Novels like A Dragon's Son, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin
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- 101 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories 千年鬼话 A Thousand Years of Ghost Stories: One Thousand and One Nights of Chinese Folk Ghost Tales is a spine-chilling collection steeped in folk tradition. This book brings together ancient folk legends and ghost stories from across China, featuring mysteries and uncanny events from different historical periods and regions. From eerie mountain forests and desolate old villages to bizarre corners of modern cities, every story holds little-known horrors and shocking revelations. The plots are mysterious 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 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
- 103 Four-House Village 四户村 I live in Sihu Village, a place sheltered on all four sides. Just as its name suggests, Sihu Village has exactly four households, no more and no less. There is no life or death here, only reincarnation, once every twelve years. The rules of Sihu Village are simple: the master must not leave the village, and guests must not stay overnight. Then one day, I really did leave the village, breaking the rules... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Starting as a City God, I Rule the Underworld 从城隍开始，地府我为尊 What is the Underworld, and what gives you the right to reward the good and punish the evil? What is the Underworld? Let me tell you right now! The wrongs you cannot redress, the Underworld will redress. The people you cannot deal with, the Underworld will deal with. The karma you cannot bear, the Underworld will bear. In one sentence: right and wrong are clear, and the truth shines bright! Rewarding the good and punishing the evil is sanctioned by the Great Dao. That is the Underworld. Is that 190Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 105 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 107Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 106 Daoist, What Kind of Immortal Are You Trying to Become? 道爷，你修的哪门子仙？ [The new book, “I Awakened a God-Tier Talent from the Start, But I'm a Calamity,” is ready to binge] [Tales of ghosts and gods] [No female lead] [Otherworldly cultivation arts] [Decisive and ruthless] [Doesn't buckle under pressure] I'm Zhao Huai'an, a young Daoist. I've transmigrated for eighteen years, made countless powerful connections, and mastered all sorts of underhanded techniques. You ask how shady I am? What kind of Daoist gouges out his own eyeballs in a fight? What kind of decent per 1.2kReads8.0Score13114d adds
- 107 On the Day I Was Born, a Hundred Ghosts Carried a Coffin and a Female Corpse Was Wed 我出生那天，百鬼抬棺，女尸出嫁 I was cursed at birth, with a hundred ghosts carrying my coffin and a female corpse as my bride. To save me, my grandfather was willing to spend ten years in prison, all to guard a secret. Ten years later, I inherit my grandfather’s secret and uncover the hidden events of the past... 31Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 108 Heaven's Mandate: Yin and Yang 天命阴阳 The Pixiu feeds on wealth from every corner of the world. It swallows all things but never excretes, attracting riches and gathering treasures, taking in but never giving out. On my eighteenth birthday, I met a girl who completely bewitched me. But I never expected that she would actually… 1.5kReads8.4Score19514d adds
- 109 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.3kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 110 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—Score15014d adds
- 111 The Ninefold Celestial Master 九转天师 Maoshan is another name for the Shangqing School. Since it is based on Mount Mao, it is also called the Maoshan School. Maoshan arts are fierce and domineering, renowned for the Three Mao traditions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. They are considered the foremost of the Daoist methods, and flourished from the Southern Liang dynasty through the Northern Song. After the Northern Song, many lineages spread among the common people, with the Luofu Maoshan School becoming the most famous. Also known as Sou 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Girl Born of a Corpse with a Yin Fate 尸生阴命女 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a human-skin lantern appears at the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl cradles a skull and slowly follows behind the lantern. The girl is called Qiyue. Born from a corpse and destined to live among the dead, she grows up determined to uncover the truth about her corpse-mother’s origins. When all the clues point to a mysterious ghost village...! 1.5kReads8.6Score17514d adds
- 113 Upholding Justice in Heaven's Name 替天行道 Yin cannot thrive alone, and yang cannot exist by itself. I grew up in the countryside, left behind by my parents and raised by my grandfather. All his life, Grandpa was either helping widows and orphaned girls or on his way to help them. So, for as long as I can remember, I heard the villagers cursing him behind his back. Then one day, a stranger in a burial shroud asked me a question. A tree without bark but with a soul is bound to die. What happens to a person with skin but no soul? The relat 3kReads8.9Score24914d adds
- 114 The Orthodox Unity Taoist Acolyte 正一小道爷 My master vanished without a trace. As the sect’s last heir, I have the sect’s treasured spirit sword and a purple-gold spirit talisman brush. One man, one sword, one brush: I descend the mountain to subdue demons and ghosts. Note: Some events in this book are based on real experiences the author has had, and some of the methods are quite authentic. Do not attempt to imitate them! 592Reads6.1Score10014d adds
- 115 Reborn Dragon King: I Become China's Guardian God 重生龙王：我，化身华夏守护神 Wang Anping transmigrates to the primordial world, but after Yuanshi Tianzun overhears his thoughts, he is struck by heavenly thunder and killed. Fortunately, a wisp of his soul survives, and he returns to the land of Huaxia. He possesses a Dragon King stele. To regain his freedom, he takes on the role of guardian deity of Huaxia's national destiny. The whole world is stunned: “Huaxia actually has gods!” 32Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Five-Year-Old Cutie Ye Xiaoman: Blows Up the Yin-Yang Realm 五岁萌宝叶小满：炸翻阴阳界 Five-year-old Su Xiaoman was born with yin-yang eyes and destined to be short of money... After her parents are tragically killed, a Daoist priest saves her, takes her in, and teaches her his skills. She eats the mountain temple out of house and home, so her master sends her down the mountain, saying, “Your family is in trouble.” With osmanthus candies in her pocket, she sets off to find her relatives. Gazing at a grand villa, she sobs, “Waaah... I've finally found a meal ticket for life...!” Sh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Walking the Yin Road, Led by a Snake Spirit 走阴路，蛇魂引 There’s a black snake locked in my basement. Whenever I got sick, the elders in my family would go whip it. Grandpa told me it was my stand-in for death. Later, Grandpa died a violent death, my family was ruined, and a man appeared before me. He grabbed me by the throat and forced me to repay my debt... 248Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 118 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 38Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 120 The Deadly Yin-Yang Master 绝命阴阳师 I was born extraordinary. To stop me from being born, Heaven and Earth battled across the void. Half the masters of the feng shui world perished, dying with resentment in the northwest. In the end, only my father could restrain the Nine Dragons Taiji Diagram on my body by giving up his practice. To change my fate, my father arranged several betrothals for me within the feng shui world. Who knew this would only mark the beginning of calamity for the feng shui world... 436Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 121 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
- 122 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—14d adds
- 123 Me! Rebuilding the Underworld in the Mortal Realm 我！在人间重造地府 Jiang Ning transmigrates to a world where ghostly qi has revived. This world has no reincarnation, and no Underworld! The gates of hell stand wide open. The supernatural is everywhere, ghosts roam in droves, and all life is devastated! The gods and Buddhas turn a blind eye, and heaven and earth offer no refuge. Fortunately, he awakens a System, summons the manifestation of the King of Hell, and becomes ruler of the netherworld! Build a hell, recruit yin soldiers, and appoint judges. The Book of 2Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 124 King of Feng Shui: I Roam the World with a Sealed Divine Dragon 风水之王之我与封印神龙闯天下 The day I was born, my father died. A fortune-teller said I was born under an unlucky star and would bring death to my parents! No! I decide my own fate, not Heaven! Watch me defy fate alongside the dragon spirit living inside me! See how Lin Qingfeng rises from an orphan girl to become a renowned feng shui master! 476Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Xuanhuan: I Built the Underworld to Subdue All Evil 玄幻：我建地府镇诸邪 Jun An transmigrates to a strange and fantastical cultivation world, where he acquires the Underworld System. Starting out as a soul collector, he builds the Underworld step by step by capturing spirits. Heaven's chosen? Seize him! Holy land's successor? Seize him! Sect elder? Seize him! ...When your life reaches its end, the soul collector comes knocking! From then on, the name of the Underworld resounds throughout the Canglan Realm... 898Reads6.8Score10614d adds
- 126 The Laughing Underworld Chronicles 笑冥录 “If an almanac could turn you into a ghost right on schedule, but the price was wearing a dead person’s clothes once a day, would you use it?” Top-voted answer (by the poster “Lord Wuchang Has No More Years of Life Today”): “Thanks for the invite. I’m in the underworld, just got off the night shift.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Heavenly Dao's Last Successor 天道最后传人 In my previous life, I was a judge of the dead. In this one, I have entered the Heavenly Dao. When demons take root in the heart, five thunders descend and vital energy awakens. I will slay demons and exorcise evil, and the righteous path will endure. Ever since I was born, the whole village has treated me like a “freak.” The midwife who delivered me was struck dead by lightning that very night. My father, a respected local exorcist, could only see her off on her final journey. By chance, I bega 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 53.5kReads6.7Score2.2k14d adds
- 129 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Sign-In as the Local Earth God 灵气复苏：我土地爷签到！ (Spiritual qi revival + sign-in System + Earth God + passionate action…) Lin Feng transmigrated to Blue Star during its spiritual qi revival and was bound to a sign-in System that made him the local Earth God. Here, demons ran rampant and monsters lurked everywhere. “Congratulations, Host, you have received an Earth God’s robe.” “Congratulations, Host, you have received a Golden Core of Merit.” “Congratulations, Host, you have received the Divine Eye.” “Congratulations, Host, you have received t 19Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 130 My Mother Is Nüba 我的妈妈是女魃 I have a cheap mom. She’s gentle and kind, beautiful and generous, and always eager to help. P.S. She squeezed my neck and forced me to write those compliments~ She comes from a mysterious and noble background, and she’s long since grown tired of fighting. Unfortunately, the world is full of petty villains, so she has no choice but to send me, her cheap son, out to shield her from the wind and rain and work like an ox~ Life may be hard, but there’s plenty of fun, too. After all, some female ghos 963Reads—Score10214d adds
- 131 A Master of Feng Shui in the City 都市风水高手 Yuan Xiaofeng, a real estate agent with poor sales, was about to be fired when he came across Yuan Tiangang's The Strange Book of Yuanzi. It contained everything from medicine and divination to astrology and physiognomy. From then on, he began a wonderful life in which he could get whatever he wanted and thrive at every turn. Beautiful lady, I observed the stars last night, and it seems we're destined to meet! 217Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 132 I Became a Heavenly Master of the Dao 我成了道门天师 My name is Li Changqing. When my mother gave birth to me, ghosts roamed the night, and a wandering Daoist saved my life. He said my fate was far too harsh, bringing calamity to my closest relatives. My parents might not die peacefully… and I still had three disasters to survive. My only chance of survival was to join the Daoist sect. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 They Call Me the Great Master 他们叫我大先生 You surely know about the shamanic horsemen beyond the passes, but have you heard of the Four Great Houses within the passes? In the 1990s, Yang Wanli was born in a village in northern China. A fortune-teller said he was the reincarnation of an evil ghost and was destined to stir up trouble. By a twist of fate, he became a disciple of the Daoist school and got entangled with the Four Great Houses. Strange and sinister things kept happening around him. A fallen dragon, an immortal who has shed th 756Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 134 Southern Mao, Northern Ma 南茅北马 With one sweep of my staff, I’ll wipe out every demon under heaven! I take life and death in stride, and if you won’t submit, I’ll fight! I’ll prove my Dao through killing, endless yet never extinguished! Yang Wujin is a man with no past life, only this one! The day he was born, the Azure Dragon offered a sacrifice, and a hundred ghosts were put to rout! 147Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 135 Songs of the Underworld 冥歌 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] It’s a tangled, lengthy story, not one about a loser turning his life around by fawning over women. [There is a heroine] I’m new to this, so I don’t understand why novels have to be tagged as having no heroine. To be honest, mine has one, though she doesn’t appear much. [Not necessarily funny] Hard to say. The author has a strange sense of humor. [Neurotic] The author is a little crazy, with a mind that keeps jumping around, so the plot can sometimes feel erratic. 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 136 I Bury the Living and Carry Yin Coffins: The Sunlit World's Patrolman 葬活人，抬阴棺，我为阳间巡逻人 I am a ghost born among the living, bound by nine soul-piercing locks and fated to have my bones buried in ten graves. I have been buried alive, cursed by the dead, worn the bones of the living, challenged fate nine times, and entered ten deadly graves. Only then did I manage to change half my fate. Because I changed half my fate, the legendary Blood-Eyed Vengeful Woman, the Rotten Corpse Ghost Vine, the Human-Skin Constable, and others came looking for me. They thought I would become gentle aft 1.9kReads7.1Score16114d adds
- 137 The Taoist Nun Who Became a Spirit 成精的道姑 An orphan girl grows up with a Taoist priest who takes her in as a child. Her life is beset by one hardship after another. Who could have imagined that a Taoist nun would become a spirit medium, with her guardian spirits serving as protectors? But life is full of surprises. As the mystery of her origins comes to light, she is forced into the heart of a vast conspiracy... In the end, across the endless snowy expanse of Baishan, all that remains are two foxes bounding and leaping joyfully... 174Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 138 I'm a Bar Owner, Forced to Catch Ghosts 我，酒吧老板，被迫营业捉鬼 [Horror + supernatural + semi-invincible + no System + not brainless + ruthless decisiveness] I’m Heibai, an utterly ordinary bar owner. I only wanted to live a quiet life, but one commission and one problem after another keep landing on my doorstep. Curse magic, a drug-induced dreamless sleep, a yin-yang wedding, a deadly text message... As the Underworld descends, little Jiangcheng becomes a den of danger, and one strange incident after another unfolds. Well, looks like I can’t hide my abiliti 1.2kReads8.8Score11014d adds
- 139 A Yin Corpse Brought Me to the Mortal World: The Living, Keep Away 阴尸送我来人间，生人退避 My name is Luo Ansheng. I was delivered by a Yin Corpse. A Yin Corpse brought me into the world, and a hundred ghosts fought over their food. All manner of fearsome beings gathered, eager to devour my flesh and essence. After I gave them a good beating, they settled down and began competing to protect me. 4.2kReads8.8Score38614d adds
- 140 The Southeast Asian Medium 东南亚通灵先生 Under duress, I embedded a woman's corpse inside a Buddha statue in a temple. After I was framed, Master Dad taught me Southeast Asian spirit-medium arts. From that day on, the world I saw was no longer inhabited by the living alone... 3.5kReads8.4Score42414d adds
- 141 I Deliver Takeout to the Underworld, From the Start I Earn Billions 我给阴间送外卖，开局奖励亿万 Humiliated in public by his ex-girlfriend while delivering takeout, with his seriously ill mother in the hospital and urgently needing money, Jiang Chen hits rock bottom. Just as he reaches the brink of despair, his phone chimes, and an app called Yin-Yang Delivery mysteriously installs itself! “Order from: a girl who drowned; item: a letter that was never sent; reward: underwater breathing (10 minutes).” “Order from: a chef who died in a car accident; item: a family recipe; reward: god-tier coo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 447Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 143 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 47Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 144 Severing the Dragon Vein 断命龙脉 The men of the Gu family never live past forty. After his father, Gu Mingyuan, dies, Gu Chenchuan follows a train ticket to Baihe, a bloodstained compass, and a few unfinished last words into the old trails of the Changbai Mountains. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that the Gu family has not simply been haunted or cursed. They have been caught in a living account, buried for many years, that refuses to let go. From Baihe to Tamen Peak, from the Changbai Mountains to an old well in t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Strike It Rich by Opening the Coffin 开棺发财 [Handcrafted from scratch + Traditional supernatural horror + No System + No cultivation + Extremely scary + Based on true experiences] Paper figures carry the coffin, a black dog tosses the grave, and an old man falls in love with a ghost. An opened coffin is carried home, and a beautiful fairy follows through the door. My name is Qin Yang. I was down on my luck and only hoped to make money by opening coffins. I never expected that it would turn out to be such a high-risk profession. (Friends i 1.6kReads—Score13414d adds
- 146 My Days as a Disciple of the Spirit Mediums 我当出马弟子的时光 A true account of spirit-medium practices, giving you an authentic look at every little detail! Every story and every person in this book is based on real events! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Yin-Yang Courier 阴阳快递员 After graduating from college, I became a delivery courier to make ends meet. Who knew I'd have to work nights, and that none of the people coming to collect their packages would be human… 153Reads8.1Score14714d adds
- 148 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. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 149 The Maoshan Sect Leader 茅山掌教 The Dao is the foundation of the Way; arts are how it is put to use. Hidden soul-binding talismans, a life of poverty and an early death for initiates, the three Maos’ upper, middle, and lower teachings, and secret arts that leave ghosts and gods in awe! The most mysterious final patriarch of Maoshan leads his disciple Zhang Shouyi across the land, exorcising demons, exploring dangerous places in search of treasures, resolving ancient grudges, and roaming both the realms of yin and yang as he li 1.1kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 150 The Yin Phoenix’s Calamity, the Dragon-Boned Wife 阴凤劫，龙骨妻 ◇Cold Snake God x Girl Forced to Take the Blame◇ My grandfather stole the Snake God’s dragon bones to keep me alive. Eighteen years later, the snake came to my door and demanded repayment, with interest. As a hundred snakes coil around me and red candles blaze, he bends close to my ear, his voice bewitching and cruel: “I’ll make you live in hell, my one and only captive pet. For all eternity, you’ll never be free.” He returned carrying a thousand years of hatred, yet found himself savoring the 20.7kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
