Novels like Hail the Corpse Ancestor: My Wife Has Married into the Underworld
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- 1 Dragon God, Send Your Proposal, and I’ll Take the Sedan Chair 龙神请聘，夫人上轿 [A touch of mystery, the supernatural, and possessiveness. Marriage before love. Plot first, romance second. Sweet and sugary.] Born at noon, fated to yin, a thunderclap shakes the world. My birth was said to herald disaster. The villagers feared me, and my parents hated me. So, when I was just a month old, my father threw me into the mountains to fend for myself. Thankfully, my grandmother saved me. She told me that, to keep me alive, she had promised me in marriage to the Dragon God… 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Short on Ghosts in My Life? The Ghost King Husband Clings to Me Night After Night 命里缺鬼？鬼王夫君夜夜缠着我 [Mystery + Mild Horror + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives, One True Pairing] Lin Shuyue, a forensic medicine intern, takes on the body of someone who died in an archaeological accident. That night, she begins having unspeakable dreams. In them, a man whose face she cannot make out forcefully possesses her. When she wakes, ambiguous kiss marks have appeared on her neck. What’s more, she begins dreaming frequently of a blood oath from a thousand years ago and an unfinished wedding… Then the 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Little Brother Yama! Please, I'm Begging You! 阎王小哥哥！求求你了！ [An innocent, timid girl who hides her talents meets a scheming, lovesick King of Hell] [A push and pull between sweetness and heartbreak | The King of Hell’s obsessive mortal fixation] The day her uncle-in-law passed away, Song Ci’s world completely fell apart. The words lodged in her throat became a torment she could never escape. When she returned from the funeral and saw her aunt’s haggard face, her heart went hollow. It was then that she quietly entered into a pact with the Underworld. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The King of the Underworld Spoils Me Rotten 冥王大人放肆宠 [Two male leads + both virgins + fate + imaginative fantasy] Do not read! This novel has been discontinued! To repeat, do not read! This novel has been discontinued! Xiao Yang never imagined that the little rascal he had raised from a puppy would turn out to be the King of the Underworld. It wasn’t until a million ghost soldiers and the Ten Yama Kings showed up at his door that Di Yan actually curled up in his arms and whined, “I don’t know them!” The Judge: “…” The King of Hell: “…” Help! Their 5Reads6.9Score114d adds
- 5 This Underworld King Is a Little Improper 这个冥王有点不正经 Even ghosts are cracking jokes, the King of the Underworld has no sense of decency, and this Taoist is downright shameless. Stick with the boss and we can finally live in a “luxury mansion”? At last, the world has gone crazy in exactly the way I like. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Dragon King Husband 我的龙王夫君 All I wanted was a steady job and an honest living. His arrival shattered my peace. I went to bat for him, and he promised me a grand wedding. I thought he was my happy ending, but he held another woman in his arms and told me, "She is my wife. You're nothing but a bed warmer." I forgave him again and again, only for him to use my life to save another woman. The day I awoke from the dream, I realized it had all been a dream. When the heavenly tribulation for my second ascension to immortality ca 46Reads—Score214d adds
- 7 The Yin Family Has Ghosts: Ghost Emperor, Stop Clinging to Me 阴家有鬼：鬼帝大人别黏我 Ever since I was little, I’d dreamed of a huge jade coffin. Then one day, the corpse inside dragged me into it. When I woke up, my parents had vanished without a trace. A handsome man barged into my life, taking their place to care for and protect me as he helped me search for them. But one day, he turned into a devil who wanted me dead! A certain woman: “I’m not tasty at all. If you really have to eat me, could you at least wash me first?” A certain man: “No need. Just close your eyes.” (An alt 126Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 8 Lord Ghost King, Please Stay 鬼王大人请留步 When I was six, I came down with a strange illness. After that, I gained Yin-Yang Eyes. To shield me from evil, my father asked the village spirit medium to arrange a ghost marriage for me. The plan was to have her dissolve the engagement once I was old enough to fulfill the agreement. But on the day she came to break it off, he arrived... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Shocking! The Yandere Ghost King Cuddled Up to Me, Begging for a Hug 震惊！病娇鬼王对我撒娇要抱抱 A psychotic beauty-obsessed fake princess (Martial God) x a lovesick beauty who is secretly the fake Ghost King (Underworld Emperor) Power couple + mutual teasing + psychotic and obsessive + love and hate + sweet romance, doting devotion + playing the fool to fool the tiger + entanglements from a past life [The male lead is actually a total sweetheart. Both leads are each other's only partners, 1v1! No misunderstandings! They always talk things through!] The two crazy spouses join forces to t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Tsundere Ghost Husband, No Thanks 傲娇鬼夫，我不约 Two years ago, my boyfriend inexplicably cheated on me. Two years later, an overbearing, arrogant male ghost latched onto me, claiming I was his wife. He showed up at my door every night, had his way with me, and shamelessly demanded that I bear him a child! As if that could happen! I tried every way I could to get rid of him, but one day he showed up with a marriage certificate and a pregnancy test, grinning shamelessly. “Honey, we’ve already got a baby. You can’t run away now!” 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 11 After Losing Her Memory, She Meets a Yandere Ghost King 失忆后她遇上了病娇鬼王 [Strong Female Lead + Modern Mind in a Fantasy World + Tomb Raiding + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Hua Yan has lost her memory. After losing her memories, she became the second-in-command of the RD organization, only to be driven out by her power-hungry ex-boyfriend and sent on an assignment elsewhere. By chance, she finds her own tomb and an old friend who has been sealed away, recovering some of her memories and power. Someone offers up their very essence in a blood sacrifice and d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Married to the Wrong Person 所嫁非人 Just as I was in danger, a mysterious voice told me: If I paid a price, I could be saved. I agreed. One by one, the people who had bullied me paid the price... That night, a mysterious man suddenly appeared. He breathed a chilling breath against my ear and whispered, "Do you like the gift I gave you?" —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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 3.6kReads8.4Score27614d adds
- 14 The Ghost King's Wife: I'm the Apple of His Eye 鬼王妻，我是他的心头宝 My younger brother got into trouble, and my grandmother wanted to sacrifice me alive to save him. That night, he forced himself on me, and from then on, I became his wife... Every ghost and demon wants to devour my spiritual essence. They say that eating my soul is worth ten thousand years of cultivation and eternal life. He is arrogant and cold, yet he is exceptionally kind to me alone. That night, I was caught up in a manhunt and unexpectedly met a master. From then on, I was drawn into one bi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Cold-Blooded King of the Underworld Has Arrived 高冷冥王驾到 I was born with unusual bones and a cold constitution. In one lifetime, a vengeful ghost surnamed Qi chose me as a potent tonic and drained my vital essence. He still wasn't satisfied. He sealed a drop of his blood between my brows and cast a love spell, decreeing that in every life, I could love no one but him. Whenever desire stirred in my heart in any lifetime, he would appear before me: handsome, with the alluring sheen of fine jade, his thin lips slightly parted in a faint, enigmatic smile. 3Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 The Ghost King's White-Haired Bride 鬼王的白发新娘 My name is Lin Yao. I was born cursed. The day I was born, I brought about my parents’ deaths. For nineteen years, the whole village treated me like a plague, an ill omen, a filthy breathing thing not even worth a second glance. Only my grandmother was willing to shield me. But when she died, my hair turned white overnight. I became a true orphan, and the disaster they said had to be driven out. Afraid the ancient locust tree at the village entrance, which had gained a spirit, would bring disast 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Snake King’s Sacrifice: Messenger of the Underworld 蛇王祭之阴间使者 Three years ago, Ouyang Rui willingly sacrificed his dragon pearl to save me and the child in my womb, his soul utterly destroyed. Three years later, strange phenomena appeared, and red light blotted out the sun. I became a messenger of the underworld. A female corpse, a bizarre death, and one strange event after another: the conspiracy had begun anew... 3Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 I Picked Up a Hamster for a Husband 捡只仓鼠当老公 (Gentle big sister & adorable giant hamster) Who gets it?! Su Li just picked up a dusty, black Polibear beside a garbage can after work one day. She got him used to her and fed him freeze-dried tofu every day, but then one day the little guy vanished without a trace. The next time she saw him, he'd become an entertainer at her father's company. “Li, I missed you.” She was utterly stunned. So the hamster she'd picked up had turned into a man?! Su Li froze in place, with just one thought in her he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 My Ghost-Marriage Husband Is the Ghost King 我的冥婚夫君是鬼王 My Ghostly Wedding Husband Is the Ghost King 14Reads—Score214d adds
- 21 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
- 22 The Snake Wife 阴蛇妻 My name is Su Xue. I was slow to develop as a child, and I’m not very smart. My grandpa was a Yin-Yang Master. Out of a moment of kindness, he saved someone, but a snake spirit tricked him, leading to my grandma’s tragic death. In his fury, he burned every snake on the entire back mountain. To avoid revenge from the Snake Venerable of the serpent clan, he sent me straight to a psychiatric hospital, then vanished with my parents. They say that before the mentally ill, all evil spirits are nothing 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Dragon King 我的龙王大人 Every night, I have that kind of dream. Not with a person. That thing presses tightly against me, its long, serpentine tail coiling around me and sliding over every inch of my body! Wherever its scales pass, it feels like an ice blade cutting into my flesh. It hurts, and I can't even scream. All I can do is endure the stabbing pain and shiver in the cold, until at last its icy tail tightens around me and suffocates me to death! Until that day… 80Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 24 The Calamity of a Ghostly Marriage, the Debt of a Dragon's Bones 阴缘劫，龙骨债 ♢ The Obsessive Snake Lord × The Bride with a Substitute Bone ♢ I was born with an incomplete destiny bone, and a dragon bone formed from a black snake was used to make up for it. Because I ruined his path to becoming a dragon, he hated me to the bone. He tormented me, took me against my will, and forced me to bear snake offspring. He said, “You used my dragon bone to keep yourself alive, so I’ll use your body to settle the debt.” He forced me to repay my karmic debt, yet risked his life to keep 513Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 25 The Underworld King's Bridegroom 冥王夫君 [Light supernatural elements + both are pure + no self-righteous heroine + sweet romance] He Keqing was born inside a coffin on the Ghost Festival. Rumor has it she was sent into the world by the King of the Underworld. Everyone had eagerly awaited her birth, yet she nearly got strangled to death and became a mute, blind fool. “Little beggar, you're pretty good in a fight. Be my sidekick!” He Keqing didn't answer. “Little girl, stick with me from now on. I'll protect you.” He Keqing rolled her e 461Reads6.5Score5414d adds
- 26 Lord Snake: So Adorable 蛇君大人：萌萌哒 My name is Luo Qiqi. When I was little, a black snake in the fields bit me, and my father killed it. Later, the black snake came looking for me, saying it wanted revenge. Grandpa told me I’d been born with the bloodline of a spirit snake, and that I had no choice but to marry the Black Snake Lord and become his wife. A few months later, Grandpa was murdered. His death made me realize that a huge conspiracy was hidden behind it all... 45Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 27 The Snake Bride 蛇嫁 My name is Tong Yin. Because of a ridiculous bet, I was punished by being sent to copy tombstones at a graveyard at midnight. That very night, the man who’d egged me on died, and a group of snake demons appeared in my room. They said... 30Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 28 My Contracted Ghost Husband Is Too Clingy 契约鬼夫太缠人 At midnight, I was forced to carry a corpse through a tomb. A hand, cold as ice, grabbed me and said it wanted to marry me... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Husband Lives in the Underworld 夫君住地府 “Wifey~ Come here~” A certain male ghost in uniform was doing his best to tempt a certain woman. My name is Liao Qingwan. My grandfather was a Taoist priest, yet I married a ghost. He’s even the Ghost Lord of the underworld! Everyone says he’s bloodthirsty, ruthless, and cold-hearted. But after I married him, things went like this: “Wifey, I made these snow mochi by hand. How about trying one?” “Wifey~ My chest hurts so much! Come rub it for me!” “Ah~ Wifey, you’re amazing!” Yandere Ghost Lord × 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Great Emperor of Fengdu Actually Likes Me 酆都大帝居然喜欢我 [A proud, aloof man in public who turns clingy in private, a somewhat irritable and affection-starved bottom X a loyal, protective top who has been single for three thousand years and is devoted to one person] A powerful couple, both pure, one-on-one, a lighthearted sweet romance, happy ending The entertainment industry had seemed rather unsettled lately. It was all because Yao Xifeng, who'd left the Yao family with nothing, had made a comeback with an all-around entertainer. One late, quiet ni 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Yin-Fated Woman and the Fox King’s Consort 阴命女，狐王妃 When I was eight, I went with my parents back to our Miao village in western Hunan to see my aunt off on her wedding day. On the way, the Flower Cave God took a liking to me and demanded that I be sacrificed. Grandma paid a fortune to hire a master to save my life. He said I was a flower immortal sent down from heaven and reborn in this world, but someone had altered my birth date and stolen my fate, turning me into a girl marked by yin energy. I was destined to be sacrificed. To save me, Grandm 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Netherworld King Spoils His Wife: My Lady, Don’t Run Away 冥王宠妻：夫人不要逃 I have yin-yang eyes, strange things follow me everywhere, and every fortune-teller says I won't live to see twenty. Who knew that prediction would come true? On my twentieth birthday, a bridal sedan appeared in my dream, carrying me in a wedding dress. Afterward, I was told I had only one week left to live! With no other choice, I had to fight for my life. Under Rong Lin's pressure, I helped him seize the Twelve Nether Slips and charged headlong into danger. Still, he refused to let me go. He i 14Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 33 With Ming 与暝 [Ghost King seme x extremely yin-bodied uke] [1v1] [Both leads are each other’s only partners] [Supernatural] [Male-male romance] [Happy ending] Wen Buming’s name originally didn’t have the character “Bu” in the middle. He attracted ghosts from the moment he was born. He turned the family’s perfectly good mansion into a haunted house, and after they hired an expert, his family learned he had an extremely yin body and was naturally short on yang energy. So they changed his name to Wen Buming. S 12Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 34 After Marrying the Ghost Emperor, I Became Unstoppable 嫁给鬼帝后，我超神了 [Marriage first, love later + One-on-one romance + Sweet pampering + Ghosts and monsters + Two strong leads] Lin Yuxi was born with an extremely yin-heavy fate and often saw ghosts. A master predicted when she was a child that she wouldn't live to see her nineteenth birthday. Her best friend, Gu Yanqiu, dragged her along to a matchmaking corner for fun, where a breathtakingly beautiful ghost proposed to her. "My name is Yu Yan. You really will die when you're nineteen, but if you marry me, you w 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Demon Husband Is No Ordinary Man 妖夫岂是池中物 Eighteen years ago, I was born with a fate of baleful misfortune. I was full of evil energy, surrounded by murderous aura, and everything I cursed would die, whether person or thing. I was a disaster incarnate. To keep me safe, my grandparents married me off to a demon dragon... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Bound to a Ghost Marriage: My Ghost Husband Is So Overbearing 阴亲缠身：鬼夫大人，好霸道 Grandpa knocked over the ancestral plaque our family had worshipped for generations. From that day on, a fox ruined my family and left us destitute. And that's not all: the lecherous fox now wants me to marry him! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 我的老公是冥王 A fated entanglement Rising to the Ninth Heaven Descending to the Yellow Springs Across the Three Realms, things remain as they always were. A thousand years pass, yet the people remain the same. Time flows on, years pass, but the heart remains unchanged. Looked down upon, insulted, and scorned, she is tormented time and again by ghosts and monsters. Each time she sinks into helplessness, each time she fights her way back from the brink of death, she still refuses to be beaten. No matter how har 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Hundred Ghosts Come to the Wedding, the Underworld King Takes a Bride 百鬼迎亲，冥王娶妻 Her best friend betrayed her, took her birth details, and planned to marry her off to an evil spirit. A blood-red flower suddenly appeared behind her, and the King of the Underworld beat the evil spirit to it, marrying her instead. The evil spirit’s hopes were dashed. As they spent time together, she gradually fell in love with the King of the Underworld. She thought she had found the right man, but it turned out he had married her only because she looked almost exactly like the woman he had alw 5.3kReads—Score11814d adds
- 39 The Ghost King Needs to Take His Medicine 鬼王大人吃药了 [Male lead: Jiang Yechen, the shamelessly brazen, devilishly handsome Blood Li Zi, King of Ghosts Female lead: Su Xuezhong, the devoted, stubborn, gentle-looking Princess, savior of the world] Legend has it that the notorious Blood Li Zi, King of Ghosts, was decisive and fearless. He even dared to storm the Ninth Heaven alone with his four generals, Chi, Mei, Wang, and Liang, while Emperor Jun Ye Li was giving birth to an heir. Yet the eyes visible beneath the man’s mask were so beautiful that 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Human Worker 人类工作者 Yishan was a struggling white-collar worker in the city, working overtime until late every night. She couldn't accept it. She absolutely refused to die at the age of twenty-six. She hadn't found perfect love, built a successful career, or given her demanding boss a piece of her mind. How could she just die like that without even knowing what happened? No way. Absolutely not! She made such a fuss in the Hall of the King of Hell every day that even the little ghosts were afraid of her. This had be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Goddess Reborn, Snake Immortal Wife 神女转世，蛇仙妻 An early work, an experiment. A girl born under an ill-starred fate, destined to be a goddess, with two immortals, a snake and a fox, circling around her, while the Ghost King of Kunlun fights to protect her to the death. I was born with a snake-shaped tattoo. It brought me plenty of benefits, but also some unpleasant consequences. My parents never let me get too close to boys, but when I hit puberty, I still broke that rule. Ever since then, a man has appeared in my dreams every single night... 5Reads8.0Score314d adds
- 42 The Dragon King's Fated Wife 命中注定龙王妻 I’ve suffered from a strange illness since childhood. Dark patches spread across my body, and I grew increasingly frail. We went to the hospital countless times, but no one could cure me. With no other options, my mother turned to superstition and took me to a so-called spirit medium. The medium told her my illness was caused by the “Dragon King’s Curse”! With a basin of chicken’s blood and a stick of incense, the medium sent me to the “Dragon King’s Palace in the Eastern Sea.” She said there mi 76Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 The King of Hell Takes a Wife 阎王娶妻 A startled cry in my dream shattered that enchanting spring reverie. My name is Luo Ning. A spring dream stirred memories hidden in my mind, memories that should never have been awakened... 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 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
- 47 After Marrying the Ghost King 嫁给鬼王后 Beloved by all + funny + lighthearted After being hounded by relatives to get married and losing her job, Bai Ziyan had no choice but to find some man by the roadside and marry him. As a bonus, she got a high-paying job. But there's something eerie about both this husband and this job... Bai Ziyan: Why are they all looking at me like that? Li Heng: Because you're beautiful. Bai Ziyan: ... Bai Ziyan: I'm going to a class reunion. I'll be out for a while. Li Heng: Wait. As soon as he spoke, 8Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 48 The King of the Underworld Has Fallen Deeply in Love with Me 冥王对我情根深种 I was born at an hour and moment of yin, with an utterly yin constitution. My parents both died when I was young, and the villagers all called me a jinx, saying I had caused their deaths. I grew up relying on my grandmother. Then, when I was ten, I came down with a serious illness… (Double male leads! Super sweet!) 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Snake King’s Spiritual Bride 蛇王灵妻 I was born on the Ghost Festival in the Snake Immortal Temple. I was a corpse-born child, gifted with yin-yang eyes and the ability to commune with spirits. On the night I turned eighteen, snakes paved the way and ghosts roamed the night. A bridal sedan chair floated from the Snake Immortal Temple and came to a stop before me. A man in wedding robes stood atop the sedan chair. My grandmother said the Snake Immortal had come to marry me. But after I climbed into the sedan chair, a voice told me t 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Ghost King’s Little Princess Comes from the Mortal Realm 鬼王的小王妃来自人间 Grandma Wang next door died. I was only six, but I saw her sitting on a tall table, chatting animatedly with another auntie from next door. I told Mom, but she didn’t believe me. The next day, the auntie next door died too. On the seventh day after Grandma Wang’s death, I saw two strange men again. One had a human body and an ox’s head; the other had a human body and a horse’s face. They each took one of Grandma Wang’s arms and led her forward. I followed them, but soon lost sight of them. I cam 28Reads—Score—14d adds
