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Crossing a Thousand Souls! I Help the Dead Find Closure 千魂渡！我为阴魂了却遗憾
[Soul ferrying] [Xianxia] [Cultivation] [Traditional fantasy] [Not a power fantasy] The protagonist, Lu Shiyi, was forced to become an officer of the Dust and Bone Recovery Bureau after committing a sin that incurred overwhelming karmic debt. He must gather the souls of ten thousand people who died with regrets, then send them to the underworld so they can be reincarnated and find release. Stranded in another world and stripped of his memories, he wanders among mortals, guided only by three sent
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Get in the Underworld's Way, and Even Immortal Emperors Get Whacked. I Said What I Said 妨碍地府办事，仙帝也噶，我说的
My name is Chen Fan. I’m terminally ill with cancer, and I’ve been keeping myself alive by playing a game called Underworld Simulator. With just three seconds left in my life, the game displayed a message: [Congratulations on passing the assessment. You have been hired as: Trainee Judge of the Final Underworld of the Myriad Worlds] When I opened my eyes again, I was the lowliest menial worker in the world of cultivation. I had a bankrupt Underworld System in my head, and a City God temple with n
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All the Underworlds of the Ten Thousand Worlds Belong to China 万界冥土，皆归华夏
[Strong Female Lead] [Underworld] [Urban] [Investing Gods with Divine Titles] [Recruiting Across the Myriad Worlds] [No Romance] [Female-Led Story] After returning from a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, Chacha discovers that the world has changed. The gods have vanished, the supernatural runs rampant, and order has collapsed. The human world has become a hunting ground for demons and monsters, and humanity is barely getting by. Most importantly, she has become the last deity in existence. No
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Work Log of the Underworld’s Inspection Office 地府察查司的工作日志
After people die, they enter the underworld and receive a verdict on their life from the Office of Underworld Law. That verdict determines the karmic consequences of their next life. But the office handles tens of millions of souls every day, and mistakes are inevitable. If a soul has been wronged, it can appeal to the Office of Investigation for a review and a new ruling. This is the Underworld’s Office of Investigation, where all cases of injustice are tried. If you have been wronged, tell us
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I'm the Boss of the Underworld's Otherworldly Affairs Office! 我在地府驻异世办事处当老板！
[Don't say I wrote this badly unless you've read to the end] [Single, no CP] + [Eerie] + [Urban Imagination] + [Underworld Oddities] + [Otherworldly City] "Bi Xia?" "What if I gave you a chance to save the world? Would you do it?" "No!" "You've met Miss Bai, right? What do you think? I'll send you with a beautiful woman who's in her league! Would you do it?" Bi Xia hesitated, but still shook her head. No! "What if I gave you superpowers? Room and board included, plus a salary? Ten million a year
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- 6 Dream Masters for All: My Dreams Come from China's Ancient Past 全民梦师：我的梦境来自千古华夏 [Chinese Gods + Underworld and Heavenly Court + Dreamweaver + Livestreaming] Giant star beasts descended, and the final battle began. Countless civilizations fell, and a rift opened in the heritage of Chinese civilization! Only those who awakened as one-in-ten-thousand dreamweavers could stand against the star beasts! Su Mu transmigrated to this world. From the start, he awakened an S-rank talent and joined the global dreamweaver entrance exam! First question: Create a dream of a dead world. Whi 24.7kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 7 The Cat Director of the Underworld's Earthly Affairs Office 地府驻人间办事处的猫局长 Entirely handwritten, absolutely no AI Two male leads The hard road to making money for a cat, a Tibetan mastiff, and a wolfdog. Legend says that atop Mount Huo lives a divine beast called Feifei. Its body is pure white, with a ring of golden mane around its neck. It looks like a cross between a civet and a rabbit, and has a long white tail. Gentle by nature yet mischievous, it is said to possess a kind of divine power that can instantly dispel all your worries and bring you happiness. Pet it on 3.7kReads9.3Score59214d adds
- 8 EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 762.2kReads9.0Score136.8k14d adds
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The Underworld’s Temporary Overseas Worker 地府驻外临时工
[Mysticism + Ghost Hunting + Demon Hunting + No Romance + Powerful Female Lead + Set Abroad] Qin Sulan is an Underworld temp stationed overseas. Her main job is to escort the souls of Chinese people who die abroad back to the Underworld in China. Her secondary job is helping handle certain paranormal incidents overseas. The work is easy and leaves plenty of time to slack off, but it does carry a bit of risk. If you kick the bucket, don’t worry. Have a bowl of Meng Po Soup, then get right back to
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No Rebirth! I’m Taking the Backdoor Route to a Government Job in the Underworld 不重生！我在地府野路子考编
[Otherworld] [Comedy] [Career Advancement and a Raise] [Official Career] [Management] [Farming] [Underworld] [Supernatural] [Civil Service Exams] [Building Wealth] His Highness Xu Chen, one of the youngest of the Ten Yama Kings, had a dream. In it, he made a bet with a newly arrived female ghost: they would break free of this antiquated, rigid system and accomplish something so great it would shake heaven and earth and astonish the gods and ghosts. Xu Yan, a newly born wandering ghost from the
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The Most Wronged City God in History 史上最冤城隍爷
Hao Ren did good deeds until he earned a golden body of merit, enough to give even the King of Hell a headache. His physical body was ruined, leaving him unable to return to life. The entire underworld voted to send him to another world to become its City God! They expected him to coast along doing nothing, but then a drought struck Luozhou, leaving thousands of miles of scorched earth. An old farmer came crying to the ruined temple: “City God, save us!” Hao Ren drew in the incense smoke he hadn
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The Underworld Goes Digital, and I Become a Contract King of Hell 地府数字化改造，我成了外包阎王
Lu Ci, 28, is a product manager at Fubao Tech. At dawn, after staying late to revise a PowerPoint deck for the seventh time, an ad for a knockoff app popped up on his phone: “Want to experience controlling life and death?” He downloaded it without thinking. Then he couldn’t uninstall it. The uninstall button was grayed out. The customer service avatars were Black and White Impermanence. The agent’s ID was 007. The onboarding notice read: Congratulations on becoming a part-time King of Hell. Th
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On My Graduation Internship, I Become the Underworld Emperor Fengdu's Spokesperson 毕业实习：我成了酆都大帝代言人
Just before graduation, Du Feng gets an interview at the Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Shop and unexpectedly becomes the spokesperson for the Great Emperor of Fengdu. From then on, his life takes a dramatic turn. As the young lord of the underworld, he commands the respect of countless ghosts, slays ghosts and demons, drives out evil and binds spirits, and judges the affairs of yin and yang... Du Feng: “Crush their bones and scorch their marrow, gouge out their eyes and flay them, tear out their tendons
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Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府
Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i
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- 15 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 20.8kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds
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Rejected by a Tech Giant, I Became the Underworld’s White Impermanence Secretary 被大厂拒绝后，我成了白无常秘书
[Metaphysics + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Light Comedy] So what if her boyfriend dumped her? And what if all the top companies turned her down one after another? The jade talisman that had protected Nan Yanchu for twenty-one years shattered, bringing a series of bizarre events in its wake. That was what truly turned her materialist worldview upside down. What? Even the artifacts and evil spirits that escaped from the Underworld are trying to use her body as a vessel?! Catching gho
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Building an Underworld in a Parallel World 我在平行世界建地府
After workaholic Lin Mo dies suddenly from overwork, he transmigrates to a parallel world. At the brink of death, he awakens the Underworld-Building System and takes on the mission of rebuilding the Underworld and subduing ghosts. Starting with the first Underworld outpost in the basement of his rental apartment, he recruits spirits and suppresses vengeful ghosts, establishes the Dragon City City God’s Court, unlocks Black and White Impermanence and the Ten Yama Kings, and gradually assembles a
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- 18 I'm a Living, Breathing Person, So Why Did I Get a Netherworld Comeback System? 我一大活人，给我地府逆袭系统？ [Underworld + Bureau 749 + Mysterious Revival + Spiritual Qi Revival + Mythology Revival] [On your 21st birthday, you go outside and have an accident. You do not transmigrate.] [Since you were deliberately hit and killed, your grudge won't fade, and you become a wandering ghost.] … [Ding! The Underworld Comeback System has activated! Start your comeback as a wandering ghost!] Qin Feng: ??? I'm a living, breathing person! When did I turn into a ghost? This System... are you sure it's not a bug? 17.6kReads7.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 19 Reborn in 1989: Building Bureau 749 from Scratch! 重生89年，从零打造749局！ [749 Bureau, folk customs, mysteries, demon hunting, ensemble cast, official backing, military] At the end of 1989, snow blanketed the Shenyang Military Region. With the order to disband, the era of Steel Seventh Company came to an end. Ordinary soldiers were discharged and reassigned, while officers were transferred elsewhere. But Li Jingyang, himself an officer, made an unexpected choice. “Chief, I want to establish the 749 Bureau!” Armed with the Demon-Sealing List, he set out to create China 4kReads9.0Score31714d adds
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Help! Hell Is Overrun with Ghosts! 救命啊！地狱鬼口爆满了！
I never had the courage to reform the workplace or fight back against the rat race while I was alive. But the day I got worked to death, it all became clear! If I can't outplay those old hands of modern capitalism, surely I can take on a bunch of ancient, stubborn zombies! Rise up, working ghosts!
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Underworld Enforcer: From Outsider to King of Hell 地府缉拿使：从编外到阎罗
Xu Chengan, a laborer on a construction site, dies unexpectedly and arrives in the underworld, where he becomes an unofficial ghost officer. The underworld is governed by a rigid system, overseeing reincarnation across the Three Realms, but rifts in its technology are causing ghosts and monsters to appear everywhere. Armed with an annotation brush, he pursues escaped souls and solves wrongful-death cases, rising from the lowest rung of the workforce. Not enough merit points? The Hall of Yama won
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Nine Reincarnations Later, I Am the Immortal of the Mortal World 九世轮回，我是红尘仙
Everyone has been deceived! The road to immortality is broken, and the Heavenly Gate is a sham. The true Immortal Realm is actually at the very bottom of Hell. Chen Yuan has lived through eight cycles of reincarnation. Eight times, he cultivated to the final step before becoming an immortal, the Return to Dust Realm, only to bury himself and start over again. Eight times, he made no progress. His ninth life is his last chance. But in this life, he is a dazed delivery driver. Then, while saving h
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- 23 The Underworld’s Comedian 阴间喜剧人 A Comedian in the Underworld 5Reads—Score—14d adds
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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- 25 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Phone Has a Direct Line to the Underworld 我的手机直通地府
The most valuable currency in the world isn’t gold or Bitcoin. It’s the emotions surging in your heart: joy, anger, sorrow, and delight. When Lin Fan’s phone connects directly to the Underworld, he discovers that trade between gods and demons has long since changed. Exchanging merit for billions in cash is a trap; trading vengeful ghosts for supreme power is just a facade. The real “transaction fee” collected by the Underworld is the emotional core of his humanity. Use the Soul-Binding Lock, a
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From Temp Worker in the Underworld to Supreme Ruler of the Three Realms 我从冥界劳务派遣混到三界独尊
[Underworld labor dispatch]+ [A trio of human, ghost, and immortal]+ [Rising to become supreme]+ [Episodic tearjerkers]+ [A working stiff of a ghost constable]+ [Just going through the motions~] Su Wang is the lowest-ranking dispatched ghost constable in the Underworld, employee number 130. She does the hardest work, earns the lowest pay, and has no hope of becoming a permanent employee. She has fragments of memories from nine hundred years of reincarnation, but bowl after bowl of Meng Po's sou
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- 28 Special Envoy of the Underworld 地府特派专员 “The Worry-Free Pavilion: As long as you have enough money, we'll take care of all your worries.” A drunken underworld bailiff makes a blunder, mistaking Wang Yu, who was trying to help someone in need, for a dead man and dragging him to the underworld for judgment. The Judge discovers that Wang Yu is the reincarnation of a virtuous man from nine lifetimes ago, and that his allotted years are not yet up, so he wants to send him straight back to life. Unfortunately, Wang Yu is a nobody in the 5.4kReads8.5Score35214d adds
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Stop Eating, My Demon King! 别吃了，我的魔王！
What’s it like to cook for the Demon King? Su Xiaowan: Thanks for asking. I’m currently raising hell in the Underworld. If the Demon King wants “stone-slab barbecue from the Bridge of Helplessness,” I can make the River of Forgetfulness smell like a barbecue joint. When he points at the Book of Life and Death and says, “This person’s lifespan smells delicious,” I know it’s time to get the Underworld IPO on the agenda! From then on, the Black and White Impermanence compete over KPIs, and Meng Po’
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- 30 Heaven and the Underworld 天堂和地府 My new work is here! 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Underworld Beat Cop 地府片警儿
Have you ever wondered where people go when they die? Hell? Heaven? What if the underworld really exists, and Black and White Impermanence are real too? After detective Jiang Fan is attacked and killed, he is chosen to become an underworld beat cop, a link between the living and the dead. From then on, he discovers an entirely new world.
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Underworld Judge: The Judge’s Brush 地府判官之判官笔
Underworld Judge: The Judge’s Brush In the mysterious world of the underworld, the balance between life and death is maintained by the order of yin and yang. But an unexpected upheaval plunges the underworld into an unprecedented crisis. Evil ghosts run rampant, vengeful spirits wreak havoc, and the boundary between the two realms begins to blur, throwing the world into chaos. Amid this turmoil, a young underworld judge shoulders the responsibility of saving all living beings. Clutched in his ha
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The Underworld: My Tavern Connects to the Living World 地府：我的酒馆通阳间
[Underworld] [No female lead] [Conflict between pantheons] [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Slice of life] (This story is entirely fictional and inspired by tales from various places.) (It has no connection to any real-world religion. Please don’t read too much into it.) As the peoples of Blue Star grew more united, the barriers between the various powers of the underworld disappeared, and they became connected. An Ming, a longtime underworld office worker, received a mission called “The Strugg
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