Novels like The Corpse Retriever: I Started Out by Recovering My Blind Date's Body
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- 51 I Took Leave to Go Home and Exorcise Corpses, and Got Exposed on Livestream! 请假回家赶尸，被直播曝光！ Chen He, who came from Miaojiang, is relaxing in a beautiful streamer’s apartment when he receives a message from his master: “The corpse-driving competition is in a few days. I’m warning you, if you don’t come back, I’ll kick you out of the sect!” Chen He immediately submits a leave request, only to be exposed on Su Wanning’s livestream: “Sister Su, my sect’s been bullied by those stinking old bastards next door lately. I need a month off to go back and compete in the corpse-driving contest, or 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 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—Shelves
- 53 A Corpse Driver Seeks Justice for the Dead, Then Gets Exposed by a Streamer! 赶尸人为亡者申冤！被主播曝光！ Zuo Qian becomes a corpse driver and takes on commissioned jobs “Thirty years ago, a magnitude-nine earthquake struck Zhongnan City. Aid poured in from every direction! But the supply truck driven by volunteer Zeng Xiao vanished without a trace!” The livestream camera focuses on an elderly couple. Reporter: “What do you think about your son selling off life-saving supplies?” The old man says angrily, “He didn't! He never sold them!” The reporter sneers, “Really? Then let's hear it from him i 378Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 54 The Yellow River Demon Suppression Bureau 黄河镇妖司 The mighty Yellow River rolls on without end, nurturing countless civilizations and burying countless secrets. Iron oxen that hold back the river, nine tortoises carrying a snake, corpse bristles from the Yellow River, ghost-bride processions... Beneath the mysterious ancient waterways of the Yellow River, there is so much you don’t know. The legendary Nine Gates of the Yellow River, the vanished Jiuli of Chiyou, the thirty-six sects of Huaxia: a different Yellow River, a different world of mart 2.7kReads8.2Score182Shelves
- 55 What Do You Mean the Corpses I Sew Together Are All Cursed? 什么叫我缝的尸体都是大凶之物？ [Chinese folk customs] [Corpse seamster] [Traditional supernatural horror] [A clever protagonist who isn’t an idiot] My name is Chen Yang. I’m a mortician, or rather... a corpse seamster. I can sew up corpses no one else can. I can take jobs no one else dares to accept. I’ve handled all sorts of bizarre cases: people who jumped from buildings in red clothes, corpses missing arms and legs, and even one person who was holding their own head... Everyone says the corpses I sew up are all terribly un 215.9kReads9.1Score28.8kShelves
- 56 The Poor Corpse Driver, Whose Sister at the Public Security Bureau Begs to Become His Disciple 穷鬼赶尸匠，市局妹妹跪求拜师 Chen Mu is a university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine. His father raised him on a shoestring, so tight that he has to work part-time just to pay his tuition. While gathering medicinal herbs, he stumbles upon a woman's corpse. After calling the police, he shows off his corpse-driving skills, making the body open its eyes and point out the killer. The cops who mocked him for watching too many movies are scared out of their wits. He uses corpses as “living maps” and smashes crimi 812Reads7.1Score104Shelves
- 57 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. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 58 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 2.9kReads8.3Score194Shelves
- 59 I’m a Corpse-Driving Empress from the Start, and the School Belle Found Out 开局赶尸女帝，被校花发现了 Chen Tianxiu transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has been revived for a thousand years. Everyone in this world can cultivate and become a warrior. The strongest can even fly through the skies, tunnel beneath the earth, move mountains, and overturn seas, becoming like gods! Then he awakens the Divine Corpse-Wrangling System. Every successful corpse-wrangling earns him various rewards. He can even abandon martial arts and pursue immortality! His first target is the Empress Qianqiu, who v 3.2kReads8.7Score233Shelves
- 60 A Cross-Dressing Corpse Driver Exposed on Xiaomei’s Livestream! 女装赶尸，被呆小妹直播曝光了！ [Exposure-style + Dai Xiaomei fan fiction + corpse-driving + campus + comedy + plot twists] A string of bizarre murders occurs in the girls' restroom at school. The victims strangle themselves or drown in washbasins! The corpses weigh as much as mountains and cannot be moved. Then Su Xu unexpectedly gets the Corpse-Driving System, triggering a mission that requires him to drive corpses while dressed as a woman! “Three hun and seven po, return to your senses and reverse the infant soul. Three hun 266Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 61 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score116Shelves
- 62 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 Twenty-three years ago, his father died under mysterious circumstances. His skin was hung from the old locust tree at the entrance to the village. Twenty-three years later, the eldest brother who had been given away as a child returned. His banner read: Corpse Retriever. 3.3kReads8.3Score484Shelves
- 63 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.7kReads7.0Score494Shelves
- 64 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 65 The Corpse Walker: I Brought Your Ancestors Back 赶尸人：我把你们祖宗找回来了 Han Tian was a killer who bound himself to the [Corpse-Driving System] at the brink of life and death. From then on, he embarked on a very different path. A Fourth Master who turns to people's ancestors whenever he can't make up his mind? A Black Panther who can draw talismans? A corpse driver who uses brute force to deal with ghosts? He brought back a group of ancient corpses from a tomb deep in the mountains. Going from house to house, he said, “Come on, I've brought your ancestor back.” Now t 1kReads8.2Score106Shelves
- 66 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 715Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 67 Green Amid the Ashes 烬中青 [No Romance + Ensemble Cast Focus + Mystery + Mild Horror + Plenty of Foreshadowing + Supernatural Beings and Ghosts + Plot-Driven + Slightly Slow Pace] (I can't write a good blurb, so please read the story.) Tong Qingxiao finally manages to leave the mountains behind and come to the capital to study. She works hard at odd jobs to earn money while taking good care of her body, which is as leaky as a sieve. Though all her jobs are the kind people associate with the underworld, she's pretty satisf 132Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 68 The Guide: Cultivation Isn't Hard at All 引路人：修仙真不难 He transmigrates as a humble guide in the capital of the Great Zhou dynasty. Whenever he guides someone, he receives a reward. See how this lowly guide keeps a low profile, steadily grows stronger, and stirs up the capital's turbulent currents. “Yellow Rank, Third Grade: Reward, one Meridian-Opening Pill.” “Yellow Rank, Fifth Grade: Reward, one Qi-Nourishing Pill.” “Earth Rank, Third Grade: Reward, Soul Seizure.” Synopsis Two In the human realm, I am a guide. In the immortal realm, I am a guide. 1.4kReads7.6Score103Shelves
- 69 Six-Year-Old Corpse Driver Wanders Onto a Show Set and Makes Boss Yang Cry 六岁赶尸误入节目组，吓哭杨老板 The new season of The Life We Long For premieres in a small border town in western Hunan. By the time the guests arrive, dusk has fallen. Yang Mi and the others sit leisurely in the courtyard, enjoying the evening breeze, while the regular guests, including Teacher Huang, are busy making dinner. Everything is so peaceful, until a sudden burst of ringing bells shatters the calm. As the livestream camera turns, the millions of viewers in the chat are stunned. “Holy crap!! Corpse-driving in western 2.8kReads6.8Score454Shelves
- 70 The Fated Guardian of the Village 天命守村人 I was born slow-witted, destined to become the village guardian. To defy fate and change my destiny, my grandfather found me a stunning child bride. Unfortunately, she ran away, and my grandfather had little time left to live. Before he died, he told me I must not leave the village for twelve years, or disaster would surely befall me. 4.2kReads6.8Score832Shelves
- 71 Sashimi Celestial Master: They Mistook Me for the Ultimate Villain 刺身天师：我被错认成究极大反派 Don't get a dragon tattoo above your shoulders, and don't get a tiger tattoo below your waist. With her eyes closed, Guanyin cannot save the world. With his eyes open, Guan Gong will surely kill! A tattoo marks a new beginning, but if you violate the taboos associated with its design, you will suffer the backlash. And one more thing: if your fate isn't strong enough, never get a tattoo by force. Otherwise, disaster is sure to follow! After Gu Xing fused with the System, he successfully advanced 1.5kReads7.7Score101Shelves
- 72 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 43Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 73 I Transmigrated and Became a Mom, Mastering Both Mystical Arts and Paper Effigies 穿越喜当妈，玄学扎纸两手抓 [Supernatural arts + alternate setting + romance] Nie Qing woke up one morning to find herself in the body of a scrawny, sallow-faced woman who was apparently someone’s “mom.” How come everyone else who transmigrates gets doted on by their whole family or becomes a tycoon, while she’s broke and living in a dump? When she rode down the road in a green, rickety horse-drawn cart, she left everyone gaping. When she set up a stall to do business, people actually mistook her for offering special serv 2.4kReads9.1Score310Shelves
- 74 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score327Shelves
- 75 The Mountain Keeper 守山人 My family has been guarding the mountain for generations. Every generation, someone meets an untimely end at the age of forty. The curse was broken in my grandfather's generation, but it came at a great cost. A soul dwells in each mountain, and one person holds each mountain at bay. 4.1kReads8.7Score472Shelves
- 76 Strange Creatures: I Transmigrated Into a Paper Effigy Maker 诡怪：我穿越成了纸扎匠 [Supernatural horrors + an uncanny family + play the pig to eat the tiger + behind-the-scenes scheming + an army of paper effigies] Su Yu wakes up to find he has transmigrated into a semi-industrialized world where supernatural horrors are part of everyday life. (It's roughly equivalent to the Republican era: big cities are bright and bustling, while villages are still stuck in ancient times.) Lost and alone, he is taken in by Uncle Seven, the owner of a paper effigy shop. During a supernatural 7.9kReads8.8Score732Shelves
- 77 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 8Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 78 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.8kReads8.7Score666Shelves
- 79 The Maoshan Coffin-Sealer 茅山镇棺人 (Coffin sealing, corpse driving, tomb raiding, zombies, the supernatural) One sword and one talisman to slay evil, a Celestial Master's command to seal the coffin keeper! Zombies roam the remote wilderness, and deadly feng shui formations lurk in peril. Lin Xiaofeng, a Maoshan Celestial Master, descends the mountain and ultimately wins the heart of a beauty! 26.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
- 80 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, and Dango Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被团子曝光了 Shh, the corpse is rising! Keep quiet. The dead are on the move, so the living must stay clear! In ancient Xixiang, strange and terrifying things happen whenever night falls: white coffins, thousand-year-old corpses, and more! Under the moonlight, Jiang Chen shakes a soul-snaring bell in his left hand and holds a talisman to suppress evil in his right, controlling a stiff figure that hops along... 1.2kReads8.3Score105Shelves
- 81 The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强 (The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp 2.8kReads8.8Score306Shelves
- 82 My Mom Died, and I Just Want to Go Home for a Meal 我妈死了，就想回家吃顿饭 My mom died, and all I wanted was to go home and have a meal. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集 Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 I Went on a Blind Date, and My Identity as a Yellow River Corpse Retriever Was Exposed 去相亲，黄河捞尸人身份曝光了 Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.1kReads7.8Score264Shelves
- 85 Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Evil Dragon of Sanjiang 江阳旧事之三江孽龙 Luzhou, in central Sichuan, was known in ancient times as Jiangyang Commandery and is also called the City of Liquor. The Yangtze, Tuo, and Chishui rivers surround the city, which also borders Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, making it an important transportation hub for the three provinces since ancient times. The constant streams of mule caravans within the city, cargo boats on the rivers, and merchants lining the streets, along with the local brotherhood halls where sworn brothers trained with f 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Chronicles of the Kings 王者战纪 See how Wang Ze, an amnesiac, down-on-his-luck prince transmigrated to another world, saves the apocalypse, and becomes the strongest king. Manchester is a metropolis that can hold several hundred million people. With such a huge population density, it's only natural that there are buildings everywhere. It's a city with a staggering five hundred floors above ground and a hundred below. As for transportation, there are plenty of options: flying cars, airships, subways, brooms, all kinds of flying 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 The Sacred Emperor of War 斗战圣帝 A young man who can't find a job after graduating transmigrates to another world by chance. He has no golden finger, but by gathering cultivation resources from the droppings of exotic beasts, he makes a successful comeback and becomes a martial artist. In this other world, where everyone values martial prowess, he relies on his grit and social savvy to fight his way through every obstacle, eventually becoming a great emperor: the Battle Saint Emperor. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Mr. Xiao Wang 小王先生 My mother held on for several extra hours while giving birth to me, just so I wouldn’t be born on the date the fortune-teller had predicted. Haunted by evil spirits! Delivering winter clothes to the dead! Wandering ghosts! Why does everyone come to me for everything? Incense roots? Fate? Five-colored cloth? These mysterious trades all depend on intuition! Granny Bai says I have a spiritual gift and a knack for opening the senses. Aunt Yang says I have all three kinds of affinity. But I never tho 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
- 89 The Wife’s Coffin Smoke 妻棺烟 The Wife's Coffin Smoke 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 91 The Corpse-Driving Inn: Taking the Iron Triangle on a Corpse-Driving Run 赶尸客栈，带着铁三角去赶尸 Qin Feng transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, intending to explore tombs, but accidentally activates the Corpse-Driving Inn System. Just as the ten-year agreement comes to an end, the Iron Triangle reunites. Qin Feng decides to take the Iron Triangle corpse-driving! Fatty: "Hey, Third Master? Got a tomb job? Forget that, why raid tombs when driving corpses is so much better?" Wu Xie: "Making paper effigies is an art, especially when you're making women!" Xiao Ge: "I don't know those guys. I 1.8kReads8.5Score240Shelves
- 92 Supernatural Revival: Traveling the Heavens and Selling Coffins 灵异复苏：行走诸天卖棺材 Liu An is reborn before the supernatural resurgence and activates the Myriad Worlds Coffin-Selling System. He can transmigrate to countless worlds and grow stronger by selling coffins. Mr. Vampire: “This crystal coffin is meant for you. Uncle Jiu, why not try it out?” A Chinese Ghost Story: “Yan Chixia, your forehead looks dark. I'm afraid a bloody disaster is coming. Why not try this coffin? You might need it tonight!” The Legend of the White Snake: “Fahai, look at my coffin. Its quality is far 1.3kReads8.6Score103Shelves
- 93 Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁 Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Seriously, Your Metaphysics Club Is Way Too Obscure 不是，你们玄学小组也太冷门了吧 [No romance + ensemble cast + supernatural ghost hunting + folk horror tales + only a little family drama, which wraps up quickly] Fang Shining was born with a mental disability. Her parents dumped her in the countryside with her father, a folk sorcerer, and never gave her another thought. When she was nineteen, the village was demolished, and she was brought back to the Fang family. On the day she returned, everyone mocked the Fang family's idiot eldest daughter for coming home, and the family 35.7kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
- 96 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 97 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
- 98 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 126Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 100 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 7Reads—Score—Shelves
