Novels like Divining Fate from the Eight Characters
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- 101 The Feng Shui Clinic 风水医馆 Lin Feng, a brash young man with a formal education in traditional Chinese medicine, takes over his grandfather's “Feng Shui Clinic.” He's well-grounded in Chinese medicine and knows a little feng shui. He expects to spend his days guarding a run-down shop and barely scraping by, but to his surprise, his family's inherited “feng shui acupuncture” technique helps him make a name for himself. He reads feng shui and unblocks meridians, treating the body while changing people's fortunes. With Chines 800Reads—Score139Shelves
- 102 The Day AI Laid Me Off, the Half-Immortal Came Online AI裁我那天，半仙上线了 (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no brainless plot. Read with care if any of that bothers you.) My name is Su Yan. I’m a wage slave who was laid off by AI. On the first day of my fortune-telling livestream, someone hacked my prediction System. Using my voice, someone “predicted” the death of a powerful tycoon with uncanny accuracy. To find the real culprit, I snuck into the dead man’s mansion, only to get caught up in a 72-hour deadly inheritance game. Every deat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Fortune-Teller's Stall on Old Street: One Look Reveals Your Fortune and Misfortune 老街摆摊相师，一眼断祸福 Protagonist: Chen Qingxuan, a fortune-teller who lives in seclusion and sets up a stall on the old street of a small town. Calm and steady, he has an uncanny eye for people and understands feng shui, physiognomy, and karmic cause and effect. He is kindhearted and never charges the poor. 404Reads—Score105Shelves
- 104 The Gods' Downgrade Game 神明降级游戏 In 2026, an unknown advanced civilization arrived on Earth. Rather than invade directly, they dragged the planet into a brutal trial called The Divine Demotion Game. Humanity was forcibly assigned various “divine offices” and “fates,” such as war, wisdom, life, and void. Everyone had to complete absurd “divine-level KPIs” to maintain their divinity, or face “dimensional erasure.” The entire world was plunged into the absurd anxiety of digital survival. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Record of Civil Law Inheritance 民法传承录 The wise sayings of old teach you earnestly. Gather rhymes and expand your knowledge; see and hear more. To understand the present, look to the past: without the past, there can be no present. Pass these teachings down and use them to enlighten the world. Take whatever you wish from all I have learned in my lifetime. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Feng Shui for Beginners 零基础学习风水 My name is Chen Ping'an... Understand this novel, and your destiny will change forever... Even complete beginners can learn simple, practical feng shui secrets... If you want to change something in your life, you really should give it a read! 224Reads7.0Score187Shelves
- 107 The Legend of Huangtan Cave 黄檀洞传说 The Legend of Huangtan Cave —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Folk Secret Spells 民间秘咒 [This book presents the classical Chinese text alongside its translation, for the appreciation of all fellow enthusiasts.] …The folk secret incantation, also known as “The Thirteen Ancient Moxibustion Incantations,” is said to have been entrusted by Patriarch Chen Tuan to a guardian in his final moments. After escaping danger, the guardian searched for someone to pass it on to, but found no one. The sole surviving copy was later kept by the Jiang family of Donglai. During the compilation of the 235Reads—Score189Shelves
- 109 The Secrets of Qimen Fengshui 奇门风水秘术 Li Dingfeng learns his family's ancestral art of feng shui, mastering both landform and qi analysis. At a glance, he can read the terrain and water; with a gesture, he can tell fortune from misfortune. He only wants to live in peace, but one strange incident after another finds him, from the harmful influence of a shop's sharp corner to a sinister formation haunting an old family home. As one mysterious feng shui case after another comes to light, grudges buried for years resurface. He journeys 7.8kReads8.7Score675Shelves
- 110 The True Lord Xu Xun's Tale: When One Attains the Dao, Even Their Chickens and Dogs Ascend 一人得道鸡犬升天许逊真君传 Xu Xun (239–374), courtesy name Jingzhi, was a renowned Daoist figure of the Eastern Jin dynasty. He is honored as “Perfect Lord Xu” or “Xu Jingyang.” He founded the Pure Brightness school of Daoism and is counted alongside Zhang Daoling, Ge Xuan, and Sa Shoujian as one of the “Four Great Celestial Masters of Daoism.” The saying “When one person attains the Dao, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven” refers to him. He lived to the age of 136. This book is adapted from the Perfect Lord’s 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 The Cage of Despair 牢笼困境 Trapped in a Cage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Love at Jiahe Wanggang 嘉禾望岗之恋 Love at Jiahe Wanggang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Beneath the Mystic Eyes: The Fake Heiress's Livestream Revenge 玄瞳之下：假千金的直播复仇录 [Fortune-Telling Livestream + Strange Folk Tales + Occult Arts Run Amok + The Dark Side of Human Nature + Traditional Feng Shui and Physiognomy Showdowns] “Everyone thought Chen Mo was just a lawyer. Then he brought home a battered fake heiress who'd been thrown out by her family, a girl with a mystical pupil in one eye, and his life was thrust into an entirely different supernatural world, teeming with danger and strange phenomena. A real estate developer asks her to inspect a plot of land. She 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Ten Heavenly Stems: Cultivation’s Secret Code 修真密码十天干 Here, I will reveal the underlying principles behind the flow of time and space, knowledge passed down only to the worthy. I have two junior sisters. They have heavy workloads every day, and still have to cultivate with me. They said they wished they could study while they worked. So I wrote down the most essential parts of what our master taught us in this book. I thought there must be others like them, enduring the same hardships but never giving up on the pursuit of truth. 1.1kReads8.4Score499Shelves
- 115 Luoyang's Tempering 洛阳砺 August, 694 AD. Wu Zetian has quelled wars with Tibet, the Turks, the Shiwei, and other peoples, bringing the surrounding nations to heel. To showcase the splendor of “all nations coming to pay tribute,” envoys from across the realm, led by Persian chieftain Arhan, pool a fortune of a hundred trillion and request that the Tianshu Monument be built outside Duanmen, the southern gate of Luoyang’s imperial city, along the central avenue. It is to “record achievements and virtues, cast down the Tang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 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 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Book of Seven Lifetimes of Karma 七世因果书 The Age of the End of the Dharma has arrived. The Demon King Bo Xun holds sway, stirring up trouble in the mortal world. Disasters run rampant, and people’s hearts have turned wicked. The Primordial Heavenly Venerable invites his junior brother, the Supreme Lord Lao, along with the Queen Mother of the West, Buddha Tathagata, Patriarch Bodhi, the Great Immortal Zhenyuan, Bodhisattva Guanyin, and a host of other immortals to discuss how to save the world. They decide that the immortals will each s 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Woman of Destiny in the Village 天命村妇 The Heaven-Chosen Village Woman 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 1.7kReads8.8Score341Shelves
- 120 The Folk Fortune-Telling Master 民间算命大师 [There's a saying in the jianghu: If your tip is sharp but not pungent, you'll be useless in old age; if it's pungent but not sharp, you'll never get anywhere. Use both pungency and sharpness, and even the gods will be driven mad. This book features some jianghu tricks and schemes, so take them as a warning. It also offers a few clever tips for those who can figure them out.] After getting into college, I thought the world was finally mine to explore. I never expected graduation to mean unemploy 381.8kReads9.0Score23.4kShelves
- 121 A Divination Handbook for the I Ching 周易占卜手册 The Handbook of Zhouyi Divination focuses primarily on the principles of the Changes. It brings together the original text of the Zhouyi, the Tuan commentary, and the Xiang commentary, translating them into plain, accessible language. Whether you practice divination or want to explore the principles of the Changes, this book can serve as an introduction. Diviners can consult its contents to solve their questions. 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Taoist Master of Arts: Calculating All Under Heaven 道门术师：算尽天下 A Taoist priest descends from the mountain, and every method he teaches can be put into practice. Physiognomy, houses, feng shui: the twenty-four authentic calculations of the Qingcheng Daoist tradition. Heaven's will has its decrees, but fortune can be shifted. The young celestial master Feng Xiao can tell fortune and misfortune with a single glance. People have their own way, and blessings bring their own rewards. If Heaven is unjust, then I'll calculate everything under the sky and turn the w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Mastering the Book of Changes, Rising to the Heavens in One Leap 易学纵横一步登天 Cultivation, Qi Refining, esoteric arts, feng shui, and sacrifice: everything you’ve heard of and everything you haven’t is in this book. Each technique is clearly explained and effective in practice. By the first few chapters, readers in the know have already realized that people outside would charge hundreds of thousands for this information, if they were willing to share it at all. Some readers even exclaimed that after searching for years, they’d finally found a shortcut to cultivation, only 8.2kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 124 A Handy Guide to I Ching Ramblings 易学碎碎念宝典 [A practical guide to the I Ching + fortune-telling + feng shui + luck + arrangement + adjustment + psychology] How can you harness good fortune and make life better with every step? How can the I Ching move beyond ancient books and become an everyday tool for seeing through patterns and solving problems? This is my open-source I Ching project. I'm sharing the underlying principles of Bazi, feng shui, Plum Blossom numerology, and physiognomy with you. Practical and verifiable. No obscure termi 434Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 125 The Way of Changes Can Reach the Divine 易可通神 If you seek the spark of wisdom, step into this book. It shares only profound teachings, suited to those with spiritual insight and mature minds. These are lessons from my own experience. I will write with care, and you can read with care. That's how fate works: it comes unbidden, sparked by a single thought, and deepens into devotion... May we help one another flourish and find fulfillment. 2.7kReads7.4Score585Shelves
- 126 A Guide to Zi Wei Dou Shu 紫微斗数说明书 This book was created to explain Zi Wei Dou Shu in plain language and help us understand it better. Zi Wei Dou Shu is not actually that mysterious. By studying a wealth of real-world case studies, we can better understand and apply it, helping us learn more about our birth dates and plan our lives. The book will also share some methods for improving one’s fortune for your consideration. It also covers practical learning experiences in Chinese medicine’s image-number therapy, Yangzhai feng shui, 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The I Ching in Everyday Life: My Journey to Enlightenment 生活中的易经：我的悟道实录 Which path should I take in life? Why am I still unhappy despite all my hard work? Will that person come back? Will next year be any better? We have all paused at a crossroads in life, wondering what fate has in store for us. While I was writing this series, someone asked me, “Do people actually read what you write? These days, everyone likes feel-good stories.” I smiled and said nothing. Feel-good stories can make you happy for a while, but once you finish them, you're still left feeling lost. 36Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 128 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 972Reads8.1Score207Shelves
- 129 I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生，玄学也精通 Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me 27.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 130 The Tale of Uncle Gu of the Daoist Sect 道门谷叔传 This is not a light, fast-paced read designed to cater to readers looking for quick entertainment. If you prefer shallow, padded stories, you may be disappointed. But trust me: if you can patiently read the first twenty chapters and still find them dull, feel free to speak your mind and offer criticism in the reviews. Let this book be our promise. I’ll await your verdict. The story takes you to a corner of the outskirts of the capital, where you’ll follow Uncle Gu’s footsteps and push open the 72Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 131 One Reading to Decide Life or Death, and the Whole Internet Begs Me to Livestream 一卦断生死，全网跪求我开播 Chen Bufan was a mysticism streamer who was called a fraud by the entire internet. When his livestream had only seventeen viewers, top-tier star Shen Qingyue suddenly joined him to call him out. She smiled and asked, “Aren't you supposed to be good at fortune-telling? Then tell me, when will I get married?” Chen Bufan glanced at her and replied calmly: “You won't be able to get married.” Shen Qingyue sneered. “Why not?” Chen Bufan: “Because your fiancé died three years ago.” The whole internet b 38.7kReads8.3Score19.2kShelves
- 132 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Government Has Its Eye on Me 算命太准，被国家盯上了 Lin Xiaoman is a country girl who just graduated. Her only special talent is “being eerily accurate when she speaks.” On a high-speed train, she sees a masked woman across from her with blood-red words floating over her head: “Will die in three hours.” She recognizes those eyes: they belong to top-tier star Bai Lu. After hesitating for three seconds, she hands her a note. Bai Lu changes her route and escapes disaster. But Lin Xiaoman, for “revealing heavenly secrets,” gets a nosebleed and slee 5.5kReads7.7Score693Shelves
- 133 Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门 Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it. 15.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 134 The Eight Characters of Destiny Are the Ancestors of Science 八字是科学它祖宗 Newly released books tend to get low ratings, but everyone who has read this one gives it five stars. Many readers enjoy it so much that they have to read it twice. Some even ask, "Why isn't a book this good popular? Is there no justice?" Haha, thank you for your support. [This book follows the principle of "observing the Way of Heaven and carrying out its course": understand your own fate, find the bugs in your System, stand at the highest point of the Heavenly Way, and look down on all living 12.1kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
- 135 The Carefree Heavenly Doctor 自在天医 Every practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine should have ten cases they will not treat: First, those who trust Western medicine but not Chinese medicine are beyond treatment. Second, those who think they know better and take both Chinese and Western medicine are beyond treatment. Third, those who refuse to follow medical advice are beyond treatment. Fourth, those who ask the same question over and over are beyond treatment. Fifth, those who have already undergone biopsies and chemotherapy 146Reads—Score105Shelves
- 136 I Am the Great Tang's Greatest Poet Immortal 我是大唐第一诗仙 I transmigrated, and became the greatest poet of all time. I was a modern-day young man of letters, but my soul unexpectedly fused with all of Li Bai's memories and talent. He wasn't replaced: he became me. I still think like someone from the modern world, but now I also possess Li Bai's poetic genius and unrestrained spirit. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Fake Taoist Comes Down from the Mountain 假道士下山 Jia Bufan is a student at a second-rate university. In today's fiercely competitive job market, he has spent ages without finding suitable work and doesn't want to toil away, so he spends his days wandering around online. But he is naturally bright and deeply interested in traditional Chinese medicine and the occult. By chance, he meets Daoist Longquan, an expert in the occult with profound knowledge of Daoist arts, and becomes his disciple. From then on, his life takes a very different path. Th 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Master Ni's I Ching Studies 倪师易学 Join Teacher Ni Haixia in studying the Tianji series every day. With this divine gift of the Way of Change, all the world's affairs can be made simple, bringing good fortune, avoiding misfortune, and turning danger into safety. The key to learning is perseverance. I hope everyone makes progress and gains something every day. 5.2kReads8.8Score912Shelves
- 139 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… 961Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 140 The Exorcist’s Journal 伏魔笔记实录 I was born in a mysterious village in Chaoshan, amid violent storms and the strange disappearance of my family. From childhood, I was different from other people: I could see ghosts that no one else could. This unusual ability left me misunderstood, but it also led me into Grandma's mysterious world. Under her influence, I became fascinated by yin-yang and the Eight Trigrams, feng shui, and the art of destiny. Little by little, I learned that mysterious forces unknown to the world were hidden al 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 6.4kReads9.3Score644Shelves
- 142 Master Ni's Heavenly Principles 天纪倪师 I'm studying Master Ni's book Tian Ji, and I'll post updates here as my understanding of it develops. I'll keep learning and updating, covering the harmony of Heaven, Earth, and humanity, along with imagery and numerology. I'll explain it in plain language, using recent cases and feedback to deepen understanding, speed up learning, and build experience. 810Reads8.0Score197Shelves
- 143 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 317Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 144 The Charlatan 神棍 A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.1kReads8.7Score136Shelves
- 145 A Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wellness, and Feng Shui Luck 中医养生与风水转运实操教学 [Practical wellness advice] [Traditional Chinese medicine tips + feng shui for changing your fortune] [The first novel anywhere to teach you how to “nurture your body like feng shui”] [Read the face, understand the heart] [Turn your luck around with food therapy] My master left me a copy of The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon and these words: “The greatest feng shui in the world isn’t your ancestors’ graves. It’s the hundred-odd pounds of flesh that make up your body.” And so I became an unconventi 5.1kReads8.9Score750Shelves
- 146 The Strange Gate Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门镇八荒 My name is Yang Yufan. I was born with a pair of yin-yang eyes, and my grandfather taught me the arts of the Qimen. I thought that becoming an inheritor of the Qimen tradition would make me a fortune-teller... But who could have guessed that I’d end up as one of the saints guarding the Eight Wastelands? I’ll tell you the story of what happened in my own words! 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 147 The Art of Reading Qi 望气术 Introduction to The Art of Qi Reading This book delves into the mysterious art of qi reading. Qi reading involves interpreting people's fortunes and predicting good or bad luck by observing the colors, shapes, and changes of clouds and qi fields. It can be used to assess the auspiciousness of a home or burial site. Golden yellow signifies great fortune, prosperity, and success; purple is also auspicious, signaling academic honors and an official career. Practicing qi reading requires a foundati 1.7kReads—Score605Shelves
- 148 The Sixth Line: Initial Nine 六爻之初九 Lu Yao has shared a bond with Zhou Yi since childhood and is well versed in divination. But a college student from a remote mountain village who practices fortune-telling is an oddball in her classmates’ eyes, so she moves off campus and rents a place of her own. One day, she checks her bank statement and sees she’s in the red. She hops on the little scooter she uses to deliver packages. “Dear customer, you have a romantic disaster in store. Please don’t go out today!” Customer: “Are you crazy?” 1.6kReads8.5Score187Shelves
- 149 She Reincarnates into the Modern Era and Makes a Fortune Through Fortune-Telling 魂穿到现代，她靠算命风生水起 [Rise to power + mysticism + fortune-telling + feng shui + comedy + ghost-hunting] A fortune-telling girl’s soul transmigrates into the modern era, just as a crooked old Taoist abandons his prayers for her halfway through her funeral rites. Unable to stand his cutting corners, she suddenly sits up and calls him out. She manages to ruin her own funeral single-handedly, and her mother tries to send her away, thinking she’s a monster. From then on, she has to fend for herself. She returns to her ol 256Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 150 Stealing Heaven's Secrets: My Feng Shui and Face-Reading Skills Are Worth Trillions 窃天机：我的风水相术价值万亿 This is an urban story, and also a guide to avoiding common pitfalls, written for ordinary people. From ordinary folk to tycoons, I have personally witnessed hundreds of cases. The methods for resolving hundreds of environmental and layout issues mentioned here all come from ancient texts. Nearly every common environmental issue found in homes and shops is covered. 42.2kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves
