Novels like The Yin Deliverer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Yin Deliverer, best match first.
- 1 Folk Tales of the Supernatural: The Paper Effigies I Make Can Enter Ancient Tombs 民间诡闻：我扎的纸人能下大墓 My name is Li Yan, and I'm a paper effigy craftsman who won't live past twenty-five. To extend my life, I have no choice but to seek rare treasures in the most sinister tombs. Other people risk death whenever they enter a tomb. I rely entirely on paper effigies! The Yellow River Ghost Coffin, the Cloudtop Snow Tomb... I sacrifice my lifespan, dot their eyes, and give them life! A red-clad paper bride tears a female demon to shreds, while an armored paper general cleaves a snow monster in two! “B 1.4kReads—Score11014d adds
- 2 The Bone-Reading Heavenly Master 摸骨天师 Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been afflicted with a strange illness. Cold, bone-deep cold. Even though it’s 35 degrees Celsius outside, I still can’t stop shivering… A divine seer reads good and ill fortune; a Heavenly Master orders yin and yang. After coming down with a strange illness, I was taken in by a Heavenly Master who reads bones, and now I make a living selling yin bones. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Global Horror: I Became a God-Tier Paper Effigy from the Start 全球惊悚：开局成了神级纸扎人 He transmigrates to a world plagued by the resurgence of the supernatural, and from the start finds himself inhabiting a paper effigy. But as long as he harvests fear, he can keep leveling up! “Ding! Detected: 100 fear points from Chu Renmei!” “Ding! Detected: 200 fear points from Sadako!” “Ding! Detected: 300 fear points from Kayako!” He scares people, and even ghosts. He will become a terrifying demon god. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Look Back and See a Ghost 回头见鬼 I have always sneered at people who insist there are no ghosts in this world. They say ghosts don’t exist simply because they can’t see them. But I can see them, and I know they’re real. Perhaps while you’re eating, they’re watching you from nearby. Perhaps while you’re using the toilet, they’re staring at you from behind. Perhaps while you’re asleep, they’re hanging above your head. Ever since I gained the ability to see them, strange things have happened constantly around me. It’s gotten to th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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
- 6 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 [Yellow River + corpse retrieval + folk horror] With nowhere else to turn, I became Chen Liuye's disciple and took up the work of retrieving corpses. But I never expected that the very first corpse I hauled up would be... him. My name is Chen Shisan, a corpse retriever who walks between the worlds of yin and yang. 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Yin-Yang Spirit Hunter 阴阳狩灵人 I was born to die young, but my master dug me out of my grave. From then on, I followed him back to his Taoist temple. I breathed corpse fumes and slept in coffins. I lived in haunted houses and ate offerings... I became a living dead person, wandering between the dead and the living. Just as the hard days were finally coming to an end, my master passed away. Before he died, he told me: I was born to hunt spirits... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 253Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 The Corpse Driver 赶尸匠 Who in western Hunan hasn't heard of corpse-driving? But how many people know about the corpse drivers themselves? They hide by day and travel by night, keeping company with corpses. Using this strange art, they can make the dead walk, guiding them home to be laid to rest. What terrors and hardships do novices face as they learn to drive corpses? How do they grow, step by step, into capable corpse drivers? Come along with my protagonist and embark on a mysterious journey into the art of corpse-d 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Graveyard's Ghostly Wails 鬼哭坟 On the seventh night after Grandma's death, I was forced to keep vigil beside her grave. Half asleep, I heard scratching against the coffin from beneath the earth. Terrified, I ran home, only to find Grandma sitting on the kang, smiling at me. “Good grandson, Grandma forgot to put on her shoes. My feet are cold.” 744Reads—Score10014d adds
- 13 The Corpse Retriever: Hearing Tales of the Supernatural on the Yangtze River 捞尸人：我在长江听诡谈 On the Yangtze, a river that has swallowed countless secrets, Chen Sanshui makes his living retrieving corpses, earning just enough to keep himself alive. One stormy night, he pulls up a strange female corpse dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her face looks lifelike, and her hands clutch a battered radio. From that moment on, he is dragged into the deadly maelstrom of Strange Tales. At midnight, the radio turns on by itself despite having no power. A cold AI voice issues its first death-defy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Be Home Before 4:44 A.M. 凌晨四点四十四前回家 Lin Shen works overtime until 11:58 p.m. His phone has no signal, and the streetlights outside turn a blood-red color. [No-Return Time Zone activated. Effective at 00:00. Please return home before 04:44.] He rushes through the revolving door and looks back to see another version of himself standing outside, wearing the same clothes, with a shadow at his feet that has risen to its feet. The streets are empty. In taxis with the number 4 on their license plates, “things” in red raincoats sit in 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 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 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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
- 19 Helping Master Uncle Nine Become an Immortal 带师傅九叔成仙 Heaven-defying comprehension, taking his master along to ascend. Li Yu. As the Sage Teacher of the myriad realms and the village chief of the newbie zone, how could he not become an immortal? Watch as Li Yu leads the entire Maoshan Sect to ascension. He grows stronger along the way, defying heaven itself! 669Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 20 Rural Taboos 乡村禁忌 I always thought I was my father’s son. Then, on the day I came of age, he told me that the weasel spirits had given me to them... 157Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 21 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... 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I'm Done Being a Celestial Master This Poor 这么穷的天师不当也罢 In times of peace and prosperity, Buddhism flourishes across the land while Daoists hide away in remote mountains. In times of chaos, Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye to worldly affairs, while the Old Lord shoulders his sword and saves a world in turmoil. Daoists emerge from seclusion to save the people only when chaos reigns. In prosperous times, they shun worldly gain and retreat to the mountains, pursuing the Great Dao in their hearts, untouched by mundane distractions. This seems to have become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 There’s a Library 有个图书馆 A job ad that appeared out of nowhere gave recently unemployed Wu Hao a glimmer of hope that life might get better. But that same job ad led him to the boundary between the human world and hell. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Recipient After Death 死后收件人 I'm a courier for a residential complex. Since last month, I've been receiving packages addressed to the dead. An empty apartment building, recipients whose accounts were closed long ago, parcels that no one ever claims. The property manager says I'm seeing things. My coworkers say I've been cursed. The police checked every security camera, but say everything looks normal. That is, until I opened the first package for a dead person. Inside was only a note: [You're next.] 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Last Ghost Exorcist 最后一个驱鬼人 I was born under a curse, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck before I was even born. My grandfather used a life-borrowing ritual to save me. But how could anyone challenge the authority of the underworld and King Yama? Strange things began happening around me one after another, and at night I even saw the Impermanence Spirits coming to claim my life. Later, I followed a fat old Daoist and learned the way of the Dao, how to read burial sites, and how to break poison curses. I became t 79Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 26 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I, a Young Maoshan Taoist, Walk Between Yin and Yang 我，茅山小道，行走阴阳 (A note to all readers!!! You can skip Volume One, The Young Maoshan Daoist Comes of Age, and go straight to Volume Two, Conquering the Yin and Yang. Volume One is a little slow, so feel free to skip it if you don’t want to read it.) My name is Li Qingfeng. The year I was born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky, as dragons and tigers contended. Later, I studied Maoshan Daoist arts under a master. He said I was the most gifted person he had ever met, and that taking me as his disciple left hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Came Down the Mountain as a Corpse Driver and Scared My Online Girlfriend Silly 赶尸下山，我把网恋对象吓傻了 His shima told Zhang Hao to take his marriage contract and go down the mountain to meet his beautiful fiancée. Then the woman he'd been dating online for seven years sent him a message. Liu Shishi: "Let's break up. I don't want to keep staring at my phone." Zhang Hao: "I'm coming down the mountain." "Then... let's meet in person." "Let's meet in person tomorrow night. Don't keep me waiting." Liu Shishi brought her twin sister and showed up at the designated spot as promised. A young man 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 29 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Driver, and the Campus Belle Exposed Me 毕业后当赶尸人被校花曝光了 Qin Yu had just graduated from university when, by a twist of fate, he became a mysterious corpse driver. As he went about his work, he accidentally turned himself into a zombie who feared neither humans, gods, demons, nor monsters, and was beyond the cycle of reincarnation. One day, he suddenly caught a “bat demon” and uncovered a world-shaking secret: more than three hundred biological laboratories were working to create mutants and rule the world... This is Huaxia. All crooked arts and evil w 2Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 Rural Ghost Stories 乡村鬼事 My name is A Guang. I’m an abandoned child who was adopted. Because of my eye disability, my foster parents sent me to live with Uncle Chai and grow vegetables. Gradually, I realized something was off about Uncle Chai: the vegetables he grew weren’t meant for people to eat! And the fertilizer he used was actually... In this world, whether human or ghost, anyone harboring resentment may give rise to a curse, and a curse can lead to demonic corruption. One is neither alive nor dead, neither dead n 196Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 32 Borrowed Corpse 借尸 She is one of the Ten Evils. Even at the bottom of the list, she is beyond the measure of ordinary people. 18Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 33 My Heavenly Master Wife 我的天师老婆 Our meeting was no coincidence. Heaven had planned it all along… After the book goes on sale, updates are guaranteed at 6,000 words a day. 404Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 34 I Ferry Souls in the Mortal World 我在人间摆渡灵魂 Some people call me Master, others call me a charlatan. Some even respectfully address me as Grandmaster or Celestial Master. But really, I’m just an “ordinary” guide for the dead. Jiang Cheng, an unremarkable funeral master, awakens a mysterious ability after one particular funeral. He can actually see souls, or ghosts!!! (This story has only one supernatural character, the protagonist. It’s more of an everyday-life story with tearjerking moments, not a horror novel.) 50Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 35 The Ultimate Yin Warden: The 90s-Era City God Is No Pushover 极品巡阴人：90后城隍不好惹 Ever heard of someone born in the '90s becoming a City God? I, Han Jiuling, was blessed with extraordinary talent and became a City God at twenty, making quite a name for myself in the underworld! Think it's all glory and success? On my patrols through the netherworld, I see countless souls who died miserable deaths, and not one of the shocking tragedies behind them was an accident. The villains are cute? Who said that? How many times have I been one step from death, barely escaping with my life 5Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 36 The Ferryman of the Yellow Springs 黄泉摆渡人 One day, I found a pile of money outside my door. Then, for seven days in a row, someone left money there at the same time each day. I took some and spent it, but later someone told me it was all money paid to buy my life. Someone wanted me dead. To stay alive, I went to the City God Temple and became a night watchman. 2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Transmigrating into the Jiangshi World to Attain Immortality 穿越僵尸世界证长生 After transmigrating to a zombie-infested world, all I want is to develop at a steady pace. I took in the master of a Laoshan palace as my disciple, raised a bunch of magnificent spirit beasts to run errands, drank tea with Uncle Jiu, and toured the world with heroes. What? The Chrysanthemum Sect from the island nation wants to seize our national fortune, and werewolves and vampires want to perform blood sacrifices? People like us must raise our green steel swords and cut down every evil spirit! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸人 Feng shui encompasses a great many trades, collectively known as the Eight Outer Schools. Among them, the profession that deals most with the dead and has seen the most terrifying things is that of the corpse tailor! I was born in a village hidden in the mountains. Following the family trade, I began working as a corpse tailor alongside my grandfather, and before long, more than ten years had passed... One day, a man appeared outside my shop, leading a young woman and bringing a coffin. The vill 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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 59Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 41 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 27Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 42 I Was Livestreamed Driving Corpses, So I Took the Streamer as My Disciple! 赶尸被直播，我收主播为徒！ Beneath the moonlight, Xia Yu emerged from the mountains, shaking a soul-summoning bell as he drove seven corpses before him. The eerie ringing, the stiff corpses, the mysterious yellow talismans, the birds startled into flight. New streamer Hei Xiaopang happened to witness the scene. Excited, he stopped the corpse-driving procession. “You must be a professional livestreaming team! Look at those actors, look at those props! I want you to take me on as your apprentice!” Xia Yu looked with satisfa —Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 43 The Lop Nur Code 罗布泊密码 Following a series of clues, an archaeological expedition sets out to investigate. Along the way, the team faces one terrifying predicament after another, using their knowledge, intelligence, and Feng Shui techniques to overcome each one. They uncover many long-hidden secrets as the mystery of Lop Nur slowly begins to unravel. 88Reads—Score10014d adds
- 44 You Were Told to Drive Corpses, Not Scare People 让你去赶尸，不是让你去吓唬人 ♦️A serious, imaginative story about corpse-driving, with tightly interwoven plotlines that only get better as it goes! ⛺️A streamer was broadcasting live from a mass grave, dancing on the graves. He danced Su Fan right out of his tomb and fainted on the spot! The viewers in the livestream: Time to prepare the feast! When a guest came to the corpse inn with a beautiful ancient corpse in tow, the tourists who had come out to sightsee nearly got scared out of their wits! Guest: This young guy's co 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 After Dropping Out, I Became a Corpse Driver: Exposed on Ziqi's Livestream 辍学后当赶尸人：被子柒直播曝光 After dropping out of school, Yuan Shuai thought his life was over. He never expected to be hit by a god-tier corpse-driving System. After the college entrance exams, a classmate posted in the group chat: “Yuan Shuai, if you dropped out and don’t have a job, why not come work as a security guard at my company?” Yuan Shuai: “No thanks, I’m busy driving corpses. Since we’re classmates, I can give you a twenty percent discount if you need a corpse driven.” When the dead return home, passersby must 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 46 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. 16Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 47 The Coffin Bearer 压棺人 Carriage duty, also known as sitting on the coffin, means that when a funeral procession takes a body to its burial site, someone must ride on top of the coffin all the way up the mountain. But not every coffin is fit to sit on. I agreed to ride on one to help someone out, never expecting it to bring me trouble... 562Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 48 Tales from the Corpse Retriever: When Midnight Comes, the Dead Speak 捞尸怪谈：夜半正是尸语时 The great river in my hometown is deeply sinister. Ever since my great-grandfather's time, my family has worked in this area at a job that living people should stay away from: retrieving corpses from the water. After I inherited the family trade, all kinds of strange events began to unfold around me: the mother and child corpses in Qinghe, the soul-snatching female streamer, the uninhabited mountain village... 51Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 49 Live-Streaming My Cultivation, the Campus Beauty Cries and Begs to Become a Nun 直播修仙，校花哭着要出家 [Cultivation livestream] [One female lead] [Campus belle] [Show off in public] [Invincible] My name is Li Daoxuan. I’m a young Taoist priest on Wudang Mountain. One day, I suddenly awakened a cultivation System and became the last cultivator on Earth. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The True S 665Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Heir to the Maoshan Legacy 茅山传承人 I was born of a ghost. My mother died as soon as I was born, and no one knew who my father was. An old Taoist priest came to my home on the day I was born. When I was six, he took me up into the mountains to learn Taoist magic. 223Reads6.1Score—14d adds
