The Male Lead Is a Snake, Fox, Underworld Lord, Ghost King, Mountain God, or River God, While the Female Lead Is Human 男主是蛇，狐狸，冥王，鬼王，山神河神女主是人类

1. 101 阴 The Sinister Ghost Monk Won’t Stop Clinging to Me 阴湿鬼僧非要缠我 Mountain Climber上山佬Mystery203k WordsOngoing An insecure, unhinged heroine × a hypocritical, demonic monk hero [Both are crazy! He’s compassionate in public, dark and cold in private. She has somewhat questionable morals, so steer clear if that bothers you. A sweet, indulgent romance between two crazies. No golden finger, traditional ghost-hunting and folk-horror elements.] “I love seeing you smile. But anyone besides me who can make you smile deserves to die.” Every grievance has its culprit, and as long as people are alive, they remain —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead is a ghost monk, and both the plot and the romance are very well written.

2. 102 恐 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 18.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves

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   There's not much to say about it. Just look at the ratings. You won't regret getting into this genre. I've recommended it several times, and I've read each of them twice.

3. 103 蛇 The Snake King's Spirit Vein Darling 蛇王的灵脉娇妻 The Pen-Burning Guest燃笔客Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanyin was born into the wealthy Jiang family. After finishing her studies abroad, she returned home, only to find that her fiancé, Fu Mingyuan, and her best friend, Lin Yue, had conspired against her. They forged evidence to frame her for embezzling company funds, driving the Jiang Corporation into bankruptcy and getting her thrown out of her own home. While fleeing, she unexpectedly took a lightning tribulation meant for the Snake King, Xuan Xiao. This fatal tribulation broke the seal on —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead is a snake, a demon. The female lead is human, but when she shields the Snake King from a lightning tribulation, her spiritual veins suddenly awaken. It turns out that a thousand years ago, she wasn't human at all, but rather possessed the spiritual veins that sealed an ancient ferocious beast. In this day and age, this contrast makes me suddenly feel so lucky to be human. Being protected by a powerful snake king in the real world—only in "The Snake King's Spiritual Vein Wife" could you find that!

4. 104 月 On the Full Moon, the Celibate Professor Revealed Nine Fox Tails to Me 月圆夜禁欲教授对我露出九条狐尾 Xi Xi Tao西西桃Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted Cheerful, adorable doctor * cunning fox-like professor “Xixi, pay attention to me.” “Xixi, give me a hug.” “Xixi, mwah.” Lu Xi, a veterinarian, knows only that little animals love cuddling up to her. She never expected the professor she works with to be such a sweet-talking flirt. Linghu Yan, a leading geneticist, has an exquisite, otherworldly face and an aloof, self-possessed air like a holy man who has transcended the mortal world. He could make any living creature renounce worldly desires. B 923Reads9.2Score148Shelves

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   This is a perfect match and highly recommended! [Heart emoji] 🍄 Both male leads are foxes, the female lead is a veterinarian who loves animals, and the male lead, a nine-tailed fox, loves to be close to her. 🍄 The protagonist was born sick and asked a fox for help. The fox saved her but had to marry her. [Bump emoji]

5. 105 狐 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 The Poem Beneath the Setting Moon月落下的诗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When I was born, I fell gravely ill. To save my life, my father sold me to a white-haired fox. Fifteen years later, the fox came to collect its debt and demanded I repay it by becoming its disciple. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of bizarre things I could never have imagined. I thought the fox and I had nothing more than a simple debt to settle, but later I discovered a shocking secret hidden beneath it all. 400Reads9.0Score100Shelves
6. 106 狐 The Fox Spirit's Wedding: The Bride Refuses to Bear Fox Cubs 狐狸娶亲，美人拒绝生狐崽 An Tusheng安图生Mystery320k WordsCompleted A rough writing exercise. No outline, no logic, no character profiles. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 半 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves

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   This one is genuinely quite scary to me. The male lead is intelligent and quick-witted. The details are also very well described. If you're not scared, come check it out; it's a very interesting suspense novel.

8. 108 九 Nine Turns Back to the Underworld 九转归幽 Jiang Yi蒋依Mystery934k WordsCompleted The Yuan family has a daughter skilled in controlling paper. Strange mysteries abound as she searches for her father and mother. Exceptionally gifted in spiritual arts and violent by nature... The nine factions of the Mystic Sect each have their own agenda, and the Yuan family is caught in the middle, triggering a string of bizarre events. In the course of it all, Yuan Ling discovers that someone is secretly protecting her. As she follows the clues to her parents’ disappearance, she also searche 151Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   The male lead is a ghost, and the female lead is a college student who runs a paper offering shop. Both the male and female leads are incredibly strong, with top-tier combat abilities. The story has a main plot, a mystery, and several side stories. The writing is mature, with many foreshadowing elements and a strong sense of suspense, but there are also occasional moments of laughter and joy.

9. 109 通 The Perfumer of the Tongyou Fragrance Shop 通幽香铺的调香师 A Little Yuerong一只小阅容Fantastical Romance319k WordsCompleted First comes the incense marrow, second the incense skin, third the incense flesh and fourth the incense soul… Fifth, greed; sixth, wrath; seventh, delusion; eighth, gratitude… Ninth, burning away… the anguish of reincarnation… The tenth incense… is the void she wrenched from her own soul… My name is Shen Heng, and I run an incense shop on an old street in Yingkou. I sell incense by day and ferry souls by night. Nine kinds of incense, exchanged for nine kinds of obsession. Greed, anger, delusion 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is human. The second male lead is a snake. I'm considering whether to make the second male lead the male lead in the second volume [shy][shy]. Looking forward to your opinions.

10. 110 魔 The Demon Lord’s Moonlight, Bright Through Every Year 魔尊心上月，岁岁皆昭昭 Su Xiaozuo苏小左Two Male Leads193k WordsOngoing In ancient times, the gods, demons, and monsters waged war. The Heavenly Emperor wiped out the entire Asura clan, and the clan’s sole surviving heir, Mu Canglan, stormed heaven to take revenge. To end the fighting across the Three Realms, Luo Zhaozhao, the Heavenly Emperor’s adopted daughter, volunteered to marry Mu Canglan. Yet even on their wedding day, she could not stop him from seeking vengeance. Grief-stricken, Luo Zhaozhao sacrificed her glass heart, and she and Mu Canglan fell into the m 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is the Xuan Snake Asura Demon Lord.

11. 111 冥 A Ghostly Marriage 冥媒正娶 Tu Shan Wu Du荼山无渡Mystery323k WordsCompleted I was born under an extremely yin fate, a star of calamity destined to live and die alone. When I was sixteen, I had a nightmare that changed my life. In the dream, a headless female corpse came for my life. Its crimson, pointed fingernail slashed across my neck, and I woke with a sharp sting at four in the morning. After that, a red mark resembling a birthmark mysteriously appeared on my neck. Then, on the night of my nineteenth birthday, a man whose face I couldn't make out took that mark from 57Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 逐 Immortal Who Chases the Yin 逐阴仙 King Rabbit兔子大王Mystery482k WordsOngoing At seven, I encountered an evil spirit, and yin energy came knocking. My dead great-uncle beckoned me, but he appeared out of nowhere and gently stopped me from taking one fatal step. His name was Xie Changli, an unknown wandering spirit who stayed by my side as I grew up and protected me for years. At seventeen, I lost my protective talisman. We met again in a desperate situation, a red thread winding around my finger as the bell rang to drive away evil. He had always been cool and distant, u 28Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 113 狐 A Fox-Born Daughter, the Snake King’s Wife 狐生女，蛇王妻 Lucky Cat猫吉祥Mystery591k WordsCompleted [First-Person Supernatural Fiction + Snake Husband + Marriage First, Love Later] Eighteen years ago, my father set a fire in the fields and accidentally burned a litter of fox cubs to death. On my parents’ wedding day, the cubs’ father came for revenge. It broke into the bridal chamber and violated my mother. Just six months later, I was born. I’m that fox’s daughter, and I’ve been fair-skinned and beautiful since childhood. When I turned eighteen, my body fully matured and began giving off a st 340Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 114 蛇 The Snake’s Bride 蛇缠女 Qingqing Wan Yue清清挽月Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Sweet and bittersweet] [Strong heroine] [Supernatural] Ever since I was born, I’ve been cursed as a snake’s daughter and a bringer of misfortune. Eighteen years ago, a great white snake killed my family. Eighteen years later, the snake came to collect its debt and made me its spirit medium to pay it back. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of strange events. Why had the bones in the coffin vanished? And what did the snake totem on the coffin lid mean? When the Seven Fiends A 338Reads8.8Score102Shelves
15. 115 蛇 Snake Calamity 蛇劫 Miaoyu淼玉Mystery608k WordsCompleted The day I was born, two snakes, one female and one male, fell in unison from the eaves above our front door. My grandfather, who had spent his whole life catching snakes, actually dropped to his knees before them right then and there. Everyone was terrified by what my grandfather had done. I was three days old, yet I still wouldn’t eat or drink, cry or fuss. I just stared with my wide-open eyes. My family panicked, thinking I was possessed, and went out of their way to invite the village shaman 257Reads8.6Score102Shelves
16. 116 揉 Sundered Spring Tides 揉碎春潮 Jian Bing Guozi煎bing果子Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted [Forced love x campus romance x obsessive love x younger man] Xie Jinghe was born into the elite Xie family. Handsome in every way, with silver hair and a wild, untamable nature. Shen Shuangli had the face of a cool, ethereal beauty and a quiet, reserved personality. No one knew that two people who seemed to have nothing in common had once been lovers in secret. That relationship ended in failure, with Xie Jinghe as the one who got dumped. When they meet again, Xie Jinghe rescues Shen Shuangli a 62kReads8.8Score7.3kShelves
17. 117 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
18. 118 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
19. 119 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
20. 120 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves
21. 121 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves
22. 122 狐 Hu Qiqi's Quest to Win Her Husband 狐七七追夫记 Ye Lingyue叶泠月Ancient Romance106k WordsOngoing [Funny, lighthearted, absurd, sweet romance, pure love] The most exalted Seventh Princess of the Qingqiu Kingdom has been rejected a thousand times by the aloof and otherworldly Ziwei Emperor of the Ninth Heaven. One day, she decides to leave Qingqiu, only to run into Yun Yi, the crown prince of the Demon Realm. But what she thought was passionate love turns out to be calculated exploitation at every step. When the truth is revealed, all that remains is a bloodied, sincere heart, held up to scor 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a fox.

23. 123 生 The Dragon King’s Wife, Life After Life 生生世世龙王妻 Zhao Bingluo赵冰洛Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted A terrible drought struck the village, so the village chief invited an old Taoist priest to perform a rainmaking ritual. The priest brought a marriage contract, and I was chosen to be offered as a sacrifice to the Divine Dragon Lord. On the night of the full moon, the villagers tied me up, stuffed me into a bridal sedan chair, and sent me to the Dragon King Temple behind the village. From then on, I became the wife of an ancient divine dragon. 64Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is the Dragon King, and the female protagonist is an offering given to him by the villagers.

24. 124 轻 Easy There, My Lord of the Underworld 轻点宠，我的冥王大人 Late Spring芒晚Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Fateful cycles + Devoted couple + Proud, stubborn King of the Underworld + Funny yet earnest college student + The heroine was actually a fickle flirt in her past life, falling for everyone she met, not just the hero] Born a yin maiden, destined to become the King of the Underworld’s wife. He said my fate was yin, and I could only marry him. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live past twenty-eight. I said I didn’t believe in fate. He replied, “Then find out for yourself.” I did. I nearly died in his wo 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the book! The male lead is Hades and the female lead is a college student. Their interactions are hilarious, but I think there are a lot of angst-filled parts. However, it's absolutely amazing and highly recommended!

25. 125 白 The White Snake in Bed 白蛇在榻 Nice DeliciousNice美味Ancient Romance467k WordsCompleted In an ancient, mysterious town, a terrifying legend has been passed down: any woman born with a yin constitution must marry the Snake God, make offerings to him, and establish a shrine for him, or she will be consumed by yin energy and lose her life. Many women have died this way over the years, and the legend has become a shadow that haunts the townspeople. Lin Mei was born with a yin constitution. Frail and often plagued by yin energy, she has suffered greatly. Strong-willed and kind, she is c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 狐 The Fox Lord's Darling: I Came from the Screen 狐君的掌心娇：我从银幕来 Nice DeliciousNice美味Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted Lin Wanxing stayed up all night watching an old fox-demon movie. Just as she was sighing over the tragic ending of the doomed little fox demon, she opened her eyes and found herself in the movie as that very character. Even more outrageous, the thousand-year-old Fox Lord, who should have had nothing to do with her, was holding her in his arms. His voice was low and heated. “My precious darling, now that you’ve come out of the screen, you’re not allowed to go back.” It turned out that she had bee —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 病 The Lovesick Lord of the Underworld Is Jealous Again Today 病娇冥王，今天又吃醋了 Nice DeliciousNice美味Ancient Romance250k WordsCompleted Su Wei never imagined that, after failing her tribulation and nearly losing her soul, she would be taken back to the Underworld by Xie Yanci, the King of the Underworld whom all three realms feared, and cherished as the apple of his eye. But his affection soon took a troubling turn. She showed a lost young immortal the way, only to find the King of the Underworld had frozen the entire Immortal Child Hall. She gave a wounded spirit bird a sip of immortal dew, and the next moment, the forest where 23Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 甜 A Sweet, Wanton Snake Wraps Around His Darling Wife and Carries Her Home 甜欲蛇缠，娇娇老婆叼回家 Jiang Yuyi江予一Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Devoted Love and Spoiling + Childhood Sweethearts + Satisfying Revenge on Scumbags + Transmigration to Another World + Fantasy Romance] After her parents died, Ruan You had no choice but to live with her uncle’s family. She treated everyone with the utmost care, yet her cousin and aunt saw her as a thorn in their side. They even hired thugs to ruin her. Thinking she was doomed to die, Ruan You somehow stumbled into the Snake King’s lair and spent a night with him. But when she woke up, the Snak 3.6kReads9.1Score365Shelves

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    ✨You are like the bright moon, I am like the mist✨ The male lead is a 🐍fox💦 The female lead wakes up to find she has a childhood sweetheart, which is incredibly lucky for her, as she has never had any playmates since childhood. She gladly accepts this person who doesn't belong to her own memories. [Heavy-handed attack]

29. 129 糟 Oh No! I Married a Sweet Wife, and Now I Can’t Hide My Serpent Tail 糟糕！娶了娇甜妻后蛇尾藏不住了 Starry Galaxy星星银河系Modern Romance149k WordsCompleted Sweet romance, both virgins, obsessive love, metaphysics: “Adorable, sweet little wife × cold, aloof, obsessive snake CEO” Jiang Mitian was thrown out of her home by her scumbag father. Homeless and hunted, she was saved at the brink of death by a handsome stranger. With nowhere else to go, she had to follow him home. Who knew he’d feed her and help her with her card during the day, then rub her legs and cling to her for kisses at night! A clever little woman appeared by the side of the aloof, h 107Reads7.4Score—Shelves
30. 130 蛇 The Snake’s Delight 蛇欢 Big Pancake大饼Mystery586k WordsCompleted My life belongs to a snake. From the day I was born, Grandma sold me to a snake. I grew up sleeping in a dead person's coffin and shedding snake skin, living as a freak. For the snake's sake, Grandma taught me to be a shamanic healer and save others, though I could never save myself. It wasn't until I received my first patient on the day I came of age that I finally learned what Grandma and the snake had agreed upon... 155Reads9.3Score101Shelves
31. 131 起 I Must Be Seeing Things: My Best Friend Turned into a Vengeful Ghost 起猛了，看到闺蜜变厉鬼了 Zhou Guifeng周圭寸Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [Just started, so the rating will rise. Feel free to dive in!] [Strong female lead + comedy + modern fantasy + multiple versions of the male lead] When she woke up, Yun Jian Yue discovered that her best friend had croaked and become a headless vengeful ghost. Yun Jian Yue: I must've woken up too early. I'll go back to sleep. Best friend: … Yun Jian Yue took her friend to get revenge on the scumbag, but a more powerful vengeful ghost showed up halfway through and stole the target. Yun Jian Yue ra 28.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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    1, 2, 4, And 6 are all by the same author. 1 Is a newly started book that's currently being serialized; if you prefer completed works, you can wait. All the others except 1 are completed, so you can read them without worry. As for 8, the female lead has two lovers, something like a Taoist priest and a King of the Underworld. Anyway, the two lovers were originally one person, but they split apart. You'll understand when you read it; I'm not very good at explaining. [Almost crying][Almost crying]

32. 132 七 The Snake Bride's Rite on the Fifteenth of July 七月十五，蛇妻礼 Ancient Poems古早诗Mystery107k WordsOngoing I was frail and sickly as a child. A fortune-teller predicted I wouldn’t live past twenty. My childhood friend couldn’t bear to see me quit school and stay home, so she gave me her family’s heirloom jade snake necklace... She died on her way home. The jade snake she gave me came to life and coiled around me. Before I could uncover the truth behind my friend’s death, one strange event after another began to unfold. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story meets the requirements: the male lead is a snake, the female lead is human, the female lead is righteous, her values ​​are positive, and the plot doesn't drag.

33. 133 蛇 The Snake-Eyed Girl with a Dark Fate 蛇瞳阴命女 A Wild Chrysanthemum一朵野菊花Mystery476k WordsOngoing [Mysticism + marriage before love + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + lighthearted comedy] My name is Xu Yao. When I was six, my father beat a giant black python to death. From that day on, disaster struck, and my family was destroyed. I lost sight in one eye as a result. My grandmother prayed to the gods for me through the night, then sent me to Qingfeng Temple on Jinding Peak. She said the temple could protect me as I grew up, and gave me a silver bracelet, warning me never to take it off, n 332Reads—Score100Shelves
34. 134 妖 The Demon Husband and His Princess Consort 妖夫墨王妻 0Clear Joy00清欢0Mystery277k WordsCompleted I began dealing with ghosts and spirits when I was twenty-one. No one knows how my grandfather died. One person after another has tried to harm me. The grudges of the immortals, a rival’s jealousy, and the protection of the one I love: all sorts of baffling events have befallen an ordinary girl like me. Let the ghosts handle matters of the underworld, and the living handle matters of the mortal world. Just remember: Do good, and don’t worry about what lies ahead. 231Reads6.7Score—Shelves
35. 135 九 Nine Serpents Carry the Coffin 九蛇抬棺 Tea Egg茶蛋Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted When I was born, my father cut off several snakes with a knife. Ever since then, I’ve often dreamed at night of a huge black snake coiling around me, squeezing the breath from my lungs as if it were taking revenge. On my eighteenth birthday, the villagers tied me up and sent me to the mountain behind the village… 88Reads7.1Score—Shelves
36. 136 灵 The Spirit Snake Coils Around the Dragon Coffin 灵蛇缠龙棺 Tong Tongzi铜铜子Mystery396k WordsCompleted My birth chart marked me for misfortune. Not only was I fated to bring disaster to my parents, I was doomed to die before turning eighteen. Then a mysterious person changed my fate. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had the same nightmare over and over: thousands upon thousands of snakes coiling around a golden coffin. From inside it, I can faintly hear the voice of a young man, luring me to climb inside. Every time I wake up, I’m relieved it was only a dream. But one day, in an ancient tomb, I 57Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 炽 Burning Desire: The Ruthless Snake Man’s Tender Obsession 炽热沦陷：霸道蛇夫对我温柔纠缠 Mu Jiuze木玖泽Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted (Taking by force + yandere + obsessive, possessive love + devoted to each other + modern top-tier wealthy family + doting husband; the male lead is a gorgeous, bewitching, nonhuman serpent beastman, with no human morals or values!) After getting drunk, Su Qingqing is kidnapped and sold. By chance, she encounters Yanli, a serpent man. He is violent, cruel, incapable of distinguishing good from evil, and utterly devoid of humanity, a monster through and through. But to stay alive, she has no cho 1.5kReads9.0Score162Shelves

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    [Heart][Heart][Heart] You could check out these books! The first four have a male lead who is a snake, the fifth, sixth, and seventh have a male lead who is a dragon, the eighth and ninth have a male lead who is a wolf, the tenth and eleventh have a male lead who is a fox, and the last one has a male lead who is a vampire. They're all pretty good.

38. 138 惊 What?! An Arranged Marriage, and My Clingy Husband Is a Dragon 惊！包办婚姻，黏人老公是条龙 Sea Salt Cream Cap海盐奶盖Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted and witty + episodic stories + beasts of all kinds showing what they can do + a dragon who's a hopeless romantic] With the college entrance exams fast approaching, Wu Yaoguang made a pact with the Heavenly Way to care for the mythical beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, hoping to save her gravely ill grandmother. She would help the awakened beasts adapt to modern society and protect the human world. In short, she had to find every newly awakened beast a job, or rather, a h 41Reads8.8Score—Shelves
39. 139 甜 Sweet Romance: The Dragon King Brings Home a Cute Little Bride to Raise 甜宠：龙王捡个可爱小媳妇回家养 Nan Can Can南灿灿Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Lively, Adorable, Clever Sweetheart × Gentle, Considerate Dragon King Who Grants Her Every Wish] Before she transmigrated, Meng Ci was a poor unfortunate soul: her family life was miserable, her education mediocre, she had no money, and her partner cheated on her. But after getting hit by a car and flying through the air, she wakes up in a magnificent palace. She also discovers that the dragon who found her is rich, powerful, and handsome. Meng Ci: I want to open a shop. The dragon: I’ll buy 283Reads8.9Score100Shelves
40. 140 嫁 Married to a Dragon: The Passionate Dragon King's Beloved Wife 嫁给龙，深情龙王的小娇妻 Meilin Yuqing玫琳雨晴Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted What? After getting married, I suddenly found out that my husband was not human! He was a dragon from legend! Mo Nian was completely stunned. How could that be possible? A certain dragon blinked his innocent eyes. “Honey, you’ll still love me just like before, right?” “Yun Yichen! How many secrets are you still keeping from me?” Mo Nian planted her hands on her hips and let out a furious roar. “I’m the legendary Dragon King. That’s really all there is to it,” Yun Yichen confessed honestly. Mo Ni 41Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 野 Wild Conquest! Isn't Livestreaming Myself Flirting with a Wolf Cub the Coolest? 野性攻略！直播撩狼崽超酷的好吗 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Sweet, Adorable Valkyrie X Brooding, Scheming Wolf Boy] [Livestreaming + Showbiz + Sweet Romance + One-on-One Devoted Couple + Dating Show] A three-hundred-year-old Valkyrie transmigrated into the body of a young celebrity in another world after a great battle. Before she could even adjust, she was pushed onto a livestreamed dating show. The show was jointly created by the authorities and was called Wild Pursuit. On the show, the brooding, aloof leader of the wolf clan turned into a soft, cuddl 1.7kReads9.3Score306Shelves
42. 142 天 Good Heavens! The Wolf King Took Me Home and Dotes on Me Like Crazy 天啦！被狼王捡回家猛猛宠 Ye Chuan業川Ancient Romance201k WordsCompleted [Alternate World + Reborn + Sweet Romance + One-on-One + Mutual Devotion and Flirting + Happy Ending + Love at First Sight] The contrast: a clingy, clingy-clean-freak wolf king with a serious case of lovesickness, who's a sweet-talking, clingy cuddlebug, and a strong, sweet-natured cook whose food is delicious and who knows just how to soothe her wolf. + Lu Xuezhi was tricked and ambushed by her own father, then tragically killed by hyenas. Heaven had mercy on her and granted her a second life. 204Reads8.1Score—Shelves
43. 143 病 My Yandere Little Brother Tries to Seduce Me, Then Wraps His Fox Tail Around My Waist 病娇弟弟欲诱撩，又用狐尾缠她腰 Bei Cangwei北藏尾Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling and a total heartthrob + dating-show love polygon + school life + a little goofy; sweet, airheaded heiress X outwardly sweet, inwardly twisted yandere younger brother, who gets seriously crazy when the yandere side comes out •᷄ࡇ•᷅] In her previous life, You Tao raised a pitiful little brother, only to be stabbed to death by his so-called fiancée. After being reborn, she swears: “Being a flirt can get you killed. I’m never going near another man again!” She joins a dating show 5.9kReads9.3Score922Shelves
44. 144 拐 I Snagged a Fox Immortal for a Husband 拐个狐仙当夫君 Yi Qian亿仟Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted Wanru was born with a constitution that attracts ghosts. She stopped breathing the moment she was born. To save her, her grandmother, a spirit medium, struck a deal with a fox spirit. That night, a hundred foxes wailed in mourning, and everyone knew Wanru was the legendary Fox Maiden. She learned a few spirit-seeing skills from her grandmother as a child. After her grandmother passed away, her aunt-by-marriage tricked her into going to a brothel for five taels of silver. That night, her client h 35Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 空 The Sweetheart Who Dropped from the Sky: The Vampire King Can't Get Enough of Her 空降小甜妻，血族之王尝她上瘾 Three Thousand Lovestruck Entanglements三千痴缠Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, both chaste] + [Reborn] + [Lighthearted sweet romance] + [Healing and redemption] Ning Qian is a music composer, best known for writing lullabies and music that soothes the emotions. Shi Yin is the king of the vampires. He suffers from severe insomnia and multiple personality disorder. He is vicious, dark-minded, and ruthless. Ning Qian accidentally wanders into the vampires’ secluded home and mistakes Shi Yin, the ruthless and brutal vampire king, for a sensitive, prickly young man 640Reads9.1Score115Shelves
46. 146 吃 Trying to Inherit Her Estate? She Brings Her Pocket Dimension and Raids Every Storeroom 吃她绝户？她携空间到处洗劫库房 Seven Taels and Two Qian七两二钱Ancient Romance610k WordsCompleted Jun Qiwu, an industrious heir of the Xuan Yi Sect who made money for her sect in the 22nd century, was sent to the underworld by mistake after staying up all night reading a novel. Her heartless senior brothers and sisters in the mortal world promptly cremated her, leaving her no hope of returning to life... Jun Qiwu nearly tore the underworld apart. To make up for their mistake, Black and White Impermanence promised to find her a new life with a wealthy identity. When she woke again, Jun Qiwu d 43.9kReads8.4Score4.9kShelves
47. 147 飞 The Flying Dragon Coffin 飞龙棺 Strawberry Mm-Hmm草莓嗯呐Mystery178k WordsCompleted I was born half a month before my due date. My mother was home alone, while my father had gone to relocate a village grave. On the day of the relocation, he beat a horned snake to death. The snake died, and I was born! When I arrived, snakes surrounded our courtyard. The villagers all called me a bringer of calamity. Before my grandmother passed away, she left me a red dragon jade pendant. On my sixteenth birthday, the snake my father had killed appeared in our courtyard, and the red dragon pend 52Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    I love this kind of sweet romance novel, and the plot is really interesting. It's not the kind of messy story that's great. It's definitely worth reading and looking forward to.

48. 148 蛇 The Snake Lord's Spoiled Bride: The Substitute Snake Husband Lures a Down-and-Out Heiress 蛇君娇宠：替身蛇夫诱拐落魄千金 Mrs. Ocherov奥切罗夫人Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted [Down-on-her-luck heiress and unlucky pauper X power-hungry snake demon, dark outside, pure inside] A sweet romance between a human and a demon amid dark, powerful forces [Happy ending + sweet romance + devoted to each other + human-demon romance + lighthearted + healing + political intrigue + redemption] Hua Nianjiao, granddaughter of the former Grand Tutor, has no money and no choice but to climb into a bridal sedan on Ghost Festival night, marrying into a prince's manor to bring good fortune 169Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The cunning and ruthless snake king dotes on his wife!

49. 149 阴 Born Under the Yin Sign, Wed to the King of the Underworld 阴女命，嫁冥王 Song of Resentment歌怨Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted A revised edition of Unending Ghostly Bonds, ten years in the making! After three years together, her boyfriend actually handed her over to the neighbor next door! From then on, she was haunted by sleep paralysis every night. In the darkness, a pair of icy hands roamed over her, and the Ghost King took her completely for himself. She tried to escape, only to realize she'd sunk deep into the mire of fate. In fear and despair, she gradually uncovered the shocking secrets hidden behind the underwor 208Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are great; I've been reading the first two recently. The author's writing is excellent, and they're very addictive! [Already added to my wishlist][Added to my bookshelf][Original novel reader]

50. 150 蛇 The Fragrance of Serpent’s Desire 蛇色生香 Song of Resentment歌怨Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone considered me an ill omen, but my grandmother said I was born noble: I must never kneel to anyone in this life. Others should kneel to me, and everyone I helped must enshrine my spirit tablet at home and address me as Her Ladyship. Yet I spread blessings far and wide, driving away evil and averting disasters for the people, only to end up infamous as the reincarnation of a snake woman who brought misery to all. In this life, I’ve slain ghosts, vanquished demons, raised monuments, an 272Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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