Novels like The Knife Seller
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Knife Seller, best match first.
- 151 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 152 I, a Heavenly Court Soldier, Have My Thoughts Overheard by the Jade Emperor 我，天庭小兵，被玉帝偷听心声 Ye Changqing transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and becomes a low-ranking soldier in Heaven. He awakens an utterly ordinary System. As long as he maintains his ordinary persona, he can break through the constraints of the Heavenly Dao and attain the Great Dao Sagehood, never again having to worry about the Heavenly Dao harvesting him like a leek. Who could have known that the Journey to the West calamity would begin that very day, and the Jade Emperor and the immortals would sta 1.7kReads8.5Score163Shelves
- 153 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score453Shelves
- 154 The Essence of Heaven and Earth 地天髓 One man is eighty years old, another is four hundred. In my youth, I climbed the mountains until my shoes wore through. Why, then, do clouds rise from the peaks tonight? I see a rainbow in the sky, then return to the world after hundreds of years. In an instant, a vast red cloud sweeps across the heavens. “Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Primordial Wilderness + Tomb Raiding + Ancient Masks + Comedy + Horror...” I was different from the moment I was born. Others have three flowers gath 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The Snake Marriage 蛇婚 Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve kept having the same dream. Opera songs drift through it, singing, “Snakes bear the palanquin, ghosts escort the bride!” I was born with an ominous fate and a strange destiny, and I have a pair of yin-yang eyes that let me see ghosts from childhood. They say that on the night I was born, snakes swarmed everywhere, pouring into the house from the front and back. Only after I came into the world did they turn toward me, bow their heads three times, and leave. The 7.3kReads9.2Score950Shelves
- 156 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 157 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
- 158 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 209Reads—Score101Shelves
- 159 The Number One Live-In Son-in-Law 第一赘婿 My parents disappeared. To gain the ability to find them, I had no choice but to remain mute for ten years. But at just that moment, I was picked to become a live-in son-in-law. My wife may be breathtakingly beautiful, but she has never once treated me kindly. She calls me a useless loser! And today, my ten-year restriction is over! I’m going to turn everything around... 6.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 160 Five Years in Prison, Still a Big Shot Upon My Return 入狱五年，归来仍是大佬 Five years ago, Ye Feng was framed by his family and sent to prison. His mother was killed as a result, and everyone branded him a criminal. Now he returns in triumph, carrying the glory of a God of War. He repays kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance. His return will make the entire world tremble. The enemies who framed him and the murderers who killed his mother will pay in blood. Back in the familiar city, his neighbors look down on him as a good-for-nothing, and his family’s 345.4kReads9.1Score39.3kShelves
- 161 The Saintly Doctor of Flower City 花都医圣 [A must-read medical genius novel, with a strong moral compass, tearjerking moments, and a celebration of China.] He enters the city for the first time, armed with extraordinary skills. He can heal the sick and refine medicine... “There’s no illness I, Lin Feiyu, can’t cure. The only question is whether I want to treat the person.” “There’s nothing in this world I can’t do!”, Lin Feiyu This plain synopsis can’t do the story justice. The novel itself is even better. 66.5kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
- 162 The Empty Grave 空坟 Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave! 1.1kReads9.0Score107Shelves
- 163 I Am Daoist Lin Jiu. I Invite You All to Your Deaths 贫道林九请诸位赴死 [System] [the Myriad Worlds] [Daoist Arts] [Uncle Nine] The red string and glutinous rice remain to this day, but the Daoist Lin of old is no more. Uncle Nine of the Myriad Worlds introduced countless transmigrators to the world, yet they always treated him as a stepping stone. Few remembered his kindness or helped him rise to greatness. When the "Supreme Dao Ancestor System" descends upon Uncle Nine, what sparks will fly between an unreliable System and an upright, slightly cunning Uncle Nine? 10.9kReads7.3Score1.1kShelves
- 164 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score492Shelves
- 165 Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多 Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 13kReads8.7Score978Shelves
- 166 After the Goddess Died Tragically, I Drew My Sword and Slayed Ghosts! 女神惨死后，我拔剑斩鬼！ That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey! 40.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 167 The Loop 循环 From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 168 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
- 169 Don't Move! I've Got Connections in the Underworld 别动！姐地府有人 The continuation of Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma: filling in the gaps from before, meeting the people who came afterward, and briefly recording the everyday happenings that followed. It also teaches a few simple things that you can put into practice. 745Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 170 We've Got People Down Below 咱下面有人 The big shots of the Underworld? They're my ancestors! As the Underworld's number-one playboy, I stay calm. My family has always been serious about protecting its own! The Underworld's ghost dragons? They're my tattoos! Those guys are a little too wild. If possible, send a few more my way! The Underworld's bailiffs? They're my underlings! They can drive for me and deliver packages, too! Evil spirits causing trouble? I'll kill every last one of them. Well, as the Underworld's Ghost Courier Ju 9.1kReads9.0Score698Shelves
- 171 The Corpse-Driving Inn: Taking the Iron Triangle on a Corpse-Driving Run 赶尸客栈，带着铁三角去赶尸 Qin Feng transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, intending to explore tombs, but accidentally activates the Corpse-Driving Inn System. Just as the ten-year agreement comes to an end, the Iron Triangle reunites. Qin Feng decides to take the Iron Triangle corpse-driving! Fatty: "Hey, Third Master? Got a tomb job? Forget that, why raid tombs when driving corpses is so much better?" Wu Xie: "Making paper effigies is an art, especially when you're making women!" Xiao Ge: "I don't know those guys. I 1.8kReads8.5Score232Shelves
- 172 The Supreme Old Lord Whispered to Me: Trust Neither Gods nor Buddhas 太上老君低声对我说：勿信神佛 “Do not trust what you see.” The Old Lord’s first warning landed like a nail, every word driven home. “Do not trust what you hear.” The second carried a note of warning. “Do not trust what the gods and Buddhas say.” The third overturned everything the Three Realms believed. Zhou Shi trembled all over. “The Heavenly Venerable means that the Heavenly Court…” “Just remember this,” the Old Lord interrupted. The bewilderment in his eyes gave way to a trace of resolve. “When the truth is revealed, the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Blood-Tinged Rose 血语玫瑰 Every girl hopes her boyfriend will be young, handsome, rich, and well educated. The Devil ticks all those boxes, yet no one wants to date him. Mu Hanjun was being hounded by a demon from the human world. Her tormentor, Ming Yu, was as handsome and wealthy as the Devil. Ten years ago, he killed four people, then escaped punishment by claiming he had been mentally ill when he committed the crimes. Mu Hanjun accidentally fell into his clutches, and he forced her to date him. Sharing a bed with th 1.9kReads9.1Score313Shelves
- 174 Reborn: The Foolish Young Man Becomes a Peerless Medical and Martial God 重生之傻子极品医武神婿 Protagonist: Qin Fei Setup: After being reborn, he becomes a “fool” in everyone else’s eyes and finds himself in a difficult situation. Background: Apparently a live-in son-in-law, known as the “Divine Son-in-Law.” Golden finger: Combining medicine and martial arts, he seems to possess both medical and martial skills. Style: A classic play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger, comeback, and face-slapping power fantasy. Typical plot developments: Stories of this kind usually follow this pattern: At first, he 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 I've Been Gone for Three Years, and My Campus Belle Girlfriend Tells Everyone I'm Dead 消失三年，校花女友到处说我死了 [Peerless national hero + ultra-sweet romance + everyday campus life] Chu Yang is a peerless national hero who has been living under an assumed name. He disappeared for three years to lead the design and development of China’s 1nm lithography technology. Three years later, Chu Yang completed his mission and returned to the city. Hoping to make up for the regrets of his high school years, he enrolled at Kyoto University to experience student life, becoming a freshman there. But during orientation 19.1kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
- 176 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 177 The Nation-Guarding Divine Son-in-Law 镇国神婿 The original novel behind the short drama The Godly Son-in-Law Who Defends the Nation. Chu Chen, young master of China’s foremost family and heir to the world’s greatest school of esoteric arts, accidentally seals away two of his souls and five of his spiritual essences on his way down the mountain after completing his studies. He spends the next five years as a foolish live-in son-in-law. 20.3kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 178 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves
- 179 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Offered Cao Cao a Plan and Founded the Tomb-Raiding Corps 三国：开局献计曹操，成立摸金校尉 After transmigrating to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Yang Ling originally planned to assist Liu Bei and accomplish great things. But their views clashed, and after they argued, Zhang Fei gave him a sound thrashing. In a fit of anger, Yang Ling chose to join Cao Cao, who had only just started building his power. From now on, I, Yang Ling, have only three things to do: eat, sleep, and beat Liu Bei! Liu Bei: If only I had known Yang Ling was such a genius, I wouldn't have let him go so easil 6.1kReads8.9Score803Shelves
- 180 I Went on a Blind Date, and My Identity as a Yellow River Corpse Retriever Was Exposed 去相亲，黄河捞尸人身份曝光了 Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.1kReads7.8Score269Shelves
- 181 Keeping a Diary in a Wuxia Crossover, Heroines, Spare Me 人在综武写日记，女侠请饶命 After an accident, Lin Fan transmigrates into a world of martial arts heroes. He has loved reading wuxia novels about chivalry and revenge since childhood, but actually transmigrating there is no fun at all: he could lose his life at any moment. Fortunately, the System never lets him down. He binds himself to a diary System, and writing in his diary makes him stronger. His arrival also makes the jianghu far more exciting. 36kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 182 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score483Shelves
- 183 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 71Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 184 The God of War's Daddy 战神奶爸 [A complete, top-quality novel, pure thrills from start to finish] The moment he walks out of prison, the entire world will tremble! He carries a blood feud, and he will unleash a storm of blood and vengeance! To everyone who deceived me, betrayed me, and hurt me: are you afraid yet? Don't be... I'm not going to let any of you get away with it!!! 86.6kReads9.2Score10.1kShelves
- 185 Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了 Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill 480Reads7.3Score100Shelves
- 186 The Secret Treasures of Mountains and Seas 山海秘藏 I have stood atop mountains and descended into the vast seas. I have ventured into every mysterious corner of China! Could a distant ancient kingdom in the Western Regions really be home to a stunning queen who lives forever? Could the vast mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang really conceal the greatest sword under heaven? Did hundreds of people really witness a legendary dragon on a misty island in the North Sea? In a dark old coffin in western Hunan, the King of the Undead stirs restlessly. I venture i 3.2kReads8.9Score459Shelves
- 187 The Celestial Master's Dragon-Seeking Secret 天师寻龙诀 Before she died, Grandma gave me three instructions. The most important one was that, on the night I turned eighteen, I must not open the door for anyone. But that night, my dead grandmother came back... 4.7kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
- 188 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7kReads9.0Score648Shelves
- 189 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 5.7kReads8.8Score600Shelves
- 190 Hunters of the Forbidden Zone 禁区猎人 All things have a spirit. In this world, there are always people and things we have never encountered. Six years ago, a mysterious legend about a giant python undergoing tribulation drew the world's finest hunters to the Kunlun Mountains. In the end, the python died, and Lin Shuo was the only hunter to survive. Afterward, he withdrew from the world and went into hiding in the mountains. Six years later, a huge scale appeared before Lin Shuo. The giant python that had failed its tribulation had s 4.9kReads8.7Score514Shelves
- 191 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain 天师下山 Back in my day, I had mastered my own school of celestial arts. One punch made the high-ranking martial artists at the nursing home north of the village tremble. One kick sent the young prodigies at the kindergarten south of the village bawling. And when I stood at the mass grave east of the village, not one of those hundreds of Ghost Kings or Ghost Emperors dared even breathe. 13.7kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 192 You Forced Me to Split from the Family. What Do You Have to Regret Now That I've Become a Saint? 逼我分家，我成圣你们后悔什么？ [Traditional fantasy + no System + decisive and ruthless + thrilling, high-energy story + over a million avid readers] Jiang Chen was the Jiang family's peerless genius. He was supposed to awaken an ancient and incredibly rare Divine Dragon Martial Soul, but everyone mistook it for a useless martial soul, a dirt lizard. As a result, he was looked down on by all and treated as lowly as dust. Yet Jiang Chen remained devoted to martial arts. No setback could break him. He rose from humble beginning 33.2kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves
- 193 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 194 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 25.6kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
- 195 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score126Shelves
- 196 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5kReads9.0Score336Shelves
- 197 System Sign-In: Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Become a Princess's Husband 系统签到，穿越古代当驸马 Li Zhenbang, an instructor at a police academy, accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Through a series of mishaps, he becomes the princess's consort. He had planned to spend his days cockfighting, bird-walking, flirting with fairies, beating up spoiled brats, and kicking the arrogant prodigies around. Who could have guessed he'd awaken a sign-in System? As he looks at his stunning princess wife, he sees the disdain in her eyes. “My husband is a peerless gentleman, both a scholar and a war 13.8kReads8.7Score887Shelves
- 198 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Rule Horror: I Slaughter My Way Through with Hidden Rules 规则怪谈：我靠隐藏规则杀疯了 How do you escape by the skin of your teeth from a campus horror game where the rules are enforced with lethal force? My name is Chen Yi, and I’m a sophomore in the computer science department at C University. During a lab class on Tuesday morning, the computer suddenly went black. Then a strange voice rang out: Welcome to the eerie game world. All students must follow these rules: Rule One: During class, you may not speak unless answering a question. Rule Two: Do not try to leave the school. Al 454Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 200 The All-Round Martial Saint 全能武圣 “We can cry, we can laugh, we can feel pain, and we can die, but we will never bow our heads!” As the words rang out, billions of mortals shouted in unison, their voices shattering the clouds: “What happens in the mortal world is for mortals to decide!” “What happens in the mortal world is for mortals to decide!” “What happens in the mortal world is for mortals to decide!” Their voices gathered into a colossal blade that pierced heaven and earth. It was no weapon, but an act of will. Where that 3Reads—Score—Shelves
