Taoist Priests or Yin-Yang Masters 道士或阴阳先生

1. 1 我 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery955k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 27.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   This is a true record of a Yin-Yang master, full of valuable information.

2. 2 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves

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   1. **Folklore as the backbone, fantasy as the wings:** From a village in the Zhongnan Mountains to the Greek pantheon, traditional Feng Shui and Yin-Yang philosophy seamlessly blend with a modern cultivation system; 2. **Subtle foreshadowing:** The truth behind the three village rules of Gujing Village, the identities of the three people in the Taoist temple, and the mystery of the senior disciple's disappearance are all key foreshadowing elements running through the entire story; 3. **Unconventional and exhilarating:** The protagonist excels at using underhanded tactics to break through obstacles, achieving victory against all odds (such as uniting the divine realm to defeat Poseidon), making for thrilling and engaging battles of wits; 4. **Grand yet detailed:** The descriptions of the rune repair in the Warlord's Domination and the enlightenment in the Ruins of Time are detailed, hardcore, and full of imagination.

3. 3 行 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 A Qi阿七Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score257Shelves

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   Daoist Supreme Li Chu, leader of the Nine Dragons Group, Luo Xiaoyu, the chosen one, Yao Shisan, silver-tongued, Lin Shougao, Li Yang, the table-flipping champion, Li Po, the feng shui champion, Zhao Ziyang, the group's darling and bullied Yu Xiaobao.

4. 4 行 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 A Qi阿七Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 187Reads7.2Score—Shelves
5. 5 行 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 A Qi阿七Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
6. 6 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
7. 7 阳 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 Pan Dejiang潘的江Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.6kReads8.3Score731Shelves
8. 8 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves
9. 9 百 A Hundred Ghosts Walk at Night 百诡夜行 A Qi阿七Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When my grandfather was young, he was a renowned yin-yang master throughout the martial world. He spent his life doing good, vanquishing evil and sealing away fierce ghosts, and swore to protect the balance between yin and yang to his dying breath... On the night of his funeral, Heaven took pity on him: paper figures carried his coffin, a true dragon led the way, spirit soldiers cleared the path, and a hundred ghosts escorted him to his grave... And where the coffin touched the ground was the en 43Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 竖 The Upright Coffin 竖棺 A Qi阿七Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted They dug up a coffin buried upright while relocating graves in our village. It brought disaster upon the whole village and claimed the life of the person dearest to me… 1.2kReads7.4Score104Shelves
11. 11 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    This book is super good, and it's almost finished.

12. 12 道 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Xia Yi夏忆Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 23.9kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves

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    I read these three books in order: the last one, "The Taoist Priest," "The Story of the Taoist School," and "A Generation of Celestial Masters." After finishing them, I felt that no other book could surpass them.

13. 13 一 The Heavenly Master 一代天师 Xia Yi夏忆Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Forty years ago, a husband and wife ignored their ancestors' warning and died horribly at the entrance to their village. The woman's eyes were gouged out, and her body was hung from the old ginkgo tree in the ancestral hall. A year later, a young man from out of town unearthed a strange clay figure and was plunged into a deadly calamity, only to be saved by an old Daoist. Forty years later, a mysterious letter drew attention back to that village. No one knew that opening it would mean opening th 6.8kReads9.2Score975Shelves
14. 14 女 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ Tale of the Strange Star奇星记Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score327Shelves

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    A journey through the realms of Yin and Yang, a ghost girlfriend—the girl isn't naive and innocent, the boy isn't virtuous and upright—step by step entering the world of Yin and Yang, becoming an Onmyoji. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Without further ado, here's the book! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

15. 15 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    These two bags are nice.

16. 16 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
17. 17 诡 The Cursed Girl with a Doomed Fate 诡命煞女 Not Drunk不醉Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 10.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    Yin-Yang Master, Walking Between Yin and Yang

18. 18 我 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 Not Drunk不醉Mystery573k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 40Reads6.8Score—Shelves
19. 19 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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    Personal experience, feel free to check it out if you're interested.

20. 20 小 Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺 Big Sister Li李家大姐Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Buqi. My professions include Taoist priest, locksmith, cook, phone repairman, driver, and tomb-raiding consultant…. I have too many to list them all. I was raised by my master and martial uncle! They were both incredible! I only learned that after coming back from my first year out in the world. Because I liked to play around, I also squandered a lot of techniques that people would have envied! Fortunately, I devoted myself to physiognomy and mastered two special 151kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves

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    Hehe. Here's my own book!

21. 21 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    I recommend this book: A Different Kind of Taoist Priest, Urban Adventures.

22. 22 阴 The Living King of Hell of the Yin-Yang Realm 阴阳界活阎王 Brother from Heihe黑河小哥Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Evil spirits: “Hell is empty, and devils walk among us!” Unorthodox cultivators: “Compared to him, I’m just a rookie!” Righteous cultivators: “Who let him cultivate?!” Li Dao: “Ahem, let me clear things up. I did all those things... just kidding.” 196Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is already quite good.

23. 23 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves

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    🌺Highly Recommended🌺 🥀Part One ①. On the eve of my ninth birthday, my grandfather made a coffin and buried me in a mass grave. This was a strange custom in our family. From the age of three, my grandfather would make a coffin for me every year: the first year a willow coffin, the second a cypress coffin, the third a sandalwood coffin… I was sealed in a coffin and buried alive by my wicked fiancée, but she didn't know I was destined to die! The book features feng shui, physiognomy, face painting, summoning souls, ghost walking, corpse driving, and various other folk arts and taboo techniques, all presented in great detail. 🥀Part Two ②. *The Art of Character Divination* The art of character divination begins with understanding people. Using character divination as a starting point, it explores human nature and society. A broad and intellectually stimulating game, character divination reveals the myriad aspects of life and philosophy, showcasing the complexity and multifaceted nature of humanity. Readers enjoy the story while gaining wisdom and inspiration for life.

24. 24 最 The Last Descendant of Zhong Kui 最后一个钟馗传人 Yan Xiaoxiu阎小朽Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing I was cursed by a thousand-year-old fox demon the moment I was born. As a child, I couldn’t see or hear, and everyone said I was born disabled. But when I was five, a master took me in as his disciple. He said I was a reincarnated ghost god, a tempting morsel in the eyes of ghosts and monsters. The fox demon’s revenge, a frozen corpse in a dry well, a water ghost claiming lives, a hundred ghosts roaming by night... Strange events followed one after another. To protect myself, I had no choice but 5.5kReads9.0Score481Shelves

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    Definitely worth watching!!!

25. 25 九 Uncle Nine: I Copy Traits, and Ren Tingting Begs Me in Tears to Marry Her 九叔，复制词条任婷婷哭着求嫁 The Three Elbows of Old Wu, I Say我说老乌的三肘候Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Zombie manipulation, humorous traits, recruiting disciples across film and TV worlds] Lin Fan transmigrates to Renjia Town, becomes Uncle Ninth’s disciple, and awakens the Trait Copying System. He can even combine traits without limit! Five Thunder Spell (Gold), Qimen Dunjia (Red), Zhong Kui Possession (Rainbow) Chrysanthemum Corpse Cultivation (Purple), Corpse King’s Tyrant Body (Red), Soul-Reaping Buddhist Chant (Red) Maoshan Corpse Driving (Purple), Sword Control Through Qi (Supreme), Indest 12.2kReads7.3Score852Shelves

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    Back in the day, watching Uncle Nine and the old witch Jiu Ju's epic battle was truly exhilarating; both their intelligence and fighting prowess were top-notch. Uncle Nine completely thrashed the old witch! [Laughs]

26. 26 道 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know 486Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    This story tells of a Taoist who enters the secular world for spiritual cultivation. While experiencing various paranormal events, he discovers that the complexities of human relationships are a hundred times greater than his spiritual practice. The story involves feng shui, folk customs, scientific explanations, Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination), and various principles of the I Ching. It also uses metaphysical and scientific methods to explain some seemingly unscientific and bizarre events.

27. 27 小 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: My Love in the Mortal World 小道士下山之我的红尘情缘 Ashura Who Loves Peacock Plants喜欢孔雀木的阿修罗Urban343k WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling + urban life + multiple heroines + martial arts] The day Zhang Qingfeng was born, his maternal grandfather took him away and abandoned him. His master later brought him back to a Taoist temple, where he learned martial arts and a little fortune-telling and character analysis. At seventeen, his master sent him down the mountain to resolve his own entanglements in the mortal world. 1.3kReads8.6Score105Shelves

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    Every divination result has a reasonable explanation, and every prescription has its source; they are absolutely genuine and effective. The young Taoist priest is kind, but not a saint. There are many female leads, but he's not promiscuous. He's skilled in martial arts, but not bloody. The young Taoist priest says, "Compassion is for Buddhism. Look carefully, I'm a Taoist priest; we only uphold justice. You don't expect me to be like those monks, cutting off my own flesh to feed the birds, do you?"

28. 28 云 Yun Che: The Spirit Medium 云澈：出黑先生 Run Yu888润玉88812k WordsCompleted Yun Che: The Black Mister 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend "Yun Che: Mr. Black," a thrilling story with vivid characters that takes you on a journey through unique folk tales. Runyu888, this book is definitely worth reading, come and check it out!

29. 29 校 The Little Taoist of the Campus 校园小道士 Ximen Ziyunol西门紫韵olMystery146k WordsOngoing In today's world, where information technology changes by the minute, Yang Yiqing is a young Taoist priest with little experience of the world. The moment he descends the mountain to gain experience, an extraordinary life is destined to unfold before him. 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A Taoist priest in a school style

30. 30 道 Master of the Daoist Arts 道门高手 Gentle Breeze, Scattered Clouds風轻雲淡Mystery141k WordsOngoing A funny, easy-to-follow story about catching ghosts and vanquishing demons in a modern city. My dad’s surname is Li, and my mom’s surname is Bai, so my name is Li Bai. By day, I wear a white lab coat and look impossibly handsome! By night, I wear a black suit and look devastatingly handsome! Do you believe in ghosts? You don’t, because you’ve never seen one. I do. Not only have I seen them, I’ve caught them! Two male leads: a slightly dim-witted second male le 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The modern Taoist priests' methods of catching ghosts and exorcising demons are rather comical.

31. 31 僵 Why Do Zombies Go Out of Their Way to Avoid Me? 僵尸见我绕道走，为啥 Mingze888888铭泽888888Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Lin Xiaojiu was granted reincarnation by the will of Heaven. In his previous life, he was Maoshan's greatest Celestial Master, who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao. Reborn in this life to cultivate anew, he's invincible from the start! Others go weak in the knees at the sight of ghosts. When he shows up, zombies turn and run, while evil spirits kneel and beg for mercy. “Zombie bros, don't run! I haven't exorcised you yet!” “Are there no evil spirits in this generation who can put up a 8kReads9.5Score798Shelves

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    The reincarnation of Master Jiu, the Taoist Priest with One Eyebrow, features classic Maoshan Taoist techniques, various talismans and formations, and a brand new story. It's touching and hilarious, and you definitely won't be disappointed! [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

32. 32 骨 The Secrets of Bone Weight: A Guide to Fortune-Telling by Bone Weight 骨重天机：称骨算命录 Si Zhan思湛Mystery151k WordsOngoing When chaos first began, the Jia Yin year was established; a flash of spirit light shot into the Kui Wall. Sword energy from the Cloud Terrace rushed against the Ox and Dipper; incense ash in the Bronze Sparrow Tower cooled, leaving only the smoke of the seal. Spring wine was green before the Five Willows Gate; beneath the Three Locust Trees, night lamps hung aloft. Heaven's secrets shifted in darkness as the stars moved; the earth's veins ran unseen, and the trigrams changed. Ren and Gui joined, 9Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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    I highly recommend these two books, they're absolutely amazing! [Drooling emoji]

34. 34 韦 Wei Xiaobao Conquers the World 韦小宝争霸天下 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMale-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted Funny, lighthearted, a little System, transmigration, souls returning... Nong di ge dong, xian ren ban ban, Xiao Xuanzi, I didn't rebel, but somehow I became a wanted criminal! What a load of nonsense! For the sake of a thousand generations, Xiao Xuanzi, I'll take your throne, and you can have Tongchi Island back! 10.9kReads8.7Score989Shelves

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    A very exciting and hilarious read! [Laughing][laughing][OK]

35. 35 神 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMystery301k WordsCompleted Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take 1.6kReads6.6Score152Shelves
36. 36 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves

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    Fellow Daoist, please wait!

37. 37 茅EN The Maoshan Secret: Chronicle of Ghosts, Zombies, Demons, and Monsters 茅山秘闻之鬼僵妖魔录 Wangshu Above the Clouds云上望舒Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When I was seventeen, I stumbled into another world by accident. From that moment on, I fell into an abyss, with no way back for the rest of my life. In that world, I saw things that ordinary people never see in an entire lifetime. Of course, the price was spending the rest of my life dealing with zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Now I'm about to leave this world for another place. So, while I still have this last bit of time, I'll write down everything I've been through. These things shou 282Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend watching it at night. It's more exciting to watch alone at night! [Driving a draft][Driving a draft][Cool][Cool][Cool]

38. 38 灵 The Coffin Walks at Night 灵棺夜行 Watchdog看门狗Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I was carrying a coffin up the mountain for a burial when they stuffed me inside and buried me alive. Then, in a single night, all three hundred or so people in the village vanished. Only at night was the place alive with voices. I crawled out of the coffin, only to discover... 5.8kReads8.2Score366Shelves
39. 39 血 The Blood Coffin's Cursed Secret 血棺诡咒 Gui Balang鬼八狼Mystery366k WordsCompleted (Supernatural horror + no female lead + no mindless wish fulfillment + no cultivation + an ordinary person’s strange life.) My name is Cheng Dabao. I was born at midnight on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. All my life, I’ve kept running into strange people and strange things… “It all began when I accidentally opened a bright red coffin in 1983…” The woman in the coffin, the cat-faced mountain god, the old woman carrying a lantern… Amid all this eerie strangeness, perhaps things aren’t as 451Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 猎 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 Liang Benbuyi亮本布衣Urban285k WordsCompleted The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is full of ups and downs, and it employs a variety of writing techniques.

41. 41 合 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 Qin Gengxin秦更新Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.8kReads7.2Score173Shelves

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    [Making a face][Smirking][Pouting][What][Making a face][Laughing][Smirking][Laughing][Pouting][Thinking][Pouting][Smirking][Shocked][Smirking] Wonderful online article, happy and joyful every day.

42. 42 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book! [Top post] If it's not well-written, come find me online! It's a horror novel with a ghostly fate system—a writing style never before seen and never to be repeated. The protagonist is a Taoist priest, incredibly cool.

43. 43 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves

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    Li Changsheng is really handsome. My brother Que must be in it too!

44. 44 顶 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Scallions葱花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 1.7kReads8.8Score341Shelves

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    Not bad! [Smile]

45. 45 镇 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Ninth Young Master of the Daoist Sect道门九公子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.5kReads8.8Score532Shelves

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    Taoist priests and Feng Shui masters are acceptable, right?

46. 46 僵 Jiangshi: Farewell, Uncle Jiu 僵尸：再见九叔 A Humble Life in Leisure闲余凡生Mystery203k WordsCompleted As soon as Lin Xian opens his eyes, he finds himself lying in an unfamiliar place. A blue-faced, fanged figure with its arms stretched out is lunging at him. Lin Xian is startled. That’s a zombie, right? Where on earth am I… “Uncle Jiu, that zombie has appeared again.” 2.9kReads6.1Score107Shelves
47. 47 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, and terrifying.

48. 48 出 A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事 Flying Mountain, Unbroken Jade飞山不破玉Mystery527k WordsOngoing [No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat 630Reads8.5Score123Shelves

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    Private practitioners recount their genuine commissions

49. 49 这 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Ghost Hunter, Big Brother抓鬼大师兄Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    Taoist fiction, so exciting and exhilarating, and surprisingly, it has a relatively sound moral compass. [Admiration][Admiration]

50. 50 乌 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 873Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    A branch of Taoism, passed down through generations, the traditional culture of ethnic minorities in Guizhou, and the thousand-year-old legends along the Wujiang River!

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