Novels like I Married a Ghost Bride, but They Told Me It Wasn’t a Script
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- 101 Valentine's Day Awakening: I Get Sadako from the Start 觉醒情人节，开局获得情人贞子 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ji Bai discovers that thirty percent of its people can awaken the solar terms as abilities. Might like the Spring Festival and the Hungry Ghost Festival can destroy an entire city single-handedly. But Ji Bai awakens Valentine's Day, branded the most good-for-nothing holiday of them all. Yet his first Valentine, Sadako, can summon a procession of a hundred ghosts, commanding countless spirits to bow before her! More importantly, behind that thin veil are 108Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 102 Thriller Game: Making the Ghost King Loli Cry from the Start! 惊悚游戏：从考哭鬼王萝莉开始！ A mysterious horror app appears, and the spirit realm descends with it. An evil spirit of Ghost King level is born in the Dragon Kingdom. Exorcists from all over the Dragon Kingdom stand ready, prepared with the Eight Trigrams and their most powerful talismans. But the terrifying vengeful spirit representing Ghost King level is currently... in a run-down apartment complex. A cute little girl’s face twitches as she stares through tearful eyes at the stacks of practice exam books in front of her, 35Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 103 Heavenly Mandate Ghost Seal 天命鬼印 [Feng Shui and the Supernatural + High-Octane Magical Duels + Mystery Investigations], nonstop excitement! Three million in debt, I was forced to inherit my grandfather's spirit-medium ghost seal. From then on, I saw ghosts every night! On a stormy night, loan sharks hunted me down! At death's door, the Nine Hells Ghost Seal my grandfather left behind suddenly recognized me as its master: it opened my third eye, subdued evil spirits, and devoured yin energy! But each time I used it, I lost a wi 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 104 From the Start, I Make a Pact with a Bride in Red 开局契约嫁衣新娘 [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Invincible protagonist]+ [Smart, satisfying power fantasy] “Ding! Your contracted spirit, ‘Bride in Red,’ killed a common Hungry Ghost. Experience +10.” “Ding! Your contracted spirit, ‘Red Paper Umbrella,’ killed a vicious evil spirit. Experience +100.” “Ding! Your contracted spirit, ‘Ghost Shadow,’ killed...” Lin Ziye transmigrated to a world where horror was on the rise. Humanity’s settlements were gradually being squeezed by the strange, and were now less than a tent 3.3kReads5.6Score346Shelves
- 105 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 At the Cemetery, I Find a Pair of Red High Heels 人在公墓，捡到一双红色高跟鞋 Wang Jin finally graduated. He never expected that after studying civil engineering, he'd end up in a tomb, landing a job as a security guard at a high-end cemetery. He figured he'd work there for a few years, save some money, and then leave. But on his very first day, he found a pair of red high heels outside the security office. An ordinary person with no worries might have thrown them away. Someone more cautious might have grown suspicious. But Wang Jin was neither. He looked around, saw no o 1.5kReads8.0Score128Shelves
- 107 Eerie: After Dying a Hundred Times, I Turn the Tables and Sacrifice My Ghostly Wife 诡异：连死百次，反手献祭鬼娇妻 The author’s new novel: “Reincarnation and Immortality: My Lifespan Limit Doubles with Every Life” [Supernatural Resurgence + System + Ghost Bride + One Heroine!] (A motion-comic adaptation of this book is now available.) After being killed by something hurled from a heavy truck that swerved to save someone on the road, he transmigrates, only to find a blood-clad vengeful ghost invading his dreams. What should he do? Looking at the abilities in his System, Jiang Wuyang sees “Dream Corridor” + “M 1.5kReads8.6Score121Shelves
- 108 Rule-Breaking Horror Dungeons: I Use a Simulator to Farm Affection 规则怪谈副本：我用模拟器刷好感 Countless strange tales have formed dungeons and invaded the world. Anyone could be chosen to enter a horror game world! If they complete the challenge, the corresponding strange dungeon in their country will disappear. If they fail, their country will be overrun by the supernatural! Just as everyone else struggled to survive, Chen Ye awakened a System that could simulate what would happen next. With the hopes of the whole world resting on Chen Ye, he instead kept everyone on tenterhooks. He wou 91Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 109 Thriller Game: How Can a Yandere System Win? 惊悚游戏：病娇系统怎么赢 A mysterious and eerie game descends upon the world, randomly selecting players from across Blue Star: The Bloodhead Chef, the Immaculate Kingdom, the Hungry Town... Every step is shrouded in mystery, and those chosen have almost no chance of survival. Fang Wen, a college junior, is selected by the horror game and unexpectedly awakens the Yandere System. The Yandere System directly binds a female NPC from each instance to the protagonist as his yandere girlfriend. The underlings are left dumbfou 13Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 110 My Zombie Wife 我的僵尸老婆 In our village, there's a custom: when someone dies before the age of fifty, a boy who has not yet reached adulthood must sit at the head of the coffin during the burial. I've served as a coffin-guarding boy a few times. Once, the body being buried was that of a woman... I close my eyes only because you're afraid of me. I open them only to slaughter every enemy you have. 1.4kReads7.3Score122Shelves
- 111 Altar of Views: The Influencer Who Sends Off the Meat Dumplings 流量祭坛：送肉粽的网红 The Traffic Altar: The Influencer Who Sends Off Rice Dumplings 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 From the Start, I Wanted to Die, but the Otherworld's Beauties Were Too Tempting 开局想死，但异世界美女太诱人 In his thirties, Chen Shu was about to jump off a building from the start, but instead transmigrated to another world much like his own. But the world he transmigrated to was in crisis, under invasion from other worlds. The natives of this world were all trapped in the misery of the apocalypse. So why was Chen Shu’s apocalypse so different? The Zombie Queen, a sexy female ghost, a vampire girl... Why were they all throwing themselves at him??? 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Thriller Game: Creepy Big Sister, Please Behave Yourself 惊悚游戏：诡异姐姐，请矜持 Su Yu transmigrates into a horror game and awakens the [All-Skills Talent]. Whether it’s life skills, professional skills, or supernatural skills... Su Yu can unlock them all. A supernatural doctor, a supernatural storyteller, a supernatural masseur... “Miss Hachishaku, it’s just a minor curse. You don’t need to take off your clothes. Please keep them on during treatment.” In a haunted hospital, Su Yu reminded the Hachishaku Woman, who was sitting in a chair. “Miss, I’m your butler. You shouldn’ 116Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 116 Lord of the Origin Clan 源族之主 [Mystery and the Supernatural, Ghost Wife and Fox Demon] In my senior year of high school, I became the top scholar in a dream and married a female ghost and a fox demon. After I woke up, one strange thing after another began happening around me. Together with my ghost wife and the fox demon, I embarked on adventures, weathered countless trials, and fought powerful foes. Bizarre and uncanny cases, strange folk customs, Miaojiang sorcery, demon arts, magic, and all manner of oddities await. Let’s 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Chang’an Night Walks: The Black Death Flower 长安夜行录：黑死花 Chang’an Night Walk: Black Death Flower —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.3kReads9.0Score102Shelves
- 119 Thriller Game: I'm So Handsome, Even Ghosts Chase After Me 惊悚游戏：长得太帅，鬼都要倒追 Horror returns, and a terrifying game descends upon the world. When Jiang Feng enters the horror game, his looks send his Charm stat soaring to an astonishing 99. Thanks to his sky-high Charm, the dungeon NPCs become increasingly fond of him. “Madam, please control yourself. I’m just a servant. Anything else costs extra,” Jiang Feng says sternly to the vampire lady in the Scarlet Castle. Facing the adorable vampire princess, Jiang Feng says solemnly, “Your Highness, I’m here to teach you piano. 620Reads7.8Score103Shelves
- 120 Horror Game: I Can Max Out Female Ghosts' Affection for Me 恐怖游戏：我能刷爆女鬼好感度 The terrifying world has arrived! Countless fearsome races have appeared! Su Mu is chosen by a horror game, and from the start he’s thrown into the Blood Clan Castle instance, a nightmare for beginners... He expects danger at every turn, but unexpectedly awakens a system that lets him max out anyone’s favorability. A nightmare-difficulty instance? “System, add a hundred favorability points!” “System, use the max-favorability privilege!” “System, add five hundred favorability points!” “...” From 75Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 121 Eerie: If It’s Too Hard from the Start, Don’t Bother 诡异：开局难办，那就别办 [Overpowered Hero] + [Hilarious] + [Plot-Driven] + [No Female Lead] Yan Feng enters a horror game and awakens a [Ghost-Taming System]. As long as he triggers emotional reactions in the supernatural, he can grow stronger. And so, a master troll who specializes in messing with ghosts is born! “If you don't have ten years of experience in a mental hospital, you can't listen to Second-Hand Rose!” At the haunted school’s anniversary celebration, Yan Feng sings “Xian'er” and drives the entire student 107Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 122 An Unmarked Lonely Grave 无名孤坟 My grandfather buried my mother by our front door. Every night after that, a woman would stand outside our house... 1.2kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 123 Uh-Oh, I've Turned a Creepy Game into Reality 坏了，玩到真的诡异养成游戏了 Have you ever played a truly eerie creature-raising game? Have you ever had a heart-pounding life experience? “Red wedding dress, paper shoes for the dead, a ghost in the mirror...” Which of these ghosts would you choose to raise? When Wu Wen clicked the place button and saw the red-clad figure appear before him, only one thought remained in his mind. “Crap, I've actually started playing a real supernatural creature-raising game!” The game Ghost Encounter has been making games for twenty years. 3.8kReads8.6Score313Shelves
- 124 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score140Shelves
- 125 The Enchantress Is Alluring, and the Ghost Girl Knows How to Flirt 妖女很妩媚，女鬼太会撩 It's not that a wife is too expensive to marry. It's that female ghosts and demons offer better value. No house, no car required. And they'll even help you make a comeback! It's not that my Daoist heart is unsteady. It's just that demonesses are bewitching, and female ghosts know exactly how to flirt. My name is Chen Zhou. I'm a highly educated shut-in. My main job is gone, and my side hustle is matchmaking. It all began when I helped my beautiful landlady rent out a building that was warm in wi 1.2kReads8.5Score117Shelves
- 126 Eerie: My Wife Is a Vengeful Ghost 诡异：我家娘子是厉鬼 [Eerie] [Single heroine] [Pure love] [Mischief-maker] Chen Yu, an ordinary university student, transmigrates into an Eerie world and meets the wife from his dreams. But unlike in his dreams, his gentle, virtuous wife is an Eerie creature who kills without blinking… Faced with countless grotesque and terrifying Eerie beings, Chen Yu calmly holds his rice bowl and says, “Wifey! It’s yelling at me!” “Wifey! Get it!” Today, I, Chen Yu, am going to eat this bowl of rice standing up! I have a wife 217Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 127 From the Start as a Ghost Emperor, I Charm Beautiful Spirit Exorcists 开局成为鬼帝，强撩美女驱灵师 [Parody] [Gradually Turns Evil] Lin Dongyang died in a car accident and was reborn, only to discover that he had become a ghost. And after binding to a System, he became the highest-ranking kind of ghost: a Ghost Emperor! Feeling the imposing aura of his Ghost Emperor status, Lin Dongyang could only sigh helplessly. “Where’s my magic power? System, you gave me the aura but not the magic power?” System: “Host, if you want to increase your magic power, you’ll have to complete missions…” Breaking u 158Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 128 Paper Doll Hauntings: A Living Person's Funeral 纸人诡事：活人出殡 Paper Figures and Strange Happenings: The Living Hold a Funeral 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 A Female Ghost Comes to Be My Bride 女鬼嫁到 Cao Susu’s shoulders shook as she wept pitifully. Zhao Cao couldn’t help putting an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. With his arm around her, Cao Susu simply let herself fall into his embrace, sobbing softly. … A loser with the extraordinary fate of having lived ten lives makes an invincible comeback as a Taoist master. He mixes it up with female ghosts and the underworld, then, with the help of female ghosts and demons, takes back ownership of the Hongyuan Group… 466Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 130 The Snake Woman 蛇女 They say there’s a snake girl in our village, born with the ability to control snakes. She was orphaned at birth, and my father took pity on her, taking her in and raising her. She grew up by my side, and we were together day and night. Then one day, the village bully picked on her. That very night, he suddenly died, and more than a dozen little snakes were found inside his stomach. By a strange twist of fate, I discovered the snake girl’s secret that night, and I nearly died of fright. 834Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 131 Rule Horror: I Can Add One More Rule 规则怪谈：我能多加一条规则 A world of strange rules suddenly descends, unleashing supernatural disasters across the globe. Each country selects one Chosen One to enter the world of strange tales. When a Chosen One clears a supernatural scenario, the real world benefits and receives rewards to help fight the disasters. Xu Wang is chosen to represent the Great Xia Kingdom and enters the world of strange tales. First scenario: The Eerie Butterflies of Xiangxi High School. [Rule 1: If you see someone collapse from an illness, 204Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 132 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Thriller Game: I Feel Dragon Scales on the Bride on Our Wedding Night 惊悚游戏：新婚夜，摸到新娘龙鳞 A mysterious horror game descends upon the world, and a psychiatric patient is chosen by accident. Dungeon: The Mansion of Death Danger Level: 3 (player death rate below 30%) Mode: Solo Main Mission: Play the groom, marry the bride, enter the bridal chamber, lift the bride's red veil, and stroke her long hair. Bridal Chamber: High Danger Mission Rating: Pending On his wedding night, before lifting the red veil, Yu Changye accidentally felt the dragon scales on the bride's back… 84Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 134 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Terror Has Arrived: Is This Not a Raising Sim? 惊悚降临：难道这不是养成游戏？ [No heroine, no romance] The Ghost Realm descends, and Qin Fan enters the world of horror as a newcomer. From the start, he obtains the Eyes of the Sea King and suddenly feels that this game, with its sky-high death rate, might not be so hard to play after all… 22Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 136 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin 棺材里伸出的手 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Urban Legends: The Ghostly Flight Attendant Wants Me to Warm Her Feet from the Start 怪谈，开局诡空姐要我帮她暖脚 Rule-based horror descends, and the world watches as people try to escape. I, Tang Hao, have drawn an SSS-rank talent: [I Can See Their Screens]. Now Instance: Four-Leaf Park My identity: Mid-level employee at the park Rule 1: You have a beautiful girlfriend, but she isn’t with you right now. Rule 2: Her best friend, a young and beautiful flight attendant, is on a plane headed here to see you. Rule 3: Please “take good care” of her and keep your interactions “appropriate.” But there’s a problem. 2.9kReads8.3Score210Shelves
- 138 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Rule Horror: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Stop Slacking Off 规则怪谈：全国跪求我别摆烂 [Rule-Based Horror + Livestreaming + Slacking Off + Supernatural + Comedy + No Female Lead] Lin Fei transmigrates to a parallel world and is unexpectedly chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in the world of rule-based horror! But to everyone's surprise, the first challenge for Lin Fei, who was entrusted with everyone's hopes, is the “Haunted Hospital,” a place with an extremely high death rate. To make matters worse, he draws the worst talent of all: Grade C. Just when everyone thinks the Drag 389Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 140 The Corpse-Retrieving Ghost, I Founded a Secret Organization in the City 捞尸女鬼，我在都市成立诡秘组织 (Mysterious Revival + Urban Life + Live-Streamed Corpse Retrieval) One night, a teenage boy wakes up and discovers he has awakened the Corpse Retrieval System. He must venture to the River of the Underworld to retrieve the corpse of a female ghost. The tragic beauty Qiao Ji, the quirky Luohua Cave Maiden, the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae, the fiendish Banruo... As the mysterious returns to life, the boy loses his memory before a bronze gate on a rainy night. The gates of the underworld swing wide op 116Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 141 The Glutton’s Last Bite 大胃王的最后一口 The Glutton's Last Bite 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Stay Away, Spirits 阴人勿扰 Someone dug up our family grave and put the newlywed daughter-in-law who’d just died in their family in there. My uncle told me to go get her out in the middle of the night... 477Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 143 Weird Game: What Do You Mean I Beat It with My Looks? 诡异游戏：什么叫我靠颜值通关？ Lu Renjia transmigrates into a world of eerie games, only to get saddled with a ridiculous Stunning Beauty System. He can’t exorcise ghosts or vanquish demons, so all he can do is keep raising his looks. When the eerie game descends, he thinks he’s done for. But the vicious, bloodthirsty Ghost Lady stares at him, transfixed, unable to look away. The domineering, overbearing Ghost Big Sister covers her face and gives him a shy smile. Watching one ghost after another stare blankly at his face, Lu 875Reads7.3Score112Shelves
- 144 Feast of the Undead: Slaughtering My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 盛世尸宴：我在大唐杀穿末日 A Feast of Corpses in an Age of Prosperity: Slaying My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 The Fox Immortal Beauty 狐仙美人 When I was fourteen, I saved a white fox. To save my life, Grandpa actually made me enter into a contract with it? Fox Immortal: “I would gladly shed all my demonic aura and give up a thousand lifetimes of cultivation, all to spend a lifetime with you, from youth to old age!” Ding Ning: “I thought I’d become a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and vanquished demons, but in the end I became a heretic condemned by everyone...” As I taught myself Taoist arts, secrets and legends began to emerge one a 1.1kReads8.6Score100Shelves
- 146 Horror Revival: It Started When I Flirted with a Female Ghost 恐怖复苏：从撩了女鬼开始 The Three Paths of Impermanence are in turmoil, yin and yang are out of balance, terror returns, and demons and ghosts wreak havoc. Xue Yan obtains a ghost-flirting System. A ghost from the Republic of China era: “What's with this guy? He's not afraid of me, and he's even flirting with me!” A stumbling ghost: “I've finally met someone more twisted than I am.” A hanging ghost: “He actually told me to step on his AJ sneakers?” While the masters of the martial world are scared witless by terrifying 675Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 147 Rule Horror: I Can Rewind and Survive 规则怪谈：我能回档不死 [The uncanny] [Live streaming] [Rebellious] [Shameless] [Trickster] Lin Yuan was trapped in a one-day time loop for a hundred thousand days. Bored out of his mind, he gets pulled into the world of urban legends. While everyone else is treading on eggshells just to survive, Lin Yuan starts a new life causing trouble for the uncanny creatures in the world of urban legends. Lin Yuan: Heh heh heh, don't run! Let me take a look and see if you're male or female. Viewers: What the hell, you can't do th 2.8kReads8.5Score261Shelves
- 148 My Cute and Fierce Undead Bride Protects Me as She Slaughters Her Way Through! 我的女尸老婆萌凶甜，护我杀疯！ [A Taoist priest becomes a demon king, protected by his corpse bride][Ghost hunting, traditional supernatural fiction] [By the command of the heavens, I’ll take your life!][Strange tales from the folk tradition] I slept in a pigsty and drank sow’s milk. Later, I shared a bed with a female corpse. After our wedding ceremony, she awoke. I rely on her to keep me alive, while she relies on me to grow stronger. Our fates are intertwined. My fate is unusual. An old man’s guidance helped me survive, an 1.7kReads7.6Score126Shelves
- 149 My Soul-Guarding Wife 镇魂妻 When I was six, a beautiful woman gave me a hand drum. From that moment on, I was plunged into a devastating calamity. To avert it, my grandfather forced me to marry Cui Gu, the village girl who was both foolish and ugly. He said that if Cui Gu and I truly loved each other, one day she'd become the beautiful wife of my dreams... 1.1kReads8.8Score146Shelves
- 150 Sewing Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face 雨夜缝皮.最后一张脸 Stitching Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face —Reads—Score—Shelves
