Novels like Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers
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- 51 I’m a Funeral Director, but They Call Me the Lusheng Immortal 我送葬者，他们却叫我芦笙仙人 [A new cultivation system + guide + immortality + plot-focused + invincible + corruption] When Yang Tian was dug up, he honestly wanted to kill someone. He’d paid five taels of silver to have himself buried, and after spending so long alone in the river of time, he really didn’t want to go on living. His farewell to his son beside the River of Calamity was still vivid in his mind. So was the pain of personally guiding his beloved’s soul into the afterlife. The sight of his twenty-eighth-generati 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 107Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 53 Dumped from the Start, I Become a Corpse Driver and Shock the World 开局被甩，成为赶尸人震惊世界 From the start, Chen Chen is dumped by his girlfriend, who has hooked up with a rich second-generation heir, and falls into despair. Who could have guessed that the very next moment, he would obtain the Ultimate Corpse-Driving System? The entire world is soon left in shock. Female CEO: “I can’t believe corpse drivers are actually real!” Netizen A: “Holy crap, that corpse is hopping toward me! Help!” Netizen B: “Mom asked why I’m watching the livestream on my knees.” “Everyone, believe in scienc 464Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 54 The Unrivaled Heavenly Master 天师无双 The nine stars align, and good and evil are turned upside down. A great war between the Underworld and the Nether Capital is imminent. The Corpse Clan is rising, the Heavenly Ghosts seek to invade, the Heavenly Demons circle overhead, and great monsters descend. The Demon Buddha Sect, the Corpse Immortal Cult, and the Immortal Alliance are all stirring. Ghosts roam by day, demons hide among humanity, little ghosts are hard to deal with, corpse-driving and zombie-exorcising arts abound, the Five 29Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 55 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 56 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 57 A Thousand-Year-Old Corpse Immortal Opens His Eyes, and the World Is Free of Ghosts 千年尸仙，睁眼后人间无诡 He lay in his coffin for a thousand years. At dusk, when an archaeological team pried open the lid, Chen Xuan opened his eyes. A sealing formation from the Demon Suppression Division instantly descended. Eighteen golden chains coiled around his limbs, the old professor collapsed in terror, and everyone in the warehouse screamed. But Chen Xuan rose to his feet and shattered the formation with one palm. “When a thousand-year-old corpse opens its eyes, no more monsters will run rampant in the morta 251Reads—Score12514d adds
- 58 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score11614d adds
- 59 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 60 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 61 The Maoshan Sect Leader 茅山掌教 The Dao is the foundation of the Way; arts are how it is put to use. Hidden soul-binding talismans, a life of poverty and an early death for initiates, the three Maos’ upper, middle, and lower teachings, and secret arts that leave ghosts and gods in awe! The most mysterious final patriarch of Maoshan leads his disciple Zhang Shouyi across the land, exorcising demons, exploring dangerous places in search of treasures, resolving ancient grudges, and roaming both the realms of yin and yang as he li 1.1kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 62 Rejected at a Job Interview, I Turned to Corpse Driving: Scaring Dai Xiaomei to Tears from the Start 面试被拒去赶尸：开局吓哭呆小妹 Autumn has arrived, and graduation season is here once again. Lin Yuan gets rejected from a job interview, then learns he has a terminal illness. In the class group chat, his classmates laugh: “You're the only one in the whole class who still hasn't found an internship, Lin Yuan. Are you planning to live off your parents forever?” Class monitor: “Wang Tianzong has already started his own company!” Wang Tianzong: “I'm short a cleaner for the office bathrooms. Want to give it a try? If you do well 115Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 63 You Were Told to Guard a Village, So Why Did You Make the City God Cry? 让你守个村儿，你把城隍打哭了？ After the old madman died, I always thought I was the only person left in the village. Then one year, two men showed up carrying a camera and said they wanted to film a documentary about walking marriages... 458Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 64 Corpse's Fate 尸命 I have three masters, surnamed Li, Wang, and Xu. But my story begins with someone borrowing thirty years of my lifespan... 841Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 65 The White-Haired Swordsman: The 749 Bureau's Secret Chronicle of the Nine Provinces 白发执剑人749局秘藏九州录 Synopsis "With white hair as my offering, I wield my sword to protect five thousand years of Chinese civilization!" In 2023, Xu Kun, a genius from Qingbei, is forced to awaken. He is the last heir to the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor. His hair turns white strand by strand, and in his hand is a broken fragment of the Xuanyuan Sword, capable of slaying gods and demons. Secret files from Bureau 749 record: A curse left by Xu Fu has surfaced beneath the Yellow River in Zhengzhou. Cutting off th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Daoheart’s Journey 道心征途 (This novel focuses primarily on horror, the supernatural, and suspense. It isn't mindless, it isn't about cultivating immortality, and the story is tightly connected. The early chapters lay the groundwork, and there are many genuinely frightening scenes. If you don't like it, feel free to say so in the comments!) My master said there are only two principles to being a Taoist priest. First: Never put off revenge until tomorrow. Let it fester in your heart, and it will throw your Daoist mind into 7Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 186Reads8.5Score3114d adds
- 68 The Folk Corpse Collector 民间收尸人 Where do people go after they die? Of course, they’re buried in the back hills of the Yin family. On the surface, I’m a corpse collector, but in truth, I deal with ghosts. I bury your body, and you work for me... 340Reads6.0Score10114d adds
- 69 A Spirit Medium’s Disciple Who Became a Taoist 当道士的出马弟子 First, I offer incense as a disciple of the spirit-medium tradition. I am a junior student of Qingwei! This book has three aims! First, to explain some rather mysterious topics and present superstitious ideas from a scientific perspective! Second, to share a few tips on avoiding scams, so no one gets tricked! Third, there is no fantasy cultivation or wish-fulfillment in this book! Fourth, everything mentioned in the book is based on my own personal experience! Zhengyuantang, Wang Clan Immortal R 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Maoshan Patriarch 茅山祖师 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a world of movies and becomes the eldest disciple of the Maoshan Patriarch during the Republic of China era! Demons and monsters are no match for him, and defeating them earns him blessings and merit. With the Patriarch at his back and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Maoshan Celestial Master is waiting for me, Zhao Hao! 1.3kReads6.7Score14514d adds
- 71 The Paper Effigy Shopkeeper Is Not to Be Messed With 纸扎铺老板不好惹 [A So-Lazy-He’d-Die Bottom (Sheng Qing) × A Green-Tea, Jealous Hades Top (Yan Nanque)] [Two Male Leads + Both Powerful + Fantasy Ghost-Hunting + Sweet Romance] Three thousand years ago, Sheng Qing was a human-world guardian deity who wanted for nothing. Three thousand years later, to make ends meet, he had no choice but to drag his long-neglected, badly atrophied body to open a paper-offering shop near a graveyard in Jingcheng. On the shop’s opening day, restless spirits took turns showing up. T 18Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 72 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 73 Thriller Game: The Paper Dolls I Make Can Slay Gods 惊悚游戏：我扎的纸人可斩神 [Supernatural Revival + Infinite Flow + A Somewhat Mind-Bending Plot] Supernatural phenomena returned, and plants and animals underwent massive evolution. To train a new generation of superpowered individuals, people in the future created countless horror-game instances, hoping players would awaken their powers between life and death and save the world of the future. Ye Qianfan entered the world of horror after choosing to take revenge. He never expected to awaken a superpower in the game, or 172Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 74 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 141Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 75 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 He Is His Salvation 他是他的救赎 [Two male leads + supernatural mysteries + suspense + sweet romance] Zhang Buting enters the city to gain experience. Skilled in fortune-telling, drawing talismans, exorcising ghosts, and capturing demons, he joins forces with police officer Li Yanqing to solve one strange case after another. As for the two of them... 80Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 77 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 83Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 78 Tales of Feng Shui, Tomb Raiding, and the Supernatural 风水盗墓灵异录 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, tomb raiding, feng shui, the supernatural, tomb exploration, retrieving corpses from water, suspense, pranks, ghost hunting, coffins, ghosts and monsters, the Eight Trigrams and other esoteric arts, dragon seeking and acupoint locating, sorcery, adventure, warding off evil, metaphysics His grandfather left Li Qing an old tomb-raiding journal, a bronze compass, a soul-suppressing staff, and a jade gourd. At midnight, at the bottom of the corpse-filled valley in Yang 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times with the Fuying Hall's Legacy 我带着伏英馆法脉穿越古代 Ghost hunting, exorcism, wuxia, ensemble cast, no System. The protagonist is a disciple of the Liuren Fuying Hall who has only recently started learning the arts and rarely applies himself. When his teacher takes on a mission, he transmigrates to another world in ancient times, setting off a series of events involving the supernatural, the martial world, and the rise and fall of dynasties. As the saying goes, when a nation is on the brink of collapse, demons and evil spirits are sure to emerge! 172Reads—Score13214d adds
- 81 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural] The year I turned ten, my grandmother passed away. Not long after, I came down with a strange illness. Days of injections and medicine did no good, and every night I became unusually alert, often babbling incoherently. After five days of continuous fever, my parents had no choice but to take me to the countryside to see a woman they called Auntie, who they said could treat me. Here, “Auntie” didn’t mean a relative on my father’s side. It was the respectful title we 989Reads9.1Score16914d adds
- 82 The Yin-Yang Inn 阴阳旅店 From the day I was born, underworld soldiers came to drag my soul away. At eight, I arrived at the Yin-Yang Inn and began working as a guide for the dead. From then on, I guided both the dead and the living. Every ghost or living person who came to the inn had a secret they couldn't tell. The Yin-Yang Inn has strange rules. Ghosts must sign a contract, while the living must stay the night. Whether or not their request is fulfilled, their payment is never refunded. Even so, guests keep coming one 257Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 83 The Yin Tattooist 阴纹师 May you be blessed with wealth and long life, and travel safely in and out. I’m the heir to a special kind of embroidery, commonly known as “tattooing.” You’d think this craft would be quite profitable in a modern city, but before my master died, he forbade me from using it to make money. I always did as he said, but recently, something happened, and I had no choice but to go against his dying words. From then on, all kinds of strange things began happening around me. 951Reads8.8Score12114d adds
- 84 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.3kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 85 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Dragon-Seeking Feng Shui Master 寻龙风水师 My mother was offered as a living sacrifice to the river god. To everyone's surprise, ten months later, she crawled out of the river. Dragons eat their illegitimate children. As the Dragon King's bastard son, I was supposed to be eaten at birth. Luckily, my master saved me and used eighteen phoenix maidens to deceive the heavens, helping me escape the Dragon King's pursuit. But eighteen years later, the people who had built their fortunes on my dragon blood turned against me. They looked down on 920Reads8.5Score26814d adds
- 87 I Am a Maoshan Corpse Driver 我是茅山赶尸人 Gu Yuan transmigrates into a zombie world overrun by demons and zombies, and accidentally binds himself to a Celestial Master System. Thus begins his journey in another world as an amateur corpse-handler. Uncle Jiu: “Xiao Yuan, you have an excellent build and remarkable talent. Would you like to become my disciple?” Shi Jian: “You can use Lightning and Thunder Fist too? Dare to test your skills against me… Gu Yuan, I was wrong. Please go easy on me.” Gu Yuan: “Miss, would you care to play Pai Go 274Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 88 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Corpse-Retrieving Ghost, I Founded a Secret Organization in the City 捞尸女鬼，我在都市成立诡秘组织 (Mysterious Revival + Urban Life + Live-Streamed Corpse Retrieval) One night, a teenage boy wakes up and discovers he has awakened the Corpse Retrieval System. He must venture to the River of the Underworld to retrieve the corpse of a female ghost. The tragic beauty Qiao Ji, the quirky Luohua Cave Maiden, the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae, the fiendish Banruo... As the mysterious returns to life, the boy loses his memory before a bronze gate on a rainy night. The gates of the underworld swing wide op 116Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 90 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 491Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 91 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score16514d adds
- 93 The Gatekeeper of Two Worlds 两界看门人 Gu Ke’s family has been guarding the gate for generations. By his time, he is the forty-ninth generation. What does a gatekeeper do? He guards the passage between the mortal world and the spirit realm, keeping anything that doesn’t belong in the mortal world outside. He has been a gatekeeper for three years, living a quiet, secluded life in an old house with an old dog. Then one day, his father, whom he hasn’t heard from in ages, calls to ask Gu Ke to look after his four half-sisters. The four s 2kReads8.2Score12114d adds
- 94 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.6kReads7.0Score49014d adds
- 95 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 685Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 96 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 115Reads—Score15514d adds
- 97 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 714Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 98 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 99 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 669Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 100 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
