I'm in a Reading Slump: Any Mysterious Underworld and Yellow Springs Tales Like Tales of the Old Yellow Springs? 书荒了，有没有地府黄泉神秘故事，如《黄泉旧事》

1. 1 鬼 A Twist of Fate: Climbing the Career Ladder in the Underworld 鬼使神差之我在地府冲业绩 Choosing the Night by Starlight星灯择夜Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted What kind of bizarre trouble will Bai Kaixin, an ordinary medical student, stir up in the underworld...? The Ghost Gentleman’s true identity is a mystery. Is this journey through the underworld real or an illusion? Little by little, Kaixin can no longer tell... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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2. 2 西 Journey to the West: From the Start, I Become Black Impermanence and Sign In for the Book of Life and Death 西游：开局化身黑无常，地府签到生死簿 Eating Candy吃糖糖Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted From the start, I become Black Impermanence and sign in to the Book of Life and Death in the Underworld. If I want to grow stronger, then I’ll just keep signing in, signing in, signing in! Ding! Signed in for Pangu’s bloodline. Ding! Signed in for the Nine Revolutions Divine Art. Ding! Signed in for the peerless Empress! 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Stepping into the eerie underworld of the Yellow Springs, the protagonist, a mere mortal, unexpectedly stumbles into this mysterious and unknown land. He wanders along the banks of the River of Oblivion and the Bridge of Helplessness, navigating the machinations of Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and battling evil spirits and demons. By chance, he gains mysterious powers and explores the depths of the Yellow Springs to uncover a shocking secret. The appearance of magical treasures sparks a frenzy among various factions, leading to countless conspiracies and schemes. With its thrilling plot and immersive atmosphere, come and experience the unique charm of the underworld!

3. 3 我 I, a Lowly Soldier of the Underworld, Steadily Become a Saint! 我，地府小兵，稳健成圣！ Little Daoist of the Nine Heavens九天小道Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Primordial World and Investiture of the Gods! Steady growth! Rising from humble beginnings! Clear-headed advancement! Decisive and ruthless! No System!] Lu Chen was reborn in the Primordial World, after the Witch-Demon Tribulation but before the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, as one of the five-colored stones left behind after the sky was mended. After taking human form, he was unusually clear-headed. He refused to join the Jie Sect and instead entered the Underworld, where he became a lo 499Reads6.9Score—Shelves
4. 4 我 I Built the Underworld, and You're Telling Me This Is Honghuang? 我建好了地府，你跟我说这是洪荒 Follow Your Heart, Your Nature, Your Whim随心随性随意Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted As a proud pioneer for the underworld of the Myriad Worlds, Hong Min is dumped into the Primordial World’s nether realm. In this place, filled with nothing but countless ferocious beasts and ghostly souls, Hong Min begins an around-the-clock, never-ending career as a laborer. At last, one day, the underworld is established. Then Hong Min looks at the souls of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans that have fallen into the underworld and gets a bad feeling. Before long, even the souls of the Ances 5.4kReads—Score436Shelves
5. 5 诡 As the Supernatural Returns, I Bring the Underworld Back to the Mortal Realm 诡异复苏，我让地府重现人间 Come Play with Handsome Guy来陪靓仔玩耍吧Mystery520k WordsCompleted This world has no underworld and no netherworld officials. The paranormal has resurged, and ghosts roam the night. Lin Fang! After an accident, he transmigrated to this world. He thought he would eventually become monster food. But he never expected to activate the Mount Tai Lord System ahead of time. Soul-binding ropes and the Lord's seal: they suppress every paranormal force in the world. What's more, Lin Fang discovered that catching ghosts could earn him promotions and titles... [Ding! Congr 1.3kReads5.7Score—Shelves
6. 6 一 The Outcast: Bound to the Underworld from the Start, Claiming Ninja Heads! 一人：开局绑定地府，索命忍头！ A Thousand Miles of Ice千里冰封Male-Channel Fanfiction270k WordsCompleted Jiang You transmigrates to an Otherworlder realm in the nineteen hundreds and binds himself to the Underworld Restoration System. He can grow stronger by guiding departed souls, subduing evil spirits to serve him, and building the Underworld. Jiang You is overjoyed. The nineteen hundreds! War is raging everywhere, and if there's one thing in abundance, it's the dead! While others wage war, he recruits! His ranks just keep growing! Head Ninja of Bihushan: “He's clearly stronger than I am, yet 61Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 西 Journey to the West: Houtu's First Disciple! The Monkey Causes Chaos in the Underworld from the Start 西游：后土首徒！开局猴子闹地府 Big Weirdo大怪怪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Primordial World, he became the Great Emperor Fengdu and Houtu’s first disciple. But the tide of fate could not be turned. No matter how carefully he plotted, he remained powerless, until the age of Journey to the West. By then, Houtu had grown despondent, the Underworld had no powerful experts, and both the Heavenly Court and Ksitigarbha were watching it like hawks. Fengdu awakened the Supreme Netherworld System! In that case, let’s start with a small goal: establ 10.5kReads6.3Score642Shelves
8. 8 地 My First Day on the Job in the Underworld, and I Dragged a Monkey Down 地府当差第一天，勾了只猴子下来 Blueberry Orange蓝莓橘子Eastern Fantasy129k WordsCompleted Tang An was an ordinary middle-aged office worker. After getting fired and dumped by his girlfriend, he impulsively jumped off a building. Somehow, the leap turned him into a soul-reaping underworld constable. Ready to start over, Tang An was full of ambition. He was determined to work hard and never let his superiors look down on him again. Who could have guessed he’d overdone it so badly that on his very first day as a constable, he reaped a monkey… Monkey: “Which one of you is King Yama? You’ 5Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 去 A Trip to the Underworld: The Great Emperor of Fengdu Took Me as His Godson 去趟地府：酆都大帝认我当干儿子 Wang Feng'an王风安Mystery130k WordsOngoing What the hell! Did Black and White Impermanence grab the wrong person? Zhang Daojin woke up to find himself in the underworld! He braved mountains of knives and seas of fire, and tricked the underworld guards and King Yama, all just to return to life! He never imagined that after going to such lengths to make it back to the living world, the real crisis would only just begin! A sinister organization, evil heretical Buddhas, and hardened criminals from the land of the Nine Hells! With all sid —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 大 Great Qin: A Book of Life and Death from the Start, Building the Underworld in Xianyang 大秦：开局生死簿，在咸阳造地府 Ying Zheng Is My Dad嬴政我爹Anime Fanfiction176k WordsOngoing From the start, he obtains the Book of Life and Death, with seven days to grant Ying Zheng immortality. He runs into the Moon Goddess and accidentally triggers a mission. Hug the Moon Goddess, and receive the Stone of Retribution. Kill Zhao Gao a thousand times, and receive the Black and White Impermanence. Then he receives the Brush of Reincarnation Through the Ages, which can alter life and death with a single stroke. Grant Ying Zheng eternal life and help the Great Qin endure forever! 69Reads6.5Score—Shelves
11. 11 诡 When the Supernatural Arrives, I Summon Black and White Impermanence from the Start 诡异降临我开局召唤黑白无常 Hardworking Little Pig奋斗小猪Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Revival + Decisive Killing + Summoning + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Invincibility + No Female Lead] Ye Yu transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has revived and ghosts roam everywhere. He thinks he is as good as dead, but then he binds to the Underworld Summoning System and becomes the Underworld's supreme ruler, the Yin Emperor. He summons Black and White Impermanence to slaughter their way through a mass grave. He summons the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pacify the 19.1kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
12. 12 在 Delivering Takeout in the Underworld Made Me a Sensation, and the King of Hell Can’t Take It 在地府送外卖爆火，阎王坐不住了 Yan Xi Takes Flight放飞的颜晞Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + feel-good power fantasy + doting romance] Her Taoist temple goes bankrupt under a mountain of debt, forcing disciple Chu Yu to leave the mountain and take a job to pay it off. To her surprise, she’s suddenly recruited as an underworld delivery driver. The underworld delivery service can travel between the realms of the living and the dead, and even pass through the realms of gods, immortals, demons, and monsters. So: She delivers a spicy hotpot to the Ghost King, who gives her an 985Reads9.1Score165Shelves
13. 13 被 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 Spicy Soup辣汤Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted [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 2.9kReads9.4Score545Shelves
14. 14 都 Now That I Can Talk to Spirits, Who Needs to Date Humans? 都通灵了，谁还和人谈恋爱？ Sprite with No Fizz雪碧没有汽Mystery704k WordsCompleted The rating was just posted today, so it's a little low. Come take a look! [A cool, aloof deity meets a spirit-medium with a knack for solving mysteries and crimes.] One night in the emergency room, the glass door inexplicably swung open... In the middle of the night, another hand mysteriously appeared in the mirror in the duty room. An old woman who had been resuscitated told Ye Ling that a little girl in a red dress had just waved to her. After one too many paranormal incidents, Ye Ling was exh 29Reads6.9Score—Shelves
15. 15 养 Nurture an Yin Bone, Marry a Snake Immortal 养阴骨，嫁蛇仙 Song of Resentment歌怨Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Feng shui, fortune-telling, ghost marriage, adventure, tomb raiding, devoted to each other] I slept inside a clay statue of the Bodhisattva from childhood, growing up on the incense offerings. But the Bodhisattva at home began to look more and more like me. Grandfather said I had to cultivate into a living Bodhisattva, transform into a prostitute, and save all living beings before I could wash away my sins. Then one night, a strange man arrived with a pair of spirits, one dressed in red and one 4.3kReads9.3Score689Shelves

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16. 16 黄 Notes from the Road to the Yellow Springs 黄泉路手札 Da Deng Ruoyu大邓若愚Mystery157k WordsOngoing [Mystery and Spirit Hunting + Identity Puzzles + Deliverance Through Karma] Meng Po was demoted for a thousand years, guarding nine generations of Soul Wardens. In this life, he became the gentle owner of Shen Zhou Antiques, watching the internet cafe’s manager crash and bleed in the “Yin-Yang Rift.” But when she was heart-torn by a vengeful spirit in a blood mirror and hellfire burned her eyes until they wept pus, he crushed his teacup and revealed a red cord around his wrist. “Su Wangyan, you’ —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Authentic flavor!

17. 17 死 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 18.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    This is something you could look into.

18. 18 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 9.7kReads8.9Score886Shelves

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    🤗📘😜Friends, opening this novel is like embarking on a wonderful story journey. They say foreigners are superstitious, and if you're being bullied by them, just make some strange, incoherent gestures and you'll scare them away. [Please follow]

19. 19 那 Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子 Qi Yi亓宜Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma 34kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
20. 20 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
21. 21 黄 Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Yue Qingyun岳青云Mystery625k WordsCompleted One day, a construction crew was blasting a path through a mountain when the explosives engineer suddenly felt an ominous premonition. The mountain collapsed, splitting open to reveal a seal buried for thousands of years deep within its heart. A towering crystal pillar, strange runes, and the seal’s sudden explosion blurred everyone’s vision. When they came to, they no longer knew where they were... Thus began a tale buried for thousands of years! 35Reads7.2Score—Shelves
22. 22 夜 Nightcry Tower: Eleven Horror and Suspense Stories 夜哭楼：十一个恐怖悬疑故事 Han Shisan韩十三Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Horror | Suspense | Mystery | Folklore | Short story collection] The green lamp, a ghost knocking at the door in the dead of night, the Golden Buddha, a female ghost... As everyone knows, what is truly terrifying isn't seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This collection brings together eleven horror and suspense stories by Han Shisan, originally published in well-known magazines across China. They'll send chills down your spine and turn even the fainthearted into brave souls! 602Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    The Green Lamp, The Ghost Knocking at the Door in the Middle of the Night, The Golden Bodhisattva, The Woman... As we all know, what's terrifying is never seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This work collects 11 suspenseful horror stories by Han Shisan published in well-known domestic magazines. While sending chills down your spine, it will also turn cowardly readers into brave ones!

23. 23 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
24. 24 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery989k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 205kReads9.4Score35kShelves
25. 25 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
26. 26 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
27. 27 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
28. 28 民 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery959k WordsCompleted The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
29. 29 恐 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 I'm Not the Regiment Commander我不是团长Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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