Novels like The Yin-Yang Realm's Deputy Judge
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- 1 I Have a Judge's Brush 我有一支判官笔 A peerless genius falls in a single day. A hidden dragon swims beneath the waters; a tiger loses its place in the sun. Reborn in the underworld, he will reclaim his glory. He drinks deep of the River of the Yellow Springs, strides across the Bridge of Helplessness, grips the Judge's brush, and gazes toward the Gates of Hell. The path of the soul is long and winding. The journey through the mortal world is fraught with endless hardship. Slaying gods and vanquishing demons, what a thrill. When he 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Underworld Judge: The Judge’s Brush 地府判官之判官笔 Underworld Judge: The Judge’s Brush In the mysterious world of the underworld, the balance between life and death is maintained by the order of yin and yang. But an unexpected upheaval plunges the underworld into an unprecedented crisis. Evil ghosts run rampant, vengeful spirits wreak havoc, and the boundary between the two realms begins to blur, throwing the world into chaos. Amid this turmoil, a young underworld judge shoulders the responsibility of saving all living beings. Clutched in his ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Judge of Yin and Yang 阴阳判官 The living answer for their crimes before the living. The dead answer for theirs before me! Once you die, you become a ghost. The causes and consequences of your past life are settled. Don’t pine for the people you left behind. If fate allows, you’ll meet again in your next life. 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 He’s the Underworld Judge. Why Would You Mess With Him? 他阴间判官，你惹他干嘛？ [No female lead + two male leads with a brotherly bond + demon and ghost hunting + light supernatural elements + original plot] P.S. This isn't a power fantasy, and the characters don't act brainlessly. I'm a judge of the underworld, yet my immediate superior, King Chujiang, has banished me to the mortal realm. [Me: Boss, I didn't do anything wrong, did I? Even if someone has to go through a trial in the human world, it shouldn't be me, right? I'm a judge!] [King Chujiang: Are you trying to thro 171Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Judgment in Hell 地狱审判 (The third story is a little intense and dark.) The ghosts in Hell come in all kinds: a loving mother who desperately misses her daughter, a cruel girl who suffered school bullying, and a vengeful spirit burned alive. Yunque is a living being born of Hell. Some of the ghosts call her a judge, while others call her a god or a demon. Whatever they call her, they all know that Yunque can satisfy the desires in their hearts. “What is your desire?” “To hold your soul and live as one.” I can sme 1Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 6 Judge of Yin and Yang 阴阳判官 My grandmother killed my parents for no apparent reason. It was years before I finally uncovered the truth. The mastermind hiding behind it all: even if you are the highest-ranking judge in the underworld, I will use my abilities to pass judgment on you! 25Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 7 Urban Judge of the Living: From the Start, I Have the Book of Life and Death! 都市：人间判官，开局一本生死簿！ After his younger sister was kidnapped, Lin Xuan unexpectedly activated his ancestral jade token and traveled to the underworld, where he obtained a miniature Book of Life and Death. From then on, Lin Xuan became a judge of the mortal realm, wielding the Book of Life and Death to pass judgment on matters between yin and yang and rid the world of its troubles... 210Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Ferryman: I Am the Judge of the Living World 摆渡人：我是人间判官 My name is Su Yang, and I’m a handsome crematorium worker. A misleading message from my ex-girlfriend led me to try to end my life, but the attempt failed, and I unexpectedly acquired the Judge System. From then on, I roamed among countless ghosts with the Judge’s Brush in hand. That day, by a twist of fate, I discovered that the campus belle was dead. To get my help, she actually… 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Am China’s Judge of the Dead, Passing Judgment on Evil Live 我乃华夏判官，直播审判罪恶 [From the Start]+ [Transmigration]+ [Urban]+ [Superpowers]+ [Urban Cultivation]+ [Western Gods]+ [Aliens] Xiao Fan got his hands on a Book of Life and Death, and from then on became the guardian of justice and fairness in the world. [Those guilty of heinous crimes shall die] [Those who are disloyal and unfilial shall die] [Those who bully the weak shall die] [Monsters and demons who wreak havoc shall die] Whether human, god, ghost, demon, or monster, all will face my judgment. The more I judge, 137Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 10 Fighting Evil with Evil: No Criminal Gets Away 以恶制恶：罪犯一个别想逃 [System]+ [powerful heroine with no pairing]+ [criminal justice]+ [fighting evil with evil]+ [criminal investigation]+ [punishing scumbags] Behind the bustle of a thriving city lie many dark corners unknown to the public. Terror, violence, and bloodshed abound in these places, leaving victims in utter misery! After drowning, Lu Pan accidentally binds herself to a Criminal Judgment System. For every victim in life-threatening danger she saves, Lu Pan gains three months of life. Lu Pan must help v 217Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 11 From the Start, Trapped in a Vegetative State? I'll Judge the World's Evil 开局植物人？我要审判世间罪恶 [Alternate universe, System, no romance] Ji Ran's moment of weakness led to misfortune, but she unexpectedly acquired the “Righteous Path of the World” System. From then on, she uses the System to root out evil, deliver justice for its victims, and restore peace and order to the world. Every livestream gives criminals a “brand-new” experience, while reminding the public: never do evil. 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Judge Is Here, Make Way 判官来咯，请让路 Feng Jing, a newly hired intern specializing in traditional Chinese medicine, returns home after visiting his parents’ graves, only to have two figures claiming to be the Judge’s Brush and the Book of Life and Death latch onto him. After his resistance proves futile, he switches fields and becomes a novice judge of the underworld. Feng Jing: “Can I refuse?” Kuixing: “What do you think?” Yinyue: shakes her head. Feng Jing: sniffles. He happens to meet Lu Yuting, a powerful heir from a wealthy fam 718Reads9.0Score130Shelves
- 13 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
- 14 With No Judge of the Dead in This World, I Become Yama 世间无判官，我身化阎罗 Half a Book of Life and Death; A Pen of Reincarnation. When they appeared, the world was rife with crime, online abuse, bullying and slander, right and wrong turned upside down, the powerful beyond the reach of the law, resentment filling the skies, and ghosts and monsters multiplying... "I shall set right what Heaven cannot, and judge what black and white cannot." As Mu Yi holds the Book of Life and Death and murmurs in his heart, divine thunder fills the sky, and the entire planet Yan Hua trem 1.2kReads8.4Score100Shelves
- 15 Endless Killing Intent: The Grim Reaper's Judgment in a Horror Loop 无尽杀机：死神审判惊悚轮回 [Horror + thrills + wish fulfillment + no female lead] Qin Ye transmigrates to a parallel world teeming with criminals and obtains a miraculous Death God Judgment System. It can pull evildoers into illusory worlds of horror, where they must endure terrifying cycles of judgment! The Death God delivers judgment as a warning to all: make them suffer by their own methods! Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. If retribution has not come, its time has simply not yet arrived! Over time, Qin 1.8kReads9.1Score183Shelves
- 16 Endless Killing Intent: At Midnight, the God of Death Passes Judgment 无尽杀机：午夜12点，死神断罪 [Do-gooders, stay away] [Does not join any organization] [No female lead] [Ruler of the myriad worlds] A mysterious Reaper's Judgment System can drag evil people into illusory worlds and make them face terrifying trials and judgment! “At midnight, the Reaper judges. Justice and fairness prevail. Life and death are left to fate!” [Within China's borders, evil will find no quarter] Whoever you are, don't commit evil, or you'll be the next to face judgment! Illusory worlds: Buried, Wrong Turn, Saw. 1.1kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 17 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Leave a Gold-Digger Red-Faced 直播算命：开局把拜金女的脸打肿 [PS: No female lead, punishing evil and promoting good, no monster-fighting or leveling up, 95%+ five-star reviews] A good person can do ninety-nine good deeds and one bad deed, and still be called a hypocrite. A bad person can do ninety-nine bad deeds and one good deed, and people will say, “They're not so bad after all.” This world is simply too unfair to good people. Why should they always be the ones who have to suffer? It's downright awful. Then Shen Chen came into possession of a myste 4.3kReads8.5Score304Shelves
- 18 The Game Becomes Reality, and I Build the Underworld in the Real World? 游戏成真，我在现实建造了地府？ At ten past midnight, the Canghai City Criminal Investigation Bureau's emergency dispatch center received a strange phone call. "Hello! I want to report a crime... No... I want to turn myself in!" "I've killed someone. The body is mixed in with the concrete, in Central Park." "Please, come arrest me quickly! A vengeful ghost is after me. If you wait any longer, it'll be too late..." "Beep... beep... beep..." Though everyone was baffled, they still assembled a team and headed to the address given 2kReads7.5Score222Shelves
- 19 When the Supernatural Arrives, I Summon Black and White Impermanence from the Start 诡异降临我开局召唤黑白无常 [Supernatural Revival + Decisive Killing + Summoning + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Invincibility + No Female Lead] Ye Yu transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has revived and ghosts roam everywhere. He thinks he is as good as dead, but then he binds to the Underworld Summoning System and becomes the Underworld's supreme ruler, the Yin Emperor. He summons Black and White Impermanence to slaughter their way through a mass grave. He summons the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pacify the 19.1kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
- 20 Great! It's the Judge of the Dead. We're Saved! 太好了，是判官，我们有救了！ [Supernatural Crime Investigation + High-Stakes Twists + The Nation Works for Me] Sold by her parents for 500,000 yuan to an abusive husband, Chi You leapt off a cliff. But her blood awakened an ancient Judge’s Brush buried underground for a thousand years: “Judge the wicked, and borrow years from Heaven!” From then on, a spine-chilling livestream took the internet by storm: A tycoon calls in for a fortune reading, then suddenly confesses to three murders. A human trafficker livestreams as the 10.9kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 21 I'm Paralyzed, So How Could I Be the Butcher of the Night? 我都瘫痪了，怎么会是黑夜屠夫？ Gu Yang had a successful career and a happy family, but a car accident suddenly left him in a vegetative state. His mind, however, remained perfectly clear. In the endless darkness, he finally learned the secret behind the accident. On a night filled with anger and despair, he fused with his own shadow and became a butcher of the night! And after killing someone, he could even steal their lifespan, heal his body, and spend points on skills! A top detective, a medium, occult practitioners, and ma 36.8kReads7.6Score3.2kShelves
- 22 Me, a Yin-Yang Judge? My Verdicts Start at the Death Penalty 我，阴阳判官？本官断案死刑起步 22.5kReads8.4Score2.5kShelves
- 23 Prince Daddy, Mother Has Another Cheat Up Her Sleeve 王爷爹爹，娘亲又开挂了 After transmigrating, A Bu gets an incredible golden finger: the Book of Life and Death! She heals the sick, saves lives, tells fortunes, and leaves everyone in awe! Her adorable son dies tragically? No problem. She makes a stroke with her vermilion brush, and he comes back to life! Her son's father is at the end of his life? No fear. She takes years from evil people and defies heaven to change his fate! Someone is lurking in the shadows, plotting against her? The Book of Life and Death knows ev 3.7kReads9.1Score472Shelves
- 24 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 10.7kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 25 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 26 Who Let Him Become a Ghost Constable? 谁让他当鬼差的？ After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 78.2kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
- 27 I'm a Frail, True Heiress, So What's Wrong With Knowing a Little Mysticism? 我病弱真千金，会亿点玄学怎么了 [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 211.2kReads9.5Score37.1kShelves
- 28 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 23.1kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
- 29 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
- 30 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 31 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
- 32 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
- 33 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
