Novels like The Ghost Wife, Yu Niang
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- 101 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Win Over Female Hauntings with My Acting Skills 规则怪谈：开局靠演技拿捏女怪谈 [Ruthless and decisive + no saintly heroine + one female lead + top-tier acting + brute-force solutions + taking on supernatural mysteries head-on] As supernatural mysteries descended upon the world, Duan Ming was chosen to enter their realm. A top student in the acting department at Longguo Film University, he was a versatile actor who excelled in action, military, romance, ur 623Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 102 A Haunted Romance? From the Start, I Kissed the Evil Spirit School Beauty! 诡异恋爱？开局强吻恶灵校花！ [Romance with a ghost + devoted lover + one heroine + horror instances] My name is Fang Han. The first thing I did after entering the horror instance [Demon University] was force a kiss on Jiang Shuyan, an SSS-rank evil spirit! That's because I awakened the Ghost Romance System. As long as I win over female ghosts, I can gain supernatural abilities! And naturally, my target is the breathtakingly beautiful, peerless ghost-school belle, with skin like cream! As my lips came down I watched Jiang Su 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Ghost Marriage Pact: My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Bride 冥婚契约：我的千年鬼新娘 Crimson wedding characters, a destined match beneath the moon; separated by life and death, their hearts are bound as one. Zhou Zi'an, a folk customs writer, travels alone to the mist-shrouded town of Qingshi to investigate an unsolved ghost marriage case from ninety years ago. The red wedding characters on the Shen family's old mansion have not faded through years of wind and rain. The carved bridal bed is made up with a quilt as good as new, and a red figure wanders in the mirror every night. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Thriller: Let Go of That Female Boss, Let Me Handle Her 惊悚：放开那个女BOSS让我来 Synopsis: [Horror Game + Satisfying Story + Comedy + Pets + Livestream] This is a terrifying world where blood, death, wealth, and power coexist. For every instance you complete, you can earn a handsome reward, but only if you survive. Lu Nian "luckily" plummets into the horror world. Lost and helpless, he finds Pipi, the pet hamster he lost many years ago, and begins an outrageously overpowered adventure. [Ding! You successfully used an item to tame the Zombie Lord. The Zombie Lord's affection 140Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 105 Zombie Scammers: Celestial Master, You’re a Dad Now 僵尸碰瓷：天师你当爹了 During a nighttime patrol, Celestial Master Ye Tian comes across a female zombie who refuses to leave his home. She declares, without a hint of shame, “I’m pregnant. The baby is yours, so you have to take responsibility.” Ye Tian: “I didn’t do anything!?” 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Cute and Fierce Undead Bride Protects Me as She Slaughters Her Way Through! 我的女尸老婆萌凶甜，护我杀疯！ [A Taoist priest becomes a demon king, protected by his corpse bride][Ghost hunting, traditional supernatural fiction] [By the command of the heavens, I’ll take your life!][Strange tales from the folk tradition] I slept in a pigsty and drank sow’s milk. Later, I shared a bed with a female corpse. After our wedding ceremony, she awoke. I rely on her to keep me alive, while she relies on me to grow stronger. Our fates are intertwined. My fate is unusual. An old man’s guidance helped me survive, an 1.7kReads7.6Score12714d adds
- 107 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺者 I’m a coffin bearer. After carrying coffins for decades, I’ve seen all kinds of sinister coffins: mother-and-child coffins, coffins without mourners, coffins for those who died violent deaths… And behind these coffins, a shocking secret was hidden… 195Reads6.7Score10514d adds
- 108 I Turned the World of Ghost Stories into a Harem Dating Sim 我把怪谈世界改成了后宫养成 Eerie phenomena return, and rule-based horror games descend upon the entire world. The chosen “Chosen Ones” are sent into certain-death instances, livestreamed to the whole world from start to finish! In a world where “rules are god,” even the slightest contact means death. That is, until Su Ming is dragged into the S-rank instance [Ghost Wedding] and awakens the one and only SSS-rank talent: [Rule Modifier]! Looking at the rule on the wall that guarantees death: “At midnight, you must not look 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Thriller Game: I Really Do Love Helping People 惊悚游戏：我真的乐于助人 (Not a single heroine) + (horror game) + (undead knight) + (lighthearted) + (System) + (comedy) + (sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath, and a thief) I write about helping others, but secretly skim profits from the players. There are all kinds of little ghost girls here. The horror game isn’t just about fighting and killing. There’s also a lot of human interaction to deal with. Other players clear levels by risking their lives. The protagonist clears them through connections, with his own g 441Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 110 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.3kReads9.0Score10214d adds
- 111 My Zombie Wife 我的僵尸老婆 In our village, there's a custom: when someone dies before the age of fifty, a boy who has not yet reached adulthood must sit at the head of the coffin during the burial. I've served as a coffin-guarding boy a few times. Once, the body being buried was that of a woman... I close my eyes only because you're afraid of me. I open them only to slaughter every enemy you have. 1.4kReads7.3Score12214d adds
- 112 Eerie: If It’s Too Hard from the Start, Don’t Bother 诡异：开局难办，那就别办 [Overpowered Hero] + [Hilarious] + [Plot-Driven] + [No Female Lead] Yan Feng enters a horror game and awakens a [Ghost-Taming System]. As long as he triggers emotional reactions in the supernatural, he can grow stronger. And so, a master troll who specializes in messing with ghosts is born! “If you don't have ten years of experience in a mental hospital, you can't listen to Second-Hand Rose!” At the haunted school’s anniversary celebration, Yan Feng sings “Xian'er” and drives the entire student 107Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 113 The Campus Beauty Gave Me a Videotape, and I Made a Contract With Sadako 校花送我录像带，我契约了贞子 Su Han transmigrates to a parallel world, and his dream of making a living by copying famous works has only just begun when vengeful ghosts return! School beauty Qin Mengyao comes to his door to confess her feelings and gives him a videotape. Curious, Su Han plays it. He never expects it to be Sadako’s death curse. At the critical moment, the Horror Choice System activates! 1: Ignore Sadako and receive a ghost-warding constitution, reducing the chance of being attacked by vengeful ghosts to a mi 20Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 114 The Bride in the Red Coffin 红棺里的新娘 The first book: horror, terror, and the uncanny. The sequel: comedy and humor! Two stories: The Bride in the Red Coffin + its sequel, also known as My Ghost Wife Keeps Trying to Scare Me to Tears. When crimson ripples spread across the deep pool, I finally saw the bone comb in the hands of the bride in the sunken coffin. Carved into it were my birth details, even though I had been missing for three years. Xu Xiaomo was drawn home by tales of the Sunk 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Ghost Slayer's True Account 斩鬼人实录 A profession you never would have imagined. He's no Taoist, yet he knows an art for slaying ghosts and gods. He's no detective, yet he helps the police crack one bizarre case after another. He can banish ghosts and exorcise demons in the name of the justice of the Way he believes in, and he can also challenge the orthodox sects and the gods themselves for the sake of a fox spirit... Now, join me in the strange adventures of Wang Yanhuo and his friends, and step into the world of ghost slayers. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Every Female Ghost I Meet Is Absolutely Top-Tier! 我遇见的女鬼都超顶！ I happened to receive a piece of spirit money from the Bank of the Underworld on Ghost Festival, and it kicked off an entertaining career of running into ghosts. And they're all beautiful female ghosts!! Hehe, as long as you're brave enough, even female ghosts take maternity leave!!! 1.2kReads7.4Score16714d adds
- 117 A Guide to the Supernatural in the New Era 新时代灵异指南 Qin An ended up becoming the very yin-yang master he hated most, on the night he was forced to marry a female ghost. Why did getting married mean signing a ghost marriage contract, too?! A fellow disciple who could summon spirits, a frosty female Taoist priest: even looking at either of them counted as cheating! Speechless, Qin An shielded the flame as he lit a cigarette for the mountain spirit beside him, then raised his glass in a respectful toast to the river ghost across from him, keeping it —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Horror Game: Playing the Husband from the Start 恐怖游戏：开局扮演丈夫 Xuan Ye was chosen and dragged into a horror world to take part in a horror game, where he drew the perfect-grade talent [Shadow Mind Reader]. His first instance, [Model Couple], plunged him into a battle of wits against the supernatural beings… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Snake Woman 蛇女 They say there’s a snake girl in our village, born with the ability to control snakes. She was orphaned at birth, and my father took pity on her, taking her in and raising her. She grew up by my side, and we were together day and night. Then one day, the village bully picked on her. That very night, he suddenly died, and more than a dozen little snakes were found inside his stomach. By a strange twist of fate, I discovered the snake girl’s secret that night, and I nearly died of fright. 834Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 120 Thriller Game: I Have Templates for Every Class 惊悚游戏：我拥有全职业模板 Baize was unexpectedly chosen to enter the world of horror games. While everyone else struggled to survive, Baize, equipped with an all-class template System, went further and further down the path of becoming less than human. In the Hellish Academy instance, he became a teacher. Not only was he excellent at teaching, he personally coached his succubus students on how to bewitch people, and even awakened the demon bloodline within himself. In the Haunted Neighborhood instance, he chose to become 47Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 121 The Age of Ghost Tamers: I Tamed Hundreds of Millions of Female Ghosts! 御鬼时代：我御了亿万女鬼！ [Ghost taming + wish fulfillment + total domination + no heroine + brutal beauty + utterly inhuman = 100,000 words every week?] The age of ghost taming: people fight with ghosts. At eighteen, everyone gets one chance to awaken a ghost as their fated companion. Ordinary people can awaken at most two, but after Lin Mo is reborn, he obtains the Female Ghost Alliance System. He can only awaken female ghosts, but there’s no limit to how many. At a single call, billions of female ghosts descend. Maid 33Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 122 Eerie Revival: I Fused with Black Impermanence from the Start 诡异复苏：开局融合黑无常 Su Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains a horror livestream System. The more viewers his stream attracts, the stronger he becomes! To draw in viewers, Su Yuan throws caution to the wind. From the start, he passionately kisses a woman in white who’s a ghost! The livestream chat goes wild! He spends his popularity points in the System’s shop to trade for a Black Impermanence outfit and reap evil spirits! “Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Black Impermanence robe!” “Congratul 420Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 123 Horror Game: I Can Max Out Female Ghosts' Affection for Me 恐怖游戏：我能刷爆女鬼好感度 The terrifying world has arrived! Countless fearsome races have appeared! Su Mu is chosen by a horror game, and from the start he’s thrown into the Blood Clan Castle instance, a nightmare for beginners... He expects danger at every turn, but unexpectedly awakens a system that lets him max out anyone’s favorability. A nightmare-difficulty instance? “System, add a hundred favorability points!” “System, use the max-favorability privilege!” “System, add five hundred favorability points!” “...” From 75Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 124 Thriller Game: Stealing the Horror Bride from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局抢走恐怖鬼新娘 [Livestream + Power Fantasy + Supernatural + Multiple Heroines] A horror game descends upon the world, and players are randomly chosen to enter it. While other players struggle to survive in the cracks of the horror game, Chu Fei unexpectedly discovers that he can obtain all kinds of clues for clearing stages and earn favorability from NPCs. Ghost Young Master: He not only stole my wife, he made it impossible for me to be a man! County Magistrate Zhang: He’s the key to solving my case. Never und 167Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 125 The Ghost-Eyed Yin Child 鬼眼阴童 I was born with ghost eyes, and my entire family was slaughtered. To survive, I had no choice but to become the disciple of a Rat Immortal and absorb the aura of a thousand-year-old Ghost King! The Judge of the Underworld appointed me a Yin Official in the mortal realm! I command the underworld’s ghost soldiers and generals, rule both the worlds of yin and yang, and restore the former glory of the Yan family! You kids! Want to know more about me? Heh, meet me in your dreams tonight! [Not an over 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Ghost Wife: Bro, Please Take Your Sister-in-Law Back 鬼妻：哥，求你把嫂子收回去吧 [Married from the start + ghost wife + one heroine + not a wish-fulfillment novel (plot-focused) + fast-paced growth (nearly invincible) + exorcising ghosts and banishing evil] Born under yin, he is also a child born of a corpse. He has the body of the living, but the fate of the dead. He is doomed to be cursed! Liu Cheng was dug from his dead mother's womb by an old gravedigger, and grew up in a cemetery. The old man said that those born under yin are extremely yin from birth, making them a cho 233Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 127 Valentine's Day Awakening: I Get Sadako from the Start 觉醒情人节，开局获得情人贞子 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ji Bai discovers that thirty percent of its people can awaken the solar terms as abilities. Might like the Spring Festival and the Hungry Ghost Festival can destroy an entire city single-handedly. But Ji Bai awakens Valentine's Day, branded the most good-for-nothing holiday of them all. Yet his first Valentine, Sadako, can summon a procession of a hundred ghosts, commanding countless spirits to bow before her! More importantly, behind that thin veil are 108Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 128 Thriller Game: Making the Ghost King Loli Cry from the Start! 惊悚游戏：从考哭鬼王萝莉开始！ A mysterious horror app appears, and the spirit realm descends with it. An evil spirit of Ghost King level is born in the Dragon Kingdom. Exorcists from all over the Dragon Kingdom stand ready, prepared with the Eight Trigrams and their most powerful talismans. But the terrifying vengeful spirit representing Ghost King level is currently... in a run-down apartment complex. A cute little girl’s face twitches as she stares through tearful eyes at the stacks of practice exam books in front of her, 35Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 129 Green Smoke, Candlelight 青烟孚烛 Qingyan feeds on the desires of our world, while Fuzhu feeds on hope. Time isn’t a single line from birth to death, but many lines running side by side. In the end, we ourselves will be the protagonists of this novel. So I think it should be called: Understanding Wrapped in a Martial Arts Story. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 131 Urban Legends: The Ghostly Flight Attendant Wants Me to Warm Her Feet from the Start 怪谈，开局诡空姐要我帮她暖脚 Rule-based horror descends, and the world watches as people try to escape. I, Tang Hao, have drawn an SSS-rank talent: [I Can See Their Screens]. Now Instance: Four-Leaf Park My identity: Mid-level employee at the park Rule 1: You have a beautiful girlfriend, but she isn’t with you right now. Rule 2: Her best friend, a young and beautiful flight attendant, is on a plane headed here to see you. Rule 3: Please “take good care” of her and keep your interactions “appropriate.” But there’s a problem. 2.8kReads8.3Score19814d adds
- 132 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I'm an SSS-Rank Ghost Emperor, Summoned at My Daughter's Graduation 我SSS级鬼帝，被女儿毕业召出 This is an age when horrors descend upon the world. In the year everyone finishes their senior year of high school, they get a chance to summon a vicious spirit and become a prestigious Ghost Tamer, rising to the top and becoming one of society’s elite. My name is Jiang Xin, and I couldn’t care less about any of that. I just want to use this chance to summon my dad, who died protecting me. Even if he can only come back as the lowest-ranked vicious spirit because he hasn’t been dead for long, tha 257Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 134 Weird Game: What Do You Mean I Beat It with My Looks? 诡异游戏：什么叫我靠颜值通关？ Lu Renjia transmigrates into a world of eerie games, only to get saddled with a ridiculous Stunning Beauty System. He can’t exorcise ghosts or vanquish demons, so all he can do is keep raising his looks. When the eerie game descends, he thinks he’s done for. But the vicious, bloodthirsty Ghost Lady stares at him, transfixed, unable to look away. The domineering, overbearing Ghost Big Sister covers her face and gives him a shy smile. Watching one ghost after another stare blankly at his face, Lu 844Reads7.3Score10614d adds
- 135 Heir of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海传人 When I was nine, a horde of ghosts surrounded our house, all intent on taking my life! To save me, Grandpa went and found me a female ghost to be my wife… 210Reads9.0Score10314d adds
- 136 From the Start, I Wanted to Die, but the Otherworld's Beauties Were Too Tempting 开局想死，但异世界美女太诱人 In his thirties, Chen Shu was about to jump off a building from the start, but instead transmigrated to another world much like his own. But the world he transmigrated to was in crisis, under invasion from other worlds. The natives of this world were all trapped in the misery of the apocalypse. So why was Chen Shu’s apocalypse so different? The Zombie Queen, a sexy female ghost, a vampire girl... Why were they all throwing themselves at him??? 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Corpse of a Mountain Village Woman 山村女尸 [Feel-Good Read + Urban + Suspense + Supernatural] He Xi is an ordinary security guard. One day, the west gate of Chaoxi Psychiatric Hospital desperately needs a guard. The pay is 30,000 yuan a month, but nobody dares take the job! Nobody else dares, but He Xi does! Only after arriving does he realize something is wrong. The west gate isn’t meant for people to pass through at all. It’s a gate for ghosts! 7.7kReads7.7Score35314d adds
- 138 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score10414d adds
- 139 Global Class Change: Contracting an SSS-Rank Ghost Bride from the Start 全民转职：开局契约SSS鬼新娘 [One Heroine + Class Advancement for All + Supernatural Horror + Dungeons + High Martial Arts + Myriad Races + Romance + Tycoon + Pay-to-Win + Invincible + Big Shot] I became the world's only SSS-rank talent, the [Occultist]. I also got a System that lets me farm gold at a 90% discount. Killing monsters and people can earn me a hundred times more gold! And everything in the System shop is 90% off! An S-rank phoenix crown worth 1 billion? I get it for 100 million! An SS-rank bridal robe worth 8 b 39.7kReads7.4Score4.5k14d adds
- 140 The Fox Immortal Beauty 狐仙美人 When I was fourteen, I saved a white fox. To save my life, Grandpa actually made me enter into a contract with it? Fox Immortal: “I would gladly shed all my demonic aura and give up a thousand lifetimes of cultivation, all to spend a lifetime with you, from youth to old age!” Ding Ning: “I thought I’d become a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and vanquished demons, but in the end I became a heretic condemned by everyone...” As I taught myself Taoist arts, secrets and legends began to emerge one a 1.1kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 141 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Horror Revival: It Started When I Flirted with a Female Ghost 恐怖复苏：从撩了女鬼开始 The Three Paths of Impermanence are in turmoil, yin and yang are out of balance, terror returns, and demons and ghosts wreak havoc. Xue Yan obtains a ghost-flirting System. A ghost from the Republic of China era: “What's with this guy? He's not afraid of me, and he's even flirting with me!” A stumbling ghost: “I've finally met someone more twisted than I am.” A hanging ghost: “He actually told me to step on his AJ sneakers?” While the masters of the martial world are scared witless by terrifying 675Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 144 Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine 妖妻鬼妾 [Third-Person Narration | Traditional Supernatural | Taoist Arts | Spirit Mediums] My name is Zuo Li. I was different from the moment I was born, carrying the fate of a ghost. To make sure I could grow up safely, my grandfather had me live off two women at once. As it turned out, I could only stay alive by living off women... 260Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 145 The Yin Grave 阴坟 A soul on the bed, a grave beneath it. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, offerings are made to the gods. One ritual burned several people alive. Were they human, or spirits? 16.6kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 146 The Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 冥婚诡事：阴水镇 Ghostly Wedding: Yinshui Town 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Horror Descends: I Bind Myself to a Red-Clad Female Ghost from the Start 恐怖降临：开局绑定红衣女鬼 [Supernatural] + [System] + [Single female lead] A year ago, terror descended upon the world, reducing the global population by 90 percent. Only China, protected by its dragon veins, avoided complete collapse. The Maoshan Celestial Master set out to exorcise demons and uphold the Dao, taking his disciples down the mountain to slay monsters and demons. They never returned. By then, Lin Tian had spent ten years sweeping the grounds of Maoshan and had been signing in for ten years straight. “Ding! 1.8kReads7.7Score13914d adds
- 148 Fox Wife 狐妻 As a child, I was alone and had no one to rely on, so I depended on a little fox I had found. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. I still remember that an old woman came looking for her granddaughter the day before, and then all sorts of strange things started happening. Why has my brother, who hasn't come home in years, suddenly returned? He says he'll find me a wife, and that we'll have to go into the mountains to look for her. Who could have guessed... 2.6kReads8.1Score20214d adds
- 149 The Enchantress Is Alluring, and the Ghost Girl Knows How to Flirt 妖女很妩媚，女鬼太会撩 It's not that a wife is too expensive to marry. It's that female ghosts and demons offer better value. No house, no car required. And they'll even help you make a comeback! It's not that my Daoist heart is unsteady. It's just that demonesses are bewitching, and female ghosts know exactly how to flirt. My name is Chen Zhou. I'm a highly educated shut-in. My main job is gone, and my side hustle is matchmaking. It all began when I helped my beautiful landlady rent out a building that was warm in wi 1.2kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 150 Raising a Fox as My Wife II 养狐为妻Ⅱ I am a jinx, born under an ill omen. To keep me alive, my grandfather arranged an extraordinary betrothal for me when I was a child… 299Reads7.3Score—14d adds
