Novels like Heir of the Underworld
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- 51 I Owe the Underworld Eight Trillion 我欠地府八万亿 When I woke up, I discovered I owed the Underworld eight trillion. The King of Hell came to my door and ordered me to work off the debt. I can run away from debts owed to the living, but there's no escaping money owed to the Underworld. Anyway, the King of Hell is calling me to haul bricks! 482Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 52 The Underworld's Sales Rep 地府带货人 He was born under a twin-virgin curse, destined to be widowed, lonely, and die young. But an unexpected visitor set him on a road of no return… 56Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 53 I'm a Judge of the Underworld, Starting with Taking Down the Monkey King 我地府判官，从拿下猴子开始 Reborn in the Netherworld, Zhao Wen transforms into a judge of the underworld. He hopes to take control of the Book of Life and Death and wield the Judge’s Brush, but then the monkey storms the Netherworld. Fortunately, the System governing the Netherworld’s fortune awakens. After capturing the monkey, he changes the entire situation in the Primordial World, and the Netherworld gradually flourishes. Zhao Wen becomes Buddhism’s greatest stumbling block. Zhao Wen: “Immortals and Buddhas in the hea 87Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 54 Buried by Fate 葬天命 No man in the Gu family has lived past thirty. To prolong my life, I married a corpse and defied fate itself. 262Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 55 The Underworld's Office in the World of the Living 地府阳间办事处 After losing his job and taking to the streets, he unexpectedly becomes a temporary worker in the Underworld? The King of Hell's Judge's Brush is out of ink? I'll go buy some! The Great Sage Equal to Heaven's peach trees aren't bearing fruit? I'll go buy fertilizer! 71Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 56 Temporary Worker for the Underworld 地府阴差临时工 [No Angst + One Heroine + Entirely Fictional] “Urgent notice: The underworld is overcrowded with souls and expansion is imminent. We are urgently hiring several temporary field officers to work in the mortal realm. Excellent benefits…” Chen Du was fired from his job and was lying flat in his rented apartment when he came across this ridiculous short video. He assumed it was just clickbait, but after falling asleep late that night, his soul was inexplicably summoned to a City God temple to interv 21.6kReads7.0Score1.8kShelves
- 57 Billionfold Rewards from the Start: Invincible in the Cultivation World! 开局亿倍奖励，我在修仙界无敌！ Yu Tianqi transmigrated to a cultivation world and awakened the Heaven Rewards Diligence System. For every bit of progress he made, the System would reward him a hundred million times over! And so... “Ding! The Host has obtained ten spirit stones. One part effort, one hundred million parts reward. The Host is rewarded with one billion spirit stones!” “Ding! Congratulations, the Host’s cultivation has increased by one point. One part effort, one hundred million parts reward. The Host is rewarded 1.4kReads5.8Score102Shelves
- 58 Ghostly Qi Returns: Merging with the White Impermanence from the Start 鬼气复苏：开局融合白无常 In a world overrun by ghosts, the living and the dead coexist. Some humans can communicate with ghostly energy and become ghost tamers, using their powers to suppress the spirits that plague the world! At his graduation celebration, Su Chen is suddenly confronted by a puppet demon that appears onstage and begins reaping lives! At the critical moment, a System notification sounds: [Ding! A Level Four Puppet Demon has been detected!] [Would you like to fuse with White Impermanence?] Su Chen immedi 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Love-Killer's Hall of the Female Yama 女阎王之情杀殿 “Shen Qing, you’re the only confidant I, Su Ci, have ever had. I’m glad I can die in your place...” “I don’t want to be your brother, Su Ci. I long for you. I love you, do you hear me? I don’t want to be your confidant either. You can’t die. What am I supposed to do if you die? Su Ci, Su Ci...” Has this guy gone mad? He actually loves me! I wanted to curse him out, but I didn’t have the strength anymore... Still, I’m so happy. Mother, Father, someone loves your A Ci. A Ci is so happy... And this 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Undercover in the Cultivation World, I Never Meant to Become the Boss 卧底修仙，我真没想当老大啊 [No System, multiple heroines, classic xianxia, decisive and ruthless, ordinary mortal’s journey] Modern medical student Feng Jie has an accident, and his soul, carrying the supreme divine artifact known as the [Chaos Spirit Pearl], transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing with the same name in the cultivation world. He has no spiritual roots, and all the energy channels throughout his body are blocked. Relying on his medical skills, he forcibly opens every energy channel in his body an 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Master Coffin 棺爷 My godfather died under mysterious circumstances. His body was cut into more than two thousand pieces. After the burial, Eighth Master took me on as his disciple! I inherited the Coffin Master's legacy! 351Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 62 The Underworld Descends 阴司降世 The day Han Luoxuan was born, the Underworld sent guardians to protect him, a hundred ghosts surrounded his home, and rogue cultivators came to claim his life. The independent Han clan, the Fox Immortals of the Northeast, and the Buddhists joined forces to save him. Born with unusual bones and naturally gifted with Yin Eyes, he carries his family's karmic burden and is guided by destiny. He becomes the focus of a struggle in this world. Hunted by a hundred ghosts and parted from his loved ones, 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 I’m the Lord of Yin, That’s All There Is to It 小爷就是阴天子 [Paranormal + eerie + no romance + original setting] [This story is entirely fictional] Three years after a strange solar eclipse, ghosts began running rampant in the human world. Ye Xun, the ruler of the underworld, drifted through a dark void like duckweed on the water. When he opened his eyes, he found ghosts running amok in the human world without restraint. The underworld seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. Ye Xun could only hunt ghosts while summoning his underlings. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Ninth-Rank Geomancer 九品地师 Eighteen years ago, Yang Buyi nearly died in his mother’s womb before he was even born. His grandfather used a piece of tortoiseshell to break the death curse hanging over him, allowing him to be born safely in a fire. Eighteen years later, Yang Buyi finally learns that a borrowed life must eventually be repaid. 745Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 65 This Monk Has Passed Away. Please Light Incense If You Need Anything 贫僧已圆寂，有事请点香 In the third year of the Yuansheng era of the Great Liang, Li Xuantong transmigrated into the body of a young novice monk at Jinshan Temple, burdened with an arranged childhood engagement. His fiancée was chosen by an immortal sect to embark on the path of cultivation. She promised Li Xuantong that she would return to marry him once she succeeded in her cultivation. Who could have known that the wait would last a full sixty years? Li Xuantong passed away. In this life, he neither attained Buddha 3.1kReads6.3Score306Shelves
- 66 Life with the Black and White Impermanence 黑白无常同居的日子 Ever since Xie Liao landed a job as Black Wuchang, his daily life has consisted of going ghost-hunting with his best buddy, helping Meng Po brew soup, playing mahjong with Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and then discussing a raise with the boss, King Yama… 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Yama King's Wife: Living Sacrifice 阎王妻：活祭 Every five years, the village offers a living person as a sacrifice to the gods. It has to be an unmarried young woman who is still pure. The year I turned seventeen, the Heavenly God chose me as the sacrifice... 60Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 68 Legends of the Underworld: The Scepter of Reincarnation 幽冥传说之轮回权杖 [Resurgent Ghostly Energy + System + Underworld + Heroes of China + Primordial Worlds] “Loading” “0%” “10%” “90%” “100%” “Ding! Loading complete.” “Ding! Hello, Host. I'm the Netherworld System. You can call me Netherworld, or Dad, Daddy, Darling...” Just as Chen Feng was about to suffocate to death, a mechanical voice, impossible to identify as male or female, suddenly rang out in his mind. Chen Feng was instantly delighted, but the next moment, his vision went dark and the corner of hi 213Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 69 I, the King of the Underworld, Was Exposed by a Female Streamer From the Start 我，地府阎君，开局被女主播曝光 He slept for a hundred years. When he awoke, he discovered that the Immortal Realm had vanished completely, and he was the only King of Hell left in the Underworld. He wanted to return to the Underworld and investigate, but the Road to the Yellow Springs had been severed. After much deliberation, he decided to reenter the world. He opened the barrier and returned to the mortal realm. What he never expected was that the servant surnamed Zhou whom he had hired a century ago was still guarding his 240Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 I Opened a Hospital in the Underworld 我在地府开医院 Li Ming died an untimely death, and his luck was terrible: watered-down Meng Po soup and expired soul-drawing water, he got stuck with both. A ghost has to fend for himself. To live like a proper ghost, he sets out to make it in the underworld workplace. Beautiful women at his side, a demon assistant, and a ghostly life complete. Human life lasts only a few short decades, while the underworld stretches on for centuries. Isn't it better to settle down and be a ghost? Of course it is, but I like t 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Underworld Friends Circle 地府朋友圈 Zheng Qian was just an ordinary college student when he happened to come across a secondhand knockoff phone. When he turned it on and discovered that WeChat could connect to the underworld’s circle of friends, he decided the world had become a much better place. In his spare time, he could chat about life with Ox-Head and Horse-Face. When bored, he could play Fight the Landlord with Black and White Impermanence. In a pinch, he could strike a deal with the Ten Yama Kings. Want a villa? Sure, trad 3.3kReads8.4Score499Shelves
- 72 The Evil-Suppressing Man of the Living World 阳间镇邪人 The world is formed from the union of Heaven and Earth. Where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is yang, there must be yin. This world is full of the strange and the terrifying, and I am part of the strange. My name is Xiao Xie. My grandfather once said that on the day I was born, I tore a vicious asura ghost apart with my bare hands... 1.7kReads7.5Score111Shelves
- 73 Underworld Livestream: Is It Really Fine for Meng Po to Go a Little Crazy? 地府直播：孟婆癫一点很合理吧？ [Underworld livestream] + [fantastical imagination] + [strong female lead] + [unhinged heroine] After dying suddenly at her desk in her previous life, Lin Xiaoxiao arrives in the underworld to be reincarnated! The position of Meng Po happens to be vacant! No one dares take it? She will! In her previous life, she was timid and meek. In this one, she's completely unhinged! You need connections to reincarnate? She whips out an RPG rocket launcher! A tyrannical Buddha? Cut him to pieces! Done every 38Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 74 Urban: My System Can Open the Gates to the Underworld 都市：我有阎王系统可以打开地府 [Reborn + System + Cultivation + Supernatural Powers] Reborn Wu Ma Cong possesses the Yama System and is the true ruler of the entire underworld. But he has no desire to descend to the netherworld and become its King of Hell. He only opens the gates of the underworld from time to time. Any soul below that wants to visit the bustling city of the living has to make a real effort to please this King of Hell in the human world. I'm invincible in the underworld, but all I want is to stay among the li 12Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 75 I Opened an Online Store in the Underworld 我在地府开网店 Fan Jian heard that online shops could make money, but his very first customer turned out to be a judge from the Underworld. Drinks, fried chicken, and bottled water from the human world all sell for a fortune down there, while Underworld talismans and spells go for next to nothing. And so he set out on the path of a ruthless profiteer... “Bai Wuchang, are you ripping me off?” “Believe it or not, I’ll leave you a bad review!” 33Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 76 I Bring the Underworld Back to the World of the Living 我让地府重临人间 There is no underworld in this world. Ghosts roam the night, and monsters run rampant. After transmigrating, Tang Chen discovers that his cheap rental apartment is more than a little unusual. A little girl laughing under the bed, bloody handprints in the hallway, offerings outside the neighbors' doors... He is the only living person in the entire building. All his neighbors are urns of ashes! 422Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 A Notice from Hell 来自地狱的通知书 I started out as an ordinary student who had just taken the college entrance exam. I was expecting my university acceptance letter and looking forward to a normal life, but that single letter changed everything and dragged me straight into hell. I was taking the bus home. When I got on, there wasn't a single person aboard. The locked door trembled faintly as a black cat bared its claws at the wooden umbrella swaying in front of it. Bloodstained footprints kept appearing on the floor, slowly draw 169Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 78 Starting as a City God, I Rule the Underworld 从城隍开始，地府我为尊 What is the Underworld, and what gives you the right to reward the good and punish the evil? What is the Underworld? Let me tell you right now! The wrongs you cannot redress, the Underworld will redress. The people you cannot deal with, the Underworld will deal with. The karma you cannot bear, the Underworld will bear. In one sentence: right and wrong are clear, and the truth shines bright! Rewarding the good and punishing the evil is sanctioned by the Great Dao. That is the Underworld. Is that 182Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 79 Demons Roam the Night, So I Built the Underworld to Protect the Mortal Realm! 妖魔夜行，我建地府镇人间！ This is an age of spiritual qi revival. The war between cultivators and savage beasts has raged since time immemorial, stretching from the distant past into the future. Blades have never been sheathed, and conflict never ceases. The apocalypse arrives, and the gods of the Underworld, who have slumbered for ten thousand years, awaken. Reborn, Lin Xiu bears the hopes of the Underworld's gods. He travels through dreams of the future, correcting the course of reality. The sky has already darkened to 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Underworld Livestream 阴间直播间 A college student accidentally stumbles into a livestream in the underworld and receives so many antiques and collectibles he can barely keep up! From then on, like a dragon diving into the sea and a tiger returning to the mountains, he roams freely across the Myriad Worlds, forging a legend with passion and tenderness! Money and beautiful women are his for the taking! 49Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 81 Underworld: Buddy, Want a Stable Job for Life? 地府：老铁，你想要铁饭碗吗！ If you got a Deification System, how would you recruit people? Li Ye waves a hand and declares that everyone should take the civil service exam. Join up, and you’ve got a secure job for life! A guaranteed livelihood and a career with a bright future. Dear readers, doesn’t that sound tempting? 421Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 82 Becoming a Top-Tier Star by Exorcising Ghosts on Livestream 直播捉鬼成顶流 [Cathartic revenge + overpowered protagonist + ghost-hunting livestream] My brother died on the day he received his acceptance letter for graduate school at Qingbei University. On the seventh day after his death, he appeared in my dream and told me he was leading a rebellion in the underworld and needed me to burn him some military funds. To prove he wasn’t making it up, he even threw me the knife in his hand. When I woke up and saw the knife in my hand, I didn’t dare waste time. I took all our 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Corpse Mother 尸母 Every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a lantern made of human skin appears in the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl carrying a skull follows behind it at a leisurely pace. The girl is named Qiyue. Born with a corpse-bound yin fate, she has spent her life searching for the truth about her Corpse Mother’s past. When all the evidence points to a mysterious ghost village...! 67Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 84 From the Start, I Have a Netherworld Sign-In and an Army of One Hundred Thousand Yin Soldiers 开局签到地府，我有十万阴兵 Thanks for asking. I’m in the Underworld, fresh off a dip in the pot of boiling oil. After transmigrating, I’m taking a tour of a five-A-rated tourist attraction. [Ding! Your 100,000 ghost soldiers have arrived.] I’ll head to the Netherworld and summon my old troops. With 100,000 banners flying, we’ll cut down the King of Hell. “Lord of Bloodwave Mountain: I have 8,000 disciples on Bloodwave Mountain. Who can kill me?” Ye Xuan forms a battle array with 100,000 ghost soldiers. “Can you be any 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Journey to the West: I Work Nine to Five in the Underworld 西游：我在地府朝九晚五 Wang Fan transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and becomes the most ordinary ghost soldier. He activates the [Strongest Clock-In-at-Work] System. As long as he clocks in and out on time, he receives generous rewards. “Clock in!” [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully clocked in for work!] [Ding! Host, you clocked in early for the first time. Reward: the divine cultivation manual, Ghost Scripture!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, your cultivation has increased by 50 years!] 3.5kReads8.1Score164Shelves
- 86 Supernatural Revival: The Truth Is Out, I’m a Big Shot from the Underworld 灵异复苏：摊牌了，我是地府大佬 As the supernatural returns, the world descends into chaos. Demons run rampant, ghosts and gods rule the land, and supernatural incidents are happening everywhere. Chen Feng is reborn. On the surface, he’s a humble paper effigy maker, but no one knows who he really is. The City God Temple is under my name; the Black and White Impermanence are my underlings; the Ten Halls of Hell obey my command. Fine, I’ll come clean: I’m a big shot in the Underworld! 1.7kReads5.4Score113Shelves
- 87 With the Book of Life and Death in Hand, I Lead the Underworld in Subduing the Myriad Worlds 手握生死簿，我率地府镇诸天 Lin Chen unexpectedly acquires an entire Underworld and becomes the highest and mightiest Yin Emperor in the netherworld! Summon Black and White Impermanence to seize souls and slay evildoers! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, promote good, and keep the mortal world in order! Summon the Ten Yama Kings to suppress the heavens and reign supreme through the ages! “What? You're the famed, peerless Great Emperor? And you say you don't want to die?” “No problem. Contribute your Great Emperor 38Reads6.5Score108Shelves
- 88 I Am the Prince of the Underworld, the Fated Guardian Spirit 我，阴间太子，天命守护灵 Lu Xian! The Crown Prince of the Underworld! Son of the Equal King, one of the Ten Kings of Hell! On the Bridge of Helplessness, he once joked with Lady Meng, saying she knew how to brew soup but not how to understand people. Riding the truth-listening beast, he once asked Dizang with a laugh, “What is the Buddha, and what is love?” Standing above the Nether Sea, he once asked Ying Gou with a grin, “Can someone else sit on this throne of bones?” He had done so, so much... Until one day! He c 61Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 89 The Emperor's Three-Lifetime Pursuit of His Wife 帝君追妻三生三世 Suddenly, her body stayed still, but her head turned a full 180 degrees toward Lin Xian'er. With an eerie smile, she said, “Miss, just call if you need anything.” Lin Xian'er thought she heard the crackling sound of paper being twisted. Terrified by that face, pale as a sheet, she could only nod. No, that was a face made of paper. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Underworld Courier 地府快递员 On the surface, I’m an ordinary deliveryman, zipping around on an electric scooter loaded with parcels, come rain or shine. In private, I still work as a deliveryman, but the routes I take are anything but ordinary. They’re the roads of the legendary underworld... 501Reads8.8Score107Shelves
- 91 Holding the Book of Life and Death, I Rule the Myriad Heavens with the Underworld 手持生死簿，我率地府镇压诸天 Lin Chen unexpectedly acquires an Underworld! He also becomes the supreme Yin Emperor who rules over it! Summon the Black and White Impermanence to seize souls and slay evildoers! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and guard the mortal world! Summon the Ten Kings of Hell to suppress the heavens and stand unrivaled through the ages! “What? You’re the renowned, peerless Great Emperor? And you say you don’t want to die?” “No problem. Contribute your Great Emperor bloodline, an 254Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 92 Grandpa: Good Grandson, Our Family Has Connections in the Underworld Now 爷爷：乖孙咱家在地府有背景了 Synopsis: [Deliberately Brain-Dead] [All Kinds of Memes] [Getting Tricked] [Tricking People] [If You Can’t Beat Them, Call for Backup] [Get Beaten to Death and Become an Official in the Underworld] No matter what, you can’t lose. “Grandson, we’ve got connections in the underworld now. Hurry up and die so I can get you an official post.” “Your second granduncle is Black Impermanence now, your second aunt is a yaksha, and your eldest cousin, your aunt, your ancestors, even your ancestors’ ancestor 190Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 93 Grandpa Has Started a Rebellion in the Underworld 爷爷在地府造反了 My grandpa, who died years ago, appeared in my dream and said he was starting a business in the underworld and urgently needed money! He also said that once his business took off, he’d bring me down there too, and I could pick any of the Ten Halls of Yama to rule! What should I do? This is urgent. Waiting for answers online! 5.9kReads7.4Score107Shelves
- 94 Underworld Enforcer 地府执法者 I was the rising star of the police force, but because of my name, the illiterate Black and White Impermanence accidentally hooked the wrong soul. Since I was weak as a child and born under an ominous star, my uncle, a Taoist priest, forced me to accept the King of Hell as my godfather. Once I entered the Underworld, holy smokes! I instantly became a glittering second-generation official! I call Judge Zhong Kui my brother and boss the Black and White Impermanence around like underlings. When I'm 59Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 95 Run! This Guy Practices Evil Cultivation 快跑！这货是邪修 [No System, Traditional Cultivation, Soul Transmigration, Cunning Protagonist, Comedy, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment, One Heroine, Cultivation Prodigy] Protagonist: Han Changkong Han Changkong transmigrates to the cultivation world and is rescued by an old Taoist priest, from whom he learns a few ghost-catching tricks. While hunting ghosts, he encounters an evil cultivator, and through a twist of fate, embarks on the path of cultivation. As it turns out, the first sect he 13kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 96 A Record of Yin-Yang Ghost Hunting 阴阳抓鬼实录 [High-intensity warning! This is not fiction, but a true record from the depths of the countryside!] Think the “filthy things,” “spirit collisions,” and “ghosts walking walls” the old folks talk about are just legends? It wasn't until I inherited my grandfather's tattered book of exorcism records that I understood reality is far more spine-chilling than any story. The sound of a woman crying by the reservoir in the middle of the night, tombstones moving by themselves in a desolate graveyard, a d 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Taboos of the Dead 阴人禁忌 I was born in a graveyard and supposedly caused my birth mother’s death. As soon as I was born, the village’s old fraud of a fortune-teller took me away… 185Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 98 A Fate of Immortality! 长生缘！ Chen He unexpectedly finds an earthen jar. Inside is a small world with a spiritual mountain, a spiritual river, and strange spirit fruits. Determined not to waste this immortal opportunity, Chen He sets out with his parents, Chen Shan and Li Qin, on a journey of cultivation to seek immortal fate, find the path to immortality, and pursue eternal life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Part-Time Reaper: From the Start, I Had a Secondhand Hearse 兼职阴差：开局一辆二手灵车 [Modern Urban Fantasy × Underworld Mystery] [Suited Grim Reaper × Cyberpunk Underworld] [Decisive and Ruthless × Behind-the-Scenes Power Fantasy] When Zhu Yihong bought that secondhand SV10, he thought he'd found a bargain. Until midnight, when the car's onboard System suddenly displayed a message: “Xiaolai Motors is now connected to the realms of yin and yang. Welcome back to the underworld, ferryman.” As modern technology merged with the ancient underworld, he became the only cyber-ferryman ac —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 A Ghost Catcher's Livestream from the Start, This Stream Is Brutal 开局鬼差直播，这直播间太狠了吧 [Live Streaming + Ghost Hunting + Interaction Between Yin and Yang] “Welcome to my livestream! I’ll be taking you on a journey between the worlds of the living and the dead. Hop on!” Gu Hui is a ghost bailiff from the Underworld who accidentally obtained the Underworld Crossover Livestream System. Watch him capture souls, hunt ghosts, deliver dreams, and explore the various departments of the Underworld. He’ll take you on a tour of both worlds. Millions tune in to the Underworld livestream as he 6Reads6.2Score—Shelves
