Novels like The Living King of Hell and the Beauty’s Coffin
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Living King of Hell and the Beauty’s Coffin, best match first.
- 1 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, 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Ghost Wife: Bro, Please Take Your Sister-in-Law Back 鬼妻：哥，求你把嫂子收回去吧 [Married from the start + ghost wife + one heroine + not a wish-fulfillment novel (plot-focused) + fast-paced growth (nearly invincible) + exorcising ghosts and banishing evil] Born under yin, he is also a child born of a corpse. He has the body of the living, but the fate of the dead. He is doomed to be cursed! Liu Cheng was dug from his dead mother's womb by an old gravedigger, and grew up in a cemetery. The old man said that those born under yin are extremely yin from birth, making them a cho 233Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 3 If the Mortal Realm Is Hell, I Shall Become Yama 若人间如狱，我将身化阎罗 [No saintly protagonist] + [No harem] + [Dark tone] + [Death rewind] + [Fusing with evil spirits] + [Near-invincible protagonist] Evil spirits run rampant, and terror resurges; lives are devastated, and the paranormal is everywhere; human life is worth less than grass. If the gods cannot save the world and its people, then I will become the greatest paranormal entity in existence. My name is Yan Luo, and I am also the... King of Hell in this apocalyptic world! 2.2kReads6.5Score15314d adds
- 4 Ghost Corpse Refining, Bearer of a Deadly Fate 鬼炼尸，背命人 Song Yuanqing is a former soldier. After leaving the military, he turned down a government-assigned job and chose instead to become an adventure tour guide. Because of the dangers of the profession, people like him are also called “edgewalkers,” meaning they are always walking on the brink of death. In just a few short years, Song Yuanqing has guided clients through the Amazon rainforest and into Lop Nur, the “Sea of Death.” He has also traversed the Bewitched Marsh of Wawu Mountain, known as th 2.1kReads9.3Score21414d adds
- 5 Marrying a Ghost Bride from the Start, the 749 Bureau Comes Knocking 开局迎娶鬼新娘，749局找上门 [Ghost Bride + 749 + invincible + lifespan-for-power + hot-blooded + ruthless...] Hong Yao was panicking. He was living in what should have been an ordinary modern city, yet supernatural incidents were becoming more and more frequent. By chance, he found the betrothal letter of a ghost bride, and now he had to marry her! From then on, one strange entity after another came after him, all out to take his life. You brought this on yourselves! System! Take my lifespan! Also known as: “Am I strong? I 10.4kReads7.9Score80414d adds
- 6 The Beauty in the Coffin 美人棺 [Mystery + Revenge + Feng Shui] Every month on the fifteenth, my grandfather would ask me for a drop of blood from my middle finger. Only later did I learn that he was feeding the beautiful older sister inside the beauty coffin. 6.7kReads8.7Score53614d adds
- 7 Eerie: After Dying a Hundred Times, I Turn the Tables and Sacrifice My Ghostly Wife 诡异：连死百次，反手献祭鬼娇妻 The author’s new novel: “Reincarnation and Immortality: My Lifespan Limit Doubles with Every Life” [Supernatural Resurgence + System + Ghost Bride + One Heroine!] (A motion-comic adaptation of this book is now available.) After being killed by something hurled from a heavy truck that swerved to save someone on the road, he transmigrates, only to find a blood-clad vengeful ghost invading his dreams. What should he do? Looking at the abilities in his System, Jiang Wuyang sees “Dream Corridor” + “M 1.5kReads8.6Score12114d adds
- 8 On Our Wedding Night, My Bride Turned into a Female Ghost, and I Got Even More Excited 新婚夜，新娘变女鬼，我更兴奋了 Before he died, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me. My bride was a rich heiress, and so beautiful she could put every other woman to shame. But on our wedding night, the bride turned into a female ghost. Everyone was terrified, but I was even more excited. “Ding! The ghost bride is bashful. Ghost Qi +20.” “Ding! The ghost bride is acting coy. Ghost Qi +30.” The Underworld has fallen into chaos, and ghosts roam the night. Su Zhe farms Ghost Qi from ghosts, then exchanges it for superna 1.1kReads8.5Score12114d adds
- 9 I’m a Ghost Smuggler. What’s Wrong with Kidnapping Female Ghosts? 我作为鬼贩子，拐卖女鬼怎么了？ [Supernatural horrors return + hilarious feel-good story + absurdly powerful items + if this doesn’t make you laugh, you can beat me to death!] Jiang Xiaobai transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and gains the Ghost Smuggler System. He gets stronger by smuggling ghosts! [Ding! You smuggled a female ghost to a mining site. Ghost Smuggling Points +3000] [Ding! You smuggled a red-clad vengeful ghost to a pyramid scheme. Ghost Smuggling Points +5000] [Ding! You smu 1.5kReads8.5Score17614d adds
- 10 Maoshan Disciple 茅山弟子 Maoshan has divine arts to exterminate evil, gathering ill omens from both the yin and yang worlds. Where is the Seven-Star Dragon Spring now? Ye Shaoyang, the hero of those days, is nowhere to be seen! 1.8kReads8.2Score24414d adds
- 11 I Saved Thousands of Female Prisoners Alone and Won the Empress’s Heart 我一人拯救万千女囚，俘获女帝 Not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China lies a village where every woman is breathtakingly beautiful, yet none can ever leave. Chen Daming only went on vacation, but wound up wandering into a haunted place, eating two and a half jin of expired immortal pills, and gaining a heap of useless superpowers. The seemingly worthless protagonist takes on the responsibility of protecting patriarchal civilization as the matriarchal civilization that ruled Earth for 1.4kReads8.9Score18714d adds
- 12 The Demon Taoist Breaks Through the Underworld Pass 妖道破阴关 (Supernatural horror, feng shui and geomancy, warding off evil and misfortune, one heroine) My parents used forbidden magic to conceive me, but on the day I was born, my strange appearance frightened them away... My third uncle raised me in a cage. I barely managed to grow up on borrowed yin virtue and incense offerings... On my eighteenth birthday, I was buried alive in the ancestral graveyard. She saved me... but she wasn’t human... 5.4kReads9.1Score47014d adds
- 13 The Most Hated Contestant on a Dating Show? I'm a Grim Reaper, Yet I'm a Hit in the Underworld 恋综万人嫌？当鬼差却在阴间爆红 If someone offered you a million to join a dating reality show for ordinary people, with a script that required you to play a mean, tactless, universally disliked character, and you knew the public would drag you onto the trending charts to bash you, would you take the job? Lin Xian, who failed at investing in a haunted house, works at a funeral home, and has a gravely ill younger sister to support, replies: “Director, you mean I don’t have to care what people think, I can insult whoever I want 7.5kReads8.6Score94514d adds
- 14 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score39614d adds
- 15 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.6kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 16 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 17 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 18 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 885Reads8.6Score11714d adds
- 19 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 8kReads8.3Score93714d adds
- 20 The Haunted Apartment: I Turn Out to Be the Final Boss 猛鬼公寓，我竟然才是大BOSS Welcome to Happy Apartments: There’s a friendly atmosphere and kind neighbors. Every night, they come out to talk with you about life and share their dreams for the next one. So, looking for a place to rent? The haunted kind. 2.4kReads9.1Score20314d adds
- 21 When Grandpa Died, Dragons Lifted His Coffin and Ghosts Wept at His Grave 爷爷死时，龙抬棺，鬼哭坟 My grandfather was tragically caught up in a thousand-year-old feng shui plot. When he died, a dragon lifted his coffin and ghosts wailed at his grave. As for me, I was born wrapped in snake scales. They all called me a monster, but the Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters. They secretly sent me to Dragon Pool, where eight old men took me on as their disciple. When I grew up, I punched demons and monsters and kicked spirits and fiends aside. Practicing both Buddhist and Daoist arts, I 10.6kReads8.5Score80514d adds
- 22 The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋 A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation. 12.5kReads9.3Score10514d adds
- 23 Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁 Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family 8Reads—Score314d adds
- 24 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 半夜十二点，闺蜜喊我去钓鱼 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Became a Monster, and My Girlfriend Burned 30 Million for Me 人成诡异，女友给我烧三千万 [Supernatural Revival]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Horror Descends]+ [Eerie Tales]+ [Tattoos]+ [Malevolent Gods]+ [The Underworld] “Doctor, do you think it’s possible that I’m really dead?” “In my dream, I saw a woman standing by my grave, calling my name as she burned paper offerings.” “She said I was dirt-poor when I was alive, so now that I’m dead, I should make sure to enjoy myself.” “When I woke up, there were thirty million by my bed...” Song Zhong dreamed of a beautiful woman burning paper mone 4.8kReads8.6Score26814d adds
- 26 National Fate Ghost Stories: The Horror Isn't Violent Enough 国运怪谈：害怕诡异不够暴力 [No Romance + Absurd Humor + Invincible + Comedy + National Fate + Reckless Tough Guy + Analects-Based Fighting + Meme-Filled] National Fate horror stories descend upon Blue Star, and Tang Gang becomes the Dragon Kingdom's third chosen one. While everyone else struggles to survive in the world of horror, he has already begun his rise to becoming the big boss of that world. The ghost from the household: “On the first night, he said, ‘If it's too hard to deal with, then don't deal with it,’ and fl 31.9kReads8.7Score4.5k14d adds
- 27 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.9kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 28 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score46314d adds
- 29 Don’t You Feel Guilty Making a Living Selling Ghosts? 你当鬼贩子良心不会痛吗 [Ghost peddler + no female lead + bluffing + ghost summoner] Ghostly energy surges, and terror descends. Lu Jing inherits the funeral goods shop his grandfather left behind and becomes the best business partner the Spirit Guard Bureau could ask for. “Captain Fang, 30,000 for this B-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, 500,000 for this A-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, this Ghost King...” Watching Lu Jing remove 5.2kReads8.9Score35814d adds
- 30 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score32314d adds
- 32 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 33 You Blush Eight Times in Five Minutes, and You're an SSS-Rank Female Ghost? 五分钟脸红八次，还SSS女诡？ This is supposed to be a terrifying survival game, yet while all the other contestants are struggling to stay alive, you’re falling into a sweet romance with an SSS-ranked eerie school beauty? The eerie game descended upon Blue Star, and one lucky person was randomly chosen from each country to represent it and survive in the eerie realm. Xu Fei was chosen against his will, but he could see hidden hints. His first dungeon was “Horror University.” To survive all 44 days, contestants from other co 25.5kReads8.6Score3.7k14d adds
- 34 Thriller Game: Why Are All the Female Ghosts My Ex-Girlfriends? 惊悚游戏：女诡怎么都是我前女友 [Supernatural Revival] [Love Triangle] [Pure Power Fantasy] [Thriller Game] Jiang Cheng unexpectedly gets a System, but it requires him to win over... So he does. “Sorry, you like dogs and I like cats. We're not right for each other.” “You're too young. I'm not interested.” “Your surname is Jiang, and so is mine. Our village doesn't allow people with the same surname to marry.” But after Jiang Cheng successfully wins over all of them, the women he previously pursued die in various accidents. Aft 30kReads8.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 35 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 37 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score13014d adds
- 39 The Master of Ma Yi Divination 麻衣相师 My great-uncle had all kinds of abilities. One day, he told me he’d buried a treasure for me in a feng shui paradise… 28kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 40 Horror Apocalypse: From the Start, I Married a Ghost and Took the Bride by Force 恐怖末世：开局冥婚，强娶鬼新娘 [Supernatural phenomena return + unconventional stockpiling + comedy + reborn + one female lead + mental illness] Lu Yuan is unexpectedly reborn and remembers what will happen on May 20: when a girl confesses to him, his dead ex-girlfriend will turn into a vengeful ghost and hunt him down! To stay alive, Lu Yuan comes up with a great idea. Only ghosts can hold back ghosts. If he can gather an embroidered shoe, a bridal gown, a red bridal veil, a phoenix hairpin, and a jade bangle, he can assembl 8.1kReads8.7Score75714d adds
- 41 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Kissed the Slit-Mouthed Woman from the Start 灵气复苏：开局强吻裂口女 In a world overrun by ghosts and monsters, Lin Que encounters a breathtakingly beautiful young woman in red. She smiles, showing all 28 of her teeth. “Little brother, do you think I’m pretty?” Ding! The System has activated! Choice One: Don’t answer. Run for your life and shout for help to alert the nearby spirit tamers, so they can slay the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Quest reward: One Great Restoration Pill, granting thirty years of cultivation. Choice Two: Say she’s pretty and let the Slit-Mouthed Wo 948Reads8.4Score14114d adds
- 42 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7kReads9.0Score64814d adds
- 43 Horror Game: My Family Are All Monsters! 恐怖游戏：我的家人都是鬼怪！ Horror games. Dungeon missions. In Zhao Shi’s world, everyone has to enter terrifying games and repeatedly face all kinds of dungeons. While everyone else struggles desperately to survive and escape, Zhao Shi obtains a System that lets him see the rules governing how ghosts and monsters kill. Everything has rules, and every rule can be broken! With the System’s help, Zhao Shi easily sees the rules of every ghost and monster. You need a son? Sure, Mom! You need a husband? Honey, how about me? 144Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 44 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.4kReads8.8Score50714d adds
- 45 A Red-Clad Female Ghost Knocks to Claim My Life. I Open the Door, Thrilled 红衣女鬼敲门索命，开门我兴奋了 The red moon rises! Ghostly energy returns! In the middle of the night, someone keeps knocking on the door of the campus beauty next door. Ning Chen curses in vain, then opens his door and steps out. To his surprise, a red-clad female ghost is knocking to claim the beauty’s life. Luckily, he activates the Supernatural Choice System. 1. Pretend you didn’t see her, go back inside, and lock the door tight, letting the red-clad female ghost claim the beauty’s life! Reward: a ghost-repelling constitu 7.1kReads8.9Score55914d adds
- 46 The Village Guardian, the Wife in the Coffin 守村人，棺中妻 [Fox Wife] + [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [Mystery and Twists] + [Funny Ensemble Cast] + [Interlocking Plotlines] + [First-Ever Nine-Tailed Fox with Nine Clones] I’m the village’s famous idiot. Of course, that’s what people who don’t know any better call me. Those in the know call me… the village guardian! But my half-baked fortune-teller of a grandfather has a very different opinion from everyone else. He says I’m a kept man who lives off women! Still, I never imagined the woman I’d have 19.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 47 Horror Revival: My Body Can Make Ghosts Crash! 恐怖复苏：我的身体能让鬼死机！ The supernatural is resurging, and the apocalypse is near. A bewitching ghost in a cheongsam walks down the corridor in blood-red high heels. An unattended room-service cart slowly rolls through a hotel, ramming into doors... A pair of dorm-room slippers appears in the corridor, waiting for someone to put them on... In this era of supernatural resurgence, Tang Yu gains a ghost capable of controlling screens. It enters shutdown inside his body, allowing him to control ghosts at virtually no c 29.7kReads8.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 48 Thriller: The Death Knight Is Actually Me? 惊悚：亡灵骑士竟是我自己？ [Horror Game + Survival + Brother Cheng] The horror game arrived. Yin Cheng, known as Brother Cheng. He awakened a special talent that raised monsters' favorability toward him. Then Yin Cheng realized that his horror game... seemed to be going completely off the rails! A towering ghost nurse begged Yin Cheng to give her an IV, holding out her drip bag; a graceful, aristocratic vampire countess refused to drink anyone's blood but Yin Cheng's; a shapeshifting painted-skin ghost chased him, begging 42.6kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 49 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 22.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 50 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 32.2kReads9.4Score76114d adds
