Novels like I Ferry Souls in the Mortal World
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- 51 This Urban World Is a Little Too Weird 这个都市不太正经 [Villain] [Villain] [Villain] Lu Ping'an transmigrates to a parallel world. He thinks he'll become an entertainment tycoon by plagiarizing hit works. Then one day, he spots a convenience store at the street corner: No. 444. Lu Ping'an knows he's finished. “Congratulations, Host. System activated.” Lu Ping'an knows he's back in business. 232Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 52 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 38Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 53 The Deadly Yin-Yang Master 绝命阴阳师 I was born extraordinary. To stop me from being born, Heaven and Earth battled across the void. Half the masters of the feng shui world perished, dying with resentment in the northwest. In the end, only my father could restrain the Nine Dragons Taiji Diagram on my body by giving up his practice. To change my fate, my father arranged several betrothals for me within the feng shui world. Who knew this would only mark the beginning of calamity for the feng shui world... 436Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 54 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 55 A Hell Bureau Temp, Outsourcing Grudge-Spirit Exorcisms 地府打工人，外包清怨魂 [Female-oriented infinite-flow + supernatural horror + two powerful leads + urban paranormal + lighthearted comedy + mutual suspicion and romantic push-and-pull] Overworked office drone vs. cunning special-operations captain Office worker Yan Yiyi unlocks a side hustle: clocking in at the Underworld after work. The missions are high-risk, and the System leaves much to be desired. Fortunately, earning resentment points is just like earning money, so she grits her teeth and charges ahead in hope 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Soul Ferry: Daily Intel Exposes A Cha’s Secrets 灵魂摆渡：每日情报，曝阿茶隐私 [Soul Ferry Fanfiction + Passionate Power Progression + Funny Everyday Life + Multi-Show Crossover + Original Main Trio] [The rating is still low because it just came out, so feel free to give it a try.] Xie Quan transmigrates into the world of Soul Ferry, becomes a ferryman of souls, and acquires a Daily Intelligence System. With the System, he seizes opportunities and thrives in the world of Soul Ferry. [Intelligence One: Deep in the River of the Underworld lives a clam whose pearls can give a 4.4kReads8.7Score30514d adds
- 57 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
- 58 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
- 59 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 60 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
- 61 The Secrets of Qimen Fengshui 奇门风水秘术 Li Dingfeng learns his family's ancestral art of feng shui, mastering both landform and qi analysis. At a glance, he can read the terrain and water; with a gesture, he can tell fortune from misfortune. He only wants to live in peace, but one strange incident after another finds him, from the harmful influence of a shop's sharp corner to a sinister formation haunting an old family home. As one mysterious feng shui case after another comes to light, grudges buried for years resurface. He journeys 7.8kReads8.7Score67514d adds
- 62 Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine 妖妻鬼妾 [Third-Person Narration | Traditional Supernatural | Taoist Arts | Spirit Mediums] My name is Zuo Li. I was different from the moment I was born, carrying the fate of a ghost. To make sure I could grow up safely, my grandfather had me live off two women at once. As it turned out, I could only stay alive by living off women... 260Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 63 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
- 64 Jiangshi World: I Became Uncle Jiu's Marshal! 僵尸世界：我成了九叔的大帅！ Lin Wudi transmigrates into a supernatural world, becoming a marshal with a million troops at his command! In Renjia Town, the wealthy Master Ren takes one look at him and offers him Ren Tingting as a concubine! In a church, Western supernatural beings prostrate themselves and kiss the soles of his shoes, calling him the Lord of God! In imperial tombs, the supernatural royal prince Xuanju bursts out of his coffin, only to be instantly slain by Lin Wudi one after another! It’s all thanks to h 309Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 65 After the School Belle Humiliated Me, I Became a Corpse Driver and Now I'm Invincible! 被校花侮辱后成了赶尸人，我无敌了！ At the dinner where he plans to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a student who failed his exams, is pranked by his classmates and unexpectedly obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: Zhang Bufan, come clean the toilets at my dad's company. I'll give you the friends-and-family rate: 1,000 yuan a month! Zhang Bufan: For 100 yuan, I'll help your dad find his way back to his ancestors. “When the dead are on the move, the living must keep away...” At midnight, the bells ring and 404Reads5.4Score10214d adds
- 66 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 207Reads—Score1414d adds
- 67 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行 The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m 123Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 68 Traveling Across the Myriad Worlds, Starting with Soul Ferry 从灵魂摆渡开始穿梭诸天万界 [Soul Ferry + supernatural horror + travel across the heavens + supernatural films + System + divine beasts + ghosts + TV dramas + crossover] Starting at the boundary between yin and yang in Soul Ferry, he unlocks the ability to travel between worlds, and steps into the worlds of one classic supernatural horror film after another. From vengeful spirits hunting people in a gloomy haunted house to secret tales of the underworld in an abandoned village temple, he navigates the realm between ghosts 278Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Ghost Taoist in The Spirit Pendulum 灵摆里的鬼道士 When Lu Sheng saw the No. 444 convenience store before him, he felt like his whole world had fallen apart. Lu Sheng: “Where’s my huge Fuxi Hall? How did it disappear?!” This is the story of Lu Sheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu, returning to the mortal world. The story is tentatively set in the worlds of Soul Ferry and Rattan. 1.3kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 70 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
- 71 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
- 72 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
- 73 The Ghost-Eyed Yin Child 鬼眼阴童 I was born with ghost eyes, and my entire family was slaughtered. To survive, I had no choice but to become the disciple of a Rat Immortal and absorb the aura of a thousand-year-old Ghost King! The Judge of the Underworld appointed me a Yin Official in the mortal realm! I command the underworld’s ghost soldiers and generals, rule both the worlds of yin and yang, and restore the former glory of the Yan family! You kids! Want to know more about me? Heh, meet me in your dreams tonight! [Not an over 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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
- 76 Rotten Jasmine: Karmic Sin and False Testimony 腐茉莉：业障伪证 Rotten Jasmine: False Testimony of Sin 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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 668Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 78 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
- 79 Demon Book 妖书 Demonic Book 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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! 687Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 81 The Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When I was ten, my grandfather built a coffin for himself with his own hands... From that moment on, the heavens shattered and all realms fell into chaos. [The 2021 feng shui and fantasy masterpiece!] 633Reads8.1Score13614d adds
- 82 The Corpse Walker: I Brought Your Ancestors Back 赶尸人：我把你们祖宗找回来了 Han Tian was a killer who bound himself to the [Corpse-Driving System] at the brink of life and death. From then on, he embarked on a very different path. A Fourth Master who turns to people's ancestors whenever he can't make up his mind? A Black Panther who can draw talismans? A corpse driver who uses brute force to deal with ghosts? He brought back a group of ancient corpses from a tomb deep in the mountains. Going from house to house, he said, “Come on, I've brought your ancestor back.” Now t 1kReads8.2Score10614d adds
- 83 I Created the Underworld and the Celestial Court 我捏出地府天庭 By day, demons hide among the crowds, devouring people without a trace. By night, ghosts and monsters feast, roaming unchecked. Li Chen transmigrates to a world hiding a dreadful terror, penniless and suffering from a terminal illness. With such a hellish start, fate still gives him a chance: he unexpectedly receives the Nuwa Empress's legacy and a Dough Figurine System... Sculpt the Earth God and the Door Gods, and evil spirits won't dare approach. Sculpt the Black and White Impermanence and th 202Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 84 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 1.7kReads8.8Score34114d adds
- 85 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score35014d adds
- 86 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Became a Netherworld Lord 诡异复苏：开局成为地府大佬 [Eerie Revival] [Urban] [Gods] After the Red Moon appeared, strange events erupted all over the world, and humanity began living in fear every day. Genetic coding and human augmentation projects gave people the power to fight back. Gu Qingming, whose name means “clear and bright,” unexpectedly transmigrates into this world on Tomb-Sweeping Day. He gains a God-Making System, and the stage is set for his grand debut... 1.4kReads6.7Score11714d adds
- 87 King of Gu Sorcery 蛊术之王 (Miaojiang + Chiyou + Supernatural + Gu Poison) A hundred years ago, the last Gu King passed away, leaving behind a Golden Silkworm Gu. A hundred years later, on a winter night, two boys were born one after the other. Their arrivals in the world were perilous and strange. One was a Gu fetus, the other a ghost infant! [Miaojiang Gu Arts, Feng Shui Talismans, Evil Spirits and Gu Gods] [Brotherhood] 1.1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 88 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
- 89 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan in Offerings 拜错神:三十块祭品 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan's Worth of Offerings 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 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
- 91 Heir to the Five Arts 五术传人 All the arts of divination under heaven fall into five branches. They are: Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination, and Physiognomy. More specifically, they include magic, talismans and incantations, the Four Pillars of Destiny, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, feng shui based on the principles of qi, face reading, bone reading, and more... Our Wei clan is the guiding principle behind all five arts. The five arts encompass everything and seize the workings of Heaven. Thus, only those blessed with 1.7kReads8.3Score17114d adds
- 92 The Missing Tenants' List 消失的租客名单 The Missing Tenant List 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond Punk 奉天夜半：红戏服与黄毛 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Ghost Catcher of the Underworld 阴司鬼差 The ninety-nine ghost officials appointed by Qin Shi Huang have passed their positions down through the generations. Somehow, this generation’s post has come down to me. This isn’t myth or legend. It’s all real, and it’s happening right now... 674Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 95 The Bell Pavilion 铃铛阁 An operation unexpectedly opened my yin-yang eyes. The string of uncanny encounters that followed completely overturned everything I thought I knew. The Four Yin Marshals of the Underworld, Zhong Kui, and the Ten Yama Kings all made their appearances. In the end, I uncovered the mystery of my own origins. I never imagined that in my previous life, I had been... 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 I'm the Daoist World's Peak, So Being a Little Stronger Is Only Natural 我道门天花板，强亿点很合理啊 [Urban fantasy + Taoist arts + Chinese-style horror + no female lead + invincible powerhouse] A child cries on a rainy night, and he attains the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. For eight hundred years, he alone has guarded the mortal realm. No ghosts or monsters dare take him lightly. Yu Wuye attained the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. On Zhenyang Mountain stands Zhenyang Hall, and beneath it lies Zhenyang Pass. Zhenyang Pass is where the underworld and the mortal realm meet. 1.7kReads7.4Score10314d adds
- 97 Spirit Pendulum: It All Begins in the Yellow Springs 灵摆：一切从黄泉开始 Beixuan transmigrated into the world of Soul Ferry! He had arrived a little too early, though! Before his eyes, he witnessed three thousand celestial maidens descend from Kunlun, and the Heavenly Pillar break as floods surged across the land. He witnessed Qin Shi Huang sweep across the six kingdoms and transform himself into a dragon vein! He witnessed Emperor Wu of Han wield his power with confidence and use the Nine Cauldrons to lay the foundations of a world united! He was both god and man! W 1.7kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 98 Incense for the Streamers: The Nth Livestream 流量香火:第N次开播 Traffic and Incense: The Nth Livestream 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Mystic Arts Face Reader 玄门相师 A young master of metaphysics, he knows every secret of heaven's design. In everything, he turns danger into fortune, and in every crisis, he finds a way through. He reads people, ghosts, and fate itself! The ways of humans and ghosts are unfathomable, and heaven's secrets must not be revealed! 8.8kReads8.7Score86714d adds
- 100 I’m a Corpse-Driving Empress from the Start, and the School Belle Found Out 开局赶尸女帝，被校花发现了 Chen Tianxiu transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has been revived for a thousand years. Everyone in this world can cultivate and become a warrior. The strongest can even fly through the skies, tunnel beneath the earth, move mountains, and overturn seas, becoming like gods! Then he awakens the Divine Corpse-Wrangling System. Every successful corpse-wrangling earns him various rewards. He can even abandon martial arts and pursue immortality! His first target is the Empress Qianqiu, who v 3.3kReads8.7Score23614d adds
