Novels like The Corpse Village Puppeteer
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- 1 Welcome to the Sun Town Radio Station 欢迎收听太阳小镇电台 [No romance, male lead stands alone] Small town good, small town great. Every day, a batch of people dies. Everyone has heard of Sun Town, and rumors about it circulate every day. But no one knows how to get in or how to leave. Even the most detailed map apps can't pinpoint its location. Fu Yan has just graduated from college and only wants to lie flat, but he unexpectedly receives an interview invitation from Sun Town Radio. Blood dripping from the ceiling, Morse code coming from the sewers, a 2kReads8.0Score42614d adds
- 2 The Ghost's Messenger 鬼遣人 “Offer the three sacrificial animals and fine grain to the ghosts and gods.” At eighteen, I happened by chance to meet a half-baked Taoist priest and got swept into a quest to uncover an ancient sacrificial rite. It all began when I took in a “Lord.” 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Monster Umbrella Maker 妖怪簦匠 Li Xunzhi, a human boy who wants to become a monster, wanders into a monster village and meets Shenzhu, a young monster who wants to become human again. While staying there temporarily to learn how to make umbrellas, Li Xunzhi gradually realizes that he has value too, while Shenzhu learns to come to terms with the past. Together, they untangle their own emotional knots and solve the mysteries surrounding the villagers, ultimately freeing the land and its people from a thousand years of captivity 27Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 4 Ancient Rock: Imprint a Thousand Years, Carve All Things 古岩：印千年，刻万事 This book is also titled "Runshu, Why Are There So Many Villains Around You? Oh, Turns Out I'm One Too" A little spice-shop owner who had given up on ambition and started enjoying retirement early accidentally set off on a path with no return because of a bet. In the Qiu Dragon Tomb, demons guarded the dead while Qiu Dragons coiled around the pillars. Gazing at the bronze locks and golden coffin in the distance, someone remarked, “Nine bronze dragon pillars lock the golden coffin. Once it touche 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Chasing the Wind by Moonlight 乘月追风 [Mystery and horror + supernatural + ghost stories + not a power fantasy + no heroine] Intern doctor Lu Zhuifeng's family is framed by villains, and from then on, all kinds of spirits and ghosts frequently possess him, forcing him to get involved in supernatural incidents. He has only one unreliable, half-trained young fortune-teller by his side. How will they overcome the crises they face? As they get drawn deeper into the fray, a filthy conspiracy begins to emerge... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Hidden Treasure 密藏 On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month of 1998, Qiu Ming receives a mysterious phone call telling him to pick up a file from a specified location the next day. The file comes from the distant Kunlun Mountains and records some of the Qiu family’s past, including part of the truth about his grandfather’s death. One passage in the file catches Qiu Ming’s attention. It concerns a hidden treasure kept secret by an ancient Western Regions kingdom. For generations, members of the Qiu family have 844Reads—Score18014d adds
- 7 The Spirit-Seeking Case Files 探灵追凶录 The older generation often says that if your birth chart is too heavy, your life will be too short. After my grandfather died, a spirit curse appeared, along with a younger sister who had no place in my memories. It was as though invisible hands were drawing me into an endless abyss... The faint figure of a Su family girl, an infant spirit in a coffin, a corpse in a cloud-patterned urn: in a deserted corner of the campus, they always whispered strange things in the dead of night... To seek the s 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Three Paths to Godhood, and Each Time I Fell One Step Short 三次成神路，次次差一步 After failing to attain godhood, Guan Mu bound his divine consciousness to the lightning tribulation as it was about to be extinguished, unexpectedly entering the mysterious world of the dead. The people in this world must travel to places haunted by strange beings and complete missions to exterminate them, steadily raising their own levels. Once they reach a certain level, they can recreate their physical bodies. Throughout these missions, Guan Mu meets all kinds of strange beings. With their h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Yellow River Mystery Journal 黄河惊奇手札 The white fish in the Yellow River, the stone tortoise resting on the riverbed, the black boat drifting by at midnight, the red carp leaping through the Dragon Gate: these are stories passed down among the people who live along the Yellow River. 138Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 10 Agent of the Supernatural 诡怪代理人 Comic artist Lin You suddenly gets a phone call informing him that he’s inherited an estate. In the blink of an eye, he becomes a rich second-generation heir. Grateful, he burns paper offerings and prays to the gods, never expecting to summon a ferocious ghost... 82Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Jade Curse 玉咒 My family has a blood curse passed down through the generations. None of the men in our family live past the age of fifty. The source of the curse turns out to be a living piece of ancient jade. 1.6kReads8.8Score31114d adds
- 12 I Told You to Sleep in a Coffin to Recover, Not to Have Vengeful Ghosts Carry It 让你睡棺材养病，没让你厉鬼抬棺 I was born dead and raised by my adoptive father in a coffin. To stay alive, I had no choice but to enter the Cave of Wronged Spirits, bow nine times to a coffin, and take a corpse as my master. I entered the Coffin Sect and, like generations of disciples before me, carried coffins to bury ghosts, spending my whole life entangled with every kind of bizarre evil spirit. The Nine Peaks Suppressing Corpses, coffins adrift on a sea of blood, a city built of bones, eight heirs vying for supremacy… In 2.3kReads—Score30214d adds
- 13 The Rebellious Great Sage: Who Would Want This Lousy Job? 反骨大圣：这破班谁爱上谁上 [The author’s ramblings] My new novel is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel! I’m a new author, and my previous draft wasn’t good enough, so this time I’ve decided to rewrite it from scratch. My writing still needs work, so please bear with me, dear readers! If you finish it and think it’s any good, could you give it a rating? Praise or criticism, either is fine. Point out anything that needs fixing, and I’ll revise it one issue at a time. I’ll carefully read all your suggestions. A q 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Don’t Mess with That Taoist: The Ghost Generals at His Place Are Vicious 别惹那个道士，他家鬼将超凶 The Eclipse Moon has returned, and the laws of the world are crumbling. The Red Feather Alliance uses billions of lives as its instrument, intent on playing a song that will destroy the world. I was forced into a pact with a young Daoist who had no spiritual power whatsoever. I thought I'd picked up a burden that would need constant looking after. I never expected him to be the biggest cheat of all. The heart-corrupting demonic music carefully crafted by the Red Feather fiends? He plays a tune t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Playing an Extra in a Sci-Fi Cultivation World 在科幻修真世界跑龙套 Urban Fantasy | Light Interstellar Sci-Fi | Mysterious Ancient Seals | Two Comrades-in-Arms [Old-school, high-octane adventure] Note: The story has a cultivation-inspired atmosphere, but there are no cultivation techniques or power-level advancements. Every strange disaster stems from dark-matter mutations and ancient seals on the verge of coming undone, along with human interference using advanced technology. Hunting demons in the city, and hunting those who wreak havoc. . How hard is it to sur 5Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 The Ghost Tomb's Gate 鬼墓之门 People have human tombs, and ghosts have ghost tombs. The realms of the living and the dead are opposite in order, and only their tombs connect, forming a passage between two worlds. People turn into ghosts through tombs, while ghosts use tombs to ensnare the living. Ghost tombs have no physical form. They can be opened only at midnight, when day gives way to night and yin and yang are in balance. When roosters crow backward and all things are reversed, yin and yang become one, and the ghost tom 225Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 17 The Funeral Clothing Shop 有家寿衣店 In a small city in Northeast China, at the entrance to Tie Gong Street, there’s a funeral-clothes shop with an unremarkable, old-fashioned name: Benefiting the People. The two male leads go through all kinds of thrilling and dangerous adventures together. Tell me how much you want to read, and I’ll write as much as you like… 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Young Taoist Master 少年道师 In southwestern China, funeral ritual officiants are also known as Daoist masters. When someone dies, rich or poor, their family will hire these masters to perform rites, choose a burial date, and select a gravesite with auspicious feng shui. Their daily work also involves many other things, including driving away evil spirits, conducting rituals, and even glimpsing the secrets of fate. Why does the boy leading the funeral procession set off firecrackers? What do the black and white strips 1.4kReads8.6Score24214d adds
- 19 Notes on Suppressing Evil 镇邪笔记 The four infamous evil objects passed down in folk legend are the Red-Clothed Fiend, the Grinning Corpse, the Bronze Coffin, and the Upright-Burial Grave. I’d only just graduated, and I’d already run into two of them… 4.4kReads8.7Score42914d adds
- 20 Apocalypse Descends: So I’m the Leader of the Mutants 末世降临：原来我是异种老大 In 2056, a solar storm swept across the globe, plunging the world into darkness for seven days and seven nights. Earth's ozone layer was destroyed, and solar radiation reached the ground. After that, the whole world changed. Then the crisis arrived, officially ushering in the Age of Death. A hundred years later, Fang Duonan, a boy from an ordinary border city, was supposed to go out and complete a task as required. But someone tried to kill him. When he woke up, he had a strange ghost hand attac 148Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 21 Spiritual Qi Revival: Brother, You Want Me to Walk the Righteous Path?! 灵气复苏：兄弟让我走正道？！ [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Urban supernatural powers] Brotherhood between two male leads [Light ensemble cast] [No female lead] Not a romance, slow-paced Before the age of five, He Jiunian’s life was a blur. Blood followed him as he grew up, and he watched humanity survive in this world like puppets. Then he met someone who changed his life: Jiang He. He followed him forward, step by step, willingly becoming part of his plans in an attempt to be his most important pawn. “He Jiunian, who do you thin 1.4kReads—Score18214d adds
- 22 I Stride Between Yin and Yang, Wiping Out Every Monster in the World 我！脚踏阴阳，除尽世间魍魉 [Ghosts in the Story + Mystery and Deduction + Unheard-of Bizarre Events] A food delivery order at midnight, a high heel piercing through the back of someone’s head... After his wife becomes pregnant, the shadow of a man walks out of their bedroom in the middle of the night. Is it a ghost fetus, or...? A forest ranger in a primeval forest catches a monster that can take human form... Three security guards die in a row at a construction site, yet someone still wants to take the job. What could be 29Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 23 Ghost Lantern: The Secret Mausoleum of the Funeral Home 鬼点灯之义庄秘陵 They say ghost lights often appear in desolate places, among ancient tombs and shadowy woods. As the saying goes, where ghost lights glow, dark shadows fall! They warn anyone who comes near to leave at once. Do not disturb the spirits sleeping in their tombs! 365Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Mythic Forbidden Zone 神话禁区 Beneath the firmament, divine treasures lie hidden and ghosts lie in wait. I stumbled upon the secrets behind the legends. I crossed the lands between the three rivers and six banks, stained the snowy plains of towering peaks with blood, and endured countless brushes with death as I fought against fate for my life. I survived, yet the world has no trace of me. 203Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 25 System Stew Is a Recipe for Fun! The Ultimate Trickster Plays by His Own Rules 系统乱炖欢乐多！最强老六路子野 Also known as: “A Sneaky Guy Like Me Gets a New Hilarious System Every Day” “The Strongest Spoilsport, Copying Other People’s Golden Fingers” (“The Crap God Is Here!”) [Shameless trickster + lighthearted comedy + not entirely serious] On the eve of a great crisis, in an era when “Hosts are as common as dogs and Systems are everywhere”... Yuan Man, a shameless young man with an SSS-rank talent who was hooked on pretending to be a useless slacker, got bound to a mysterious trash can that fell from 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Gods Must Keep Their Distance 诸神回避 On the very day I completed my training, my patriarch refused to let me through the door. By the rules, I was supposed to fend for myself. I never expected that someone destined to meet me three times and save me three times had been waiting for me at the crossroads all along. He led me into a world beyond the reach of ordinary people. On the banks of the River of the Dead, beyond the boundary between yin and yang, atop Cloudpeak, at the bottom of the abyss, wherever he goes, his first words are 374Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 27 I Ran into Ghosts on the First Day of School and Became the Paranormal World's Ceiling 开学撞鬼后，我成了灵异天花板 [Campus supernatural mysteries, suspense and horror, male lead's growth, gradually becoming decisive and ruthless, power fantasy, mystery] The Gate of the Underworld lies hidden on campus. Its gatekeeper vanished years ago, and the place has become a gathering ground for evil spirits. Lin Ye was an ordinary student, but was forced onto the path of exorcising evil and guiding souls to their next lives. He dispels resentment, suppresses malice, purifies filth, drives out evil spirits, and guides l 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Darkest Forest: My Criminal Investigation Notes 至暗森林：我的刑侦笔记 Eighteen people who had never existed are found dead together in a minibus. Stranger still, it seems they had all been dead for twenty years… 81Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 Quelling Spirits in a Haunted House 凶宅镇灵 I'm an ordinary real estate agent. One winter, I took on a house, and in less than a week, three people died inside its kitchen refrigerator. With no other option, I called Li Tiandi, a specialist in handling haunted houses, for help. While hunting ghosts with him, I unexpectedly learned that I had the constitution of someone who could travel to the underworld. And so I began a life of buying and selling haunted houses with him. 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Corpse Town 千尸镇 Today, we're not talking about anything else. We're just telling a story. They say that somewhere in Hebei, there's a very strange paper effigy shop called the Yin-Yang Shop... 505Reads7.3Score6714d adds
- 31 The Longevity Project 长生计划 A handsome young man has turned up at my house, mooching food and lodging without paying, all under the excuse that he’s lost his memory. Every sign points to the fact that he has been alive for a very long time... 458Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 32 Druid: The Truth of Nature and Life 德鲁伊：自然与生命的真谛 After his homeworld collapsed, He Wenjun escaped aboard a spaceship and drifted through the universe for over a million years. He awoke from the ice on a planet inhabited by humans. He decided he would live a brilliant life. But in this world, the only way to get ahead was to become a professional. As an atheist and a “highly principled bleeding heart,” He Wenjun could neither sincerely worship the gods nor overcome his own psychological barriers. Shut out of every profession, he had no choice b 59Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 33 Deduction in the Hunt: The Manor Mystery 我在狩猎中玩推理：庄园疑案 My name is Jiang Zhou, and my story began when I received an invitation from Yuming Manor. From that moment on, the course of my life was completely changed... A story of moral taboos, disgusting and perverse creatures, and terrifying hunting games. Every part of Yuming Manor drove me mad. I had to keep reasoning things out as I hunted, right up to the very end. And at the end of Yuming Manor, I found...! [This story contains some disturbing content. Please don't read if that bothers you.] 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Ghost Hunting: The Original Sin of Humanity 我在捉鬼之人间原罪 Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, just everyday life. A slow-paced read~ My days hunting ghosts among the living have everything you could want. Surely you'll come take a look, right?? Aiming for a million words 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Nighttime Lantern-Bearer's Chronicles 提灯夜行录 Chen Zixiao has been able to see all kinds of monsters since he was little. As he grows older, some of them even come knocking at his door, asking him to solve their problems. Assigned to the very last class in the school, he finds himself among the worst of the worst students. As they deal with one monster after another, they keep stumbling into all sorts of ridiculous, laugh-out-loud mishaps. I went to pour myself a Coke, and an earthworm suddenly sprang out of the glass. I went to take my med 82Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 36 The Ancient Map of the Nine Provinces 上古九州山河图 In the 1950s, with strong support from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the History Department of Peking University established the country's first archaeology program. It admitted undergraduate archaeology students and began training the first generation of archaeologists for the People's Republic of China. Chinese archaeology flourished, and in the 1970s, excavations at Yin Ruins unearthed a mysterious artifact d 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Nether Mausoleum 幽陵 A fleeting dream, a glance at passing scenes; eight thousand ghosts emerge from this realm. The Dragon Palace's blue waters are the real world; immortals point out the ancient kings of Shu... With nothing but a treasure-hunting verse, the Xiling Divine Manual, Bai Ze accidentally tore through a veil that had concealed secrets for millennia. The ancient age of slash-and-burn farming, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yanzi creating the heavens, Fuxi making humankind: all seem both real and 556Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 38 Searching for Dragon Pearls 寻龙藏珠 [First person + Suspense and exploration + Supernatural arts + Ensemble adventure + Ancient civilizations + No romance] To find my missing childhood friend, I accidentally wander into an underground cave, where a thousand-year-old drought demon bites me and leaves me afflicted with an ancient curse. The only way to suppress the curse and stay alive is to cultivate using Dragon Pearls. Thus begins my perilous and unpredictable quest to find dra 219Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 39 Underworld Outsourcing Group: All My Clients Are Big Shots 地府外包群：我的甲方全是大佬 [No CP / Everyday Comedy / Workplace Wish-Fulfillment / Red Envelope Group / Sharp-Tongued Male Lead / Male Supporting Cast / Leveling Up] Zhou Shichu is an unemployed man from a family displaced by demolition in Shancheng. He sleeps until he wakes naturally every day, and his most strenuous exercise is moving from his bed to his computer. Then one night, he was pulled into a WeChat group called “Underworld Three Realms Outsourcing Services”... There, he met a bunch of immortals who were frantic 104Reads—Score10114d adds
- 40 Ghost Curse 鬼咒 Stars are people too. Let me tell you about the times I followed my master and helped some Chinese celebrities change their fate. Changing someone's fate, of course, starts with raising a little ghost. 3.1kReads—Score63614d adds
- 41 Nine Out of Ten Divinations Are Wrong 【十卦九不准】 [No heroine, not a power fantasy, no tired tropes. A sequel to The Nether Road, also known as Strange Tales of the Spirit Road.] Read people's fortunes when you meet them; divine the dead's paths when you encounter ghosts. Use yarrow stalks to cast hexagrams, and pluck gold to change fate. Walk among the corpses without fear, and never lose your way in the underworld. The practitioners of yin and yang arts investigate strange cases, while ancient mystic traditions probe the hearts of humankind. 542Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 42 I Heard I'm the Son of Satan 听说我是撒旦之子 [Urban Superpowers] [Single Male Lead] [Not a Saint] [No Official CP for the Protagonist, Ship Him However You Like] [The Whole World Loves the Protagonist] On his eighteenth birthday, Lin An was confirmed to be an unawakened. In this world, those who failed to awaken were abandoned and destined to be bullied. Lin An forced his way into the ranks of the awakened through murder and robbery, and gained the primordial power of "Satan". People like him were known as "Chaosborn." The world says: Cha 1.7kReads—Score40414d adds
- 43 My Curse Came True: The Truth Is Revealed 我的诅咒应验了之真相由此揭开 [Curses + two male leads + Uncle Jiu + nine great families, each with their own skills + growing stronger with a golden finger + supernatural shop + schemes and conspiracies + transmigrate into a book + clever protagonists] During the Republic of China era, the country was in turmoil, and demons and monsters ran rampant. After his grandfather disappeared, Yan Chen quelled internal strife, overcame every obstacle, and took over the supernatural shop. Together with Gu Yankai, he handled supernatur —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Infinite Awakening: A Life in the Spotlight 无限觉醒：开启闪耀人生 [No romance + supernatural powers + brotherhood + fated friendship + machinery + vampires] Read patiently through the first three chapters, and you’ll find a great story. No System, no cookie-cutter plot. Lu Xin opens his eyes and finds himself in an abandoned factory. The wounds on his body are healing at a visible speed. This is a world where technology and magic coexist. A mysterious force tugs at him, and his memories slowly return. His unfamiliar surroundings gradually begin to feel familia 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Everyone Is Madly in Love with Him, but He Just Wants to Go Home 所有人都疯狂爱他，而他只想回家 Xie Shiyu, 21, is a psychology student: calm, distant, and allergic to love. On his first day in the “Endless Game,” he knows he's drawn the worst possible card: the SSS-rank passive aura “Center of Attention.” Every being becomes obsessed with him in a twisted, fervent, possessive way, showering him with a warped kind of “favor.” To others, it's a cheat code for clearing the game. To him, it's a curse. From the head nurse at a psychiatric hospital to the vengeful spirit of a young woman at an a 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Nine Sins of the Human World 人间九罪 There are nine great sins in the world: murder, greed, cruelty, deceit, envy, sloth, lust, arrogance, and vanity. Every one of us is guilty. 439Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 47 Heaven's Eye 2: The Treasure Casket of Heaven 天眼2觐天宝匣 At an exhibition of Chinese artifacts in Russia, Xiao Wei sees with his own eyes that the golden mask on the skull of Huang Taiji, which had once been taken to Russia, has no bullet holes. The group is thrown into unprecedented panic. Months later, they finally recover from their initial shock, and life returns to normal. Zhao Ying and Xiao Wei’s relationship gradually gets back on track. Then one day, Xiao Wei receives an email that seems utterly ordinary, and a heart-pounding story begins... 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Seven Days of Terror: The Monster Inside Me 七日怪诞：我身体里的怪物 [Mind-Bending] [Multiple Twists] [Wits] [Martial Combat] [Superpowers] [Death Game] [Psychological Warfare] [Apocalypse] [Ensemble Cast] One day, a young man is questioned by the police. An investigation into a bizarre string of murders has taken an unexpected turn. Just as he is being questioned, an earthquake strikes for no apparent reason. After one disaster follows another, everyone slowly opens their eyes to find a display counting down before them! What happened outside? Where are we? Anxi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I Died, Only to Be Recruited by the Nation as the Human Emperor 刚死，就被国家捞去当人皇 [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead, Lighthearted, Ensemble Cast, Triple Personality, Just for Fun, More Slice of Life, Definitely a Slow Pace, Neither Brain-Dead nor Brain-Busting, Just Right for Mealtime] Chu Mingxin has transmigrated again, this time to a world much like Earth. At last, no more warring states in another world; at last, he's back in the modern era. Before he can even celebrate, a special government organization assigns him a position. Then comes a world-shattering shock: this worl 1kReads—Score10114d adds
- 50 The Little Fortune-Teller 小神棍 Everyone in Binhai City knows that Sheng Chao, the young boss of Rongsheng Group, isn't quite right in the head. They say Sheng Chao eats barbecue without peeling garlic and watches livestreams without giving them a like. But only Chen Yu knows that Sheng Chao isn't just strange in his behavior: even his birth chart is a little off. 32Reads6.5Score—14d adds
