Novels like The Puppet Master's World
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- 101 Recruit the Iron Triangle from the Start and Open a Corpse-Driving Inn 开局招募铁三角，成立赶尸客栈 Su Xiao transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world and, from the start, recruits the Iron Triangle and establishes a corpse-driving inn. Xiao Ge, Wu Xie, Pangzi, and Su Xiao learn Maoshan corpse-driving arts. Gradually, they also master corpse retrieval, spirit communication, and demon exorcism... Su Xiao, meanwhile, stays behind the scenes, with knowledge of the gods above and the underworld below. 19Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 102 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Years I Spent as a Shepherd 我当羊倌那些年 A noodle shop packed with customers uses eels dug out of graves. A scrawny yellow dog is willing to develop gallstones for the sake of its master. A man-eating catfish has a water-swallowing pearl in its belly, while the teeth of an ancient corpse have turned to jade. As an heir to the grave-robbing treasure-seeking trade, I transmigrate through mountains and forests in search of heavenly treasures. People call those of our trade shepherds… 2kReads8.1Score24314d adds
- 104 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 668Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 105 Rejected at a Job Interview, I Turned to Corpse Driving: Scaring Dai Xiaomei to Tears from the Start 面试被拒去赶尸：开局吓哭呆小妹 Autumn has arrived, and graduation season is here once again. Lin Yuan gets rejected from a job interview, then learns he has a terminal illness. In the class group chat, his classmates laugh: “You're the only one in the whole class who still hasn't found an internship, Lin Yuan. Are you planning to live off your parents forever?” Class monitor: “Wang Tianzong has already started his own company!” Wang Tianzong: “I'm short a cleaner for the office bathrooms. Want to give it a try? If you do well 115Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 106 The Yin Fourth Gate 阴四门 [One heroine + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium] (Adapted into an audio IP) Prequel to "A One-Stop Funeral Service, with Cyber Immortals by My Side" (It’s perfectly normal for a funeral officiant like me to summon immortals, right?). The Yin Four Trades: an occupation that lives entirely off the dead. What would happen if the strongest spirit medium within thousands of miles joined one of the Yin Four Trades… 849Reads8.6Score15214d adds
- 107 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 108 The Greatest Pawnshop Under Heaven 天字第一當 By day, this pawnshop looks utterly ordinary, but it has one strange rule: anyone who pawns an item or buys an unredeemed one gets a free fortune reading. Stranger still, once midnight comes, the shop welcomes all kinds of bizarre visitors… 3.5kReads8.9Score38414d adds
- 109 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 667Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 110 Forbidden Secrets of the Yellow Springs 黄泉禁忌 My family runs a coffin shop. For several days in a row, a strange woman came by asking whether we had seven large, unpainted red coffins. And then... I have a book called Yellow Springs. It records the forbidden secrets of this world that no one else knows! 4.7kReads8.8Score36214d adds
- 111 The Horror Story Editorial Department 惊悚故事编辑部 “Welcome to the Horror Story Editorial Department. Here, you’ll enjoy an extraordinary horror-reading experience. In these stories, you are both the author and the reader. Now, begin your reading journey and share your frightening experiences with other readers.” 131Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 112 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 687Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 113 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 114 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Tales of the Shangqing Sect 上清宗往事 After accidentally stumbling into the Four Fiends Soul-Suppressing Formation, he finds his life ticking down to its end in seven years. He joins the Daoist sect in pursuit of immortality, grows stronger as he encounters zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters, travels the human world and seeks out hidden realms, slays demons and monsters to prove the Dao, and searches through the Six Paths of Reincarnation for true immortality. Only today does he finally realize who he truly is. 6kReads8.8Score57814d adds
- 116 Summoning the Immortals 招仙 A successor to the Corpse-Measuring tradition, the Ma Immortals return! The Ma family’s disciples can divine fortune and misfortune and ward off evil. Wave the spirit-summoning banner, and the immortals will gather; lower the Immortal-Suppressing Seal, and every demon will be destroyed! I died for three days, then came back to life. From that moment on, I experienced a series of untold stories... 731Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 117 This Daoist Strikes, He Pulls Up the Roots 贫道出手，斩草必除根 Feng Shui and the Supernatural ☞ Daoist Arts and Witchcraft ☞ If it can be killed, leave no survivors ☞ Ghosts and monsters ☞ No female lead I am Tian Jiu, a Daoist priest nicknamed the Heretic... Ageless and undying, beyond the cycle of reincarnation, I walk beneath the sun, driving out ghosts and subduing demons... Whether you’re a demon, monster, ghost, or fiend, I’ll reduce you to ashes... If I, Tian Jiu, cannot ascend among the immortals, then I’ll protect the mortal world... Countless immo 1.3kReads7.1Score10514d adds
- 118 Tomb Guardian: I Guard the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Evolving from Organs Up 守墓：镇守始皇陵从器官进化开始 Mu Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he is stationed to guard the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. By chance, he unlocks the tomb keeper's organ-evolution ability. Your right hand can't beat a corpse beetle. In a fit of rage, you unlock the power of the Qilin and punch one into the next life. Your eyes can't recognize your opponent. In a fit of pique, you unlock an identification function. You can't catch up with your enemy, and your left leg feels deeply ashamed, unlocking the divine 485Reads8.5Score11114d adds
- 119 The Poor Corpse Driver, Whose Sister at the Public Security Bureau Begs to Become His Disciple 穷鬼赶尸匠，市局妹妹跪求拜师 Chen Mu is a university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine. His father raised him on a shoestring, so tight that he has to work part-time just to pay his tuition. While gathering medicinal herbs, he stumbles upon a woman's corpse. After calling the police, he shows off his corpse-driving skills, making the body open its eyes and point out the killer. The cops who mocked him for watching too many movies are scared out of their wits. He uses corpses as “living maps” and smashes crimi 812Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 120 The Corpse Walker: I Brought Your Ancestors Back 赶尸人：我把你们祖宗找回来了 Han Tian was a killer who bound himself to the [Corpse-Driving System] at the brink of life and death. From then on, he embarked on a very different path. A Fourth Master who turns to people's ancestors whenever he can't make up his mind? A Black Panther who can draw talismans? A corpse driver who uses brute force to deal with ghosts? He brought back a group of ancient corpses from a tomb deep in the mountains. Going from house to house, he said, “Come on, I've brought your ancestor back.” Now t 1kReads8.2Score10614d adds
- 121 SSS-Rank Talent from the Start: Turning the School Belle into a Puppet 开局SSS天赋：把校花做成傀偶 [Spiritual qi revival + ruthless and decisive + urban + supernatural abilities + no female lead] After experiencing life and death, Qi Yan awoke again in a completely new world. This place was filled with all kinds of innate abilities and bizarre beasts. From the start, Qi Yan awakened a top-tier talent: an SSS-rank Puppet Master. Before he could even take it all in, his awakening brought a constant stream of assassinations, domestic scheming, and more... Qi Yan: ...What a pain. His hands were s 2.5kReads8.3Score36314d adds
- 122 [Borrowing Evil Bones, I Become a Ghost Immortal and Break the Yin-Yang Divide] 【借邪骨，我以鬼仙破阴阳】 [Supernatural + Revenge + Magical Duels + Folk Horror + Feng Shui + One Heroine] I was born stillborn, but my grandfather brought me back to life with a fiend god's sinister bone! Yet my resurrection turned me into a freak who constantly attracted calamity, bringing about the deaths of my entire family. Only after I became a corpse collector did my fate take a dramatic turn! With a fiend god on my back, I will roam freely between the worlds of yin and yang, fearing no taboo. I bear the corpse co 7.3kReads7.6Score99914d adds
- 123 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 536Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 124 I’d Just Become a Celestial Master When Someone Showed Up to Call Me a Fraud 我，刚成天师，就被人上门打假 Trapped for a thousand years inside the sect leader’s jade ring, Yang Fan advanced to Celestial Master and returned to the city with power that could reach the heavens and shake the earth. Who knew he would immediately be called out by a hugely popular livestreamer? “Everyone, can you believe there are still people who claim they can tell fortunes these days? Let’s expose this fraud together today!” Three sentences later, the livestreamer said, “Master, could you tell me if I can become a famous 460Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 125 Purple Thunder Zombie 紫雷僵尸 [Jiangshi + Uncle Jiu + My Date with a Vampire + Crossover of Film and TV Worlds + Taoist Priest + God of War + Humorous] A bolt of purple lightning strikes, and Hou Qin transmigrates into a jiangshi. A transmigrator System? No. I have the king of lightning, the Purple Thunder! An indestructible body! Transformation! Devouring! His first time committing a crime, he encounters a young Uncle Jiu. He wreaks havoc in a town, and Ao Tianlong, Uncle Jiu’s second brother, comes after him. He eats witho 226Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 126 God Suppressor 镇神 A deadly evil curse, a Taoist priest ascending to immortality, and a great calamity on the horizon. The Daoist sect's young patriarch has no choice but to descend the mountain and save the world, only to find a greater conspiracy unfolding one after another. 2.5kReads6.9Score16114d adds
- 127 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score35014d adds
- 128 King of Gu Sorcery 蛊术之王 (Miaojiang + Chiyou + Supernatural + Gu Poison) A hundred years ago, the last Gu King passed away, leaving behind a Golden Silkworm Gu. A hundred years later, on a winter night, two boys were born one after the other. Their arrivals in the world were perilous and strange. One was a Gu fetus, the other a ghost infant! [Miaojiang Gu Arts, Feng Shui Talismans, Evil Spirits and Gu Gods] [Brotherhood] 1.1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 129 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... 371Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 130 Old Tales of the Dead Village 死人村旧事 Chen Ergou holds a stalk of grass and gently pokes at the paper money still smoldering in front of him. Behind him, a dense crowd of “people” from the village and beyond stands packed together... Hanwa, his belly slit open and his tongue hanging down to his chest; Sufen, naked, with raw flesh exposed; the Fat Taoist, whose limbs and head are covered with tightly packed stitches at the joints; Tian Da, his body stiff, a walking stick jutting from his wide-open mouth; Xiao Zhao, pale-faced and dri 185Reads8.4Score10914d adds
- 131 The Maoshan Corpse King 茅山尸王 (Urban supernatural, talismans and Taoist arts, hand seals and incantations, action-packed power-ups, explosive battles) Hunting ghosts and demons can get your adrenaline pumping too!!! Born with an innate Daoist body and bearing the bloodline of the Corpse King, he wields a peachwood sword in his left hand and a copper-coin sword in his right. He strides across the innate Eight Trigrams and declares the Heavenly Master’s sacred words. Tell me, who in the worlds of yin and yang would dare fight 3.1kReads8.6Score23214d adds
- 132 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 237Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 133 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 134 The Godslayer of the Countryside 乡村弑神者 [Chinese-style horror + not a power fantasy + more terrifying the more you think about it] When I was eight, my maternal grandfather took my two uncles and me to Chang'an Village to help harvest rice. Not long after we arrived, someone died under mysterious circumstances. Worried something might happen to me, my grandfather told my eldest uncle to take me home first. Before we left, he repeatedly warned us not to speak to anyone we met on the road. My eldest uncle agreed, and we hurried back. Ha 735Reads8.9Score10514d adds
- 135 Legends of the Strange in Beiling 北岭怪谈 Legend has it that deep in the Greater Khingan Range lies a tomb for the living. Every year, people venture into the remote, treacherous mountains under the pretext of digging for ginseng: knife fighters from Hebei, bandits from the Northeast, treasure seekers from Shanxi... But I know they all have just one goal: the Immortal Tai Sui. 1.5kReads8.0Score19314d adds
- 136 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 1.6kReads9.1Score14414d adds
- 137 Demons Run Rampant? Bring It On! I'll Kill Every Last One! 妖魔乱世？来！有多少我杀多少！ The legendary young Daoist Feng Guangling was struck down by heavenly retribution while researching instant-cast spells, and his soul transmigrated into the body of a spoiled wastrel. Bad news: I was struck by heavenly retribution while researching instant-cast Daoist magic. Good news: Someone shot my soul right out of me, and then I transmigrated! Bad news: I transmigrated into a thug who never studies, bullies men and women alike, and runs wild through the local area! Good news: I have a great 1.6kReads7.5Score14614d adds
- 138 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 139 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 140 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. 4.5kReads7.9Score40414d adds
- 141 Thriller Game: The Paper Dolls I Make Can Slay Gods 惊悚游戏：我扎的纸人可斩神 [Supernatural Revival + Infinite Flow + A Somewhat Mind-Bending Plot] Supernatural phenomena returned, and plants and animals underwent massive evolution. To train a new generation of superpowered individuals, people in the future created countless horror-game instances, hoping players would awaken their powers between life and death and save the world of the future. Ye Qianfan entered the world of horror after choosing to take revenge. He never expected to awaken a superpower in the game, or 172Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 142 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 299Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 143 Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master: I Wield the Art of Qimen Dunjia 斩龙天师：我身怀奇门遁甲术 On the day I was born, a dragon skeleton was unearthed beneath our ancestral home. My grandfather said I was the dragon reincarnated, and that I would live no longer than twenty years. To stay alive, I became the last Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master in the world. 3.1kReads8.8Score23414d adds
- 144 Heir to the Five Arts 五术传人 All the arts of divination under heaven fall into five branches. They are: Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination, and Physiognomy. More specifically, they include magic, talismans and incantations, the Four Pillars of Destiny, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, feng shui based on the principles of qi, face reading, bone reading, and more... Our Wei clan is the guiding principle behind all five arts. The five arts encompass everything and seize the workings of Heaven. Thus, only those blessed with 1.7kReads8.3Score17114d adds
- 145 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 207Reads—Score1414d adds
- 146 Starting at a Mountain Daoist Temple, I Become Famous Worldwide 从深山道观开始，举世闻名 After his master ascends to immortality, Lin Yun returns to Longshou Mountain and inherits the position of abbot at Yun Yin Temple. He also awakens a god-tier livestream System. By gaining popularity through his streams, he can enter System draws and obtain miraculous items from the Myriad Worlds. [Waves Treading Steps]: A movement technique based on the I Ching and the Eight Trigrams, from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Move like a phantom and glide through the air, making countless people question 633Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 147 The Purple Robe Turned Red, and the Celestial Master Hanged Himself! 紫袍换红衣，天师上吊了！ Horror has returned, and ghosts are running rampant. Years ago, the legendary ghost Huang Fugu ran amok across the land. The former Celestial Master, Zhang Ze's master, stood against it without hesitation and ultimately gave his life in exchange for a brief period of peace. Years later, Huang Fugu appeared once more in Kangcheng. Faced with this powerful ghost, the current Celestial Master, Zhang Ze, drew on the experience his master had left him. He avoided a direct confrontation and tried t 3.6kReads5.3Score33014d adds
- 148 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 326Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 149 The Local Official 土官 In some parts of northern China, a local ritual master is the person who presides over funeral rites. The role is semi-official, and local ritual masters are also responsible for the village shrines to the Earth God. As the times change, this profession is destined to disappear. But the protagonist, whose mother died when he was ten, finds a different path: he lives with an open heart and no fear, and with kindness in his heart and no regrets. 4.6kReads8.9Score47314d adds
- 150 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 331Reads—Score—14d adds
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