Novels like Real-Life Tales of Feng Shui and the Metaphysical Arts
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- 151 The Hundred Wonders Medical Dao Talisman 百妙道医箓 A serious urban cultivation fantasy novel. No transmigration, no wish fulfillment, and plenty of logical consistency. Every character is smart, and there’s both Daoist magic and medicine. You’re all welcome to give it a read! Cultivation takes time, so why the rush? Honestly... I’m a humble Daoist with superb medical skills and profound mastery of the Dao. There’s no need to hurry... “Master Zhao, please save my life!” “I can’t. This humble Daoist doesn’t have a medical license!” “Master Zhao 599Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 152 Turning the Wheels of Fate: My Years as a Fortune-Teller 运转乾坤，我算命的那几年 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 527Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 153 A Record of Funerals in a Small Town 小城丧葬录 In 2020, Rongcheng was battered by torrential rain. At 32, Chen Yan hit rock bottom after falling from a government post. Forced to resign over an air-gun incident, he crashed while hauling freight, went unpaid by an advertising agency, broke his leg at a construction site, and eventually became a food delivery rider, scraping by between his mortgage and daily expenses. One rainy night, he stopped to help someone and stumbled into the Xiao An Funeral Parlor, where he met Old Yang, who secretly c 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Immortal Traces at the Edge of the World 仙迹天涯 During the great human-mind rescue, Zuo Fuzi angered the three evil emperors: Chi Ya, Hei Ya, and Huang Ya. The three evil emperors ordered the three Calamity Demons, Jia Gao, Shang Jian, and Kong Sui, to search Princess Zhuhongyun’s residence. Zuo Fuzi narrowly escaped capture. With no other choice, Zuo Fuzi sought help from Emperor Zhu Dan of Nanhengyue. Taking the alias Huaimengyuan, Zuo Fuzi found shelter at the Lieju Camp in Chixia City. Cheng Ping moved eight of Zuo Fuzi’s nine life pouche —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 The I Ching's Blind Images 易经瞎象传 The Book of Changes: A Fool’s Commentary | This is just something I came up with by “blindly mulling over” the hexagrams myself. I never asked anyone to treat it as a “serious interpretation of the classics.” From hexagrams to line statements, I’m unpacking the yin and yang as I see them; from words to principles, I’m writing down the answers in my heart. There’s no polite “please forgive me if this isn’t well written,” just the honest “I interpret it, I enjoy it.” Read it if you like; if not, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score13214d adds
- 157 Geomancer 地师 The art of geomancy, reading fortunes and misfortunes, and manipulating feng shui has been passed down in my Long family for generations. After my father died, one conspiracy after another began to unfold... 276Reads—Score10314d adds
- 158 The Most Ridiculously Unlucky Little Taoist in History 史上最坑小道士 What? Master, are you messing with me? Sending me down the mountain to gain experience is one thing, but now you want me to find a wife? Aren’t we forbidden from getting married? Fine, fine! So, in my quest to find a wife, I became the most troublemaking little Daoist... They say the world has yin and yang. Just because you don’t believe in something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’ve experienced far too many strange and uncanny things in my life, like the old woman sewing soles for shoes, and 1.8kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 159 The Number One Mystic Arts Master 玄门第一相师 A young Taoist is forced to leave his temple. Luckily, he finds a secret manual and slips into the city to begin his cultivation journey. Even the head of a major corporation treats him as an honored guest. 2.2kReads7.7Score32014d adds
- 160 Copper Coins Devour the Heavens: I Livestream Changing Fates in the Mortal World 铜钱噬天：我在人间直播改命 Set in a modern urban world of metaphysics, fortune-tellers use the Four Pillars of Destiny, face reading, feng shui, and other methods to glimpse the secrets of fate. Su Minghe, the protagonist, is a fortune-telling streamer who inherited his family’s copper-coin divination art. He randomly connects with people seeking help, casts a reading for them with copper coins, and works with them to uncover its meaning. Follow diviner Su Minghe as he livestreams and changes people’s fates! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Scarlet Brocade: Master of the Mystic Arts in the Kingdom of Chi 赤锦（锦掌赤国玄门） Chijin (Master of the Xuanmen of the Kingdom of Chi) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Divine Art of Reading the Heavens 窥天神测 Words spring from the heart, and writing gives the heart form. The characters a person writes are intricately connected to their fortunes, misfortunes, and fate. Thus, the art of fortune-telling through written characters came into being. My journey down this path began when I accidentally fell into my grandmother's coffin, only to discover a young woman inside, her clothes in disarray… 985Reads8.8Score10614d adds
- 163 The Code to Breaking the Deadlock: Feng Shui Taboos You Should Never Violate 破局密码：那些被触犯的风水禁忌 The seventh day of the seventh month, at the Wuyu Pavilion teahouse. “Master Yunwu, every night we hear a baby crying in our home, but there isn't a single baby in the entire building.” When Zhao Mingcheng and his wife said this, Yunwu laid out their birth charts on rice paper and asked just one question: “Does your front door face the balcony?” Behind every strange occurrence lies a feng shui taboo that has been violated. Yunwu, owner of the Wuyu Pavilion, was born into a family of metaphysics 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 A Little Metaphysics: Feng Shui for Wealth Comes to Your Home Today 玄学点滴，财富风水今天到你家 This book is a real page-turner! Everyone can read it, no matter how old you are or whether you're a man or a woman. Learn some of the knowledge in these pages, and you can turn your fate around. Discover where your wealth and good fortune lie. Do you need more wealth? Open the book now! Miss it, and you'll regret it for the rest of your life! 234Reads7.5Score4714d adds
- 165 The Little Fortune-Teller 小半仙 A young half-immortal from Mount Qingcheng descends the mountain to gain experience. He tells fortunes, reads feng shui, explores ancient tombs, and battles venomous insects. He helps people avert disasters, eliminate evil, and uphold justice, all to broaden his horizons, improve his cultivation, and enjoy this wonderful world to the fullest. But as his fame grows, so do the troubles he faces... 70Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 166 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 167 Learn Bazi Astrology from Scratch 零基础学习八字命理 Getting started with Four Pillars destiny analysis isn't difficult. It's like learning math: first, you get to know the numbers and formulas. Begin by memorizing the basic symbols, such as the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the generating and overcoming cycles of the Five Elements. They are like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in math. Next, understand how to construct a Four Pillars chart, converting a birth date into the four pillars. This is like carefully reading 4.8kReads8.6Score1k14d adds
- 168 Decoding Life's Dilemmas: A Guide to Feng Shui and Destiny 破译众生困局：风水命理指南 This is an “alternative guide to life,” forged from 20 years of hands-on experience. It explores the ancient system of the Book of Changes and destiny, and how it can be applied in the modern city. In a quiet corner of a bustling metropolis stands an inconspicuous teahouse called Wuyu Pavilion. Its owner, Yun Wu, brews excellent tea and has inherited a family tradition: reading fate from the Eight Characters, divining subtle signs with the Six Lines, and using feng shui to adjust the balance of 261Reads—Score12614d adds
- 169 The Way of Not Knowing 不知，道 [Alternate history + martial arts world + political intrigue + extraordinary people and arts + mystery] The pursuit of the Dao is not about seeking immortality. The bustling mortal world is full of the Dao; the only question is, what is the Dao? There are countless great paths in this world, yet most people are trapped by fame and status, enslaved by external things. They act only when circumstances permit, and in the end never attain freedom. The Dao is not found in temples or scriptures, but i 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The True Autobiography of a Taoist Priest 真正的道士自传 (Because this is a true story, it won’t be very long.) (A true story about a real Taoist priest.) (A must-read for anyone who wants to become a Taoist priest.) (I don’t write fantasy, so anyone who’s too deep into it, don’t read this.) A lot of people use “true story” as a pretext to write fantasy, and none of it is believable. Let’s take a look together. This is the story of how a real Taoist priest in the modern world grew up. 265Reads7.4Score11414d adds
- 171 The Compendium of Ten Thousand Techniques 万千功法录 (Remember this! Remember this! Anyone practicing cultivation techniques must keep this firmly in mind: never act on your own or practice alone. To cultivate this technique successfully, you must have a qualified instructor by your side to provide careful assistance and guidance. Only then can you ensure your cultivation proceeds smoothly and without mishap, so you do not stray from the right path and end up beyond all hope of redemption!) 481Reads—Score13114d adds
- 172 President Gu's Secretary Can Actually Tell Fortunes 顾总裁的秘书居然会算命 A sweet romance about a domineering CEO and an innocent secretary who can tell fortunes. I have some knowledge of the five arts of metaphysics and hold a certificate in psychological counseling. Book fans can contact me for free consultations through Tomato Novel's book-recommendation section, Douyin, or Xiaohongshu. 334Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 173 The Last Mortal 最后一位凡人 Genshin Impact, spirit familiars, the spirit realm, a battle between gods and demons, some mysteries of history, the secrets behind changes in the mortal world, shifts in the balance of the Three Realms, and the mysteries of our own world: perhaps this book holds the answers you seek. Note: This novel is adapted from real case stories. My name is Zhang Xuan. I was born in 1999, and I’ve been fascinated by all kinds of occult subjects for as long as I can remember. I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes 500Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 174 I Took the Wang Surname in Langya, but I’m a True Wang 冒姓琅琊王我是真王氏 I’m a True Wang, Though I Took the Surname of the Langya Wangs 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Last Bus.. 公交末班车.. The Last Bus of the Night... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 I Got Pregnant by a Scumbag, Then Turned Around and Married His Uncle 我怀了渣男的孩子，转身嫁给了他小叔 I Got Pregnant by a Jerk, Then Turned Around and Married His Uncle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 My Cultivation Memoir 我的修仙自传 [Novella] + [Cultivation] + [A Truly Selfless Saint] [Underdog's Comeback] + [Rise to the Top] + [Build an Invincible Character] This is my own Cultivation story. You might not believe me, but I'm going through things I can't explain. Scientific Cultivation, a physical ascent to immortality. To achieve greatness, first set your sights high. I wish to become an immortal, and revel in joy beyond the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术 “Master, why does everyone say that after the founding of the country, animals aren’t allowed to become spirits?” “Because it’s the law. Whatever is spoken becomes law. After the country was founded, no animals, plants, or anything else was allowed to become a spirit!!!” “Then why have we still run into so many demons and monsters?” “Because those were all from before the country was founded. Afterward, there are only ghosts. So you have to live your whole life carefully and keep a low profile. 3.4kReads7.4Score45414d adds
- 179 Fortune-Telling 算卦 Fortune-Telling 65Reads—Score614d adds
- 180 The Great Dreamworld 大梦幻界 This book is also known as The Boastful Version of the Dao De Jing. One flower, one world; one tree, one bodhi. Everything follows the Way, like a dream or a bubble. How can you know that the world you live in, or even you yourself, isn't an illusion? (My experiences will show you a different future.) 2.6kReads8.7Score59014d adds
- 181 The Dream of the True Page Tao: A World Made Real from Illusions 真页道之梦化虚界 The supernatural returns, alongside alchemical arts, thunder magic, talismans, the 749 Bureau, and battles between Chinese and foreign practitioners. This is a secret chronicle of cultivation, ghost slaying, demon-smiting, and god-killing. Mysteries are gradually awakening. Where do ghosts, monsters, spirits, and demons come from? Immortals have attained the Dao, but the gods are hard to summon. The world is mired in desire. How can anyone cross over to safety? With the power of the Dream Realm, 229Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 182 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 322Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 183 Even Without Money, I Can Still Cultivate Successfully 没钱的我也一样修行有成 True cultivation doesn't require money. In fact, the more you cultivate, the wealthier you become. This is a feng shui novel based on my own experience. After suffering for over a decade from an illness no major hospital could cure and sinking hundreds of thousands into debt, I finally woke up. I used what I had learned to turn my life around. Now I have enough wealth to live comfortably, own three small businesses, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. The story explores the Four Pillars of Desti —Reads—Score10814d adds
- 184 The Hilarious, In-Depth Guide to Face Reading in a Hemp Robe 麻衣相术爆笑详解版 The Hilarious, In-Depth Guide to Face Reading is a book that explains the ancient art of physiognomy, The Art of Ma Yi, in a witty and humorous way. With a lighthearted style, it makes the once-mysterious principles of face reading vivid and entertaining, letting readers discover its secrets through laughter. The book not only offers detailed explanations of traditional techniques such as face and palm reading, but also incorporates practical tips for reading people in modern life and the workpl 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 I Use Chinese Taoist Scriptures to Suppress Everything 我靠华夏道藏镇压一切 Zhang Fan transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual energy has only just begun to revive. Here, strange phenomena run rampant and haunted tombs emerge, but unfortunately... orthodox Chinese Daoist culture has suffered a severe break in its transmission! The elite agents of the National Bureau Nine use a damaged Han-dynasty “Celestial General’s Ruler” as a blunt weapon, swinging it around at random. They practice broken breathing techniques until they suffer cultivation deviation. Faced 3.1kReads—Score28514d adds
- 186 Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生 Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in 17Reads—Score514d adds
- 187 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Complete Guide to Taoism 道教内容大全 This book covers Daoist cultivation methods, philosophy, rituals, scriptures and incantations, destiny analysis, feng shui, divination, talismans, culture, the pantheon of immortals, religious sects and their lineages, and more. —Reads—Score76514d adds
- 189 The Heavenly Game of Yi Dao 易道天局 [I Toppled the Heavenly Dao's Chessboard!] Year 37 of the Tianyuan Era, autumn. Qingzhou City. A tea house attendant with no spiritual root meets a mad Taoist. Bai Ziyuan has lived for seventeen years and accepted his lot. Without a spiritual root, one can't even reach the threshold of cultivation. Then a strange beast barges into the tea house, and a red light sweeps across his face. Suddenly, it shines, as if recognizing something. The mad Taoist Chen Wufang drives off the beast, but blood see 9Reads—Score314d adds
- 190 Reborn, I Switched My Wife’s Birth Control Pills 重生的我换妻子的避孕药 Reborn, I Switched My Wife’s Birth Control Pills —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Mystic Taoist Arts 道法玄灵 My name is Du Lin, and my Daoist title is Xuanling. In this world of spiritual qi revival, the balance of yin and yang energy has been shattered. The age of declining cultivation has brought disaster upon disaster, moral decay, and demons, monsters, and vengeful spirits running rampant. I was born with a special mission. At first, I was just a young woman who wanted to live a quiet life. But as I made more friends and went through more experiences, I discovered that my ancestor was none other th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 I Practice Feng Shui in Dongguan 我在东莞做风水相师 Feng Shui and divination, the modern martial world, the 1990s The eight schools of the martial world are Jing, Pi, Piao, Ce, Feng, Huo, Jue, and Yao. The Jing School leads the eight. Its practitioners read people's fortunes, predict blessings and disasters, and show them the way. My grandfather was a successor of the Jing School. And he knew more than just the Jing School's arts: he also mastered the techniques of the Pi and Feng schools. He passed everything he knew down to me. The year I turne 12.2kReads6.5Score86714d adds
- 193 Demons Run Amok? I’m a Taoist Priest, This Is My Specialty 妖魔横行？贫道专业对口 Chen You'an opened his eyes and realized he had transmigrated. The good news: he had transmigrated with a System. The bad news: this was an ancient world torn apart by war and filled with starving corpses. There were no immortals or gods, only life-snatching demons, harmful devils, wandering ghosts, man-eating monsters, and hopping zombies. 2.4kReads5.4Score16114d adds
- 194 I Transmigrated, Only for Mount Wuxing to Crush My Dreams of Wealth 刚穿越，就被五行山砸碎富贵梦 [Journey to the West] [Apprenticed to Sun Wukong] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Scheming behind the scenes in the later stages] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the era after Wang Mang usurped the Han throne. He plans to use the foresight granted by his nine years of compulsory education to find Liu Xiu and secure a life of wealth and privilege. Then he watches Five Elements Mountain fall from the sky, shattering his dreams. So this isn't history. It's the Journey to the West! Fro 31.8kReads6.9Score2.6k14d adds
- 195 I’m a Yin-Yang Fate Judge in Qingshi Town 我在青石镇当阴阳裁命人 Metaphysics + yin-yang eyes + the Five Arts of Chinese Tradition + a terrible start from the start There’s an inconspicuous incense and candle shop in Qingshi Town, run by Lin Qiu, a young woman who can see beyond the divide between the living and the dead. She inherited the Lin family’s ancestral Five Arts of “mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination.” Her yin-yang eyes can distinguish the golden glow of merit from the bloody aura of ill fortune, and she specializes in resolving st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Yin-Yang Fate Borrower 阴阳借命师 [Traditional Supernatural Horror]+ [Feng Shui and Mysticism]+ [Suspense and Deduction] On my seventeenth birthday, I watched my best classmate die horribly right in front of me. That was when I learned someone had stolen my fate! A mysterious old man told me I was one of the Seven Wise and offered to take me as his disciple. If I refused, I wouldn’t live past thirty. When I was twenty-five, my master ventured alone into the underworld to negotiate with the King of Hell and extend my life. He ult —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 We Found a Future Death List: Are We Fated to Die Horribly? 挖出未来死亡名单：我们按预言会惨死？ We uncovered a list of future deaths: Are we destined to die horribly, just as the prophecy says? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Transmigrated Into a Book: Harmony Sect, Senior Sister, Help Me Cultivate! 穿书合欢宗：师姐，请助我修行！ Transmigrate into a Book: Harmony Sect, Senior Sister, Please Help Me Cultivate! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Reincarnation Simulator: Ascending to Immortality on the Wheel of Rebirth 轮回模拟器之转轮上成仙 [In-depth Daoist knowledge + a Daoist cultivates immortality + reincarnation simulations + saving the world] I, Cheng Xuan, was an ordinary mortal who had dreamed of becoming an immortal since childhood. By a strange twist of fate, I met an unremarkable old Daoist in the mountains and began my path to immortality. After three years of arduous cultivation, I finally earned my master’s approval. As the thirty-fifth-generation disciple, I was formally accepted into the Lingbao Sect. On the very da 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 A Taoist Prodigy in Feng Shui 道家天才风水师 [Feng Shui and Geomancy, Eight Characters and Destiny, Physiognomy, Folk Secret Arts, Qimen Dunjia, Zhuyou Healing, Daoist Magic] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good deeds in secret; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, befriend benefactors; tenth, nourish the body. This book has a lighthearted, humorous style, similar to the Happy Ghost and Uncle Nine film series. It features Daoist magic, physiognomy, Zhuyou he 2.7kReads6.7Score29114d adds
