Novels like Maoshan Ghost-Catching Specialists
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- 1 Cultivating Yin and Yang Beyond the Six Paths 六道之外修阴阳 Do you think forgetting is easy? It isn’t. For some people, it is an unattainable wish and a disaster no one else can understand... There is an indescribable being, neither demon, god, nor ghost. He does not know how to describe himself. He wears a human shell, yet is not human... He must live alone for an extraordinarily long time, so long that even fate cannot make plans for him. His ageless body bears an endless weight of heart-rending grief. His life is utterly meaningless, even cruel: every 6Reads—Score214d adds
- 2 The Wandering Son of Maoshan 茅山浪子 Among the Maoshan Taoists was a youth who called himself a wanderer. His parents died mysteriously, and his master was murdered. Then he disappeared, with no one knowing whether he was alive or dead. When he reappeared, he spoke little, as still as an ancient well. But alongside his good brother, a Buddhist monk of great virtue, he turned the world upside down! He even struck such fear into the Ten Kings of Hell that they turned pale! 5.1kReads8.7Score31514d adds
- 3 Matters of the Living, People of the Dead 阳间事，阴间人 Orphaned from birth, She Qiang grew up being fed by kind neighbors. Born in a time of chaos and raised in a Daoist temple, he learned a lifetime’s worth of Daoist arts from nothing but spell books left behind by someone unknown in the temple. He had planned to muddle through life, but reality kept pushing him, step by step, toward that unknown world... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Rise to Godhood Through Face-Slapping 我靠打脸封神 [Urban + System + Supernatural] Mu Rong Feng, the chief disciple of Maoshan, can't even perform the most basic Taoist magic? Don't worry. He's just been using it the wrong way. The Face-Slapping System is the ultimate key. When enemies and ghosts stick their faces right in front of you, should you slap them? Absolutely. Slap them hard! Not only will it leave you feeling refreshed, it will also earn you redemption points from the System. Redeem them for everyday skills, supreme Taoist arts, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Seeking the Way in a World Overrun by Ghosts and Demons 寻道之鬼妖乱世 [Mild horror + slow burn + no female lead + no System + pure cultivation] Cultivation realms: Dao Initiate → Mortal Daoist → Human Realm Priest → Dao Heart → Dao Union: five major realms (with a hidden realm, the Dao Ancestor). Each realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages. Jiang Xiaobai lost both parents as a child and survived on the charity of the people in Jiang Family Village. At eight, he met an old Daoist who made a brick vanish right before his eyes. According to the old man, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Seven Disciples of the Daoist Sect 道门七子 Do you believe that other spaces and dimensions exist beyond the world we know? Do you believe that among the people we encounter every day, there may be extraordinary individuals with extraordinary skills, unknown to the rest of us? Here, we tell stories about people and events in this world that ordinary people never hear about. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 King of Destiny Arts 命术之王 The year I was born, a fire took my parents’ lives. A black-furred weasel rescued me from the flames. My grandfather said I was born under a deadly curse, with three calamities following close behind. So I devoted myself to mastering the arts of fate and divination, overcoming the three calamities, severing the Heavenly Dao, and defying heaven to change my fate. 175Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 8 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Cultivating Face Reader Is Brutal 两界互穿：会修仙的相师太暴力了 [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [The Protagonist Cultivates Immortality] + [Taoist Priest] + [Farming] + [Golden finger] + [Fortune-telling] + [A Martial Arts World in the City] (P.S. The protagonist has a System. Please don't flame if that's not your thing.) A fortune-telling stall has appeared on an old street in Jinling. Spend enough time with its owner, and you'll start to notice things. “Bro, other people exorcise vengeful ghosts. How come you summon heavenly lightning?” “Feng shui is about a 103Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 9 The Taoist Master Is Released from Prison 天师出狱 The thing I regret most in this life is becoming a feng shui master. After five years in prison, I came out to find that everything had changed. I swear I'll lead the Liu family's feng shui clan to the pinnacle of Daoism! 272Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 10 Netherworld Master 冥师 My name is Zhao Dabao. I’m an orphan, and Third Master raised me. Even as a child, I knew there were some friends of mine I couldn’t tell anyone about. Erbao never grew up. Sanbao couldn’t go out in the sunlight. Sibao always had a faint fishy stench about him... I knew my friends weren’t ordinary people, but they’d been with me my whole life, and I always treated them as my brothers and sisters. I also thought of Third Master as my own grandfather. Then, when I turned eighteen, everything chang 134Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 11 Don't Mess With Me, My Master Is the Purple-Robed Celestial Master 别惹我，我师父是紫袍老天师 [Urban Fantasy + Unraveling Ancient Mysteries + Feel-Good, No Angst + Suspense and Supernatural + Tomb Raiding] In ancient Huaxia, many strange events have taken place that defy explanation. For instance, did the First Emperor really die? Do demons and spirits truly exist in this world? How are drought demons born? Why did the Shatuo people, who had existed for centuries, vanish overnight? Does the desert death worm really exist? What is the monster with a human face and a cow’s body in the no-m 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 253Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 13 The Taoist Corpse Slayer 道门斩尸人 When I was eighteen, everyone in my village died. I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and some people said I had a yin fate. I didn’t believe in ghosts either, until strange events began happening to me. Corpse drivers, paper figures makers, corpse retrievers, curse casters, gu masters, and all kinds of zombies, vengeful ghosts, mountain spirits, and monsters. By chance, I learned various Taoist arts, and together with many friends, set out to uncover why Jiangjia Village 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Funeral Parlor No. 44 44号白事铺 All he wanted was a quiet job and a little extra cash. But by chance, he became a yin-yang master, earning cabbage money while worrying himself sick. His skills were too shallow to tell the living from the dead at a glance... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Yin-Yang Arts 阴阳方术 My name is Liu Lian. I was supposed to live an ordinary life, until I wandered into the underworld at the age of seventeen and took an old beggar as my master. By pure chance, I obtained his secret Daoist manual, and so began a legendary life. Zombies, evil spirits, monsters, all kinds of supernatural events, the shadowy trade where people of the occult gather, the struggle for fortune between north and south, and a fate I cannot escape: in the end, can human will triumph over destiny, or is eve 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Taoist Apprentice 实习道士 Daoist priests sound so awe-inspiring and righteous, but it's all an illusion. My unreliable master was the one who talked me into taking up the trade, and I've been through all sorts of strange and bizarre things... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Greetings, Master Ghost Warden 参见鬼差大人 In a city of ultimate evil, with ghosts roaming the night, the seven emotions and six desires all give rise to monsters. It all began when a ghost constable named Chu Tian went looking for a girl beneath the Red Lantern House... Rebuild the cycle of reincarnation and govern the underworld. Ghosts belong where ghosts belong. Monsters of the mortal realm, pay your respects to the Ghost Constable! 84Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 18 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Worries of the Mystic Sect 玄门忧道 Twenty years ago, someone stole my fortune. To save me, Grandpa sent me to Mount Longhu. Twenty years later, a young Daoist descended the mountain. My mother in the mortal world had died, and I stepped between yin and yang to find her… 1.5kReads6.7Score11914d adds
- 20 I'm Done Being a Celestial Master This Poor 这么穷的天师不当也罢 In times of peace and prosperity, Buddhism flourishes across the land while Daoists hide away in remote mountains. In times of chaos, Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye to worldly affairs, while the Old Lord shoulders his sword and saves a world in turmoil. Daoists emerge from seclusion to save the people only when chaos reigns. In prosperous times, they shun worldly gain and retreat to the mountains, pursuing the Great Dao in their hearts, untouched by mundane distractions. This seems to have become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Grandmaster Ghost Hunter 捉鬼大宗师 Yin energy blankets the campus, corpse poison spreads through the city, and a mysterious ancient town is steeped in terror. Bizarre murders, a snake spirit haunting a village, and the Ghost Festival falling on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. One mystery after another is unraveled by them. But the truth turns out to be... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Studied Hard to Hunt Ghosts Before Coming Down the Mountain, So What Does High Martial Mean? 苦学捉鬼下山，高武是什么意思？ [Slow Burn, Read with Care] [Modern High Martial Arts] [Taoist Priest] [Ghost Hunting] [Eerie] [Awakening] [May Not Be for Everyone] Ye Xuan transmigrated at the absolute worst time. He had been the top scorer in the college entrance exam, but he got a terminal illness and died. As soon as he transmigrated, he took a Taoist priest as his master, though the old man was hardly a proper master. To make a name for himself and slap people in the face after transmigrating, Ye Xuan spent over a decade 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Ghosts Abroad Tonight 今夜有诡 My name is Cen Ruosi. Ever since I was little, people suspected that I was cursed to bring death to those around me. My master summoned the River of Forgetfulness, built the Bridge of Helplessness, and set up the Three Lives Stone, hoping to undo my fate. But he died suddenly before he could finish, leaving me only a secret manual. From then on, the only ones by my side were wandering spirits... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 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 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I'm a Badass Ghostbuster 我捉鬼超猛的 [A story-driven novel + a completed work of over ten million words, guaranteed quality] I’m Lin Yi. When my suicide attempt failed, that old crook Zhong Kui possessed me. An ordinary bit-part actor turned his life around and became a hundred-billion-yuan movie emperor. Acting is my side gig. Ghost hunting is my real job. The road to heaven is long, and hell is full. The world is in turmoil. With a soul-hooking blade in hand, I’ll sweep away every demon and evil spirit. 57Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 28 The Yin-Yang Ghost Hunter 阴阳捉鬼道神 (Supernatural + suspense + urban + wildly satisfying power fantasy) Heaven and earth shatter as one man, like a demon god, cleaves the sky and splits the land. In the age of declining magic, Ye Yi, an orphan, is taken in by Tianjizi. He steps into the bustling city carrying a jade pendant as his token. Spiritual qi revives like a rising tide, and fortune gathers like a raging flood. He seizes opportunities, battles the demons and monsters of the mortal world, subdues the fiends of the immortal r 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Peerless Celestial Master of the Northern Emperor 北帝絶代天师 Reborn + suspense and the supernatural + romance + secret arts + the divine ways of myriad worlds Legend has it that the Northern Emperor Sect was lost long ago. Little do people know that its members merely chose to retire temporarily into the common world. When the Northern Emperor lineage emerges once more, it will shake the entire world. See how Qin Jue wields divine powers and secret techniques to slaughter every demon and monster. I have a sword called Thunderclap. It can split heaven and 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 By a Twist of Fate, I Became a Little Taoist 阴差阳错成为了一个小道士 He was an ordinary wage worker, but through a twist of fate, he was taken in by a Daoist sect and became a young Daoist priest. From then on, the wheels of fate began to turn. His days were soon filled with dealings with people, ghosts, demons, immortals, gods, Buddhas, and beasts. (One heroine + fake harem + urban fantasy + a dash of comedy + a ranking system, though the protagonist has a unique constitution) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 After College, I Became a Taoist Priest 大学毕业后我去当了道士 Ghost-catching, zombies, tombs, feng shui, and the divide between the living and the dead I was just an ordinary person. That is, until I graduated from college. My relatives passed away, my parents abandoned me, and I became someone the world had no place for. An unexpected letter led me into the world of Taoism. From then on, the realms of yin and yang had boundaries, but they were no longer distinct. White-haired jiangshi lurking in the earth, ancient tomb zombies, spirit mediums borrowing so 16.5kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 32 Transmigrating into the Jiangshi World to Attain Immortality 穿越僵尸世界证长生 After transmigrating to a zombie-infested world, all I want is to develop at a steady pace. I took in the master of a Laoshan palace as my disciple, raised a bunch of magnificent spirit beasts to run errands, drank tea with Uncle Jiu, and toured the world with heroes. What? The Chrysanthemum Sect from the island nation wants to seize our national fortune, and werewolves and vampires want to perform blood sacrifices? People like us must raise our green steel swords and cut down every evil spirit! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Ghost Hunting: The Original Sin of Humanity 我在捉鬼之人间原罪 Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, just everyday life. A slow-paced read~ My days hunting ghosts among the living have everything you could want. Surely you'll come take a look, right?? Aiming for a million words 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Maoshan Debt Collector 茅山讨债人 Zhong Qingfeng, the 108th head of the Maoshan sect, descends the mountain to collect a debt on behalf of his master. A cold-as-ice CEO? A spoiled heiress? Sorry, I'm your creditor... Everyone finds him annoying, even dogs give him the cold shoulder. Little do they know that half the people in the world owe him a debt. Some owe him their lives, some owe him good fortune, and others owe him a person. And that's not even counting money and other worldly possessions. But he has never cared about any 218Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 35 My Teacher Is a Taoist Priest 我的老师是道士 (No System, no invincibility, a little humor, traditional supernatural horror. Read with confidence, this will definitely not be abandoned!) The students all say their Chinese teacher is gentle and beautiful, but a bit of a scaredy-cat who keeps trembling at thin air. That is, until the campus belle is possessed by a century-old vengeful ghost and the whole school is swept into a sinister mystery. I have no choice but to pull out my peachwood sword and get to work. “Don’t worry, everyone. Teache —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Super Ghost-Catching System 超级捉鬼系统 Zhang Xiaochen, a paranormal fiction editor, was working overtime at the company when he was suddenly possessed by a Ghost-Catching System. His beautiful boss, Xu Yating, turned out to be his best weapon for catching ghosts. Thanks to the System, Zhang Xiaochen, who had once revered ghosts and gods, made repeated trips between the world of the living and the underworld. In the living world, he brought back people who were supposed to die, rescued beautiful women, and drove out ghosts and demons. 12Reads—Score314d adds
- 38 The Young Ghost-Catching Taoist 少年捉鬼道长 Hunt evil ghosts, fight zombies, and no harem. Chu Renmei, Kayako, and Sadako all make their appearances one by one. A painted immortal, the legacy of Zhuge Liang, battles against various sects. Invincible, satisfying, and with a touch of horror. 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Overpowered Heir: I Moonlight as a Ferryman in the Yellow Springs 超强继承者：我在黄泉兼职摆渡人 Our school has a famous apartment building. They say it was sealed off after the school was forced to close it because it was haunted. A few roommates and I were curious, so we went inside to investigate. To my dismay, some creature that was neither human nor ghost began following me! It claimed to be an official from the Underworld, commonly known as a ferryman, and had picked me to be its successor. Through schemes, sweet talk, and all kinds of tricks, I began walking the line between good and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Ultimate Daoist's Cultivation System 最强道爷养成系统 I woke up. “I transmigrated.” “I've become a five-year-old child.” Just when I was about to despair... “An old Daoist took me back with him and said he wanted me to be his disciple.” “Thank goodness, thank goodness.” And right then, the System that every transmigrator needs showed up. “But my System seems a little unreliable.” “What should I do? I'm waiting online, and it's kind of urgent...” 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 149Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 42 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 1.8kReads—Score10814d adds
- 43 The Fox Immortal Seeks a Title: I Said You Look Like My Future Wife 狐仙讨封：我说你像我未来的老婆 The white fox who once snuggled under the covers with me came to ask me to grant her a human form. I said: “You look like my future wife: a tempting face and figure, a slender waist, soft breasts, peach-round hips, fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. You're even more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox spirit descended to the mortal world.” 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Yin-Yang Celestial Master: I Stole Your Magic Artifacts, and Now a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 阴阳天师：偷我法器，百鬼夜行了 [Celestial Master + invincible + folk-customs mystery + paper effigy maker + supernatural revival + dimensional superiority + comedic face-slapping + wild imagination + System] Wei Ping’an transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual qi revival is underway, becoming the last Celestial Master of Maoshan’s Yin-Yang paper effigy lineage. He watches over a shabby funeral shop called Three Pure Ones Funeral Services. He had planned to earn merit with the Great Dao Manifestation System and unlo 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Guardian of Qin Shi Huang's Tomb 秦陵守墓人 A college student driven by financial hardship unexpectedly steps into the world of night shifts at a funeral home. From then on, he begins a legendary life out in the world, carrying the bloodline of the Qin Mausoleum's guardians. 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Maoshan Chronicles 茅山录 Pure supernatural horror, no cultivation, Maoshan Taoists, ghost hunting Maoshan Celestial Master Liu Xiangyu: Qianyuan breaks curses and sweeps away demon stars. He strides through the Nine Palaces, summoning thunder; his sword divides the Eight Trigrams and subdues the netherworld. The Three Pure Ones’ edicts destroy evil spirits; the Five Emperors’ talismans subdue ghost fiends. The Taiyi Golden Light incantation appears. He walks between yin and yang, proving his devotion to the Dao. Born wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Coffin Shop on West Street 西街棺材铺 The world is vast, and full of wonders. Chinese culture is profound and rich. How many of those bizarre, spine-chilling tales have you heard? In a small town in Guizhou, there is a coffin shop known as the West Street Coffin Shop. Its owner is a young man who couldn't even get into college. But how much do you know about this coffin-shop owner who couldn't even get into college? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Haunted House Notes: A Shadow in the Mirror 凶宅笔记：镜中影 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Yin-Yang Eyes: Ghostly Tales from a Mountain Village 阴阳眼之山村鬼事 On the night I was born, dark clouds covered the sky, fierce winds and torrential rain raged, and thunder boomed until dawn. Countless ghost soldiers and underworld bailiffs waited outside our home, intent on dragging me back to the underworld. If my grandfather hadn't fought to protect me, I wouldn't have lived to see morning. Dogs barked all night throughout the village. The elders called me a cursed, ill-fated child and an evil omen, and wanted to beat me to death to put an end to the calami 18Reads—Score—14d adds
