Novels like The Third Yin Messenger
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Third Yin Messenger, best match first.
- 1 From the Start, I Become King Yama, and Rule as Emperor of the Three Realms 开局上任阎罗王，从此三界我称皇 [A Hilarious Underworld Story] After Wang Zha dies, his soul returns to the underworld, where he awakens the [Get Stronger by Picking Up Women] System. His beginner's gift pack arrives, and he is promoted straight to one of the Ten Yama Kings: King Yama! He thinks he's hit the jackpot. But who knew there would be a massive catch? The underworld is riddled with corruption! Those at the top feast while those below go hungry! The Book of Life and Death is a complete mess! Three hundred thousand gho 4Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 2 With the Fengdu Command, I Rule the Yin and Yang Realms Among Mortals 执酆都令，我在人间制霸阴阳 [Ordinary-person progression + no System + mystery + fantasy + underworld + invincible protagonist + awakening + golden finger + monster-slaying and leveling up + fiery passion + attaining sainthood through the flesh] After an accident brings Lin Xiao to the underworld, he discovers that the newly appointed Emperor Fengdu is connected to his own ancestor, and is even going to give the family special treatment?! Thanks to this connection, his parents start a business in the underworld while Lin X —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Underworld Messenger: I Slay the Yama Kings Among the Living 阳差执令：我在人间斩阎罗 The Yang-Realm Marshal’s Command: I Slay the Kings of Hell in the Human World —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 Damn, This Grim Reaper Is Way Too Handsome! 造孽啊，这个鬼差正的发邪！ [Primordial World + Underworld + Soul Reapers + Hextech System + The Protagonist Is Righteous to a Fault!] After his death, Chu Yang transmigrates into the body of a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld of the Primordial World. He awakens a ghost-rank trait System, and as long as he works hard, he can keep refreshing outrageously powerful traits. There’s just one problem: he can’t help feeling that his traits are a little strange… [Spirit Treasure Implant I (Silver): Each spirit treas —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 Living Human Grim Reaper, Number: 9527 活人鬼差，编号：9527 You’ve heard of Yama, the King of Hell. You’ve also heard of the black-and-white impermanence, the two ghost messengers. But you’ve probably never heard of the title Ninth Lord of the Living World. “Better to go to Hell and fry in the oil than meet the Ninth Lord of the Living World.” This saying has been spreading like wildfire among ghosts over the past two years. The Ninth Lord’s real name is Sun Zihao. After an accident, his official records in the living world were canceled, yet his body re 292Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 7 It’s All the Underworld’s Fault 都是地府惹的祸 [System + leveling up + suspense] After I was hit by a basketball and fell into a lake, Black and White Impermanence brought me some bad news: I should have had another seventy years to live, but the basketball had killed me! To make up for the years I had lost, I became an officially employed member of the Underworld and got a Ghost Recruitment System! It turned out the Underworld was developing, too. As long as I helped recruit ghost talent, I could gain all kinds of abilities: spirit talisman 414Reads6.4Score139Shelves
- 8 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 141Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 9 Agent of the Living World: My Years Working for the Underworld 人间代理人，我给地府打工那些年 [Urban Supernatural + Ancient Legacy + Action, Humor, and Heart] The Black and White Impermanence dressed like corporate executives in suits? Zhong Kui is a burly biker in a leather jacket? The Ten Yin Marshals work in a skyscraper? You’ve seen too little of the world. Even the Underworld has to keep up with the times! After an accident makes Yang Chen the Underworld’s agent in the human world, he begins his life working for the Underworld. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 To Save My Life, I Married the Princess of the Underworld 为了活命，我娶了冥界公主 The doctor said, “Prepare for the worst. He only has a day or two left...” Mom pulled out a paper, supposedly a marriage contract from the Three Realms. “Son, let’s try anything we can. You promised to become the Netherworld Princess’s consort. If your illness gets better, you might not have to die...” And so... Ding! Congratulations, you’ve obtained a [Cross-Realm Space]! Ding! Congratulations, you’ve obtained a [Cross-Realm Tea Estate]! Ding! Congratulations, you’ve learned the skill [Bright-E 362Reads5.5Score135Shelves
- 11 The Maoshan Taoist 茅山道士 There are many things in this world that are unknown to most people. Five hundred years ago, hordes of ghosts and monsters roamed near the Kunlun Mountains. They fed on the spiritual qi generated by the Kunlun Dragon Vein and grew powerful enough to wreak havoc on the human world. For reasons unknown, the Nine Hells shattered, leaving the souls of humans and other living beings with nowhere to go after death. They gathered at the Kunlun Mountains, where they absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven a 20Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 12 The Yin Master of the Living World 阳间葬阴师 I am Shen Xu, born under an ill-starred fate. On the day I was born, ghosts swarmed around me, and I barely survived my first twelve years. The day before I turned twelve, my grandfather used a living corpse hidden in a coffin to conceal my fate, while a nine-lived black cat upset the balance of yin and yang. He put my coffin on a little cart and sent it to the Xuanqing Temple on Mount Taiqing. From that day on, I set out on an uncanny and unpredictable path through the esoteric arts... 374Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 13 Slashing into Nothingness 斩至虚无 Lin Feng is almost thirty, muddling through life without accomplishing anything. He thought things would stay that way forever, until one day he drank a little too much and unexpectedly awakened his golden finger. His life was completely rewritten...! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Own a Netherworld Underworld 我有一座幽冥地府 When Xiao Yang wakes up, he discovers that he has become the impoverished lord of a bronze-level city. Powerful enemies surround him, all watching hungrily, and one wrong move could spell utter ruin! Fortunately, a netherworld has awakened within him! As long as he has this netherworld, he can command its shadow soldiers and generals, along with the Ten Yama Kings! Summon the Black and White Impermanence, slay evil ghosts, and swallow the sun and moon! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, 1.1kReads—Score183Shelves
- 15 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 129Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 16 Reborn as a Crocodile, I Swear to Rampage Across the Amazon 重生为鳄，誓要莽穿亚马逊 During the spiritual qi revival, Gu Yuan unexpectedly becomes reborn as a crocodile. At first, he dreams of quietly living as the ruler of the Amazon. Then... the world undergoes a cataclysmic change. The supernatural erupts, and strange rain blankets the entire globe. Pandora’s box suddenly opens. All things transform and gradually embark on the path of evolution. Rats eat cats, hyenas take on lions, and giant pythons coil around elephants... Faced with an inevitable reshuffling of the food cha 310Reads6.8Score103Shelves
- 17 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score114Shelves
- 18 The Celestial Master Comes Down the Mountain 天师下山 Five years ago, his family was wiped out, and Chen Ting was forced to become a Daoist priest on the mountain, barely clinging to life. Five years later, revered as Longhu Mountain’s Young Celestial Master, with martial prowess that reached the heavens and Daoist arts that pierced the mysteries, he made a triumphant return, determined to reclaim everything he had lost! His former enemy: “You’re a Daoist. How can you kill me?” “I follow the Dao by doing as I please. Killing you is part of my culti 37Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 19 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
- 20 Horror Revival: I Summon the Underworld to Descend 恐怖复苏：我召唤地府降临 Liu Cheng, a man who had done ten lifetimes’ worth of good deeds, drowned while saving someone. He transmigrated to a world overrun by terrifying paranormal activity and vicious ghosts. With the Underworld System at his side, Liu Cheng arrived in the underworld and began ranking up, starting as a low-level local earth god. Local Earth God, City God, Divine Official, Judge, Yama, Great Emperor of Fengdu! This world has ghosts, but no gods. Liu Cheng is the only ghost god in it! He protects the pe 85Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 21 I Want to File a Complaint! This Ghost Officer Uses Excessive Force! 我投诉！这个鬼差暴力执法！ After being framed, underworld kingpin Chen Jiuhua becomes a ghost bailiff in the Netherworld and gains the Ghost Bailiff System. Every soul he captures makes him stronger. Sun Wukong: “Your Majesty, I’m reporting one of your men for using excessive force! He stole my Golden Cudgel and sold it for scrap, and now he wants to crack open my skull and suck out my brains!” Jehovah: “Hey, I’m a Western god. The Netherworld has no jurisdiction over me, right? I was on my way to Heaven when that guy kic 801Reads8.7Score221Shelves
- 22 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 323Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 440Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 24 Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation Every Second, How Will You Respond? 每秒万年修为，阁下如何应对 [Overpowered Protagonist + Decisive Killer + Invincible Cultivation + Relentless Slaughter] After pulling an all-nighter to write, he suddenly dies and transmigrates into the vast world of cultivation, becoming the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins Sanctuary, with his life nearing its end and less than a tenth of his cultivation remaining. He is on the brink of death, facing a rebellion among his subordinates and a coup by his guardians. At the critical moment, the System drops from the heavens: [Ding! 46.9kReads7.1Score4kShelves
- 25 Yellow Springs Medical Hall 黄泉医馆 On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, ghosts roam at night and the living must keep away. Yet on Linjiang Road, an unremarkable clinic stands with all four doors wide open, inviting every kind of visitor. Above the eaves hangs a gilded plaque bearing four large characters: “Yellow Springs Clinic.” 534Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 26 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.5kReads8.8Score484Shelves
- 27 Sole Sovereign of the Nine Realms 九界独尊 Cultivate the most supreme soul arts and wield the strongest soul techniques. Whether they are divine maidens, immortal maidens, or holy maidens, enslave them all! Cultivate the most supreme body-tempering arts, break through the limits of the body, and unlock the mightiest divine abilities. Crush every genius! I rule the Eight Wildernesses and Six Directions; I reign over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands! One day, the sky will no longer be able to hide my eyes. Wherever I look, the Nine Realms wi 9.5kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
- 28 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 148Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 29 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
- 30 Forbidden Feng Shui Arts 风水禁术 My name is Yu Nianbai. I was supposed to die shortly after birth, but my father gave his life to extend mine, allowing me to survive. I thought I could live a peaceful life, but then someone dug up my father’s grave... 1.4kReads8.3Score107Shelves
- 31 Ghost Hunter 捉鬼人 My name is Zhao Jinyin. By chance, I learned the skills of a ghost hunter, and from then on made my living at it, roaming freely between the worlds of yin and yang. Ahem, this book is a bit frightening, so readers with high blood pressure should stay away. It’s also a little humorous, so anyone with a weak heart should stay away too. 262Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 32 On My Graduation Internship, I Become the Underworld Emperor Fengdu's Spokesperson 毕业实习：我成了酆都大帝代言人 Just before graduation, Du Feng gets an interview at the Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Shop and unexpectedly becomes the spokesperson for the Great Emperor of Fengdu. From then on, his life takes a dramatic turn. As the young lord of the underworld, he commands the respect of countless ghosts, slays ghosts and demons, drives out evil and binds spirits, and judges the affairs of yin and yang... Du Feng: “Crush their bones and scorch their marrow, gouge out their eyes and flay them, tear out their tendons 1.5kReads8.4Score148Shelves
- 33 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office 阴阳事务所 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office is closed during the day and open at night. We don't take cases from the living, only from ghosts. I'm a man of principles. What? A pretty young lady wants to come visit? Yo, I might consider it! A bewitchingly beautiful, sultry red-robed female ghost; a headless ghost whose head was chopped off with an axe; the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld... They're all regulars here. To tell you the truth, even the King of Hell was raised by me! 354Reads7.8Score101Shelves
- 34 I Was Cast Out by the Taoist Sect, and I Turned the Martial World Upside Down 我道家弃子，掀翻了这座江湖 [Hundred Schools of Thought + three heads and six arms + prodigy rivalries + subverts the usual tropes] There is a live-in son-in-law in Baidi City. Everyone under heaven calls him a coward, until he makes his move three times! The first time, he borrows a sword in Baidi City and slays the Dragon-Tiger Rakshasa, shaking the martial world! The second time, he kills the Bone Rakshasa. Martial heroes from several cities cry out in unison: “We respectfully send off the Martial Sage of Humanity!” 1.2kReads8.3Score100Shelves
- 35 The End of the Daoist Age 道门末法年 The Daoist Sects’ Age of Decline: Secrets of the Three Realms The Immortal Realm has no time to spare for the mortal world. Yin Xi, a reincarnated disciple of the Three Pure Ones, awakens with no memories. He uncovers the secrets of the Daoist legacy, defies fate, and shakes the Three Realms to their core! Feuds, tangled romances, and battles against destiny await! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Manage the Book of Life and Death for the King of Hell 我替阎王掌管生死簿 After an accident, Ye Xiaofan bluffs the King of Hell into letting him take charge of the Book of Life and Death. He develops an app that lets his software take all three realms by storm. One short-video app, Douyin, leaves the gods of all three realms utterly obsessed. 295Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 37 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Judge's Darling Wife, Behave Yourself: Your Husband Is a Jealous Man 判官娇妻安分点，你老公是醋精 [Metaphysics + domineering CEO + ghost hunting + revenge + everyone’s favorite + power couple + satisfying read + secret identities] My new novel, The Ghost King Spoils Her Sickly Husband, Shaking Both the Yin and Yang Worlds, is updating regularly. Come give it a read! Shen Ci spent over ten thousand years in Fengdu, eventually becoming a judge of the underworld. She never expected a botched soul-summoning to leave her stranded in the mortal world. Her unlucky ghost of a brother is being bullie 45Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 39 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain 天师出山 When the King of Hell says a man must die at the third watch, who would dare keep him alive until the fifth? I would! The Celestial Master descends the mountain, his mastery of the Dao profound. Above, he can move heaven and earth; below, he can shake mountains and rivers. In the light, he can command dragons and tigers; in the darkness, he can capture ghosts and gods. His power can raise the dead, and his cultivation can transcend life and death! Demons, monsters, ghosts, and fiends, whoever di 509Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Celestial Master 天师 My name is Chen Rong. Rong as in ‘the world won’t tolerate me’! Have you ever seen someone get struck by lightning? Have you ever seen someone get struck by lightning once every nine years? That’s me!!! 1.3kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 41 Reading Yin Fate: The Female Ghost Is So Gorgeous, I Can't Help Myself 算阴命：女鬼太正，真的忍不住啊 Lin Qishan stayed up past midnight and brought a ghost home. She was a beautiful female ghost, too. As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave. After all, the law doesn’t protect female ghosts. The female ghost bit her lip, eyes burning with shame and anger. She didn’t dare make a sound and could only endure it in silence. After experiencing how wonderful the female ghost was, Lin Qishan finally let himself go... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 43 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
- 44 Heir of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海传人 When I was nine, a horde of ghosts surrounded our house, all intent on taking my life! To save me, Grandpa went and found me a female ghost to be my wife… 210Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 45 Immortality Begins with the Demonic Path 永生从魔道开始 In his previous life, Fang Yuan traversed countless realms, devoting his life to seeking immortality, only to die in the end with his cultivation destroyed. When he opens his eyes again, he is reborn into a demonic sect. Murder lurks at every turn within the sect, the orthodox path watches like a tiger poised to pounce, and undercurrents roil through the demonic path. He has no heaven-defying spiritual roots, no System bestowed from above, only the experience of a thousand years and a heart unto 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score331Shelves
- 47 The Pawnshop 典当 [Urban + supernatural + mystery] My name is Mo Linyuan. I run my family’s ancestral pawnshop. Other pawnshops deal in dirty money; mine trades in lives! Grandpa says our family has always had three storerooms: one for Heaven, one for Earth, and one for mortals! Rules: No strange item is ever refused; the redemption price is a hundredfold. Advertisement: Pawn ghosts, take immortals as collateral. We do not pawn past lives or future ones. Deceive Earth and Heaven, and you can redeem a life as old 251Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 48 A Teacher from Another World: Teaching in the Three Kingdoms 异界先师，我在三国当老师 Just as Lin Yuan thought he had transmigrated to the Seven Kingdoms, all sorts of figures from the Three Kingdoms appeared. Just as he thought this was only a Three Kingdoms story, Confucius showed up. Just as he thought that was as far as it could go, the Naruto battlefield opened. After he had conquered pirates, Soul Reapers, Warcraft, and even DC and Marvel, he never expected that... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Ghost Catcher of the Underworld 阴司鬼差 The ninety-nine ghost officials appointed by Qin Shi Huang have passed their positions down through the generations. Somehow, this generation’s post has come down to me. This isn’t myth or legend. It’s all real, and it’s happening right now... 646Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—Shelves
