Novels like Huang Daxian
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Huang Daxian, best match first.
- 101 The Secret Records of Yin and Yang 阴阳秘录 Mountain spirits summon immortals; water spirits summon dragons. Do immortals really exist in this world? I don't know, but I do know that dragons are real. From the day the roar of machinery rang out across Miaoling Valley, everything began to slide toward an unknowable abyss. And from that abyss, a pair of eyes watched those involved, their gaze carrying an emotion impossible to decipher... 188Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 102 Command My Body 敕吾身 “Perfect my body, command my body. This body is no ordinary body, but one transformed into the golden body of the Supreme Lord Lao…” (The Edict to My Body, also known as The Xuanpin Academy and The Manifestation of Divine Power, is a prequel to The Xuanpin Teahouse.) I became an apprentice at nine, formally began studying the Dao at eleven, and decided to record my experiences and observations at twenty. This is the story of Feng Cai, a disciple of Master Hu Fawang of the Great Manifestation of 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 My Dragon King 我的龙王大人 Every night, I have that kind of dream. Not with a person. That thing presses tightly against me, its long, serpentine tail coiling around me and sliding over every inch of my body! Wherever its scales pass, it feels like an ice blade cutting into my flesh. It hurts, and I can't even scream. All I can do is endure the stabbing pain and shiver in the cold, until at last its icy tail tightens around me and suffocates me to death! Until that day… 79Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 104 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 The Perfumer of the Tongyou Fragrance Shop 通幽香铺的调香师 First comes the incense marrow, second the incense skin, third the incense flesh and fourth the incense soul… Fifth, greed; sixth, wrath; seventh, delusion; eighth, gratitude… Ninth, burning away… the anguish of reincarnation… The tenth incense… is the void she wrenched from her own soul… My name is Shen Heng, and I run an incense shop on an old street in Yingkou. I sell incense by day and ferry souls by night. Nine kinds of incense, exchanged for nine kinds of obsession. Greed, anger, delusion 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Strange Tales of Summoning the Gods 请神异闻录 At his eighteenth-birthday coming-of-age ceremony, a host of immortals came to offer their congratulations! In his dreams, he became a disciple of Jiang Ziya, who studied under the Primeval Lord of Heaven at the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, and learned the art of summoning gods. I’m powerless against those above the gods, but invincible against those below them. You know Taoist magic? I can summon gods! You know demonic arts? I can summon gods! You can invite an immortal spirit to possess y 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Born with Yin and Yang: I'm Half an Exorcist 天生阴阳：我是半个出马先生 Li Jinyan: “You want me to catch ghosts and demons, ward off disasters, and solve your problems? Give me a break. I’m only half a spirit medium.” Shen He: “What did you find in the restroom? Don’t tell me it was a condom.” Lin Mumu: “You’re the one missing a screw! Your whole family is missing a screw!” A half-fledged spirit medium, a sleazy gynecologist, and a wooden-headed fool... The bizarre, supernatural, and fantastical misadventures of three brothers begin... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Most Absurd Spirit Medium in History 史上最无厘头的出马仙 A modern urban ghost-hunting novel. Lighthearted and not scary, with a touch of madness, plenty of laughs, and a stress-relieving vibe. Perfect reading for after your mom, teacher, boss, or anyone else has chewed you out. The shameless protagonist doesn’t play by the rules when hunting ghosts. All sorts of outrageous, unexpected antics. 13Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 110 A Road of Feuds and Revenge 出马情仇路 Clinging to attachments traps you in the cycle of rebirth; letting go awakens the self within. Lost in delusion, you don't know who you are. Only upon awakening do you know your true self. This book is based on the author's real experiences. It was written only to retrace the path they once took. The book focuses on questions of human nature and exposes countless problems in the spirit-medium community. Readers who enjoy making moral judgments should think carefully before reading. The book 2.3kReads9.4Score213Shelves
- 111 The Spirit Medium's Revelation 出马仙启示录 I’m a shamanic practitioner from Northeast China, also known as a great immortal. These days, so many people get scammed and end up buried in debt, then go mad. It really worries me, though I also think they’re foolish. I’ll share my own experiences and stories from fellow practitioners to talk about Northeast China’s shamanic tradition, and warn people not to get scammed. (For special reasons, I can’t be too direct with ordinary readers, so I’ll express things obliquely.) 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 112 The House Immortal Affairs Office 家仙办事处 Chen Ping'an, a graduate student in folklore, has never believed in ghosts or gods. That is, until he inherited his old family home and caught a fox spirit sitting on his sofa in the middle of the night, playing Honor of Kings. Then it tossed him an employment contract from the “Household Spirits Affairs Office.” From then on, his materialist worldview completely fell apart: Huang Xian works as a delivery driver, gathering intelligence. Bai Xian runs a traditional Chinese medicine clinic and sec 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Six Relics to Banish Evil 六器渡邪 On a stormy night, the evil box passed down through my family shattered on its own, and I became a wanted fugitive accused of several murders. My only chance of survival was to recover the six cursed artifacts scattered across the Lin family. But they weren't treasures. They were instruments of torture, each one imprisoning the soul of someone our ancestors had tortured into becoming an artifact. Soul-harvesting rice from the Hungry Ghost Realm, a mending needle used to sew together a hundred —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Fallen Phoenix 落凤 [Pure feel-good fun! The heroine is a total psycho who'll fight anyone! She never takes a loss!] My sworn sister sent me a message: "We'll never be separated." Then she disappeared. My big brother and I packed our suitcases and went to her hometown, Ancient Phoenix City, to look for her. But I kept feeling as if a pair of eyes were watching me from somewhere unseen. Those eyes, however, didn't belong to the "Golden Dragon" I'd known since childhood... 582Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 115 The Spirit Medium's Road: My Adventures with the Old Immortal 出马仙，我跟老仙的江湖路 A disciple of the spirit mediums of Ghost Street, in his tenth year practicing the art. His greatest wish at first was to become the biggest local thug. He never expected to become a spirit medium, and only after taking it up did he discover that people in this line of work are worse than gangsters. What kind of person you are determines what kind of spirit you get, and the spirits follow their hosts. Zhao Zhengyang’s spirit companions are all like slick socialites in leather shoes. Then he runs 3.4kReads8.2Score392Shelves
- 116 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 230Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 117 Memoirs of a Spirit-Medium Taoist 出马道士回忆录 First establish a spirit-medium altar, then head to Bayu to study the ritual arts. A Qingwei disciple, holding the rank of Dujiao, with a white crane in his cave. A book of real experiences, true stories, and popular science! Everything in this book comes from my own real experiences and true stories! This book only covers things that really happened. It contains no fantasy or cultivation tales! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Northeast Ma Family 东北“马”家 Do you know what a spirit horse is? Do you know what a spirit hall is? Do you know who the guardian spirits of the Northeast are? Do you know the Four Beams and Eight Pillars? Do you know the Qingfeng spirits? Whether you do or not, this book will lead you through a strange doorway and introduce you to the world of spirit mediums in Northeast China. For the first twenty-five years of my life, I thought I was just an utterly ordinary speck of dust in this little county town. I never imagined that 51Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 119 Northern Horse Notes: The Incense Bearer 北马笔记之顶香人 Know your past life, see the future, Pinch two fingers and know all things. The four pillars and eight posts are all in place, and the altar master is here to oversee it. The King Wen drum sounds, and the immortals line up to descend from the mountains. Take up the incense bowl, lift the incense burner: once you accept the calling, it is for life. 4.1kReads8.6Score148Shelves
- 120 Hall of Ten Thousand Immortals: A Rich Kid's Life as a Spirit Medium 万仙堂：富二代的出马生活 [Second-generation shamanic heir + copper-industry heir + incredibly powerful guardian spirits + face-slapping satisfaction + real-life supernatural events] (P.S. Set in real locations in Shuangyashan. No saintly heroine, no frustrating setbacks, face-slapping from the start, and high-octane action all the way through!) Your girlfriend publicly looks down on you and demands 388,000 yuan in bride price? I let out a cold laugh and drove off in the BMW M4 I'd bought for her. “Go marry your mother, 89Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 121 The Gate of Death 死亡之门 Not every game is meant to be played. The moment the gates of desire opened, our entire class set out on a road with no return. The campus belle and my friends began dying one by one, and that was only the beginning. The moment the phone rang, the gates of death opened too. 154Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 122 The Seven Gates 七门调 Bai Feifei ruined a recently unearthed serpent-shaped bronze artifact while washing it in the lab. Ever since, on every full-moon night, she dreams of a blood-soaked giant snake chasing her relentlessly, demanding that she compensate him with a brand-new skin. But when she wakes, she discovers to her horror that none of it was a dream... A month ago, Bai Feifei thought she had angered a terrifying beast. She spent every day trembling with fear and begging it to leave her alone. Bai Feifei: I’m 43Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 123 I Mistook My Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying a Snake 相亲认错人，我闪婚了一条蛇 Eighteen years ago, the villagers tore down the archway carved with a giant snake for money and burned the coffin beneath it. Afterward, a snake calamity struck the village. My grandfather threw newborn me into the snake-burning pit, saving the whole village from disaster. The summer I turned eighteen, the village party secretary tricked me into coming back. Because another snake calamity had struck the village. The party secretary said that throwing me into the snake-burning pit once more would 162Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 124 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 304Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 125 A Red Coffin for the Funeral, a White Sedan for the Wedding 红棺送葬，白轿迎亲 Yin-Yang Eyes + Supernatural Beings + Protectors + Four Divine Beasts + No Romance From the start, he awakens Yin-Yang Eyes, and the Red-and-White Fiends come to claim his soul! That was when I discovered that my grandfather had another identity: he was a Yin-Yang Master and the head of the sect guarding the mountain gate. My peaceful life was turned upside down. The black dog at home began speaking, and the neighbor who had looked after me since childhood was facing death. But the conspiracy be 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Heavenly Master of a Haunted World 诡世天师 Lin Jiu, an ordinary young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to the twelfth year of the Republic of China, his soul inhabiting the body of a young Taoist priest who shares his name and has just been claimed by a vengeful ghost. As the last heir of the Maoshan Sect, he inherits his master’s legacy and final words: “The Taoist tradition must not die out, and the human world must not fall.” There is no System, no shortcut, only a timeworn copy of the Sacred Register of Shangqing a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 I Am the Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Medium 我乃天地出马仙 Handsome Fu Fei once lived an ordinary life, but fate had other plans: destined to become a spirit medium, he was forced onto a wondrous journey full of the unknown. Around the same time, strange events began happening one after another: eerie dreams, mysterious symbols appearing out of nowhere, and phenomena that science could not explain... Lost and afraid, Fu Fei met several companions who shared his unusual abilities. Together, they set out to uncover the secrets behind spirit mediums, unawa 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 The Apocalypse's First Spirit Medium 末世第一出马仙 This is the story of Qingcheng, a disciple of a shamanic tradition entrusted with the mission of saving the world. On the land of Northeast China, as the Age of Declining Dharma descends, Qingcheng grows stronger, cultivates their powers, and gathers spirit companions. In the end, they establish the foremost spiritual lodge, turn the tide, and save both the world and the Age of Declining Dharma. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 The Northern Horse Immortal Venerable 北马仙尊 [Supernatural]+ [Demons]+ [Immortals and Spirits] In Northeast China, there is a group of extraordinary people. Because of their own origins and family ties, they are chosen by spiritual beings cultivating deep in the mountains. From then on, their fates change, and they are destined to follow an extraordinary path. They often walk between the worlds of yin and yang, resolving people's troubles in exchange for nothing more than an honest fee. The world calls them spirit mediums. Those who serve 1.1kReads7.8Score103Shelves
- 130 My Days as a Disciple of the Spirit Mediums 我当出马弟子的时光 A true account of spirit-medium practices, giving you an authentic look at every little detail! Every story and every person in this book is based on real events! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 The Yin Official Forensic Doctor 阴倌法医 Armed with half a tattered book left behind by my grandpa, I took up the shady trade of a Yin Constable, making a living by swindling people. I thought that as long as I followed the rules, I’d be safe and sound. But my final job dragged me into a bewildering whirlpool, and from then on I found myself walking the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld... 1.6kReads7.7Score245Shelves
- 132 The King Wen Drum, the King Wu Whip, and the Five-Dragon Flower Staff Summon the Immortal Elder 文王鼓，武王鞭，五龙花杆请老仙 “Cultivate your character deep in the mountains, then emerge from your cave and make your name known across the land.” A year after I began working as a spirit medium, my life took a completely different course. On the sixth day of the sixth month, I took charge of the altar. The old spirits took their seats, but brought a long-buried case to light. An unremarkable woman was haunted by several infant spirits. In the dead of night, the one who said “Hi” to me was actually a paper doll. An old man 1.9kReads8.8Score194Shelves
- 133 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 49Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 134 The Grand Mystic 大玄师 Sun Lei smiles faintly and raises a hand to split open the Yin-Yang Road. “Moved yet?” Demons, ghosts, monsters, and spirits: “Wouldn’t dare. Wouldn’t dare…” 131Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 135 Others Perform Exorcisms, I Take the Stage: I'm Here to Do Things Differently 别人出马我出道，主打一个不一样 (Tales of the Immortals) (Story Sharing) (Popular Science) (Autobiography) I used to be a thoroughgoing atheist. I believed only in what I could see and scoffed at talk of gods and ghosts. Then I started experiencing sleep paralysis again and again, and even the immortals came knocking. That was when I learned that sometimes people only disbelieve because they haven't been pushed to the brink. To survive, I had no choice but to embark on the path of serving the immortals. But the deeper I got in 513Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 136 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 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
- 137 Occult Medicine: My Wife Is a Nurse 异术诡医：我老婆是护士 Zhang Zhe: “Don't rush. I'm about to die.” Zhang Zhe: “Don't worry. Once I'm dead, you can take my heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.” Zhang Zhe is terminally ill and on the verge of death. But who could have guessed that while he was watching a meteor shower, a wisp of a remnant soul would crash into him and cure him? Zhang Zhe: “This is a problem. If they find out I won't die after all, they'll probably fight me to the death.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 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—Shelves
- 139 You, You Idiot of a Daoist 你个二货道士 I had the Fate of the Limitless, the destiny countless cultivators envied. But the heavens were jealous of my talent, and my fate was left incomplete. Was I destined to be a good-for-nothing all my life? No, I refused to accept it! I would slay demons and vanquish evil! I would uphold justice! “Hey! Wake up. Stop dreaming. You’re a good-for-nothing.” “Take this, you wicked fiend: my Ten Dragon-Subduing Slaps!” “Please. You’re a complete idiot of a Taoist priest!” 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 140 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 [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
- 141 The Northeast Spirit Medium 东北出马仙 [Rural life + folk legends + strange tales + horror + Northeastern China + adventure + crime and deduction + solving cases] [A police officer with a special constitution × a shaman grandmother: an ensemble mystery-solving tale as they team up to uncover the secrets of spirit mediums!] Northeastern China is the birthplace of shamanism and a thriving home to spirit mediums, including the Fox, Weasel, Hedgehog, Snake, and Rat spirits. Since ancient times, it has been full of people with extraordina 3kReads9.3Score150Shelves
- 142 Summoning the Immortals 招仙 A successor to the Corpse-Measuring tradition, the Ma Immortals return! The Ma family’s disciples can divine fortune and misfortune and ward off evil. Wave the spirit-summoning banner, and the immortals will gather; lower the Immortal-Suppressing Seal, and every demon will be destroyed! I died for three days, then came back to life. From that moment on, I experienced a series of untold stories... 747Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 143 The Eight Immortals Bear a Coffin, While the Weasel Bows 八仙抬棺，黄皮子磕头 A filial son's head rolls through the streets. The living die, and their descendants bury them. Sons kneel; daughters become nuns. My dad is the only one in the village who can see and interpret omens. This is the story of the strange and wondrous things I witnessed after taking up his mantle! 243Reads6.4Score108Shelves
- 144 The Divine Seer in Hemp Robes 麻衣女神相 Face reading is based on the Book of Ma Yi. Study someone’s face, and you can read them right before their eyes. Wealth and poverty, fortune and misfortune, blessing and calamity: it is all written in a single face. The Divine Physiognomist Ma Yi says: “When the heart is good but the face is not, the face will follow the heart. When the face is good but the heart is not, the face will fade as the heart does.” 2.6kReads8.5Score242Shelves
- 145 I Take the Immortals to Another World 我带仙家闯异界 You know about the spirit mediums of Northeast China, but have you ever heard of one from another world? I’m Li Jiuxuan. I don’t know what day I was born, because I have no parents. Granny Li, the village’s spirit medium, found me and raised me... 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 The Confessions of a Spirit Medium, Part Two 一个出马仙自述经历第二部 This book is the official sequel to "The True Story of a Spirit Medium's Experiences". The entire work is fictional, so please don't take it as a reason to believe in superstition! As a sequel, this book recounts several strange experiences from a spirit medium's cultivation. The tale of my soul entering the body of the spirit tablet king at my own altar is just one of its central plotlines. I was a spirit medium in the human world, setting up altars, investigating cases, and helping clients. I 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 365 Folktales of the Supernatural, All Come to the Human World 365个民间怪谈，皆来人间 [Standalone Stories] [Folk Tales of the Strange] [Rural Supernatural] [Horror Folklore] [Terrifying on Closer Thought] No overarching plot! Each chapter features a separate tale of strange events from local folklore, adapted from true stories passed down by elders in my hometown. Note: This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Trust in science and reject superstition. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Chronicles 茅山天师录 Maoshan is famous for its Taoist arts. I learned Maoshan Taoist magic and came down from the mountain to exorcise ghosts. My whole life has been filled with confusion. Is this really how my life is supposed to go? What is the meaning of what I protect? And who is behind the eerie doll and everything else? 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Notes of a Spirit Medium: I Set KPIs for My Spirit Hall 出马仙笔记我制定堂仙考核KPI [Humorous] [Supernatural] [Spirit Medium] [No System] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Treasure Hunt] [Growth] [Defying Fate] I died after falling for a beauty’s trap, but then I came back to life. I even got to experience a trip to the underworld. What’s it like down there? Look, there’s a young lady standing by a pink doorway up ahead, dressed in something so revealing it looks ready to burst. She’s waving at me. “Hey, handsome, wanna come have some fun?” But I’m a model young man. “Go have fun 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 The Fox Immortal Descends: A Cursed Fox's Fate 狐仙降世：诡命狐缘 On the day she was born, a blind old fortune-teller declared that Bai Xiao was destined to a life of extreme yin: “This girl won’t live past eight. At eighteen, she’ll be beset by a hundred ghosts and meet certain death.” She refused to believe him and stubbornly made it to eighteen. But the year she turned eighteen, she watched with her own eyes as her grandmother climbed out of her coffin, intending to bury her alive and take her along as a funeral offering… “Xiao Xiao, come with Grandma…” As 10Reads—Score—Shelves
