Novels like A Yin Corpse Brought Me to the Mortal World: The Living, Keep Away
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- 1 The Tide’s Forgotten Record 潮汐遗忘录 Buddy, just a heads-up: usually, you can take a casual look around those nooks and crannies nobody ever visits. Also, carry a brick. If you see something human-shaped, shout at it and ask what it's doing. If it doesn't turn around and just keeps running, shine your light on it and chase after it. But as soon as that thing turns a corner, throw the brick at it and leave it alone. When you get back to the dorm, don't go looking out the window for no reason. If you hear knocking on the wall in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 The Yellow River is full of taboos! The Black-Tailed Old Li, the giant tortoise, ghost soldiers... I retrieve bodies from the Yellow River for a living. There’s so much beneath its waters that you don’t know about! 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Underworld's Number One Yin Messenger 地府第一阴差 The old underworld bailiff is here to show you what awaits after death. Where there's a world of the living, there's a world of the dead. You lived among the living before you died, but would you dare venture into the underworld now? Come along, let me show you the way! 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Mysterious Corpse Herder 神秘的赶尸人 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Last Heir of the Yinshan Lineage 最后一位阴山传人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Ghost Control + Exploration + Zombies + Tomb Raiding] No matter how grand your purple robes and golden belt, you must still dismount and ask what lies ahead. Three feet above your head, the gods are watching; three inches in your palm bind you to the spirit world. Lin Yinan, the last inheritor of the Yinshan tradition, is a wandering occultist who walks between the realms of the living and the dead...! Across the five thousand years of Chinese history, all kinds of str 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Paper-Cutting Can Drive Away Evil 我的剪纸能驱邪 [Urban + Supernatural + Prequel to the Revival of Horror] Thirteen years after transmigrating, Xu Feng finally obtains a System: the Ultimate Paper-Cutting System. By continually raising his paper-cutting level, the System grants him more practical illustrated guides for driving out ghosts and vanquishing evil. With the world's impending revival of horror, Xu Feng must keep growing stronger. Even mightier talisman and character guides await him further along, ready to be unlocked. His sword for 30Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 7 The Living Dead 活死人 A coffin from a hundred years ago was unearthed in our village. I warned everyone not to take the antiques inside, or disaster would strike. They agreed to my face, but the next day someone came to tell me that a person had died the night before... 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Born in a Coffin, the Knife-on-Credit Man 棺生子，赊刀人 [Supernatural Horror + No System] The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, 2003. Late at night. Eight paper figures, beating drums and gongs, carried a coffin to the home of the hidden midwife, Li Cuihua. And I was the child Li Cuihua delivered from the corpse inside the coffin! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Corpse Retriever of the Underworld River 冥河捞尸人 With a boat beneath my feet, I stand on the Nether River, retrieve corpses and return them, and lay the dead to rest. I am a corpse retriever on the Nether River, protecting the human world. A young man’s soul transmigrated into the body of a three-year-old child who had died young. When he awoke, he was adrift on the Nether River, shrouded in darkness, as demons roared and evil spirits ran rampant. Rescued by a corpse retriever from the Tomb of the Living Dead, he inherited his legacy and becam 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Half a Life, Half a Heartless Soul 无心半命人 When I was born, I had no heart, yet I could live normally. I could also see ghosts, so everyone called me a “Half-Life Person.” As I investigated one bizarre haunting after another, I discovered that every vengeful ghost had a chilling story from its past. It gave me a new understanding of human nature. There are no ghosts in this world; evil comes from human nature. As my investigation continued, I discovered that my parents' disappearance and my birth were both unusual. A vast secret seemed t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Yin Craftsman: Beginning with Coexistence with the Supernatural 阴匠：从与阴物共生开始 Let’s start with the facts: I haven’t even graduated, and I’ve already inherited my grandfather’s shop. The good news: I personally sent the murderer who killed my senior to the executioner’s block! The bad news: My senior now lives in the pocket over my chest, and we share life and death. Random passerby: “That student looks so frail. He’s definitely been drained dry.” Liu Changqing: “Could it be a side effect of yin energy entering my body?” (expressionless) Black-clad bodyguard: “Kid, how dar 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Irreverent Old Immortal of the Northeast 东北老仙儿不正经 The Northeast’s Irreverent Spirit Medium In 1983, a roar rang out across the black soil of Northeast China, loud enough to knock the icicles off the eaves. Li Tiezhu was the famous village idiot of Kaoshan Village: useless at everything, but first at the dinner table. He thought he’d spend his life in a drafty mud hut, eating his fill and waiting to die. But then the ancestral spirit altar his grandmother had left behind suddenly forced him into service. The Weasel Immortal was a blabbermouth 9kReads7.9Score54214d adds
- 13 The Corpse Driver: The Beautiful Campus Belle Insists on Becoming My Apprentice 赶尸人：美女校花非要拜我为师 [No System + No Livestreaming + The Male Lead Is OP] After Zhang Xiaolong showed off his corpse-driving skills, he shattered the worldview of the beautiful campus belle An Siqi. After a fierce inner struggle, An Siqi decided to learn the art of corpse-driving from him. “Xiaolong, I want to take you as my master and learn corpse-driving!” “Not happening! I only pass it down between husband and wife, unless you become my wife.” “...” This book is also known as "Part-Time Corpse Driver: The Ic 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Six Paths of Reincarnation: Humanity’s Representative 六道轮回：人界代言人 Hilarious + multiple female leads + infinite-flow + shameless infinite-flow Zhang Sheng is an unremarkable intern nurse at a psychiatric hospital, a handsome bachelor who's been single for over twenty years. His only requirement for a partner is that she be a rich beauty. Once he's got money, he doesn't give a damn about his dignity and goes after every beauty he sees. It all starts when Zhang Sheng tries to make money by even taking advantage of ghosts. He makes a huge mess, and the underworld 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Modern Narrative of Supernatural Horror 灵恐现叙事 Original horror and paranormal fiction. Horror stories are only meant to help everyone unwind, not to make you more afraid. We welcome discerning readers to come and help answer everyone’s questions... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Failed the College Entrance Exams, So I Can Only Become a Corpse Herder! 高考落榜，我只能去赶尸了！ [Corpse Driving + Spiritual Qi Revival] After failing the college entrance exam, Chu Fan returns home to inherit his grandfather's funeral home. When he awakens the Corpse-Driving System, Chu Fan becomes a corpse driver. Spiritual qi revives, and supernatural phenomena begin occurring all over the world. In Chang'an, an imperial corpse that has slept for thousands of years is about to awaken. In Tokyo Bay, a giant serpent with eight heads opens its gaping maw. In Western Europe, werewolves and v —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Mystery Revival 神秘复苏 Kill and loot, and you’ll strike it rich; build bridges and mend roads, and you’ll die without a body! At twenty-seven, Bi Tao was an intern at a cancer hospital. After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, he discovered... the familiar world had changed! The world grew increasingly bizarre, and horror slowly returned! Monsters ran rampant, and ghosts wreaked havoc. Watch as he takes control of fate and turns the tide! 116Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 18 Strange Tales: The Secret History of Spirit Hauntings 诡事异闻录：灵祟秘史 By chance, the protagonist visits relatives in a remote mountain village, only to find an eerie atmosphere hanging over the place. The villagers behave strangely, and at night there are odd sounds and flickering lights. While investigating, the protagonist discovers an ancient book describing mysterious rituals, setting off a string of supernatural events... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Strange Dao: From the Start, a Vengeful Spirit in the Marshal's Mansion 诡道，开局大帅府里的怨灵 [Supernatural + Suspense + Adventure] Yin soldiers crossing the border? I’ll draw talismans to trap them, borrow the incense offerings of the living, and force them to crawl back on their knees! Vengeful spirits haunting me? I’ll use copper coins to bind their souls and seal them in the earth’s ley lines. Feng shui curses? I’ll redirect the dragon veins and defy fate itself. In the chaotic Republic of China era, warlords carve up the land, yin soldiers march through, and living corpses roam by n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Old Shen 旧沉 My name is Chen Lingqi. I live in a remote little village, where my master told me that a calamity is written in my fate. But what exactly is this calamity? Will I be able to get through it? And if I do, how should I live the rest of my life... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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
- 25 I Suspect My Wife Has Been Possessed by a Malevolent Spirit 我怀疑我的妻子被诡夺舍了 [Infinite flow + survival + mild horror + thrills + twists + one heroine + bizarre elements + the heroine barely appears in the dungeon arcs] Ever since his wife returned from a business trip, Lu Chen has been certain that the Su Qingyan before him is no longer his wife. He goes to see a psychiatrist, trying to convince himself that it’s all just a hallucination. But the liquid the doctor sips is a blood-red drink with a raw, fishy smell. “Only those chosen by ghosts can see them.” “You have now 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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 192Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 27 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. 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 28 Return to Life 还魂 The elders often say, “Better to die in the river than be born upon it.” I was born on the river. I should have been doomed to die, but someone lent me their life. 127Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 29 The Living Ghost King 活诡王 A mysterious fragment of a map, a strange jade gourd, a grandfather who vanished nineteen years ago, and a person dying mysteriously after every QQ message I receive. Together, they set off one bizarre and eerie event after another... To uncover the truth, I have no choice but to embark on a series of strange and perilous investigations. It seems as though I’m merely reacting to events, yet everything seems fated to happen. From a haunted dormitory to a ghost village deep in the mountains, and t 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 55Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 31 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of Return 还魂夜黑猫过棺 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of the Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Horror Revival: My Right Eye Is a Ghost Eye 恐怖复苏：我的右眼是鬼眼 Fantasy + Supernatural + Reborn + Growth Terror returns, and human nature is no longer what it was. Eerie fog obscures the secrets of heaven, while spiritual energy settles into the human world. Good and evil clash in an endless cycle, with the road paved in the bones of the dead. Before being reborn, the wicked Ling Yun endured every cruelty of human nature. His closest friends and beloved were all traitors. Now that he has been reborn, he will make those people return to dust beneath his ghost 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, and the Ice-Cold Campus Beauty Came Ghost-Hunting with Me 高考落榜，高冷校花陪我去赶尸 After failing the college entrance exam, he goes home to inherit the coffin shop. By chance, he runs into the campus belle from his school days. Then a livestream captures Zhang Heng driving corpses. “Let the spirits lead the way. The living, stand aside!” “Let the spirits return home. The living, stand aside!” When Zhang Heng appears with a crowd of corpses, the whole internet is stunned! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 I Awakened the Corpse-Driving Talent, and Dumb Little Sister Exposed Me 觉醒赶尸人天赋，被呆小妹曝光 This is an age of spiritual qi revival, and people with extraordinary abilities are awakening one after another. Shen Changsheng has a younger sister, a house, and parents who have gone missing. After binding to the [God-Tier Choice] System, he awakens the SSS-rank talent of Corpse Driving, but people mock him as a useless deadweight. “This is the age of science. Believe in science!” “Even with spiritual qi revival, demons and monsters don’t exist.” But when Shen Changsheng takes action, evil sp 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Corridor of Resentment: Endless Terror 怨念回廊：无尽恐怖 When the bloody handprint on the classroom blackboard dragged Chen Mo into the Corridor of Resentment, he thought it was just a hallucination brought on by near-death. That is, until he saw his best friend in the hospital instance, chewed to pieces by his own mirror double, dissolving into a cloud of blood. [Welcome to the Five-Dimensional Corridor of Resentment. Clear 80 dimensions to reach the Gate of Guixu.] As the icy announcement rang out, the five-person team was forced onto a path of no r 3Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 36 Eerie Descent: I Rise from Death Row 诡异降临：我从死刑犯开始崛起 The supernatural descended. The Heavenly Court vanished, the lineages were severed, the underworld was corrupted, the Ten Kings of Hell became monsters, and the King of the Underworld became the greatest terror. With no gods left to protect humanity, the world was like an isolated island. When night fell, eerie energy seeped up through cracks in the earth. Those tainted by it went mad, died suddenly and turned into ghosts, or mutated until they no longer recognized their own family. In this worl 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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
- 38 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
- 39 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... 235Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 40 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... 530Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 41 The Haunted Hearse 灵车诡事 I'm an ambulance driver for the dead. When I first started the job, Third Master told me a few rules every hearse driver must follow. Then one day, to pay off my loan, I transported a bizarre corpse... 324Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 42 I Take the Fox Immortal to the Underworld 我带狐仙闯地府 Zhao Xiaosi had no idea that after his grandfather died, he would be dragged to the underworld, where the King of Hell would give him a treasure. Nor did he expect to be swept for no reason into the conflicts of the underworld’s Asura realm. With no other choice, Zhao Xiaosi returned to the mortal world to seek help from various immortals dwelling in the mountains. He joined them in putting an end to the underworld’s fighting, bringing along fox spirits, snake spirits, weasel spirits, and all th 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 The Head Ghost Catcher 头号鬼差 [Urban supernatural + ghost officer leveling up + mildly scary + folk customs + no System] After a car accident, Su Jie became a ghost officer in the world of the living and opened a little teahouse in Meicheng. By day, he welcomes three thousand guests from the mortal world. By night, he uses tea to ferry ghosts and spirits across. He's no good at fighting, and when he encounters evil spirits, all he can do is light up a protective golden aura. Luckily, every one of his employees has a special 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Debt of Wrongful Death 枉死债 Debt of an Unjust Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Half a Lifetime on the Uncanny Path 我的诡道半生 Ghosts and monsters are fierce and savage, demanding lives in the dead of night and bringing sinister forces into people’s homes, terrifying all who encounter them. With talismans in hand and sword at my side, I wield the righteous energy of heaven and earth to slay demons and drive out evil. “The Mysterious Ancestor of Heaven and Earth, root of all qi, let golden light appear swiftly and shield my body. Let evil spirits retreat and disperse. By the authority of the law, obey at once!” With the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Horror Revival: I’m the Only Ghost Warden in the World 恐怖复苏：我，世间唯一鬼差 Horror has returned, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. This is a world with no underworld. Lin Yuan travels between the realms of the living and the dead. He is the world's only ghost constable, walking through darkness in the service of light. He will establish the underworld, forge the cycle of reincarnation, and restore order between yin and yang. Six Ghost Kings, the Ten Halls of Yama, and a million ghost soldiers will make countless vengeful ghosts tremble in fear. From humble beginnings to 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I Spent Summer Vacation as a Corpse Driver, and the Stunning Campus Belle Exposed Me 暑假当赶尸人，被绝美校花曝光了 Is there a future in corpse-driving over summer break? (Also known as: My Ghost Constable Roommates) Ye Chen transmigrates to a parallel world. To save up for tuition during his summer break from college, he becomes a corpse driver. At a class reunion, Lin Xue reveals that Ye Chen is her boyfriend, leaving their classmates stunned. When they hear Ye Chen works as a corpse driver, they start making fun of him. “How can corpse drivers still exist these days? Are evil spirits actually real?” “Ye Ch —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—14d adds
