Novels like Hail the Corpse Ancestor: My Wife Has Married into the Underworld
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- 51 Goodnight, My Hades Husband 晚安，我的冥王夫君 I'm a second-year archaeology student. One day, someone tricked me into leaving campus, saying my father was ill and they were taking me home. I never expected it was just a trap set by my parents. They sold me to the mentally ill son of our neighbors. I was forcibly taken to their villa, drugged, and left at the mercy of that madman. Just as I was about to be violated… 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 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
- 54 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... 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 55 A Fated Reunion: My Husband, the King of the Underworld 再生缘：我的冥王夫君 Chen Xue had been frail and sickly since childhood. Just when she had finally grown up, her breathtaking beauty aroused the jealousy of her legitimate elder sister. She thought she was doomed to die, until she met a man. He leaned close to her ear and said, “Be my woman, and I'll protect you.” From then on, everyone who bullied Zhu Chenxue either died or was left crippled. Every night, ambiguous sounds came from Zhu Chenxue's bedroom. “Don't do this...” 131Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 56 The Ghost King's Adorable Wife: My Husband Is Far Too Overbearing 鬼王萌妻：老公大人太嚣张 As a university student in the twenty-first century, I kept having the same dream for several nights in a row. The most ridiculous part was that the man in my dream claimed to be the King of the Underworld and said I was his queen! After that, strange things began happening one after another. A schoolmate died because of me, my best friend and roommate lost her life because of me, and ghostly figures appeared again and again, completely upending my life! 27Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 57 The Snake Lord Is Hard to Handle 蛇君难缠 When I was born, my father disturbed the spiritual object guarding a feng shui site and killed an entire nest of snakes. Our family was punished for it. I had to wear a pair of red jade earrings to stay alive, but one snake claimed they were his betrothal gift and demanded that I become his woman. I tried to escape, but he used force to keep me by his side, sweet-talking me and refusing to spare any rivals who coveted me. I thought his feelings for me were real, and gradually fell for him, until 263Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Pushed into the Snake Pit, I Became the Dragon Lord’s Bride 被推进蛇窟，我却成了龙君的新娘 My name is Zhou Yao, and I’m a woman. Before I was even born, people said I was cursed and destined to bring misfortune, all because one of my ancestors once misspoke and caused a river dragon to die. 79Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 59 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 541Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 60 My Eerie Husband Has Arrived, and He Gives Me a Hundred Million Every Day 诡夫降临，阴老公每天给我一个亿 [Male lead is chaste, possessive, obsessive and domineering, and utterly devoted to protecting his wife] On Qingming Festival, I went up the mountain to visit a grave and met an extremely strange man dressed in ancient black-and-gold robes. The first thing he asked me was, “Miss, would you do me the honor of marrying me?” My name is Xu Mengling. My grandmother chose it, hoping that even my dreams and wishes would come true. I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. I’m twenty-f 4.6kReads8.6Score36214d adds
- 61 Pleasure with a Snake 与蛇欢 When I was eight, my father burned a nest of snakes, and the whole Su family suffered retribution. To save my life, I was forced to make a marriage pact with a Fox Immortal. Now that I'm eighteen, a snake has forcibly destroyed my engagement and demanded that I become his wife and spirit medium. Karmic debts must be repaid, and love and resentment are tangled together. Caught between two immortal beings, I have nowhere to turn. Infant spirits come for my life, and people are sacrificed to serve 120Reads9.0Score2214d adds
- 62 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.” 43Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 63 The Nether Emperor's Little Fool 冥帝大人的小笨蛋 The Three-Life Stone bears the mark of three lifetimes, and beside the Naihe Bridge, one can only sigh at fate. Time flies, and life is like a play. Her life may seem short, yet it has been long enough for her to taste every bitterness and sweetness. Though she has never experienced the pain of parting through death, she witnesses it every day. At first, she felt others’ pain as her own but was powerless to help. In the end, her heart became still, and she grew used to it all. She started her jo 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Help! I'm the King of the Underworld's One True Love 救命！我竟是冥王的白月光 [Supernatural mystery, lighthearted comedy] On the night of the Ghost Festival “Y-You... who are you, exactly? Are you human? Or a ghost? Y-You saved me, so you... you must be a good ghost, right?” Xi Zhuo replied in a ghostly voice, “Madam, don’t you remember me?” Chen Nianqiao screamed in terror. “Who’s your wife?! You still haven’t answered my question! Where’s my best friend, Hu Xiaoqian? Did you eat her or something?” Xi Zhuo ignored Nianqiao’s questions. He simply declared, “I am your husb 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 On Our Wedding Night, My Scheming Husband Held Me and Whispered Sweetly 新婚夜，腹黑老公抱着我低声轻哄 My name is Lu Xiyu, and I come from a family of haunted-house sleep testers. I once took a high-paying job: spend one night sleeping in a hilltop villa, and walk away with a hefty fee. Who could have guessed that testing the bed would turn into being bedded? There really was a ghost in that huge villa bed! It feared neither daylight nor talismans, and kept me entangled with it until dawn! 28Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 Nine Serpents Carry the Coffin 九蛇抬棺 When I was born, my father cut off several snakes with a knife. Ever since then, I’ve often dreamed at night of a huge black snake coiling around me, squeezing the breath from my lungs as if it were taking revenge. On my eighteenth birthday, the villagers tied me up and sent me to the mountain behind the village… 84Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 68 My Husband Comes Knocking at Midnight 老公夜半来敲门 Out of curiosity, I picked up a banknote in a cemetery where people were paying respects to their ancestors. From then on, strange things began to happen... 56Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 69 Bound by a Ghostly Marriage, the Ghost King at Her Side Lures Her into Ruin 阴缘不断，枕边鬼王诱她沉沦 My surname is Du. Du Xinghe. Fated to be a lonely star, doomed to a life of misery and solitude. One day, a little brat tricked me into his father’s room! “So you’re that eager to climb into my bed?” The man in the lounge was brimming with menace as he stared at me with a cold smile. I knew that despite his beautiful, flirtatious eyes, he was a demon who would devour you without leaving a trace! From then on, he wouldn’t leave me alone. Not only did he keep me by his side day after day, he also 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 70 The Transmigrated Bride of the King of Hell 阎王的穿越新娘 Ye Nanchu died, but the King of Hell inexplicably let her be reborn. Fine. He was handsome, and she was a sucker for good looks. She’d accept it. He declared, “I love eating little girls like you, all soft and fair. But if you enter the underworld and become my wife, I’ll let you eat the legs first. I’ll just have the internal organs.” But everyone across the Three Realms knew he had guarded her through nine cycles of reincarnation, and spent his days enduring the punishment of having molten cop 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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
- 72 I Am a Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 我乃大唐公子 A remote ancient town seals away a thousand-year-old ghost. When I set foot in this land, the seal breaks, and a tragic love spanning a thousand years begins. “Hello, young master.” “Goodbye, young master.” 152Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 73 A Fated Bond from a Past Life: Lord Yan's Sweet Little Wife Is Soft and Fragrant 前世宿缘，阎爷的小娇妻又香又软 A touch of the supernatural, true love, sweet romance, one-on-one. The male lead is the King of Hell, and the female lead's identity is a secret. Nangong Liuli accidentally had her three life-kindling flames extinguished by her best friend. The next day, as expected, she started seeing ghosts. Her grandfather, a member of the Taoist Association, gave her a dragon-patterned jade pendant, and then she began dreaming of a mysterious man. She couldn't make out his face, but she heard his domineering 34Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 74 The Ideal Husband 最佳夫婿 The husband she married four years ago shows up at her door and comes to pester her every night... 85Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 The Lovesick Ghost King Finds New Ways to Woo Me Every Day 病娇鬼王每日都在设法撩我 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + strong heroine + sweet romance + supernatural] Two thousand years ago, Leng Ximu set fire to all eighteen levels of hell, and the Ghost King let it go. Two thousand years later, Leng Ximu woke up to find the Ghost King had tricked her into marriage, a kiss, an embrace, and her first kiss. Back when she was a demon, she shamelessly flirted with the Ghost King, Su Chen, but he remained utterly unmoved. Now: The aloof Ghost King said, “Come here, my lady. You 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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
- 78 A Thousand Years of Pursuit: The Underworld King Forces Me to Be His Wife 追妻千年，冥王逼我做他妻 My name is Qiu Qinghuan. I made a pact with the King of Hell’s son: in ten years, I will descend into the netherworld and accompany him in exchange for ten years of wealth and glory. By my reckoning, it’s not such a bad deal. The Second Young Master of the Yan family is handsome, and he spoils me to bits! It turns out we met in more than just this life. We’ve shared four lifetimes together, and after making the pact with him, I embarked on a mysterious and fantastical journey… May all the lovel 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Nether King’s Betrothal: The Ghost King Comes to Claim His Bride 冥王聘:鬼王迎亲 I once had a dream. In it, a group of strange little ghosts carried a coffin to fetch a bride. I wore a black-and-red wedding robe and a black veil, lying in the coffin as a bloodstained coffin nail was slowly driven into the space between my brows… I thought it was only a dream, until one day, because of an ancient legend, I was to sacrifice myself for the entire Yin-Yang Sect and marry the ruler of the underworld, the King of Hell. Just like in my dream, a group of little ghosts came car 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Carrying a Ghost Child: The Ghost King Is Such a Handful 身怀鬼胎：鬼王大人太难缠 [Sweet romance × little dumpling] [One-on-one] With tearful eyes, Gun Gun crouched on the ground, aggrieved, clutching Nian Nian’s thigh. “Mother! Don’t abandon me!” Xiao Yin gave a cold laugh. “Then do you know why you’re called Gun Gun?” “Why?” “Because I want you to get lost. This is my wife!” “????” Hearing how cruel his father was, Gun Gun rolled around on the floor, unable to stop himself. “Hmph! A gentleman’s revenge can wait ten years! I’m going to find Mother’s favorite treasure right n 117Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 81 Snake Pregnancy 蛇胎 One true pairing, both pure. “Jiang Xiaoli, have you really forgotten who I am? How dare you?” In countless dreams, someone repeats those words. Sometimes through tears of blood, sometimes with a beaming smile. Jiang Xiaoli doesn’t know who the man is, or even whether he’s human. All she knows is that it feels as if a huge hole has been dug out of her heart. She can’t remember her past with him. Just as she could never have imagined that the grand gift for her twentieth birthday would be a nonhu 120Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 82 My Husband Is a Thousand-Year-Old Vengeful Ghost 我的老公是千年厉鬼 “Devotee, please keep yourself chaste in the coming days. Otherwise, you will surely die within three days.” He went up the mountain to pray for love and came back with a death sentence? Jing Zizhuo’s face fell. He was twenty-three and had been single his whole life. He’d never even touched a girl’s hand, apart from his mother’s. Who’d believe this nonsense? But as soon as he came down the mountain, a younger schoolmate hit on him! He followed the fairy home, only to see her transform into someo 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Ghost Marriage: My Ghost Husband, You’re So Cruel! 冥婚：鬼夫，你好毒！ Grandma said I was born with a weak fate and was prone to attracting unclean things. But I never imagined that I’d be forced into a ghost marriage in a dream, bringing a strange “yin bond” into my life. He says he died unjustly and became a vengeful ghost, and now he won’t leave me alone. 274Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 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
- 85 The Yin-Yang Boundary Marker Keeper 阴阳界碑人 “When darkness falls, a hundred ghosts roam. Any mortal they find is doomed. When darkness falls, spirits and monsters emerge. If someone calls your name, don't look back. Mortals have only a few lives, while the King of Hell has four pairs of hands. Evil begins in the heart, but a hundred good deeds can shape the world. Even the smallest evil will be punished in the end. Don't count on getting away with it. There are good and evil among both humans and ghosts. You can't lump them all together. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Eerie Groom 诡异新郎官 My family kept a fox immortal spirit on its altar. Then one day, I received a gift from my grandfather, and finally succeeded in summoning a fox spirit to be my husband! A thousand years of karma, one servant and one master. As long as you're here, I will follow you forever. 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 My Handsome Ghost Boyfriend Is Always by My Side 帅气鬼男友总是和我形影不离 Zhao Yinyin only picked up a red envelope on the road, but now a handsome male ghost has latched onto her. What is she supposed to do? The ghost moved right into her home, possessed her with ease, and stuck to her every second of the day. He puts his arm around her waist, kisses her lips, and gets terribly jealous. What? Seriously? I owed him a debt in my past life, and now we’re continuing our romance in this one? He possesses me? This is so unfair! But when you think about it, he’s devoted to 154Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 88 The Professor’s Ghost-Eyed Bride 叫兽的鬼眼新娘 On her very first day of college, she somehow ends up a bride. With an exorcist senior and a witch for a roommate, her college life is certainly anything but dull! It isn't until one day that she finally realizes he is actually the legendary big boss! 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 My Lord, the Underworld Emperor 我的冥皇大人 A thousand-year-old love, a romantic tribulation endured in silence until now, has come back to haunt me. But that was all in the past, so why must it keep clinging to me? My parents’ departure forced me to leave everyone around me, but even that wasn’t enough… Where am I supposed to go from here…? 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 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
- 91 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
- 92 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
- 93 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
- 94 The Snake Bride's Rite on the Fifteenth of July 七月十五，蛇妻礼 I was frail and sickly as a child. A fortune-teller predicted I wouldn’t live past twenty. My childhood friend couldn’t bear to see me quit school and stay home, so she gave me her family’s heirloom jade snake necklace... She died on her way home. The jade snake she gave me came to life and coiled around me. Before I could uncover the truth behind my friend’s death, one strange event after another began to unfold. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Buried Together on Dark Mountain 共葬冥山 Ratings for the new book will rise [Ghost pursues human; human is the bottom. Avoid if this isn't your thing + past and present lives + happy ending + mild horror] Three years after Lin Kezhou's adoptive parents died, he received an urn containing their ashes in the mail. Strange hauntings began at home for no apparent reason. Physically and emotionally overwhelmed, Lin Kezhou quit his job and headed to Wuling Mountain for a solo trip, on a friend's recommendation. At first, everything seemed no 21Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 96 Yellow Springs: The Ghost King Is My Lover 黄泉：鬼王是我相好 Ever since I was little, I've had a strange dream. In it, a man stands among a sea of red flowers, staring at me. I can't make out his face or touch him, and no matter how many questions I ask, he never answers. Then, on my twentieth birthday, the man suddenly spoke. He said he had something to give me, and that it was in a cave behind the mountain near my childhood home. At the same time, a strange red flower, the other shore flower, appeared on my back... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Netherworld King of Ten Thousand Realms 万界冥王 Seven parallel universes, countless races, and endless wars. War rages, leaving devastation in its wake. A young man vows to leave his village. Watch as he unites all seven realms. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 After Gaining Yin-Yang Eyes, I Took a Laid-Back Approach to Ghost Hunting 拥有阴阳眼后我佛系抓鬼 The Great Emperor of Fengdu, cold to outsiders, a cheeky jealous type at home × a soft and sweet-looking, seemingly easygoing Taoist with a strong heart and Yin-Yang Eyes. Gu Qi was born on the Ghost Festival and possessed Yin-Yang Eyes from birth, allowing him to see ghosts. His ghost-attracting constitution led even the Taoist who adopted him to say he wouldn’t live to adulthood. So Gu Qi took it all in stride. He didn’t avoid ghosts and spirits; instead, he actively studied Taoist arts and b 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 I'm Just a Walking Disaster, and You Want Me to Be a Spirit Medium? 我一个倒霉蛋，你让我当出马仙？ [First-person narration, fake transmigration, not a strong female lead, two equally matched leads, no golden finger. The heroine is intelligent and quick to adapt. The early plot moves too fast. She is not adored by everyone. The story leans toward fantasy and includes cultivation. The male lead has a double identity. The Three Realms are divided into the Heavenly Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Mortal World. The Immortal Realm belongs to the Heavenly Realm, while the Netherworld belongs to the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Transmigrating, I Can't Resist the Sweet Talk of the Imprisoning Dragon 穿越之抵不过囚龙的甜言蜜语 [One-on-one, both leads are pure. The nineteen-year-old female lead lives on a high-tech planet. For a generous reward, she volunteers as a test subject. Her transmigration brings her to him, where the redemption of love is worth more than every victory in his past. Her arrival is his good fortune.] Hey, you broke loser, I'm warning you: don't sleep too close to me tonight! Lingling, do you really mean that? Don't you remember how you frolic in my warm embrace every night? That night, a shameles 6Reads—Score114d adds
