Novels like The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death
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- 101 I Hide in the Underworld, Quietly Growing into a Heavenly Demon 我躲在地府，悄悄发育成天魔 I can't keep grinding, but I can't quite lie back and coast either. After arriving in the underworld, Wang Duoyu can't accept his lot. He worked so hard to land a secure position, only to find that the netherworld is just as cutthroat. Fortunately, he has a livestreaming System. By guiding departed souls, communicating with the living, and exposing evil deeds, he earns merit points. After finally rising to the rank of Ghost General, he discovers by chance, while hunting down the remnants of the 24Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 102 After Dropping Out, I Became a Corpse Driver: Exposed on Ziqi's Livestream 辍学后当赶尸人：被子柒直播曝光 After dropping out of school, Yuan Shuai thought his life was over. He never expected to be hit by a god-tier corpse-driving System. After the college entrance exams, a classmate posted in the group chat: “Yuan Shuai, if you dropped out and don’t have a job, why not come work as a security guard at my company?” Yuan Shuai: “No thanks, I’m busy driving corpses. Since we’re classmates, I can give you a twenty percent discount if you need a corpse driven.” When the dead return home, passersby must 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 103 I Am the Prince of the Underworld, the Fated Guardian Spirit 我，阴间太子，天命守护灵 Lu Xian! The Crown Prince of the Underworld! Son of the Equal King, one of the Ten Kings of Hell! On the Bridge of Helplessness, he once joked with Lady Meng, saying she knew how to brew soup but not how to understand people. Riding the truth-listening beast, he once asked Dizang with a laugh, “What is the Buddha, and what is love?” Standing above the Nether Sea, he once asked Ying Gou with a grin, “Can someone else sit on this throne of bones?” He had done so, so much... Until one day! He c 66Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 104 Don't Mess With Snake Master 蛇爷不好惹 I died at birth because of a difficult delivery, but an ancient spirit snake that had cultivated for a thousand years saved me. I establish a spirit altar and help others cultivate immortality. With the ties between my past and present lives, can I overcome every trial and achieve true fulfillment? In this world of ghosts, demons, and immortals, where fame, fortune, beauty, and desire all hold sway, who will seize ultimate power and set the world to rights? 38Reads6.4Score414d adds
- 105 From the Start, I Keep Running Into Ghosts 开局总能碰见鬼 Dark clouds descend, and chaos clouds my eyes, As ghosts crowd the world on every side. At every step, I stumble upon spirits, While Maoshan and Longhu become my friends. I’m a homicide detective who catches ghosts... Eat, greed. All things follow a destined design... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 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 230Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 107 Underworld Contract Worker 地府合同工 Ox-Head and Horse-Face greet me with smiles, while I sing “Conquer” on the Bridge of Helplessness. The Five Directional Ghost Emperors treat me as an honored guest, and the Ten Yama Kings drink with me. Don’t envy how badass I am. I know just how badass I am! The Underworld’s agent (contract worker)... That’s how fresh and badass I am! 26Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 108 The Spirit Pact of Sinister Schemes 诡谋之灵契 People often say that a person’s fate is decided by Heaven, but that is not entirely true. Mu Fan was born into a vast conspiracy. With a body of four yin and an utterly yin fate, his perilous destiny made an ordinary life impossible. A female ghost in the park tries to seize his soul, while a stunning ghost bride enters into a marriage pact with him. Corpses dance in the funeral home; teachers and students at a school haunted by vicious ghosts leap from buildings in eerie circumstances; deep in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Tomb-Keeper's Shaman Boy 守陵巫童 My name is Shen Yan, the lowliest tomb-guarding shaman boy on Mount Cangwu. A vengeful spirit in white bit my neck, leaving behind a black, snake-shaped mark. She said I had forty-nine days left to live. I thought that was as bad as things could get. Until my fellow disciples sold me out, and the tomb warden sealed off the mountain to hunt me down. Until the remnant soul of a Martial Emperor, who had slept beneath the earth for a thousand years, began coveting my cinnabar-bloodline body. One w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I Bring the Underworld Back to the World of the Living 我让地府重临人间 There is no underworld in this world. Ghosts roam the night, and monsters run rampant. After transmigrating, Tang Chen discovers that his cheap rental apartment is more than a little unusual. A little girl laughing under the bed, bloody handprints in the hallway, offerings outside the neighbors' doors... He is the only living person in the entire building. All his neighbors are urns of ashes! 439Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 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… 1.7kReads8.8Score55814d adds
- 112 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 186Reads8.5Score3114d adds
- 113 Supernatural: I Am the Yin Emperor, Founding the Underworld and Ruling the Mortal Realm 灵异：吾阴天子，创地府掌控人间 [Invincible + Incredibly Satisfying] Su Xin transmigrates to a parallel world. Supernatural phenomena are resurging, killing is rampant, the world’s order has collapsed, the gods have vanished, and the Underworld has fallen apart. Fortunately, Su Xin awakens the Underworld Inheritance System and becomes its supreme ruler: the Son of Heaven of Yin! From then on, Su Xin recruits subordinates, establishes City Gods around the world, hunts down evil ghosts, restores order to the world, and rebuilds 93Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 114 A Hell Bureau Buddy Takes on the City 地府老哥混都市 Ox-Head and Horse-Face? They’re my muscle. Black and White Impermanence? They’re my underlings. Who am I? A handsome big brother who’s returned from the underworld, ready to live it up in the city, charm every beauty under heaven, and slap the faces of spoiled rich brats! 114Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 115 The Haunted Son of Heaven 诡天子 I can hear the dead speak and tell yin from yang. A serious illness in childhood gave me the ability to hear the last words of the dead and see the shackles on the living! My name is Zhao Changsheng. I was born among piles of corpses, and my life is fated to be bound to death. I won’t live past eighteen. To keep me alive, my adoptive father revealed the secrets of fate before he died, divining thirteen corpses that could defy heaven and change destiny… 218Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 116 Lord of Hell Runs Wild on Earth 地狱之主纵横地球 The Lord of Hell descends upon Earth, invincible in this world. He enslaves gods and makes immortals his servants. He wipes out every demon of Hell and sweeps all before him. The gods and demons of the Nine Heavens all bow their heads! 215Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 117 I’m the Lord of Yin, That’s All There Is to It 小爷就是阴天子 [Paranormal + eerie + no romance + original setting] [This story is entirely fictional] Three years after a strange solar eclipse, ghosts began running rampant in the human world. Ye Xun, the ruler of the underworld, drifted through a dark void like duckweed on the water. When he opened his eyes, he found ghosts running amok in the human world without restraint. The underworld seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. Ye Xun could only hunt ghosts while summoning his underlings. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Yin-Yang Melody: Ghost Month 阴阳曲之鬼月 Cultivation, Supernatural, Underworld, Conspiracy, Apocalypse, the Myriad Worlds A family of three turns into dried corpses as soon as they die. A corpse goes to the hospital for treatment. Women vanish from their homes at the same time. A game of spirit summoning ends with someone jumping to their death. When evil bares its fangs, the police are already powerless. Who will save the people? A police officer can find no solution in the world of the living. Then he’ll seek one in the world of the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Sinister Livestream: At Midnight, the King of Hell Passes Judgment 极恶直播：午夜十二点，阎王断罪 [The Only One on the Entire Site] From the start, Lige is slandered after bravely stepping in to save a girl who has been violated and taking her to the hospital. She even takes him to court, and the story makes the news. The whole world learns about it. In an instant, a deluge of accusations and abuse engulfs Lige and his younger sister. Online keyboard warriors, petty villains in real life, and attention-seeking profiteers. This world still paints him as utterly evil, guilty beyond forgiveness 9Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 120 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Became a Netherworld Lord 诡异复苏：开局成为地府大佬 [Eerie Revival] [Urban] [Gods] After the Red Moon appeared, strange events erupted all over the world, and humanity began living in fear every day. Genetic coding and human augmentation projects gave people the power to fight back. Gu Qingming, whose name means “clear and bright,” unexpectedly transmigrates into this world on Tomb-Sweeping Day. He gains a God-Making System, and the stage is set for his grand debut... 1.4kReads6.7Score11714d adds
- 121 The Underworld WeChat Group 地府微信群 Date the most beautiful ghosts, beat up the toughest guys, and let Granny Meng whip up a meal with her own fair hands. I'm Chen Mo, and I'm my own spokesman! I won't just throw my weight around in the human world, I'll raise hell in the underworld too! After Chen Mo is cheated on by his girlfriend, a twist of fate brings him into an online group chat with members of the Underworld. From then on, his life is like chewing Xuanmai gum: it just won't stop! 859Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 122 I Hosted a Show, and My Identity as a Corpse-Driving Taoist Was Exposed 主持节目，我赶尸人身份被曝光了 A campus interview show. Host Zhou Xiaoyi asked, “Have you ever seen a ghost?” “Heh. What era are we living in? We should believe in science. Of course I've never seen a ghost!” Ye An replied. Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! “Then what did you do after you encountered a ghost?” “Obviously, I ran! It was a ghost. Wouldn't I have to be an idiot not to run?” Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! From that day on, Ye An's identity as a corpse-drivin 33Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 109Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 125 Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine 妖妻鬼妾 [Third-Person Narration | Traditional Supernatural | Taoist Arts | Spirit Mediums] My name is Zuo Li. I was different from the moment I was born, carrying the fate of a ghost. To make sure I could grow up safely, my grandfather had me live off two women at once. As it turned out, I could only stay alive by living off women... 255Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 126 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I Become the Disciple of the Thunderbolt Taoist 僵尸世界：开局拜师雷电法王 Lin Bei was reborn in the Republic of China and spent fifteen years there, always thinking it was an ordinary world. Then he saw a Taoist conjure lightning with his bare hands and blast a zombie into a charred corpse. Lin Bei immediately dropped to his knees. The Taoist couldn't get rid of him, so he had no choice but to take him as a disciple. “I am Shi Jian, eldest senior disciple of the inner sect of the Maoshan Sect.” Lin Bei was dumbfounded. Shi Jian? The Thunder Lord from "Mr. Vampire"? Un 73.6kReads7.6Score5.5k14d adds
- 127 The Last Corpse Driver 最后一个赶尸人 The dead march on; the living must keep their distance. If they don't, disaster is sure to follow! I'm a corpse driver, and this is my story! 723Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 128 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
- 129 I Own a Netherworld Underworld 我有一座幽冥地府 When Xiao Yang wakes up, he discovers that he has become the impoverished lord of a bronze-level city. Powerful enemies surround him, all watching hungrily, and one wrong move could spell utter ruin! Fortunately, a netherworld has awakened within him! As long as he has this netherworld, he can command its shadow soldiers and generals, along with the Ten Yama Kings! Summon the Black and White Impermanence, slay evil ghosts, and swallow the sun and moon! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, 1.1kReads—Score16814d adds
- 130 I Confess! I'm a Ghost Magnet! 我坦白！我是招鬼体质！ I confess! I have a constitution that attracts ghosts! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 132 The Campus Beauty Called Me Out at Midnight to Deal With a Ghost, So I Became Bai Wuchang 校花半夜招撞鬼，我化身白无常 Ye Qiu taps a bowl with chopsticks at a crossroads in the middle of the night, never expecting to summon Bai Wuchang. Even more unexpectedly, Ye Qiu obtains Bai Wuchang’s token and becomes the new Bai Wuchang. At that moment, a campus belle livestreamer is playing a summon-a-ghost game in her stream after making a bet with her viewers. She sits in front of a mirror and combs her hair in the middle of the night. “See? Nothing’s happening. There are no ghosts in this world.” The streamer turns her 466Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Spiritual Qi Revival, Terror Descends: I Am the Realm Master 灵气复苏，恐怖降临：我乃界主 [Spiritual qi revival + Lord of Heaven and Earth + Invincible + Mysterious + Immortals + Underworld] Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things like straw dogs! Yet the yin and yang of Heaven and Earth are in chaos, and no true gods are to be seen! Li Xiang, Lord of the World, holds a divine decree in his hand! He summons Black and White Impermanence to seize souls and slay the mysterious! He summons the Judge, leaving no schemes or tricks undiscovered! He summons the Four Great 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Escort of the Mountains and Seas: The Langyin Garment Tomb 山海押镖人之琅音衣冢 (Fantasy adventure!! If you love adventure, come along.) Escort work isn't like hosting a banquet, writing an essay, or drawing and embroidering flowers. There's nothing refined or genteel about it, and certainly no room for being mild-mannered, respectful, frugal, and yielding. Escorting cargo is a skill for surviving in the martial world, a matter of life and death, and a contest of intrigue and deception. Bandits, robbers, crooked inns, charlatans, and all sorts of factions will stop at nothi 37Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 135 Everyone Has a Ghost City, but I Created the Underworld 全民鬼城而我创建地府 In a parallel world, the ghost race invades and seizes vast swaths of human territory. Everyone receives a ghost city when they turn eighteen, then enters the regions occupied by ghosts! They search the ghost realms for ghosts to recruit, bring them into their cities, and raise ghost armies to fight ghosts with ghosts! Lin Mu, who transmigrates into this world, is thrilled to discover that he can not only see detailed information about ghosts, but has also gained the ability to multiply their po 194Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 136 I Created the Underworld and the Celestial Court 我捏出地府天庭 By day, demons hide among the crowds, devouring people without a trace. By night, ghosts and monsters feast, roaming unchecked. Li Chen transmigrates to a world hiding a dreadful terror, penniless and suffering from a terminal illness. With such a hellish start, fate still gives him a chance: he unexpectedly receives the Nuwa Empress's legacy and a Dough Figurine System... Sculpt the Earth God and the Door Gods, and evil spirits won't dare approach. Sculpt the Black and White Impermanence and th 202Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 137 I Became Haunted by Evil Spirits After Starting Out as a Corpse Burner 从当烧尸匠开始恶鬼缠身 To escape an arranged marriage, I took a job burning corpses at a funeral home. Old Li, who handled the bodies, actually brought a prostitute to the funeral home. That woman later died, leaving a red high heel at the entrance... The next day, Old Li died. A red high heel had pierced through the center of his forehead... With my father's help, I learned that before she died, the woman had been pregnant. Someone had cut the baby out of her and turned them into a Mother-Child Demon. After that, t 5.5kReads8.3Score43614d adds
- 138 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score11914d adds
- 139 Coming for My Life on the Seventh Night? I Can Command the Most Ominous Creatures 头七索命？我能御大凶之物 Anyone who makes money from the dead knows there are three kinds of corpses you must never handle. First, don’t take the bodies of people who died violently or are missing limbs. Such corpses carry baleful energy, damage your fortune, and bind you to karmic debts. Second, don’t take a corpse that has been left unattended for seven days after death. After seven days, the flesh has begun to decay and the soul has nowhere to settle. Disturb it, and you may find yourself haunted by evil things. Thir 226Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 From the Start, I Was a Ghost King, Forced to Become Bai Wuchang 开局鬼王，被迫成为白无常 Xie Yan transmigrates into the body of a Ghost King, expecting to throw his weight around. Instead, on his very first day on the job, he is surrounded by the Underworld's special task force for “cracking down on organized crime and evil.” Faced with the “kind invitation” of a hundred ghost-captain-level underworld enforcers, he signs a contract of servitude through tears and becomes the Underworld's number-one wage slave. From then on, he has KPIs in one hand and the Book of Life and Death in th 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Hauntings in Xiang Village 湘村诡事 The living leave shoes to see someone off; the dead leave shoes to send someone to their grave. After I picked up a pair of a beggar’s straw sandals, my grandfather hanged himself in the bamboo grove in the middle of the night... 130Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 142 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.3kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 143 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
- 144 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 325Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Notes from a Haunted House 凶宅笔录 A haunted house is a house where someone once met a violent death. Legend has it that people who die this way haven't yet reached the end of their natural lifespan, so they die with deep resentment. Anyone who moves in will suffer, at best, a life of misery, and at worst, a broken family and ruin. By a twist of fate, I became a dealer in haunted houses. They kept appearing, and one crisis followed another. Behind every haunted house lay a terrifying, secret story... By the time I wanted to turn 10.4kReads8.8Score22114d adds
- 146 The Underworld Descends 阴司降世 The day Han Luoxuan was born, the Underworld sent guardians to protect him, a hundred ghosts surrounded his home, and rogue cultivators came to claim his life. The independent Han clan, the Fox Immortals of the Northeast, and the Buddhists joined forces to save him. Born with unusual bones and naturally gifted with Yin Eyes, he carries his family's karmic burden and is guided by destiny. He becomes the focus of a struggle in this world. Hunted by a hundred ghosts and parted from his loved ones, 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Reborn and Awakened: I Am the Holy Lord Tianqi, the King of the Underworld 重生苏醒:我为天齐圣君阴天子 In 2060, a blood moon split the sky above Blue Star. Ghostly energy spread everywhere, and evil spirits ran rampant, treating humans as food and dreaming of wiping out human civilization. For some unknown reason, Western countries awakened what they called the protection of the gods. Gods such as Anubis and Hades appeared in mortal form to protect their lands. But in our vast and mighty China, no matter what happened, no gods came to our aid. The West mocked China for having no gods, while evil 86Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 148 Honghuang: I Became the Cycle of Reincarnation from the Start! Lord of the Netherworld 洪荒：开局化轮回！吾为幽冥之主 Transmigrated into the Primordial World. From the start, he becomes the world's first wisp of netherworld energy. The Heavenly Dao persecutes him, and the Earthly Dao remains closed. Lin Fan can only stay in the underworld, waiting for Houtu to transform into the cycle of reincarnation. After that, Lin Fan will have to turn himself into a tool of the underworld, too. A perilous beginning. He awakens a System. He transforms into the cycle of reincarnation, opens up the underworld, and establishes —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 149 A Century of the Supernatural 百年灵异 This is a truly unusual book, recording the supernatural events that took place in a village over the course of a century. These events are unlike traditional tales of ghosts, fox spirits, demons, and immortals. There is none of the vulgar promotion of superstition or idealism found in popular culture. Instead, the book is filled with the world's strangeness and unknowns, leaving readers baffled. After the shock and terror, you can't help but question and imagine what lies beyond, and find yours 8Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 150 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18914d adds
