Novels like Reincarnation Envoy: Roaming the Worlds of the Living and the Dead with the Judge’s Brush
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- 1 Underworld: The Judge's Brush Exposes My Identity as the Yellow Emperor's Daughter 地府：我黄帝之女的身份被判官笔曝光 A certain old god sincerely asks: What should I do if I accidentally wiped out every flower of the other shore in the Underworld? Asking online, and it’s pretty urgent. So the old god, struck down by heavenly retribution, was dumped into the male lead’s bath. After the two gazed deeply into each other’s eyes... The male lead: “She’s looking at me like that. She must like me.” The old god: “He’s looking at me like that. Is he trying to kill me?” The more she thinks about it, the angrier she gets! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Grand Judge of the Mortal Realm 阳间大判官 The world is divided into Heaven, Earth, and the Human Realm. Heaven means the Celestial Court, Earth means the Underworld, and the Human Realm means the world of mortals. All life in the world revolves around these three realms, and none of them can exist without the others. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I’m the Judge of the Underworld 我在阴曹地府当判官 After a seismic upheaval in the stars, dark energy surges forth and living creatures mutate. Humanity enters an age of cultivation. From the start, Qian Ye possesses a Yin-Yang Ruler, builds a farm in the underworld, starts an agricultural company, and recruits the Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face as managers. His products sell like hotcakes at home and abroad. Qian Ye: “You’re all my employees. Don’t work yourselves to the bone. Do a good job and you’ll get stock options 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Have a Judge's Brush 我有一支判官笔 A peerless genius falls in a single day. A hidden dragon swims beneath the waters; a tiger loses its place in the sun. Reborn in the underworld, he will reclaim his glory. He drinks deep of the River of the Yellow Springs, strides across the Bridge of Helplessness, grips the Judge's brush, and gazes toward the Gates of Hell. The path of the soul is long and winding. The journey through the mortal world is fraught with endless hardship. Slaying gods and vanquishing demons, what a thrill. When he 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 He’s the Underworld Judge. Why Would You Mess With Him? 他阴间判官，你惹他干嘛？ [No female lead + two male leads with a brotherly bond + demon and ghost hunting + light supernatural elements + original plot] P.S. This isn't a power fantasy, and the characters don't act brainlessly. I'm a judge of the underworld, yet my immediate superior, King Chujiang, has banished me to the mortal realm. [Me: Boss, I didn't do anything wrong, did I? Even if someone has to go through a trial in the human world, it shouldn't be me, right? I'm a judge!] [King Chujiang: Are you trying to thro 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Judge of Yin and Yang 阴阳判官 My grandmother killed my parents for no apparent reason. It was years before I finally uncovered the truth. The mastermind hiding behind it all: even if you are the highest-ranking judge in the underworld, I will use my abilities to pass judgment on you! 25Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 7 Urban Judge of the Living: From the Start, I Have the Book of Life and Death! 都市：人间判官，开局一本生死簿！ After his younger sister was kidnapped, Lin Xuan unexpectedly activated his ancestral jade token and traveled to the underworld, where he obtained a miniature Book of Life and Death. From then on, Lin Xuan became a judge of the mortal realm, wielding the Book of Life and Death to pass judgment on matters between yin and yang and rid the world of its troubles... 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Ferryman: I Am the Judge of the Living World 摆渡人：我是人间判官 My name is Su Yang, and I’m a handsome crematorium worker. A misleading message from my ex-girlfriend led me to try to end my life, but the attempt failed, and I unexpectedly acquired the Judge System. From then on, I roamed among countless ghosts with the Judge’s Brush in hand. That day, by a twist of fate, I discovered that the campus belle was dead. To get my help, she actually… 220Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Yin-Yang Demon Suppression Bureau 阴阳镇魔司 He walks between the worlds of yin and yang, slays vengeful ghosts, subdues evil demons, battles zombies, and stands up for the weak against the strong. He even becomes sworn brothers with the Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face. 2.3kReads6.7Score24314d adds
- 10 With the Book of Life and Death in Hand, the King of Hell Makes Me a Judge 手拿生死簿，阎王让我当判官 Two names lie before Zhao Ming: Zhang Min and Wang Fuqiang. One of them will die in seven days! Who dies is up to Zhao Ming! Zhao Ming has inherited Old Man Leng’s legacy: a Judge’s Brush, a Book of Life and Death, and a volume called The Judge’s Notes. He has become a Judge personally appointed by the King of Hell. In the world of the living, he passes judgment on people’s fates on the King of Hell’s behalf! A correct judgment earns him an extra month of life. A wrong one costs him a year. Befo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Want the Underworld to Return to the Mortal Realm 我要地府重临阳间 "Dad, my allotted years are up. Go to the underworld and have them change that for me." "Father, my third son is about to die. Please notify the City God in the underworld and have him extend my son's life by another three thousand years." "Lord of the Underworld, bring me the Book of Life and Death. Extend my grandson's life by five hundred years!" In this realm, the world of the living flourishes while the underworld has fallen into decline, powerless to oversee the lifespans of all living be 284Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 12 Hell Reawakens: I Lead the Yin Soldiers to Save the World 地狱复苏：我率阴兵救世 “Captain, with our SSS-grade combat strength, why should we fear some primitive planet?” “That planet has a place called Huaxia. It’s a forbidden zone for warfare throughout the universe...” The captain was still speaking when A deafening crash! A black-armored general, dozens of meters tall and wielding a massive black blade, burst through the ship’s hull! The captain’s eyes nearly popped out of his head as he shouted, “Who goes there?!” “I am the Qin family’s ruthless general! By my lord’s com 22Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 13 I Manage the Book of Life and Death for the King of Hell 我替阎王掌管生死簿 After an accident, Ye Xiaofan bluffs the King of Hell into letting him take charge of the Book of Life and Death. He develops an app that lets his software take all three realms by storm. One short-video app, Douyin, leaves the gods of all three realms utterly obsessed. 310Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 14 Having a Son Is Like Having the King of Hell 生个儿子是阎王 Five years ago, I gave birth to a child. Everyone who saw what the child looked like died. Five years later, I met a man who told me he was the child's father. 16.4kReads8.9Score36314d adds
- 15 Honghuang: I Am the Yin Heavenly Son. Gods and Buddhas, Prepare to Die 洪荒：我，阴天子，请诸神佛赴死 Jiang Qian transmigrated into the Primordial World and became the Yin Son of Heaven, ruler of the underworld. He obtained the Underworld Investiture of the Gods System, setting him on an endless path through tribulations. “As for our origins, my underworld came into being alongside heaven and earth. We are the true lineage of the Father God. Even you, Hongjun, owe me a debt of karma!” “As for our foundations, we hold the Book of Humanity and govern reincarnation. We rule the paths of humanity an 882Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 8Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 17 With No Judge of the Dead in This World, I Become Yama 世间无判官，我身化阎罗 Half a Book of Life and Death; A Pen of Reincarnation. When they appeared, the world was rife with crime, online abuse, bullying and slander, right and wrong turned upside down, the powerful beyond the reach of the law, resentment filling the skies, and ghosts and monsters multiplying... "I shall set right what Heaven cannot, and judge what black and white cannot." As Mu Yi holds the Book of Life and Death and murmurs in his heart, divine thunder fills the sky, and the entire planet Yan Hua trem 1.2kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 18 Legends of the Underworld: The Scepter of Reincarnation 幽冥传说之轮回权杖 [Resurgent Ghostly Energy + System + Underworld + Heroes of China + Primordial Worlds] “Loading” “0%” “10%” “90%” “100%” “Ding! Loading complete.” “Ding! Hello, Host. I'm the Netherworld System. You can call me Netherworld, or Dad, Daddy, Darling...” Just as Chen Feng was about to suffocate to death, a mechanical voice, impossible to identify as male or female, suddenly rang out in his mind. Chen Feng was instantly delighted, but the next moment, his vision went dark and the corner of hi 215Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 19 One Man Guards the Nation’s Gate: From the Start, I Play the King of Hell 一人镇国门，开局扮演阎罗王 A mysterious forbidden zone beyond the borders of the world appears on Livestream, selecting contestants from every country to enter and explore it through games. Resources obtained inside are converted into real-world supplies at a hundredfold rate. Contestants who explore the entire map will receive a hundredfold boost in fortune, becoming the strongest on Blue Star. Qin Feng, whose God of Yama role-play has reached 50% after awakening the Role-Playing System, is selected. From the start, he u 281Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 20 I Bring the Underworld into the World 我，让地府降临 [Alternate world] [Behind-the-scenes style] [No heroine] A blood moon hangs in the sky, and daylight suddenly breaks! The world changes, and spiritual energy surges forth! Beneath the daylight and blood moon, blood rains down without warning. Living beings wail, demons emerge, and ghosts run rampant. Deep Blue Star has become utterly unfamiliar to Meng Zhou. I, Meng Zhou, hold the Jade Edict of the Son of Heaven! I command ten thousand ghosts! I shall be lord of monsters and demons, ruler of the 7.6kReads7.9Score73714d adds
- 21 The Yin Son of Heaven: From the Start, I Summon Black and White Impermanence 阴天子：开局召唤黑白无常 [System + passionate action + feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + Underworld + Yin Heavenly Son + adventure + wild imagination] Shen Lian transmigrates to a fantasy continent and awakens the Yin Heavenly Son System. He slays vengeful ghosts, eradicates demons and evils, revives myths, and descends upon the mortal world. He obtains the Black and White Impermanence: vengeful ghosts are seized by the soul, and the Impermanence spirits claim their lives. He obtains the City God’s divi 2.8kReads7.6Score21114d adds
- 22 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Become the Underworld’s Yin Son of Heaven 玄幻：开局成为地府阴天子 The King of Hell says you die at the third watch. Who would dare keep you alive until the fifth? Qi Yun transmigrates to another world and becomes the Underworld’s Yin Emperor. He summons the Ten Kings of Hell and the Four Ghost Emperors, establishing a supreme underworld and restoring order to the world. “What? An old man named Yao Chen is hiding inside a ring? What are we waiting for? He’s a ghost lingering among the living right under my underworld’s nose. Go arrest him and drag him down here 1.8kReads7.9Score11014d adds
- 23 I Keep Showing Up at Murder Scenes 我总出现在命案现场 [Shanghai's most shameless man + Underworld Judge + KPI + the Netherworld + supernatural events] I almost ended up in an incinerator, you know? When I came to, I somehow became a Judge of the Underworld in charge of guiding souls. From then on, I was saddled with an enormous burden of performance targets! So I was forced to go to all kinds of murder scenes to collect souls. That's why the public sees me as an omen of death, the police see me as a godsend, and the King of Hell sees me as a model 972Reads8.0Score14114d adds
- 24 Grandpa’s Starting a Rebellion in the Underworld, While I’m an Earthbound Yin Messenger 爷爷在地府造反，我在人间当阴差 “Grandson, burn me some money!” Every night, whenever Wang Ming fell asleep, he heard his grandfather, Wang Renyi, appear in his dreams and ask him to burn paper money for him. Wang Renyi said he had staged a rebellion in the underworld. He had beaten up the Ten Ghost Marshals and their underlings, kicked the Six Bureau Officers, and even demolished the halls of the Ten Kings of Hell. Then, out of nowhere, Wang Ming, who was still in the world of the living, activated the Netherworld Deity Syste 1.7kReads8.8Score17714d adds
- 25 When the Supernatural Arrives, I Summon Black and White Impermanence from the Start 诡异降临我开局召唤黑白无常 [Supernatural Revival + Decisive Killing + Summoning + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Invincibility + No Female Lead] Ye Yu transmigrates into a world where the supernatural has revived and ghosts roam everywhere. He thinks he is as good as dead, but then he binds to the Underworld Summoning System and becomes the Underworld's supreme ruler, the Yin Emperor. He summons Black and White Impermanence to slaughter their way through a mass grave. He summons the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pacify the 18.7kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 26 A Decree from the Underworld 阴司有旨 Before Grandpa died, he gave me a strange ledger. The first page bore four eerie characters: “Filed with the Underworld.” And the entries weren't sums of money, but “lives.” I used that strange ledger to collect debts and settle accounts on Grandpa's behalf, and it was as if I'd become a living judge of life and death in the human world. Somewhere beyond mortal sight, everything had already been decreed... 21.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 27 Great! It's the Judge of the Dead. We're Saved! 太好了，是判官，我们有救了！ [Supernatural Crime Investigation + High-Stakes Twists + The Nation Works for Me] Sold by her parents for 500,000 yuan to an abusive husband, Chi You leapt off a cliff. But her blood awakened an ancient Judge’s Brush buried underground for a thousand years: “Judge the wicked, and borrow years from Heaven!” From then on, a spine-chilling livestream took the internet by storm: A tycoon calls in for a fortune reading, then suddenly confesses to three murders. A human trafficker livestreams as the 11.1kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 28 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5kReads9.0Score33614d adds
- 29 Me, a Yin-Yang Judge? My Verdicts Start at the Death Penalty 我，阴阳判官？本官断案死刑起步 22.5kReads8.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 30 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 31 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 11.4kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 32 Who Let Him Become a Ghost Constable? 谁让他当鬼差的？ After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 78.2kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds
- 33 I’m a Ghost Officer, So Why Are You Asking Me to Marry the Campus Beauty? 我一个鬼差，你让我跟校花领证？ [Just Started College, and I Married the Aloof Campus Belle] [I’m a ghost officer. You want me to marry the campus belle?] [College Student Ghost Officer] [Campus Belle Wife] [Marriage Before Love] [Ferryman] … Synopsis: On his first day of college, freshman Cao Ning is forced to marry Xia Shihan, his betrothed, whom he has never met. He thinks it’s just a minor incident, but when he returns to campus to register, he discovers that the beautiful upperclasswoman at the registration desk is the ve 40.6kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 34 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.3kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
- 35 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷，您真在地府造反了？ [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.5kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 36 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds
- 37 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 38 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds
- 39 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.7kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 40 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 114.4kReads9.5Score9.9k14d adds
- 41 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
- 42 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
- 43 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
- 44 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 984.6kReads9.9Score161.8k14d adds
