Novels like The Maoshan Coffin-Sealer
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- 1 Don't Mess With Me, My Master Is the Purple-Robed Celestial Master 别惹我，我师父是紫袍老天师 [Urban Fantasy + Unraveling Ancient Mysteries + Feel-Good, No Angst + Suspense and Supernatural + Tomb Raiding] In ancient Huaxia, many strange events have taken place that defy explanation. For instance, did the First Emperor really die? Do demons and spirits truly exist in this world? How are drought demons born? Why did the Shatuo people, who had existed for centuries, vanish overnight? Does the desert death worm really exist? What is the monster with a human face and a cow’s body in the no-m 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Corpse Walker: My Disciple Goes Viral 赶尸人,我的徒弟爆红全网 “When the yin spirits travel, the living must stand aside.” After failing the college entrance exam, Fan Wushe spent his days drinking away his sorrows. Then one night, he got drunk and slept in a cemetery, and somehow bound himself to a corpse-driving System. Before he knew it, he had become a corpse-driving master who walked the night. His utterly ordinary life driving corpses began. Until that night… Tuantuan: Master, Master, slow down! Old Lady: Um, Master, can I feel your abs? Zhou Jie: Umm 8Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrating into the Jiangshi World to Attain Immortality 穿越僵尸世界证长生 After transmigrating to a zombie-infested world, all I want is to develop at a steady pace. I took in the master of a Laoshan palace as my disciple, raised a bunch of magnificent spirit beasts to run errands, drank tea with Uncle Jiu, and toured the world with heroes. What? The Chrysanthemum Sect from the island nation wants to seize our national fortune, and werewolves and vampires want to perform blood sacrifices? People like us must raise our green steel swords and cut down every evil spirit! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Boss, I Need a Day Off to Compete in a Hopping Corpse Contest Back Home 老板请个假，回乡参加赶尸比赛 [Leave Request:] [Dear Manager,] [There will be a corpse-driving and Gu-worm competition in western Hunan in the second half of December. I need to request leave so I can go home and train my Gu worms. Without me, our village will lose.] In his twenties, Chu Yan has already become the undisputed master of corpse-driving. Tired of the dull life, he joined a Fortune 500 company and settled into a leisurely office job. Until one day, the village chief sent him a text: "When are you coming back to c 54Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Passing by with a Corpse: You’re Reporting Me for Human Trafficking? 赶尸路过：你举报我贩卖人口？ [Pure-Hearted Little Taoist vs. Vulgar-Tongued Female Streamer] An unknown side of the world, shadows hidden within mythology. The little Taoist priest Ye Xuan, maxed out in martial arts and magic, exposes it all through livestreams. Physical exorcism is the deadliest kind! From the start, he’s escorting a corpse back home when someone reports him for human trafficking? “Streamer, that’s a corpse! You can’t just fiddle with it!” He runs into a weasel spirit asking for a blessing. “Fellow, do I l 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 16Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 7 The Maoshan Outcast 茅山弃徒 On a snowy night fifteen years ago, an eight-year-old child went up to Maoshan. Fifteen years later, the child had grown into a young man whose Taoist arts were perfected and who was invincible under heaven. Yet the world accused him of betraying his master and murdering countless people. Even the master who had treated him like his own son had died at his hands. Cast out of the Maoshan Orthodox Sect, no one knew what he intended to do. He wandered the world, moving among the most mysterious cro 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Worries of the Mystic Sect 玄门忧道 Twenty years ago, someone stole my fortune. To save me, Grandpa sent me to Mount Longhu. Twenty years later, a young Daoist descended the mountain. My mother in the mortal world had died, and I stepped between yin and yang to find her… 1.5kReads6.7Score123Shelves
- 9 The Urban Yin-Yang Master: Starting with Corpse Driving 都市阴阳先生：从赶尸开始 He was supposed to attend the birthday banquet of a distant relative, but ended up encountering a ghost! 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Dai Xiaomei Faints in Terror During Her Haunted House Livestream, Scared by Me Driving Corpses 呆小妹古宅直播，被赶尸的我吓晕 In the first year after graduation, Ding Hao became a corpse driver. He led a group of ancient corpses brought out of deep-mountain tombs through the empty streets and alleys at midnight. Watching a few people nearby look around nervously, he knew they were searching for their ancestors. “Your ancestors are all right here. Come over and pick one out.” A little streamer named Xiaodaidai filmed the whole thing. She thought to herself, This is it! My follower count is going to skyrocket! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 16Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 14 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚：我反手直播赶尸新郎 [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 32Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 15 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Livestreaming Corpse-Herding, Hunted by My Blind Date 直播赶尸，被相亲对象追捕 Liu Mang is unexpectedly reborn with a live-streaming corpse-driving System, only for his aunt to call and tell him to go on a blind date! The female ghost Jin Yuanyuan: “Master, big brother, stick with you and I’ll get to eat my fill!” Ye Xueli: “I’m a police officer, and I’m hunting down the person live-streaming corpse driving. Hey, why are you running?!” Junior schoolmate Zhong Feifei: “Senior, could you be the dark horse prince Heaven sent me?” The thousand-year-old zombie Queen of Loul 17Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 17 The Azure Hound's Guide to Exorcism 苍狗捉妖录 A young Taoist from a small temple on Mount Xuanhu descends from the mountain to save the world, contending with people and battling ghosts. Strange illnesses, vengeful spirits, and a lifetime of trials finally teach him that what truly needs saving is the human heart! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 King of Destiny Arts 命术之王 The year I was born, a fire took my parents’ lives. A black-furred weasel rescued me from the flames. My grandfather said I was born under a deadly curse, with three calamities following close behind. So I devoted myself to mastering the arts of fate and divination, overcoming the three calamities, severing the Heavenly Dao, and defying heaven to change my fate. 191Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 19 Maoshan Ghostcraft 茅山鬼道 Among China's many Daoist schools, none is more renowned for catching ghosts and subduing demons than the Maoshan Celestial Masters. The title of Ghost-Hunting Celestial Master is known to all. With sword, talismans, incantations, and a Bagua compass, all four treasures brought to bear, even spirits and demons flee. See how a true disciple of Maoshan drives out ghosts and vanquishes demons. Zombies, strange spirits, vengeful ghosts, sorcery, and evil Daoists wreak havoc across the land, only to 1.6kReads—Score153Shelves
- 20 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2.2kReads—Score137Shelves
- 21 The Last Corpse Driver 最后一个赶尸人 The dead march on; the living must keep their distance. If they don't, disaster is sure to follow! I'm a corpse driver, and this is my story! 731Reads8.0Score101Shelves
- 22 A Taoist Priest’s Guide to Exorcising Evil in the City 道士之都市驱邪 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 24 I Took Leave to Go Home and Deal with a Corpse, but My Beautiful Boss Insisted on Coming Along 请假回家赶尸，美女上司非要一起 Fu Long, who had left Raojiang, was eating braised chicken rice in the Magic City CBD when he suddenly got a call from the head of his village: "The corpse-driving contest starts soon. Last year, you didn't come back, and we lost to the neighboring village by five cows, two pigs, and more than a dozen chickens. If you dare not come back this year, I'll livestream myself tearing down your house!" 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 You Were Told to Drive Corpses, Not Scare People 让你去赶尸，不是让你去吓唬人 ♦️A serious, imaginative story about corpse-driving, with tightly interwoven plotlines that only get better as it goes! ⛺️A streamer was broadcasting live from a mass grave, dancing on the graves. He danced Su Fan right out of his tomb and fainted on the spot! The viewers in the livestream: Time to prepare the feast! When a guest came to the corpse inn with a beautiful ancient corpse in tow, the tourists who had come out to sightsee nearly got scared out of their wits! Guest: This young guy's co 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Maoshan 茅山 When I was little, my parents abandoned me in a mass grave. My master found me and raised me to adulthood. He was a Taoist priest who knew how to subdue demons and exorcise evil spirits, and he taught me everything he had learned in his life. I signed an agreement with the underworld to work as a ghost constable in the mortal world, trading my service as a ghost for extra years of life… 970Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 27 The Corpse Driver of the Yellow Springs 黄泉赶尸人 My name is Zhang Yijiu, and I’m a corpse walker. When I got my first job, I didn’t dare say a word the whole way. That road had only two living people on it: me and Fatty Fan... 564Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业，偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Was Livestreamed Driving Corpses, So I Took the Streamer as My Disciple! 赶尸被直播，我收主播为徒！ Beneath the moonlight, Xia Yu emerged from the mountains, shaking a soul-summoning bell as he drove seven corpses before him. The eerie ringing, the stiff corpses, the mysterious yellow talismans, the birds startled into flight. New streamer Hei Xiaopang happened to witness the scene. Excited, he stopped the corpse-driving procession. “You must be a professional livestreaming team! Look at those actors, look at those props! I want you to take me on as your apprentice!” Xia Yu looked with satisfa —Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 30 Dumped from the Start and Left to Drive Corpses, Now I'm Invincible 开局被甩成为赶尸人，我无敌了 At a dinner where he was supposed to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a college entrance exam failure, is pranked and teased by his classmates. By sheer chance, he obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: “Zhang Bufan, come sweep the toilets at my dad’s company. I’ll give you the friends-and-family rate of 1,000 yuan a month!” Zhang Bufan: “For 100 yuan, I’ll help your dad find his roots.” “When the dead travel, the living must keep their distance…” At midnight, bells ring t —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 31 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Folk Tales + Urban] The older generation always says there are things beneath the Yellow River that must never be disturbed, or something terrible will happen. I didn't believe them, not until the day I took a crew underwater to hunt for treasure... 541Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 32 The Xiangxi Corpse Drivers 湘西赶尸人 The exorcists of the south and corpse drivers of the north: once they cross the threshold, death is sure to follow. After disappearing for thirty years while driving corpses, Grandpa returns to his hometown and unleashes calamity upon the world. Grandma, who spent her life doing good by others, is struck by heavenly lightning. My honest, down-to-earth second uncle is burned by underworld fire, trapped in an ominous willow-wood coffin, with his three souls and seven spirits unable to find peace. 242Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I’m a Renowned Corpse Handler, So How Did I Get Sold Back to Xiangxi as a Zombie? 我堂堂赶尸匠，竟被卖回湘西当僵尸 After I was brought back to the Jiang family, I rose to the top and became a best actress, finding success in both my career and love life. On the day of my engagement, my fiancé's childhood sweetheart went mad with jealousy and sold me off with a bowl of drugged soup, sending me deep into the mountains of western Hunan. Watching me bound to the sacrificial altar, she sneered. “You're always going on about being a lucky star. Let's see if your good fortune can save your own skin!” A corpse walke 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Maoshan's Greatest Celestial Master 茅山最强天师 [Supernatural + Urban Fantasy + Maoshan Taoist Arts + One Heroine] “Maoshan disciple Ye Qing travels the world alone, sweeping across the mortal realm with his mastery of Maoshan Taoist arts.” He slays wraiths, battles evil gods, destroys ghosts and monsters, and vanquishes corpse kings. Witness a generation’s Celestial Master of Maoshan wield secret Taoist arts with one hand, shaking the four corners of the world and reigning supreme beneath heaven. 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Usurping Heaven's Mandate 篡天命 The arts of the Dao often say, “Fate can be known, but not changed; calamities can be calculated, but not avoided.” Yet when my grandpa passed down three ghost coins to me, he told me there was another kind of person in this world, someone who could toy with destiny as if it were in the palm of their hand. I’m one of those people who gamble with life: I gamble with other people’s lives, and with my own. But if you want to gamble with Heaven, you have to find a coffin first... 507Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 37 Corpse Driver: From the Start, I Took My Father-in-Law to Propose for Marriage 赶尸人：开局赶着老丈人去提亲 Have you ever wondered if legendary zombies lurk beneath the dazzling neon lights of the city? Have you ever wondered if, beyond the bright moon hanging above the world, immortals stand apart from the Six Paths? Have you ever wondered if extraordinary people walk between the worlds of yin and yang amid the crowds of a modern metropolis? Countless strange beings hide within the society ruled by humanity. In forbidden zones where no one dares to venture, ancient gods make their homes. “You say you 53Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 38 The Corpse Walker: Exposed by Buer Bu Jiao Zhou Jie 赶尸人：被不二不叫周姐曝光 Shen Yun, who was doing manual labor to earn his tuition, accidentally bound himself to a corpse-driving System. But he was so handsome that even the System couldn’t stand it, so it changed his face into that of white-haired Zhang Fei! Shen Yun: “Damn it! Where did my handsome face go?!” The first time his face changed, he scared Zhou Jie unconscious on the spot. Viewer 1: “Holy crap! That extra’s acting is incredible!” Viewer 2: “The set and special effects are amazing! Zhou Jie’s going all out —Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 39 Maoshan Occultist: Tales of the Underworld and Evil 茅山诡术师：幽冥话邪 Maoshan's arcane arts have returned to the world, as demons and evil spirits run rampant. What bloody storm will rise this time? In this cruel world, with its tumultuous lives, who will pay for each and every blood debt? Behind the layers of eerie schemes, who is righteous, and who is evil? I, Fang Gui, have a strange past. By chance, I was drawn into a spiritual calamity. How can I break free of this trap? How can I defy fate and change my destiny? Gather spirits, exterminate evil, and dispel c 366Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 40 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 187Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 41 The Haunted Clinic: I Use My Snake Wife to Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 恐怖医馆：我以蛇妻镇百鬼 I grew up in a gloomy, ruined temple, where I unexpectedly met a white snake. When I turned eighteen, the white snake became the love of my life. For its sake, I also became a rising star in the underworld of occult practitioners... 413Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 42 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 323Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 129Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 44 Folk Taboos: I Cultivate Merit in the Mortal World 民间禁忌：我在人间修功德 Everyone knows the barber, but few realize that the earliest barbers were actually executioners, and strange adepts who mastered esoteric arts. They walk between life and death, needing only a barber's razor to read the secrets of Heaven and travel between yin and yang. They shave the living, and they shave the dead. Even today, folk wisdom warns: never offend the barbers who roam the land with their poles and packs. 158Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 45 Corpse Driver: From the Start, I Wore a Taoist Robe to Military Training 赶尸人：开局穿道袍参加军训 After finally getting into a decent university, I got bound to a System on the very first day of term! It wants me to drive a corpse at the dead of night, and if I refuse, it’ll take years off my life?! The worst part is, the first corpse I have to drive is my academic adviser’s father... 33Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 46 Ghost: This Vital Energy Packs a Punch 鬼：这真气有力气 Awakening in the middle of the night, Qiu Zhen discovered that he was sharing a bed with a blood-faced ghost, while his roommates had already been slaughtered. In desperation, he threw a punch and shattered the vengeful spirit. This is written in third person. The tags can't be changed after the contract is signed. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 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.” 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Daoist Arts Compendium: Flirting with Ghosts in the Underworld 道术灵册我在冥界调戏鬼 Supernatural and bizarre incidents keep happening, along with the use of all kinds of talismans, spells, and Taoist arts. Follow me, Lin Feng, as I promote traditional Chinese Taoism. Lin Feng was raised from childhood by his grandfather, Lin Yousheng, a renowned Taoist priest. The story takes place in a small town in the 1980s and 1990s. Before turning thirteen, Lin Feng had little interest in his grandfather's identity as a Taoist priest, but at thirteen, he began his journey down the Taoist p 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Seven Days of the Dead 七日亡魂 My grandfather used to say that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to claim. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost opera. I went to play backstage, never realizing that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam behind me. 1.1kReads8.2Score105Shelves
- 50 I Quit My Job to Become a Corpse Herder, and Xiao Tuantuan Exposed Me 炒了老板去赶尸，被小团团曝光了 Designer Qin Long submits his proposal for the tenth time. Boss: Take it back and revise it again! Qin Long: To hell with this, I'm done! Do whatever you want! After quitting on his boss, Qin Long suddenly awakens a System that forces him to drive corpses... When the soul-summoning bell rings, the dead set out! One leaping figure after another races along the broad road of afterlife... The whole scene is accidentally exposed by Xiaotuantuan, who is livestreaming an outdoor adventure as a treat f —Reads7.7Score—Shelves
