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- 51 My Wife Is Actually the Saintess of the Demon Realm 我的夫人竟是魔界圣女 Yue Yao: “My husband is a perfect gentleman who saves lives and heals the wounded. He is Hua Tuo reborn.” Zhou Fan: “My wife is clever, graceful, and virtuous, a true lady of refinement.” Endless red leaves drift down as two figures of overwhelming power pass each other. The moment their eyes meet... “Husband, aren't you a doctor?” “Wife, aren't you a lady of refinement?” 556Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 52 The Beautiful Demon Wife 妖妻美人 I've slept in a coffin since I was little. When I was six, a snake slipped inside and stayed with me in the coffin for six years… 3.6kReads8.9Score40814d adds
- 53 I'm a Merchant in a World of Horror 我在惊悚世界当商人 Some people trade in the living, while others trade in the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, joss paper, burial clothes, or paper offerings. I sell things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger… 2.6kReads8.8Score25814d adds
- 54 My Date with a Vampire: The Red-Eyed Storyteller 僵约：红眼说书人 After an accident, when Jiang Xiaonian wakes up again, he finds himself in what seems to be 1990s Hong Kong... And... This era has a detective named Kuang Tianyou, as well as a female Taoist exorcist named Ma Xiaoling. Just as Jiang Xiaonian begins to fear the supernatural world he has transmigrated into, a force suddenly erupts within him, and the moon above... turns blood red. 4.8kReads7.9Score26414d adds
- 55 There's a Fox Spirit Living in My House 家里养个狐狸精 After getting drunk, college student Li Yundong obtained a Human Origin Golden Elixir, which transformed his body. When he woke up, he found a cute, alluring fox spirit beauty sleeping beside him, and his life changed forever! With the power of the Human Origin Golden Elixir, he became invincible, and joined forces with the little fox spirit in dual cultivation to create a legendary romance between humans and demons! 1.2kReads9.0Score18914d adds
- 56 My Girlfriend Pushed Me into the Weird Domain, and After Changing My Bones, I Sealed My Heart in Concrete 女友推我入诡域，换骨后水泥封心 [Urban, high martial arts, wish fulfillment, unhinged protagonist, paranormal, resurgence, reborn, one female lead, no System, ruthless and decisive] The world has fallen apart. When desperate people take their own lives, there is a chance they will become paranormal entities known as Deliriums. They create domains that trap everyone nearby, where they torment their victims for amusement. Humanity's prized firearms are all useless. There is only one way to fight a Delirium: implant one of it 2.3kReads9.0Score27114d adds
- 57 Apocalypse Exorcist Streams Monster Hunts, Goddess Shows Up With a Kid 末世天师直播杀怪，女神带娃堵门 Apocalypse + celestial master + livestreaming + fortune-telling + monster slaying + goddess romance + one heroine + doting dad + transmigration! Zhang Haotian transmigrated into a world of ghost-themed games, only to die immediately. After becoming the supreme celestial master, he transmigrated again, this time into the original host's body. He sent the original host to the afterlife from the start! He'd only wanted to work nine to five, get married, have kids, and live an ordinary life! But who 11.2kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 58 The Name of Heaven's Wrath: Divine Thunder from the Nine Heavens Scours the Mortal World 天罚之名：九霄神雷劫红尘 Falling flowers and flowing water seem heartless; green mountains and evening snow each go their separate ways! The young Daoist from Shenxiao and his childhood friend, his junior uncle, journey through the mortal world together, enjoying life! The extraordinary may be closer than you think. The so-called gods, ghosts, and spirits may all be illusions! Those who cultivate the Dao cultivate the heart. Entering the world is a way to sever one's karmic ties! 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Marrying a Ghost Bride from the Start, the 749 Bureau Comes Knocking 开局迎娶鬼新娘，749局找上门 [Ghost Bride + 749 + invincible + lifespan-for-power + hot-blooded + ruthless...] Hong Yao was panicking. He was living in what should have been an ordinary modern city, yet supernatural incidents were becoming more and more frequent. By chance, he found the betrothal letter of a ghost bride, and now he had to marry her! From then on, one strange entity after another came after him, all out to take his life. You brought this on yourselves! System! Take my lifespan! Also known as: “Am I strong? I 10.4kReads7.9Score80414d adds
- 60 A Blood Slave from the Start: Forging the Philosopher’s Stone with My Childhood Friend 开局血奴，以青梅铸贤者之石 [Dark Western fantasy + one heroine + unhinged male lead + clever characters] “To save her, would you sacrifice the whole world?” “Of course. I’d be delighted.” The day my childhood friend was cut in half before my eyes and refined into a Philosopher’s Stone, I plunged into madness. I became a blood thrall of the Seven Sins and endured a three-hundred-year cycle of death. I sacrificed those who loved me, killed my own child from a previous life, and even betrayed and slew another version of mys 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 I Exorcise Ghosts in the City of Demons 我在魔都渡鬼神 [One Female Lead] [Urban Superpowers] [Supernatural] Liao Yusheng opened his eyes as the subway's last train pulled into its final stop. The pretty young woman who had just smiled with her cherry-red lips now had a mouth ripped open to her ears, revealing a bloody maw. The grand Taoist ritual on Mount Zhongnan resumes, reigniting the contest to become the Daoist Celestial Master. A Feng Shui master shifts mountains and moves ridges, while an ancient bronze coffin that has not rusted in a thous 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score91514d adds
- 63 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score16514d adds
- 64 Horror Game: From the Start, I Treat Ghosts for Infertility 恐怖游戏：开局给鬼治不孕不育 [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + absurd humor + one heroine = a serious novel!] Saving a life earns you more merit than building a seven-story pagoda. Saving a ghost earns you more than scraping together a seven-room apartment! Luo Ping transmigrated into a world of the supernatural and became a doctor at the Good Luck Clinic on Happy Cross Street. After staying chaste for more than twenty years, he encountered a drunken, violent evil spirit seeking treatment for infertility right from the sta 533Reads8.6Score10714d adds
- 65 What a Thrilling Start: A Cute Ghost Bride Knocks on My Door at Midnight 开局超刺激，萌鬼新娘半夜来敲门 1.7kReads8.5Score19614d adds
- 66 The Year I Was Born, Ghosts Came Looking for a Groom 我出生那年，鬼招婿 The year I was born, ghosts came seeking a bride. To stay alive, I slept in a haunted coffin. When I was twelve, I was forced to marry a ghost bride, bringing disaster upon us all. My grandfather had me take an unclaimed grave as my master. I thought things would finally be peaceful from then on. But the good times didn't last. I discovered by chance that my ghost wife had been by my side all along... 12.2kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 67 High Martial: I Raised My Wife into an Eternal Great Evil 高武：我把老婆养成了亘古巨恶 [High martial arts + satisfying power fantasy + overwhelming dominance + mastermind behind the scenes + one heroine + doting-wife storyline] In a high martial arts world, supernatural abilities reign supreme. What Lin Yan awakens, however, is a little girl in red, crying to be fed. Everyone laughs at him for being useless, but Lin Yan knows the truth. What he's raising isn't an ability, but the infant form of an ancient, primordial evil. It feeds on the emotions of all living beings and takes th 2.3kReads7.7Score27814d adds
- 68 The Socially Anxious Brat I Met in an Online Game Is Super Cute 网游遇见的社恐雌小鬼超级可爱 [Online Game] + [One Heroine] + [Sweet Romance] + [Healing] + [Mutual Devotion] + [Funny Everyday Life] + [No Angst, No Tragedy] Online schemer x online brat Gaming addict x socially anxious girl A special piece of equipment is available in the Valentine’s Day event for the well-known online game Aiya Ya Chronicles, and so Breaking news: “Shocking! The most unbelievable couple in history has appeared!” “Guild lead DPS Morgana has sold her soul and gotten together with the guild’s infuriating lit 3.1kReads9.4Score54714d adds
- 69 Sister Zombie, Help! There's a Ghost Behind Me! 尸姐，救命！我身后有鬼！ [Mild Horror] [Devoted Couple] [Ghost Wife] [Two Female Leads] [Contractual Bond with a Coming-of-Age Dynamic] My name is Ji Ting. I died the day I was born. My grandmother summoned a female ghost, who dragged me back from death. She looked at me as if I were an enemy from a past life. I clung to her leg, and she called me useless. On our wedding day, she asked me, “Jinglan, are you happy?” Her soft lips kissed me until I was dizzy with bliss. I could no longer tell whether I was Ji Ting or Pei 4.6kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 70 The Fox Bride of Qingqiu 青丘狐妻 Liu the Half-Immortal told my mother, “On the night of the full moon, take your child and a chicken to Qingqiu Mountain and wait. Whoever eats your family’s chicken will become your child’s spouse, whether it’s a snake, an insect, an ant, a bird, or a beast...” That night, a little fox and a little white wolf fought fiercely over the chicken, and from then on, the gears of fate began to turn... 9.3kReads8.6Score80114d adds
- 71 Journey to the West: NPC Divine Constable, From the Start I Possess a Player 西游：NPC神捕，开局夺舍玩家 [Journey to the West NPC Awakening + System Comeback + Mystery and Crime-Solving + Multiple Worlds] I'm a divine constable NPC in an online game based on Journey to the West. In the repeating storyline, my whole family was supposed to be slaughtered by Night Beauty. On the brink of death, I killed the player who had betrayed me, took over his pay-to-win account, and instantly unlocked the third level of the Body Awakening Realm! Bound to the Brain Marrow Prison, I slay demons to seize their powe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 On Our Wedding Night, My Bride Turned into a Female Ghost, and I Got Even More Excited 新婚夜，新娘变女鬼，我更兴奋了 Before he died, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me. My bride was a rich heiress, and so beautiful she could put every other woman to shame. But on our wedding night, the bride turned into a female ghost. Everyone was terrified, but I was even more excited. “Ding! The ghost bride is bashful. Ghost Qi +20.” “Ding! The ghost bride is acting coy. Ghost Qi +30.” The Underworld has fallen into chaos, and ghosts roam the night. Su Zhe farms Ghost Qi from ghosts, then exchanges it for superna 1.1kReads8.5Score12114d adds
- 73 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 74 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 5.5kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 75 The Village Guardian, the Wife in the Coffin 守村人，棺中妻 [Fox Wife] + [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [Mystery and Twists] + [Funny Ensemble Cast] + [Interlocking Plotlines] + [First-Ever Nine-Tailed Fox with Nine Clones] I’m the village’s famous idiot. Of course, that’s what people who don’t know any better call me. Those in the know call me… the village guardian! But my half-baked fortune-teller of a grandfather has a very different opinion from everyone else. He says I’m a kept man who lives off women! Still, I never imagined the woman I’d have 19.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 76 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
- 77 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.6kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 78 The Sect Hands Out Mounts, and I Get a Demon Empress 宗门发坐骑：给我发了个妖族女帝 Chu Feng transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a menial disciple of the Profound Sword Sect. Just then, a war breaks out between the righteous and demonic factions, with countless orthodox sects laying siege to the demonic path. When immortals clash, mortals suffer. To replenish their forces, the sects issue mounts to their menial disciples as well. Chu Feng receives the lowest-grade demonic beast and becomes the laughingstock of the entire sect. Who would have thought that the beast 7kReads8.6Score89414d adds
- 79 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 8kReads8.3Score93714d adds
- 80 Haunted Taoist Temple: I Only Hunt the Most Ominous Things 恐怖道观：我只抓大凶之物 “My good apprentice, you've completed your training. You may leave the mountain now.” “Rest assured, Master. Once I descend the mountain, I will vanquish demons and exorcise evil, restoring the glory of our Daoist tradition!” “To temper your character, I have a small test for you.” “I won't let you down, Master!” “Excellent. There's a young woman down the mountain. Go marry her!” “What?!” … 3.3kReads8.9Score35414d adds
- 81 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score32314d adds
- 82 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
- 83 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.4kReads6.5Score49214d adds
- 84 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score11414d adds
- 85 I Could Live Off a Woman, Yet I Choose to Slay Demons 明明能吃软饭，我却偏要斩妖除魔 [No System] [Comedy] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain] [Living Off a Rich Woman] The popular-science streamer Lin the Fat Guy, The law-abiding Heavenly Master Qin, Who never gets curious about rich divorcee Xu. And only knows a tiny bit about housekeeper Chen. After twenty years of cultivation without ever encountering a ghost, modern-day Heavenly Master Qin Mo chooses to face reality and accept a beautiful CEO’s offer to keep him. Who could have guessed that ghosts 7.9kReads8.4Score55714d adds
- 86 I Kissed the Ghost King by Force from the Start, and Now the Whole World Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile 开局强吻诡王，全球求我低调点 [One-on-one / yandere, cold beauty with a volatile streak vs. sunny, shrewd college guy who jealously guards what's his / thrilling power fantasy / no hiatus / growing love and mutual healing / the Myriad Worlds] When the gods toy with humanity under the guise of a “game”: Become a god, or turn to ash. Xu Yan is thrown into the core of the eerie realm from the start: The Red-Clad Forbidden Zone, with a survival rate of 0.03%. Facing certain death, Xu Yan is forced to sign a “marriage contract” w 213Reads—Score1314d adds
- 87 You Asked Me to Explore the Wonders of Science, So Why Did I Walk Into a Haunted Lair? 让你走近科学，你走进诡窝？ [Single heroine + livestreaming + supernatural exploration] Jiang Yuan is live-streaming an outdoor night-fishing trip at a haunted reservoir when he scares popular streamer Xiaoyi into tears! The clip shoots straight to the top of the trending list. His agent panics. “I told you to stick to science and share educational content. Now you’re claiming that ghost soldiers are crossing over? You’re fired!” Jiang Yuan: “Come on, it’s all science! Just hear me out!” The authorities show up and ask him 13.1kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 88 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score25514d adds
- 89 My Mom Died, and I Just Want to Go Home for a Meal 我妈死了，就想回家吃顿饭 My mom died, and all I wanted was to go home and have a meal. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 91 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.8kReads8.9Score49114d adds
- 92 Horror Apocalypse: From the Start, I Married a Ghost and Took the Bride by Force 恐怖末世：开局冥婚，强娶鬼新娘 [Supernatural phenomena return + unconventional stockpiling + comedy + reborn + one female lead + mental illness] Lu Yuan is unexpectedly reborn and remembers what will happen on May 20: when a girl confesses to him, his dead ex-girlfriend will turn into a vengeful ghost and hunt him down! To stay alive, Lu Yuan comes up with a great idea. Only ghosts can hold back ghosts. If he can gather an embroidered shoe, a bridal gown, a red bridal veil, a phoenix hairpin, and a jade bangle, he can assembl 8.1kReads8.7Score75714d adds
- 93 Chronicles of the Kings 王者战纪 See how Wang Ze, an amnesiac, down-on-his-luck prince transmigrated to another world, saves the apocalypse, and becomes the strongest king. Manchester is a metropolis that can hold several hundred million people. With such a huge population density, it's only natural that there are buildings everywhere. It's a city with a staggering five hundred floors above ground and a hundred below. As for transportation, there are plenty of options: flying cars, airships, subways, brooms, all kinds of flying 1Reads—Score914d adds
- 94 The Sacred Emperor of War 斗战圣帝 A young man who can't find a job after graduating transmigrates to another world by chance. He has no golden finger, but by gathering cultivation resources from the droppings of exotic beasts, he makes a successful comeback and becomes a martial artist. In this other world, where everyone values martial prowess, he relies on his grit and social savvy to fight his way through every obstacle, eventually becoming a great emperor: the Battle Saint Emperor. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 32.2kReads9.4Score76114d adds
- 96 Paranormal Invasion: I Win the Heart of a Female Ghost with Hints 诡异入侵：我靠提示赢得女诡芳心 [Ghost wife protects her husband + horror + livestreaming + survival + national fate + fast-paced + one female lead] The whole world is pulled into a bizarre game. If a player dies, their country’s fortune collapses! Lin Ye is chosen to represent the Dragon Nation, and from the start he draws the deadliest boss in the instance: the [Red-Clothed Female Ghost]. He should have no chance of survival, but a System prompt lets him see the “hopeless romantic” passive skill hidden in the ghost’s skill l 42.8kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 97 Kill That Immortal 杀死那个神仙 Warning: The male lead kills the female lead from the start! If that bothers you, turn left! [This really is a very fun novel] [It’s really not that scary] [Trust me] The world says that immortals are noble, compassionate, and kind, that they stand above all things. So kill that immortal!!! 1.3kReads9.3Score10114d adds
- 98 Urban: I Become a Werewolf Hunter in the Night, Slaying the Uncanny 都市：我在黑夜化身狼人猎杀怪异 (The female lead is Bai Mian. The story starts on a low note before rising, with plenty of satisfying moments, but it isn't mindless wish fulfillment.) Before the Chosen Calamity began, a chance encounter on a rainy night turned Lin Xianfu, an ordinary wage earner, into something like a “werewolf.” From then on, the urges to kill and thirst for blood tormented him deep within, day after day. His life changed dramatically. The ordinary facade was torn open by a monster, revealing a strange and 10.1kReads8.4Score87814d adds
- 99 Mercy Voyage: I Sacrifice My Girlfriend, and I Sacrifice the Whole World 慈航游戏：女友祭天，我祭全世界 [Horror game + rule-based horror + decisive and ruthless protagonist + one heroine] I died once trying to save my late girlfriend, Xi Yin But I can die twice more! She awakened inside the game as a vengeful ghost, with even her memories altered. I picked the most useless class on the server, building manager. I have no SSS-rank talent to take on the divine spirits, so I rely on the Building Manager app to master the rules. A divine spirit in my way? Players causing trouble? Do I really have to t 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Borrowing Yin Bones, Wife of the King of Hell 借阴骨，阎王妻 To keep me alive, my grandfather threw me into a mass grave and buried me with nine stunningly beautiful female corpses. But he never expected someone to cut open my chest and dig out my bones, leaving me on the brink of death… 8.3kReads8.9Score83514d adds
