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- 1 Secrets of Spirit Mediums: Incense-Bearing Rituals and Journeys Between Worlds 出马秘闻：顶香出马，走阴串阳 Cultivating immortality requires a destined connection to the Immortal Path, and every immortal has a master to recommend them. Masters roam far and wide, and miraculous powers appear when one falls from grace and passes the imperial examinations. Born in the 1990s, I once thought I had a bright future ahead of me. But one strange thing after another began happening, and all my ambitions came to nothing. Then someone pointed out that I was meant to become a spirit medium and serve the spirits. F 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Chronicles of Pine Tree Gully 松树沟记事 A love spanning a thousand years, vows of vengeance forged in blood, longing across the divide between life and death, companions who never part, entanglements between humans and spirits, and hatred etched into the bone. Come, I'm waiting for you in Songshugou. Let me take you into a world of strange tales and supernatural mysteries unlike any you've known. This book is for everyone: it has the strange spirits and supernatural thrills male readers enjoy, as well as the tragic, beautiful romance 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 I Call You Dad, Do You Dare Answer? 我叫你爹，你敢答应吗！ [Two powerful leads, neither saintly nor self-sacrificing + Spirit-medium cultivation + No female lead + Suspense and the supernatural + Two male leads + A series of cases investigating the uncanny] As a child, Ni Die thought the words written in bold, flowing calligraphy above his family's spirit altar were incredibly badass: A body full of resentment becomes immortal might, Even underworld bailiffs dare not give chase. With the command seal, I can summon a thousand ghost soldiers, When the Kin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 我老舅是出马仙 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Strange Tales of Spirit Mediums 出马仙异闻 In the lands of the Northeast, amid the dark forests, mysterious tales of spirit mediums have been passed down since ancient times. The five great spirit clans, the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Bei, have cultivated for thousands of years, choosing humans to serve as their mediums. Through mortal bodies, they walk the world, exorcising evil, upholding justice, and accumulating merit to become immortals. Those chosen by the spirits, known as spirit disciples, bear a fated burden. They move between —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Immortal Hall's Secret Records 仙堂秘录 The tales of the northeastern spirit mediums are widely known, but have you ever heard of someone serving as a medium for a “Dragon Immortal”? From childhood, I was a walking calamity, born under the sign of Yinghuo and beset by a fiery catastrophe. By a twist of fate, the immortals chose me as their medium. This immortal is not one of the “Five Great Immortal Clans.” She looks sweet and adorable, but she is actually a young dragon from the Heavenly Lake of Changbai Mountain! On the day we estab 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories, Volume 1 民间鬼故事集1 You’re very welcome to read my work. I hope you’ll enjoy it. In this story, I’ll share some of my thoughts and experiences, and I hope they’ll offer you a little inspiration and give you something to think about. I believe everyone has a story and perspective of their own, and by communicating and sharing, we can learn and grow together. So let’s explore this vibrant world together! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The 1970s: With a Pocket Dimension, My Hunting Luck Is Through the Roof 七零：空间在手猎运爆棚 [Period + hunting + pocket dimension] Chen Fan transmigrates to the 1970s and, from the start, gets dumped by his fiancée for being poor. In this life, he has a rifle in his hands. Into the mountains! Go hunting! Wolves, tigers, leopards, and bears: he'll take them all down. The mountains teem with wildlife and precious finds. He uses the spiritual spring in his pocket dimension to raise loyal little underlings. With those underlings at his side, he comes home with a bountiful haul every time. H 8.3kReads8.0Score71114d adds
- 9 Strange Tales of the Horse-Summoning Immortal 出马仙诡闻录 On the day Long Ling was born, foxes gathered and bowed before her as thunder roared and lightning blazed. Her grandfather was struck by lightning, losing an eye and a leg. Her mother died suddenly that very day, and her father vanished without a trace. Long Ling was born wrapped in a black snake. To uncover the mystery of her origins and avenge her parents, the heroine takes over her family's shamanic altar. On this journey, she cuts through every obstacle and endures countless hardships. In t 53Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 10 Spirit Mediums Beyond the Pass: Making a New World in the Internet Age 关内出马：互联网时代闯出新天地 The Hu and Huang spirits never cross Shanhai Pass, but I'm a spirit medium for the new era, and I'm going to venture out! So I crossed Shanhai Pass, stepped into the world of the internet, and entered a world unlike any other... A brave spirit medium fears no hardship! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Spirit Medium: Protected by a Hundred Immortals, Yet Clueless 出马：身受百仙护卫，屌丝不自知 [Supernatural] + [Semi-True Accounts] + [Spirit Mediumship] + [Peng Zu's Legacy] + [Feng Shui] An inherited spirit-medium tradition, bonds spanning a hundred lifetimes, the innate ability to see spirits, and the legacy of Peng Zu's cultivation techniques. The legendary life of Wang Rengong began one night while he was delivering food. The female ghost in the security office dragged this chosen one straight into the world of the occult. From then on, there was no turning back. He learned prote 5Reads—Score11114d adds
- 12 Northeast Dragon and Phoenix Hall: This Spirit Medium Is a Little Unhinged 东北龙凤堂，这个弟马有点癫 The Ma family of the Northeast practices an occupation steeped in mystery. I've been at it from the age of fifteen to twenty-five: ten years honing my craft, though I haven't exactly honed it quickly. This book will be updated as things happen, and I'll share some of my experiences from these years. Discussion is welcome. Here's the important part!!! To anyone who wants to hurl insults: you definitely won't win that contest with me. To anyone who disparages the profession: go ahead. Things reall 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Realm’s Boundaries 域界之方圆 The path of cultivation has always defied heaven itself. As for the strange, unknown things encountered by spirit mediums, which science and the naked eye cannot explain, how can they be dismissed in just a few words? I’ve been reading the signs through incense for nine years. Along the way, I’ve tasted every kind of joy and sorrow, experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature, and seen plenty of scheming and rivalry. I’ve read so many stories that I’ve come to disagree with some of them, 33Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 14 Mysterious, Yet Not So Mysterious 玄而不玄 [Modern Women]+ [A Real Spirit-Medium Journey]+ [Born with a Spiritual Constitution] Only after a shadowy figure began haunting her did Xu Cui realize she was destined to work with spirits. This ordinary office worker joins forces with an old immortal to unravel a vengeful ghost’s curse and embark on a career helping people deal with the supernatural! (This story is adapted from real events.) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Grandmaster's Little Darling 祖师爷的小宝贝儿 ★ True stories of real paranormal events! ★ The trials and tribulations of more than a decade spent seeking the Dao as a spirit medium! ★ Tales of battling through every obstacle to fight evil mediums and wicked immortals! I’m sharing my own experiences and what I’ve learned, hoping to help those who are meant to find this book! I agonized over writing this, since I’ve never written anything before and I’m no great scholar. So I lit incense and asked my patriarch for guidance. He told me not to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 This Chuma Immortal Is Too Vicious 这个出马仙太凶狠了 My father had never once imagined, even as an adult, that he would have a child. Then one day, I came into the world and shattered that age-old belief for good. The thing is, I was born frail and sickly. It was only thanks to Chang Er Ye taking possession of me that I survived in this world. This is my extraordinary tale of spirit-medium tricks and supernatural dealings... 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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
- 19 I Gave the Immortals a Fake Name 我给仙家报了个假名字 Just rated, so read with confidence [Spirit Mediums + Spirit Cultivation + Secrets of the Immortals + Supernatural Events + Divination Explained + Feng Shui and the Mystical Arts + Suspense + Folk Tales + Modern Paranormal Cases + True Stories] I’ve turned my experiences over the years into a novel. At the age of seven, I jolted awake beneath the gaze of the dead. After a lifetime of ups and downs, I entered the world of spirit mediums and stumbled my way toward becoming a disciple on the path t 15Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 Immortal Bones of Fengtian: The Biography of Li Jinglin 奉天仙骨：李景林传 Thunder crashes, the black earth crowns a legend! For a hundred years, the Northeastern mystic sects have produced no young prodigy like him, a master of talismans who can subdue heaven and earth. He slays demons with his sword and protects all living beings with his life! At ten, he took up his brush and drew talismans that summoned thunder from the heavens. At fifteen, he roamed across mountains and rivers, glimpsing the dragon veins at a glance. At twenty, his talisman magic reached the divin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 In the Northeast, Everyone Has a Spirit Medium 东北都是出马仙 [Humorous and hilarious] + [Spirit-medium investigations] + [Mystery and the supernatural] + [No heroine] A weasel spirit seeks a heavenly title from Xiao Nan: "Do I look like a human or a god to you?" Xiao Nan replied, "You look like Zhu Bajie to me!" The weasel spirit froze, thinking, What an idiot. But a moment later, the weasel suddenly burst out laughing, saying: "I did it! I successfully got my heavenly title! Zhu Bajie is a god! Zhu Bajie is a god! He said I look like Zhu Bajie, which m 6.2kReads7.0Score39814d adds
- 24 Strange Tales of Northeast China's Spirit Mediums 东北出马诡闻录 Ever since I inherited Grandma’s old incense lineage, I’ve encountered far too many supernatural incidents. I don’t just help the living with their problems, I also help the dead and the ghosts... People say ghosts are terrifying, but they’re the ones with true feeling. They repay kindness with kindness and settle grudges in kind. They’re far better than people. Then, as my cultivation grew stronger, I saw the true face of another world, and what I witnessed left me deeply shaken. Do you want to 152Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 25 I Was Forced to Take the Spirit-Channeling Seat Too 我也被迫出堂了 The protagonist, Zhang Muchen, lives in a small county in northern China. His childhood is plagued by one disaster after another. His story isn’t exactly bizarre, but it is full of twists and hardships. After passing through trials of love, wealth, and life itself, he is eventually forced to open a spirit altar and read fortunes. He thought things would go smoothly from then on, but instead he faced one ordeal after another... This book is based on the author’s personal experiences. All names ha 494Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in 1960: I Refused to Marry My Sister Off and Chose No Green-Tea Girl 重生60：拒绝嫁姐不娶绿茶 [Reborn in the 1960s + hunting in the mountains + a happy family + an easygoing daily life] Chen Dongsheng is reborn in the 1960s. As soon as he comes back to life, he learns that his older sister is expected to marry someone else so her bride price can pay for him to get a wife. It is a time of famine, and within a few years of marrying, his sister will be worked and starved to death. With another chance at life, the first thing he does is refuse to let his sister marry for his sake. He is dete 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Night Journey in Red Embroidery: A Republic-Era Record of Supernatural Tales 红绣夜行，民国仙家诡事簿 In 1934, amid the turbulent clash between old and new ideas in the territory controlled by the Fengtian warlords beyond the Shanhai Pass, Yin-Yang Alley in western Changchun was lined with pawnshops, coffin shops, and incense and candle stores. Smoke rose without pause from the temple of Lord Hu San at the end of the alley. Spirit mediums had to pass the "Three Trials" and forge blood pacts with the five spirit clans: fox, weasel, hedgehog, snake, and rat. In this war-torn age, vengeful ghosts r 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Memories of Life and Death 忆生死往事 Written from my own true experiences, this is about becoming a spirit medium and the various supernatural encounters that have brought me face-to-face with life and death. The main figure is my mother, who has been a spirit medium for thirty years and has spent all that time reading people’s fortunes. Everyone has their own fate, and every family has its own rules. I hope you enjoy it, and you’re welcome to share your thoughts. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Notes from a Spirit Medium 出马仙随记 This is a true account of a spirit medium’s experiences. I have summoned spirits to possess me so worshippers could speak with the dead across the divide between yin and yang; I have also handled difficult cases of people tormented by ghosts, unable to find peace day or night; Immortals sending warnings in dreams, strange changes in the incense at the altar, evil spirits coming to trouble people… There are no exaggerated supernatural battles or made-up wish-fulfillment thrills. Every incident is 19Reads—Score314d adds
- 30 A Northeastern Journey to Immortality 东北修仙记 This is a story about a group of Northeast Chinese spirits banding together to keep one another warm. Modern-day Qiao Zheng arrives in the Xuantong era and joins Hu Santaiye and the other spirits in driving out evil and fighting the Japanese. There's passion and humor, family squabbles and utter chaos, as this band of spirits carve out a place for themselves on the black soil. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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 506Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 The Northeast Spirit Medium's Hall 东北出马堂口 The Zhang family’s spirit-medium clan in Northeast China, from the works of Northern Little Master. A reader of qi can determine life and death through qi, and distinguish yin from yang through the eyes. The old clan’s people and its spiritual encampment, five armies marching forward. When the sun breaks through, fame follows; when the immortals descend, the incense burns bright. A lineage passed down through two branches and three generations, with more than a decade of professional experience. 24Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 34 The Horse-Riding Immortal: Revelation 2 出马仙启示录2 I am a spirit-medium myself. This novel is written in a loosely narrative style, and my writing isn't particularly polished, but I only write about the most authentic experiences I've had as a spirit-medium. I won't dress things up with empty talk; I'll stick to the facts and share what I've learned over the past few years. This line of work is so chaotic now, and many people have been taken for a ride until their families fell apart. I wrote this book to help aspiring spirit-medium apprentices —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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
- 36 I’m a Spirit Medium in the Northeast 我在东北当顶香师 “Heaven has thirty-three layers, Earth has three feet and three halls. I walk the yin road, descend to the Underworld, and am a spirit medium from Northeast China.” My name is Ye Ling. My life was ordinary until I turned twenty-one. Then my grandmother died of an illness, and I began having nightmares every night and seeing ghosts all the time. I even gained some kind of special ability. I went to see a fortune-teller, who told me I couldn’t leave this county for three years and had to sit in 242Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 37 Strange Tales of the Horse-Riding Immortals 出马仙异闻录 The story of a spirit medium’s growth. The first sixty-plus chapters are just a prelude, written to honor the old incense roots of my ancestors. There’s no outline. Whenever I remember something that happened to me, I just write it down. Although most of the stories are based on things that really happened, the details have certainly been fictionalized and exaggerated. Novels about spirit mediums have a drawback: the true stories aren’t entertaining, and the entertaining ones aren’t true. If a s 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Notes from a Century-Old Spirit Medium’s Hall 百年堂口出马笔记 When I was seven, I accidentally discovered a secret that had been locked away in my grandfather's drawer for decades. From that moment on, my life was never ordinary again. The spirit hall passed down in my family for centuries chose me as its incense-bearing disciple. During those decades of silence, the world outside changed beyond recognition. But the story of me and all the immortals in the hall was only just beginning. How will these once-mighty immortals, with my guidance, accumulate meri 107Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 39 The Legend of the Horse Immortals of Jinan 济南马仙传记 (Original title: Strange Tales from Jinan) An obscure nobody has set out on a path whose destination no one knows. No one knows how far he can go, either. So he’ll just keep going for as long as he can. 41Reads8.2Score214d adds
- 40 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
- 41 Tales of the Five Immortals of the Northeast: Ma Daha’s Strange Adventures 东北五仙那些事儿马大哈奇遇 Take a look. This man is called Ma Daha. Thirty-three, unmarried, a farmer by trade and a bachelor on the side. His greatest achievement is making the village chief's mangy old dog stop barking at him. It’s afraid of catching something. His life plan was simple: farm, eat, and wait to die. Until one night, he ran into a weasel standing guard at the village entrance. “What are you looking at?” “What’s it to you?” Those few words sent his life completely off course. The next morning, he woke up to 4.7kReads6.9Score18214d adds
- 42 The Secret Archives of Daliang Mountain 大凉山秘迹档案 A missing archaeological expedition, an ancient tribe that vanished without a trace, and a terrifying maze of poisonous mists... Journey through ancient ruins and uncover the mysteries hidden deep in the Daliang Mountains... 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Strange Tales of Northeast China's Immortals and Demons 东北妖仙异闻录 In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, a faith blending the ancient Quanzhen sect with shamanic animal-spirit worship has been passed down since antiquity. The animals that cultivate their powers are known there as “old immortals,” and their human spokespeople are called “horse-riding mediums.” Among them are a brother and sister who travel the human world, punish evil and uphold justice, befriend brothers they can trust with their lives, encounter the purest human feelings, and witness 37Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 44 My Rise to Immortality in the Mortal World 我在人间之出道仙 You think I’m writing a story, but what I’m really writing about is my own misadventures. A realistic, documentary-style novel about a spirit medium making their debut. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. The main plot follows the male lead as he undertakes missions, guides spirits to their final resting places, fights demons, and heals the sick and saves lives. The novel also introduces many disciples who are connected to the male lead… Every divination has a source. Realism + documentary-sty 437Reads8.4Score4814d adds
- 45 Peace Through the Years 岁祟平安 My master is dead, my eldest senior brother is missing, my little senior wife eloped with my second senior brother, my fourth junior brother got married, and my junior sister was taken away too. There are only a couple of cats left in the whole temple. Without me, this Laojun Temple is going to fall apart!!! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Huang Xiaofan’s Adventures: I Don’t Want to Die 黄小凡出马记之我不想死 Huang Xiaofan was born in a village in Northeast China where the people worshipped the Yellow Immortal. One day, the villagers offended the Yellow Immortal, and everyone suffered the consequences. Huang Xiaofan and his grandfather survived, but Huang Xiaofan was cursed by ill fate and doomed to die before turning twenty. To stay alive, he chose to become a disciple of a spirit medium and investigate the truth behind what happened that year. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Corpse-Born Child with a Copper Coin 手握铜钱的尸生子 One pitch-black night, the feng shui master Cui Dayang found a baby in a grave and brought him home. The infant clutched five copper coins in his hand, and the villagers regarded him as an ill omen born from a corpse. They tried every excuse and every method they could think of to kill him. When he was eight, they tied stones to him and threw him into a river, locked him in a dark hut full of venomous snakes, and drove him toward Python Mountain. They set the mountain ablaze to burn him alive, b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 Guiyuan’s Path as a Chuma Xian 归缘的出马仙之路 Scarlet gauze drapes hang three feet and three inches high, and a golden flower-adorned bowl rests in the main hall. Born in a rural village in Northeast China in the late 1980s, I was renamed Guiyuan at the age of three. I gritted my teeth and held on until I was twenty-two, when I took over the old incense lineage passed down by my ancestors. (Everything in this book is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.) Guiyuan will do her best to tell you all a good story every time! 101Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 50 Guanyang’s Diary: Going on Assignments in Beijing 观阳日记之在京出马 A true-to-life, healing novel for those interested in the occult and supernatural abilities, and who feel a spiritual affinity with the immortals. Learn how to open your heart's inner sight and stop falling for scams. Set in Beijing, this is adapted from the real diary of a law graduate and music director who had worked with a top-tier star and created a breakout hit, only to suddenly learn that she was the reincarnation of a celestial deity and become a spirit medium. It explains what spirit me 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
