Novels like The Demon King and the Celestial Master
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Demon King and the Celestial Master, best match first.
- 1 The Legend of Feng Shui 風水傳奇 This book is based on the Feng Shui Special Protection Bureau. First, let me make one thing clear: this bureau exists in a fictional country. It does not concern or represent any particular country, and it does not violate any country’s laws, politics, or regulations. Every story is fictional. The protagonist is Zhang Chen, a Feng Shui master. Alongside him are Li Chongqin, Li Yuxin, Luo Qiao, Lao Lingling, Xia Xue, Chen Xiaowei, Chen Ying, Li Mei, and other female Feng Shui masters skilled in a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Legendary Master of Chishui Spirit Wine 赤水灵酿之传世酒宗 The Chishui River has flowed for a thousand years, giving birth to world-famous liquor and nourishing secret brewing arts unknown to the world. In 1988, Du Shaokang, the thirty-year-old young heir to Zuixianfang, a century-old distillery on the riverbank, returns home as a brewer bearing the scars of city life. The inheritance was interrupted during a turbulent era, and he is unexpectedly drawn into a thousand-year struggle over the “Secret Treasure of the Liquor Ancestor.” One strange event fol 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Child Disciple of the Three Pure Ones 三清座下一童子 A world where black and white, order and chaos, East and West, technology and religion all coexist... A novel that truly tells stories about Taoism and its teachings. Dao Meng has been an orphan since childhood. He scrapes by in the Westland, once the Continent of Taoism and Buddhism, now occupied by the Church. Technology is advanced here, but anything connected to the Church costs a fortune... By chance, Dao Meng is taken in by an old Taoist. From the first moment he sees the Three Pure One 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Little Chick’s Diary 小鸡快跑笔记 Long ago in ancient times, there was a chicken named “Run, Little Chicken.” This chicken was filled with righteous spirit, its lower half as white as snow and its upper half as golden as gold. Its yellow comb stood proudly atop its head. It slew demons and banished evil to protect its homeland and bring blessings to the people. As the saying goes, the world stays divided after a long period of unity, and united after a long period of division. In a chaotic age, one chicken was invincible under —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Feng Shui Helped Me Reach the Pinnacle of Life 风水助我走上人生巅峰 [Changing your fate with feng shui, real-life feng shui, dispelling evil with feng shui, practical feng shui, making money with feng shui, feng shui helps me find a girlfriend] The day the gaokao results came out, Li Chengfeng didn't even make the cutoff for a junior college. On his way to find a job, he met an old man who taught him feng shui and changed his fate... 43.6kReads7.3Score3.2kShelves
- 6 Fated to Wed a Ghost 命有阴妻 [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost wife + first-person narration + gentle senior sister] Heaven and earth have souls, and every craft can lead to immortality. There are no taboos for gods and ghosts, mortals, demons, evil spirits... On the day I was born, a crystal coffin appeared deep in the mountains, with an exceptionally beautiful woman inside! Sixteen years later, the coffin opened, and she and I made a five-year pact. Mysterious forces, bizarre experiences, an unknown promise, and a 435Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Strange Dao: From the Start, a Vengeful Spirit in the Marshal's Mansion 诡道，开局大帅府里的怨灵 [Supernatural + Suspense + Adventure] Yin soldiers crossing the border? I’ll draw talismans to trap them, borrow the incense offerings of the living, and force them to crawl back on their knees! Vengeful spirits haunting me? I’ll use copper coins to bind their souls and seal them in the earth’s ley lines. Feng shui curses? I’ll redirect the dragon veins and defy fate itself. In the chaotic Republic of China era, warlords carve up the land, yin soldiers march through, and living corpses roam by n —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Yin-Walking Path 走阴门 On the day I was born, a thousand crows gathered overhead and a hundred ghosts surrounded our home. My mother died on the spot, and I was branded an ill omen! 1.9kReads6.7Score190Shelves
- 9 A Taoist Priest's Notes 道士笔记 Ever since I experienced the mystery of Seven Coffin Mountain, I’ve been devoted to mastering Taoist arts. I’m just a Taoist priest who helps the dead find peace, but over the past fifty years, I’ve guided the souls of more than a thousand departed: people who died unjustly, by accident, by suicide, or while awaiting death. Along the way, I’ve experienced a series of strange, uncanny supernatural events… I offer this book as proof of the difference between a charlatan and a true Taoist priest. D 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Divorce Bidding 离婚竞价 Divorce Auction —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Divine Face Reader in Hemp Robes 麻衣神相 Before my grandfather died, he left me a divination that I must not disobey. Then my fiancée came to break off our engagement. Because of this, I went to the city to investigate, only to discover a tangle of entanglements and endless mysteries. To defy fate and change my destiny, I press forward without looking back. 328Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 12 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Folk Tales of Feng Shui and the Supernatural 民间风水怪谈 Curse Arts + Maoshan Arts + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Folk Arcane Arts + Gu Techniques Feng shui affects everyone’s health, fortune, romance, family, and career. Want great fortune and riches? Want to become the richest person around? Want your children and grandchildren gathered around you? Want to become famous overnight? Want a beautiful companion by your side? If so, open to the first page and keep reading… 17.3kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 14 The Secret Records of Yin and Yang 阴阳秘录 Mountain spirits summon immortals; water spirits summon dragons. Do immortals really exist in this world? I don't know, but I do know that dragons are real. From the day the roar of machinery rang out across Miaoling Valley, everything began to slide toward an unknowable abyss. And from that abyss, a pair of eyes watched those involved, their gaze carrying an emotion impossible to decipher... 188Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 15 Bronze Tomb Guardians 青铜镇尸 In the 26th year of Guangxu's reign, Shen Henian, the last Celestial Master of Maoshan, used his own life to seal the ancient Zombie King Ying Gou inside a bronze coffin and sink it to the bottom of the Yangtze River. He left behind a warning: Reinforce the seal with blood every sixty years. If this vow is broken, Ying Gou will see daylight again, and not a soul will remain for thousands of miles. Twenty-four years later, the seal begins to weaken. Shen Henian's grandson, Shen Changgeng, is a co 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Breaking Calamity 破厄 “Blasphemy! What an outrage! How dare a mere mortal like you gaze upon a god!” Take another look at the god you speak of. Where is its compassion? If it really is a god, why won’t it let the people behold its glory? Instead, it hides behind you all. If you ask me, it’s nothing but an evil spirit that beguiles people. “It can deliver us from our suffering!” “Perhaps it’s the source of that suffering. Let this Daoist priest help you cut it off at the root!” Everyone, just watch and see how Chen Gu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Daoist Exorcist: One Body, Two Souls, a Daoist and a Curse Master 道降师：道士和降头师一体双魂 Banish evil spirits, avenge the wronged, solve century-old mysteries, and explore ancient ruins thousands of years old. One righteous, one wicked: Daoist secret arts and cursecraft coexist in a single body. Lu Xiaoxi studied for five years in the Lingbao School of Mount Gezao. After his master passed away, he was expelled from the sect and attacked by its leader. By a twist of fate, Yang Gongyu of the Curse Sect, whose attempt at body liberation had failed, tried to possess him. The possession f 165Reads—Score118Shelves
- 18 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! 607Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 19 The Day I Was Born, the Heavenly Coffin Bestowed Blessings, and Nine Dragons Suppressed Evil 我出生那天，天棺赐福，九龙镇煞 The day I was born, the Nine Dragons wailed, and a divine coffin appeared in the sky. Feng shui lore says that when the Nine Dragons bow before a coffin, it becomes a Heavenly Coffin. Whatever lies inside will bring either immense fortune or great calamity. I was never meant to live in this world. My grandmother stole my life from a dragon-bone Heavenly Coffin. When I turned eighteen, she told me a great secret about the Heavenly Coffin… 4.1kReads7.6Score329Shelves
- 20 The Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Legend has it that at the boundary between the mortal realm and the underworld lies an ancient, mysterious street called Banshijin. On it stands an inn known as the Reincarnation Inn. Any soul, be it human, god, demon, or monster, whose heart is gripped by an overwhelming fixation will come here after death and wander along this street. 1kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 21 The Scripture of the Dead 死人经 I accidentally drank ghostly wine from a grave and held a wedding ceremony with a ghost. 2.7kReads6.5Score319Shelves
- 22 The Grand Mystic 大玄师 Sun Lei smiles faintly and raises a hand to split open the Yin-Yang Road. “Moved yet?” Demons, ghosts, monsters, and spirits: “Wouldn’t dare. Wouldn’t dare…” 131Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 23 You Insult Me? I’ll Take Three Days Off Your Life 嘴我？削你三天阳寿 My wife won five million in the lottery. That very day, she kicked the door open and cackled: “Hahahaha, a cripple thinks he deserves a share?” She had no idea the Twenty-Four Chapters Scripture in my arms was growing hot Now, a hundred thousand ghost soldiers call me their Chief Steward. When I take out my brush and cross three years off her lifespan “If you think your life’s too long, keep mouthing off.” “Now, who’s begging whom?” You can sneak a bite, but could you at least stop smacking your 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Treasure Hunter with a Lucky Touch 桃运摸宝师 I left home when I was young and stumbled into the world of treasure hunting and spirit-reading. From Kunlun’s Hell to the South Sea Dragon Ruins, the Netherworld Ghostwood, and the Sea of Sand’s hidden nest... I traveled far and wide in search of secret treasures. Just as I thought I could take control of my own fate, Heaven played a cruel joke on me. I tried to escape, but only sank deeper and deeper... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 Sea Treasures 1 海藏1 In Shanghai, where the strong prey on the weak, the city is like a blood-soaked underworld: those who command vast fortunes can hit rock bottom overnight. Brilliant secret arts and ingenious mechanisms set the stage for battles of wit and nerve. During Shanghai’s isolated-island era, the world has been swallowed up by World War II. Horrific acts have become commonplace, and the city is riddled with haunted houses and plagued by strange events. When Chen Li arrives in Shanghai to seek his fortune 3.2kReads9.2Score222Shelves
- 28 A Curious Record of Getting By 奇妙糊口录 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, slow-paced, slice of life, horror, urban cultivation, a harem of spirits and demons, and chuuni comedy] Skyscrapers conceal mysteries of yin and yang, while deep forests hide monsters and demons. He learned secret Daoist arts passed down through his family, but he isn't chasing the path to ascension. He just wants to live a peaceful life. Eerie screams in the middle of the night, spirits lying in wait under cover of darkness, and evil cultivators with sinister inte 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 110Reads—Score155Shelves
- 30 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 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Story Sparked by a Feng Shui Charlatan 一个风水神棍引发的故事 An ordinary person stumbles by chance onto the path of studying fate and feng shui. After a life of great ups and downs, he finds a master and becomes a master of the Daoist arts. What kinds of opportunities will he encounter as he walks the path of slaying demons and eliminating evil... [In the early chapters, drawing on the author’s personal experience studying feng shui and fate-reading, this book will show you how to choose books and get started.] 461Reads—Score104Shelves
- 32 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Maoshan's Handsome Face, Catching Ghosts Without Playing Fair 茅山颜值担当，捉鬼不讲武德 When a thousand-year-old, woman-loving patriarch transmigrates into the body of a useless young Maoshan priest in modern times, he uses his handsome face and his family's creed, “Let your fellow cultivators die, not you,” to carve out a hilarious, unstoppable path through the city's supernatural world and its harem-like battlefield. Highlights: · A character full of contrasts: He looks like a handsome, lazy young Taoist, but inside he's a thousand-year-old fox. With the most laid-back expressi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Tales of Strange Happenings from the Mystical Sect 玄门故事异闻录 Where the Mysterious Gate stands on its own, clouds disperse and moonlight shines clear; The wind settles, the heart is cleansed of dust, and pure light fills the sleeves. A gathering of stories about Daoism, Buddhism, shamanic spirit-mediums, the Gospel, and the evil art of curse-casting. A book that explains what Hebei’s incense tradition is all about. It resembles the spirit-medium tradition of the Northeast, but is not the same. The story is entirely fictional. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Celestial Master Is Here, and I Am the Evil God 天师在此，我为邪神 [Folklore Supernatural + Underdog's Rise + Mystery and Twists + Cool Exterior, Contrasting Side] When I was twelve, my father ran away. Now that I'm seventeen, my sister is close to death. The village's old blind man said someone in the Liu family had died. If I sneaked into their home and stole a carpenter's ink line, I could save my sister. So I went. In the end, I discovered that the thing lying in the coffin wasn't human. After my sister was saved, I thought that surviving a great cala —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Yin Sovereign: The Fox Immortal Arrives 阴天子，狐仙驾到 I was born with an extraordinary destiny, meant to become an emperor. But just after I was born, someone tried to sabotage my fate. To save me, my grandfather gave away the merit accumulated by eighteen generations of our family, and risked his own life to defy the heavens and change my destiny... 5.4kReads7.4Score348Shelves
- 37 A Stranger's Path Through the Ghost World 鬼途陌路 Modern setting + horror + suspense + supernatural + strong female lead Hu Ying is a funeral makeup artist who just wants to earn a little money and lie flat. Who would have thought that after an accident, she’d be forced onto a one-way road where she’d have to live among ghosts? From then on, she uncovers conspiracies and fights evil cults, and somehow ends up at the very peak of life... 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Yagyu Yelang 柳生夜郎 Liu Shisan was born in the 1990s and learned folk Taoist arts from Grandpa Yun, a member of his family, from a young age. He thought he was simply gifted, but never imagined he would be drawn into the secret of how Liu Bowen of the Ming dynasty severed the dragon veins beneath the land... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Borrowed Blade 借刀人 As a shooting star streaked across the sun, a young man borrowed a blade. The Guigu Seal was broken, the Chiyou Banner appeared, and war erupted. The five immortals of fox, weasel, hedgehog, rat, and snake traveled by night and day, while the five evils of judges, tribute collectors, insects, corpses, and livestock roamed the land. Earth gods and City Gods, zombies and hanging ghosts, dragon maidens, vengeful spirits and monsters, Thunder Gods and drought demons walked between the realms of yin 16Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 40 The Eerie Girlfriend 诡异女友 Can a loser really not find true love? One day, I suddenly discover that my girlfriend has disappeared. Did she dump me? But I’ve asked so many friends, and none of them have seen her. I can’t stop breaking out in a cold sweat... Was I dumped, or is there something “wrong” with her? 222Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 41 I Took a Thousand-Year-Old Female Ghost as My Big Sister 认了个千年女鬼当姐姐 (Supernatural + Taoist priests + the Underworld + zombies + fiery golden eyes) A stunning beauty lives atop a deserted mountain, and I'm the only one who can see her. She won't tell me her name, but insists I call her Madam. Only later did I learn that there were no homes on that mountain at all, just a tomb belonging to a First-Rank Madam. 744Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 42 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Maoshan Heavenly Master 茅山天师 My grandmother’s death indirectly set me on a path completely unlike that of ordinary people. From then on, my fate began to change. The farther I traveled along this road, the more strange things I experienced: underworld messengers, the Eight-Gate Corpse Fiend, the Spirit Rock Ghost Realm, the Kunlun Demon Droughtfiend, and more. Then I suddenly realized that all these events seemed to point toward a conspiracy, one powerful enough to turn the world upside down... 1.6kReads7.5Score107Shelves
- 44 The Yin-Yang Fate Borrower 阴阳借命师 [Traditional Supernatural Horror]+ [Feng Shui and Mysticism]+ [Suspense and Deduction] On my seventeenth birthday, I watched my best classmate die horribly right in front of me. That was when I learned someone had stolen my fate! A mysterious old man told me I was one of the Seven Wise and offered to take me as his disciple. If I refused, I wouldn’t live past thirty. When I was twenty-five, my master ventured alone into the underworld to negotiate with the King of Hell and extend my life. He ult —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.5kReads8.8Score484Shelves
- 46 Tales of a Taoist Priest 道士往事 Join me as I uncover the Three Realms, the Heavenly Court, the Thirty-Three Heavens, blessed grotto-heavens, magic arts, golden pills, ancient times, Gu, Zhuyou healing, feng shui, fortune-telling, divination, investigating and reading cases... demons, devils, ghosts, monsters, imps, evil masters and fallen saints... as well as the modern-day Imperial Observatory! The Three Teachings trace their origins to the Dao, which stands above the empty titles of Confucianism and Buddhism. Golden scriptur 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Eerie Game: From the Start, I Picked Up a Top-Tier Star 诡异游戏：开局捡个顶流女星 [Horror game + dark tone + unscrupulous tactics + Infinite Flow + one female lead] Could the strange creature Gu Changqing brought out of a haunted villa really be a top-tier star and a high-level player in the horror game? And does she really need to form a "deep connection" with Gu Changqing and devour his "life essence" to maintain her human form...? 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 48 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 49 The Tattered Robe 1: Heartbroken in Tatters 残袍1：碎心残袍 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zuo Dengfeng, an office worker at the cultural center in Wendeng County on the Jiaodong Peninsula, is unexpectedly sent to guard an abandoned Taoist temple in the Kunyu Mountains. There he meets Wu Xinyu, an orphan who has struggled to live alone in the temple for many years. They come to trust each other, fall in love, and marry. By chance, while descending the mountain, they find an old cat captured by the villagers below. It wears a gold collar arou 427Reads9.3Score103Shelves
- 50 Heir of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海传人 When I was nine, a horde of ghosts surrounded our house, all intent on taking my life! To save me, Grandpa went and found me a female ghost to be my wife… 208Reads9.0Score103Shelves
