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- 1 After Marrying the Ghost Emperor, I Became Unstoppable 嫁给鬼帝后，我超神了 [Marriage first, love later + One-on-one romance + Sweet pampering + Ghosts and monsters + Two strong leads] Lin Yuxi was born with an extremely yin-heavy fate and often saw ghosts. A master predicted when she was a child that she wouldn't live to see her nineteenth birthday. Her best friend, Gu Yanqiu, dragged her along to a matchmaking corner for fun, where a breathtakingly beautiful ghost proposed to her. "My name is Yu Yan. You really will die when you're nineteen, but if you marry me, you w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Dragon King’s Most Yin Bride 龙王大人的至阴新娘 I was born with an extremely yin nature, and the village shaman found me in a graveyard. I was frail and sickly from childhood. To keep me safe, my grandmother, the shaman, made a blood pact with a fox spirit, but the pact backfired and left her gravely injured because of me. Just as I was at a loss for what to do, a man who could transform into a Azure Dragon appeared. He claimed we had been bound by fate for a long time, and he protected me from disaster, calling me his “little bride,” yet he 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Dragon King's Beloved Wife 龙王娇妻 On my eighteenth birthday, my great-grandfather called me back to the old family home and told me to stay the night. I woke in the middle of the night to find myself wearing a red wedding dress. The terrifying part was that there was a monster beside me. It looked like an immortal, but it was obviously not human... 216Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 4 My Ghost Marriage Husband Is the King of Hell 冥婚老公是阎王 Yin Qing, an ordinary college student, was worried about finding a job after graduation. But after an uncanny trip back to her hometown, she found herself bound in a ghost marriage to the King of the Underworld! From then on, strange events came one after another. To uncover the secret behind the curse that had plagued the Yin family for generations, Yin Qing resolutely joined the Special Abilities Divisio 804Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 5 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—14d adds
- 6 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 524Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 7 The River God's Bride 河神新娘 A sacrificial rite brings the young girl Chu Xiyan together with the River God, setting in motion a deeply moving love story. They save one another and help each other become whole, enduring the tangled joys and sorrows of love and hate... 171Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 8 A Life-and-Death Pact with My Living Corpse Husband 生死契约之我的活死人老公 On the day I was born, my mother nearly died in childbirth. Then my father almost threw me into the river to drown. Later, my mother ran off with a rich man, abandoning me, and my father started a new family. My stepmother never liked me. Then she bore my father a son, my younger brother Su Xiaodong, who was at odds with me every day. After that, my stepmother became pregnant again, but died mysteriously, taking the baby with her. Everyone began to regard me as an ill omen. It was all because I 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Wife, the King of the Underworld: My Husband Is a Little Crazy 冥王妻：我家夫君有点疯 (Mystery + Supernatural + Sweet romance + Mysterious love story) I’m an actor in a folk performance at a scenic attraction. Every night, my partner and I take part in a parade called “The Underworld King Takes a Bride.” But on one fateful night, the person I married turned out to be the real Underworld King... He’s cold, domineering, and unpredictable. My once peaceful life has been thrown into turmoil ever since he came into it... 489Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 10 Hail the Corpse Ancestor: My Wife Has Married into the Underworld 尸祖在上：娇妻亿嫁冥界 [Yandere corpse ancestor × teasing little troublemaker] They say Boyou, the corpse ancestor of the Netherworld, is cruel and heartless, but no one knows about the pathological possessiveness hidden beneath his outward appearance. He spies on her, schemes against her, and even hurts himself to play the victim, all to make her fall for him. She keeps causing trouble to make him hate her, only to bring disaster down on herself. On an utterly ordinary night in the Netherworld, a certain corpse ances 290Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 11 My Husband Comes from the Underworld 我的夫君他来自地府 I've been unlucky since I was little. I'm said to bring misfortune to my husband and children, and my father even used me to pay off a debt of yin energy he owed. When I came of age, he showed up to make me honor the contract we made back then. After that, my mother was near death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another ran into trouble... 48Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 12 I Married the Ghost King in a Flash and Gave Up: The Prince Dotes on Me Like Crazy 闪婚嫁鬼王开摆：王爷疯宠我 [Whirlwind marriage to a ghost king + a touch of the supernatural + wild imagination + sweet romance + faithful couple + happy ending + marriage first, love later + everyday life + spice] (The supporting characters’ storyline includes GL. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.) Not too supernatural! Sweet romance! A little comedy! Not too scary! If you boldly demand an update, the author will jump right up and write one!! Because her Phoenix Maiden fate was switched, Lin Xiaoqing has spen 771Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 13 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
- 14 Hell’s Temptation: My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 地狱诱宠：闪婚老公是冥王 [Supernatural + sweet romance + adorable child + secret identity + 1v1 and mutually devoted, scheming King of Hell + sweet, innocent heroine] After a whirlwind marriage to my blind date, I discover that he’s not only rich and handsome, but also full of secrets. He keeps a talking black cat, has a younger brother who can read ghost script, and even has a second face. Once I discover his secrets, he drops his disguise and reveals his wicked, scheming nature, cornering me against the bed. “Sweethea 7.3kReads9.2Score81614d adds
- 15 My Husband Is the King of the Underworld 我的老公是冥王 When I was eighteen, I pushed open a door in a daze. I never imagined that the person behind it would use my entire family’s lives to force me to marry him… 1.3kReads8.0Score14814d adds
- 16 After Wishing to the Yandere Underworld King, I Found Love 向病娇冥王许愿后，我脱单了 (A scheming, possessive Hades X a cheerful little ray of sunshine who heals others; sweet romance + redemption + supernatural + obsessive love) Chi Yu, who has always been unlucky, went up a mountain to make a wish. Through a series of mishaps, she climbed the wrong mountain and prayed to the wrong god. Her wish came true, but she also ended up selling herself to a deranged, violent, possessive King of the Underworld. To fulfill her vow and stay alive, Chi Yu had no choice but to work for her bo 671Reads9.3Score10314d adds
- 17 The Nine Yin Woman and the Demon Husband’s Sacrifice 九阴女，妖夫祭 [Both virgins, metaphysics, sweet romance, heroine's growth] When my mother was pregnant with me, my grandfather forced her to drink a bowl of foul brew. She went into premature labor, and I was born on an extremely inauspicious day. Born with the Nine Yin constitution, I became a coveted offering for demons and evil spirits. An expert gave my family a jade pendant to keep me safe as I grew up, and promised that when I turned eighteen, he would come with a new token to exchange for it. If we exc 1.3kReads8.6Score13914d adds
- 18 The Dragon King Sends a Betrothal Gift, and Nine Foxes Escort the Bride 龙王下聘，九狐送嫁 My name is Wen Shiqi. I'm an orphan, but on my wedding day, nine foxes escort the bridal sedan, a hundred pythons march in formation, and ten thousand birds welcome me home. When I was ten, I fell into the Changning River and accidentally broke his seal, becoming the bride promised to him. From then on, the pupil of my right eye was shattered, and I could see every demon and evil spirit in this world. Ten years later, he came to find me. He said he would save me and lead me onto the right path. 2.4kReads8.6Score38914d adds
- 19 After I Became a Ghost Warden, the Chaste Ghost King Fell for Me 我成鬼差后，禁欲鬼王沦陷了 [Grim Reaper + Supernatural + Daily life in the underworld + Sweet romance + New story just launched: Max-Level Expert Online to Win Over the Dark Moonlight + Please follow] {Over-the-top sweetness + Come join the story now!} Fresh out of college, Chi Xiaomu unexpectedly became a beleaguered intern grim reaper in the underworld, tasked with guiding the dead to their next destination. But it turned out that everything had been planned by a certain King of Ghosts. Chi Xiaomu: “Xxx, is that you? Yo 251Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 20 The Fox Who Bewitched My Heart 狐惑我心 [Mysticism + Ghost Marriage + Feng Shui + Devoted Husband + Male Rivals] My stepmother and younger sister teamed up to sell me to northern Myanmar, where I was to serve as a living lotus offering to an evil god. By day, I was beaten and forced to do hard labor. Every night, I had to spend hours entangled with a red-robed, silver-haired man. He said we had made a promise in a previous life, and forced me to marry him in a wedding ceremony at a Fox Immortal Temple. But I knew the red-robed man was 1kReads8.2Score10714d adds
- 21 My Husband Is a Ghost 我的夫君是鬼怪 Synopsis: Supernatural + a little sweetness + a clever little ghost + a cool, aloof ghost husband who's prone to jealousy On the day I was born, dark clouds covered the sky, and the gloom was terrifying. Strange things started happening in my family as soon as I arrived. My ancestors had always practiced feng shui. By the time it reached my grandfather, the people around him called him a demigod. He didn't just read feng shui for people, he also told their fortunes, and they say he was incredibl 6.8kReads9.0Score53314d adds
- 22 Snake Spirit 蛇灵 When I was three, I came down with a strange illness. My whole body felt as if it had no bones. The rice-reading granny said something was at work, occupying my body and borrowing my lifespan. After she splashed a basin of blood toward the northeast corner, a black snake with red markings and a long beard burrowed out of the earth. Sixteen years later, the snake spirit returned. “Xiao Yu, you were the one who came after me first. If we don't get married, this is going to end badly...” [Snake Hus 1.8kReads9.3Score22814d adds
- 23 I'm the Little Ancestor of the Underworld. What's Wrong with Spoiling Me a Little? 我冥界小祖宗，宠亿点怎么了？ [Mysticism + Everyone’s Darling + Light Supernatural Elements + Light Fantasy] Ling Xi was inexplicably murdered in her previous life. Her soul wandered through the underworld for a full 1,300 years without ever entering the cycle of reincarnation, making her the most famous “undocumented soul” in the entire underworld! But she was beautiful and sweet-tongued, delightfully goofy and a notorious show-off, with incredibly powerful spiritual energy. She never held back when beating up ghosts. Even 577Reads9.0Score10414d adds
- 24 Calling on the Immortals 请仙儿 In our village, every adult child in the family has to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival and weigh down paper offerings on the graves. But when I went to pay my respects at Grandma's grave, I put the paper on the wrong one... 525Reads8.7Score10914d adds
- 25 What the Hell, I’m the Ghost King’s Bride 见鬼，我居然是鬼王的新娘 [A tsundere Ghost King and his two timid little brides, a sugary-sweet romance] The son of Youdu Mountain, a Ghost King born of heaven and earth, was chosen by the Book of Matrimony to serve as the God of Joy and matchmaker. Nearly a century into the job, he still wore black from head to toe, liked to wander at night, and was steeped in deathly aura. With the Ghost King serving as the God of Joy, birth rates were low, marriage rates were low, and divorce rates were high. The Book of Matrimony sa 826Reads9.3Score11214d adds
- 26 My Ghostly Husband, Don’t Be So Bad 鬼神老公，别太坏 [Devoted Couple + Supernatural Mysteries + Ghost-Hunting + Lots of Fun Tropes + Strong-Willed Heroine + Utterly Devoted Husband] My name is An Ning. I was born on Ghost Festival and carry a demon eye, so everyone thinks I'm cursed. Since childhood, a mysterious man I couldn't see has saved my life again and again. He told me, "If you want me to protect you forever, we have to make a marriage pact when you turn twenty." Then, on my twentieth birthday, my demon eye went out of control. I had a dan 9kReads9.1Score91714d adds
- 27 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.7kReads9.0Score18914d adds
- 28 The Demon Lord's Adorable Little Wife 魔尊的可爱小娇妻 Modern romance + sweet pampering + supernatural + a Demon Venerable who spoils his wife rotten + love at first sight + amnesia + reincarnation + … After an accident, Wu Xue'er enters into a contract. Demon Venerable: “Be a good girl. Your husband likes you. Give me your… Well, that's a good girl, Xue'er. Your husband will take good care of you.” Wu Xue'er: “You lecher!” 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Demon Husband Is Here 妖夫在上 I have a birthmark, and I covered it with a tattoo to make it look better. Who could have guessed the tattoo shop I chose would be so unreliable? They actually tattooed a demon on me. From then on, my life was never peaceful again. 1.5kReads8.9Score23914d adds
- 30 Married to a Snake 与蛇为妻 The fourteenth day of the seventh month, an auspicious day. The Snake Immortal is taking a bride. All bystanders must keep away. I was born unlucky. My mother died in childbirth, and I stopped breathing, too. My grandmother found a Snake Immortal to breathe life into me, but a patch of python-scale patterns appeared over my heart. When I was eight, a man in a dark jade robe came before me. He told me that he would come to marry me ten years later. In the blink of an eye, ten years had nearly pas 4.4kReads9.1Score50014d adds
- 31 Fox Maiden 狐女 My name is Tu Sang. Grandpa said I was a gift from the Fox Immortal. I was barely alive when he found me, as good as dead. So he sought out the village shaman and traded his life for mine, keeping me alive until I turned eighteen. But before my eighteenth birthday, he passed away, and overnight I became an orphan again. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a ghost below. Who knew he would be a ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Immortal? But our connection goes far beyond that... 12.3kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 32 A Gluttonous Feast 饕餮盛宴 [No body-double plotline; the male lead isn't aloof; the female lead is clever and no saint; mostly comedy] I was born dead, my whole body purple and blue, without a breath in me. Everyone urged my mother to bury me, but she wouldn't believe it. She went to see Granny Wang at the village entrance, then carried me alone into the deep mountains and knelt for three days and three nights in a dilapidated temple. After that, I miraculously came back to life and was just like any other baby. Then, whe 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 33 The Snake Marriage 蛇婚 Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve kept having the same dream. Opera songs drift through it, singing, “Snakes bear the palanquin, ghosts escort the bride!” I was born with an ominous fate and a strange destiny, and I have a pair of yin-yang eyes that let me see ghosts from childhood. They say that on the night I was born, snakes swarmed everywhere, pouring into the house from the front and back. Only after I came into the world did they turn toward me, bow their heads three times, and leave. The 7.3kReads9.2Score95014d adds
- 34 What! The Cold Snake Lord Wants to Be with Me Every Night 惊！冰冷蛇尊夜夜想和我在一起 [Strong hero and heroine + clever schemes to crush villains + feel-good wish fulfillment + both leads are each other's first and only + sweet romance + divine beasts + power progression] She thought she had transmigrated into another body, but later learned there was more to it. Her former fiance and cousin sent her to a tomb to serve as a burial sacrifice. Called a good-for-nothing, she made a deal with a giant red snake. “Give me your body, and I'll open your spiritual meridians for you. What 6.1kReads9.4Score88714d adds
- 35 On the Second Day of the Second Month, I Marry the Dragon King 二月初二，嫁龙王 Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve had shameful erotic dreams every night. In them, I spend day and night entwined with a man dressed in black, with dark hair. My grandmother, the last shaman in the village, said I was the reincarnation of a deer spirit. In my previous life, I sealed an evil river dragon with a virgin’s blood; in this life, I was destined to live alone, and must never break my vow of chastity! On the second day of the second lunar month that year, as the dragon raised its head, 8.2kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 36 Snake Immortal 蛇仙 [The animated series Seven Days of Snake Entanglement is now streaming] My name is An Xin. On the day of the “Azure Dragon Wedding,” my great-grandfather killed a green snake and a white snake. The villagers said they were about to grow horns, transform into flood dragons, ascend, and become snake immortals. The night I was born, my grandfather knelt in the Snake Temple all night before my mother could give birth to me. He died in the temple. Ever since I was little, a snake has appeared in my d 5.2kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
- 37 The Mystical Master Plays by Her Own Rules, Bringing Both the Living and the Dead to Tears 玄学大佬路子野，虐哭阴阳两界 [Metaphysics + Comedy + Power Couple + Livestream + Sweet Romance] A beautiful, unconventional, carefree powerhouse × a sweet, quiet, lawless cutie Shang Qiuzhi has no birth chart, and her fate is unknown. Abandoned by her birth parents at birth, she was taken in and raised by a woman who guides spirits of the dead. She has a peculiar constitution. No matter how many scriptures or Taoist arts she learns, she can't put them into practice. With no other choice, Shang Qiuzhi gives up and takes life 7.3kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
- 38 The Ghost Wedding on the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month 七月半，鬼娶亲 [Strong Female Lead + Mysticism + Devoted Husband + Ensemble Cast + Revenge] A short drama of the same name, July Half: The Ghost's Wedding, is now available. Its companion story, Marrying a Ghost Husband, Subduing a Hundred Demons, is currently being serialized. My mother said that the year I was born, strange signs appeared in the village: thunder and torrential rain, while all the ghosts wailed. Grandpa invited Seventh Granny, who delivered me herself. Only then was I born. Seventh Granny rea 13.4kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 39 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25kReads9.5Score5.8k14d adds
- 40 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.5kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 41 Is There Something Wrong with Looking for a Boyfriend in a Horror Game? 在恐游里找男友是不是哪里有问题 Xia Miao was thrown into a strange and bizarre world. The System gave her a hint: “The person you can remember at a glance is the one you’re supposed to pursue romantically.” Ridiculous. She was the dignified eldest daughter of the Xia family. Others were supposed to pursue and flatter her. Why would she go out of her way to win someone over? And so... At Red Moon Academy, a boy with bandages wrapped all over his face grinned as he turned the campus into a living hell, savoring every moment of t 25.2kReads9.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 42 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8k14d adds
- 43 Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼 [Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c 72.4kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
- 44 Shocking! My Boyfriend Is the Boss of a Horror Dungeon 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.4kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
