Novels like Half-Yin Woman, Bride of the Dragon King
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Half-Yin Woman, Bride of the Dragon King, best match first.
- 1 Ghost King: May You Be Safe and Sound 鬼王大人：岁岁平安 My mother runs an inn for the dead, serving only those who died unnatural deaths. If my stepfather were ranked second in the ghost realm, no one would dare take the top spot. But I grew up alone, hidden deep in the mountains, because the secret of the Ghost King is concealed inside my body. A shadow has followed me since I was little. I thought he was my friend, but it turns out he came for the Ghost King inside me. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Raising a Ghost Husband: Grow Up Already! 养鬼为夫：夫君，快长大！ Grandpa’s coffin shop was quiet year-round. Then one day, an old woman showed up and asked me to hammer four iron nails into a coffin for her. After that, my shadow disappeared. Second Uncle from the village said someone had borrowed my life. To save me, Grandpa had no choice but to take a dangerous gamble. The wedding and funeral were held together, and in a daze, I got engaged to a little ghost who had just burst out of a female ghost’s belly right in front of me. From then on, I had to be bot 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Celestial Dragon Maiden: Rekindling the Flames of a Past-Life Romance 神龙天女，重燃前世仙缘之火 A fantastical pregnancy finally comes to term, and two dragon princes are born! The twin dragon princes nestle on either side of Chu Xiaoyue, crying softly for their mother. Just then, Daoist Xuanling bursts through the door. The guards of this mortal manor hurry after him, and one shrimp soldier roars at the Daoist, “How dare you lay a hand on our mistress!” “Immortals and mortals cannot marry. Any child they bear is a monster. I have come to capture the demon and uphold Heaven’s will,” Daoist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I'm Just a Walking Disaster, and You Want Me to Be a Spirit Medium? 我一个倒霉蛋，你让我当出马仙？ [First-person narration, fake transmigration, not a strong female lead, two equally matched leads, no golden finger. The heroine is intelligent and quick to adapt. The early plot moves too fast. She is not adored by everyone. The story leans toward fantasy and includes cultivation. The male lead has a double identity. The Three Realms are divided into the Heavenly Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Mortal World. The Immortal Realm belongs to the Heavenly Realm, while the Netherworld belongs to the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Snake Sacrifice: I Was Born to Eat Yin 蛇祭，我天生吃阴饭 I was born with a celestial womb. Birds gathered to pay homage to the phoenix, and countless ghosts came to worship me. Everyone said I was destined to be an empress. But after a fortune-teller cast a reading for me, someone found him dead in the wilderness that very night, his body horribly mangled... From then on, Grandma made me wear a snake-shaped bracelet and told me, “When your tribulation begins, your destined one will arrive.” He came when I was nineteen, and so did my tribulation... 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Shocking! After Our Ghost Marriage, My Abstinent Ghost Husband Dropped the Act 震惊！阴婚后，禁欲鬼夫不装了 Both leads are devoted to one another x sharp-tongued, proud male lead who acts tough but is soft-hearted x domineering, sickly-sweet, possessive and obsessive second male lead x first-person narration x capable, sensible heroine x Chinese-style supernatural horror The day I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. A flock of crows shrieked around my house for three days before finally flying away. A Taoist priest said I was cursed with ill fortune, destined to be estranged from my family. I 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Midnight Terror 午夜恐怖 Su Qi struggles to survive in a terrifying world, making readers feel the characters' fear and despair as if they were their own. Are you ready for the terrifying feast these characters have in store? Let us step into this endless journey of horror together. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 My Best Friend Became My Master 闺蜜成为我的师父 [Two Heroines + Master and Disciple + Horror + Mystery and the Supernatural] My longtime best friend turns out to be someone so powerful that even the gods would kneel before her!!! “I died such a horrible death, and you kept me from reincarnating, yet you get to live just fine...” A woman’s voice echoed through the darkness, seething with rage. I trembled with fear, clutching my blanket tightly. Who was this? Why would she say such a thing? Suddenly, a cold gust blew in and swept th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Gentle Ghost Wife 我的温柔女鬼老婆 I'm a paper effigy maker. One day, a customer came into my shop with a strange request: he wanted a paper effigy that looked exactly like me, and offered a high price. So I agreed. From then on, I had a ghost wife. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Wielding the Imperial Seal to Subdue Ghosts and Monsters 执帝印，镇鬼妖 PS: Past and present lives + crime solving + ghost hunting and demon slaying + devoted romance + coming-of-age I was born into the royal family, the youngest legitimate princess of the Liang emperor. A once-in-a-thousand-years South Sea pearl was discovered in the royal pearl beds just as I was born, so Father bestowed upon me the name Baozhu, meaning “precious pearl.” But I was unlike ordinary people. From birth, I could see things no one else could. The palace maids who served me said it was c 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Lord of the Underworld and My Symbiotic Pact 冥府之主与我的共生契约 [Two Powerful Leads Growing Together + Human-Deity Romance + Supernatural Adventure] After turmoil in the Underworld leaves the King of Hell, Cangming, weakened, he is forced to form a symbiotic pact with Su Xiao, a girl born with a Nine Yin constitution. The novice girl has no choice but to brave the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts, and she grows at an astonishing pace! Their relationship shifts from fear and rejection to standing together through life and death, with tension and attraction at 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 In Search of Immortals in Kunlun 昆仑寻仙记 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Fierce Ghost Husband 猛鬼夫君 A mistake my grandfather made forty years ago brought a thousand-year-old zombie after me! Even now, I can’t believe I actually slept with the old zombie! His hand roamed over my lower belly, his fingernails extending a full inch! “Song Yao, I want the child’s heart.” When I threw caution to the wind, I never imagined that everything he did was to awaken the woman who had slept beside him for a thousand years! As I gradually develop the traits of a third kind, could it be that the beginning of t 7Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 14 After Returning in a Borrowed Body, I Eat Ghosts and Tell Fortunes 借尸还魂后，我边吃鬼边算命 [Sort of a rebirth story, returned to life in another body, no romance!!!] Song Le spends every day either beating people up or eating ghosts, earning money while buying chicken legs. When Song Le first came back to life, she was so broke she couldn't even afford a decent chicken leg. She had to tell fortunes to earn enough to eat, but it was ages between customers unlucky enough to encounter a ghost. Then Song Le downloaded a popular video app and saw the screen full of livestream gifts... Song 1.5kReads8.4Score13014d adds
- 15 Love on Route 11 情迷11路 While other people are born with jade in their mouths, I was born with a stone in mine. After my first love dumped me, the little stone around my neck went missing too, and I became a walking jinx. Dogs chased me whenever I went out, I got rear-ended on my bike, and even my chances at love disappeared. I became an unwanted old maid, so I gritted my teeth, stamped my foot, and went to the city to work as a bus driver. By a twist of fate, though, I ended up driving the number 11 night route. And t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Who Understands? Hated by People for My Powerful Fate, Loved by Ghosts 谁懂？命格太硬遭人厌却讨鬼喜欢 [Past and Present Lives] [Ghost Hunting] [Mild Horror] [Mutual Devotion] [Ghost Wife of the King of the Underworld] [Born Under an Unlucky Star, a True Reincarnated Saintly Mother x Ultimate Simp, a True Gloomy Ghost] A fortune-teller said I was born with a hard fate and would bring misfortune to my parents, so I was orphaned before I was even a month old. I thought I'd be alone for the rest of my life, but who knew a ghost would force me into marriage! From then on, I could see ghosts, and my 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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—14d adds
- 18 Goodnight, My Hades Husband 晚安，我的冥王夫君 I'm a second-year archaeology student. One day, someone tricked me into leaving campus, saying my father was ill and they were taking me home. I never expected it was just a trap set by my parents. They sold me to the mentally ill son of our neighbors. I was forcibly taken to their villa, drugged, and left at the mercy of that madman. Just as I was about to be violated… 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Flood Dragon’s Beloved 蛟宠 On the night of the full moon, I wore a red paper dress and black paper shoes, and the Five Great Immortal Clans and countless ghosts all fought over me. It was because my nails grew backward, and I was born with a pair of ghost hands that attracted evil and brought harm to others. That night, everyone thought I would die, but I survived. A powerful man even proposed to me and gave me a Buddha’s Hand talisman to suppress my power. From then on, my left hand commanded ghosts to take lives, while 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Honey, Come Have Our Second Baby 老婆快来生二胎 Twenty years ago, my family moved an ancestral grave, and I, a woman with pure yin in all four pillars of my birth chart, became the sacrifice. Later, clutching my aching back, I begged him, “My Lord, please let me go.” He smiled, wicked and bewitching. “Of course. Give me a second child.” 34Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 21 The Ghost King's White-Haired Bride 鬼王的白发新娘 My name is Lin Yao. I was born cursed. The day I was born, I brought about my parents’ deaths. For nineteen years, the whole village treated me like a plague, an ill omen, a filthy breathing thing not even worth a second glance. Only my grandmother was willing to shield me. But when she died, my hair turned white overnight. I became a true orphan, and the disaster they said had to be driven out. Afraid the ancient locust tree at the village entrance, which had gained a spirit, would bring disast 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 By Your Side, Yet Invisible to You 在你身边，看不见我的你 In the mortal world, he is a domineering CEO. In the underworld, he is a powerful figure whose roar can bring thunder and lightning. That is why he has always been gentle and mild-mannered, treating others with warmth. Then he met her, a hundred years in the future, and began a love that spanned time and space in this lifetime. In their first life, she could not see him. He protected her, but despite all they went through, they never managed to be together. In their second life, he was the ruler —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 You've Kept Me Waiting, My Lord of the Underworld 久等了我的冥王大人 As long as you want it, As long as I have it... In this life and the next, I will keep you safe... Knowing you are there means the night is no longer dark, the evenings are no longer lonely, and the road home is no longer uncertain... 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Divination Uncovers Strange Events 卦起诡事 Born under an ill-fated sign, I once cast a fortune by moonlight, gazing into a mirror on the night of the full moon. I released the evil spirit sealed inside it. To break the curse, I left my village and followed Master Qingwei to learn the arts of magic. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Help! I'm the King of the Underworld's One True Love 救命！我竟是冥王的白月光 [Supernatural mystery, lighthearted comedy] On the night of the Ghost Festival “Y-You... who are you, exactly? Are you human? Or a ghost? Y-You saved me, so you... you must be a good ghost, right?” Xi Zhuo replied in a ghostly voice, “Madam, don’t you remember me?” Chen Nianqiao screamed in terror. “Who’s your wife?! You still haven’t answered my question! Where’s my best friend, Hu Xiaoqian? Did you eat her or something?” Xi Zhuo ignored Nianqiao’s questions. He simply declared, “I am your husb 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Way of Ghosts, in Full Bloom 鬼道尽欢 [Strong female lead + supernatural + fantasy + lighthearted comedy + romance] [An unorthodox female Daoist + a sinister, unhinged, perverted physician] While everyone else cultivates immortality, I cultivate ghosts. The Great Dao is sure to sweep all before it. Born with a yin meridian, Jin Huan has no choice but to cultivate using yin energy. With the Ma family’s exorcism and demon-subduing arts in her left hand, And wicked sorcery for raising vicious spirits in her right. Her soul is linked to 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I’m in a Ghost Marriage With an Evil Spirit 我与恶鬼配阴婚 My name is Yuan Ruo. My grandfather was a feng shui master. On the day he died, he left me a two-story haunted house from the Qing dynasty. After overcoming countless hardships, I finally took the house back from my aunt, and the gears of fate began to turn. On the very night I happily moved in, an evil ghost latched onto me. Misfortune plagued me from then on. Forced into a ghost marriage with the evil spirit, I died a wretched death inside the house. 328Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 28 The Yin-Ghost Calamity 阴诡难 They all say I'm no good at cultivating the Dao, but my wife says I don't need to learn it anyway. She'll carry me... (If you don't want to read the setup, you can start from Chapter Three. It really works, trust me.) When I was ten, a ghost nearly killed me, but I was lucky enough to survive because of one. Yet the strange ordeal meant for me wasn't over... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Prisoner of the Azure Sky 天青色的囚徒 Prisoner in a Sky-Blue World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After We Swapped Faces, My Sister Took My Place in a Glorious Wedding 换皮后，阿妹替我风光大嫁 [Chinese-Style Horror] [Ghosts and Strange Tales] [Psychic Physique] My younger sister fell for my fiancé. She begged our parents and went without food for days, until she finally got them to trade my skin for hers, letting her marry the man I loved. When I woke, I was already at the Spirit Mountain Temple. The Celestial Master urged me to let go, but I insisted on going to Qinghe. What I saw was a happy couple, and my sister was pregnant... 328Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 31 Born Under the Yin Sign, Wed to the King of the Underworld 阴女命，嫁冥王 A revised edition of Unending Ghostly Bonds, ten years in the making! After three years together, her boyfriend actually handed her over to the neighbor next door! From then on, she was haunted by sleep paralysis every night. In the darkness, a pair of icy hands roamed over her, and the Ghost King took her completely for himself. She tried to escape, only to realize she'd sunk deep into the mire of fate. In fear and despair, she gradually uncovered the shocking secrets hidden behind the underwor 215Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Marry the Phoenix, You! Go Cook Me a Couple of Dishes 嫁凤，你，去给我炒两个菜 [The heroine is clever, neither a saint nor an idiot. The hero isn’t aloof or short-tempered. Lots of jokes, a mutually faithful couple, happy endings for everyone, causes revealed after effects, no substitute trope, a little angst for the hero but none for the heroine, with a touch of past and present lives.] Warnings: The heroine is a strong woman with a feminist outlook, and there are lots of jokes. The romance between the leads has little to do with their past and present lives, but those li 210Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 33 The Sickly, Possessive Ghost Emperor's Precious Darling 病娇鬼帝的掌上娇 The Lovestruck Ghost Emperor's Cherished Darling 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Hundred Venerables Record: Tales of Another Day 百崇录：异日谈 A sealed ancient scroll has come to light once more: "The Hundred Abominations: Tales of Strange Days". Its faded, uncanny writing: written in blood? Annotated in tears? No one can say. All that remains are over a hundred strange accounts, each word sinking into the bone, all told by the “ill omens” lurking among humankind. Some nest in the dark corners of people's hearts, watching for greed; some lie in the shadows of the streets, drinking in sobs; others haunt desolate wilderness and ancient h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Years as a Curse Master in Southeast Asia 我在东南亚当降头师那些年 Do you know how the Southeast Asian child spirit, Kuman Thong, is made? How corpse oil is extracted? Want to know how to put a curse on someone without them noticing? There are spells using poison, insects, corpse oil, fishhooks, foreign objects, and all kinds of other sinister Southeast Asian techniques. Every word will become a spell that steals your soul. From wedding dresses soaked in blood curses to living puppets pierced by fishhooks, from the crimson altar where child spirits are made in 579Reads6.2Score10914d adds
- 36 Yin Feast 阴食 I’m a food delivery guy, but not just anyone can eat the food I deliver. Only three kinds of people can. The first kind are those with an exceptionally strong aura of yin. The second kind are those who are about to die. And the last kind... All I can say is, don’t open the door! 44Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 37 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—14d adds
- 38 The Haunted Hearse 灵车诡事 I'm an ambulance driver for the dead. When I first started the job, Third Master told me a few rules every hearse driver must follow. Then one day, to pay off my loan, I transported a bizarre corpse... 324Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 39 The Yin Bride Brings Misfortune, So Marry the Dragon King 阴女不祥，请嫁龙王 When my mother was six months pregnant with me, she went to a fortune-teller to find out whether I was a boy or a girl. Instead, the fortune-teller gave her a bizarre answer: I was a cursed child carrying a thousand and eight death trials. There was no need to wait for me to be born. Once I reached six months in the womb, demons and monsters would flock to me, vengeful spirits would haunt me, and anyone who came into contact with me would die. That night, thunder roared and lightning flashed. Th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Addicted: After Flirting with the Wrong Guy, I Offended the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite 上瘾，错撩后我得罪了京圈太子爷 The capital’s top tycoon. A wickedly charming, self-restrained powerhouse. A down-and-out beauty, pure and alluring. Sweet, flirtatious, indulgent, and heart-flutteringly romantic. So handsome he’ll make your pores stand on end. Ye Yiwei has never been in a relationship, or even held a boy’s hand. Yet every night, a man with an almost perfect physique appears in her dreams and makes passionate love to her. The man is wickedly charming, so handsome he seems otherworldly. His crimson eyes seduc 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Riddle of Fog City: The AI Ghost in the Noodles 雾都谜面：小面里的AI鬼 The Fog City Mystery: The AI Ghost in the Noodles 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The White Dragon Takes a Wife, the Blind Girl Walks by Night 白龙娶妻，盲女夜行 [A quirky, mystical young woman vs. a scheming, black-hearted White Dragon of the East Sea] Ghost hunting and fortune-telling | Supernatural | Suspense | Twists | Fresh premise | Happy ending People said my birth was an ill omen. I couldn't see during the day, but at night I could see things ordinary people couldn't. So when I was three, I left home to live in a temple. Fifteen years later, my family brought me back, and the first thing they told me was that they were going to marry me off. That 39Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 43 A Lavish Ghost Marriage: My Husband Is Actually the Great Emperor of Fengdu 冥婚厚爱：我的老公竟是酆都大帝 [Mutual First Love + Sweet Romance + Supernatural] Qiao Nuan was born in a coffin, with pure yin in all four pillars of her birth chart. On the night of her twentieth birthday, a path was cleared by a hundred ghosts, and a bridal sedan chair stopped outside her door. Only then did she learn that the ghost-marriage husband her grandfather had chosen for her at birth, the man in white who had kept her company in her dreams for twenty years and taught her everything she knew, was none other than Fe 2.3kReads6.5Score23714d adds
- 44 The King of the Underworld Takes a Bride, Carried in a Sedan by a Hundred Ghosts 冥王娶妻，百鬼抬轿 [Strong Female Lead + Devoted Husband + Supernatural] I was born on Ghost Festival, with an extremely yin fate. I was born able to see things that do not belong in this world. The villagers feared me and kept their distance, treating me as an outcast. Ever since I could remember, my family had worshipped a spirit tablet with no name on it. Grandma told me it was my husband. From childhood, I was told to be loyal to “him.” When I was little, I asked, “Who is ‘he’?” Grandma would always look confl 2.2kReads8.4Score21614d adds
- 45 Wicked Husband, Come at Midnight 邪夫，深夜来 My grandpa found me in a graveyard and brought me home. Everyone says I'm bad luck, a jinx who'll bring death to everyone around me. The day I came out of the graveyard, a man whose whole body was ice-cold followed me home... 125Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 46 Once Sister Li Falls from Grace, Even the Ghosts Lose It! 黎姐一塌房，鬼怪都破防！ Everyone knows Shen Heyao keeps Li Yang as his mistress because she resembles the first love he lost. But Li Yang uses every trick in the book to stay by Shen Heyao's side because she wants to survive. With a fate marked by deadly misfortune, only the living King of Hell can protect her. To escape this arrangement as soon as possible, Li Yang acts in films by day and catches ghosts by night. Once she has earned enough good karma, her fate is saved, and Shen Heyao is no longer 5.1kReads7.8Score57014d adds
- 47 The Dragon King's Fated Wife 命中注定龙王妻 I’ve suffered from a strange illness since childhood. Dark patches spread across my body, and I grew increasingly frail. We went to the hospital countless times, but no one could cure me. With no other options, my mother turned to superstition and took me to a so-called spirit medium. The medium told her my illness was caused by the “Dragon King’s Curse”! With a basin of chicken’s blood and a stick of incense, the medium sent me to the “Dragon King’s Palace in the Eastern Sea.” She said there mi 80Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 48 My Master Led Me Through the Door, and My Grandfather Taught Me Yin and Yang 师父领进门，外公教我学阴阳 "Old Lin, do I look like a person or a god to you?" "You look like a turtle squatting in the latrine!" "Xiao Wan, hurry and tell your grandpa to save your grandpa! They’re going to kill him!" Huang Shisan: "So who’s killing whom, exactly?!" The countryside, the supernatural, and everyday family life: these made me, Lin Xiaowan, who I am. There are ghosts to exorcise, humanity to explore, and joys and sorrows to experience. Human nature is a double-edged sword: invisible and intangible. Sometimes 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Demon Husband and His Princess Consort 妖夫墨王妻 I began dealing with ghosts and spirits when I was twenty-one. No one knows how my grandfather died. One person after another has tried to harm me. The grudges of the immortals, a rival’s jealousy, and the protection of the one I love: all sorts of baffling events have befallen an ordinary girl like me. Let the ghosts handle matters of the underworld, and the living handle matters of the mortal world. Just remember: Do good, and don’t worry about what lies ahead. 236Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 50 The Underworld King’s Marriage Pact 冥王婚契 He took her home and raised her, doting on her all the while. As she grew up, he gradually fell for her. In her previous life, she saved his life with the blood from her heart. But on their wedding night, she died in his arms. Afterward, he used the blood from his own heart to sustain her body for thirty thousand years. Once he had made all the arrangements, he went to the mortal world and peacefully stayed by her side until the end of her life. This time, she truly forgot him. - The earlie 3.6kReads8.4Score27414d adds
