Novels like The Master of Ma Yi Divination
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- 151 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
- 152 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
- 153 A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生 By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j 385Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 154 The 90s-Era Celestial Master 九零后天师 Everyone knows the Book of Lu Ban, but few have heard of the Gongshu Manual. The art of creation has been passed down through the generations. A Celestial Master descends into the mortal world, stirring up storms across the land! 4.4kReads8.8Score626Shelves
- 155 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score327Shelves
- 157 Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin 九龙拉棺 The day my grandfather died, all living things on Mount Kunlun paid their respects. Dark clouds churned as nine dragons pulled an emerald divine coffin down from the heavens... People said: When an immortal passes into meditation, heavenly thunder welcomes them back to their place in the celestial court; When nine dragons pull a coffin, a divine coffin buries an immortal's body. 4.5kReads7.9Score404Shelves
- 158 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 159 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪:中华异事录 This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 160 The Demon in the Coffin 至棺重妖 The new novel, The Fragrance of the Living Dead: Handling Ghostly Affairs Among the Living, is now being serialized. The excitement never stops, with new chapters every day. If you enjoy it, please support the author, Ye Wei. Thank you all! [Mystery + Horror + Supernatural + Folk Tales of the Strange + Female Ghosts + Monsters + Mountain Spirits + Corpses] This is a strange little village hidden deep in the mountains... Ever since he was nine and encountered the dead rabbit crouched on his windo 1.6kReads9.2Score113Shelves
- 161 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score483Shelves
- 163 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
- 164 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... 9kReads8.5Score935Shelves
- 165 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score466Shelves
- 166 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score257Shelves
- 167 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score205Shelves
- 168 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔:甲子太平 [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.1kReads—Score143Shelves
- 169 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 8.5kReads7.6Score660Shelves
- 170 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 43Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 171 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.5kReads—Score163Shelves
- 172 After Grandpa Passed Away, I Read Feng Shui for People in the City 爷爷去世后我在都市给人看风水 [Supernatural] [Maoshan Daoist] [Zombie General Chen] [Cultivation, Godslaying] [This book has been adapted into a live-action audiobook. Give it a listen for an even more thrilling experience!] The Black and White Impermanence are my brothers! Granny Meng actually... I, a Maoshan Daoist, can cross between yin and yang and revisit the past. So what if I face the zombie General Chen? With one sword strike, ten thousand ghosts are annihilated. After searching all three realms, I discover that my b 7.6kReads8.0Score498Shelves
- 173 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 6.4kReads9.3Score644Shelves
- 174 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score188Shelves
- 175 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
- 176 The Name of Heaven's Wrath: Divine Thunder from the Nine Heavens Scours the Mortal World 天罚之名:九霄神雷劫红尘 Falling flowers and flowing water seem heartless; green mountains and evening snow each go their separate ways! The young Daoist from Shenxiao and his childhood friend, his junior uncle, journey through the mortal world together, enjoying life! The extraordinary may be closer than you think. The so-called gods, ghosts, and spirits may all be illusions! Those who cultivate the Dao cultivate the heart. Entering the world is a way to sever one's karmic ties! 220Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 11.3kReads8.5Score2kShelves
- 178 Why Do Zombies Go Out of Their Way to Avoid Me? 僵尸见我绕道走,为啥 Lin Xiaojiu was granted reincarnation by the will of Heaven. In his previous life, he was Maoshan's greatest Celestial Master, who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao. Reborn in this life to cultivate anew, he's invincible from the start! Others go weak in the knees at the sight of ghosts. When he shows up, zombies turn and run, while evil spirits kneel and beg for mercy. “Zombie bros, don't run! I haven't exorcised you yet!” “Are there no evil spirits in this generation who can put up a 8kReads9.5Score798Shelves
- 179 Face Reading Is This Simple 相法就是这么简单 This is a new book, and a good one that was let down by its rating. The heavens reveal signs of fortune and misfortune, and everything can be read through its outward appearance. This book describes the art of reading the appearances of all things. There’s no need to cast a divination: observe an object, discern its signs, and judge its fortune or misfortune at once. The Creator is a painter, and every joy and sorrow in her heart takes shape as an image. So once you understand how to read appear 200Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 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 I Asked You to Write a Horror Play, So Why Did You Have to Add a Deity? 让你写诡剧,您非要往里加神人? He Mo has always believed that eerie plays, with their dark, disturbing themes and wall-to-wall negativity, are bound to drive actors to a mental breakdown if they perform in them for too long. So he insists on adding a few absurd characters and comic plotlines to lighten things up. The more the theater objects, the more it proves he's doing the right thing. It shows that he's exposed the theater's intention to torment its actors through eerie plays. The more the actors object, the more it prove 329Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 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... 526Reads8.7Score111Shelves
- 183 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves
- 184 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score227Shelves
- 185 A Debt-Ridden Wage Slave Inherits a Mansion, but the Tenants Aren’t Human 负债牛马继承豪宅,但租客不是人 Chen Mo, a wage slave on the brink of being crushed by loan sharks, receives a mysterious phone call just as he’s losing hope. To his surprise, he inherits a mansion worth 30 million from a distant relative. He moves in overjoyed, only to discover that one of the tenants isn’t even human. The more he learns, the more shocked he becomes. It turns out a huge conspiracy is lurking behind it all... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 The Myriad Phenomena Restoration Bureau 万象修复局 [Urban Mystery + Folk Horror + Unusual Profession + Conceptual Restoration + Ensemble Cast + No System] When a city begins to forget “fire,” when the names of the dead appear on paper effigies, when streets vanish from the map overnight... Some things can be fixed when they break. But what if what's broken is a “concept” shared by all humanity? Shen Yan is an antique restorer and a member of the Bureau of Universal Restoration. He can restore the things this world is forgetting. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves
- 188 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 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
- 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 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves
- 191 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
- 192 The Face Reader Comes Down From the Mountain 相师下山 A country boy receives the true teachings of a Taoist master, then heads down the mountain and makes his way in the city. What can a rough country boy like him do? Qin Hai smiles faintly. “I can read faces and bones, appraise antiques, cast the Six Yao, and tell your fortune from your birth chart!” 38.2kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
- 193 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌:444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves
- 194 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.7kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
- 195 I Draw Talismans in Midair to Slay a Hundred Ghosts: I Am a Maoshan Celestial Master 凌空画符灭百鬼,我是茅山天师 [An immensely satisfying story+lots of perks+a lecherous, roguish young Maoshan Celestial Master wipes out a hundred ghosts+multiple heroines+ghosts run rampant] I am the seventy-second generation Seal-Bearing Celestial Master of Maoshan. I command thunder, fire, water, ice, and wood talismans, and understand the mysteries of heaven and earth. After twelve years of cultivation, I can gather spiritual energy into ink with a single finger, form spells in thin air, and wipe out a hundred ghosts wit 50Reads6.1Score105Shelves
- 196 The Dao God Among Mortals 道神在人间 Since the rise of humanity, the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Paths have stood side by side. The Heavenly Path sets the rules and restrains all living beings; the Earthly Path governs reincarnation and judges right and wrong, good and evil; while the Human Path takes the form of a Dao God, traveling through the mortal world to slay ghosts, monsters, and demons. But sometimes, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and demons... What does it mean to cultivate the Dao? It isn't about the de 2.9kReads9.0Score180Shelves
- 197 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
- 198 The Grand Feng Shui Master 大相师 Ten years ago, nine snakes crawled into my bed. Grandpa said someone was trying to steal my life. To keep me alive, he arranged an engagement for me to extend my lifespan... 8kReads9.3Score984Shelves
- 199 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… 4.1kReads9.0Score377Shelves
- 200 I Have a Book of the Yellow Springs 我有一本黄泉书 [Decisive and Ruthless + Violent Ghost Exorcism + Kill, Never Save + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The most terrifying thing in this world is often not ghosts, but people, especially ruthless men like me, who kill instead of saving souls. Chanting sutras to send the dead to a better afterlife, saving all sentient beings? None of that exists where I’m concerned. In this age of underworld officials, vengeful ghosts, and supernatural monsters, I seek only one thing: exorcising ghosts. I kill them. I don’t sa 525Reads6.9Score—Shelves

















































