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  1. 201 Spirit Mediums Beyond the Pass: Making a New World in the Internet Age 关内出马:互联网时代闯出新天地 Mystery145k WordsCompleted The Hu and Huang spirits never cross Shanhai Pass, but I'm a spirit medium for the new era, and I'm going to venture out! So I crossed Shanhai Pass, stepped into the world of the internet, and entered a world unlike any other... A brave spirit medium fears no hardship! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 202 I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生(李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著) Mystery547k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap 13.8kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves
  3. 203 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 Mystery446k WordsCompleted This story is also known as The Spirit Medium’s Diary. Little Hu Rong holds incense in her hands, born to take her place in the main hall. Though it was shortly after five on a June morning, the moment she was born, darkness swallowed everything. At seven, she made a mistake that cost the life of a Willow Immortal. Like oil catching fire, it set off a disaster that had been building for years. At eighteen, she fell ill, and a fortune-teller declared: “You were born to make your living as a spiri 69Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  4. 204 The Last Zhuyou Master 最后一个祝由师 Mystery564k WordsCompleted “In ancient times, when illness struck, people relied on blessings to dispel disease, and the illness would then pass... When someone fell ill, they used blessings to guide the treatment, shifting the essence and changing the qi to drive it away, without recourse to needles or medicine.” “Zhuyou is a method of healing through talismans, incantations, and rites of exorcism.” Zhu Shisan, the last Zhuyou healer, takes you into the little-known secrets of Zhuyou arts. 3.3kReads8.9Score442Shelves
  5. 205 The Life-Taking Jade Pendant 夺命玉佩 Mystery633k WordsCompleted I came into possession of an ancient jade pendant, and strange things began happening one after another. Determined to uncover the truth behind it, I stumbled upon a shocking secret from five hundred years ago… 13Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 206 Lu Ban's Secret Art of Feng Shui 鲁班风水秘术 Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Carpenters revere Lu Ban as their patriarch. He left behind the Lu Ban Book, divided into two parts. The first contains carpentry techniques, while the second is a collection of secret spells, never to be shared with outsiders. The patriarch also left a curse: anyone who learns the spells in the second part must suffer one of the fates of being widowed, orphaned, childless, or disabled. That is why later generations called the second part of the Lu Ban Book the “Missing One.” In the old days, mo 5.9kReads9.1Score832Shelves
  7. 207 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves
  8. 208 Strange Tales from Northeast China 东北出马怪谈 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted In Northeast China, tales of spirit mediums have been told for generations, but not just anyone can become one. I lay underground for three years to walk this path. This is a story of dying and being reborn. 14Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  9. 209 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 1.7kReads8.8Score341Shelves
  10. 210 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Mystery955k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 27.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
  11. 211 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
  12. 212 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves
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  13. 213 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此,奇门风水震天下 Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
  14. 214 Memoirs of a Folk Taoist 民间道士回忆录 Mystery570k WordsOngoing Everyone has a different path to walk at every stage of life. Just as people have periods of misfortune and prosperity, they also have ten-year cycles of good fortune. When your next cycle begins, it will mark a new starting point in your life. A folk Taoist priest is here with his memoirs, offering you a glimpse into authentic folk Taoism. 3.7kReads9.3Score702Shelves
  15. 215 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师:人回避,鬼上前 Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
  16. 216 Northeast China Spirit Medium: My Fox Lord Is So Fierce 东北出马仙:我家的胡爷太凶狠 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My name is Liu Jin. I'm a boy from an ordinary small town in Northeast China. The only unusual thing about me was that when I was six, my mother suddenly became a spirit medium. As a child, I never understood it. But when I grew up, I started to think it might actually be a pretty good job. For some reason, though, my mother seemed particularly wary of it and never gave me a chance to get involved. Little by little, I learned the secret behind it. 19.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
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  17. 217 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 Mystery229k WordsCompleted A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  18. 218 Work’s on Pause: The Yellow Immortal Takes Me Graveyard Clubbing 上班暂停,黄大仙带我坟场蹦迪 Mystery94k WordsOngoing [Mild horror + comedy + two male leads] After working late one night, I was chased by a murderer into a cemetery, where I accidentally came across a weasel worshiping the moon. I remembered the Great Immortal Huang from my grandmother’s stories. Chen Shu placed his hopes in it. “Great Immortal Huang, you look like a six-foot-tall, eight-pack, rich and powerful, luxury-car-driving, mansion-owning, cheerful, helpful, impossibly handsome guy who does whatever I say.” The weasel’s chance to become a 26Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 219 My Years as a Spirit Medium's Assistant 我当出马条子那些年 Mystery226k WordsOngoing Li Tie, a temporary morgue worker, encounters his own mother transformed into a ghost immortal on the seventh night after her death. A scorched ancestral altar document spits out a peachwood token inscribed “By Imperial Decree.” In a dream, Grandpa Hu San appoints him: “Boy, take over as head of the Enforcement Hall. Your job is to put the immortals in their place!” The timid Tiezi is close to tears. Other spirit mediums make a fortune every day, while he works as a beat cop and pays for the inc 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 220 The Diviner with the Evil Bone 邪骨相师 Mystery676k WordsCompleted My name is Xiang Yin. According to my adoptive father, he took me in from a snake immortal. My adoptive father runs a funeral shop in a northern town. He foresaw that I was born with a gift for serving the immortals and would one day become the finest spirit medium. Everyone else says I'm a corpse-born child, steeped in darkness. Only my adoptive father treasures me, teaching me spells and skills. When I was seven, something strange happened. I sold a woman a pair of burial shoes in the midd 6.1kReads9.3Score676Shelves
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  21. 221 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 Mystery908k WordsCompleted [Spirit Medium + Supernatural] The year I turned ten, my grandmother passed away. Not long after, I came down with a strange illness. Days of injections and medicine did no good, and every night I became unusually alert, often babbling incoherently. After five days of continuous fever, my parents had no choice but to take me to the countryside to see a woman they called Auntie, who they said could treat me. Here, “Auntie” didn’t mean a relative on my father’s side. It was the respectful title we 1kReads9.1Score170Shelves
  22. 222 I Became the First Founding Ancestress of My Husband's Family to Receive Offerings 我成了婆家第一代顶香的祖师奶 Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing Su Can had been frail and sickly since birth. At eighteen, she nearly died from an illness. A great immortal told her she had the fate of a Hua Jie, and only after a substitute effigy was burned was her life spared. From then on, great opportunities came her way. She lost her husband just one day after getting married, and one disaster after another followed. The Hu, Huang, Bai, and Liu spirits, along with the Bei Wang, all came looking for her. As she endured one ordeal after another, involving 4.8kReads9.3Score373Shelves
  23. 223 The Ghost Marshal’s Yin-Yang Inn 鬼差之阴阳馆 Mystery501k WordsCompleted By day, she transforms into a human; by night, she helps ghosts cross over. Come visit this unassuming little shop, run by a newly hired underworld makeup artist, and make an inquiry. 795Reads9.1Score115Shelves
  24. 224 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 Mystery491k WordsCompleted [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 498Reads9.1Score102Shelves
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