Books About the Underworld Grounded in Chinese Traditional Culture, Not Made-Up Nonsense 关于地府的书，有各种中国传统文化支撑，不乱写的

1. 201 毕 A Ghost Marshal Right After Graduation: I Earn Merit by Capturing Souls 毕业即鬼差，我靠拘魂赚功德 Starflare927星烽927Xianxia400k WordsOngoing After graduating from college and hitting one dead end after another in his job search, Qi Hao thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life slacking away at the bottom of society. Then, one morning, a wood splinter pricks his finger, and his blood accidentally activates an old token from a secondhand shop. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have been appointed a trainee ghost officer!] Dressed in a ghost officer’s robes and armed with soul-locking chains, he can capture evil spirits and guide the dead 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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2. 202 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score12714d adds

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   This book will tell you the truth. It's a book that can truly guide you to enlightenment! It holds the key to answering all your questions about humans, ghosts, gods, demons, monsters, the Earth, the universe, hell, the underworld, the spirit world, the heavens, natural disasters, man-made calamities, reincarnation, survival, destruction, the soul, the physical body… It not only tells you what it is, but also why it is! It even tells you how to choose a partner, how to love and be loved. It begins with stories, gradually revealing heavenly secrets. The language is light and lively, the logic is meticulous, and it is well-reasoned, evidence-based, and highly credible. Reading it often feels like a sudden awakening.

3. 203 修 The End of the Age of Declining Dharma: The Endless Tribulation of Entropy 修真界末法时代：熵劫无间 Corleone of Bikini Bottom比奇堡柯里昂Eastern Fantasy139k WordsOngoing No System, and the protagonist shows no mercy. He becomes an immortal from the start, as Eastern cultivation clashes with Western civilization. To reclaim everything he has lost, he sets out on a one-way road drenched in blood and chaos. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A new book, set in the end times of humanity, where the bones of gods transform into ladders to heaven, reconstructed divinity, fading memories, and fates like a Möbius strip.

4. 204 让 I Told You to Play a Game, So How Did You Become the Great Emperor of Fengdu? 让你玩个游戏，怎么成酆都大帝了 Zhuan Qianqian篆乾乾Mystery218k WordsOngoing [Horror Revival] [This Game Is Not Right] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Mercilessly Crushing All Opposition] [Fengdu’s Top-Tier Star] Lu Yang was once a top-tier star idol, but after a career-ending scandal, he was condemned by the entire internet and saddled with an astronomical breach-of-contract penalty. To pay off his debts, he was forced to join a livestream program called Spirit Medium, billed as a “full-dive horror game.” But as soon as the game began, he realized something was wrong... Introd 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This one!! It's from the underworld!

5. 205 出 My Years as a Spirit Medium 出马出道的那些年 Ji Ruoxue姬若雪Mystery606k WordsCompleted Over the course of this book, I’ll take you into a true world of the occult. Southern Maoshan and Northern spirit mediums, Miao poison arts in western Hunan, pulse reading and tracing ailments to their source, healing with silver needles, Qimen Dunjia, finding burial sites and exploring tombs… These are stories that are strange yet true. In this book, I’ll share in detail the journey of an absolute beginner who knew nothing and learned step by step. The book will gradually introduce all kinds of 34Reads7.5Score—14d adds

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   I really learned a lot from this book.

6. 206 纸 Paper Effigy Celestial Master: I Use Paper Dolls to Guard the Nine Hells 纸扎天师：我以纸人镇九幽 Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery415k WordsOngoing “Other people burn paper offerings for the dead. The paper figures I make... all came to life!” Yun Sheng, a poor young man working on Funeral Street, one day discovers that the paper figures he folds can move on their own. ✔ Delivering takeout to the underworld? Paper-figure delivery, guaranteed arrival! ✔ Helping vengeful ghosts pass on? Merit earned, unlocking super-evolution for paper figures! ✔ Taking the underworld civil service exam? The King of Hell personally sends you an offer! But whe 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The realms of Yin and Yang, absolutely stunning!

7. 207 铃 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Master of the Study of Antiquity稽古斋主Mystery475k WordsCompleted Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Not written carelessly, but containing elements of City God culture and Underworld culture.

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