Novels like The Jiao Consort Returns
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Jiao Consort Returns, best match first.
- 1 Sever the Underworld Bonds, Avenge the Blood Feud, Become the City God 断阴状，复血仇，做城隍 [Alternate history, transmigration, rebirth, ancient court intrigue, resurrection in another's body] [Supernatural tales, ghost hunting and demon slaying, decisive ruthlessness, settling scores] In the Great Yin Dynasty, the Great Yin Goddess stood above the Four Directional Goddesses. Legend had it that the goddess Si Yun was already a hundred years old and the last servant of the gods. She not only possessed an unparalleled art of changing skins, which kept her youthful forever, but also used 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Villainous Demon Husband 反派妖夫 Xia Zhuqiao was born with an extremely yin fate. She thought she'd spend her whole life among wandering ghosts, but who knew she'd end up entangled with a major headache she couldn't afford to offend... On a rainy night, Xia Zhuqiao points at Li Junyi's nose and yells, “You're not a good person! No, you're not a good demon!” Sitting in the Demon Lord's seat, Li Junyi parts his thin lips and asks, “Then, my lady, do you like me?” 17Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 3 A Snake Fetus in the Coffin 棺孕蛇胎 On the day my sister-in-law went into labor, my grandmother, the midwife, made me hold a snake and sleep inside a coffin. Rain poured down as snakes gathered around the house. My sister-in-law’s belly split open, and she gave birth to a ball of snakes. 127Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 4 The Snake Immortal's Enchantment: A Bewitching Campus Romance 蛇仙缠心，校园诡恋 A new work is here! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Snake King’s Spiritual Bride 蛇王灵妻 I was born on the Ghost Festival in the Snake Immortal Temple. I was a corpse-born child, gifted with yin-yang eyes and the ability to commune with spirits. On the night I turned eighteen, snakes paved the way and ghosts roamed the night. A bridal sedan chair floated from the Snake Immortal Temple and came to a stop before me. A man in wedding robes stood atop the sedan chair. My grandmother said the Snake Immortal had come to marry me. But after I climbed into the sedan chair, a voice told me t 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Cursed by a Snake Immortal, I Can See the Ghosts Among Us 蛇仙诅咒，我看见人间百鬼 A quick apology to all my lovely readers who have been supporting me! After careful consideration, I’ve decided to make substantial revisions and improvements to the earlier chapters of this book. Some plot details will be adjusted slightly. I’m doing this to make the story more complete and compelling, and to give you a better reading experience. If the changes have caused you any disappointment, I sincerely ask for your understanding. 🩵 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Dragon's Wife Is Hard to Handle 蛟夫难缠 [First-person paranormal | Flood Dragon husband | Horror | Cathartic comedy] My name is Shen Yuezhao. I was born a freak after my mother emerged from the Dragon-Locking Well. I was born with an ill-fated yin destiny, and a single talisman kept me alive until I was fourteen. When I was eighteen, an incredibly handsome man came looking for me. His moods were unpredictable, yet he was utterly devoted to me. He kept me on the brink of death while giving me everything he had... In a dream, I saw him 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Snake Gu 蛇蛊 I was destined to face a calamity. I tried every way I could to escape, but they still found me. Ghosts cleared the way as eerie music rang out, and a bewitching man in red hunted me down from a thousand miles away. A dying message written in blood, a demon arriving at my door in the dead of night. On the verge of death, I had no choice but to accept the snake demon's terms: enter a ghost marriage and become his spirit medium. The demon snake was ferocious. He promised me eternal life, but life 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Snake King's Wedding: One Mountain Ghost Coin, a Lifetime of Security 蛇王婚：一枚山鬼钱，聘我万周全 The fortune says I’m blessed by good luck and destined for romance, and that one day I’ll marry the Snake King. But I’ve always believed my origins were anything but auspicious. Twenty years ago, on the night my father gave birth to my younger sister and me, a blood moon hung high in the sky and dark forces stirred across the land. My father died in a difficult labor… Then, twenty years later, my grandfather’s corpse inexplicably rose, and several “mountain ghost coins” passed down through our f 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I'm in a Wheelchair. So What If I Shake You Down for a Billion? 我一坐轮椅的，讹你亿点点咋了？ [Strong heroine + mutual devotion + sweet romance + modern + fantasy] The daughter-in-law the Shi family has just welcomed is disabled. But that's not the important part. What's important is that her new husband kicked her out of his car in the middle of the street, and then she was kidnapped by human traffickers! Before long, the once untouchable young master of the Shi family was trending online and had become a laughingstock across A City! Shi Yan thought he absolutely couldn't let those t 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Lifelong Devotion to You 倾我一生一世念 “She’s so happy, because the person she loves will love her again in her next life. I’m even happier, because the person I love already fell in love with me in my last life.” “I can wait ten years for you. I don’t mind waiting a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand years.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Snake Lord Is Hard to Handle 蛇君难缠 When I was born, my father disturbed the spiritual object guarding a feng shui site and killed an entire nest of snakes. Our family was punished for it. I had to wear a pair of red jade earrings to stay alive, but one snake claimed they were his betrothal gift and demanded that I become his woman. I tried to escape, but he used force to keep me by his side, sweet-talking me and refusing to spare any rivals who coveted me. I thought his feelings for me were real, and gradually fell for him, until 257Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 13 The Yin-Born Girl: The Dragon King's Little Wife 阴生女：龙王的小娇妻 I was born with an unusually yin nature, and I’ve had yin-yang eyes since childhood. I can see every demon and evil spirit in the world, and they’re always haunting me. My mother suffered a difficult labor when she gave birth to me. After three days and three nights, I still hadn’t been born. My grandmother was a fortune-telling medium, and she predicted that I was destined for wealth and would become the Dragon King’s wife. She said that the only way to save my life was to betroth me to the Dra 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Serpent’s Unrequited Love 蛇不了情 I was born a malformed conjoined twin, with the underdeveloped fetal corpse of a baby girl, covered in python-like markings, fused to my back. Worse still, twenty years later, I met Di Xiuyin, and the fetal corpse on my back began to come back to life... Everyone knows that Di Xiuyin is a ghostly python, steeped in sin and living by the blade. He rips out snake gallbladders, cuts out their glands, and refines their venom, running rampant wherever he goes and leaving devastation in his wake. Ever 21Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 15 On the Day I Was Born, Ten Thousand Snakes Paid Homage 我出生当天，万蛇朝拜 I was born with a demon’s fetus. On the day I was born, countless snakes bowed before me, and the village was struck by a once-in-a-century downpour. Everyone was terrified and wanted nothing to do with me... 30Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 16 The Serpent's Curse: My Dragon Husband Is as Beautiful as Jade 蛇怨：龙夫如玉 For generations, my family has guarded a Dragon-Locking Well. The day I was born, I brought about my father’s and grandfather’s deaths. When I was eighteen, I witnessed my grandmother die a horrific death, and my mother go mad... In my despair, a mysterious blood serpent appeared in my dream, its back covered in strange dragon scales. It told me I was destined to be its wife. To protect the only family I had left and keep my mother alive, I was forced to become entangled with it and uncover 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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—Shelves
- 18 The Yin-Born Girl and the Snake-Borne Coffin 阴生女，蛇抬棺 Ghosts pave the way, and countless snakes converge. Debts of vengeance and gratitude must all be settled. If you dare regret it, you’ll find no escape from life or death… Eighteen years ago, my grandpa rescued me from a tower where abandoned infants were left to die. But he only wanted to use me to catch snakes and refine their gallbladders, so he could practice an evil art and live forever. The debt we owed the snakes brought retribution. He roamed free, while scales covered my body and I suffe 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Daily Life as a Snake Demon 穿成蛇妖日常 The original host was a white snake who failed to transform into a dragon and died, body and soul. By a twist of fate, the workhorse Song Xinghe transmigrated into her body and became a half-human, half-snake demon. Song Xinghe had gone from human to a giant snake overnight, and she was an ugly demoness to boot. The shock was immense. She couldn't do anything to begin with, and her snake tail went haywire from time to time. What was wrong with keeping a low profile? A strikingly handsome young D 1.3kReads7.2Score113Shelves
- 21 The Paper Servant Girl: I Extend the Young Master's Life at a Haunted Shop 纸扎丫鬟：我在诡铺替少爷续命 [Alternate Republican-era setting + regretful pursuit of a wife + powerful man lowering his head + mutually devoted couple] [Unhinged occult master x beloved concubine] [stand-in x stealing another man’s wife] [Mystery and crime-solving + occult elements + ghost hunting and demon slaying + Chinese-style horror] He sauntered over and sat down beside me. “Second Young Master, he still hasn’t given me a divorce letter. I’m still a married woman.” His large, knuckle-defined hand gripped the girl’s c 2Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 22 The Spirit Snake Coils Around the Dragon Coffin 灵蛇缠龙棺 My birth chart marked me for misfortune. Not only was I fated to bring disaster to my parents, I was doomed to die before turning eighteen. Then a mysterious person changed my fate. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had the same nightmare over and over: thousands upon thousands of snakes coiling around a golden coffin. From inside it, I can faintly hear the voice of a young man, luring me to climb inside. Every time I wake up, I’m relieved it was only a dream. But one day, in an ancient tomb, I 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Transmigrated as a White Snake: A Sweet Life with a Demon Slayer 穿越成白蛇与除妖师的甜蜜日常 This is a world where immortals, yaoguai, humans, demons, and ghosts all coexist. Luo Yi transmigrates as a white snake yao and is taken away by an exorcist, who says he's bringing her to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate. And so begins a journey of slaying demons and exorcising evil. The exorcist is handsome and dashing, domineering yet gentle, and incredibly strong... Before they know it, they fall in love after spending so much time together. But the moment she becomes the Demon King, their trials 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Come One, Come All! The Dragon-Taming Bride Is Taking Students 快来人啊，驯龙小娘子开班啦 At first, Ye Liangyu thought: “I've heard Western dragons love to plunder beautiful women and treasures. Our own dragons surely aren't that vulgar, right? Hmm... yes!” “Who says I don't like those things?” Su Qing said with a knowing smile. Boom! Ye Liangyu's face turned red all the way to her ears. She stamped her foot in anger. “Boss Su! If you use your mind-reading powers on me again, I'm going on strike! Strike!” Later, standing in Su Qing's vast, smoke-like treasure vault, she had to admit 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Nine Serpents Carry the Coffin 九蛇抬棺 When I was born, my father cut off several snakes with a knife. Ever since then, I’ve often dreamed at night of a huge black snake coiling around me, squeezing the breath from my lungs as if it were taking revenge. On my eighteenth birthday, the villagers tied me up and sent me to the mountain behind the village… 86Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 26 My Fated Snake King Husband Is So Hard to Handle 奇缘蛇王老公太难缠 Lin Qingqing rescued a little black snake. She clearly saw it slither into the bushes, but after evening study hall, there it was on her bed. She put it in her schoolbag, and the next day it was wrapped around her hand. She left it in the bushes behind the school. Thinking the little black snake was so cute, she named him Qiu Han and couldn’t resist giving him a kiss. Who knew that within a day, the black snake would turn into a black python? To be with Lin Qingqing, Qiu Han took human form and 27Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 27 A Woman with an Ill-Fated Destiny Marries the Snake Lord 阴命女，嫁蛇君 I was born with bluish-purple skin, barely alive. My grandmother tossed me onto a mass grave like a piece of trash, but a black snake protected me, saving me from being eaten by wild animals. I was frail from birth, plagued by illness and misfortune. My grandfather, a Yin-Yang master, calculated that I was a girl with an ill-fated Yin destiny and an incomplete soul. Unless I found someone powerful to protect me, I wouldn’t survive. When I was six, I came down with a serious illness. My grandfath 233Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 28 An Unbroken Serpent Marriage: The Snake Lord Is Too Fierce 阴缘不断：蛇夫太凶猛 When I was ten, I hurt a snake. More than a decade later, it came back for revenge, and strange things began happening around me… It all began that night when I caught a ride with the guy of my dreams… 68Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 29 The Campus Beauty Is a Snake Demon? Then I’ll Be Xu Xian! 校花是蛇妖？那我必当许仙！ (Sweet romance with a snake demon wife + ensemble cast + funny and fiery + plot-driven) Shen Mobai stupidly wanders into a haunted building, only to be trapped at the door by a female ghost. Just when he’s at his wit’s end, the campus belle Su Qinghan suddenly appears. “What do we do? There’s nowhere left to run...” “Come on, man!” “What do you mean, you’re a snake demon?!” As they investigate the female ghost’s death, they fight countless battles for their lives. Little by little, Shen Mobai —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Love of the Serpent 蛇恋 One devoted couple, in a past life and this one. He waited a thousand years to be reincarnated, all so he could meet me again. The first day of the Lunar New Year is my eighteenth birthday. This year, it was unlike any other. I dreamed of a white snake as tall as a three-story building, with wings growing from its back. It asked me, “Would you be willing to become my wife?” 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 An Epic Love Between a Man and a Snake 旷世蛇恋 When I was eighteen, my grandmother sacrificed her life to beg a huge white snake to heal my eyes. To bring her back to life, I made a pact with that snake. As fragments of my memories gradually come together, I discover that my bond with the great white snake is no coincidence. Grudges from a past life and unfinished love: everything has been guiding me toward the whirlpool of fate all along. 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 So Unlucky: I Died and Transmigrated Into a Snake 倒霉，刚死就穿越成了一条蛇 Yun Lan transmigrated, but instead of becoming a person, she became a snake. How is an ancient snake supposed to survive in the modern world? Yun Lan's answer: Keep a low profile, keep a low profile, keep a low profile. But how did she suddenly turn into a person? Can someone tell her why she has a System, too? And what a useless System it is! “I can’t do that, Your Majesty,” and “I’m not up to that, Your Majesty”... So what use is this System to her? But why does the uncle who bought her and tr 93Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 33 Pleasure with a Snake 与蛇欢 When I was eight, my father burned a nest of snakes, and the whole Su family suffered retribution. To save my life, I was forced to make a marriage pact with a Fox Immortal. Now that I'm eighteen, a snake has forcibly destroyed my engagement and demanded that I become his wife and spirit medium. Karmic debts must be repaid, and love and resentment are tangled together. Caught between two immortal beings, I have nowhere to turn. Infant spirits come for my life, and people are sacrificed to serve 111Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 34 My Lover Is a Wolf 我的爱人是头狼 On my twentieth birthday, my peaceful life was shattered by the sudden arrival of a mysterious man. My grandmother, who was a spirit medium, tried her hardest to set us up. He was unbelievably handsome, but I couldn’t even figure out whether he was human or a demon… It wasn’t until later that I learned I was the one with the complicated background, neither fully human nor ghost. After enduring one hardship after another, I finally made up my mind: I was going to marry the wolf husband who had si 40Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 35 Goddess Reborn, Snake Immortal Wife 神女转世，蛇仙妻 An early work, an experiment. A girl born under an ill-starred fate, destined to be a goddess, with two immortals, a snake and a fox, circling around her, while the Ghost King of Kunlun fights to protect her to the death. I was born with a snake-shaped tattoo. It brought me plenty of benefits, but also some unpleasant consequences. My parents never let me get too close to boys, but when I hit puberty, I still broke that rule. Ever since then, a man has appeared in my dreams every single night... 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 36 The Fox King's Wife 狐王妻 ❤️ My name is Lu Qingyang. On the day of Jingzhe, my mother secretly gave birth to me in an abandoned Fox Immortal temple. The villagers bullied me and called me a fox demon that ate people's eyes. They dug out my left eye, then summoned a Taoist priest to call down lightning and kill me. When I grew up, a bizarre blood-red image of a fox worshipping the Big Dipper appeared on my waist. From then on, misfortune followed me everywhere. To find the mysterious man who stole my eye, I met the Fox Ki 67Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 37 The Stunning Snake Lord Is So Cute and Sweet, I Can't Let Go 绝色蛇君又萌又糯，让我爱不释手 [Yandere + Overprotective Love + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Transmigration] [A soft, adorable little snake king vs. a proud, fierce heroine] Jiang Ling accidentally puts on a strange ring. From that day on, she dreams every night of a giant snake coiling around her, starting at her feet and winding all the way up. For someone as terrified of snakes as she is, it’s a horrifying nightmare. Later, she discovers that this isn’t a dream at all. It’s real. A golden snake is coiling around h 135Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 38 The White Snake in Bed 白蛇在榻 In an ancient, mysterious town, a terrifying legend has been passed down: any woman born with a yin constitution must marry the Snake God, make offerings to him, and establish a shrine for him, or she will be consumed by yin energy and lose her life. Many women have died this way over the years, and the legend has become a shadow that haunts the townspeople. Lin Mei was born with a yin constitution. Frail and often plagued by yin energy, she has suffered greatly. Strong-willed and kind, she is c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Walking the Yin Road, Led by a Snake Spirit 走阴路，蛇魂引 There’s a black snake locked in my basement. Whenever I got sick, the elders in my family would go whip it. Grandpa told me it was my stand-in for death. Later, Grandpa died a violent death, my family was ruined, and a man appeared before me. He grabbed me by the throat and forced me to repay my debt... 248Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 40 The Snake King’s Child 蛇王胎 142Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 41 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: Every Day Pretending to Be a Goddess 穿越古代：伪装神女的每一天 [No romance + golden finger + partially satisfying read + hidden identity] When Su Yao woke up, she found herself in a strange world. She had also unexpectedly bound herself to a character stat panel and become Lu Yao, a character with the same name and surname in a game. This was a world where women were born inferior to men. To change that, she founded Fenglai Academy, which admitted only women. The world thought she was being absurd, but she refused to back down. Until, years later... First d 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 42 The Dragon King’s Wife, Life After Life 生生世世龙王妻 A terrible drought struck the village, so the village chief invited an old Taoist priest to perform a rainmaking ritual. The priest brought a marriage contract, and I was chosen to be offered as a sacrifice to the Divine Dragon Lord. On the night of the full moon, the villagers tied me up, stuffed me into a bridal sedan chair, and sent me to the Dragon King Temple behind the village. From then on, I became the wife of an ancient divine dragon. 61Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Snake Demoness 蛇姬 [Ensemble Cast + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Strange Folk Tales] Romance: A dignified, devoted, ruthless Snake Lord vs. a pampered, cunning diviner I was born on the night of the Ghost Festival, when the gates of the underworld swing wide open. Everyone in the village said my mother conceived me after being entwined by a snake, so they called me Little Snake. When I was thirteen, I spoke carelessly and offended the “Snake Lord” in a painting. From then on, I was bedridden, and st 1.9kReads9.0Score280Shelves
- 44 A Snake Bride, a Ghostly Bridal Sedan 蛇娶妻，鬼抬棺 The year I was born, my mother died in childbirth, while my father and grandfather were killed when a swarm of snakes attacked them. When I turned eighteen, my protective talisman shattered. From that night on, I had a husband who came and went like a ghost. My grandmother looked grave as she told me this was the Su family’s retribution, and that I had to be loyal to Lord Jin or disaster would befall me! Ever since that night, Lord Jin has come to see me every evening. After a night of torment, 104Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Serpent Mark Around Me 蛇印缠身 The Su family has an unwritten rule: for generations, they have worshipped the Snake Immortal. I was born with a snake-shaped birthmark, which everyone says was placed there by the Snake Immortal himself. He chose me to serve him. But I refused to believe in fate and fled the village. Still, he found me and came to collect his debt. “Su Li, didn’t your great-aunt tell you?” “Tell me what?” “When you turn eighteen, you’ll be my sacrifice!” I had no way to refuse, so I submitted to him. But this w 251Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 46 The Snake's Wrath: I Invited the Underworld Lord In 蛇缠鬼怒：我把冥君请进门 My name is Xie Tianyi, and I’m the only girl born in several generations of the Xie family. Snakes often show up around our home, and the villagers all call me the Snake Girl. After I was attacked by a swarm of snakes, my parents forbade me from going out. Even after I got into university, they made me take a leave of absence and stay home. That was how I ended up confined to the house. Two years later, when I turned twenty, strange things began happening one after another. My family members kep 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 After I Was Scared Unconscious by a Black Serpent's Tail 被黑色蛇尾吓晕后 After being frightened unconscious by a black snake tail 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Republic-Era Mountain God: The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord 民国山神：九头蛇君 When I was born, a thousand snakes carried a coffin. Grandpa said the Snake God wanted a bride, and if we refused, both Mom and I would die. When I was five, a high fever left me able to see spirits. I often saw a snake with nine heads. He and I grew up together, and whenever I was in danger, he always came to my rescue. As an adult, I became a spirit medium. The mountain god’s temple was destroyed, my eldest brother was murdered, and my aunt, who had been dead for twenty-eight years, suddenly r 649Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 49 Tales of the Supernatural: The Horror Livestreamer 灵异怪谈之恐怖女主播 [System + Supernatural Livestreaming + Past and Present Lives + Two Powerful Leads + Light Humor] After an accident, Xi Jiujiu becomes bound to a System for catching ghosts and mastering the supernatural arts. From then on, she spends every day completing the tasks assigned by the System. Drawing talismans, warding off evil, dispelling sinister forces, reading faces, assessing feng shui: she can do it all. Every day, viewers come to her livestream to make wishes: “Streamer! Please give me a tali 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Twin Fates of Yin and Yang 阴阳命双生 [A defiant, fight-first demon girl heroine VS a henpecked, scheming, dark-hearted, grudge-holding male lead who seems sweet as a glutinous rice ball on the outside] [Career first, romance second] The rating just opened, so it'll go up [The heroine has two fathers. This isn't a BL story, and the two fathers aren't close; there are scenes where they try to kill each other. They are not a couple. The father who gave birth to the heroine only did so after returning to life in another body, acting ou 2.3kReads7.5Score234Shelves
