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- 51 The Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 Paper crafting, also known as paper ornament making, is a traditional craft practiced by skilled artisans called paper crafters. With nimble hands and clever minds, they fold and cut paper into all kinds of designs. Some are intricate, depicting people, birds, animals, fish, and insects, while others are simple, like decorative lanterns. These paper creations can comfort the living and help them make up for regrets and debts to the dead. They can also serve as bribes to appease the dead and win 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Spirit Medium: My Altar Has Only Five Words 出马仙:我的堂单只有五个字 [Urban] + [Mystery] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Supernatural Mystery] + [Transmigration] + [Single Female Lead] + [Lighthearted] My master transmigrated, and I have to bring him back! After the college entrance exams, a farewell dinner landed me a shop for free. It also gave me a new goal: save my master! Did you know? Spiritual qi has revived. Becoming a spirit medium is a shortcut to cultivation. In an age of spiritual qi revival, it’s already too late to rely on your own cultivation. So, w 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Spirit Medium’s Hall 出马堂口 In recent years, people have looked down on the northeastern tradition of spirit-mediumship. But it’s not just spirit-mediums: every line of work has both good and bad practitioners. There are so many fraudsters that even people who need help now hesitate to consult anyone. These days, it’s become common for someone to finish a reading and tell you that you have a whole host of problems to deal with. If you don’t pay to have them fixed, it weighs on your mind; if you do, you’re afraid you’ve fal 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Supernatural: I Bring Home an Old Immortal in Inner Mongolia 灵异:我在内蒙领老仙儿 My name is Li Tianshu. I was originally called Li Chengcai. I was sickly from childhood and plagued by hardship. I was so familiar with the gates of death that even the King of Hell knew my face. My grandparents said I had been cursed just like my great-grandfather, and planned to abandon me in the mountains to be raised by wolves. It was my maternal grandfather who gave me back my humanity and renamed me Li Tianshu, hoping Heaven would forgive me and free me from the curse. From then on, my fat 322Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 55 Those Years I Served as a Spirit Medium 顶香出马的那些年 I was born at midnight on July 16. A white fox and a black snake blocked the door when I was born. My second aunt, a shaman, read my fate: I was never meant to be born, but was a little ghost who escaped from the Underworld. I was born with an evil bone, possessed yin-yang eyes, had all seven apertures open, and was fated to have my life claimed by the King of Hell. To survive, I eventually chose to become a shaman. After experiencing many paranormal events, I encountered an evil organization ca 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 56 Northeastern China Paranormal: She Has Yin-Yang Eyes 东北灵异:她有一双阴阳眼 Born with yin-yang eyes, he can see things invisible to ordinary people. As a result, his friends shun him and his classmates bully him. His ability grows stronger as he gets older, taking him from a lowly wage worker to an employee at a funeral home, where he helps all sorts of spirits fulfill their final wishes! 8.6kReads7.7Score63814d adds
- 57 Tales of a Little Spirit Medium 出马仙之小小传 Everyone wants to get their spiritual powers quickly, but no one knows how hard the trials are to endure. If you haven't experienced anything strange, if you haven't suffered through the kind of misery that's hard to explain, why would the immortals choose you? 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 The Day I Was Born, a Qilin Devoured the Sun and the Five Immortals Bowed 我出生当天,麒麟吞日,五仙磕头 When I was born, a qilin swallowed the sun and the Five Immortals bowed their heads. To save me, my grandfather replaced my heart with one belonging to a demon. All these years, I have subdued evil with the qilin and had the Five Immortals at my side, slaying ghosts and gods in the mortal world! 755Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 60 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
- 61 The Founding Ancestor of the Northeast Ma Clan 东北马家开山鼻祖 Legend has it that in the desolate days of Northeast China, bandits ran rampant, and people lived in constant fear. In that harsh, heartbreaking era, no one cared whether others lived or died, and no one spared a thought for the families caught in the chaos. At last, it all came to an end at the hands of a young man from the shamanic clan, who broke the grip of that savage, evil age. No one knew who he was. All they knew was that his actions brought shame upon his people and disgraced his family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 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. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 63 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
- 64 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
- 65 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 This story is also known as The Spirit Medium’s Diary. Little Hu Rong holds incense in her hands, born to take her place in the main hall. Though it was shortly after five on a June morning, the moment she was born, darkness swallowed everything. At seven, she made a mistake that cost the life of a Willow Immortal. Like oil catching fire, it set off a disaster that had been building for years. At eighteen, she fell ill, and a fortune-teller declared: “You were born to make your living as a spiri 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 66 Sun Wuji of the Northeastern Immortal Sect 东北仙门孙无极 The Northeast Ma Xian series: Sun Wuji, a disciple of the Immortal Sect, is born to face a tribulation and is the chosen one. He endures trial after trial, forging a path to invincibility and reaching the supreme pinnacle of the Immortal Sect. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 The Yin-Yang Medium 阴阳女先生 Ever since I was born, the villagers have called me an ill-fated loner. Anyone who stays with me is doomed to bad luck and an early death. My grandmother, a yin-yang medium, defied Heaven to change my fate and keep me alive. Little did she know that this would set me on another road of no return. Cursed, solitary, cold-hearted, and loveless, I am a female yin-yang master. Let me guide you through the yin and yang of this world. 567Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 72 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 73 A Practical Guide to Spirit Mediumship 出马仙实务手札 Dongshan, a former journalist, stumbles by chance into the fantastical world of Northeast China's chuma xian spirit mediums. Is it fate playing a trick, or destiny bringing things together? With an objective pen, he records strange and uncanny events as they really happen. Guaranteed to be true, this is a practical guide to understanding a parallel world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 Spirit Medium: From the Start, I Took Down the Entire Weasel Family 出马:开局掀了黄皮子全家 A yellow weasel began harming people in a remote mountain village, and I was dragged into the incident when I was seven. It became a nightmare that lasted five years. When I was twelve, my mother sent me away from Heigouzi, and I managed to survive. Twelve years later, thinking the nightmare was over, I returned to my hometown. Little did I know, the real horror was only just beginning… 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Disfigured 破相 A mysterious new tenant moves into the apartment above Xu Ying. He leaves early and comes back late every day, sometimes making a terrible racket in the middle of the night. Yet Xu Ying doesn’t seem to mind. Lin Qiao, a young detective, has been haunted for years by the suspicious suicide of his younger sister, Li Wen. His investigation has recently made a breakthrough, but at the same time he has found himself in another predicament. Ten years after Li Wen’s death, another woman’s body is disco 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Fox Bone 狐骨 My name is Gu Yu. The day I was born, red rain fell from the sky, and every fox on the mountain behind our village howled through the night. Every household in the village kept its doors tightly shut. Liu the Blind, the village fortune-teller, told my grandmother that from the moment I was born, I had taken the fox immortal’s bewitching bones. Ten thousand foxes had bowed before me. I was born with an alluring nature, and he told my grandmother to strangle me. On my twentieth birthday, the fox p 350Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 After Inheriting the Family Business, I Want to Quit Every Day 继承祖业后每天都想辞职 {Lighthearted supernatural + mild horror + no romance} After graduating from high school at sixteen, Xia Zhixing inherits the family business. Her life changes completely after she takes it over. After encountering all kinds of demons and monsters and experiencing one bizarre incident after another... Xia Zhixing has just one thought: Mom, I want to quit. I want to go home. 74Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 79 Forbidden Livestream 禁忌直播间 When you open this book, The Forbidden Livestream, you may not believe that its story is based on real events! An allegedly unsolvable horror forum, a hapless programmer crushed by the 996 work schedule, and a third-rate female student detective who considers herself first-rate. What dazzling sparks will fly when all of them come together? Thriller or mystery? Human or supernatural? Be careful! Because from this point on, every step you take will keep you on the edge of your seat! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Codename: Bone Butterfly 代号骨蝶 A young woman's body is pulled from a cold riverbank. The police's preliminary conclusion: accidental drowning. When the victim's twin sister, the sharp and composed forensic pathologist Ye Shuyun, touches the body that looks so much like her own, professional instinct cuts through her grief in an instant: abnormal fluid in the lungs, a hidden needle mark, a missing kidney... This was no accident! The victim was her younger sister, Ye Shuya, an investigative journalist determined to expose socie 16Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 81 My Years as a Spirit Medium, Part 2 我当出马仙的这些年2 A year after the calamity that struck once every thousand years had finally stabilized, who could have guessed that upheaval was quietly brewing in the shadows? As the order of the Heavenly Dao was reshaped, species that should never have existed began appearing in the human world. When a woman nearing the end of her lifespan came to seek help, a ten-year struggle officially began... An evil aura that devours lifespans, descendants of the blood-sucking zombie Jiang Chen, and eight books of curse 126Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 82 The Qilin Boy Sets Out as a Spirit Medium 麒麟童子出马仙 Looking for book reviews! [First-person + mystery and the supernatural + cultivation + comedy] My new work is here. Everyone is welcome to read it, and I hope you'll enjoy it. The main story: The protagonist, Yang Chongwen, is the reincarnation of a fragment of a Qilin's soul. His unusual constitution combines yin and yang, making him the prize everyone fights over among the wandering cultivators of the Northeast. Later, he sets up a spirit altar and deals with all kinds of supernatural incident 718Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 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 A Century-Old Spirit Hall: I’m a Spirit Medium for the New Era 百年老堂口之我是新时代出马仙 When a century-old clan hall joins forces with a young man born in the ’90s, he upholds the idea that a new era calls for a new style, using modern methods to make the old immortals famous far and wide! The story features every kind of feng shui secret art, and all the everyday spells can be put into practice. A heaven-chosen spirit medium, a rice-divining witch, a mountain wanderer, folk sorcerers, the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect? I know them all! Before I became a spirit medium, I was meek and ti 206Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 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
- 86 The King Wen Drum, the King Wu Whip, and the Five-Dragon Flower Staff Summon the Immortal Elder 文王鼓,武王鞭,五龙花杆请老仙 “Cultivate your character deep in the mountains, then emerge from your cave and make your name known across the land.” A year after I began working as a spirit medium, my life took a completely different course. On the sixth day of the sixth month, I took charge of the altar. The old spirits took their seats, but brought a long-buried case to light. An unremarkable woman was haunted by several infant spirits. In the dead of night, the one who said “Hi” to me was actually a paper doll. An old man 1.9kReads8.8Score20014d adds
- 87 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 414Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 88 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
- 89 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
- 90 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
- 91 The Outer Five Immortals Reveal Their Divine Might 外五仙显神威 [Spirit Mediums] [Supernatural Comedy] [Female Lead] [Slow-Burn Beginning] My name is Cui Ling. Ling as in “all things have a spirit.” I was born with an extraordinary destiny, and at eighteen, I became a spirit medium. With all four pillars and eight supports in place, my journey as a spirit medium began. 257Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 As a Spirit Medium’s Disciple, My Wild Immortals Are a Bit Too Powerful 身为出马弟子,我的野仙有点强 The path of a spirit medium is one you should never take. Too many karmic debts cling to you, and it is hard to break free. I stepped onto that path, witnessed countless ups and downs, saw every kind of eerie marvel, savored the shifting tides of human nature, and thirsted for the wickedness of evil spirits. I fell into that strange world, and I am no longer human, nor ghost... 303Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 After Returning in a Borrowed Body, I Eat Ghosts and Tell Fortunes 借尸还魂后,我边吃鬼边算命 [Sort of a rebirth story, returned to life in another body, no romance!!!] Song Le spends every day either beating people up or eating ghosts, earning money while buying chicken legs. When Song Le first came back to life, she was so broke she couldn't even afford a decent chicken leg. She had to tell fortunes to earn enough to eat, but it was ages between customers unlucky enough to encounter a ghost. Then Song Le downloaded a popular video app and saw the screen full of livestream gifts... Song 1.5kReads8.4Score13014d adds
- 94 I Take the Fox Immortal to the Underworld 我带狐仙闯地府 Zhao Xiaosi had no idea that after his grandfather died, he would be dragged to the underworld, where the King of Hell would give him a treasure. Nor did he expect to be swept for no reason into the conflicts of the underworld’s Asura realm. With no other choice, Zhao Xiaosi returned to the mortal world to seek help from various immortals dwelling in the mountains. He joined them in putting an end to the underworld’s fighting, bringing along fox spirits, snake spirits, weasel spirits, and all th 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Grandfather Huang the Immortal 黄仙太爷 After my father killed a weasel spirit, disaster struck our whole family! To save my life, and because of my unusual birth date and time, I had no choice but to become a spirit-medium apprentice, walking between the worlds of yin and yang. I thought I could finally live a happy, peaceful life, but little did I know that a painful, ill-fated relationship was about to begin… 218Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 96 Horse-Riding Immortal: I Am a Ghost Officer of the Underworld 出马仙:我乃阴司鬼差 My new work is here! 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Others Perform Exorcisms, I Take the Stage: I'm Here to Do Things Differently 别人出马我出道,主打一个不一样 (Tales of the Immortals) (Story Sharing) (Popular Science) (Autobiography) I used to be a thoroughgoing atheist. I believed only in what I could see and scoffed at talk of gods and ghosts. Then I started experiencing sleep paralysis again and again, and even the immortals came knocking. That was when I learned that sometimes people only disbelieve because they haven't been pushed to the brink. To survive, I had no choice but to embark on the path of serving the immortals. But the deeper I got in 513Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 98 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 315Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 99 Immortal Fate, Ghostly Body 仙命鬼身 When I was born, the sun rose at midnight. The darkness faded, and purple clouds appeared on the horizon. My grandfather said it was an omen of an emperor, and that I was destined for wealth and honor. But on my sixteenth birthday, daylight never came. Countless evil spirits came knocking, and everyone in my family died except me! After my family was buried, an unexpected guest came calling again. From him, I learned that I was no ordinary person. I was born under the Queen Mother's fate, with a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 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

















































