Novels like Grandmaster of Ghost Taoism
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- 151 You Were Supposed to Catch Demons, So Why Are You Dating a Fox Demon? 让你去捉妖，你和狐妖好上了？ When I was born, the King of Hell sent a child, and the Yin Marshal guarded me. Strange things happened one after another. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged five betrothals for me. On my eighteenth birthday, a bewitchingly beautiful fox spirit came to my door... 289Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 152 The Comically Awkward Taoist 神囧道士 I have a master who claims to be an unofficial eighth-generation disciple of Maoshan, but I've never seen him perform a single Daoist art. I always thought he was a fraud, until the day we took on a ritual to guide the dead for a wealthy family... 715Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 153 A Yin Corpse Brought Me to the Mortal World: The Living, Keep Away 阴尸送我来人间，生人退避 My name is Luo Ansheng. I was delivered by a Yin Corpse. A Yin Corpse brought me into the world, and a hundred ghosts fought over their food. All manner of fearsome beings gathered, eager to devour my flesh and essence. After I gave them a good beating, they settled down and began competing to protect me. 4.2kReads8.8Score397Shelves
- 154 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 339Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 155 The Folk Ghost Hunter 民间捉鬼人 This novel tells the true story of an old man from our village. His name was Li Zhengyu, and he was an extraordinary practitioner of the occult. Born in a small village in the mountains of Lingnan, he became tainted by yin energy after being haunted by the ghosts of a mother and daughter, and repeatedly encountered supernatural beings. By chance, he met a master of Daoist arts and began his journey of cultivation, changing the course of his life. Evil Maoshan curses, poison and witchcraft, treas 1.2kReads9.0Score—Shelves
- 156 Red Candles Shine on the Corpse, a Bride in Red Sends the Soul Away 喜烛照尸，红妆送魂 Wedding candles illuminate a corpse; red robes send a soul on its way 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 1.9kReads8.2Score130Shelves
- 158 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score112Shelves
- 159 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 148Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 160 Secrets of Feng Shui: Turning Fate and Fortune 风水秘术之命转乾坤 When I was little, my grandfather told me that there was no man who wasn’t greedy for money and lust, and no woman who didn’t crave vanity. What you see isn’t necessarily the truth; there may be more to it than meets the eye. Feng shui can change everything. As the saying goes, gods heed the ritual master, the wood spirits heed the carpenter, and the dragon spirit of the earth’s veins heeds the yin and yang. The Three Primordials hold the secrets of kings, nobles, generals, and ministers! From t 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Good Grief! That Sorcerer Is Back Again and Again! 夭寿啦！那个术士他又双叒叕来啦 [Class Change] [Invincible] [Outlandish Skills] After transmigrating to a parallel world where the rules have been turned upside down, humanity enters an era in which everyone changes class. On the day of his class change, Lu Xiaobei awakens a hidden Eldritch-type class. His bizarre skills turn the whole world's expectations upside down. Big Fur: “I knew I might lose, but I never thought I'd lose to a key lying on the ground!” The Stick: “He threw a hammer and blew my ass apart. Can you believe 6.9kReads8.4Score558Shelves
- 162 I Only Take on the Most Ominous Cases 我只收大凶之物 [Supernatural] + [Traditional Folk Customs] + [First-Person Narration] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Not a Do-Gooder] + [One Female Lead] I was born in a rural village in the mountains of Southwest China. I'm a third-year university student, and I'm also a yin-yang master. Calling myself a yin-yang master is really just to make myself sound impressive. Back in my hometown, people in the countryside call someone like me a Daoist ritual master. Most people probably know a l 53Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 163 Borrowing Yin Bones, Wife of the King of Hell 借阴骨，阎王妻 To keep me alive, my grandfather threw me into a mass grave and buried me with nine stunningly beautiful female corpses. But he never expected someone to cut open my chest and dig out my bones, leaving me on the brink of death… 8.3kReads8.9Score835Shelves
- 164 The Maoshan Occultist 茅山诡术师 My name is Fang Gang. I was stolen the moment I was born. From then on, my life unfolded into an epic tale, as turbulent as it was mysterious. 397Reads8.6Score106Shelves
- 165 The Empty Car Beneath the Red Lantern 红灯笼下的空车 The Empty Carriage Beneath the Red Lantern —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 When the Mirror No Longer Reflects a Face 当镜子不再映脸 When Mirrors No Longer Reflect Faces 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Soul Reaper 收魂人 To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a two-headed monster. But I never expected her to be a Rakshasa with two souls. My fate was utterly transformed, and I embarked on a perilous path full of thorns, surrounded by demons and spirits... 765Reads7.2Score116Shelves
- 168 Absolutely True Tales of the Supernatural 绝对真实的灵异故事 These are the most authentic supernatural stories on the entire internet! Almost none of them have been embellished, and every one is grounded in evidence. Maybe they aren’t as gripping or terrifying as made-up tales, but their value lies in being real. If you like things that are true, come along with me. Through one real story after another, we’ll explore the mysteries of the universe and the world around us! 7.9kReads6.7Score291Shelves
- 169 The Youth from Green Mountain 青山少年 At the beginning of the Primordial One, all things were made clear, With neither Dao nor cultivation, one may live forever. The heavens grant the wishes of all living things, In half a volume of the wordless Taixuan Scripture. A young man from Green Mountain, gifted with extraordinary skills, leaves his home behind. At first, he only seeks the person he glimpsed in a painting. But as he travels north and south, he comes to see every facet of the human world. For the justice in his heart, he woul 15.1kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
- 170 Taoist Master of Arts: Calculating All Under Heaven 道门术师：算尽天下 A Taoist priest descends from the mountain, and every method he teaches can be put into practice. Physiognomy, houses, feng shui: the twenty-four authentic calculations of the Qingcheng Daoist tradition. Heaven's will has its decrees, but fortune can be shifted. The young celestial master Feng Xiao can tell fortune and misfortune with a single glance. People have their own way, and blessings bring their own rewards. If Heaven is unjust, then I'll calculate everything under the sky and turn the w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 He’s Clearly a Celestial Master, Yet He Keeps Thinking He’s Weak! 明明是天师，却总以为自己很弱！ [Ensemble cast + no System + lighthearted comedy + court and martial world + Taoist priests and demons + a Heavenly Master who slays demons!] (Chapter 78: Taking flight! A protagonist who grows over time) When treacherous officials bring ruin to the nation, what should we do? Slay them! When heretical cultivators prey on the people, what should we do? Slay them! When flood dragons wreak havoc, what should we do? Slay them! When demons and monsters run amok, what should we do? Slay them! I sh 17.6kReads8.0Score1.4kShelves
- 172 Bureau 749: What's Wrong with My Heavy-Handed Policing? 749局：我暴力执法怎么了 [Fictional Setting] [Supernatural with a Fantasy Lean] Chen Nian is nineteen years old. He has a secret. In his previous life, he was a Daoist heir, skilled in exorcising demons and vanquishing evil spirits, with all manner of Daoist arts at his fingertips. Yet he never saw a real ghost before he died. In this life, he waited nineteen years, and finally, he saw one. Others encounter ghosts and lose their souls in terror. He lights up at the sight. Others pray to the gods and buddhas for safety. 14.6kReads—Score1.2kShelves
- 173 On Our Wedding Night, My Bride Turned into a Female Ghost, and I Got Even More Excited 新婚夜，新娘变女鬼，我更兴奋了 Before he died, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me. My bride was a rich heiress, and so beautiful she could put every other woman to shame. But on our wedding night, the bride turned into a female ghost. Everyone was terrified, but I was even more excited. “Ding! The ghost bride is bashful. Ghost Qi +20.” “Ding! The ghost bride is acting coy. Ghost Qi +30.” The Underworld has fallen into chaos, and ghosts roam the night. Su Zhe farms Ghost Qi from ghosts, then exchanges it for superna 1.3kReads8.5Score129Shelves
- 174 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 5.9kReads9.2Score541Shelves
- 175 A Corpse Driver Seeks Justice for the Dead, Then Gets Exposed by a Streamer! 赶尸人为亡者申冤！被主播曝光！ Zuo Qian becomes a corpse driver and takes on commissioned jobs “Thirty years ago, a magnitude-nine earthquake struck Zhongnan City. Aid poured in from every direction! But the supply truck driven by volunteer Zeng Xiao vanished without a trace!” The livestream camera focuses on an elderly couple. Reporter: “What do you think about your son selling off life-saving supplies?” The old man says angrily, “He didn't! He never sold them!” The reporter sneers, “Really? Then let's hear it from him i 378Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 176 The Feng Shui Mystery Bureau 风水解密局 The Feng Shui master Zhou Qian Kun’s ancestral grave was tampered with, causing his family to fall into decline until he was the only survivor. By a stroke of luck, Zhou Qian Kun acquired the Twelve Divine Beast Fortune Beads. It is said that anyone who obtains the Twelve Divine Beast Fortune Beads can read fate and change their fortune. To avenge her mother’s murder, An Yixi used a palace beauty pageant as cover, assuming the name Jian Cao and sneaking into the imperial palace. With the power o 20Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 177 The Beautiful Ghost Wife 阴妻美人 I was born with the “Four Calamities and Nine Tribulations.” A fortune-teller said I had to marry a widow who had kept her chastity in order to survive them. After searching for years, I finally won the beauty's heart. But on our wedding night, when I lifted the red veil from my gorgeous bride, I realized that my tribulations were only just beginning… 746Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 178 The Ghost Taoist in The Spirit Pendulum 灵摆里的鬼道士 When Lu Sheng saw the No. 444 convenience store before him, he felt like his whole world had fallen apart. Lu Sheng: “Where’s my huge Fuxi Hall? How did it disappear?!” This is the story of Lu Sheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu, returning to the mortal world. The story is tentatively set in the worlds of Soul Ferry and Rattan. 1.4kReads8.7Score102Shelves
- 179 The Weird World: I Activated the Energy-Absorbing Monster from the Start 诡异世界：开局激活吸能怪 Fang Tian unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn in a bizarre world, where demons and ghosts run rampant, and the gods are nowhere to be seen! Luckily, he awakens the [Energy-Devouring Freak] talent. Killing demons and ghosts lets him absorb their talents and skills, boost his vitality, and earn enhancement points... His first demon kill grants him the [Divine Talent: Instinctive Mastery]. After watching a martial arts film, he learns the [Burning Wood Saber Technique] on the spot, then spends 31Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 180 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 679Reads6.7Score114Shelves
- 181 Horror Revival: Kissing Sadako from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和贞子热吻 [Mystery + Horror Resurgence + System + Supernatural] Horror resurges, and nightmares descend. Lin Han has only just transmigrated when the urban legend Sadako shows up at his door to claim his life. As an ordinary person, he has to... Option One: Turn and run, call the emergency number on the wall, and summon a nearby ghost handler to save him. Option Two: Fight back and get strangled to death by Sadako’s hair. Option Three: Hesitate and you lose; act decisively and you still lose. Don’t say a 336Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 182 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.2kReads8.4Score410Shelves
- 183 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 186Reads9.2Score102Shelves
- 184 Dragon-Seeking Feng Shui Master 寻龙风水师 My mother was offered as a living sacrifice to the river god. To everyone's surprise, ten months later, she crawled out of the river. Dragons eat their illegitimate children. As the Dragon King's bastard son, I was supposed to be eaten at birth. Luckily, my master saved me and used eighteen phoenix maidens to deceive the heavens, helping me escape the Dragon King's pursuit. But eighteen years later, the people who had built their fortunes on my dragon blood turned against me. They looked down on 920Reads8.5Score268Shelves
- 185 American Horror Story World, My Master Is Shi Jian 美恐世界，家师石坚 After Li Wei becomes a disciple of Shi Jian, the Lightning Law Lord, and learns all manner of Maoshan arts, he turns the tables, breaks the legs of his troublemaking junior brother Shi Shaojian, and accuses his master of failing to raise his son and indulging his crimes. Then Shi Jian personally cleans house, and Li Wei transmigrates again, this time into the body of Villeo, a priest who failed at an exorcism and had his clerical collar taken away. So he decides to abandon the Church and pursue 312Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 186 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6.2kReads8.8Score519Shelves
- 187 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 188 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 189 Case Files of Unusual Investigations 异案调查录 Throughout the vast world, from ancient times to the present, there have always been mysterious events that humans cannot explain. And there is a group of people who endure countless hardships in their pursuit of the truth. The cases they investigate are all considered paranormal… 522Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 190 A Female Teacher’s Everyday Ghostbusting 女先生的捉鬼日常 The world is vast, and strange things abound. There are countless crafts and trades, and none is unique. Good and evil, righteousness and wickedness coexist. Mu Qing is just the owner of a little paper effigy shop, yet she finds herself drawn into one predicament after another. Who is it, throwing her world into chaos? 19Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 191 The Five Elements and the Art of Physiognomy 五行相术 Rumor has it that centuries from now, the Five Elements Art of Physiognomy will reappear in the martial world, sparking a scramble among heroes from every corner. Strange events from the decade of calamity, the Qinling Demon Tower, the ancient city of Fuxian, the Tianshan Blood Tomb, the ghost city of Miaojiang, and the haunted lake of Qinghai: after his grandfather mysteriously vanishes, Yuan Yuan must uncover a series of secrets. 121Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 192 The Unborn Creditor 未出生的债主 The Unborn Creditor 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 194 Bone Flute 骨笛 My grandmother was a famous spirit medium throughout the surrounding villages. I was a child she picked up and brought home. People in the village said that on the night she carried me home, flutes sounded throughout the village until dawn. The next day, every peach tree in the village had withered. They called me an ill omen, but my grandmother always treated me well, and life went on quietly like that, until the day I turned sixteen. Then everything changed. 1.3kReads9.0Score127Shelves
- 195 If the Mortal Realm Is Hell, I Shall Become Yama 若人间如狱，我将身化阎罗 [No saintly protagonist] + [No harem] + [Dark tone] + [Death rewind] + [Fusing with evil spirits] + [Near-invincible protagonist] Evil spirits run rampant, and terror resurges; lives are devastated, and the paranormal is everywhere; human life is worth less than grass. If the gods cannot save the world and its people, then I will become the greatest paranormal entity in existence. My name is Yan Luo, and I am also the... King of Hell in this apocalyptic world! 2.2kReads6.5Score161Shelves
- 196 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score165Shelves
- 197 You Were Supposed to Stream Ghost Hunting, So Why Are You Dating Her? 让你直播抓鬼，你跟她谈恋爱？ (Supernatural livestream + romantic comedy + a female ghost who throws herself at him + no blades, no angst) Su Li gets bound to a terrible System: he can only grow stronger by livestreaming ghost hunts! Other streamers sell products, while he sells talismans. Other streamers get paid in money, while his tips cost lives! For his first mission, he barges into a supposedly haunted school, planning to put on a half-hearted livestream and collect the rewards. Instead, he meets her. Bai Tan, the most 1.6kReads7.8Score227Shelves
- 198 The Daoist Sect Is Slandered, but When the Ghost Tide Attacks, They Still Expect Me to Step In 道门被污蔑，鬼潮入侵却要我出手 [Live Streaming + Invincible + One Female Lead + Ghostly Energy Revival] For hundreds of years, the Celestial Master Sect has suppressed myriad monsters and exterminated evil spirits. Yet the world refuses to acknowledge them, and the Buddhists even lead the way in slandering them as the source of calamity. The Daoist sects have fallen into decline. Jin Qichen, the last Celestial Master, can only descend the mountain and marry. Five years pass in a flash. Over the years, paranormal incidents 182Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 199 The Yin-Yang Ghost Master 阴阳鬼师 The young Maoshan Celestial Master Zhao Ziyang ventures into the city. Half a bowl of clear water reveals the workings of heaven and earth; one spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. He walks the Eight Trigrams steps of Maoshan and wields a divine sword to slay evil spirits. From the underworld’s ghostly canals and the six-eyed evil child to the great demon of Black Mountain and the thousand-year-old Blood Corpse King, he takes them all on along the way. There is a female lead. Pure supernatu 24.2kReads6.3Score2kShelves
- 200 Rotten Jasmine: Karmic Sin and False Testimony 腐茉莉：业障伪证 Rotten Jasmine: False Testimony of Sin 4Reads—Score—Shelves
