Novels like The Heavenly Coffin and the Snake Wife
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- 1 Paranormal Cases 灵异诡案 The Forbidden Gate, Records of the Netherworld, Ghosts in the Dark, Night Watch: Soul Investigations, The Mystery of the Ancient Tomb, Miaojiang Gu Masters, Bounty Hunters... From ancient curses to eerie incidents involving modern technology, from legends in remote mountain forests to urban tales whispered on city streets, these stories cover every kind of horror, pushing readers to test their limits as they read. Each story stands on its own, yet they are all connected, together building a worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Beautiful Girlfriend Is a Vampire 我的漂亮女友是吸血鬼 Song Mingcheng, a cunning male nursing student, unexpectedly wins the favor of campus beauty Shen Si. Just when he thinks his luck with women has finally turned around, he has no idea that all she wants is his body… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Taoist Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 道门天师走人间 Where there is good, there will be evil, and naturally, wickedness too. Injustice may be forgiven, but evil deeds must never be pardoned. The world is also plagued by demons and monsters. He is the reincarnation of an immortal from the heavens. To fulfill his karmic merit, he descends the mountain and enters the mortal world to exorcise evil and capture ghosts! (An invincible protagonist! The moment he leaves the mountain, he reaches the pinnacle of the mortal world!) 589Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Ten Thousand True Ghost Stories 一万个真实鬼故事 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Fox Is My Husband 我的狐狸是夫君 As a seasoned single woman, I once happened to find a white “cat.” I thought I could finally enjoy a happy life with just the two of us, but someone pointed out that what I’d found was a fox! Ever since the fox showed up, I’ve been dreaming every night, and the same man appears in every dream! Then the fox suddenly transformed into a human, and he looked exactly like the man in my dreams! He was also a dark, scheming man who could drive anyone up the wall! I thought I could get rid of this fox s 7Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 6 The Evil-Suppressing Man of the Living World 阳间镇邪人 The world is formed from the union of Heaven and Earth. Where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is yang, there must be yin. This world is full of the strange and the terrifying, and I am part of the strange. My name is Xiao Xie. My grandfather once said that on the day I was born, I tore a vicious asura ghost apart with my bare hands... 1.6kReads7.5Score11114d adds
- 7 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 8 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 517Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 9 Bloody Great Ming 血色大明 One-line synopsis: Gao Qiqiang from The Knockout is reborn at the end of the Ming dynasty to fight zombies! Full synopsis: In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, 1641, the Mohist leader Chen Jiumu stood atop the walls of Luoyang, gazing at the tens of thousands of cursed corpses covering the mountains and plains. They blotted out the sky as they swarmed in from every direction, about to engulf Luoyang. He couldn't help recalling his first day in the Great Ming. That day, he was just a sc 2.4kReads9.0Score32914d adds
- 10 Morgue Mysteries: Lord Huang Santai’s Manhunt Order 太平间异闻：黄三太爷的追凶令 No one believes that an immortal fox lives in the hospital morgue, much less that this immortal is the meddlesome “Third Master Huang.” But ever since I took over the bizarre case of a “corpse moving by itself,” I keep seeing a flash of yellow beside the autopsy table. I even caught the reflection of a weasel in the dead person's pupils. As a disciple who can communicate with the immortals, I know this case is part of Third Master Huang's scheme, and a hunt for the culprit that crosses the bound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reading Yin Fate: The Female Ghost Is So Gorgeous, I Can't Help Myself 算阴命：女鬼太正，真的忍不住啊 Lin Qishan stayed up past midnight and brought a ghost home. She was a beautiful female ghost, too. As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave. After all, the law doesn’t protect female ghosts. The female ghost bit her lip, eyes burning with shame and anger. She didn’t dare make a sound and could only endure it in silence. After experiencing how wonderful the female ghost was, Lin Qishan finally let himself go... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 21Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 141Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master: I Wield the Art of Qimen Dunjia 斩龙天师：我身怀奇门遁甲术 On the day I was born, a dragon skeleton was unearthed beneath our ancestral home. My grandfather said I was the dragon reincarnated, and that I would live no longer than twenty years. To stay alive, I became the last Dragon-Slaying Celestial Master in the world. 3.1kReads8.8Score23414d adds
- 18 I Only Take on the Most Ominous Cases 我只收大凶之物 [Supernatural] + [Traditional Folk Customs] + [First-Person Narration] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Not a Do-Gooder] + [One Female Lead] I was born in a rural village in the mountains of Southwest China. I'm a third-year university student, and I'm also a yin-yang master. Calling myself a yin-yang master is really just to make myself sound impressive. Back in my hometown, people in the countryside call someone like me a Daoist ritual master. Most people probably know a l 61Reads8.2Score314d adds
- 19 Absolutely True Tales of the Supernatural 绝对真实的灵异故事 These are the most authentic supernatural stories on the entire internet! Almost none of them have been embellished, and every one is grounded in evidence. Maybe they aren’t as gripping or terrifying as made-up tales, but their value lies in being real. If you like things that are true, come along with me. Through one real story after another, we’ll explore the mysteries of the universe and the world around us! 7.8kReads6.7Score30514d adds
- 20 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 When I was born, I fell gravely ill. To save my life, my father sold me to a white-haired fox. Fifteen years later, the fox came to collect its debt and demanded I repay it by becoming its disciple. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of bizarre things I could never have imagined. I thought the fox and I had nothing more than a simple debt to settle, but later I discovered a shocking secret hidden beneath it all. 401Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 21 The Haunted House of Resentment: A Bizarre Murder Case 怨气凶宅·诡异的凶杀案 The Haunted House of Resentful Spirits: A Bizarre Murder 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 洞穴深潭里的尸体会杀人 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Outcast Ghost of Wancun Village 万丛村的边缘鬼 Some say death, the end of life, is the fairest thing of all because everyone dies. But in truth, unfairness is absolute, fairness is relative, and even the end can be unfair. There are homeless wanderers with nowhere to live and no place to call home, and there are the rich, with mansions everywhere. The same goes for ghosts: some are lonely spirits with "nowhere to be buried," while others are wealthy ghosts with burial grounds bigger than a kingdom... Wanderers are pitiful, and lonely ghosts 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 铜棺封魂·阴尸 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story) 鬼新娘（真实事件改编） The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story) 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 The Nine Dragons Send Off the Dead 九龙送葬 On the day of my grandfather’s funeral, nine dragons led the procession, and ten thousand ghosts wept in unison... 1kReads8.8Score14614d adds
- 28 Testimony from the Immortal Realm 仙家证词 Murders in the old forests of Northeast China are never just a matter of earthly cause and effect. When testimony about "a weasel spirit delivering a warning" or "a fox immortal showing the way" appears in the police station's case files, everyone dismisses it as nonsense. Only I, a half-trained spirit medium, know the truth: these are ironclad proofs from the immortals, and death warrants binding the living to the dead. The truths hidden in the sparks of a pipe and floating atop the incense ash —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Yin-Yang Exorcist 阴阳摸诡人 I have two mothers, and neither of them is alive. The moment I was born, a heavenly dog swallowed the moon, blood rained from the sky, every beast bowed its head, and ghosts wailed... 781Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 30 Living Next Door to Ghosts 与鬼为邻 After losing his job, he rented an apartment and thought he was starting a new life. He never expected ghosts to knock on his door in the middle of the night, only to discover that all his neighbors were ghosts. He wanted to leave, but faced a hefty penalty for breaking his lease. With no other choice, he decided to make the best of it. 13.9kReads8.6Score1k14d adds
- 31 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 2kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 32 The Gu Lady 蛊娘 I was born in a village cursed by witchcraft, the only girl born there in hundreds of years. Everyone saw me as an ill omen destined to bring disaster upon the world. Refusing to believe or spread rumors, I worked hard to prove I wasn't a harbinger of calamity. In the end, I became the last female gu master in the mortal realm. I raised Golden Silkworm Gu, ancient divine beasts, and fierce ghosts from the Nine Hells... and eventually, a husband whom everyone adored. He told me, “Bai Wu, if this 6.6kReads9.0Score34314d adds
- 33 Awakening My Immortal Destiny: The Path of a Spirit Medium 仙缘觉醒，出马仙之路 Lin Xiaoman once thought she would spend her whole life in the old alleys of a small Northeastern town, working from sunrise to sunset and living a quiet, uneventful life like countless generations of her family before her. Then, after a sudden high fever, she began to see “things” ordinary people couldn’t: a woman in blue wandering beneath the old locust tree at the end of the alley, a white-bearded old man tapping on her window at night, and even the indistinct summons of “the immortals” in he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Snake Sacrifice 蛇祭 Two virgins + Sweet romance + Strong female lead leveling up The Snake Lord is fearsome. A promise made a thousand years ago, a meeting in dreams, a bracelet carved from nine dragons’ bones, protection for his wife, a Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, souls scattered to the winds, old grudges brought to an end... On the night of the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Old Song carried me back from the village’s Spirit Snake Mountain. Strange changes swept across the sky: ligh 347Reads9.1Score11614d adds
- 35 Liu Bang Kicked Me Out of the Car, So I Claimed the Throne as Compensation 刘邦踹我下车，我抢皇位当赔偿 My birth father was a fugitive, causing trouble somewhere out there. Luckily, my mother was capable, or we’d have been living on scraps. Fleeing from place to place, Liu Ying regretted countless times ever trusting his father’s ridiculous promise that they’d make something of themselves. What kind of life of luxury involved his mother getting arrested and the whole family being chased like dogs? What? His father was Liu Bang! Before Liu Ying could even break into a grin, he was greeted by a migh 3.9kReads8.7Score24714d adds
- 36 Terror in the Forbidden Zone of Hoh Xil 可可西里之禁地惊魂 The Hoh Xil region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is as beautiful as it is cruel! A team of seven adventure enthusiasts will transmigrate into the mysterious, uninhabited region of Hoh Xil to explore it. Along the way, a series of bizarre, terrifying supernatural events unfold. Will they make it out of the wilderness? And yet... the ending turns out to be... utterly unimaginable... 1.8kReads—Score13614d adds
- 37 Shattered Yin-Yang Jade 阴阳玉碎 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + first person + no idiots in the story + clever protagonist + a touch of angst] "I'm turning eighteen soon. I should die, too." Yu Yue and I are twin sisters, born eighteen years ago on Ghost Festival. A fortune-teller gave us each a jade pendant and said that on our eighteenth birthday, whoever's pendant broke would die. We're seventeen now, and suddenly both pendants have shattered. How can we possibly survive? 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Upholding Justice in Heaven's Name 替天行道 Yin cannot thrive alone, and yang cannot exist by itself. I grew up in the countryside, left behind by my parents and raised by my grandfather. All his life, Grandpa was either helping widows and orphaned girls or on his way to help them. So, for as long as I can remember, I heard the villagers cursing him behind his back. Then one day, a stranger in a burial shroud asked me a question. A tree without bark but with a soul is bound to die. What happens to a person with skin but no soul? The relat 3kReads8.9Score24914d adds
- 39 After Grandpa Passed Away, I Read Feng Shui for People in the City 爷爷去世后我在都市给人看风水 [Supernatural] [Maoshan Daoist] [Zombie General Chen] [Cultivation, Godslaying] [This book has been adapted into a live-action audiobook. Give it a listen for an even more thrilling experience!] The Black and White Impermanence are my brothers! Granny Meng actually... I, a Maoshan Daoist, can cross between yin and yang and revisit the past. So what if I face the zombie General Chen? With one sword strike, ten thousand ghosts are annihilated. After searching all three realms, I discover that my b 7.6kReads8.0Score47814d adds
- 40 The Heaven-Mandated Diviner 天命卦师 [Supernatural · Urban · Mysterious] My mother was a shameless woman... Before I was even a month old, she abandoned me. The man who raised me was my adoptive father, who wasn't related to me by blood at all. When I was seven, disaster struck out of nowhere. A woman gave me a burial shroud. My adoptive father said that woman meant to take my life... 2.8kReads8.5Score24914d adds
- 41 The Village Guardian Ghost 护村鬼 Ghosts often haunt Ronggu Village, but the villagers themselves are not afraid. They say the ghosts are protectors of the village and would never harm its people. In fact, they protect them. Outsiders, however, are afraid, especially those who know they have a guilty conscience. That is why outsiders rarely dare to spend the night in Ronggu Village. So what exactly are these guardian ghosts like? Why are they called the village’s protectors? Let me tell you the story. 36Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 42 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.2kReads9.1Score94114d adds
- 43 Yang Xiaocao's True Ghost Stories 杨小草的见鬼实录 A collection of true stories about Yang Xiaocao's encounters with ghosts. They may not be that scary, but they're absolutely true! The story begins when Yang Xiaocao is in middle school. Born with a yin-attracting constitution, she often encounters unclean things. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.5kReads8.7Score62214d adds
- 45 The Fated Guardian of the Village 天命守村人 I was born slow-witted, destined to become the village guardian. To defy fate and change my destiny, my grandfather found me a stunning child bride. Unfortunately, she ran away, and my grandfather had little time left to live. Before he died, he told me I must not leave the village for twelve years, or disaster would surely befall me. 4.6kReads6.8Score87614d adds
- 46 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
- 47 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 237Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 48 The Gu Insect Chronicles 捉蛊记 On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, take a pair each of ghost-faced butterflies, large gray moths, white butterflies, and red admirals. Catch hornets, venomous bees, silkworms, venomous snakes, centipedes, and toads, then grind them into powder. Three days later, scald them with boiling water. Add a woman's hair, fingernails, menstrual blood, poisonous fungi, and plants such as datura, then grind everything into powder. Thus is the gu poison made. If a woman has been wounded in love and u 2.3kReads9.2Score31414d adds
- 49 The Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 鬼出棺 Xie Bangui is secretly recruited into the Ghost Yamen and, on his master's orders, serves there, making a living by hunting demons and ghosts. Yet he has no idea that he carries a world-shaking secret. Leading the Ghost Yamen's warriors, Xie Bangui launches a night raid on a prison for evil spirits, fights a bloody battle on the execution platform against a demon, encounters a soul-snatching carriage, and cleverly breaks a skeleton lock. He survives evil spirits' attempts to claim his life, outw 1.6kReads9.1Score14414d adds
- 50 The Fox Immortal Haunts Me, Making Me Her Spirit Medium 狐仙缠我当弟马 [Modern Romance + Contemporary Romance + Fantasy Romance + Countryside] I was glued to Grandma when I was little, and heard all the stories about spirits and immortal encounters in the mountains. But there was one tale from thirty years ago that she told with particular solemnity. She said that deep in the old forest, she had once met a snow-white fox spirit, perched on a blue stone, its eyes gleaming like moonlight on water. It had opened with the fateful question of a spirit seeking a title: “ 6Reads6.8Score—14d adds
