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- 1 Secrets of Spirit Mediums: Incense-Bearing Rituals and Journeys Between Worlds 出马秘闻：顶香出马，走阴串阳 Cultivating immortality requires a destined connection to the Immortal Path, and every immortal has a master to recommend them. Masters roam far and wide, and miraculous powers appear when one falls from grace and passes the imperial examinations. Born in the 1990s, I once thought I had a bright future ahead of me. But one strange thing after another began happening, and all my ambitions came to nothing. Then someone pointed out that I was meant to become a spirit medium and serve the spirits. F 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Spirit Medium: My Altar Has Only Five Words 出马仙：我的堂单只有五个字 [Urban] + [Mystery] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Supernatural Mystery] + [Transmigration] + [Single Female Lead] + [Lighthearted] My master transmigrated, and I have to bring him back! After the college entrance exams, a farewell dinner landed me a shop for free. It also gave me a new goal: save my master! Did you know? Spiritual qi has revived. Becoming a spirit medium is a shortcut to cultivation. In an age of spiritual qi revival, it’s already too late to rely on your own cultivation. So, w 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Practical Guide to Spirit Mediumship 出马仙实务手札 Dongshan, a former journalist, stumbles by chance into the fantastical world of Northeast China's chuma xian spirit mediums. Is it fate playing a trick, or destiny bringing things together? With an objective pen, he records strange and uncanny events as they really happen. Guaranteed to be true, this is a practical guide to understanding a parallel world. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Grandfather Huang the Immortal 黄仙太爷 After my father killed a weasel spirit, disaster struck our whole family! To save my life, and because of my unusual birth date and time, I had no choice but to become a spirit-medium apprentice, walking between the worlds of yin and yang. I thought I could finally live a happy, peaceful life, but little did I know that a painful, ill-fated relationship was about to begin… 218Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 5 The Founding Ancestor of the Northeast Ma Clan 东北马家开山鼻祖 Legend has it that in the desolate days of Northeast China, bandits ran rampant, and people lived in constant fear. In that harsh, heartbreaking era, no one cared whether others lived or died, and no one spared a thought for the families caught in the chaos. At last, it all came to an end at the hands of a young man from the shamanic clan, who broke the grip of that savage, evil age. No one knew who he was. All they knew was that his actions brought shame upon his people and disgraced his family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Midnight Hearse 午夜灵车 I was just a taxi driver, until an accident dragged me into a war that had nothing to do with me. A woman in red walking the streets at midnight, a mother and child who hanged themselves and now haunt the living... An underground laboratory, the origins of a mysterious organization... 465Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 7 I Gave the Immortals a Fake Name 我给仙家报了个假名字 Just rated, so read with confidence [Spirit Mediums + Spirit Cultivation + Secrets of the Immortals + Supernatural Events + Divination Explained + Feng Shui and the Mystical Arts + Suspense + Folk Tales + Modern Paranormal Cases + True Stories] I’ve turned my experiences over the years into a novel. At the age of seven, I jolted awake beneath the gaze of the dead. After a lifetime of ups and downs, I entered the world of spirit mediums and stumbled my way toward becoming a disciple on the path t 15Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 8 This Chuma Immortal Is Too Vicious 这个出马仙太凶狠了 My father had never once imagined, even as an adult, that he would have a child. Then one day, I came into the world and shattered that age-old belief for good. The thing is, I was born frail and sickly. It was only thanks to Chang Er Ye taking possession of me that I survived in this world. This is my extraordinary tale of spirit-medium tricks and supernatural dealings... 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 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 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 11 The Little Fairy of Showbiz 娱乐圈的小神仙 A Little Spirit Medium Takes on the Entertainment Industry Written work by Director Chen Peng Notable directing credits include Similar Love, A Round Trip to Love, I Won’t Be Bullied by Girls, and Twelve Palaces of Heavenly Secrets. In real-life projects, I’ve worked with artists such as Cai Xukun, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhong Chuxi, Xu Song, Zhou Keyu, and Yan Zidong, among others... Born with an unusual fate, I began an unbelievable first half of my life: going to school, reading people’s fortunes, 82Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Sun Wuji of the Northeastern Immortal Sect 东北仙门孙无极 The Northeast Ma Xian series: Sun Wuji, a disciple of the Immortal Sect, is born to face a tribulation and is the chosen one. He endures trial after trial, forging a path to invincibility and reaching the supreme pinnacle of the Immortal Sect. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 16 A Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北一出马仙 Pangu split heaven and earth, dividing yin from yang. Nuwa’s great deeds shook the eight directions. Kuafu chased the sun and transformed the world of men. Gonggong, enraged, rammed into Mount Buzhou. Fuxi devised the Eight Trigrams. Shennong tasted every herb and flower. The Yan Emperor struck stone to make fire. The war god Xingtian brandished his weapons. The Yellow Emperor battled Chiyou, who fell in death. The gods knew of Jingwei, who filled the sea. Houyi drew his divine bow and shot down 4.2kReads8.8Score16614d adds
- 17 Notes from a Century-Old Spirit Medium’s Hall 百年堂口出马笔记 When I was seven, I accidentally discovered a secret that had been locked away in my grandfather's drawer for decades. From that moment on, my life was never ordinary again. The spirit hall passed down in my family for centuries chose me as its incense-bearing disciple. During those decades of silence, the world outside changed beyond recognition. But the story of me and all the immortals in the hall was only just beginning. How will these once-mighty immortals, with my guidance, accumulate meri 107Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 18 The White-Haired Celestial Master 白发天师 Synopsis: [Southern Mao and Northern Ma + fox spirits and ghosts + Feng Shui mysteries + invincible protagonist] Wang Qiankun is a disciple of Southern Mao and an heir to the Northern Ma tradition. With an immortal air and flowing white hair, he holds the sun and moon in his hands and treads upon the Seven Stars. He is the chosen one of a Feng Shui formation known as Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl. Born with an immortal body and soul, he naturally attracts yin energy, and strange phenomena con 290Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 19 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 414Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 20 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—14d adds
- 21 The Spirit Medium 出马仙 Have you heard of a weasel possessing someone? Have you heard of a gui taking over someone’s bed? Have you heard of returning infant spirits? How much do you know about the Five Great Clans of Northeast China? Open this book, and I’ll tell you all about the little-known stories of Northeast China’s spirit mediums. 499Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 22 The Years I Spent as a Spirit Medium 我当出马仙的那些年 Eighteen years ago, a weasel brought me two eggs. Eighteen years later, after my grandmother passed away, I officially became a spirit-medium disciple, venturing into the mortal world with an entire retinue of spirits. 427Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 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
- 24 True Stories of Spirit Mediums in Northern Liaoning 辽北出马仙实录 A true story about a man who cultivated his mind and spirit deep in the mountains, then emerged from an ancient cave to make a name for himself across the land. It follows his transformation from an ordinary college student into a bona fide shamanic disciple, and offers some guidance to fellow cultivators still grappling with this destined path. I hope this lamp of mine will light the way ahead for everyone fate has brought here! A true story about shamans from Northeast China. Any resemblance t 578Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 Folktales of the Northeast: The Household Guardian Immortal 民间故事之东北保家仙 In folk tradition in Northeast China, people believe in household guardian spirits. Those who worship them receive blessings, and my job is to help people invite these spirits into their homes… 339Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 29 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
- 30 Tales from the Folkways of Northeast China 东北民间轶事录 [The new book, The Northeast Folk Tales: An Account of Zhong Kui, is now being serialized] [Ensemble cast + folk legends + the customs and character of Northeast China] The land and skies of the Northeast; its folk customs and its people Set in the rural Northeast of the 1990s, this book is adapted from remarkable folk legends and true events widely told across the vast lands of Northeast China. It recounts the hardships protagonist Xu Liang faced in his youth, along with the many legendary expe 3.4kReads8.8Score40314d adds
- 31 The Qilin Boy Sets Out as a Spirit Medium 麒麟童子出马仙 Looking for book reviews! [First-person + mystery and the supernatural + cultivation + comedy] My new work is here. Everyone is welcome to read it, and I hope you'll enjoy it. The main story: The protagonist, Yang Chongwen, is the reincarnation of a fragment of a Qilin's soul. His unusual constitution combines yin and yang, making him the prize everyone fights over among the wandering cultivators of the Northeast. Later, he sets up a spirit altar and deals with all kinds of supernatural incident 718Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Supernatural: I Bring Home an Old Immortal in Inner Mongolia 灵异：我在内蒙领老仙儿 My name is Li Tianshu. I was originally called Li Chengcai. I was sickly from childhood and plagued by hardship. I was so familiar with the gates of death that even the King of Hell knew my face. My grandparents said I had been cursed just like my great-grandfather, and planned to abandon me in the mountains to be raised by wolves. It was my maternal grandfather who gave me back my humanity and renamed me Li Tianshu, hoping Heaven would forgive me and free me from the curse. From then on, my fat 322Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 33 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 1.9kReads8.8Score20014d adds
- 34 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—14d adds
- 35 Love's Tribulations Between Immortals and Mortals: A Matchmaker Disciple's Firsthand Tales of Karma and Romance 仙凡情劫：出马弟子亲历的因果姻缘 Love and Tribulation Between Immortals and Mortals: The Karma and Romance Personally Witnessed by a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Spirit Medium’s True Story, in Their Own Words 一个出马仙自述真实经历 An exorcist born in the 1980s shares his true story in plain language, without a single invented or exaggerated detail. I also hope to help those who are lost on this path and destined to walk it, so they can avoid taking unnecessary detours. 344Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 37 The White Dragon Horse Medium 白龙出马仙 Break through seven trials, meet with sudden disaster, make a blood sacrifice of an infant, refine corpse oil. One by one, long-lost secret arts resurface, and strange, mysterious events begin unfolding throughout my journey... That lantern made of human skin holds captive the youth I can never return to. 1.1kReads9.1Score10014d adds
- 38 Shamanic Tales: Strange Folk Stories and Supernatural Tales from Northeast China 出马仙之民间诡事，东北灵异故事 [Traditional supernatural horror] Some strange happenings my second uncle experienced when he was sent to the countryside as a young man Which is truly more terrifying, ghosts and gods or the human heart? A night spent seeking shelter at a temple brings vengeful spirits to the door. A son gathers herbs to cure his father, only to cause his death. Children from the same clan die one after another under bizarre circumstances. The Snake Immortal storms into the hall with a blade in hand, seeking on 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Northeastern Spirit Medium: This Apprentice Is Such a Spendthrift 东北出马仙：这个弟马太败家 [Comedy] [Supernatural mystery] [Witty] [No womanizing] [No saintly protagonist] Li Pingfan, a graduate of a top-tier 985 university, just wants to be an ordinary corporate drone. But her grandmother forces her to take over a spirit-medium altar, along with a bunch of eccentric immortal spirits: Huang Dudu, a chatterbox with nine hundred years of cultivation who can’t go a day without running his mouth; Uncle Song, a stingy wandering spirit who fled famine and won’t accept even one coin less in 21.1kReads8.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 40 Guanyang’s Diary: Going on Assignments in Beijing 观阳日记之在京出马 A true-to-life, healing novel for those interested in the occult and supernatural abilities, and who feel a spiritual affinity with the immortals. Learn how to open your heart's inner sight and stop falling for scams. Set in Beijing, this is adapted from the real diary of a law graduate and music director who had worked with a top-tier star and created a breakout hit, only to suddenly learn that she was the reincarnation of a celestial deity and become a spirit medium. It explains what spirit me 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 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 3.1kReads9.3Score15314d adds
- 42 The Years of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子的时光 Everything that happens in this book is based on my own real experiences, with a touch of fantasy added! There's some popular science in here, too! I hope you enjoy it! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Spirit Medium of the Three Realms 三界通灵人 From spirit medium to spiritual cultivator to primordial spirit, I slowly unveil the mystery. Born with an extraordinary destiny, I endured trial after trial. A strip of red cloth, three chi and three cun long; the elders of the clan and the old spirits of the mountain. My grandmother was a famous village shaman, and the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Porcupine, and Python spirits accompanied me, making me a medium between yin and yang. I roam the Three Realms, helping people avert disaster and driving out 292Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Yellow Weasel Asked Me to Grant It a Title, So I Wore the Old Immortal as a Scarf 黄狼讨封，我把老仙当围脖系上了 [Traditional supernatural] + [No System] + [Drunkard] + [Comedy] “Kid, do I look like a human or a god to you?” “Uh... well... you look like a fur scarf to me! Hand it over!” “Yow!” A drunkard who read only half a web novel before daring to open a spirit altar; A weasel who cultivated powers by blindly practicing on its own and loves to brag; A wild fox that trains hard to attain enlightenment, but has to sneak down the mountain every so often to steal a chicken and whet its appetite; And a 1.6kReads8.7Score12814d adds
- 45 Get Up, Nobody Sleep! I'm Holding a Meeting for Ghosts! 起来都别睡，我给鬼开个会！ [Traditional]+ [Supernatural]+ [Comedy]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No CP]+ [No Cultivation] The animated comic Huang Daxian's Odd Jobs: My Host Is All Talk is now online. When Li Zhengyang was little, he went with his father to visit relatives. They were driving home at midnight when their car inexplicably stalled three times as they passed a graveyard. His relatives had plied him with liquor, but Li Zhengyang was fearless as a newborn calf. He got out of the car and yelled curses at the nearby mounds 6.7kReads8.3Score53514d adds
- 46 A True Spirit Medium 一个真实的出马仙 Spirit mediums are believed to bridge the human and spirit worlds. By drawing on the power of their “immortals,” they can help people avert disasters, resolve troubles, and predict good or bad fortune. Chosen from a young age to become a spirit medium, she is a young disciple burdened with a fate unlike anyone else’s. Her spirit altar is home to more than a hundred spirit beings, including fox, weasel, snake, and python spirits, spirits of the outer five types, and Qingfeng and Yanhun. Each ha 512Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 47 Northeastern Immortals: My Tangled Encounters with Spirit Mediums 东北仙家：出马仙与我纠缠的那些 Let me take you into the world of the Chuma immortals. This isn't a power fantasy, just an account told at an unhurried pace of a Chuma immortal's experiences... In the black soil of Northeast China, the depths of the old forests hold many unknown mysteries. People say every mountain has its mountain god, every cave its master, and every willow bank its immortal; pythons can become spirits. On this land, protected by both gods and the wild, there is a kind of person known as a “Chuma immortal”.. 2.4kReads8.6Score13314d adds
- 48 The Shaman's Records 萨满出马录 A true-to-life chronicle of spirit-medium practices in Northeast China. It's incredibly authentic, and everything in the book is the truth! Reader review: “Essential reading for anyone in the field!” Every pit the Longfeng Hall has stumbled into and every tear we've shed along the way: each experience can teach you how to read people, avoid traps, and steer clear of needless detours! All the scams and tricks people in the field use are laid bare and explained in full. We tell you everything o 6.6kReads8.9Score51014d adds
- 49 The Allure of the Fox 狐香引 When I was eighteen, my grandma passed away. I inherited the spirit hall and became a female disciple who served the immortals. Thus began my strange journey in their company, and my fate changed forever... 908Reads8.9Score10714d adds
- 50 Not a Daoist Priest, but a Mage 不是道士是法师 Beat the drum and swing the whip. With a shiver, I emerge from the mountains. I open my mouth and speak like a human: I'm the half-mad Li Xiaoxian! Ever since I was born, bad luck has followed me everywhere. I've nearly died time and again. To fight against the fate laid out for me, I believed in the Lord, recited Buddhist scriptures, and even worked at a wholesale market. But Heaven played a cruel joke on me. Misfortune kept piling up until I became completely dazed and unhinged. Desperate to g 396Reads9.5Score—14d adds
