Novels like The Gu Master
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Gu Master, best match first.
- 51 The Orthodox Taoist Priest 正一道士 The scourge of evil cults has plagued the world for thousands of years. Though repeatedly eradicated, they never truly disappear. In this age of peace, a massive evil cult stands against the righteous path, seeking to destroy it and take its place. Science is revered in the modern age, and the Daoist arts have declined. Yet Daoism has been passed down for thousands of years, with many branches and schools still standing across China, and gifted practitioners emerging one after another to keep th 410Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 52 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 I Became a Human Skin Sheet from the Start 开局成为人皮纸 “What kind of crazy world is this?!” Seeing rule-based horror stories, uncanny gods, demonic cultivation, and witchcraft everywhere, Bai Chen is utterly horrified. Then he suddenly remembers that he’s just a sheet of human-skin paper himself. Oh! Never mind, then. (This story unfolds as a series of little tales of the uncanny.) 751Reads5.4Score101Shelves
- 55 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 56 Gu Saint 蛊圣 Gu cultivation, mortal's journey, no System. Sold into slavery to become a Gu Master, he happens upon the Thief Saint's legacy and steals his archenemy's rank-one spirit vein. Disguised as a mole, he infiltrates an opposing faction, where schemes and plots eventually make him a Gu Saint. Cultivating all six paths, he stands unrivaled and cuts across the ages. Sword Path, Luck Path, Theft Path, Performance Path, Strength Path, Dream Path, and many other Gu cultivation disciplines. From Three-Foot 543Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 57 Ghost Hunter 捉鬼人 My name is Zhao Jinyin. By chance, I learned the skills of a ghost hunter, and from then on made my living at it, roaming freely between the worlds of yin and yang. Ahem, this book is a bit frightening, so readers with high blood pressure should stay away. It’s also a little humorous, so anyone with a weak heart should stay away too. 273Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 58 Bloody Great Ming 血色大明 One-line synopsis: Gao Qiqiang from The Knockout is reborn at the end of the Ming dynasty to fight zombies! Full synopsis: In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, 1641, the Mohist leader Chen Jiumu stood atop the walls of Luoyang, gazing at the tens of thousands of cursed corpses covering the mountains and plains. They blotted out the sky as they swarmed in from every direction, about to engulf Luoyang. He couldn't help recalling his first day in the Great Ming. That day, he was just a sc 2.4kReads9.0Score329Shelves
- 59 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 268Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 60 I Am a Personal Effects Organizer 我是遗物整理师 No one would do the job of sorting through people’s belongings after they died, even for money, but young Chen Jiaren dares to take it on! She earns a living while beating up bad guys and putting evil people in their place. The story is incredibly satisfying! Mystery + deduction + no System + golden finger The heroine is focused on saving money 105Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 61 After Evening Study, an Extra Floor Appeared at School 晚自习后，学校多了一层楼 After Evening Study, the School Had Gained Another Floor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Deadly Yin-Yang Master 绝命阴阳师 I was born extraordinary. To stop me from being born, Heaven and Earth battled across the void. Half the masters of the feng shui world perished, dying with resentment in the northwest. In the end, only my father could restrain the Nine Dragons Taiji Diagram on my body by giving up his practice. To change my fate, my father arranged several betrothals for me within the feng shui world. Who knew this would only mark the beginning of calamity for the feng shui world... 436Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 63 I Have Ten Million Years to Live: Deriving Countless Arts 我有千万年寿元：衍化万般诀 [Cunning + ruthless protagonist + decisive killing + dark world] Demons wreak havoc in the human realm, and cultivators must pay a “price” to cultivate. But Chu Sanzai can derive new cultivation arts and practice them directly! “The Flesh-Eating Art requires you to eat human flesh while it's still alive? I'll derive the Taotie Art, which lets me increase my cultivation by eating ordinary food!” Derive! The Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Dao Eyes, Corpse-Driving Steps... The Xiangyang Dynasty is corrupt, 697Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 64 The Love Curse 情蛊 I went on a trip to Yunnan and accidentally ended up at a Miao village's matchmaking gathering, where I drank liquor offered by one of the men in the village. That very night, he dragged me home... Afterward, I waited until he fell asleep and sneaked out of the village. But not long later, my stomach began to ache unbearably, and I retched up a blood-red worm! 51Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 65 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
- 66 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Dark Arts: The Ten Courts of Hell 邪术：十殿阎罗 (No System, no heroine, crooked and sinister methods, ruthless and decisive) In this world where good and evil have been turned upside down, is it really so wrong for me to use a little dark magic? And if I use dark magic without suffering heavenly punishment, is that really so wrong? Mount Mao offended me, so I’ll wipe out Mount Mao. China’s Special Affairs Department offended me, so I’ll wipe out your entire family. Japan offended me, so I’ll wipe out the whole country! If the world offends me 1.4kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 68 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon to Survive (Season 4) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第四季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 4) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 You Were Told to Guard a Village, So Why Did You Make the City God Cry? 让你守个村儿，你把城隍打哭了？ After the old madman died, I always thought I was the only person left in the village. Then one year, two men showed up carrying a camera and said they wanted to film a documentary about walking marriages... 458Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 70 Friends with Demons: The Monsters Are Here to Help 狐朋狗友：妖怪帮帮忙 Towering buildings line the streets, neon lights blaze, and the city is spreading at an astonishing pace. “They” were forced to leave their original homes. They blended into our society, disguising themselves so we would hardly notice them. Some mean well, others do not. They cultivate, hunt, and evolve in silence... Perhaps “it” is right beside you, or maybe it’s someone you know well. 3Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 71 This Daoist Strikes, He Pulls Up the Roots 贫道出手，斩草必除根 Feng Shui and the Supernatural ☞ Daoist Arts and Witchcraft ☞ If it can be killed, leave no survivors ☞ Ghosts and monsters ☞ No female lead I am Tian Jiu, a Daoist priest nicknamed the Heretic... Ageless and undying, beyond the cycle of reincarnation, I walk beneath the sun, driving out ghosts and subduing demons... Whether you’re a demon, monster, ghost, or fiend, I’ll reduce you to ashes... If I, Tian Jiu, cannot ascend among the immortals, then I’ll protect the mortal world... Countless immo 1.3kReads7.1Score105Shelves
- 72 Global Class Change: From the Start, I Summoned a Level 1 God! 全民转职：我开局召唤1级神！ He transmigrates to a world where games and reality have completely fused. Monsters run rampant everywhere, and everyone changes class upon reaching adulthood. Lin Fan unexpectedly changes into the world's only hidden class. One look at its attributes leaves him stunned. [Divine Ruler Summoner] [Level: LV1] [Awakened Passive Talents: Divine Ruler Seal, Radiance of the Stars.] [Passive 1: You possess the supreme divine status and boundless charisma, inspiring young gods to follow you of their own 1.8kReads7.8Score144Shelves
- 73 Reincarnated as the Shadow, I Call the Shots at Pawnshop No. 8 身为黑影转世，八号当铺我说了算 After the great battle between light and shadow, the Shadow was reincarnated and the Bai family passed into the Dao. Shen Yinuo, the Shadow’s tenth reincarnation, awakens once more and takes over Pawnshop No. 8, an establishment that has existed since ancient times. Thus, the legends begin anew. Shen Yinuo: “Nine times out of ten, life doesn’t go as you wish. Come to Pawnshop No. 8! Every wish you have will be granted.” Pawnshop No. 8 accepts anything of value. Intelligence, luck, emotions, year 615Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 74 Old Village Stories 山村旧事 A strange mountain village. Bizarre events sparked by natural and man-made disasters. And, it turns out, a secret lies hidden behind it all... 33.6kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
- 75 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 76 With Mountains at My Back, All Beasts Spoil My Daughter Rotten 背靠群山！万兽为宠溺爱女儿上天 You were supposed to be a “Mountain God,” so why are you training the venomous pets and ferocious beasts in the mountains to be your daughter's pets?! With spiritual qi revival on the horizon, you're still using your System abilities to raise a baby? Even the perilous mountain wilderness has become your backyard. Jiang Xu: “With the mountains at my back and all the beasts in them, I actually hope spiritual qi revival comes sooner...” All he cares about is raising his daughter. At home, ferocious 477Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 77 The Godslayer of the Countryside 乡村弑神者 [Chinese-style horror + not a power fantasy + more terrifying the more you think about it] When I was eight, my maternal grandfather took my two uncles and me to Chang'an Village to help harvest rice. Not long after we arrived, someone died under mysterious circumstances. Worried something might happen to me, my grandfather told my eldest uncle to take me home first. Before we left, he repeatedly warned us not to speak to anyone we met on the road. My eldest uncle agreed, and we hurried back. Ha 735Reads8.9Score105Shelves
- 78 Supreme Demon, Eternal Annihilation, Undying Calamity 极魔，终湮，不死祸胎 [No System] [No transmigration] [A fresh new style] This is a world of demons, where heaven and earth become a tomb and all living beings turn into demons. The abyss is burned shut, and the path to hell is severed. The ultimate demon is imprisoned, and the end of all things turns to ash. The flower of annihilation blooms, and an undying calamity is born! … 140Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 79 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 An Unmarked Lonely Grave 无名孤坟 My grandfather buried my mother by our front door. Every night after that, a woman would stand outside our house... 1.2kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 81 The Aloof Villain Begged Me Through Tears to Love Him 清冷反派哭着求我疼爱他 Also known as To Die For! The Miaojiang Prince Is Simply Irresistible Beneath the fading lights, she turned around and saw a young man dressed in dazzling Miaojiang finery, with silver hair and mismatched eyes, captivating all who looked upon him. “Do you only care about your big brother, Sister?” A beauty mark like a tear of rouge adorned the corner of his eye, lending him a bewitching allure. “Luo Yurao, love me. Otherwise, I’ll die...” The Miaojiang prince may not use gu, but he is more de 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score140Shelves
- 83 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score102Shelves
- 84 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 414Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 85 The Local Official 土官 In some parts of northern China, a local ritual master is the person who presides over funeral rites. The role is semi-official, and local ritual masters are also responsible for the village shrines to the Earth God. As the times change, this profession is destined to disappear. But the protagonist, whose mother died when he was ten, finds a different path: he lives with an open heart and no fear, and with kindness in his heart and no regrets. 4.6kReads8.9Score473Shelves
- 86 The Soul-Calming Wife: My Wife Can Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 【镇魂妻：我的老婆能镇百鬼】 Because of the sins committed by my ancestors, the King of Hell came to claim my family. My grandfather and both my parents died one after another. To save my own life, I was forced to marry Wang Banxian’s foolish daughter. She was fat, ugly, and completely out of her mind, but she was the reincarnation of the Goddess of Yin, able to suppress a hundred ghosts. And every time she subdued a ghost, she underwent a transformation and grew more beautiful. With a beautiful wife by my side, I can roam 3.9kReads8.5Score318Shelves
- 87 The Ten Most Tragic Childhoods: Starting Out as Feiyangyang 盘点童年十大凄惨：开局沸羊羊 Qin Chuan obtains the Myriad Worlds Screening System. By screening tragic characters from childhood cartoons, he can earn rewards. Fei Yangyang: What did I ever do wrong? No matter what I do, Mei Yangyang doesn't like me! What is love! Big Big Wolf: I've been around for five hundred episodes and still haven't managed to eat any mutton. Tom Cat: So Big Big Wolf is just like me. I've gone my whole life without eating mouse meat, either. Bald Qiang: You stinking bears! You mess with me, Bald Qiang, 6Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 88 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 6.6kReads9.3Score723Shelves
- 89 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 6.8kReads8.7Score666Shelves
- 90 Ghost-Hunting Yin-Yang Master 捉鬼阴阳师 On the day I was born, the clear sky suddenly filled with lightning and thunder. A bolt struck a tree in our yard, and everyone in the village decided my birth was an ill omen. They all kept their distance. One villager accidentally offended me, and that night he mysteriously hanged himself. The body could only be taken down if someone knelt before me. On the day of his funeral, his brother died a violent death and the coffin fell to the ground. That was how the whole story began… 205Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 91 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… 3.3kReads8.4Score426Shelves
- 92 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
- 93 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 277Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score116Shelves
- 95 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 491Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 96 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Golden Bait Project 黄金鱼饵计划 [Modern mystery, dark crime, twist-filled power fantasy] Cornered with no way out, he came up with a plan: the Golden Fish Bait scheme. He deliberately posted huge amounts of fake gold online, posing as a wealthy recluse to lure greedy thieves to his door. He set up layers of mechanisms, surveillance cameras, and traps in advance, hoping to take the thieves down and get the money he needed to save his life. But once the hunters took the bait, everything spiraled out of control. The intruders wer 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 98 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—Shelves
- 99 I Am a Corpse 我是一具尸体 I slit my wrists and bled to death, my body drying into a corpse. They buried me in the ancestral copper coffin, and I came back to life on the Ghost Festival. I wielded my corpse with the will of a living person. I crossed between the worlds of yin and yang. I have loved, hated, killed people, and destroyed ghosts. I am a corpse. I will never grow old. Standing at the highest point in this world, I looked down and saw nothing but desire. This is my story. This is my biography... 158Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 100 Fifth Watch 五更 The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 728Reads7.2Score100Shelves
