Novels like The Fated Guardian of the Village
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Fated Guardian of the Village, best match first.
- 1 I'm an Assassin, So I Must Keep Calm 我是杀手要冷静 I'm an assassin. I have to keep my cool. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 I was born unlucky. My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and even my grandfather, who had been closest to me when I was little, wanted nothing to do with me. Then one day, I accidentally drank some “mineral water” my cousin had made for an experiment, and my life changed completely. I thought my life was about to end, but my grandfather, who had spent his whole life making funeral wreaths and paper effigies, suddenly came looking for me. He took me to a place only the dead cou 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸匠 I was born under an ominous sign. After my grandfather died, I took up the trade of retrieving corpses from the water. There were walking corpses, blood corpses, mother-and-child corpses... and a mysterious civilization buried beneath the Yellow River for thousands of years. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Fated Corpse Stitcher 天命缝尸人 My grandfather was a corpse seamster. He stitched together the broken remains of the dead, so they could rest in peace and the living could find comfort. But when I was fourteen, he died a sudden, gruesome death. I hadn't even completed my apprenticeship, yet I had no choice but to stitch his corpse back together with my own hands... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Corpse Investigator 探尸人 In the 1980s, a feng shui master was attacked by a zombie in a land of five evils. He lost a leg and an arm, but miraculously survived. Twenty years later, a mysterious woman surnamed Qin sought out the grandson of that master, Sun. She gathered a group of people and went exploring everywhere, capturing zombies to use as ingredients for medicine. Every member of the group was stranger than the last. What secrets were they hiding...? 393Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Rejected When I Proposed, I Can No Longer Hide That I’m a Corpse Retriever 提亲被拒，捞尸人身份藏不住了 My family has made its living retrieving corpses for generations. I was born with a rare boy's fate said to come once in a hundred years, and I wouldn't live past six. To save me, my grandfather arranged an engagement to extend my life. Sixteen years later, I went to ask for my bride's hand, but they refused. They thought the matter would be over once my grandfather died, but they had no idea that retribution was just around the corner... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Corpse Retriever: I Started Out by Recovering My Blind Date's Body 捞尸人，从打捞相亲对象出师 A woman in red floated in the middle of the river. She turned out to be my blind date… I'm a corpse retriever. I never imagined that my first lesson on the job would be retrieving the body of my blind date, or that it would lead me straight into a carefully woven trap. An invisible hand was driving me forward. I couldn't stop… 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚：我反手直播赶尸新郎 [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 33Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Urban Mountain Guides: The Mystery of the Wu Clan 都市赶山人之巫族谜团 After a hundred years cut off from the world, Guan Zhaoming is forced to descend from the mountains when his master passes away. But China has changed beyond recognition in the century since he left. The mystery of his own bloodline, a string of serial murders, a woman found dead in a refrigerator, a mummified corpse in an apartment... A series of vicious crimes targeting Chinese women, shikigami from Japan, a crisis threatening China's dragon veins! These bizarre cases all conceal a shocking co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I’m a Soul Reaper, and Reaping the Tathagata’s Soul Is Perfectly Reasonable! 我一鬼差，勾魂如来很合理吧！ The Heavenly Dao had its designs. After Tang Yu died, he became a ghost, doomed to never be reincarnated. But he transformed into a ghost constable, capturing souls across the Three Realms. The gods of heaven and the Buddhas of the West trembled at the sight of him! White Bone Demon: “Grandpa Sun, please smash my soul to pieces too! That ghost constable is terrifying. I don’t want him to come for me!” Golden-Winged Great Peng: “The Buddha betrayed me! Why did I become a prisoner in the Underworl 3Reads6.2Score214d adds
- 15 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Banish Evil with My Left Hand, Keep the Martial World in Check with My Right 左手灭邪祟，右手平江湖 I was born with an extra soul, and I can remember everything from the moment I was born. Before I was even a month old, all sorts of people came to my home, and they had only one goal: to take me away. They said I was a rare Tianlu child, seen only once every few centuries, able to perceive the realms of yin and yang at six and attain an invulnerable body by ten. My parents refused. On the day I turned one month old, several groups finally came to blows, and every one of my close relatives fell —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Driver, and Dai Xiaomei Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被呆小妹曝光 After failing the college entrance exam, Yun Tianming felt his future was bleak. Then he unexpectedly got a Corpse-Driving System. “What? I can become the richest person in the world by driving corpses? And I can get supernatural powers, too!” Yun Tianming was absent from the class reunion. The class monitor called him: “If things aren't working out, come to me. I can get you a security guard job.” Yun Tianming: “I'll be right there.” With that, the Soul-Summoning Bell rang, and Yun Tianming dro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Urban Yin-Yang Master: Starting with Corpse Driving 都市阴阳先生：从赶尸开始 He was supposed to attend the birthday banquet of a distant relative, but ended up encountering a ghost! 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Years as a Fortune-Teller 我做算命先生那些年 My name is Li Nanfang. In the first half of my life, I schemed endlessly, laying countless feng shui traps and amassing a fortune. Even now, many people are still fooled by me. When they see me, they respectfully call me “Minister” and regard me as their savior. But in the end, I gave away everything I owned. If I don’t tell the truth, I feel I’ll have wronged the world! I firmly believe that charlatans never meet a good end! I’m writing this book to warn people to stay alert and avoid being dec 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Retriever, and Zhou Jie Exposed Me 毕业后当捞尸人，被周姐曝光了 With graduation just around the corner, Lin Yu's girlfriend breaks up with him over the harsh realities of life. Just then, Lin Yu activates the Corpse Retriever System and prepares to start recovering bodies. Some expert: No boat can sail on the River of the Dead. Some authority: No one can identify the corpses in the River of the Dead. Some veteran corpse retriever: Anyone who retrieves corpses from the River of the Dead dies within a year. Yet Lin Yu rows his little boat along the River o 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Corpse Carrier 背尸匠 My grandfather was a corpse bearer. He carried countless bodies, and the last person he ever carried turned out to be himself... 558Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Folk Tales + Urban] The older generation always says there are things beneath the Yellow River that must never be disturbed, or something terrible will happen. I didn't believe them, not until the day I took a crew underwater to hunt for treasure... 535Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 24 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
- 25 Debts of the Dead 死人债 Born of vengeful spirits, bound by the debts of the dead! When a hundred ghosts roam, they chain the souls of the departed! Bearing the debts of the dead, I enter the cycle of reincarnation, blessed from birth with the ability to foresee death... 317Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 26 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 My name is Zhao ?, and I’m a corpse retriever on the banks of the Yellow River. In our line of work, there are rules that must never be broken. Cross the line, and you won’t even find peace in death. The rules of the Zhao family are: First, never retrieve the corpse of the River Dragon King. Second, if you see a Bodhisattva, don’t look back. Third, avoid the corpses of young women. Fourth, stay away from ghost ships on the riverbed. I’ve always strictly observed these four ironclad taboos. Unfor 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 Feng Shui Master: The 749 Bureau Is Begging Me to Come Out of Retirement! 风水先生，749局请我出山！ [Feng Shui] [Comedy Livestream] [No System] A Faqiu Heavenly Official transmigrates into the body of a penniless bachelor. From the start, he gets caught robbing a tomb and spends a year in prison! After his release, he turns over a new leaf and decides to become a Feng Shui streamer. But then he discovers one ancient tomb after another, attracting the attention of archaeologists, tomb raiders, and the police! Chen Feiyu: I hereby solemnly declare that I am a Feng Shui master, not a tomb raider. 7Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 30 The Fate-Reading Feng Shui Master 天命风水师 Have you ever seen people repeatedly drown in the same place...? Have you ever seen a huge commercial complex turn into a haunted building with no businesses left inside...? Have you ever seen an old person burning paper offerings at a crossroads late at night...? Have you ever seen a billionaire become a beggar overnight...? Have you ever seen a family of three killed in a collision at the same crossroads...? Is it coincidence, or a setup? Or... is this simply your fate? Past and present li 30Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 31 The Yin-Fated Green Coffin 阴命青棺 [Horror novel with a bound System + one heroine + satisfying action + wild imagination] Enter at your own risk When calamity struck, no one in the village was spared. At his grandfather's request, a feng shui master saved me. From then on, I apprenticed myself to him and learned his arts. To save the person I love, I traveled the world, possessed by ghosts, corpses, and evil spirits, killing ghost kings, storming the underworld, and standing firm against the will of Heaven... I changed my fate, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 149Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 35 The Haunted Clinic: I Use My Snake Wife to Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 恐怖医馆：我以蛇妻镇百鬼 I grew up in a gloomy, ruined temple, where I unexpectedly met a white snake. When I turned eighteen, the white snake became the love of my life. For its sake, I also became a rising star in the underworld of occult practitioners... 394Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 36 The Insect Master 引虫师 Our ancestors called every living, blood-and-flesh creature in the world a bug. Bugs fall into five kinds: naked, scaly, furry, feathered, and shelled. We humans and earthworms are both naked bugs. The Great Expansion numbers fifty, but only forty-nine are used. Heaven left one number for the mortal world: any animal that learns it can become an immortal. But unlike the other four kinds of bugs and us, they must first become demons before they can appear. Cat Gu, corpse immortals, the giant serp 225Reads—Score10014d adds
- 37 Eerie: There's a Female Ghost Inside Me 诡异：我体内有一只女诡 (No System, multiple heroines, eerie atmosphere, slow-burn romance; romance is the main focus) One day, Lin Can had a nightmare. In it, he watched the world change color, the sun and moon reverse, and monsters run rampant. Corpses littered the land, and everything was bizarre and surreal. From that day on, Lin Can had nightmares every night. As they continued, he gradually realized that something seemed wrong with his eyes, too. Walking down the street, he saw towering buildings turn into ruins, 10Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 38 I Have a Fox Immortal Wife 我有一个狐仙老婆 As the old saying goes, when a fox comes asking for your hand, it’s either deeply in love or out to harm you. When Gu Ning was five, a white fox with magical powers tricked him into a wedding ceremony, making him take the heavenly tribulation in her place. To stay alive, Gu Ning opens a café that only operates after midnight and caters exclusively to wandering spirits... 2Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 39 Dai Xiaomei Faints in Terror During Her Haunted House Livestream, Scared by Me Driving Corpses 呆小妹古宅直播，被赶尸的我吓晕 In the first year after graduation, Ding Hao became a corpse driver. He led a group of ancient corpses brought out of deep-mountain tombs through the empty streets and alleys at midnight. Watching a few people nearby look around nervously, he knew they were searching for their ancestors. “Your ancestors are all right here. Come over and pick one out.” A little streamer named Xiaodaidai filmed the whole thing. She thought to herself, This is it! My follower count is going to skyrocket! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Became a Heavenly Master of the Dao 我成了道门天师 My name is Li Changqing. When my mother gave birth to me, ghosts roamed the night, and a wandering Daoist saved my life. He said my fate was far too harsh, bringing calamity to my closest relatives. My parents might not die peacefully… and I still had three disasters to survive. My only chance of survival was to join the Daoist sect. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Yin Sovereign: The Fox Immortal Arrives 阴天子，狐仙驾到 I was born with an extraordinary destiny, meant to become an emperor. But just after I was born, someone tried to sabotage my fate. To save me, my grandfather gave away the merit accumulated by eighteen generations of our family, and risked his own life to defy the heavens and change my destiny... 5.5kReads7.4Score35114d adds
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 I Took Leave to Go Home and Deal with a Corpse, but My Beautiful Boss Insisted on Coming Along 请假回家赶尸，美女上司非要一起 Fu Long, who had left Raojiang, was eating braised chicken rice in the Magic City CBD when he suddenly got a call from the head of his village: "The corpse-driving contest starts soon. Last year, you didn't come back, and we lost to the neighboring village by five cows, two pigs, and more than a dozen chickens. If you dare not come back this year, I'll livestream myself tearing down your house!" 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Pendulum: The Super Taoist Works at a Convenience Store 灵摆：超级道长在便利店打工 After the Sacrifice to the Lord of Mount Tai, the Netherworld King Chacha searches everywhere for Zhao Li, Xia Dongqing, and Wang Xiaoya... A young Taoist priest named Zhang Zhongyang is ordered by his master to go study Chinese at Jiangzhou University. But he is so exceptionally skilled that he gets a perfect score on his final exams and unexpectedly lands a job at Convenience Store No. 444. There, he opens his third eye and takes over from Zhao Li as the new spirit guide. From then on, ancient 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Who Says This Evil Path Is Bad? It's Absolutely Wonderful! 谁说这邪魔歪道坏？这可太棒了！ [Folklore and the supernatural + decisive and ruthless + dark and scheming + one heroine] The gates of hell swing wide, plunging the human world into chaos. Cultivators conceal their deeds from Heaven. They eat from the underworld, yet drink the blood of the living. Warring factions of occult practitioners battle one another, while officials and outlaws clash and unorthodox sects wait to profit. Ghosts and gods run rampant, monsters wreak havoc, and even the wicked can ascend to Heaven. Ghost-an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Failed the Exams and Became a Corpse Driver, and Dai Xiaomei Livestreamed It 落榜赶尸的我，被呆小妹直播了 Xiao Zhang transmigrated to a parallel world, failed the college entrance exam, and unexpectedly awakened the strongest Corpse-Driving System. He had only wanted to quietly make a fortune as a corpse driver, but Dai Xiaomei accidentally livestreamed him, throwing the whole country into an uproar. Dai Xiaomei: “I honestly never thought corpse drivers were real.” From then on, the two began livestreaming their daily corpse-driving adventures. “The heroic spirits of our martyrs must not remain in a —Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 49 My Beloved Ghost Wife 冥妻挚爱 Straight version: I never believed in ghosts or gods, until the day I met a beautiful woman... Literary version: Along the bluestone road and over the bluestone bridge, beneath an oil-paper umbrella, that blue-robed figure remains as before! At the Bridge of Reincarnation, I’ll wait through a lifetime of rebirth. I’d trade a hundred years of my life for one lifetime of your beauty! I bow three times before the Buddha, wishing for love across three lifetimes. The Buddha says: Why seek it in this 4.1kReads7.7Score35414d adds
- 50 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业，偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 138Reads—Score—14d adds
