Novels like I Am a Life-Pawn Broker
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- 101 Chaos Invades the World, and I Become a God by Mediating Disputes 全球混沌入侵，我靠调解成神 Light is not necessarily pure, and darkness may hold warmth. The answer lies in a truth deeper than the abyss. When the only hope of saving the world points down a dead-end path with no chance of survival, will you still have the courage to wager everything on a faint glimmer of light? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 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
- 103 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.7kReads8.8Score52014d adds
- 104 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 105 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 106 Haunted House Mysteries 鬼宅诡事 Haunted House Mysteries 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Heaven and Earth Turned Upside Down: I Become a God in a Mad World 阴阳倒悬，我在疯癫世界封神 [Eerie] + [Paths] + [Idealism] + [Partial power fantasy] + [Infinite Flow] + [Gods] (The story takes a while to get going, but the worldbuilding is truly vast.) In the old world, fate chose me as its sole heir. The price was that I lost my younger brother forever. As compensation, I touched his soul within my mind. The sleeping dragon veins of Huaxia, the awakened remnants of Rome, the whispered oracles of the Norse... When the heavens fell and the mortal world shattered, [Reality] and [the Void 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 108 Qingchuan Ghost School 青川鬼校 Ordinary high school student Su Bei takes shelter from the rain one day and discovers he is trapped in the abandoned grounds of Qingchuan Middle School, a place rumored to be haunted. It is no longer an empty ruin, but a living hell where time is warped, space behaves strangely, and real, terrifying ghosts lurk everywhere. There are no superpowers, no talismans or magical artifacts, and no apocalyptic technology. The only things Su Bei can rely on are his cool head, keen powers of observation, a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Scheming Corpse 谋尸 When I was seven, my second uncle told me, “Only those who deal with corpses can seek immortality.” I didn't want to live forever, but fate forced me into the underworld, gun in one hand and incense in the other. The gun is for helping the living cross over. The incense is for helping evil spirits move on. 1.5kReads8.2Score17514d adds
- 110 Rule Horror: It Starts With a Family of Six 规则怪谈：从一家六口开始 [Supernatural suspense] [Not overpowered] [No heroine] [Horror fans, come on in!] [Not a pure power fantasy. The focus is suspense and thrills with a little comedy, so read without worry.] The supernatural rules descend, and Jiang Yu is chosen to represent Yan Country in the game of national destiny. He enters the supernatural scenario as one of the six members of a family living in a villa, along with two dogs, one black and one white. Here, he must stay alert, judge calmly, look for patterns i 193Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Free Spirit of the World of Order 秩序世界的自由者 [Light Novel] [One Female Lead] [No Transmigration] [No System] [Plot-Focused] “Are you a good person?” “I think I am.” Song Mu was the product of an illegal experiment. At sixteen, he left the laboratory and stepped into a world governed by order. Faced with an entirely new world, he needed to develop a philosophy of survival of his own. Be polite, gentle, and humble. Only a harmless appearance can put people at ease. There is no shame in deception. A little hypocrisy helps people get along. Li 93Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 112 The Death Song of the South China Sea Shipwreck 南海沉船亡歌 A treasure ship from the Southern Song Dynasty, built to restore the empire. A death song echoing through the deep sea. His brother dies a mysterious and gruesome death, leaving behind only a bizarre recording that drives listeners mad. Mojin heir Chen Hao joins forces with a Tanka sea king and a genius archaeologist to avenge his brother and uncover the truth, venturing into the South China Sea's forbidden zone, “Ghost-Cry Cove”! Magnetic mountains block all signals, the death song warps the mi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Underworld Retirement Home 冥府养老院 [Mystery + Supernatural Horror + Urban + Deduction + No Do-Gooder Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] On the first day of school, I ran into a female ghost! Facing the red-clad upperclassman before me, I raised a chair and brought it crashing down on her! "You think it's funny to dress up like a ghost and scare me, you bastard?" —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Yin-Yang Upheaval: All Cultivate the Dao, and I Become the Primordial Dao Ancestor 阴阳逆乱全民修道，我为混元道祖 My name is Xu Tianshuo. I’m a Daoist. I thought I would live an ordinary life to the end, but when I set foot on the path of the martial world, I realized that everything seemed predestined. It was as if every step I took had already been anticipated by someone else. Should I go with the flow, or risk everything to break out of this trap? A nontraditional supernatural novel. One heroine, no brainless decisions, no wish fulfillment, no harem, and no saintly do-gooders. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Paranormal Case Investigation Bureau 灵异诡案调查局 Who is getting married in the remote wilderness? A terrifying ride turns strange... Bizarre things happen during an overnight hotel stay... A knock sounds at midnight... A smiling man appears at dawn... Who is that person under the bed? A haunted village deep in the mountains... A woman waving in the middle of the night, a scarecrow on campus, a ghostly hand in the hallway... Where is that voice coming from? These paranormal, inexplicable events may be exactly why the Paranormal Investigation Bu 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Taoist Master's Wife Is a Spirit Medium 天师道长的出马仙儿老婆 Twenty-five years ago, the Kiku School from Japan used every sort of scheme to persecute the various branches of China’s occult world. Xuan De, the Taoist master then leading Maoshan, joined forces with experts from Longhu Mountain, the Northeastern Shamanic sect, and a mysterious organization within the Chinese government. Together, they foiled the Kiku School’s plan to wipe out China’s occult traditions. Twenty-five years later, Zhang Xuanqing, the private disciple of Maoshan’s current master 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师，为什么总见鬼！ [Original Work] [First Published Here] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen ventured alone to an abandoned manor in the wilderness, hoping to capture a series of supernatural photographs that could turn his career around. Instead, he was lost in a ravine forever. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of He Xun, another freelance photographer. Like before, he made a living wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Judge’s Brush: I Use Daoist Arts to Subdue Yin and Yang 判官执笔：我以道法镇阴阳 One case, one solution. Episodic stories, fast pacing, easy to get into. Wang Zhen was born with a fate tied to the Underworld, and holds the Judge’s Brush in his hand. He can see through the boundary between yin and yang, judge wicked spirits, and draw talismans with a fingertip. His strokes make them come alive. Curses that steal lives, girls in red at school, ghostly shadows in hospitals... One eerie, bizarre case after another, one vengeful spirit after another claiming lives. While others g 422Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 119 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score23714d adds
- 120 Borrowing a Path Through the Yin Coffin 阴棺借道 In our area, strange tales of “the white coffin that carries people off” and “the rolling corpse bridge” have been passed down for generations. The elders say that a water ghost claims its victims at the rolling corpse bridge, while the white coffin that carries people off is even more eerie and sinister… 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 At Midnight, Don't Stay in Room 404 午夜十二点，别住404 After transferring schools, Lin Xiaoman is assigned to the strangest dormitory of all: Room 404. On the first night, she sees a pair of soaking-wet slippers beneath her bed, but no one admits they belong to her. On the second night, the shared clock turns counterclockwise and stops at the moment Senior Chu fell from the building three years ago. On the third night, her reflection in the bathroom mirror moves three seconds behind her, and unfamiliar bloody marks appear on her wrist. Her roommates 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 A Collection of Folk Tales and Strange Accounts 民间怪谈异闻录 Also known as: Spirit Hunt Begins Here, Keep Quiet and Stay Back [Supernatural + Video Filming + Small-Scale Infinite Horror + Folk Horror Tales + Taoist Magic] Have you heard of the Death Omen and the Hanging Guest coming to claim lives, the sound of meat being chopped at midnight, a blood-red singing doll, eerie sobbing from a mass grave, the startling secrets of a baozi shop, or the mystery behind a school of death? Do you know that there may be many things in this world that you cannot see? 85Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 123 The Mystic Carpenter 玄门木匠 A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support is what inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳出马仙 [Transmigration + Urban + Supernatural Powers] He transmigrated to another world, and from the day he was born, there was nothing special about him. He thought he would live an ordinary life, but then he attended a bizarre and mysterious wedding and began his path of cultivation. Curse magic, sorcery, a hundred evil spirits of the netherworld, a nine-headed serpent, a mysterious stone coffin... One strange event after another came his way, constantly plunging him into danger. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 126 Folk Feng Shui Taboos: I Can Expose Life-or-Death Traps 民间风水禁忌：我能点破生死局 He can see at a glance the deadly traps hidden in homes and burial grounds, but he never dares speak up. Every taboo he exposes costs someone a life. Until the night he revealed the “blood coffin crushing the pulse” to save an orphan girl. Seven people in the village died violent deaths, and with their dying breath, they all pointed at him: “It was you... You should have died long ago.” The truth was, he wasn’t a feng shui master at all. He was the “Life-Substitution Judge,” chosen by the ancien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Cycle of the Ghost Soldiers' Crossing 阴兵借道之轮回 Deep within the Sacred Ruins Temple, the ancient Sacred Ruins Dragon slowly opened its star-bright eyes. Its gaze held a profound wisdom, as if it could see through every mystery in the world. Luo Aiai stood before the Sacred Ruins Dragon, her face showing a hint of nervousness and anticipation. Who am I? Her hands were clasped tightly together, as though seeking comfort. But when she felt the Sacred Dragon’s gentle yet powerful aura, the tension in her heart gradually faded. “You are... Your bo 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 128 I'm Going to Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 我要锤爆渣男 [Feel-good story + hilarious + mystery + two Systems + two strong leads as a couple + bickering enemies who fall in love] Xia Lan unexpectedly gets bound to a System for smashing scumbags, only to discover this System is far from ordinary. In her original world, she uses skills such as law and criminal investigation to take down scumbags of all kinds and varying degrees of difficulty. According to the System's assessment, cheaters and wife-beaters are only [two or three stars], while billion-dol 58Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 129 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 I’m Going to Lure 100 Lost Souls 我要勾满100个亡魂 Sequel to I Guide Souls at Wangxiang Terrace Lin Jiaojiao, 24, an overworked office worker, suddenly dies on the Nth night in a row of staying up all night revising proposals. When she opens her eyes again, she has already completed every step of the underworld’s procedures. But just as she reaches Wangxiang Terrace, the guide Zhou Yi stops her. “Your attachment remains unresolved. You can’t be reincarnated.” Judge Li Muzi offers her a way forward: work as a soul reaper under him, and she can be 9.7kReads—Score3k14d adds
- 131 My Mother Is Nüba 我的妈妈是女魃 I have a cheap mom. She’s gentle and kind, beautiful and generous, and always eager to help. P.S. She squeezed my neck and forced me to write those compliments~ She comes from a mysterious and noble background, and she’s long since grown tired of fighting. Unfortunately, the world is full of petty villains, so she has no choice but to send me, her cheap son, out to shield her from the wind and rain and work like an ox~ Life may be hard, but there’s plenty of fun, too. After all, some female ghos 963Reads—Score10214d adds
- 132 From the Start, I Married a Ghost Immortal 开局娶鬼仙做老婆 This work is being kept on the list despite its low rating. [Traditional Supernatural Fiction, Metaphysics, Multiple Female Leads, Folk Horror Stories, Half Power Fantasy, Alternate World, Folk Legends] My name is Lin Hao. I haven’t seen my parents since I was seven. The authorities said they were dead. But my grandfather said someone had scattered their three souls and seven spirits. After that, I lived with him in a small county in southern China. Then, after an accident, I somehow performed a 3kReads6.2Score21914d adds
- 133 Southern Mao, Northern Ma 南茅北马 With one sweep of my staff, I’ll wipe out every demon under heaven! I take life and death in stride, and if you won’t submit, I’ll fight! I’ll prove my Dao through killing, endless yet never extinguished! Yang Wujin is a man with no past life, only this one! The day he was born, the Azure Dragon offered a sacrifice, and a hundred ghosts were put to rout! 147Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 134 The Fox Immortal Seeks a Title: I Said You Look Like My Future Wife 狐仙讨封：我说你像我未来的老婆 The white fox who once snuggled under the covers with me came to ask me to grant her a human form. I said: “You look like my future wife: a tempting face and figure, a slender waist, soft breasts, peach-round hips, fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs. You're even more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox spirit descended to the mortal world.” 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 After Years of Playing the Charlatan, I Specialize in Treating Beautiful Female Ghosts 做神棍这些年，我专治漂亮女鬼 On the day I was born, my mother had a difficult labor. To save his eldest grandson, my grandfather tore down the family’s front door and found a bloodstained kitchen knife hidden in the doorframe! As the knife came down with a clang, I was born… P.S. This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural story. Expect all kinds of mystery and twists, with a lighthearted, funny take on catching ghosts! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 137 Atonement Darwin 赎罪达尔文 What do you mean, I transmigrated, then transmigrated again? (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no System. An ensemble cast with a focus on characters and plot. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.) “My life ended yesterday, but my story begins today.” Lu Wei was an ordinary second-year college student on Earth, but every night he entered another world of immortal cultivation in his dreams. When he was certain the world in his dreams was fake, he found himself trapped i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Little Taoist of Nanshan 南山小道士 A torrential storm washed away his stall, and his protective charm burst into flames. Lin Yan was haunted by the evil spirit that had plagued him as a child! A staunch materialist, Lin Yan is forced into the world of the occult. He becomes a disciple of an old Taoist priest from Nanshan, learning talisman magic, exploring haunted houses, and dispelling waterborne curses, only to be unexpectedly caught up in rivalries among Taoist sects. As the evil spirits of the Taiping Sect stir up trouble, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Tales of Folk Ghosts 民间鬼故事说 Each story stands on its own. Leave a comment about what you'd like to read, then pick whichever ones you like. There's no need to read them in order. Some parts are bound to be less well-written, but others may catch your interest, so browse around. 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Put on a Mask and Became a God 戴上面具，我成了神 I woke up with amnesia from the start. Did I kill someone? The security footage shows me brutally slaughtering two burly men all by myself? Yan Zhile: That wasn't me. I put on a mask and got possessed by a god. Do you believe me? Police: Why not say you're Ultraman while you're at it? From an ordinary college student to the Host of a forbidden mask. She takes down scumbag dads, slays heavenly fiends, and tames ancient divine beasts. When she has collected every mask, she stands atop the Ea 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Strange Tales from the South 南方灵异事 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Evil Fish 邪鱼 Feng Shui fish are also known as yin-yang fish. Choose the right one, and it can change your luck and bring blessings. Choose the wrong one, and it can bring disaster. 1.2kReads9.0Score11614d adds
- 143 A Record of Funerals in a Small Town 小城丧葬录 In 2020, Rongcheng was battered by torrential rain. At 32, Chen Yan hit rock bottom after falling from a government post. Forced to resign over an air-gun incident, he crashed while hauling freight, went unpaid by an advertising agency, broke his leg at a construction site, and eventually became a food delivery rider, scraping by between his mortgage and daily expenses. One rainy night, he stopped to help someone and stumbled into the Xiao An Funeral Parlor, where he met Old Yang, who secretly c 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 145 Usurping Heaven's Mandate 篡天命 The arts of the Dao often say, “Fate can be known, but not changed; calamities can be calculated, but not avoided.” Yet when my grandpa passed down three ghost coins to me, he told me there was another kind of person in this world, someone who could toy with destiny as if it were in the palm of their hand. I’m one of those people who gamble with life: I gamble with other people’s lives, and with my own. But if you want to gamble with Heaven, you have to find a coffin first... 534Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 146 My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生那些年 In my line of work, I’ve run into all kinds of things: the underworld and its officials, sinister spirits on campus, Taoist priests from Laoshan, bloodsucking vampires... You name it. I’ve also crossed paths with plenty of beautiful fox spirits, seductive female ghosts, and wicked temptresses from demonic cults. A friend once asked me, “You know how to hunt demons, so why not marry one?” One word: broke. Do you really think dating a monster is free? 232Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 147 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 In the City, I Alone Wield Magic: Chinese Class Cards Give Me Superpowers 都市唯我独法：语文卡牌赋我异能 (College Campus + Showing Off on Campus + Urban Daily Life + The Only One with Magic + Chinese Textbooks) Qiao Beiyang, a college junior who works part-time delivering takeout, is struck by lightning. Afterward, a collection of supernatural ability cards appears in his mind, each capable of unlocking a different power. From then on, he makes a stunning comeback, delivering one face-slapping moment after another. Starting with the piano, he rises to become a business titan spanning the entire wor 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Chronicles of the Reverse Spring 逆泉纪 A children's rhyme brought a man-eating Bian Po to their village. A Liang could only watch as his sister was dragged into the darkness, leaving behind a bloodstained cloth shoe. The village elder said, “Someone invited it in.” Who was the one who gave them honey and lured them into singing that rhyme? With the Gu passed down through his family, A Liang joined the hunting party and ventured into the dark forest. He had no idea that waiting for him up ahead was not just the Bian Po, but also a sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Pawnshop No. 7 第7当铺 In the darkest corner of the city stands the Number Seven Pawnshop, which never closes. It doesn’t take physical objects as collateral, but rather the “sinful traits” buried deep in human nature. The owner offers unimaginable wealth, success, or wishes, but the price is your greed, arrogance, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. The rules here are cold but fair: the more “sin” you pawn, the richer the reward. But without your “sins,” are you still truly whole? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
