Seeking the Way in a World Overrun by Ghosts and Demons

[Mild horror + slow burn + no female lead + no System + pure cultivation]

Cultivation realms:

Dao Initiate → Mortal Daoist → Human Realm Priest → Dao Heart → Dao Union: five major realms (with a hidden realm, the Dao Ancestor). Each realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages.

Jiang Xiaobai lost both parents as a child and survived on the charity of the people in Jiang Family Village. At eight, he met an old Daoist who made a brick vanish right before his eyes. According to the old man, this was the so-called “magic of the Dao.”

The old Daoist said, “Kid, if you become my disciple, I’ll teach you this so-called Dao.”

Thinking of the vanishing brick, Jiang Xiaobai accepted without a moment’s hesitation and bowed to the old Daoist as his master.

The seals have expired. Ghosts and monsters are running rampant, wreaking havoc among the living. As a member of the Daoist sect, Jiang Xiaobai travels far and wide to capture ghosts and vanquish monsters, restoring peace to the mortal world.

... [Friendly reminder: This book is entirely fictional.]