Novels like Folk Taoist Talismans
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Folk Taoist Talismans, best match first.
- 151 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 475Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.8kReads8.9Score13414d adds
- 154 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 155 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score48614d adds
- 156 A Female Feng Shui Master's Work Diary 一个女风水师的工作日志 The author met a feng shui master and exchanged contact information with her. After seeing her work journal, the author found some of its contents worth reading. They also carry on traditional culture, so the author is sharing them here with her permission. 434Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 157 The Taoist Returns to His Village and Begins His Revenge as a Street Vendor 道士回村，从摆摊开始复仇 [Taoist priest + feng shui + talismans + ghost hunting + demon slaying + folk customs + no System + no livestreaming + no cultivation] When his grandfather was young, he gathered herbs in the mountains and once saved a young Taoist priest who had been badly injured. To repay him for saving his life, the young Taoist chose a feng shui site known as “Golden Rooster Brooding Over an Egg” and told his grandfather to build the family home there. Once the house was complete, the Lin family grew rich a 23.8kReads8.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 158 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 844Reads6.5Score10414d adds
- 159 I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生，玄学也精通 Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me 27.7kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 160 The Tale of Uncle Gu of the Daoist Sect 道门谷叔传 This is not a light, fast-paced read designed to cater to readers looking for quick entertainment. If you prefer shallow, padded stories, you may be disappointed. But trust me: if you can patiently read the first twenty chapters and still find them dull, feel free to speak your mind and offer criticism in the reviews. Let this book be our promise. I’ll await your verdict. The story takes you to a corner of the outskirts of the capital, where you’ll follow Uncle Gu’s footsteps and push open the 68Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 161 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score14014d adds
- 162 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.3kReads8.8Score75714d adds
- 165 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 114Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 166 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 554Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 167 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 999Reads8.1Score22014d adds
- 168 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score45314d adds
- 169 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 209Reads—Score10114d adds
- 170 Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文，写满了我的名字 Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Transmigrated to Another World to Work as a Cleaner 穿越异界干保洁 There isn't just one system of power in the world! Flying cars, lightsabers, talismans, virtual reality, artificial intelligence... Is it science or fantasy? A top game developer transmigrates to another world just to lie flat and take a job as a cleaner?! Is it a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality...? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Day I Miscarried, He Was Discussing a Project with Someone Else 流产那天，他在和别人谈项目 The day I miscarried, he was discussing a business deal with someone else 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 174 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
- 175 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.9kReads8.4Score3.6k14d adds
- 176 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生（李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著） The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap 13.8kReads9.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 178 Seeking the Dao in the Sea of Qi 气海问道 Qi Sea: The Way is a systematic treatise on Qi cultivation that transcends any single school or tradition. It does not rely on any particular religious or metaphysical system. Instead, drawing on the intersection of human life sciences, traditional energy philosophy, and modern mind-body practices, it builds a complete system of Qi cultivation that is logically rigorous, clearly structured, and amenable to practical verification. The book presents Qi as the common origin of the universe and all 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门 Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it. 15.4kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 180 The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖法宝坛经 Opening Verse The supreme, profound, wondrous Dharma is rarely encountered, even in a hundred million kalpas. Now that I can see, hear, receive, and uphold it, may I understand the Tathagata's true meaning. The true nature of the universe: those who hear this true Dharma can awaken and be reborn, break free from the illusory cycle of reincarnation, and attain liberation and freedom! 387Reads—Score10214d adds
- 181 The Loop 循环 From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 182 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 170kReads8.8Score18.2k14d adds
- 183 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 39.6kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 184 The Supreme Dao Lord 太上大道君 A meteorite fell onto the snowy plains of the northern lands. No one knew it had brought not a child, but a fragment of the Heavenly Court's great calamity. At sixteen, the orphan Li Yuchen entered Shangqing Zhengyi Palace on Mount Longhu. Three trials, one talisman, nine orphans, and a single promise to stand as fellow disciples made them a family. Snake demons, plague gods, demon kings... One disaster after another struck. When the Jiangxia Nuclear Power Plant was on the verge of meltdown, he 2.1kReads6.7Score22314d adds
- 185 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 186 Out of Control 失控者 [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Attain the Dao and Ascend to Immortality 得道升仙 [Enlightenment] [Supernatural abilities] [Imperial dynasty] At the end of his life, Liu Xiangdong digs a hole in the back hills, intending to bury himself. But instead, he arrives in an age of cultivation at its height. Aristocratic clans, the imperial court, the Hundred Schools of Thought, supreme religious sects. The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations! The Thirty-Six Heavenly Snares! Amid a maze of tangled paths, in an age when human lives are as worthless as grass, he rises above it al 6.8kReads8.5Score47614d adds
- 188 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 23.9kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
- 189 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 101Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 190 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 192 The Great Ming Surveillance Court 大明道察院 [See the epic history of the Daoist sects in the early Ming through the eyes of a transmigrator] In the third year of Hongwu, the Hongwu Emperor established the mysterious Dao Investigation Bureau to rein in Daoist sorcerers who could turn the tide at will. There is no carefree Daoist life here, only the ironclad rule that “magic must be bounded by law, and the Dao restrained by regulations.” Even mighty cultivators who can fly through the skies and burrow through the earth must face execution i 3.3kReads9.3Score49214d adds
- 193 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 354Reads—Score10114d adds
- 194 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score42814d adds
- 195 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 712Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 197 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 71Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 198 The Feng Shui Diviner 风水神相 [The short drama and comic adaptation are now available] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good karma; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. Eighteen years ago, an old Daoist priest found an abandoned baby in the mountains. Eighteen years later, a young feng shui master left his temple and came down from the mountain. Over the years, Jiang Chen learned all m 10.9kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 199 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 [The animated drama based on the novel is now a huge hit] A suspenseful supernatural tale rooted in Northeast Chinese folklore! The first season of the animated drama adapted from the original novel is now available on Hongguo, Tomato, and Douyin! When the rules of the Northeast are broken, a hundred ghosts roam the night, and the yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a G 526Reads—Score10914d adds
- 200 Memoirs of a Folk Taoist 民间道士回忆录 Everyone has a different path to walk at every stage of life. Just as people have periods of misfortune and prosperity, they also have ten-year cycles of good fortune. When your next cycle begins, it will mark a new starting point in your life. A folk Taoist priest is here with his memoirs, offering you a glimpse into authentic folk Taoism. 3.7kReads9.3Score69014d adds
