Any Stories With a Male Lead Who's a Taoist Priest, Already Powerful from the Start, and Has No Romance? 有没有男主是道士，刚开始就非常厉害没有感情线！

1. 51 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.4kReads6.6Score18914d adds

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   The quality is acceptable; it's not a bad read. The protagonist possesses immortal powers; it's an urban fantasy novel. The protagonist is ethereal and powerful, vanquishing demons and monsters. He seeks help from the True Martial Emperor and rescues the righteous god of Northeast China, Hu San Taiye. Meanwhile, leaders from various esoteric sects like Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, and Wudang Mountain display their skills. Furthermore, Zhang Sanfeng, who has lived for six hundred years, uses two fingers to slay demons. In episode 749, the protagonist is forced to intervene. The story is full of satisfying moments and exciting fight scenes.

2. 52 鬼 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 Jie Yu界玉Mystery877k WordsCompleted The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.9kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds

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   [Thinking][Thinking] It feels like the timeline only affects the speed at which the male protagonist draws his sword. [Cool][Cool]

3. 53 茅 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7kReads9.0Score64814d adds
4. 54 咱 We've Got People Down Below 咱下面有人 Warm Sun on Duckweed暖阳浮萍Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The big shots of the Underworld? They're my ancestors! As the Underworld's number-one playboy, I stay calm. My family has always been serious about protecting its own! The Underworld's ghost dragons? They're my tattoos! Those guys are a little too wild. If possible, send a few more my way! The Underworld's bailiffs? They're my underlings! They can drive for me and deliver packages, too! Evil spirits causing trouble? I'll kill every last one of them. Well, as the Underworld's Ghost Courier Ju 9.1kReads9.0Score69814d adds
5. 55 当 After the Fortune Teller Got a Superstar Boyfriend 当神棍有了大明星男友后 Feng Junjun逢君君Two Male Leads887k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + slow burn + sweet romance] As a feng shui master, Fu Yu never expected the person he once considered his sworn rival to ask him for help solving a problem. Even more surprising, his rival still remembered him. Looking at the master his manager had hired for a fortune, Ji Chen fell silent for two seconds. “Fu Yu?” Fu Yu glanced at him, then lowered his head and counted on his fingers. “A big star, no less. From your face, I can tell your whole life will be prosperous, but you’re de 12.5kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
6. 56 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, You're About to Suffer a Bloody Disaster 直播算命：姑娘你有血光之灾 Shang Jiu上九Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y 6.8kReads9.2Score60114d adds
7. 57 昆 Kunlun Gatekeeper: Ten Thousand Ghosts at My Back 昆仑守门人：我背后有万鬼 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted There's a long-standing rumor about the Capital Museum: though it's crowded with visitors by day, the palace is thick with yin energy after midnight. Palace maids carrying lanterns, eunuchs bearing sedan chairs, and guards in yellow robes stroll openly through its halls. For a hundred years, three generations of the Chen family have guarded the Capital Museum, suppressing evil spirits and the Three Fiends and Five Afflictions, and keeping the palace secure on all eight sides so peace can reign. 5.4kReads8.9Score43614d adds

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   🔥A Taoist priest, a practitioner of Yin and Yang. Wielding a peach wood sword, treading the Bagua (Eight Trigrams), he casts spells and incantations at will. Traversing Yin and Yang, no evil spirit or heretic can withstand him. Not a saintly figure, but simply following the Tao, coldly observing evil, upholding the balance of Yin and Yang, his invincible presence suppresses all evil.

8. 58 我 I Slay Demons Among Men 我在人间斩妖邪 The Dream-Chasing Stone逐梦的顽石Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Ling Chi carries a mysterious Thunder Pearl and transmigrates into a strange world where gods, demons, and monsters coexist. Buried alive from the start, he wields a horse-slaying saber and wipes out his enemies' entire families at the slightest provocation. Every enemy he kills feeds his cultivation. He cultivates fierce thunder arts and follows the demonic path of slaughter. He acts decisively, never dragging things out. When his enemies ascend as entire clans, not one of them gets away. No po 3.1kReads8.8Score21014d adds
9. 59 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.8kReads9.1Score45914d adds
10. 60 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 53kReads9.2Score5.1k14d adds
11. 61 最 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Dancing Lone Spirit舞独魂灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.8kReads9.1Score97814d adds
12. 62 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.1kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds

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    🍀A hundred years ago, an alien invasion occurred. Under the influence of a strange power, everyone in the country had the opportunity to awaken and change their profession at the age of twelve…✨On the day of his profession change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a perfect innate level of ten. However, because Taoist priests who had lost their Taoist lineage lacked powerful skills, and their auxiliary skills were too mystical, their solo combat ability was even inferior to that of a Wind Wolf of the same level. Therefore, they were considered a useless profession.✨Fortunately, he obtained the God-level Celestial Master System and acquired the only hidden profession, Celestial Master…✨

13. 63 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6k14d adds
14. 64 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! 7.5kReads8.3Score69814d adds
15. 65 茅 Maoshan's Strange Immortal: The Ghost-Realm Yama 茅山异仙之鬼道阎罗 Hanmo Yunqiao翰墨云桥Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He 8.1kReads7.6Score65314d adds

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    This is it! It's about a wild, unorthodox cultivator from Maoshan, with a captivating plot. The protagonist's grandfather was from Maoshan, and he's incredibly strong, conquering everything in his path. While there is a female lead, she's the only one, and the romance is minimal. Highly recommended!

16. 66 贫 This Taoist Only Wants to Cultivate in Peace 贫道只想安静修仙 Master of the Cloudwatching Tower观云楼主Urban49k WordsOngoing [One True Path] [End-Times Taoist Master + Dao Master] [No Female Lead] A Taoist priest in the Age of Declining Dharma obtains celestial seals from the Heavenly Palace. He becomes the last immortal official capable of performing spells and divine arts. Starting out as the impoverished master of a remote mountain temple, he administers talisman-infused water, saves the people, expounds the Dao, and commands ghosts and spirits. Step by step, he cultivates to immortality, reshapes the divine and im 491Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist is a newly inherited Taoist priest from Zhengyi Temple. He is skilled in internal alchemy, talismans, and other magical arts. This is an urban cultivation novel, a Taoist novel, a Taoist temple/lineage development novel, and a novel about the unique power of Taoism.

17. 67 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 43.1kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds

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    Nestled deep in the mountains at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, in a valley near Gujingguan, lies a tiny village that is destined never to appear on any map. The village is tiny, only the size of a palm, with a mere eighty-one households, no more and no less.

18. 68 掐 I Read Your Fortune: No, That's Your Sister! 掐指一算：不可，那是你姐！ White Dragon i Zhenren白龙i真人Mystery4.1M WordsCompleted [Fast-paced mini-arcs + comedy + insanely satisfying revenge + a touch of horror + fiercely protective] Chen Xuan transmigrated from Earth to the world of Blue Star. From the start, he inherited a dilapidated Taoist temple and awakened a System. Complete three tasks a day, and you can randomly draw Taoist power, cultivation techniques, cultivation levels, and magical treasures? He immediately started livestreaming, showing off his mystic arts and gaining fans. “Master, help! During the day, if I 19kReads8.3Score1.8k14d adds
19. 69 寒 The Exorcist from a Poor Family 寒门镇邪师 City Farmer都市老农Mystery263k WordsCompleted The three-year-old daughter of Lin Yan, a poor woodcarver, grows a fragrant green shoot in her palm, just as three golden lines appear in a crack in a copper lock passed down through his family. Only then does Lin Yan realize that a peddler's prophecy from three years ago has come true. His daughter, Nian'an, is the Chosen One of the Dao Fruit, but this divine gift is also a death sentence. Evil spirits from the outer city knock at the door in the dead of night, while members of the Spirit Infan 15Reads—Score214d adds

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    It's so good! High-energy throughout, no dull moments, bursting with imagination. A must-read for a seasoned bookworm!

20. 70 道 Taoist Priests Are People Too: What’s Wrong with Being a Coward? 道士也是人，胆小怎么了 Dugu Muchen独孤沐辰Urban152k WordsCompleted My name is Yang Muchen. I’ve been obsessed with all this spooky, mystical stuff since I was a kid, and I’ve become a half-baked Taoist priest. I don’t want to date right now. I just want to cultivate hard and become a first-rank magistrate as soon as possible, so I can kick zombies and punch evil spirits. Maybe I’ll even take in a little ghost girl to brighten up the place. “Heh heh heh!” The corners of my mouth were harder to hold down than an AK. “Sorry, I couldn’t help laughing.” “Pretty fema 1Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 妖 Demon Revival: The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain, Inheriting His Legacy from the Start! 妖魔复苏：天师下山，开局传承天师度！ Horse at the Gate门中马Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Seven peerless skills reign supreme, while the night-time martial world is shrouded in mystery. The affairs of every school and faction unfold amid chaos, and in this world of flowers, I roam without restraint! I'm an heir to Maoshan. I'm invincible! 1.3kReads—Score10414d adds
22. 72 我 I’m a Taoist Priest!! Why Should I Follow Any Rules? 我，道士！！遵守什么规则啊？ Help, Don't Hit Me救命别打我Mystery84k WordsCompleted Zhang Ren is a self-proclaimed Taoist priest with an absurdly inflated ego. He usually hangs around the woods, conning people. One day, while conning someone as usual, he runs into a vengeful ghost. He decides to avoid it for now, but the angrier he gets on the way home, the more he thinks: Hah! A mere vengeful ghost is nothing. Watch me hit it with a left hook, then a right... From the start, I fall straight into a paranormal realm. What the heck? No matter, I'm a Taoist priest. Open up, and le —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 73 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 899Reads7.8Score4814d adds

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    🌟Urban Cultivation + Thrilling Comeback Story🌟 This all-powerful protagonist is so captivating! He crushes everyone from the very beginning. Brothers, you'll regret it if you don't read this! 😭💕💕

24. 74 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds

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    Ghosts roam the city's shadows. An old Taoist priest and his two disciples descend the mountain with swords, sweeping away all evil spirits!

25. 75 全EN Can’t This Entire Sect Scrounge Up a Single Decent Person? 全宗上下，拼不出一个好人？ The Little Fish Swimming Underwater潜泳的小鱼Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [System + invincible + the Myriad Worlds + fiercely protective + sect fiercely protective + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] Chu Luo, a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, has maxed out his comprehension and mastered a whole arsenal of forbidden techniques. But an accident leads him into the sect’s forbidden grounds. Just as he is about to be expelled for breaking the rules, his master, who has been in seclusion for ages, breaks through to the Great Emperor realm and emerges in time! Master: 147.7kReads9.2Score14.3k14d adds

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    I'll eat it if it doesn't look good.

26. 76 让 I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Hit on the Underworld Boss's Daughter? 让你表白，你找上黑道千金？ Mu Twenty-Nine暮二十九Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real 58.7kReads9.4Score6.1k14d adds
27. 77 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! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds
28. 78 孤 I, the Demon Dao Emperor's Son, Suppress Every Enemy Under Heaven 孤，魔道帝子，镇压世间一切敌 Old Minister老臣子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [The year’s most satisfying demonic-path novel] [Scheming + ruthless + smart characters] Chen Nian transmigrates to the Great Thousand Domains and becomes the young lord of the Chen family in the Nine Heavens Demon Realm. His father is ruthless, devious, and invincible, but he absolutely dotes on his son. “Nian’er, even a coin that falls from the sky anywhere in the Great Thousand Domains has to bear the Chen name!” “Understood, Dad!” Chen Nian: “What do I do when my dad is just too invincible?” 42.7kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
29. 79 逆 Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手 Ren Fanwuyin任梵无音Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f 43.1kReads9.4Score4.4k14d adds

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    This is it. The unexpected gambling king competition has begun, featuring political intrigue, martial arts, crime-solving, suspense, and comedy. You won't regret watching!

30. 80 茅 Maoshan Ghost-Suppressing Records 茅山镇鬼录 Ancient Little Potato古代小土豆Mystery357k WordsCompleted The gates of the underworld shatter, and ten thousand ghosts emerge! Enchanting ghosts steal souls, birth ghosts claim lives, zombies devour people, painted-skin demons steal faces, and water ghosts drag people under... The mortal world has become a living hell. Everyone fears ghosts and monsters. Only the Maoshan priests take up talismans and tread the Big Dipper steps! Talismans subdue the dead, swords cut down vengeful ghosts, incantations slay a hundred evils, and dark spirits are sealed awa 5.6kReads8.4Score48014d adds

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    The gates of hell are wide open, the road to the underworld is collapsed, and wandering ghosts, vengeful spirits and malevolent spirits surge into the mortal world like a tidal wave—the ghost of a woman who died in childbirth haunts her, the blood bait and red thread around her neck hooking her life; the white-haired zombie that loves to eat the essence of living creatures bursts out of the mass grave, its bluish-gray claws tearing open doors and windows; the painted-skin ghost that is good at peeling off human skin and disguising itself lurks in the city, using beautiful skin to absorb yang energy; there are also water ghosts trapped at the bottom of the river, dragging those who fall into the water with their bluish-black rotten hands; there are also evil infants crying in the delivery room, and purple zombies gnawing on the rotting flesh of desolate graves... All kinds of evil spirits are born from the excessive yin energy of heaven and earth.

31. 81 道 Taiyi of the Daoist Sect: I Should Never Have Descended to the Mortal Realm 道门太乙：本座就不该下凡 Master Incompetent无能大师Eastern Fantasy267k WordsCompleted Absolutely no AI content, conceived entirely by a human mind. No System, no naive protagonist, pure Taoist tradition. A serious heads-up: This is a traditional, carefully written story with a somewhat slow start. It picks up after eight chapters. Pingdan, a beggar of unknown origins, unexpectedly encounters a member of the Three Purities sect. To repay his master’s kindness, he travels thousands of miles, keeps his promise, and honors the dead. Who could have known his complicated past would co 756Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Then you should take a look at this one.

32. 82 我 I’m a Funeral Director, but They Call Me the Lusheng Immortal 我送葬者，他们却叫我芦笙仙人 Twelve Deities十二神祗Mystery244k WordsOngoing [A new cultivation system + guide + immortality + plot-focused + invincible + corruption] When Yang Tian was dug up, he honestly wanted to kill someone. He’d paid five taels of silver to have himself buried, and after spending so long alone in the river of time, he really didn’t want to go on living. His farewell to his son beside the River of Calamity was still vivid in his mind. So was the pain of personally guiding his beloved’s soul into the afterlife. The sight of his twenty-eighth-generati 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The story begins with the protagonist being dug up, suggesting he's at the pinnacle of power, an unconventional Taoist priest, the nemesis of all ghosts and spirits, capable of traversing the realms of the living and the dead, and surrounded by numerous spirits. The premise is novel, the plot is great, and it's definitely worth watching.

33. 83 用 I'm Invincible at Cultivating Immortality with Mathematical Laws 用数学定律修仙的我无敌了 Antarctic Snow 2南极雪2Eastern Fantasy262k WordsOngoing Modern mathematician Lin Yi accidentally transmigrates into the Xuanlü Realm, where he discovers that the "Heavenly Dao" of this cultivation world is no perfect truth, but an outdated rule System that makes mistakes, monopolizes knowledge, and erases heretics. Starting out as a lowly survivor condemned to have a ruined spiritual root, he gradually uses mathematics to prove the laws of cultivation. Together with Mu Xingyao and three business partners, he breaks the sects' monopoly on knowledge an —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The new book is ruthless and decisive, with excellent writing.

34. 84 张 Zhang Tianshi's Urban Demon-Slaying Chronicles 2 张天师都市伏妖录2 Jacob When He’s in a Good Mood心情一好的雅各布Urban150k WordsOngoing “The Wind Pearl guards Asia’s dragon vein, the Water Pearl locks away Europe’s deep sea, the Thunder Pearl lies hidden in Africa’s wilderness, The Fire Pearl rests in an American volcano, and the Earth Pearl is concealed in a secret place in Oceania. If all five pearls can be gathered and their chaos energy unleashed against the Demon Star, perhaps the gates to the Demon Realm can be sealed for good.” To stop the Demon Realm from descending, Celestial Master Zhang traveled across all five contin 25Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 85 折 Breaking Her Bewitching Bones 折她艳骨 Clear Skies天晴晴天Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Completed [Pure Historical Romance + Possessive Love + Amoral Hero with a Virtuous-Husband Side + Groveling Reunion + Dark, Angsty Romance with Sweet Moments] (Controlling! Goes mad with jealousy! Both are romantically inexperienced! A seemingly gentle but secretly dark, lovesick power minister vs. a resilient heroine who plans every step) Jiang Yu married the gentle and refined Chief Councillor. He cooked for her and combed her hair before the mirror. Because she was frail, he never went anywhe 11.2kReads9.2Score1k14d adds

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    🔥🔥🔥This story is really good, even though the female lead is a yandere! She's weak and lacks power, but she's very intelligent, though the male lead is even smarter. It's really good, everyone go for it! [Admiration][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

36. 86 北 The Northern Emperor Descends to the Mortal Realm: Suppressing Evil on the Ghost Festival from the Start 北帝临凡：开局中元节镇邪 Guarding the Heart Against Demons镇魔守心Urban156k WordsOngoing On the blood moon of the Ghost Festival, heaven and earth are sealed off, and all manner of evil awakens. The path between immortals and mortals is severed, and the human world becomes a living hell. A fragment of the Imperial Divinity descends from the Ziwei Star, taking human form. Wielding the laws of the Big Dipper and commanding thunder and deadly force, he summons and commands ghosts and gods, and confers titles upon mountains and rivers. He walks the mortal world with ease, purging the l 334Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is my first time writing, so there are many things I don't understand. Please point out any mistakes and offer your support.

37. 87 且 Let Me Test My Fangs on New Teeth, While Ghouls Seize Their Youth 且将利齿试新牙，尸鬼趁年华 Idiot and Formless白痴与无相Historical114k WordsOngoing [The author has a bag of tricks and loves showing off his crap] [Smart + Villain Protagonist + Dark + The Legendary Main Character + No Cookie-Cutter Tropes + Strong Prose] [No Female Lead? One Female Lead? Dead Female Lead? Crazy Female Lead?] My name is Chen Ren. I'm dead. I died in the jaws of a white tiger on Yinze Mountain. Now I'm a chang, the ghost described in the saying “a tiger makes a chang of its victims.” At midnight every night, the chang's curse descends, and that giant tiger dev —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead isn't a Taoist priest, but an evil spirit, a super villain. The righteous protagonist is a Taoist priest. This dark novel was banned three times before it was even signed; it's a super strict review process.

38. 88 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 5.4kReads9.4Score57214d adds

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    This book starts with him taking down petty thugs, and he's quite skilled at it, with lots of satisfying moments.

39. 89 丹 The Legendary Hero of the Danjiang Ferry 丹江摆渡大侠传奇 Danjiang Ferrying Hero丹江摆渡大侠221k WordsOngoing I just wrote this on a whim. I hope you like it. The great hero was born in a remote, harsh land and endured countless hardships. He could not become a god, and had no wish to become a ghost. He could not master both Eastern and Western learning, nor excel in both literature and martial arts. He was truly a good-for-nothing. Guided by various professors, he refused to lie flat. He drew his sword and fought, using the body, mind, and spirit of an ordinary person to withstand Heaven's tribulations 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Oh dear, there still needs to be a romantic subplot. Heartache and tears.

40. 90 考 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 Explosive Fire Roast爆炸火烧Mystery134k WordsOngoing [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 34Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book! No system, no live streaming, it's an urban Taoist novel. The female lead is a psychic, and the male lead is a Taoist priest. All the stories are based on real fortune-telling, divination, and ghost-catching cases. The writing is humorous, and the story gradually deepens. I highly recommend it!

41. 91 阴 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀，不是道士 Jing Lin景麟Mystery134k WordsCompleted I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 21Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is a complete idiot. [Rolls eyes]

42. 92 道 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Sell My Temple and Become a Young Master 道士下山：卖掉道观做少爷 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Urban332k WordsCompleted “I am Wang Shiye, a Taoist!” “King of the Taoists, you say? What an arrogant introduction!” His master was dead, and his sect's fortunes had run out. Wang Shiye sold the temple and took the Four-Eared Temple's ritual implements down the mountain. He may not be the King of the Taoists, but this young Taoist in his early twenties, though no good at magical duels, could tell fortunes and read the flow of qi and divine trigrams like no one else. He could even use divination like GPS. Unfortunately, 148Reads—Score—14d adds

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    That's amazing!

43. 93 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 138Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no pretense, only genuine fear and warmth.

44. 94 系 The System Granted Me Immortality, but Cursed Me to Be Single 系统赋予我长生，却诅咒我单身 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Eastern Fantasy200k WordsOngoing [Not a comedy! No heroine + female supporting characters + survival-focused cultivation + ruthless action + daily life in the cultivation world] Li Zhibai transmigrates to the cultivation world and gets a [Longevity System]. The System has just one useless function: longevity. It can't do anything else. In the end, it even curses him to be single before falling silent for good. (The System barely appears again after that.) He has an endless lifespan and won't die of old age, but he can still gro 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I won't recommend it if it's not good; I'll be guilty if you're disappointed! [Evil laugh][Evil laugh]

45. 95 军 Arms Depot System: Conquer the Ancient World and Unite the Realm 军火库系统：称霸古代，一统天下 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Historical305k WordsCompleted [Alternate History + System + Dynasty + War + Technological Overkill + Invincible + Sweeping All Before Him + Epic Thrills + Ascending the Throne + Multiple Women] Li Xun transmigrates to the age of ancient dynasties on a new continent and obtains the [Arsenal System]. He starts with a pistol. The larger his territory, the more types of firearms he unlocks, with no limit on quantity. What’s more, everything the arsenal produces is guaranteed to be high quality and can never harm its Host! “Ding~ 626Reads6.5Score10314d adds
46. 96 都 Demon Slayer of the City: This Taoist Master Kills, He Does Not Save 都市斩妖人：道爷只杀不渡 Shi Shan矢善Mystery606k WordsCompleted In the modern city, all seems peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but demons lurk beneath. The Taoist sect has fallen into decline, and swindlers are everywhere. The protagonist is one of the very few heirs who possess true teachings and ruthless methods. Hardcore Taoist arts, meticulous folk customs, brutal aesthetics, no female lead, intelligent characters 254Reads5.5Score—14d adds

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    After reading this book, I finally understood what a down-to-earth demon-slaying novel is like. Jiang Daoxuan isn't a high and mighty immortal; he's just a rough and tough Taoist priest who carries out his true teachings and slays any demon he sees, full of everyday life.

47. 97 让 You Were Told to Guard the Temple, and You Ascended Instead 让你守道观，你直接飞升了 Wu Zihao, Who Likes Fox Nuts喜欢芡实的吴子豪Urban206k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 67Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The storyline is great and engaging!

48. 98 道 The Taoist Descends the Mountain, Invincible 道士下山无敌 Seven Nights in the Mirror镜中七夜Eastern Fantasy290k WordsCompleted The day my master found me, he said I was born with the bones of a Daoist, a perfect candidate for cultivation. After eighteen years of hard training in the mountains, I mastered talismans, formations, alchemy, and swordsmanship. On the eve of my descent from the mountain, my master stroked my head. "Disciple, remember: when you go down the mountain, beware of people, not ghosts." I thought he was joking. Until, on the first day, someone invited me to dinner and drugged my food; On the second da 127Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Very good and worth recommending

49. 99 痞 The Rogue Taoist 痞子道士 Idle Soul on a Rainy Day下雨闲人Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Xu Tian of the Ghost Dao Sect possesses astonishing powers, but after coming down from the mountain to enter the world, he has no ambition and just wants to lie flat and keep his family safe and sound. He never expected fate to play a joke on him: romance keeps coming his way, beautiful women flock to him, and danger is never far behind. Follow this young man, forced to work hard and make something of himself, as he puts on a show, catches ghosts, treats illnesses, and saves lives. 365Reads8.1Score10114d adds

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    ❣️Highly Recommended📚 The protagonist is Xu Tian from the Ghost Dao Sect. He possesses astonishing abilities and initially wanted to retire from the mountain and live a peaceful life with his family. However, fate plays a cruel trick on him. 💞 First, he's surrounded by beautiful women; then, a series of perilous situations force him to embark on a path of striving for advancement. 💻 In this captivating story, Xu Tian uses his Taoist skills to embark on a journey of exorcising ghosts, healing the sick, and saving lives. 🌈 Every adventure he undertakes is thrilling, whether it's outwitting evil spirits or miraculously healing others. The plot is full of twists and turns, making you feel like you're right there. 📖 The author uses delicate strokes to vividly present one thrilling scene after another, along with distinct characters. The humorous and witty language adds a lighthearted and joyful atmosphere to the story, allowing you to laugh out loud amidst the tense and exciting adventures. 🔥🔥🔥

50. 100 枪 My Gunplay Is the Way: I Use an M1911 to Exorcise Ghosts 枪法即道法，我用M1911驱鬼 It's Spicy Hot Pot是麻辣火锅Mystery393k WordsCompleted (Just got a rating) (harem) (urban high martial arts, supernatural mysteries, Taoist priest, multiple heroines, daily life, ghost-hunting with firearms, urban supernatural abilities, SCP-like, no System, solving cases, tomboy, childhood friends, tsundere) “Have you made up your mind?” “I have.” Wu Kui picks up the document and signs his name. “A true hero, and so young!” “No. I just don’t want to be kept in the dark.” To protect Wen Wan, an innocent girl with a rare Yin fate who is repeatedly ta 72Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    No system + hardcore orthodox Taoist magic + M1911 firearms – a triple buff for the ultimate experience! This is the true pinnacle of urban supernatural fiction. The daily ghost-exorcising plot is fast-paced and exciting; you'll want to binge-watch it even if it means staying up all night! #HardcoreFeel-GoodNovel #TaoistNovel #SCPSimilar #DailySupernatural

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