Novels like A Tenant of the Underworld
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Tenant of the Underworld, best match first.
- 151 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Longing for Yun's Return 念云归 [Angsty! Angsty! Angsty! Short tragic historical romance, princess sent abroad for a political marriage] Huan Yun’s childhood name was Yun’er. From the time she was little, her mother held her close and softly sang, “Yun’er, come home. Yun’er, come home.” Yun’er never went anywhere. Mother, why do you sigh like that? In the sixteenth year of Jianzhao, Huan Yun passed away quietly in the Wuyou Palace. Mother, you don’t know. Yun’er can never return home again... 294Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 156 The Bright Moon Keeps You Company 明月伴君 One day, high school student Si Yue suddenly finds herself in a cultivation world, where she becomes a good-for-nothing who can't cultivate. She has a crush on the chosen genius Xie Jing, but their difference in status makes her too shy to confess. She thinks that if she stays by his side, her young hero will eventually accept her. But things don't go as she hoped: Xie Jing's childhood dream girl, Jing Huan, appears. The dream girl is a heaven-blessed beauty, exceptionally talented and stunningl 261Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 157 One Fleeting Glance, and I Knew Love Had Faded 蓦然一顾知阑珊 She married him without hesitation in the prime of her life, but couldn't escape the seven-year itch. As her life entered its final countdown, she could no longer find the young man who had once loved her so deeply. She devoted her entire life to him, and only at the very end did he finally realize what he had lost... 57Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 158 After the Class Reunion, She Knelt and Begged Me Not to Divorce Her 同学聚会后，她跪着求我别离婚 After the Class Reunion, She Begged Me on Her Knees Not to Divorce Her 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 In the End, Deep Love Leaves Nothing but Heartbreak 情深终负尽 After five years of dating and three years of marriage, Qin Yue underwent IVF more than a dozen times, but in the end Gu Yanzhi still rejected her. “You can't have children. You're not fit to be my wife.” Later, Gu Yanzhi saw another man tenderly holding Qin Yue, whose belly was swollen with pregnancy... 166Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 160 The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书，我当上了皇后 I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Suspended for Bringing My Kid to Work, I Put Him on the Chairman’s Desk: Keep Your Grandchild, I’m Done 带娃上班被停职，我把娃扔上董事长桌：你孙子我不要了 I Was Suspended for Bringing My Kid to Work, So I Plopped Him on the Chairman’s Desk: I Don’t Want Your Grandson Anymore 38Reads—Score13214d adds
- 162 I Really Did Get a Zero on the Gaokao 我高考真的是零分 I Really Did Get Zero on the Gaokao 1.5kReads—Score1814d adds
- 163 After We Married, My Husband’s Fake Little Sister Started Fighting Me for Everything 结婚后，老公干妹妹她又争又抢 After We Got Married, My Husband's Adopted Sister Kept Fighting Me for Everything 10.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 164 What More Do You Want from Me? 你还要我怎样 She loved him, and he tortured her. She had secretly loved him for over ten years, but their love gradually faded away in a marriage that lasted less than two years... 115Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 165 The Real Heiress Is Reborn, and Her Brothers Have All Become Well-Behaved 真千金重生，哥哥们都变乖了 The Real Heiress Is Reborn, and Her Brothers Have All Turned Well-Behaved 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Love's Ashes 相思烬 On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 After My Cheating Ex Dumped Me, My Best Friend and I Faked Our Deaths 被渣后，我和闺蜜死遁了 After I Was Betrayed, My Best Friend and I Faked Our Deaths 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Reborn, I Made My Childhood Sweetheart and His Illegitimate Daughter Stick Together 重生后，我让竹马和私生女锁死 After Being Reborn, I Made My Childhood Friend and His Illegitimate Daughter Stay Together 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Goodbye, Mr. Song. The Wedding Goes On 宋先生再见，婚礼继续 Goodbye, Mr. Song. The Wedding Goes On 5.7kReads—Score6214d adds
- 171 The Day His First Love Moved In, I Gave Him Up 白月光登堂入室那天，我不要他了 The Day His White Moonlight Moved In, I Stopped Wanting Him 296Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 You Became the King, While I Became a Tragic Memory 你为君王，妾已成殇 After loving him for ten years, she helped him ascend the throne, but he slaughtered her entire family. These vast lands were stained with nothing but her family's blood. On a ten-mile bridal procession, he married the woman he loved and made her empress. Dressed all in white, she leapt from the city tower. Xiao Jingyu, my love for you has led me down a road from which there is no return. 351Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 173 Only After I Gave Up on the Abusive, Unhinged, Disabled Prince Did He Finally Regret It 我不要受虐疯批残王后，他才悔悟 Only After I Refused to Stay with the Abusive, Deranged Prince Was He Filled with Regret 298Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I’m Done With the Man I Couldn’t Warm Up After Three Years of Slaving Away for Him 当牛马三年都捂不热的人我不要了 I’m Done with the Man I Spent Three Years Trying to Warm Up 214Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 I Didn’t Take the Gaokao. Whose Tsinghua Admission Letter Did You Steal? 我没参加高考，你偷谁清华通知书 I Didn’t Take the Gaokao, So Whose Tsinghua Acceptance Letter Did You Steal? 7.2kReads—Score7014d adds
- 176 We Ended Things the Night He Went to Find His One True Love 我们结束了，在他去找白月光那晚 We Ended Things the Night He Went to See His First Love 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I Divorced My Husband to Set Him Free for His First Love, but He Refused 离婚成全丈夫和白月光，他却不干了 I divorced my husband to reunite him with his first love, but he refused to go along with it. 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Day He Made His Side Consort, I Emptied the Prince's Mansion and Ran 他抬侧妃那天，我卷空王府跑路了 The Day He Made His Concubine a Princess, I Cleared Out the Prince's Estate and Ran 1.7kReads—Score3414d adds
- 179 The Crazy Ancestor Rampages Through a Torture Novel 疯批老祖在虐文里嘎嘎乱杀 (The System is the villain + the heroine specializes in curing lovesick fools + nontraditional quick transmigration + 1v1, devoted couple with no other partners + not satisfying just for the sake of it) ✔️ (Ancient setting) Sweet romance (a fallen princess is reborn and makes a comeback) ✔️ (Modern setting) A little angst (a research prodigy's journey to reject scumbags) ✔️ (Republican-era setting) Moderate angst (the young marshal's little wife who takes his misfortunes upon herself) ✔️ (Immort 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 You Said Love Wouldn’t Hurt This Much 你说爱情那么伤 Shen Siting never imagined that Gu Xixi would die. He was furious at her schemes and hated her betrayal. He tortured her like a madman and drove her to flee. He thought all he felt for her was disgust and hatred, but the moment he found her body, his heart felt as if it had been torn apart. Blinded by hatred, he became a prisoner of love. How fortunate Shen Siting was, and yet how tragic; he was hateful, pitiful, and deserving of pity. An Yang said she cursed him to lose the person he loved fore 988Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 181 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家 The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 483Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 183 He Flirted Openly With a Rising Star, Then Regretted It Only After I Dumped Him 公然和小花暧昧，分手才知道后悔 He openly flirted with the rising star, only to regret it after we broke up. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Sinful Love 罪爱 Chen Lin loves her. That is Ye Zhiqiu's only leverage for taking revenge on him. Making Chen Lin watch her die day by day is Ye Zhiqiu's way of getting even. Chen Lin: “Can you live for me?” Ye Zhiqiu: “No.” 164Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 185 The Day He Married His Childhood Sweetheart, His Little Cousin, I Disappeared 在他娶青梅小表妹那天，我消失了 The Day He Married His Childhood Sweetheart, My Little Cousin, I Disappeared 4.3kReads—Score4014d adds
- 186 Her Words Always Come True. Why Would You Mess With Her? 她嘴开过光，你们惹她干嘛？ Her Words Always Come True. Why Would You Mess with Her? 288Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 While I Was Away on Business, My Boyfriend Brought His One True Love Home 我出差时，男友把白月光带回了家 While I was away on a business trip, my boyfriend brought his first love home. 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 67Reads7.8Score514d adds
- 189 After My Husband Cheated, I Chose to Divorce Him 丈夫出轨后，我选择离婚 After My Husband Cheated, I Chose Divorce 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 My Childhood Sweetheart Cheated With His Junior, So I Dumped Him and Married a Tycoon 竹马背着和学妹暧昧我踹他嫁大佬 My Childhood Friend Cheated with His Junior, So I Dumped Him and Married a Powerful Man 243Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Summer in Xiachuan Town 下川镇的夏天 Summer in Xiachuan Town was a passionate, heartfelt regret. I never had him, yet it felt as if I’d lost him a thousand times over. A bus approached from afar. Jiang Yihuan couldn’t tell if it was the right one. She looked up through the window and saw Li Chengze’s face. He was standing by the bus door. As soon as the bus stopped and the doors opened, he rushed down and pulled Jiang Yihuan into his arms. “Jiang Yihuan, I’ve missed you so much.” Li Chengze rested his head on her shoulder and spoke 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Mrs. Lu, I’m Done Holding On 陆太太，不熬了 Mrs. Lu, No More Staying Up 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 He Chose to Save His First Love, and After I Died, He Fell Apart 他选择救白月光，我死后他崩溃了 He Chose to Save His Moonlight, and Fell Apart After I Died 684Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 After My Fiancé Lost His Memory, I Stopped Loving Him 未婚夫失忆后，我不爱他了 After My Fiancé Lost His Memory, I Stopped Loving Him 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Pleasures in the Palace Hall 殿上欢 The Chancellor's household was branded traitorous and slaughtered overnight, leaving her the daughter of a condemned criminal. Feng Yueli was tortured by Beigong Han's demand for her blood until she was nearly drained of life. But for her younger brother's sake, she had no choice but to cling to her last breath and keep going. At first, she said, “The Chancellor's household is innocent. My father was loyal through and through.” Later, she said, “This guilty woman is unworthy of becoming empress. 414Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 196 The Tragic Heroine Finally Found Her Voice 虐文女主长了嘴 I transmigrated into a tragic novel where everyone dies, right at the moment the male lead’s first love returns. The first love clutched my hand and sobbed. “I’m sorry, sis. I just can’t let go of Yunshen. You’ve had him to yourself for three years. It’s time to give him back to me, don’t you think?” Gu Yunshen pulled out the divorce papers. “I wronged Xinyan back then. It was my fault, and I have to own up to it.” Armed with the script, I snorted. “Idiot, she’s pregnant and in a hurry to get 97Reads—Score1814d adds
- 197 After Our Pretend Romance Became Real, He Lost the One He Loved Forever 假戏真做后他永失所爱 After pretending turned into the real thing, he lost the one he loved forever. 6.9kReads—Score17314d adds
- 198 A Joke Report: I Got the Police to Raid My In-Laws’ Home 举报的玩笑：我让警察查抄了娘家 A Joke Report: I Had the Police Raid My In-Laws’ Home 804Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 No Men, Just Kids 不要男人只要娃 I Don't Need a Man, Just a Baby 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I’m Sorry, I Don’t Dare to Love You Anymore 对不起，我不敢再爱你 Ning Anran loved Bo Yeting so much that she lost herself. But Bo Yeting didn't love her. The woman in his heart was Mu Junya, who had once risked her life to save him. But when he lost Ning Anran, and the whole truth was laid bare before him, he regretted it. He searched the entire world for Ning Anran, who had disappeared, like a madman. But she no longer dared to love him. 339Reads6.3Score—14d adds
