Novels like Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir
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- 51 My Parents Said They Were Saving All My Money for Me, Then Put It Under My Brother's Name 爸妈说我的钱都替我存着，存到了我弟名下 My parents said they were saving all my money for me. They put it under my younger brother's name. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Teacher Li, Stop Scolding Me. I'm Really Building the Technology of the Future 黎老师别骂了，我真在搓未来科技 My name is Gu Chengyan, and I'm just an "ordinary" student. But who could have guessed I can build Baymax from Big Hero 6? Come on! I'm the genius Hiro Hamada's brother from another father and mother. (Not really.) Then one day, I casually smashed a broken magnet... [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host! You have activated the "Genesis Blueprint System"!] [Bound user: Gu Chengyan] [Basic materials detected: ...] [Starting beginner's guide: Focus your mind and try to imagine the concept of a "basic stru —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 I’m a Spirit Medium in the Northeast 我在东北当顶香师 “Heaven has thirty-three layers, Earth has three feet and three halls. I walk the yin road, descend to the Underworld, and am a spirit medium from Northeast China.” My name is Ye Ling. My life was ordinary until I turned twenty-one. Then my grandmother died of an illness, and I began having nightmares every night and seeing ghosts all the time. I even gained some kind of special ability. I went to see a fortune-teller, who told me I couldn’t leave this county for three years and had to sit in 242Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 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
- 56 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
- 57 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
- 58 Han Xin: Rebellion Beneath the Stars 韩信：星辰之下的反叛 As the anguished cries of the remnants of the six kingdoms shook the land of China, an unknown youth gazed at the stars beside the Si River. He saw not the course of fate, but the code behind the workings of the universe. Han Xin was a down-and-out youth mocked by the world, until an upheaval in the stars revealed a secret capable of overturning heaven and earth. Why did a legendary military genius die amid political strife? Could he truly not see what was happening? Only then did he understand: 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 95Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 60 After I Died, I Became a God and Created Civilization! 我死之后，成为神祇，创造文明！ The stars went dark, the heavens became ruins, and the corpses of one galaxy after another lay scattered across the vast, black reaches of space. The flame of transcendence had gone out, buried beneath the strata of an age. This was a tombstone for the stars, an island of civilization, and a gathering place for the ghosts of the universe. One day, a god descended upon this place and said, “Let there be light!” And so the fires of the stars were kindled. Their radiance drove back the darkness and 3Reads—Score10114d adds
- 61 I’ll Build Up Good Karma and Save Up Good Fortune. I’m Going to Live a Thousand Years! 积阴德，攒阳运，老娘要活一千岁 [Supernatural romance + body-swap resurrection + ghost hunting and fortune-telling + devoted sweet romance + powerful tycoon] You Yu was someone who had returned to life in another person’s body, and her name was on file in both the worlds of yin and yang. She ate the food of the living but walked the roads of the dead. To stay alive, she had to borrow other people’s luck, and help those lost souls reincarnate so she could accumulate merit. Then she discovered that physical contact with a man na 284Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 62 My Years Restoring Artifacts at the Palace Museum 我在故宫修文物的那些年 An ancient bell rings before dawn. What people call gods and ghosts can sometimes be right before our eyes, for the things we see are often the best at deceiving us. A melody rings out, separating yin from yang. We glimpse dreams sealed away in the river of a thousand years of history, transmigrate through ancient tombs and old houses, and uncover secrets whose true faces have long been hidden. Heaven gave us eyes so we would see only the light we are allowed to see, forgetting that the darkness 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Substitute Bride Turns Out to Be Mr. Huo’s Secret Crush 代嫁千金竟是霍先生的暗恋对象 On our wedding night, he slept in the study. I breathed a sigh of relief. That was fine. We each got what we wanted, and wouldn’t bother each other. One night, I woke up thirsty and went downstairs for a glass of water. As I passed the study, I saw that the door was ajar. Warm yellow light spilled through the gap. I’m not in the habit of spying, but for some reason, my feet stopped. He was sitting at the desk, not handling paperwork, but looking down at something. The lamplight softened his prof —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Peach Blossom Haven in Troubled Times 乱世桃源 At the end of the Southern Song dynasty, Yuan armies advance south and the realm is thrown into chaos. Yet deep in the mountains at the source of the Shanxi River lies a peaceful, hidden refuge. At first, barely more than a hundred people live there, beyond the reach of the authorities. Later, descendants of Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon, move there to live in seclusion. Their families grow until the settlement numbers a thousand, and they establish Taoyuan Town in a flat mountain valley. Af 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Shocking! My White Moonlight's White Moonlight Is Me! 震惊！白月光的白月光竟是我自己 Fake transmigration into a book, real amnesia + interstellar ABO + two equally powerful leads + the mistress takes the top spot (not really) Cool, teasing white-moonlight Omega & combat-ready, flirtatious, lovesick General Alpha Chi Lan transmigrates into the body of an imperial general, losing his System, memories, and conscience from the start. Seeing his arranged partner's cold, stunning face, he immediately breaks out the family heirloom three-piece set of devoted puppy-dog moves: “Hey, wife 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 White Tea Isn't Liquor 白茶不是酒 (Leans toward a story of female growth) Dragging her shattered body and spirit, she flees to a peaceful guesthouse deep in the Erhai area, seeking nothing more than a place to catch her breath. He had loved her in secret for ten years. Once he finally had her, he failed to cherish her. His deep-seated belief that he didn't deserve her drove her away. At Erhai, she meets another man and thinks her life will be peaceful. But he has been lying in wait for ten years, using his role as a guesthouse o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Where the Returning Boat Meets the Reeds 洄舟芷岸 The aloof in public, puppy-like forensic pathologist Jiang Hui × the undercover agent Xun Zhi, who spent years undercover before being reborn. What would a romance between a dog and a cat be like??? Was it really so amusing to disappear without a word for three years? I want you to dissect my body, so you'll know exactly what I've been through. As the moon's reflection shatters in the mirror, suspicions of a mole, old grudges, and life-or-death choices intertwine. Amid the struggle between goo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 I'm a CEO in My Own Imagination 我在脑洞里当总栽 Hey! Haven't we met somewhere before? At my sister's engagement banquet, remember? What's up? ...I feel like we met before my sister's wedding. Uh... Sis, you're still using such a cheesy pickup line? But I really feel like I've met you somewhere before! I can't explain it, but you always seem so familiar to me. Ah! In a dream! I remember now, I met you in a dream... Sis, why have you been talking so much about that weird dream you had lately? Hehe! She first started telling me about that dream 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Wasn’t This Supposed to Be a Villain System? Why Are All the Missions About Saving the World? 说好的反派系统，怎么全是救世任务？ I thought this was supposed to be a Villain System. Why are all the missions about saving the world? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Is the Grand Preceptor a Cat? 国师大人是只喵？ (Fantasy + historical romance + pseudo-rebirth + pseudo teacher-student romance) [Hot-tempered general's daughter]× [Cool, compassionate Imperial Preceptor] (So far, everything I've written takes place before the heroine is reborn.) Lu Shengsheng was unruly from childhood, and no one in the household could handle her. One letter from her father sent her to the Imperial Preceptor's residence as his disciple. She had planned to learn magic and join the Imperial Preceptor in exorcising demons, but —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 I Dug Up My Own Ancestral Grave, and My Ancestors Praised My Filial Piety 自掘祖坟，祖宗夸我真孝顺 [The author personally researched crematoria, funeral homes, and cemeteries on site. Every professional detail in the story is crafted for authenticity.] [Traditional supernatural horror + no mindless wish fulfillment + Taoist arts and feng shui + a little wordplay + humor and comedy mixed with terror and suspense] [A veteran author who has focused on supernatural fiction for years. Check the author’s page for completed and highly rated works. Quality guaranteed, so read with confidence.] As a d 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 72 ChocoStar A tough-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside band frontman and a warm-on-the-outside, cool-on-the-inside female mechanic How can they turn a little auto repair shop into a happy home? Two soulmates who complement each other make their sweetness even sweeter! Ever since she was little, her family called her a “jinx.” Her older brother died the day she was born, her father beat her, and her mother watched coldly. Later, she deliberately crashed a car. She wasn't trying to die; she wanted to kill th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Perfect Soldier in War 战争中的完美战士 The story of an ordinary soldier. He has an iron will and works hard in training, earning praise from his instructors. He's also humble and an outstanding person. 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 74 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’m One Hundred Million in Debt from the Start 末日降临，开局负债一个亿 Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance! It's an apocalypse game, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! I'm a hundred million in debt, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Cultivation Is Too Dangerous, So I Choose to Create a World Within Myself 修仙太危险，我选择体内创世 Lin Mu, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect with a false Five-Element spiritual root, has little hope of advancing on the path of cultivation. Steady as a rock and a master of keeping his head down, he is driven to the brink by a setup. At death's door, he unexpectedly sacrifices his blood to a broken stele, activating the Primordial Realm within him and becoming the guardian of the flame of Huaxia civilization. This is no ordinary pocket dimension, but a nascent world awaiting revival. A spr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Sichen 嗣尘 Lin Yan, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch dismissed as dust by his family, lives with his mother in the coldest corner of the main family's mansion. She dies of illness, bitter to the end, leaving him only a warning that “the main family is a den of wolves” and a secret ledger detailing the matriarch's embezzlement and his legitimate elder brother's seizure of the family estate. Living under the legitimate heirs' disdain and the servants' contempt, Lin Yan finally wakes up. He gives 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 77 The Old House's Vengeful Ghost 老宅鬼魅戾影 The Vengeful Ghosts of the Old House —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Like Fish, Like Dragons 如鱼如龙 One is Song Zhi, a down-and-out prince born to a Hu concubine, peerlessly handsome. The other is Li Qian, the chancellor's beloved son and the empress's younger brother, unmatched in his noble bearing. In an instant, the winds shift, the sun and moon seem to turn upside down, and the realm falls into ruin. The truth behind the national vendetta and their family feuds remains shrouded in mystery. Watch as the two solve strange cases together, hoping only that the realm may know peace and that tho —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 My Boss’s KPI Is to Make Me Cultivate Immortality? 刁蛮老板娘的KPI，竟是让我修仙？ The shrewish landlady's KPI is to make me cultivate immortality? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Brat CEO, I Was Only Demoted 小屁孩总裁，老娘只是被贬 [A clingy, shy show-off × a tease who refuses to take responsibility] Hurry up! Pay attention to me! Mo Li, banished to the mortal world, thought her master had sent her on vacation. So what’s with this sudden arranged marriage? “Old hag.” “…” Looks like she’ll have to abuse her authority. “Brat… stay away from me.” “No, no! Old hag, hurry up and pay attention to me!” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Nine Lives of Tangerine the Cat: Finding You 猫咪橘子的九世轮回之找到你 I am Juzi the cat. In my first life, I helped my owner, but a villain tricked me. I was stuffed into a bag and beaten by several people, dying a gruesome death on the spot. My owner's anguished cries and desperate pleas could not save me, and so I left behind the person in this world who loved me most. Seeing what had happened to me, the Creator gave me a chance: if I traveled to another world and gathered five energy gems, I could open the Mirror of Rebirth and pass through it to reach the worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Daoist’s Cyber Ascension Manual 道爷的赛博飞升手册 Ying Gou fishes a wormhole out of Zhongnan Mountain. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a cyberpunk metropolis blazing with neon. Holographic ads fill the skies, robots roam the streets, and the spiritual ley lines of old have become the conglomerates’ “imaginary-number energy.” Penniless, he has no choice but to deliver takeout with his sword-flying technique, take on cyborg gangs with a peachwood sword, and use tortoiseshell divination to pick stocks, until he discovers that so-called —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Tales of a Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北出马仙实记 [Fantasy + Supernatural Mystery + Northeastern Chinese Folk Customs + Light Comedy] My name is Hu Xiaohua. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, a weasel squatted on top of the corn stack in my yard. With a tattered red flower perched on its head, it asked me whether it looked more like a person or a god. I took one look at it and said, “You look like your grandma’s grandson.” Ever since that day, my altar has never known a moment’s peace. My maternal uncle is the altar’s wanderin 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 84 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
- 85 A Collection of Strange Tales of Immortal Feuds 仙仇诡事集 [Comedy] + [Mild horror] + [Two male leads] + [A different story in each episode] I’m not a professional writer. I’m mainly here to tell stories, so please bear with my writing! Other people form bonds with immortals. I’m different. I made enemies with immortals… When I was thirteen and didn’t know any better, I killed a snake with a hoe. Later, while playing with my friends, I went catching rats in the rice paddies and accidentally caught a weasel worshipping the moon. As luck would have it, I 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 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
- 87 Once, There Was a God 曾经有一个神 [Technology Meets Flesh] [Explosive Payoff in the Later Story] [Strong Female and Male Leads] [Survival War] [Lighthearted and Funny] [Vast Worldbuilding] [Cthulhu] [Disasters] [Plot Twists] [Insectoid Hordes] [Sweetness and Angst] [Wild Imagination] [Sci-Fi] [Romance] [A Touch of Horror] “Your existence is like the most special line of code in my program. Every time it runs, my ‘heartbeat’ goes out of control.” This is a plan for interstellar colonization. Humanity sets off on a long voyage, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 A Collection of Urban Legends and Folktales 民间都市传说合集 This work is a collection of urban legends and folk tales from around the world, mainly introducing how to experience these urban legends. They are all real. After each urban legend, there’s a short story, some real and some fictional. I hope you enjoy them. 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Regent's Queen of Gambling 摄政王的赌王妃 Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, this pampered heiress must have made Heaven jealous. It sent a newly licensed driver to cause a car crash and kill her off. The female CEO transmigrates, but she’s still the boss. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Strange Tales from Candle Bridge 烛桥异闻 [Supernatural]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [Tomb Exploration] The story takes place in a rural village called Shizhu Village. Told from the perspective of the protagonist, Fang Jidou, it recounts how his father and grandmother ward off evil and avert disasters for their neighbors. The village built a Candle Bridge to support production, but someone disrupted its feng shui, unleashing a series of strange events. Some people saw things in their dreams, some heard rumors, and some experienced them firsthand. Ther 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Gu Yan and Liu Cheng’s Little Everyday Moments 顾言与柳橙的小日常 Gu Yan is a senior partner at Zicheng Law Firm. Liu Cheng works at the firm and takes on a side job as a cook after work. By chance, she ends up at Gu Yan’s home. As they spend more time together, Gu Yan gradually falls in love with Liu Cheng, and the two eventually become a couple. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Immortal Venerable's Grotto-Heaven 仙尊洞天 A hundred years ago, an ancient Gu dragon fell in the Burial Dragon Ridge of the Cangqiong Continent. Its bloodline and resentment coalesced into a domain, turning the place into a forbidden zone that no one dared enter. Fang Ling, a youth from the Fang family who had been cast aside and sent to the frontier, was considered a good-for-nothing with poor aptitude. But after an accident led him into the Burial Dragon Ridge, he returned with a blood-red dragon scale, completely changing his fate. Hi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Star's Light, Promised to You 许你一辰星光 I Promise You a Starry Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Streamer Transmigrates and Takes the World by Storm 主播穿越后玩转天下 A newbie! A newbie! Please don’t blame me if it’s not good! The streamer transmigrates into a three-year-old child and suddenly becomes clever, able to do just about anything, with a Treasure Trove System built in. She eats, drinks, plays, and flirts with handsome men. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Changbai Mountain Ghost Stories: The Fox Immortal’s Enfeoffment and the Mother-Daughter Evil Spirits 长白山鬼故事之狐仙讨封与母双煞 She said I owed her a life My name is Yang Jianjun, but everyone in the village calls me Er Zhuzi. At the foot of Changbai Mountain, in Heixiazigou, I’m a spirit medium. One day, Er Niu from the village came to me trembling. He said he’d run into a woman in a red padded jacket deep in the old forest. Her feet didn’t touch the ground. She asked him, “Do I look human to you?” Terrified, Er Niu said, “You look human.” That very night, he hanged himself from the old locust tree at the village entra —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Great Calamity of the Era 纪元大劫 [No saintly heroine + myriad-world reincarnation + fantasy cultivation + an evil cast + Eastern fantasy + demons + not a power fantasy] People only know demons as embodiments of cruelty and slaughter. They don't know that demons are people who have been driven mad. My name is Chen Hao, and the world drove me mad and turned me into a demon. Yue'er, Auntie Wang, Father, Mother, Godfather, Godmother... In this world... there is no place for good people. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Urban: My Medical Skills Come from the Cultivation World 都市：我的医术来自修仙界 When the Alchemy Venerable of the Cultivation World Says No to You, Even the King of Hell Dares Not Claim Your Soul! Chu Luo, an Alchemy Venerable from the immortal realm who died after being betrayed, wakes to find himself in a modern city, a good-for-nothing medical student mocked by everyone and humiliated by his ex-girlfriend. Modern medicine is helpless against terminal illness? One Body Tempering Pill makes cancer cells vanish without a trace. Ordinary medical skills can't save you from 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Invincible Sword God of Confucianism Awakens, Swearing to End War with Force! 无敌儒道剑神苏醒，誓要以武止戈！ The invincible Sword God of Confucianism awakens, vowing to end war through force! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Shattered Immortal Soul 仙魂碎 An ancient demon's son cultivates immortality for love. When an ancient demon gives birth to a baby boy, enemies attack. She expends all her demonic power to activate a formation that sends the child to another realm. A century later, in the General's Tomb of Jiangnan City, Qingshan reunites with his younger sister Qingyun after five years apart. Unexpectedly, they meet Fu Hanye of Nancheng, and the three of them embark on the path of cultivation together. Qingshan is in love with his sister Qin 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 100 The Green Lotus War Buddha: Nezha’s Thousand-Year Tribulation 青莲战佛之哪吒千年劫 It has been a thousand years since Nezha was appointed the Heavenly Court’s Third Prince. In that time, Sun Wukong became the Victorious Fighting Buddha and grew tremendously more powerful. But now a vast conspiracy has struck: the Tathagata has betrayed the Three Realms, seeking to become a Sage. He has imprisoned the Jade Emperor and slaughtered the spirits of the Three Realms, all to satisfy his own selfish desires. Watch as Nezha pits his wits and courage against demons and monsters. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
