Novels like Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir
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- 151 After Winning by Sleeping Enough, the Heir Won’t Leave Me Alone 睡够就能赢后，世子他赖上我了 After Sleeping Her Way to Victory, the Heir Apparent Clings to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Little Noodle Shop at Jin Beibei's 金贝贝家的小面馆 The Little Noodle Shop at Jin Beibei's 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 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
- 154 I Cultivate the True Five Thunder Method and Crush the Evil Ghosts of the Spirit Realm 我修五雷正法，力压鬼界恶鬼 Xu Fan was born different. His natural Yin-Yang Eyes could suppress every evil spirit and demon. After Old Xu died, Xu Fan inherited the family’s ancestral spirit hall and became a shamanic medium. He battles Japanese invaders and evil spirits! Beats up the island nation’s Yin-Yang masters! Bullies the shikigami You Chizi! And marries a thousand-year-old White Snake Immortal! 615Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 155 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
- 156 Battleships and Roses: Tales of the Twenty-Third Century 巨舰与蔷薇：二十三世纪往事 Two centuries after nuclear war destroyed the old world, humanity has rebuilt itself on the African continent. The Eurasian-African United Empire and the United States of South America now face each other across the ocean. Tantai Qingxin is a young man who despises politics but is forced into the Empire’s power struggles, caught between ironclad warships and the royal rose. In the final war sweeping across the oceans, the land, and the stars, he must make one last choice for the people he loves —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 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
- 158 Divine Seal of the Ruins: The Good-for-Nothing Heir Sweeps Through the Heavens 镇墟神印，废柴世子横推诸天 Born with defective spiritual roots, his betrothal stolen, and subjected to endless scorn and abuse! Lu Yan, a branch-family heir of the Lu Clan in Qingyun Jiuzhou, became the laughingstock of his entire clan. As he lay on the brink of death, the Divine Seal of Subduing the Ruins, a relic left behind by the Primordial God from ten thousand years ago, suddenly awakened! Devour all things, break through realms at astonishing speed, see through illusions and weaknesses, and become immune to demoni 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 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
- 160 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
- 161 With a Hide Drum and a Spirit Dance, I Summon the Hu and Huang Spirits 拿皮鼓，跳大神，我请胡黄 [The Earliest and Purest Supernatural Tales] [Rituals and Chants for Spirit-Medium Ceremonies] [Anatomizing Fate, Destiny, and Reincarnation] [Ensemble Cast, Reasons to Fight] I'm a spirit medium. More accurately, I'm a little con artist. After Old Crooked-Eye picked me up one night when I was a child, he gave me the name Xiao Ye. But Xiao couldn't be a surname, so I changed my family name to Xiao. From then on, Old Crooked-Eye and I made our living by swindling people. I thought we'd go on like 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World and Cultivated With Heroes 穿越，我在修仙界和英雄们同修 Zhen Nan, a wilderness survival blogger, smashed his phone after losing forty games of Honor of Kings in a row. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated to a cultivation world, landing in the poorest village around, Chicken Coop Village. By coincidence, the heroes of Honor of Kings had also plunged into this world with the flood of code, scattered far and wide. When the villagers saw him fall from the sky, they immediately hailed him as a god descended from heaven. Seizing the opportu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Engineer's Strange Case Files 工程诡录 Please note: This story has no harem, no brainless characters, no overpowered cheat, and uses science instead of mysticism. If that's not your thing, please don't read. A staunch atheist with a PhD in control engineering is unexpectedly sent as a technical consultant to a new factory plagued by strange incidents. One bizarre equipment failure follows another, yet every scientific method he knows proves useless. With only three days left to finish the project, Dr. Qi decides to use scientific ins 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 164 Broke and Unable to Go Home for New Year, a Top-Tier Star Takes Me Home 过年没钱回家，顶流少妇带我回家 With just twenty days until Lunar New Year, I couldn’t even afford a train ticket home. Then, by chance, I ran into Yang Mi, a celebrity who had just gotten divorced. She took me straight to register our marriage and slapped the red marriage certificate down in front of me. “You’re my legal husband now.” From the start, I got a million-yuan transfer, the keys to a mansion, and a Porsche Cayenne. “Take me and Xiao Nuomi to your hometown for New Year. We’ll shut everyone up.” When I drove the Caye 221Reads6.8Score20614d adds
- 165 The Last Zhuyou Master 最后一个祝由师 “In ancient times, when illness struck, people relied on blessings to dispel disease, and the illness would then pass... When someone fell ill, they used blessings to guide the treatment, shifting the essence and changing the qi to drive it away, without recourse to needles or medicine.” “Zhuyou is a method of healing through talismans, incantations, and rites of exorcism.” Zhu Shisan, the last Zhuyou healer, takes you into the little-known secrets of Zhuyou arts. 3.1kReads8.9Score42614d adds
- 166 An Unorthodox Spirit Medium 野路子出马仙 My father found a treasure while searching the mountains, but the villagers killed him for it. To avenge him, I went to the Five Immortals Temple and summoned five wild spirits. That was how I embarked on an extraordinary path as a spirit medium... 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Four Generations of Brutal Slaughter, I Trade Lives with a Female Assassin to Slay a Marquis 四世虐杀后，我和女杀手换命屠侯 [Two heroines + rebirth and revenge + powerful female leads + romance + fantasy + raising children + palace intrigue + political schemes] After dying miserably in four lifetimes, she catches a killer on the verge of falling into the beast realm in the Netherworld: “Slaughter the entire marquis's household for me, and I'll take your place in reincarnation.” She is reborn with her martial arts intact, only to find that the killer has become a ten-year-old, foolish concubine-born daughter of the ma 615Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 168 Liu Ruyan Reborn: Taming Her Vicious Disciple 柳如烟重生：暴虐逆徒 [Female master reborn + Her ungrateful disciples regret everything + She will never forgive them + Cathartic revenge] Angsty romance, cathartic revenge, contrast, turning from white to black Over two thousand years, Liu Ruyan poured her heart and soul into raising six mediocre male disciples, turning them into renowned Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses feared across the Eight Wastelands. She taught them everything she knew and treated them like her own children. In return, they carefully p 43Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 169 Heir to the Mystical Arts of Feng Shui 玄门风水传人 Zhou Tianqi, heir to the art of feng shui. With a compass in hand, he understands yin and yang and the principles of feng shui, seeing through the good and ill fortune that shape the world. He seeks dragon veins and identifies auspicious burial sites, drives away evil spirits and suppresses malign forces, and changes people’s fortunes. Armed with the mystical arts, he makes his way through the city, defies fate, and rises to ever-greater success with every step! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Chronicles of Emperor Guangwen of Han, Liu Xie 汉光文帝刘协本纪 [No transmigration] + [No golden finger] + [Pure political intrigue] + [A grand historical vision] In the third year of Chuping, Chang’an runs red with blood. Twelve-year-old Liu Xie has only just escaped Dong Zhuo’s control, but now he is trapped between the court and the warlords. Everyone thinks this young emperor is just another puppet for others to manipulate. But they are wrong. As the wheel of history turns, Liu Xie decides he will no longer be a piece to be moved at will. He will be th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Demon-Slaying Life Begins with Transferring to a Tokyo School 斩妖生活从转学东京开始 [Urban fantasy + monsters + anime style + lighthearted + not overpowered + multiple heroines + no harem] Japanese signs fill the streets, and Lin Jingxing, a transfer student, finds it quite hard to get used to. But that’s not even the biggest problem. What he needs to figure out now is how to survive in a foreign country without any financial support. So he settles into a life of going to school while looking for ways to make money. But as time goes by, strange and inexplicable phenomena begin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 A Midsummer That Doesn't Let Time Go to Waste 盛夏不负时光 If we had both been a little braver back then, would we have avoided missing out on all those years? Years later, when they meet again, Sheng Tianli’s gaze at Lin Zhixia carries a trace of sadness. But Lin Zhixia smiles and says, “Love isn’t about charging ahead alone. We met and parted during the best years of our lives so we could become better versions of ourselves, and have the confidence to stand by each other’s side.” “But the road I took to reach you was so long, so long. It feels like I 12Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 173 Dancing Phoenix in the Nine Palaces: The Sea King's Livestream 凤舞九阙：海王直播进行时 I transmigrated into the most rakish princess in ancient times, armed with a “Player System.” My mission was to win over four men: the sinister, volatile Crown Prince; the gentle, refined Imperial Tutor; the cool, devoted guard; and my former husband, the cold-faced man with a soft heart. I planned to have my fun, steal their hearts, and wrap things up quickly. But each one was harder to handle than the last. The Crown Prince threatened to kill me, yet his eyes held an obsession spanning past a 24Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 174 The Red Wedding Gown Demands Your Life 红色嫁衣索命 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Seven Sages Rule the Martial World 七圣统江湖 Seven “good-for-nothings” who fought their way out of the mud side by side become brothers. With loyalty as their blade and blood and fire as their armor, they eventually transform into peerless powerhouses capable of defying heaven and subduing the earth. They rewrite the rules, blazing a path from underdogs to legends and shaking the entire jianghu! 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 176 The Heavenly Hound Devours the Sun and Moon 天狗食日月 The Heavenly Dog devours the moon, the Heavenly Dog devours the sun. Do you know where this expression comes from? And there’s the famous Buddhist tale “Mulian Rescues His Mother.” This story is adapted from these legends. Come, let’s find out together! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Saving the Villain: Supporting Lady, Don't Run Away 拯救反派之女配你别跑 Unlucky office worker Ye Nanxing dies from working overtime and transmigrates into the novel she was reading, as the vicious substitute female lead. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in an epic love-triangle showdown: while on a date with her ex-boyfriend, the female lead discovers that the pretty boy she's been keeping is working at the same restaurant, and the CEO is already on his way, while a scheming villain watches from nearby... The System tells her to fulfill the female le 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 I Became the Boss's Roommate After a Night of Drinking 酒后我成了BOSS室友 Gender swap | Sweet romance | Comedy | Marriage before love | Powerful CEO | Both leads are each other's first After downing a glass of wine, I, Bai Xiaoqi, turned into a man! This god-awful constitution is all my scientist dad's fault! To keep my secret safe, I lived like a monk: utterly averse to skirts and afraid to touch a drop of alcohol. That is, until the handsome older guy next door tricked me into joining Ruizhi Group, where I reunited with my secretly beloved, icy senior, Guan Zhengyu! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Gears of Fate Begin to Rust 命运的齿轮开始锈蚀 By 2200, the once-blue planet had long since become a barren wasteland, its resources exhausted. In this desperate post-apocalyptic world, a wave of “mechanical revival” swept across the globe. Drawing on the industrial ruins left behind by the old era, humanity built one “Cycle Mech City” after another, each a forest of steel. Like colossal metal beasts, these cities struggled to keep running on resources extracted from the wreckage. Their core power source, known as the “Rust Core,” was a myst 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Thanks for Asking. I Just Died Suddenly, and Now I’m Addicted to Farming and Being a Slacker in the Cultivation World 谢邀，刚猝死，现沉迷修仙界种田当咸鱼 Thanks for asking. I just died suddenly, and now I'm hooked on farming and playing the slacker in the cultivation world —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 You Tear Down My House, I’ll Refine the Building into the Sky. Seems Fair, Right? 你拆我家，我把楼炼上天，很合理吧？ You tear down my home, and I refine a building to fly into the sky. That's perfectly reasonable, right? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 183 Sorry, I'm Just a Player. I Can't Give You What You Want 对不起，我只是个玩家，给不了你 The world suddenly began to fall apart. Faced with countless monsters attacking people, a boy who didn’t know who he was and had lost his memories followed the guidance of his heart and reached out with his left hand... “Will we meet again?” “We will! I promise!” Three months later, “___” “I’m sorry. I’m just a player, and I can’t make the promise you want.” The mission bestowed upon him was to save the world from all this... Speedrun version: I’m an invincible player. Pay up! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Dragon Soul Awakens: I Transmigrate into a Book and Possess the Purple Dragon 龙魂觉醒：穿书我上了紫龙的身 Prologue: The Call of Fate The glow on the computer screen had yet to fade completely, and that powerful suction still lingered around me. When I opened my eyes again, what greeted me was no longer my familiar room, but a magnificent waterfall. "Zilong, focus! Feel the energy flowing through your body!" The voice... was old, yet full of strength. I looked down at the water. My reflection had long black hair, a resolute face, and a vermilion mark between my brows. I, Zhang Hao, an ordinary homebo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 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
- 186 Three Days After Being Reborn, I Blew Up My Doomsday Social Circle 重生三天后，我炸了末世朋友圈 Three Days After I Was Reborn, I Blew Up My Apocalypse Moments —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Three Days After Being Reborn, the Apocalypse Exploded 重生三天后末世爆了 The Apocalypse Broke Out Three Days After I Was Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Foolish Village Head Has a System: Fleeing Famine, Hunting, and Raising the Clan 傻子里正带系统：逃荒打猎养族人 Infrastructure building and farming, light fantasy, cozy, no conflict The mountain lord brings me food as I open up the land; with infrastructure and farming, my barns overflow with meat. By a twist of fate, I transmigrated into Jiang Xiaobai, a fool of a village head whom everyone despised. Luckily, I have the System to save me. The mountain lord brings food, auspicious beasts take human form, and my people trust me and work at my side. I turn their trust into resources, going from bamboo shed 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 I'm a Security Guard in Heaven: I Alone Decide Who Becomes a God 我在天庭当保安：成神唯我说了算 (Invincible) (Lighthearted Comedy) (No Female Lead) (Security Guard) (Sun Wukong) (Yang Jian) (Heavenly Court) The gateway to the path of godhood, the route from the mortal world to the Heavenly Court, is a modern skyscraper. The Ascension Gate is on the top floor, while Chen An sits in the security office on the first floor. In his own eyes: a temp, slacking off and eating instant noodles until he gets fired. In the eyes of mortal cultivators: a hidden powerhouse, unfathomably deep. In the e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 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
- 191 Fallen Phoenix 落凤 [Pure feel-good fun! The heroine is a total psycho who'll fight anyone! She never takes a loss!] My sworn sister sent me a message: "We'll never be separated." Then she disappeared. My big brother and I packed our suitcases and went to her hometown, Ancient Phoenix City, to look for her. But I kept feeling as if a pair of eyes were watching me from somewhere unseen. Those eyes, however, didn't belong to the "Golden Dragon" I'd known since childhood... 561Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 192 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
- 193 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Sky 斗破苍穹之帝路焚天 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Skies 943Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Healing Hand That Shrouds the Heavens: The Blind Consort of the Crippled Prince 医手遮天：残王的盲妃 The day Shen Zhiwei returned to the capital, she was a “blind woman” in every sense of the word. Her legitimate elder sister wanted her to take her place in a marriage, so Shen Zhiwei promptly blinded herself with poison and moved into the most dilapidated courtyard in the manor. By day, she was a frail, helpless, useless daughter born to a concubine, listening to her sisters' taunts and sleeping away the hours. No one knew that, each nightfall, she became the “Ghost Hand” of the jianghu's forem 272Reads6.2Score10114d adds
- 195 The Abandoned Consort Is Reborn: The Mad Emperor's Long Road to Winning Her Back 弃妃重生疯批帝王的追妻路 [Heroine reborn + Emperor’s exclusive devotion + Desperate quest to win her back + Love claimed by force + Widower raising a child + Male rivals] Both leads are pure, so read without worry! Heroine’s perspective: Chen Ruyi, a 21st-century office worker, transmigrates into the daughter of a tutor in the Great Qian Dynasty. She saves Ji Wuyu, a disgraced and badly wounded former crown prince, hoping to latch on to this powerful patron, lounge around the prince’s estate, and have his children whil 2.2kReads8.1Score17714d adds
- 196 Is There Something Off About My Infinite-Flow Game? 我的无限流是不是不太对劲 [Infinite Flow] [1v1] [Dungeons] [Not much romance, but probably counts as girl-boy romance] [Female Protagonist] Ye Qian, a twenty-six-year-old corporate drone, died from overwork while putting in yet another round of overtime. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in some lousy Main God Space, faced with a bunch of ridiculously old-fashioned multiple-choice questions. She thought she'd gotten the usual corporate-drone-transmigrates-into-an-Infinite-Flow story, but something seemed off. W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Back in the City as a King 重返都市当王者 Faced with two choices, a death sentence or five years on an island, Liu Gu chose five years on the island. Five years later, after completing his mission, he and Li Yi owed each other nothing. Over those five years, Liu Gu steadily built up his strength and, through a series of fortunate encounters, mastered every skill the criminals had to offer. Just as he was planning to return and make a name for himself, finally living for his own sake, Li Yi asked him to join Yinxia. “What? I’ve barely jo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Vermilion Bird Travels to Ancient Times: The Princess Consort Is a Special Forces Soldier 朱雀穿古：王妃是特种兵 [Special Forces] + [Transmigration] + [Alternate Ancient World] + [Power Couple] + [Feel-Good Read] + [Sweet Romance] She is an elite modern-day Special Forces soldier. Betrayed by her boyfriend, she crosses into another world with a phoenix-blood jade pendant! He is a bloodthirsty, brutal prince known as the God of Killing. He despises women, yet becomes obsessively possessive of her! He is a gentle and refined young nobleman who repeatedly steps in to help her out of trouble! He is the proud, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Down-and-Out Campus Heartthrob Meets His Sweet Osmanthus Spirit 低谷校草遇见他的甜美桂花精 To repay the gentle protection she received as a child, Ning Zhaozhao, a newly transformed osmanthus spirit, follows the fragrance to the side of the young Qin Huaihe. But the bright boy she remembers, who would fight over wildflowers, has long since fallen silent after his family fell apart. He shuts himself away in a gray shell, his grades slipping as he cuts himself off from the world. Ning Zhaozhao becomes the only unreasonable “intruder” in his world. Carrying the osmanthus scent that cling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The World’s Absurdity, a Lifetime of Sorrow 天下的荒唐，半生的凄凉 [Transmigrate into a book; anti-imperial and anti-feudal + melodrama + a sorrowful tale of many women] “Even I once had someone I truly loved.” “True feelings are the least important thing.” “Mother, I will protect myself and my sisters.” “Mother, I'm sorry. I failed to protect myself and my sisters. I miss you.” “Why did I do it? I want to live! I want to live for my mother!” “I'm so tired. I've never been this tired in my life. Mother, will you come for me?” “I wish to leave the harem's intrig 1Reads—Score—14d adds
