Novels like The Eerie Coffin in Deep Waters
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- 51 What?! My Fox Immortal Husband Is Wagging His Tail at Me 惊！狐仙老公对我摇尾巴 [Hilarious horror + suspenseful thrills + a strong female lead who isn’t saintly + a male lead who only pretends to be aloof] Qingqiu Village occupies a sacred site, and the Fox Immortal flies into a rage and sends a woman marked by yin energy. Li Xiaxia is forced into a fox’s cave by shameless villagers, who hope to beg the Fox Immortal’s forgiveness. As a materialist, she doesn’t believe in Fox Immortals at all. That is, until she sees a white fox turn into a cold, handsome man with her own ey 67Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 52 The Seductive Ghost King Has His Sights on Me 邪魅鬼王惹上身 A chilling wind blows, and black clouds cover the moon. A procession of ghosts roams the night, with skeletons carrying a bridal sedan chair. Ning Wangshu only meant to earn some money by standing in as a substitute for a quick job. But at the mountain god’s temple, she ran into the ghost king Yan Youze. Mistaking him for an NPC, she even played a trick on him. They bowed before Heaven and Earth and entered the bridal chamber. Caught while trying to run away, she had no choice but to help him br 48Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 53 Come On! Who Needs Cultivation When There's a System? 拜托！有系统了谁还修仙？ [Supernatural + System + cultivation + ghost wife] I transmigrated through countless lifetimes of reincarnation with the System. When I opened my eyes, I found the soul of a thousand-year-old female ghost inside my body! “Little brat, the sun’s been up for ages! Get up and practice!” Ye Lingxing yanked the covers away. “Master, wait! Let your disciple sleep a little longer.” I sat up and pulled the soft, fragrant beauty beside the bed into my arms. “My dear ghost lady, I went to all the trouble 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Born Under the Yin Sign, Wed to the King of the Underworld 阴女命，嫁冥王 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 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Me, a College Girl: Feasting by Day, Eating Ghosts by Night 我，女大，白天干饭，晚上吃鬼 [Completed] The arrogant Ghost King vs. the forthright college girl, Chinese horror + supernatural + suspense + folk taboos. Have you ever seen an inflated human skin race you? Have you ever encountered a dead person whose mouth gaped wider than a washbasin? Have you ever come across a headless corpse that wanted to hug you? I’ve seen all of them. My name is Qin Sang, a college girl who eats ghosts. But you don’t have to be afraid of me. I’m human, but… the one beside me isn’t. It all began whe 52Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 56 A Collection of Strange Tales of Immortal Feuds 仙仇诡事集 [Comedy] + [Mild horror] + [Two male leads] + [A different story in each episode] I’m not a professional writer. I’m mainly here to tell stories, so please bear with my writing! Other people form bonds with immortals. I’m different. I made enemies with immortals… When I was thirteen and didn’t know any better, I killed a snake with a hoe. Later, while playing with my friends, I went catching rats in the rice paddies and accidentally caught a weasel worshipping the moon. As luck would have it, I 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The White Dragon Takes a Wife, the Blind Girl Walks by Night 白龙娶妻，盲女夜行 [A quirky, mystical young woman vs. a scheming, black-hearted White Dragon of the East Sea] Ghost hunting and fortune-telling | Supernatural | Suspense | Twists | Fresh premise | Happy ending People said my birth was an ill omen. I couldn't see during the day, but at night I could see things ordinary people couldn't. So when I was three, I left home to live in a temple. Fifteen years later, my family brought me back, and the first thing they told me was that they were going to marry me off. That 39Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 58 The Snake King's Beloved Wife: The Hilarious Little Queen 蛇王宠妻：爆笑小王后 Her name was Su Beibei, and it already sounded like she was destined for bad luck. Sure enough, her life was just as unlucky as her name! Good grief, all she did was enjoy the exhilaration of flying downhill at full speed from a snowy mountaintop. Did she really have to fly all the way into some ancient kingdom from an unknown era? “Ah! Help!” Su Beibei screamed as she fell. 203Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 59 Fox Town 狐镇 After surviving a landslide, Qiu Yiyao returns to the hometown she left years ago, only to find that everything there feels strange. Her father is a stranger, the neighbors are odd, and the other survivors are dying one after another. Then there’s the mysterious forum that appears from time to time: We’re being watched. As the truth slowly comes to light, she discovers that everything is connected to the white fox she saved all those years ago. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Little Fairy of Showbiz 娱乐圈的小神仙 A Little Spirit Medium Takes on the Entertainment Industry Written work by Director Chen Peng Notable directing credits include Similar Love, A Round Trip to Love, I Won’t Be Bullied by Girls, and Twelve Palaces of Heavenly Secrets. In real-life projects, I’ve worked with artists such as Cai Xukun, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhong Chuxi, Xu Song, Zhou Keyu, and Yan Zidong, among others... Born with an unusual fate, I began an unbelievable first half of my life: going to school, reading people’s fortunes, 82Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 61 Sun Wuji of the Northeastern Immortal Sect 东北仙门孙无极 The Northeast Ma Xian series: Sun Wuji, a disciple of the Immortal Sect, is born to face a tribulation and is the chosen one. He endures trial after trial, forging a path to invincibility and reaching the supreme pinnacle of the Immortal Sect. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Immortal Who Chases the Yin 逐阴仙 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
- 63 Yin-Yang Soul Guide 阴阳度魂师 Why do people live? For money? Power? Love? She didn’t know, nor did she understand why she was alive. Not until she took on one commission after another... 35Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 64 The Fragrance of Serpent’s Desire 蛇色生香 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 278Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 65 The Last Horse-Riding Shaman 最后一个出马仙 A drought demon descends, throwing the mystic arts into chaos. Rumor has it that whoever obtains the Golden Pearl of Nüba can break through to the Celestial Rank and command the world. Before long, turmoil erupts. The five great schools of mystic arts descend on Yulin Village in search of Nüba. Five renowned, revered “hypocrites” from that era end up driving my grandmother to her death. To avenge her, I become the last shaman in the world! 121Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 66 Is This the Funeral Parlor? 是那间丧葬店吗？ A funeral goods shop that looks completely out of place has suddenly opened on a bustling shopping street. It keeps its doors shut during the day and opens for business by night. Qi Shiwu, born at an hour of yin, accidentally becomes a shop assistant. What connection could she have to this place? Follow Shiwu as she opens the shop’s doors! “Shh! A customer’s here!” 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Notes of a Spirit Medium: I Set KPIs for My Spirit Hall 出马仙笔记我制定堂仙考核KPI [Humorous] [Supernatural] [Spirit Medium] [No System] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Treasure Hunt] [Growth] [Defying Fate] I died after falling for a beauty’s trap, but then I came back to life. I even got to experience a trip to the underworld. What’s it like down there? Look, there’s a young lady standing by a pink doorway up ahead, dressed in something so revealing it looks ready to burst. She’s waving at me. “Hey, handsome, wanna come have some fun?” But I’m a model young man. “Go have fun 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 The Snake's Wrath: I Invited the Underworld Lord In 蛇缠鬼怒：我把冥君请进门 My name is Xie Tianyi, and I’m the only girl born in several generations of the Xie family. Snakes often show up around our home, and the villagers all call me the Snake Girl. After I was attacked by a swarm of snakes, my parents forbade me from going out. Even after I got into university, they made me take a leave of absence and stay home. That was how I ended up confined to the house. Two years later, when I turned twenty, strange things began happening one after another. My family members kep 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Married to a Dragon: The Passionate Dragon King's Beloved Wife 嫁给龙，深情龙王的小娇妻 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
- 70 Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir 东北往事之萨满传人 Heaven’s secrets are revealed, calamity cannot be escaped, fate is set, and fortune follows its course. Some things can’t be said out loud, but I can’t keep them to myself. Today, I’ll take a chance and tell you about the many things in this world that defy explanation, yet truly exist… 659Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Tales of a Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北出马仙实记 [Fantasy + Supernatural Mystery + Northeastern Chinese Folk Customs + Light Comedy] My name is Hu Xiaohua. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, a weasel squatted on top of the corn stack in my yard. With a tattered red flower perched on its head, it asked me whether it looked more like a person or a god. I took one look at it and said, “You look like your grandma’s grandson.” Ever since that day, my altar has never known a moment’s peace. My maternal uncle is the altar’s wanderin 1kReads8.5Score103Shelves
- 72 My Life as a Chuma Xian 我的出马仙儿生涯 In our vast land of China, the snowy black soil of the north is home to a strikingly unusual folk tradition: worshipping the “Immortals.” The Immortals do not appear in person. Instead, they possess their disciples, who are known as “spirit mediums,” serving as intermediaries between humans and spirits… A suspense masterpiece showcasing the very best of Northeast China's spirit-medium culture! 164Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 73 I’m a Spirit Medium in the Northeast 我在东北当顶香师 “Heaven has thirty-three layers, Earth has three feet and three halls. I walk the yin road, descend to the Underworld, and am a spirit medium from Northeast China.” My name is Ye Ling. My life was ordinary until I turned twenty-one. Then my grandmother died of an illness, and I began having nightmares every night and seeing ghosts all the time. I even gained some kind of special ability. I went to see a fortune-teller, who told me I couldn’t leave this county for three years and had to sit in 242Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 74 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 75 Walking the Yin Road, Led by a Snake Spirit 走阴路，蛇魂引 There’s a black snake locked in my basement. Whenever I got sick, the elders in my family would go whip it. Grandpa told me it was my stand-in for death. Later, Grandpa died a violent death, my family was ruined, and a man appeared before me. He grabbed me by the throat and forced me to repay my debt... 248Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 76 Snake Calamity 蛇劫 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 259Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 77 My Fox Immortal 我的狐仙大人 I was frail and sickly from childhood. When I was three, someone put a white jade bangle on my wrist. The fortune-teller at the village entrance said that the day it came off would be the day I died. On my twentieth birthday, my mother suddenly called me back to our hometown for some kind of coming-of-age ceremony. At midnight, paper money began drifting outside. A strange man gripped my wrist and said, “It’s time for you to repay your debt.” 572Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 78 Supernatural: I Bring Home an Old Immortal in Inner Mongolia 灵异：我在内蒙领老仙儿 My name is Li Tianshu. I was originally called Li Chengcai. I was sickly from childhood and plagued by hardship. I was so familiar with the gates of death that even the King of Hell knew my face. My grandparents said I had been cursed just like my great-grandfather, and planned to abandon me in the mountains to be raised by wolves. It was my maternal grandfather who gave me back my humanity and renamed me Li Tianshu, hoping Heaven would forgive me and free me from the curse. From then on, my fat 322Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 79 Northeast Spirit Medium: My Years as the King of Tragedy 东北出马之我当悲王那些年 (Traditional supernatural fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no cultivation, parallel storylines for a man and a woman. Don't try the spells in this book; this story is entirely fictional!) After dying on the street while trying to help someone, Zhang Daoxuan became a lonely ghost. He thought his only hope was to find a substitute and then reincarnate in the underworld. But through a twist of fate, he became a shamanic spirit medium. With my left hand, I push open the yin-yang gate; with my 224Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 80 A Young Taoist Moonlights as a Spirit Medium, and Every Demon and Ghost Rushes to Offer Him a Smoke 小道兼职出马仙，精妖鬼怪忙递烟 What? The little treasure is facing a life-and-death ordeal at six? How could the old immortals let their beloved little darling come to harm? Protect! Spoil! Help! Oh my... How is this kid getting more and more capable? Now she's protecting the old immortals' little brats instead?! Who cares what kind of monster the Hu family is? If they mess with my old immortals, I'll kill them without a second thought! Hu Xianxian is the prettiest, I'll praise her, praise her, praise her! Liu Xian is the tou 21.9kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
- 81 I Cultivate the True Five Thunder Method and Crush the Evil Ghosts of the Spirit Realm 我修五雷正法，力压鬼界恶鬼 Xu Fan was born different. His natural Yin-Yang Eyes could suppress every evil spirit and demon. After Old Xu died, Xu Fan inherited the family’s ancestral spirit hall and became a shamanic medium. He battles Japanese invaders and evil spirits! Beats up the island nation’s Yin-Yang masters! Bullies the shikigami You Chizi! And marries a thousand-year-old White Snake Immortal! 615Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 82 Snake Scales All Over the Bed 蛇鳞满床 (A heroine who grows over time + a villainous male lead + love and hate intertwined + not for naive readers + not a sweet romance + open ending + don't read if you don't like thinking things through + anyone who leaves a malicious rating without reading the blurb and setting will lose all their good luck!!!) The day I was born, my mother stepped on a black snake and killed it, and its snake spirit took revenge on her relentlessly. To save my life, my grandfather went to beg the Snake Immortal fo 204Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 83 The Proud Snake Lord Is Hard to Handle 傲娇蛇君不好惹 My name is Ming Yue. Ever since a classmate confessed their feelings for me, a snake has been clinging to me. He arrogantly declared that I belonged to him... His arrival shattered my peaceful life, and from then on, my world was turned upside down... Both leads are devoted only to each other. A super-sweet story with no angst. 82Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 84 I Ferry Souls in the Underworld 我是冥界运魂人 [Standalone Stories + Mild Horror + Folk Legends + Not a Female Powerhouse] When I was born, a fortune-teller said my fate belonged to fire and that I would bring harm to my parents, so they sent me to live with my grandfather in the countryside. Grandfather told me I was someone who wandered between life and death, able to communicate with the living and the dead and guide spirits onward. I suspected the old man had lost his mind, until one day the guardian spirit of our home manifested and tol 46Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 85 Love's Tribulations Between Immortals and Mortals: A Matchmaker Disciple's Firsthand Tales of Karma and Romance 仙凡情劫：出马弟子亲历的因果姻缘 Love and Tribulation Between Immortals and Mortals: The Karma and Romance Personally Witnessed by a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Notes from a Century-Old Spirit Medium’s Hall 百年堂口出马笔记 When I was seven, I accidentally discovered a secret that had been locked away in my grandfather's drawer for decades. From that moment on, my life was never ordinary again. The spirit hall passed down in my family for centuries chose me as its incense-bearing disciple. During those decades of silence, the world outside changed beyond recognition. But the story of me and all the immortals in the hall was only just beginning. How will these once-mighty immortals, with my guidance, accumulate meri 107Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 87 Bai Wuji: The Taboos of a Hundred Ghosts 百无忌之百鬼禁忌 A haunted bus, a murder game in a WeChat group, a celebrity who raises a ghost child, a murder case involving the black magic of Southeast Asia, a young woman tormented by her ghost husband, a European murderous-spirit game passed down for hundreds of years, a century-old haunted house where nothing grows... Bai Wuji wants nothing to do with any of this for the rest of his life. But if they insist on coming after him, he won't be blamed for beating them until their souls are scattered to the win 481Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 88 My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生那些年 In my line of work, I’ve run into all kinds of things: the underworld and its officials, sinister spirits on campus, Taoist priests from Laoshan, bloodsucking vampires... You name it. I’ve also crossed paths with plenty of beautiful fox spirits, seductive female ghosts, and wicked temptresses from demonic cults. A friend once asked me, “You know how to hunt demons, so why not marry one?” One word: broke. Do you really think dating a monster is free? 232Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 89 The Snake King's Sacrifice 蛇王祭 After three years of severe drought, not a single grain was harvested, and corpses littered the land. Then, following a deafening crash, a black snake dozens of meters long and as thick as a barrel fell into Minshang Village. The villagers swarmed toward it like starving wolves and devoured it. From that day on, Minshang Village was cursed... 101Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 90 The King of the Underworld Takes a Bride, Carried in a Sedan by a Hundred Ghosts 冥王娶妻，百鬼抬轿 [Strong Female Lead + Devoted Husband + Supernatural] I was born on Ghost Festival, with an extremely yin fate. I was born able to see things that do not belong in this world. The villagers feared me and kept their distance, treating me as an outcast. Ever since I could remember, my family had worshipped a spirit tablet with no name on it. Grandma told me it was my husband. From childhood, I was told to be loyal to “him.” When I was little, I asked, “Who is ‘he’?” Grandma would always look confl 2.2kReads8.4Score216Shelves
- 91 The Beggar Disciple Acts Obedient and Begs for a Ride, Then Wipes Out the Three Realms When Exposed 乞丐徒弟装乖求带，掉马后灭三界 [Both have only ever loved each other + Two wounded souls saving one another + Secret identities + Feel-good revenge story + Ghost hunting + Political intrigue] Wu Mi has no five senses. She can’t taste anything or feel temperature, and she can’t even feel pain. The Underworld Judge said it was the fate of a ghost emissary. She found a beggar in the mortal realm and took him in as her disciple. He was slick-tongued and clumsy, but he knew how to say sweet things. “Master, you smell so nice.” “Ma 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 There are many taboos passed down in everyday life. For example, never stick your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, and never look back when walking alone at night... But some people refuse to believe in them. The consequences? Death, or something worse than death! One taboo passed down by word of mouth in our village was never to touch the stone tablet beside the well. Then the village’s Eighth Master touched it, and terrifying events began happening one after another... 28Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 93 There Are No Evil Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 恶狗岭没有恶狗 There Are No Vicious Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Ensnared by a Snake: My Husband Dotes on Me and Won’t Let Go 遇蛇：夫君他又宠又撩 [Romantic suspense + mild supernatural elements + both leads are chaste + sweet romance + mutual devotion + 1v1 + episodic short stories] Synopsis: On the fourteenth day of the seventh month, I was born under an ill omen. My grandmother bared her teeth and glared at me, calling me a curse who had killed one of her loved ones. In her rage, she tried to kill me by smashing me to the ground, but my maternal grandmother, a temple priestess, risked her life to save me. Eighteen years later, my grandm 83Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 95 The Spirit Medium's Revelation 出马仙启示录 I’m a shamanic practitioner from Northeast China, also known as a great immortal. These days, so many people get scammed and end up buried in debt, then go mad. It really worries me, though I also think they’re foolish. I’ll share my own experiences and stories from fellow practitioners to talk about Northeast China’s shamanic tradition, and warn people not to get scammed. (For special reasons, I can’t be too direct with ordinary readers, so I’ll express things obliquely.) 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 96 Republic-Era Mountain God: The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord 民国山神：九头蛇君 When I was born, a thousand snakes carried a coffin. Grandpa said the Snake God wanted a bride, and if we refused, both Mom and I would die. When I was five, a high fever left me able to see spirits. I often saw a snake with nine heads. He and I grew up together, and whenever I was in danger, he always came to my rescue. As an adult, I became a spirit medium. The mountain god’s temple was destroyed, my eldest brother was murdered, and my aunt, who had been dead for twenty-eight years, suddenly r 649Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 97 The River God's Bride 河神新娘 A sacrificial rite brings the young girl Chu Xiyan together with the River God, setting in motion a deeply moving love story. They save one another and help each other become whole, enduring the tangled joys and sorrows of love and hate... 171Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 98 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 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. 401Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 99 Born of a Corpse, Bound to the Snake King 尸生女，蛇王契 [The male lead is an utterly controlling Snake Immortal Lord. The female lead grows over time, and is neither a doormat nor stupid. They fall head over heels for each other in a super-sweet romance!] This story has a few mildly scary scenes, but nothing too frightening. And it really is sweet, sweet, sweet, tooth-achingly sweet!! Manual divider When my mother gave birth to me, it took three days and three nights. The doctor took one look and froze in shock. My mother had already died. It was he 3.7kReads8.6Score716Shelves
- 100 Tales of the Snake Immortal 蛇仙鬼话 Kui Kui was born with the fate of a Snake Immortal. She had a heavenly eye from birth and could see both the living and the dead. Yet her immortal nature was borrowed from her father, and she was never meant to exist in this world. Her birth chart was too weak to hold on to that borrowed gift. On the Ghost Festival when she was eighteen, a horde of ghosts attacked. To save her life, her father hid her inside a cursed, ten-thousand-year-old snake coffin. From then on, she became the fated one of 902Reads9.0Score147Shelves
