Novels like The Gu Insect Chronicles
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- 51 The Mad Immortal of Gu Poison 炼蛊疯仙 In this world, Gu is supreme, and the lives of ordinary people are as worthless as ants. The young Gu Feng begins in the Sealed Demon Valley. To survive and grow stronger, he is willing to use any means necessary. Bowing and scraping is only my disguise. Refining Gu to become an immortal is my ultimate goal. I was never good. So how can I be called a demon? I’m no saint. Why should I pretend to be above it all? Heaven and earth are Gu, and all things are Gu. Gu Masters have nine ranks, and I’ll 2.2kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 52 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 6.6kReads9.0Score34314d adds
- 53 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 606Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 54 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 216Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 55 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—14d adds
- 56 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. 3.1kReads8.8Score23414d adds
- 57 The Treasure Hunter 憋宝人 The skin shed by a black fish as it transforms into a serpent can be stretched over a drum to carry its sound a hundred miles. The bowl atop a river imp's head can revive the dead when used to hold medicine. The pearl spat out by a giant serpent, the Marquis Sui's Pearl, is worth a fortune. The immortal herb that a yaksha gives you can grant eternal life when eaten. In the eyes of us shepherds, also known as treasure seekers, these heavenly treasures are all fat sheep. Sheep come in red and blac 3.3kReads8.4Score37114d adds
- 58 Case Files of the Unusual: New Century 异案调查录2：新世纪 A century marks one hundred years. In this new century, technology and information are advancing at breakneck speed, and all kinds of bizarre cases are springing up everywhere. News of them spreads faster than ever before. A boy who can only walk by hopping, another person's face appearing in the village well, a human shadow appearing on a factory warehouse wall in the middle of the night, and more... Only the Unusual Cases Investigation Bureau can handle this series of bizarre incidents... 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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 3.3kReads8.0Score23714d adds
- 60 Don’t Go Around Cursing People, the Village Chief Will Get Mad 不能随便下蛊，村支书会生气的 [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Miaojiang Girl] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Qiu becomes the village Party secretary in the vast mountains of southern Xinjiang. He has already accepted the fact that he transmigrated, and plans to lead the villagers to prosperity and the peak of success. But then he realizes that something is very wrong! Why is there a voodoo doll in his bag? And why is his room full of jars containing poisonous insects? Just then, a mechanical voice sounds in his mind! 443Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 61 Case Files of Unusual Investigations 异案调查录 Throughout the vast world, from ancient times to the present, there have always been mysterious events that humans cannot explain. And there is a group of people who endure countless hardships in their pursuit of the truth. The cases they investigate are all considered paranormal… 501Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 62 Refining Gu in Douluo Dalu 我在斗罗炼蛊 [Cold-blooded + decisive and ruthless + reincarnation and killing girls + crowds everywhere] He transmigrates to Douluo and refines Gu from the people of the world. From the start, he uses Blood Skull Gu on his younger brother and sister. Look at Huo Yuhao in the early story: an inspiring young man, patient and hardworking. Huo Yuhao later on, well... Come on, let your senior brother show you a little of the Gu world’s shock and awe. Aren’t relatives the best nourishment for improving one’s apti 8Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 63 The Gu-Wielding Green Tea Boy's Seduction Rules 擅蛊绿茶少年诱哄法则 A scheming, seemingly innocent Miaojiang male lead vs. a gentle, rational, love-blind female lead + adventure “I hear that young man from Miaojiang is skilled at bewitching people.” For the sake of my research, I set off alone for the Qianchuan Miao village. But the boy said to bewitch people was actually a clingy puppy? It went from “Sis, you look just like someone I used to know” to “Sis, I think you might be the one I love.” The boy from the Miao village was honest and sincere. Falling for h 140Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 64 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… 1.2kReads7.4Score10414d adds
- 65 I Have a Gu-Refining Panel 我有一张炼蛊面板 Gu are the true essence of Heaven and Earth, while humans are the most wondrous of all living things. People control gu in their search for survival, life, and the Dao. This is a world where people raise gu, use gu, and refine gu. There are Lifespan Gu, which grant immortality; Emperor Gu, which let you conquer the world; Fortune Gu, which bring boundless good luck; and Travel Gu, which let you wander freely through the world. … 8Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 66 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 2.4kReads8.5Score15114d adds
- 67 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 213Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Dark Night Draws Near 暗夜将至 When a person's soul grows powerful enough, it can give rise to an ability almost like that of a god. Hidden in our world is a group of people who possess this extraordinary power. The story I'm about to tell you is about one of them. This book updates three chapters on odd-numbered days and two on even-numbered days. I'll try my best not to take any days off... 3.8kReads9.1Score59214d adds
- 69 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—14d adds
- 70 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 137Reads8.1Score3014d adds
- 71 EN Evil Insect God 邪虫神 Between righteousness and evil, on the boundary between good and wicked, lies heresy. Reborn in the Spirit Realm Continent, Huo Hai possesses a secret art for raising insects and vows to bring it to its fullest potential. Rare spiritual techniques, heavenly treasures, beauties: he gathers them all under his command, becoming the Insect God of a generation. 3kReads8.0Score41214d adds
- 72 Global Gu Refining: I Can Calculate the Best Paths for Combining Gu 全球炼蛊：我能推演合炼路线 Su Ze transmigrated to Blue Star, a parallel world where everyone cultivates Gu. After activating a God-Tier Deduction System, he could work out every possible refinement path for primordial Gu worms. Wouldn’t that make him invincible? [Dead Man’s Skull] + [Blood of One’s Closest Kin] = [Blood Skull Gu] [Stonehide Boar] + [Nine-Toothed Rake] + [Black Bristleback] = [Tianpeng Gu] [Swift Baboon] + [Time Meteorite] + [White Pony Gu] = [Time Flies Like an Arrow Gu] [Netherworld Butterfly] + [Fortune 7.7kReads8.5Score80214d adds
- 73 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 74 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 115Reads—Score15514d adds
- 75 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749 灵异：我在749局打鬼那些年 The appearance of a white coffin and a red coffin at the construction site changed my fate. That night, I saw corpses that could move and a ghost that could steal a person's soul. They were all "deceiving" me, trying to make me die. What should I do... When you think the person behind you is a ghost, the real ghost may be the one standing in front of you... Once it's dark... don't read this!! 216Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Calamity Gu Master: Starting with Living Human Gu Feed 灾厄蛊师：从活人蛊粮开始 [Not a saint] + [Decisive and ruthless] Mo Chen claws his way out of the desperate plight of being “food for living Gu.” With cunning and ruthlessness, he advances step by step through the cruel world of cultivation, seizing resources and refining, cultivating, and mutating calamity species, until he becomes the “Calamity Gu Master” who makes the entire Great Calamity Era tremble. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Upholding Justice in Heaven's Name 替天行道 Yin cannot thrive alone, and yang cannot exist by itself. I grew up in the countryside, left behind by my parents and raised by my grandfather. All his life, Grandpa was either helping widows and orphaned girls or on his way to help them. So, for as long as I can remember, I heard the villagers cursing him behind his back. Then one day, a stranger in a burial shroud asked me a question. A tree without bark but with a soul is bound to die. What happens to a person with skin but no soul? The relat 3kReads8.9Score24914d adds
- 79 Miaojiang's Bewitching Incense: The Young Gu King Is Crazy and Possessive 苗疆迷香，少年蛊王他又疯又抢 (Flirtatious male lead + Forced love + Captivity + Love poison + Soft-hearted, indecisive heroine) (The heroine has a special identity, which makes the male lead suffer quite a bit. But this obsessive, unhinged man is both mad and possessive, and will cling to her to the death, even if he has to climb a mountain of blades or plunge into a sea of flames.) (A moment of sympathy for the heroine’s “big brother,” a major underworld figure who quietly watched over her as she grew up. He had plans… but 1.1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 80 This Ghost Catcher Is Not That Cold 这个鬼差不太冷 [Completed] [Eerie Revival] [Playing Card Elements] [The Protagonist Isn’t an Idiot] [Government Organization] [Absurd, Light Comedy] Also known as: Eerie Revival: Contracting an Ancient Great Ghost from the Start! Midnight is nigh, and a hundred ghosts roam the streets! “What! The only thing my family has left is a box of playing cards?” “What! The monthly salary is 100,000?” “Forget ghost hunting. I’d even sell my body if you asked me to!” Armed with nothing but a box of playing cards, one yo 2.5kReads8.1Score22614d adds
- 81 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score16514d adds
- 82 The Dream of the True Page Tao: A World Made Real from Illusions 真页道之梦化虚界 The supernatural returns, alongside alchemical arts, thunder magic, talismans, the 749 Bureau, and battles between Chinese and foreign practitioners. This is a secret chronicle of cultivation, ghost slaying, demon-smiting, and god-killing. Mysteries are gradually awakening. Where do ghosts, monsters, spirits, and demons come from? Immortals have attained the Dao, but the gods are hard to summon. The world is mired in desire. How can anyone cross over to safety? With the power of the Dream Realm, 227Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 83 Wasteland! The Insects Are Well-Behaved, So Don’t Be Afraid 废土！蛊虫很乖，你们别害怕 [No romance, strong female lead, scavenging and raising Gu, everyday family life] Tu Que has transmigrated once again. This time, her situation is even worse: she has landed in the wasteland of Blue Star after a nuclear explosion. Radiation is everywhere. Plants and animals have mutated drastically. Humans have fallen to the bottom of the food chain. Tu Que has only her supposedly useless Gu Realm to rely on, and all she wants is to stay alive. The heroine is a lone wolf. She builds no territory 1.8kReads8.7Score20614d adds
- 84 Kunlun Gatekeeper: Ten Thousand Ghosts at My Back 昆仑守门人：我背后有万鬼 There's a long-standing rumor about the Capital Museum: though it's crowded with visitors by day, the palace is thick with yin energy after midnight. Palace maids carrying lanterns, eunuchs bearing sedan chairs, and guards in yellow robes stroll openly through its halls. For a hundred years, three generations of the Chen family have guarded the Capital Museum, suppressing evil spirits and the Three Fiends and Five Afflictions, and keeping the palace secure on all eight sides so peace can reign. 5.4kReads8.9Score43614d adds
- 85 Gu World: Demonic Path Gu Master 蛊界：魔道蛊师 [Note: The protagonist has not read the original novel!] Not a wish-fulfillment story. A Gu-world fanfic, no invincibility, and plenty of setbacks. Man is the spirit of all living things; Gu are the true essence of heaven and earth. Chen Jiedao accidentally transmigrates into the Gu world. 37Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 86 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 35.5kReads8.1Score3k14d adds
- 87 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score22714d adds
- 88 Divine Art of Reading the Heavens 窥天神测 Words spring from the heart, and writing gives the heart form. The characters a person writes are intricately connected to their fortunes, misfortunes, and fate. Thus, the art of fortune-telling through written characters came into being. My journey down this path began when I accidentally fell into my grandmother's coffin, only to discover a young woman inside, her clothes in disarray… 985Reads8.8Score10614d adds
- 89 The Yin-Yang Exorcist 阴阳摸诡人 I have two mothers, and neither of them is alive. The moment I was born, a heavenly dog swallowed the moon, blood rained from the sky, every beast bowed its head, and ghosts wailed... 781Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 90 The Primordial Insect Sovereign 荒古虫尊 [Spirit Insect Companions + Beast Taming + Traditional Cultivation + No Transmigration + No System] An unparalleled secret has circulated through the world: the Ancient Devourer of the Dao Divine Insect is peerless, able to consume corpses and refine immortal arts and secret techniques. The immortal sects of the heavens and the gods and Buddhas of the Western Heaven all fight desperately to claim it, seeing it as an extraordinary opportunity to attain the Great Dao. Yet no one knows that the anc 1.7kReads—Score26314d adds
- 91 Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau: The Sequel 民调局异闻录后传 Twenty-six years ago, when I was born, someone told my fortune and said my fate was tainted by ill luck. So my grandfather gave me a name meant to ward it off: Shen La. Twenty years ago, when I was six, I innocently saw a friend from that other world. Four years ago, when I was still a special forces soldier, I took part in a bizarre incident. Fate led me to an organization called the Bureau of Folk Affairs Investigation and Research, where I became an investigator. From that day on, my nightmar 1kReads9.4Score—14d adds
- 92 The Affairs Hall 了事堂 The Hall of Resolution’s motto: Settle the three thousand troubles of the mortal world, and let all people enjoy peace. If you have a problem, go to Tian Qi. As long as you have enough money, he can handle it. Not enough? Then, sorry. I'm a little tired. 5.2kReads8.5Score37114d adds
- 93 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Maoshan Occultist 茅山诡术师 My name is Fang Gang. I was stolen the moment I was born. From then on, my life unfolded into an epic tale, as turbulent as it was mysterious. 379Reads8.6Score5814d adds
- 95 My Years as a Spirit Medium's Apprentice 我当出马弟子那几年 Hello, everyone. I'm a spirit medium from Shandong. The main reason I'm writing this book is, first, to record my experiences. Whether it becomes popular or not, I want to preserve my memories and my life story! Second, I hope the book will help people understand spirit mediumship. In recent years, certain people with bad intentions have given it a terrible reputation. So I'm writing about my own experiences to help clear its name! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Strange Tales from the Bureau: The Final Chapter 民调局异闻录之最终篇章 A strange past, a mysterious department, an eccentric white-haired man, and a fat man who can see through everything: the final chapter in the history of the Folk Affairs Investigation and Research Bureau. 16.6kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 97 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 773Reads—Score10514d adds
- 98 I Am a Feng Shui Master 我是风水师 I thought I would follow the three instructions my parents left in their will, but everything changed after I rescued a female classmate… 8.9kReads7.4Score65414d adds
- 99 From the Start, I Refined Corpses and Turned Myself Into an Unrivaled Jiangshi 开局炼尸，把自己炼成了绝世僵尸 After transmigrating into a terrifying immortal-fantasy world overrun with monsters and demons, Ye Xiao discovered on his very first day as a member of the Corpse Soul Sect that he’d been set up. A strange Corpse Refining System appeared! In a moment of crisis, Ye Xiao activated its corpse-refining function! As it turned out, the System was updating and its interface was garbled, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to try refining blindly. When he saw the result, Ye Xiao was thrilled! Not only had the 1.4kReads8.5Score10514d adds
- 100 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 133Reads—Score—14d adds
