Novels like Carrying the Living and the Dead
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- 1 Don't Mess with This Unemployed Uncle! He's Got an Exclusive Circle of Ghost Friends 别惹失业大叔！他有专属鬼友圈 An unemployed middle-aged man helps a ghost investigate the cause of death and unexpectedly gets a job as an underworld clerk! In the style of the author's previous work, Carrying Both the Living and the Dead, this novel offers mystery, horror, thrills, and positive energy. If you enjoy a thrill, come on in. Also, this isn't a play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger kind of novel. The plot is rich and varied, with one twist leading into the next... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Thanks to Worshipping Demons, I Have to Spend 200 Million in a Month or Die 拜鬼所赐一个月花完两亿否则死 Two million appears in my bank account every day, and I have to spend it all before midnight. At first, I think it's a windfall, and I splash the cash on a life of luxury and excess. But little by little, I realize that spending money has become a carefully designed death game. Something's wrong! This isn't luck, it's a curse. The ghost said that if I don't spend it all, it'll take my organs as payment. Today, there's only one minute left before the transfer, and the drink in my hand keeps winni 1.9kReads6.1Score11114d adds
- 3 Doomsday Makeup Class: Surviving Among Zombies with Stinky Tofu 末日化妆班，靠臭豆腐混丧尸堆 The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies are surrounding the city. Zhang Yu, a makeup instructor, hasn’t even had time to finish her class when she’s swept into this fight for survival. Looking at her trembling students, Zhang Yu slaps her thigh. “Machetes and guns? We don’t have any! But makeup brushes, foundation, and half a box of stinky tofu? Those are the ultimate survival weapons!” Smear some gray-black paint on your face, add a few lifelike streaks of blood, then slather on a secret “zombi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Bro! Take My Yoga Pants and Help Me Make Money 哥！请收下我的瑜伽裤，带我搞钱 This is an urban slice-of-life novel, a romance written with male readers in mind. The protagonist, Shen Fei, is a humble barber. After taking the blame for his cousin and getting beaten up in exchange for 160,000 yuan, he gradually climbs to the pinnacle of life. Brotherhood, making money, dating, and all sorts of events intertwine in the story. It’s grounded in everyday life, authentic and relatable, and highly immersive. You’re sure to see a bit of yourself in it. 20Reads—Score414d adds
- 5 The Head Ghost Catcher 头号鬼差 [Urban supernatural + ghost officer leveling up + mildly scary + folk customs + no System] After a car accident, Su Jie became a ghost officer in the world of the living and opened a little teahouse in Meicheng. By day, he welcomes three thousand guests from the mortal world. By night, he uses tea to ferry ghosts and spirits across. He's no good at fighting, and when he encounters evil spirits, all he can do is light up a protective golden aura. Luckily, every one of his employees has a special 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Lin Dadan’s Path to Summoning the Gods 林大胆的请神之路 In the countryside, spiritual qi has only just revived. This is not Spiritual Qi Revival in the traditional sense: it is not that all humanity has awakened supernatural powers. Instead, “yin energy awakened first.” The yin veins deep beneath the earth were the first to stir, and zombies buried for hundreds of years sensed the spiritual qi before the living did. The strength of ghosts and monsters surged overnight, while human Daoists and spirit mediums had yet to catch up. Ancient lineages like 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 New Tales from the Strange Studio 新聊斋奇谈 The author has collected strange tales of ghosts and monsters from elderly people around them and various folk sources. The stories are fresh, with surprising twists, and have the feel of a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Not for the faint of heart! 11Reads—Score514d adds
- 8 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 One Man, Five Ghosts: Want to Run? Pay Five Million First 一个男人五个鬼，想跑先赔五百万 [Completed novel + horror + supernatural + comeback + face-slapping + episodic stories] My name is Cao Dakui, and I just inherited a massive fortune: a four-hundred-square-meter luxury apartment in the capital, plus a storefront. Sounds great, right? Except... The butler in the apartment says he was born during the Wanli era. One of the residents is a beautiful woman who, whenever she's in a good mood, takes off her head and plays with it like a ball. There's also a mysterious person living in t 298Reads—Score10214d adds
- 10 A Divine Summoning Gone Awry 阴差阳错请神人 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Calculating the Heavens 算天 I repeated ninth grade twice, but still scored only a little over 300 on the high school entrance exam. I wasn’t cut out for studying, so I planned to do what other kids from the mountains did: finish junior high, then leave home to find work. But my dad wouldn’t let me. He found me a fortune-teller and told me to learn the trade... 159Reads6.3Score2514d adds
- 12 The Underworld's Office in the World of the Living 地府阳间办事处 After losing his job and taking to the streets, he unexpectedly becomes a temporary worker in the Underworld? The King of Hell's Judge's Brush is out of ink? I'll go buy some! The Great Sage Equal to Heaven's peach trees aren't bearing fruit? I'll go buy fertilizer! 74Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 13 The Greatest Ghost Taoist in the Mortal Realm 阳间第一鬼道 The coffin is raised, the incense still burns, and the grave is moved. The Taoist was once an evil ghost; wicked arts throw the age into chaos. Paper figures harbor murderous intent; living stones imprison evil spirits. Vengeful ghosts don Taoist robes, and the sinister wind never stops blowing. Ning An was a disciple of the Taoist sect, but his master used him as a pawn, while his master’s wife wanted to eat him and turn him into a vengeful ghost. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Strange Tales of Yishan 沂山诡异录 [Supernatural horror] [Romance] [Dark humor] [Thrilling and stirring] [A short, intense read]: My name is Chen Mo. Twenty years ago, my childhood friend Li Dong nearly drowned in a rainstorm. After being rescued, his personality changed drastically, and his whole family moved away, leaving behind only a mysterious stone. Twenty years later, my father falls gravely ill, and I return to my hometown of Yishan. An anonymous package arrives soon after, containing that very stone. My father identifi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Told You to Be a Ghost Officer, Not to Turn the Underworld Upside Down 让你当鬼差，没让你把地府闹翻天 [Ghost hunting + comedy + episodic short stories + two romance arcs] “Scare factor: 1. Comedy factor: 99! It has a vibe similar to Spirit Pendulum. Hope you enjoy it.” “Talking about ghosts, telling tales of human feelings.” Shen Zhe, a minor celebrity with no fame to speak of, suddenly dies. Was it suicide, or was there more to it...? His friend Han Min, who was already on borrowed time, seeks revenge for him and unexpectedly ends up in the underworld, but can’t find him anywhere... I can’t be 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Making Money in Both the Living and the Dead Worlds 阴阳两界通吃 [Multiple Heroines + Wacky Daily Life + Light Comedy + No System] I'm Guan Du, one of the top wage slaves between the worlds of the living and the dead. I take jobs and make money by day, then work for ghosts at night. Ghost Big Shot: Help me find my killer, and I'll give you a haunted house! Gluttonous Impermanence: You can mooch a meal, but pay protection money first! Tsundere Receptionist: Keep running your mouth, and I'll put you up for auction online! What? You don't scam people for money? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Death Sacrifice 死祭 True Experiences ✖️ Traditional Supernatural Tales ✖️ Horror Late one night, I got a call from an unknown number. A hoarse voice whispered, “There's someone under your bed.” I looked in terror, but there was nothing there. After that, the phone rang at the same time every night, repeating the same words. Then, on the third night, I found a trail of footprints under the bed that weren't mine. And from the other end of the phone, I heard my own voice... 224Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 The Human Dog 人形犬 After my sister was assaulted, she died a horrific death in a cabin in the back hills. My parents chopped up her body and fed it to the old dog they kept at home. After that, the old dog began to look more and more like my dead sister. Late at night, it would stand outside my room and call for me in my sister’s voice. 42Reads—Score114d adds
- 22 The Hundred Venerables Record: Tales of Another Day 百崇录：异日谈 A sealed ancient scroll has come to light once more: "The Hundred Abominations: Tales of Strange Days". Its faded, uncanny writing: written in blood? Annotated in tears? No one can say. All that remains are over a hundred strange accounts, each word sinking into the bone, all told by the “ill omens” lurking among humankind. Some nest in the dark corners of people's hearts, watching for greed; some lie in the shadows of the streets, drinking in sobs; others haunt desolate wilderness and ancient h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Villain's Summoning a God? Good Thing I Know a Little Dark Magic 反派请神？我刚好会亿点点邪术 [Urban fantasy + mysticism + supernatural + feng shui + I Ching fortune-telling + no romance] Countless viewers in Xu Qingge's livestream were dumbfounded. “Master, a female ghost keeps trying to seduce me. What if I can't resist?” “Cut it off!” “Then what about my happiness?” “I said I'd solve your problem. I never said I'd take care of your happiness.” “Master, the girl I arranged to meet is a ghost, and she won't leave me alone. What should I do?” “I already called to check for you. There hav 272Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Collection of 365 Strange Tales and Horror Stories 365个奇闻异事和恐怖故事合集 This is a series of short horror stories. The writing isn't the focus; it's all about telling the stories. [Standalone stories + horrors that grow worse the more you think about them + mystery and the supernatural + urban legends + haunted homes + folk tales + strange tales + feng shui and mysticism] Are you ready? When night falls, these terrifying stories will begin crawling into the ears of the living... 731Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 The Farmer Who Catches Ghosts 农妇抓鬼 [Full of twists + transmigration and possession + hilarious antics] A mighty immortal cultivator unexpectedly loses all his powers and ends up possessing a peasant woman! To survive, he has no choice but to take two troublemakers along, exorcising ghosts and vanquishing demons as they search for his true body. A pretty farm girl, a down-and-out scholar, and a lecherous old man: three heads are better than one. Along the way, they trade jokes and insults, experiencing all the dust and bustle of t 75Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 28 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 I’m the Lord of Yin, That’s All There Is to It 小爷就是阴天子 [Paranormal + eerie + no romance + original setting] [This story is entirely fictional] Three years after a strange solar eclipse, ghosts began running rampant in the human world. Ye Xun, the ruler of the underworld, drifted through a dark void like duckweed on the water. When he opened his eyes, he found ghosts running amok in the human world without restraint. The underworld seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. Ye Xun could only hunt ghosts while summoning his underlings. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Omnicompetent Demon Catcher 全能捉妖师 [Urban Fantasy + Superpowers + System] In a world where demon hunters reign supreme, ability is the best proof of one's worth. But he's just a rookie with barely any spiritual power. Then one day, he gets the most powerful spiritual energy absorption System! You cultivate your way, and I'll absorb spiritual energy to cultivate. From that day on, he begins his rise from the bottom. The strongest demon hunter: who can stand against him? 23Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 31 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Bet on a Livestream from a Psychiatric Hospital 灵异复苏开局对赌直播精神病院 Haunted House Livestream: Three Million to Save a Life. The People of Longguo Never Bow Their Heads [Supernatural revival + No System + No saintly protagonist + Fresh plot + Escape + Exploration + Crime solving + Not dark] Chen Feng opens his eyes in a foot massage parlor to find himself three million in debt and his younger sister on the brink of death! A mysterious creditor offers him a deal: livestream three trips into deadly places, and the money and your life are yours. The first stop is 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Taoist Who Travels Between the Worlds of Yin and Yang 穿梭在阴阳两界的道士 [No System, no transmigration, supernatural horror, occult arts, hilarious nonsense, a touch of vulgarity, and religious culture] Good is repaid with good, and evil with evil. If it hasn’t happened yet, the time simply hasn’t come. The protagonist was born with yin-yang eyes, allowing him to see ghosts invisible to ordinary people. By chance, when he was young, he met the spirit of a Taoist priest who had died not long before. Impressed by the boy’s extraordinary talent, the ghost priest taught 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Yin-Yang Geomancer’s Legacy 阴阳地师传 At ten years old, I slew a white serpent and subdued a hundred ghosts. The generals of the underworld called me “little brother.” Using feng shui, the art of Qimen, and Taoist magic, I solved one strange murder case after another! It all began with the corpse of a man in a cornfield! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Calamity Wardens' Apocalypse 压祟默示录 [Mystery and the supernatural + ensemble cast + first-person narration + Eastern mythology + Daoism] The copper coin a strange Daoist casually gave me turned out to be the legendary evil-repelling coin? Are the haunted mansion and the attacks by the walking corpses really because an evil fiend has emerged from seclusion? Or is there some other hidden truth? Is there more to the familiar New Year's Eve story than we know? Can some of the inexplicable things in modern life actually be explained? D 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 This Ghost Story Is Pretty Interesting 这个鬼故事有点意思 The rating for this new book has just come in. It'll go up later, so don't worry and enjoy! [Standalone Stories] [Supernatural Horror] [Urban Legends] [Strange Tales from the Countryside] [Based on True Stories] [Tales of Spirits and Strange Creatures] [Love Between Humans and Ghosts] There is no overarching plot. Every chapter is a standalone story. Some stories are adapted from real cases, some are compiled from urban and rural legends, and some… some are completely made up by the author. Come 5.1kReads8.4Score41514d adds
- 38 On the Night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a Yin-Born Child 七月半，阴生胎 The day I was born, a monster that came running down from the mountain stole a baby. Strange things kept happening in the village. The villagers listened all night to my mother’s wretched cries and cursed me as an ill-omened child. They blocked the entrance to our home, saying they would burn me alive. My grandfather simply sat by the gate, and not one of them dared come closer. A baby’s piercing wail rang out, and I came into this world. You need some skills to make your way in life. My name is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Slaying Demons and Ghosts Since High School 斩妖灭鬼，从高中开始 [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [School Life] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Coming of Age] + [Not Overpowered] + [Passionate] It all begins with a student jumping from a school building. Liu Tianyu had expected to spend his student years in peace, but from that day on, his life was never quiet again. Peril at a haunted temple, a school turned into a sacrificial altar, a ghost city beneath the water: one challenge after another awaits. Watch as a group of students turn the tables amid the schemes of g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Ink Master 掌墨师 A stern warning!!!! All the yang-meridian techniques in this novel come from a handwritten folk copy of the Lu Ban Book, an ancient text that truly exists. Do not try them lightly!!! It all began with my grandfather… He was an old carpenter, now well over eighty. By chance, I happened to open this long-forgotten copy of the Lu Ban Book. It was handwritten, and my first reaction after reading it was confusion, because I couldn’t understand it at all. So I studied it carefully. It recorded many t 11Reads—Score514d adds
- 41 The Bride in the Red Coffin 红棺里的新娘 The first book: horror, terror, and the uncanny. The sequel: comedy and humor! Two stories: The Bride in the Red Coffin + its sequel, also known as My Ghost Wife Keeps Trying to Scare Me to Tears. When crimson ripples spread across the deep pool, I finally saw the bone comb in the hands of the bride in the sunken coffin. Carved into it were my birth details, even though I had been missing for three years. Xu Xiaomo was drawn home by tales of the Sunk 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 38Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 44 Grudge-Locked Patterns 怨气锁纹 Dai Xiaochao, the protagonist, is a college graduate in architecture from the 1990s. Under heavy financial pressure, he moves into a tenement building where a locked-room murder took place two years earlier. Surveillance was scarce in those days, so the police had to investigate door to door, and the case made little progress. Then the ancient Taotie jade pendant inherited by Dai Xiaochao’s family, along with its Taotie patterns, begins to react... And that is where the story begins. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The School of Terror 恐怖艺校 Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Heavenly Official's Edict 天官敕令 When Chen Qi awakens the long-lost “Word Spirit Edict” during a haunted-house livestream, he thinks it’s just a way to earn money to save his father. But when fragments of an antique bronze mirror reveal a thousand-year-old formation, and the technology group “Entropy” uses algorithms to optimize feng shui and kill, he realizes he’s been dragged into an ultimate war between traditional occult arts and modern technology. From malignant spirits in haunted houses to ghost soldiers on the march, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 370Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 48 The Mountain Ghost Laughs 山鬼笑兮 If there is someone on the mountain’s flank, wearing ivy and trailing creeping vines. Such beautiful words, so why is the truth so cruel? How much karma must be repaid in this lifetime? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Strange Tales from the South 南方灵异事 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
