. Hoping to be born into a wealthy family in her next life, she accepted a mission from the System, Big Brain: become the second princess of the Hui Kingdom and do everything possible to prevent the brutal succession struggle from causing the small world to 579Reads8.6Score108Shelves
- 95 The Outcast: Gu-Bound Ghost Child, Rising to the Pinnacle! 一人：蛊身鬼童，登临绝顶之上！ Unable to cultivate one’s nature, powerless to cultivate one’s life. The only path to cultivation is Gu techniques. Bring every sect’s cultivation arts together under the way of Gu, and become an immortal Gu master. The Eight Extraordinary Skills, Dan Shi, secret arts from Buddhism and Daoism: if there’s something to be gained, I’ll leave nothing untouched! The thirty-seventh name on the list of those involved in the Jiashen Rebellion, destined to unleash another calamity no less devastating tha 2.5kReads8.5Score162Shelves
- 96 Oh No! I Refined the School Beauty into a Gu Insect 完蛋！我把校花炼成了蛊 The campus belle bullied me, so I turned her into a gu. That’s perfectly reasonable, right? But as this secret comes to light, more mysteries emerge, and the truth about the world gradually unfolds... Faced with a barefoot glass-skinned bodhisattva, a beautiful Daoist priestess consumed by infernal flames, a cute girl who uses electronic music to summon spirits, a seductive little green tea who charms souls with love spells, a cat-eared girl who communes with spirits through curses, a qipao-clad 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.2kReads8.4Score410Shelves
- 98 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 240Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 The Great Evil King of the Demon Cult: One Punch to Subdue the Land 魔教大邪王，我一拳镇神州 Mo Xie arrives in the Zongwu world. He becomes the leader of the Five Poisons Sect and unexpectedly awakens a venomous creature breeding System. Toads, snakes, spiders, scorpions, centipedes… An army of venomous creatures soon spreads across Five Poisons Ridge. Mo Xie absorbs their energy directly, turning it to his own use. He cultivates peerless poison arts and achieves the Body of Ten Thousand Calamities. He becomes the Great Evil King, feared by the entire martial world of Shenzhou. 9Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 100 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 729Reads7.4Score101Shelves
