Novels like The Gu Insect Chronicles
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- 1 Oh No, I've Been Cursed Again 糟糕又中蛊了 (Fantasy + no System + contracts + worm control and beast taming + wild imagination) My name is Gu Qiqi. Everyone says I'm a useless little orphan, and though I was born into the Gu clan, I can't even control a single worm. After years of holding on, I finally found a contracted Gu beast of my own, only to discover that it was a man who wanted to hit on me! Fate has a cruel sense of humor: the person I've secretly loved since childhood is destined to become the ruler of the nation... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 SSS-Rank Gu Insects: I’m Invincible in the Apocalypse SSS级蛊虫，末日我无敌 [Gu Insects] + [Doomsday] + [Reborn] + [Invincible] Reborn one day before Doomsday, Zhang Huaian remembers the numb look in his younger sister's eyes as people treated her like a plaything in his previous life. His heart twists with pain as he recalls how his so-called brothers broke his arms and legs and threw him into a god's territory, where he was slowly chewed apart. Thank heaven for giving me another chance. Since this world has gone mad, I'll live a little more wildly! Everyone: “Zhang Hu 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Gu World: The Demon Venerable Runs Amok 蛊界：魔尊妄世 [Gu fan fiction] [No female lead] [Takes a few setbacks] [Not invincible] [No System] A continuation of the story. A different Gu world, telling the same tale. 5.8kReads—Score19314d adds
- 4 Immortal Venerable: Spreading the Blood Sea Inheritance from the Start 仙尊：开局散布血海真传 Fang Sheng accidentally transmigrated to a world of cultivation, but unfortunately, he got no System and no cheats. He thought he would live out an ordinary life as a mortal, but unexpectedly inherited the legendary Blood Sea lineage. The Heavenly Court had banned blood cultivation, however, and anyone who practiced it would be hunted by the Ten Great Ancient Sects. So Fang Sheng decided that sharing the fun was better than keeping it to himself, and began spreading the legacy far and wide, enti 657Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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—Score114d adds
- 6 The Miaojiang Lovers’ Tomb 苗疆情冢 The Miao people of Nanyang have a peculiar custom: people there know only their mothers, never their fathers. The women are in charge, and if one takes a liking to you, she'll force you into marriage. After a local woman chose me, I was thrust into a nightmare I had never imagined... 76Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 7 Nightwalker: Twenty Years of Demon-Slaying 夜行者：平妖二十年 A new novel by Namo Jiasha Likefo, author of the “Miaojiang Trilogy.” “When human beings are made false, they become demons; when things possess spiritual essence, they become spirits; when the souls of the dead refuse to disperse, they become ghosts. When the energy of heaven and earth goes awry, the extraordinary becomes a monster; when divine spirits are unrighteous, they become evil; when the human heart is deluded, it becomes a devil; those who stray toward heresy follow the path of the out 1.2kReads8.8Score17214d adds
- 8 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. 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn into the Gu Yue Clan, I Awaken the Stomach Panel from the Start 重生古月一族，开局觉醒胃袋面板 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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. 8kReads6.2Score22314d adds
- 11 Treasure Hunting in the Gu World 我在蛊界找宝箱 My new work is here! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.2kReads6.5Score22214d adds
- 12 Witchcraft 蛊术 To save me, Grandpa dug up the poisonous gu worm buried for ten years… From then on, I was swept into the bizarre world of gu insects! The ten most fearsome insects of Miaojiang, ancient and mysterious gu arts, all enough to take your breath away. This novel strives to portray gu arts in their purest form and is well worth a read. 702Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 13 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 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 A Book by Jiang Huo Xiang Mao 江火香猫的一本书 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! 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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 6.6kReads9.3Score72314d adds
- 17 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... 3.2kReads6.3Score24514d adds
- 18 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 266Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 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. 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 What? You Want Me to Become the Immortal Venerable’s Moonlight? 什么？让我成为仙尊的白月光？ Also known as: What Burning Heaven Demon Venerable? Call me the Great Benevolent Immortal Venerable! Protagonist: Liu Piaoxu (Hu Qianxu) The blurb’s no good, so come on in and leave your brain at the door. The author’s aim: to write a story with a truly female-led protagonist. I’ve added some of my own ideas and worldbuilding. Original-work fans, please go easy on me. I’ll write as I go. I’ll try not to stray too far from the original, though the protagonist will also have her own path of develo —Reads—Score1.9k14d adds
- 21 The Miaojiang Gu Sorceress 苗疆蛊女 Ancient mists, legends of Miaojiang: what faithless lover wouldn’t fear a love charm planted by their beloved? 206Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 In the Gu World, My Song Leaves My Heart Shattered 人在蛊界，我一曲肝肠断 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Third Book by Cheng Liuxiang12 逞留香12的第3本书 A new work is here! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 24 After the Age of the Ten Venerables, How Can One Reach the Supreme Realm? 历经十尊时代，如何成就至高 Zhang San transmigrated to another world, thinking he was in a harem story about an overpowered hero, until he saw two people fighting with bugs. Wait, what do you mean by natal Gu? What’s a combo killer move? Damn it, where the hell have you dragged me? 697Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 25 From Transmigrating into a Book as Fang Zheng to Two Venerables' Quest for Immortality 从穿书方正到双尊共图永生 Li Cang transmigrates into a book as Fang Zheng on Blue Star. After joining forces with Fang Yuan, he devotes himself to cultivation and ventures through the Gu world with him. This novel builds on the original story while adding my own ideas. I’ll use my own approach to give this tale a proper ending. If you spot anything that could be improved, thank you for pointing it out. I’ll make corrections in the later chapters! 8.4kReads5.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 26 Shocking! Is the Miaojiang Saint Really This Tsundere? 震惊！苗疆圣子竟然如此傲娇？ A scheming, obsessive girl vs. a goofy, chuunibyou Miao youth Jiang Li was rescued from the beast-fighting arena by a young man from Miaojiang. She had planned to use his help to return to the Kingdom of Cangwu, gather her forces, and avenge the Jiang family. She never expected to fall helplessly in love with this slightly unhinged young man. Early Mo Qingchen: Jiang Li vomited blood. Mo Qingchen stared at the blood on the ground and said with amusement, “You can really take a beating.” Jiang Li 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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. 2kReads8.4Score16514d adds
- 28 Myriad Worlds Cultivation Simulator 万界修仙模拟器 [Behind-the-scenes scheming, cultivation, leveling up, pure romance; the story gets better and better. Can summon and use treasures from the Myriad Worlds, including Gu worms, Devil Fruits, and more...] [Plenty of original ideas, no cookie-cutter tropes. Feel free to comment with fun worlds, treasures, planes, or protagonists you’d like to see. The author will read and reply to comments, and do their best to make the story great~] After waking up, stock market tycoon Xu Haoran finds himself a lo 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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 501Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 30 The Sixth Book by Luojiangezhu 洛笺阁主的第6本书 390Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Jiangshi: A Gu Cultivator in Uncle Nine’s World 僵尸：九叔世界里的蛊修 No System + no transmigration + slow burn: an ordinary man’s all-or-nothing path to immortality. Meng Hai, a nominal disciple of Uncle Jiu, has poor cultivation aptitude. In this Age of Declining Dharma, he can’t cultivate orthodox Daoist arts. By chance, he obtains the inheritance of Gu cultivation and becomes a practitioner of unorthodox arts. From then on, he sets out on his unorthodox path, refining Gu to harvest spiritual power and attain immortality! 760Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 32 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 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Gu World: The Rank Nine Fate Gu and Despair Gu 蛊界：九转天命蛊与绝望蛊 The good news: I transmigrated! The bad news: I ended up in the Gu world! As Feng Yu’s soul transmigrated into the Gu world and he was being skinned and dismembered, the Heavenly Dao Marks outside the world surged and condensed into a Gu worm. It looked like a person, its whole body wreathed in thick, ink-black smoke, with a scythe on its back radiating negative energy. This Gu was named “Despair.” 2.6kReads—Score35714d adds
- 34 A Dream Trades Souls for the Gu World 一梦魂身换蛊乡 A college student's soul transmigrates into another world. No System, thanks for reading. I'm writing this based on the original text, hoping to create a story that feels real, a realistic, intricate novel. I'm still a novice, so please bear with me. Thank you! 29Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 35 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—Score39914d adds
- 36 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! 52Reads8.1Score2314d adds
- 37 The Melancholy Tycoon's Second Book 忧郁男神豪的第2本书 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! 4.3kReads—Score50614d adds
- 38 Love Venom in My Heart: The Miao King Is Too Domineering 情蛊入心：苗王太霸道 The neglected legitimate daughter of the Marquis’s household is bought by the Miao King of the borderlands, and from then on she loses her freedom. The Miao people’s Gu poison was once something she could not understand. To keep her bound to him, the Miao King plants a love Gu in her, one that will never let her leave. One bizarre incident after another follows, yet she has no way to escape! 212Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 39 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—14d adds
- 40 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.5kReads8.7Score62214d adds
- 41 I Went to College Orientation as a Corpse Driver, and the Director of Bureau 749 Wept 大一赶尸去报到，749局长哭了 [Urban Fantasy] [Corpse Driving] [Absurd Comedy] [749 Bureau] [Funny Horror] Zhang Wei, heir to the corpse-driving tradition of western Hunan, is kicked down the mountain by his father during his first-year summer break. His mission: take a "client" who died far from home back to their hometown, so they can return to their roots. To save on travel costs, Zhang Wei simply rides the talisman-covered "client" like a shared bike! On the road, he meets a weasel spirit seeking a title: "Do I look like 69.1kReads7.5Score7.9k14d adds
- 42 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 447Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 43 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 47Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 44 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] 1.1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 45 A Strange Man of the Republic 民国奇人 The Republic of China was an era of upheaval, teeming with extraordinary people. In those chaotic times, the martial world was vast. As the saying goes, “The heroes of our age emerge amid the world's turmoil; the seven extraordinary figures of the Republic are here.” But who were these seven? There was a Daoist priest who cried, “In prosperous times, Buddhist temples thrive on incense while Daoists hide away in mountain retreats. In troubled times, the Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye, so the Old L 15kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 46 The Mad Commandery Princess of the Miaojiang Heir’s Household Is Beautiful as a Flower 苗疆少主家的疯批郡主貌美如花 Yu Sixian died the same year she married Prince Ning. Beneath the city wall, she drew her sword and took her own life. Thus the capital’s foremost beauty perished in the prime of her life. The last person she saw was not the husband she was married to in name, but Mu Jinghua, the Miaojiang boy she had played with as a child. She couldn’t help thinking how beautiful Mu Jinghua was. Beneath the setting sun, the young man from Miaojiang rode toward her on horseback, his silver ornaments chiming in 149Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 47 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.8kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 48 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~ 304Reads—Score10114d adds
- 49 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 50 Miaojiang: It Is Never Too Late to Meet in Autumn 苗疆：桑榆非晚 [Miaojiang youth + pure love + happy ending] Gentle Sang Yu was humiliated, imprisoned, and tormented by a yandere boy until she lost her mind, forever remaining in that late autumn when the spider lilies bloomed. Afterward, her obsessive younger sister, Sang Wan, who suffered from a split personality, grew her hair long and recreated her sister's life. She joined a research team on its way to a Miao village, wearing the same innocent expression as her sister, to find the Miaojiang boy skilled i 285Reads8.1Score—14d adds
