Novels like Spirit Guide
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- 1 The Daoist Sect's Spirit Medium 道宗通灵师 I'm a food delivery rider. As it happened, I delivered meals to a mother and her son three days in a row. On the fourth day, I went to their home and saw a forensic doctor carry their bodies out of the house. I also heard the doctor say they'd been dead for more than seventy-two hours. That very night, the ghostly mother and son appeared in my home and took over my room. By chance, I met Wang Xiangyun, a Taoist who knew how to subdue demons and drive out evil spirits, and asked him to help me ge 599Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 2 The Mysterious Sect's Arcane Talisman 玄门诡箓 I'm a Daoist, and I'm writing down some of my experiences. I've encountered all kinds of arcane matters, driven out evil spirits and subdued baleful forces. I've learned folk practices through Daoism, and Daoism through folk practices. Now I'm sharing my stories with everyone. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Seeking the Dao, Searching for the Path 寻道觅途 Li Wuchen chuckled softly, as he often did. “Heaven's will must not be defied.” Until his parents' blood ran cold, his closest friend turned against him, and his beloved disciple died a tragic death... Until he saw, in the pages of a fragmentary history book, the woman he loved more than life itself. They had crossed a thousand years together, yet remained forever full of regret... Doubt stirred in his heart. “Fate... can it truly not be defied? Heaven's will... can it truly not be overturned?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Village Tales of the Chosen One 乡村怪谈之天命人 Programmer Wu Jie possesses the ancestral “Truth-Piercing Eye” and is forced to return to the isolated mountain village of Shoushan to inherit his family home. By day, the village seems perfectly normal, but at night it is shrouded in eerie taboos. Every night beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance, a woman in red appears and asks, “Am I more like a human or a god?” Anyone who answers incorrectly either dies or goes mad. While the villagers tremble and obey rules that have been foll 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Merit-Bearing Demon Venerable: My Post-Apocalyptic World Is a Blessed Paradise 功德魔尊：我的末世是福地洞天 Mo Chen is the sole surviving heir of the Tianyue Sect after its destruction. He carries a blood feud on his shoulders, yet his identity as a demonic cultivator leaves him unable to take a single step. Slaughter brings karmic sin, and the Heavenly Dao will not tolerate him. His path forward is cut off. In this desperate moment, he awakens the sect’s supreme treasure, the Wheel of All Worlds, and enters a silent realm of the dead ruled by zombies. To his shock, he discovers that slaughtering zomb 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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! 151Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 7 Strange Tales from the Countryside 农村里的奇异怪谈 [Traditional supernatural horror + third-person narration + one female lead + no immortal cultivation] In a strange, gloomy bamboo forest, evil forces claim people’s lives. A university graduate has just returned to his village when he becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre events. In the end, he takes a master and learns the Dao. Is the mysterious woman good or evil? What other strange events will the protagonist encounter? Find out in the book. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Sinful Eye 罪业视界 The people they're hunting aren't the killers, but the dead. There's a rumor at the local police station that no one dares discuss openly: retired veteran detective Yan Mingguo can see the "sins" people carry. Faced with the baffling "Red-Clad Bride Serial Murder Case," rookie officer Lin Fan knocks on Yan Mingguo's battered iron door, having run out of options. After touching the evidence, the old man delivers a chilling verdict: "The killer isn't human..." "But it isn't a ghost, either." He —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Coffin Shop No. 444 棺材铺444号 In the vast north stands an old town forgotten by time and snow: Qishan Town. At its eastern end is a shop older than the town itself. It has no sign, but everyone knows its address: 444. It is a coffin shop. The Lin family coffin shop has been passed down for 347 years. Its keeper has always been the sole heir of each generation, and every one has obeyed a strict rule: close the doors at sunset; if someone knocks at midnight, do not answer if they are alive. They say answering will awaken thin 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Yin-Duiner 度阴人 [One heroine] [No harem] [No System] [Fantasy world] Do you know what yin entities are? In this world, there are four kinds of yin entities: ghosts, monsters, demons, and fiends. The woman in white drifting through an unfinished building, the bloodthirsty zombie in an ancient mountain tomb, the man-eating beast in a scenic lake... When these yin entities appear in the world of the living, a yin guide must step in to deal with them. And I’m the current yin guide. 673Reads8.1Score105Shelves
- 11 Ghosts in the High-Rise, Yet You Still Want Me to Go Undercover as a Security Guard 大厦闹鬼，你还让我去做卧底保安 My name is Ma Rui, and I’m a police cadet. Recently, a series of bizarre cases have taken place inside an office building: a little finger in a food delivery order; hair in a steamed bun filling; bloodstained banknotes; a strange tile cat; and a headless woman’s corpse in a woven sack… To solve the cases as quickly as possible, the police need to send an undercover agent into the building to work as a “night security guard.” So I took on this important assignment! 873Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 12 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
- 13 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Tales of Feng Shui, Tomb Raiding, and the Supernatural 风水盗墓灵异录 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, tomb raiding, feng shui, the supernatural, tomb exploration, retrieving corpses from water, suspense, pranks, ghost hunting, coffins, ghosts and monsters, the Eight Trigrams and other esoteric arts, dragon seeking and acupoint locating, sorcery, adventure, warding off evil, metaphysics His grandfather left Li Qing an old tomb-raiding journal, a bronze compass, a soul-suppressing staff, and a jade gourd. At midnight, at the bottom of the corpse-filled valley in Yang 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Exorcist’s Journal 伏魔笔记实录 I was born in a mysterious village in Chaoshan, amid violent storms and the strange disappearance of my family. From childhood, I was different from other people: I could see ghosts that no one else could. This unusual ability left me misunderstood, but it also led me into Grandma's mysterious world. Under her influence, I became fascinated by yin-yang and the Eight Trigrams, feng shui, and the art of destiny. Little by little, I learned that mysterious forces unknown to the world were hidden al 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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 3kReads8.9Score247Shelves
- 17 Ghost-Hunting Yin-Yang Master 捉鬼阴阳师 On the day I was born, the clear sky suddenly filled with lightning and thunder. A bolt struck a tree in our yard, and everyone in the village decided my birth was an ill omen. They all kept their distance. One villager accidentally offended me, and that night he mysteriously hanged himself. The body could only be taken down if someone knelt before me. On the day of his funeral, his brother died a violent death and the coffin fell to the ground. That was how the whole story began… 214Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 18 Can a Director Who Doesn’t Womanize Really Be a Good Director? 不当渣男的导演能是好导演？ [Director + actor + multiple heroines + award-winning + lighthearted + slow burn] Kun Peng only wanted to spend a few relaxing days on Yearning for the Ideal Life, but he was tricked into joining a dating show. In a fit of anger, he whisked Reba away and took her to Cannes, where he casually brought home the Palme d’Or. From then on, Kun Peng’s success knew no bounds. He made waves in television, film, animation, and music, racking up awards and breaking box-office records again and again. He a 7.4kReads7.1Score381Shelves
- 19 The Ninefold Divine Meridian Art 九转神脉诀 In Qinglan City, all bloodlines in the Shen family are treated as servants. Shen Ling is the lowliest of them all. After suffering endless humiliation and losing everything, he thought his life was over. Then he stumbled upon the truth about his bloodline: the so-called distinction between noble and lowborn was nothing but 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I'm a Merchant in a World of Horror 我在惊悚世界当商人 Some people trade in the living, while others trade in the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, joss paper, burial clothes, or paper offerings. I sell things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger… 2.6kReads8.8Score262Shelves
- 21 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 350Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Fake Taoist Comes Down from the Mountain 假道士下山 Jia Bufan is a student at a second-rate university. In today's fiercely competitive job market, he has spent ages without finding suitable work and doesn't want to toil away, so he spends his days wandering around online. But he is naturally bright and deeply interested in traditional Chinese medicine and the occult. By chance, he meets Daoist Longquan, an expert in the occult with profound knowledge of Daoist arts, and becomes his disciple. From then on, his life takes a very different path. Th 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集 Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Evil Dragon of Sanjiang 江阳旧事之三江孽龙 Luzhou, in central Sichuan, was known in ancient times as Jiangyang Commandery and is also called the City of Liquor. The Yangtze, Tuo, and Chishui rivers surround the city, which also borders Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, making it an important transportation hub for the three provinces since ancient times. The constant streams of mule caravans within the city, cargo boats on the rivers, and merchants lining the streets, along with the local brotherhood halls where sworn brothers trained with f 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 907Reads—Score105Shelves
- 27 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Sell My Temple and Become a Young Master 道士下山：卖掉道观做少爷 “I am Wang Shiye, a Taoist!” “King of the Taoists, you say? What an arrogant introduction!” His master was dead, and his sect's fortunes had run out. Wang Shiye sold the temple and took the Four-Eared Temple's ritual implements down the mountain. He may not be the King of the Taoists, but this young Taoist in his early twenties, though no good at magical duels, could tell fortunes and read the flow of qi and divine trigrams like no one else. He could even use divination like GPS. Unfortunately, 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 After Eighteen Years of Foolishness, I Became a Yin-Walker 痴傻十八年后我成为了走阴人 Every ancient village has a mysterious legend passed down through the generations: the Village Guardian. They bear a secret duty, using their broken bodies to ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, shouldering every calamity alone. People say they have come to the mortal world to endure hardship, and that their suffering in this life will bring blessings in the next. Yet fate treats them cruelly. Most die young, grow old alone, and endure endless mockery and cold stares. And I am one 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score257Shelves
- 31 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
- 32 Fox Wife 狐妻 As a child, I was alone and had no one to rely on, so I depended on a little fox I had found. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. I still remember that an old woman came looking for her granddaughter the day before, and then all sorts of strange things started happening. Why has my brother, who hasn't come home in years, suddenly returned? He says he'll find me a wife, and that we'll have to go into the mountains to look for her. Who could have guessed... 2.7kReads8.1Score213Shelves
- 33 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 34 I Just Want to Be a Slacker, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 我只想当咸鱼，偏偏要我玩惊悚 All I Want Is to Be a Couch Potato, but They Keep Making Me Play Horror Games 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 36 The Heavenly Master 一代天师 Forty years ago, a husband and wife ignored their ancestors' warning and died horribly at the entrance to their village. The woman's eyes were gouged out, and her body was hung from the old ginkgo tree in the ancestral hall. A year later, a young man from out of town unearthed a strange clay figure and was plunged into a deadly calamity, only to be saved by an old Daoist. Forty years later, a mysterious letter drew attention back to that village. No one knew that opening it would mean opening th 6.8kReads9.2Score975Shelves
- 37 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 317Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 38 My Mom Died, and I Just Want to Go Home for a Meal 我妈死了，就想回家吃顿饭 My mom died, and all I wanted was to go home and have a meal. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves
- 40 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score911Shelves
- 41 A Director's Fun Begins with Making Bad Movies 导演的快乐，从拍烂片开始 [Entertainment Industry + Director Story + Lots of Actresses + Filmmaking + Wish Fulfillment + Cultural Outreach + Eastern and Western Superhero Universes] Li Feng is reborn as himself in a parallel world. What fantastic news! Except there’s a problem: he’s 50 million in debt. At least he still has a little backing. In that case, he can only use the 300,000 yuan in his pocket to start making money by shooting terrible movies. The hype around The Promise is just right, so let’s bring out The 15.6kReads8.1Score759Shelves
- 42 Chronicles of the Kings 王者战纪 See how Wang Ze, an amnesiac, down-on-his-luck prince transmigrated to another world, saves the apocalypse, and becomes the strongest king. Manchester is a metropolis that can hold several hundred million people. With such a huge population density, it's only natural that there are buildings everywhere. It's a city with a staggering five hundred floors above ground and a hundred below. As for transportation, there are plenty of options: flying cars, airships, subways, brooms, all kinds of flying 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Sacred Emperor of War 斗战圣帝 A young man who can't find a job after graduating transmigrates to another world by chance. He has no golden finger, but by gathering cultivation resources from the droppings of exotic beasts, he makes a successful comeback and becomes a martial artist. In this other world, where everyone values martial prowess, he relies on his grit and social savvy to fight his way through every obstacle, eventually becoming a great emperor: the Battle Saint Emperor. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 997Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 46 The Celestial Master Police Chief 天师警长 (Daoist priest + urban suspense + unconventional + no invincibility + no dumb decisions + not a wish-fulfillment story) Ever since Celestial Master Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family of Mount Longhu has passed down its lineage for 2,000 years, with cultivating the heart amid the mortal world as its main path of practice. A top law student and collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Zhang Shouyi memorized scriptures at three 414Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 47 The Wife’s Coffin Smoke 妻棺烟 The Wife's Coffin Smoke 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
- 49 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
- 50 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
