diff --git a/example/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/examples/connector/NebulaSparkReaderExample.scala b/example/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/examples/connector/NebulaSparkReaderExample.scala
index ff8b2571..eb52417d 100644
--- a/example/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/examples/connector/NebulaSparkReaderExample.scala
+++ b/example/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/examples/connector/NebulaSparkReaderExample.scala
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ object NebulaSparkReaderExample {
       //.withNoColumn(true)
       .withReturnCols(List("degree"))
       // please make sure your ngql statement result is edge, connector does not check the statement.
-      .withNgql("match (v)-[e:friend]-(v2) return e")
+      // other examples of supported nGQL:
+      // - GET SUBGRAPH WITH PROP 3 STEPS FROM 2 YIELD EDGES AS relationships;
+      // - FIND ALL PATH WITH PROP FROM 2 TO 4 OVER friend YIELD path AS p;
+      .withNgql("match (v)-[e:friend]->(v2) return e")
       .build()
     val edge = spark.read.nebula(config, nebulaReadConfig).loadEdgesToDfByNgql()
     edge.printSchema()
diff --git a/nebula-spark-common/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/NebulaConfig.scala b/nebula-spark-common/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/NebulaConfig.scala
index c500ff20..c8993f7c 100644
--- a/nebula-spark-common/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/NebulaConfig.scala
+++ b/nebula-spark-common/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/NebulaConfig.scala
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ object NebulaConnectionConfig {
     /**
       * set connectionRetry, connectionRetry is optional
       */
+    @deprecated("use withConnectionRetry instead", "3.7.0")
+    def withConenctionRetry(connectionRetry: Int): ConfigBuilder = {
+      this.connectionRetry = connectionRetry
+      this
+    }
+
     def withConnectionRetry(connectionRetry: Int): ConfigBuilder = {
       this.connectionRetry = connectionRetry
       this
diff --git a/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/package.scala b/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/package.scala
index 7d59ed41..b1da17a7 100644
--- a/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/package.scala
+++ b/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/package.scala
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ package object connector {
       val dfReader = reader
         .format(classOf[NebulaDataSource].getName)
         .option(NebulaOptions.TYPE, DataTypeEnum.EDGE.toString)
+        .option(NebulaOptions.OPERATE_TYPE, OperaType.READ.toString)
         .option(NebulaOptions.SPACE_NAME, readConfig.getSpace)
         .option(NebulaOptions.LABEL, readConfig.getLabel)
         .option(NebulaOptions.RETURN_COLS, readConfig.getReturnCols.mkString(","))
diff --git a/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/NebulaNgqlEdgePartitionReader.scala b/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/NebulaNgqlEdgePartitionReader.scala
index 40f99628..8878fad5 100644
--- a/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/NebulaNgqlEdgePartitionReader.scala
+++ b/nebula-spark-connector/src/main/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/NebulaNgqlEdgePartitionReader.scala
@@ -70,12 +70,19 @@ class NebulaNgqlEdgePartitionReader extends InputPartitionReader[InternalRow] {
           val list: mutable.Buffer[ValueWrapper] = value.asList()
           edges.appendAll(
             list.toStream
-              .filter(e => checkLabel(e.asRelationship()))
+              .filter(e => e != null && e.isEdge() && checkLabel(e.asRelationship()))
               .map(e => convertToEdge(e.asRelationship(), properties))
           )
-        } else {
-          LOG.error(s"Exception convert edge type ${valueType} ")
-          throw new RuntimeException(" convert value type failed");
+        } else if (valueType == Value.PVAL){
+          val list: java.util.List[Relationship] = value.asPath().getRelationships()
+          edges.appendAll(
+            list.toStream
+              .filter(e => checkLabel(e))
+              .map(e => convertToEdge(e, properties))
+          )
+        } else if (valueType != Value.NVAL && valueType != 0) {
+          LOG.error(s"Unexpected edge type encountered: ${valueType}. Only edge or path should be returned.")
+          throw new RuntimeException("Invalid nGQL return type. Value type conversion failed.");
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/nebula-spark-connector/src/test/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/ReadSuite.scala b/nebula-spark-connector/src/test/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/ReadSuite.scala
index a719d2ca..2fd8398c 100644
--- a/nebula-spark-connector/src/test/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/ReadSuite.scala
+++ b/nebula-spark-connector/src/test/scala/com/vesoft/nebula/connector/reader/ReadSuite.scala
@@ -337,4 +337,85 @@ class ReadSuite extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     })(Encoders.STRING)
   }
 
+  test("read edge from nGQL: MATCH ()-[e:friend]->() RETURN e LIMIT 1000")
+  {
+    val config =
+      NebulaConnectionConfig
+        .builder()
+        .withMetaAddress("127.0.0.1:9559")
+        .withGraphAddress("127.0.0.1:9669")
+        .withConnectionRetry(2)
+        .build()
+    val nebulaReadConfig: ReadNebulaConfig = ReadNebulaConfig
+      .builder()
+      .withSpace("test_int")
+      .withLabel("friend")
+      .withNoColumn(false)
+      .withReturnCols(List("col1"))
+      .withNgql("MATCH ()-[e:friend]->() RETURN e LIMIT 1000")
+      .build()
+    val edge = sparkSession.read.nebula(config, nebulaReadConfig).loadEdgesToDfByNgql()
+    edge.printSchema()
+    edge.show(truncate = false)
+    assert(edge.count() == 12)
+    assert(edge.schema.fields.length == 4)
+    edge.map(row => {
+      row.getAs[Long]("_srcId") match {
+        case 1L => {
+          assert(row.getAs[Long]("_dstId") == 2)
+          assert(row.getAs[Long]("_rank") == 0)
+          assert(row.getAs[String]("col1").equals("friend1"))
+        }
+      }
+      ""
+    })(Encoders.STRING)
+  }
+
+
+  test("read edge from nGQL: GET SUBGRAPH WITH PROP 3 STEPS FROM 2 YIELD EDGES AS relationships")
+  {
+    val config =
+      NebulaConnectionConfig
+        .builder()
+        .withMetaAddress("127.0.0.1:9559")
+        .withGraphAddress("127.0.0.1:9669")
+        .withConnectionRetry(2)
+        .build()
+    val nebulaReadConfig: ReadNebulaConfig = ReadNebulaConfig
+      .builder()
+      .withSpace("test_int")
+      .withNoColumn(false)
+      .withLabel("friend")
+      .withReturnCols(List("col1"))
+      .withNgql("GET SUBGRAPH WITH PROP 3 STEPS FROM 2 YIELD EDGES AS relationships")
+      .build()
+    val edge = sparkSession.read.nebula(config, nebulaReadConfig).loadEdgesToDfByNgql()
+    edge.printSchema()
+    edge.show(truncate = false)
+    assert(edge.count() == 6)
+  }
+
+  test("read edge from nGQL: FIND ALL PATH WITH PROP FROM 2 TO 4 OVER friend YIELD path AS p")
+  {
+    val config =
+      NebulaConnectionConfig
+        .builder()
+        .withMetaAddress("127.0.0.1:9559")
+        .withGraphAddress("127.0.0.1:9669")
+        .withConnectionRetry(2)
+        .build()
+    val nebulaReadConfig: ReadNebulaConfig = ReadNebulaConfig
+      .builder()
+      .withSpace("test_int")
+      .withNoColumn(false)
+      .withLabel("friend")
+      .withReturnCols(List("col1"))
+      .withNgql("FIND ALL PATH WITH PROP FROM 2 TO 4 OVER friend YIELD path AS p")
+      .build()
+    val edge = sparkSession.read.nebula(config, nebulaReadConfig).loadEdgesToDfByNgql()
+    edge.printSchema()
+    edge.show(truncate = false)
+    assert(edge.count() == 2)
+  }
+
 }