Novels like Half-Yin Woman, Bride of the Dragon King
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- 51 A Fated Bond from a Past Life: Lord Yan's Sweet Little Wife Is Soft and Fragrant 前世宿缘,阎爷的小娇妻又香又软 A touch of the supernatural, true love, sweet romance, one-on-one. The male lead is the King of Hell, and the female lead's identity is a secret. Nangong Liuli accidentally had her three life-kindling flames extinguished by her best friend. The next day, as expected, she started seeing ghosts. Her grandfather, a member of the Taoist Association, gave her a dragon-patterned jade pendant, and then she began dreaming of a mysterious man. She couldn't make out his face, but she heard his domineering 38Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 52 After I Was Killed, a Big Shot from the Underworld Tried to Pin the Blame on Me 勾魂后,冥界大佬碰瓷我 My name is Wen Jiujiu, the lowest-ranking soul reaper in the Underworld. I get chewed out every day. Today, I accidentally dragged the lively Marquis of Zhenbei down to the Yellow Springs. He pinched my chin and sneered. “Little ghost, do you know what you owe for taking the wrong soul?” Trembling, I pulled out the Book of Life and Death. “I... I owe you ten years of your lifespan?” Suddenly, he pinned me among the flowers of the other shore, his breath scorching hot. “Who wants that? You can ma 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 164Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 54 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—14d adds
- 55 Sacrificed to the Mad Underworld King, I Somehow Have to Write Every Day? 被献祭给疯批冥王他竟然每天让我写作? I Was Sacrificed to a Deranged King of the Underworld, and He Makes Me Write Every Day? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 57 The Dragon King Takes a Bride 龙王娶亲 [Sweet Romance #Devoted Husband #Everyone's Favorite #Dragon King #Supernatural #Heartwarming] The devoted Dragon King, Long Lin, fiercely protects his wife! On the day I got married, little ghosts paved the way and the heavens opened a path. Petals filled the sky, and birds came to celebrate in a phoenix procession. It was a rare gathering of all three realms. Red silk covered the land, and the banquet stretched across heaven and earth for three whole days and nights. When the bridal veil was l 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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—14d adds
- 59 The Fox Demon's Allure 狐妖魅 Have you ever seen a baby born with a head of white hair? Tao Yuling, a white-haired girl abandoned by her parents, is always dreaming that someone is chasing her. Then one day, her grandmother suddenly dies, leaving behind a mysterious last message: “He’s here!” In the pouring rain, a fox demon approaches slowly. His thin lips part, his alluring eyes cold: “From now on, I can kill you whenever I feel like it!” Years later, Yuling is baffled. “I’ve made you angry so many times. Why haven’t you k 79Reads6.5Score414d adds
- 60 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 120Reads9.0Score2214d adds
- 61 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂,我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Yin Phoenix’s Calamity, the Dragon-Boned Wife 阴凤劫,龙骨妻 ◇Cold Snake God x Girl Forced to Take the Blame◇ My grandfather stole the Snake God’s dragon bones to keep me alive. Eighteen years later, the snake came to my door and demanded repayment, with interest. As a hundred snakes coil around me and red candles blaze, he bends close to my ear, his voice bewitching and cruel: “I’ll make you live in hell, my one and only captive pet. For all eternity, you’ll never be free.” He returned carrying a thousand years of hatred, yet found himself savoring the 20.7kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 63 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂,我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Matters of the Underworld 冥事 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? As an outstanding product of nine years of compulsory education, I certainly didn't. But ever since I started working as a security guard at Hongqi Factory, I do! I thought it was just an ordinary factory, but who would have guessed that... 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 What?! My Fox Immortal Husband Is Wagging His Tail at Me 惊!狐仙老公对我摇尾巴 [Hilarious horror + suspenseful thrills + a strong female lead who isn’t saintly + a male lead who only pretends to be aloof] Qingqiu Village occupies a sacred site, and the Fox Immortal flies into a rage and sends a woman marked by yin energy. Li Xiaxia is forced into a fox’s cave by shameless villagers, who hope to beg the Fox Immortal’s forgiveness. As a materialist, she doesn’t believe in Fox Immortals at all. That is, until she sees a white fox turn into a cold, handsome man with her own ey 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 69 The Seductive Ghost King Has His Sights on Me 邪魅鬼王惹上身 A chilling wind blows, and black clouds cover the moon. A procession of ghosts roams the night, with skeletons carrying a bridal sedan chair. Ning Wangshu only meant to earn some money by standing in as a substitute for a quick job. But at the mountain god’s temple, she ran into the ghost king Yan Youze. Mistaking him for an NPC, she even played a trick on him. They bowed before Heaven and Earth and entered the bridal chamber. Caught while trying to run away, she had no choice but to help him br 48Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 70 Ghosts on Livestream: The Internet Thinks I'm Their Beloved 直播见鬼:全网把我当做白月光 [Mysticism] + [Slightly Scary Livestreams] + [Supernatural Ghost Hunting] + [Villainess Redemption] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] “Watching other people's livestreams costs money. Watching hers... costs your life!” On her eighteenth birthday, Jin Xiewen was turned into a spirit-storage cauldron by the senior brother she respected most. Her family, her friends, and even ordinary people she had met only once all died because of her... After waking up, she kept traveling through vast worlds where the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Boiling Oil: Root Sacrifice 开油镬:根祭 Frying the Oil Wok: Root Sacrifice —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Strange Tales: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Peach Blossom Spring 怪谈:从前有座桃花源 [Supernatural + One True Female Lead + Sequences + Sci-Fi Style + Not a Power Fantasy + Not Mindless + Games + Some Urban Legends] Urban legends are appearing all over the world. As spiritual qi revival begins, humanity is feeling its way toward an entirely different path to immortality. Have you ever memorized “The Peach Blossom Spring”? If so, do you really understand it? Why is the town surrounded by endless peach blossoms? Peach wood wards off evil. Look at those falling petals: don’t they r 3Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 73 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门,但他死于七天前 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Fated Yin Bond: My Ghost Bride Is a Big Shot 天命阴缘:我的鬼媳妇是大佬 No System, one female lead, no brainless plot, plenty of twists, first-person narration. The male lead will be a little put-upon early on! A single paper marriage to a ghost binds them for life. Husband and wife on the surface, pawns in truth. She gave me a way to live, and left herself with no way out. I hated her all my life, yet she was the only way out fate had left me. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 What's the Point of Reincarnation? I Want to Be a Vengeful Ghost 投胎算什么,我要做厉鬼 What's Reincarnation? I Want to Become a Vengeful Ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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
- 77 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
- 78 You Were Supposed to Guard the Coffin, Not Marry the Person Inside 让你守棺,没让你娶棺中人 Elderly people in the village would prepare their own coffins in advance. The better the coffin, the more prestige it brought them in the village, and even in the underworld they would be treated with greater respect. To earn face in life and fame after death, my grandfather stole a priceless crystal coffin from deep in the mountains! On the day he died, I opened the coffin and found a woman inside. That was how I embarked on a mysterious, uncanny path between yin and yang. To defy fate, I kille 1.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 79 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Beautiful and Daring Female Yin-Yang Master 女阴阳师她又美又飒 My name is Leng Weining. I was an orphan from the day I was born, and I grew up with my grandmother in the countryside. I've always been different from other people. I can see things that no one else can, and that has brought plenty of trouble into my life. Seeing how much these things tormented me, my grandmother was deeply worried. Then one day, a handsome man in plain clothes appeared at our door. He rubbed my head and said solemnly, “Your granddaughter was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. If she's p 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Lady Fox Immortal, You Haven’t Hidden Your Tail Properly 狐仙大人,你的尾巴没藏好 That year, I was twenty. Fine white hair inexplicably sprouted all over my body. The village’s spirit medium, Granny Hui, laughed and said, “When white fur appears, romance is near.” That night, under a moonless sky, I was forced into a red wedding dress and married off to a man I had never met. On our wedding night, he raised his voice and snarled, “Su Jinhe, you made me lose a tail, and you still have the nerve to cling to me and marry me? You’re asking to die!” Me: ???!!! (Completely bewilder 71Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 82 Immortal Who Chases the Yin 逐阴仙 At seven, I encountered an evil spirit, and yin energy came knocking. My dead great-uncle beckoned me, but he appeared out of nowhere and gently stopped me from taking one fatal step. His name was Xie Changli, an unknown wandering spirit who stayed by my side as I grew up and protected me for years. At seventeen, I lost my protective talisman. We met again in a desperate situation, a red thread winding around my finger as the bell rang to drive away evil. He had always been cool and distant, u 28Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 83 Blood Pact of the Corpse House 尸宅血契 The Corpse House Blood Pact 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 84 Yonghui Corpse Coins 永徽尸钱 Yonghui Corpse Coins —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Walking Corpse Lunatic 走尸颠佬 The Walking Corpse Madman 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 86 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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—14d adds
- 88 Tales of the Supernatural in Rural Northeast China 东北农村诡事录 A collection of eerie and terrifying folk tales. Zhang Liang was born in the 1970s and was forced onto the path of exorcism by a curse. Every tale is full of danger and excitement, with an ending no one can predict. If you have the nerve, come take a look and experience a different kind of ghost story. Mildly scary, read with caution. 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Kissing the Ghost Bride Passionately from the Start Until She Questions Her Unlife 开局猛亲鬼新娘,吻到她怀疑鬼生 Ding! I awakened a Ghost Qi System in another world. After successfully forcing a hundred kisses on female ghosts, my Ghost Qi surged by 100 points, and my Nine Suns Divine Skill shot up to Level 99. I chose to pursue the Dao through martial arts, whose levels have no limit, and sweep aside every obstacle with invincible might. But ideals are lofty while reality is harsh. I’d barely transmigrated when a Shoulder-Groping Ghost latched onto me, leaving me on the brink of death! Luckily, my ghost b 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 May All Go as You Wish, Generation After Generation 巳巳如意,世世如怡 [Snake Immortal + Supernatural + Mystery Solving + Twists + Romantic Tension] When Lu Mingshen, a snake immortal, loses his younger brother to humans who eat him, the tragedy sparks a hatred that sets Lu Mingshen’s fury ablaze. A tale of love and vengeance between humans and snake immortals unfolds. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Bride in the Red Coffin 红棺里的新娘 The first book: horror, terror, and the uncanny. The sequel: comedy and humor! Two stories: The Bride in the Red Coffin + its sequel, also known as My Ghost Wife Keeps Trying to Scare Me to Tears. When crimson ripples spread across the deep pool, I finally saw the bone comb in the hands of the bride in the sunken coffin. Carved into it were my birth details, even though I had been missing for three years. Xu Xiaomo was drawn home by tales of the Sunk 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Fragrance of Serpent’s Desire 蛇色生香 Everyone considered me an ill omen, but my grandmother said I was born noble: I must never kneel to anyone in this life. Others should kneel to me, and everyone I helped must enshrine my spirit tablet at home and address me as Her Ladyship. Yet I spread blessings far and wide, driving away evil and averting disasters for the people, only to end up infamous as the reincarnation of a snake woman who brought misery to all. In this life, I’ve slain ghosts, vanquished demons, raised monuments, an 278Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 93 A Substitute Bride in a Ghost Marriage: 100 Terrifying Days in an Ancient House 替嫁冥婚我在古宅的惊魂100天 On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow buried Qingwa Town, and the cold cut to the bone. I, Li Wan, the adopted daughter of the Li family, faced a choice in the ancestral hall: take my sister’s place in an arranged marriage. My younger sister, Li Jiaojiao, wept and refused to marry into the ancient Gu family manor, while Father pleaded with me. All that remained of the Gu family was their gloomy old manor and their young master, Gu Yanzhi, who had been dead for three year 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 443Reads8.0Score11314d adds
- 95 The King of the Underworld Sends Me to Catch Ghosts, and My First Case Is a Mutilation Murder 冥王叫我去抓鬼,开局就是分尸案 [Unhinged heroine + livestreaming ghost hunts + episodic stories + anyone can be a love interest, but no one actually is + the heroine doesn't love anyone] A vicious woman from two thousand years ago was rescued by the King of the Underworld. He told her to hunt ghosts, and she slapped him instead. Furious, the King of the Underworld ordered her to catch any ghost she could find. And so Yu Feiwan came to the mortal world and began livestreaming her ghost hunts. “Streamer, I recently rented a new 455Reads7.2Score10414d adds
- 96 You Want to Kill My Three Thousand Male Consorts? This Occult Princess Won't Stand for It! 斩我三千男宠?玄学公主不服! [Ghost hunting] [Fortune-telling] [Face reading] [Feng shui] [Occult arts] [Farming] After transmigrating, Zhao Xue becomes the eldest princess of the Daqing Empire. She is exiled, and then bound to a System. Forced to awaken her yin-yang eyes, she unlocks max-level occult skills in feng shui, fortune-telling, ghost hunting, and warding off evil. From then on, she wields a peachwood ruler in her left hand and a good-luck talisman in her right, turning the tables against all odds. She saves wrong 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Eerie: From the Start, I Contracted a Pure-Hearted Female Ghost 诡异:开局契约了一只清纯女鬼 For seventeen-year-old high school student Guo Yang, his biggest worries are the college entrance exam and the future. Then, on a blood-red morning, he and his car are dragged into the rift between the world of the living and the underworld: the Yin-Yang Rift of the Ghost Realm. The System activates, but instead of a chance to turn his life around, it gives him a nightmare from the start. Before his eyes, countless pale ghost hands reach out from the rift and drag a living person into the abyss, 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Global Gatefall: I Became a God by Delivering Takeout 全球门化:我靠送外卖成神 Horror + suspense + Cthulhu + supernatural powers + wild imagination On a stormy night, my food delivery order reads: “Deliver to 77 Huangquan Road.” I’m forced to become a courier between the worlds of the living and the dead. Every five-star review extracts a customer’s soul, while a bad review gets me hunted by creatures from the Gate Realm. When I discover that my father’s last order before he disappeared was sent to the Bermuda Triangle, and that my mother has turned into a faceless being i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Snake King Takes a Wife, Subduing a Hundred Demons 蛇王娶妻,镇百妖 I've been afraid of snakes ever since I was little, but Grandma told me that on the day I was born, a violent storm broke out, and little snakes slithered all over the courtyard. It turned out I was born under an ominous fate and was incredibly hard to keep alive. To save me, Grandma arranged a marriage between me and the snake in the village well, hoping it would give me a chance to survive. When I came of age, I didn't take the matter seriously and even got a boyfriend. But I never expected to 417Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 100 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—14d adds

















































