Novels like Summoning the Immortals
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- 101 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
- 102 Multiple Fears 多重恐惧 An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support." 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Legend of the Horse Immortals of Jinan 济南马仙传记 (Original title: Strange Tales from Jinan) An obscure nobody has set out on a path whose destination no one knows. No one knows how far he can go, either. So he’ll just keep going for as long as he can. 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 104 The Spirit Medium: The Old Immortal Wants Me to Be a Taoist Priest 出马仙：老仙让我当道士 At first, the Old Immortal taught me about the Four Pillars of Destiny in my dreams. Three years later, I set up an altar and began spirit-medium work, becoming a disciple of the spirit mediums. Then, for reasons beyond anyone’s control, the Old Immortal had me enter the Daoist path and study under a master! This book doesn’t have many fantastical tales. It’s made up of the true stories I experienced during my five years in the profession, along with plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! It will 464Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Maoshan Ferryman 茅山摆渡人 Since ancient times, there have been many people among the common folk with extraordinary skills. They are mysterious and unpredictable, yet everything they do revolves around one thing: life and death! Corpse drivers, ghost painters, corpse menders, guides to the underworld... But the most mysterious of them all are the Maoshan Taoists. They can connect the realms of yin and yang above, and slay demons and banish evil below. Meng Yan is the latest inheritor of the Maoshan tradition, entrusted w 125Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 106 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 17Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 107 Huayuan Residential Community 花圆小区 This book includes the short stories “Living Together,” “Best Friends,” and others. Huayuan Residential Community is newly built, with few residents and a peaceful atmosphere. A young woman named Pingping lives alone in one of its houses. Gradually, she begins to notice that something strange is happening inside… 5.5kReads—Score70714d adds
- 108 Horse-Riding Immortal: My Years as a Spirit Medium 出马仙：我当大仙的那几年 Since ancient times, the line between the southern Maoist tradition and the northern Ma family tradition of spirit mediums has been drawn at Shanhai Pass. The spirit mediums inherited the legacy of the ancient shamanic religion and worship fox, yellow weasel, long, and python spirits, the wild immortals. Names like Third Grandpa Hu, Third Grandma Huang, Chang Xiaopao, Huang Xiaohua, and Mang Tianlong, the immortals of the northeastern spirit shrines, may exist only in legend. Wang Mofeng has a s 362Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Wicked Husband, Come at Midnight 邪夫，深夜来 My grandpa found me in a graveyard and brought me home. Everyone says I'm bad luck, a jinx who'll bring death to everyone around me. The day I came out of the graveyard, a man whose whole body was ice-cold followed me home... 125Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 110 Grandma's Yin-Yang Eyes 奶奶的阴阳眼 When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just thought it was fun. I remember when Second Grandma died, even Second Grandpa, who slept beside her, didn’t know. But Grandma woke Dad up and told him to go pay his respects... 672Reads7.8Score10314d adds
- 111 The First Half of a Ma Xian's Life 出马仙的前半生 Not one true disciple of the Spirit Medium tradition willingly chooses this path. They all endure hardship after hardship and are driven by desperation to take up the calling and serve as a vessel for the spirits. Next, come with me as we explore the first half of the life of a middle-aged girl. (This book is based on real events. Since it’s a novel, it naturally includes a few obviously fake special effects and fictional scenes. Please read responsibly, and don’t imitate anything in the book.) 2.7kReads7.5Score17014d adds
- 112 Notes from a Real Disciple of the Horse-Riding Immortal 一个真实的出马仙弟子随记 This is my true experience as a spirit medium. If you see something of yourself in this story, even a little, leave a comment and we can talk about it. I guarantee that everything here is based on my own real experiences. 2.4kReads7.0Score15314d adds
- 113 The Hauntings of the Paper Effigy Shop 纸扎店诡事 The mysterious shopkeeper Su Damei can communicate with the worlds of the living and the dead and ward off evil spirits. She runs an inconspicuous paper-offering shop, yet keeps getting caught up in bizarre incidents. Her adorable pet, Big Black Cat, is no ordinary cat! It can see ghosts and make snarky comments, and it’s Su Damei’s ghost-hunting partner. Cat lovers, rejoice! With Northeastern Chinese folk customs and a collection of short, episodic stories, each chapter brings a self-contained 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 After Discovering a Fox Immortal: It Was Like a Novel Come to Life 发现有狐仙后：好似小说照进现实 Author: Hu Mumu. The protagonist is a woman named Hu Mumu who has a fox spirit with her. Her husband, Qi Feng, is a disciple of Taoism, and his father is a powerful cultivator. The story is based on my personal experiences. I have never summoned spirits or established an altar. The fox spirit sister has been by my side, protecting me, for over twenty years. Ever since I learned about her, strange, fantastical things have begun happening around me. The strange events I’ve experienced since my hus 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 My Wife Is a Half-Immortal 我的媳妇是半仙 [Slow burn] The story takes place in a quiet, peaceful little town where the people are simple and kind, and neighbors are close. The male protagonist is an ordinary local who leads an uneventful life. His wife, however, is known by everyone as a “half-immortal” for her extraordinary intuition and unusual way of handling everyday matters. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 After Failing the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, I Became a Fortune-Teller in Hong Kong 落选港姐后我在香江当神算 After working diligently in the underworld for 500 years, Xia Heyan returned to the mortal world because of unfinished ties from her past life. She was reborn in the body of another woman named Xia Heyan. The original owner was an 18-year-old student at Shenghua High School, preparing to apply to the University of Hong Kong. With a bright future ahead of her, she was talked into entering that year's Miss Hong Kong pageant by her classmates. She was later eliminated over a scandal, which ruined h 309Reads—Score11414d adds
- 117 Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Yet My Uncle Master Says to Stay Away from Women 下山无敌，师叔却让我离女人远点 Pei Zhaoye spent twenty years on Burial Star Mountain. His martial aunt was beautiful, and had quite a temper. Before his master went missing, he left him only three things: an old token, a broken sword, and a single instruction. "Go down the mountain." So Pei Zhaoye stepped into the Nine Wastes for the first time. But as soon as he came down the mountain, he realized something was off. A demoness, a saintess, a princess, a princess of the Dragon Clan... They all came looking for him one after a 19Reads—Score22814d adds
- 118 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
- 119 The Ultimate Maoshan Exorcist 极品出马仙 My name is Li Shan. I have carried the burden of fate since the day I was born. On my eighteenth birthday, I established a spirit altar, where five hundred immortal beings, each with extraordinary powers, took their places. Some protect me, some watch over the altar, some sweep it clean, and others ride out on spirit horses. These beings chose me for my all-yin birth chart, and for my status as a virgin boy in my previous life. A ghost wearing human skin, a cursed infant, endless resentment: in 533Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 120 The Immortal Hall Beyond the Pass: A Yin-Yang Master Guards Changbai Mountain 关外仙堂：阴阳先生守长白 Have you ever witnessed a weasel asking to be granted a title? What causes people to get trapped in a ghostly maze while walking mountain trails, or suffer from strange ailments that leave them feeling awful but can’t be diagnosed at a hospital? Trained in ancient shamanic arts, versed in the theories of yin-yang masters, and accompanied by an immortal serpent cultivating beneath the streams of Changbai Mountain, become a spirit medium who roams the White Mountains. The rules of Northeast China’ 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 Mountain Patrolman: I Suppress Evil with a Dragon's Sinew Only Three Inches Long 巡山人：我以三寸龙筋镇邪异 Warrior King Luo Laowai returns to his old home in the forests of Northeast China. By a stroke of luck, guided by the Gray Immortal, he obtains a three-inch dragon tendon. An old soldier with an old rifle takes on the forces of nature, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray Immortals gather as divine warriors at his gate. The Three Realms have always existed among humankind, and true immortals walk beside ordinary people... 12.6kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 123 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 124 Heaven's Chosen Demon-Suppressing Master 天命镇魔师 On the day I was born, a demon spirit possessed me, and I’ve been incredibly strong since childhood. Daoist Wei calculated my birth chart and predicted that I was cursed with the fate of a lone star, doomed to bring death to my loved ones. He also foresaw that I wouldn’t live past eighteen. Seeing that I was a natural talent in the Dao, Daoist Wei took me on as his disciple. He taught me martial arts and Daoist magic, and helped me overcome my tribulations. From then on, I roamed between the wor 853Reads7.5Score10614d adds
- 125 The Fox Tomb’s Fragrant Secret 狐墓生香 [Sweet and angsty] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Heroine grows stronger] I was born from a corpse. To save me, my grandfather went to our ancestral grave and took an empty spirit tablet. His dying wish was for me to marry the person represented by that empty tablet on my twentieth birthday. Otherwise, he said, he wouldn't rest in peace! But who could have known that someone would claim the tablet, and a handsome white fox would suddenly appear? To stay alive, I was forced onto the path of spirit-med 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Rift in the Source 本源之隙 Title: The Rift in the Source Synopsis: Lin Xiaoman has always felt that her imagination runs wild. When she reads supernatural stories, she pictures sharp-eared shadows lurking in cold alleyways. When she hears strange noises, she guesses that cultivators are practicing in secret, only to turn around and mock herself for overthinking. Then, one autumn night, she stumbles upon a plot by creatures from the Shadow Realm and is swept into a cross-dimensional hunt. At the brink of death, a burst of 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 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—14d adds
- 128 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 2.3kReads9.4Score21614d adds
- 129 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
- 130 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
- 131 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
- 132 A Young Taoist Moonlights as a Spirit Medium, and Every Demon and Ghost Rushes to Offer Him a Smoke 小道兼职出马仙，精妖鬼怪忙递烟 What? The little treasure is facing a life-and-death ordeal at six? How could the old immortals let their beloved little darling come to harm? Protect! Spoil! Help! Oh my... How is this kid getting more and more capable? Now she's protecting the old immortals' little brats instead?! Who cares what kind of monster the Hu family is? If they mess with my old immortals, I'll kill them without a second thought! Hu Xianxian is the prettiest, I'll praise her, praise her, praise her! Liu Xian is the tou 21.9kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 133 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
- 134 Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir 东北往事之萨满传人 Heaven’s secrets are revealed, calamity cannot be escaped, fate is set, and fortune follows its course. Some things can’t be said out loud, but I can’t keep them to myself. Today, I’ll take a chance and tell you about the many things in this world that defy explanation, yet truly exist… 659Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 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
- 137 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
- 138 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, 95Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 139 Seven Days of the Dead 七日亡魂 My grandfather used to say that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to claim. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost opera. I went to play backstage, never realizing that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam behind me. 1.1kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 140 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Life and Death Together: Redemption in a Century-Old Haunted Realm 浮生同生：百年诡域救赎录 In an instant, on an elevated highway on a rainy night, Lu Ye, a wage earner at the bottom of society, risked his life to save a stranger, Su Wan. The two of them plunged into a deadly crisis. An accident bound them to the only twin symbiosis System on the entire internet: [Shared Life]. Its rules were cruel and impossible to escape: they could not break the bond, survive alone, or clear a stage separately. If one lived, they both lived; if one died, they both died. From then on, two ordinary 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Work’s on Pause: The Yellow Immortal Takes Me Graveyard Clubbing 上班暂停，黄大仙带我坟场蹦迪 [Mild horror + comedy + two male leads] After working late one night, I was chased by a murderer into a cemetery, where I accidentally came across a weasel worshiping the moon. I remembered the Great Immortal Huang from my grandmother’s stories. Chen Shu placed his hopes in it. “Great Immortal Huang, you look like a six-foot-tall, eight-pack, rich and powerful, luxury-car-driving, mansion-owning, cheerful, helpful, impossibly handsome guy who does whatever I say.” The weasel’s chance to become a 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Path to Immortality Is Broken, So I’m Starting Over as a Food Delivery Rider! 仙路断了，靠送外卖的我重开！ My name is Wu Yan, a homophone for “speechless.” I deliver food in the urban villages and don't talk much. In this world, spiritual energy has been depleted for a thousand years, and the road to immortality has long been cut off. Cultivators fight over spiritual veins and gulp down pills. Nobody reads anymore. I do. Inside a battered book I picked up at a secondhand stall, I found a fragment of an ancient scripture. It contained only half a line: “Heaven and earth possess righteous qi.” N —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 I Am No Spirit Medium, but the Keeper of the Cellar 我非出马，乃是镇窖人 When ordinary people encounter the supernatural, they can only seek out someone to perform a reading or ask a spirit-medium to ward off disaster. But I was born different. I don't need to pray to gods or invite spirits to possess me. I don't rely on a shrine or seek ties with immortals. I walk the mortal world with skills of my own, specializing in all kinds of supernatural mysteries and keeping unruly demons and monsters in check. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 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—14d adds
- 146 The Beautiful and Daring Female Yin-Yang Master 女阴阳师她又美又飒 My name is Leng Weining. I was an orphan from the day I was born, and I grew up with my grandmother in the countryside. I've always been different from other people. I can see things that no one else can, and that has brought plenty of trouble into my life. Seeing how much these things tormented me, my grandmother was deeply worried. Then one day, a handsome man in plain clothes appeared at our door. He rubbed my head and said solemnly, “Your granddaughter was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. If she's p 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Yin-Yang Twin 阴阳双生人 [Mild Horror + The Supernatural] Ming Ye grew up living in a cemetery. Her parents went missing seven years ago and were eventually found dead under bizarre circumstances in the mountains. Seven years later, she became an emergency room doctor. One midnight, she met the Taoist priest Xu Baoyang on a bus as he was out catching ghosts. Later, while tracking clues about his missing master, Xu Baoyang came to the hospital where Ming Ye worked and discovered that a strange hospital orderly had set up 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Sinister Way of the Chuma Immortals 诡道出马仙 Twenty-year-old Lu Yuan couldn't find a job after graduating from college, so he returned to his hometown in Northeast China. There, he joined his great-grandfather and grandfather as a spirit medium. As he practiced, he grew both physically and emotionally, gradually learning the many rules of the spirit-medium trade and encountering all kinds of ghosts and bizarre, uncanny events. 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Heaven-Chosen Horse-Riding Immortal 天命出马仙 The day I was born, a blood moon appeared in the sky. Roosters crowed and dogs barked, foxes bowed to the moon, and all nine stars in the heavens fell. As soon as I came into the world, I caused my mother’s death, then scared my father out of his mind. Everyone said I was a bringer of calamity reborn, but only my grandfather said I was chosen by heaven and destined for great things. When I grew up, I took over a shaman’s altar to investigate the mystery of my birth, only to be dragged into an ev 2.2kReads9.1Score17414d adds
- 150 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
