Novels like The Maoshan Occultist
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- 151 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 73Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 152 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. 440Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 153 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 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 154 The Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 鬼出棺 Xie Bangui is secretly recruited into the Ghost Yamen and, on his master's orders, serves there, making a living by hunting demons and ghosts. Yet he has no idea that he carries a world-shaking secret. Leading the Ghost Yamen's warriors, Xie Bangui launches a night raid on a prison for evil spirits, fights a bloody battle on the execution platform against a demon, encounters a soul-snatching carriage, and cleverly breaks a skeleton lock. He survives evil spirits' attempts to claim his life, outw 1.6kReads9.1Score15214d adds
- 155 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... 1.2kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 156 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 157 Gods and Demons of the Mortal World 人间神魔 Just because we have never seen something does not mean it does not exist. Just because we have heard a legend does not mean it is made up. Our fate must be in our own hands. If the gods tell me to accept my fate, I will shatter the gods. If the demons tell me to bow my head, I will trample their altar. What are gods and demons, anyway? Where are they? All will be revealed in Gods and Demons Among Men! 216Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 158 The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death 阴阳生死判 [Slow-paced story. Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.] Remote villages are often home to all kinds of bizarre legends. A hundred ghosts carry a coffin for a thousand miles to deliver a child... The King of Hell calls the roll, then hunts someone down for a thousand miles... These strange events all happen to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu: “I am the Judge of Life and Death. I’ll handle affairs in the world of the living, and affairs in the underworld too. The laws of the Underworld are strict. Le 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Mountain Ghost Laughs 山鬼笑兮 If there is someone on the mountain’s flank, wearing ivy and trailing creeping vines. Such beautiful words, so why is the truth so cruel? How much karma must be repaid in this lifetime? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Rogue Taoist 痞子道士 Xu Tian of the Ghost Dao Sect possesses astonishing powers, but after coming down from the mountain to enter the world, he has no ambition and just wants to lie flat and keep his family safe and sound. He never expected fate to play a joke on him: romance keeps coming his way, beautiful women flock to him, and danger is never far behind. Follow this young man, forced to work hard and make something of himself, as he puts on a show, catches ghosts, treats illnesses, and saves lives. 365Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 161 The Mountain and Sea Coffin 山海棺 Wooden coffins bury the dead, iron coffins conceal ghosts; silver coffins nurture demons, and golden coffins seal gods. After Grandpa dies, all spirits pay their respects at the shrine, and he is buried in a coffin among the mountains and seas... 362Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 162 From the Start: My Extreme Yin Sacred Body Awakens, Shocking Everyone 开局：极阴圣体启动，震惊所有人 [Plot twists + one heroine + suspense and horror + decisive killing + brotherhood] My name is Jiang Daotian. I was born on Ghost Festival, and I’ve been frail and sickly since childhood. When I was five, I became seriously ill, and major hospitals issued notices that I was in critical condition. My parents had plenty of connections and sought out many Taoist priests and immortal masters. But after looking at my birth details and fate, every one of them furrowed their brows and reached the same c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 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. 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 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... 436Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 165 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 166 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts 哪有什么鬼 (Urban supernatural, talismans and Taoist arts, yin-yang and feng shui, two male leads, mysterious agency) One of the male leads is a complete novice, forcibly carried to victory by a lecherous old man, a chubby chatterbox, and an internet-addicted loli. Together, they form the ultimate demon-hunting team. The other is a celestial master from Mount Longhu, the first in a century to emerge from seclusion. But after predicting that he will die at 28, he gives up and spends his days playing around. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Yin Sovereign: The Fox Immortal Arrives 阴天子，狐仙驾到 I was born with an extraordinary destiny, meant to become an emperor. But just after I was born, someone tried to sabotage my fate. To save me, my grandfather gave away the merit accumulated by eighteen generations of our family, and risked his own life to defy the heavens and change my destiny... 5.5kReads7.4Score35114d adds
- 168 Southern Mao, Northern Ma 南茅北马 With one sweep of my staff, I’ll wipe out every demon under heaven! I take life and death in stride, and if you won’t submit, I’ll fight! I’ll prove my Dao through killing, endless yet never extinguished! Yang Wujin is a man with no past life, only this one! The day he was born, the Azure Dragon offered a sacrifice, and a hundred ghosts were put to rout! 145Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 169 Livestreaming Advice to the Paranormal Bureau, I Inherited a Celestial Master’s Bloodline 直播指点灵异局，我继承了天师血统 While catching ghosts, Zhang Xinghe is accidentally knocked unconscious by an old ghost’s thousand-year-old breath. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a country where ghost lore is almost nonexistent. By chance, he sees the country’s paranormal bureau, an authority on the supernatural, livestreaming a ghost hunt. Unable to hold back, he offers a few pointers, setting off a firestorm online. The bureau even mobilizes netizens nationwide to find the “One-Browed Taoist” at all costs. What surpri 108Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 170 Nine Out of Ten Divinations Are Wrong 【十卦九不准】 [No heroine, not a power fantasy, no tired tropes. A sequel to The Nether Road, also known as Strange Tales of the Spirit Road.] Read people's fortunes when you meet them; divine the dead's paths when you encounter ghosts. Use yarrow stalks to cast hexagrams, and pluck gold to change fate. Walk among the corpses without fear, and never lose your way in the underworld. The practitioners of yin and yang arts investigate strange cases, while ancient mystic traditions probe the hearts of humankind. 546Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 171 The World Is Shocked by My Mountain Daoist Temple 拥有深山道观的我震惊世界 Xia Ran obtained the strongest Celestial Master Training System and became a reclusive wandering Taoist on Mount Liuyang, using the System to become the world's most powerful Celestial Master. He mastered every art of Taoism, from medicine and divination to physiognomy and fortune-telling. Countless powerful clans and tycoons flocked to Mount Liuyang. From then on, Mount Liuyang's Taoist temple became a sacred site known throughout the world, as well as a forbidden place that everyone feared. Xi 118Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 172 A Spirit Medium’s Disciple Who Became a Taoist 当道士的出马弟子 First, I offer incense as a disciple of the spirit-medium tradition. I am a junior student of Qingwei! This book has three aims! First, to explain some rather mysterious topics and present superstitious ideas from a scientific perspective! Second, to share a few tips on avoiding scams, so no one gets tricked! Third, there is no fantasy cultivation or wish-fulfillment in this book! Fourth, everything mentioned in the book is based on my own personal experience! Zhengyuantang, Wang Clan Immortal R 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Heir of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海传人 When I was nine, a horde of ghosts surrounded our house, all intent on taking my life! To save me, Grandpa went and found me a female ghost to be my wife… 210Reads9.0Score10314d adds
- 174 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行 The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m 123Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 175 After Three Years of Sign-In, My Identity as a Purple-Robed Celestial Master Is Exposed 签到三年，我紫袍天师身份被曝光 After transmigrating for three years, Su Han used his sign-in System to sign in at locations all over the country, obtaining countless Daoist inheritances, including the Golden Light Mantra, the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, and Fenghou Qimen. By a twist of fate, he also became the last Purple-Robed Celestial Master of his era. He had planned to keep a low profile, but then his younger sister secretly signed him up for a paranormal prank show. What he hadn’t expected was that, when night fell, a 1.5kReads5.4Score10014d adds
- 176 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 177 Yin-Yang Ghost Arts Master 阴阳鬼术师 Some bargains are too tempting to take; accepting them might cost you your life. After Old Wang downstairs died, people around me kept inexplicably trying to give me money, and these offers of money were often followed by death. To stay alive, I had no choice but to learn the secret arts Old Wang left behind, stepping into a mysterious underworld... 491Reads7.9Score10214d adds
- 178 The Most Ridiculously Unlucky Little Taoist in History 史上最坑小道士 What? Master, are you messing with me? Sending me down the mountain to gain experience is one thing, but now you want me to find a wife? Aren’t we forbidden from getting married? Fine, fine! So, in my quest to find a wife, I became the most troublemaking little Daoist... They say the world has yin and yang. Just because you don’t believe in something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’ve experienced far too many strange and uncanny things in my life, like the old woman sewing soles for shoes, and 1.8kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 179 The Celestial Master Comes Down the Mountain, Begging Outside the Funeral Shop for Me to Return 天师下山，跪在丧葬铺外求我出山 The Guardian General Cao Zhandong spent his life on the battlefield, fighting Japanese invaders, repelling northern tribes, and keeping the Golden Lions in check. He protected the borders and secured a century of peace, sparing countless people from the ravages of war. Now he has passed away, leaving behind only a single battle saber and a military cloak. The entire nation is shaken, and all the people mourn. A peerless patriot who devoted his entire life to the nation and lived with integrity 1.6kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 180 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 416Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 181 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score15514d adds
- 182 You Call Me a Con Artist? I'll Scatter Your Ashes to the Wind! 说我招摇撞骗？骨灰都给你扬了！ [Shameless Celestial Master] [Ghost Hunting and Case Solving] [Fortune-Telling on the Overpass] [Sweet-Talking and Deceiving] After being reborn, Zhang Yang activates the Shameless Celestial Master System and discovers that he seems to have become entangled in a conspiracy spanning a hundred years... The Seven Evils Corpse Vault, a dilapidated City God temple, a haunted apartment building, a living sacrifice to the River Goddess... Every unusual criminal case turns out to have a connection to 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 184 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 185 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 235Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 186 Patroller of the Living World 阳间巡逻人 Stories of spirit babies have circulated in the countryside of Sichuan and Chongqing for generations. When a baby dies, its lingering resentment can turn it into a ghost. Spirit babies were most common during the height of the one-child policy. As a child, I fed crows, which left me with an unusually strong aura of yin. Spirit babies often mistook me for one of their own, so someone later raised a ghost to protect me. On top of that, I have to work for the Underworld Bureau just to stay alive. 506Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 187 You Said You Were a Fake Celestial Master, So Why Do Female Ghosts Run When They See You? 说好假天师，为啥女鬼见你就跑？ In the class group chat, Jiang He’s identity as the sixty-sixth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain was exposed. But Jiang He had spent years studying Taoism under his grandfather and didn’t know a single spell, so he came clean and admitted he was a fake Celestial Master. When his classmates’ construction site was haunted, they invited Jiang He to perform a ritual. He thought he’d just have to go through the motions, but as soon as he began the ceremony, a woman in red appeared! “Din 5Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 188 The Last Yin-Yang Master 最后一个阴阳师 Twenty-three years ago, my father bought my mother for three hundred yuan. Twenty-three years later, a man claiming to be my second uncle returned to the village. What enormous secret lies behind my grandfather’s mysterious death? See how an ordinary young man navigates one dangerous situation after another, carefully uncovering a truth that should never have come to light. What connects the Ghost City of Fengdu, the divine realm of Kunlun, prehistoric Shennongjia, a mysterious space, vanished r 329Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 189 Believe in Science! School Beauty, What Are You Doing? 要相信科学，校花你在干啥？ Take a look at this man. His name is Xiaoshuai! He’s sitting cross-legged on his bed, with his palms facing up and resting on his knees. That’s right, he’s meditating. You could also call it sitting in meditation. It’s ten minutes until the Ghost Festival. The time is 11:50 p.m. He’s just curious, that’s all. He wants to know if ghosts and gods really exist in this world. Legend says the gates of the underworld swing wide open on this day. If you want to see ghosts and gods, this is the perfect 774Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 190 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 429Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 191 The Strange World: My Arts Shape Mountains and Rivers 诡异世界：我术开山河 [No Female Lead] [Not a Saint] [Taoist Arts + Supernatural Invasion + Alternate Ancient World + Decisive and Ruthless] Heaven and earth turned upside down. The blood moon rose high, its light slowly fading as darkness covered the land! The supernatural descended, throwing the world into chaos. The masses could no longer endure it, as fear and despair engulfed the entire continent! [Slay the Red-Robed Vengeful Ghost and receive one of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Arts: Demon-Slaying!] [Slay the 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 I Tell Fortunes at a Taoist Temple and Lie Flat 我在道观算命躺平 (An irreverent tale of a rural Taoist.) Hu Lie was forced to inherit his grandfather's line of work and became a fake Taoist priest. His temple was extremely modest, just a farmhouse that had been converted. Every day, he read fortunes, cast divinations, performed acupoint treatments, studied feng shui, and held ritual ceremonies. Gradually, he earned a bit of a reputation. As business at the temple picked up, his life grew more comfortable, and more and more people came to him for help. The lit 2.4kReads7.6Score15214d adds
- 193 Maoshan Taoist: Exposed on Xiaotuantuan's Livestream from the Start 茅山道士：开局被小团团直播曝光了 [Livestreaming + Maoshan Taoist + Little Dumpling + Ghostly Tales + Urban Fantasy] Zhang Mang is a Maoshan Taoist. He can read feng shui, divine yin and yang, communicate with heaven and earth, and perform supernatural arts. He can catch ghosts and subdue demons above, and explore tombs and hunt for treasure below. A haunted building is plagued by strange happenings late at night, and Zhang Mang is invited to deal with the ghosts. Paper, brush, ink, knife, and sword; three incense sticks, one of 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Exploring the World: The Unlucky Streamer and the Sneaky Celestial Master 探秘全球：大冤种主播和老六天师 Jin Qichen transmigrates to Blue Star, binds himself to the “Celestial Master Training Device,” and becomes a female streamer’s bodyguard. Together, they explore the world’s mysteries, such as a mysterious female corpse in an ancient underwater kingdom, a giant spider with a human face, and a bizarre plant resembling a hydra. [Self-Cultivation: Other people rely on hard work to cultivate, but all you need to do is steep goji berries in your thermos.] [Pill-Making: When your own abilities fall sh 5Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 195 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 There are many taboos passed down in everyday life. For example, never stick your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, and never look back when walking alone at night... But some people refuse to believe in them. The consequences? Death, or something worse than death! One taboo passed down by word of mouth in our village was never to touch the stone tablet beside the well. Then the village’s Eighth Master touched it, and terrifying events began happening one after another... 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 196 I Came Down the Mountain as a Corpse Driver and Scared My Online Girlfriend Silly 赶尸下山，我把网恋对象吓傻了 His shima told Zhang Hao to take his marriage contract and go down the mountain to meet his beautiful fiancée. Then the woman he'd been dating online for seven years sent him a message. Liu Shishi: "Let's break up. I don't want to keep staring at my phone." Zhang Hao: "I'm coming down the mountain." "Then... let's meet in person." "Let's meet in person tomorrow night. Don't keep me waiting." Liu Shishi brought her twin sister and showed up at the designated spot as promised. A young man 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 197 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
- 198 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… 3.3kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 199 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 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
