Novels like The Grand Mystic
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Grand Mystic, best match first.
- 151 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 373Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 152 Creepy and Terrifying? Nonsense! This Is My Merit! 诡异恐怖？胡说！此乃贫道功德！ [Brutal Physical Slaughter] [Thunder Magic] [Summoning the Gods] [Do Whatever You Want] [Daoist] [No Female Lead] The Listening Thunder Temple does not worship Celestial Master Zhang or the Three Mao Patriarchs. Instead, it worships the Heavenly Worthy of Universal Transformation of the Nine Heavens and Responding to the Thunder, the principal deity of the Thunder Department. As a result, the Daoists of Listening Thunder Temple are known for their bad tempers. Don't believe in the Dao? Believe w 3.6kReads8.4Score208Shelves
- 153 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 My Girlfriend Is a Martial Arts Master, While I’m Invincible at Cultivation 女友武道通神，我修仙无敌 This book is also known as The System Made Me Tell Fortunes and My Life as a Charlatan. Feng Yan awakens the Heavenly Secrets System. He reads the secrets of heaven, sees the balance of yin and yang, and knows the fate of all people. He can control the underworld below and manipulate the Heavenly Dao above. The moment he gets the System, he discovers that his loser roommate is actually a trust-fund heir worth tens of billions, while the beautiful girl who’s always pursued him is a grandmaster wi 7.7kReads8.3Score584Shelves
- 155 The Yin Grave 阴坟 A soul on the bed, a grave beneath it. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, offerings are made to the gods. One ritual burned several people alive. Were they human, or spirits? 16.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 156 Entering the Dao with Immortal Guidance 带着仙家入道 I started out as a disciple of a top incense master, then met a wise teacher and became a young Taoist disciple. This book consists entirely of popular science and real-life experiences, and it also contains plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! Nothing is made up, and this is not a power fantasy about cultivating immortality. Your support is greatly appreciated! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 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. 4.2kReads8.7Score467Shelves
- 158 The Seventy-Two Transformations of Tiangang and Disha 天罡地煞七十二变 Demons run rampant, and ghosts devour people. Wild dogs dig up graves, fox spirits knock on doors, and eerie spirits wear painted faces! The calamity of heaven and earth has arrived, and all living things are as insignificant as ants. With a manual for slaying demons in hand, Jiang Chen will carve a brighter world out of this dark age! In this life, I ask nothing of the next. I seek only eternal life! 24.5kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 159 The Feng Shui Diviner 风水神相 [The short drama and comic adaptation are now available] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good karma; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. Eighteen years ago, an old Daoist priest found an abandoned baby in the mountains. Eighteen years later, a young feng shui master left his temple and came down from the mountain. Over the years, Jiang Chen learned all m 10.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 160 Twenty Years of Taoist Cultivation: I’m Invincible the Moment I Leave the Mountain 道观修行二十年：下山直接无敌 He was the last Taoist priest at Little Immortal Temple, skilled in divination, feng shui, martial arts, and medicine. But after one look at a woman in the crowd, fate decreed that he must descend the mountain and settle an old karmic bond with her. 12.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 161 The Year I Was Born, Ghosts Came Looking for a Groom 我出生那年，鬼招婿 The year I was born, ghosts came seeking a bride. To stay alive, I slept in a haunted coffin. When I was twelve, I was forced to marry a ghost bride, bringing disaster upon us all. My grandfather had me take an unclaimed grave as my master. I thought things would finally be peaceful from then on. But the good times didn't last. I discovered by chance that my ghost wife had been by my side all along... 12.2kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
- 162 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 20kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 163 From the Start, I Was a Little Zombie Raised by Uncle Jiu 开局从九叔养的小僵尸开始 Jiang Shi accidentally transmigrates into the world of the movie Mr. Vampire, only to discover that he is the little zombie raised by Uncle Jiu. The good news is that even a little zombie who cannot go out in the sunlight gets a Grudge Value System. Completing tasks earns him grudge points that let him level up. And so, as he keeps leveling up, a Zombie King is born. 569Reads8.5Score102Shelves
- 164 The Supreme Daoist: Endless Slaughter 道门太上：无尽杀戮 Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The arts of the Daoist sect shall be supreme! All the great paths under Heaven come from the Supreme One. The Supreme One has but one lineage: the Li family! (No female lead, no harem, no System, and not a story where the protagonist is completely invincible.) 8.6kReads9.3Score602Shelves
- 165 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score978Shelves
- 166 Summer Soaring to the Clouds 夏日凌云 This work is dedicated to everyone who loves shuttlecock sports. The first shuttlecock novel in the country, set in a school and centered on youth and sports. Reality and fantasy, dreams and passion, all intertwine in those memories. This is the journey of a beginner who endures countless trials and grows into an expert. Shuttlecock competition: a tradition of Chinese culture, an obscure yet thrilling sport. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 8Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 168 The Yin-Yang Sect Leader 阴阳掌门人 Corpse retrievers have three rules about bodies they must never retrieve. For the sake of a hundred thousand yuan, my father and I broke all three. As we were pulling a woman's corpse from the water, she suddenly opened her eyes. From then on, she wouldn't leave me alone… 7.7kReads8.6Score748Shelves
- 169 Supreme Ghost and Fiend Tamer 太上御鬼煞 When heaven and earth first emerged, chaos was divided; demons and monsters each claimed dominion. If anyone masters my Supreme Way, all ghosts and gods in the human realm will bow to them. [No female lead] [Semi-invincible protagonist] [A spectacular start from the very beginning] [Parallel-world supernatural fantasy] [Ensemble cast] The Supreme Taoist Li Changsheng series! Li Changsheng, the younger brother of the Dao Ancestor Laozi, also known as Li Er, makes a solemn vow: 22.8kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
- 170 Borrowing Yin Bones, Wife of the King of Hell 借阴骨，阎王妻 To keep me alive, my grandfather threw me into a mass grave and buried me with nine stunningly beautiful female corpses. But he never expected someone to cut open my chest and dig out my bones, leaving me on the brink of death… 8.3kReads8.9Score835Shelves
- 171 The Underworld: I've Got a Little Background 地府我有亿点背景 Cultivation? Doesn’t exist! I rode in on a stroke of great fortune, bearing the sun and moon on my shoulders and striding across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers! When I woke up, I was astonished to discover I was the real deal! … The big shots of the underworld? They’re my ancestors! As the underworld’s number-one rich playboy, I’m completely unfazed. Because spoiling the youngsters runs in my family. The underworld’s ghost officers? They’re my underlings! They can drive me around an 1.5kReads8.9Score138Shelves
- 172 Buried Blade 葬刀 There are two knives in my family, one for skinning and one for cutting bones. Grandpa always treasured those battered old knives, burning incense and worshipping them every day. I never understood why. Then one day, I used them to slaughter a fox. Only after disaster struck did I understand what those knives represented... 2.4kReads8.3Score248Shelves
- 173 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
- 174 Evil Projection 邪恶投影 “I’ve hacked evil gods to pieces in the Land of Corruption! Beaten ancient deities in the Wasteland! Fought monsters in city alleys! Caught pickpockets on buses! I’ve brought glory to my school, contributed to the Special Affairs Bureau, and shed blood to keep the world safe! How am I not worthy of a five-star review?!” Du Sheng squatted on the ground, chattering away at the corpse of the bizarre creature he had chopped in half. 1.4kReads8.4Score179Shelves
- 175 The Charlatan Comes Down the Mountain 神棍下山记 Jiang Shaobai grew up with his charlatan master, learning a few tricks of physiognomy and ghost-catching from the old fraud. After seeing his master mistaken for a con artist time and again, Jiang Shaobai decided that the profession of celestial master was doomed. He planned to become a civil servant instead. Studying hard, he finally got into a prestigious university and set out on the path to government service, only to run into one supernatural incident after another… 382Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 176 The Young Taoist Priest of the Celestial Masters' Mansion 天师府小道士 A little Taoist who could never catch a ghost returned to secular life. On his wedding day, not one of his fellow disciples showed up, but every ghost in the city gathered above the wedding venue. They wanted to shield the little fellow, who was always softhearted, endlessly chatty and eventually married a little fox, from a tribulation lightning strike. But that day, the sky was clear and cloudless, and nothing happened. 10.2kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 177 I Get Stronger Whenever I Encounter a Ghost 我，遇鬼就变强 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Thriller + Folk Customs + Comedy + Mind-Blowing Twists] Why was a finger missing from a corpse in a coffin, right before everyone’s eyes? Why were ghostly wails heard in the flower shop at midnight? Why did the figures in the shopping center elevator twist out of shape? The secret beneath the mandrake flowers, the bizarre death of a boy who livestreamed, a maze with no way out... Vengeful spirits are wreaking havoc. There’s no peace to be found! In the 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 179 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. 1.5kReads8.6Score160Shelves
- 180 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!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score586Shelves
- 181 Urban Astrologer 都市星相师 [Physiognomy + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Celestial Master + No Livestreams + No System + Cultivation + Immortality] My name is Ling Xiao, and I'm an astrologer making my way in the city! You might not know much about astrologers, but I'll name a few of my fellow disciples and you'll get the idea! Zhuge Liang, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, Liu Bowen... They're all senior members of my school! Astrologers are skilled at observing the stars, allowing them to discern the past and future, as well a 4kReads9.3Score294Shelves
- 182 The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪 I have a criminal gene. I was born a criminal. Fate led me to meet Lü Jie, and I followed her into the field of forensic medicine. Just before graduation, a horrific bloodbath took place on campus. Lü Jie vanished, her fate unknown. I fell from heaven into darkness, and a demon stirred in the depths of my soul. After graduating, I became a forensic doctor. On my first day at work, I was confronted with a shocking case: the Red-Clothed Killer, who had disappeared for years, was back. As I went a 11.3kReads8.7Score1kShelves
- 183 Taoist Master, You Really Can Exorcise Demons, Can't You? 道爷，你还真会降妖伏魔呀？ (Detailed Version) An old yellowed book dredged up while fishing turns out to be a key connecting two worlds. When Yuan Qiong is first sent to another world, what he sees completely overturns everything he thought he knew: This is a cultivation world where sword immortals soar through the skies and righteous gods manifest in the mortal realm, yet it is also a chaotic age overrun by demons. A bone woman combing her hair by moonlight, a fox demon taking human form, a River Lord demanding boys and 2.6kReads7.7Score257Shelves
- 184 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 23.9kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
- 185 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score130Shelves
- 186 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... 525Reads8.7Score109Shelves
- 187 The Destined Immortal-Boned Female Face Reader 天命仙骨女相师 I was born with the bones of a phoenix. Chen the Half-Immortal, who had spent half his life telling fortunes in the village, said I was the reincarnation of the living Bodhisattva worshipped in the village shrine. That was why I had a natural gift for discerning yin from yang and driving out ghosts and spirits. But before I turned six, I was an idiot, because someone had stolen my spiritual root with a forbidden art that defied heaven. Only after a master who came to ask my adoptive mother for h 245Reads9.3Score206Shelves
- 188 Demon Revival: I Demolish the Demon-Suppressing Temple from the Start 妖魔复苏：开局强拆镇妖观 During construction at the Wangwu Mountain Scenic Area, a dilapidated Taoist temple refused to be demolished and was condemned by the entire internet. People sneered that today's Taoist priests were greedy and mercenary, willing to become holdouts for a higher demolition payout! But no one knew that countless monsters, demons, evil spirits, and vengeful ghosts were sealed beneath the temple. For thousands of years, generation after generation of guardians from the Demon-Suppressing Temple had gi 550Reads5.1Score101Shelves
- 189 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 2.5kReads9.1Score389Shelves
- 190 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.4kReads6.6Score189Shelves
- 191 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! 13kReads8.2Score861Shelves
- 192 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! 1.8kReads8.2Score238Shelves
- 193 I Am the Leader of the Mystic Sect, and the Founding Master in Two Worlds 玄门都领袖我在两界当祖师 P.S. “Before the spiritual qi revival, you called me a penniless Daoist. I didn’t hold it against you. Now that spiritual qi has revived, tell me, what should you call me?” “~The Supreme Immortal of Purple Pole, the True Man of One Yang, the Great Luo Celestial Immortal of the Most High, the Long-Lived Sage of Purple Pole, the Illustrious and Spiritual Lord Who Governs All Origins, the Jade Void’s Supreme Overseer of the Five Thunders, the Sovereign of the Myriad Longevity Imperial Domain, who P 710Reads7.9Score110Shelves
- 194 Suppressing Yin and Yang 镇阴阳 [Supernatural The Underworld Comedy No female lead Not human] I used to think I was just an ordinary person. But on the day I was born, Yama sent a child into the world, ten thousand ghosts entered my body, and every ghost within a hundred miles hid in fear. The Underworld’s gods of the dead avoided me like the plague. In this life, I shall command yin and yang and tread the cycle of reincarnation. I only hope this song of sorrow ends in splendor… 3.9kReads9.0Score359Shelves
- 195 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 8.1kReads7.6Score653Shelves
- 196 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.5kReads8.3Score698Shelves
- 197 A Ghost Chased Me for Three Blocks, So I Scared It Into Calling Me Daddy 被鬼追了三条街，反手吓的鬼叫爹 From the start, Zhang Yang was chased by a ghost for three whole blocks. At that critical moment, he awakened the Ghost-Scaring System and immediately summoned the founding master to possess him, then pinned the ghost down and beat it senseless. From then on, terrifying tales about Zhang Yang began spreading among the ghosts. Headless ghost: “Damn, he used my head as a ball and kicked it around...” Water ghost: “He drained all the water just to catch me. Who am I supposed to complain to?” Hanged 1.1kReads8.8Score112Shelves
- 198 Tattered Robe 残袍 He lives in the war-torn Republic of China era. Though he possesses peerless mystical arts, he isn't a Taoist priest. He walks the line between good and evil, accompanied by an old cat that escaped from an ancient tomb. To be precise, it isn't a cat at all, but no one knows what it really is. 24.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 199 The Divine Son-in-Law in Hemp Clothes 麻衣神婿 The day I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. To keep me alive, my grandfather came out of retirement and arranged an engagement to prolong my life. Twenty years later, thanks to the great fortune my grandfather bestowed on her family, my fiancée had become the richest woman in the land, yet her family broke off our engagement. They had badly underestimated my grandfather’s power and my background. Then karma came knocking... 9kReads8.5Score925Shelves
- 200 Haunted Taoist Temple: I Only Hunt the Most Ominous Things 恐怖道观：我只抓大凶之物 “My good apprentice, you've completed your training. You may leave the mountain now.” “Rest assured, Master. Once I descend the mountain, I will vanquish demons and exorcise evil, restoring the glory of our Daoist tradition!” “To temper your character, I have a small test for you.” “I won't let you down, Master!” “Excellent. There's a young woman down the mountain. Go marry her!” “What?!” … 3.3kReads8.9Score354Shelves
