Novels like Northeastern Coffin Bearer
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- 1 Ghostly Tales: I'm a Corpse Driver from Xiangxi 阴鬼怪诞：我是湘西赶尸人 In the south, Maoshan; in the north, hanging horses. Go up the mountain to drive corpses, come down to descend into the underworld. My name is Chu Bai. I'm an atheist, yet I make my living arranging funerals and driving corpses for people. I used to think there was nothing strange or supernatural in this world. But one unexpected funeral showed me what lay beneath this vast world: a shadowy realm crawling with demons and monsters, where ghosts prey on the living. To stay alive, I had no choice b 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Strange Funeral Tales 送葬诡事 My name is Zhang Zifeng. I grew up with my grandfather, who worked as a funeral escort. Only later did I learn that a funeral escort doesn't just escort the dead. They escort the living, too, and even the next life... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Paper Effigy Maker: A Ghost Bride Steals the Groom, So I Craft a Yin Deity 扎纸匠：鬼新娘抢亲，我扎出阴神 Wu Qingyang transmigrates to a world where supernatural horrors have returned and inherits a shop that makes paper figures. On the day his heart is broken, he gets drunk and accidentally picks up a ghost's embroidered ball. Legend has it that at midnight, a ghost bride arrives in a grand sedan chair to take away whoever picked up the ball... and drain his life force. Luckily, he gets bound to a Paper-Figure-Making System! Make paper figures of underworld constables to capture evil ghosts! Make p 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Underworld Divine Craftsman 阴司神匠 A conspiracy, a storm of trouble, and a perilous ordeal that refuses to end. Old grudges and tangled passions from twenty years ago, step after nerve-racking step twenty years later: the search for the truth continues. The deaths of my parents, the divide between the living and the dead, a foothold in the Underworld, and demons unleashed in droves... Every step marks my growth, and every step warns that danger is drawing closer. Turn the page and follow me, a paper effigy maker of the Underworld 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Yellow Immortal Worships the Moon: A Dreamt-Up Suicide Note 黄仙拜月：托梦遗书 [Traditional Supernatural Tales, Told by a Practitioner of the Netherworld Arts] A strange book left behind by my grandfather before he died. It records hundreds of uncanny spells: The Nether Soul Spirit-Communication Art, the Scissors Ghost-Sending Method, the Treasure Mirror Circle of Light Technique, the Broom Evil-Breaking Method… These spells may seem rather “homely.” But they brought me all kinds of terrifying experiences: An eerie spirit in a rented apartment, a lost child by the roadside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸人 My grandfather was a renowned paper effigy maker, a trade associated with the yin world. I never imagined there could be so many mysterious and unfathomable secrets hidden in it... 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Yun Che: The Corpse Driver 云澈：赶尸人 Yun Che: The Corpse Driver 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Paper Effigy Maker: Paper Figures Become Gods 扎纸匠：纸人成神 The world underwent a tremendous change, and spiritual qi revival began. All kinds of monsters appeared in the human world and wreaked havoc everywhere. Fortunately, humans also awakened all sorts of supernatural abilities, gaining the power to fight back. Wang Ling was an ordinary paper effigy maker until he awakened an ability called “Spirit-Driving Paper Control.” From then on, all kinds of powerful paper spirits came into being. Ferocious beasts, ghosts, supernatural ability users, even the 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 10 The Ghostly Papercutter 幽冥剪纸人 “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 22Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 11 The Unusual Tenant in My Home 我家的特殊房客 Lighthearted, funny, supernatural abilities, no System, and mostly everyday life. Ding Yang has had a close friend for years: a stunningly beautiful woman. As someone who transmigrated into another person's life, passing up such a gorgeous woman would be a waste of life. He arranged to have barbecue with Wu Xinyue that evening, but somehow he was dragged to a cemetery in the northern suburbs and haunted by a woman in red. She wanted his help investigating the cause of her death. Wu Xinyue flatly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Strange Tales from the Countryside 农村里的奇异怪谈 [Traditional supernatural horror + third-person narration + one female lead + no immortal cultivation] In a strange, gloomy bamboo forest, evil forces claim people’s lives. A university graduate has just returned to his village when he becomes embroiled in a series of bizarre events. In the end, he takes a master and learns the Dao. Is the mysterious woman good or evil? What other strange events will the protagonist encounter? Find out in the book. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Enrolled at a Paranormal Vocational College 高考落榜，我上灵异职业技术学院 After failing the college entrance exam, Su Xing gets a beating from both parents and, worked up, threatens to jump into a river. Ding! The System sets Su Xing up with a school: the Paranormal Vocational and Technical College. The school doesn't teach math, Chinese, or English. It only teaches ghost-catching, demon-subduing, spirit investigation, and more... Su Xing complains to the System, “Even with a System, you won't let me go to a proper university? Why a vocational college?” “Guaranteed to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Tales of Western Hunan 湘西往事录 Strike the gong to announce the spirits, ring the bell to summon their souls. Dressed in Taoist robes, the corpse driver of western Hunan. The dead are on the move. The living, stand aside. A crescent moon shines on blue robes, a river of stars stretches across the low sky. The mournful gong clears the way, ghostly shadows speak of western Hunan. Silver bells softly summon souls, coins pave the road and drive the spirits away. Every household shuts its doors tight, the living keep away as deathl 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Final Celestial Master in the Age of Declining Magic 末法时代，最后一位天师 The Maoshan Sect Leader, impeached and driven down the mountain; a wet-behind-the-ears young upstart; a frost-cold ghost bride; an evil cultivation sect that stops at nothing; a master of Gu poison from Miaojiang; and the Shen family, Asia's richest. The Daoist sects of the realm are in turmoil. Watch as Ye Chen takes up his sword and roams the world! 13.2kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 17 My Years at the Crematorium 我在火葬场的那些年 Are only the dead kept in the morgue? Are only corpses cremated in the incinerator? When a crematorium security guard sees someone burning paper offerings in the middle of the night, are they really for the dead, or are they for the living? A deep dive into the shocking crematorium incident that made headlines! 839Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 18 Dumped from the Start and Left to Drive Corpses, Now I'm Invincible 开局被甩成为赶尸人，我无敌了 At a dinner where he was supposed to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a college entrance exam failure, is pranked and teased by his classmates. By sheer chance, he obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: “Zhang Bufan, come sweep the toilets at my dad’s company. I’ll give you the friends-and-family rate of 1,000 yuan a month!” Zhang Bufan: “For 100 yuan, I’ll help your dad find his roots.” “When the dead travel, the living must keep their distance…” At midnight, bells ring t —Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 19 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 5.5kReads8.3Score44214d adds
- 20 My Little Dumpling's Livestream Exposes My Identity as a Corpse Driver 小呆呆直播，我赶尸人身份被曝光 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Wei inherits a yin-yang shop and settles into life as a laid-back shopkeeper. One night, he unexpectedly becomes a corpse driver. Viewers: The campus beauty is getting married. Want to come to the wedding? Zhang Wei: I’m an officially employed corpse driver for the Underworld. I’m happy to join the banquet, but count me out of the wedding. Viewers: What perks come with an official job? Zhang Wei: I stay at the five-star Delona Hotel, have Bai Wucha 31Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 422Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 23 I Know a Few Ghost Tricks 我会点鬼术 A hundred years a ghost, ten years a good man. My name is Bai Yaoyao. In this world overrun by vengeful ghosts and monsters, all I want is to tend my little paper funerary shop and live in peace. But my meager ghostcraft seems to keep getting me into enormous trouble. With no other choice, if I want to survive, I’ll have to hone this little bit of ghostcraft to perfection! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Witchcraft 蛊术 To save me, Grandpa dug up the poisonous gu worm buried for ten years… From then on, I was swept into the bizarre world of gu insects! The ten most fearsome insects of Miaojiang, ancient and mysterious gu arts, all enough to take your breath away. This novel strives to portray gu arts in their purest form and is well worth a read. 702Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 25 Unemployed from the Start, I Can Only Survive by Swallowing Ghosts Whole 开局失业，只能生吞鬼物维持生活 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural City Life + Leveling Up + Almost Invincible + Everyday Life] Spiritual qi has revived across the globe, and the world is no longer at peace. Demons and gods lurking in legends have appeared once more. Xie Wunan is an ordinary office worker, yet he was born with Daoist eyes that let him see yin and yang and communicate with ghosts and gods. A tiger-head jade plaque gave him a new title: [General Who Subdues Spirits]. From then on, however, he also encountered 162Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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! 725Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 29 Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传 My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Great Red Coffin Shop 大红棺材铺 In an old house in Liuzhou, I inexplicably fell asleep inside a red coffin. From that moment on, my fate, already weakened by my extremely poor Eight Characters, set foot on a road of no return. 307Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 31 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... 137Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 32 Strange Little Tales from the Urban-Rural Fringe 城乡结合灵异小故事 This collection of little supernatural tales is drawn from stories told by elderly villagers and young people. It's hard to tell what's true and what's not, so just enjoy them as little stories to pass the time over tea. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 After the College Entrance Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, Exposed by the Campus Goddess 高考后当赶尸人，被校花女神曝光 After the college entrance exams, the campus belle suggested that everyone take a trip to western Hunan and visit her childhood sweetheart. When they arrived at a village in western Hunan, they found a gloomy, mysterious old mansion standing there. The locals stayed well away from it. Campus Belle: Village chief, this old mansion has been abandoned for so long. Why doesn't anyone live there? Village Chief: Miss, don't ask so many questions. Hurry up and leave, or someone might die! Campus Belle: 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 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
- 36 The Walking Corpse Files 走尸档案 I knew a group of people like this, and accidentally became one of them. They knew ancient secret arts for finding people through corpse refinement. With a person's birth date and time and an item belonging to someone who had gone missing, they used divination, the Eight Gates and Hidden Armor, and the arts of ghosts and spirits to make nowhere safe for the missing, whether living or dead! 640Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 37 After Failing the Exams, I Took Up Corpse Driving and Got Exposed by Xiao Zhouzhou! 落榜后去赶尸，被小周周曝光了！ Li Chen fails the college entrance exam, and his family is buried in loan-shark debt. Just as he thinks he's done for, he suddenly awakens a corpse-driving System. Driving corpses makes him stronger and earns him generous rewards on the side. Just then, a call comes in about his class reunion. “Li Chen, you didn't get into college, did you? How about I get you a job hauling bricks at my family's construction site?” “Sure! You'd better pay the wages of a few people, then!” The call ends. Li Chen 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 27Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 39 My Ghostly Roommate 我的阴室友 [Paranormal mystery] [Updates daily, though not on a fixed schedule] [Thanks for your support ❤️] Over the summer after my college entrance exams, I kept having the same dream about my college dorm and roommates. Then I dragged my suitcase into Room 304 and saw those familiar yet unfamiliar faces, along with an empty bed. I was stunned. They were Yaoyao and Xinxin, the girls in the photo from my dream. Was the empty bed Qingqing’s? She hadn’t shown up for months after the school year began, so w 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Horror Livestream: I Craft a Sky Full of Gods from Paper 恐怖直播：我用纸扎出满天神佛 Sheng Feihong transmigrates into a world where horror is on the rise and becomes a paper effigy maker. Then he encounters a vengeful ghost, but fortunately awakens the Divine Paper Effigy Livestream System. He crafts a Celestial Master Zhong Kui to fight ghosts and exorcise evil, winning every battle... He crafts ghost soldiers and generals, bringing peace for thousands of miles and leaving no evil spirits alive... Watching Sheng Feihong command a host of ghost generals in the livestream, the vi 149Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 The Corpse Carrier 背尸匠 My name is Fang Youde, and I was born in 1990. I enlisted in 2009. After two years of mandatory service, I volunteered to stay in the army for another three years. During that time, I received two third-class merits and one second-class merit, so I had quite a record of service. In 2014, for some reason, I left the military. Under the regulations on resettling discharged soldiers, the local government assigned me a job at a funeral home. That was where my career as a corpse carrier began. Corpse 8.1kReads8.3Score47114d adds
- 42 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score10114d adds
- 43 Celestial Official of the Corpse-Subduing Sect 镇尸天官 The unfathomable mystery of immortality, horrifying strange happenings in a mountain village, a mysterious ancient tomb buried deep beneath the earth, and ancient legends from the barren wilderness... None of it should have had anything to do with me. But after my grandfather's bizarre death, I could no longer escape my fate and was dragged into this endless conspiracy... 441Reads7.3Score10214d adds
- 44 I Expose My Corpse-Driving Skills at School 开学赶尸，被校花曝光了 He was just passing by while escorting a corpse, but the campus belle exposed him! They even thought he was playing dress-up! “Bro, your makeup looks so real!” “Miss, these are real zombies! They're not pretending!” 2.7kReads6.9Score13414d adds
- 45 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 46 The Corpse-Driving System from Heaven 天降赶尸系统 College student Tian Ye suddenly acquires the Corpse-Driving System and becomes a mysterious corpse driver... 437Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Rebirth Shop: I Handle Paranormal Cases at the Funeral Home 往生铺：我在殡仪馆处理灵异事件 My name is Chen Yang, and I run a funeral shop called Passing On in the outskirts of the city. By day, I sell wreaths and make paper effigies. My business is with the dead. At midnight, I burn incense and light candles, dealing with the “unclean things” that the living would rather avoid. 359Reads—Score—14d adds
