Novels like The Fate-Seer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Fate-Seer, best match first.
- 1 My Years as a Fortune-Teller 我做算命先生那些年 My name is Li Nanfang. In the first half of my life, I schemed endlessly, laying countless feng shui traps and amassing a fortune. Even now, many people are still fooled by me. When they see me, they respectfully call me “Minister” and regard me as their savior. But in the end, I gave away everything I owned. If I don’t tell the truth, I feel I’ll have wronged the world! I firmly believe that charlatans never meet a good end! I’m writing this book to warn people to stay alert and avoid being dec 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Residential Feng Shui 住宅风水 Easy-to-understand home feng shui that makes the subject less mysterious. Learn the basics of residential feng shui, the culture of the I Ching, and folk customs, and apply existing knowledge of your surroundings in a practical, scientific way to invite good fortune and avoid misfortune. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Borrowed Blade 借刀人 As a shooting star streaked across the sun, a young man borrowed a blade. The Guigu Seal was broken, the Chiyou Banner appeared, and war erupted. The five immortals of fox, weasel, hedgehog, rat, and snake traveled by night and day, while the five evils of judges, tribute collectors, insects, corpses, and livestock roamed the land. Earth gods and City Gods, zombies and hanging ghosts, dragon maidens, vengeful spirits and monsters, Thunder Gods and drought demons walked between the realms of yin 16Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 4 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score129Shelves
- 5 The Feng Shui Master 风水相师 Look up to observe the celestial signs, look down to study the lay of the land, and read the fortunes of heaven, earth, and beautiful women! My name is Tang Dabao. I studied feng shui and occult arts in the tradition of the “Celestial Aspect” school from childhood. After my grandfather suddenly passed away, one scheme after another was set against me. I take on the feuds between powerful families and the blood vendettas of the occult world all by myself. Dancing with a coffin on my back, strolli 2.2kReads8.4Score194Shelves
- 6 Even Without Money, I Can Still Cultivate Successfully 没钱的我也一样修行有成 True cultivation doesn't require money. In fact, the more you cultivate, the wealthier you become. This is a feng shui novel based on my own experience. After suffering for over a decade from an illness no major hospital could cure and sinking hundreds of thousands into debt, I finally woke up. I used what I had learned to turn my life around. Now I have enough wealth to live comfortably, own three small businesses, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. The story explores the Four Pillars of Desti —Reads—Score108Shelves
- 7 Severing the Dragon Vein 断命龙脉 The men of the Gu family never live past forty. After his father, Gu Mingyuan, dies, Gu Chenchuan follows a train ticket to Baihe, a bloodstained compass, and a few unfinished last words into the old trails of the Changbai Mountains. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that the Gu family has not simply been haunted or cursed. They have been caught in a living account, buried for many years, that refuses to let go. From Baihe to Tamen Peak, from the Changbai Mountains to an old well in t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Record of Folk Traditions 民俗传承录 My knowledge is limited! I’ve organized the memories of my working life into a memoir and written down some of them. If you’re interested in feng shui, geomancy, or the arts of fate and divination, take a look. It’s all practical information. If you’d rather hear stories, you can read the memoir. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Young Daoist Master's Gambit 玄门小师叔之破局 Chen Xiaoshan, an occult practitioner who keeps a low profile among ordinary people, hides in the Qing Nang Pavilion under the guise of a watch repairman. Well versed in the principles of the I Ching and skilled in astrology, he uses his solid knowledge to solve local ghost stories, from babies crying through the night to strange happenings in people’s homes, taking apart occult mysteries with scientific reasoning. He intends to use what he has learned to help the world, but his repeated investi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Help! The Metaphysical Princess Consort Is Causing Trouble Again 救命，玄学王妃又闹妖了 [Metaphysics + Qimen arts + feng shui...] [Transmigrated Metaphysics Master vs. the Lame Young Prince] (Qimen Dunjia, folk secret arts, Qimen Dunjia, Nine Palaces destiny charts, Zhuyou healing... As the saying goes, fate comes first, luck second, and feng shui third. Feng shui has a huge impact on people, from wealth and health to marriage and family. Curious? Then turn to the first page and read on...) A metaphysics master from the twenty-first century was given an assignment by her master at 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Metaphysical Master Can Crush a Heavy Truck with Her Bare Hands 玄学大佬她能徒手捏碎大货车 (Metaphysics + Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance + Merit System + Powerful Leads + Cultivation) After failing her tribulation, Yan Shixian transmigrates into a book. Her original character is the true daughter of the Yan family, a cannon-fodder supporting actress in a tragic romance who loves someone she cannot have. Her eldest brother looks at her with disdain. “You grew up in some country Taoist temple? You look so frail a breeze could knock you down. What a disgrace! Remember this: Qingqing is t 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Divine Inheritance 神传 My mother went up the mountain for three days, and when she came back down, I was born. Ever since then, she has gone up the mountain once every month, on the third. I thought she was going to see my father, until one day I followed her... 1.4kReads8.7Score174Shelves
- 13 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Host Works by Day and Reads Fortunes by Night 直播算命：主播白天上班晚上算卦 [Reborn + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + episodic stories + feel-good read + no romance] Xu Wan Feng is reborn. In a dream, an immortal master tells her he wants to take her as his disciple. The immortal master in her dream teaches her not only fortune-telling and face-reading, but also how to draw talismans and catch ghosts. Once she has mastered these skills, Xu Wan Feng starts livestreaming her fortune-telling sessions... Viewer: Streamer, why has my roommate been dancing b 124Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 14 The Six Lines: Principles of Hexagram Divination 六爻卦理篇 This book focuses on a detailed discussion of the principles behind Six Yao divination. In simple, accessible language, it uses a wealth of practical hexagram examples to analyze how these principles are applied in actual Six Yao divination. It offers everyone who enjoys or wants to learn Six Yao divination a faster and easier way to master this art. 389Reads—Score114Shelves
- 15 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Fortune-Telling 算卦 Fortune-Telling 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Five Elements and the Art of Physiognomy 五行相术 Rumor has it that centuries from now, the Five Elements Art of Physiognomy will reappear in the martial world, sparking a scramble among heroes from every corner. Strange events from the decade of calamity, the Qinling Demon Tower, the ancient city of Fuxian, the Tianshan Blood Tomb, the ghost city of Miaojiang, and the haunted lake of Qinghai: after his grandfather mysteriously vanishes, Yuan Yuan must uncover a series of secrets. 125Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 18 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain 天师出山 When the King of Hell says a man must die at the third watch, who would dare keep him alive until the fifth? I would! The Celestial Master descends the mountain, his mastery of the Dao profound. Above, he can move heaven and earth; below, he can shake mountains and rivers. In the light, he can command dragons and tigers; in the darkness, he can capture ghosts and gods. His power can raise the dead, and his cultivation can transcend life and death! Demons, monsters, ghosts, and fiends, whoever di 509Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 19 My Years as a Daoist Master 我当方士那些年 With five fingers, he divines the fate of all under heaven; with a single reading, he plots the destiny of dynasties for generations to come. Uncover a mysterious and unfathomable world of Daoist arts. His predictions are always spot-on, and his word is absolute! 2.3kReads8.7Score414Shelves
- 20 Quick Divination Secrets of Yin Pan Qi Men 阴盘奇门速断诀 Yin Pan formulas, techniques, methods of cultivation, and real-world case studies, all personally tested. A heartfelt offering from 30 years of studying the Yi, shared widely to help you get started quickly. To understand this book, you will need some foundational knowledge. Nothing is more essential than cultivating virtue and wisdom. Enough talk, let's get straight to the useful material. 817Reads7.2Score217Shelves
- 21 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 79Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Soul Reaper 收魂人 To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a two-headed monster. But I never expected her to be a Rakshasa with two souls. My fate was utterly transformed, and I embarked on a perilous path full of thorns, surrounded by demons and spirits... 765Reads7.2Score116Shelves
- 23 The Feng Shui Mystery Bureau 风水解密局 The Feng Shui master Zhou Qian Kun’s ancestral grave was tampered with, causing his family to fall into decline until he was the only survivor. By a stroke of luck, Zhou Qian Kun acquired the Twelve Divine Beast Fortune Beads. It is said that anyone who obtains the Twelve Divine Beast Fortune Beads can read fate and change their fortune. To avenge her mother’s murder, An Yixi used a palace beauty pageant as cover, assuming the name Jian Cao and sneaking into the imperial palace. With the power o 20Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 24 Fortune-Telling on Livestream, Now the Police Nationwide Are Watching Me 直播算命，我被全网警察盯上了 A metaphysics expert from the apocalypse unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an unlucky soul whose fortune has been stolen. No need to worry. With divination at my fingertips, the world is mine. Si Yao starts livestreaming fortune-telling. “Master, I burn offerings for my grandpa on time every year. Why do I keep dreaming that he says I never visit him?” Si Yao: “You’ve been visiting the wrong grave for ten years.” “Master, my daughter went exploring in the Tianshan Mountains. Why did he 179Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 25 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Government Has Its Eye on Me 算命太准，被国家盯上了 Lin Xiaoman is a country girl who just graduated. Her only special talent is “being eerily accurate when she speaks.” On a high-speed train, she sees a masked woman across from her with blood-red words floating over her head: “Will die in three hours.” She recognizes those eyes: they belong to top-tier star Bai Lu. After hesitating for three seconds, she hands her a note. Bai Lu changes her route and escapes disaster. But Lin Xiaoman, for “revealing heavenly secrets,” gets a nosebleed and slee 5.5kReads7.7Score693Shelves
- 26 Mysticism! I Cut Ties by Day, Then a Powerful Man Carries Me Off and Spoils Me at Night 玄学！白日断亲，晚上被大佬抱走宠疯 [Mysticism + possessing a powerful figure’s body + strong heroine and hero + pampering and feel-good revenge + the whole family regrets it] Her scumbag boyfriend cheats on her and calls off their engagement. Then he plans to inherit his uncle’s assets worth hundreds of billions? And marry the adopted younger sister who stole her life in a grand ceremony? Tang Shi brings the tycoon worth hundreds of billions back from the brink of death, shattering the scumbag’s dreams! … She can tell fortunes, 5.3kReads9.1Score787Shelves
- 27 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 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
- 28 Folk Tales of the Mountain Wilds 民间山野怪谈 A lifetime spent roaming the martial world, telling tales of ghosts and strange happenings from the countryside. Stories of spirits and monsters in the wilderness have always been a staple of people's conversations over tea, and folk tales about mountain ghosts and gods come in every variety. There is a kind of extraordinary man who can help people choose burial sites and homes, divine life and death, reveal the secrets of fate, dispel evil spirits, travel to the underworld, save lives, and ward 1.1kReads8.9Score151Shelves
- 29 Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生 Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 6.4kReads9.3Score644Shelves
- 31 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 649Reads9.0Score117Shelves
- 32 Love Show Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Set Up My Ex with a Ghost Wedding 恋综直播算命：开局送渣男冥婚 [Romance Reality Show + Livestream + Fortune-Telling + Ghost Hunting + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Showbiz + No Romance] Lu Tian, a celestial cultivator from the mystic sect, failed her tribulation and woke up in the body of a washed-up, universally despised minor celebrity. Cultivating in the modern world was ridiculously expensive, so she was forced to get to work and join a dating reality show. And just like that, a sweet dating show turned into a paranormal variety program. Viewers: “Listen, t 852Reads8.8Score143Shelves
- 33 A Cold-Blooded Emperor's Lifelong Love 冷血帝王之一世情长 [Two powerful leads, satisfying revenge, sweet romance, special agent transmigration, no pocket dimension] The modern-day “Ghost Doctor” and “Living King of Hell” somehow transmigrated. Upon opening her eyes, she found: One white-lotus younger sister, One scumbag father, One evil stepmother, One scumbag fiancé, And wait, Are you sure this is the kind of setup the great Ghost Doctor should have? Fine, throw in one icy-faced King of Hell too. Oh, this one seems like a better match for me... 954Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 34 A Debt-Ridden Wage Slave Inherits a Mansion, but the Tenants Aren’t Human 负债牛马继承豪宅，但租客不是人 Chen Mo, a wage slave on the brink of being crushed by loan sharks, receives a mysterious phone call just as he’s losing hope. To his surprise, he inherits a mansion worth 30 million from a distant relative. He moves in overjoyed, only to discover that one of the tenants isn’t even human. The more he learns, the more shocked he becomes. It turns out a huge conspiracy is lurking behind it all... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 You Play Weak, I'll Play Pitiful: Together, We'll Turn the Metaphysics World Upside Down 你装柔，我示弱，联手炸翻玄学界 [Dating Show + Metaphysics + Transmigrate into a Book + Livestream + 1v1, Both Leads Pure] Tang You transmigrates into a book and becomes the ill-fated heroine of a tragic romance, hated by the entire internet. Her adoptive sister schemes against her, and her boyfriend becomes her brother-in-law. Looking ahead, she sees herself going blind, having a kidney stolen, and even being rejected by her own child… She glances back at the pocket dimension where she stored all the resources from an entire 930Reads9.1Score175Shelves
- 37 The I Ching in Everyday Life: My Journey to Enlightenment 生活中的易经：我的悟道实录 Which path should I take in life? Why am I still unhappy despite all my hard work? Will that person come back? Will next year be any better? We have all paused at a crossroads in life, wondering what fate has in store for us. While I was writing this series, someone asked me, “Do people actually read what you write? These days, everyone likes feel-good stories.” I smiled and said nothing. Feel-good stories can make you happy for a while, but once you finish them, you're still left feeling lost. 36Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 38 Master of Folk Occult Arts: My Livestream Terrifies the Entire Internet 民间秘法大师，直播吓疯全网 [Horror + no romance + comedy + innate spirit body + spirit communication + maximum fear factor] My younger sister drew the death lot, and the whole village demanded she be sacrificed. I turned on a livestream and made a century-old vengeful ghost into sashimi. From then on, haunted houses became my cafeteria, and ghost kings became takeout. The authorities begged me to work with them, the Taoist sects revered me as a master, and the underworld begged me to livestream. When fear returned and a h 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 729Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 40 The Yin-Yang Shop's Grim Reaper 阴阳店之鬼差 "There is a shop tucked away on a street corner. It has no name, and every nightfall, all sorts of people can be seen coming and going. A tycoon worth hundreds of millions, a madman begging on the street, a gambler with one arm... Here, you can see human nature stripped bare. A wife pawned for money, a zombie who went into hiding in the mountains for love, a ghost imprisoned by the living... The human heart is endlessly varied, and the world is full of every kind of life. Nothing is impossible. 471Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 41 The Snake Pregnancy in October 十月蛇胎 A serious illness left me pregnant after ten months, and the child's father was a snake: The Northeast Spirit Medium, the true story of a female spirit medium 350Reads8.7Score113Shelves
- 42 My Years as a Spirit Medium's Apprentice 我当出马弟子那几年 Hello, everyone. I'm a spirit medium from Shandong. The main reason I'm writing this book is, first, to record my experiences. Whether it becomes popular or not, I want to preserve my memories and my life story! Second, I hope the book will help people understand spirit mediumship. In recent years, certain people with bad intentions have given it a terrible reputation. So I'm writing about my own experiences to help clear its name! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Divine Seer and the Eerie Doctor 神相诡医 Zhang Fan grew up with his grandfather, who ran a coffin shop. Blessed with peerless skills in face-reading, medicine, and the supernatural, he makes his way through the city. He can read the faces of the living and the dead, treat both human ailments and ghostly afflictions, take on local bullies, and capture evil spirits as he writes the story of a legendary life! 4.5kReads8.7Score587Shelves
- 44 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6.2kReads8.8Score519Shelves
- 45 The Mad Daoist Xiaofan’s Journey to Enlightenment in the Mortal World 癫道小凡的人尘悟道之行 Author He Gui Gu Shan Xi poured their heart and soul into this work, blending historical sources and imagination. They build bridges between fact and fiction, and paint in the space between what is and what is not. They strive to restore historical figures to their true character while drawing on personal experience to reimagine fictional characters in depth. The novel embraces the earnest pursuit of knowledge and the Dao, the benevolence of healing through medicine, the wisdom of feng shui, the 2Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 46 My Master Says I'm Born to Deal with the Dead 师傅说我天生吃阴饭 Born with yin-yang eyes, I always walk down the middle of the road! A quick hand gesture and a single divination, and even the big shots follow me around! What? Money? Hold it right there. I’m not telling your fortune. 810Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 47 Maoshan's Strange Immortal: The Ghost-Realm Yama 茅山异仙之鬼道阎罗 [Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He 8.5kReads7.6Score660Shelves
- 48 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When Grandpa died, the whole city was in an uproar... 9.9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 49 The Seer in Hemp Robes 麻衣天相 Feng shui techniques can kill without spilling blood or save lives without anyone noticing. Fortune-telling and divination can reveal one's fate, but no reading should reveal everything, for the ways of Heaven are unpredictable. My name is Jiang Sheng. I was born with a yang body but an yin fate, destined for a life of hardship. My grandfather named me “Sheng,” hoping I could win half a move against Heaven and live a good life. My grandfather arranged nine marriages for me so I could overcome th 11kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
- 50 The Phoenix of Qishan 岐山凤 [Mystery × Lovecraftian Horror × The Uncanny] When an archaeologist’s trowel uncovers more than yellow earth, it awakens the primordial whispers sealed away by blood sacrifice Zhang Ji, an archaeology student at Huanbei University, encounters a bizarre sacrificial pit during his graduation fieldwork in Mop an Village. Pottery basins, ox bones, red earth, stone slabs, and shells are buried according to a pattern no one can understand. Disturb them, and they awaken an indescribable “presence” dee 20Reads7.5Score—Shelves
