Novels like Reborn in the 1980s: A Female Spirit Medium Builds a Temple for the Five Immortals
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- 101 A Young Taoist Moonlights as a Spirit Medium, and Every Demon and Ghost Rushes to Offer Him a Smoke 小道兼职出马仙,精妖鬼怪忙递烟 What? The little treasure is facing a life-and-death ordeal at six? How could the old immortals let their beloved little darling come to harm? Protect! Spoil! Help! Oh my... How is this kid getting more and more capable? Now she's protecting the old immortals' little brats instead?! Who cares what kind of monster the Hu family is? If they mess with my old immortals, I'll kill them without a second thought! Hu Xianxian is the prettiest, I'll praise her, praise her, praise her! Liu Xian is the tou 22.1kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 102 They Call Me the Great Master 他们叫我大先生 You surely know about the shamanic horsemen beyond the passes, but have you heard of the Four Great Houses within the passes? In the 1990s, Yang Wanli was born in a village in northern China. A fortune-teller said he was the reincarnation of an evil ghost and was destined to stir up trouble. By a twist of fate, he became a disciple of the Daoist school and got entangled with the Four Great Houses. Strange and sinister things kept happening around him. A fallen dragon, an immortal who has shed th 717Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 103 Legends of the Nine Rivers 九河怪谈 The nine rivers flow into a patchwork land, with three floating bridges and two passes. Here in Tianjin, the nine great rivers are said to be nine dragons, giving rise to the tale of Nine Dragons Governing the Waters. You may not know this, but those nine rivers are steeped in all kinds of eerie happenings. Just how eerie are they? Don’t rush. Sit yourself down nice and steady, sip your tea, and let me tell you all about Nine Rivers Strange Tales... 1.1kReads8.8Score11914d adds
- 104 Reborn as a Snowfield Hunter 重生之雪原猎人 On the border, Zhao Tiejun, the “Snow Wolf,” took several bullets while covering his comrades’ retreat. As his consciousness faded, he heard explosions roaring and his comrades shouting. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a dim kerosene lamp, an earthen roof, and his mother’s tear-swollen face. 6kReads6.2Score43814d adds
- 105 Temperature Drop 降温℃ Temperature Drop ℃ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Yellow Immortal Seeks a Title: A Century-Old Obsession in Changbai Mountain 黄仙讨封:长白山的百年执念 The Yellow Immortal Seeks a Title: Changbai Mountain's Century-Old Obsession —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Ailao Mountain: A Team-Building Trip Turns Terrifying 哀牢山:团建惊魂 Ailao Mountain: A Terrifying Team-Building Trip —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The One in Charge of Backing Village 靠山村主事人 This book is about the simple rhythms of rural life, the everyday squabbles of families, local legends, and regional customs. The novel is divided into two volumes. The first focuses on the daily lives of people in Northeast China, while the second focuses on local legends. There is no particularly clear main plot. The story unfolds through a series of episodes, and I'll do my best to make it entertaining. I hope you enjoy it. Dear readers, welcome to Kaoshan Village! Come see how the village ch 243Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 109 A Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北一出马仙 Pangu split heaven and earth, dividing yin from yang. Nuwa’s great deeds shook the eight directions. Kuafu chased the sun and transformed the world of men. Gonggong, enraged, rammed into Mount Buzhou. Fuxi devised the Eight Trigrams. Shennong tasted every herb and flower. The Yan Emperor struck stone to make fire. The war god Xingtian brandished his weapons. The Yellow Emperor battled Chiyou, who fell in death. The gods knew of Jingwei, who filled the sea. Houyi drew his divine bow and shot down 4.5kReads8.8Score17714d adds
- 110 Northern Horse Notes: The Incense Bearer 北马笔记之顶香人 Know your past life, see the future, Pinch two fingers and know all things. The four pillars and eight posts are all in place, and the altar master is here to oversee it. The King Wen drum sounds, and the immortals line up to descend from the mountains. Take up the incense bowl, lift the incense burner: once you accept the calling, it is for life. 3.7kReads8.6Score14314d adds
- 111 Hall of Ten Thousand Immortals: A Rich Kid's Life as a Spirit Medium 万仙堂:富二代的出马生活 [Second-generation shamanic heir + copper-industry heir + incredibly powerful guardian spirits + face-slapping satisfaction + real-life supernatural events] (P.S. Set in real locations in Shuangyashan. No saintly heroine, no frustrating setbacks, face-slapping from the start, and high-octane action all the way through!) Your girlfriend publicly looks down on you and demands 388,000 yuan in bride price? I let out a cold laugh and drove off in the BMW M4 I'd bought for her. “Go marry your mother, 101Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 112 Strange Tales from the Mountains 山野诡闻笔记 Notes on Strange Occurrences in the Mountains 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Locust Coffin Chronicles: The Ghost Barber 槐棺记之鬼剃头 The Huai Coffin Chronicles: The Ghost Barber —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Only to Find I'm a Live-In Son-in-Law 穿越古代我居然是赘婿 I never thought a modern-day elite like me would join the transmigration bandwagon. But I seem to be different from everyone else: I'm a live-in son-in-law! Maybe the life of a wage slave in my past life was too exhausting, so this time I've been sent to ancient times to laze around! Miss! The young master is arguing with people again. He actually said everyone here is trash. Is he planning to challenge all the scholars under heaven? Don't worry, Xiaocui. The young master can back it up. I'll ge 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Reborn: Heading into the Mountains with My Childhood Sweetheart in the Greater Khingan Range 重生后:带着小青梅赶山在兴安岭 Wang Qian, captain of a forest patrol team, got drunk at his retirement banquet and was reborn in the winter of 1983, the year that changed his fate. At seventeen, he stood once more in the snow of the Greater Khingan Range, with his childhood sweetheart Du Xiaohe and his loyal dog, Dahuang, alive by his side. In his previous life, they encountered a wild boar that day. Du Xiaohe died tragically, and he bore the blame, living alone for the rest of his life. This time, he returned with more than 2.8kReads6.2Score21714d adds
- 116 The Sinister Way of the Chuma Immortals 诡道出马仙 Twenty-year-old Lu Yuan couldn't find a job after graduating from college, so he returned to his hometown in Northeast China. There, he joined his great-grandfather and grandfather as a spirit medium. As he practiced, he grew both physically and emotionally, gradually learning the many rules of the spirit-medium trade and encountering all kinds of ghosts and bizarre, uncanny events. 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 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
- 118 The Hall of the Living: A Spirit Medium's Extraordinary Experiences 堂口人间:一个出马仙的神奇经历 A chip is sent from the future to 1970. Recipient: Wang Cuifang, a woman in her early twenties, recently divorced and from a rural village in Northeast China. She has no idea what’s going on: suddenly, something extra is in her mind. She can investigate, defend herself, and attack. With her eyes closed, she can “see” what’s happening across the surrounding villages, and when danger strikes, her body retaliates automatically. But the System’s supernatural abilities must remain secret. She needs a 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Spirit Medium's Revelation 出马仙启示录 I’m a shamanic practitioner from Northeast China, also known as a great immortal. These days, so many people get scammed and end up buried in debt, then go mad. It really worries me, though I also think they’re foolish. I’ll share my own experiences and stories from fellow practitioners to talk about Northeast China’s shamanic tradition, and warn people not to get scammed. (For special reasons, I can’t be too direct with ordinary readers, so I’ll express things obliquely.) 6Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 120 Northeastern Spirit Medium: This Apprentice Is Such a Spendthrift 东北出马仙:这个弟马太败家 [Comedy] [Supernatural mystery] [Witty] [No womanizing] [No saintly protagonist] Li Pingfan, a graduate of a top-tier 985 university, just wants to be an ordinary corporate drone. But her grandmother forces her to take over a spirit-medium altar, along with a bunch of eccentric immortal spirits: Huang Dudu, a chatterbox with nine hundred years of cultivation who can’t go a day without running his mouth; Uncle Song, a stingy wandering spirit who fled famine and won’t accept even one coin less in 21.2kReads8.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 121 Hunter's Comeback: Reborn to Hunt and Gather Ginseng in Changbai Mountain 猎户逆袭:重生长白山打猎采参 [Reborn in the Snowy Mountains: This Time, I’ll Become the Hunting King!] In 1983, an accident in the Changbai Mountains sent Cao Dalin, a down-and-out middle-aged man, back to the age of sixteen. In his previous life, he was crippled while hunting wild boar and endured everyone’s scorn. This time, he’s reborn with forty years of hunting experience and swears to change his fate! “Black Panther, this time, we’re both going to be all right!” Cao Dalin stroked his beloved dog’s head, his gaze bur 171Reads6.3Score1814d adds
- 122 Hunting in 1983: Atop the Greater Khingan Mountains 狩猎1983:东北兴安岭之巅 "Bang!" The roar of a double-barreled shotgun shakes snow from the pine branches. Zheng Huawei's reborn legend begins in the morning mist of the Greater Khingan Range! The son of a hunter who spent half his previous life in misery, he is reborn in a northeastern forest camp in 1983. This time, he will use forty-two years of hunting experience to carve out a path through this frozen wilderness! "Remember, a true hunter needs a steady aim and a ruthless heart!" When a four-hundred-jin bear rears 305Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 123 Zombies Forced to the Countryside? From Picking Corn to Full Mechanization 丧尸被迫下乡?扒苞米爆改机械化 [Alternate-history era setting + zombie transmigrates to Northeast China + educated youth sent to the countryside + pocket-space sprite + family’s darling + triplets + follows the army to an island] Jiang Shiqi was a brainless little zombie. She transmigrated into the 1970s as a pitiful, withdrawn girl. The good news was that she had a brain now. The bad news was that her uncle’s family was exploiting her and sending her to the countryside in Heilongjiang Province! Dad said girls should dress 30kReads7.8Score5.8k14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 You Stayed in the Countryside with Your Childhood Sweetheart, While I Was Reborn in the City and Married an Officer 你陪青梅留乡,我重生回城嫁军官 [Reborn + face-slapping + military marriage + pocket dimension + devoted couple + sweet romance] [The heroine only wants to kill her rival VS the pure-hearted, lovesick puppy king] In her previous life, Yun Qian repeatedly defied her family's plans for the sake of her childhood sweetheart and followed him to the countryside, only to suffer endless pain and humiliation. Backbreaking labor and brutal living conditions. A cold and abusive fiancé, a sister-in-law who constantly overstepped boundarie 7.1kReads8.3Score92714d adds
- 126 A Ridiculous Love Debt 荒唐情债 Traditional period setting + realistic daily life + family and village affairs + ensemble cast In 1985, Yang Yun was already a married woman, yet she lived a life purer than a blank sheet of paper. Her new husband already had an old flame, and the woman was well into her forties. Faced with such a disgrace, Yang Yun had to fight back while staying on guard against the village men with ulterior motives. The seemingly peaceful little mountain village had long been seething beneath the surface, hid 40kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 127 Exiled to Die? The Capitalist Heiress Crushes Her Enemies and Joins the Army 下放惨死?资本家小姐虐渣后随军 [Alternate historical setting + military marriage + transmigration + stockpiling supplies + spatial storage + sweet romance + twins, a boy and a girl + face-slapping revenge + everyday family life + wish fulfillment] Wen Luo transmigrated into a novel called The Cold-Faced Fu Shao’s Adored Sweetheart. She became a wicked supporting female character who kept trying to come between the leads, break them up, and win back the male lead, only to repeatedly bring disaster upon herself. Eventually, the 6.3kReads8.3Score64614d adds
- 128 Awakening the Bullet Comment System, the Wicked Old Lady Starts Doting on Her Daughter-in-Law 觉醒弹幕系统,恶毒老太改宠儿媳 [Period setting + Family life + Wicked mother-in-law] Granny Xu had always thought she had a pretty good life. Although she’d been laid off, she’d managed to secure a unit-assigned apartment before it happened. Although she didn’t particularly like her eldest son’s wife, she was clever enough to keep her under control. She’d paid not a penny in bride price and even gotten back a color TV as part of the dowry. Her husband and two sons all listened to her, and the adopted daughter she’d taken in w 2.8kReads6.8Score26314d adds
- 129 Granny Lin Is Reborn in the 1990s 林老太重生90年代 [1990s + reborn + family life + growing female lead + no golden finger + no male lead + building a fortune] The heroine of this story isn't a doting wife or universally adored beauty. She's just an ordinary person who caught a little good luck. Through sheer grit, she keeps pushing herself forward. Over the short course of a life, everyone accumulates regrets and things they can't accept. If Heaven really gave you a chance to start over, would you fall into the same trap again? Yang Xiufen alway 649Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 130 I Transmigrated to 1980 and Hunt to Support My Family in Northeast China 穿越1980我在东北打猎养家 A king of soldiers in his previous life, he was killed by a single shot while carrying out a peacekeeping mission overseas, trying to save a little girl. He returned to life in another body. Lin Dong, an orphan, was reborn in a parallel world, only to unexpectedly gain a father, an older sister, and a younger sister! Seeing the dilapidated house and his younger sister, thin as a rail, Lin Dong decides to take good care of her! From then on, he hunts in the mountains, fishes in the river, and occ 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 A Spirit Medium’s True Story, in Their Own Words 一个出马仙自述真实经历 An exorcist born in the 1980s shares his true story in plain language, without a single invented or exaggerated detail. I also hope to help those who are lost on this path and destined to walk it, so they can avoid taking unnecessary detours. 344Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 132 A Hunter Reborn in the 1960s, Heading to the Northeast Countryside with a Pocket Dimension 猎户重生在六零,下乡东北有空间 [Transmigration and rebirth] [Hunting in the Greater Khingan Range] [No System] [All kinds of wild animals] [One heroine] [Alternate history] This new book has only just come out, so its rating is low. The content is excellent, so feel free to invest! Chen Ping'an, who operated a tower crane at a foreign port, was crushed to death and reborn in Nanluoguxiang at the end of the 1960s. What? From the start, he's being sent to the countryside, all the way to the Great Northern Wilderness to work as 729Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 133 Immortal Fate in the Black Earth: The Shrine Hall's Lamp Never Goes Out 黑土仙缘:堂口灯不灭 Black Earth Immortal Fate: The Shrine's Lamp Never Goes Out 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Keeping House Alone in the Depths of the Countryside 乡野深处守空房 In a bitterly cold mountain village in Northeast China, all the able-bodied young men have gone away to work, leaving behind women, the elderly, and children. The long winter and empty courtyards wear people down. Loneliness isn’t some romantic affair; it’s a real, grinding ordeal for the living. A group of unfortunate women lean on one another, while Da Fei, a simple, honest young man, is the only one in the mountains willing to lend a hand. There are no sordid entanglements, only the vulnerabi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The King Wen Drum, the King Wu Whip, and the Five-Dragon Flower Staff Summon the Immortal Elder 文王鼓,武王鞭,五龙花杆请老仙 “Cultivate your character deep in the mountains, then emerge from your cave and make your name known across the land.” A year after I began working as a spirit medium, my life took a completely different course. On the sixth day of the sixth month, I took charge of the altar. The old spirits took their seats, but brought a long-buried case to light. An unremarkable woman was haunted by several infant spirits. In the dead of night, the one who said “Hi” to me was actually a paper doll. An old man 1.9kReads8.8Score20014d adds
- 136 Records of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子记实录 I’ll share little bits of knowledge and general-interest facts from time to time, along with some experience for anyone who’s unsure or feeling lost. Updates are irregular. Use your own judgment, and trust in science! 5.3kReads8.6Score37014d adds
- 137 Reborn in the Nineties: A Country Girl's Rise to Riches 重生九零,农女逆袭当富婆 Reborn + a rural woman's rise + making a fortune + taking down scumbags At the entrance to a garment factory, reborn Wu Xiaolan's grape juice stand becomes a hit. Her rivals cut prices? She launches a new product: cold skin noodles. Management makes things difficult? She leads the way in securing the first license for a mobile food stall. Short on workers? She brings together a feisty girl who sells eggs on the black market, a quick-witted young woman who works at a snack shop, and the village c 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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
- 139 Hunting in the Greater Khingan Range: A Hunter's Life in Northeast China 赶山兴安岭:狩猎大东北 Cao Erxi, a 61-year-old nightclub security guard in Dongguan, gets drunk and is reborn at the end of his life, back in the Greater Khingan Range in 1983. That year, at nineteen, he took his younger brother into the mountains, where they encountered a wild boar. His brother died a tragic death, his elder sister froze to death, and he ended up drifting through the underworld. Now that he has returned to the past, hunting knife in hand, he swears to rewrite his fate! From shooting squirrels with a 4.7kReads6.0Score10214d adds
- 140 Reborn in the 1980s: Fishing and Hunting in Northeast China 转生八零年代渔猎东北 Shen Guoping, a man born in the 1990s, is reborn in the 1980s in a parallel world. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, his first goal is to make a hundred million yuan. Northeast China in the 1980s is rich in produce. That is Shen Guoping’s greatest treasure on the road to wealth. 529Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 141 The Sharp-Tongued Returnee Has a Soft Spot for a Feisty Northeastern Girl 毒舌海归就稀罕东北小虎妞 The rating has just come in and is gradually climbing. [Period setting + feel-good fiction + face-slapping + colorful characters + everyday life + brawling Northeast women + family squabbles + sweet romance] In one word: satisfying. Life is hard enough, so my story has to be feel-good. Zhou Mengyao has been a tough, fiery girl since childhood. As an adult, she has only gotten more fierce, becoming the notorious shrew of the whole village. The only person who can keep her in line is her mother, b —Reads—Score5k14d adds
- 142 The Yellow Weasel Asked Me to Grant It a Title, So I Wore the Old Immortal as a Scarf 黄狼讨封,我把老仙当围脖系上了 [Traditional supernatural] + [No System] + [Drunkard] + [Comedy] “Kid, do I look like a human or a god to you?” “Uh... well... you look like a fur scarf to me! Hand it over!” “Yow!” A drunkard who read only half a web novel before daring to open a spirit altar; A weasel who cultivated powers by blindly practicing on its own and loves to brag; A wild fox that trains hard to attain enlightenment, but has to sneak down the mountain every so often to steal a chicken and whet its appetite; And a 1.6kReads8.7Score11814d adds
- 143 The Shaman's Records 萨满出马录 A true-to-life chronicle of spirit-medium practices in Northeast China. It's incredibly authentic, and everything in the book is the truth! Reader review: “Essential reading for anyone in the field!” Every pit the Longfeng Hall has stumbled into and every tear we've shed along the way: each experience can teach you how to read people, avoid traps, and steer clear of needless detours! All the scams and tricks people in the field use are laid bare and explained in full. We tell you everything o 6.6kReads8.9Score52014d adds
- 144 My Days as a Disciple of the Spirit Mediums 我当出马弟子的时光 A true account of spirit-medium practices, giving you an authentic look at every little detail! Every story and every person in this book is based on real events! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 My Years as a Spirit Medium 出马出道的那些年 Over the course of this book, I’ll take you into a true world of the occult. Southern Maoshan and Northern spirit mediums, Miao poison arts in western Hunan, pulse reading and tracing ailments to their source, healing with silver needles, Qimen Dunjia, finding burial sites and exploring tombs… These are stories that are strange yet true. In this book, I’ll share in detail the journey of an absolute beginner who knew nothing and learned step by step. The book will gradually introduce all kinds of 34Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 146 Supernatural: I Bring Home an Old Immortal in Inner Mongolia 灵异:我在内蒙领老仙儿 My name is Li Tianshu. I was originally called Li Chengcai. I was sickly from childhood and plagued by hardship. I was so familiar with the gates of death that even the King of Hell knew my face. My grandparents said I had been cursed just like my great-grandfather, and planned to abandon me in the mountains to be raised by wolves. It was my maternal grandfather who gave me back my humanity and renamed me Li Tianshu, hoping Heaven would forgive me and free me from the curse. From then on, my fat 326Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 147 Northeastern Tales: The Marriage Swap 东北往事之转亲 Period setting + rural life + everyday family matters + farming + building a fortune + a touch of ensemble cast Three women make quite a show. The madman Guo Lixin mistakes Ding Xiang for his deceased girlfriend and follows her around every day, calling her his wife. But Ding Xiang’s father only wants to trade his daughter for a marriage connection for his good-for-nothing son. Guo Limei grits her teeth. Fine, let him trade her. She’s getting married for the second time anyway, and already has a 9.2kReads9.0Score93314d adds
- 148 Tales of a Bandit Woman from Northeast China 东北乡女匪事 The story begins at the Chen family mill A steadfast, valiant bandit chief; a bold and easygoing rogue who seduces a pretty widow; a sinister, scheming dwarf fairy maiden; two daring, sharp-tongued female bandits; a meek child bride who is also a poison doctor; a loyal and ruthless casino owner; a glamorous undercover agent who charms Japanese officers; a spirited mother and resistance fighter... These vivid lives tell the story of how ordinary people struggled against the cruelty and devastat 249Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 149 Transmigrating as a Fierce Northeastern Wife, My Whole Family Spoils Me Rotten 穿成东北悍妻,全家往死了宠我 [The short drama is now available] [Transmigrate into a book + 1990s + Northeast China setting + winning back her husband + family life + sweet romance + adorable kids] Huang Ying transmigrates into a period novel as the spoiled supporting character who shares her name. She is a compulsive gambler who racks up huge debts, abandons her husband and child, and eventually dies miserably on the streets with nowhere to turn. Her former husband, who loved her more than life itself, dies of depression. 966Reads8.3Score14714d adds
- 150 They Were Pretending to Be Poor, But I Really Died 他们是装穷啊,可我真死了啊 They were pretending to be poor, but I really died. 10Reads—Score—14d adds

















































