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- 51 My Eerie Husband Has Arrived, and He Gives Me a Hundred Million Every Day 诡夫降临，阴老公每天给我一个亿 [Male lead is chaste, possessive, obsessive and domineering, and utterly devoted to protecting his wife] On Qingming Festival, I went up the mountain to visit a grave and met an extremely strange man dressed in ancient black-and-gold robes. The first thing he asked me was, “Miss, would you do me the honor of marrying me?” My name is Xu Mengling. My grandmother chose it, hoping that even my dreams and wishes would come true. I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. I’m twenty-f 4.5kReads8.6Score365Shelves
- 52 The King of the Underworld's Beloved 地府鬼君的心尖宠 [Sweet romance, 1v1, adored by everyone, supernatural, strong heroine] Also known as “I Run an Inn in the Underworld.” The general manager of the Afterlife Inn is a troublemaker across all three realms, so infamous that even the King of Hell would rather avoid her. She often sends the Underworld gifts like arson and missing-person cases, leaving everyone on edge. One day, the seal on the netherworld weakened. Someone who should have been reduced to ashes a thousand years ago came stumbling out 60Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 53 Sacrificed to the Mad Underworld King, I Somehow Have to Write Every Day? 被献祭给疯批冥王他竟然每天让我写作？ I Was Sacrificed to a Deranged King of the Underworld, and He Makes Me Write Every Day? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 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? 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 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—Shelves
- 56 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… 67Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 57 The Snake Bride 蛇娶妻 [Supernatural + Devoted Husband + Pure Romance + Sweet Love + Wild Imagination] She was betrothed to the Snake King at birth, branded as his snake bride. Before she turned twenty-four, the Snake King would force her to marry him. Her grandfather said the Shen family owed the Snake King a debt, and that only marrying him could save her life... 1.4kReads9.1Score143Shelves
- 58 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... 210Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 59 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... 118Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 60 Help! My Yandere Ghost Husband Imprisons Me Every Night 救命！我被病娇鬼夫夜夜囚禁了 [Obsessive, gloomy ghost of a man + anguish and sweetness intertwined + past and present lives + devoted couple + happy ending + supernatural horror] I put on lipstick on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and suddenly a blue-black hand reached out of the mirror! A handsome man in red grabbed my wrist and smiled. “I’ve finally found you, my wife. You were born when the gates of the underworld opened. You can’t escape.” He was madly possessive, his desire to own me eating away at my very 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Ghost King Pouts, and the High God's Soul Drifts Away 鬼王撒个娇，上神魂在飘 [Past and present lives + mutual redemption + sweet romance with a touch of angst + ghost-hunting and demon-slaying scenarios + the male lead’s long road to winning her back] (A heroine who’s part white rabbit, part enchantress vs. a devoted, single-minded, possessive male lead) As soon as the High God Qiu Chi descends to the mortal realm, the Ghost King Ye Yu latches on to her! “You never age or die, and I can neither live nor die. We were made for each other.” Just as Qiu Chi falls hopelessly 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Reborn as the Netherworld King: He's Impossible to Flirt With 重生之冥王大人太难撩 "New book out now, come on in and show your support!" [A supernatural story disguised as romance] [A male lead who doesn't understand love but still dotes on her X a clever, flirtatious female lead] Lu Xinyue spent her whole life being foolish, only to end up murdered by the man she loved. But she is reborn. After her rebirth, the world seems different. There's a blood ruyi that bewitches people, a giant carp that eats humans, an orphanage from a hundred years ago, a village in Shanyin where eve 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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... 53Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 64 Bound by a Ghostly Marriage, the Ghost King at Her Side Lures Her into Ruin 阴缘不断，枕边鬼王诱她沉沦 My surname is Du. Du Xinghe. Fated to be a lonely star, doomed to a life of misery and solitude. One day, a little brat tricked me into his father’s room! “So you’re that eager to climb into my bed?” The man in the lounge was brimming with menace as he stared at me with a cold smile. I knew that despite his beautiful, flirtatious eyes, he was a demon who would devour you without leaving a trace! From then on, he wouldn’t leave me alone. Not only did he keep me by his side day after day, he also 34Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 65 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...” 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 66 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—Shelves
- 67 The Underworld King Husband Flies Through the Sky, While the Ghost King Wife Chases Him Below 冥王老公天上飞，鬼王老婆地下追 [Faithful Couples, Two Powerful Leads, Sweet Romance, Mind Reading] Yu Chen, a genius spellcaster of the Yu family, one of the Huaxia Xuanmen clans on the Eastern Continent. He commands the wind and rain, hunts ghosts, and communes with spirits. He can speak to Heaven above and reach the depths of Hell below. His beauty is cool and divine, making people afraid to defile him. Unfortunately, he is destined not to live past the age of twenty-four, causing countless noble young ladies to give up on 178Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 68 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... 102Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 69 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 2.2kReads8.4Score224Shelves
- 70 The Haunted House Broker 凶宅中介 Selling a house? The kind with ghosts in it! When they first met, she asked, “Are you human or a ghost?” He replied, “Does it make a difference?” She was a naive, barely competent exorcist and junior real estate agent. He was an aloof, mighty Ghost Emperor who had ruled his domain for a thousand years, and her boss in name only. She loved him wholeheartedly while he kept her at arm’s length. She grew disillusioned, and he pursued her relentlessly... It turned out that from beginning to end, she 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 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 80Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 72 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
- 73 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—Shelves
- 74 Deep Serenity 殷宓 Yin Mi is the Underworld's only female general, with immense spiritual power and a fearsome reputation across the Six Realms. She is adored by all ten Kings of Hell, the Five Ghost Emperors, and the Great Emperor of the Underworld. She and the King of the Underworld are bound together by love and hate through three lifetimes... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 After a Proxy Marriage, the Cold Palace's Legitimate Daughter Became His Most Cherished One 替嫁后，冷宫嫡女成了他的心尖宠 Forced to marry in place of someone else to a “frail” prince? Fine! I’ll take the title of princess consort, and I’ll take my enemies’ lives too. She is Shen Zhiwei, the most insignificant legitimate daughter in the prime minister’s household. Her birth mother died young, her stepmother is cruel, her father ignores her, and even her name lies under a layer of dust. When an imperial edict arrives betrothing her to the Seventh Prince, Chu Huan, rumored to be “near death” and “violent-tempered,” he 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 A Ghostly Husband at Home: I Lost Years Off My Life and Money, Too 家有鬼君：赔了阳寿又亏钱 A two-faced ghost hunter x a timid, adorable ghost who is afraid of the dark Everyone knows there’s a flower shop at the entrance to Bright Hospital. It sells fruit baskets and bouquets for patients and visitors, and funeral clothes and wreaths for the dead, too. The Five Bans and Three Deficiencies, and of all things, he was short on life. By day, the young ghost hunter who ran the flower shop sold flowers and made money from the living. By night, he grabbed his talismans and took on jobs from 12Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 77 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—Shelves
- 78 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 286Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 79 The Dragon King’s Most Yin Bride 龙王大人的至阴新娘 I was born with an extremely yin nature, and the village shaman found me in a graveyard. I was frail and sickly from childhood. To keep me safe, my grandmother, the shaman, made a blood pact with a fox spirit, but the pact backfired and left her gravely injured because of me. Just as I was at a loss for what to do, a man who could transform into a Azure Dragon appeared. He claimed we had been bound by fate for a long time, and he protected me from disaster, calling me his “little bride,” yet he 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Underworld King Heard His Wife's Thoughts and Went Mad 冥王听到夫人的心声气疯了 Su Nian's pitch-black eyes met Ji Shen's, and in an instant, he had entered her heart. Blackness, endless blackness. Ji Shen took a few steps forward, then saw a red flower of the other shore standing there. “What is this?” Ji Shen gazed at the flower and slowly reached out to touch it. ‘Don't touch it! It's poisonous!’ A clear voice rang through the darkness. At the warning, Ji Shen immediately pulled his hand back and looked around, but he couldn't see anyone. “Who are you? Show yourself!” Onl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 After Kissing a Dead Man, She Couldn’t Get Rid of Him 和死人接吻后，她被缠上了 [Ghosts and Monsters + Urban Romance + Devoted Love] My dad sold me to a dead man. I was kidnapped on the street, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself inside a coffin! A cold corpse was lying in the coffin. The moment I touched him, he came back to life! He pinned me down and kissed me by force! I don’t care how handsome he is, he can’t just do whatever he wants! The living and the dead belong to different worlds. Handsome, stop haunting me! “Dead man, quit flirting with me like that.” “Com 760Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 82 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 805Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 83 The Fox Takes a Wife 狐娶妻 A sunshower in the mountains, a fox wedding in the woods. The living must keep away. They say that if someone catches sight of a fox wedding, the marriage is ruined, and the couple may never be able to marry. The witness will be relentlessly hunted down until their family is destroyed. But when Gu Hanshuang encounters one, things don't go as the rumors say. Hu Xueyin, the groom of the fox wedding, sticks by her day after day, backs her into a corner, and softly asks, “Between him and me, who's m 239Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 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 444Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 85 A Snake Bride, a Ghostly Bridal Sedan 蛇娶妻，鬼抬棺 The year I was born, my mother died in childbirth, while my father and grandfather were killed when a swarm of snakes attacked them. When I turned eighteen, my protective talisman shattered. From that night on, I had a husband who came and went like a ghost. My grandmother looked grave as she told me this was the Su family’s retribution, and that I had to be loyal to Lord Jin or disaster would befall me! Ever since that night, Lord Jin has come to see me every evening. After a night of torment, 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 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 1.4kReads6.6Score229Shelves
- 87 The Ultimate Husband 最强老公 A fierce husband, seven nights of passion, a spirit fetus conceived in secret, a Chi dragon blood ring... A family that crawled out of a tomb offered me as a sacrifice to the Emperor. From then on, I wandered between the worlds of yin and yang, no longer welcome among the living. 1kReads8.3Score113Shelves
- 88 The Lovesick Lord of the Underworld Is Jealous Again Today 病娇冥王，今天又吃醋了 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
- 89 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—Shelves
- 90 The Underworld King's Beloved Consort 冥王殿下的宠妃 I went back to my hometown with my boyfriend of one year, never imagining he'd offer me up as a sacrifice. When I opened my eyes again, I had become the wife of the King of the Underworld. This handsome, supreme Lord of the Underworld threatened to strangle me at the drop of a hat. He pressed his thin lips together. “Just obey me, and I'll protect you for the rest of your life.” When I tried to get away from him, I ran into a snow monster while making my escape. Just when I thought I was about t 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Alluring Demon Aura: The Yandere Demon Husband Begs for Mercy 妖气撩人，病娇妖夫求放过 [Sickeningly sweet + hilarious supernatural comedy + monster inn] He Muxue is a laid-back demon hunter who lives by the principle, “If demons leave me alone, I’ll leave them alone.” But then a thousand-year-old demon starts haunting her in her dreams. Her peachwood sword and demon-catching talismans are useless against him. How could a demon hunter like her get entangled with a demon, let alone end up pregnant with his child… He is ruthless and decisive, cold and merciless, yet he has fallen dee 90Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 92 The Underworld King's Three-Year-Old Daughter 冥王闺女三岁半 The three-year-old biological daughter of the King of the Underworld, Ming Xihe, sneaked into the human world for the first time and was accidentally brought back to the palace by the human emperor, Bai Qingyang. She slept by day and was active at night, and liked talking to thin air. Everyone mocked the puppet emperor for taking in a stupid princess, saying they were a perfect match. Bai Qingyang was wondering whether he should send her to the Underworld to keep her biological father company... 3.7kReads6.9Score278Shelves
- 93 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! 27Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 94 My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 我的老公是冥王 When I was eighteen, I pushed open a door in a daze. I never imagined that the person behind it would use my entire family’s lives to force me to marry him… 1.3kReads8.0Score143Shelves
- 95 I Married the Ghost King in a Flash and Gave Up: The Prince Dotes on Me Like Crazy 闪婚嫁鬼王开摆：王爷疯宠我 [Whirlwind marriage to a ghost king + a touch of the supernatural + wild imagination + sweet romance + faithful couple + happy ending + marriage first, love later + everyday life + spice] (The supporting characters’ storyline includes GL. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.) Not too supernatural! Sweet romance! A little comedy! Not too scary! If you boldly demand an update, the author will jump right up and write one!! Because her Phoenix Maiden fate was switched, Lin Xiaoqing has spen 771Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 96 Fresh from the Underworld, This Five-Year-Old Has 2,000 Years of Work Experience 刚从地府来，五岁幼崽工龄两千年 The animated series is now available. “Hellooo~ Could you tell me how to get to Jinling?” After her father fails his tribulation, the little Netherworld Emperor empties the King of Hell's treasury and huffs and puffs her way to the human realm to save him. As soon as she steps outside, the fake princess who stole her place beats her up. The little one plants her hands on her hips and becomes unbeatable throughout Jinling. “You're being naughty~” “You're all being naughty!” Ever since the real he 8.2kReads8.5Score807Shelves
- 97 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… 197Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 98 On the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, I Marry the Mountain God 七月七，嫁山神 [Strong Female Lead + Devoted Husband + Mysticism + Mountain God] My mother-in-law said I was born with one black eye and one white eye, known as Yin-Yang Eyes. I was destined to see the supernatural, and my presence would bring misfortune to ordinary people around me. So my birth parents abandoned me outside the Mountain God Temple on Wutong Mountain. The mountain god took pity on me, rescued me from the monsters, and made a marriage pact with me. From then on, I became the mountain god’s bride 311Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Married to a Ghost on My Wedding Night: My Ghost Husband's Beloved 冥婚夜嫁，鬼夫心尖宠 My name is Liu Yueli. I was born in a remote mountain village. When I was little, my grandmother would often sit in front of our house, staring blankly toward the place where I was born and murmuring... “On a night when a hundred ghosts roam, red candles will light the way. Paper figures will carry the coffin, and a hundred ghosts will serve as matchmakers. The worlds of yin and yang shall not be divided; the paths of humans and ghosts shall not be separate. With heaven and earth as witnesses, o 1.2kReads8.7Score173Shelves
- 100 The Underworld King’s 101st Bride 冥王的第101个新娘 Historical romance, 1v1, devoted to each other, sweet and doting [A Family Banquet in the Underworld] The King of the Underworld raises the corner of his mouth and smiles playfully. “You want to be Queen of the Underworld? What makes you think you can?” Fuguang conceals the pain in her heart. Her pearly teeth glimmer as she smiles like fireworks in the night. “In all the Underworld, I’m the only one worthy of standing beside you!” The women seated below whisper among themselves: “Good heavens, t 23Reads—Score—Shelves
