Novels like Lan the Demon Hunter
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Lan the Demon Hunter, best match first.
- 51 The Whole Village Holds a Ghost Wedding, but I'm the Only One Who Knows the Bride Is Alive 全村办冥婚，就我知道新娘是活的 The whole village is decked out for a ghost wedding, but only I know that the bride beneath the red veil is alive. My name is Shen Zhili. I am a graduate student in folklore and the last female ceremonial officiant. I was summoned to an old manor deep in the mountains to "wed" a dead young master. On my first night inside, the manor sealed itself shut, and a new notice appeared on the wall: "Rules for the Chen Family Manor's Joyful Funeral": 1. Before the wedding rites, do not look the newlyweds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 My Wife Is a Snake 我的老婆是条蛇 When I was born, nine snakes were coiled around the roof beams. They called it Nine Dragons Sending a Son, and it meant I’d face eighty-one calamities before turning nine. If I could get through them, I’d enjoy great wealth and success. To keep me alive, my grandfather made me marry a snake as my wife. He also had me marry into someone else’s family and take their surname… 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Celestial Master Is Here, and I Am the Evil God 天师在此，我为邪神 [Folklore Supernatural + Underdog's Rise + Mystery and Twists + Cool Exterior, Contrasting Side] When I was twelve, my father ran away. Now that I'm seventeen, my sister is close to death. The village's old blind man said someone in the Liu family had died. If I sneaked into their home and stole a carpenter's ink line, I could save my sister. So I went. In the end, I discovered that the thing lying in the coffin wasn't human. After my sister was saved, I thought that surviving a great cala —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Grading Essays, I Uncovered a Murder from Three Years Ago 批阅作文，我查出了三年前的人命 Chen Mo, a Chinese teacher, discovered a murder case in an essay. A student described in detail how a girl from the same school had been bullied to death three years ago. The victim was the older sister of Su Qing, the transfer student in his class. When he started investigating, the principal handed him a thick red envelope. “Mr. Chen, let the past lie quietly. This is the ‘rational good.’” His mother was gravely ill and urgently needed money. And the fate of whistleblowers? Shen Xiao, the form —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Rural Love: This Matchmaker Is So Shameless 乡村爱情之这男媒婆真无耻 My new work is out! You can find 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! 119Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 56 The Crouching Dragon's Little Immortal Doctor 卧龙小仙医 With his parents missing and his studies at a prestigious university cut short, Li Tie became the laughingstock of the village. His fiancée publicly broke off their engagement and crushed his dignity, until he ventured into a bottomless pool and discovered the Yin-Yang Tower of Heaven and Earth. The nine-story ancient tower seals a dragon spirit. His divine eyes can see through all things and distinguish yin from yang. Three needles can revive the dead, and his martial arts can quell mountains a 343Reads—Score10114d adds
- 57 Xiangshui Village on Xiangshui Bay 响水湾上的响水村 The story takes place in a small mountain village in the early 1980s. A group of colorful ordinary people work hard to bring a series of changes to their village as it keeps pace with the times. The story moves at a varied pace, capturing the rhythms of life in that era. Through vivid prose, the author unfolds scenes from the past one by one, evoking the unforgettable spirit of the 1980s. Let us return in our imagination to a landscape of lush green hills and clear waters. Xiangshui Village, on 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Strange Goings-On Beneath the Lamp 灯下诡行 I spent my whole life making Kongming lanterns. Even after I died, my lingering obsession remained, trapping me inside a battered lantern. When people send me aloft, they make wishes and offer incense. In return, I light their way and drive away the horrors lurking in the fog. I thought it was a fair bargain, until one late night, a mute girl crookedly wrote a line on my lantern: “Don’t light the lantern. They’re watching you.” I looked down. There wasn’t a single human shadow beneath the lanter —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Making Cultural Relics at the Crematorium 我在火葬场造文物 On my first night shift at the crematorium, I found a Northern Song copper coin in the ashes. Its patina was peacock blue, the kind that takes eight hundred years underground to form. But the person whose ashes they were had died just three days ago. On the second day, a ring on a girl killed in a car accident held a fragment of a Spring and Autumn bronze artifact. On the third day, half a Warring States jade disc turned up in a retired teacher’s ashes. The old building to the east, sealed shut, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Multiverse of Dreams 多元梦境 (A summary of the full story: Mild horror, mystery and escape, two male leads, no cultivation, no System. There are multiple scene transitions to fit the dreamlike theme.) “Run from the dream!” These four words were written in code on the inside of a discontinued cigarette box. Who wrote them? And how did it end up in my hands? What were those four words supposed to mean? My memories seemed hazy. I felt as if I should know, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t remember. On a rainy night, W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Mystic Ruins: Secret Records of a Great Jing Taoist Priestess 玄墟：大靖女道秘录 You've seen plenty of formidable male Taoist priests, but have you ever seen a formidable female Taoist priest? Seventeen-year-old Shen Qingyan is a prodigy in the arts of sorcery in her master's eyes. She should have been a free and carefree cultivator, but her master's recent disappearance and a series of strange cases she encounters after descending the mountain draw her into a web of mysteries... Everything points to the Xuanhu Cult... What does “A disturbance in Kunlun, the Great Jing on th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Seven Sins Prison: I Survive by Keeping a Low Profile 七恶囚笼：我靠普通苟活 When I signed the contract, all I noticed were the six words: “Bonuses have no upper limit.” Now I’m locked inside a nine-story cage. The other seven people all seem to be more disturbing than the last. One decided he was a god on the very first day. Another was so hungry he’d eat absolutely anything. One could only serve the most primitive desires of animals. No one told me why those bizarre English words were printed on our backs. No one told me why someone as ordinary as me was chosen. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Belongings Organizer: I Received My Own Belongings 遗物整理师：我收到了自己的遗物 [Urban Mystery | Death Prediction | Episodic Stories | One Female Lead] On his first independent case, Xu Chi receives a box of his own personal effects. A keychain he'd used for three years, a phone that had cracked that very morning, and an authorization letter bearing his own signature. The time of death listed on the inventory is seven days away. There is only one additional request: "Before my mother comes to claim my things, retrieve the photo on the phone." But his phone is safe in his ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Little Village Doctor 乡村小医神 After a country boy unexpectedly gains a supernatural ability, he embarks on an incredible life, taking down village bullies and thugs and winning her heart. Farming, making money, building a fortune: he has a cheat code for every step of the way! The ultimate winner in life. 8.2kReads7.1Score28314d adds
- 65 The Lost Antelope 迷失的羚羊 Also known as: The Divine Girl or the Hellish Killer? Beware, Judgment Is at Hand [Mystery + deduction + supernatural + adventure] [Strong male and female leads, both devoted and decisive, with hearts of gold. Earlier mysteries will be resolved later.] [Episodic stories + an overarching plot] An immortal girl? A young man who runs a guesthouse on the grasslands? And a student in glasses who wanders everywhere? What brought them together? A man-eating flower in a strange cave, the cries of a baby —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 I Refuse to Perform! 拒演！ Jiang Che, a lowly bit player, struggled for three years in Hengdian. With no connections or resources, he was on the brink of despair when he was unexpectedly pulled into the mysterious Fatebound Film Set. This is a live-streamed fight for survival, controlled by high-ranking deities. The real world and the inner world are completely bound together: injuries in the inner world are mirrored in reality, and death means the soul is truly annihilated. Everyone who enters is an actor, and must stri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Great Yong's Number One Thief Catcher 大雍第一贼捕 In the Great Yong Dynasty, he had the most valuable pair of hands. There was nothing he couldn't steal: secret palace artifacts, masterpieces by renowned artists, even sealed chambers. That is, until a female constable caught him red-handed at a crime scene one night. The day after the shackles went on, the authorities offered him a way out: solve cases to atone for his crimes. The merit-and-penalty ring on his wrist recorded each case he solved. Every time he used his borrowed authority, anothe 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Devious Game of Fate 天机诡局 My master died under mysterious circumstances. Before he passed, he branded the Chen family’s ancestral secrets of heavenly calculations onto my wrist, leaving me with just one warning: “Never use them unless you have no other choice.” With the century-old brass compass he left me, I saw through the soul-locking formation at the haunted spot in the old mansion at a glance. A bronze mirror to suppress the evil, Big Dipper coins to seal the aura: how could ordinary people doubt eighteen years of f 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 The Great Immortal's Record of Sealing Tombs 锁冢大仙录 The moment the Nuo mask swept across my right eye, the world changed. I saw underground waterways deep beneath the earth. I saw ancient Shu script carved into the stone walls three thousand years ago. And in the deepest place, I saw a crack with two words carved inside: Buzhou! And then there was Shangguan Wanyu, a forensic pathologist with a doctorate. The first time I saw her, the bone needles at her waist were all ringing, as if twelve tuning forks had been struck at once. She said my right e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Building Dreams in Ivory Mountain 筑梦象牙山 Transmigrating to Xiangya Mountain, I start by helping Xiao Meng sell tofu. I build wealth through fish farming, establish a cooperative, and lead the whole village to prosperity! Xie Guangkun praises me as a true dragon, Liu Neng says I really have what it takes, And the whole village follows me to a life of food and drink aplenty! 5.5kReads6.1Score22514d adds
- 71 I Run a Lifestyle Channel in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里当生活区UP主 With 1.2 million yuan in debt, Lin Bei gets dragged into a horror game. While others flee, I film; while others scream, I livestream. The head nurse is chasing me with a knife? Perfect footage! Zombies are closing in? Let's dance together. I edit terrifying scenarios into comedy shows, pay off my debts with tips, and clear stages by putting on a show. The ghosts become my cast, and the audience becomes my backup. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Death Penalty Rose 死刑玫瑰 A revenge story, rural romance, life as a migrant worker, the tricks of the city, and the good and evil in human nature. Rose was a country girl. At eighteen, she went away with a relative to find work, only to be sold. From then on, her life was full of twists and turns. She missed out on true love, fell into a den of wolves, and wished she were dead. When Rose disappeared, Chen Shuang searched frantically for her, but never found the woman he loved. Following one small lead nearly got him beat 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 My Embalming Notes with the Agent 我和代行者的入殓手记 [Thrills + Heartwarming Moments + Redemption + Past and Present Lives] Do you believe someone could wait a hundred years for you? Bai Yan doesn’t. She’s just a junior makeup artist at a funeral home. Her only real skill is pretending she can’t see ghosts. But one early morning, she personally transfers a man’s seal onto herself. He lived to be 129, owes a life, and demands she repay him by doing ten things. This isn’t an evil spirit haunting her. It’s a madman who waited a hundred years for the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Chou Xian'er 仇仙儿 Good demons are for Fahai to handle, and bad ghosts need bad people to deal with them. If life is already miserable, who cares if you end up in the frying pan after death! If you won’t let me, Chen Guang, live in peace, then what the hell am I cultivating merit for? One word: fight to the bitter end! 3.3kReads—Score19714d adds
- 75 I Play an Extra in Eerie Movies 我在诡异电影里跑龙套 [Also known as: Quitting KFC to Brave the Supernatural Scenarios] Yan Jin worked like a dog at a fried chicken shop for three years, always conscientious and hardworking. At last, he finally stood up for himself and fired his boss. But right after quitting, he transmigrated into an Infinite Flow scenario where death was all but certain. Since he’d transmigrated, he might as well show the supernatural what his incredible golden finger could do: a psychiatric hospital for gods, an echo that never 1.5kReads6.3Score11514d adds
- 76 Yunhu Town 云湖镇 A death-row inmate whose sentence has been suspended opens a livestream with a hidden phone while on his way to receive medical treatment outside prison. Looking into the camera, he says, “I wasn’t the one who killed the little girl in Yunhu Town ten years ago.” The livestream is cut off, but the video has already spread across the internet. Investigative reporter He Zhiyuan recognizes the face in the video, as well as a name long forgotten: retired detective Lin Ge. Ten years ago, Lin Ge point —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Miracle Doctor Returns to the Village to Lie Flat, but His Sisters Force Him to Rise 神医回村想躺平，姐姐们逼我奋起 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Qin Xue, the Village Beauty 村花秦雪 [Countryside + Romance + Multiple Heroines + 10,000 Words Daily] The village belle Qin Xue is the subject of a rumor: she was seen coming out of a cornfield with Zhou Dazhuang, a man from the village. Zhou Dazhuang is an honest man. He rushes to explain, but no one believes him. It isn't until Qin Xue comes to see him herself that Zhou Dazhuang learns the truth: Qin Xue was the one who spread the rumor. 65Reads6.6Score50414d adds
- 79 The Shackles of Misty Alley 雾巷枷锁 A corpse is found in an ancient well, reopening an old case. A butterfly jade pendant binds the fates of Chen Ci, a writer who has spent seven years pursuing the killer, and Lu Zheng, a detective hemmed in by the rules. Symbol-filled notes, torn field records, a second skeleton of unknown identity... Amid the fog of the narrow alleys, the two go from opposition to partnership, closing in step by step on the truth: a loan-sharking gang has colluded with senior figures at the police bureau. As sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Ten Lifetimes of Reincarnation: The Bottom-Ranked Outer Disciple Strikes Back 十世轮回，外门倒数的我杀回来了 Shen Zhuye’s family owned the last incense and candle shop in Qingxi Town. One day, he opened the account book and found three words on the final page that hadn’t been there before: One Question Owed. The words in the account book could ask questions on their own. That night, someone knocked at the door. The food delivery was half a bag of pond mud. As a chill crept in through the crack beneath the door, a man in white shielded him from disaster and spoke eight words: You have one year left to 190Reads—Score14314d adds
- 81 Sin Fetish I 罪癖I 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Village Doctor: The Handsome Country Doctor's Rise 乡村神医：俊村医的逆袭人生 [Master physician + countryside + city life] Su Chen was left paralyzed from the neck down while saving someone in college. He returned to his village and became a veterinarian. Later, a Medicine Immortal passed on a cultivation technique to him, and he became a miracle doctor. From then on, he rose to the pinnacle of life... 121Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 83 The Blue-Eroded Script 蓝蚀字 When art becomes a murder weapon, poison flows through the pigments. This is a manhunt spanning chemistry, art, and criminal investigation. Poison can be sealed inside ancient pigment recipes; crimes can be concealed in the brushwork of paintings handed down through generations. When the final piece falls into place, will you see the complete picture of the truth, or another carefully painted disguise? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 After Returning to the Village, I Help My Cousin’s Wife Get Justice 回村后我帮表嫂讨公道 The night I returned to the village, I saw my cousin's wife sneaking out in the early hours of the morning. The whole village called her immoral, pointing fingers and abusing her without mercy. No one knew she was secretly investigating the “accidental” death of my cousin! The landslide three years ago was no accident. It was Zhao Defu, the village tyrant, who deliberately killed him to seize the family property! He thought five thousand yuan would be enough to settle things quietly and perman 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Ghost Ship in the Deep Sea: Witness to the Dead's Obsessions 深海幽灵邮轮：我见证死者的执念 Even kind ghosts can lie, and evil humans can be worse than demons. A luxury cruise ship that vanished without a trace more than twenty years ago drifts across an otherworldly sea, cut off from the rest of the world. Aboard are pitiful ghosts who cannot let go of the people they loved, and evil spirits willing to descend into darkness in pursuit of eternal life. Travel between the world of the living and the ghost ship, fulfill the dead’s final wishes, and search for a missing father. Disappeara 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Vein Agreement 矿脉协议 What lies buried deep underground is not ore, but a forbidden secret no living person should ever touch. In the mountains of the middle and lower Yangtze River region, Qingyan Phosphate Mine in Y City, H Province, is a flagship provincial mine owned by one of the area’s pillar industries. It has comprehensive procedures and advanced equipment, and in more than twenty years of operation, it has never had an accident. During the War of Resistance, a Japanese geological survey team entered an old 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Urban Legends Invade: I Slay Demons with Divine Blessings 怪谈入侵：我用神明祝福斩鬼 From Chapter 102 onward, the story enters dungeons, with people from other worlds joining the main cast in them. The world within a world includes science fiction. Also known as: Gods and Ghosts Run Rampant: I Wield the Power of the Gods to Slay Ghosts [Fairly satisfying] [A whole lot of killing] [Chinese-style supernatural tales] [Legendary monsters] [System-driven] [System] [Urban supernatural powers] [Mystery] [Some Infinite Flow dungeons] [Slay Ghosts] [Slay the Gods] Do you believe ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Don't Open Your Eyes Under the Blood Moon 血月下，别睁眼 [Slow-paced] + [Urban fantasy] On the night of the Ghost Festival, a red moon hung in the sky. The news said it was a once-in-a-century astronomical spectacle. I believed them. Then I noticed that in the photo of the moon on my phone, a dense crowd of “people” stood behind me. But there had clearly been no one else on the rooftop. Even stranger, people began vanishing mysteriously across the city the next day, yet none of the media mentioned it. The TV kept playing experts’ explanations on a lo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 After Twenty Years of Toil, I’m Done Being Your Family’s Workhorse 操劳二十年！不再当你家的牛马了 [Reborn in the 1970s + Feel-Good Revenge + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Ordinary People + Family Affairs] In her previous life, Ye Yating was naive and clueless. Her adoptive mother married her off to a remote backwater, and Ye Yating spent years believing her husband's honeyed words and thinking he truly loved her. No matter how badly her mother-in-law tormented her or how often her husband beat her, a few sweet words from him were enough to make her forgive him without complaint. Even af 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Night In, Day Out 夜入白出 [Thriller and Horror + Infinite-Flow + Mystery and Deduction + Exploring Strange Realms + Supernatural + Time Loops + The Emotions of Life] The night wind blows. Lie down and sleep. Don’t open your eyes, and no ghosts will appear. If you do open them, look beside the bed: a hand is among the books. Look by the window: a head with no eyes is staring at the bed. Lu Chen, Ye Xiaoqian, Wu Ziyu, Xu Zhuang, and Hu Yingying accidentally touched an old book filled with ghost stories about wronged souls. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Carefree Little Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村逍遥小医 Miracle Doctor + Countryside + City Life + Revenge! Three years ago, Huang Dachuan was rescued by the villagers after suffering a head injury that left him mentally impaired. Luckily, Wang Xiangyu took him in. An accident led Huang Dachuan to inherit the legacy of the Chaos Medical Immortal, and from then on, he began investigating the mystery of his origins... 149Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 94 The Germaphobic Detective Is Dragged into a Mechanical Killing Trap by His Mad-Dog Deputy 洁癖探长被疯狗副手拽入机械杀阵 A fastidious detective is dragged into a mechanical killing trap by his rabid deputy. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Midnight Photo Studio: I Take Portraits of the Dead 丑时照相馆：我拍亡魂照 [Use the living soul as a lure, and capture the lingering image of the dead] Hidden in the shadows of the city, the photo studio opens only during the Yin hours. Its owner wields a Republic-era camera, taking portraits of the dead’s fading silhouettes, but the price is a sliver of a living person’s soul. Every photograph is a prison for a departed soul’s obsession: if the obsession remains, the soul is trapped in the photo; if it is resolved, the lamp of rebirth is lit. When a young girl enters —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 A Book by an Elegant Veteran Driver 优雅老司机的一本书 [Rural Life + Farming + Satisfying Read] Ye Fan was blinded in an accident. Thanks to his skills, he became a fairly well-known blind masseur in the surrounding villages. But fate had other plans: recently, he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The only thing he couldn’t bear to leave behind was his younger sister, the only family he had. But there is always a way forward. Through a strange twist of fate, he awakened the memories of his past life! It turned out he was a reincarnated Divine Lord, p 18Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 97 The Happy Life of Dachuan, the Village Miracle Doctor 乡村神医大川的快乐生活 [Miracle doctor + countryside + farming + making a fortune] Qin Dachuan was an orphan, raised from childhood by Ning, a barefoot doctor. After unexpectedly inheriting the legacy of a medical immortal, he began healing the sick and saving lives, helping others and himself along the way. From then on, he rose to the pinnacle of life… 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Mountain Village Miracle Doctor Is Spoiled Rotten 山村神医，被宠上天 [No AI, all hand-crafted, genuine emotions] Yu Xiaofeng is framed by his own brother and turned into a fool, but unexpectedly obtains a peerless medical text passed down by a fairy. From then on, he begins practicing medicine in the mountain villages… 25Reads—Score614d adds
- 99 No Snow at Dawn 黎明没有雪 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Reborn in the Future: Fighting Back Against an Alien Invasion 重生未来：逆袭外星入侵 Reborn in the Future: Fighting Back Against an Alien Invasion 1Reads—Score—14d adds
