Novels like The Soul-Calming Shop
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Soul-Calming Shop, best match first.
- 101 This Miracle Doctor Just Wants to Get Fired! 这个神医只想被辞退！ Emergency physician Zhou Cheng is about to resign when he suddenly binds himself to a System that grants huge rewards if he gets fired. From then on, he embarks on a career of recklessly courting disaster in the clinic. But how did he suddenly become a miracle doctor?! 11.8kReads7.9Score99814d adds
- 102 Survival by Sequence: The Money-Spending System 序列求生之消费金钱系统 [Written by the author personally + not mindless + not invincible + Sequences + the eerie + road survival + apocalypse survival + sci-fi + clear logic] The world suddenly plunges into an eerie apocalypse. The only way to survive is to awaken a Sequence, join a convoy, and obtain a ghostly artifact. All kinds of powerful horrors attack the convoys, which also encounter other groups on the road. Survivors scheme against and slaughter one another. The protagonist, Yue Nan, obtains a System that let 2.1kReads5.9Score10414d adds
- 103 A Lowly Maid's Journey Through Time and Space 孤婢的逆时空 "Past and present worlds connected + Golden finger + Getting rich through business + Opening a school in the modern world to enroll students from ancient times + Sweet romance" A martial-arts-trained maid from ancient times is fiercely loyal to her mistress, but her mistress grows suspicious of her and orders her hunted down. While fleeing, the maid accidentally transmigrates to the modern world, where she meets the son of an antiques dealer. From then on, she uses the space and System she gaine 378Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 104 Lone Shadow over the Cold River, Moon-Hanging Blade 寒江孤影悬月刀 Hanjiang is a major military stronghold guarding the vital route between north and south, as well as a prosperous haven for merchants. It is said that its waters stretch for three thousand li, its sails carry grain from across the land, and its splendid nightlife rivals that of Jiangnan! Every faction in the realm has a foothold here, from warlords and great clans to martial arts sects and even the Buddhist and Taoist faiths. History-making battles... one coup after another, as power changes han 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 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
- 107 Three Little Darlings, Dare You Take Them On? 三个小可爱，你敢要吗 (Transmigration + ensemble cast + academy + redemption + humor + healing + hope + happiness + fantasy + sci-fi) (An art piece that neither attacks nor defends (don't mind the author's self-deprecating joke)) She was fortunate enough to come from a world without soul power. After transmigrating into another world scripted by the "Devourers," she was stuffed into an "unfamiliar" body, assigned fake data claiming she had "Level 40 soul power," and sent to an academy. She cannot use soul power. She 35Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 108 An Apocalypse Survivor Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder, Leaving Her Enemies Completely Wiped Out 末世女穿成炮灰，仇人片甲不留 [Quick Transmigration] [Alternate Universe] [Tearing Down Scumbags] [Living Life to the Fullest] [Period] [Ancient Times] [Doesn’t Rely on Men, But Makes Use of Them When Needed] Qi Lele spent ten years surviving by the blade in the apocalypse. Just as she was dying, she unexpectedly became bound to a System. She transmigrates into tragic cannon fodder characters across different worlds, avenging the wrongfully killed originals and fulfilling their wishes. “What do you mean, yours? What’s yours 8.8kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 109 Strange Tales from the Jianghu Streets 市井江湖异闻录 Qin Bei was an ordinary young man from Northeast China, living a quiet, unremarkable life among the bustle of the city. Then a mysterious package arrived out of the blue, shattering his peaceful routine and dragging him into one bizarre incident after another. Beneath the glittering surface of modern life, undercurrents are stirring. The secretive martial sects passed down for millennia have never vanished, and mysterious powers unknown to the world lie hidden in the everyday rhythms of the cit 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Keep Sleeping, Don’t Wake Up 继续睡，不要醒 [Infinite Dreams + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Horror + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Bizarre + Romance + Sophisticated] Lin Du has been dreaming ever since he was born. He often wakes with a start in some strange room and desperately flees to a subway station, only to discover that his every move is being livestreamed and everyone is watching. When he rushes out of the subway, he finds himself sitting in a car with no end, where every passenger is horrifyingly strange. The car stops at one st 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Childhood Friend Who Tore My Old Belt That Year Spent the Rest of Her Life, Twenty Years, Making It Up to Me 那年扯我旧腰带的青梅，耗尽二十年余生赔我 The childhood friend who tore off my old belt that year spends the rest of her life, more than twenty years, making it up to me 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Ashes of Lies 谎言烬 “One day, we will meet again. Once we learn the true secret of the key, we will journey to that mountain-and-sea paradise in our hearts!” In the endless river of time, a mysterious key has no known form or meaning. Could all of this be a lie? What is the Divine Song? What is a Primordial Spirit? Does the Void Song really exist? A continent drained of its vitality has swallowed countless secrets. The mellow fragrance of wine that has aged through a lifetime of reincarnation has given rise to th 1kReads9.4Score12714d adds
- 113 The Lucky Little Girl Follows Her Mom to the Military Compound and Becomes Everyone's Favorite 锦鲤幼崽随妈上军区：成大院团宠 [Adorable Kids + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Animal Speech + Pocket Dimension + Light Mysticism + Everyone’s Favorite] In her past life, Tangtang lived a miserable life. Her mother was deceived, and her cousin stole her lucky koi fate, leaving her a poor little thing. Before she died, she dragged her scummy uncle and his whole family down with her. When she opened her eyes again, Tangtang had returned to the year she was six. Her mother was about to agr 63kReads8.5Score11.1k14d adds
- 114 Tianyan Divine City 天衍神城 [Xuanhuan] [No System] [Smart Protagonist] [Resolute and Passionate] [One Female Lead] A village boy finds a mysterious divine city in the depths of his mind. By chance, he is drawn into a battle between a sacred cultivation ground and the divine beast Black Tortoise. He tempers his Yin-Yang Dao Body, awakens an unparalleled ancient scripture, and discovers that he carries the bloodline born of the union of Heaven's Dao in the realms of gods and demons. Cultivating both divine and demonic arts, 253Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 115 The Song of Flute and Sword 笙箫剑鸣 42Reads—Score314d adds
- 116 Reborn as Zhang Cuishan: Master, Save Me! 重生张翠山，师尊救我！ People say that if Zhang Cuishan had just shouted, “Master, save me!” not one of the Six Major Sects would have made it down the mountain that day. Who knows if that's true? No one actually wanted to kill him. His and his wife's deaths left the Six Major Sects in an awful predicament. They'd gone there to rid the martial world of a menace and uphold its moral order. To keep the fine young man Zhang Cuishan from going astray, all they wanted was for him to reveal Xie Xun's whereabouts. After that 3.4kReads8.3Score22814d adds
- 117 This Is Hilarious! The Good-for-Nothing Little Celestial Master Is Haunted by a Ghost 笑死！废材小天师被鬼缠上了 (Now available on Tomato and Red Fruit animation platforms) In the ancient age of the Primordial World, Heaven and Earth were divided into yin and yang, and Mount Tai stood over the underworld. Zhang Xiaolin was an heir to the Celestial Masters' Mansion, but he was no good at exorcising ghosts or drawing talismans. He was also ridiculously cowardly. In a fit of pique, he ventured into the back hills and accidentally entered a sealed chamber, releasing the imprisoned Ghost King, Meng Guang. He me 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Transmigrated into The Return of the Condor Heroes: Three Great Masters' Martial Arts from the Start 穿越神雕：开局三绝武功镇江湖 I transmigrated into the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, and my phone mutated, unlocking the martial arts of the Three Great Masters! I thought I’d be invincible, but the conflicting techniques made me an outcast in the martial world. To survive, I became the bounty hunter known as the Three-Style Yama. I never knew when to hold back, so the only thing bounty notices dared say was “dead or alive”! Cheng Ying says I’m too bloodthirsty. Huang Yaoshi says he’ll cripple me if I dare mistre 10.4kReads—Score48914d adds
- 119 My Girlfriend Thinks I'm Poor, Unaware I Just Returned from Another World 女友嫌我穷，不知我刚从异界回来 [Urban Cultivation] [Travel Between Two Worlds] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Multiple Heroines] [Cunning Survivor's Way] [Cross-World Trader] This novel has been adapted into a full-cast audiobook and a comic drama of the same name. Give them a try! Your girlfriend thinks you're poor. She dumps you over the 300,000 yuan needed for surgery, then turns around and hops into a rich second-generation heir's BMW. What she doesn't know is that just one second before she broke up with you, you had returned 49.8kReads8.5Score5.6k14d adds
- 120 The Purple Garment Apocalypse 紫衫启示录 Readers, don't worry. I know what you're resisting deep down, and I'll smash every last bit of it to pieces. “World, we hate each other.” “Without lies, there can be no civilization.” “Organized crime is a stain on society, and you are a stain on organized crime.” “I can break down your moves because you've used those same moves on me.” “Rat race culture is the inflation of hard work.” “You kidnapped me, and now you're asking me about the meaning of life!?” “Hmph! Namo Amitabha!” “Tch! Jesus Chr 1.6kReads—Score22714d adds
- 121 Kicked Down the Mountain by His Stunning Master’s Wife, He Wreaks Havoc on His Fiancée 被绝色师娘赶下山，祸害未婚妻 [Invincible power fantasy + beautiful master’s wife + fiancée] (The master's wife shows up later~) My proud and aloof master's wife is invincible! My missing parents have mysterious identities! My breathtakingly beautiful fiancée has the Heavenly Phoenix constitution! As for me, I'm the Greedy Wolf Star Lord and the God of War of the Big Dipper. I wield miraculous medical skills, have a naturally pure-yang body, and am the most wickedly talented cultivation genius in the world! (It just keeps ge 11.4kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 122 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 957Reads—Score20314d adds
- 123 The Authorities Have Been Led Astray, and the Post-2000s Have Invaded the Country 官方被带歪，国家被零零后入侵了 Yuan Tao transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a new-media host at China Central Television. To promote a new tank, he edits a video. The soundtrack: “Whoever talks nonsense gets a punch from me.” The square-dancing beat and insanely catchy lyrics leave netizens stunned. [Is this a CCTV video account?] [The whole style has changed!] [It feels like the post-2000s generation has invaded.] For his second edit, he promotes a new fighter jet. The soundtrack: “Toward the Clouds.” Netizens are 31.1kReads7.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 124 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 3: The Grudge of the Wronged 访灵笔录3：冤亲赋 [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Strong Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Ghost-Hunting] "Love gives rise to sorrow; love gives rise to fear." "An evil spirit lives inside my body. I don't know when it will devour me." A naked woman's corpse is discovered in an underground parking garage, her chest stuffed with weeds and her organs missing. A string of murders throws the entire city into panic! Quan Ning accidentally gets caught up in this bizarre case. As clues gradually 38Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 125 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
- 126 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 1: The Road to the Yellow Springs 访灵笔录1：黄泉路 [Mystery] [Supernatural] [A Powerful Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Cast Hunting Ghosts] "The road to the Yellow Springs stretches for thousands of miles. The living and the dead are separated, with only fate to reunite them in another life." Quan Ning got into a car accident on a mountain road. As he lay on the brink of death, a man claiming to be a ghost judge from the underworld offered him a chance to live. "I'll lend you ten years. Interest is three percent 83Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 127 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score49214d adds
- 128 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 526Reads8.9Score11114d adds
- 129 The Young Imperial Guard 少年金吾卫 This is a martial arts novel set in an alternate history. A mysterious jade pendant leads to the founding of a brand-new princely residence. The protagonists are a group of sunny, cheerful young people. They have no blood feud over a father’s murder, nor any grudge over the destruction of their families. All they have is passionate conviction and the courage to root out traitors and drive away evil. After one drinking session, the heir sells himself to the crown prince. From then on, ruler and s 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2：入世辞 [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 40Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 131 Sequence: Sacrifice 序列：祭品 The rating is being suppressed during the new-book period, so feel free to dive in! [Sequence-based growth + He An's new novel + the usual promise: no frustrating setbacks] Sold by his parents to be a human sacrifice, he returns with the Five Ghosts in place of his organs and the Six Demons transformed into his viscera! Mom, Dad, why aren't you smiling anymore? Those people and gods who took my organs, are you ready? I've come to collect what you owe me! 303.2kReads9.1Score32.2k14d adds
- 132 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. 56Reads6.8Score414d adds
- 133 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 108Reads7.0Score514d adds
- 134 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 717Reads6.1Score4814d adds
- 135 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… 62Reads8.7Score814d adds
- 136 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 399Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 She Paid Me Back 20,000, with an Extra 500 她还我两万块，多给了五百 She paid me back 20,000 yuan, then gave me 500 extra. 152Reads—Score414d adds
- 138 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 124Reads8.7Score1314d adds
- 140 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 10Reads7.6Score614d adds
- 141 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.9kReads8.7Score4.7k14d adds
- 142 My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子 As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 116Reads8.5Score1014d adds
- 144 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 587Reads7.7Score2214d adds
- 145 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 2kReads5.9Score21914d adds
- 146 The Star River's Abandoned Young Master 星河弃少 Su Mo was once a core disciple of the Star Evolution Dao Sect in the Star River Star Domain. When the sect was besieged and destroyed by extraterrestrial demons, he carried its supreme Star Core treasure, tore through the planes, and fell onto Blue Star. He was reborn as the despised, disowned young master of the Su family in Jiangcheng, Huaxia. A marriage contract was torn up in public by Cheng Chuchu, the heiress of a top-tier family. She publicly humiliated him, saying he came from a lowly ba 16.5kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 147 I Gave My Wife 800,000 to Open a Shop, and She Labeled Her Summer Hire a Perpetual Motion Machine 我出80万给老婆开店，她给暑假工备注永动机 416Reads—Score714d adds
- 148 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score21714d adds
- 149 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 71Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 150 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.9kReads9.0Score16814d adds
