Novels like A Chronicle of Debut
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- 1 The Divine Oracle 神卦 The reviews are the best introduction. Reader [Bai Ri Bu Dao Chu Qing Chun Zi Lai]: Meeting was fate. I was completely absorbed in these words, and in a few chapters, I felt as if I were right there in the story. As I read, I found myself wondering what kind of person the author was. Over the years, I’ve met a number of people who study the esoteric arts. Of all those so-called “masters,” very few have truly earned my respect. Yet through these words, I’ve come to admire the author’s character a 498Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 2 A Fool by Day, a Taoist Priest by Night 白天当傻子，夜晚当道士 Who says a Taoist priest has to hunt ghosts? Can’t he flirt with girls? Can’t he be a tomb raider? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Tales of the Supernatural 人间灵异杂谈 Everyone has a colorful past, and what I’m about to tell you happened right here around me. It was strange and mysterious, so listen as I recount it all. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Worries of the Mystic Sect 玄门忧道 Twenty years ago, someone stole my fortune. To save me, Grandpa sent me to Mount Longhu. Twenty years later, a young Daoist descended the mountain. My mother in the mortal world had died, and I stepped between yin and yang to find her… 1.5kReads6.7Score11814d adds
- 6 Matters of the Living, People of the Dead 阳间事，阴间人 Orphaned from birth, She Qiang grew up being fed by kind neighbors. Born in a time of chaos and raised in a Daoist temple, he learned a lifetime’s worth of Daoist arts from nothing but spell books left behind by someone unknown in the temple. He had planned to muddle through life, but reality kept pushing him, step by step, toward that unknown world... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From the Abandoned Infants’ Ward 来自弃婴岗 Because she wasn’t a boy, she was abandoned on the second day after birth. After barely surviving to adulthood, she was constantly pressured to give birth to a boy… Her name was Wang Duozi. Wang Hushi, who happened to be passing by, found her at the place where abandoned babies were left and took her home. Her name meant “more children, more blessings.” The place was where female infants were buried, a secret known to everyone in the village. Wang Duozi seemed tough and lucky, but she had onl 348Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 8 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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—14d adds
- 10 Maoshan Secrets: The Way of Yin and Yang 茅山秘录：阴阳道 Do you believe ghosts exist? The moment you ask that question, one might be listening. When he was five, he watched his home burn to ashes with his own eyes. Twenty-two years later, he became the seventy-third-generation direct disciple of the Maoshan Sect. His master said, “Go down the mountain. Gain experience and find the answers.” He thought it would be an ordinary journey down the mountain. He was wrong. In an ancient Jiangnan town, five young people died in the same dream, smiling, th 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Different Path Through Maoshan 不一样的茅山之路 This book has been completely rewritten, with an even more exciting story full of humor and passion. Stay tuned and follow Yang Fei as he sets out on an extraordinary journey, amid extraordinary sights, along an extraordinary Maoshan path!! Ghosts, demons, evil Taoists: Yang Fei will take you across haunted lands and along a Maoshan path like no other!!! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Yin-Yang Tribulation: Seeking the Way 阴阳劫途：寻道 Supernatural + suspense + angst + passionate action Most of life’s hardships arise from greed, anger, and delusion in our hearts. That is also why all beings may resemble Buddhas, yet fail to become Buddhas. Greed, anger, and delusion give rise to all kinds of monsters and demons in this world… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After I Dug Up a Grave, the Whole Village Begged for My Forgiveness! 挖坟后，全村人跪求我原谅！ After I dug up the grave, the entire village begged me to forgive them! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Folklore and the Supernatural: My Grandpa Took Me on Ghostly Errands 民间灵异：我爷爷带我行差鬼事 My second uncle and I followed my grandfather in the business of dealing with ghosts. Guiding spirits, seeing them off, cleansing houses. Into the mountains, into caves, under the water... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Haunted Dormitory, Room 44 诡异44宿舍 I was still in school and didn’t have much money, so I could only afford the cheapest dorm room. I never expected it to be haunted. I barely made it out alive, and although I eventually escaped, I never found peace afterward… My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Taoist of Naruto: The Lushan Tradition 火影道士闾山传 Shao Lin knows full well that women only slow down his path to immortality. Every day, he does good deeds like crazy to accumulate merit, hoping to become immortal on the spot so he can go after his enemies. After finally turning down his sweet childhood sweetheart, his ex-wife from nine lifetimes ago shows up asking for a fortune reading. “Oh dear, your birth chart is afflicted by an evil influence this year. There's a faint ring of dark energy around your brow. This is a terrible omen. Since w 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Mystic Carpenter 玄门木匠 A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support is what inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Netherworld's Yellow Earth 幽冥黄土地 The Underworld’s Yellow Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 20 The Huaxia Taoist Physician 华夏道医 Set in the Central Plains during the Republican era, this novel tells the legendary story of Chen Jing'an, heir to the Daoist medical tradition, as he heals the sick amid the turmoil, passes down Daoist medicine, and promotes China's traditional healing arts. Blending Daoist medical theory, traditional Chinese medicine's diagnostic methods, Daoist philosophy, and the upheavals of modern history, the novel uses a series of dramatic tales of healing to showcase the core principles of Daoist medici 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Funeral Specialist: Targeted Just Three Days After Posting 白事先生：发书三天，就被盯上了 (This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!) The market is sluggish, and funeral shops are no exception. With nothing better to do, I turned the manuscript Guichen Register, written by my grandfather and father together, into a digital edition. I’m addicted to typing, so I decided to write a novel to help make ends meet. But I never expected that just three days after I published it, someone would set their sights on me... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Canal Town Demon-Suppression Chronicles 运河镇妖录 The Canal Town Demon Records 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Building 704: The Haunted Tower 七零四凶楼 Protagonist: Chen Mo, 28, a restorer of antiques and old objects. Quiet and reserved, with exceptional powers of observation, he is forced into a series of supernatural incidents while handling his ancestors’ belongings. Main setting: Building 704, a tenement in the old district of Jiangcheng. Abandoned for thirty years, the building is said to be filled with countless dead and overflowing with sinister energy. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Daoist Sect's Spirit Medium 道宗通灵师 I'm a food delivery rider. As it happened, I delivered meals to a mother and her son three days in a row. On the fourth day, I went to their home and saw a forensic doctor carry their bodies out of the house. I also heard the doctor say they'd been dead for more than seventy-two hours. That very night, the ghostly mother and son appeared in my home and took over my room. By chance, I met Wang Xiangyun, a Taoist who knew how to subdue demons and drive out evil spirits, and asked him to help me ge 586Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Short Stories of the Strange and Supernatural 短篇诡异鬼故事 One horror story every day. Beneath the chilling details, I wonder if you can sense it... Nightmares, ghostly walls, prophetic dreams, modern urban legends... It's all here in these strange, short ghost stories. Are you ready? 294Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Mysterious Sect's Arcane Talisman 玄门诡箓 I'm a Daoist, and I'm writing down some of my experiences. I've encountered all kinds of arcane matters, driven out evil spirits and subdued baleful forces. I've learned folk practices through Daoism, and Daoism through folk practices. Now I'm sharing my stories with everyone. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Compendium of Strange Events in the Mountain Village 山村诡异事件大全 This book is adapted from true events recounted by Uncle Zhengyu. It comprises a series of separate paranormal stories, recounting the strange, unexplained events that take place in mysterious mountain villages… It has all kinds of unsolved mysteries! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Strange Little Tales from the Urban-Rural Fringe 城乡结合灵异小故事 This collection of little supernatural tales is drawn from stories told by elderly villagers and young people. It's hard to tell what's true and what's not, so just enjoy them as little stories to pass the time over tea. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 With a Hide Drum and a Spirit Dance, I Summon the Hu and Huang Spirits 拿皮鼓，跳大神，我请胡黄 [The Earliest and Purest Supernatural Tales] [Rituals and Chants for Spirit-Medium Ceremonies] [Anatomizing Fate, Destiny, and Reincarnation] [Ensemble Cast, Reasons to Fight] I'm a spirit medium. More accurately, I'm a little con artist. After Old Crooked-Eye picked me up one night when I was a child, he gave me the name Xiao Ye. But Xiao couldn't be a surname, so I changed my family name to Xiao. From then on, Old Crooked-Eye and I made our living by swindling people. I thought we'd go on like 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Old Alley Sound Repair: At Midnight Tonight, Qin Opera Calls the Souls 旧巷声修：今夜子时，秦腔引魂 [One Heroine + Sound Cultivation + Qin Opera + Livestreaming + Supernatural Mystery + Urban + Adventure] In modern society, information explodes across the world, and human negativity is amplified through social media, forming an immense “Tide of Resentment.” If no one guides and dispels it, within three years it will gather into a “Lament of Doomsday,” and the boundary between the worlds of yin and yang will collapse completely. Humanity’s power comes from “the Power of Wishes”: energy formed w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Production Team Tales: The Strange Case of the Ancient Pagoda Tree 生产队怪谈之古槐异事 Production Team Folktales: The Strange Incident of the Ancient Pagoda Tree —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Production Team Tales 生产队怪谈 Strange Tales from the Production Team —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Production Team Tales: Ye Shiyue Niang 生产队怪谈之叶氏月娘 Strange Tales from the Production Team: Ye Shiyue —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Soul-Sending Road of Chang'an 长安送魂路 [Mystery and the supernatural + ghost hunting + guiding souls + Taoist arts + face reading + feng shui + fortune-telling] Since I turned eighteen, I've traveled far and wide in search of a way to defy fate and change my destiny. Later, I grew tired and didn't want to live anymore, but one slap from my second uncle brought me back to my senses. My life doesn't belong to me alone. They all want me to keep living. My name is Gu Chang'an. They want me to live a long, peaceful life. I am a soul guide —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Strange Tales from the Tea Pavilion 茶榭诡谈 Chilling events that may have happened right beside you and me. Perhaps you and I could become the protagonists, too. These are accounts of things that happened to people around us, as told by those who experienced them. True and false, false and true, right and wrong, wrong and right. Think it over, then think it over carefully!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Yin-Yang Fate Borrower 阴阳借命师 [Traditional Supernatural Horror]+ [Feng Shui and Mysticism]+ [Suspense and Deduction] On my seventeenth birthday, I watched my best classmate die horribly right in front of me. That was when I learned someone had stolen my fate! A mysterious old man told me I was one of the Seven Wise and offered to take me as his disciple. If I refused, I wouldn’t live past thirty. When I was twenty-five, my master ventured alone into the underworld to negotiate with the King of Hell and extend my life. He ult —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Daoist Arts Compendium: Flirting with Ghosts in the Underworld 道术灵册我在冥界调戏鬼 Supernatural and bizarre incidents keep happening, along with the use of all kinds of talismans, spells, and Taoist arts. Follow me, Lin Feng, as I promote traditional Chinese Taoism. Lin Feng was raised from childhood by his grandfather, Lin Yousheng, a renowned Taoist priest. The story takes place in a small town in the 1980s and 1990s. Before turning thirteen, Lin Feng had little interest in his grandfather's identity as a Taoist priest, but at thirteen, he began his journey down the Taoist p 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 38 The Life-Devouring Ancient Formula 噬命古方 The Life-Devouring Ancient Formula 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Curse of the Manicure 美甲之咒 The Nail Art Curse 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Chronicles of Strange Tales from Jiuzhou 九州怪谈录 Every mountain and river in this land conceals secrets unknown to most. When night falls, the eerie tales that have lain dormant through the ages quietly awaken... From the boundless snowy plains of the Northeast to the damp, rainy lanes of Lingnan, from the desolate Gobi of the Northwest to the secluded waterways of Jiangnan, every region has given rise to its own strange lore. A shaman's whispers echo beneath Changbai Mountain, the corpse-driving bells of western Hunan pierce the thick fog, ee 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Tales of the Supernatural Among the Common Folk 感灵之民间异事 In the old days, there were all kinds of strange happenings in the villages of northern China: ghost stories, tales of immortals appearing, and encounters between humans and monsters. Here, you can read about the people and stories of the past. What kind of mischief will the intriguing huangpizi get up to? What stories did the elders tell children during the quiet nights of that bygone era? This book will take you back in time to see those curious old tales. The huangpizi aren’t the only ones he 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 43 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 53.5kReads6.7Score2.2k14d adds
- 44 The Yellow Springs Trading Post 黄泉交易铺 My grandfather ran a pawnshop unlike any other. It had three rules: there were three things we would never accept. No objects from the earth, no divine robes or stage costumes, and no stolen goods. One day, a woman came to our pawnshop and pawned something. My father accepted it. That night, my father fled with the item. I only learned what had happened when the police called to tell me my father had been in a car accident and there was nothing they could do. They asked me to identify his body. 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Strange Case Investigations 3: The Torrent of Time 异案调查录3：时光洪流 Bizarre, inexplicable incidents keep happening: buses that claim lives, people who have vanished from history, urban legends from all over the country, and more... Perhaps these stories will slowly fade from people’s memories over the years and disappear into the flood of time. But there is a group of people who remain steadfast in their quest to uncover the truth behind the legends! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Tales of the Mystic Arts: Southern Maoists and Northern Horse Shamans Battle the Evil King 玄门往事：南茅北马斗邪王 Lu Li, a handsome young Maoshan Taoist, arrives in Northeast China and meets Cui Kan, a frail, frequently ill spirit medium who possesses uncanny powers. The two are forced into a terrifying conflict involving dark sorcery. Wherever the mysterious sorcerer's ghostly figure appears, terror and death follow close behind. On a dark, windy night, an ancient tomb lies shrouded in gloom, heads roll, and rivers of blood flow... Lu Li and Cui Kan face danger at every turn. They must outwit their enemies 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Strange Tales from the Countryside 农村里的奇异怪谈 [Traditional supernatural horror + third-person narration + one female lead + no immortal cultivation] In a strange, gloomy bamboo forest, evil forces claim people’s lives. A university graduate has just returned to his village when he becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre events. In the end, he takes a master and learns the Dao. Is the mysterious woman good or evil? What other strange events will the protagonist encounter? Find out in the book. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Yagyu Yelang 柳生夜郎 Liu Shisan was born in the 1990s and learned folk Taoist arts from Grandpa Yun, a member of his family, from a young age. He thought he was simply gifted, but never imagined he would be drawn into the secret of how Liu Bowen of the Ming dynasty severed the dragon veins beneath the land... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 11Reads—Score—14d adds
