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- 1 The Super Soothsayer 超级神棍 A fortune-teller is just a con man. An old charlatan lives on Mount Taihang, guarding a shocking dragon vein and refusing to come down the mountain. He arranged an engagement for his son when the boy was still young, so the young charlatan has to go down the mountain to find a wife. The charlatan comes down the mountain to dispel people's doubts, to become a half-immortal, and to earn everyone's admiration. Money is poison, power is a blade. Liu Wuyang is determined to avoid both, relying solely 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Strange Tales of Northeast China's Immortals and Demons 东北妖仙异闻录 In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, a faith blending the ancient Quanzhen sect with shamanic animal-spirit worship has been passed down since antiquity. The animals that cultivate their powers are known there as “old immortals,” and their human spokespeople are called “horse-riding mediums.” Among them are a brother and sister who travel the human world, punish evil and uphold justice, befriend brothers they can trust with their lives, encounter the purest human feelings, and witness 38Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 3 I Run a Yin-Yang Inn in Dali 我在大理开阴阳客栈 Li Yanjie, a former Ma Xian practitioner, opens an inn in Dali, hoping only for some peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the inn sits on the boundary between yin and yang, making it a magnet for all manner of sinister happenings: a female tenant determined to face her destined calamity, knocking sounds from a mirror sealed inside the wall, and corpse-soaked jade haunted by the ghost market... It isn’t until police detective Shen Qingge arrives with clues to a series of murders that everything starts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Met a Northeastern Immortal in Hebei 在河北遇到东北仙 Because of his unusual fate, Zhang Yang kept running into all kinds of strange things before he turned eighteen. As a child, he helped his mother work in the fields. Whenever she set him down by the ridge, a white shadow would circle around him. On his way home from evening study at primary school, he once ran into an acquaintance who had died earlier that afternoon. When he was twelve, he made a bunch of wild guesses while telling someone's fortune, and every single one came true. Thinking he m 73Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 Seven-Star Rebirth: The Zombie Doll 七星转生：僵尸娃娃 (No female lead, no transmigration, no System, no stupidity, no invincibility, no characters losing their wits. Read at your own discretion.) Protagonist: Shen Xuan, a human on the side of the [Lingfeng Pavilion] faction. Supporting characters: spirits from all realms, on the side of the [Divine Contract Collection] faction. Here you'll find the twelve ancient Zodiac beasts, as well as seven kinds of contracts to collect. Here you'll find iron chains and a red coffin sealed for centuries, as wel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Shangqing Celestial Master 上清天师 [Taoist priest + no saintly protagonist + supernatural + two male leads + two female leads] Ever since the great battle between Chinese Taoists and Japanese onmyoji, supernatural incidents have been erupting across the cities, as though ancient forbidden spells have been broken. White-hair vampires, black fiends, vengeful ghosts, grinning corpses... Feuds that began a thousand years ago will finally be settled in this life. With humanity twisted and morality in decline, what other dangers are wa 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Daily Yin-Yang Eyes: Memoirs of a Spirit Medium! 天天阴阳眼，出马回忆录！ A childhood blood-brotherhood oath opened the door to a whole new world! I unexpectedly discovered that I had the Yin-Yang Eyes! A jade pendant took a calamity meant for me, then mysteriously shattered! My aunt brought a whole hall of immortals to recruit me as their spirit medium! A nine-tailed fox stayed by my side. Let’s see how I stay true to my original purpose! A collection of eerie tales from my years as a spirit medium! 519Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 8 Heir to the Ghostly Way 鬼道传人 The art of ghostcraft bridges the worlds of yin and yang, drawing upon every school of magic. Lin Ziqin was born with a short-lived fate and had a knack for attracting ghosts from childhood. Fortunately, a master saved him, and he became an heir to the art of ghostcraft. After completing his training, he returns to capture vengeful spirits and banish evil. With beautiful women by his side, he roams the campus and the city, crossing between the realms of the living and the dead, all to defy fate 728Reads5.6Score11014d adds
- 9 The Path of the Spirit Medium 出马这条路 The path of spirit-mediumship is hard, difficult every step of the way. I'm very grateful to all the readers who follow Million-Dollar General Store. A debut is bound to have a few flaws. I'll do my best to improve and correct them. 303Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 10 The Great Yin-Yang Edict 太阴阳令 A rural Taoist whom people often overlook can always master other people's secret techniques, from the souls of demon spirits to the deadly strikes of ancient martial arts. He learns them in an instant, and when he uses them, his opponents are done for. In a dark world, he also learns of the thousand-year tragic romance that binds him. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始 The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid... 102Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 12 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…” 132Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 13 Tales of Spirit Mediums in Northeast China 东北出马往事 My name is Zhang Lei. Grandpa said that on the day I was born, heavy snow fell from the sky. The snow outside the village clinic was covered with huge, twisted snakes. He said I would have a lifelong connection with snakes. As everyone knows, snakes are cold-blooded animals. They certainly wouldn’t come out in winter, much less slither across the snow. I always thought it was just a story Grandpa had made up to amuse me. Then one day, while I was playing in the mountains, I came across a giant s 27Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 14 Two Years in Prison from the Start, Then I Become Invincible Upon Release 开局入狱二年，出狱开始无敌 [Invincible + multiple heroines + lightning-fast leveling + ruling the Myriad Worlds] Don't read if that's not your thing. This novel was ahead of its time, and now is the perfect time to read it. Jian Xiao awakens a System that lets him gain supernatural abilities by reading. [Gods in the Palm of Your Hand] [Ninety-Ninefold Golden Bell Shield] [Great Wish Art] [Great Chaos Art] [Dimensional Strike] [Reflection Across the Heavens] [Hear people's thoughts] [Make dreams come true] [See what happen 34Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 15 I’m the Old Gatekeeper: From the Start, I Sign In and Play the Tiger to Fool the Pig 我，门卫大爷，开局签到扮虎吃猪 When Qin Dong was eighteen, heaven and earth changed and spiritual qi revival began. He met an immortal and received an immortal's blessing. But the world's revival was too slow, and his blessing was too powerful for him to cultivate. Later, he adopted three children. And then... His eldest son became a peerless God of War, unrivaled under heaven. His second daughter became a master physician, sought after by thousands. His third son became a business tycoon, richer than an entire nation. Fifty 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Married to a Snake 蛇嫁 In late spring of 1993, after my grandfather returned from a trip, he gave me a pendant. From then on, my life changed dramatically. One day, a wickedly alluring man appeared, abducted me by force, and made me his disciple in the art of spirit-mediumship. He often said, “The debt your grandfather owes is yours to repay for the rest of your life...” 65Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 18 Those Years I Served as a Spirit Medium 顶香出马的那些年 I was born at midnight on July 16. A white fox and a black snake blocked the door when I was born. My second aunt, a shaman, read my fate: I was never meant to be born, but was a little ghost who escaped from the Underworld. I was born with an evil bone, possessed yin-yang eyes, had all seven apertures open, and was fated to have my life claimed by the King of Hell. To survive, I eventually chose to become a shaman. After experiencing many paranormal events, I encountered an evil organization ca 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 19 My Life as a Chuma Xian 我的出马仙儿生涯 In our vast land of China, the snowy black soil of the north is home to a strikingly unusual folk tradition: worshipping the “Immortals.” The Immortals do not appear in person. Instead, they possess their disciples, who are known as “spirit mediums,” serving as intermediaries between humans and spirits… A suspense masterpiece showcasing the very best of Northeast China's spirit-medium culture! 164Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 20 Tales of a Little Spirit Medium 出马仙之小小传 Everyone wants to get their spiritual powers quickly, but no one knows how hard the trials are to endure. If you haven't experienced anything strange, if you haven't suffered through the kind of misery that's hard to explain, why would the immortals choose you? 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Eerie: Strange Folk Tales from Henan 诡异：从河南民间邪事开始 My name is Huang Biao. My family says a wandering Daoist priest gave me that name. Not only did he refuse payment, he knelt and kowtowed to me three times. Then my entire family of six died tragically. Searching for the truth, I fell into one mystery after another and endured one bizarre experience after the next. 197Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 22 The Yin-Yang Medium 通灵阴阳师 This is a world teeming with ghosts and monsters, where strange and inexplicable events happen every day. After transmigrating, Wang Tian gained the ability to see through things and communicate with spirits and all living beings. He thought he could live a carefree life, but the System nearly drained his lifespan. By an unexpected turn of events, he became a yin-yang master. With little time left to live, Wang Tian had no choice but to exorcise demons and avenge the wronged dead to extend his 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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 1.1kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 24 The Divine Charlatan Meng the Blind 神棍孟瞎子 Northeastern China in the late eighties and nineties, a time of upheaval and uncertainty. I, Meng Qinglong, once roamed the world with Huang the Lame’s southern expeditionary band. My life was a mess, riddled with mistakes. A calamity blinded me in both eyes, leaving me with just one weak, partially sighted eye and nothing but a dead end ahead. A Taoist master saved my life. Then, with my streetwise swagger, I passed myself off as a charlatan to make a living. Alongside Huang Xiaobao, a weasel 23.7kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 25 Even Evil Spirits Offer Me Cigarettes: I’m a Northeast Chinese Shaman 邪祟见我都递烟，我是东北出马仙 [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Female Lead] + [Folk Taboos] + [Not Invincible] + [No Cultivation] No specialist knowledge required; a collection of standalone stories. To support the temperamental Willow Immortal he worships at home, the spirit medium Zhao Dashun has scrubbed people’s backs at a bathhouse and set up a stall on an overpass. After capturing the Cat-Faced Granny, Zhao Dashun makes a name for himself in a single battle and sets out on the straight and narrow path 7.3kReads8.4Score75014d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 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. 4kReads8.6Score15214d adds
- 29 The Spirit Medium Beyond the Pass 关外出马仙 Have you ever wondered whether the Great Wall, built over generation after generation, was meant to keep out enemies or something else that cannot be spoken of? Shanhaiguan Pass in the Ming dynasty was built to keep out the Manchus beyond the pass. Why, after the Qing army entered through the pass, did they still station heavy troops at Shanhaiguan? What were they guarding against? After the Qing took control of the Central Plains, why did they keep the lands beyond the pass sealed off for over 24Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 30 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—14d adds
- 31 My Years as a Spirit Medium, Part 2 我当出马仙的这些年2 A year after the calamity that struck once every thousand years had finally stabilized, who could have guessed that upheaval was quietly brewing in the shadows? As the order of the Heavenly Dao was reshaped, species that should never have existed began appearing in the human world. When a woman nearing the end of her lifespan came to seek help, a ten-year struggle officially began... An evil aura that devours lifespans, descendants of the blood-sucking zombie Jiang Chen, and eight books of curse 126Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 32 The Peeping Tom 偷窥者 The hit original mystery series by Forensic Doctor Qin Ming! This is the novel that inspired the web drama Forensic Doctor Qin Ming, whose series has sold more than two million copies and racked up over 1.6 billion views! Young women living alone are vanishing one after another, without a trace. Did they run away from home? Were they involved in accidents? Or did someone take them? When the body of a missing woman is found, the baffling cause of death leaves the forensic team perplexed. Meanwhil —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 33 Forbidden Feng Shui Arts 风水禁术 My name is Yu Nianbai. I was supposed to die shortly after birth, but my father gave his life to extend mine, allowing me to survive. I thought I could live a peaceful life, but then someone dug up my father’s grave... 1.4kReads8.3Score10214d adds
- 34 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 107Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 35 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—14d adds
- 36 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 125Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 37 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score11614d adds
- 39 I Run a Spirit Hall in Henan 我在河南领堂口 I cultivated my character deep in the mountains, then emerged from an ancient cave to make my name across the land. Who says the Hu and Huang spirits never cross the Shanhai Pass? That rule is long gone. When I was in college, the spirits enshrined in my family's ancestral hall sought out my mother. But illness kept her from becoming a spirit medium, so the whole spirit retinue eventually came to me. After enduring countless hardships, I was forced onto the path of a spirit medium. A true accoun 449Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 40 Notes from a Haunted House 凶宅笔录 A haunted house is a house where someone once met a violent death. Legend has it that people who die this way haven't yet reached the end of their natural lifespan, so they die with deep resentment. Anyone who moves in will suffer, at best, a life of misery, and at worst, a broken family and ruin. By a twist of fate, I became a dealer in haunted houses. They kept appearing, and one crisis followed another. Behind every haunted house lay a terrifying, secret story... By the time I wanted to turn 10.4kReads8.8Score22114d adds
- 41 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 2.1kReads8.4Score19214d adds
- 42 Northeast Spirit Medium: My Years as the King of Tragedy 东北出马之我当悲王那些年 (Traditional supernatural fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no cultivation, parallel storylines for a man and a woman. Don't try the spells in this book; this story is entirely fictional!) After dying on the street while trying to help someone, Zhang Daoxuan became a lonely ghost. He thought his only hope was to find a substitute and then reincarnate in the underworld. But through a twist of fate, he became a shamanic spirit medium. With my left hand, I push open the yin-yang gate; with my 224Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 43 Thriller Game: This Player Never Acts Like a Decent Human 惊悚游戏：这个玩家从不干人事 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 44 A Young Northeastern Spirit Medium 东北出马小先生 Gao Yunfei, the protagonist, was born in Changchun, Jilin, in Northeast China. He graduated from Jilin Institute of Physical Education with a degree in traditional ethnic sports. After college, he taught martial arts and mixed martial arts at a boxing gym. Then, by a twist of fate, he took up his family's ancestral incense tradition and became a spirit medium. Able to communicate with spirits, he moves between the realms of yin and yang, becoming a medium from Northeast China who helps people av 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Maoshan Patriarch 茅山祖师 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a world of movies and becomes the eldest disciple of the Maoshan Patriarch during the Republic of China era! Demons and monsters are no match for him, and defeating them earns him blessings and merit. With the Patriarch at his back and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Maoshan Celestial Master is waiting for me, Zhao Hao! 1.3kReads6.7Score14514d adds
- 46 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! 243Reads6.4Score10814d adds
- 47 Strange Tales of the Horse-Riding Immortals 出马仙异闻录 The story of a spirit medium’s growth. The first sixty-plus chapters are just a prelude, written to honor the old incense roots of my ancestors. There’s no outline. Whenever I remember something that happened to me, I just write it down. Although most of the stories are based on things that really happened, the details have certainly been fictionalized and exaggerated. Novels about spirit mediums have a drawback: the true stories aren’t entertaining, and the entertaining ones aren’t true. If a s 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 49 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—14d adds
- 50 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! 2.3kReads8.7Score42114d adds
