Ghost Wife, Demon Wife, a Male Lead with Many Hidden Cards and an Unusual Identity, Happy Ending 鬼妻，妖妻，男主底牌多身份不一般，结局圆满

1. 51 生 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 A Kind of Smile一种笑笑Mystery235k WordsOngoing When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The male protagonist's wife is a fierce woman in red; the author has quite an imagination.

2. 52 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.3kReads8.3Score26814d adds

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   I recommend a thrilling novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels…

3. 53 开 From the Start, I’m a Nobody in the Ghost Realm, but the System Makes Me Invincible 开局鬼界小透明，系统降临我无敌 Blood God August血神八月Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Death is not the end! Reincarnation is the real deception! When science collides with the supernatural, above the heavens, a gaze from a higher dimension looks down upon us! Behind the chaos of disorder lies a cosmic game of chess, laid out long ago. After dying in an accident, Wang Xiao awakens the [Revenant Comeback System]. Feeding on the fear of humanity, he evolves from the lowest rank of ghost spirit. The dragon veins stir, and the boundary between yin and yang breaks! Countless vengeful g 67Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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   It has everything.

4. 54 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 226.4kReads9.5Score18.7k14d adds

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   It's incredibly good! Chinese people don't lie to other Chinese people.

5. 55 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 50.4kReads9.6Score6.3k14d adds
6. 56 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 77.5kReads9.3Score6.5k14d adds
7. 57 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.3kReads—Score10414d adds

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   A super cool female lead with vertical pupils suppresses all ghosts and protects the male lead! The male lead uses forbidden techniques to clear the way and protect the female lead!!

8. 58 狐 A Fox’s Dream, Traveling by Your Side 狐梦伴君行 Nan Mogui Chen南墨鬼尘Urban125k WordsOngoing Also known as: Down on My Luck, I’m Forced to Marry the Fox Family’s Eldest Daughter My name is Xu Rong. I was born in a remote mountain village. My mother left when I was little, and my father passed away when I was twelve. I thought I would spend my whole life alone, until the night I came of age at eighteen, when I had a dream that completely turned my life upside down. In the dream, a young woman caressed my face, calling me her husband. But I never expected her hand to be a furry animal paw 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The Fox Wife, whom I've known since childhood, single female lead.

9. 59 人 I'm in Malaysia, and I'm Going to Slay Ghosts and Demons 人在大马，我要斩鬼除魔 Tiger Who Eats Apples吃苹果的老虎Mystery431k WordsOngoing Moonlight flows like water, while daylight cuts like a blade. On the path to immortality, I slay the heavens' chosen ones. Clad in black, I grip the Tiger Soul blade, scale the heights of Cangwu, and stride across emerald waves. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of the underworld open. When migrant workers venture abroad, they discover how dangerous the outside world can be. They encounter ghosts at ten thousand meters in the air, while the hot lands of Southeast Asia conceal 514Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Ghost wife, demon concubine

10. 60 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.5kReads—Score10714d adds

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    The Little Celestial Master has many trump cards for catching ghosts.

11. 61 灵 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery406k WordsOngoing Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 血 Blood Sun Annihilation 血日湮灭 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery623k WordsOngoing [Potions]+ [Sequences]+ [Evil Gods]+ [Cthulhu] ·(When the blood sun is extinguished, humanity will perish as well.) ·(By day, the blood sun hangs in the sky and monsters run rampant.) ·(By night, the silver moon shines high above and ghosts run rampant.) ·(When the ‘Crimson’ corrupts the sun and invades Earth, humanity will fall into endless despair.) ·(They are followers of the ‘Crimson’.) ·(They are followers of ‘Folly’.) ·(And I am a follower of ‘Shadow’.) ·(So it was all my doing. So I’m the —Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery546k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 59Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a must-have! Horror, suspense, humor, no filler, no rambling, and not some old supernatural cliché. Everyone's intelligent; it's definitely a dark horse!

14. 64 论 On the Self-Cultivation of a Henpecked Husband 论，耙耳朵的自我修养 Zhi Jia Tian Mi Shui志嘉田米水Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A.I. elite trainer Gu Yuming unexpectedly woke up in Chen Dazhu’s body, transmigrating back to Jiazhou in 1997. He vowed to awaken A.I. in the 1990s! With a lovely wife at home, life was blissfully sweet. A little harem, planting crops, surrealism, a slow pace, humor and comedy, all kinds of role-play, married life, a love story, a satisfying business-building tale, large A.I. models, and later, stockpiling supplies on an A.I.-run deserted island 302Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book features a ghost wife/demon wife and a male protagonist with multiple roles.

15. 65 妖 Fox Venerable, You Said Our Marriage Was Fake, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 妖尊说好的假结婚你怎么还当真了 Busy W5忙忙W5Fantastical Romance261k WordsCompleted Su Meng takes money to pretend to be the girlfriend of Long Chen, the Demon Venerable. She thinks it'll be a quick job, then she'll take the money and leave. But then... She casually asks, “Are you going to take responsibility?” and he already has names picked out for their children. She praises him, “You're really impressive,” and he pulls her into his arms and kisses her on the spot. She calls him “husband” to get paid, and he practically wants to give her the entire demon realm as her bride p 57Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a modern-day version of a demon lord novel, with a funny but not cheesy plot. The male lead is love-struck and dotes on the female lead.

16. 66 生 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery59k WordsCompleted Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 22Reads—Score114d adds

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    After my sister blinded me, I became a blind woman. But who would believe that I could still marry into a wealthy family! However, on my wedding day, everything seemed so eerie... 1. My sister blinded me, but laughed and said, "Sister, I didn't mean to! Your eyes are just so beautiful!" Although I couldn't see her expression, I could hear her making that strange 'giggle' sound. Obviously, she was showing off her achievement. "Sister, could you..." She whispered in my ear, "Could you be like Amao, forever and ever by my side!" Amao was my pet dog, but she smothered it to death with a bed sheet, and then preserved its body in a clear glass jar filled with alcohol. And she did more than one cruel thing like this. So my house is filled with clear glass jars containing all sorts of animal carcasses. This is my sister, my father and stepmother's only child. 12

17. 67 佛 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷34k WordsCompleted The Buddha Mother's Secret 38Reads—Score514d adds
18. 68 闺 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery32k WordsCompleted Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 15Reads—Score114d adds
19. 69 大 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery58k WordsCompleted The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 豪 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷57k WordsCompleted Terror at the Grand Estate 16Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 盲 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷32k WordsCompleted The Blind Girl's Wedding 27Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 河 The Debt Beneath the River, Billed in My Name 河底那笔账，记在我名下 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery57k WordsCompleted The debt at the bottom of the river is in my name 18Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 73 诡 The Strange Sword 诡剑 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷98k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sword 4Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 74 清 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷43k WordsCompleted The Qingling Rankings 3Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 我 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse60k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 12Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 诡 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷99k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Domain City 3Reads—Score114d adds
27. 77 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 103Reads—Score1114d adds

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    After reading so many assembly-line supernatural stories, this book of old rural tales is truly captivating.

28. 78 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds
29. 79 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 唐 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Mystery69k WordsCompleted The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "Whether I'm ugly or not is none of your business!" The speaker was a long-haired female ghost. I carefully compared her from head to toe to one of the corpses on the ground. I wouldn't say they were 100% similar, but they were close. "The audience's eyes are discerning, and their evaluations are objective!" I said to her seriously. "If it's not us, the audience, who else can judge?!" "Me!" The voice came from behind us; it must have been a man. "Who are you?" I couldn't help but ask the voice. "Her man!" "Whose man?" I glanced at the woman whose arm the ghost woman was tightly gripping. "Our man!" The woman and the ghost answered in unison. "You can see him?" I asked the woman curiously. "I can't!" The woman shook her head. "But I can smell his scent!" "Scent... Scent?!" "The unique scent of a stinky man!" "Uncle, she said you smell!" I looked at the uncle with a mischievous grin. "Am I smelly?" The uncle pointed at the corpse on the ground. "But even if I smell bad, I'm not as smelly as that guy's body!" "A man who doesn't smell bad isn't a man!" The male ghost said seriously. "So you came here specifically to find your own body?!" The uncle asked. "Not looking for it!" The male ghost rolled his eyes at him. "Are you going to raise me?" "I never raise idle ghosts, especially scum like you!" "Scum?" The male ghost sighed deeply. "Having seen the ocean, other waters are nothing; having seen the clouds of Wushan, other clouds are nothing... I'm just more sentimental than most people!"

31. 81 怪 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Blue Forest Night Wind蓝林夜风Mystery176k WordsOngoing Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A slow-paced book, not one that gets you hooked right from the start. The real excitement begins after the male protagonist turns eighteen. A classic supernatural fantasy about ghost hunting, watching the protagonist gradually grow stronger is a rare treat. [Heart]

32. 82 诡 Uncovering Strange Mysteries and Finding a Way Out 诡事探秘逢生 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery187k WordsOngoing In Lichong City, four childhood friends who grew up together were enlightened by a Taoist priest when they were young, and each possesses a supernatural ability. After Yang Zhuang got into an online argument, the four were drawn into a supernatural incident at an abandoned hospital in the neighboring city of Huidong. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Four childhood friends, all skilled in Taoist magic, bravely venture into an abandoned hospital, vanquishing demons and ghosts to uncover a shocking secret! With their Yin-Yang eyes and the Five Ghosts Formation, see how they survive against all odds and embark on a new journey! [Angry][Sparrow Eats Masterpiece][Sparrow Eats Masterpiece][Flying Kiss]

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