Novels like The Shaman's Records
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- 151 The Engineer's Strange Case Files 工程诡录 Please note: This story has no harem, no brainless characters, no overpowered cheat, and uses science instead of mysticism. If that's not your thing, please don't read. A staunch atheist with a PhD in control engineering is unexpectedly sent as a technical consultant to a new factory plagued by strange incidents. One bizarre equipment failure follows another, yet every scientific method he knows proves useless. With only three days left to finish the project, Dr. Qi decides to use scientific ins 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 152 Work’s on Pause: The Yellow Immortal Takes Me Graveyard Clubbing 上班暂停，黄大仙带我坟场蹦迪 [Mild horror + comedy + two male leads] After working late one night, I was chased by a murderer into a cemetery, where I accidentally came across a weasel worshiping the moon. I remembered the Great Immortal Huang from my grandmother’s stories. Chen Shu placed his hopes in it. “Great Immortal Huang, you look like a six-foot-tall, eight-pack, rich and powerful, luxury-car-driving, mansion-owning, cheerful, helpful, impossibly handsome guy who does whatever I say.” The weasel’s chance to become a 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 154 I Was Scammed Into Buying a Haunted House from the Start, So I Invited a Fox Immortal to Subdue All Evil 开局被骗买凶宅，我请狐仙镇百邪 From the Start, I Was Tricked into Buying a Haunted House, So I Summoned a Fox Immortal to Suppress Every Evil Spirit 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 I Take the Immortals to Another World 我带仙家闯异界 You know about the spirit mediums of Northeast China, but have you ever heard of one from another world? I’m Li Jiuxuan. I don’t know what day I was born, because I have no parents. Granny Li, the village’s spirit medium, found me and raised me... 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 418Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 157 The Divine Charlatan Meng the Blind 神棍孟瞎子 Northeastern China in the late eighties and nineties, a time of upheaval and uncertainty. I, Meng Qinglong, once roamed the world with Huang the Lame’s southern expeditionary band. My life was a mess, riddled with mistakes. A calamity blinded me in both eyes, leaving me with just one weak, partially sighted eye and nothing but a dead end ahead. A Taoist master saved my life. Then, with my streetwise swagger, I passed myself off as a charlatan to make a living. Alongside Huang Xiaobao, a weasel 22.7kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
- 158 The Outer Five Immortals Reveal Their Divine Might 外五仙显神威 [Spirit Mediums] [Supernatural Comedy] [Female Lead] [Slow-Burn Beginning] My name is Cui Ling. Ling as in “all things have a spirit.” I was born with an extraordinary destiny, and at eighteen, I became a spirit medium. With all four pillars and eight supports in place, my journey as a spirit medium began. 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Northeastern Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 Wang Chuyi learned the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams, Maoshan magic, swordsmanship, and boxing from his grandfather from an early age. He met Ma Hongmei, a disciple of the Ma family from Northeast China, and became her godson. Before she died, Ma Hongmei passed on to him her shrine, where she had enshrined a hundred immortals. Practicing both the immortal and Daoist paths, Wang Chuyi slays evil ghosts, subdues wicked demons, battles zombies, and guides benevolent spirits onward. He even 400Reads6.8Score111Shelves
- 160 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 8.2kReads6.9Score574Shelves
- 161 Grandfather Huang the Immortal 黄仙太爷 After my father killed a weasel spirit, disaster struck our whole family! To save my life, and because of my unusual birth date and time, I had no choice but to become a spirit-medium apprentice, walking between the worlds of yin and yang. I thought I could finally live a happy, peaceful life, but little did I know that a painful, ill-fated relationship was about to begin… 216Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 162 The Strange Things I Encountered After Taking Up Spirit Mediumship 出马后遇到的那些邪乎事 The incense smoke rises, drifting toward the ninth heaven, And floats between ancient caves deep in the mountains. I summon the Hu and Huang spirits and their followers to the army, The Chang and Mang snake immortals come to the military camp. The Qingfeng ghost lord arrives, The spirits in the great hall rise three feet from the ground, bound by the incense. I, Wang Xiaojin, was born wearing the black gauze cap of an immortal household. Because I was too young, my mother did not want me to bec —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Not a Daoist Priest, but a Mage 不是道士是法师 Beat the drum and swing the whip. With a shiver, I emerge from the mountains. I open my mouth and speak like a human: I'm the half-mad Li Xiaoxian! Ever since I was born, bad luck has followed me everywhere. I've nearly died time and again. To fight against the fate laid out for me, I believed in the Lord, recited Buddhist scriptures, and even worked at a wholesale market. But Heaven played a cruel joke on me. Misfortune kept piling up until I became completely dazed and unhinged. Desperate to g 406Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 164 The Record of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子进行录 A very real, purely personal account of life as a spirit medium! I’m a real spirit-medium disciple myself! This book has no fantasy elements or cultivation-power fantasies, just true experiences and information! I hope you’ll enjoy it! wlt52121 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 The Spirit Medium's Road: My Adventures with the Old Immortal 出马仙，我跟老仙的江湖路 A disciple of the spirit mediums of Ghost Street, in his tenth year practicing the art. His greatest wish at first was to become the biggest local thug. He never expected to become a spirit medium, and only after taking it up did he discover that people in this line of work are worse than gangsters. What kind of person you are determines what kind of spirit you get, and the spirits follow their hosts. Zhao Zhengyang’s spirit companions are all like slick socialites in leather shoes. Then he runs 3.4kReads8.2Score392Shelves
- 166 The Northeast Spirit Medium 东北出马仙 [Rural life + folk legends + strange tales + horror + Northeastern China + adventure + crime and deduction + solving cases] [A police officer with a special constitution × a shaman grandmother: an ensemble mystery-solving tale as they team up to uncover the secrets of spirit mediums!] Northeastern China is the birthplace of shamanism and a thriving home to spirit mediums, including the Fox, Weasel, Hedgehog, Snake, and Rat spirits. Since ancient times, it has been full of people with extraordina 3kReads9.3Score150Shelves
- 167 The Spirit Medium Qing Xuan 出马仙清玄 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people and horses, the old hall's immortal. Whip the horse down the mountain, and make your name known throughout the land. I was born in 1990 in an ordinary village in a northeastern province. When I was three, a great deity said I would one day take up the incense and become a spirit medium. I didn't believe in fate, but in the end, I did become one. Over the years, I've worked as a chef, served as a leader, and entered the 1.1kReads7.2Score103Shelves
- 168 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 This story is also known as The Spirit Medium’s Diary. Little Hu Rong holds incense in her hands, born to take her place in the main hall. Though it was shortly after five on a June morning, the moment she was born, darkness swallowed everything. At seven, she made a mistake that cost the life of a Willow Immortal. Like oil catching fire, it set off a disaster that had been building for years. At eighteen, she fell ill, and a fortune-teller declared: “You were born to make your living as a spiri 69Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 169 Folktales of the Northeast: The Household Guardian Immortal 民间故事之东北保家仙 In folk tradition in Northeast China, people believe in household guardian spirits. Those who worship them receive blessings, and my job is to help people invite these spirits into their homes… 341Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 170 The Spirit Medium’s Journal: Strange Encounters on the Job 出马实录：我出马遇到的邪乎事儿 [Feng Shui and the Eight Trigrams + folk arcane arts + sorcery + Qimen Dunjia] I was born in a small county in Northeast China. My ancestors hunted fox spirits, killed yellow spirits, and soaked snakes in liquor. Our family also had a whole spirit retinue, so I was born destined to make my living this way. It was fate, so I went along with it and became a spiritual medium. Along the way, I encountered all kinds of bizarre, horrifying, and downright eerie events. [This story is adapted from real 32.4kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
- 171 The Spirit Medium Beyond the Pass 关外出马仙 Have you ever wondered whether the Great Wall, built over generation after generation, was meant to keep out enemies or something else that cannot be spoken of? Shanhaiguan Pass in the Ming dynasty was built to keep out the Manchus beyond the pass. Why, after the Qing army entered through the pass, did they still station heavy troops at Shanhaiguan? What were they guarding against? After the Qing took control of the Central Plains, why did they keep the lands beyond the pass sealed off for over 24Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 172 The Rise of Spirit Mediums in Northeast China 东北顶香风云 [No heroine + occasional humor + supernatural + xuanhuan + brotherhood + sisterhood] There sure are plenty of weird things in the Northeast! Let me tell you about it. I, Xue Lin, traveled far and wide with the spirit immortals. I helped a coal mine owner find missing miners and battled vengeful ghosts in a burial ground. I broke a formation for the richest man in Wende and stuffed a troublemaking fox spirit into a gourd. I've seen how hard it is to fathom people's hearts, faced ghosts claiming l 706Reads8.0Score106Shelves
- 173 Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir 东北往事之萨满传人 Heaven’s secrets are revealed, calamity cannot be escaped, fate is set, and fortune follows its course. Some things can’t be said out loud, but I can’t keep them to myself. Today, I’ll take a chance and tell you about the many things in this world that defy explanation, yet truly exist… 782Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 My Wife Is the Asura King 我的老婆是修罗王 Enter a ghost marriage, command a hundred ghosts, recruit ten thousand immortals, return to Yuxu... A new disciple’s “Madman’s Diary” 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 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! 5.5kReads8.6Score374Shelves
- 176 Get Up, Nobody Sleep! I'm Holding a Meeting for Ghosts! 起来都别睡，我给鬼开个会！ [Traditional]+ [Supernatural]+ [Comedy]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No CP]+ [No Cultivation] The animated comic Huang Daxian's Odd Jobs: My Host Is All Talk is now online. When Li Zhengyang was little, he went with his father to visit relatives. They were driving home at midnight when their car inexplicably stalled three times as they passed a graveyard. His relatives had plied him with liquor, but Li Zhengyang was fearless as a newborn calf. He got out of the car and yelled curses at the nearby mounds 6.7kReads8.3Score535Shelves
- 177 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The Last Horse-Riding Shaman 最后一个出马仙 A drought demon descends, throwing the mystic arts into chaos. Rumor has it that whoever obtains the Golden Pearl of Nüba can break through to the Celestial Rank and command the world. Before long, turmoil erupts. The five great schools of mystic arts descend on Yulin Village in search of Nüba. Five renowned, revered “hypocrites” from that era end up driving my grandmother to her death. To avenge her, I become the last shaman in the world! 123Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 179 A Family of Spirit Mediums 出马仙世家 A small suggestion from Zhang Xin, the 26th-generation heir of a family of spirit mediums: before opening the door when you get home at night, choose one of these three things to do: “Spit three times behind you,” “Flick the hem of your clothes three times,” or “Tap your heels together three times.” 52Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 180 Horse-Riding Immortal: My Years as a Spirit Medium 出马仙：我当大仙的那几年 Since ancient times, the line between the southern Maoist tradition and the northern Ma family tradition of spirit mediums has been drawn at Shanhai Pass. The spirit mediums inherited the legacy of the ancient shamanic religion and worship fox, yellow weasel, long, and python spirits, the wild immortals. Names like Third Grandpa Hu, Third Grandma Huang, Chang Xiaopao, Huang Xiaohua, and Mang Tianlong, the immortals of the northeastern spirit shrines, may exist only in legend. Wang Mofeng has a s 367Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Reading Qi in the Imperial Court 气观庙堂 Back then, the roads were still dirt tracks, and there were no big trees along the streets. All you could see was a crowd of children running under the blazing sun, kicking up clouds of dust that mingled with their sweat. After that day, my life was never the same. It has been exactly sixteen years since I first encountered the supernatural. I’ve witnessed the genuine spirit-medium traditions of the Northeast and visited shrines worshiped in other parts of the country. I’ve seen the wondrous cor 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 The Hauntings of the Paper Effigy Shop 纸扎店诡事 The mysterious shopkeeper Su Damei can communicate with the worlds of the living and the dead and ward off evil spirits. She runs an inconspicuous paper-offering shop, yet keeps getting caught up in bizarre incidents. Her adorable pet, Big Black Cat, is no ordinary cat! It can see ghosts and make snarky comments, and it’s Su Damei’s ghost-hunting partner. Cat lovers, rejoice! With Northeastern Chinese folk customs and a collection of short, episodic stories, each chapter brings a self-contained 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 After Discovering a Fox Immortal: It Was Like a Novel Come to Life 发现有狐仙后：好似小说照进现实 Author: Hu Mumu. The protagonist is a woman named Hu Mumu who has a fox spirit with her. Her husband, Qi Feng, is a disciple of Taoism, and his father is a powerful cultivator. The story is based on my personal experiences. I have never summoned spirits or established an altar. The fox spirit sister has been by my side, protecting me, for over twenty years. Ever since I learned about her, strange, fantastical things have begun happening around me. The strange events I’ve experienced since my hus 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 The Outdoor Paranormal Explorer Streamer 户外探灵主播 In little-known corners of the world, there is a unique profession. Its practitioners work mostly at night, exploring abandoned factories, hospitals, schools, funeral homes, hotels, and former murder scenes out in the open, where they encounter and interact with spirits. They are outdoor paranormal investigation streamers. Yu Haiyang is one of them, and his thrilling, dangerous, fantastical adventures were recorded by his fellow disciple, the online novelist Gao Yunfei. That is how this book, Ou 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 The Heaven-Chosen Horse-Riding Immortal 天命出马仙 The day I was born, a blood moon appeared in the sky. Roosters crowed and dogs barked, foxes bowed to the moon, and all nine stars in the heavens fell. As soon as I came into the world, I caused my mother’s death, then scared my father out of his mind. Everyone said I was a bringer of calamity reborn, but only my grandfather said I was chosen by heaven and destined for great things. When I grew up, I took over a shaman’s altar to investigate the mystery of my birth, only to be dragged into an ev 2.2kReads9.1Score178Shelves
- 186 Memoirs of a Spirit-Medium Taoist 出马道士回忆录 First establish a spirit-medium altar, then head to Bayu to study the ritual arts. A Qingwei disciple, holding the rank of Dujiao, with a white crane in his cave. A book of real experiences, true stories, and popular science! Everything in this book comes from my own real experiences and true stories! This book only covers things that really happened. It contains no fantasy or cultivation tales! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The White Dragon Horse Medium 白龙出马仙 Break through seven trials, meet with sudden disaster, make a blood sacrifice of an infant, refine corpse oil. One by one, long-lost secret arts resurface, and strange, mysterious events begin unfolding throughout my journey... That lantern made of human skin holds captive the youth I can never return to. 1.1kReads9.1Score100Shelves
- 188 Love's Tribulations Between Immortals and Mortals: A Matchmaker Disciple's Firsthand Tales of Karma and Romance 仙凡情劫：出马弟子亲历的因果姻缘 Love and Tribulation Between Immortals and Mortals: The Karma and Romance Personally Witnessed by a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 The Life of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 顶香出马弟子的人生 The life of a spirit-medium disciple, recounting how I established my altar and became a spirit medium, as well as how I took a Taoist priest as my master! Everything is based on real experiences and factual explanations, with no fantasy or cultivation elements whatsoever! 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 My Life as a Chuma Xian 我的出马仙儿生涯 In our vast land of China, the snowy black soil of the north is home to a strikingly unusual folk tradition: worshipping the “Immortals.” The Immortals do not appear in person. Instead, they possess their disciples, who are known as “spirit mediums,” serving as intermediaries between humans and spirits… A suspense masterpiece showcasing the very best of Northeast China's spirit-medium culture! 158Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 191 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 192 The Cycle of the Ghost Soldiers' Crossing 阴兵借道之轮回 Deep within the Sacred Ruins Temple, the ancient Sacred Ruins Dragon slowly opened its star-bright eyes. Its gaze held a profound wisdom, as if it could see through every mystery in the world. Luo Aiai stood before the Sacred Ruins Dragon, her face showing a hint of nervousness and anticipation. Who am I? Her hands were clasped tightly together, as though seeking comfort. But when she felt the Sacred Dragon’s gentle yet powerful aura, the tension in her heart gradually faded. “You are... Your bo 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 193 Summoning the Immortals 招仙 A successor to the Corpse-Measuring tradition, the Ma Immortals return! The Ma family’s disciples can divine fortune and misfortune and ward off evil. Wave the spirit-summoning banner, and the immortals will gather; lower the Immortal-Suppressing Seal, and every demon will be destroyed! I died for three days, then came back to life. From that moment on, I experienced a series of untold stories... 747Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 194 Tales of a Northeastern Spirit Medium 东北出马仙见闻 Strange things began happening around Li Yaoyao while she was still in school. Later, all sorts of baffling images kept appearing in her life. Had she really seen them with her own eyes, or had she imagined them? Perhaps neither you nor I can tell. It was only after she met her master that everything became clear through her explanations. Yet these so-called truths were only the opening chapter of the story of what happened to her. The road a spirit medium must travel is long, very long. Over th 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 196 The Yin-Yang Medium 阴阳女先生 Ever since I was born, the villagers have called me an ill-fated loner. Anyone who stays with me is doomed to bad luck and an early death. My grandmother, a yin-yang medium, defied Heaven to change my fate and keep me alive. Little did she know that this would set me on another road of no return. Cursed, solitary, cold-hearted, and loveless, I am a female yin-yang master. Let me guide you through the yin and yang of this world. 574Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 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—Shelves
- 198 Tales of the Northeast 东北往事 Have you ever felt you owed so many people that, after being reborn, you couldn’t wait to treat them well, forever and ever...? Have you ever been bullied, then been reborn and become powerful, only to be unable to wait to torment your tormentors without end...? 3.5kReads6.6Score379Shelves
- 199 The Funeral Specialist: Targeted Just Three Days After Posting 白事先生：发书三天，就被盯上了 (This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!) The market is sluggish, and funeral shops are no exception. With nothing better to do, I turned the manuscript Guichen Register, written by my grandfather and father together, into a digital edition. I’m addicted to typing, so I decided to write a novel to help make ends meet. But I never expected that just three days after I published it, someone would set their sights on me... 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 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
