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- 1 The Xiangxi Corpse Driver: A Record of Strange Cases in Xiangxi 湘西赶尸人之湘西诡案录 Deep in the mountains of western Hunan, on nights when the corpse-driving bells ring, the living must hold their breath, and the dead open their eyes. Lin Xiaoqi, the last corpse-driving practitioner in western Hunan, has been able to see the ghostly lights along the Yellow Springs Road since childhood. She burned paper money and scattered cinnabar, thinking she would spend the rest of her life running a funeral shop. Then a string of “grinning murder cases” struck the county town: a taxi driver —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳扎纸匠 My grandfather had been a paper effigy maker his whole life. His sudden death turned my whole worldview upside down. After he passed away, four paper figures suddenly appeared in the main hall... 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Yin-Yang Paper Effigies 阴阳扎纸人 Searching for immortal arts?! On Mount Kunlun, Jiang Taigong obtained thirty-six minor immortal arts, which helped the Zhou overthrow the Shang and establish a dynasty that lasted eight hundred years. Later, those thirty-six minor immortal arts were lost among the people, giving rise to countless famed scholars and generals. Among them, the Nine Heavens Hidden Dragon Art was the most revered. At his father's behest, Zhu Yiba set out to find the Nine Heavens Hidden Dragon Art, only to become enta 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Corpse Retriever: A Fake Blind Date, and the Campus Belle Wants a Baby Right Away 捞尸人：假相亲，校花要立马造娃 [Body Retrieval + School Beauty Pursues Him and Moves In + No System + Ghost Hunting] Qin Feng reluctantly inherits the family trade and becomes a senior corpse retriever at the Ninth Bend of the Great River. Senior corpse retrievers never go hungry and have no trouble finding a wife, but the dangers they face go far beyond retrieving bodies! So he decides to deal with the Great River's Ten Great Threats before marrying and having children, lest one careless mistake leave his wife a widow and hi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Chronicles of the Yin Trade: I'm an Embalmer at a Funeral Home 阴行录：我在殡仪馆当入殓师 Shen Xun is an embalmer with Yin-Yang Eyes. By day, he performs autopsies; by night, he guides the dead to rest. Only when he has “fixed” a corpse can its aggrieved spirit finally close its eyes. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Strange Tales of Corpse Driving in Western Hunan 湘西赶尸奇闻 On a rainy night deep in the mountains, a master and his apprentice travel with a corpse. When they reach the Miao frontier, the body suddenly comes back to life and flees. They track it to Yinshen Village, only to learn that everything was part of a deadly revenge plot laid by a Miao priest. To protect his apprentice and escape with the corpse, the master destroys his own cultivation and dies in the wilderness. All he leaves behind is Li Caibei, a novice now alone, carrying a dead body on his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Livestream: The Paper Figure I Made Moved 直播：我扎的纸人动了 Yang Zhe transmigrates into a dilapidated courtyard and obtains the Demon-Slaying System. He figures that rather than risk his life completing the System’s missions, he might as well use its abilities to make money. And so, a haunted house with real ghosts and monsters opens its doors... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Heaven-Chosen Corpse Retriever 天命捞尸人 A fate bestowed by Heaven: blessed above with three yin qualities, yet cursed below to seek out the Five Flaws. In the world of occult arts and feng shui, there is a peculiar profession: corpse retriever. Corpse retrievers live in places with abundant water. Whenever floods recede, they pull bodies from the water. Water is intensely yin, and those who spend their lives at this work are scarcely different from the dead. My grandfather was a corpse retriever... But his identity seemed far more com 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Last Corpse Retriever 最后一个捞尸人 My name is Wang Baichuan. My father was gravely ill, so I started retrieving corpses with my maternal cousin... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I’m a Paper Effigy Maker 僵尸世界：开局一个扎纸匠 On a deserted street in Changping City stood a shop that made paper offerings. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The night should have been peaceful and quiet, but now the air was thick with the stench of corpses. Every shop on the street was closed, and the nearby residents had gone to bed early. Only that paper-offering shop still had a faint light shining inside. The wreaths at the entrance looked especially unnerving. Inside, row upon row of paper figures and burial clothes were 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Corpse Burner 烧尸人 Liu Gen is a designer who complains about life every day. By chance, he gets a job as a cremator, only to discover that the work involves more than simply burning the dead. They aren't demons who burn corpses, but Buddhas who deliver souls. Behind each seemingly eerie incident lies a heartwarming story. Most ghosts are good. People, on the other hand, aren't necessarily good. Want to know what goes on behind the scenes at a crematorium? Come on in and read on. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Yin Eight Sects: I Subdue Ghosts and Gods in the Mortal World 阴八门：我在阳间镇鬼神 Li Piezizi, a scrap collector, raised me for ten years. To repay his kindness and save his life, I was ready to risk my own. But an unexpected incident pulled me into a bizarre and chilling supernatural affair. That was when I discovered that beyond the three hundred and sixty-five recognized trades, there are the Yin Eight Guilds, whose members specialize in dealing with the dead. My name is Li Wujin, and I had no choice but to step into this mire. I never imagined one uncanny event would fo 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 I was born unlucky. My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and even my grandfather, who had been closest to me when I was little, wanted nothing to do with me. Then one day, I accidentally drank some “mineral water” my cousin had made for an experiment, and my life changed completely. I thought my life was about to end, but my grandfather, who had spent his whole life making funeral wreaths and paper effigies, suddenly came looking for me. He took me to a place only the dead cou 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Eerie Craftsman 诡匠 My grandfather and great-grandfather both died at the hands of stone carvings, so a saying took hold in our village: stone carving is a forbidden trade, and anyone who practices it is doomed to an untimely end. When I was sixteen, Wang Mazi from the village bought himself a wife, and my father died as a result. To find out what caused his death, I ignored the consequences and picked up the family carving knife... 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Paper Effigy Maker: My Paper Dolls Are Powerhouses 扎纸匠：我的纸人是大佬 “My name is Hong Chen. I’m a paper effigy maker. I never believed in anything supernatural, but last year, a young man from the countryside named Zhang Dan ordered a white paper effigy from me. I never imagined that it would be the beginning of a nightmare…” 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Taboos of Paper Effigies 扎纸禁忌 My grandfather's family were paper effigy makers. When someone died, people would have them make paper houses, cars, oxen, horses, sedan chairs, and all sorts of things. In short, it was a trade tied to funerals. But one summer when I was a child, something strange happened at my grandfather's house. I saw things I shouldn't have seen, and, worse still, I saw the eerie girl who would haunt me for the rest of my life. After that, I didn't dare go back to my grandfather's house. But I never imagin 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Yin-Yang Corpse Stitcher 阴阳缝尸匠 A corpse-stitcher, also known among the people as a “second-skin tailor.” Legend has it that they can not only carve wood to replace bones, but also stitch corpses back to life. Zhang Peng was born into a family of second-skin tailors. He thought he could live an ordinary life despite his unusual circumstances, but then, one day, he met two people who claimed to be members of an immortal race… 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Sewing Up Corpses: Step Away from That Body and Let Me Handle It 缝尸：放开那具尸体，让我来 A great fire claimed both my parents. My grandfather traded his life for mine, entrusting me to Old Chen. Over the next ten years, I grew up and learned the craft of stitching skin and piecing bones together. A blood baby's spirit, a copper-bell cat, a human-skin drum, a live sacrifice... An accident drew me into a vast conspiracy. Skin is hard enough to stitch, but a soul is harder. Bones can be pieced together, but not a heart. In the end, all the gods, ghosts, resentful spirits, and the like 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Corpse Stitcher: I Have a Book of Life and Death 缝尸人：我有一本生死册 Think I'm just a corpse seamstress? No, corpse sewing is only one of my identities. I'm also a fortune-teller, a Sword God, a corpse driver, and a paper effigy maker... And I've spent decades providing comprehensive funeral services. When I come out at night, nothing is forbidden, and all evil spirits flee... [Corpse sewing + Sword God + protection + corpse driving...] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸人 My grandfather was a renowned paper effigy maker, a trade associated with the yin world. I never imagined there could be so many mysterious and unfathomable secrets hidden in it... 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Mystic Paper Effigy Maker 奇门扎纸匠 Before I was even born, my grandfather had already begun quietly changing my fate, arranging an engagement to someone I had never met. He spared no effort to defy fate and pass down the paper effigy-making craft of the Four Yin Sect, hoping to avoid every calamity brought by the Five Bane and Three Deficiencies. When I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. Something extraordinary was happening, and it seemed all the disasters were only just beginning. It looked as though everything had be 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Retriever, and Zhou Jie Exposed Me 毕业后当捞尸人，被周姐曝光了 With graduation just around the corner, Lin Yu's girlfriend breaks up with him over the harsh realities of life. Just then, Lin Yu activates the Corpse Retriever System and prepares to start recovering bodies. Some expert: No boat can sail on the River of the Dead. Some authority: No one can identify the corpses in the River of the Dead. Some veteran corpse retriever: Anyone who retrieves corpses from the River of the Dead dies within a year. Yet Lin Yu rows his little boat along the River o 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Grandpa’s Bones Aren’t Even Cold, and Eight Women Have Come to Break Off Their Engagements 爷爷尸骨未寒，八女上门退婚 My name is Qin Shou. My grandfather was Qin the Half-Immortal, renowned across three regions, and spent his life doing good deeds. Before his body had even turned cold and while the incense in the mourning hall still burned, eight luxury cars arrived one after another. Eight stunning fiancées came to the door together, tore up their engagement contracts in front of everyone, and humiliated me without restraint. “You’re not good enough for us!” Every taunt cut to the bone. I inherited my grandfat 3.7kReads6.4Score20114d adds
- 25 Paper Effigies Carry the Coffin as a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 纸人抬棺，百鬼夜行 Jiang Bai was a young man who barely made ends meet with his paper-crafting skills. In this age of concrete and steel, no one believed in these old crafts anymore. Then, on the Ghost Festival, the gates of an underground palace opened and Yin energy flooded the world. The city was dragged into a revel of a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Modern weapons were useless against the ghosts, practitioners were forced back at every turn, and the human world was on the verge of falling. At the brink of 114Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 26 The Yellow Immortal Worships the Moon: A Dreamt-Up Suicide Note 黄仙拜月：托梦遗书 [Traditional Supernatural Tales, Told by a Practitioner of the Netherworld Arts] A strange book left behind by my grandfather before he died. It records hundreds of uncanny spells: The Nether Soul Spirit-Communication Art, the Scissors Ghost-Sending Method, the Treasure Mirror Circle of Light Technique, the Broom Evil-Breaking Method… These spells may seem rather “homely.” But they brought me all kinds of terrifying experiences: An eerie spirit in a rented apartment, a lost child by the roadside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Grave-Nailing Craftsman 钉坟匠 A centenarian’s body must not be buried carelessly. My master hanged himself at his own front door because he mishandled one such burial. To let him rest in peace, I performed an Earth Immortal burial again, only to discover that my dead master was watching me... 235Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 28 The Corpse Retriever: I Started Out by Recovering My Blind Date's Body 捞尸人，从打捞相亲对象出师 A woman in red floated in the middle of the river. She turned out to be my blind date… I'm a corpse retriever. I never imagined that my first lesson on the job would be retrieving the body of my blind date, or that it would lead me straight into a carefully woven trap. An invisible hand was driving me forward. I couldn't stop… 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Clay God Carver 泥神匠 My family has been making clay idols for generations. We sculpt statues of gods and invite spirits into them. Remember, you must never worship at the little mountain god or earth god temples hidden in the ravines. Those are wild temples, because you never know what it is you're worshipping... 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 30 The Corpse Driver: The Beautiful Campus Belle Insists on Becoming My Apprentice 赶尸人：美女校花非要拜我为师 [No System + No Livestreaming + The Male Lead Is OP] After Zhang Xiaolong showed off his corpse-driving skills, he shattered the worldview of the beautiful campus belle An Siqi. After a fierce inner struggle, An Siqi decided to learn the art of corpse-driving from him. “Xiaolong, I want to take you as my master and learn corpse-driving!” “Not happening! I only pass it down between husband and wife, unless you become my wife.” “...” This book is also known as "Part-Time Corpse Driver: The Ic 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My Years as a Taoist Priest After Coming Down from the Mountain 我下山当道士的那些年 "Ghost Hunting" + "Slow-Building Fear" + "No Female Lead" + "Foreshadowing" + "Mystery" + "Episodic Plot" + "No Dragging Things Out" + "No Filler" My name is Wu Yan. I used to be called Wu Jianguo, but my second granduncle said I lacked fire in my Five Elements, so he changed my name to Wu Yan. While I lived at my second granduncle's Taoist temple, he passed on all his “skills” to me. After he passed away, I left the temple and descended the mountain to start my own life... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Failed the College Entrance Exams, So I Can Only Become a Corpse Herder! 高考落榜，我只能去赶尸了！ [Corpse Driving + Spiritual Qi Revival] After failing the college entrance exam, Chu Fan returns home to inherit his grandfather's funeral home. When he awakens the Corpse-Driving System, Chu Fan becomes a corpse driver. Spiritual qi revives, and supernatural phenomena begin occurring all over the world. In Chang'an, an imperial corpse that has slept for thousands of years is about to awaken. In Tokyo Bay, a giant serpent with eight heads opens its gaping maw. In Western Europe, werewolves and v —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Bone-Eating Mark, Northern Border King: A Netherworld Ordeal to Steal His Bride 噬骨纹北境王冥府劫妻 On my wedding day, my husband tore open my wedding dress in front of everyone, revealing the name tattooed over my heart. He said, “Take a good look. This is my dog.” Later, I jumped from the Cliff of the Forgotten River, and the King of the Underworld caught me in the bottomless abyss. He personally tattooed a red spider lily on me. He said, “From today on, you are my Queen of the Underworld.” The day the Northern Border King led a hundred thousand cavalry to the gates of the Underworld, I stoo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Soul-binding nails, threads of karma, green lamps and white candles, a bone-carving knife. When the dead person’s lamp goes out, bury them intact. The living must keep away! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Eerie Corpse Retrieval: Beating Up a Thousand-Year-Old Water Ghost from the Start 诡异捞尸：开局暴打千年水鬼 As everyone knows, corpse retrieval has three rules: 1. Don’t retrieve bodies during thunderstorms. 2. Don’t retrieve bodies floating upright. 3. If you can’t retrieve a body after three tries, give up! No matter how much the client offers, corpse retrievers refuse to enter the water if any of these three situations arise! Before retrieving a body, they also perform all kinds of warding-off rituals and offerings. If anything seems amiss, they won’t enter the water either! These are precious less 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Secrets of a Corpse Stitcher and a Maoshan Taoist 缝尸匠和茅山道士不得不说的秘密 For thirty-seven days, red rain blanketed Shanghai. The survivors discovered a bizarre pattern: anyone caught in the rain developed black stitches across their back, as if they were corpses being sewn together one stitch at a time. Li Yang, a physics teacher, was the first stitch She sewed into this world. The last heir of the Maoshan lineage returned with three thousand lives and three thousand years of memories. He said, “She isn't a god. She's just a corpse stitcher.” Three thousand peachw 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Heaven-Chosen Paper Effigy Maker 天命扎纸人 First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate virtue, and fifth, study. Sixth, choose a spouse; seventh, choose a career; eighth, make friends with people of influence; ninth, practice good health. Those who work with yin and yang make their living by reading fate, but they are doomed to three deficiencies and five afflictions, with life and death impossible to predict. With nothing but the craft of making paper effigies, they guide countless wandering souls and spirits to t 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Mysterious Origami Master: Rising to Power from the Underworld! 诡秘折纸匠：从阴间开始成大佬！ (The protagonist is calm and self-focused, and refuses to be swept along by outside forces. Please understand if that's not to your taste.) After a family upheaval, he awakens as a bizarre paper-folding craftsman. After a paper mansion is burned down, it transforms into a haunted apartment building in the underworld. One paper figure after another becomes a battle-hardened general! With a wave of paper, he summons a river of stars across the heavens. With a drop of paper, the Yellow Springs surg 825Reads6.7Score15214d adds
- 39 Jiangshi: I’m a Paper Effigy Craftsman 僵尸：我是一名扎纸工 Su Mo wakes up one day to find himself in the mysterious world of Uncle Nine's zombie films, and has somehow become the sworn junior brother of Lin Zhengying himself. Even more astonishingly, he possesses an incredible skill for crafting paper figures and objects. With just a few deft movements of his hands, he can bring anything he makes vividly to life. Look at that ordinary paper figure. After dancing lightly across his fingertips, it instantly transforms into the mighty Celestial Master Zhon 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Corpse Driver: I Dug Up an Undercover Cop from the Start 赶尸人，开局挖出警方卧底 Synopsis: Li Chengchuan is so busy driving corpses that he accidentally stands up his blind date, enraging his older sister! “I’ll go plead your case again, but you’d better behave this time, or I’ll beat you to death!” “I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation.” “Sorry, I had to go on a last-minute business trip and forgot to tell you.” “So what do you do for work?” “If I say I drive corpses, would you believe me?” “I believe you!” Song Qianqian didn’t take him too seriously, because her 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Boss, I Need a Day Off to Compete in a Hopping Corpse Contest Back Home 老板请个假，回乡参加赶尸比赛 [Leave Request:] [Dear Manager,] [There will be a corpse-driving and Gu-worm competition in western Hunan in the second half of December. I need to request leave so I can go home and train my Gu worms. Without me, our village will lose.] In his twenties, Chu Yan has already become the undisputed master of corpse-driving. Tired of the dull life, he joined a Fortune 500 company and settled into a leisurely office job. Until one day, the village chief sent him a text: "When are you coming back to c 55Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 42 Cultivating the Dao Amid the Strange: Starting with Corpse Driving 诡异修道：从赶尸开始 Ye Bai woke up one morning to find himself a corpse-driver. The dead should return to their roots. Those who die far from home must be escorted back to their hometown by a corpse-driver, or trouble may follow. In this chaotic dynasty, wars break out constantly, and there are plenty of corpses. However, Ye Bai discovers that he can earn rewards simply by driving corpses. Corpse-Controlling Arts, the Yellow Skin Drum, divine-mask Nuo opera, paper figures brought to life, the Rebirth Eye, Earthly F 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Deadly Corpse Stitcher 绝命缝尸人 The body, hair, and skin are gifts from one's parents. If any part is missing, one cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Let me tell you the story of the trade of stitching corpses... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Eccentric Eight Trades: Strange Tales of the Tomb Raiders 偏八门：盗门诡事 The Gold-Touching Talisman and the Mountains and Seas Map: reaching up to the Heavenly Court and down to the netherworld. One Luoyang shovel can bring unimaginable riches, while half a black donkey’s hoof and countless demons and monsters await. 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Ghostly Papercutter 幽冥剪纸人 “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 22Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 46 Wicked Fate Geomancer 邪命地理师 [Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Urban + National Fate] The Dragon Veins are gone from the world. The nation's fate now depends entirely on geomancers! Also known as The Geomancer of an Ill-Fated Destiny A friendly warning: This story is almost too realistic… I'm a geomancer. Some people call us feng shui masters, but that's not the whole story. I don't know much, but in my line of work, it's all about cause and effect, and the tides of fortune! In your eyes, a nati 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Rejected When I Proposed, I Can No Longer Hide That I’m a Corpse Retriever 提亲被拒，捞尸人身份藏不住了 My family has made its living retrieving corpses for generations. I was born with a rare boy's fate said to come once in a hundred years, and I wouldn't live past six. To save me, my grandfather arranged an engagement to extend my life. Sixteen years later, I went to ask for my bride's hand, but they refused. They thought the matter would be over once my grandfather died, but they had no idea that retribution was just around the corner... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 17Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 49 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 My name is Zhao ?, and I’m a corpse retriever on the banks of the Yellow River. In our line of work, there are rules that must never be broken. Cross the line, and you won’t even find peace in death. The rules of the Zhao family are: First, never retrieve the corpse of the River Dragon King. Second, if you see a Bodhisattva, don’t look back. Third, avoid the corpses of young women. Fourth, stay away from ghost ships on the riverbed. I’ve always strictly observed these four ironclad taboos. Unfor 459Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Livestreaming Corpse-Herding, Hunted by My Blind Date 直播赶尸，被相亲对象追捕 Liu Mang is unexpectedly reborn with a live-streaming corpse-driving System, only for his aunt to call and tell him to go on a blind date! The female ghost Jin Yuanyuan: “Master, big brother, stick with you and I’ll get to eat my fill!” Ye Xueli: “I’m a police officer, and I’m hunting down the person live-streaming corpse driving. Hey, why are you running?!” Junior schoolmate Zhong Feifei: “Senior, could you be the dark horse prince Heaven sent me?” The thousand-year-old zombie Queen of Loul 22Reads5.4Score—14d adds
