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- 1 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 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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…? 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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 13Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 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 128Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 A Yin-Yang Marriage: I'll Fight the Dragon King for My Life! 阴阳聘：我和龙王抢命！ Also known as The Dragon King Takes a Bride, but a Ghost Steals the Wedding! [Underworld King + Dragon King + sweet romance] My mother was due to give birth around the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I arrived early, on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. The sky had been overcast, but suddenly cleared. The heavens turned strange, with dark clouds churning on one side and thunder rumbling in the clear sky on the other. My father suspected I wasn’t his child and prepared to throw me into the r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Husband Is Actually the Ghost King 我的夫君竟然是鬼王 Driven by financial hardship, I took a strange surrogacy job and ended up in an underworld payment group. That's right, it's a payment group where everyone but me is a ghost. From then on, my life changed... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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!” 5Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 12 The Divine Maiden Arrives: The King of the Underworld's Cherished Darling 神女驾到，冥王的掌心宠 [Both leads are devoted to each other + Supernatural + Mystery + Sweet Romance + Love Blossoms Over Time] Surrounded by one strange incident after another, Shangguan Yao sets out on a perilous path in search of the truth... Behind her, Mo Beili stands guard. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 My Husband Lives in the Underworld 我的老公在冥界 Chu Mo, the Judge of the Underworld, falls in love with Mu Xiaoqiao, a third-year university student. Hei Yao is a sharp-tongued black cat: What seemed to be an accidental bond was actually the beginning of an emotional entanglement spanning a thousand years… Qiao Mu, a princess sent to the Southern Dynasty as a bride to secure an alliance; Chu Mo, a general of the Northern Dynasty; Bai Li, a mutated chicken. In a turbulent age of nations on the brink of collapse and bodies strewn across the 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 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. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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 54Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 19 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... 47Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 20 A Pact with the Underworld: My Husband Comes from the Netherworld 冥契，夫君他来自地府 Supernatural + strong heroine + ghost hunting + devoted couple + no angst + past and present lives (Note: the leads were not lovers in their past life) The Song family had a century-old ironclad rule: boys could be born, but not girls. I was born on the Ghost Festival, and to make matters worse, I was a girl. When my grandfather found out, he said, “This child can’t stay.” I was only allowed to live after my parents pleaded with him again and again. But the price was that I had to be betrothed t 777Reads6.6Score10914d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Demon Husband Comes Knocking 妖夫找上门 After what happened with Tang Qingfeng, I learned a painful lesson. Never casually agree to anything someone asks of you in a dream, because it’s all too easy to accidentally get yourself dragged into it. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Ghost King Takes a Bride: The Cold Beauty Has Nowhere to Run 鬼王娶妻：清冷美人逃无可逃 [Obsessive, Mad Ghost King ❤ Alluring, Cool Beauty] [Fated Love · Past and Present Lives · Mystery] In her previous life, she was a Moonfall Flower raised by the Ghost King himself. He cared for her devotedly and kept her by his side wherever he went. The moment little Moonfall took human form, a rain of petals fell across the entire Ghost Realm for three whole days and nights. Everywhere the eye could see, pink flowers tinged with golden light blanketed the cold, gloomy land. For the first time 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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 11Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 26 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 Shocking! After Our Ghost Marriage, My Abstinent Ghost Husband Dropped the Act 震惊！阴婚后，禁欲鬼夫不装了 Both leads are devoted to one another x sharp-tongued, proud male lead who acts tough but is soft-hearted x domineering, sickly-sweet, possessive and obsessive second male lead x first-person narration x capable, sensible heroine x Chinese-style supernatural horror The day I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. A flock of crows shrieked around my house for three days before finally flying away. A Taoist priest said I was cursed with ill fortune, destined to be estranged from my family. I 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Pact with the King of the Underworld 我的冥王契约书 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 5.9kReads—Score16414d adds
- 31 The Spirit Medium's Wife: My Husband Is a God 通灵妻：我的夫君是个神 [Supernatural + Devoted husband + Both leads are each other’s only partners] My pregnant mother died in an accident, and on the day of her burial, I was born from her coffin. “A child born of yin, a child born of yin. This is no blessing, but a calamity.” The ignorant villagers wanted to burn me alive, but my grandmother invited a local spiritual medium to perform a ritual and avert the disaster. For the next eight years, I lived like an ordinary person, until he appeared and changed everything. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Wicked Husband, Come at Midnight 邪夫，深夜来 My grandpa found me in a graveyard and brought me home. Everyone says I'm bad luck, a jinx who'll bring death to everyone around me. The day I came out of the graveyard, a man whose whole body was ice-cold followed me home... 125Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 After I Was Killed, a Big Shot from the Underworld Tried to Pin the Blame on Me 勾魂后，冥界大佬碰瓷我 My name is Wen Jiujiu, the lowest-ranking soul reaper in the Underworld. I get chewed out every day. Today, I accidentally dragged the lively Marquis of Zhenbei down to the Yellow Springs. He pinched my chin and sneered. “Little ghost, do you know what you owe for taking the wrong soul?” Trembling, I pulled out the Book of Life and Death. “I... I owe you ten years of your lifespan?” Suddenly, he pinned me among the flowers of the other shore, his breath scorching hot. “Who wants that? You can ma 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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… 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 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. 4Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 37 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 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 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 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 By Your Side, Yet Invisible to You 在你身边，看不见我的你 In the mortal world, he is a domineering CEO. In the underworld, he is a powerful figure whose roar can bring thunder and lightning. That is why he has always been gentle and mild-mannered, treating others with warmth. Then he met her, a hundred years in the future, and began a love that spanned time and space in this lifetime. In their first life, she could not see him. He protected her, but despite all they went through, they never managed to be together. In their second life, he was the ruler —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Spoiled to the Extreme! The Underworld King’s Runaway Beloved Wife 顶级娇宠！冥王在逃娇妻 [Sweet romance]+ [Supernatural]+ [Everyday life in the underworld]+ [Lord of the Underworld]+ [play the pig to eat the tiger] [New novel launching! Max-level expert takes on the dark-hearted love interest! Xi Yi, a Meng Po, was about to enjoy her once-in-a-millennium extended vacation. To celebrate, she went out drinking at the Underworld’s “Ultimate” bar that night and, while she was at it, flirted with a young male ghost. [Xi Yi: Be good! Give in to Big Sis, and I’ 101Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 42 The Ascetic Buddhist Monk Coaxes His Sweet Young Wife 禁欲佛子诱哄小娇妻 Lin Xiaoxiao fell for her best friend's uncle. He's eight years older than her. With Buddhist prayer beads on his wrist, his steady, reserved presence held an indescribable allure. A man who seemed to have renounced desire, he was like a Buddha on an altar, inspiring not only wonder but also reverence and admiration. One day at a family gathering, Gu Qing mentioned that someone had confessed their feelings to Lin Xiaoxiao. He pulled her into his arms, kissed her earlobe, and asked with reddened 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Lavish Ghost Marriage: My Husband Is Actually the Great Emperor of Fengdu 冥婚厚爱：我的老公竟是酆都大帝 [Mutual First Love + Sweet Romance + Supernatural] Qiao Nuan was born in a coffin, with pure yin in all four pillars of her birth chart. On the night of her twentieth birthday, a path was cleared by a hundred ghosts, and a bridal sedan chair stopped outside her door. Only then did she learn that the ghost-marriage husband her grandfather had chosen for her at birth, the man in white who had kept her company in her dreams for twenty years and taught her everything she knew, was none other than Fe 2.3kReads6.5Score23714d adds
- 44 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 447Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 45 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
- 46 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 4.5kReads8.6Score36114d adds
- 47 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... 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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 48Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 49 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.” 156Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 50 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 80Reads6.2Score—14d adds
