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- 1 Master of Feng Shui 风水天师 I was supposed to be stillborn, but my grandfather defied fate to save me. In doing so, he also left me with a fatal calamity... 2kReads6.8Score10314d adds
- 2 The Green Satchel Guide to Physiognomy 青囊相经 Five years ago, the Zhou family was wiped out over the Qing Nang Scripture, left behind by the Western Han physician Hua Tuo. Zhou Qing's grandfather was even robbed of his grave. Few people know, though, that along with the medical classic, there is another book: the Qing Nang Manual of Physiognomy. The former grants mastery of medicine, while the latter makes its possessor the supreme authority in the mystic arts! The five arts of mysticism are geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and div 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Dragon-Aspect Feng Shui Master 龙相风水师 Feng shui and geomancy can turn Heaven and Earth upside down; the art of reading people can calculate one's past and present lives. Yet my grandfather told me that fortune-tellers rarely come to a good end... 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Peerless Demon Emperor 绝品妖帝 A good-for-nothing who can’t sense battle qi learns of his half-demon heritage while burying his father. He obtains an ancestral divine artifact from the Bonewing Netherwolf clan, overlords of the Demon Realm, and from then on sets out on the path to becoming a powerhouse. 1kReads5.7Score—14d adds
- 5 A ’70s Housewife Unexpectedly Becomes a Spirit Medium! 一个70后家庭妇女竟然出马了！ An ordinary housewife steps out of her chaotic life with her child and into the mystical world of spirit mediumship. She opens the door to a whole new world. The author draws on her own experiences, sharing knowledge of spirit mediumship that she has understood and compiled herself. Some events in the story are fictionalized or exaggerated as needed. Part of the material is drawn from the internet. Please do not imitate anything in the story in real life. All names are pseudonyms. I hope we can 161Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 6 Talismans Rule the World, Magic Breaks the Three Rivers 符行天下，法破三川 My name is Li Guangjun, a folk Taoist priest of the Lushan School. When I was thirteen, my dad tried to seal off my path to the gods and keep me away from this dangerous line of work where either you die or I do. But I was born with a spirit-medium fate, and there was no escaping it. The deity that accompanied me drove me nearly mad, so my dad had no choice but to accept my fate and pass down his teachings. Seven years of study taught me the arts. It was every bit as tedious as it sounds. But my 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 7 A Feng Shui Master’s Notebook 一位风水师的笔记 What art of yin and yang is most wondrous and divine? The tortoise bears the Heaven-reaching Water Classic. Who can foresee the nobleman's door giving birth to starving corpses, and teach a poor scholar to rise to high office? What is born responds to Heaven and Earth, to Qian and Zhen; fortune and misfortune never err, and gods and ghosts stand in awe. The earth's forms and the stars of heaven are linked and transformed. How many understand the wondrous secret among them? 6.3kReads7.4Score45614d adds
- 8 My Years as a Fortune-Teller 我当算命先生的那些年 [A True Account of the Secrets of Fate Reading] Ordinary people have all sorts of names for what I do. Some call me a master, some a fortune-teller, and others a charlatan or a con artist. My line of work is both respected and despised. Over time, I've grown a thicker skin. In the end, it's just how I make a living. But the longer I've been in this business, the more I've come to feel that things aren't so simple... First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth, good deeds and virtue; f 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Thatched Cottage 草堂 [Supernatural! If it won’t listen, fight it! Decisive and ruthless! Lighthearted and hilarious] A piece of empty red cloth… One strange, suspenseful supernatural tale after another… I have a spell that can subdue spirits and slay demons! I have a technique that can drive out ghosts and vanquish fiends! I have companions who’ll brave life and death with me! Come along and follow me on a legendary journey that blurs the line between truth and illusion… Enough talk. Let’s get started…! 3! 2! 1! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Taoist Name Is Juejuezi 我的道号绝绝子 [Urban setting + traditional supernatural folklore + ghost hunting and treasure seeking] My family has been yin-yang masters for generations, and for just as long we've been plagued by an evil curse. So before I was even born, my family had prepared a small coffin made of paulownia wood for me. But I was born under the fate of a cursed loner, with a life force too strong to die easily! That little coffin grew moldy, sprouted fungus, and was eaten by worms, but I never needed it. To change my 539Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 11 My Wife Is a Ghost Constable 我的老婆是阴差 I saw a little ad about a rich woman looking for a man to father her child, and it left me completely shaken. Now she won’t stop pestering me, claiming she’s pregnant with my baby. What am I supposed to do? 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Grandpa Tells Me Ghost Stories 爷爷给我讲鬼故事 Child, are you really sure you want to hear it? Grandpa doesn't know any other stories. All I know are old tales from ages ago, and I'm afraid they'll scare a little kid like you. I really want to hear them, Grandpa. I'm not scared, so go on... All right, then. How about I tell you one every day from now on? Haha, if you're not scared, then Grandpa will tell you one every day. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Deliver Takeout and Read Fortunes on the Side: The Whole Neighborhood Has Gone Crazy 送外卖顺便算卦，全小区都疯了 By day, Lin San was a fast-paced food delivery rider. By night, he changed into a long robe and became a fortune-teller. Once, while making a delivery, he casually told a customer that their luck was about to turn. That very night, the customer won the lottery! The news spread through the neighborhood like wildfire. Residents flocked to him, some seeking love, others asking about their futures. Just as everyone was caught up in the fortune-telling craze, bizarre incidents began happening one af 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 War Venerable Shouji 战尊守纪 On the Star Continent, kingdoms hold sway and sects stand everywhere. The myriad races vie for supremacy, and cultivators strive to become the strongest. Beneath the vast heavens, who can reach the summit and claim the title of Ancestor? 583Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 15 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Folk Tales of the Supernatural and Suspense 民间灵异悬疑短故事 One story per chapter. Told from the protagonist's first-person perspective, each tale takes you into a new world of the supernatural, filled with folk taboos and paranormal phenomena. Welcome to the scene... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Feng Shui Master's Guide to the Human Condition 风水师之人间百态 Wei Yuan's name is like the most mysterious star in the night sky of the feng shui world. He is a traveler between the realms of yin and yang. With a compass in hand, he can determine the forces of the world, and his piercing gaze can discern good from evil. Behind the glittering cityscape, Wei Yuan searches for feng shui secrets buried by time. From the luxurious villas of the wealthy, hiding deadly curses, to the tangled grudges and fated tragedies passed down through ordinary families, he ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Feng Shui Master's Search for Dragon Veins and Auspicious Sites 风水师之寻龙点穴 Feng shui and yin-yang can affect anything from an individual's fortune to the fate of all people, and even the rise and fall of the nation... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Practicing Feng Shui in the Government 我在体制内玩风水 After failing the civil service exam, university graduate Lin Yu lands a job as a village official in Hongya Town through a twist of fate. There, he meets the mysterious Uncle Lin and learns some basic feng shui formations, then uses them to make his way through the political world. But power seems even more formidable than feng shui and magic. Lin Yu grows steadily along the way, rising from village official to leader of an entire region, and eventually... Politics plus feng shui and magic, wit 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Fortune-Telling in One Hand, Strategy in the Other 左手占卜，右手谋略 A modern urban strategy novel. With divination as his aid, Mo Ziyang makes money in the city, wins the hearts of several beautiful women, and ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life. 154Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 21 Reading Qi in the Imperial Court 气观庙堂 Back then, the roads were still dirt tracks, and there were no big trees along the streets. All you could see was a crowd of children running under the blazing sun, kicking up clouds of dust that mingled with their sweat. After that day, my life was never the same. It has been exactly sixteen years since I first encountered the supernatural. I’ve witnessed the genuine spirit-medium traditions of the Northeast and visited shrines worshiped in other parts of the country. I’ve seen the wondrous cor 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Yun Che: A Fortune-Teller’s Rules 云澈：算命先生的规矩 Yun Che: The Fortuneteller's Rules —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Master of Yin-Yang and Feng Shui 阴阳风水天师 [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Mysticism] [Battles of the Occult] [Bickering Couple] My name is Chen Jiuyou. My master gave me that name. He said I was born in the underworld hour of the ninth month, on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour. My entire Eight Characters birth chart was yin, making me a natural “coffin-born child.” The day I was born, my mother bled to death, my father went mad and threw himself down a well, and the midwife who delivered me went home and died suddenly, bleeding 1.8kReads6.2Score12714d adds
- 24 The All-Around Feng Shui Master 全职风水师 I'm an ordinary feng shui master. Over the years, I've traveled to many places and witnessed some strange things: vengeful spirits and wicked ghosts, bizarre feng shui formations, spirit mediums, Miaojiang witchcraft, the secret arts of curse magic... 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Years Studying Feng Shui 我学风水那些年 After I unexpectedly saw a ghost, I learned feng shui and exorcism. A story about roaming the streets and dealing with all kinds of supernatural beings, feng shui problems, and strange events! A beginner’s textbook on the occult, taking you on a tour of a different world. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Mystic from a Humble Family: The Xuan Tie Token Returns to the Martial World 寒门玄师：玄铁令再现江湖 Deep in the mountains of Liaodong, a young man returns home to share the news that he has been admitted to a top university, only to find his grandfather under attack by old enemies. With his dying breath, his grandfather reveals the secrets of the young man's origins. Bearing a blood feud, Chen Mo takes the Secret Manual of the Xuan Sect and a black iron ring into the mortal world. He keeps his abilities hidden, conceals his identity, cultivates virtue, and endures eighty-one trials. At last, h 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Heir to the Qingcheng Sect 青城派传人 My grandfather was a Daoist priest of the Qingcheng Sect. When he was young, he helped the people by vanquishing demons and dealing with all sorts of feng shui problems. Once, while passing a farmhouse, he skinned a weasel spirit to restore a child’s vitality, offending the Yellow Immortal. To get revenge on my grandfather, the weasel spirit placed a curse on me that made me wish I were dead! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Fanatic of the Occult: My Good Fortune Comes from Dark Cultivation 玄学狂徒，人生好运靠邪修 [Metaphysics + Divination + Changing One’s Luck + Cunning + Fun + Technical + Practical] He Xiaoyi just wants to be an ordinary, handsome college student. But ever since he learned the weird metaphysics his grandfather left behind, his everyday life has gone completely off the rails. Scene One: His roommate gets dumped and sobs his heart out on the rooftop. I secretly use a “Peach Blossom Luck Charm,” hoping he’ll turn a corner and find love. The result: he rounds the corner and runs into the mu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Feng Shui Helped Me Reach the Pinnacle of Life 风水助我走上人生巅峰 [Changing your fate with feng shui, real-life feng shui, dispelling evil with feng shui, practical feng shui, making money with feng shui, feng shui helps me find a girlfriend] The day the gaokao results came out, Li Chengfeng didn't even make the cutoff for a junior college. On his way to find a job, he met an old man who taught him feng shui and changed his fate... 41.9kReads7.3Score3.1k14d adds
- 30 The Grandmaster of Feng Shui 风水祖师 Li Yunfei has had a special talent and interest in feng shui since childhood. By chance, he discovers mysterious feng shui ruins in a mountain cave, setting him on the path of exploring the art. He leaves his hometown and follows his master, Xuan Feng, to study feng shui in depth. Through grueling training and practical experience, he steadily builds up his knowledge and expertise. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My Comeback: From Intern to Feng Shui Master 我的逆袭之路从实习生到风水大佬 From the start, he digs up a coffin, and his life takes off. A construction worker who's been laid off three times uses metaphysics to take down the entire workplace. He battles villains, alters dragon veins, and pursues the campus belle, turning from a nobody into a rich son-in-law. This is real-world metaphysics in action: read the fortunes in a birth chart, boost wealth with Feng Shui at home, use Qimen Dunjia to divine marriage and arrange a literary success formation, and use Plum Blossom N 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Three Thousand Paths of the Weird: Starting by Rejecting My Gentle Homeroom Teacher 诡道三千，从拒绝温柔班导开始 There are two things crooked practitioners love most: stealing other people’s fortune, and scheming to live forever! Zhang Sanqian had only just started college when he encountered ghosts and humans together, corpses leaping from rooftops, and a ghost raising corpses. He thought it was just some evil spirit causing trouble. He never imagined his own homeroom teacher was plotting to live forever. A hundred lives sacrificed for one person to attain immortality. As Zhang Sanqian dealt with these in 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Legacy of Bazi 八字传承 Explore the Profound World of Classical Destiny Studies In the long river of ancient wisdom, the study of destiny shines with a unique light, like a mysterious and radiant star. Today, we sincerely recommend a collection for studying destiny, bringing together several classic works. As a foundational work of Four Pillars destiny studies, Yuan Hai Zi Ping established a precise system of interpretation centered on the day pillar. San Ming Tong Hui draws widely from many sources, a vast treasury 900Reads6.5Score17514d adds
- 34 Folk Tales of Feng Shui and the Supernatural 民间风水怪谈 Curse Arts + Maoshan Arts + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Folk Arcane Arts + Gu Techniques Feng shui affects everyone’s health, fortune, romance, family, and career. Want great fortune and riches? Want to become the richest person around? Want your children and grandchildren gathered around you? Want to become famous overnight? Want a beautiful companion by your side? If so, open to the first page and keep reading… 16.8kReads7.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 35 Master of Gods and Ghosts 神鬼相师 University student Jiang Hao unexpectedly inherits his ancestor’s legacy. Feng Shui can change fate, the art of destiny can reveal one’s life, money can be used to divine the future, and the Six Lines can calculate all things under heaven. Prayers and exorcisms, Qimen Dunjia, and all manner of mysteries are contained within the Eightfold Formation of Gods and Ghosts. So what if he is widowed, bereaved, lonely, or destitute? He will defy fate and swear to win the beauty of his dreams! 274Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 36 The Complete Guide to Taoism 道教知识大全 Taoism is a traditional religion that originated in China. With a long history, it is profound and far-reaching. Its central belief is the Dao, which it regards as the source and essence of all things in the universe: a mysterious force that existed before heaven and earth, is eternal, and operates independently. Taoism has a rich body of canonical works. The Tao Te Ching, written by Laozi, is its foundational text. Though only five thousand words long, it contains profound philosophical ideas. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Paranormal Files 灵异档案 In a strange era, strange events unfold across the country: ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters, yin beings, zombies, and all manner of evil spirits and monsters. A series of major supernatural incidents will be brought before you. 518Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 38 The Coffin Bride 棺妻 My name is Li Guan. Li as in the character for plum, and Guan as in coffin. When I was fourteen, I dreamed of a purple coffin. A beautiful woman lay inside. She opened her eyes and told me she was my wife, and that she'd kill me if I married anyone else! She told me to wait for her. On my eighteenth birthday, she really came... When the purple coffin crossed my threshold, the world's shackles broke, revealing the first mysterious glimpse of an entirely new and fantastical world... 373Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 39 Heavenly Demon-Suppressing Master 镇魔天师 My family has always worked for the powerful. By my generation, Grandpa wanted me to live a different kind of life... And what happened? The sinister Seven Stars of Yin Mountain, a blood-soul spinning top jerked into motion by a little ghost, the White Lotus Holy Mother reborn through body possession, the debauched Black-Robed Dragon King, an ancient Western Zhou cauldron teeming with vengeful spirits, and a sinister Taoist who uses souls to form an array... I've been through so much over the ye 390Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 40 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 13Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 41 The Maoshan Outcast 茅山弃徒 On a snowy night fifteen years ago, an eight-year-old child went up to Maoshan. Fifteen years later, the child had grown into a young man whose Taoist arts were perfected and who was invincible under heaven. Yet the world accused him of betraying his master and murdering countless people. Even the master who had treated him like his own son had died at his hands. Cast out of the Maoshan Orthodox Sect, no one knew what he intended to do. He wandered the world, moving among the most mysterious cro 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Transmigrating to the Strange Affairs Office as a Taoist Priest 穿越到异世镇抚司做道士 He transmigrated to another world and became a Daoist priest. He cultivates qi instead of immortality? Exorcising demons and vanquishing fiends is one thing, but now the priest has to solve cases too? The world is such a mess, and Lü Ergou just wants to be a security guard. This time, though, he’s guarding something rather grand: a bright and peaceful world, a realm free of corruption, and peace for all under heaven... 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Seeking Freedom and Ease Within and Beyond the Book of Changes 说易里易外寻自由自在 Why has the Book of Changes, a work of metaphysics originally centered on divination, become the foremost of the Six Classics, the source of the Great Way, and a classic of Chinese learning? It is not because its divination is peerlessly accurate, nor because its obscure language is intimidating. Its standing is chiefly thanks to its profound philosophical wisdom and principles of operation. From applying the idea of “harmony between humanity and nature” to ecological governance, to the names an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Great Tang: Conquering the Dynasty with the Art of Qimen 大唐：奇门之术闯大唐 Wang Xiu learned the arts of the strange gates from his grandfather, including a range of divination techniques for predicting fortune and misfortune, and clear or rainy weather. While searching through his grandfather's room, he found a fragment of the Qimen Dunjia manual. When he opened it, he unexpectedly entered the Tang Dynasty and became the young lord of the Eighteen Riders of Yan Yun. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Daoist Healer 道医 [A new work by a top web-fiction author] [The hottest urban cultivation classic of 2021] Young Ye Yan embarks on the path of cultivation because of an ancient book, and his life becomes extraordinary from that point on. With Daoist talismans in one hand, he defies fate; with medical skills in the other, he reverses life and death. He lives freely in the city. After one bizarre adventure after another, from exploring hidden treasures by night to sipping tea and trading blows, and drifting undergr 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命：驱邪看相妥妥的！ [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I Rise to Godhood Through Face-Slapping 我靠打脸封神 [Urban + System + Supernatural] Mu Rong Feng, the chief disciple of Maoshan, can't even perform the most basic Taoist magic? Don't worry. He's just been using it the wrong way. The Face-Slapping System is the ultimate key. When enemies and ghosts stick their faces right in front of you, should you slap them? Absolutely. Slap them hard! Not only will it leave you feeling refreshed, it will also earn you redemption points from the System. Redeem them for everyday skills, supreme Taoist arts, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 True Tales of Everyday Mysticism 生活玄学实录 [A Feng Shui Novel You Can Really Put into Practice] Written by a professional feng shui master with over twenty years of experience, this book weaves real cases he personally encountered or researched into one gripping story after another. Feng shui and destiny analysis aren't superstition. They are the crystallized wisdom of the ancients, who understood the patterns of heaven and earth. 56Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 49 The Timid One's Immortal Cultivation Tale 怂人修仙传 In his previous life, he was a cowardly beggar who got beaten to death for running his mouth. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, he barely scrapes by as the lowest-ranking servant disciple in the Shocking Heaven Sect. Hell from the start. He retains his old gift for cowardly, venomous insults, and gains an even more timid streak in this new world. Whenever trouble arises, he drops to his knees. His trash talk is unbeatable: just a few words are enough to set someone off and earn him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Six-Line Diviner 六爻预测师 Will You Read the Novel I Wrote? Lyrics and music: Yang Zhanling I wrote a novel, filled with all my joy and sorrow, a life that rushed by over half a century. Will you read it? I wrote a novel, with losses and gains along the years, the ups and downs, the warmth and cold of this mortal world. Do you like it? I wrote a novel, whose pages are filled with ordinary people, meeting in this dreamlike world, and traveling the long river of life. I wrote a novel, that might have you in it, and me to 140Reads—Score—14d adds
