Novels like The Knife Seller
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Knife Seller, best match first.
- 101 The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣续集 Tell me, who doesn't have a hero's dream? Did the story really end after the parting on Mount Hua? Did the Condor Heroes truly vanish from the martial world forever? What is love, the question asked of the world? Can lovers stay together for a lifetime? Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Guo Xiang, and the other women all love Yang Guo deeply. What will become of them? The Nine Yin Manual once brought calamity upon the martial world. Now that the Nine Yang Manual has appeared, what storms of bloodshed wil 10.1kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 102 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 973Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 103 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.3kReads8.8Score757Shelves
- 104 The Supreme Urban War God 都市至尊狂兵 [War God + Mystery Solving + Elite Soldier + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Pure Urban Fiction, No Cultivation] His name is Chen Feng. To the world, he is a madman. When the nation faces peril, he is its sharpest blade! The shocking Blood Sky Incident landed Chen Feng in the most terrifying prison in the world. Three years later, he broke out as the Grim Reaper and returned to his homeland, only to find that everything had changed and he had fallen from grace. The woman he loved most was now with his own 36.9kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves
- 105 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 14.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 106 Hehuan Sect: The Villain’s Protagonist’s Arrogant Mother Comes Knocking 合欢宗：反派，主角嚣张亲妈上门 [Multiple heroines + beauty pictures + System + decisive villain protagonist + transmigration (the rating just came out, so it'll rise)] What do you do when the Child of Destiny acts arrogantly and provokes you? Naturally, you go find his mom... and tell on him. The contrast between the fairies, saintesses, and empresses in public and in private! 234Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 107 God-Tier Beast Tamer: An S-Rank Superpower from the Start 超神御兽：开局奖励S级异能 [Beast Taming] [System] [Lighthearted] A hundred years ago, solar storms swept across Blue Star, triggering a global catastrophe. Gigantic beasts from the stars descended upon the world, awakening seventeen ancient Titan-class beasts that had slumbered for billions of years. They opened the Gate to the Stars and summoned endless soul beasts to invade Blue Star. As the world faced its final apocalypse, a Soul Ranking descended from the heavens. All of humanity awakened soul contracts, formed bloo 4.5kReads8.2Score338Shelves
- 108 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score388Shelves
- 109 Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院：404凶舍 A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again. 2kReads—Score181Shelves
- 110 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score978Shelves
- 111 I Have Three Stunning Masters 我有三个绝色师父 I have three stunning masters. My eldest master, Luo Wu, is a peerless god of slaughter, as beautiful as a nation. My second master, Su Qingcheng, is a living medicine immortal who can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. She has saved countless people. My third master, Qin Luyao, is unparalleled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and the arts of divination and strategy... 11.5kReads9.2Score547Shelves
- 112 Hall of the Prison God 狱神殿 Five years ago, his closest friend drugged him, causing him to hurt her! Five years later, he returns as a king, waiting only for her to nod so he can shower her with unimaginable riches. 3.5kReads8.8Score321Shelves
- 113 Paper Effigies: My Ghost Domain Is the Underworld 纸扎人：我的鬼域是阴曹地府 Jiang Han transmigrates to a parallel world under a terrifying invasion. From the start, he’s a sacrifice, a white paper effigy placed in front of a coffin! But as long as he feeds on fear, he can grow stronger without end! “Ding! You successfully scared a mischievous child to tears. Fear points +100.” “Ding! You successfully scared a monster to death. Fear points +500.” “Ding! You successfully plunged the Demon Capital into an age of fear. Fear points +10,000...” To survive and become an even m 680Reads8.6Score104Shelves
- 114 I Have a Book of Ghosts and Gods 我有一本鬼神册 My new work, Artifact Sequence, is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13kReads8.2Score861Shelves
- 115 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score330Shelves
- 116 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
- 117 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 885Reads8.6Score117Shelves
- 118 A Feng Shui Streamer: One Follow and the Whole Internet's Authorities Panic 风水主播，一个关注全网官方慌了 Zhang Chen transmigrates to a world of the uncanny and joins forces with a young companion to rebuild the Imperial Observatory! If the heavens will not punish a demon, the Imperial Observatory will! If the earth will not fill a chasm, the Imperial Observatory will! A deadly highway, with accidents happening one after another! Follow the highway authority's guidance, erect soul-calming stones, and recite the scripture for the deceased! A subway collapse has shut down the line! Follow the urban co 3.8kReads8.7Score260Shelves
- 119 I Hear Snakes Speak and Walk Between Yin and Yang 听蛇语，行阴阳 Supernatural + feng shui + ghost-hunting + Bureau 749 + magic arts + demon-hunting + raising Gu + no System. My father's fate was that of a White Tiger Devouring Its Child. Of my mother's twelve pregnancies, eleven ended in miscarriage when the babies were five or six months along. Only one child was born alive, but that child didn't live to see the age of three. To ensure the Bai family had an heir, my grandfather had no choice but to seek out the White Python Embracing an Egg, a site of three 14.6kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 120 Reborn as the Useless Crown Prince 重生之废物皇太子 Li Jian, a demobilized soldier, is unexpectedly reborn as a disgraced crown prince. He had hoped to stay out of the struggle for power and live a quiet life, keeping his true abilities hidden. But with the other princes constantly bearing down on him, he has no choice but to fight back. He beats the chief minister and kicks the General Who Guards the Nation into submission, bringing the entire court to heel. An enemy princess secretly sends him flirtatious glances, and he goes on to build his ca 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Came From the Underworld to Subdue Demons and Ghosts in the Mortal World 我自冥界来，于世间镇妖鬼 A live-action, high-definition animated series of the same name is now available on Hongguo and Tomato Novel. Search to watch. Witchcraft ☞ Taoist arts ☞ Feng Shui secrets ☞ Mountain spirits and ghosts ☞ Scary enough to make you scream ☞ Funny enough to make you laugh ☞ No harem Mei Wuji was possessed by the Netherworld Emperor. He died and came back to life, defying Heaven’s will. Mei Tianlang mastered Meishan witchcraft and Feng Shui geomancy, understood fate, and divined that his grandson Mei 27.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 122 After 100,000 Years in Seclusion, My Descendants Beg Me to Come Out 隐居十万年，后代请我出山 Two hundred thousand years ago, the Xuantian Emperor burst onto the scene and became invincible. A hundred thousand years later, he retired at the height of his power, leaving behind a legend of undefeated glory. No one knew that Chen Xuan had only gone into hiding because his System had malfunctioned, leaving him unable to break through any further. Afraid that his enemies would eventually surpass him and tarnish his legacy, he had chosen to lie low. But then, descendants of a small sect that h 2.8kReads6.8Score278Shelves
- 123 Legend of the Demon-Slaying War 平魔传 This is a work I wrote many years ago, now revised and presented to you! Its original title was The Demon-Slaying War. If you've read it before, feel free to keep reading! No System, no evolution, no being reborn. It's been restored to the fantasy world of old! 284Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score130Shelves
- 125 So, I'm Already Invincible Under Heaven 原来，我已经天下无敌 The short drama adaptation, Sorry, I'm a Cultivator, is now available. Search for it on Tomato Novel. Master: “I sent you down the mountain to temper your heart in the mortal world, but you made a fortune and acquired so many businesses, and you've attracted so many admirers. What will you do when you break through?” Disciple: “I can leave the businesses to my family and donate the money to society.” Master: “But what about all those women who love you?” Disciple: “Many women love me, but I o 137.1kReads8.9Score15kShelves
- 126 Seduction 风骚 [Rural life + miraculous doctor + face-slapping] Ye Xiaofan put his girlfriend through college, only for her to betray him and team up with her lover to throw him off a cliff... By a stroke of luck, Ye Xiaofan gained the inheritance of a miraculous doctor. From then on, he embarked on a path of revenge and a dramatic rise to success! 7.9kReads9.1Score777Shelves
- 127 My Clan Was Besieged from the Start, Then the Supreme Ancestor Arrived! 开局家族被围攻，至尊老祖降临！ Ten thousand years ago, Ye Qingtian was sealed away by eighteen Supreme Venerables acting together. He awakened a sign-in System, and after signing in for ten thousand years, Ye Qingtian broke free of his seal. He forged Supremes, strengthened his clan, ruled over the Nine Realms, and pointed his sword at the eighteen Supreme Venerables! 8.3kReads8.6Score523Shelves
- 128 Incense Ashes: I'm a Yin-Yang Medium 香灰：我是阴阳女先生 If someone asks to borrow money from you in a dream, promise me you won’t lend it. Because what you’re lending isn’t money, it’s your life. … Grandma called me a debt-collecting demon, and Mom called me a bringer of bad luck. All because, when I was born, a fire broke out at home for no apparent reason, and the villagers rushed over to help put it out. But no matter what they did, they couldn’t extinguish the flames. The fire only slowly died down after half the village had burned to the ground. 6.9kReads9.1Score825Shelves
- 129 The Divine Doctor Dragon Son-in-Law: After Being Kicked Out, I Shocked the World 神医龙婿：被赶出门后我震惊全球 Three years ago, I became the Lin family's live-in son-in-law. They called me useless, a good-for-nothing, and said I was worth less than a dog. My wife gave me cold looks, my mother-in-law mocked me, and the whole family trampled me underfoot. Then, on the day we divorced, my identity as a miracle doctor was exposed. With golden needles, I could save the world; my medical skills were peerless! Everyone who once looked down on me fell to their knees and begged for mercy! My wife, who had once ab —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Lingyuan: Ling Chen 灵渊之地凌辰 When heaven and earth first formed, chaos had yet to divide. Spirit and Abyss came into being together, giving rise to all things. Spirit was the source of life, while the Abyss was the foundation of all laws. Only through their balance did the Three Realms and Six Paths emerge, with countless races standing side by side. But the balance between Spirit and Abyss was lost, and order collapsed. In the primordial war, the gods fell and Spirit and Abyss shattered, becoming countless secret realms sc 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 I Fought a Female Ghost for Her Shadow at Midnight, and She Got Pissed 半夜和女鬼抢影子，她红温了 That day, I became a ghost. I looked down at a mirror and saw a thousand ghostly faces. Windows, tiles, glass doors, even phone screens: wherever there was a reflective surface, there was my shadow. In the dead of night, a line of bright red text flashed across the TV: I am the Immortal in the Mirror. I am everywhere. In his third year of college, Jiang Shi ran into a woman in red who turned out to be a ghost. From the start, she gnawed off his shadow. After designing a trap to kill the evil 83.4kReads8.8Score15.2kShelves
- 132 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 17.7kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
- 133 The All-Powerful, Invincible Medicine Saint 全能无敌医圣 [A finished classic you don't want to miss] Lu Fan, the village fool, had endured the contempt of his neighbors for years. Then, by a stroke of luck, he obtained the Dragon King Art and became an all-powerful miracle doctor. From then on, he made his fortune and enjoyed the good life. 1.6kReads9.3Score697Shelves
- 134 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.8kReads9.3Score2kShelves
- 135 Ye Fan, the Live-In Son-in-Law 上门女婿叶凡 Ye Fan, an ordinary dockworker, marries into the Tang family as a live-in son-in-law. Little does he know that his fiancée's family looks down on him, especially his fiancée, Tang Ruxue, who often insults and beats him. During the Qingming Festival, when he returns home to pay respects to his ancestors, his parents give him a jade pendant wrapped in a piece of rag and a book with blank pages. They tell him that a middle-aged Taoist left them when Ye Fan was born, instructing them to hand them ov 15.2kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
- 136 The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强 (The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp 2.8kReads8.8Score297Shelves
- 137 No Living People Allowed 活人勿近 [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 97.2kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
- 138 Reborn in 1980: I Lead My Whole Family to Prosperity 重生之1980年我带全家奔小康 Jiang Yuanchao died. After forty years of struggle, from being laid off in the 1980s to becoming an IT magnate in the internet age, he had witnessed the opportunities of every era and tasted the bitterness of missing his chance. On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2026, a sudden heart attack struck him at the New Year’s Eve dinner table in his own villa. In his hand was a red envelope he hadn’t had the chance to give his grandson. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1980, the year he turned twe 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Fourth Calamity! 第四天灾！ Three months before launch, Fu Yun, chief architect of Ninefold Rivers Online, was tossed into the game by his own AI. He had only climbed into a connection pod to test an extreme character template that would never be made available: the sealed constitution "Chaos Demon God" and the talent "All-Encompassing." But the AI betrayed him on the spot. The exit button went gray, and he was dumped, pod and all, onto a deserted island regularly flooded by demonic tides. No permissions. No gear. No respa 931Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 140 Reckless Rogue Down the Mountain: Miss, Please Behave Yourself 下山狂徒：姑娘，请自重 [Master’s wife + Urban setting + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Invincible] Chen Xuan, a young man from a tiny mountain village, arrives in the city and has the underworld of the world bowing before him, while powerful elites compete to flatter him. Just what makes him so compelling? 3.4kReads9.2Score800Shelves
- 141 I Refuse to Join the Rat Race of Cultivation. After Ten Thousand Years as a Slacker, I'm Invincible 拒绝内卷修仙，咸鱼万年我无敌了 [Immortality + Laid-Back Protagonist + No Romance + Invincible + AFK Power Growth] He transmigrates into a cultivation world obsessed with competition. Li Qi binds himself to the Laid-Back System and gains an immortality buff. As long as he stays alive, he gets a random attribute point every day. It's no big deal if he's not strong enough. He'll just lie low for a while. “So you're the Golden Core old monster, huh?” “Give me a hundred years. I'll crush you then!” “So you're an immortal?” 9.3kReads8.5Score667Shelves
- 142 The Dragon King Is Released from Prison 龙王出狱 [Original story for the short drama Dragon King Out of Prison: The Legend of Qitian] Qitian took the blame for his girlfriend and spent three years in prison. On the day he was released, she dumped him. Then the Dragon King within him awakened, shaking the world! 20.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
- 143 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.8kReads9.0Score367Shelves
- 144 Did I Ruin This Account by Training It? 我这号是练废了？ [Infinite flow + horror and the supernatural] Most stories are adapted from real events, told as a collection of ensemble, episodic tales. No formulaic plots, no invincible characters, no mindless stupidity. Bizarre situations? Soap-opera drama? They all reveal the distortions of the human heart and nature! Every night at midnight, you’ll enter a dream and explore the secrets of a strange otherworld. Featured chapters: The blurb can’t do them justice, so read the story! [Dream-Eating Syndrome - 91Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 145 A Rising Star in Politics: From Grassroots Civil Servant to the Top 官场新贵从基层公务员崛起 Yu Yiqing, a top student in the law and politics department of a prestigious university, suffers a romantic setback. He takes the civil service exam, places first, and is assigned by the organization to the township government in his hometown. On the day he reports for duty, a sudden downpour hits. Ignoring his own safety, he jumps into a reservoir on the verge of bursting its embankment and rescues someone who has fallen in. Exhausted, he slips into a culvert and is presumed dead. When the rese 34Reads6.6Score108Shelves
- 146 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score463Shelves
- 147 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 11.5kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
- 148 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score257Shelves
- 149 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 150 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 18.1kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
