Novels like The Gu Insect Chronicles
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- 101 Gu World for All: From the Start, I Skin People to Refine Gu 全民蛊游：开局剥皮炼蛊 [No Female Lead] + [Ruthless and Cruel] + [Villain] + [Gu Insects] Today marks the eighteenth year since the game of Gu descended upon the world, and the second day since Fang Han used the [Primordial Gu] to be reborn. Looking at the familiar blackboard and classroom before him, Fang Han finally understood: in his previous life, his teammates and the major factions had forced him to his death. In a world that devours people like this, with no connections, no resources, no friends, and no one he 18.1kReads7.7Score2k14d adds
- 102 Re: Fang Yuan's Life in Another World, Starting from Zero re：方猿从零开始的异世界生活 “They said that if I couldn’t be reborn, I’d be nothing.” “Well, obviously. If you have a cheat ability and don’t use it, aren’t you throwing away a winning hand?” “But, oh man, being reborn isn’t exactly reliable either. Where the hell have I ended up? Is this still the Gu world?” “Wait, what do you mean the oldest person in this world only lived to be four hundred?” “What do you mean most people are either crazy or stupid?” [No System, no golden finger, no bugs, no harem, no female lead, 4.1kReads8.6Score21214d adds
- 103 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Dao God Among Mortals 道神在人间 Since the rise of humanity, the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Paths have stood side by side. The Heavenly Path sets the rules and restrains all living beings; the Earthly Path governs reincarnation and judges right and wrong, good and evil; while the Human Path takes the form of a Dao God, traveling through the mortal world to slay ghosts, monsters, and demons. But sometimes, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and demons... What does it mean to cultivate the Dao? It isn't about the de 2.9kReads9.0Score16914d adds
- 105 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.7kReads8.6Score19414d adds
- 106 The Demon Taoist Breaks Through the Underworld Pass 妖道破阴关 (Supernatural horror, feng shui and geomancy, warding off evil and misfortune, one heroine) My parents used forbidden magic to conceive me, but on the day I was born, my strange appearance frightened them away... My third uncle raised me in a cage. I barely managed to grow up on borrowed yin virtue and incense offerings... On my eighteenth birthday, I was buried alive in the ancestral graveyard. She saved me... but she wasn’t human... 5.4kReads9.1Score47014d adds
- 107 The Heavenly Master 一代天师 Forty years ago, a husband and wife ignored their ancestors' warning and died horribly at the entrance to their village. The woman's eyes were gouged out, and her body was hung from the old ginkgo tree in the ancestral hall. A year later, a young man from out of town unearthed a strange clay figure and was plunged into a deadly calamity, only to be saved by an old Daoist. Forty years later, a mysterious letter drew attention back to that village. No one knew that opening it would mean opening th 6.8kReads9.2Score96314d adds
- 108 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 237Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 109 The Miaojiang Girl Has Rubbed the Movie King’s Fox Tail Bald Again 苗疆少女又把影帝狐尾rua秃了 [Completed] [Glamorous, flirtatious beauty from Miaojiang vs. aloof, celibate nine-tailed fox award-winning actor] The lost biological daughter of the wealthy Yu family had finally been found. Word was that the real heiress raised bugs deep in the Miaojiang mountains and was a country bumpkin with no manners. A country bumpkin? Seeing the stunning beauty with her pale skin and bewitching looks, the wealthy elite fell silent. The fake heiress put on an act and invited the real heiress, Li Qingji 480Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 110 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score11414d adds
- 111 Folk Horror Taboos 民间恐怖禁忌 Do you know the stories old people tell? Do you know there are many things in folk tradition that people say must not be spoken of? Do you know what the elders say about dreams? The elders say there are things you mustn't talk about at night. Did you know that? 121Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 112 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 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 113 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.2kReads9.1Score94114d adds
- 114 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 115 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.6kReads8.8Score11314d adds
- 116 The Demon Venerable's Eternal Life: A Sequel 魔尊永生：续写 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 647Reads9.2Score12414d adds
- 117 The Outcast: You Made Me a Sacred Child, So Why Am I a God of Gu Poison? 一人：让你当圣童，你蛊道封神？ Jiang Mo accidentally transmigrated to a world of superpowered outcasts and, unlucky for him, became one of the children chosen by the Yao Xian Hui to cultivate as a Holy Gu Vessel. Just when he thought he was about to die the moment he transmigrated, he unexpectedly achieved the Holy Gu God's Physique. All Gu, poisons, and even sinister forces would become his nourishment. After discovering this, Jiang Mo could only say: The Yao Xian Hui really are good people! Years later, when people from the 183Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 118 A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生 By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j 365Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 119 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 4kReads8.7Score25114d adds
- 120 The Name of Heaven's Wrath: Divine Thunder from the Nine Heavens Scours the Mortal World 天罚之名：九霄神雷劫红尘 Falling flowers and flowing water seem heartless; green mountains and evening snow each go their separate ways! The young Daoist from Shenxiao and his childhood friend, his junior uncle, journey through the mortal world together, enjoying life! The extraordinary may be closer than you think. The so-called gods, ghosts, and spirits may all be illusions! Those who cultivate the Dao cultivate the heart. Entering the world is a way to sever one's karmic ties! 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score25614d adds
- 122 Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录 [Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡，活人回避 The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 8.6kReads8.8Score76514d adds
- 124 The Supreme Taoist: Peerless Daoist Master 道门太上：绝世道长 Clad in a Daoist robe, I walk among the people, driving out every evil under heaven... Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, gods, immortals, and strange beings: no matter how many I eliminate, I cannot purge the evil thoughts in my heart. Meet kindness with kindness, meet evil and become a demon. The arts of the Daoist tradition shall be the strongest! (Not an invincible protagonist story. Read with caution. No female lead!) 99Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 125 I Found a Manual for Evil Cultivation, and Now I Draw Talismans and Refine Corpse Puppets in the City 捡到邪修手册，我在都市画符炼尸 [Raising Corpses and Ghosts] [Urban Cultivation] [Unorthodox Cultivator] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Read It as Cultivation, Not the Supernatural] Dissect a ghost mother, use forbidden arts to seek wealth! Down on his luck, Feng Jie taught himself forbidden arts using a notebook left behind by an unorthodox cultivator. After capturing a "ghost mother" alive, he became a ghost dissector! He used ghost blood to draw a wealth-attracting talisman, but accidentally stumbled into a ghost market and embark 33.9kReads8.0Score3.8k14d adds
- 126 The Young Man from Miaojiang Has Turned Dark 苗疆少年黑化了 Sweet, innocent older sister × Miaojiang younger brother (sweet on the outside, sinister within) When Xu You learns that her best friend went missing after traveling to a Miao village, she decides to go search for her on her own. There, she meets a well-dressed Miao boy. At first, he says, “Need any help, sis? I can help you look.” Later, he says, “Sis, you’re really heartless, aren’t you? You found your friend and now you want to abandon me?! You’re just going to use me and toss me aside?” “I’m 680Reads6.9Score11214d adds
- 127 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score58214d adds
- 128 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 313Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 129 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score13914d adds
- 130 That Miaojiang Boy Is a Master of Bewitching Hearts 那苗疆少年善蛊惑人心 [Mostly first-person narration, a sweet dumpling of a male lead who's an Oscar-worthy actor and a lovesick obsessive + a kind, gentle heroine] (Healing and redemption) (The male lead is disturbed. Don't read if that's not your thing.) To get over my breakup, I went on a trip to a Miao village. I thought the boy was a gentleman: gentle, kind, pure and adorable, someone you couldn't help feeling sorry for. But I never imagined that every word he said and every move he made was meant to draw me in, 517Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 131 Calling on the Immortals 请仙儿 In our village, every adult child in the family has to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival and weigh down paper offerings on the graves. But when I went to pay my respects at Grandma's grave, I put the paper on the wrong one... 525Reads8.7Score10914d adds
- 132 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score62714d adds
- 133 War Against Demons: Snow Encounter 战妖：雪遇 Born on a snowy night and surrounded by monsters, he was saved in his hour of peril by a kind cultivator. This gave him an unusually powerful spirit from birth. His elders were leaders in an organization dedicated to suppressing demons, and his family had its own legacy, but it was too obscure to be of much use. So he joined the reclusive sect where his elders' comrades served, starting out as an unofficial disciple to gain experience. Thus began his journey of following his elders, master, and 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 134 Tomb Raiding: Inheriting the Gu Immortal’s Legacy, I Slaughter My Way Through the Tomb-Raiding World! 盗墓：蛊仙传承，杀穿盗墓世界！ Li Yu transmigrates into the world of tomb raiding and becomes the last surviving Gu master of the Jiuli Clan. He inherits King Xian's legacy and ultimately earns the title of Gu Immortal. Corpse-eating beetles? Corpse turtle elixirs? They're all the finest nourishment for my Gu. The Huo family's undying worm, capable of creating wormholes. The flying centipede, able to soar through the skies and burrow underground. The Corpse Turtle King, whose poison is the deadliest in the world. Fatty: “Mast 10kReads8.5Score72414d adds
- 135 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 24.1kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 136 Maoshan Disciple 茅山弟子 Maoshan has divine arts to exterminate evil, gathering ill omens from both the yin and yang worlds. Where is the Seven-Star Dragon Spring now? Ye Shaoyang, the hero of those days, is nowhere to be seen! 1.8kReads8.2Score24414d adds
- 137 Maoshan's Strange Immortal: The Ghost-Realm Yama 茅山异仙之鬼道阎罗 [Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He 8.1kReads7.6Score65314d adds
- 138 One Branch to Slay All Demons and Monsters 一根树枝，斩天下妖魔 I was born suppressed by the laws of Heaven and Earth, leaving me half-deaf and sickly, the village deadweight. The day I was born, the midwife's hand split open out of nowhere with a clean cut. The clothes and blankets I wore were always sliced apart by invisible blades. The intent of the sword had been buried in my bones since birth. When I was seven, I stood up for someone and got beaten. I thought I was going to die, but an old man with a white beard saved me. And so, the sword was drawn. 713Reads—Score51814d adds
- 139 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 140 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When Grandpa died, the whole city was in an uproar... 9.8kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 141 The Mountain Keeper 守山人 My family has been guarding the mountain for generations. Every generation, someone meets an untimely end at the age of forty. The curse was broken in my grandfather's generation, but it came at a great cost. A soul dwells in each mountain, and one person holds each mountain at bay. 4.2kReads8.7Score46714d adds
- 142 Department of Paranormal Investigations II 神秘事件调查处【贰】 The X-Files Investigation Bureau, Part Two “That's a dragon!” “No, there are no dragons. That's a kite, that's a black plastic bag, that's a bird soaring through a storm. You've read Haiyan, haven't you? Exactly.” In 1968, our country established Institute 507, whose full name was the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering. Later, as more and more supernatural events were discovered, the institute began handling certain cases. In September 1974, some departments of Institute 507 were split 6.4kReads8.8Score57714d adds
- 143 The Day I Was Born, a Hundred Ghosts Fled and a Soul Reaper Came Calling 我出生当天，百鬼退避，阴差上门 My mother was crazy, but after I was born, she miraculously got better. Before my birth, Granny Liu in the village had divined that I was born under the Ziwei Star, destined to be blessed with benefactors and an exalted fate beyond words. But after I was born, a blood moon hung in the sky and black clouds blanketed the heavens. Only then did Granny Liu realize... [Taboos of Yin and Yang, Folk Horror] King Yama seals the coffin, and no one can rise again for a hundred years. The Poor Ghost crouch 20kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 144 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡野诡事 There is a saying among the common folk: those who keep an "immortal patron" may earn fortunes and receive countless favors from them, but when death comes, the patron takes it all back. The village elders say that Bu Gui was not born to his parents, but was sent to them by Seventh Granny with the help of an "immortal patron." Seventh Granny is a renowned spirit medium from far and wide, and now she is close to death. A series of strange events befalls Bu Gui. To stay alive, he has no choice but 3.7kReads8.9Score23414d adds
- 145 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 146 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score38914d adds
- 147 I Have a Book of Ghosts and Gods 我有一本鬼神册 My new work, Artifact Sequence, is out! You can find 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! 13kReads8.2Score86114d adds
- 148 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score39614d adds
- 149 Strange Creatures: I Transmigrated Into a Paper Effigy Maker 诡怪：我穿越成了纸扎匠 [Supernatural horrors + an uncanny family + play the pig to eat the tiger + behind-the-scenes scheming + an army of paper effigies] Su Yu wakes up to find he has transmigrated into a semi-industrialized world where supernatural horrors are part of everyday life. (It's roughly equivalent to the Republican era: big cities are bright and bustling, while villages are still stuck in ancient times.) Lost and alone, he is taken in by Uncle Seven, the owner of a paper effigy shop. During a supernatural 7.9kReads8.8Score72914d adds
- 150 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 6.6kReads7.8Score78214d adds
