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- 151 A Living Person's Ghost Marriage 活人冥婚 A ghost marriage is traditionally a union between two people who are already dead. But I was supposed to die at the age of three. By defying fate and holding a ghost wedding while still alive, I secured a future for myself… 397Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Thriller: From the Start, I Got a Ghost Marriage and a Stunning Ghost Bride 惊悚：开局冥婚，我喜得绝美诡妻 Horror + mystery + genius + cultivation + comedy + no disappointing ending + coming-of-age Eight years ago, I peeked through a crack in the door at my big brother Asan's new bride bathing, and from then on, her beautiful, captivating figure haunted my dreams. I could never forget her. When we met again, we fell into each other's arms. After I woke up, several black spots of unknown origin had appeared on my body. A chilling wind howled, and something uncanny clung to me. One terrifying secret af 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 154 The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 幕启·人鬼同台 The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 My Husband Comes from the Underworld 我的夫君他来自地府 I've been unlucky since I was little. I'm said to bring misfortune to my husband and children, and my father even used me to pay off a debt of yin energy he owed. When I came of age, he showed up to make me honor the contract we made back then. After that, my mother was near death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another ran into trouble... 48Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 156 I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game 我酆都大帝，在惊悚游戏开小号 [Invincible + Hilarious + Irreverent + Positive Energy + Upstanding Gentleman = ?!] Original title: "I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game" Jiang Cheng transmigrates into the body of a Ghost Emperor, only to discover there isn't a single ghost around. Just then, the horror game randomly picks an unlucky soul to enter. By an incredible coincidence, it picks him. And so, the gears of fate begin to turn. A lawless big shot appears in the horror game. He runs into a 179Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 157 You Tame Beasts, I Command Ghosts; You Go God-Tier, I Go Ghost-Tier 你们御兽我驭鬼，你们超神我超鬼 (Beast-taming world + ghost-repelling expert + ghost-taming + villain + author with intermittent insanity) Su Laomo, the last Taoist priest of Maoshan, transmigrates into a beast-taming world and continues his cultivation of the ghost path. From then on, the entire beast-taming world's style takes a sudden turn! The fake beast tamer: frail body, slender limbs, and vicious monsters as their beasts. During battle, the tamer hides behind and gives orders while the beasts fight up front, constantly 186Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 158 Eerie: A Divine Hint from the Start, and I've Seen Through Everything 诡异：开局神提示，我已看透一切 [Ghosts Fighting for His Affection + Passionate Nights + Horror + Livestream + Survival + Fast-Paced + Power Fantasy] While everyone else scrapes by for survival in the dungeons, Ji Feng uses his ability to know everything to fall into a sweet romance with a female ghost. A bizarre game begins. Players die, and ghost realms descend. Ji Feng is chosen as a player, and from the start he picks the most ferocious female ghost of all: the Ghost Bride! A chill wind howls, red candles flicker, and bene 26.7kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves
- 159 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score388Shelves
- 160 Horror World: My Right Eye Can Communicate with Spirits 惊悚世界：我的右眼能通灵 [Horror Game] [Supernatural] [Rule Horror] [Yandere] [Beast Taming] "Big bro, come on and eat me...!!!" The sheer unhinged weirdness of this book defies description. Read the story to see for yourself. The uncanny descends, fate looks kindly upon him, and the young man murmurs: Let the show begin! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin 九龙拉棺 I became a corpse retriever to get rich and marry a wife. But before I could make a fortune, I pulled a delicate, stunning beauty out of the Yellow River... 3.5kReads8.8Score257Shelves
- 162 The Beautiful Snake Wife 蛇妻美人 I slept in a coffin from the time I was little. When I was six, a snake slithered in and kept me company in the coffin for six years… He had never slept in a bed as a child, only in a very ancient coffin. When he was six, a snake slithered in and kept him company in the coffin for six years. Later, a graceful fairy came and said she would marry him when he turned eighteen. 132Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 163 The Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 冥婚诡事：阴水镇 Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 I Kissed a Female Ghost from the Start! Who Knew She Was an Empress? 开局亲吻女鬼！没想到她竟是女帝 [Horror Awakening + A Hundred Ghosts Roam at Night + Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural Powers + System] Lu Ning accidentally transmigrates to a world where horror has returned, and awakens a choice-based System. From the start, a little female ghost sets her sights on him. Lu Ning makes a choice and obtains an underworld of his own. From then on, Lu Ning sets out to kidnap ghosts and make them work for him. Stitched Ghost: “Hello, emergency services? There's a wicked, unscrupulous boss here wh 1.2kReads8.8Score148Shelves
- 165 Marrying a Ghost Bride from the Start, the 749 Bureau Comes Knocking 开局迎娶鬼新娘，749局找上门 [Ghost Bride + 749 + invincible + lifespan-for-power + hot-blooded + ruthless...] Hong Yao was panicking. He was living in what should have been an ordinary modern city, yet supernatural incidents were becoming more and more frequent. By chance, he found the betrothal letter of a ghost bride, and now he had to marry her! From then on, one strange entity after another came after him, all out to take his life. You brought this on yourselves! System! Take my lifespan! Also known as: “Am I strong? I 10.4kReads7.9Score804Shelves
- 166 Horror Descends: I Bind Myself to a Red-Clad Female Ghost from the Start 恐怖降临：开局绑定红衣女鬼 [Supernatural] + [System] + [Single female lead] A year ago, terror descended upon the world, reducing the global population by 90 percent. Only China, protected by its dragon veins, avoided complete collapse. The Maoshan Celestial Master set out to exorcise demons and uphold the Dao, taking his disciples down the mountain to slay monsters and demons. They never returned. By then, Lin Tian had spent ten years sweeping the grounds of Maoshan and had been signing in for ten years straight. “Ding! 1.7kReads7.7Score129Shelves
- 167 A Rural Woman's Redemption 乡村女人的救赎 A Country Woman's Redemption 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.6kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 169 Shangyuan Plague Register: I'm on the Last Page 上元疰簿：名册最后一页是我 The Shangyuan Curse Register: I'm on the Last Page 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 戏台鬼影 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞 You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 You're Supposed to Be an Investigator, So Why Are You Dating an Evil God? 让你当调查员，你和邪神谈恋爱？ [Cthulhu Girls] [Eerie] [Superpowers] After transmigrating to a world overrun by the eerie, Qi Mai only wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. But for some reason, the strange beings around him just keep multiplying. The good news: the beautiful transfer student in his class, [Ketu Luzi], has just moved in next door! The bad news: beneath her clothes lurk terrifying, twisted black tentacles, and she commands a gang of fishmen... The even worse news: she has set her sights on Qi Mai. “I’ve discove 6.2kReads8.7Score831Shelves
- 174 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score323Shelves
- 175 Global Class Change: Contracting an SSS-Rank Ghost Bride from the Start 全民转职：开局契约SSS鬼新娘 [One Heroine + Class Advancement for All + Supernatural Horror + Dungeons + High Martial Arts + Myriad Races + Romance + Tycoon + Pay-to-Win + Invincible + Big Shot] I became the world's only SSS-rank talent, the [Occultist]. I also got a System that lets me farm gold at a 90% discount. Killing monsters and people can earn me a hundred times more gold! And everything in the System shop is 90% off! An S-rank phoenix crown worth 1 billion? I get it for 100 million! An SS-rank bridal robe worth 8 b 39.7kReads7.4Score4.5kShelves
- 176 I Saved Thousands of Female Prisoners Alone and Won the Empress’s Heart 我一人拯救万千女囚，俘获女帝 Not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China lies a village where every woman is breathtakingly beautiful, yet none can ever leave. Chen Daming only went on vacation, but wound up wandering into a haunted place, eating two and a half jin of expired immortal pills, and gaining a heap of useless superpowers. The seemingly worthless protagonist takes on the responsibility of protecting patriarchal civilization as the matriarchal civilization that ruled Earth for 1.4kReads8.9Score196Shelves
- 177 Horror Apocalypse: From the Start, I Married a Ghost and Took the Bride by Force 恐怖末世：开局冥婚，强娶鬼新娘 [Supernatural phenomena return + unconventional stockpiling + comedy + reborn + one female lead + mental illness] Lu Yuan is unexpectedly reborn and remembers what will happen on May 20: when a girl confesses to him, his dead ex-girlfriend will turn into a vengeful ghost and hunt him down! To stay alive, Lu Yuan comes up with a great idea. Only ghosts can hold back ghosts. If he can gather an embroidered shoe, a bridal gown, a red bridal veil, a phoenix hairpin, and a jade bangle, he can assembl 8.4kReads8.7Score785Shelves
- 178 This Was Supposed to Be a Paranormal Resurgence, Yet I'm Thriving 明明是诡异复苏，我却如鱼得水了 Lu Tian, a hard-luck wage slave, wakes up on a bus and discovers he's transmigrated into a world where the supernatural is returning. He's even holding a lifelike doll! While he's still reeling from the shock and planning to keep his head down and survive, “Ding! The Heavenly Eye has opened. You've attracted the attention of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” “Ding! The Old Lord Taishang has begun watching you.” Holy crap, with so many big shots looking out for me, what have I got to be 1kReads7.1Score111Shelves
- 179 What a Thrilling Start: A Cute Ghost Bride Knocks on My Door at Midnight 开局超刺激，萌鬼新娘半夜来敲门 1.7kReads8.5Score196Shelves
- 180 I'm on Friendly Terms with Ghosts and Monsters Everywhere 我在鬼怪世界知交遍布 The world of ghosts and monsters has arrived, and people are randomly chosen to take part in supernatural games. Ling Xuan, who transmigrated here, awakens a ghost-trading System. He sells ghosts, builds businesses in the world of the dead, and sits down for tea and philosophical discussions with powerful figures from the ghost realm. While everyone else trembles in terror at the sight of ghosts, Ling Xuan remains completely at ease. “Ah! A Headless Ghost at Ghost King level!” Ling Xuan gri 445Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 181 The Year I Was Born, Ghosts Came Looking for a Groom 我出生那年，鬼招婿 The year I was born, ghosts came seeking a bride. To stay alive, I slept in a haunted coffin. When I was twelve, I was forced to marry a ghost bride, bringing disaster upon us all. My grandfather had me take an unclaimed grave as my master. I thought things would finally be peaceful from then on. But the good times didn't last. I discovered by chance that my ghost wife had been by my side all along... 12.2kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
- 182 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty to Escape the Zombies, Only to Find I Brought Them 穿到大唐躲丧尸，丧尸竟是我带的 I transmigrated to the Tang dynasty to hide from zombies, only to discover that I was the one leading them. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 The Beautiful Demon Wife 妖妻美人 I've slept in a coffin since I was little. When I was six, a snake slipped inside and stayed with me in the coffin for six years… 3.7kReads8.9Score424Shelves
- 184 The Underworld's Game Designer: I Catch Ghosts to Make Games 阴间策划：我抓鬼做游戏 “Games are an art! The ninth art!” “As a game designer, some people make games with their feet, and some make them with their hearts. I’m different: I make games with ghosts!” (For the record, the game mechanics are based on ghosts obscuring your vision and creating ghostly walls.) 501Reads9.4Score103Shelves
- 185 Strange Happenings on the Lantern Festival: The Dead Man in the Coffin Is Clutching My Name 上元诡事：棺材里的死人攥着我的名 Lantern Festival Mysteries: The Dead Man in the Coffin Clutches My Name —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 I’m a Ghost Smuggler. What’s Wrong with Kidnapping Female Ghosts? 我作为鬼贩子，拐卖女鬼怎么了？ [Supernatural horrors return + hilarious feel-good story + absurdly powerful items + if this doesn’t make you laugh, you can beat me to death!] Jiang Xiaobai transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and gains the Ghost Smuggler System. He gets stronger by smuggling ghosts! [Ding! You smuggled a female ghost to a mining site. Ghost Smuggling Points +3000] [Ding! You smuggled a red-clad vengeful ghost to a pyramid scheme. Ghost Smuggling Points +5000] [Ding! You smu 1.5kReads8.5Score176Shelves
- 187 Sacrificial Offering for Views: Live-Streaming the Zongzi Offering 流量祭品:直播送肉粽 Traffic Sacrifice: Livestreaming a Rice Dumpling Offering 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Thriller Game: Why Are All the Female Ghosts My Ex-Girlfriends? 惊悚游戏：女诡怎么都是我前女友 [Supernatural Revival] [Love Triangle] [Pure Power Fantasy] [Thriller Game] Jiang Cheng unexpectedly gets a System, but it requires him to win over... So he does. “Sorry, you like dogs and I like cats. We're not right for each other.” “You're too young. I'm not interested.” “Your surname is Jiang, and so is mine. Our village doesn't allow people with the same surname to marry.” But after Jiang Cheng successfully wins over all of them, the women he previously pursued die in various accidents. Aft 30kReads8.3Score3.4kShelves
- 189 Fox Wife 狐妻 As a child, I was alone and had no one to rely on, so I depended on a little fox I had found. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. I still remember that an old woman came looking for her granddaughter the day before, and then all sorts of strange things started happening. Why has my brother, who hasn't come home in years, suddenly returned? He says he'll find me a wife, and that we'll have to go into the mountains to look for her. Who could have guessed... 2.7kReads8.1Score213Shelves
- 190 Paranormal Invasion: I Win the Heart of a Female Ghost with Hints 诡异入侵：我靠提示赢得女诡芳心 [Ghost wife protects her husband + horror + livestreaming + survival + national fate + fast-paced + one female lead] The whole world is pulled into a bizarre game. If a player dies, their country’s fortune collapses! Lin Ye is chosen to represent the Dragon Nation, and from the start he draws the deadliest boss in the instance: the [Red-Clothed Female Ghost]. He should have no chance of survival, but a System prompt lets him see the “hopeless romantic” passive skill hidden in the ghost’s skill l 42.8kReads8.8Score6.2kShelves
- 191 Horror Revival: Starting with My Girlfriend's Resurrection 恐怖复苏：从女友复活开始 [One Heroine + Supernatural Horror + Silly Comedy + Cozy Daily Life + Sweet Romance + System] Also known as My Girlfriend Really Came Back as a Ghost, My Girlfriend Was Resurrected, and Now I'm a God in the Supernatural World, and Supernatural Horror Descends: My Girlfriend Becomes an S-Rank Taboo from the Start When his girlfriend dies in an accident, Shen Cifeng is devastated. Then a supernatural revival suddenly sweeps the world, bringing great change as ghosts and monsters rise and demons ru 1.2kReads9.1Score157Shelves
- 192 Invincible After Winning Over the Ghost King’s Wife 从攻略鬼王老婆开始天下无敌 On his wedding night, Lin An awakens the Sacred Demon-Slaying Physique. He can grow stronger by slaying demons and monsters. “But there aren't any demons or ghosts in this world, are there?” Lin Xu glances at his beautiful bride. The wedding night matters more right now. [Ghost King: Lu Qingning] [The enemy before you is too powerful. Come back and challenge them another time!] “???” 8.3kReads7.9Score711Shelves
- 193 I Burned the Wrong Incense and Worshipped the Wrong Spirit, and Now a Powerful Female Ghost Won’t Leave Me Alone 烧错香，供错魂，女鬼大佬赖上门 “Everyone else transmigrates and gets a golden finger that goes ding, ding, ding. I transmigrated, and a female ghost has me screaming my head off!” Lin Mo was one of the countless people who had transmigrated. Aside from a paper effigy shop his grandfather left him, he had no golden finger at all. Pressed by the need to make a living, he went to burn paper offerings at someone's grave on the Ghost Festival, but through a twist of fate, he paid his respects at the wrong grave and disturbed a pow 5.4kReads7.5Score528Shelves
- 194 The Fox Bride of Qingqiu 青丘狐妻 Liu the Half-Immortal told my mother, “On the night of the full moon, take your child and a chicken to Qingqiu Mountain and wait. Whoever eats your family’s chicken will become your child’s spouse, whether it’s a snake, an insect, an ant, a bird, or a beast...” That night, a little fox and a little white wolf fought fiercely over the chicken, and from then on, the gears of fate began to turn... 9.5kReads8.6Score831Shelves
- 195 Thriller Game: Slaughtering the Entire Village from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局屠杀全村村民 [Romance + not overpowered + one female lead] A mysterious cloud suddenly appears at Jinghai City's Central Primary School in Gaojing. Ye Tianming's father, the head of the universe's number one meteorology team, hurries to the scene with the entire team. A man dies mysteriously in the mist. His son, Ye Tianming, arrives at the scene wearing a suit and tie. The boy's consciousness grows hazy. When he wakes again, he finds himself transmigrated to the day of the college entrance exams. A strange —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 The Beauty in the Coffin 美人棺 [Mystery + Revenge + Feng Shui] Every month on the fifteenth, my grandfather would ask me for a drop of blood from my middle finger. Only later did I learn that he was feeding the beautiful older sister inside the beauty coffin. 6.7kReads8.7Score536Shelves
- 197 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.5kReads7.4Score286Shelves
- 198 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 7.5kReads8.3Score908Shelves
- 199 I Kissed the Ghost King by Force from the Start, and Now the Whole World Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile 开局强吻诡王，全球求我低调点 [One-on-one / yandere, cold beauty with a volatile streak vs. sunny, shrewd college guy who jealously guards what's his / thrilling power fantasy / no hiatus / growing love and mutual healing / the Myriad Worlds] When the gods toy with humanity under the guise of a “game”: Become a god, or turn to ash. Xu Yan is thrown into the core of the eerie realm from the start: The Red-Clad Forbidden Zone, with a survival rate of 0.03%. Facing certain death, Xu Yan is forced to sign a “marriage contract” w 187Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score102Shelves
