Novels like The Corpse Retriever
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- 1 The Corpse Retriever: Hearing Tales of the Supernatural on the Yangtze River 捞尸人：我在长江听诡谈 On the Yangtze, a river that has swallowed countless secrets, Chen Sanshui makes his living retrieving corpses, earning just enough to keep himself alive. One stormy night, he pulls up a strange female corpse dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her face looks lifelike, and her hands clutch a battered radio. From that moment on, he is dragged into the deadly maelstrom of Strange Tales. At midnight, the radio turns on by itself despite having no power. A cold AI voice issues its first death-defy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 I was born unlucky. My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and even my grandfather, who had been closest to me when I was little, wanted nothing to do with me. Then one day, I accidentally drank some “mineral water” my cousin had made for an experiment, and my life changed completely. I thought my life was about to end, but my grandfather, who had spent his whole life making funeral wreaths and paper effigies, suddenly came looking for me. He took me to a place only the dead cou 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Corpse Stitcher: I Have a Book of Life and Death 缝尸人：我有一本生死册 Think I'm just a corpse seamstress? No, corpse sewing is only one of my identities. I'm also a fortune-teller, a Sword God, a corpse driver, and a paper effigy maker... And I've spent decades providing comprehensive funeral services. When I come out at night, nothing is forbidden, and all evil spirits flee... [Corpse sewing + Sword God + protection + corpse driving...] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Folk Corpse Retriever 民间捞尸人 What rules govern the retrieval of corpses? Which bodies can be fished out, which must be left alone, and which are impossible to retrieve? Before I became a corpse retriever, I had no idea this trade had so many rules. Ever since I joined the profession, my peaceful life has been thrown into turmoil, and one reclusive sect after another has returned to the world. At the same time, a charming young bride, the cherished daughter of a hidden clan, and a beautiful corpse sealed beneath the sea for 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Forbidden Burial Ground 葬灵禁地 I was born in a village that didn't exist, and no one who entered ever came back out. Raising ghosts, driving corpses, communicating with the dead, severing souls... They made money off the dead. At last, one day, with no other choice, my father broke a forbidden spell and took me away so I could live a normal life. He told me we'd never come back. But the curse had only just begun. Anyone who left the village would pay a terrible price... One night, I picked up a fare while driving a private 21Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 6 A Maoshan Descendant Livestreams Tomb Raiding and Corpse Driving, Shocking the Heavens 茅山后人直播盗墓赶尸，震惊诸天 [Zombies + myriad worlds + spiritual qi revival + dual Systems + not mindless, with depth] From the start, he blows up the Yasukuni Shrine and activates the Maoshan System. While driving a corpse on the road, he is bitten by the Corpse King Jiang Chen as he tries to save Annie, a Douyin streamer. This activates his Zombie System, and from then on, whether he cultivates demonic arts or immortality is entirely up to him. Afterward, he escorts the heroic spirits of China's fallen soldiers home, lea 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳扎纸匠 My grandfather had been a paper effigy maker his whole life. His sudden death turned my whole worldview upside down. After he passed away, four paper figures suddenly appeared in the main hall... 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 [Yellow River + corpse retrieval + folk horror] With nowhere else to turn, I became Chen Liuye's disciple and took up the work of retrieving corpses. But I never expected that the very first corpse I hauled up would be... him. My name is Chen Shisan, a corpse retriever who walks between the worlds of yin and yang. 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Corpse Retriever: A Fake Blind Date, and the Campus Belle Wants a Baby Right Away 捞尸人：假相亲，校花要立马造娃 [Body Retrieval + School Beauty Pursues Him and Moves In + No System + Ghost Hunting] Qin Feng reluctantly inherits the family trade and becomes a senior corpse retriever at the Ninth Bend of the Great River. Senior corpse retrievers never go hungry and have no trouble finding a wife, but the dangers they face go far beyond retrieving bodies! So he decides to deal with the Great River's Ten Great Threats before marrying and having children, lest one careless mistake leave his wife a widow and hi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 In ancient times, there were corpse-drivers. Today, there is the profession of retrieving corpses from the water. The corpse-drivers guide the dead back to their roots, while what I retrieve is my own life. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Black Myth: Soul-Sealing Apotheosis 黑神话：摄魂封神 [Black Myth] [Lighthearted Supernatural] [No System] [Space] [Not Invincible] [Ensemble Cast] Liu Chen is an orphan a million yuan in debt, making a living from... adult photography... no, regular photography. He’ll take any job to protect the house his mother left him. After taking private portraits of the school belle, he is haunted by a vengeful ghost. He thinks he’ll never pay off his debts, but an incredible fortune is just around the corner. Liu Chen also gains a new identity: Imperial Cit 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Chronicles of the Yin Trade: I'm an Embalmer at a Funeral Home 阴行录：我在殡仪馆当入殓师 Shen Xun is an embalmer with Yin-Yang Eyes. By day, he performs autopsies; by night, he guides the dead to rest. Only when he has “fixed” a corpse can its aggrieved spirit finally close its eyes. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The River Bones That Bind Souls: The Corpse Retriever 河骨锁魂：捞尸人 When the corpse-retrieval hook catches destiny instead of a body, and the river-sealing seal restrains human nature instead of restless spirits, every floating corpse in the murky Yangtze becomes a key to opening the Bone Pagoda. And every corpse retriever is destined to become its eternal gravekeeper. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Four Yin Gates 四阴门 Have you heard of the “Four Yin Trades”? It’s a collective name for four professions that deal with the dead. There’s a saying that goes: “The executioner’s blade hangs on the wall; the coroner’s eyes can see; the paper effigy maker’s craft looks lifelike; the second-skin tailor’s needle and thread stitch right through the hide.” My grandpa practiced the third of these trades: he made paper effigies! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I’m a Paper Effigy Maker 僵尸世界：开局一个扎纸匠 On a deserted street in Changping City stood a shop that made paper offerings. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The night should have been peaceful and quiet, but now the air was thick with the stench of corpses. Every shop on the street was closed, and the nearby residents had gone to bed early. Only that paper-offering shop still had a faint light shining inside. The wreaths at the entrance looked especially unnerving. Inside, row upon row of paper figures and burial clothes were 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Yellow Immortal Worships the Moon: A Dreamt-Up Suicide Note 黄仙拜月：托梦遗书 [Traditional Supernatural Tales, Told by a Practitioner of the Netherworld Arts] A strange book left behind by my grandfather before he died. It records hundreds of uncanny spells: The Nether Soul Spirit-Communication Art, the Scissors Ghost-Sending Method, the Treasure Mirror Circle of Light Technique, the Broom Evil-Breaking Method… These spells may seem rather “homely.” But they brought me all kinds of terrifying experiences: An eerie spirit in a rented apartment, a lost child by the roadside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Yin Eight Sects: I Subdue Ghosts and Gods in the Mortal World 阴八门：我在阳间镇鬼神 Li Piezizi, a scrap collector, raised me for ten years. To repay his kindness and save his life, I was ready to risk my own. But an unexpected incident pulled me into a bizarre and chilling supernatural affair. That was when I discovered that beyond the three hundred and sixty-five recognized trades, there are the Yin Eight Guilds, whose members specialize in dealing with the dead. My name is Li Wujin, and I had no choice but to step into this mire. I never imagined one uncanny event would fo 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 Twenty years ago, I was adopted into a family of Yellow River corpse retrievers. My adoptive parents passed away one after the other, leaving me as the family’s sole heir. With no way out, I was forced to learn how to retrieve corpses. Whether it was a decades-old corpse, a skeleton from the Republican era, or an ancient body, I had to carry it out from one of the twelve haunted caverns. I had no other choice. This was the only way I could cling to life! 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Master Erpi 二皮师傅 My uncle is a corpse tailor, a specialist who repairs bodies. I apprenticed under him, but the very first corpse I stitched up got me into a heap of trouble... 40Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 21 Netherworld Master 冥师 My name is Zhao Dabao. I’m an orphan, and Third Master raised me. Even as a child, I knew there were some friends of mine I couldn’t tell anyone about. Erbao never grew up. Sanbao couldn’t go out in the sunlight. Sibao always had a faint fishy stench about him... I knew my friends weren’t ordinary people, but they’d been with me my whole life, and I always treated them as my brothers and sisters. I also thought of Third Master as my own grandfather. Then, when I turned eighteen, everything chang 146Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 22 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 When I was born, torrential rain fell for forty-nine days straight. Rivers overflowed their banks, and mudslides swept through the land. My master cut me out of my mother's womb. The moment I came into the world, ghost soldiers marched across the land and countless ghosts paid homage to their king. When I was a little older, my master told me that my Seven Killings fate had no restraint, and that I might incur Heaven's punishment in the future. He then taught me the art of corpse stitching, so I 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Midnight Chef 午夜厨师 I wanted to become a master chef, but by accident I ended up at a restaurant as the exclusive chef for the basement level. The eerie atmosphere, the strange rules, the extra pair of black leather shoes, the missing underground parking garage… One terrifying incident after another left me with no choice but to believe that the people dining here weren’t human! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Retrieve Corpses from the River 我是捞尸人 Tomb raiding has its northern and southern schools; corpse retrieval has its old and new traditions... A corpse retriever is just a job, but it's one you risk your life to do for money. As long as the price is right, there's nothing a corpse retriever won't retrieve. Nothing is off-limits. My name is Zhang Yang, and I'm an old-school corpse retriever... Let me tell you what a real corpse retriever is... 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸匠 I was born under an ominous sign. After my grandfather died, I took up the trade of retrieving corpses from the water. There were walking corpses, blood corpses, mother-and-child corpses... and a mysterious civilization buried beneath the Yellow River for thousands of years. 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Xiangxi Corpse Driver: A Record of Strange Cases in Xiangxi 湘西赶尸人之湘西诡案录 Deep in the mountains of western Hunan, on nights when the corpse-driving bells ring, the living must hold their breath, and the dead open their eyes. Lin Xiaoqi, the last corpse-driving practitioner in western Hunan, has been able to see the ghostly lights along the Yellow Springs Road since childhood. She burned paper money and scattered cinnabar, thinking she would spend the rest of her life running a funeral shop. Then a string of “grinning murder cases” struck the county town: a taxi driver —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Paper Effigy Maker: My Paper Dolls Are Powerhouses 扎纸匠：我的纸人是大佬 “My name is Hong Chen. I’m a paper effigy maker. I never believed in anything supernatural, but last year, a young man from the countryside named Zhang Dan ordered a white paper effigy from me. I never imagined that it would be the beginning of a nightmare…” 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Humanity’s fury, a sea of blood and endless turmoil, sudden resentment, and shattered souls unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Thus, the corpse stitcher came into being, mending all things under Heaven and restoring the souls and vital energy of living beings so the cycle of reincarnation could turn. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Paper Effigy Maker: A Ghost Bride Steals the Groom, So I Craft a Yin Deity 扎纸匠：鬼新娘抢亲，我扎出阴神 Wu Qingyang transmigrates to a world where supernatural horrors have returned and inherits a shop that makes paper figures. On the day his heart is broken, he gets drunk and accidentally picks up a ghost's embroidered ball. Legend has it that at midnight, a ghost bride arrives in a grand sedan chair to take away whoever picked up the ball... and drain his life force. Luckily, he gets bound to a Paper-Figure-Making System! Make paper figures of underworld constables to capture evil ghosts! Make p 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Sewing Up Corpses: Step Away from That Body and Let Me Handle It 缝尸：放开那具尸体，让我来 A great fire claimed both my parents. My grandfather traded his life for mine, entrusting me to Old Chen. Over the next ten years, I grew up and learned the craft of stitching skin and piecing bones together. A blood baby's spirit, a copper-bell cat, a human-skin drum, a live sacrifice... An accident drew me into a vast conspiracy. Skin is hard enough to stitch, but a soul is harder. Bones can be pieced together, but not a heart. In the end, all the gods, ghosts, resentful spirits, and the like 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Livestreaming Corpse-Herding, Hunted by My Blind Date 直播赶尸，被相亲对象追捕 Liu Mang is unexpectedly reborn with a live-streaming corpse-driving System, only for his aunt to call and tell him to go on a blind date! The female ghost Jin Yuanyuan: “Master, big brother, stick with you and I’ll get to eat my fill!” Ye Xueli: “I’m a police officer, and I’m hunting down the person live-streaming corpse driving. Hey, why are you running?!” Junior schoolmate Zhong Feifei: “Senior, could you be the dark horse prince Heaven sent me?” The thousand-year-old zombie Queen of Loul 22Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 32 The Corpse Retriever: I Started Out by Recovering My Blind Date's Body 捞尸人，从打捞相亲对象出师 A woman in red floated in the middle of the river. She turned out to be my blind date… I'm a corpse retriever. I never imagined that my first lesson on the job would be retrieving the body of my blind date, or that it would lead me straight into a carefully woven trap. An invisible hand was driving me forward. I couldn't stop… 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Failed the College Entrance Exams, So I Can Only Become a Corpse Herder! 高考落榜，我只能去赶尸了！ [Corpse Driving + Spiritual Qi Revival] After failing the college entrance exam, Chu Fan returns home to inherit his grandfather's funeral home. When he awakens the Corpse-Driving System, Chu Fan becomes a corpse driver. Spiritual qi revives, and supernatural phenomena begin occurring all over the world. In Chang'an, an imperial corpse that has slept for thousands of years is about to awaken. In Tokyo Bay, a giant serpent with eight heads opens its gaping maw. In Western Europe, werewolves and v —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Chronicles of Ghost Hunting 捉诡记 One time, I mistook ghost money for real cash, and ended up on a nightmarish road of no return... The money in your hand might not be real. It could be ghost money. The beggar by the roadside might not be a real beggar. He could be an expert in disguise. I’m a master of yin and yang, and every strange and uncanny tale can be found in Ghost Tales: Ghost Money! 7Reads6.8Score214d adds
- 35 The Super Corpse Walker Gets Stronger Through Livestreaming 超级赶尸匠，直播就变强 A groveling corporate wage slave is looking for work, but keeps getting rejected… He interviews for a job transporting corpses, only to unexpectedly awaken a livestream corpse-driving System… (Forget about being a female streamer and all that. I’ll put myself in the spotlight!) “Jingle, jingle!” Three rings of the soul-summoning bell, and ten thousand corpses bow! “The dead are on the move. The living, stay clear.” “If you don’t, the consequences are on you!” Veterans from border battlefields, d —Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 36 After Dropping Out, I Became a Corpse Driver: Exposed on Ziqi's Livestream 辍学后当赶尸人：被子柒直播曝光 After dropping out of school, Yuan Shuai thought his life was over. He never expected to be hit by a god-tier corpse-driving System. After the college entrance exams, a classmate posted in the group chat: “Yuan Shuai, if you dropped out and don’t have a job, why not come work as a security guard at my company?” Yuan Shuai: “No thanks, I’m busy driving corpses. Since we’re classmates, I can give you a twenty percent discount if you need a corpse driven.” When the dead return home, passersby must 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 37 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Retriever, and Zhou Jie Exposed Me 毕业后当捞尸人，被周姐曝光了 With graduation just around the corner, Lin Yu's girlfriend breaks up with him over the harsh realities of life. Just then, Lin Yu activates the Corpse Retriever System and prepares to start recovering bodies. Some expert: No boat can sail on the River of the Dead. Some authority: No one can identify the corpses in the River of the Dead. Some veteran corpse retriever: Anyone who retrieves corpses from the River of the Dead dies within a year. Yet Lin Yu rows his little boat along the River o 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Rejected When I Proposed, I Can No Longer Hide That I’m a Corpse Retriever 提亲被拒，捞尸人身份藏不住了 My family has made its living retrieving corpses for generations. I was born with a rare boy's fate said to come once in a hundred years, and I wouldn't live past six. To save me, my grandfather arranged an engagement to extend my life. Sixteen years later, I went to ask for my bride's hand, but they refused. They thought the matter would be over once my grandfather died, but they had no idea that retribution was just around the corner... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 My name is Zhao ?, and I’m a corpse retriever on the banks of the Yellow River. In our line of work, there are rules that must never be broken. Cross the line, and you won’t even find peace in death. The rules of the Zhao family are: First, never retrieve the corpse of the River Dragon King. Second, if you see a Bodhisattva, don’t look back. Third, avoid the corpses of young women. Fourth, stay away from ghost ships on the riverbed. I’ve always strictly observed these four ironclad taboos. Unfor 459Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Soul-binding nails, threads of karma, green lamps and white candles, a bone-carving knife. When the dead person’s lamp goes out, bury them intact. The living must keep away! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚：我反手直播赶尸新郎 [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 33Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 42 The Ferryman of the Yellow Springs 黄泉摆渡人 One day, I found a pile of money outside my door. Then, for seven days in a row, someone left money there at the same time each day. I took some and spent it, but later someone told me it was all money paid to buy my life. Someone wanted me dead. To stay alive, I went to the City God Temple and became a night watchman. 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸人 Feng shui encompasses a great many trades, collectively known as the Eight Outer Schools. Among them, the profession that deals most with the dead and has seen the most terrifying things is that of the corpse tailor! I was born in a village hidden in the mountains. Following the family trade, I began working as a corpse tailor alongside my grandfather, and before long, more than ten years had passed... One day, a man appeared outside my shop, leading a young woman and bringing a coffin. The vill 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Boss, I Need a Day Off to Compete in a Hopping Corpse Contest Back Home 老板请个假，回乡参加赶尸比赛 [Leave Request:] [Dear Manager,] [There will be a corpse-driving and Gu-worm competition in western Hunan in the second half of December. I need to request leave so I can go home and train my Gu worms. Without me, our village will lose.] In his twenties, Chu Yan has already become the undisputed master of corpse-driving. Tired of the dull life, he joined a Fortune 500 company and settled into a leisurely office job. Until one day, the village chief sent him a text: "When are you coming back to c 55Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 45 Cultivating the Dao Amid the Strange: Starting with Corpse Driving 诡异修道：从赶尸开始 Ye Bai woke up one morning to find himself a corpse-driver. The dead should return to their roots. Those who die far from home must be escorted back to their hometown by a corpse-driver, or trouble may follow. In this chaotic dynasty, wars break out constantly, and there are plenty of corpses. However, Ye Bai discovers that he can earn rewards simply by driving corpses. Corpse-Controlling Arts, the Yellow Skin Drum, divine-mask Nuo opera, paper figures brought to life, the Rebirth Eye, Earthly F 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Deadly Corpse Stitcher 绝命缝尸人 The body, hair, and skin are gifts from one's parents. If any part is missing, one cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Let me tell you the story of the trade of stitching corpses... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Grandpa’s Bones Aren’t Even Cold, and Eight Women Have Come to Break Off Their Engagements 爷爷尸骨未寒，八女上门退婚 My name is Qin Shou. My grandfather was Qin the Half-Immortal, renowned across three regions, and spent his life doing good deeds. Before his body had even turned cold and while the incense in the mourning hall still burned, eight luxury cars arrived one after another. Eight stunning fiancées came to the door together, tore up their engagement contracts in front of everyone, and humiliated me without restraint. “You’re not good enough for us!” Every taunt cut to the bone. I inherited my grandfat 3.7kReads6.4Score20114d adds
- 48 Paper Effigies Carry the Coffin as a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 纸人抬棺，百鬼夜行 Jiang Bai was a young man who barely made ends meet with his paper-crafting skills. In this age of concrete and steel, no one believed in these old crafts anymore. Then, on the Ghost Festival, the gates of an underground palace opened and Yin energy flooded the world. The city was dragged into a revel of a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Modern weapons were useless against the ghosts, practitioners were forced back at every turn, and the human world was on the verge of falling. At the brink of 114Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 49 Ghost Executioner, Coffin Bearer 铡鬼人，抬棺匠 I'm an ill-starred man who brings death to everyone in my family. I see the dead off and grant the living their wishes. A single dragon pole can hoist countless ghosts and fiends; a single executioner's blade can cut down thousands of evil spirits. A coffin maker, a ghost slayer, walking the road of the living with the gate of reincarnation on my shoulders. The dead are passing through, the living stand aside 205Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 50 The Underworld Divine Craftsman 阴司神匠 A conspiracy, a storm of trouble, and a perilous ordeal that refuses to end. Old grudges and tangled passions from twenty years ago, step after nerve-racking step twenty years later: the search for the truth continues. The deaths of my parents, the divide between the living and the dead, a foothold in the Underworld, and demons unleashed in droves... Every step marks my growth, and every step warns that danger is drawing closer. Turn the page and follow me, a paper effigy maker of the Underworld 49Reads—Score—14d adds
