Novels like Demon Wife, Ghost Concubine
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- 1 Apocalypse Urban Legends? I Paid for a Ghost Emperor Wife to Bring Home 末世怪谈？氪个鬼帝老婆带回家 [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + reborn + hoarding supplies + national destiny + no saintly protagonist + lighthearted] The protagonist is reborn on the day before the [Apocalyptic Horror] game descends into reality. He spends a hundred billion and gets a top-tier [Talent], and unexpectedly obtains the [Ghost Emperor] as well. On top of that, he awakens the SSS-rank [Game-to-Reality Feedback] System. Everything he owns in the game can be brought into the real world. Need supplies? He stocks a 186Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 2 My Ghostly Wife 冥妻 To save my life, I followed my family's instructions and hid inside a coffin. But after midnight, someone with long, disheveled hair came in tiptoe, opened the coffin, and climbed in beside me! 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Beautiful Ghost Wife 我的绝美鬼妻 When I was five, on Ghost Festival, I got lost in a graveyard on the mountain and somehow ended up married to a thousand-year-old female ghost. Cursed and doomed to a short life, I learned Taoist arts from my grandfather. From then on, I became an inheritor of yin-yang magic. I fought zombies and vanquished evil spirits, discussed the meaning of life with a thousand-year-old fox, and searched for the origins of humanity with my ghost-wife. Seductive fox demons, vicious corpse fiends: a childhood 174Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 My Fox Fairy Wife 我的狐仙老婆 I used my blood to paint a corpse, and won myself a pretty new bride to share my pillow. A conspiracy that began the day I was born, a golden mask that preserves eternal youth, and a doomed romance between a human and a fox spirit... 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Help!! My Ghost Wants to Live More Than I Do! 救命！！我的鬼比我更想活！ The supernatural rises, and ghosts roam the night. Ghost Tamers trade their lives for power, only to die when the vengeful spirits inside them revive. Shen Huai, a rookie Ghost Tamer who’s a coward and a weakling, is on the brink of death in the deadly “Ghost Bus” dungeon. Facing the S-rank evil spirit known as the Red-Clothed Bride, who is just as badly injured as he is, a sudden idea strikes him. He makes a decision that would scandalize his ancestors: “Sister, help me! If I die, you die too!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Marrying a Snake Wife, Ruling the World 娶蛇妻，霸天下 I was sickly from childhood, and my room was unlike anyone else’s. There was a coffin in it, and I depended on it for everything, day and night. My black-and-white photograph hung on the wall, too. Grandpa warned me never to step outside, not even half a step, without his permission. So I was almost completely cut off from the outside world and had no friends at all. Then one day, a snake slithered in and changed my life... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Supernatural: I Got the Golden Light Incantation from the Start 灵异：开局获得金光咒 People may not mean to harm ghosts, but ghosts mean to kill people. Gods and Buddhas ignore the affairs of the mortal world, while ghosts and monsters disturb the peace of all living things. I vow to slay every ghost in the world and return clear skies to the mortal realm. [Spiritual Qi Revival + System + No Heroines + Invincible] 254Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 8 My Wife Is a Tanuki 家有狸妻 After Dad went up the mountain to hunt that day, I was swept into one dangerous predicament after another. I learned Taoist arts, fought the Huang family and sinister sects, ventured into a sea tomb, killed a flood dragon, took its gallbladder, and slew it for its tendons... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Beheaded from the Start, I Was Forced to Marry a Ghost Bride 开局惨遭斩首，我被鬼妻强行迎娶 The Heavenly Dao mutated, and the Evil God Tianzhu usurped its authority. The laws of heaven and earth collapsed, vengeful ghosts ran rampant, monsters wreaked havoc, and every night in Yuning City, ghosts sang opera to claim lives. I was once the Liu family’s live-in son-in-law. On the day my entire family was sentenced to execution, I was beheaded in public. My head rolled across the snowy ground. As my soul teetered on the edge of oblivion, a long, sinister red cord suddenly wrapped around it 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Wife Is the King of Hell 我的老婆是阎王 I suddenly got a wife, and she's the King of Hell! No one would believe me if I told them. From then on, Ding Yang laughs his way through the mortal world and dominates the spirit realm, taking on anyone who dares challenge him! “Hey, my wife's the King of Hell. Tell me, aren't you scared?” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Wife Is the Ghost King 我的老婆是鬼王 Beneath the shade of a locust tree, an old man began telling a story to a child. Just then, a young man and woman happened to pass by. Intrigued by the old man’s tale, they stopped to listen. Old man: “As the saying goes, if the King of Hell wants you dead at the third watch, who dares keep you until the fifth...” The young man corrected him with a serious expression. “Oh, that was my predecessor. I never said that.” Old man: “They say that in the underworld, Meng Po, who stands by the Bridge 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Treading the Tiangang Steps, I Only Kill, Never Save 脚踏天罡步，贫道只杀不渡 [No Frustrating Setbacks] [Reborn Celestial Master] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Urban Supernatural] Two hundred years ago, Xia Lin was the only Celestial Master guarding the dragon veins. At Kunlun, he faced thirteen great Yin-Yang masters alone. The bloody battle ended. The dragon veins survived, but the Celestial Master fell. Who could have guessed that Xia Lin's soul remained intact? When he opened his eyes again, he was in the modern world, two hundred years later. The Dao Alliance governs the 86Reads—Score482Shelves
- 13 Tales of the Uncanny: The Uncanny Chronicler 异闻录：异闻记录者 [Nearly Invincible] [Ghost Bride] [Multiple Female Leads] [Seven Deadly Sins] Li Mingxuan, a college student fascinated by mystical arts, transmigrated to a parallel world after an accident. In this world, technology and cultivators existed side by side, while mystery and danger were intertwined. More astonishing still, during his transmigration, a mysterious treasure called Records of Strange Tales was drawn to his soul and became his "golden finger." By recording the supernatural events he ex —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Urban: The Red-Robed Ghost King Forces Me to Marry Her from the Start 都市：开局被红衣鬼王逼婚 Zhang Fan is dragged underwater by a big fish while fishing and transmigrates. He initially thinks he has arrived in an ordinary parallel world, but a marriage contract that suddenly appears shatters his ordinary life. To escape the contract’s owner, Zhang Fan enters the world of cultivation with the help of the System. What he doesn’t know is that the contract belongs to a red-clad ghost queen. The moment Zhang Fan received it, his fate became inextricably bound to hers. The synopsis may not be 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Lady of the Blood Tree 血树佳人 The coffin Grandpa carried back at the cost of his life saved my mother's and my own. Later, the coffin sprouted and became a tree, and the tree became my childhood sweetheart. When I was three, Grandpa pointed to the tree and told me, “Starting today, she's your bride...” 42Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 16 Urban Life: I Picked Up a Female Ghost to Be My Maid from the Start 都市日常：开局捡个女鬼做女仆 [One heroine + everyday life + a touch of sweetness + no System + supernatural powers + combat + a touch of the paranormal] When burying someone, never pick up random things. You might attract evil spirits, find an antique, or even… pick up a cute, cuddly female ghost. He found a little ghost from the start and saved her. To his surprise, she willingly became his little maid! After spending some time with the ghost, he gradually discovered all her abilities: possessing people, drawing talismans, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Did a Little Fox Sister Just Fall from the Sky? 天上掉下个狐妹妹？ [This novel focuses less on cultivation and more on everyday life. It’s basically a modern romance] [No System] + [One heroine] + [Light novel] + [Not brainless] You guys, can you believe it? I was just sitting at home when a fox fell from the sky. Jiang Yu was up late typing away when he suddenly became a living cushion for a little white fox. At first, he thought he’d do a good deed and save its life. And sure enough, good deeds do get rewarded: before long, he had himself a wife! “You fell on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Underworld Has Come to the Living World, So Why Choose the Campus Beauty When Female Ghosts Are Better? 地府降临现实，校花哪有女鬼香？ [Multiple Women (and Ghosts) + System + Unorthodox Cultivation] (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story itself. There are a lot of things I can’t say here...) Before he was reborn, Zhang Yuan was a lovesick fool who gave his opportunities to his campus crush, his girlfriend. After being reborn, he saw the light: he would repay every grudge and settle every score, showing no mercy. Just then, he awakened the Ghost God System, which gave him the ultimate talent from the start: the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Hello, Police? My Baby Can Solve Bizarre Cases 妖妖零吗？我家奶娃能破异案 [Cute Baby] [Mystery] [Ghost Hunting] [Supernatural Revival] [National Fortune] [Livestreaming] [Hilarious Child-Rearing] (The story above is entirely fictional. Please believe in science.) I was responding to a murder scene when I picked up a baby on the way. I thought I’d ended up with a burden, but who knew he’d be the real powerhouse? The ancient book of knowledge, the Bai Ze Illustrated Guide, was actually inside his head! He pointed with a babbling finger. “Daddy, that’s a painted-skin gho 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Stunning Wife Has Five Souls, and I Can't Handle It! 绝美老婆有五魂，我直呼受不鸟！ [One heroine]+ [Supernatural]+ [Urban]+ [Daoism]+ [Underworld]+ [No System]+ [Not invincible] Lin Xuan is the ninety-fifth-generation heir of the Maoshan Sect. In his twentieth year in this world, his master told him that his destiny was still uncertain, and that descending the mountain before he turned thirty would bring disaster. He didn't believe it. The moment he came down from the mountain, however, Judge Lu hauled him off to the Underworld, saying he wanted to introduce him to a wife... Th 1.8kReads5.9Score235Shelves
- 21 My Girlfriend Is Actually a Ghost 我的女友竟是女鬼 [Campus Writing Contest] Su Chen was reborn in a world much like Blue Star, living in a declining family of Celestial Masters. One summer, after getting into university, Su Chen planned to meet his online girlfriend in person. When they met, he discovered that she had no shadow. … [Sweet Romance + Love Story + Monsters and Demons Resurge] (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Read the story instead.) 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Mad Cultivator of the Ghost Path 鬼道狂修 I’m a child with no parents. My mother died in childbirth the day I was born, and my father was buried alive while mining away from home. Then his boss fled, and they didn’t even bring my father’s body back! After that, I could only live with my grandfather… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Seeking a Blessing? I'll Get a Fox Immortal for a Wife! 讨封？讨个狐仙当老婆！ [Supernatural] [One Heroine] [Lighthearted Daily Life] [Comedy] That day, an eerie blood-red coffin was unearthed at a construction site, along with a dried-up female corpse with a swollen belly, a white fox with five tails, and an ancient bronze mirror... The next day, that very white fox latched onto me and asked me to grant her a human form... A nontraditional supernatural story 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Beauty in the Coffin: A Corpse Fragrant with Life 棺中美人，活色尸香 My grandfather was a half-baked feng shui master. He built our new house on top of a grave belonging to a goddess. The day I was born, a bright red coffin appeared in our home. When I was seven, Grandpa made me recite a marriage contract in front of the red coffin. Twelve years later, Grandpa climbed into the grave himself and told me to bring the goddess inside the red coffin home. When the coffin opened, she floated out... 168Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 25 Raising a Fox Brings Disaster 养狐为祸 That day, I went into the mountains and caught a white fox. I ignored my elders’ warnings and tied it up to take home. That very night, something completely unexpected happened... 124Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 26 Snake Wife 蛇妻 I was born under the baleful star of the Celestial Solitary, destined to live alone and die a miserable death. But on one terrifying night in my childhood, deep in the barren mountains, I met her, and the course of my life changed forever. From then on, I became a spirit medium, traveling everywhere to right wrongs. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 My Beautiful Fox Wife 狐妻美人 When I was born, my father dug a coffin out of the mountains. Grandpa said it was my fate, and my destined marriage... 235Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 28 The Red Coffin Descends, and My Ghost Wife Can Cut People Down 红棺降世，我的鬼妻能砍人 [Female ghost + supernatural + bloody battles] A sudden thick fog enveloped the entire village, and that day everyone was seized with fear. A red coffin suddenly appeared right in the middle of the village. From then on, death began to spread slowly through the people overnight, all because someone had opened that red coffin... “What? She’s here for me?” “Heh heh, you can’t get away.” 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 On My First Birthday, I Choose to Hold the Female Ghost’s Hand 满岁抓周当天，我选择我牵住女鬼 In an age of supernatural resurgence, evil spirits run rampant. Born into the Su family, one of the eight great ghost-hunting houses, Su Douxing is the darling of the family from a young age. Any one of his uncles is a top-tier ghost hunter. His eldest uncle, Su Fengnian, is a shrewd businessman. They call him “abacus in his left hand, talismans in his right; no one can match him in business, be they human or ghost.” His second uncle, Su Fengxue, loves fighting foreign devils. Obsessed with vamp 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Fox's Reward Is Ridiculous 狐狸的报恩太离谱 The Fox’s Payback Is Ridiculous 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 After I Force-Kissed the Ghost Bride, She Couldn't Leave Me Alone! 强吻鬼新娘后，她缠上我了！ The red moon rises, and the supernatural returns. All kinds of legendary horrors appear before the eyes of the world. A nursery rhyme echoing through the dead of night, a headless ghost searching for its body, a mourning ghost clutching a battered brazier, a ghost bus that appears and vanishes without a trace... Can a temple really keep you safe? After three years of nightly runs, Su Bai finally got lucky one day and ran into a ghost bride. Su Bai: “Thank you, Mother Nature, for this gift!” And 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 That Wedding Dress Hung for Twelve Years 那件婚纱挂了十二年 The Wedding Dress That Hung for Twelve Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Zhao Li, Let That Female Ghost Go 赵吏，放开那个女鬼 [Soul Ferrying + No Saintly Heroics + No System + Lighthearted Comedy + Invincible Everyday Life + Mr. Vampire, etc.] My name is Wuchang. You guessed right: I’m the legendary Black and White Impermanence. Don’t ask me which one is black and which is white, because I’m the panda who used to love eating bamboo shoots. It all starts at Convenience Store No. 444… Ghost Officer Zhao Li: “My dear Changchang, paying for your food is really important.” Ancestor Chiyou: “Little Wuchang, dare you fight me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Fox Wife 狐妻 At the Bridge of Helplessness and along the Road to the Sun, I set out on the path of cultivation to save my own life. All the eerie, terrifying stories began when I brought home a fox... 371Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 36 To Save My Life, I Married a Fox Who Had Gained Human Form 为保命，我娶了只成精的狐狸 [Supernatural] + [Fox Wife] + [Single Female Lead] + [Character Growth] Chen Shisan was born with all seven orifices blocked and deathly energy clinging to him. He was doomed to die before turning eighteen. To snatch him from the King of Hell, his grandfather, Chen Huangpi, dared to defy the heavens. He abducted a newly transformed little fox spirit from Sealed Fox Ridge behind the village and forced her into a “marriage pact unto death” with Chen Shisan, using her demonic energy to extend his h 22Reads—Score121Shelves
- 37 Marry a Ghost Wife and Defy Yin and Yang 娶鬼妻逆阴阳 The year I was born, nine bolts of heavenly lightning struck, soldiers from the underworld escorted the way, and ghosts roamed the night. Master Qingyun divined that my fate was unusual, and that the ghosts would come for my life when I was nine. On my eighteenth birthday, I would have to marry a ghost bride in a yin wedding. Defy the balance of yin and yang. Fight against fate... 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The World of Demons: I Became the Lord of Demonic Abominations 妖魔世界：我成了妖魔诡异之主 “Easy, feel-good wish fulfillment, easy, feel-good wish fulfillment, easy, feel-good wish fulfillment.” It’s important, so I’m saying it three times. Want to see a mysterious Empress? A zombie Empress? They’re both here. Mo Yan transmigrates to this world and gets a contract System. But what gets contracted isn’t up to him: the System decides! And this world is incredibly dangerous, overrun with monsters and supernatural horrors. Mo Yan thinks he’ll just go on ordinary adventures and live an ord —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I’m the Fox Immortal’s Son-in-Law 我给狐仙当女婿 On his birthday, he gets cheated on and loses his loved ones. Then a fiancée suddenly appears at home, and she claims to be a fox spirit... 32Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 40 Eerie: There's a Female Ghost Inside Me 诡异：我体内有一只女诡 (No System, multiple heroines, eerie atmosphere, slow-burn romance; romance is the main focus) One day, Lin Can had a nightmare. In it, he watched the world change color, the sun and moon reverse, and monsters run rampant. Corpses littered the land, and everything was bizarre and surreal. From that day on, Lin Can had nightmares every night. As they continued, he gradually realized that something seemed wrong with his eyes, too. Walking down the street, he saw towering buildings turn into ruins, 12Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 41 The Snake Queen 蛇王女 When I was eighteen, I was offered as a sacrifice to a snake. Only much later did I learn that I held a shocking secret. Because of it, all manner of monsters and demons, practitioners of the mystic arts, and mysterious figures from every corner of the world wanted to get their hands on me… To protect myself, I had no choice but to cling to Lord Snake, who had protected and helped me all along. I thought he truly cared for me, but I never imagined he would be the one to push me into the abyss wi 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Longtu Moke's 56th Book 龙图墨客第56本书 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Ferry Souls in the Mortal World 我在人间摆渡灵魂 Some people call me Master, others call me a charlatan. Some even respectfully address me as Grandmaster or Celestial Master. But really, I’m just an “ordinary” guide for the dead. Jiang Cheng, an unremarkable funeral master, awakens a mysterious ability after one particular funeral. He can actually see souls, or ghosts!!! (This story has only one supernatural character, the protagonist. It’s more of an everyday-life story with tearjerking moments, not a horror novel.) 50Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 44 Thriller Game: I'm Just a Soft-Rice Furnace 惊悚游戏：我就是个软饭炉鼎啊 (You can start reading from Chapter 160.) After An Xinyu dies, she transmigrates into a horror world and begins a life in the city. Her golden finger has a personality and will of its own, helping her make friends and build a life here. Her journey begins with moving into a manor, meeting a corporate CEO, and venturing into other worlds. Also known as: Horror Game: The Top-Grade Furnace of a God-Tier Female Ghost 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 EN One Kiss Makes Me Stronger, and Female Ghosts Line Up to Give Me Their Powers 吻一下就变强，女诡排队送能力 [Rule-Based Horror + Contrasting Harem Heroines + Another World + Campus Beauty] This is supposed to be a terrifying horror game. Other players die for breaking the rules, but when Chu He breaks them, the campus beauty ghost falls in love with him instead! The strange world descends upon Blue Star, and every country must select one person each year to enter it and take part in a horror game. Chu He, an utterly ordinary college student, is randomly chosen and thrown into the perilous “Horror Univ 75Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 46 My Fox Demon Wife 狐妖媳妇 [A lifetime of sorrow: black hair turns white; a morning of longing brings sorrow to the heart.] [One sorrow, one grief, thoughts of yearning; one thought, and the heavens are cut off.] A thousand-year promise, a ten-thousand-year tribulation, [the strongest male lead + beautiful fox wife + strongest constitution + sweet romance] 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Tales of Dao Chen 道尘往事 [Fate of the Yin Hour]: Never set the coffin down before reaching its destination; [Phantasmal Yin Realm]: The wails of vengeful spirits drive people to their deaths; [Seven Stars in Alignment]: A defiant demon lays claim to the earth's ley lines; [Ghost Market of the Netherwilds]: Every spirit has a price, paid in paper money. [Spirit Mountain Soul Summoning], [Shumen Exorcism], [Miaojiang Gu Poison], [Wuxian Feng Shui], [Nine Chrysanthemums Corpse Cultivation]… After five hundred years o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I'm a Professional Mage: Isn't Marrying a Demon Wife the Perfect Protection? 我职业法师：娶妖妻辟邪很正常吧 (One devoted male lead and one heroine + ensemble cast + passionate, funny, with a touch of angst) While other twenty-year-olds are partying and binge-watching shows, Shen Mobai is pretending to be a fortune-teller to scam people out of big money. He digs up a grave in the middle of the night for a 300,000-yuan ghost-marriage fee, only to wake the vengeful ghost buried inside! “Hey, lady! I was just following orders. I didn’t mean to dig up your grave!” “Take it up with the King of Hell.” “Help 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Wife 我的千年女鬼老婆 My name is Zhang Shaobai. Behind our village stands an ancient pagoda that has been guarded for generations. Everyone in the village says it’s cursed. But outsiders refuse to believe it, and for money, I took them to the pagoda. From then on, strange things kept happening around me. It all began with that livestream one night... 227Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 50 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—Shelves
