Novels like The Drought Demon's Bone
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Drought Demon's Bone, best match first.
- 1 The Corpse Returns to the Ruins: I Found an Emperor's Corpse from the Start 尸骸归墟：开局捡到大帝尸 Everyone avoids the battlefield of mass graves like the plague, but Li sees it as a treasure trove. While others fight tooth and nail to cultivate, he becomes invincible just by collecting corpses. Pick up a cultivator’s corpse, and his cultivation skyrockets; Pick up a demon king’s bones, and his body becomes saintly; Until one day, he finds the shattered remains of a Great Emperor… From then on, the skies change color and all worlds bow before him! The cursed death ground in everyone else’s ey —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Endless Night 极夜无明 My name is Chen Ming. I've been cursed. I know you'll think I'm crazy, but believe it or not, ghosts are real. Every so often, I'm forced into an instance! A school of ghost stories! A psychiatric hospital! A ghost opera! To stay alive, I face ghosts and monsters again and again, surviving one hair-raising ordeal after another. But the evil born of human nature and desire drives me to the brink! But even if there's no chance of survival, even if I become the curse itself, I will, I absolutely wi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Ancestor Was a Drought Demon 我的祖先是旱魃 The underworld is in chaos, and they want to kill me. The cultivation world is in chaos, and they want to kill me too. Good grief, both the living and the dead want me gone. I had no choice. To uncover the truth about my damn family, I dug up my own ancestral grave. I never expected my ancestor to be a drought demon. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 This Daoist Priest Is No Slacker 贫道不是咸鱼 Li Niandao, the least serious Taoist on Mount Qingcheng, came down the mountain to gain experience but did nothing of the sort. Instead, he opened a coffin shop, with the slogan, “Buy a coffin and get a blessing, and even the King of Hell will steer clear.” He should have been the picture of an immortal sage, but he wore a silver hoop in his left ear and had a mouth as quick as firecrackers. He drove out evil with snark and made spell duels a comedy routine. But who could have guessed that a cor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Marry a Ghost Wife and Defy Yin and Yang 娶鬼妻逆阴阳 The year I was born, nine bolts of heavenly lightning struck, soldiers from the underworld escorted the way, and ghosts roamed the night. Master Qingyun divined that my fate was unusual, and that the ghosts would come for my life when I was nine. On my eighteenth birthday, I would have to marry a ghost bride in a yin wedding. Defy the balance of yin and yang. Fight against fate... 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Tales of the Living 活人传 [Mystery and the supernatural. After losing loved ones who sacrificed their lives for him, the male lead is devastated. With the help of his grandfather’s old friend, he becomes the apprentice of a highly skilled young woman. Under her step-by-step guidance, he grows ever stronger. After finally fulfilling his mission, he and his female master at last become a couple.] 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Reached the Pinnacle of the Zombie World After I Died 我死后走上僵尸巅峰 Xiao Sa was beaten to death by Yu Dahai. On the night of his seventh-day return to the world of the living, he saw his family being bullied. Furious, he wanted to become a vengeful ghost and take revenge. But when he woke up, he discovered he'd become a zombie instead. Drinking blood made him stronger. He drank the blood of zombies, Taoist priests, and his enemies among the demons... Before him, there was nothing in the world he couldn't drain. From then on, he set out to reach the pinnacle of z 70Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 Heavenly Master of a Haunted World 诡世天师 Lin Jiu, an ordinary young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to the twelfth year of the Republic of China, his soul inhabiting the body of a young Taoist priest who shares his name and has just been claimed by a vengeful ghost. As the last heir of the Maoshan Sect, he inherits his master’s legacy and final words: “The Taoist tradition must not die out, and the human world must not fall.” There is no System, no shortcut, only a timeworn copy of the Sacred Register of Shangqing a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Cycle of the Ghost Soldiers' Crossing 阴兵借道之轮回 Deep within the Sacred Ruins Temple, the ancient Sacred Ruins Dragon slowly opened its star-bright eyes. Its gaze held a profound wisdom, as if it could see through every mystery in the world. Luo Aiai stood before the Sacred Ruins Dragon, her face showing a hint of nervousness and anticipation. Who am I? Her hands were clasped tightly together, as though seeking comfort. But when she felt the Sacred Dragon’s gentle yet powerful aura, the tension in her heart gradually faded. “You are... Your bo 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 10 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Nine Out of Ten Divinations Are Wrong 【十卦九不准】 [No heroine, not a power fantasy, no tired tropes. A sequel to The Nether Road, also known as Strange Tales of the Spirit Road.] Read people's fortunes when you meet them; divine the dead's paths when you encounter ghosts. Use yarrow stalks to cast hexagrams, and pluck gold to change fate. Walk among the corpses without fear, and never lose your way in the underworld. The practitioners of yin and yang arts investigate strange cases, while ancient mystic traditions probe the hearts of humankind. 533Reads8.7Score107Shelves
- 12 The Haunted Son of Heaven 诡天子 I can hear the dead speak and tell yin from yang. A serious illness in childhood gave me the ability to hear the last words of the dead and see the shackles on the living! My name is Zhao Changsheng. I was born among piles of corpses, and my life is fated to be bound to death. I won’t live past eighteen. To keep me alive, my adoptive father revealed the secrets of fate before he died, divining thirteen corpses that could defy heaven and change destiny… 215Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 13 The Bride I Brought Home Was Dead 媳妇领回来的，是个死人 The woman he brought home was a dead person. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 山间有鬼兵 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Guardians of the Lake: Ghost Ship in the Mist, Season One 守湖人雾中鬼船第一季 The Lake Keeper: Ghost Ship in the Fog, Season One 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Guardians of the Lake: Don't Board the Fog Boat, Season Two 守湖者，莫登雾.船第二季 Guardians of the Lake: Do Not Board the Fog Boat, Season Two —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score235Shelves
- 18 At Midnight, Don't Stay in Room 404 午夜十二点，别住404 After transferring schools, Lin Xiaoman is assigned to the strangest dormitory of all: Room 404. On the first night, she sees a pair of soaking-wet slippers beneath her bed, but no one admits they belong to her. On the second night, the shared clock turns counterclockwise and stops at the moment Senior Chu fell from the building three years ago. On the third night, her reflection in the bathroom mirror moves three seconds behind her, and unfamiliar bloody marks appear on her wrist. Her roommates 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The School of Terror 恐怖艺校 Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 161Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 21 My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Wife 我的千年女鬼老婆 My name is Zhang Shaobai. Behind our village stands an ancient pagoda that has been guarded for generations. Everyone in the village says it’s cursed. But outsiders refuse to believe it, and for money, I took them to the pagoda. From then on, strange things kept happening around me. It all began with that livestream one night... 220Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 With My Heart, I Question Heaven’s Heart 我以己心问天心 His master’s soul lamp is about to go out, but the Underworld Division has already come to claim his soul, and the Directorate of Fate has secretly altered his lifespan. The young Daoist Chen Shaowei travels from Yunzhou to the capital, uncovering the secrets of the Temple of Heaven, the black accounts of the Ghost Market, and old entanglements in Fengdu along the way. Only then does he realize that the ones devouring people are not a single person or one department, but an old web spanning both —Reads6.9Score125Shelves
- 23 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 794Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Thirteenth Eye 第十三只眼 As a kid, I was a mischievous little brat, and I once caused a whole lot of trouble. As a result, I hit the jackpot and ended up with three shadows. One black, one red, and one blue. I bragged about them plenty, even though I was the only one who could see them. One night, the red shadow slipped away from beneath my feet and sprinted into the darkness... I panicked and chased after it! If you run off, what am I supposed to brag about? You've been with me this long. The least you could do is say 36Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 25 I’m Going to Lure 100 Lost Souls 我要勾满100个亡魂 Sequel to I Guide Souls at Wangxiang Terrace Lin Jiaojiao, 24, an overworked office worker, suddenly dies on the Nth night in a row of staying up all night revising proposals. When she opens her eyes again, she has already completed every step of the underworld’s procedures. But just as she reaches Wangxiang Terrace, the guide Zhou Yi stops her. “Your attachment remains unresolved. You can’t be reincarnated.” Judge Li Muzi offers her a way forward: work as a soul reaper under him, and she can be 9.7kReads—Score3kShelves
- 26 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Bone Flute 骨笛 My grandmother was a famous spirit medium throughout the surrounding villages. I was a child she picked up and brought home. People in the village said that on the night she carried me home, flutes sounded throughout the village until dawn. The next day, every peach tree in the village had withered. They called me an ill omen, but my grandmother always treated me well, and life went on quietly like that, until the day I turned sixteen. Then everything changed. 1.3kReads9.0Score127Shelves
- 28 Uncle Nine's Little Jiangshi 九叔的小僵尸 “Ow! Master, Xiao Jiang is bullying me!” Uncle Jiu hurried over, picked up the little zombie, and checked it over from every angle to make sure it wasn't hurt. “Master, I'm the one being bullied~” “Go get Xiao Jiang some offerings.” “Master, I~” “Hmm?” “Oh.” 529Reads6.5Score105Shelves
- 29 Jiangshi: Unearthed After 100,000 Years in Hiding 僵尸：苟了十万年的我被挖出来了 (No heroine, System, zombies) Could anything be more miserable than waking up to find yourself locked inside a coffin? Not only is Li Xiao locked in a coffin, he somehow turns into a little zombie. Fortunately, he awakens the Zombie System. Li Xiao: “The world is too dangerous. I'm not leaving this coffin until I'm invincible.” One hundred thousand years later, Li Xiao suddenly notices something moving against his coffin. “Who's trying to pry my coffin open?” 277Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 30 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 31 Midnight Terror 午夜惊魂 It started one morning when I stepped outside and found a yuan at my doorstep. I didn't think much of it. The next morning, I found a ten-yuan bill at the door. I thought I was pretty lucky, finding money two days in a row. But on the third morning, when I opened the door and saw a hundred-yuan bill on the ground, I finally realized something was off. After that, strange things kept happening around me, and I began venturing into one forbidden zone after another, all in the name of staying alive 2.1kReads7.3Score148Shelves
- 32 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.7kReads7.0Score494Shelves
- 33 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Survival Game: One Extra Save Slot Every Day 生存游戏，每日读档次数加一 A mysterious game. Memories erased. Ghostly figures hunt the players by a set of rules. Will they choose cruelty, despair, or insight? Death, a reset, starting over again. The cold, bespectacled beauty grows passionate, and the terrifying game seems to conceal a delightful thrill. On the island, supernatural sequences lie in wait: werewolves, witches, gunslingers wielding revolvers... A terrifying owl king that blots out the sky, a silver-furred Wolf King and its pack of giant wolves, black-sca 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When I was ten, my grandfather built a coffin for himself with his own hands... From that moment on, the heavens shattered and all realms fell into chaos. [The 2021 feng shui and fantasy masterpiece!] 633Reads8.1Score136Shelves
- 36 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 37 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 1.1kReads8.6Score103Shelves
- 38 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 39 The Art of Coffin Mountain 棺山术 Feng Lin is a small-time shopkeeper who runs an antique store in a flea market. While renovating an old house on the premises, he discovers a secret room hidden in a wall at home. In a corner of the cramped room sits a locked red wooden chest. Inside, he finds several objects: a palm-sized gold belt plaque, a badly worn ancient book on Dunjia sorcery, another ancient Ming Dynasty book recording numerous secrets, and a fragmentary map. The chest holds many secrets. Family secrets stretching from 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Tale of Ghost Hunting in Town and Country 城乡捉鬼奇谭 A string of bizarre murders rocks Tianquan City. The victims’ deaths are so strange that no ordinary person could be responsible. Lin Feng, a college student who has just inherited an antique shop, is accidentally drawn into the turmoil. The family heirloom in his hands, an ancient book, contains secret arts of fortune-telling, ghost-catching, and feng shui. A plea for help from his childhood friend Zhang Long, a criminal investigator, pushes Lin Feng to the edge of the truth. Alongside Li Yue, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 148Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 42 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 43 The Midnight Shop: The Eight Lords of the Underworld Bring Me Customers 午夜店铺，地府八大爷给我拉生意 Ancient legends say that the Great Emperor Fengdu, ruler of the netherworld, was appointed by Lady Pingxin. The Great Emperor Fengdu is the master of the netherworld, and all of its realms must obey his commands. Yet his identity is a mystery to the Three Realms and Six Paths. No one knows who he is, except Lady Pingxin. My name is Chu Chen, and I own Chu’s General Store. During the day, I sell all kinds of strange and unusual goods, making a fortune! At midnight, the Eight Lords of the Underwor 41.7kReads8.0Score2.8kShelves
- 44 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. 321Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 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—Shelves
- 46 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Beautiful Ghost Wife 阴妻美人 I was born with the “Four Calamities and Nine Tribulations.” A fortune-teller said I had to marry a widow who had kept her chastity in order to survive them. After searching for years, I finally won the beauty's heart. But on our wedding night, when I lifted the red veil from my gorgeous bride, I realized that my tribulations were only just beginning… 746Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 48 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. 159Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 49 Dragon-Seeking Feng Shui Master 寻龙风水师 My mother was offered as a living sacrifice to the river god. To everyone's surprise, ten months later, she crawled out of the river. Dragons eat their illegitimate children. As the Dragon King's bastard son, I was supposed to be eaten at birth. Luckily, my master saved me and used eighteen phoenix maidens to deceive the heavens, helping me escape the Dragon King's pursuit. But eighteen years later, the people who had built their fortunes on my dragon blood turned against me. They looked down on 920Reads8.5Score268Shelves
- 50 The Strange Realm Archives 诡域档案 Six years ago, Comrade Peng Gang, an outstanding investigator in the Ministry of State Security of Huaxia and deputy director of the Seventh Bureau, met a strange death while on a mission. Six years later, several investigators go missing one after another. The case they were investigating is deeply strange and has countless connections to the case from six years ago. In response, the mysterious investigation team, Fifth Bureau, Ninth Division, begins looking into a series of cases in the realm 329Reads9.1Score—Shelves
