Novels like Maoshan's Greatest Celestial Master
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- 51 Borrowing a Path Through the Yin Coffin 阴棺借道 In our area, strange tales of “the white coffin that carries people off” and “the rolling corpse bridge” have been passed down for generations. The elders say that a water ghost claims its victims at the rolling corpse bridge, while the white coffin that carries people off is even more eerie and sinister… 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Yin Corpse Ghost Physiognomist 阴尸鬼相 I never imagined that simply returning to my village to attend a strange funeral would somehow get me stuffed into a coffin... From then on, my life changed completely, and I became what people call a “yin corpse ghost visage”! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Welcome to My Live Stream of Self-Destruction 欢迎收看我的作死直播间 [Metaphysics + livestreaming + a little PK + farming space] [Female lead with two careers, ghost-hunting and alchemy; no CP, not an ensemble cast] When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Xuan, a max-level alchemist, discovered she had inexplicably returned to her hometown, just as spiritual energy was beginning to recover. Her complete collection had become a useless blank starter account, and the paid features of her portable space were about to expire. A disastrous start, but it was fine. Her ma 18Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 54 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score248Shelves
- 55 Maoshan Ghost-Catching Specialists 茅山捉鬼专门店 [Modern urban setting (no cultivation) + Taoist priests + cultivators + Buddhism + factions + witchcraft + cults + romance + satisfying read + a little brainpower + nontraditional] Huaxia is a place steeped in mystery, known as a sacred land of ancient culture. Here, many Taoist priests and cultivators each command a range of miraculous arts and techniques. Lin Xiu, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, gets caught up in a vast and complicated whirlpool because of a job! A mother-and-child corpse fi 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Strongest Ghost-Catching System in History 史上最强捉鬼系统 After Lin Fan's charlatan of a master dies, he leaves him an empty box. By chance, Lin Fan obtains the strongest ghost-catching System. From then on, his life takes a dramatic turn, and he embarks on an endless journey of showing off! 225Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 57 Livestreaming Advice to the Paranormal Bureau, I Inherited a Celestial Master’s Bloodline 直播指点灵异局，我继承了天师血统 While catching ghosts, Zhang Xinghe is accidentally knocked unconscious by an old ghost’s thousand-year-old breath. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a country where ghost lore is almost nonexistent. By chance, he sees the country’s paranormal bureau, an authority on the supernatural, livestreaming a ghost hunt. Unable to hold back, he offers a few pointers, setting off a firestorm online. The bureau even mobilizes netizens nationwide to find the “One-Browed Taoist” at all costs. What surpri 108Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 58 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.” 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Ultimate Celestial Master: I Was Exposed on Livestream While Catching Ghosts 极品天师：正捉鬼的我被直播曝光 [Urban fantasy + ghost hunting + deduction + comedy + Mushroom House + celebrities!] [The Ten Kings of Hell + Celestial Master Zhong Kui + Meng Po of the Forgotten River + Jiang Chen, King of the Zombies] Lu Yang transmigrates to another world and unexpectedly becomes a Celestial Master of Mount Longhu! On the very first day after Lu Yang transmigrates, the only old Celestial Master on Mount Longhu passes away! Lu Yang is left with no choice but to become the only Celestial Master at the Mount L 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Secret Records of the State Sect 国宗秘闻录 Main storyline plus bonus horror stories, with something for every taste! You’ve got all those incredible spells, so why are you fighting the Japanese instead of hunting demons?! You transmigrate through time and space like that, and you don’t fear divine retribution?! Foreign forces are secretly invading, and the bones of China’s true dragon have resurfaced. One bizarre incident after another, one hidden past after another, and one heartbreaking song after another. He crushes every conspiracy a 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Bound by Neither Yin nor Yang 阴阳无忌 First of all, I’m a Taoist priest. I was born in a small village in Northeast China. After experiencing all kinds of paranormal events there, I set out to find a master and study the way. I later became a third-generation disciple of the Zhengyi school, then joined the mysterious Xiangxi lineage. During my days spent driving out ghosts and exterminating demons, I accidentally discovered that my other half had joined an evil cult that had been passed down for hundreds of years... 5Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 62 The Little Taoist of Nanshan 南山小道士 A torrential storm washed away his stall, and his protective charm burst into flames. Lin Yan was haunted by the evil spirit that had plagued him as a child! A staunch materialist, Lin Yan is forced into the world of the occult. He becomes a disciple of an old Taoist priest from Nanshan, learning talisman magic, exploring haunted houses, and dispelling waterborne curses, only to be unexpectedly caught up in rivalries among Taoist sects. As the evil spirits of the Taiping Sect stir up trouble, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Six Relics to Banish Evil 六器渡邪 On a stormy night, the evil box passed down through my family shattered on its own, and I became a wanted fugitive accused of several murders. My only chance of survival was to recover the six cursed artifacts scattered across the Lin family. But they weren't treasures. They were instruments of torture, each one imprisoning the soul of someone our ancestors had tortured into becoming an artifact. Soul-harvesting rice from the Hungry Ghost Realm, a mending needle used to sew together a hundred —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 I Planned to Coast Through Life, but Now I'm Fighting for My Life 本想摆烂过一生，生命垂危嘎嘎冲 [Mysticism] [System] [Ghost Hunting] [Supernatural Mystery Cases] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Overpowered] The little ancestor of the divine realm, who must live ten lifetimes among mortals before her soul can return, runs into trouble again in her tenth life. Forced to be reborn, she’s all defiance and decides to live differently. She plans to be a rich young lady who does nothing but eat and wait to die, only for the System to tell her that her lifespan is short. To stay alive, she s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Gold Medal Ghost-Catching System 金牌捉诡系统 Lu Nan, an ordinary college student, unexpectedly obtains a mysterious System. From then on, he turns his life around, and face-slapping becomes second nature. He takes evil spirits as his underlings, finds himself a demoness for a wife, becomes sworn brothers with the King of Hell, and buddies up with the gods... Lu Nan: “You think I'm just sitting around? I'm busy earning good karma every day. It's exhausting, okay?” 571Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 66 Super Ultimate Ghost-Hunting System 超级无敌捉鬼系统 After his girlfriend dumped him, Ou Haochen was so heartbroken that he tried to end his life by jumping into the sea. Instead, he accidentally got an Invincible Ghost-Hunting System. From then on, with a club in hand and a chamber pot at my waist, I shoot one arrow of swagger and summon thousands of gods and ghosts. The Ten Kings of Hell obey my commands; no evil spirit in the world dares defy me. You’re a thousand-year-old Ghost King? I have a System! You’re an ancient demon? I have a System! Y 829Reads5.5Score102Shelves
- 67 The Underworld Longevity Bureau 黄泉长生局 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Ghost Hunting] They say the Yellow Springs are crawling with ghosts and demons. Once I raise my yellow talisman and form a hand seal, I'll wipe them all out. From three-eyed ghost lice and the Fish Kingdom tomb to the Ten-Thousand-Pearl Snake Woman... Li Que, a little nobody of the Daoist sect, and Fatty get caught up in a vast scheme for immortality. As the saying goes: “In paper shoes, I tread into the Yellow Springs; through the gloom of life and death, I 215Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 68 Bai Wuji: The Taboos of a Hundred Ghosts 百无忌之百鬼禁忌 A haunted bus, a murder game in a WeChat group, a celebrity who raises a ghost child, a murder case involving the black magic of Southeast Asia, a young woman tormented by her ghost husband, a European murderous-spirit game passed down for hundreds of years, a century-old haunted house where nothing grows... Bai Wuji wants nothing to do with any of this for the rest of his life. But if they insist on coming after him, he won't be blamed for beating them until their souls are scattered to the win 481Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 69 Reincarnation Brings Forth Ten Thousand Ghosts 轮回出万鬼伏 I was born in a year, month, and hour of yin, and the day I was born, thunder roared without pause. After that, all kinds of bizarre things happened, like water ghosts demanding lives, a haunted dormitory, and a strange mountain village... 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Destiny Has Me Guarding Souls at the Funeral Home 天命，让我在殡仪馆做守魂人 [No System, no angst, modern urban fantasy] Have you ever visited a mass grave in the dead of night? Have you ever been to a crematorium after midnight? When the body is shed, does a soul truly remain? Can the soul rest in peace? Is there a guardian of souls in the place where they rest? Guardians of souls are bound by destiny! Guardians of souls serve the living, but their mission lies with the dead! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Possessed by the Demon-Suppressing Tower, I Rise to Godhood with the Demons' Help 镇妖塔附身，众妖魔助我成神 The Six Realms are locked in chaos, heaven and earth are crumbling. Gods and demons wage war, while monsters and ghosts run rampant. Immortals and Buddhas descend to earth as divine beasts roar. At the summit of the Celestial Realm, Sun Zheng swings his sword and cleaves heaven and earth. In the shadowy underworld, Sun Zheng holds up his pagoda to subdue the demons! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Mortal Comes Down from the Mountain 凡人下山 With Jiuyou in his left hand and a Demon-Slaying Sword in his right, Xiao Fan carries the extraordinary book Great Wilderness Boundless Scripture, left behind by the ancient, primordial powerhouse Chi You. Xiao Fan was orphaned and alone from a young age, and was raised to adulthood by his master. He began cultivating the Dao as a child and achieved mastery in just ten years. Then he came down from the mountain. He can catch ghosts, tell fortunes, and, most importantly, charm the ladies... Follo 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Celestial Master Who Quells Evil: From the Start, I Inherited a Century of Cultivation 镇煞天师：开局继承天师百年修为 Zhang Xuance's soul transmigrates into a modern city where the supernatural has returned. Demons and ghosts run rampant, a ghost marriage binds him, and he's doomed to die in seven days. A modern man's life hangs by a thread. A red-shoed female ghost hunts him, a cat-faced old woman crawls over the walls, and his life flickers like a candle in the wind. At the brink of despair, he unexpectedly gains a golden finger and awakens a century's worth of Daoist cultivation, with the Five Thunder Righte —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Urban Tales of a Grand Spirit Master 都市之我是大灵师 Urban + Cultivation + Supernatural + Horror I was just an ordinary city dweller, but I once robbed tombs and carried corpses. Then a book belonging to the old master sent me down a path that took my life far off course. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Yin Master of the Living World 阳间葬阴师 I am Shen Xu, born under an ill-starred fate. On the day I was born, ghosts swarmed around me, and I barely survived my first twelve years. The day before I turned twelve, my grandfather used a living corpse hidden in a coffin to conceal my fate, while a nine-lived black cat upset the balance of yin and yang. He put my coffin on a little cart and sent it to the Xuanqing Temple on Mount Taiqing. From that day on, I set out on an uncanny and unpredictable path through the esoteric arts... 374Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 76 Walking Between Yin and Yang, I Took Two Vengeful Ghosts as Aunts 行走阴阳，我认了两个厉鬼作姑姑 [Supernatural + Horror + Ghost Stories + Urban + Ghost Hunting + Taoist Magic] He was punching ghost dolls and kicking fox spirits at the age of three, and you tell me that's reasonable? He's a yin-yang master who took two vengeful ghosts as his aunts, and you tell me that's perfectly normal? You can already fly on a sword, and now you're telling me to believe in science and reject superstition? Beating up evil spirits at the funeral home, making a water ghost copy out the Tao Te Ching, and sicc 81Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 77 Unemployed from the Start, I Can Only Survive by Swallowing Ghosts Whole 开局失业，只能生吞鬼物维持生活 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural City Life + Leveling Up + Almost Invincible + Everyday Life] Spiritual qi has revived across the globe, and the world is no longer at peace. Demons and gods lurking in legends have appeared once more. Xie Wunan is an ordinary office worker, yet he was born with Daoist eyes that let him see yin and yang and communicate with ghosts and gods. A tiger-head jade plaque gave him a new title: [General Who Subdues Spirits]. From then on, however, he also encountered 157Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 78 The Daoist Master Descends the Mountain 道爷下山 Go down the mountain to marry a rich, beautiful woman, with a car, a house, and a hundred million in bride price. That kind of marriage arrangement doesn’t sound half bad. 6.3kReads8.8Score685Shelves
- 79 The Delivery Guy's Guide to Changing His Fate 外卖小哥改命指南 By day, he’s a lowly delivery rider. By night, he reads fortunes. Amid the everyday hustle and bustle of the city, he helps gods, monsters, and ordinary citizens defy fate and rewrite their destinies, all while turning himself into a legend. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Master of Exorcism 镇邪先生 These days, there aren't many people with real skills left. I've been in this line of work for more than ten years, dealing with the dead every day. Carrying corpses, painting faces, stitching skin, keeping watch, probing the water, digging graves, performing rites, guiding spirits, and sealing coffins. My grandfather told me I could retire at thirty. But I cast a fortune for myself, and learned that I only have thirty years to live. With what little time I have left, I'll tell you all about my 20Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 81 Ghost Hunter 捉鬼人 My name is Zhao Jinyin. By chance, I learned the skills of a ghost hunter, and from then on made my living at it, roaming freely between the worlds of yin and yang. Ahem, this book is a bit frightening, so readers with high blood pressure should stay away. It’s also a little humorous, so anyone with a weak heart should stay away too. 262Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 82 Professor, You Look So Cool Exorcising Ghosts 教授，你驱鬼的样子帅裂了 Lin Xi is shaken awake in the middle of the night by his roommate, who says a bloodstained ancient painting has appeared on the wall. He grabs a clothes-drying pole and pokes it. “The paint hasn’t dried yet!” Professor Shen, the elegant scholar who teaches at the lectern, suddenly appears in the dorm. “You’ve been specially recruited, student.” Only later does Lin Xi learn that Shen Zheng teaches history by day and hunts evil spirits by night. Even more ridiculous is Officer Lu Yang, whom Lin Xi 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 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 31Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 84 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
- 85 Daoist Bai Mei, Matchmaker of the Dead 白媒道长 Welcome to the works of Pangtou Yu! The author will do their best to bring you exciting stories. Thank you for your support and for sharing your criticism. Wishing all readers the best of luck. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Maoshan 茅山 When I was little, my parents abandoned me in a mass grave. My master found me and raised me to adulthood. He was a Taoist priest who knew how to subdue demons and exorcise evil spirits, and he taught me everything he had learned in his life. I signed an agreement with the underworld to work as a ghost constable in the mortal world, trading my service as a ghost for extra years of life… 970Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 87 A Snake Bride, a Ghostly Bridal Sedan 蛇娶妻，鬼抬棺 The year I was born, my mother died in childbirth, while my father and grandfather were killed when a swarm of snakes attacked them. When I turned eighteen, my protective talisman shattered. From that night on, I had a husband who came and went like a ghost. My grandmother looked grave as she told me this was the Su family’s retribution, and that I had to be loyal to Lord Jin or disaster would befall me! Ever since that night, Lord Jin has come to see me every evening. After a night of torment, 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Secrets of the Mortuary 殓尸秘录 Chen Mo is the young heir to the Wangsheng Studio funeral home. He thought he would spend his life in quiet company with cold, lifeless bodies. Then he took charge of a strange corpse known as the “Bride in Red,” and everything began to spiral out of control. The body never decays, and its smile is as lovely as a flower. The bronze bell tied around its ankle rings silently in the dead of night. From then on, Chen Mo is swept into one whirlpool after another, woven from local ghost stories and ho 3Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 89 Fortune-Telling and Feng Shui by Day, Ghost-Hunting as a Part-Time Reaper by Night 看相算命测风水，兼职阴差要捉鬼 [Fortune-telling, face-reading, and feng shui | Ghost hunting, exorcism, and mastery of the yin and yang] The story is one thing, the principles behind it another. Young readers may not understand, so please go easy on me. Thank you. Han Dongzhi was born with the fate of the Five Defects and Three Shortcomings, and anyone who came into contact with him was doomed to bad luck. His parents died after he was born, and he grew up relying on the villagers' sporadic handouts. After finally working har 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Four-House Village 四户村 I live in Sihu Village, a place sheltered on all four sides. Just as its name suggests, Sihu Village has exactly four households, no more and no less. There is no life or death here, only reincarnation, once every twelve years. The rules of Sihu Village are simple: the master must not leave the village, and guests must not stay overnight. Then one day, I really did leave the village, breaking the rules... 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Exorcising Ghosts on Livestream: My Grandpa Really Is a Charlatan 直播驱鬼：我爷爷真是神棍 [Livestreaming + Yin Eight Sects + goofy master-and-disciple antics + no female lead] Reborn into this world, Lin Du inherits only one thing: three notebooks of scams and a box of fake ritual implements left behind by his con-artist grandfather. His grandfather, Lin Banxian, was a famous local swindler who never encountered a real ghost in his life. Lin Du learned his “craft” from him as a child: draw talismans by tracing templates, chant spells to a rap beat, and perform rituals using modified 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Supernatural Awakens, and I Summon the Gods to Suppress Ten Thousand Ghosts! 诡异复苏，我请神镇万鬼！ System, decisive and ruthless, comedy, no heroine Lin Jiang transmigrates to a parallel world where the supernatural is returning. With the help of the Deity Invocation System, he gradually investigates the cause of the supernatural resurgence while also uncovering why he transmigrated. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Rampant Daoist 道猖 “Ever since the great calamity eighteen years ago, I have sworn a mighty vow: I will kill every ghost and monster under Heaven!” “Some people cultivate to the heavens, summon the Immortal Gate, and cross the Immortal Bridge, only to end up as food for those above. Kill every ghost and monster under Heaven? Hahaha! Absurd, absurd! Can you fight the sky? Can you fight the earth?” “My fate is mine to decide... not Heaven’s.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Little Fortune-Teller 小半仙 A young half-immortal from Mount Qingcheng descends the mountain to gain experience. He tells fortunes, reads feng shui, explores ancient tombs, and battles venomous insects. He helps people avert disasters, eliminate evil, and uphold justice, all to broaden his horizons, improve his cultivation, and enjoy this wonderful world to the fullest. But as his fame grows, so do the troubles he faces... 69Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 95 Strange Tales from the South 南方灵异事 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 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
- 97 Chaos Shatters the Three Realms 混沌破三界 [Fantasy + Chaos Origin + layers of careful schemes + decisive and ruthless] An abandoned baby raised by demon beasts awakens the Chaos Origin and grows stronger through bloodshed. Every step is fraught with danger, but time and again he breaks through the traps laid for him. Little by little, he uncovers the truth that was hidden: Why was he abandoned in the Hundred Thousand Mountains? Who rules the order of the Three Realms? Watch as he crushes the bones of gods and demons and rewrites the law 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Embody the Dao and Shatter the Heavens 体道破天 In a world where “spiritual roots determine your fate,” an ordinary boy deemed “unfit to cultivate” carves out a second path using his own body as a tool, eventually standing before those who rewrite the Heavenly Dao. This isn't a power-progression thrill ride. It's a table-flipping challenge to the rules themselves. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 The Ghost-Deceiving Master 骗鬼大师 [Mystery] [Ghost Hunting] [Comedy] [Urban] [Scheming Hero] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] My master is a real oddball, so naturally, I didn’t turn out innocent or naive either. Armed with a peachwood sword, I roam the world, making a living catching ghosts. But don’t assume I have any profound magical arts. In truth, catching ghosts is all about bluffing! I can scare a timid little ghost into trembling with fear, and I can talk a century-old vengeful ghost into a complete daze. Watch as my peachwood —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 The Qilin Boy Sets Out as a Spirit Medium 麒麟童子出马仙 Looking for book reviews! [First-person + mystery and the supernatural + cultivation + comedy] My new work is here. Everyone is welcome to read it, and I hope you'll enjoy it. The main story: The protagonist, Yang Chongwen, is the reincarnation of a fragment of a Qilin's soul. His unusual constitution combines yin and yang, making him the prize everyone fights over among the wandering cultivators of the Northeast. Later, he sets up a spirit altar and deals with all kinds of supernatural incident 718Reads8.4Score—Shelves
