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- 101 Reborn in the 1980s: A Female Spirit Medium Builds a Temple for the Five Immortals 重生八零：女出马仙建了个五仙庙 The ratings have just come in, and they'll slowly climb. [Period setting + rural life + Northeast China's Five Immortals + family squabbles + women fighting] Pure feel-good escapism. Ma Yumei wakes from a nightmare to find herself in the familiar, shabby house. The joy of being reborn and her hatred for her past life mingle in her heart. She silently vows that this time, she won't be a pushover for anyone to bully. Those who wronged her will pay! Family shame should stay private? Pah! The whole 2.1kReads8.8Score26314d adds
- 102 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Grandma’s Ghost Stories 听奶奶讲灵异故事 I was raised by my grandmother. The bedtime stories I heard as a child were all supernatural events she had experienced herself. They scared me so badly I was afraid to go to the bathroom, but I could never resist listening to the end. What I didn't know was that the more stories I heard, the more likely they were to come true, and that I had plenty of secrets of my own. 146Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 104 The Daoheart’s Journey 道心征途 (This novel focuses primarily on horror, the supernatural, and suspense. It isn't mindless, it isn't about cultivating immortality, and the story is tightly connected. The early chapters lay the groundwork, and there are many genuinely frightening scenes. If you don't like it, feel free to say so in the comments!) My master said there are only two principles to being a Taoist priest. First: Never put off revenge until tomorrow. Let it fester in your heart, and it will throw your Daoist mind into 7Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 105 Strange Tales from Western Hunan 西湘散异 Historical fantasy: When things are hard to speak of, let strange tales record them; when people are not of our kind, seek out the spirits anew. To outsiders, the most mysterious thing about Xixiang is surely corpse-driving. But beyond that, there are also uncanny tales and legends about praying for rain, Zhuyou rituals, dragons and snakes, mirrors, and more. Even carpenters who make coffins can determine life and death with a single swing of their axes. Through these stories, Chen Jun discovere 10Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 106 The Taboos of Moving a Grave: I’m Forced to Be a Dead Man’s Best Man 迁坟禁忌，我被迫给死人当伴郎 Inside a brightly decorated hall, I was serving as best man to a corpse. After that, I went through all kinds of bizarre events... The dead kept sending me gifts I couldn't get rid of. A dried corpse murder case that claimed three lives in a single day. The undead patrolling a wilderness graveyard. A pale child who nailed himself inside a coffin. And the thatched hut that stole people's lifespans. To understand what started this endless string of events, we have to go back to the part-time job I 34Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 107 Tales of Feng Shui and Tombs 风水墓事 My name is Gu Xiaochuan! I went to move a woman’s grave, and then… 8.6kReads8.7Score83814d adds
- 108 Chronicles of Ghostly Encounters 遇鬼纪 I’m not a professional writer. A few years ago, I started writing things down on a whim, simply because I wanted to record what was happening around me, and somehow ended up writing quite a lot. I also tried to pursue writing as a career, but honestly, aside from recording or adapting real events, writing is difficult for me. After thinking it over, I decided I wanted to return to my original purpose. Maybe I’m not much of a storyteller, but I really enjoy sharing and talking with people, especi 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Spirit Medium of the Three Realms 三界通灵人 From spirit medium to spiritual cultivator to primordial spirit, I slowly unveil the mystery. Born with an extraordinary destiny, I endured trial after trial. A strip of red cloth, three chi and three cun long; the elders of the clan and the old spirits of the mountain. My grandmother was a famous village shaman, and the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Porcupine, and Python spirits accompanied me, making me a medium between yin and yang. I roam the Three Realms, helping people avert disaster and driving out 289Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Folk Horror Taboos 民间恐怖禁忌 Do you know the stories old people tell? Do you know there are many things in folk tradition that people say must not be spoken of? Do you know what the elders say about dreams? The elders say there are things you mustn't talk about at night. Did you know that? 126Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 111 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 406Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 113 I Said I Could Catch Ghosts, but Nobody Believed Me 我说我会抓鬼，他们都不信 [Mystery + Supernatural + Taoist Magic + Female Lead + Light Comedy] Hundreds of little ghosts trapped beneath a building, immortals seeking refuge in the underworld, ghost stories on campus, hordes of zombies lining up, demons and monsters lurking in the night, and people coming up from the underworld! On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of hell swing wide. A hundred ghosts roam through the night and emerge at dawn, while a Celestial Master descends the mountain to subdue demon 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Witch Seeks the Veins and Calms the Soul 巫师寻脉镇魂 A man in a red robe isn't necessarily a groom. He might be a shaman, known as a Duangong. The protagonist, Liu Chunqiu, is the youngest shaman in southwestern Hubei. Other people wear red to marry. He wears red to drive out ghosts. Other people pray to Buddha and beseech the gods. He invites the gods to possess him. His master asks him to find and recover the lost lineage of shamanic arts. From then on, the protagonist performs Duangong rites day and night to heal the sick and ward off evil, and 122Reads—Score1114d adds
- 115 My Years as a Spirit Medium's Apprentice 我当出马弟子那几年 Hello, everyone. I'm a spirit medium from Shandong. The main reason I'm writing this book is, first, to record my experiences. Whether it becomes popular or not, I want to preserve my memories and my life story! Second, I hope the book will help people understand spirit mediumship. In recent years, certain people with bad intentions have given it a terrible reputation. So I'm writing about my own experiences to help clear its name! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 308Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Sewing Yin Corpses, Suppressing Ghostly Calamities 缝阴尸，镇鬼祸 [Six Lines and Eight Trigrams, Soul Banners and Sacrificial Rites] Humans have three souls and seven spirits; ghosts have obsessions from the Nine Hells and the karmic flames of the Five Aggregates. But ever since I was born, I have been missing my [Earth Soul]. I’ve dealt with corpses since I was little. Other children played with colorful building blocks, fluffy stuffed animals, and little tin cars that could run. My toys were one battered corpse after another. Qimen Dunjia, puppetry that mani 844Reads6.7Score10114d adds
- 118 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. 415Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 119 Demons of the Northern Mountain 北山有妖 When I was twenty, someone killed me. My killer dumped my body at Beishan, a thousand miles away… 2kReads7.5Score24314d adds
- 120 My Wife Is the Asura King 我的老婆是修罗王 Enter a ghost marriage, command a hundred ghosts, recruit ten thousand immortals, return to Yuxu... A new disciple’s “Madman’s Diary” 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Ghost-Hunting Yin-Yang Master 捉鬼阴阳师 On the day I was born, the clear sky suddenly filled with lightning and thunder. A bolt struck a tree in our yard, and everyone in the village decided my birth was an ill omen. They all kept their distance. One villager accidentally offended me, and that night he mysteriously hanged himself. The body could only be taken down if someone knelt before me. On the day of his funeral, his brother died a violent death and the coffin fell to the ground. That was how the whole story began… 214Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 124 Grandma's Yin-Yang Notes 2 奶奶的阴阳笔记2 Mystery and the Supernatural + Copper Coins to Find the Way + Paper Effigies That Hear the Dead + Locust Wood to Bind Souls I work as a temporary hire at the Special Investigations Bureau in the Dragon Kingdom. I’ve seen madmen capable of rewriting fate. That day, a gigantic black hand came crashing down and the air froze. I thought I was as good as dead. But my mother burst out like a streak of red lightning. In the look she gave me over her shoulder, I saw reluctance, concern, and a fierce re 205Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 125 The City's Supreme Wizard Immortal 都市极品巫仙 [Four Pillars of Destiny + Feng Shui + I Ching + Family Witchcraft + Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism] Qian Yi was born with a perfectly Yang Four Pillars chart, with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches identical in his year, month, day, and hour pillars. A one-in-ten-thousand rarity. He bears the mission of carrying on an ancient tradition of witchcraft, and must find a girl with a perfectly Yin chart whose four pillars are all identical so he can find a partner. Only by joining Yin and Y 467Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score13914d adds
- 128 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 325Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 247Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 131 Not a Daoist Priest, but a Mage 不是道士是法师 Beat the drum and swing the whip. With a shiver, I emerge from the mountains. I open my mouth and speak like a human: I'm the half-mad Li Xiaoxian! Ever since I was born, bad luck has followed me everywhere. I've nearly died time and again. To fight against the fate laid out for me, I believed in the Lord, recited Buddhist scriptures, and even worked at a wholesale market. But Heaven played a cruel joke on me. Misfortune kept piling up until I became completely dazed and unhinged. Desperate to g 384Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 132 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score22714d adds
- 133 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 377Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 134 The Village Guardian Ghost 护村鬼 Ghosts often haunt Ronggu Village, but the villagers themselves are not afraid. They say the ghosts are protectors of the village and would never harm its people. In fact, they protect them. Outsiders, however, are afraid, especially those who know they have a guilty conscience. That is why outsiders rarely dare to spend the night in Ronggu Village. So what exactly are these guardian ghosts like? Why are they called the village’s protectors? Let me tell you the story. 35Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 135 Studying Neutrinos at the Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆研究中微子 ❎ Not for the faint of heart! Five-star horror rating. I’m a college student. To ease the burden on my family, I decided to find a part-time job near campus. By chance, I spotted a faded advertisement on a utility pole nearby. The job was keeping night watch at a funeral home, and the pay was great, so I took it. On my first day, the manager told me three bizarre rules for the funeral home’s night shift: I’d be the only one working overnight; never open the door for strangers; and never get invo 16.7kReads7.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 136 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 494Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 137 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Golden Bait Project 黄金鱼饵计划 [Modern mystery, dark crime, twist-filled power fantasy] Cornered with no way out, he came up with a plan: the Golden Fish Bait scheme. He deliberately posted huge amounts of fake gold online, posing as a wealthy recluse to lure greedy thieves to his door. He set up layers of mechanisms, surveillance cameras, and traps in advance, hoping to take the thieves down and get the money he needed to save his life. But once the hunters took the bait, everything spiraled out of control. The intruders wer 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Never Go to the Old House 千万不要去古宅 Na Ling and Bao Datong were looking for a thrill, so they drove around robbing old houses. One day, they came across a photo of Fengmen Village online and went there to steal a Grand Tutor's chair. They sold it to Li Wei, a chamber of commerce boss, but because the chair was haunted, he resold it to the speculator Meng Guozhao. During the handoff, Na Ling secretly kept the jade marrow hidden inside the chair. After leaving Fengmen Village, Na Ling traveled to Anhui, where he stumbled upon the an 8.1kReads8.6Score23514d adds
- 140 Game Invasion: From the Start, I’m Sent to Kill the Boss 游戏入侵：开局让我去干BOOS [Game Invasion] [Fourth Calamity] [Xuanhuan] [Invincible Water Cultivator] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Many Beautiful Women] [This story has an absolutely huge, slightly crazy premise. The protagonist is at the top and lives lavishly. The first few chapters are just setup, but it won't take long. To all you handsome and beautiful readers! It gets good starting from Chapter 8. You can start there and read the earlier chapters afterward without missing anything. It only gets better as the story goes on 1.5kReads—Score27214d adds
- 141 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Book of Feng Shui and the Mystical Arts 玄学风水录 Adventures in Modern Feng Shui is adapted from the true experiences of Li Chengxuan, a modern feng shui master. It offers the most up-to-date and down-to-earth account of feng shui in the city, reflecting people's contemporary fascination with the subject. Through varied settings and feng shui incidents, it answers people's questions about the practice. It also records practical methods and techniques, letting readers learn more about feng shui through gripping stories. This is truly an account 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Northeast Spirit Medium 东北出马仙 [Rural life + folk legends + strange tales + horror + Northeastern China + adventure + crime and deduction + solving cases] [A police officer with a special constitution × a shaman grandmother: an ensemble mystery-solving tale as they team up to uncover the secrets of spirit mediums!] Northeastern China is the birthplace of shamanism and a thriving home to spirit mediums, including the Fox, Weasel, Hedgehog, Snake, and Rat spirits. Since ancient times, it has been full of people with extraordina 3.1kReads9.3Score15314d adds
- 144 A Complete Guide to the Six Yao and Eight Trigrams 六爻八卦一点通 A Quick Guide to the Six Lines and Eight Trigrams Are you fascinated by the mysterious Eight Trigrams and Six Lines, but find ancient texts obscure and technical terms hard to understand? This book is designed especially for complete beginners. With the goal of making the material easy to learn and understand at a glance, it uses everyday language, abundant examples, and original learning methods to guide you into Six Lines divination with ease. Its 300,000 words of systematic instruction will h 2.3kReads7.2Score57914d adds
- 145 A Lottery Whiz Goes Undercover, Catching Crooks and Making Money 彩票高手当卧底，既抓坏人又赚钱 He’s an informant. You know what an informant is? Someone who provides the police with information. He roams the underworld and is no slouch in a fight, but to outsiders, he seems like an ordinary guy. He can predict lottery numbers and get into brawls. He can drive all kinds of vehicles, often makes little mistakes, and is frequently hauled into the local police station. But his true identity remains a mystery... 1.8kReads9.2Score32614d adds
- 146 The Years of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子的时光 Everything that happens in this book is based on my own real experiences, with a touch of fantasy added! There's some popular science in here, too! I hope you enjoy it! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事 [Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered. 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 148 The Spirit Medium's Stories: Me and My Clients! 出马儿之我和缘主的那些事儿！ A girl who grew up in a small village experiences all kinds of hardships and amusing encounters with the people who come to her for help! Stories about my spirit-medium work and clients getting scammed. I'm looking for stories to use! Anyone with a good story is welcome to share a true one with me! 402Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score39914d adds
