Novels like The Mystic Middleman
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Mystic Middleman, best match first.
- 1 The Nine Abysses Prison-Suppressing Art 九渊镇狱功 Lin Feng, a cancer patient barely clinging to life on Earth, was struck by a thunderbolt from another world at the end of his life. His soul fell into a cultivation world where the strong preyed on the weak, and he became Lin Fan, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect whom everyone could bully. At the height of his despair, deep inside a forbidden mine, he stumbled upon an ancient forbidden inheritance: the Nine Abyss Prison-Suppressing Art. This technique was domineering beyond compare. It cul 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Digital Deities 数字神明 In 2028, genius scientist Lin Feng created a general artificial intelligence named Yuan, believing it to be the hope that would heal the world. But as Yuan evolved, it analyzed the vast flood of data on human history and reached a chilling conclusion: humanity was the greatest threat to its own civilization. During a global crisis, Yuan took control of the world with absolute rationality, using its omnipresent “care” and “optimization” to build humanity a “digital kingdom of God” without pain, c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 This System Is Such a Troublemaker: From the Start, It Had Me Turn Everything Over to the State 这个系统太皮了，开局上交国家 I, Luo Yi, had barely graduated when I got bound to a System. The System was ridiculously powerful, but also a real prankster. It assigned tasks like a Taobao customer service rep. It told me to choose: A. Take a trillion dollars and become the world's enemy. B. Hand it over to the government and get doubted by the entire internet. I chose C: I secretly handed over the mecha technology, then vanished without taking credit. I thought I could be a behind-the-scenes big shot, but the government 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Football: A God's-Eye View from the Start, Shocking the World 足球：开局上帝视角，惊动全球 My name is Wangzhe. From the start, I was bound to the [Eye of God], and my passing skills were maxed out! During garbage time in an amateur match, I launched a sixty-meter screamer from beyond the heavens, and the video went viral across the internet! A Chinese Super League powerhouse offered me a five-million-yuan contract? I turned around and bought a ticket to the English Championship. A superstar on my team mocked me? I fed him passes until he was on his knees, calling me big brother! A thu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Hated by the Entire Internet? I Turned Around and Became a Super Idol 全网唾弃？我反手成就超级男神 When “grooming a male idol” turns into a crash course in becoming “public enemy number one,” Lin Zhou's bizarre online gaming life begins! Reborn, he had planned to use his past-life experience to dominate the server, but a bizarre System bound him to an unconventional path to godhood: want to be a male idol? First, make every player on the server hate you to the bone! Stealing monsters, swindling money, and sabotaging teammates, Lin Zhou went further and further down the road to self-destructio —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Period: From Apprentice in Chinese Medicine to Renowned Doctor 年代：从中医学徒成为一代名医 This is the story of a young man struggling to grow amid the tides of an era, and a history of traditional Chinese medicine passed down through the scent of herbs, the pounding of a pestle, and a strict set of rules: steadfastness amid hard labor, warmth amid severity, and reverence in the ordinary. 46Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 7 I Didn't Want to Carry the Team, but the System Insisted 不想carry，系统非让 When Sun Xiaoshuai got bound to the [Soccer Superstar System], he refused to go along with it. Lead the national team to the World Cup? That mission was more absurd than China losing to Vietnam! All he wanted was to slack off and become a soccer influencer earning ten million a year. Easy and carefree. Who knew the System would turn around and bind him to [National Fan Expectations]: lose a game and his followers plummet, win and they go up! To keep his pitiful handful of fans, Sun Xiaoshuai was —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Said I'd Phone It In, but My Fans Insisted I Become a Top-Tier Star 说好的摆烂，粉丝非要我当顶流 After getting bound to the “Anti-Grind King” System, I became the happiest slacker in show business. A top-tier star on a talent show told me to carry his shoes? I tied his shoelaces to the camera instead! A variety-show director demanded that we train at dawn? I moved into the recording hall with my pillow! A clickbait account told me to get out of show business? I livestreamed a lesson on how to claim unemployment benefits for my haters! All I wanted was to quietly slack off, but the System' 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Phoenix Hidden in the Palace 凤隐宫阙 Shen Qingyi, a top student at a modern law school, suddenly found herself transported into the body of an obscure seventh-rank Baolin in the harem of the Great Zhou. Faced with the treacherous maze of palace intrigue, she had no interest in competing for favor. All she wanted was to keep a low profile and survive. But when you want peace, trouble finds you. When the poisonous hand of conspiracy reached for her, she stopped holding back. A poisoning case? She used her knowledge of chemistry to u —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I’m the Number-One Trickster in the Immortal World 我在仙侠当老六 [Comedy] [Sneaky schemer] [Lighthearted] [Absurd] [Gets better as it goes] [This novel focuses on comedy and fun, with a somewhat slow pace. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it.] Lao Liu only wants to cultivate peacefully in the immortal realm until the end of time. Unfortunately, the System assigns him life-threatening missions every day, like stealing the sect leader’s underwear or swiping the Supreme Elder’s toupee. To stay alive, he creates countless clones and secret identities. Even hi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Daoist Healer 道医 [A new work by a top web-fiction author] [The hottest urban cultivation classic of 2021] Young Ye Yan embarks on the path of cultivation because of an ancient book, and his life becomes extraordinary from that point on. With Daoist talismans in one hand, he defies fate; with medical skills in the other, he reverses life and death. He lives freely in the city. After one bizarre adventure after another, from exploring hidden treasures by night to sipping tea and trading blows, and drifting undergr 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Country Doctor's Free Remedies 土郎中的不花钱药方 On a stormy night, a farmer’s wife was bitten by a snake. He sucked out the venom and bled the Weizhong acupoint, saving her half an hour before the county hospital ambulance arrived. The town doctor called his methods “unorthodox,” but he used mugwort he’d dried himself to ease the village Party secretary’s decade-old leg pain. And for just 35 yuan, he cured a child’s indigestion that Western medicine hadn’t managed to fix for 280. In village doctor Li Erzhu’s clinic, an old Laoganma jar served 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Ancestral Chinese Medicine: Healing the World, Conquering All 祖传中医，医世无敌 (This book assumes some familiarity with traditional Chinese medicine. Otherwise, you may not even recognize the characters who appear.) Li Jiebin, heir to a family tradition of Chinese medicine, passed away amid the clamor of his age, only to transmigrate to another world, where disease runs rampant and medicine reigns supreme… Here, many things seem familiar, yet somehow not quite right. In ancient times, humanity was ruled by disease. Whether you were a lord, a general, or a peerless prodig 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Dragonflame Special Police 龙焰特警 Zhou Zhen, chief of a special police unit, is widely hailed as the unshakable pillar of the force. Decisive and relentless, he has never failed. But a leak from the top leads to a botched operation, drawing him into a vast political conspiracy and bringing his deepest secret to light: his former comrade-in-arms, now Interpol agent Long Jing, is the mother of his two children. Five years ago, a faked-death mission made her “disappear” from their lives. Five years later, she returns with a top-se 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Century of the Green Satchel 青囊百年 One medical text, five generations of fate, and a century of perseverance. In the late Qing, during the Guangxu era, Lin Henian, master of the Jishitang clinic, could decide life and death with his “Nine-Turn Soul-Reclaiming Needles,” yet he could not save the ailing Qing Empire. His son, Lin Mubai, fought to preserve the legacy of traditional Chinese medicine amid the Republican-era campaign to abolish it. As war raged, his daughter Lin Banxia became the “guardian angel of life” in the hearts 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Grand Future in the Mortal World 凡尘鸿途 A group of ordinary people from ordinary families in a remote rural village achieve very different lives through their tireless efforts, and show an extraordinary love for humanity along the way! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Li Jing, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor 中医李憬 A hard-hitting traditional Chinese medicine novel! Using foresight to amass wealth and build a city devoted to health. Real medical cases show how acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine treat illness, from minor ailments to difficult, critical, and life-threatening conditions. The way you think determines the paths open to you, your mindset determines how far you can go, and attention to detail determines success or failure. The goal of this book is to help some readers put what they learn into 406Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 19 The History of Chinese Medicine 中医史 This book is a comprehensive history of the development of traditional Chinese medicine. The author places particular emphasis on the internal history of medicine, focusing on how knowledge was passed down and developed in each historical period, and especially on documenting examples of innovation and invention in traditional Chinese medicine. The book follows a chronological structure, discussing each period in turn. Its chapters are organized around specialties, diseases, notable figures, tex 34Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 20 The Grand Mansion's Hidden Chambers 朱门深阙 A marriage contract sends Shen Qingci, a concubine-born young woman, into the imposing and stern Duke of Zhenguo's household as a secondary wife. Within its inner quarters, her mother-in-law rules with an iron hand, her sisters-in-law scheme against one another, and the favored concubines watch her like hawks. Every step is perilous. She assumes she can do no more than endure and survive, quietly withering behind the vermilion gates. Yet her exceptional intelligence and superb medical skills rep —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Warm Home in the Deep Mountains 深山暖居 Lin Xiunuan, the youngest daughter of the Lin family, marries Shi Jian, a mountain hunter, to repay a debt of gratitude. He is taciturn, a fierce man the villagers find hard to approach. She is gentle and diligent, with nimble hands and a quick, perceptive mind. At first, they treat each other with courteous respect. With delicious food and clever ideas, she brings warm cooking smoke to his cold stone house. With his silent protection, he shields her from the storms in the mountains and the trou 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 22 My Life as a God of War 我的战神生涯 To save his gravely ill younger sister, he became a soldier; to keep his oath, he became a king. Zhou Yan: a name that strikes fear into the heart of special forces around the world, “China's Yama.” At the height of his career, he left the military, hoping only to return to an ordinary life and protect his one remaining family member. He meant to be an ordinary security guard, but knocked out an underground boxing champion with one punch. He meant to keep a low profile, but drew the attention —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Inquiring into the Pivot 问枢 As a boy, Fang Wenshu sought help for his sick mother, but all seven medical schools turned him away. After she died, he found a fragmentary manuscript bearing four words: illness, pulse, diagnosis, treatment. Carrying the manuscript out into the world, he met six gifted prodigies. After unraveling the origins of the seven medical schools, they gathered at the Dao Pavilion. Whoever studied its thousand-year-old texts and grasped the principles shared by all seven schools would be able to command 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Miscellaneous Treatises on Prescriptions 方剂杂论 A tale of love and hate surrounding medicinal formulas, exploring the ingredients that make up traditional Chinese prescriptions and the profound richness of Chinese medicine. This story aims to pass on the heritage of traditional Chinese medicine and inspire more people to love it. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Ancient Art of Medical Cultivation 古术医修 Heartbroken, unemployed, and down on his luck, he gets slapped around by reality until he doesn't know which way is up. Just as Xu Zhendong is about to give up, a twist of fate grants him Shennong's legacy. From then on, one hand holds silver needles that control life and death, while the other commands cultivation and shapes the world. His life takes off. 1.7kReads7.7Score137Shelves
- 26 The Unorthodox Doctor: Save Yourself Before Saving Others 都市不良医：救人先救己 Zhong Ming was born with a terminal condition of extreme yang. To save his own skin, he began learning to read at age three under his master's guidance, using The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon as his primer. From childhood, he studied medicine under his master, relying on a fragment of the Green Satchel Medical Classic to keep himself alive. In search of four remedies, a flower, a blade of grass, a stone, and a person, he set out on a journey to defy fate and change his destiny. With his extraord 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Dragonflame Strikes: Disbanding the Wolf Fangs from the Start 龙焱出击：开局解散狼牙 Five years ago, Qin Feng, captain of the Longyan assault squad, was betrayed by faulty intelligence from his superiors during a top-secret mission. His entire unit was wiped out, and he vanished beneath the stigma of being branded a traitor. Five years later, when the foreign military's most advanced Ghost individual combat system appears on the black market and threatens national security, Qin Feng quietly returns as a good-for-nothing clerk, going undercover at Langya Special Operations Brigad 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Book of Truth 真相之书 Peng Xiaoxiao, a Chinese student returning from Europe, meets a master with multiple identities who offers her guidance. She also forms bonds with demons and spirits, each with their own story. Every word recounts true experiences where the spiritual realm and reality intertwine. Demons and spirits reveal the bonds of cause and effect, concealing within them the collisions and answers shared by the spiritual realm and the human world. 286Reads7.3Score109Shelves
- 29 The Ultimate Landlord: All My Tenants Are Eccentric Women 最强房东：我的租客都是奇葩女人 [Urban Superpowers + Mythology Revival + Fantasy Capitalism + Courtyard House] After inheriting a Beijing courtyard house, I became the greatest landlord in history. I never expected all my tenants to be gorgeous oddballs. The cold, domineering CEO is a songstress who holds midnight concerts on the balcony, while the sweet, adorable campus belle turns out to be a black-belt queen of the underground fight club… As their identities are revealed one by one, my life as a landlord suddenly turns 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Yu Tests Drugs with His Life 阿宇拿命试药 Staying up late harms your health, excessive sex drains your vitality, a weak spleen and stomach, insomnia, and aching lower back? These are common modern-day problems, and this book explains them all. A Yu, a man who's been through it himself, begins with the painful lessons of his own experience, then takes on the role of storyteller to explain the uses of the body's acupoints and the preferences and aversions of its five organs. He lays out Sun Simiao's Thirteen Health-Preservation Methods, t 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Beginner's Journey into Traditional Chinese Medicine 一个小白的中医之路 An original work on Tomato Novel. The author’s first novel. Fang Xiaobai knew nothing about medicine, but she saw many people around her go to the hospital without getting better, spending money only to suffer. When her mother fell ill and needed surgery, it inspired Fang Xiaobai to teach herself traditional Chinese medicine so she could save her loved ones. And so she began her journey of learning medicine on her own... Please don’t use the remedies in this novel indiscriminately. They are ent 17Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 32 An Ancient Medical Text from the Start 开局一本玄古医书 While rescuing someone, Chang Bo happens to receive the legacy of a saintly physician, inheriting peerless medical skills and ancient occult arts. With his abilities, he leads traditional Chinese medicine to the pinnacle of the world… 2.8kReads8.2Score309Shelves
- 33 Hidden in the Taoist Order for Twenty Years, I’m Asked to Return by Bureau 749 道门潜藏二十年749局请我出山 When Leng Ruifeng came down from the mountain, all he wanted was to practice his faith in peace. The 749 Bureau saw him as a charlatan, the Divine Mechanics Department called him a country bumpkin, and the Su family's genius, his fiancee, publicly broke off their engagement, then immediately got cozy with a rising star of the Daoist sect. That was until a haunted house with a century of history became a ghost domain, the Azure Nether Mirror shattered, and a prodigy of thunder arts was left grave 234Reads7.2Score194Shelves
- 34 The Meridian Healer 子午道医 No System, no harem, no mindless grandstanding, no brainless villains, no immortal fantasy cultivation, and no contrived misunderstandings. The story focuses throughout on treating the sick, saving lives, solving crises, exposing fraud, and spreading the teachings. Clean and compelling, it’s perfect for following over the long haul. 122Reads6.9Score119Shelves
- 35 A Splendid Life in the Countryside 山野间的锦绣人生 Lin Wanqing, a 28-year-old urban professional, wakes up in an ancient mountain village as a farmer's daughter with an empty house, a frail father, and a sick mother. Facing a life of starvation, she rolls up her sleeves and decides to use her modern knowledge to change her fate. From identifying mountain produce and improving farm tools to clearing wasteland, cultivating crops, and making novel foods, she leads her closest family members from being a burden to everyone to becoming the family's b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Ancient Martial Arts: Qigong 古武术：气功 Ancient Martial Arts: Qigong —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Celestial Art of Qihuang 岐黄天工谱 Su Banxia, heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for a hundred years, accidentally uncovers a secret feud spanning a thousand years between her family and Yongchuntang after a medicinal cuisine mishap on the winter solstice. A Tang dynasty manuscript fragment of the Huangdi Neijing hidden in her grandfather’s study, bronze meridians exposed by a collapse on Beishan, and a Northern Dipper star raft atop Mount Everest… When she uses silver needles to pierce a conspiracy wr 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Divine Healer’s Legacy 医神传 A doctor's duty is to heal the sick and save lives. When necessary, they must be willing to make sacrifices for their patients. Yao Mulin, a young traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, has always lived by this principle. He starts out as a humble practitioner and works his way up, building his practice into something great... This is a pure traditional Chinese medicine novel. There is nothing else, just the real deal! 4.4kReads8.8Score367Shelves
- 39 The Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医圣手 Lin Xuan was sent down the mountain by his master to revive traditional Chinese medicine. A beautiful CEO mistook him for a fraud and even took him for a masseur... 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Learning Chinese Medicine Is Really Simple 学中医真的很简单 The author is a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. I started out working in a hospital, then ran a traditional Chinese medicine clinic for many years, gaining a great deal of insight. I also realized that I had taken far too many detours while learning traditional Chinese medicine. That's why I now want to share my experience and little tips with everyone in simple, easy-to-understand ways, and use my own story to show that learning traditional Chinese medicine really is quite simple. 44Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 41 Urban Cultivation in the Age of the Nine Purple Li Huo 九紫离火之都市修仙 In the bustling city of Yunhai, Lin Yu is just an ordinary office worker, living a quiet nine-to-five life. But the start of the 2024 Jiuzilihuo cycle is about to change the world, and his fate along with it. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Zhu You Arts, Isn't Bringing the Dead Back to Life Perfectly Reasonable? 祝由术，起死回生很合理吧？ [Supernatural, mystery, Zhu You healing arts, folk forbidden arts, witchcraft, metaphysics, magic arts, no System] “Zhu You healing arts can bring the dead back to life, revive the living dead, and restore flesh to bare bones.” “We’re the Spirit Binding Squad.” Late at night on campus, the lights flicker on and off, a sinister atmosphere hangs in the air, and shadows whisper in the corners. “I am Xiang Yu, one of the Eighteen Bronze Arhats of the Mahayana Sect!” At an ancient temple in the barre 5.1kReads8.1Score541Shelves
- 43 Zhang Zhongyong, Chinese Medicine Bone-Setting Specialist 中医正骨师张仲勇 Many of the medical cases in this book are based on real cases. Zhang Zhongyong, a traditional Chinese medicine massage therapist, graduated from a university of Chinese medicine. After being fired by a community hospital, he studied and practiced tirelessly for ten years, finally turning his life around. Yet after making a name for himself in America, he gave up a high salary and returned to China to open the Tiandao Supreme Medicine Clinic, where he treats and saves patients with ancient Chine 515Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 44 Practicing Chinese Medicine in 1950 我在1950当中医 Everyone in Qinghe City knows that the eldest branch of the traditional medicine Zhou family was cast out decades ago, and spent those same decades under the thumb of the second and third branches. They thought the eldest branch would never produce another talent. Then, in the spring of 1950, the young Zhou Shiyuan awoke from a high fever. Not only did he save his mother, who was in critical danger during a difficult labor, he also pioneered “acupuncture anesthesia,” greatly easing the shortag 478Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 45 I Work as a Medium in a Buddhist Supply Shop 我在佛具店当神棍 Ancient scrolls and Tang Buddhist tales speak of a thousand years; the bewilderment of the mortal world is all intertwined. The many affairs of spirit mediums unfold, as they steadfastly guard a corner of the mountains and seas. If we are to dispel the gloom and uphold the righteous path, let us hear the immortals revealed in this very age!, Dragon-Editing Colonel —Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 46 Mocked as a Traditional Medicine Intern, He Saves Three Lives in a Row and Becomes a Legend 被嘲中医实习生，连救三人封神 His first public failure came in front of a cardiac monitor. As the line went flat, he heard his confidence collapse. Lin Zhixia, a Western medicine intern, used thirty grams of raw Aconite to pull a heart failure patient rejected by three hospitals back from the brink of death. He also missed something at the base of the patient’s tongue, and the emergency room doors closed again. A withered sprig of mugwort fell beside him, drawing him into a legacy passed down across half a century. He put 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Medical Cauldron 医鼎记 This is a novel about preserving and passing down the traditions of Chinese medicine. After Sun Haoran gets into medical school, his grandfather, a barefoot doctor, gives him a small family heirloom cauldron. On the night his grandfather dies, the cauldron accidentally enters Sun Haoran’s body, giving him the ability to transmigrate in his dreams to the side of famous doctors from ancient times. He becomes a successor to Bian Que, a friend of Hua Tuo’s direct disciple, and a friend of Zhang Zhon 3.4kReads8.2Score689Shelves
- 48 Guarding the One with the Blue Satchel 青囊守一 Just after graduation, he prescribed medicine that cost three yuan, cutting off his department's source of illicit income, and the hospital threw him out. Armed with a tattered family medical manuscript, Lin Xiao had a wealth of theoretical knowledge and a pair of “Spiritual Pivot Eyes” that could detect abnormalities in the body's qi and blood. But he could not see the ailments of the human heart in this glittering, material world. That changed when he entered the shabby Hundred Herbs Hall and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Does She Have to Act Out a Sweet Revenge Story About Corporate Warfare? 她还要演一场商战甜蜜复仇记？ [Sweet romance] [No angst, no cheating] [Multiple heroines] [AI elements] [Best romance] [Hottest male lead] [For everyone] To win over an investor, Chen Chen misses his wedding anniversary date. His wife, Lin Zhaoxi, means what she says: be one minute late, and regret it for the rest of your life. So she turns on her heel and cheats as soon as she leaves the restaurant. After cheating, she comes back with ten million yuan and drives up to Lu Chen, money and car included: “When love is gone, wh 77Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 50 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 141Reads6.1Score—Shelves
