Novels like The Spirit Medium: My Days with the Immortals
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- 51 The Years I Ran a Spirit Shrine and Told Fortunes 我立堂看事那些年 When I was seven, I saw a woman performing a model opera in the TV screen during a power outage. From that moment on, I began a legendary life of establishing a spirit altar, reading people’s fortunes, punishing evil, and promoting good. 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 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
- 54 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
- 55 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 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 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
- 57 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
- 58 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
- 59 A Young Northeastern Spirit Medium 东北出马小先生 Gao Yunfei, the protagonist, was born in Changchun, Jilin, in Northeast China. He graduated from Jilin Institute of Physical Education with a degree in traditional ethnic sports. After college, he taught martial arts and mixed martial arts at a boxing gym. Then, by a twist of fate, he took up his family's ancestral incense tradition and became a spirit medium. Able to communicate with spirits, he moves between the realms of yin and yang, becoming a medium from Northeast China who helps people av 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 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. 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Northeast Spirit Medium: My Years as the King of Tragedy 东北出马之我当悲王那些年 (Traditional supernatural fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no cultivation, parallel storylines for a man and a woman. Don't try the spells in this book; this story is entirely fictional!) After dying on the street while trying to help someone, Zhang Daoxuan became a lonely ghost. He thought his only hope was to find a substitute and then reincarnate in the underworld. But through a twist of fate, he became a shamanic spirit medium. With my left hand, I push open the yin-yang gate; with my 224Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 62 I Met a Northeastern Immortal in Hebei 在河北遇到东北仙 Because of his unusual fate, Zhang Yang kept running into all kinds of strange things before he turned eighteen. As a child, he helped his mother work in the fields. Whenever she set him down by the ridge, a white shadow would circle around him. On his way home from evening study at primary school, he once ran into an acquaintance who had died earlier that afternoon. When he was twelve, he made a bunch of wild guesses while telling someone's fortune, and every single one came true. Thinking he m 73Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 63 Don't Panic, I'm a Legitimate Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 各位莫慌，贫道乃正经东北出马仙 [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Spirit Mediums] [Comedy] [No System] [Yang Ergou Series, Book 3] On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld swing wide open. Yang Duoduo follows his parents' last wishes and goes to a mass grave to pay respects at a lonely tomb. Born with a half-spirit body, he should have remained untouched by the worlds of yin and yang. But a black fox bursts from the grave and forcibly changes his constitution. Black Fox: Do you think I look 8.2kReads6.9Score58414d adds
- 64 After Getting Engaged to a Fox Spirit, the Dragon King Followed Me Down to the Mortal Realm 和狐夫订婚后，龙王大人追下凡了 [An inherently wicked heroine and an unconventional female lead] [A battlefield of men competing for her, obsessive and unstable love, one woman and multiple men, past lives and present] [The aloof male lead is dragged down from his pedestal] [The second male lead seems gentle and tolerant, but is obsessive and unstable inside, and later resorts to taking her by force] In 2013, just after I started college, I filmed a true dragon appearing. After I posted the video online, my life was turned ups —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 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 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Spirit Medium 出马仙 Have you heard of a weasel possessing someone? Have you heard of a gui taking over someone’s bed? Have you heard of returning infant spirits? How much do you know about the Five Great Clans of Northeast China? Open this book, and I’ll tell you all about the little-known stories of Northeast China’s spirit mediums. 499Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 68 An Unorthodox Spirit Medium 野路子出马仙 My father found a treasure while searching the mountains, but the villagers killed him for it. To avenge him, I went to the Five Immortals Temple and summoned five wild spirits. That was how I embarked on an extraordinary path as a spirit medium... 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 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 6.6kReads8.9Score51014d adds
- 70 My Years as a Spirit Medium, Part 2 我当出马仙的这些年2 A year after the calamity that struck once every thousand years had finally stabilized, who could have guessed that upheaval was quietly brewing in the shadows? As the order of the Heavenly Dao was reshaped, species that should never have existed began appearing in the human world. When a woman nearing the end of her lifespan came to seek help, a ten-year struggle officially began... An evil aura that devours lifespans, descendants of the blood-sucking zombie Jiang Chen, and eight books of curse 126Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 71 The Apocalypse's First Spirit Medium 末世第一出马仙 This is the story of Qingcheng, a disciple of a shamanic tradition entrusted with the mission of saving the world. On the land of Northeast China, as the Age of Declining Dharma descends, Qingcheng grows stronger, cultivates their powers, and gathers spirit companions. In the end, they establish the foremost spiritual lodge, turn the tide, and save both the world and the Age of Declining Dharma. 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 72 The Years I Spent as a Spirit Medium 我当出马仙的那些年 Eighteen years ago, a weasel brought me two eggs. Eighteen years later, after my grandmother passed away, I officially became a spirit-medium disciple, venturing into the mortal world with an entire retinue of spirits. 427Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 73 The Confessions of a Spirit Medium, Part Two 一个出马仙自述经历第二部 This book is the official sequel to "The True Story of a Spirit Medium's Experiences". The entire work is fictional, so please don't take it as a reason to believe in superstition! As a sequel, this book recounts several strange experiences from a spirit medium's cultivation. The tale of my soul entering the body of the spirit tablet king at my own altar is just one of its central plotlines. I was a spirit medium in the human world, setting up altars, investigating cases, and helping clients. I 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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. 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 75 A Long Road to Spirit Mediumship 出马路漫漫 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long; troops from the five directions come, immortals from the five directions arrive. The old hall's people and soldiers will one day emerge from an ancient cave, and their fame will spread across the four seas, passed down through countless households!!! There was a young female disciple in Northeast China, full of youthful vigor. After years of stumbling along, where did her path lead? Was cultivation about following the Dao, or understanding 277Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 76 Drinking Fox Milk Made Me Speak in Tongues 喝狐乳，开口邪 The male lead's life is falling apart from the start, and he was born with the Immortal Bones of No-Fault. His father died young of illness, and his mother was murdered. + A Northeastern village tale of the Five Immortals and the supernatural + Puppet traitors during the turbulent Republican era + No female lead, just one great story after another, each chapter building on the last 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Spirit Medium: From the Start, I Took Down the Entire Weasel Family 出马：开局掀了黄皮子全家 A yellow weasel began harming people in a remote mountain village, and I was dragged into the incident when I was seven. It became a nightmare that lasted five years. When I was twelve, my mother sent me away from Heigouzi, and I managed to survive. Twelve years later, thinking the nightmare was over, I returned to my hometown. Little did I know, the real horror was only just beginning… 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 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
- 79 Tales of Spirit Mediums in the Northeast 东北出马的那点事儿 A record of my personal experiences as a spirit medium in Northeast China, including stories about the traditions passed down by the older generation, the rules of the community, people around me, and all sorts of people fate brought my way after I became a medium. 1.2kReads6.9Score—14d adds
- 80 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 38Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 81 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 454Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 82 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
- 83 The Ancient House in the Dark: Unraveling the Fog of Death 暗夜古宅：揭秘死亡迷雾 The Mysterious Old House: Uncovering the Fog of Death follows Lin Feng, a suspense novelist who travels to a mysterious old house deep in the mountains in search of inspiration. There, he encounters a woman in white and a string of other supernatural events, then faces a life-or-death crisis in the basement. Through courage and ingenuity, he uncovers the connection between the house’s murders and a secret organization. After returning to the city, Lin Feng is attacked by men in black trying to s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 War God Di Xuan Helps the Dragon Clan Return to Its Peak 战神帝玄助龙族重回巅峰 The War God Di Xuan helps the Dragon Clan return to its former glory. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Northeastern Spirit Medium's Journal 东北出马笔记 From the day I was born, vengeful spirits surrounded our gate. The old immortal said I had a spiritual altar within me and would have to survive three life-and-death trials. If I made it through, I could establish my altar and serve as a spirit medium. If I didn’t, I would be doomed beyond redemption. My fate had been sealed long ago… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 我老舅是出马仙 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Ma Xian of the White Mountains and Black Waters: The Ma Family Shrine 白山黑水出马仙：马家堂口 He shoots and kills a weasel spirit with three hundred years of cultivation. He thinks it’s a fortune dropped from heaven, but little does he know he’s letting a wolf into the house and bringing disaster upon his entire family! Ma Li, an ordinary hunter’s son, is inexplicably targeted by the weasel spirit and becomes his family’s “incense bearer,” a “spirit medium” who communicates with the immortals! The altar has just been set up, its four beams and eight pillars are still incomplete, but rule 1Reads—Score414d adds
- 88 Spirit Medium Files: Unnatural Deaths 出马档案：非正常死亡 Beneath the black soil of Northeast China, the ancient pact of the spirit mediums conceals a mystery. Meanwhile, a string of unnatural deaths in modern cities and remote villages is tearing open the boundary between reality and the spirit world. Shen Zhiwei, a forensic examiner at a funeral home, inherited the spirit-medium tradition as a child. Her left eye can see the dead, and her right hand can sense yin energy. She had hoped to keep her heritage hidden and live as an ordinary forensic exami 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 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
- 90 Reborn: I Will Save the Spirit-Medium Industry! 重生之我要拯救出马仙行业！ A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Even Evil Spirits Offer Me Cigarettes: I’m a Northeast Chinese Shaman 邪祟见我都递烟，我是东北出马仙 [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Female Lead] + [Folk Taboos] + [Not Invincible] + [No Cultivation] No specialist knowledge required; a collection of standalone stories. To support the temperamental Willow Immortal he worships at home, the spirit medium Zhao Dashun has scrubbed people’s backs at a bathhouse and set up a stall on an overpass. After capturing the Cat-Faced Granny, Zhao Dashun makes a name for himself in a single battle and sets out on the straight and narrow path 7.3kReads8.4Score75014d adds
- 92 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
- 93 Awakening My Immortal Destiny: The Path of a Spirit Medium 仙缘觉醒，出马仙之路 Lin Xiaoman once thought she would spend her whole life in the old alleys of a small Northeastern town, working from sunrise to sunset and living a quiet, uneventful life like countless generations of her family before her. Then, after a sudden high fever, she began to see “things” ordinary people couldn’t: a woman in blue wandering beneath the old locust tree at the end of the alley, a white-bearded old man tapping on her window at night, and even the indistinct summons of “the immortals” in he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 My Strange Spirit-Medium Life 我的诡异出马人生 I'm Xiao Ming. I live in an ordinary family in Northeast China, where my parents run a business. I'm introverted, and because I'm overweight, my classmates mock and ostracize me at school. “Look at that fatso. What a freak!” “He's a loser.” Their words made me feel inferior and depressed. At home, Mom was gentle but controlling. After Dad got involved with Buddhist teachings, he was always lecturing us, and his temper was unpredictable. Their love left me feeling suffocated. I have a special sen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Child Immortal of the Northeast 东北童仙 Every story here is drawn from my own experience. I come from three generations of spirit mediums. The main people in my life are my mother, Lingzi; my uncle, Tongtong; and the elder who protects me from beyond. I never thought I would write down anything, despite working in this field for more than ten years. Then, on the night of October 10, 2023, my soul left my body, and I resolved to leave behind for my descendants what I have seen and learned. I hope none of what I leave behind will ever b 303Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 96 Those Years I Served as a Spirit Medium 顶香出马的那些年 I was born at midnight on July 16. A white fox and a black snake blocked the door when I was born. My second aunt, a shaman, read my fate: I was never meant to be born, but was a little ghost who escaped from the Underworld. I was born with an evil bone, possessed yin-yang eyes, had all seven apertures open, and was fated to have my life claimed by the King of Hell. To survive, I eventually chose to become a shaman. After experiencing many paranormal events, I encountered an evil organization ca 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 97 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
- 98 Tales of a Little Spirit Medium 出马仙之小小传 Everyone wants to get their spiritual powers quickly, but no one knows how hard the trials are to endure. If you haven't experienced anything strange, if you haven't suffered through the kind of misery that's hard to explain, why would the immortals choose you? 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Morgue Mysteries: Lord Huang Santai’s Manhunt Order 太平间异闻：黄三太爷的追凶令 No one believes that an immortal fox lives in the hospital morgue, much less that this immortal is the meddlesome “Third Master Huang.” But ever since I took over the bizarre case of a “corpse moving by itself,” I keep seeing a flash of yellow beside the autopsy table. I even caught the reflection of a weasel in the dead person's pupils. As a disciple who can communicate with the immortals, I know this case is part of Third Master Huang's scheme, and a hunt for the culprit that crosses the bound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 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 4.2kReads8.8Score16614d adds
