Novels like The Dragon King's Bride
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Dragon King's Bride, best match first.
- 51 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score333Shelves
- 52 Nurture an Yin Bone, Marry a Snake Immortal 养阴骨，嫁蛇仙 [Feng shui, fortune-telling, ghost marriage, adventure, tomb raiding, devoted to each other] I slept inside a clay statue of the Bodhisattva from childhood, growing up on the incense offerings. But the Bodhisattva at home began to look more and more like me. Grandfather said I had to cultivate into a living Bodhisattva, transform into a prostitute, and save all living beings before I could wash away my sins. Then one night, a strange man arrived with a pair of spirits, one dressed in red and one 4.3kReads9.3Score689Shelves
- 53 A Gluttonous Feast 饕餮盛宴 [No body-double plotline; the male lead isn't aloof; the female lead is clever and no saint; mostly comedy] I was born dead, my whole body purple and blue, without a breath in me. Everyone urged my mother to bury me, but she wouldn't believe it. She went to see Granny Wang at the village entrance, then carried me alone into the deep mountains and knelt for three days and three nights in a dilapidated temple. After that, I miraculously came back to life and was just like any other baby. Then, whe 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 54 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves
- 56 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves
- 57 Spine-Chilling Mysteries: This Beautiful Female Celestial Master Plays by Her Own Rules 惊悚诡事，这个女天师人美路子野 My name is Zhao Jiayi. I was born in 1996. Because my life force was weak, ghosts haunted me from childhood, and everyone in the village thought I was an idiot. They poured dirty water on me, called me a jinx, and swore I wouldn’t live past eighteen. But I believe in gods and ghosts. The one thing I don’t believe in is fate. To stay alive, I became a disciple of a spiritual master. I fought to change my fate, with talismans in one hand and a peachwood sword in the other. From then on Vengef 13.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 58 The Demon Lord's Adorable Little Wife 魔尊的可爱小娇妻 Modern romance + sweet pampering + supernatural + a Demon Venerable who spoils his wife rotten + love at first sight + amnesia + reincarnation + … After an accident, Wu Xue'er enters into a contract. Demon Venerable: “Be a good girl. Your husband likes you. Give me your… Well, that's a good girl, Xue'er. Your husband will take good care of you.” Wu Xue'er: “You lecher!” 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Tale of the Silver Flood Dragon 银蛟传 [Metaphysics + Suspense + Taoist Magic + Historical Relics + Mythical Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Folk Mysteries] Legend has it that the Dragon-Locking Well imprisons a wicked dragon guilty of an ancient crime. But when Zhuang Jiang, a junior clerk at the Cultural Relics Protection Institute, finds a piece of a jiao's horn at the bottom of the well, she discovers a silver-white jiao sealed inside it. From then on, the ten thousand ghosts hidden in a calligraphy album, the dea 200Reads7.2Score119Shelves
- 60 Fox Maiden 狐女 My name is Tu Sang. Grandpa said I was a gift from the Fox Immortal. I was barely alive when he found me, as good as dead. So he sought out the village shaman and traded his life for mine, keeping me alive until I turned eighteen. But before my eighteenth birthday, he passed away, and overnight I became an orphan again. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a ghost below. Who knew he would be a ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Immortal? But our connection goes far beyond that... 12.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 61 My Master Says I'm Born to Deal with the Dead 师傅说我天生吃阴饭 Born with yin-yang eyes, I always walk down the middle of the road! A quick hand gesture and a single divination, and even the big shots follow me around! What? Money? Hold it right there. I’m not telling your fortune. 810Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 62 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves
- 63 The Spirit Medium's Strange Cases 通灵诡事 Parental love? I have none. From the moment I was born, they wanted to strangle me. Sibling affection? I have none. My own brother calls me a country bumpkin. Friendship with my peers? I have none. Everyone in the village says I'm a demon in human form who eats children. Love? What even is that? The first time I saw Qi Yue, I just thought he looked clean-cut and handsome. The next time I saw him, I found out his mother was the woman who had gone looking for Fourth Auntie years ago. Only now, she 2kReads9.2Score390Shelves
- 64 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. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
- 65 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生！ I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.8kReads9.4Score692Shelves
- 66 A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生 When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear 8.1kReads9.2Score779Shelves
- 67 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 11.3kReads8.5Score2kShelves
- 68 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 3.5kReads8.9Score287Shelves
- 69 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
- 70 The Ghost Marshal’s Yin-Yang Inn 鬼差之阴阳馆 By day, she transforms into a human; by night, she helps ghosts cross over. Come visit this unassuming little shop, run by a newly hired underworld makeup artist, and make an inquiry. 795Reads9.1Score115Shelves
- 71 There Are Ghosts in Showbiz 娱乐圈有鬼 {Romance + nonhuman male lead + lighthearted + supernatural + short episodic tales} Little white rabbit and big bad wolf: the rabbit isn't really a rabbit, but the wolf really is a wolf! This is a story about ghosts, and a legend about raising a wolf to be your husband! Long Xiaoxiao had a dream since childhood: to become a renowned international makeup artist and stylist... At last, she achieved her dream... She became the entertainment industry's dazzling number-one fraud of a fortune-teller! 3.8kReads9.4Score666Shelves
- 72 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.6kReads9.5Score947Shelves
- 73 The Ghost Wedding on the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month 七月半，鬼娶亲 [Strong Female Lead + Mysticism + Devoted Husband + Ensemble Cast + Revenge] A short drama of the same name, July Half: The Ghost's Wedding, is now available. Its companion story, Marrying a Ghost Husband, Subduing a Hundred Demons, is currently being serialized. My mother said that the year I was born, strange signs appeared in the village: thunder and torrential rain, while all the ghosts wailed. Grandpa invited Seventh Granny, who delivered me herself. Only then was I born. Seventh Granny rea 13.4kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 74 My Best Friend Couldn't Stand Her Dull, Boring Childhood Friend, So She Introduced Him to Me, a Woman Who'd Never Dated 闺蜜看不上她呆板无趣的竹马，便介绍给了母单的我 My best friend thought her childhood sweetheart was too stiff and boring, so she introduced him to me, a woman who'd never dated anyone. 740Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 After the Fake Heiress Asked for a Divorce, Her Cold-Faced Husband's Inner Thoughts Were Exposed 假千金提离婚后，冷面老公的心声爆了 After the Fake Heiress Asked for a Divorce, Her Cold-Faced Husband's Inner Thoughts Spilled Out 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Stunning Young Heavenly Master’s Daily Face-Slapping 绝色小天师打脸日常 Tang Yici is the youngest disciple of a mystic sect, born with a Heavenly Eye that lets her see the realms of yin and yang. But when she turns twenty-two, her master reads her fate and tells her she must guide a hundred thousand restless spirits, or she will never set foot on the Road to the Underworld or cross the River of Forgetfulness. With no other choice, she has to embark on the path of a Celestial Master. She discovers that every spirit has a tale of love and hatred behind it. Watch as th 899Reads9.4Score145Shelves
- 77 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
- 78 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 5.7kReads8.8Score600Shelves
- 80 Don’t Mess with This Little Demon, She Can Use Magic! 别惹这只魔星，她会法术！ Zombies cannot have offspring. If one does, it must be a Demon Star. Ma Qingling's mother came from an exorcist family, but after being bitten by a zombie in an accident, she became one herself. Forced to part from her beloved, she hid alone in the mountains, where she became pregnant and gave birth to Ma Qingling. Later, she died sealing the Gang Cave. With her dying breath, she told Ma Qingling to find her father and say, “I'm sorry” on her behalf. Ma Qingling left the mountains, only to be ki 393Reads—Score109Shelves
- 81 My Three Lives and Three Worlds 我的三生三世啊 A fantastical tale, all beginning with two bowls of expired Meng Po soup. By the time my hair reaches my waist, the soup's effects will have slowly worn off, and love will have quietly found its way to me! But can love really overcome every obstacle? 298Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 82 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score411Shelves
- 83 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves
- 84 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
- 85 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 22kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 86 After Transmigrating, the Taoist Little Ancestor Only Wants to Find Romance 道家小祖宗穿越后，只想掐桃花 [Ancient Times to Modern Day] [Light Supernatural Fiction in an Alternate Setting] [Mysticism and Ghost Hunting] [Strong Female Lead, Satisfying Revenge] [One-on-One Romance, Both Pure] [Sweet Romance] Rong Jiu's master coaxed her down the mountain, telling her she was destined to face a peach blossom calamity. To avert it, Rong Jiu had to take the person connected to that fated romance as her disciple. After dozing off, she transmigrated to the modern era, and her destined love promptly crashed 1.1kReads9.2Score153Shelves
- 87 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 3.4kReads8.2Score327Shelves
- 88 Heng on the Branches 枝上蘅 Content warning: First his soul travels into the ending, then his body follows. The System imposes mandatory quests and punishments, reducing stamina. [Flirtatious Princess × Aloof Imperial Preceptor] [Both virgins · Happy ending · His affection has always been reserved for her alone] Shen Heng transmigrated into the body of a sickly princess and panicked. The System told her that if she wanted to survive, she had to win over the most dangerous man in the book: Xunzhuo, the Imperial Preceptor of 101kReads9.5Score17.1kShelves
- 89 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 8.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 90 Incense Ashes: I'm a Yin-Yang Medium 香灰：我是阴阳女先生 If someone asks to borrow money from you in a dream, promise me you won’t lend it. Because what you’re lending isn’t money, it’s your life. … Grandma called me a debt-collecting demon, and Mom called me a bringer of bad luck. All because, when I was born, a fire broke out at home for no apparent reason, and the villagers rushed over to help put it out. But no matter what they did, they couldn’t extinguish the flames. The fire only slowly died down after half the village had burned to the ground. 6.9kReads9.1Score841Shelves
- 91 A Few Things from the Underworld 地府里的二三事 As a disciple of the Ma family with more than twenty years of experience in spirit-medium work, I've written this book based on what I know. Some of it is true, some of it false, and some lies in between. Whether you can understand it is up to your own fate! 339Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 92 Infinite Scripted Murder: The DM's Fragile Beauty in the Palm of His Hand 无限剧本杀：DM掌心病美人 [Cool-headed, clever catlike beauty with a frail constitution × vicious, scheming snake-like game master] [BG + mild horror + infinite world + murder mystery games + a touch of everyone’s favorite + sweet 1v1 romance] Poker-faced cutie vs. smiling psychopath “Your name is XX. Last night, you witnessed a murder with your own eyes.” “As a suspect, find the real killer and survive until the game ends.” “Pay close attention to the molars in the can, the stillborn baby in the stone, the ashes beneath 33.5kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
- 93 The Snake Lord Dotes on Me Alone, Yet the Scumbag's Family Still Dare to Swindle Me Out of My Inheritance? 蛇君独宠，渣男全家还敢吃绝户？ Only as Ji Chang’an lay dying did she realize that the husband she had so carefully chosen was a rotten scoundrel, a beast in human form. All these years, Wen Yesong had repaid Duke Ji’s kindness in raising him by devouring the Ji family’s wealth piece by piece. The Ji family, once the richest in the Great Sheng dynasty, had long since become an empty shell. And that wasn’t all. Wen Yesong had been secretly seeing another woman for ages. The pair of children they had together were both his. In t 18.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 94 The Last Female Mystic 最后一个女玄术师 When Ye Simei was five, a fortune-teller told her she was born with a bewitching beauty and destined to become a canary in some powerful man's cage. Ye Simei: Have the powerful gotten too cocky, or do you think I, Ye Simei, can't wield a blade anymore? 1.9kReads9.0Score263Shelves
- 95 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 18.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 96 Bad Brother and Sister 坏兄妹 [Print edition signed] [Jerk of a brother vs. sweet little sister] In the first few years after meeting Yu Chizhou, Chen Er didn't want a brother. In the years that followed, Chen Er didn't want Yu Chizhou to be her brother. On a typhoon day, Chen Er followed her mother to the Yu home. She hid behind the adults, drenched from head to toe and as pitiful as a little flower. After the adults urged her again and again, she softly called the boy sitting on the sofa “Brother.” The boy scoffed. At 76.4kReads9.4Score13kShelves
- 97 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25.1kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
- 98 My Twenty Years as a Spirit Medium 我出马的二十年 He cultivated his character deep in the mountains, then left his secluded cave to make a name for himself across the land. Over twenty years, he broke through countless barriers and witnessed countless things. This is the true story of those twenty years, meant both to introduce this industry to those unfamiliar with it and to share experience with fellow professionals. 9kReads9.4Score519Shelves
- 99 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 3.3kReads9.4Score449Shelves
- 100 What? That Pretty Young Lady Can Catch Ghosts! 什么？那个漂亮小姐姐会抓鬼！ The animated series "Call Me Lord Wuchang" is now available on 🍎 [Metaphysics + wild imagination + romance + powerful duo + satisfying read] You Zhi is a fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle and obedient college student in public. At night, she becomes the Yang Wuchang, hooking souls and catching ghosts. Other students’ part-time jobs: streamer, online shop clerk, model, writer... You Zhi’s part-time job: hooking souls and catching ghosts... P.S. A strong female lead, and a strong male lead too. A 18.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
