Novels like Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries, best match first.
- 1 The Amateur Taoist 业余道士 I Fell in Love with a Female Demon! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Soul Split in Two: This World Needs an Underworld 魂分两路：这个世界要有个地府 Ghosts exist in this world. Ghosts are souls, not just human souls, but the souls of all kinds of living things. Ghosts, along with the few people who have broken through the limits of their own souls, wield a special power: soulforce. In ancient times, those who wielded the power of souls were known as soul practitioners. But with the advancement of technology, people today believe that ghosts and supernatural forces do not exist, and that science can explain everything. Things like will-o'- —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Repaying Yin Debts: The Living Must Not Pass 还阴债：活人禁行 From the day I was born, my whole family wore shrouds. The day my parents took theirs off, they died under mysterious circumstances. To keep me alive, my grandfather sacrificed himself... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The 749 Bureau's Classified Files: A Mission Across Time and Space 749局神秘档案跨越时空的使命 In a world where might makes right, the protagonist is born with a fire-type constitution. Blessed by the protagonist’s halo, he obtains a heaven-defying divine artifact and awakens the bloodline of the Phoenix. From then on, he embarks on a path to defy fate and change his destiny! He punches monsters and kicks demon kings, surging forward to claim unparalleled glory. The powerful all rush to befriend him, and his life is like having cheat codes turned on, exhilarating beyond belief! Want to ex 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Something’s Not Right with This Peach Blossom Spring! 这个桃花源不对劲！ [Slow burn + ensemble cast + urban supernatural abilities + no golden finger + mystery + Classic of Mountains and Seas + Cthulhu] The story takes place in the ancient town of Taohua. Jiang Cheng grew up in the local orphanage. The town was quiet and cut off from the outside world, and life there was like stagnant water, day after day. Then one day, he found an old, battered kite, and everything changed! Along the way, he encountered a bizarre black head beyond the wall, a big yellow dog that c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 From the Moment He Was Born, Fengdu Honored Him as the Ninth Master 降生那一刻，酆都尊他九先生 The instant a baby's cry rang out in the delivery room, undercurrents began swirling through the entire city of Fengdu. From the moment he was born, his fate had already been sealed. One day, he would walk between the worlds of the living and the dead, and even the Underworld Gods of the Ten Halls would address him as Mr. Jiu. Others only knew he possessed profound magical skills, never understanding why the gods treated him with such reverence. Only when layer upon layer of mist had lifted did 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Ancestral Secret Arts: I Alone Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 祖传秘术：我一人镇百鬼 In 1999, on the eve of the new century, a young man named Lu Ming drowned during a bizarre outing to the countryside. Yet his soul did not depart. Instead, it was drawn by a mysterious force back to his old home in a remote mountain village. He discovered that this seemingly ordinary ancestral home was actually a secret base belonging to the Yin-Yang Lu Clan, a family whose secrets had been passed down for generations. The Lu family were reclusive heirs to arts such as divination, exorcism and t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Banish Evil with My Left Hand, Keep the Martial World in Check with My Right 左手灭邪祟，右手平江湖 I was born with an extra soul, and I can remember everything from the moment I was born. Before I was even a month old, all sorts of people came to my home, and they had only one goal: to take me away. They said I was a rare Tianlu child, seen only once every few centuries, able to perceive the realms of yin and yang at six and attain an invulnerable body by ten. My parents refused. On the day I turned one month old, several groups finally came to blows, and every one of my close relatives fell —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After My Startup Failed, I Joined the Yamen to Exorcise Evil Spirits at a Funeral Shop 创业失败在寿衣店加入公门驱邪 [Parallel Wu-Yue folk customs + no System or golden finger + infighting within the government + mildly eerie supernatural elements] After his boastful grandpa dies, Zhong Mo joins a mysterious department he has never heard of before. From that moment on, his worldview is repeatedly turned upside down. Whether it's the two-thousand-year curse Wu Zixu laid upon himself, Fuchai, a revenger reincarnated across thousands of years, or the Heavenly Masters receiving their ordination after spiritual qi 52Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 10 I Own a Bank of Heaven and Earth 我有一座天地银行 There are four kinds of debts in this world: debts of love, debts of money, debts of fortune, and debts of life. Borrow, and you must repay. Qin Yang inherits the Bank of Heaven and Earth, and from then on takes charge of all debts in the world. Popular singer Ren Tianyao owes the Bank of Heaven and Earth ten years of her beauty. If she defaults, she must repay with her life, forfeiting sixteen years of her lifespan; Huang Yongming, chairman of the Gale Group, owes the Bank of Heaven and Earth t 35Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 11 The Years I Spent Handling Supernatural Cases for the State 我帮国家处理灵异事件的那几年 By a twist of fate, I was drawn into a bizarre murder case. From then on, I found myself caught up in one paranormal case after another across the country. I’ve experienced so many strange and eerie events that some still make my skin crawl and my hair stand on end when I think about them. Lend me your ears, and hear about the bizarre experiences I’ve had over the past few years. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Strange Way of the Divine Firmament 神霄诡道 (Folkloric horror) (No female lead) (Taoist priest) (Artisan) (Yin and yang) A bride who hangs herself on her wedding night, an eighteen-story hell built beneath a hospital morgue, rats holding a wedding in a mass grave. My once-peaceful life was shattered by the arrival of a girl. I lit three sticks of incense before my master's statue. But when I placed them in the incense burner, a gust of cold wind snapped two of them. 3.3kReads—Score32314d adds
- 13 The Nine-Fingered Yin Master 九指阴师 I was born disabled, and everyone says I’m a harbinger of death, reincarnated only to collect a debt from the dead. My mother wants to strangle me. My father wants to hack me to death with a knife. Only she doesn’t despise me. In the dead of night, beneath warm blankets, a cold person… 1kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 14 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 14Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 15 I'm Done Being a Celestial Master This Poor 这么穷的天师不当也罢 In times of peace and prosperity, Buddhism flourishes across the land while Daoists hide away in remote mountains. In times of chaos, Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye to worldly affairs, while the Old Lord shoulders his sword and saves a world in turmoil. Daoists emerge from seclusion to save the people only when chaos reigns. In prosperous times, they shun worldly gain and retreat to the mountains, pursuing the Great Dao in their hearts, untouched by mundane distractions. This seems to have become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Busy Telling Fortunes on Livestream, I Shoulder the Underworld's Performance Goals 直播算命忙，地府业绩肩上扛 [Livestream + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + satisfying revenge] An occult master accidentally transmigrates into a modern-day simpleton. “We practitioners of the mystic arts speak of fate, not money.” Then Tao Cancan spots a gorgeous three-story mansion someone owns. Uh-oh. Looks like she'll really have to buy it with money. Taking clients in person is too slow, so she opens a livestream and puts up a fortune-telling sign. Viewers call in one after another. “Master, my boyfriend proposed 238Reads—Score10914d adds
- 17 Tales of the Strange in Bluestone Alley 青石巷诡事录 [Supernatural] [Light Horror] [Episodic Stories] [Chinese Folk Customs] Deep in Qingzhou’s Qingshi Alley lies a ferry inn unknown to anyone. Its owner, Shen Du, exists beyond life and death. He has survived for a hundred years, all to dispel the obsessions of the departed. Behind every strange and uncanny event that comes to light are debts of humanity buried for a hundred years. A headsman’s rusty blade, a performer’s jade, salt smugglers bringing disaster, a canal guild’s water tokens, a night 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Soul-Returning Ledger 还魂帐 On the seventh day after death, the dead return to settle their debts. Funeral director Shen Yantian was born with the ability to see accounts. He audits, weighs, and settles accounts for the dead, at the cost of pawning a memory each time. Until he discovers that the account for the fire that should have killed him three years ago is blank. Someone died in his place. This is my first novel, so the plot moves a little quickly at the beginning. It gets better later on. Thank you for your understa 10Reads—Score18514d adds
- 19 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! 220Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 20 The Blood Mill 血磨坊 Mom is a zombie. Dad has a pure Yang constitution. And I was born as a walking delicacy for monsters. Demons run wild across Changbai Mountain. To summon heavenly thunder and subdue the demons, the entire village became living dead. 42Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 21 I Ferry Souls in the Mortal World 我在人间摆渡灵魂 Some people call me Master, others call me a charlatan. Some even respectfully address me as Grandmaster or Celestial Master. But really, I’m just an “ordinary” guide for the dead. Jiang Cheng, an unremarkable funeral master, awakens a mysterious ability after one particular funeral. He can actually see souls, or ghosts!!! (This story has only one supernatural character, the protagonist. It’s more of an everyday-life story with tearjerking moments, not a horror novel.) 50Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 22 Heavenly Strategy: The Return of the Immortal 天策：长生者的归途 [Mystery + Feng Shui + Ancient Tombs + Group Exploration] In the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, at Deshun Teahouse in Beiping. A young man in his early twenties sat alone by the window. Two cups of tea stood before him: one for himself, and the other for someone who had been waiting for two thousand years. His name was Zhou Ce, heir to the Zhou family of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. On the surface, he was simply a young man skilled in feng shui. But no one knew that he was the ve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Chronicles of Wangchuan City 忘川城记 Wangchuan City has three iron laws: The living cannot leave, the dead do not decay, and once the faceless statue in the City God's temple calls out a name, someone will die within three days. Shen Du, an eighteen-year-old corpse collector, has to check his arms every morning when he wakes. They are covered in warnings he carved into his own skin. Some have scabbed over, while others look as if they were carved only moments ago. He can't remember what happened the night before, why he can always 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Underworld Judge: I Livestream in the Mortal Realm! 地府判官，我在阳间开直播！ Supernatural: The protagonist isn't a self-sacrificing saint. A humorous, funny style with a touch of horror, set mainly in the modern city. Lin Tiannan is the only judge from the Underworld stationed in the world of the living! He leads a host of ghost generals, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, to keep the peaceful world in check! Welcome to the Judge's livestream! “Heh, you're all so lucky to see me again.” “Back! Back! Back!” “Dear streamer!” “Don't call me that. Call me Lord Judge!” “Sure thing, dear —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Blind Healer and Ghost Physiognomist 瞎医鬼相 [Supernatural, feng shui, fortune-telling, folk mysteries, no System] On the day Xiao Mufeng was born, a horde of ghosts tried to take his life. His second uncle died a horrific death, and his grandmother lost an arm. When he was six, his second aunt and grandmother died one after another. It was all because he was a ghost baby. Before she died, his grandmother sealed Xiao Mufeng's eyes, hoping he could live an ordinary life. Unexpectedly, on his eighteenth birthday, Xiao Mufeng accidentally bro —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 27 Archive of Anomalous Cases 异常项目档案 [Engineering Mystery + Folk Customs and Tomb Raiding + Anomalous Projects] Duan Zhiyuan had spent seven years working on IT projects and had dealt with all kinds of unreasonable clients. Then one day, a client came to him with a bizarre request: Install an access control system at an abandoned well. The well had been sealed for years. There was no passage at its mouth, and nobody went in or out. But every night at 3:03 a.m., the old System generated a card-swipe record. The cardholder was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Money Over Life: From the Start, I Kidnap a Red-Clad Vengeful Ghost 要钱不要命，开局拐卖红衣厉鬼 Ding! Thank you for contributing to the overhaul of the Underworld. The red-clad vengeful ghost has been accepted by the Underworld's coal mining department. Monthly income: 20,000 yuan. The System will deposit it into the Host's account regularly. The ghost child has been accepted by the Underworld's circus. Monthly income: 5,000 yuan. The System will deposit it into the Host's account regularly. The lecherous ghost has been accepted by the Underworld's obscenity review department. Monthly inco 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The All-Round Daoist Comes Down the Mountain 全能道士下山 Behind the glittering city, cultivation factions are stirring. Strange signs fill the heavens, and countless beams of light come plunging down… The protagonist, Wang Beichen, has spent thirty years cultivating the Way. At his master’s command, he descends the mountain to travel the world, carrying within him Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian arts, as well as the sword. They say a sword can slay immortals… They say someone once slew a god… They say the heavens have nine levels… They say no one guar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Century of Housebound Echoes, Filled with the Wails of Kin 百年宅响，尽是至亲泣 For a century, the old mansion has echoed with the weeping of kin. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 She Worshipped Her as a Goddess, Then Imprisoned Her Soul 敬她为神，困她为魂 She is revered as a god, yet imprisoned as a soul. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Little Prodigy Junior Brother 我的天才小师弟 [Modern city + supernatural + cultivation + lighthearted + a peerless genius] Mo Duoyan: Exorcising ghosts costs 100,000 yuan. Junior Brother: I'll give you a thousand. Mo Duoyan: Catching demons costs 200,000. Junior Brother: Donate it all. Mo Duoyan: Beautiful lady, a night of passion is worth a thousand gold. How about we go to a hotel and talk about life? Junior Brother: Senior Brother, mind if I sleep between you two? Mo Duoyan: Watch my immortal arts crush your Taoist magic! People 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Three Days on the Police Force, and I Got a One-Way Ticket to a Desolate Temple 警队入职三天，我拿到一张有去无回的荒庙车票 Three Days into the Police Force, I Got a One-Way Ticket to a Desolate Temple 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Heir to Mount Longhu: Zhang the Celestial Master of the Streets 龙虎山传人：市井张天师 He looks like a rough-and-tumble man, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a penchant for snark. He's also an heir to profound Taoist arts. His peachwood sword slays evil spirits, and his Heavenly Master's seal suppresses dark forces. A vivid and engaging supernatural novel. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Yin Grave 阴坟 I woke up to find myself lying in a coffin, dressed in an ancient-style wedding gown... 43Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 36 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Ten Lifetimes of Reincarnation: The Bottom-Ranked Outer Disciple Strikes Back 十世轮回，外门倒数的我杀回来了 Shen Zhuye’s family owned the last incense and candle shop in Qingxi Town. One day, he opened the account book and found three words on the final page that hadn’t been there before: One Question Owed. The words in the account book could ask questions on their own. That night, someone knocked at the door. The food delivery was half a bag of pond mud. As a chill crept in through the crack beneath the door, a man in white shielded him from disaster and spoke eight words: You have one year left to 190Reads—Score14314d adds
- 38 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 517Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 39 Lord Guan Guards the Night: From the Start, a Security Guard Gains the Remnant Will of the Martial Sage 关公镇夜：保安开局得武圣残念 [Bickering Couple + Mystery and Deduction + Witty Humor + Leveling Up and Fighting Monsters] Watch an ordinary person from the streets stumble into the business of yin and yang, as his hilarious journey of soul-catching begins! Male Lead: A down-on-his-luck man of humble origins, quick with a joke and fond of snarky remarks. A timid good-for-nothing at first, he grows into a composed and powerful protagonist who makes a comeback. Female Lead / Bickering Partner: Sharp-tongued and always trad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Tales of Yin and Yang Ghosts 阴阳鬼记 A Yin-Yang notebook lets me travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. A single Yin-Yang petition can make even the Judge of the Underworld yield. I have a Yin-Yang notebook filled with such petitions. My name is Ximen Rong, and my fellow practitioners call me Little Ghost. The ghosts all call me Young Master. This is my notebook, the most powerful weapon my master left me. He said only someone with the strongest spiritual intuition was worthy of reading it. But when I opened the note 15Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 41 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Who Says This Evil Path Is Bad? It's Absolutely Wonderful! 谁说这邪魔歪道坏？这可太棒了！ [Folklore and the supernatural + decisive and ruthless + dark and scheming + one heroine] The gates of hell swing wide, plunging the human world into chaos. Cultivators conceal their deeds from Heaven. They eat from the underworld, yet drink the blood of the living. Warring factions of occult practitioners battle one another, while officials and outlaws clash and unorthodox sects wait to profit. Ghosts and gods run rampant, monsters wreak havoc, and even the wicked can ascend to Heaven. Ghost-an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Part-Time Ghost Officer: You Ask If I Can Catch Ghosts? 兼职鬼差，你问我会不会捉鬼 Zhong Ze is so hopelessly unmotivated that his ancestor Zhong Kui storms up from the underworld and gives him a thorough beating. Then he teaches him cultivation techniques and gives him magical treasures, making Zhong Ze a part-time underworld ghost constable. In the mortal realm, Zhong Ze catches ghosts, banishes evil, and upholds justice on Heaven's behalf. Later, he is even invited to become an exorcist police officer. With an official post in both the mortal and spirit worlds, he thrives in —Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 44 When the Nursery Rhyme Begins, Close Your Eyes 童谣响起，请闭眼 At 12:17 a.m., audio restoration specialist Mo Feiyue hears his own name on a children's recording from 1998. On the tape, the children are singing "Drop the Handkerchief." But at the very end, a girl's voice suddenly joins in. "Mo Feiyue, why haven't you come yet?" The next second, his phone lights up on its own. [First Nursery Rhyme Realm: Drop the Handkerchief] [Before dawn, find the person who wasn't mentioned in the nursery rhyme.] From that day on, Mo Feiyue discovers that the familiar nur 1.6kReads—Score26814d adds
- 45 The Grand Mystic 大玄师 Sun Lei smiles faintly and raises a hand to split open the Yin-Yang Road. “Moved yet?” Demons, ghosts, monsters, and spirits: “Wouldn’t dare. Wouldn’t dare…” 132Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 46 After Moving into a Haunted House, the Male Ghosts Set Their Sights on Me 住进凶宅后，男鬼们盯上我了 [One female lead, three male leads] [Male ghosts] [All characters are sexually inexperienced] Ruan Xi wanted some peace and quiet, so she bought a century-old haunted house outright. But she never expected the “residents” to have no intention of leaving her in peace. Three male ghosts trapped there had all set their sights on her. They thought she was a helpless prey who had wandered into their trap. But they had no idea that she was the hunter who had walked into the cage. 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Ghost Eyes 鬼眼 I'm an orphan. To scrape together enough money for college tuition, I stole offerings from a cemetery. The next day, a bizarre eye grew on my body. To stay alive, I apprenticed myself to an insanely powerful master and learned some insanely powerful magic. Before long, I was a badass young Taoist, slaying demons and banishing evil. But hey, I'm just a nobody. I have no great ambitions or sense of justice. I do all this just to survive, earn a living, and enjoy the freedom of college life! Don't 2.4kReads—Score11414d adds
- 48 Ghost Ship in the Deep Sea: Witness to the Dead's Obsessions 深海幽灵邮轮：我见证死者的执念 Even kind ghosts can lie, and evil humans can be worse than demons. A luxury cruise ship that vanished without a trace more than twenty years ago drifts across an otherworldly sea, cut off from the rest of the world. Aboard are pitiful ghosts who cannot let go of the people they loved, and evil spirits willing to descend into darkness in pursuit of eternal life. Travel between the world of the living and the ghost ship, fulfill the dead’s final wishes, and search for a missing father. Disappeara 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Unemployed from the Start, I Can Only Survive by Swallowing Ghosts Whole 开局失业，只能生吞鬼物维持生活 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural City Life + Leveling Up + Almost Invincible + Everyday Life] Spiritual qi has revived across the globe, and the world is no longer at peace. Demons and gods lurking in legends have appeared once more. Xie Wunan is an ordinary office worker, yet he was born with Daoist eyes that let him see yin and yang and communicate with ghosts and gods. A tiger-head jade plaque gave him a new title: [General Who Subdues Spirits]. From then on, however, he also encountered 162Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 50 The Underworld Decree 阴职令 A wedding invitation, a register of the dead, and a journey as a guide between worlds. Chen Du was an ordinary young man, until the yin-difference title inherited from his ancestors swept him into the conflicts between the worlds of the living and the dead. Old scores beneath the locust tree, lost souls in the paper city, every debt had to be settled by his own hand. This is not a story about becoming an immortal. It is a cycle of repaying debts. —Reads—Score—14d adds
