Novels like The Yin Messenger's Wife
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- 51 The Transmigrated Bride of the King of Hell 阎王的穿越新娘 Ye Nanchu died, but the King of Hell inexplicably let her be reborn. Fine. He was handsome, and she was a sucker for good looks. She’d accept it. He declared, “I love eating little girls like you, all soft and fair. But if you enter the underworld and become my wife, I’ll let you eat the legs first. I’ll just have the internal organs.” But everyone across the Three Realms knew he had guarded her through nine cycles of reincarnation, and spent his days enduring the punishment of having molten cop 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 My Troublesome Snake Husband Is Acting Cute Again 我的大怨种蛇夫又撒娇了 I keep dreaming at night about a black-haired man in red who clings to me and begs for kisses~ After reading the comments online, my palms went even colder. Whatever you do, don’t look it up. It’ll scare you. The man in my dreams is even more handsome than an A-list actor, and he has an even more imperial air, but he’s downright evil~ Even the obsessive love interests in novels aren’t as insane as he is. In the dead of night, he always breathes cold air by my ear and murmurs, “Baby~” 2Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 53 My Dragon King 我的龙王大人 Every night, I have that kind of dream. Not with a person. That thing presses tightly against me, its long, serpentine tail coiling around me and sliding over every inch of my body! Wherever its scales pass, it feels like an ice blade cutting into my flesh. It hurts, and I can't even scream. All I can do is endure the stabbing pain and shiver in the cold, until at last its icy tail tightens around me and suffocates me to death! Until that day… 81Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 54 The Underworld King's Little Wife Is Fierce 冥王的小娇妻超凶哒 From the day Chen Anan brought home a homeless boy, her once peaceful life was turned upside down. The boy's alarmingly rapid growth, the eerie knocks on her door at midnight, the inexplicable strange creatures in the hallway, and the soup topped with floating eyeballs that the old lady in the basement brought her... Everyone who bullied her mysteriously got what was coming to them, and more and more people began coveting her. But what gave her the biggest headache was figuring out how to kick o 16Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 55 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Fox Tomb’s Fragrant Secret 狐墓生香 [Sweet and angsty] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Heroine grows stronger] I was born from a corpse. To save me, my grandfather went to our ancestral grave and took an empty spirit tablet. His dying wish was for me to marry the person represented by that empty tablet on my twentieth birthday. Otherwise, he said, he wouldn't rest in peace! But who could have known that someone would claim the tablet, and a handsome white fox would suddenly appear? To stay alive, I was forced onto the path of spirit-med 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 My Husband Lives in the Underworld 我的老公在冥界 Chu Mo, the Judge of the Underworld, falls in love with Mu Xiaoqiao, a third-year university student. Hei Yao is a sharp-tongued black cat: What seemed to be an accidental bond was actually the beginning of an emotional entanglement spanning a thousand years… Qiao Mu, a princess sent to the Southern Dynasty as a bride to secure an alliance; Chu Mo, a general of the Northern Dynasty; Bai Li, a mutated chicken. In a turbulent age of nations on the brink of collapse and bodies strewn across the 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Old Lu's Lone Edge 老箓孤锋 The family has fallen into ruin, and its legacy lies in disgrace. As a descendant of Celestial Master Xu Xun, Xu Xuan has spent half his life in grief and partings. His father and elder brother died, his relatives and friends passed away, and the world mocked him as dull-witted and unworthy of carrying on the family tradition. Yet no one knows that an ancient power lies sealed in his blood. When the enemy of old comes to his door in the twilight of life, kneeling to beg forgiveness, is it genu 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Sharp-Tongued Prince's Meng Po Is His Little Ex-Wife 毒舌王爷的孟婆是小前妻 The Sharp-Tongued Prince's Meng Po Is His Ex-Wife 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Calamity of a Ghostly Marriage, the Debt of a Dragon's Bones 阴缘劫，龙骨债 ♢ The Obsessive Snake Lord × The Bride with a Substitute Bone ♢ I was born with an incomplete destiny bone, and a dragon bone formed from a black snake was used to make up for it. Because I ruined his path to becoming a dragon, he hated me to the bone. He tormented me, took me against my will, and forced me to bear snake offspring. He said, “You used my dragon bone to keep yourself alive, so I’ll use your body to settle the debt.” He forced me to repay my karmic debt, yet risked his life to keep 519Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 61 Tales of the Strange Beyond the Pass: The Madam Reads the Fate of All Things 关外诡事录：夫人卦卦算乾坤 [Romance + two powerful leads + divination + ghost hunting + gold prospecting] An Luoling is the only daughter of a renowned fortune-telling family beyond the Pass. She watches over the land around Mocheng, making her living by reading fortunes and catching ghosts. Duan Zongye is the last heir of an eastern Lu gold-prospecting family. He comes beyond the Pass to search for his father, who disappeared fifteen years ago, and to uncover the feud between the An and Duan families that began thirty ye 1.5kReads8.4Score19514d adds
- 62 The Snake Queen 蛇王女 When I was eighteen, I was offered as a sacrifice to a snake. Only much later did I learn that I held a shocking secret. Because of it, all manner of monsters and demons, practitioners of the mystic arts, and mysterious figures from every corner of the world wanted to get their hands on me… To protect myself, I had no choice but to cling to Lord Snake, who had protected and helped me all along. I thought he truly cared for me, but I never imagined he would be the one to push me into the abyss wi 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Borrowed Corpse 借尸 She is one of the Ten Evils. Even at the bottom of the list, she is beyond the measure of ordinary people. 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 64 A Phantom Dream in Ailao Mountain 哀牢山的幻梦 For the sake of an elusive legend, Ji Ming traveled alone to Ailao Mountain to uncover the unknown truth hidden in its depths. Ailao Mountain held not only rare treasures, but also secrets that could reveal the true nature of this world. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 He Came with the Calamity 他和劫一起来了 I was born two days before the Ghost Festival, but that night, ghosts roamed everywhere. A passing eminent monk said that I would face a great calamity when I turned twenty-five, and told me to seek him out then. But I never expected my calamity to arrive four years early. 42Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 66 Fox Bone 狐骨 My name is Gu Yu. The day I was born, red rain fell from the sky, and every fox on the mountain behind our village howled through the night. Every household in the village kept its doors tightly shut. Liu the Blind, the village fortune-teller, told my grandmother that from the moment I was born, I had taken the fox immortal’s bewitching bones. Ten thousand foxes had bowed before me. I was born with an alluring nature, and he told my grandmother to strangle me. On my twentieth birthday, the fox p 350Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 I'm a Ghost Officer in the Underworld 姐在地府当鬼差 [Mysticism, ridiculous laughs, mildly spooky supernatural elements, a powerful and devoted couple, episodic stories] Legend has it that there is a city in the Underworld called the City of Unjust Deaths. Those who died unjustly, whether they have grudges left unresolved or wishes yet unfulfilled, can submit their cases to the Bureau. Only after their grievances are settled and their obsessions dispelled can they enter Fengdu in the Underworld and pass through the six paths of reincarnation. Almo 48Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 68 Doted on Too Much by My Nonhuman Husband 被非人老公过分宠爱 [Satisfying romance + sweet doting love + supernatural + scheming] Because of my unusual constitution and fate, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me before he died. He only appears at night, and loves kissing, cuddling, and lifting me up in his arms! And wherever he appears, all sorts of bizarre events follow! It wasn’t until the very end that I discovered he had been with me because... 114Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 69 Grandpa, Are You Sure Your Archrival Came to Extend My Life? 爷爷您确定死对头是来给我续命的 A fortune-teller said I wouldn't live past 22. My grandfather, who had been dead for years, secured me a position as an heir in the Underworld, and even “thoughtfully” got me tangled up with a major villain. On my birthday, my parents mysteriously disappeared. Grandpa had me sign a pact with Yan Qing, but little did I know, this was only the beginning... 17Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 70 My Dear Lord of the Underworld 亲爱的阴司大人 In my zodiac year, I followed tradition and wore red underwear. I never expected to break a taboo and get caught up in a mysterious incident. From then on... I became the most sought-after snack for a host of ghosts?! Su Yao: Stick with Brother Yao. Me: So I go hungry nine days out of ten? 81Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 71 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—14d adds
- 72 After Marrying the Ghost King 嫁给鬼王后 Beloved by all + funny + lighthearted After being hounded by relatives to get married and losing her job, Bai Ziyan had no choice but to find some man by the roadside and marry him. As a bonus, she got a high-paying job. But there's something eerie about both this husband and this job... Bai Ziyan: Why are they all looking at me like that? Li Heng: Because you're beautiful. Bai Ziyan: ... Bai Ziyan: I'm going to a class reunion. I'll be out for a while. Li Heng: Wait. As soon as he spoke, 8Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 73 My Ghost Marriage Husband Is the King of Hell 冥婚老公是阎王 Yin Qing, an ordinary college student, was worried about finding a job after graduation. But after an uncanny trip back to her hometown, she found herself bound in a ghost marriage to the King of the Underworld! From then on, strange events came one after another. To uncover the secret behind the curse that had plagued the Yin family for generations, Yin Qing resolutely joined the Special Abilities Divisio 804Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 74 The Serpent’s Curse 蛇咒 The day I was born, my grandparents were skinned alive. Every branch around us was crawling with writhing, jubilant snakes. They said I would be next. To stay alive, I had no choice but to give myself to him. The secrets of the blood-stained garment and the snake curse became the things I most wanted to uncover. I thought I existed only to help him forge the blood garment, but when life and death hung in the balance, he held me tight. “Song Youyou, you will always be mine!” 134Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 75 Hail the Corpse Ancestor: My Wife Has Married into the Underworld 尸祖在上：娇妻亿嫁冥界 [Yandere corpse ancestor × teasing little troublemaker] They say Boyou, the corpse ancestor of the Netherworld, is cruel and heartless, but no one knows about the pathological possessiveness hidden beneath his outward appearance. He spies on her, schemes against her, and even hurts himself to play the victim, all to make her fall for him. She keeps causing trouble to make him hate her, only to bring disaster down on herself. On an utterly ordinary night in the Netherworld, a certain corpse ances 290Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 76 The Yama King's Wife: Living Sacrifice 阎王妻：活祭 Every five years, the village offers a living person as a sacrifice to the gods. It has to be an unmarried young woman who is still pure. The year I turned seventeen, the Heavenly God chose me as the sacrifice... 60Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 77 My Husband Comes Knocking at Midnight 老公夜半来敲门 Out of curiosity, I picked up a banknote in a cemetery where people were paying respects to their ancestors. From then on, strange things began to happen... 52Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 78 The Sickly, Possessive Ghost Emperor's Precious Darling 病娇鬼帝的掌上娇 The Lovestruck Ghost Emperor's Cherished Darling 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Claim Ghostly Merit and Ward Off Disaster for the Dead 拿鬼功德，替鬼消灾 [Devoted couples + sweet romance + past and present lives] The ghost immortal Rong Wu is reborn and reincarnated. She diligently roams the mortal world, resolving grudges and settling disputes for restless souls. She never expected to summon the Netherworld Emperor, Jiuyuan, when she found herself in danger one day. She acts sweet and obedient around him every day, all so she can use him. When they meet again, Jiuyuan’s feelings are complicated, and he begins to make his move, tempting her wit 31Reads—Score414d adds
- 80 The Ghost King's Adorable Wife: My Husband Is Far Too Overbearing 鬼王萌妻：老公大人太嚣张 As a university student in the twenty-first century, I kept having the same dream for several nights in a row. The most ridiculous part was that the man in my dream claimed to be the King of the Underworld and said I was his queen! After that, strange things began happening one after another. A schoolmate died because of me, my best friend and roommate lost her life because of me, and ghostly figures appeared again and again, completely upending my life! 27Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 81 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Underworld Reaper: I Tell the Japanese Devils Chinese Horror Stories 地府勾魂使，我给鬼子讲中式恐怖 [National Fate] [Thriller Game] [Chinese-style horror] [No heroine] [Mild horror, not for the faint-hearted] [Global livestream] Xie Bi'an, a soul-reaping emissary, transmigrated into a parallel world where paranormal entities had arrived, taking the place of a history student named Xie An. Every country in this world had to create paranormal instances for others to challenge. The winners earned National Fate rewards, while the losers were punished. But because the Dragon Kingdom had lost touch 4.3kReads8.1Score47314d adds
- 83 The Snake Lord Is Hard to Handle 蛇君难缠 When I was born, my father disturbed the spiritual object guarding a feng shui site and killed an entire nest of snakes. Our family was punished for it. I had to wear a pair of red jade earrings to stay alive, but one snake claimed they were his betrothal gift and demanded that I become his woman. I tried to escape, but he used force to keep me by his side, sweet-talking me and refusing to spare any rivals who coveted me. I thought his feelings for me were real, and gradually fell for him, until 257Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 84 The Ghost King Clings to Me: The Coffin Man Climbs into My Bed 鬼王缠身：棺人榻上来 I was born with pure yin, making me a walking piece of Tang Monk's flesh to ghosts and monsters. I was destined to die young. A fortune-teller said that if I wanted to survive, I had to enter into a ghost marriage with the Ghost King. On our wedding day, a blood moon hung high overhead. A hundred ghosts carried the bridal sedan, and the Ghost King and I consummated our marriage in a night of passion. From then on, a new presence remained by my side… In a world where flesh and time exist, the Bud 424Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 85 Lord of the Underworld, Your Queen Is Absolutely Badass! 冥君大人，您的冥后飒爆了！ Black Impermanence: My Lord, Miss Li went out to fight someone. She wants me and Little White to go back her up! Mo Tingchen: What can you two do to help? Get the Ten Yama Kings, and Ox-Head and Horse-Face too! White Impermanence: My Lord, Miss Li says she’s going to exorcise some demons. She might not come home tonight. Mo Tingchen: Not come home tonight? Exorcising demons? My wife has to handle all this herself? What exactly am I feeding you all for, hmm? The ghosts: Lord of the Underworld, yo 1.4kReads6.6Score21514d adds
- 86 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 315Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 87 The Beautiful and Daring Female Yin-Yang Master 女阴阳师她又美又飒 My name is Leng Weining. I was an orphan from the day I was born, and I grew up with my grandmother in the countryside. I've always been different from other people. I can see things that no one else can, and that has brought plenty of trouble into my life. Seeing how much these things tormented me, my grandmother was deeply worried. Then one day, a handsome man in plain clothes appeared at our door. He rubbed my head and said solemnly, “Your granddaughter was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. If she's p 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 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—14d adds
- 89 The Dragon King's Beloved Wife 龙王娇妻 On my eighteenth birthday, my great-grandfather called me back to the old family home and told me to stay the night. I woke in the middle of the night to find myself wearing a red wedding dress. The terrifying part was that there was a monster beside me. It looked like an immortal, but it was obviously not human... 216Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 90 A Thousand-Year Contract: The Underworld King Comes Calling 契约千年：冥王老公找上门 He was born on the day of the Ghost Festival. His parents died when he was young, leaving him to depend on his grandfather. From childhood, Chen Qing'an had a pair of unusual eyes that let him discern yin from yang and see ghosts and monsters. On the day his grandfather died, a red moon hung in the sky. To free themselves from misfortune, the villagers offered him as a sacrifice to the “Ghost King.” But the one they summoned was none other than Jun Xuanxiao, the formidable King of the Underworld 110Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 91 Help! I'm the King of the Underworld's One True Love 救命！我竟是冥王的白月光 [Supernatural mystery, lighthearted comedy] On the night of the Ghost Festival “Y-You... who are you, exactly? Are you human? Or a ghost? Y-You saved me, so you... you must be a good ghost, right?” Xi Zhuo replied in a ghostly voice, “Madam, don’t you remember me?” Chen Nianqiao screamed in terror. “Who’s your wife?! You still haven’t answered my question! Where’s my best friend, Hu Xiaoqian? Did you eat her or something?” Xi Zhuo ignored Nianqiao’s questions. He simply declared, “I am your husb 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸，三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Underworld Lord Takes a Bride, Ten Thousand Ghosts Pay Homage 冥君娶亲，万鬼朝拜 My name is Mu Xiaolan. My birth was blamed for the deaths of my grandparents, and when I was six, both my parents passed away too. The villagers considered me cursed. I wanted to die at my parents’ graves, but at the last moment, an immortal saved me. He called himself Master Beicang, took me back to his sect to learn cultivation, and forbade me from descending the mountain before I turned eighteen. At last, I was allowed to leave the mountain at eighteen. My first assignment was to deal with th 158Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 94 On Our Wedding Night, My Scheming Husband Held Me and Whispered Sweetly 新婚夜，腹黑老公抱着我低声轻哄 My name is Lu Xiyu, and I come from a family of haunted-house sleep testers. I once took a high-paying job: spend one night sleeping in a hilltop villa, and walk away with a hefty fee. Who could have guessed that testing the bed would turn into being bedded? There really was a ghost in that huge villa bed! It feared neither daylight nor talismans, and kept me entangled with it until dawn! 28Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 95 Beyond the Yellow Springs: The Underworld King's Little Meng Po 黄泉彼岸：冥王家的小孟婆 They say Qi Xi, the ruler of the Netherworld, is an aloof, otherworldly beauty of a man. They also say his moods are unpredictable and his methods cruel, and that anyone who offends him comes to a bad end. By accident, Meng Po Qing Chen sent a fragment of Qi Xi's nurtured soul into reincarnation. As punishment, she was forced to follow him to the mortal realm to find that fragment and make amends. Qing Chen expected the trip to the mortal realm to bring a host of cruel punishments. Instead, she 60Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 96 Foxbound 狐缘 [Fox King + paranormal + funny + sweet romance] After my boyfriend and I made things official, thick black fur suddenly sprouted all over my face. A fox appeared in my dreams and warned me that until I'd paid off my debt, I could forget about dating anyone and getting away from him! To repay what I owed, I became his spirit medium, opened a ritual altar, and helped him attain enlightenment. But he only got more demanding, and even wanted to marry me. “Third Master, I'm cursed and destined to bri 160Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 97 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—14d adds
- 98 The Serpent Lord Has Arrived: Master, Don’t Crave Me 蛇君驾到：爷，别馋我 This novel features the supernatural, an arrogant and calculating male lead, a devoted couple with no other partners, and emotional torment for both leads. I was born beneath a sky filled with rosy clouds, ablaze with every color, and blessed with auspicious signs. My grandmother was a shaman, so she read my fate and cast the divination. The result was astonishing: I was destined to become an empress. When I was seven, I fell seriously ill. A wise master advised that I form a bond with the Snake 204Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 99 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—14d adds
- 100 This Ghost Husband Is Pretty Handsome 这个鬼夫有点帅 One day, while catching ghosts, I accidentally got involved with a male ghost. From then on, my days became a scorching, ghostly affair. Pinned against the wall, the ghost's hands wandered all over me. “Darling, I like this.” Pinned to the bed, the ghost gave me a seductive look. “Baby.” What the heck...? Hey, hey, hey, that's enough! Climbing mountains of corpses and wading through seas of blood is one thing, and letting you cop a feel every now and then is bad enough, but now you want to make. 58Reads8.5Score—14d adds
