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- 1 Rejected When I Proposed, I Can No Longer Hide That I’m a Corpse Retriever 提亲被拒，捞尸人身份藏不住了 My family has made its living retrieving corpses for generations. I was born with a rare boy's fate said to come once in a hundred years, and I wouldn't live past six. To save me, my grandfather arranged an engagement to extend my life. Sixteen years later, I went to ask for my bride's hand, but they refused. They thought the matter would be over once my grandfather died, but they had no idea that retribution was just around the corner... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 On Tomb-Sweeping Day, I Opened a Viral Paper Effigy Shop on the Road to the Underworld 清明节，我在黄泉路开网红纸扎铺 Unemployed young man Lin Xiaoman is forced to return to his hometown and take over the family’s traditional paper effigy shop. But he discovers that the paper money, luxury cars, and phones he makes turn into real goods in the underworld when burned! From then on, his customers are no longer just the living... The King of Hell commissions a “paper aircraft carrier.” A vengeful spirit asks him to repair a “torn marriage contract.” Even the Underworld’s Bureau of Industry and Commerce comes knocki 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 My name is Zhao ?, and I’m a corpse retriever on the banks of the Yellow River. In our line of work, there are rules that must never be broken. Cross the line, and you won’t even find peace in death. The rules of the Zhao family are: First, never retrieve the corpse of the River Dragon King. Second, if you see a Bodhisattva, don’t look back. Third, avoid the corpses of young women. Fourth, stay away from ghost ships on the riverbed. I’ve always strictly observed these four ironclad taboos. Unfor 459Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Heaven-Chosen Paper Effigy Maker 天命扎纸人 First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate virtue, and fifth, study. Sixth, choose a spouse; seventh, choose a career; eighth, make friends with people of influence; ninth, practice good health. Those who work with yin and yang make their living by reading fate, but they are doomed to three deficiencies and five afflictions, with life and death impossible to predict. With nothing but the craft of making paper effigies, they guide countless wandering souls and spirits to t 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Suppress Ten Thousand Evil Spirits with My Own Body 吾以吾身镇万诡 Zhao Xingzhou grew up in a funeral home. He is steeped in yin energy and has seen all kinds of strange and bizarre things, because the Zhao family are the legendary wardens of the funeral home. Only later does Zhao Xingzhou learn that he isn't the only warden there. The old man at the gate, the crematorium shift supervisor, the hearse driver, and even the director are all extraordinary in their own ways. The entire funeral home is shrouded in mystery, with everyone showing off their own unique a 1.5kReads7.9Score17914d adds
- 6 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
- 7 The Paper Effigy Maker: Crafting the Entire Underworld! 扎纸匠：扎出整个地府！ Xiao Luo transmigrates to a world where spiritual qi revival has begun and ghosts run rampant, inheriting his grandfather’s paper effigy shop. In this world, spiritual qi has dried up, the gods have vanished, and the mystic arts have fallen into decline. Xiao Luo himself is also being haunted by a vicious ghost. Fortunately, he awakens the Paper Effigy System. Craft Black and White Impermanence to seize souls and destroy evil spirits! Craft Yin soldiers and generals: when the Yin army marches, a 163Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 8 The Earth Master 地先生 Every title in the occult arts has a special meaning: tomb raiders are called grave diggers, those without a school or sect are called Mr. Bai, and those who sew heads onto corpses are called Old Madam Butian... Our trade calls us Earth Masters. Ghostly incense, the flayed-skin curse, the pecking-eye gu, the Cave of Nine... Every job I take on is full of twists and hidden dangers. Fight your way through, and the spirits and ghosts will fear you, and you’ll reign supreme in the occult world. Fail 81Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 Sewing Yin Corpses, Suppressing Ghostly Calamities 缝阴尸，镇鬼祸 [Six Lines and Eight Trigrams, Soul Banners and Sacrificial Rites] Humans have three souls and seven spirits; ghosts have obsessions from the Nine Hells and the karmic flames of the Five Aggregates. But ever since I was born, I have been missing my [Earth Soul]. I’ve dealt with corpses since I was little. Other children played with colorful building blocks, fluffy stuffed animals, and little tin cars that could run. My toys were one battered corpse after another. Qimen Dunjia, puppetry that mani 833Reads6.7Score10114d adds
- 11 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
- 12 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 219.6kReads9.1Score29.1k14d adds
- 13 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 397Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Ghost-Hunting Yin-Yang Master 捉鬼阴阳师 On the day I was born, the clear sky suddenly filled with lightning and thunder. A bolt struck a tree in our yard, and everyone in the village decided my birth was an ill omen. They all kept their distance. One villager accidentally offended me, and that night he mysteriously hanged himself. The body could only be taken down if someone knelt before me. On the day of his funeral, his brother died a violent death and the coffin fell to the ground. That was how the whole story began… 205Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 15 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. 3.3kReads8.3Score48414d adds
- 16 Maxed-Out Charisma: Becoming the School Heartthrob Starting in High School 魅力升满：从高中开始成男神 [In short: short, ugly, and fat transforms into a handsome god of charm] Reborn and back in high school, Lu Yan activates the Charm System. The short, ugly boy begins his comeback. When he looks back once more, he has become the irresistibly charming heartthrob all the girls admire from afar. The envy of every boy in school. [Height-Boosting Potion] [Facial Feature Adjustment] [Body Proportions] [Charisma Aura] [Perfect Hands]… Complete missions to change his looks and charm. He moves among the 15.1kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 17 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 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 18 Doomsday Convoy: Nomadic Migration 末日车队：游牧迁徙 [The Supernatural Descends + Convoy Survival + Humanity Strikes Back] The supernatural suddenly descended, and cities fell. The still-weak Chosen Ones had no way to lead humanity out of the cities. The protagonist was one of them, fleeing from place to place with a convoy and living in hiding. That continued until the Holy City was established. The convoy arrived there, and the protagonist joined the Night Watch Legion, becoming the commander of its First Legion. From then on, humanity began to 4kReads6.8Score16914d adds
- 19 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 2.4kReads9.1Score30514d adds
- 20 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 7.9kReads8.8Score73214d adds
- 21 The Demon Hunter’s Journal 猎魔手记 Have you ever seen a white dog wearing clothes, or a mouse eating a cat? Have you heard of paper effigies putting on an opera, or flying stiff corpses sucking blood? Come, let me tell you... 1kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 22 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score22314d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 EN Apocalypse Exodus: The True Rules of Survival! 末日迁徙：这才是生存法则！！！ [Road Survival + The Eerie + Sequences + Enhancement + Criminal Sequence + Path to Godhood + Heartbreaker + Doomsday Survival + Migration] The world's phantom image fused with reality, and the eerie quietly descended. The places humanity had relied on to survive became havens for the eerie, while cities one after another turned into death zones. Finding a new home through migration became humanity's goal. Supernatural Sequence abilities became humanity's last glimmer of hope. On the migration jo 31.8kReads7.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 26 Livestream Auctioning Wanted Criminals: You Call This Selling Products? 直播甩卖通缉犯，你管这叫带货？ Lin Chen quits the police force. He only meant to become a livestreamer who teaches people about the law, but unexpectedly activates a livestream sales System. [Order confirmed. Target: A-rank wanted criminal.] [Sell A-rank wanted criminal, reward: 1,000 Crime Points] Lin Chen: “Come on over, take a look! Freshly caught serial killer, on a huge livestream discount!” At first, viewers think Lin Chen is playing a prank. But as police departments across the country start paying attention to him, ev 6kReads8.1Score90614d adds
- 27 EN Sequence Survival: Starting with One Yuan a Day 序列逃生：从每天签到一块钱开始 The apocalypse descends, and all kinds of bizarre creatures and ferocious beasts arrive on Blue Star to hunt people. To survive, all the survivors have no choice but to flee, aimlessly dodging the beasts and bizarre creatures hunting them down. Luo Fan stares at the sign-in System he has awakened and feels utterly speechless. Other people's Systems help their Hosts take off. What about his? One yuan a day for signing in? Come on, System bro, it's the apocalypse! What good is one yuan? Wait, he c 64.7kReads6.8Score5.6k14d adds
- 28 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 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 29 Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁 Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family 8Reads—Score314d adds
- 30 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 2.8kReads8.8Score29714d adds
- 31 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 半夜十二点，闺蜜喊我去钓鱼 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 472Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 33 Legends of Jiuzhou Yunhua: Storms 2 九州云华风雨传说2 Legends of Wind and Rain in Jiuzhou Yunhua 2 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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 35.9kReads9.2Score6.3k14d adds
- 35 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 3.5kReads8.9Score28714d adds
- 36 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 116Reads8.5Score1014d adds
- 37 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—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Lord of the Desolate Firmament 荒穹之主 [Traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + no System + satisfying battles + slow-burn] When chaos first took shape, heaven and earth were one, and countless sacred artifacts were born. Donghuang Taiyi, leader of the Donghuang clan, used the foremost sacred artifact, the Donghuang Bell, to bring the Primordial Wasteland to an end and divide the two realms. After that, heaven and earth were incomplete, and no more sacred artifacts came into being. Donghuang Hanyu was just born, yet a “Primordial S 4.9kReads9.2Score45714d adds
- 42 The Calamity Canticle 灾厄乐章 [Musician + Summons + Mysterious Organization + Villain + No CP + Fun-Seeker] Perhaps, in some corner unknown to you, mysterious rituals are underway. Strange life forms secretly covet the flesh and blood of the living. The colossal entity that maintains order lurks beneath the surface of society. A bloated, foolish god's child rots and stinks in an underground palace. The giant king in the flames silently blesses his people. A fantastically colored giant shark swims through the deep sea. A skel 8.7kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 43 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Just Became a Corpse King, and They Mistook Me for an Antique on Display! 刚成尸王，被当成古董展览了！ Ren Feng transmigrated into the body of a centuries-old corpse in a parallel world. He discovered that he was lying in a transparent coffin. A crowd stood around him, pointing and whispering. They thought the corpse was being played by a museum employee, and demanded refunds. Some visitors wanted to smash the crystal coffin and expose the museum’s true colors. Others pulled out their phones to record, saying they would defend their consumer rights. Just then, “Ding! System successfully bound!” “ 3.5kReads8.1Score38314d adds
- 45 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 46 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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 2.1kReads7.8Score26914d adds
- 48 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 49 EN Jujutsu Kaisen: I Awakened the Ten Shadows Technique 咒术回战：我觉醒了十种影法术 I transmigrated and was born into a place called the Zenin Clan. This world is utterly awful, but I happen to possess the Ten Shadows Technique, something the Zenin Clan desperately wants. Watching them force themselves to accept me despite their reluctance is really amusing. The world is boring, but then I met someone very special. His eyes are especially beautiful, just like the sky… I wish they were mine. I grew covetous of his eyes, but he started acting strangely toward me instead. Note: 1. 7.3kReads9.4Score82014d adds
- 50 Making the Defense of Jinling, Players Charge Forward in Tears 制作金陵保卫战，玩家边哭边冲锋 My name is Lin Yan. In my previous life, I was a game-design workhorse. In this life, after transmigrating to a parallel world, I still work in game development. The difference is that I've awakened a System called “World War.” By combining this world's technology with the System, I can create breathtaking, fully immersive virtual reality games. And so, art that would shake the world was born... “The Battle of Shanghai and the Defense of Nanjing”; “One Against Seventeen: The Surprise Attack on t 6.8kReads8.7Score59214d adds
