Novels like The Fox King's Wife
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- 51 The Spirit-Boned Snake Immortal 灵骨蛇仙 [Domineering, ruthless Snake-Bone Immortal x unlucky, resilient, clever young bride] (Mystery + supernatural deduction + doting romance + sweet and angsty moments + little demon-hunting adventures + more or less a marriage-first, love-later story) I was born in an ancient village steeped in mysterious legends. In a cave there lay a huge coiled snake skeleton, worshipped like a god by the people after a century of offerings. When I was barely a teenager, my greedy father sold me to the Snake-Bone 53Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 52 The Snake Lord's Passionate Entanglement 蛇君缠情 Decades ago, a terrible drought struck. Grandpa was lucky enough to be saved by a white snake and survived, but the snake fell into a coma and never woke. To repay its kindness, Grandpa made a small coffin to give it a place to rest. Then a drop of my blood accidentally fell on it, awakening the white snake that had been sleeping all this time... 79Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 53 Easy There, My Lord of the Underworld 轻点宠，我的冥王大人 [Fateful cycles + Devoted couple + Proud, stubborn King of the Underworld + Funny yet earnest college student + The heroine was actually a fickle flirt in her past life, falling for everyone she met, not just the hero] Born a yin maiden, destined to become the King of the Underworld’s wife. He said my fate was yin, and I could only marry him. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live past twenty-eight. I said I didn’t believe in fate. He replied, “Then find out for yourself.” I did. I nearly died in his wo 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Wielding the Imperial Seal to Subdue Ghosts and Monsters 执帝印，镇鬼妖 PS: Past and present lives + crime solving + ghost hunting and demon slaying + devoted romance + coming-of-age I was born into the royal family, the youngest legitimate princess of the Liang emperor. A once-in-a-thousand-years South Sea pearl was discovered in the royal pearl beds just as I was born, so Father bestowed upon me the name Baozhu, meaning “precious pearl.” But I was unlike ordinary people. From birth, I could see things no one else could. The palace maids who served me said it was c 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Flying Dragon Coffin 飞龙棺 I was born half a month before my due date. My mother was home alone, while my father had gone to relocate a village grave. On the day of the relocation, he beat a horned snake to death. The snake died, and I was born! When I arrived, snakes surrounded our courtyard. The villagers all called me a bringer of calamity. Before my grandmother passed away, she left me a red dragon jade pendant. On my sixteenth birthday, the snake my father had killed appeared in our courtyard, and the red dragon pend 43Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 56 Serving Evil 奉邪 I was born an ugly freak, with a red birthmark on my face. My mother died right after giving birth to me. Later, to save my gravely ill younger brother, my stepmother married me off to a “Great Immortal” worshipped by one of her relatives. Four years later, the “Great Immortal” came looking for me and saved me from a living hell, but also forced me into an unspeakable relationship... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 A Ghostly Marriage 冥媒正娶 I was born under an extremely yin fate, a star of calamity destined to live and die alone. When I was sixteen, I had a nightmare that changed my life. In the dream, a headless female corpse came for my life. Its crimson, pointed fingernail slashed across my neck, and I woke with a sharp sting at four in the morning. After that, a red mark resembling a birthmark mysteriously appeared on my neck. Then, on the night of my nineteenth birthday, a man whose face I couldn't make out took that mark from 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Snake Gu 蛇蛊 I was destined to face a calamity. I tried every way I could to escape, but they still found me. Ghosts cleared the way as eerie music rang out, and a bewitching man in red hunted me down from a thousand miles away. A dying message written in blood, a demon arriving at my door in the dead of night. On the verge of death, I had no choice but to accept the snake demon's terms: enter a ghost marriage and become his spirit medium. The demon snake was ferocious. He promised me eternal life, but life 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Snake's Allure 蛇媚我心 When I was born, I had a tail. It scared the midwife out of her mind, and she told everyone that I must have committed countless heinous sins in my past life and was now suffering the consequences! An old monk passing by took pity on me and gave me a snake-shaped jade pendant. He said it would let me live like a normal child until I turned eighteen. Less than a month after I put it on, my tail fell off on its own, leaving behind only a tiny mark. After my eighteenth birthday, I should have quiet 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Snake King's Wedding: One Mountain Ghost Coin, a Lifetime of Security 蛇王婚：一枚山鬼钱，聘我万周全 The fortune says I’m blessed by good luck and destined for romance, and that one day I’ll marry the Snake King. But I’ve always believed my origins were anything but auspicious. Twenty years ago, on the night my father gave birth to my younger sister and me, a blood moon hung high in the sky and dark forces stirred across the land. My father died in a difficult labor… Then, twenty years later, my grandfather’s corpse inexplicably rose, and several “mountain ghost coins” passed down through our f 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Bone-Seeking Sand 寻骨砂 Buddhist scriptures record that there are five kinds of eyes in this world: the Heavenly Eye, the Wisdom Eye, the Buddha Eye, the Dharma Eye, and the Mortal Eye. Those with the Heavenly Eye can see spirits and monsters in the world. After encountering something evil on a nighttime walk, Yin Shu’s quiet life of twelve years was suddenly turned upside down. Born with the Heavenly Emperor’s Sand, a rare form of yin-yang eyes, Yin Shu was “forced” by the Dragon King to embark on a thrilling and terr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 My Senior Brother Is the Ancient Dragon Lord 上古龙君我师兄 I’m the best in the world "Tengjiao" Xi Beibei × My junior sister is always right "Azure Dragon" Ao Cang First came her senior brother, Lord of the Northern Darkness; then her master, Supreme High God. Xi Beibei, doted on by everyone, once lived as she pleased. Then, somehow, everything suddenly changed. Her master stripped her of her divine status. Her senior brother sealed her away for fifty thousand years. The Human Emperor drew near with ult 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 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... 115Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 64 My Fated Snake King Husband Is So Hard to Handle 奇缘蛇王老公太难缠 Lin Qingqing rescued a little black snake. She clearly saw it slither into the bushes, but after evening study hall, there it was on her bed. She put it in her schoolbag, and the next day it was wrapped around her hand. She left it in the bushes behind the school. Thinking the little black snake was so cute, she named him Qiu Han and couldn’t resist giving him a kiss. Who knew that within a day, the black snake would turn into a black python? To be with Lin Qingqing, Qiu Han took human form and 27Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 65 The Snake King’s Child 蛇王胎 145Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 66 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... 258Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 67 The Dragon King Takes a Bride 龙王娶亲 [Sweet Romance #Devoted Husband #Everyone's Favorite #Dragon King #Supernatural #Heartwarming] The devoted Dragon King, Long Lin, fiercely protects his wife! On the day I got married, little ghosts paved the way and the heavens opened a path. Petals filled the sky, and birds came to celebrate in a phoenix procession. It was a rare gathering of all three realms. Red silk covered the land, and the banquet stretched across heaven and earth for three whole days and nights. When the bridal veil was l 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Stunning Snake Lord Is So Cute and Sweet, I Can't Let Go 绝色蛇君又萌又糯，让我爱不释手 [Yandere + Overprotective Love + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Transmigration] [A soft, adorable little snake king vs. a proud, fierce heroine] Jiang Ling accidentally puts on a strange ring. From that day on, she dreams every night of a giant snake coiling around her, starting at her feet and winding all the way up. For someone as terrified of snakes as she is, it’s a horrifying nightmare. Later, she discovers that this isn’t a dream at all. It’s real. A golden snake is coiling around h 126Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 69 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 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Heiress Returns: The Nine-Tailed Fox Is Addicted to Seduction 千金归来：九尾狐撩欲成瘾 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Dragon King’s Embryo 龙王胎 In 1934, my grandmother witnessed a strange dragon-fall incident with her own eyes... Many years later, scales began to grow on my body. Worse still, I somehow became pregnant with a monster! I lead troops, run an incense hall, and carry out the rituals. I'm a female shaman, and my husband is the Dragon King! 345Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 72 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 421Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 73 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
- 74 The Yin Phoenix’s Calamity, the Dragon-Boned Wife 阴凤劫，龙骨妻 ◇Cold Snake God x Girl Forced to Take the Blame◇ My grandfather stole the Snake God’s dragon bones to keep me alive. Eighteen years later, the snake came to my door and demanded repayment, with interest. As a hundred snakes coil around me and red candles blaze, he bends close to my ear, his voice bewitching and cruel: “I’ll make you live in hell, my one and only captive pet. For all eternity, you’ll never be free.” He returned carrying a thousand years of hatred, yet found himself savoring the 20.6kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 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 148Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 76 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 293Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 77 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 50Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 78 Born Under the Yin Sign, Wed to the King of the Underworld 阴女命，嫁冥王 A revised edition of Unending Ghostly Bonds, ten years in the making! After three years together, her boyfriend actually handed her over to the neighbor next door! From then on, she was haunted by sleep paralysis every night. In the darkness, a pair of icy hands roamed over her, and the Ghost King took her completely for himself. She tried to escape, only to realize she'd sunk deep into the mire of fate. In fear and despair, she gradually uncovered the shocking secrets hidden behind the underwor 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Devouring the Snake Fetus 噬蛇胎 On my eighteenth birthday, a black snake came looking for me, insisting that I bear his serpent child. He spoiled me madly and loved me until it became an obsession. Years later, a thousand-year-old snake curse brought disaster to the mortal world. My family was destroyed, and he told me he didn't have much time left. Only then did I finally realize that all this terror was the price he had made me pay for a feud that would doom me for eternity... 14Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 80 On the Day I Was Born, Ten Thousand Snakes Paid Homage 我出生当天，万蛇朝拜 I was born with a demon’s fetus. On the day I was born, countless snakes bowed before me, and the village was struck by a once-in-a-century downpour. Everyone was terrified and wanted nothing to do with me... 29Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 81 The Serpent's Curse 蛇咒 When I was little, my grandfather once beat a snake to death... After that, strange things kept happening to our family. A fortune-teller said I wouldn't live to see twenty. To save me, my father made a pact with a snake spirit. On my eighteenth birthday, it left a snake curse on my wrist. Ever since then, every night I dream of a giant golden python, its jaws gaping wide, its tongue flicking as it bares its fangs. It tells me I belong to it, and that in this life, the next, and every life after 2.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Flood Dragon’s Beloved 蛟宠 On the night of the full moon, I wore a red paper dress and black paper shoes, and the Five Great Immortal Clans and countless ghosts all fought over me. It was because my nails grew backward, and I was born with a pair of ghost hands that attracted evil and brought harm to others. That night, everyone thought I would die, but I survived. A powerful man even proposed to me and gave me a Buddha’s Hand talisman to suppress my power. From then on, my left hand commanded ghosts to take lives, while 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Dragon King Takes a Wife at the Divine Dragon Temple 神龙庙之龙王娶妻 Ever since my great-grandfather’s time, our family has passed down this story. My great-grandfather once ran into danger while traveling and nearly died, but was saved by the legendary Dragon King. To repay him, he let slip while drunk that he would promise his future daughter to the Dragon King, in exchange for the village’s people living in peace and gratitude for the life-saving favor. But the generations passed, sons had sons and sons had sons, and it wasn’t until I was born that the Lin fam 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Fox-Demon Blood, Corpse Fragrance, and Ghosts Around My Waist 狐妖血，阴尸香，百鬼缠腰 My name is Jiang Li. I’m twenty years old, and I’ve been dead for twenty years. The day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and after her death, she gave birth to me in a mass grave. The spirit medium said, “A stillborn child of extreme yin, carrying the scent of corpses and drawing every ghost to feed.” Twenty years later, a fox spirit came to take a bride, and the door to the uncanny world swung wide open for me. Fox spirit Luo Baichen: “Be good, my bride. Call me your husband.” Green sn 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Ghost Husband Is Right Beside Me 鬼夫就在身边 Ignoring everyone’s advice, Lin Kai bought a haunted villa in an upscale neighborhood for next to nothing. On his very first night there, he was pinned down by a ghost in his sleep and nearly scared out of his wits. Good grief, ghosts really did exist! He’d never believed in them before, but now that he’d encountered one, he’d swallow his pride and go find his friend, who was always claiming to be a descendant of Zhong Kui. Zhong Ling was born blind and had grown up with Lin Kai. The guy was alw —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 You've Kept Me Waiting, My Lord of the Underworld 久等了我的冥王大人 As long as you want it, As long as I have it... In this life and the next, I will keep you safe... Knowing you are there means the night is no longer dark, the evenings are no longer lonely, and the road home is no longer uncertain... 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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 281Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 88 The Fox-Fur Wedding Dress 狐皮嫁衣 “My Husband Is the Wolf King” ❤️ In July 1928, my great-grandfather, driven mad by greed, stole a priceless luminous pearl from the Eastern Qing Tombs. Then, when I was five, a white wolf latched onto me. He gouged out my eyes and stole all my other senses as well... [On Qingqiu Hill there lives a fox, its fur a wondrous sight. Skin it alive, then sew it into a rosy bridal cape. If I wear it, we shall share three lifetimes, never parted from you in any of them.] 208Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 89 The Dragon King's Beloved Wife 龙王娇妻 On my eighteenth birthday, my great-grandfather called me back to the old family home and told me to stay the night. I woke in the middle of the night to find myself wearing a red wedding dress. The terrifying part was that there was a monster beside me. It looked like an immortal, but it was obviously not human... 216Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 90 My Husband Comes from the Netherworld 我的夫君他来自幽冥 I've been unlucky since I was little, bringing misfortune to husbands and children. My father even offered me up to settle the debt he owed to the underworld. When I came of age, he came to claim what was owed under that old contract. From then on, my mother was left on the brink of death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another met with disaster. Evil spirits and demons surrounded me. The man who haunted me night after night chuckled. “Chan'er, you can't escape me.” A bridal process 452Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 91 A Fox-Born Daughter, the Snake King’s Wife 狐生女，蛇王妻 [First-Person Supernatural Fiction + Snake Husband + Marriage First, Love Later] Eighteen years ago, my father set a fire in the fields and accidentally burned a litter of fox cubs to death. On my parents’ wedding day, the cubs’ father came for revenge. It broke into the bridal chamber and violated my mother. Just six months later, I was born. I’m that fox’s daughter, and I’ve been fair-skinned and beautiful since childhood. When I turned eighteen, my body fully matured and began giving off a st 330Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 92 Ghost King Husband, Don't Be Like This 鬼王老公别这样 A livestream takes a turn when a ghost starts haunting me! To escape alive, I prayed to Buddhas and immortals until I obtained a secret art for exorcising ghosts. Tonight, I hold a seal-breaking dagger and wait for the monsters to come to their deaths. Sure enough, one appears, and I brandish the dagger. But... “Why isn't it working?!” “Heh, darling, you're so charming when you're scared and angry.” 42Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 93 Serpent Fetus 蛇胎 My parents died when I was three, and I grew up with my elderly grandmother. So I learned early on that I could never be as carefree as other children, because I had no one to back me up. Perhaps because I wasn't good at hiding it, the air of timidity about me was always sniffed out by wicked people like wolves. Every step of my life, I had to tread carefully. To survive in safety, I could endure anything ordinary people couldn't bear. I thought enduring was my fate, until one year I suddenly be 442Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Demon Husband and His Princess Consort 妖夫墨王妻 I began dealing with ghosts and spirits when I was twenty-one. No one knows how my grandfather died. One person after another has tried to harm me. The grudges of the immortals, a rival’s jealousy, and the protection of the one I love: all sorts of baffling events have befallen an ordinary girl like me. Let the ghosts handle matters of the underworld, and the living handle matters of the mortal world. Just remember: Do good, and don’t worry about what lies ahead. 236Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 95 The Underworld King’s Marriage Pact 冥王婚契 He took her home and raised her, doting on her all the while. As she grew up, he gradually fell for her. In her previous life, she saved his life with the blood from her heart. But on their wedding night, she died in his arms. Afterward, he used the blood from his own heart to sustain her body for thirty thousand years. Once he had made all the arrangements, he went to the mortal world and peacefully stayed by her side until the end of her life. This time, she truly forgot him. - The earlie 3.6kReads8.4Score27414d adds
- 96 Cursed by a Snake Immortal, I Can See the Ghosts Among Us 蛇仙诅咒，我看见人间百鬼 A quick apology to all my lovely readers who have been supporting me! After careful consideration, I’ve decided to make substantial revisions and improvements to the earlier chapters of this book. Some plot details will be adjusted slightly. I’m doing this to make the story more complete and compelling, and to give you a better reading experience. If the changes have caused you any disappointment, I sincerely ask for your understanding. 🩵 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Spirit Snake Pact 灵蛇契约 [Both leads are each other's first, sweet romance, one-on-one, secret identities, revenge, happy ending] Grandpa once did a snake a kindness, and in return, the snake became the Snake Immortal enshrined by my family. To evade his enemies, Grandpa used me as a bargaining chip and forced me to sign a contract selling myself to the Snake Immortal. I thought this was the beginning of a nightmare, but it turned out to be the first step toward a new life. And so my fate became bound to his. He took me 25Reads6.8Score414d adds
- 98 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 251Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 99 Fox Mountain Ritual 狐山祭 I was a child brought home by a wildcat. Little did I know that my arrival would bring my family an inescapable run of bad luck. Later, by a strange twist of fate, I was taken in by a fox immortal as graceful as jade and brought to his immortal mountain. From then on, I became the temple maiden who guarded his shrine. “Lingcai, Lingcai. It means lively and brilliant, full of spirit; it also means all living things, flourishing in their splendor. In the broadest sense or the narrowest, it is all 254Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 100 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
