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- 51 My Underworld Husband Has Come for Me 冥夫来袭 I was tricked into wandering into a mansion and ended up in trouble I never should have gotten into. From then on, I had a cold, aloof ghost husband who clung to me every day, demanding we share a bed and domineeringly controlling every aspect of my life. Faced with his outrageously handsome face, I shamelessly gave in. I thought my life would be blissful from then on, but unexpectedly, I got caught up in a massive conspiracy... 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 52 Shock! My Foolish Husband Is Actually a Big Shot from the Ghost Realm 惊！我的傻子夫君竟是鬼界大佬 [A quirky, absurdly powerful little girl x a refined, gentle, doting, lovesick Ghost King who pretends to be foolish] Half-demon snake male lead (his secret identity is revealed later) Her husband was dead. Su Xiangxun was sent to marry into the ghost realm as part of a political alliance. By custom, she should have been stabbed to death that very night. Luckily, her husband was a fool and couldn’t beat her. To outsiders, she was just a heartless little girl who loved money and wanted to stay al 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Yin-Born Girl: The Dragon King's Little Wife 阴生女：龙王的小娇妻 I was born with an unusually yin nature, and I’ve had yin-yang eyes since childhood. I can see every demon and evil spirit in the world, and they’re always haunting me. My mother suffered a difficult labor when she gave birth to me. After three days and three nights, I still hadn’t been born. My grandmother was a fortune-telling medium, and she predicted that I was destined for wealth and would become the Dragon King’s wife. She said that the only way to save my life was to betroth me to the Dra 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Nine Serpents Carry the Coffin 九蛇抬棺 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… 86Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 55 The Snake Lord Is Above 蛇君在上 Yun Qianhan gave her boyfriend a pendant with a white snake design, but the snake crawled out of it and bit him to death. Then it abducted her and insisted she become its wife, claiming it wanted to have a whole nest of little snakes with her. What was she supposed to do? 207Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 56 Lady Fox Immortal, You Haven’t Hidden Your Tail Properly 狐仙大人，你的尾巴没藏好 That year, I was twenty. Fine white hair inexplicably sprouted all over my body. The village’s spirit medium, Granny Hui, laughed and said, “When white fur appears, romance is near.” That night, under a moonless sky, I was forced into a red wedding dress and married off to a man I had never met. On our wedding night, he raised his voice and snarled, “Su Jinhe, you made me lose a tail, and you still have the nerve to cling to me and marry me? You’re asking to die!” Me: ???!!! (Completely bewilder 71Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 57 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—14d adds
- 58 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—14d adds
- 59 The Serpent King's Decree 蛇王令 I was born with a black scale on my body. As I grew older, the scale kept spreading. When I was sixteen, I dreamed that the black scales came to life and turned into a black snake that coiled tightly around me… 40Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 60 The Pregnant Snake 孕蛇 Wang Yu only ate a piece of snake meat a coworker offered her... Who could have imagined it would bring about the annihilation of her family? She should hate him, despise him, and blame him! But she’s pregnant with his child. What is she supposed to do? 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Snake King Takes a Wife, Subduing a Hundred Demons 蛇王娶妻，镇百妖 I've been afraid of snakes ever since I was little, but Grandma told me that on the day I was born, a violent storm broke out, and little snakes slithered all over the courtyard. It turned out I was born under an ominous fate and was incredibly hard to keep alive. To save me, Grandma arranged a marriage between me and the snake in the village well, hoping it would give me a chance to survive. When I came of age, I didn't take the matter seriously and even got a boyfriend. But I never expected to 417Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 62 An Unbroken Serpent Marriage: The Snake Lord Is Too Fierce 阴缘不断：蛇夫太凶猛 When I was ten, I hurt a snake. More than a decade later, it came back for revenge, and strange things began happening around me… It all began that night when I caught a ride with the guy of my dreams… 68Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 63 I Am a Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 我乃大唐公子 A remote ancient town seals away a thousand-year-old ghost. When I set foot in this land, the seal breaks, and a tragic love spanning a thousand years begins. “Hello, young master.” “Goodbye, young master.” 156Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 64 The Dragon King's Fated Wife 命中注定龙王妻 I’ve suffered from a strange illness since childhood. Dark patches spread across my body, and I grew increasingly frail. We went to the hospital countless times, but no one could cure me. With no other options, my mother turned to superstition and took me to a so-called spirit medium. The medium told her my illness was caused by the “Dragon King’s Curse”! With a basin of chicken’s blood and a stick of incense, the medium sent me to the “Dragon King’s Palace in the Eastern Sea.” She said there mi 80Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 65 A Fated Bond from a Past Life: Lord Yan's Sweet Little Wife Is Soft and Fragrant 前世宿缘，阎爷的小娇妻又香又软 A touch of the supernatural, true love, sweet romance, one-on-one. The male lead is the King of Hell, and the female lead's identity is a secret. Nangong Liuli accidentally had her three life-kindling flames extinguished by her best friend. The next day, as expected, she started seeing ghosts. Her grandfather, a member of the Taoist Association, gave her a dragon-patterned jade pendant, and then she began dreaming of a mysterious man. She couldn't make out his face, but she heard his domineering 38Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 66 Love of the Serpent 蛇恋 One devoted couple, in a past life and this one. He waited a thousand years to be reincarnated, all so he could meet me again. The first day of the Lunar New Year is my eighteenth birthday. This year, it was unlike any other. I dreamed of a white snake as tall as a three-story building, with wings growing from its back. It asked me, “Would you be willing to become my wife?” 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 67 The Snake King's Consort 蛇王妃 I am an ill-fated woman. The day I was born, a flood swept through hundreds of miles in every direction, wiping out all the livestock. The villagers bullied and insulted me, calling me the serpent king’s wife. When my parents died under mysterious circumstances, I had no choice but to leave my hometown and embark on a one-way path to slay demons and exorcise evil. The demonic shadows of the Eastern Sea, the legends of mirages, terrifying butterfly curses, and those hidden villages scattered acro 72Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 Pregnant with Evil, Again and Again 阴孕连连 The consequence of one wild night was that I got pregnant, and I had no idea who the father was. Filled with anxiety, I had no choice but to ask my best friend to come with me to get rid of the baby. But from that day on, strange things kept happening. A little ghost that ate people, a night road I could never escape, a lecherous man who kept appearing in my dreams, and the baby in my belly that I just couldn't get rid of. It all told me one thing: I had… encountered something supernatural… 179Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 71 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—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 An Epic Love Between a Man and a Snake 旷世蛇恋 When I was eighteen, my grandmother sacrificed her life to beg a huge white snake to heal my eyes. To bring her back to life, I made a pact with that snake. As fragments of my memories gradually come together, I discover that my bond with the great white snake is no coincidence. Grudges from a past life and unfinished love: everything has been guiding me toward the whirlpool of fate all along. 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Snake Wife 阴蛇妻 My name is Su Xue. I was slow to develop as a child, and I’m not very smart. My grandpa was a Yin-Yang Master. Out of a moment of kindness, he saved someone, but a snake spirit tricked him, leading to my grandma’s tragic death. In his fury, he burned every snake on the entire back mountain. To avoid revenge from the Snake Venerable of the serpent clan, he sent me straight to a psychiatric hospital, then vanished with my parents. They say that before the mentally ill, all evil spirits are nothing 217Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 The Fox's Allure 狐媚 On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld open, and ghosts should hurry off to be reincarnated. A fox delivered me at birth. My mother died giving birth to me, and my grandmother raised me until I was eighteen, then she passed away too. On my twentieth birthday, a fox came looking for me. He said he had given me my life, and I had to repay him. If he could give it, he could take it back. To stay alive, I struck a deal with him and became his spirit medium, but 23Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 77 My Snake Demon Husband Is So Fierce 蛇妖夫君好凶猛 [Fantasy setting + xuanhuan + devoted couple + one-on-one romance + happy ending + sweet romance] A delicate, spoiled, tearful female demon hunter versus a gentle, domineering snake demon with an overwhelming possessive streak... When I saw the half-human snake demon again, his picturesque features were bewitching and alluring. His blood-red, slit-pupiled eyes drooped slightly as he watched me with pity. As if driven by an invisible force, I reached out to him, unable to control myself. The chil 87Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 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
- 79 The Yin-Born Girl and the Snake-Borne Coffin 阴生女，蛇抬棺 Ghosts pave the way, and countless snakes converge. Debts of vengeance and gratitude must all be settled. If you dare regret it, you’ll find no escape from life or death… Eighteen years ago, my grandpa rescued me from a tower where abandoned infants were left to die. But he only wanted to use me to catch snakes and refine their gallbladders, so he could practice an evil art and live forever. The debt we owed the snakes brought retribution. He roamed free, while scales covered my body and I suffe 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Fox Demon's Allure 狐妖魅 Have you ever seen a baby born with a head of white hair? Tao Yuling, a white-haired girl abandoned by her parents, is always dreaming that someone is chasing her. Then one day, her grandmother suddenly dies, leaving behind a mysterious last message: “He’s here!” In the pouring rain, a fox demon approaches slowly. His thin lips part, his alluring eyes cold: “From now on, I can kill you whenever I feel like it!” Years later, Yuling is baffled. “I’ve made you angry so many times. Why haven’t you k 79Reads6.5Score414d adds
- 81 The Snake’s Bride 蛇缠女 [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 337Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 82 A Snake's Many Pregnancies 蛇孕连连 My ancestors killed countless snakes, and generations of my family have had snake blood on their hands. A passing Taoist priest said we would have to pay for those blood debts. A fire burned my father to death. As I was collecting his remains, a snake on his body bit me. The village chief said it was a subterranean dragon snake from Hell, come to claim my life, and that I had less than three months to live. I refused to believe it, until one day a handsome young man came and insisted on marrying 79Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 83 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—14d adds
- 84 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
- 85 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
- 86 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—14d adds
- 87 A Fated Reunion: My Husband, the King of the Underworld 再生缘：我的冥王夫君 Chen Xue had been frail and sickly since childhood. Just when she had finally grown up, her breathtaking beauty aroused the jealousy of her legitimate elder sister. She thought she was doomed to die, until she met a man. He leaned close to her ear and said, “Be my woman, and I'll protect you.” From then on, everyone who bullied Zhu Chenxue either died or was left crippled. Every night, ambiguous sounds came from Zhu Chenxue's bedroom. “Don't do this...” 133Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 88 Goddess Reborn, Snake Immortal Wife 神女转世，蛇仙妻 An early work, an experiment. A girl born under an ill-starred fate, destined to be a goddess, with two immortals, a snake and a fox, circling around her, while the Ghost King of Kunlun fights to protect her to the death. I was born with a snake-shaped tattoo. It brought me plenty of benefits, but also some unpleasant consequences. My parents never let me get too close to boys, but when I hit puberty, I still broke that rule. Ever since then, a man has appeared in my dreams every single night... 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 89 The Netherworld Emperor's Only Love: The Imperial Lord Husband of Ten Thousand Years 冥帝独宠：帝君老公一万岁 Both my parents died on my eighth birthday, and from then on I earned the title of jinx. A fortune-teller swore I was destined to be alone forever, with no chance of marrying a living man. When I was eighteen, a female ghost tried to claim my life at school, and I stepped straight into the underworld. When I opened my eyes again, a ridiculously handsome man was standing before me, calling me his wife. OMG, I just died, and someone’s already taken over?! In the underworld, he was the all-pow 363Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 90 The Snake’s Delight 蛇欢 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... 155Reads9.3Score10114d adds
- 91 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
- 92 The Dragon King’s Debt: A Ghost Marriage 龙王债，娶阴亲 During the Qingming Festival, I paid respects at the wrong grave. A high fever left me blind. My grandmother had always favored boys. To make my mother give birth to a son, she threw me into the back hills to be devoured by wild beasts. By sheer luck, I saved a white dragon from the mountains and survived. Grateful for saving his life, the white dragon gave me one of his eyes. He told me he would return to take it back once I came of age. But before I even reached adulthood, my life changed d 57Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 93 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
- 94 I Mistook My Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying a Snake 相亲认错人，我闪婚了一条蛇 Eighteen years ago, the villagers tore down the archway carved with a giant snake for money and burned the coffin beneath it. Afterward, a snake calamity struck the village. My grandfather threw newborn me into the snake-burning pit, saving the whole village from disaster. The summer I turned eighteen, the village party secretary tricked me into coming back. Because another snake calamity had struck the village. The party secretary said that throwing me into the snake-burning pit once more would 155Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 95 The King of Hell Takes a Wife 阎王娶妻 A startled cry in my dream shattered that enchanting spring reverie. My name is Luo Ning. A spring dream stirred memories hidden in my mind, memories that should never have been awakened... 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 97 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
- 98 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
- 99 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 649Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 100 Married to a Snake 蛇嫁 My mother died in difficult labor while giving birth to me. As they were lowering her coffin into the grave, a white snake coiled around it. The pallbearers fled in terror, and when the coffin hit the ground, I crawled out of my mother’s corpse. Ever since, the great white snake has pursued me relentlessly, insisting I bear him a whole brood of little white snakes. What am I supposed to do? 93Reads8.4Score—14d adds
