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- 1 The Nine-Lived Corpse Herder 九命赶尸人 I’m an orphan. My grandpa said my Five Elements element is Yin, and that I was born under an unlucky sign, destined to do the work of a Yin person. To survive, I had to endure three calamities and six hardships, so my grandpa raised a black cat and gave me nine extra lives. He taught me to keep to the shadows by day and roam by night, to send off ghosts and drive corpses. I can summon clear skies, pray for rain, exorcise ghosts, dispel evil, and summon souls. I have abilities beyond anything an 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Last Corpse Herder 最后一个赶尸人 Many years ago, a Japanese army unit mysteriously vanished in the Taihang Mountains, leading to a secret about corpse driving. The Skinning Temple, mountain spirits, a sinister carriage, a thousand corpses rising from their graves: the last old corpse driver of the corpse-driving family in Shizui Gou, Taihang Mountains, tells you the mysterious tale of what happened all those years ago. When people drive corpses, are they really driving corpses? The truth behind corpse driving is bone-chilling, 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Corpse-Driving Master 赶尸先生 Chenzhou: the legendary sacred home of corpse-driving! The mysterious lands of western Hunan, where few dare to venture: In the late Qing dynasty, why did the monsters of the Ta Sect wreak havoc upon the people? Were the Eighteen Fists of the Boxer Bandits acting on someone's orders? Were the thirteen branches of the Zhuyou tradition really locked in endless infighting? Do the legendary corpse-driving artifacts truly exist: Southeast Asian black magic, Miaojiang gu magic, Zhuyou rulers, corpse-w 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Mysterious Corpse Herder 神秘的赶尸人 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Folk Crafts: The Fated Corpse Handler 民间拾艺之天命赶尸匠 A drought demon at an earthen shrine, bone stakes, a corpse-refining Taoist, a ghost doctor of destiny… Strange tales from folk life and eerie customs and legends unfold like a wondrous scroll. Western Hunan has had corpse drivers since ancient times. And I am one of them. One day, my master and I came across a stone coffin. We thought it would be a close call with no real danger, but it turned out to be an extraordinary encounter that changed my life! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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—Shelves
- 7 The Corpse-Driving Inn 赶尸客栈 My family passed down an old corpse-driving inn, but once it came into my hands, strange things began happening one after another... 269Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Apocalypse: My Identity as a Corpse Driver Is Exposed to the World 末世：我赶尸人的身份被全球曝光 [Apocalypse + Wits and Strategy + Livestreaming + Urban + Horror + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Building a Faction + Decisive and Ruthless] A descendant of the Cheng family of western Hunan works as an office drone in Shanghai. Then he gets a call from across the ocean: zombies have broken out across the globe. With his life hanging by a thread, he discovers that corpse-driving techniques work on zombies! The Blue Star's security situation keeps deteriorating, and the world descends into chao —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Last Corpse Walker 最后一位赶尸人 Southern Maoshan, northern horse shamans. I go up the mountain to drive the dead, and down it to descend into the underworld. My name is Chen Feiming. My ancestors all made their living driving corpses in western Hunan. I never wanted to inherit the craft, but my grandfather insisted I take up the Chen family's legacy, drawing me into one terrifying, uncanny incident after another. When I tried to get away, I realized I was already trapped in the mire and could no longer stay out of it. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Run an Undertaker's Inn 我在赶尸客栈做掌柜 Deep in remote, uninhabited mountains and forests, strange and inexplicable stories are always being told. Lingya Village lies in the deepest part of the Hundred Thousand Mountains of western Hunan. The village has barely more than a hundred households. Even by the mid-1980s, there was still no road leading to it, and the villagers lived almost entirely cut off from the outside world. 35Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 11 Wait, Who Brings a Corpse to a Blind Date? 不是，谁家好人相亲还带尸体啊？ [Corpse driving] + [System] + [college student] + [daily life] + [Supernatural] Lin Yi, who's about to graduate from college, is completely dumbfounded! Other people either activate a tycoon System or bind themselves to a cultivation System. How come he gets a corpse-driving System instead?! And that's not even the most ridiculous part: The System immediately issues him a beginner task, requiring him to successfully drive a corpse within half a month! But, as luck would have it, his mother intro 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Yun Che: Corpse Retriever 云澈：捞尸人 Yun Che: The Corpse Retriever —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Strange Funeral Tales 送葬诡事 My name is Zhang Zifeng. I grew up with my grandfather, who worked as a funeral escort. Only later did I learn that a funeral escort doesn't just escort the dead. They escort the living, too, and even the next life... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Corpse Driver of Western Hunan 湘西赶尸人 Have you ever heard of the corpse-driving practitioners of western Hunan? In Mr. Vampire, a man dressed in a Taoist robe holds a bell and tosses yellow paper. Behind him, rows of hopping zombies, each with a talisman pasted to its forehead, follow the Taoist into the unknown on their final journey. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 From the Start, I Inherited Ma Xiaoling’s Legacy and Became a Corpse Chaser 开局继承马小玲衣钵，成为赶尸匠 Lin Hao, who was bullied at school, unexpectedly obtained the Maoshan Corpse-Driving System. Every time he drives a corpse, he earns points. The points can be exchanged for lifespan, money, and items, whatever Lin Hao wants. While raising a corpse in a place thick with corpse energy, he ran into an outdoor livestreamer. From then on, Lin Hao was forced to become an online sensation for driving corpses. “Streamer, can you catch ghosts?” “Streamer, can you read feng shui?” Corpse-driving gradually —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Yellow River Corpse Collector: Rules of the Yin River 黄河捞尸人：阴河守则 The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, its muddy waves surging into the sky. The water beneath its surface is no ordinary water: it is filled with the bodies of people who died unjustly. The Yellow River has been the site of many strange happenings since ancient times, and corpse retrieval is the coldest, darkest trade of all. Before entering the trade, you must first obey the three rules of the Underworld River: never retrieve a corpse standing upright, never retrieve a woman in red —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Longevity Agency 长生事务所 (Supernatural + Goofy + Pure Romance) "At the dead of night, corpse drivers come around. Every household shuts its doors and dares not open them." My name is Zhou Chiyu, and I come from a family of corpse drivers. To make a living, I opened an agency in K City. But unlike an ordinary agency, we take on cases that involve ghosts and monsters. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Paper Effigy Maker Who Sacrificed His Five Senses from the Start 扎纸匠开局献祭五感 I sacrificed my five senses to make paper effigies, but ended up creating the most terrifying monster in the world. The paper effigy came to life, and from that day on, I could no longer taste whether something was salty or bland. After my sense of taste came my hearing, smell, sight... But little by little, I realized that the senses I’d lost let me “smell” things ordinary people couldn’t see. The Flower Cave Maidens of western Hunan weren’t brides claimed by a mountain god. They were buried al 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Corpse Driving 赶尸 I'm a corpse walker. This time, my job is to collect the dead from the battlefield and return the bodies of those who hired me to their hometowns, where they can be laid to rest. As I shook the golden bell in my hand, five corpses missing arms and legs swayed into a line in front of me. They were chatting and laughing along the way. I couldn't help wondering: how could corpses still laugh? 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Strange Art of Raising the Dead in Western Hunan 湘西赶尸诡事之造畜 Corpse-driving in western Hunan, livestock creation in northern Jiangsu, gu poison in the southwest, curse-casting in the South Seas, spirit journeys to the underworld, and the art of spirit projection... Have you ever heard their names and wondered how they work? Could the five evil arts of divination, tribute, insects, corpses, and livestock, passed down among the people, be right beside you? The sun-drying needle, the killing blade, the Seven Fiends Soul-Locking Device, the Hundred-Bird Robe, 20Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 21 Livestream: This Corpse Driver Is Up to No Good 直播：这个赶尸人不正经 Lin Fan, a small-time streamer on the Shark livestreaming platform, unexpectedly obtains a Corpse-Driving System and begins livestreaming his adventures driving corpses. In an ancient town in western Hunan, he takes on the Zombie King. “Hey, folks! Send me a rocket, and I'll livestream ripping his arm off!” At Mount Everest, he breaks a Guinness World Record. “Folks in the livestream, send those gifts! I'll take you along to watch me climb the world's highest peak while driving a corpse!” At the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Urban Yin-Yang Master: Starting with Corpse Driving 都市阴阳先生：从赶尸开始 He was supposed to attend the birthday banquet of a distant relative, but ended up encountering a ghost! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Corpse Walker: My Disciple Goes Viral 赶尸人,我的徒弟爆红全网 “When the yin spirits travel, the living must stand aside.” After failing the college entrance exam, Fan Wushe spent his days drinking away his sorrows. Then one night, he got drunk and slept in a cemetery, and somehow bound himself to a corpse-driving System. Before he knew it, he had become a corpse-driving master who walked the night. His utterly ordinary life driving corpses began. Until that night… Tuantuan: Master, Master, slow down! Old Lady: Um, Master, can I feel your abs? Zhou Jie: Umm 11Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 24 I Took Leave to Go Home and Deal with a Corpse, but My Beautiful Boss Insisted on Coming Along 请假回家赶尸，美女上司非要一起 Fu Long, who had left Raojiang, was eating braised chicken rice in the Magic City CBD when he suddenly got a call from the head of his village: "The corpse-driving contest starts soon. Last year, you didn't come back, and we lost to the neighboring village by five cows, two pigs, and more than a dozen chickens. If you dare not come back this year, I'll livestream myself tearing down your house!" 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Dai Xiaomei Faints in Terror During Her Haunted House Livestream, Scared by Me Driving Corpses 呆小妹古宅直播，被赶尸的我吓晕 In the first year after graduation, Ding Hao became a corpse driver. He led a group of ancient corpses brought out of deep-mountain tombs through the empty streets and alleys at midnight. Watching a few people nearby look around nervously, he knew they were searching for their ancestors. “Your ancestors are all right here. Come over and pick one out.” A little streamer named Xiaodaidai filmed the whole thing. She thought to herself, This is it! My follower count is going to skyrocket! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Passing by with a Corpse: You’re Reporting Me for Human Trafficking? 赶尸路过：你举报我贩卖人口？ [Pure-Hearted Little Taoist vs. Vulgar-Tongued Female Streamer] An unknown side of the world, shadows hidden within mythology. The little Taoist priest Ye Xuan, maxed out in martial arts and magic, exposes it all through livestreams. Physical exorcism is the deadliest kind! From the start, he’s escorting a corpse back home when someone reports him for human trafficking? “Streamer, that’s a corpse! You can’t just fiddle with it!” He runs into a weasel spirit asking for a blessing. “Fellow, do I l 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, and the Ice-Cold Campus Beauty Came Ghost-Hunting with Me 高考落榜，高冷校花陪我去赶尸 After failing the college entrance exam, he goes home to inherit the coffin shop. By chance, he runs into the campus belle from his school days. Then a livestream captures Zhang Heng driving corpses. “Let the spirits lead the way. The living, stand aside!” “Let the spirits return home. The living, stand aside!” When Zhang Heng appears with a crowd of corpses, the whole internet is stunned! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 The Yellow River is full of taboos! The Black-Tailed Old Li, the giant tortoise, ghost soldiers... I retrieve bodies from the Yellow River for a living. There’s so much beneath its waters that you don’t know about! 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 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—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 I Told You to Livestream Sales, Not Teach People to Exorcise Corpses! 叫你直播带货，你教赶尸干嘛！ He’s livestreaming an antiques appraisal when he discovers that a top-tier star’s girlfriend is actually a corpse demon who changes skins and drinks blood…! Next, he exposes a heretical cultivator’s corpse-refining operation live, then runs into a hundred ghosts on a night parade outdoors and uses a magical suona to send them off to the afterlife. Xiao Yu knows that the ultimate destination of the universe is livestream shopping. After going viral time and again, he finally starts his career sel 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Global Cataclysm: I Am the Corpse-Driving Man of the Apocalypse 全球灾变：我，末世赶尸人 A rain of zombies fell, and everyone it drenched turned into a zombie! Overnight, the whole world fell, and the Earth became a terrifying apocalypse! Lin Sen transmigrated to this world. He thought he would be struggling to survive, but then he awakened the Corpse-Driving System! Zombies? Zombies are corpses too, and any corpse can be driven by me! In the endless night of Qiming City, Lin Sen drove the corpses toward the first light of dawn. Though millions of zombies stand in my way, I will go! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 My ex-girlfriend was murdered in an accident. After I stitched her back together, all kinds of strange things happened. When I woke from a coma, I discovered it had all been just a dream. I went back to my work as a mortuary cosmetologist, and my father, who had been mentally ill for years, finally came home... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Rule Horror: Becoming a Corpse-Walker for Once 规则怪谈：做一回赶尸人 Rules of the supernatural are descending upon the monster planets across the universe. Each planet selects one participant. If they fail to clear the challenge, an anomaly will descend at random. And the monsters are excited? Xie Xiaoyu takes on one of their jobs: corpse-driving. Who knew she’d end up participating in a world of rule-based horror, too? “Ding! A new job has arrived!” Another corpse to deliver. First challenge: What is the secret of the astonishing little town? In this world, I aw 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Corpse Driver in Disguise, Working at a Crematorium in Western Hunan 隐藏身份湘西赶尸人在火葬场上班 Have you ever wondered if the ordinary people around you are all secret big shots? The sanitation worker sweeping the streets at dawn is a real “cleaner,” the hospital morgue attendant is an heir to the Maoshan tradition, and the owner of the paper offerings shop at the end of the street is a guide who ferries souls in the mortal realm. As for me, Zhang Wei, an heir to the corpse-driving tradition of western Hunan, I work as a cremation technician at a funeral home. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I Became a Corpse Wrangler After Graduation: Now the Whole Internet Is Hunting Me! 毕业当赶尸人：我被全网通缉了！ Six months after graduation, with debt collectors hounding him from every direction, Ye Bei activated the Corpse-Driving System and had no choice but to become a corpse driver. A badass corpse driver suddenly appeared on the scene, shocking the entire internet. His ex-girlfriend: “Ye Bei, can you come with me to get an abortion?” Ye Bei: “I’m busy driving corpses!” Classmate: “Holy crap, that corpse driver looks just like Ye Bei!” Buddy: “Brother Bei, that corpse driver isn’t you, is he?” Ye Bei 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Corpse Driver Becomes the Director of the Paranormal Bureau, Exposed by the Campus Belle 赶尸人当诡秘局长，被校花曝光了 After Xiao Chen failed the college entrance exam, he awakened the Super Paranormal Spirit System. The first profession he unlocked was, unbelievably, a corpse driver! On his way to drive the corpses, he unexpectedly ran into a beautiful campus belle livestreaming in the wilderness, and she exposed him to the public! Then the Paranormal Spirit Bureau came knocking and offered Xiao Chen a highly paid job as the head of the Bureau of the Uncanny! Born Chinese, I swear to protect the Chinese spirit! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I’m a Renowned Corpse Handler, So How Did I Get Sold Back to Xiangxi as a Zombie? 我堂堂赶尸匠，竟被卖回湘西当僵尸 After I was brought back to the Jiang family, I rose to the top and became a best actress, finding success in both my career and love life. On the day of my engagement, my fiancé's childhood sweetheart went mad with jealousy and sold me off with a bowl of drugged soup, sending me deep into the mountains of western Hunan. Watching me bound to the sacrificial altar, she sneered. “You're always going on about being a lucky star. Let's see if your good fortune can save your own skin!” A corpse walke 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Corpse Driver of the Yellow Springs 黄泉赶尸人 My name is Zhang Yijiu, and I’m a corpse walker. When I got my first job, I didn’t dare say a word the whole way. That road had only two living people on it: me and Fatty Fan... 612Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业，偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 141Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Corpse Driver: The Beautiful Campus Belle Insists on Becoming My Apprentice 赶尸人：美女校花非要拜我为师 [No System + No Livestreaming + The Male Lead Is OP] After Zhang Xiaolong showed off his corpse-driving skills, he shattered the worldview of the beautiful campus belle An Siqi. After a fierce inner struggle, An Siqi decided to learn the art of corpse-driving from him. “Xiaolong, I want to take you as my master and learn corpse-driving!” “Not happening! I only pass it down between husband and wife, unless you become my wife.” “...” This book is also known as "Part-Time Corpse Driver: The Ic 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Corpse Driving: I Drive Corpses Across the Myriad Worlds 赶尸：我在诸天万界当赶尸人 [No female lead + corpse-driving and ghost-hunting + System + paranormal invasion + travel to other worlds later] Lin Xuan was an ordinary high school student on Blue Star. After failing the college entrance exam, he unexpectedly obtained the Myriad Worlds Corpse-Driving System and began traveling daily through the Myriad Worlds as a corpse driver. Blue Star: The God of the Paranormal arrives from across the ocean with an army of the uncanny. “Ding-a-ling…” Lin Xuan sees what is happening and ri 33Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 45 Part-Time Corpse Herder: My Brother Lost the Body from the Start 兼职赶尸，开局兄弟把尸体弄丢了 [From good-for-nothing to invincible, wandering corpses + drought demons + fierce ghosts + no saintly do-gooder + horror + suspense + getting rich + feel-good power fantasy] To earn money for medical bills, he takes a part-time job escorting corpses. Business is booming, so he asks a buddy to help, but from the start he manages to lose the body. While escorting corpses, he encounters little ghosts at every turn and helps them fulfill their unfinished wishes, earning plenty along the way. The vil 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Corpse Driver 赶尸匠 Who in western Hunan hasn't heard of corpse-driving? But how many people know about the corpse drivers themselves? They hide by day and travel by night, keeping company with corpses. Using this strange art, they can make the dead walk, guiding them home to be laid to rest. What terrors and hardships do novices face as they learn to drive corpses? How do they grow, step by step, into capable corpse drivers? Come along with my protagonist and embark on a mysterious journey into the art of corpse-d 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 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—Shelves
- 48 I Became a Corpse Driver to Lead Our Fallen Heroes Home 成为赶尸人来带领英烈回家 No romance, no female lead, no ambiguous relationships, and no harem. (This is a wild idea, so please don’t compare it to reality. I hadn’t planned to keep writing, but… I can’t let go 😭😭 I really hope someone can bring them back.) Nineteen-year-old Jiang Yan is watching a video of the remains of the Volunteer Army returning home when the lingering will of countless fallen souls who never made it back pierces his spirit. As the cold voice of the System rings out, he resolutely chooses to sacrifi 250Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Xiangxi Corpse Drivers 湘西赶尸人 The exorcists of the south and corpse drivers of the north: once they cross the threshold, death is sure to follow. After disappearing for thirty years while driving corpses, Grandpa returns to his hometown and unleashes calamity upon the world. Grandma, who spent her life doing good by others, is struck by heavenly lightning. My honest, down-to-earth second uncle is burned by underworld fire, trapped in an ominous willow-wood coffin, with his three souls and seven spirits unable to find peace. 246Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Corpse Driver: From the Start, I Took My Father-in-Law to Propose for Marriage 赶尸人：开局赶着老丈人去提亲 Have you ever wondered if legendary zombies lurk beneath the dazzling neon lights of the city? Have you ever wondered if, beyond the bright moon hanging above the world, immortals stand apart from the Six Paths? Have you ever wondered if extraordinary people walk between the worlds of yin and yang amid the crowds of a modern metropolis? Countless strange beings hide within the society ruled by humanity. In forbidden zones where no one dares to venture, ancient gods make their homes. “You say you 53Reads5.4Score—Shelves
