Novels like The Yin-Yang Spirit Medium
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- 101 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Night Watchman: Tales from the Underworld 打更人之走阴夜话 People bear five poisons and seven emotions, eight sufferings and nine calamities. Good and evil, life and death, cause and effect, the cycle of reincarnation. Ghosts become human, humans turn into demons, and nothing ever ends. When day and night blur and humans mingle with ghosts, night watchmen walk the world. A Soul-Calming Hammer and a Spirit-Soothing Gong suppress wicked thoughts and demons, and lay good-hearted souls to rest. Their ceaseless passage through the world bears witness to the 462Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 103 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 27Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 104 Underworld Contract Worker 地府合同工 Ox-Head and Horse-Face greet me with smiles, while I sing “Conquer” on the Bridge of Helplessness. The Five Directional Ghost Emperors treat me as an honored guest, and the Ten Yama Kings drink with me. Don’t envy how badass I am. I know just how badass I am! The Underworld’s agent (contract worker)... That’s how fresh and badass I am! 26Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 105 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 1.8kReads8.3Score21014d adds
- 106 The Maoshan Patriarch 茅山祖师 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a world of movies and becomes the eldest disciple of the Maoshan Patriarch during the Republic of China era! Demons and monsters are no match for him, and defeating them earns him blessings and merit. With the Patriarch at his back and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Maoshan Celestial Master is waiting for me, Zhao Hao! 1.3kReads6.7Score14514d adds
- 107 The Maoshan Heavenly Master 茅山天师 My grandmother’s death indirectly set me on a path completely unlike that of ordinary people. From then on, my fate began to change. The farther I traveled along this road, the more strange things I experienced: underworld messengers, the Eight-Gate Corpse Fiend, the Spirit Rock Ghost Realm, the Kunlun Demon Droughtfiend, and more. Then I suddenly realized that all these events seemed to point toward a conspiracy, one powerful enough to turn the world upside down... 1.5kReads7.5Score8614d adds
- 108 Corpse Veins 尸脉 [No exaggeration, no System, a heartwarming story with a bit of a slow start.] Just a series of exciting adventures and a touching father-daughter bond. I live by one saying: “As a Maoshan disciple, if you see someone die and do nothing, Heaven will strike you down.” 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Asked You to Make Paper Effigies, Not Control the Yin Soldiers 让你做扎纸匠，没让你控制阴兵 Ye Xuan is a paper effigy maker who unexpectedly gets the strongest Paper Effigy System. The more effigies he makes, the stronger he becomes. Then one day, a popular celebrity on a film set draws eyes on one of his paper effigies. Who could have guessed it would come to life and snap the celebrity’s neck? Ye Xuan is accused of using someone else to do his dirty work. From then on, his name becomes a trending topic, and everyone learns he’s a paper effigy maker. A string of bizarre incidents foll 185Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 110 The Years I Didn't Become a Flood Dragon 我不做蛟龙的那些年 Three times I stormed the underworld to save my beloved, only to meet my end beneath the Five Thunderbolts. Good deeds bring good karma, and the soul never perishes. Watch me reincarnate and turn my life around. Expose the wicked, defeat great evil, untangle karmic ties, and sever worldly attachments. Will I pursue love to the very end, or ascend to become a dragon...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 169Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 114 Horror Livestream: The Whole Nation Watches Me Catch Ghosts Live 恐怖直播：全民看我在线捉鬼 Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world plagued by strange phenomena, where all manner of demons and ghosts have appeared. Everyone has entered an age of horror livestream challenges. After being bound to a System, Chen Feng easily becomes the first person to win nine consecutive challenges! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a thousand-year-old zombie. Reward: one powerful virility pill!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a painted-skin long-tongued ghost. Reward: one 62Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 115 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 116 Horror Revival: I Get Stronger from the Start by Slaying Ghosts 恐怖复苏：开局砍鬼就变强 Tong Zheng transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and ghosts run rampant. He activates the Physical Exorcism System. He starts with a knife, and the only way to level up is to slash. A vengeful ghost haunts a hospital. Tong Zheng arrives and strikes once, leaving it completely stunned. Ghost: What did I ever do to deserve dying to a blade like that? A construction site uncovers an ancient tomb, where a century-old fierce ghost causes trouble. Tong Zheng arrives to su 1.1kReads8.5Score5914d adds
- 117 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I’m Set Up on a Blind Date with Huo Xiuxiu 盗墓之开局就和霍秀秀相亲 Shen Lin transmigrated by accident into a world of tomb raiding, and had planned to keep a low profile and build his strength. But from the start, he was set up on a blind date with Huo Xiuxiu and bound to a Corpse-Driving System. “Fatty, Wu Xie, get over here! I think I’ve messed up!” “I accidentally locked myself inside a coffin. Hurry up and save me!!” When the two arrived at the scene, they both heard an eerie sound. “Jingling... Jingling... Jingling...” “The dead are on the road. The living 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 118 The Maoshan Occultist 茅山诡术师 My name is Fang Gang. I was stolen the moment I was born. From then on, my life unfolded into an epic tale, as turbulent as it was mysterious. 379Reads8.6Score5814d adds
- 119 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行 The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m 123Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 120 Strange Tales of a Mysterious Demon Realm 诡秘妖世奇谈 Nine-Tailed Fox, Jiu Ying, Bone Demon, Jade Rabbit, Kui, Phoenix, Qilin… From the start, he gets a teahouse, then discovers he has a special ability that makes monsters feel close to him and submit to him? After transmigrating, he arrives in a world of demons and ghosts, where he finds that every monster either wants to cling to him or eat him… A split personality, a great demon living inside him, a loyal and righteous nature in the early stages, then white-haired and demonic later on as he take 82Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 121 The Unrivaled Heavenly Master 天师无双 The nine stars align, and good and evil are turned upside down. A great war between the Underworld and the Nether Capital is imminent. The Corpse Clan is rising, the Heavenly Ghosts seek to invade, the Heavenly Demons circle overhead, and great monsters descend. The Demon Buddha Sect, the Corpse Immortal Cult, and the Immortal Alliance are all stirring. Ghosts roam by day, demons hide among humanity, little ghosts are hard to deal with, corpse-driving and zombie-exorcising arts abound, the Five 29Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 122 I Am a Taoist 我是一个道士 I'm a freak who combines the traits of a ghost, a virgin boy, and a star of ill fortune, and I also possess yin-yang eyes. I join a cursed Daoist sect. Watch as I struggle to make my way along the path of cultivation while bearing this curse. 155Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 123 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 124 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office 阴阳事务所 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office is closed during the day and open at night. We don't take cases from the living, only from ghosts. I'm a man of principles. What? A pretty young lady wants to come visit? Yo, I might consider it! A bewitchingly beautiful, sultry red-robed female ghost; a headless ghost whose head was chopped off with an axe; the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld... They're all regulars here. To tell you the truth, even the King of Hell was raised by me! 355Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 125 In My Next Life... 下辈子…… In the next life... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score13214d adds
- 128 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 129 Supernatural Revival: I'm the Only One Who Knows the Plot 灵异复苏：只有我知道剧情 Chen Mu transmigrated into a parallel world where the supernatural was resurging. Terrifying ghosts were everywhere, posing a grave threat to humanity. Humanity's only way to fight back against the resurrected ghosts was to enter the mysterious Tower of Reincarnation. Clear its various instances and earn System rewards, growing stronger in the process! After entering the Tower of Reincarnation, which others described as mysterious and perilous at every turn, Chen Mu discovered something. Mr. Vam 985Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 130 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 491Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 131 Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传 My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Strange Tales from the South 南方灵异事 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Yin-Yang Exorcist 阴阳摸诡人 I have two mothers, and neither of them is alive. The moment I was born, a heavenly dog swallowed the moon, blood rained from the sky, every beast bowed its head, and ghosts wailed... 781Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 134 I’m a Corpse-Driving Empress from the Start, and the School Belle Found Out 开局赶尸女帝，被校花发现了 Chen Tianxiu transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has been revived for a thousand years. Everyone in this world can cultivate and become a warrior. The strongest can even fly through the skies, tunnel beneath the earth, move mountains, and overturn seas, becoming like gods! Then he awakens the Divine Corpse-Wrangling System. Every successful corpse-wrangling earns him various rewards. He can even abandon martial arts and pursue immortality! His first target is the Empress Qianqiu, who v 3.3kReads8.7Score23614d adds
- 135 Demons Across the Globe: From the Start, I Inherit the Celestial Master's Power 全球妖魔：开局传承老天师修为 After waking from a deep sleep, Zhang Lingyu discovered that he had transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by demons, monsters, and all manner of evil spirits. Fortunately, he awakened the God-Tier Lottery System and drew a cultivation card for the Old Celestial Master from The Outcast from the start. He inherited the Old Celestial Master’s cultivation, giving him the power to protect himself in this dangerous world. But this was only the beginning of Zhang Lingyu’s path to invincibility. Yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 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
- 137 The Psychic Girl Is an S-Rank Ghostbuster 神棍少女虐鬼超A哒 After somehow inheriting her late grandmother’s profession as a spirit medium, Ai Feng, a young woman fresh out of college, suddenly finds herself saddled with the “important task” of keeping order between the worlds of the living and the dead. When other people become saviors, they slay demons and devils, endure hardship, and shoulder heavy burdens. But when it comes to Ai Feng, the young savior, things take a bizarre turn and race off in the strangest directions. The one luring an underclassma 24Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 138 The Corpse Driver: I Can Copy the Skills of the Dead 赶尸匠：我能复制逝者技能 After graduating from university, Lin Ye gets the God-Tier Corpse-Driving System. He grows stronger by driving corpses and can copy the skills of the deceased. Through corpse-driving, he travels among humans, gods, ghosts, and demons. His mighty army of the undead is invincible, conquering all before it. As a corpse driver, Lin Ye laughs proudly between heaven and earth and becomes the sovereign of all worlds. 4Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 139 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, and Dango Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被团子曝光了 Shh, the corpse is rising! Keep quiet. The dead are on the move, so the living must stay clear! In ancient Xixiang, strange and terrifying things happen whenever night falls: white coffins, thousand-year-old corpses, and more! Under the moonlight, Jiang Chen shakes a soul-snaring bell in his left hand and holds a talisman to suppress evil in his right, controlling a stiff figure that hops along... 1.2kReads8.3Score10514d adds
- 140 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
- 141 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
- 142 I Drifted Through the World of Men for a Thousand Years 我在人间飘零千年 Chen Ye was an ancient man. After dying under a curse from his enemy that kept him from being reincarnated for a thousand years, he became a lonely wandering ghost. Over those thousand years, he witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties and the changing of eras. He watched Li Shizhen compile the Compendium of Materia Medica, and Tang Bohu paint portraits of beautiful women. He saw countless remarkable people and events, and learned the truth behind countless historical events distorted by histori 1.6kReads8.6Score12614d adds
- 143 Journey to the West: I Work Nine to Five in the Underworld 西游：我在地府朝九晚五 Wang Fan transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and becomes the most ordinary ghost soldier. He activates the [Strongest Clock-In-at-Work] System. As long as he clocks in and out on time, he receives generous rewards. “Clock in!” [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully clocked in for work!] [Ding! Host, you clocked in early for the first time. Reward: the divine cultivation manual, Ghost Scripture!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, your cultivation has increased by 50 years!] 3.5kReads8.1Score16814d adds
- 144 The Supernatural Descends! A Female Ghost Teaches Me Maoshan Arts 诡异降临！女鬼教我茅山术 The uncanny descends, and a hundred ghosts roam the night! Li Qiulin was born with his Yin-Yang Eyes fully open. He can see ghosts and gods filling the sky, yet he has pretended to be blind and kept his head down for twenty whole years! That's because he has the rarest constitution of all: pure yang in a body of pure yin. He's the ultimate Yin bait, coveted by every evil spirit. His lifelong dream is to stay home, lie flat, and eat until he dies. But then a bad friend tricks him into exploring a 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 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
- 146 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
- 147 EN Apprenticed to Uncle Nine: I Became a Generation's Taoist Master 拜师九叔：我成了一代天师 Han Qiusheng transmigrates, bringing an Evil-Repelling System with him. In this life, his soul inhabits Qiusheng, the eldest disciple under Uncle Jiu. He vows to follow his master's footsteps, rid the world of every demon and evil spirit, and become a Celestial Master of his generation. 2.6kReads8.2Score12014d adds
- 148 The Fox Immortal Beauty 狐仙美人 When I was fourteen, I saved a white fox. To save my life, Grandpa actually made me enter into a contract with it? Fox Immortal: “I would gladly shed all my demonic aura and give up a thousand lifetimes of cultivation, all to spend a lifetime with you, from youth to old age!” Ding Ning: “I thought I’d become a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and vanquished demons, but in the end I became a heretic condemned by everyone...” As I taught myself Taoist arts, secrets and legends began to emerge one a 1.1kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 149 The Sleazy Celestial Master 猥琐天师 A brand-new fantasy novel featuring ghost-hunting, exorcism, demon capture, treasure hunting, immortal cultivation, and more. The protagonist's cultivation techniques are based on traditional Taoist magic, including turning beans into soldiers, fire talismans, and palm thunder, among other things... World structure: Mortal Realm → Cultivation Realm → Immortal Realm (Demon Realm, Devil Realm, Underworld, and more) → Divine Realm... Cultivation stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Gold 19.2kReads6.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 150 Yin-Yang Online Shop 阴阳网店 Zhou Hao is a fake Taoist who grew up following a charlatan. After finishing his college entrance exams, he opens an online shop, only to find that his very first customer is White Impermanence. From then on, he starts making a living by scamming both people and gods. He sells beer, cigarettes, and spicy strips for their weight in gold. He buys talismans, spells, and magical artifacts for next to nothing. And as for his luck with women... well, you know how that goes! 1.2kReads8.7Score15114d adds
