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- 101 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! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 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 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Great Qin Tomb Keeper 大秦守墓人 Here lies a glorious age. Here lies the sorrow of the old Qin people. Here, throughout the long river of history, a brilliant radiance shines. They have silently guarded this place and borne witness to the rise and fall of one dynasty after another. And generation after generation of tomb guardians have borne witness alongside them... Until the day they broke free from the shackles of fate and carved out a new realm of glory on another continent. Bold old Qin, march together to face the nation's 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Ghost Hunting in Fengmen Village Exposed Live by Dai Xiaomei 封门村捉鬼被呆小妹直播曝光 From the start, he’s catching ghosts in Fengmen Village, and, by coincidence, the whole thing is livestreamed by Dai Xiaomei. Viewers: Master, accept my humble respect! Watching his fanatical viewers, the System issues a series of new missions. But the hidden levels must never be discovered by Dai Xiaomei. Chen Fan is baffled, but then he glances at the old woman beside him, who’s acting like a complete airhead… Chen Fan immediately regains his confidence! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Ghost Valley Corpse Scripture 鬼谷尸经 A corpse the police can't move, and a farewell letter no ordinary person can understand. These two seemingly unrelated things lead to a secret that has driven occult practitioners mad throughout history. The five magical arts of western Hunan, Daoist yin-yang divination, feng shui formations, and the long-lost art of reading the veins of mountains and rivers... Keep reading, and you may find it hard to believe, yet everything fits together perfectly. Remember: Heaven sees all, and fate is p 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 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 325Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 I Took a Summer Job as a Corpse Driver! 我，暑假去兼职赶尸！ High-paying part-time job: 1,100 a night. Must be a strong, healthy young man! Jiang Han said, “There's actually a job like that?” But after starting work, he realized things weren't quite so simple. He was actually going to have to drive corpses... “Promise me, after I die, never ask Jiang Han to drive my corpse. I'm afraid he'll sneakily eat all my offerings.” “Yikes, is that thing he's driving behind him the Drought Demon? They count that thing as a corpse?” “I can understand pretty much anyt —Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 109 Corpse-Driving Taboos 赶尸禁忌 Grandpa died, but then he came back to life. He said I was destined to face a terrible calamity... If I couldn’t survive it, my whole family would suffer! 145Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 110 Giving Pointers in My Livestream, I Get Recruited to the Paranormal Bureau 直播间指点江山，被请成立灵异局 Jiang Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a Paranormal Containment System. “Could you make your filming a little more professional? That’s a ghost! Bullets won’t work. You need black dog’s blood, rooster’s blood, or a peachwood sword.” “If all else fails, use a virgin’s urine.” When it comes to dealing with vampires: “I’m begging you, use silver bullets, holy water, and crosses! How can screenwriters like this make a vampire blockbuster?” Then one day, someone shows up at his door… 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 111 The Last Tomb Guardian 最后一个护陵人 The tomb guardians, carrying on a thousand-year-old legacy; extraordinary bloodline manifestations; mysterious witchcraft and poison arts; traps and poisonous creatures in the tomb passages. Which is more terrifying, ghosts and gods, or the human heart? For someone who has lived for a thousand years, unable to die and destined for eternal life, is immortality a blessing or a curse? Only those who have experienced it firsthand can truly know. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Yin-Yang Guardian of the Dead 阴阳守灵人 The world of the living has its own order, and the underworld its own iron laws... When order falls into chaos, monsters and demons run rampant among the living... Then the living have their spirit guardians to vanquish demons and monsters… My name is Li Ping'an. After I was born, everyone in my village died… [Supernatural mystery] [Urban fiction] [No over-the-top drama] [Deadpan humor with laughs] 2.5kReads7.3Score—14d adds
- 113 The Corpse Driver: I Can Copy the Skills of the Dead 赶尸匠：我能复制逝者技能 After graduating from university, Lin Ye gets the God-Tier Corpse-Driving System. He grows stronger by driving corpses and can copy the skills of the deceased. Through corpse-driving, he travels among humans, gods, ghosts, and demons. His mighty army of the undead is invincible, conquering all before it. As a corpse driver, Lin Ye laughs proudly between heaven and earth and becomes the sovereign of all worlds. 4Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 114 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
- 115 The Omnicompetent Demon Catcher 全能捉妖师 [Urban Fantasy + Superpowers + System] In a world where demon hunters reign supreme, ability is the best proof of one's worth. But he's just a rookie with barely any spiritual power. Then one day, he gets the most powerful spiritual energy absorption System! You cultivate your way, and I'll absorb spiritual energy to cultivate. From that day on, he begins his rise from the bottom. The strongest demon hunter: who can stand against him? 23Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 116 The Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳出马仙 [Transmigration + Urban + Supernatural Powers] He transmigrated to another world, and from the day he was born, there was nothing special about him. He thought he would live an ordinary life, but then he attended a bizarre and mysterious wedding and began his path of cultivation. Curse magic, sorcery, a hundred evil spirits of the netherworld, a nine-headed serpent, a mysterious stone coffin... One strange event after another came his way, constantly plunging him into danger. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Report! This Online Funeral Director Is Livestreaming a Mysterious Funeral 举报！这个网葬师在直播神秘葬礼 Cloudside Online Funeral Livestream, 8K HD, god's-eye view: An old man with white hair and one arm stands proudly on an icy lake, saluting 129 ice statues frozen in battle poses. Then he raises his gun and shouts: “Defend our home and country! Charge!” Suddenly, dark clouds gather, thunder cracks, a streak of white soars through the sky, and ink flies across the air. “Blood seals the battle-scarred mountains, while tears fall for the land; loyal bones in ice endure through the ages.” The cold wi —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 118 The Spirit Chaser 赶阴人 Read the stars and moon, and declare life and death with ironclad certainty. A man on the margins of the human world, he sets right the injustices of the underworld. My new book, The City's Strongest Immortal Son-in-Law, is out now. I humbly ask for your support! 455Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 119 The Yin-Yang Scissors 阴阳剪 A black dragon coils around me, skeletons block the door, fox spirits form ranks, and a white snake possesses me... All I have is a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper. I cut down demons and sever the boundary between life and death... The Yin-Yang Scissors cut through the forces of yin and yang. I am the heir to the Yin-Yang Scissors. With them in my hands, one snip decides life or death. All the thrilling, eerie, and mysterious tales are found in The Yin-Yang Scissors... 118Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 120 The Living Must Keep Away: The Underworld Chef 活人回避：冥厨 “Kill ninety-nine, then stop!” My grandfather was the last executioner in history. He beheaded hundreds of people in his lifetime and was burdened by countless sins. To atone for them, my father opened a restaurant for the living and the dead, cooking for the living by day and the dead by night. Nine-Thread Corpse Cake, Grasshopper-Skin Juice, Blood-Fried Rotten Flesh, Crispy-Bone Human Soup... If I make it and you refuse to eat, my ghost-head executioner's blade will strike down evil men above 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 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
- 123 A Bowl of Meng Po's Soup 一碗孟婆汤 Among strange spirits and monsters, dangers abound. Break bones to uncover secrets and seek the path to immortality. Lin Zemin’s grandmother was a famous village doctor throughout the surrounding countryside. She could not only cure illnesses, but also read the signs. The medicines she used were all folk remedies. They might not have seemed orthodox, but they always worked. Lin Zemin was born late in his parents’ lives, and after his birth, his grandmother declared that he was destined to bear a 119Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 124 The Borrowed Blade 借刀人 As a shooting star streaked across the sun, a young man borrowed a blade. The Guigu Seal was broken, the Chiyou Banner appeared, and war erupted. The five immortals of fox, weasel, hedgehog, rat, and snake traveled by night and day, while the five evils of judges, tribute collectors, insects, corpses, and livestock roamed the land. Earth gods and City Gods, zombies and hanging ghosts, dragon maidens, vengeful spirits and monsters, Thunder Gods and drought demons walked between the realms of yin 16Reads8.3Score314d adds
- 125 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... 248Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 126 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. 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Gain Lifespan by Collecting Corpses? I’ll Become Invincible and Immortal at the Funeral Parlor 收尸加寿命？从义庄开始长生无敌 [Burial complete. You have received 1,000 years of life and the recipe for the Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill.] [Spend 600 years of life to simplify the Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill.] [Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill → alchemy → refining → warming yourself by a fire] Zhang Yi transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes the corpse keeper at a funeral home. Collecting, preparing, stitching, and burying corpses all earn him rewards. This rule applies to everyone, whether mortal 208Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 128 Street Lie Detection: The Corpse Stitcher’s Identity Can’t Stay Hidden 街头测谎，缝尸匠的身份瞒不住了 Su Chen unexpectedly gets the strongest corpse-stitching System. He can grow stronger just by stitching up corpses. One day, he goes out to stitch a corpse, but a beautiful woman stops him halfway and demands to give him a lie detector test. The result unexpectedly exposes Su Chen's identity as a corpse stitcher, and then one strange event after another begins to unfold… 39Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 129 You Said You Were a Fake Celestial Master, So Why Do Female Ghosts Run When They See You? 说好假天师，为啥女鬼见你就跑？ In the class group chat, Jiang He’s identity as the sixty-sixth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain was exposed. But Jiang He had spent years studying Taoism under his grandfather and didn’t know a single spell, so he came clean and admitted he was a fake Celestial Master. When his classmates’ construction site was haunted, they invited Jiang He to perform a ritual. He thought he’d just have to go through the motions, but as soon as he began the ceremony, a woman in red appeared! “Din 5Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 130 Stranded in a Supernatural World, I Have No Choice but to Summon a God to Fight for Me 身处灵异世界，我只好请神代打了 Li Changfeng has just transmigrated when a life-taking ghost latches onto him. No big deal. Toss it into the merit box and let Buddha duke it out with him. What? There are no temples or Taoist shrines?! Don’t panic. No big deal... Wait, this is a huge problem!!! “Ding! The Merit-for-Hire System has been bound. You pay merit, and I’ll call in someone to fight for you...” Li Changfeng: [Clear skies above, sacred earth below, I burn incense and call upon Master Lin. With a peachwood sword, he slays 110Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 131 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... 20Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 132 Recruit the Iron Triangle from the Start and Open a Corpse-Driving Inn 开局招募铁三角，成立赶尸客栈 Su Xiao transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world and, from the start, recruits the Iron Triangle and establishes a corpse-driving inn. Xiao Ge, Wu Xie, Pangzi, and Su Xiao learn Maoshan corpse-driving arts. Gradually, they also master corpse retrieval, spirit communication, and demon exorcism... Su Xiao, meanwhile, stays behind the scenes, with knowledge of the gods above and the underworld below. 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 133 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I’m Set Up on a Blind Date with Huo Xiuxiu 盗墓之开局就和霍秀秀相亲 Shen Lin transmigrated by accident into a world of tomb raiding, and had planned to keep a low profile and build his strength. But from the start, he was set up on a blind date with Huo Xiuxiu and bound to a Corpse-Driving System. “Fatty, Wu Xie, get over here! I think I’ve messed up!” “I accidentally locked myself inside a coffin. Hurry up and save me!!” When the two arrived at the scene, they both heard an eerie sound. “Jingling... Jingling... Jingling...” “The dead are on the road. The living 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 134 I Guarded a Tomb for Five Hundred Years, Until a Livestream Exposed Me 守墓五百年，被直播曝光了 After guarding a tomb for five hundred years, the immortal Bai Ming finally completes his mission and unlocks the Tomb Keeper System! But while fighting zombies, he’s accidentally filmed by a small-time streamer, and the clip goes viral across the internet? Don’t believe zombies are real? Then let’s pick a lucky viewer to come and find out! To complete the System’s missions and earn rewards, Bai Ming decides to become a streamer, fighting zombies every day and all that. “Guys, this is Cixi’s zom 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Doctor of the Underworld, Chosen by Fate 天命冥医 Birth, aging, illness, and death are laws of heaven and earth, binding all living beings in the six realms of reincarnation, even the souls of the dead. When people fall ill, they can go to a hospital for treatment. But what happens when a soul gets sick or injured? I specialize in healing souls. Once you set foot on the path of a netherworld physician, you can never treat the living again. That is what makes my profession so unusual: I rarely interact with the living. In the eyes of ordinary pe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Righteous Cultivators, Heretics, and Corpse Drivers 正道，邪修，赶尸人 Chen Yang is the last corpse driver from western Hunan. His soul transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old tomb keeper at an ordinary mass grave. A corpse-controlling gong, a soul-summoning bell, a Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, a Yin Refining Coffin, a Skin-Painting Brush, and corpse-stitching needles. Everyone thinks he’s a heretical cultivator. As a rogue cultivator, Chen Yang has walked on thin ice every step of the way. Gradually, he realizes that there’s nothing wrong with being 2Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 137 Night Watchman: Tales from the Underworld 打更人之走阴夜话 People bear five poisons and seven emotions, eight sufferings and nine calamities. Good and evil, life and death, cause and effect, the cycle of reincarnation. Ghosts become human, humans turn into demons, and nothing ever ends. When day and night blur and humans mingle with ghosts, night watchmen walk the world. A Soul-Calming Hammer and a Spirit-Soothing Gong suppress wicked thoughts and demons, and lay good-hearted souls to rest. Their ceaseless passage through the world bears witness to the 464Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 138 Tomb Raiding: I Became a Corpse-Driving Master 盗墓：我成了赶尸匠 Ye Yun discovers that he has been chosen by the Corpse-Driving System. He starts out at an ancestral hall in western Hunan, travels through one world after another, and wins great renown for the corpse-driving tradition. “The six-winged centipede in western Hunan? I already killed it, and now its corpse is my mount!” “I’ve already opened the Bronze Gate. The ultimate secret is about to be revealed.” “These nine dragon corpses, and that bronze coffin: once I claim them, I should become even stron 23Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 139 The Gravekeeper 守墓人 I'm a tomb guardian. For years, I thought I was guarding a grave. It wasn't until many years later that I learned what I was truly protecting was... 1.1kReads—Score10114d adds
- 140 Corpse Veins 尸脉 [No exaggeration, no System, a heartwarming story with a bit of a slow start.] Just a series of exciting adventures and a touching father-daughter bond. I live by one saying: “As a Maoshan disciple, if you see someone die and do nothing, Heaven will strike you down.” 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, and Dango Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被团子曝光了 Shh, the corpse is rising! Keep quiet. The dead are on the move, so the living must stay clear! In ancient Xixiang, strange and terrifying things happen whenever night falls: white coffins, thousand-year-old corpses, and more! Under the moonlight, Jiang Chen shakes a soul-snaring bell in his left hand and holds a talisman to suppress evil in his right, controlling a stiff figure that hops along... 1.2kReads8.3Score10514d adds
- 142 Livestreaming Advice to the Paranormal Bureau, I Inherited a Celestial Master’s Bloodline 直播指点灵异局，我继承了天师血统 While catching ghosts, Zhang Xinghe is accidentally knocked unconscious by an old ghost’s thousand-year-old breath. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a country where ghost lore is almost nonexistent. By chance, he sees the country’s paranormal bureau, an authority on the supernatural, livestreaming a ghost hunt. Unable to hold back, he offers a few pointers, setting off a firestorm online. The bureau even mobilizes netizens nationwide to find the “One-Browed Taoist” at all costs. What surpri 108Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 143 Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传 My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Six-Year-Old Corpse Driver Wanders Onto a Show Set and Makes Boss Yang Cry 六岁赶尸误入节目组，吓哭杨老板 The new season of The Life We Long For premieres in a small border town in western Hunan. By the time the guests arrive, dusk has fallen. Yang Mi and the others sit leisurely in the courtyard, enjoying the evening breeze, while the regular guests, including Teacher Huang, are busy making dinner. Everything is so peaceful, until a sudden burst of ringing bells shatters the calm. As the livestream camera turns, the millions of viewers in the chat are stunned. “Holy crap!! Corpse-driving in western 2.6kReads6.8Score42914d adds
- 145 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 2.8kReads8.3Score18914d adds
- 146 I Became Haunted by Evil Spirits After Starting Out as a Corpse Burner 从当烧尸匠开始恶鬼缠身 To escape an arranged marriage, I took a job burning corpses at a funeral home. Old Li, who handled the bodies, actually brought a prostitute to the funeral home. That woman later died, leaving a red high heel at the entrance... The next day, Old Li died. A red high heel had pierced through the center of his forehead... With my father's help, I learned that before she died, the woman had been pregnant. Someone had cut the baby out of her and turned them into a Mother-Child Demon. After that, t 5.5kReads8.3Score43614d adds
- 147 I Play the Suona to Send Ghosts Off 我吹着唢呐，为鬼送葬 Demons and monsters have appeared in the world, the bizarre has returned, and humans and ghosts now coexist. The old order has been shattered. “Nurse! Is counting up to 456 for ghosts considered a mental illness?” The Flower-Picking Ghost: “I’m reporting you! Your patient escaped! He brought three burly men and pinned us down in a room! Then he played ‘Chrysanthemums Blooming Across the Mountain’ on our butts!” The Crazy Little Ghost: “That was so babyish! He even ambushed me! Then he made me do 12Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 148 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 429Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 149 The Coffin Maker 棺匠 I'm a coffin keeper. I entered this line of work after joining my master at the age of nine. At first, I didn't believe there were ghosts in this world. Then, after a series of strange encounters, I gradually discovered the other side of the world... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Greatest Soul Ferryman 最强灵魂摆渡人 Hell collapses, and demons run rampant. When Wu Xing wakes up, he finds himself the owner of a mysterious shop. He slays evil masters, exterminates malevolent spirits, and solves strange cases. From then on, he wields a ruler as his sword, walking between the realms of the living and the dead. 87Reads—Score—14d adds
