Slaying Demons in the Republic Era, Proving My Way to the Heavens

(Classic xianxia + traditional cultivation + no female lead + myriad-worlds setting + supernatural mysteries + strange tales + not dark + plenty of chapters banked, so dive in with confidence)

A middle-school teacher on the verge of retirement dies suddenly in his study. When he opens his eyes again, he has become Jing Xuan, a young Daoist priest in the Republic-era town of Taiping.

His master is dead and his home is bare, but fortunately, he awakens the Great Derivation Cosmic Instrument.

The Dao De Jing, the Yellow Court Scripture, the Scripture for Delivering People... Countless Daoist texts are brought together and refined into the Three Heavens Jade Hall Inner Landscape Jade Book.

He builds his foundation in a hundred days, refines his body through breathing exercises, kindles the light of his nature, and sets seven precious seals circulating around him.

He slays corpse ghosts to gather Daoist essence, enters secret realms to forge flying swords, and destroys evil cultivators to set the world right.

When his Daoist essence is finally abundant, the gates to the myriad worlds slowly open...

Watch as an ordinary Daoist priest ascends step by step and proves the Great Dao of the myriad worlds.