Novels like The Day I Was Born, a Hundred Ghosts Fled and a Soul Reaper Came Calling
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- 1 Collected Tales of the Supernatural 诡事合集录 A city ghost-hunting tale. After one incident after another, Zhai Wangxin finally remembers his past. He has dealt with ghosts and all manner of strange things, and little by little, everything begins to resurface. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Three Thousand Paths of the Weird: Starting by Rejecting My Gentle Homeroom Teacher 诡道三千，从拒绝温柔班导开始 There are two things crooked practitioners love most: stealing other people’s fortune, and scheming to live forever! Zhang Sanqian had only just started college when he encountered ghosts and humans together, corpses leaping from rooftops, and a ghost raising corpses. He thought it was just some evil spirit causing trouble. He never imagined his own homeroom teacher was plotting to live forever. A hundred lives sacrificed for one person to attain immortality. As Zhang Sanqian dealt with these in 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 Yun Che: The Corpse Driver 云澈：赶尸人 Yun Che: The Corpse Driver 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Was Born Without a Breath, and the One Who Saved Me Was a Nine-Tailed Fox 出生断气，救我的竟是九尾狐 [Traditional Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Ghost Stories] I had no breath when I was born. I should have been a stillborn baby. Just as my family fell into despair, a woman in white opened the door and saved my life... The one who rescued me wasn’t an enlightened master, but a nine-tailed fox who had lived for over a thousand years. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Northeastern Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 Wang Chuyi learned the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams, Maoshan magic, swordsmanship, and boxing from his grandfather from an early age. He met Ma Hongmei, a disciple of the Ma family from Northeast China, and became her godson. Before she died, Ma Hongmei passed on to him her shrine, where she had enshrined a hundred immortals. Practicing both the immortal and Daoist paths, Wang Chuyi slays evil ghosts, subdues wicked demons, battles zombies, and guides benevolent spirits onward. He even 404Reads6.8Score11114d adds
- 7 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Neither Good nor Evil 我的不死骨老祖宗亦正亦邪 My Undying-Bone Ancestor Is Both Righteous and Evil Phoenix blood, the soul of a qilin, an undying bone, the Art of Immortality... A thousand-year-old conspiracy stirs once more, sending the world into turmoil. See how young Master Feng meets every move with a counter of his own! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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 141Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 10 The Day I Was Born, a Qilin Devoured the Sun and the Five Immortals Bowed 我出生当天，麒麟吞日，五仙磕头 When I was born, a qilin swallowed the sun and the Five Immortals bowed their heads. To save me, my grandfather replaced my heart with one belonging to a demon. All these years, I have subdued evil with the qilin and had the Five Immortals at my side, slaying ghosts and gods in the mortal world! 755Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 11 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn as the White Impermanence, I Start Livestreaming to Earn Merit 重生成白无常我开始直播赚功德 Why would a ghost officer save people instead of claiming their souls? Has the Eighteenth Layer of Hell really introduced family planning because of overpopulation? Are the most popular reincarnation choices cats and dogs, preferably purebreds? Could someone in a black suit and a chunky gold chain be a ghost officer rather than a mob boss? Here, you can see the ghost officers of the modern age! Here, you can experience the hardships of life! Here, Xie Bian is still Xie Bian! Welcome to Ferr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 14 The Supreme Celestial Master 极品天师 A hilarious Heavenly Master, a Heavenly Master devoted to protecting all that is good, a Heavenly Master free of vulgar interests: Wolong strives to show everyone a Heavenly Master unlike any other. 171Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 Heterochromatic-Eyed Ghost Tamer: A Thousand Ghosts Have Had Their Eyes on Me Since Birth 异瞳御鬼师：我从出生时就被万鬼惦记上了 An Ning was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, with an extremely yin constitution born of a yin year, yin month, and yin day. She was born with heterochromatic eyes. On the night of her birth, violent winds and torrential rain swept through the village as ghosts roamed the streets. By morning, every villager had died in their home. Fortunately, Zhang Qijun arrived in time to save and adopt her from the vengeful evil spirits that filled the village. Most ghost tamers of the Gho 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Yin-Yang Ruoxie 阴阳若邪 On the day Xie Ruoxie was born, the family home was surrounded by countless poisonous insects. His mother took it as a bad omen and abandoned him at birth. Fortunately, his grandparents raised him. He only wanted to get into college and repay their kindness, so why are the things happening to him getting stranger and stranger? And who am I, really? Why can I command poisonous insects and drive away ten thousand ghosts? (This story is adapted from real events.) 19Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 18 Strange Tales of the Divine Firmament 神霄诡事 In today’s martial world, the biggest sect is sparing no effort to search far and wide for a precious ancient book of secret techniques. At last, they find the hometown of the protagonist, Zhao Shiba: a quiet, peaceful little village. Faced with the enemy’s threat, Zhao Shiba steps forward without hesitation, determined to protect every villager. But fate has other plans: in the midst of the battle, he accidentally kills eighteen innocent villagers from his own village... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Heaven's Mandate: Yin and Yang 天命阴阳 The Pixiu feeds on wealth from every corner of the world. It swallows all things but never excretes, attracting riches and gathering treasures, taking in but never giving out. On my eighteenth birthday, I met a girl who completely bewitched me. But I never expected that she would actually… 1.5kReads8.4Score19514d adds
- 20 Don’t Mess With Him, This Taoist Is a Little Wild 别惹他，这个道士有点野 Daoist arts + feng shui + folk customs + witchcraft + folk secrets + corpse walking + suspense + the supernatural Have you ever seen a person with no shadow? A corpse that can walk? A living person covered in corpse spots? Paper that cannot be burned? An ancient zither that plays by itself? Someone stepping out of a portrait...? Tang Yao has seen them all, and has spent his entire life dealing with such things. “Conceived in the yin year, month, day, and hour, and born in the yin year, month, da —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Yin-Yang Scissors 阴阳剪 A black dragon coils around me, skeletons block the door, fox spirits form ranks, and a white snake possesses me... All I have is a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper. I cut down demons and sever the boundary between life and death... The Yin-Yang Scissors cut through the forces of yin and yang. I am the heir to the Yin-Yang Scissors. With them in my hands, one snip decides life or death. All the thrilling, eerie, and mysterious tales are found in The Yin-Yang Scissors... 120Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 22 The Greatest Ghost Taoist in the Mortal Realm 阳间第一鬼道 The coffin is raised, the incense still burns, and the grave is moved. The Taoist was once an evil ghost; wicked arts throw the age into chaos. Paper figures harbor murderous intent; living stones imprison evil spirits. Vengeful ghosts don Taoist robes, and the sinister wind never stops blowing. Ning An was a disciple of the Taoist sect, but his master used him as a pawn, while his master’s wife wanted to eat him and turn him into a vengeful ghost. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 One Yin Soldier Every Second in the Ghost Realm: I Rebuild the Underworld 鬼界一秒涨一阴兵，我重建地府 [Rebuild the Underworld, gather incense offerings, raise armies, conquer the myriad heavens, Yin Celestial Emperor, Great Emperor Fengdu] Three thousand years ago, the Buddhist and Immortal Realms waged the War of the Six Realms. In the name of saving all living beings, they destroyed the Ghost Realm, which had maintained the balance of Heaven and Earth. From that moment on, the Ghost Realm shattered, and reincarnation collapsed. The Underworld's lords, ghosts, gods, ghost kings, and underworld 63Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 24 Welcome to the Nightmare Livestream!!! 欢迎来到噩梦直播间！！！ My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Emperor's Three-Lifetime Pursuit of His Wife 帝君追妻三生三世 Suddenly, her body stayed still, but her head turned a full 180 degrees toward Lin Xian'er. With an eerie smile, she said, “Miss, just call if you need anything.” Lin Xian'er thought she heard the crackling sound of paper being twisted. Terrified by that face, pale as a sheet, she could only nod. No, that was a face made of paper. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Underworld Longevity Bureau 黄泉长生局 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Ghost Hunting] They say the Yellow Springs are crawling with ghosts and demons. Once I raise my yellow talisman and form a hand seal, I'll wipe them all out. From three-eyed ghost lice and the Fish Kingdom tomb to the Ten-Thousand-Pearl Snake Woman... Li Que, a little nobody of the Daoist sect, and Fatty get caught up in a vast scheme for immortality. As the saying goes: “In paper shoes, I tread into the Yellow Springs; through the gloom of life and death, I 224Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 27 The Last Wild Maoshan Master 最后一个野茅山 During the Republican era, my great-grandfather brought a bowl of executioner's rice to a death-row inmate who was about to be beheaded. On a rainy night in late autumn, the beheaded convict knocked on the courtyard gate... [Traditional supernatural horror + Maoshan magic + no System] 19.9kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 28 The Midnight Last Train 午夜末班车 He was on the last bus home late at night when a beautiful woman got on. He was about to confess his feelings, but then he noticed how sinister her reflection looked in the window. He got off the Route 155 bus and instinctively looked up, meeting her gaze... 727Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 29 The Treasure Hunter with a Lucky Touch 桃运摸宝师 I left home when I was young and stumbled into the world of treasure hunting and spirit-reading. From Kunlun’s Hell to the South Sea Dragon Ruins, the Netherworld Ghostwood, and the Sea of Sand’s hidden nest... I traveled far and wide in search of secret treasures. Just as I thought I could take control of my own fate, Heaven played a cruel joke on me. I tried to escape, but only sank deeper and deeper... 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Usurping Heaven's Mandate 篡天命 The arts of the Dao often say, “Fate can be known, but not changed; calamities can be calculated, but not avoided.” Yet when my grandpa passed down three ghost coins to me, he told me there was another kind of person in this world, someone who could toy with destiny as if it were in the palm of their hand. I’m one of those people who gamble with life: I gamble with other people’s lives, and with my own. But if you want to gamble with Heaven, you have to find a coffin first... 534Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 31 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Northern Horse Notes: The Incense Bearer 北马笔记之顶香人 Know your past life, see the future, Pinch two fingers and know all things. The four pillars and eight posts are all in place, and the altar master is here to oversee it. The King Wen drum sounds, and the immortals line up to descend from the mountains. Take up the incense bowl, lift the incense burner: once you accept the calling, it is for life. 4kReads8.6Score15214d adds
- 33 The Evil-Suppressing Man of the Living World 阳间镇邪人 The world is formed from the union of Heaven and Earth. Where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is yang, there must be yin. This world is full of the strange and the terrifying, and I am part of the strange. My name is Xiao Xie. My grandfather once said that on the day I was born, I tore a vicious asura ghost apart with my bare hands... 1.6kReads7.5Score11114d adds
- 34 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 181Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 35 I Am a Feng Shui Master 我是一名风水先生 My grandfather's dying words were: “Beware the city without shadows. When you see the truth, the world will ‘recognize’ you too.” Poisonous tumors buried beneath mansions, living souls refined in skyscrapers... There are no ghosts in this world, only rules that have been rewritten. My name is Chen Yanqing. I diagnose the land and the houses. Watch as I wield my compass like a blade and carve a path to life through countless deadly feng shui formations! 1.3kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 36 A Paper Effigy Maker Is Useless? My Painted Paper Dolls Terrify the Entire Internet! 纸扎匠废？我纸人点睛吓懵全网！ [Concept God]+ [Incredibly satisfying]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Overpowered protagonist] Dungeons invade, and might makes right! Everyone gets one chance to awaken a class at the age of eighteen. Awakening a high-tier combat class means soaring to success. Awakening a low-tier civilian class means fading into the crowd. Lu Yuanzhou, the top student in the entire city, has his awakening ceremony livestreamed by his school to the whole internet. On the awakening platform, Lu Yuanzhou has to choo 13Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Heir to Mount Longhu: Zhang the Celestial Master of the Streets 龙虎山传人：市井张天师 He looks like a rough-and-tumble man, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a penchant for snark. He's also an heir to profound Taoist arts. His peachwood sword slays evil spirits, and his Heavenly Master's seal suppresses dark forces. A vivid and engaging supernatural novel. 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Underworld Retirement Home 冥府养老院 [Mystery + Supernatural Horror + Urban + Deduction + No Do-Gooder Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] On the first day of school, I ran into a female ghost! Facing the red-clad upperclassman before me, I raised a chair and brought it crashing down on her! "You think it's funny to dress up like a ghost and scare me, you bastard?" —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Agent of the Living World: My Years Working for the Underworld 人间代理人，我给地府打工那些年 [Urban Supernatural + Ancient Legacy + Action, Humor, and Heart] The Black and White Impermanence dressed like corporate executives in suits? Zhong Kui is a burly biker in a leather jacket? The Ten Yin Marshals work in a skyscraper? You’ve seen too little of the world. Even the Underworld has to keep up with the times! After an accident makes Yang Chen the Underworld’s agent in the human world, he begins his life working for the Underworld. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Ink Master 掌墨师 A stern warning!!!! All the yang-meridian techniques in this novel come from a handwritten folk copy of the Lu Ban Book, an ancient text that truly exists. Do not try them lightly!!! It all began with my grandfather… He was an old carpenter, now well over eighty. By chance, I happened to open this long-forgotten copy of the Lu Ban Book. It was handwritten, and my first reaction after reading it was confusion, because I couldn’t understand it at all. So I studied it carefully. It recorded many t 11Reads—Score514d adds
- 41 Awakening the Heavenly Eye: Summoning a God to Face the Great Black Buddha Mother 天眼眸启：请神硬刚大黑佛母 (Supernatural + not a self-sacrificing saint + funny + almost invincible) Li Yang was born on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the lunar calendar. He never expected to be born with a third eye and a strange destiny, drawing him into a mysterious conflict beyond imagination. The Great Black Buddha Mother, far away in Yun Province, even came in person to seize him... Fox spirits, zombies, Miaojiang gu, Kuman Thong, Yellow River corpse collectors... When Li Yang arrived in Yun Province w 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Great Medium 通灵大法师 A mysterious young man gets dragged into one conspiracy after another when he takes on a ritual job. To stay alive and avoid becoming a pawn, he launches an epic battle to defy fate and change his destiny. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death 阴阳生死判 [Slow-paced story. Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.] Remote villages are often home to all kinds of bizarre legends. A hundred ghosts carry a coffin for a thousand miles to deliver a child... The King of Hell calls the roll, then hunts someone down for a thousand miles... These strange events all happen to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu: “I am the Judge of Life and Death. I’ll handle affairs in the world of the living, and affairs in the underworld too. The laws of the Underworld are strict. Le 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Yellow Springs Medical Hall 黄泉医馆 On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, ghosts roam at night and the living must keep away. Yet on Linjiang Road, an unremarkable clinic stands with all four doors wide open, inviting every kind of visitor. Above the eaves hangs a gilded plaque bearing four large characters: “Yellow Springs Clinic.” 531Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 46 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.7kReads8.8Score52014d adds
- 47 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 I Bury the Living and Carry Yin Coffins: The Sunlit World's Patrolman 葬活人，抬阴棺，我为阳间巡逻人 I am a ghost born among the living, bound by nine soul-piercing locks and fated to have my bones buried in ten graves. I have been buried alive, cursed by the dead, worn the bones of the living, challenged fate nine times, and entered ten deadly graves. Only then did I manage to change half my fate. Because I changed half my fate, the legendary Blood-Eyed Vengeful Woman, the Rotten Corpse Ghost Vine, the Human-Skin Constable, and others came looking for me. They thought I would become gentle aft 1.9kReads7.1Score16114d adds
