Novels like King of Gu Sorcery
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as King of Gu Sorcery, best match first.
- 151 The Bus at 4 A.M. 凌晨4点的公交车 At dawn in the university town, there’s a bus with no listed schedule. The passengers aboard have all been dead for a long time~! That day, I boarded that bus. This is where the story began... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 A Book by Jiang Huo Xiang Mao 江火香猫的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 Maoshan Arcane Arts 茅山秘术 The world is full of extraordinary people, including those who can locate burial sites, read the forces of yin and yang and feng shui, and exorcise evil spirits. They are the true practitioners of Maoshan! Armed with a book of Maoshan esoteric arts, Lin Jiusheng travels across the land from north to south, encountering countless strange events and bizarre tales... 597Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 154 Nine Sins of the Human World 人间九罪 There are nine great sins in the world: murder, greed, cruelty, deceit, envy, sloth, lust, arrogance, and vanity. Every one of us is guilty. 439Reads6.5Score105Shelves
- 155 The Heaven-Mandated Ghost Tamer 天命驭鬼人 [Traditional · Supernatural · Suspense] I was born from a corpse, and the day I was born, my parents died because of me. Yin and yang clash, and my fate is marked by the Seven Killings. An orphan's grave, a green-clad sky lantern, Qin Mao shadow puppets, a portrait of a blood-eyed beauty… All the ghosts bow before me. Clad in a yellow robe, I wield wondrous powers. 253Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 156 The Shangqing Celestial Master 上清天师 [Taoist priest + no saintly protagonist + supernatural + two male leads + two female leads] Ever since the great battle between Chinese Taoists and Japanese onmyoji, supernatural incidents have been erupting across the cities, as though ancient forbidden spells have been broken. White-hair vampires, black fiends, vengeful ghosts, grinning corpses... Feuds that began a thousand years ago will finally be settled in this life. With humanity twisted and morality in decline, what other dangers are wa 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 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
- 158 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 The Second Book by Jiaoge Gei Tang Chi 叫哥给糖吃的第2本书 My new story is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 241Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Jin Xiaoyu Lin 金霄钰琳 (A Gu novel: no invincible protagonist, no formulaic tropes, no System, and no mindless characters. It leans toward wish fulfillment, and the protagonist is something of a genius. Readers who want mindless entertainment, beware.) A piece of rotten flesh, driven onward by thought, keeps moving. Without thought, it is nothing but a lump of rotten flesh. I am a soul wandering alone in the present world, pursuing the path I chose with a pride that cuts to the bone, only to be rewarded with the dust 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Gu Pleasure 蛊欢 [Innocent Gu Tribe Boy + Female Pawnshop Owner] [Possessive, Obsessive Love + Devoted to Each Other + Coercive Romance] She is the owner of the Meng family pawnshop, burdened by a curse. He is a bold, free-spirited young man from the Gu Tribe, living in the desert. The legendary Ruan Yu, said to be able to bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones, brings them together by chance, and they set out for a secret realm deep in the desert. After meeting again and again in the secr 15Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 162 The Gu World: Gu Yue Fang Zheng's Journey to Immortality 蛊界：古月方正的永生之旅 What if Fang Zheng were someone who had transmigrated into a book? What if the Gu world welcomed a scientist who pursued eternal life, and an information revolution? Where would the story go from there...? Many years later, the Heavenly Court was at war. Long Gong was using Dragon Taming and Three Qi Return to stop Fang Yuan from destroying Fate Gu. Just then, a gigantic hand suddenly appeared in the sky and sealed Long Gong away. At the sight of this, everyone in the Heavenly Court felt their h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Funeral Home Host's Path to Immortality 殡仪馆司仪修仙记 A fortune-teller said Mo Wen was fated to be haunted by five ghosts, and that a disastrous curse would befall his family that very day. Mo Wen didn't believe him. Then his father fell off the roof that same day and broke his leg. To keep his family out of danger, Mo Wen went far away, but the spirits continued to hound him. In a fit of anger, he walked into a funeral home and took a job as an unofficial funeral host, only to attract even more vicious ghosts... A love affair spanning three thousa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 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
- 165 Gu Saint 蛊圣 Gu cultivation, mortal's journey, no System. Sold into slavery to become a Gu Master, he happens upon the Thief Saint's legacy and steals his archenemy's rank-one spirit vein. Disguised as a mole, he infiltrates an opposing faction, where schemes and plots eventually make him a Gu Saint. Cultivating all six paths, he stands unrivaled and cuts across the ages. Sword Path, Luck Path, Theft Path, Performance Path, Strength Path, Dream Path, and many other Gu cultivation disciplines. From Three-Foot 543Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 166 The Sixth Book by Guhan 孤寒的第6本书 My new story is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13.9kReads—Score399Shelves
- 167 Welcome to the Nightmare Livestream!!! 欢迎来到噩梦直播间！！！ My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 After the Age of the Ten Venerables, How Can One Reach the Supreme Realm? 历经十尊时代，如何成就至高 Zhang San transmigrated to another world, thinking he was in a harem story about an overpowered hero, until he saw two people fighting with bugs. Wait, what do you mean by natal Gu? What’s a combo killer move? Damn it, where the hell have you dragged me? 737Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 169 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 318Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 The Paper Effigy Shop: The Figures I Make Can Catch Ghosts 祖传纸扎铺：我扎的纸人会抓鬼 There were no ghosts in the world to begin with. The more people believe in them, the more real they become! In truth, human hearts are a hundred times more sinister than evil ghosts. Every ghost was driven into being by people. My family’s paper effigy shop is so poor it’s about to close. My ancestors passed down three ironclad rules: never make an effigy in the likeness of a living person, never make one in the likeness of the dead, and never make one of anyone named by a customer. To make end 230Reads—Score124Shelves
- 171 The Insect Master 引虫师 Our ancestors called every living, blood-and-flesh creature in the world a bug. Bugs fall into five kinds: naked, scaly, furry, feathered, and shelled. We humans and earthworms are both naked bugs. The Great Expansion numbers fifty, but only forty-nine are used. Heaven left one number for the mortal world: any animal that learns it can become an immortal. But unlike the other four kinds of bugs and us, they must first become demons before they can appear. Cat Gu, corpse immortals, the giant serp 219Reads—Score100Shelves
- 172 A Vengeful Ghost Possesses Me, So I Slap It Right Across the Face 厉鬼上身，我上去就是一个耳光 [Urban + supernatural + invincible power fantasy] Demonic energy spreads, and terror descends! Have you ever heard the sound of opera singing from desolate graves in the wilderness... Have you ever seen a woman in red repeatedly jumping from an abandoned building... Have you ever encountered a corpse that had been dead for a long time suddenly opening its eyes... Headless corpses that walk, white-haired old men dragging their intestines as they howl, weasels that love to eat human hearts and l 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 A Golden Core Cultivator's College Life 金丹修士的大学生活 “Heaven is round and Earth is square. By the nine laws, I write this decree: may all ghosts hide and flee.” What manner of demon are you? Come out and accept your punishment! Oh no! How did I manage to provoke her? Master, save me... The wonderful, thrilling college life begins!!! 97Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 174 Immortal Venerable: Spreading the Blood Sea Inheritance from the Start 仙尊：开局散布血海真传 Fang Sheng accidentally transmigrated to a world of cultivation, but unfortunately, he got no System and no cheats. He thought he would live out an ordinary life as a mortal, but unexpectedly inherited the legendary Blood Sea lineage. The Heavenly Court had banned blood cultivation, however, and anyone who practiced it would be hunted by the Ten Great Ancient Sects. So Fang Sheng decided that sharing the fun was better than keeping it to himself, and began spreading the legacy far and wide, enti 657Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 Welcome to Wenshi Hall 欢迎光临问世堂 [Traditional supernatural tales + eerie legends and heretical lore + mysteries of the past + the many sides of life + heartwarming healing] One female lead, no System, no harem, one-on-one romance. A satisfying story that isn't mindless, with plenty of comeuppance. The male lead has lived for a thousand years. The female lead is powerful and keeps growing stronger, and the main cast never holds her back. The grandfather doesn't die at the start. The first arc moves quickly. Its lingering mysteri 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Cultivating Yin and Yang in the Gu World 我在蛊界修阴阳 Huang Ming, the protagonist, was traveling through the southern frontier when, for some unknown reason, his life suddenly came to an end. Fortunately, another demon from beyond the heavens came to his aid, opening up a new path to the future. “Just as I thought, the future is going to be exciting!” 4.6kReads6.4Score339Shelves
- 177 Grade D? The Heaven-Stealing Demon Venerable Wants My Talent 丁等？盗天魔尊说这资质我要了 I transmigrated into the Gu world from the start with a D-grade aptitude, and everyone said I was a lost cause. But nobody knew I had received Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's "Transmigrator Starter Pack." A damaged Immortal Gu, a complete inheritance of the Thieving Path, and one piece of advice: "The Metal Path makes you look the most respectable. Respectable people get things done." From then on, I led a double life: publicly cultivating the Me 1.4kReads—Score128Shelves
- 178 She's Three Million Years Older Than Me. What Am I Supposed to Do? 女大三百万岁，该抱什么 His soul crossed into another world. Ming Shi was born with Dao marks of Space Dao from beyond the heavens, allowing him to send his soul back through time. His soul traveled three million years into the past, to the Immemorial Era. “Little Su, my sister, you and I being together is the guidance of fate.” His soul traveled to the Ancient Era. “Hong Ting, how about becoming my disciple? I’ll teach you the Dao of Time.” His soul traveled to the Near Ancient Era. “Hey, bald guy, yes, you. I 86Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 179 Gu World: The Six Paths of Theft 蛊界，六道窃途 Man is the spirit of all living things; Gu are the essence of heaven and earth. A C-grade aptitude? A crippled body? Rejected by the laws of the world? Bai Zhan Tudai (Lin Meiyuan) raised his mismatched eyes. All he could see was the direction of his homeland. No one and nothing can stop me from returning home! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 My Great-Grandfather Is a Vicious Spirit 我的太爷爷是凶煞 The male lead isn't invincible. He's just a pathetic rideshare driver, and if his great-grandfather hadn't shown up to protect him, he'd have died a thousand times over. You can pay respects to a thousand or so ancestors and not know who most of them are. But the ancestors you worship may choose to share their spirit with you based on how you treat them. Zhou Qingliang ended up worshipping a vicious great-grandfather. “Would you look at that, you came to me to build up your virtue in the afterli —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Eerie Descent: Invincible from the Century-Old Peach Tree 诡异降临：从百年桃树开始无敌 [Supernatural + Nonhuman Protagonist + Ruthless + System + Funny + Lighthearted + No Simp + No Female Lead] One day, twenty years after Tao Ran transmigrated to a parallel world, white mist descended, and horror returned! Sadako, Kayako? Spirit-writing ghosts, little girls in red? The Five Immortals of the Northeast, century-old jiangshi? The weasel spirit asked, “Hey, fellow countryman, do I look like a person or a god?” Tao Ran replied, “You look like... a golden-haired, animal-eared little gi 1Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 182 The Paranormal Investigator 探诡达人 My name is Qi Yue. I was born in the seventh lunar month, so that’s how I got my name. I’m a restaurant reviewer, and I’ve been doing this for five years. I made a little money in the first few years, but after the pandemic, the jobs became fewer and fewer. I wanted to switch to another line of work, but I didn’t know how to do anything else, so I had no choice but to keep struggling. With my pockets nearly empty, I desperately searched online for similar jobs. At last, I found a well-paid posit 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 The Gluttonous Taoist Nun 饕餮道姑 Wuwang is an “ordinary” female Daoist. While her fellow cultivators banish demons with talismans and peachwood swords, she wields an iron spatula. To earn merit and prolong the life of her gravely wounded master, she ventures into a world overrun by evil spirits, while adding to her Guide to Appraising Ghosts: pan-fried two-timing scoundrels, crisp and fragrant; stir-fried shrews, bursting with satisfying resentment; steamed wicked children, so tender they melt in your mouth; boiled abusers, sof 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 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 1.9kReads7.1Score161Shelves
- 185 Miao Mountain Romance 苗山情缘 During the summer of my sophomore year, I returned to school and took the wrong bus because I was in a hurry. I fell asleep on the ride, and when I woke up, I was in a remote mountain village. A farmer took me in, and I never imagined my life would change so drastically from that moment on. 2kReads8.4Score173Shelves
- 186 Maoshan's Fifth Day's First Book 茅山第五天的第1本书 Where can I find a kindred spirit on the road to immortality? Only Gu can preserve affection through the ages. A young man stranded in another world endures countless hardships and steps over the withered bones of myriad races, rising step by step to the pinnacle of the Gu path. 8kReads6.2Score223Shelves
- 187 The Earth Master 地先生 Every title in the occult arts has a special meaning: tomb raiders are called grave diggers, those without a school or sect are called Mr. Bai, and those who sew heads onto corpses are called Old Madam Butian... Our trade calls us Earth Masters. Ghostly incense, the flayed-skin curse, the pecking-eye gu, the Cave of Nine... Every job I take on is full of twists and hidden dangers. Fight your way through, and the spirits and ghosts will fear you, and you’ll reign supreme in the occult world. Fail 81Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 188 The Last Yin-Yang Master 最后一个阴阳师 Twenty-three years ago, my father bought my mother for three hundred yuan. Twenty-three years later, a man claiming to be my second uncle returned to the village. What enormous secret lies behind my grandfather’s mysterious death? See how an ordinary young man navigates one dangerous situation after another, carefully uncovering a truth that should never have come to light. What connects the Ghost City of Fengdu, the divine realm of Kunlun, prehistoric Shennongjia, a mysterious space, vanished r 340Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 189 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
- 190 Myriad Worlds Cultivation Simulator 万界修仙模拟器 [Behind-the-scenes scheming, cultivation, leveling up, pure romance; the story gets better and better. Can summon and use treasures from the Myriad Worlds, including Gu worms, Devil Fruits, and more...] [Plenty of original ideas, no cookie-cutter tropes. Feel free to comment with fun worlds, treasures, planes, or protagonists you’d like to see. The author will read and reply to comments, and do their best to make the story great~] After waking up, stock market tycoon Xu Haoran finds himself a lo 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 The Gu Path: A Vast Sea in Turmoil 蛊道之沧海横流 (New book out now!) Green hills, setting sun; autumn moons and spring breezes. Indeed, hair black at dawn turns white by dusk; right and wrong, success and failure, all vanish in the blink of an eye. Chu Luosheng, a Blue Star wage slave, accidentally transmigrates into the Gu world. How he might make his mark on this chessboard, where the Ten Venerables and Heaven's Will move the pieces together, still seems a long way off... Because he suddenly discovers that the person he transmigrated as is a 33Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 192 My True-Life Paranormal Encounters: The Bizarre Things I've Experienced 亲身灵异实录：我经历的邪门事儿 Based on true events, firsthand accounts. Over the course of my life, I’ve encountered far too many bizarre things that science can’t explain. On a stormy night, a nightclub hostess was pinned down by a ghost in her sleep. Something furry crouched on her chest, and a seductive moan like a fox’s cry sounded beside her ear. She began to walk with a sway, her eyes shining like a fox’s, and the men around her started meeting with strange accidents one after another: the boss’s brakes failed in a c 1.1kReads6.8Score106Shelves
- 193 The Yin-Yang Scissors 阴阳剪 A black dragon coils around me, skeletons block the door, fox spirits form ranks, and a white snake possesses me... All I have is a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper. I cut down demons and sever the boundary between life and death... The Yin-Yang Scissors cut through the forces of yin and yang. I am the heir to the Yin-Yang Scissors. With them in my hands, one snip decides life or death. All the thrilling, eerie, and mysterious tales are found in The Yin-Yang Scissors... 120Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 194 The Living Must Keep Away: The Underworld Chef 活人回避：冥厨 “Kill ninety-nine, then stop!” My grandfather was the last executioner in history. He beheaded hundreds of people in his lifetime and was burdened by countless sins. To atone for them, my father opened a restaurant for the living and the dead, cooking for the living by day and the dead by night. Nine-Thread Corpse Cake, Grasshopper-Skin Juice, Blood-Fried Rotten Flesh, Crispy-Bone Human Soup... If I make it and you refuse to eat, my ghost-head executioner's blade will strike down evil men above 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Greatest Ghost Taoist in the Mortal Realm 阳间第一鬼道 The coffin is raised, the incense still burns, and the grave is moved. The Taoist was once an evil ghost; wicked arts throw the age into chaos. Paper figures harbor murderous intent; living stones imprison evil spirits. Vengeful ghosts don Taoist robes, and the sinister wind never stops blowing. Ning An was a disciple of the Taoist sect, but his master used him as a pawn, while his master’s wife wanted to eat him and turn him into a vengeful ghost. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Enrolled at a Paranormal Vocational College 高考落榜，我上灵异职业技术学院 After failing the college entrance exam, Su Xing gets a beating from both parents and, worked up, threatens to jump into a river. Ding! The System sets Su Xing up with a school: the Paranormal Vocational and Technical College. The school doesn't teach math, Chinese, or English. It only teaches ghost-catching, demon-subduing, spirit investigation, and more... Su Xing complains to the System, “Even with a System, you won't let me go to a proper university? Why a vocational college?” “Guaranteed to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 198 I Tamed the Paranormal 我把诡异收服了 Born with ghostly eyes, I share a desk with the City Lord of the Underworld. A vengeful female ghost wants me to kiss her, I take in a powerful underworld enforcer, and a princess from a thousand years ago swears an oath with me. Onstage, they sing of sorrow and grief. Beneath the stage, I capture every kind of evil. My name is Zhang Qiang. Watch me run rampant through the Underworld! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 The Unrivaled Heavenly Master 天师无双 The nine stars align, and good and evil are turned upside down. A great war between the Underworld and the Nether Capital is imminent. The Corpse Clan is rising, the Heavenly Ghosts seek to invade, the Heavenly Demons circle overhead, and great monsters descend. The Demon Buddha Sect, the Corpse Immortal Cult, and the Immortal Alliance are all stirring. Ghosts roam by day, demons hide among humanity, little ghosts are hard to deal with, corpse-driving and zombie-exorcising arts abound, the Five 29Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 200 Gu World: The Rank Nine Fate Gu and Despair Gu 蛊界：九转天命蛊与绝望蛊 The good news: I transmigrated! The bad news: I ended up in the Gu world! As Feng Yu’s soul transmigrated into the Gu world and he was being skinned and dismembered, the Heavenly Dao Marks outside the world surged and condensed into a Gu worm. It looked like a person, its whole body wreathed in thick, ink-black smoke, with a scythe on its back radiating negative energy. This Gu was named “Despair.” 2.6kReads—Score357Shelves
