Authentic Taoist Novels, No System, No Becoming a God 正宗的道家小说（无系统），正常不要成神

1. 201 民 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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   I highly recommend both! "The Taboos of the Living" is my absolute favorite, and I'm also currently following "The Yin Mountain Calamity." Please give this a shout-out so everyone can check out this great book!

2. 202 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.2kReads9.2Score706Shelves

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   This story tells of a Taoist who enters the secular world for spiritual cultivation. While encountering various paranormal events, he discovers that the complexities of human relationships are a hundred times greater than his spiritual practice. The story incorporates elements of 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.

3. 203 大 Great Tang: I Use Shadow Puppets to Bring Gods and Demons to Life 大唐：我用皮影演化诸天神魔 Plain and Simple2024俗白2024Eastern Fantasy261k WordsCompleted Demons run rampant through Chang'an, so with a single donkey hide, I cut out the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal! While others cultivate immortality and concoct pills, I perform operas and make shadow puppets. When Zhong Kui steps out from behind the curtain, and Lei Zhenzi smashes an evil dragon with a single strike, the world finally understands: A true master of the arts doesn't slay demons with flying swords. He moves shadows to shake mountains and rivers! Once my shadow puppets take the stage, a 51Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 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
5. 205 道 A True Daoist Master: I’ve Lived from the Tang Dynasty to the Modern Age 道门真君，我从唐朝活到现代 Absolutely Not Punishable绝对不刑Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [A Slow Start] [System] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Genius] [His Soul Travels to the Past] [Causal Loop] [The Rating Just Came Out, It’ll Rise Later] In the real world, Jiang Chen is an unaffiliated night watchman with Bureau 749. In his dreams, he becomes a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. By day, he is a model citizen who punishes evil and promotes good. At night, he dreams of returning to the Tang Dynasty, where he becomes a favored guest of Emperor Xuanzong and the leading figure of the Daoist 58.5kReads7.1Score4.6kShelves
6. 206 算 The Book of Fortune-Telling 算命簿 The Monkeys Are All Over The Mountain, But My Butt Is Red满山猴子俺腚红Urban2.2M WordsOngoing I am a fortune-teller in real life. I was 83 years old when I wrote this book. No one knows what sort of writing an 83-year-old man might produce, and neither do I. I just want to write a book while I still have time, and finally put one matter to rest... Synopsis: A wandering fortune-teller speaks of hidden mysteries, yet has a past unknown to all. This forbidden volume records a century's worth of secrets about practitioners of the occult. In the instant when dark arts clash with fate, the mys 3.3kReads7.0Score492Shelves

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   I'm not exaggerating, this book changed my life! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

7. 207 熬 Surviving the Ordeal 熬过劫难 Tian Geng 17685田庚17685Urban925k WordsOngoing First, be certain that you can reach the summit. Then believe this book can rewrite your fate, and believe in the power of belief. By the time you read this book, the identity you have now will already have begun to loosen its grip. The moment you choose to begin, you have already left mediocrity behind. Can my story help you find your own path to salvation? May words reveal the power they truly hold. 60.7kReads9.2Score12.7kShelves

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   Taoist novels allow you to learn real Taoist skills while reading!

8. 208 元 Nascent Soul Ancestor: Ruling the Otherworld 元婴老祖，异界纵横 Dragon Battle in the Wilds龙战余野Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing The story of a Nascent Soul cultivator who brings the Heavenly Dao Jade with him as he transmigrates to a continent of magic and conquers the world! In short, our protagonist is a veteran who left the military in 2025. By chance, he brings his ancestral jade pendant, the Heavenly Dao Jade, with him as he transmigrates to a world of cultivation. After someone betrays him just as he is breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, he ends up in a continent of magic, where he combines technology and 1.2kReads7.5Score100Shelves
9. 209 游 Wandering the Age of Myth: From the Start, I Became the Celestial Master's Disciple 游走神话时代，开局拜师道门天师 Six Big Heads六个大脑瓜Urban435k WordsOngoing An ancient bell gave Chen Chuan the ability to enter the Mythic Era. He traveled back from the modern age. He once joined a celestial master to subdue a demon dragon, traveled to Spirit Mountain with Guanyin, and explored the netherworld with Ksitigarbha. He saw Bodhisattvas fulfill their vows, and witnessed Lord Laozi create the heavens. Then the myths of Blue Star were revived. Ghosts and monsters ran rampant, and the gods began to awaken. The order of the age was overturned, and people around 482.5kReads8.7Score76.1kShelves

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   The protagonist cultivates both internal and external alchemy, travels back to ancient times with the help of an ancient bell, becomes a disciple of a celestial master, and then returns to the modern world as someone else's ancestor. The only downside is that the author updates too slowly.

10. 210 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 46.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves
11. 211 青 The Little Daoist in Blue 青衣小道长 Yu Ru'an玉孺安Urban208k WordsOngoing This is my first work. It’s a book inspired by stories I heard from older generations when I was young, which I adapted and made up, as well as things I’ve written based on my own life. The child at the beginning is real, my own son. This book is also a way of expressing my hopes for him. I hope he does better and better, and can walk just like other people, go to school, grow up, get married, have children, and live the life he wants. That’s why I’m writing this as a mix of fantasy, supernatura 171Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wudang Zhenwu Taoist

12. 212 坟 I Set a Stool by the Grave and Overheard the Wrong Gossip, Then Slapped Him Across the Face 坟前摆凳吃错瓜，反手给他一嘴巴 Luo Xiaoyao骆小妖Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Metaphysics + Supernatural + Satisfying Revenge + Lighthearted + Playing the Fool to Catch the Enemy Off Guard] Jiang Nanshu, the only child at Changqing Temple, went down the mountain to earn a living after the college entrance exams. Penniless, she discovered that a funeral home was hiring night watchmen for 800 yuan a night. The only requirement was an exceptionally strong birth chart. Jiang Nanshu eagerly raised her hand. “Me, me, me!” Even if a corpse rose in the middle of 22.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
13. 213 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 162.1kReads9.5Score18.1kShelves

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    Sharing good books.

14. 214 仙 The Immortal Path Has an End 仙途有终 Wandering Tears流浪的热泪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The Great Dao rises, and clouds roll as rain falls. When the rain lets up and the clouds thin, all living things are nourished. If one day you ask where the Dao began, its traces lie in the void. Refining qi to attain longevity makes one an immortal; beyond immortals lie the Taiyi, then the Daluo. Take one more step to grasp the Dao, and glimpse how all things have their beginnings and ends. 119Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The path of the heart leads to the path of action, which leads to the Great Way. The Great Way is vast and ancient, and the ancient winds sway. Bowing in action, one's eyes are already on the mountain peaks. Recalling the distant past, it seems to be right before one's eyes.

15. 215 医 The Doctor’s Road to Officialdom 医路官途 Wei He帷赫Urban5.1M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, genius Chinese medicine doctor Ling You returned to his village to observe three years of mourning for his late grandfather. He also inherited the clinic his grandfather had run, Sānqītáng. Then one day, the arrival of a group of powerful figures changed his life. He had planned to spend his life practicing medicine, but after enduring a series of harsh realities, he came to understand that an ordinary doctor treats people, while a great doctor treats the nation 160.9kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
16. 216 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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    I've tried it myself and it works great!

17. 217 练 Qi Refining: From Beginner to Golden Core 练气：入门到结丹 Gu Yue Xutu古月徐途1.1M WordsOngoing In the beginning, the universe was a formless, chaotic void, without clarity or murkiness, yin or yang. Only the “Primordial Breath” existed. Silent and still, it responded when stirred. It had no visible form or discernible shape, yet it was the source of heaven, earth, and all things. Thus the opening of Liezi: The Book of Tianrui says: “That which has form is born from that which has no form. From what, then, could heaven and earth have arisen? It is said that there was the Great Change, the 153Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
19. 219 开 I Run a Woodcarving Shop from the Start, and the Young Master Has the Art of Creating Gods 开局经营木雕铺，少爷他有造神术 Forest Moon Deer森月鹿Mystery313k WordsOngoing (No female lead + male protagonist creates gods) Lu Sanchuan transmigrates. He becomes the villainous cannon-fodder fake young master, a foil to the real young master. After being kicked out of the family, he clings to the Lu family and refuses to leave. When evil entities invade at night, he nearly gets the real young master killed. His limbs are broken, he is reduced to begging for a living, and he dies a miserable death. This is a world without gods, where humanity struggles to survive sur 184Reads7.2Score—Shelves
20. 220 幻 Chronicles of the Phantom Realm 幻尘山河录 Chrysanthemum Fragrance凝菊香Eastern Fantasy322k WordsCompleted With a blade in hand, he can never slay all the demons and monsters in the world; with a heart both fierce and tender, he cannot escape the turmoil of the age. Divine arts and sacred scriptures cannot evade a treacherous world; loyalty that reaches the clouds is no match for a world swept by chaos. Who is right and who is wrong? Each merely serves their own master. Demon or monster, god or ghost, it all depends on the will of Heaven and the human heart. Sacred spirit blood, a child’s pure heart, 154Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    A revival of traditional martial arts!

21. 221 无 The One Without Desires 无念者 Qian Xiao千笑Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Chinese-style superpowers] [One heroine] “Hey! No using Hidden Spirits in front of ordinary people!” “What are ordinary people?” “Just regular people. They call them Muggles in the West.” “And what are Hidden Spirits?” “Superpowers. We call them Hidden Spirits in China.” When you discover the hidden truth of this world, will you choose to join? Or expose it? 33.8kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

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    🌟🌟✨High-Quality Martial Arts Novel🍀: ① A unique martial arts novel with a Chinese-style fantasy setting, the premise is refreshing and focuses on friendship, dreams, and battles. ② The author's descriptions of traditional Chinese culture are very detailed and demonstrate a deep understanding. ③ The romance between Bai Shaoping and Zhu Yuetong is also incredibly sweet and engaging.

22. 222 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 331Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 不 Wait, How Is a Taoist This Good at Fighting? 不是，你一个道士拳脚这么厉害？ Sausage-Fried Banana香肠炒香蕉Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying power fantasy, decisive and ruthless, no goody-two-shoes, no disciples, no harem] One day, he transmigrated into a man-eating world overrun by monsters, demons, ghosts, and spirits. To avoid starving to death, Dao Xuanyi inherited a dilapidated temple and embarked on the path of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. … “Little Daoist, your cultivation is still lacking!” A resentful Ghost King, whose fury had darkened the sky, looked at the still-youthful Dao Xuanyi and curled his lip i 5.4kReads7.4Score373Shelves
24. 224 山 The True Lord Who Manifested in the Mountains and Seas 山海显圣真君 Pei Bald Dog裴秃狗Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing Protagonist: Lu Chen [Feng shui and folk customs + unorthodox jianghu + cultivation of destiny] A humble herb gatherer glimpses mountains and seas in a dream, and from then on discovers a world unlike any he has known. From a herb gatherer on Dragonback Ridge to Chief Lu of the Tea-Horse Road; from a feng shui master who commands the unorthodox sects to a dragon-slayer of Great Qian whose destiny reaches sainthood… With his heavenly eye, he reads the flow of qi; leads goats to seize treasures; e 53.5kReads7.7Score4.6kShelves
25. 225 山 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 Mr. Desolate Mountain荒山先生Rural Life343k WordsOngoing [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 56.6kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves

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    This one is pretty good. Although the protagonist is a Taoist priest, he's closely connected to Taoists. I especially like the character whose best friend is a Maoshan Taoist priest.

26. 226 最 The Ultimate Teacher: Summoning China’s Ancestors to Teach in Class! 最强教师，召唤华夏先祖代课！ Bu Bu Bu Yao Ah布布布耀啊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Veteran author, written by hand, not AI] Lin Chen transmigrated to a high-martial world where martial arts and technology were soaring, and gods coexisted with otherworldly realms. He also brought with him a Hall of Heroes housing the spirits of China’s ancestors! Pray to gods for power? Better to pay respects to my Chinese ancestors! After an unexpected turn of events made Lin Chen a martial arts high school teacher, he received advice from a broad, stout old master in the Hall of Heroes and r 15.7kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
27. 227 玄 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Ground Three Delicacies with Rice地三鲜配米饭Eastern Fantasy340k WordsCompleted Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional Taoist novels, without systems or time travel.

28. 228 道 Taoist Master, You Really Can Exorcise Demons, Can't You? 道爷，你还真会降妖伏魔呀？ Daoist Long Yuan龙渊道人Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (Detailed Version) An old yellowed book dredged up while fishing turns out to be a key connecting two worlds. When Yuan Qiong is first sent to another world, what he sees completely overturns everything he thought he knew: This is a cultivation world where sword immortals soar through the skies and righteous gods manifest in the mortal realm, yet it is also a chaotic age overrun by demons. A bone woman combing her hair by moonlight, a fox demon taking human form, a River Lord demanding boys and 2.7kReads7.7Score253Shelves
29. 229 道 Taoist Priest, Help Me Exorcise a Ghost! 道长！帮忙驱鬼 Mu Shiluo Qi暮势洛柒Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing All things have yin and yang; the seasons turn four times a year, and ghosts and monsters roam the world. Tang Ning only wanted to run the Psychic Pavilion, sell little trinkets, and live an easygoing life as a happy-go-lucky slacker. She never expected the colorful parade of customers and friends coming and going to make her life so complicated. A haunted old mansion shrouded in gloom, children whose souls have been switched, evil masters who keep wicked ghosts... All kinds of bizarre incide 435Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist cultivates step by step in a serious manner.

30. 230 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: I Fought My Way from the White Mountains and Black Waters to Ascension 末法时代：我从白山黑水杀到飞升 Ground Three Delicacies with Rice地三鲜配米饭Urban288k WordsCompleted In an age when spiritual energy has run dry and the era of cultivation is ending, I became the last cultivator in the world. My parents were stained with blood in Songhe Town, and my sister’s fate was unknown. At thirteen, I fled into the deepest part of Baishan, carrying a damaged Daoist scripture passed down through my family. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 金 A Golden Core Cultivator's College Life 金丹修士的大学生活 Ten Lifetimes, This Life十世今生Urban526k WordsCompleted “Heaven is round and Earth is square. By the nine laws, I write this decree: may all ghosts hide and flee.” What manner of demon are you? Come out and accept your punishment! Oh no! How did I manage to provoke her? Master, save me... The wonderful, thrilling college life begins!!! 97Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Hehe, let's take a look at the university life of Lin Haoyu, this modern Taoist priest!

32. 232 刚 I Transmigrated, Only for Mount Wuxing to Crush My Dreams of Wealth 刚穿越，就被五行山砸碎富贵梦 Tong Fang同方Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Journey to the West] [Apprenticed to Sun Wukong] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Scheming behind the scenes in the later stages] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the era after Wang Mang usurped the Han throne. He plans to use the foresight granted by his nine years of compulsory education to find Liu Xiu and secure a life of wealth and privilege. Then he watches Five Elements Mountain fall from the sky, shattering his dreams. So this isn't history. It's the Journey to the West! Fro 31.6kReads6.9Score2.6kShelves
33. 233 人 Practicing Heretical Arts on the Unorthodox Path, I Refine Longevity with the Dao Fruit 人在旁门修邪术，我以道果炼长生 Miao Eats Fish媌吃鱼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + Xian Hu Style + Unorthodox Cultivation + Taoist Style + Strange Tales Style + Primordial Spirit Cultivation + Ruthless and Decisive + Steady Cultivation] Thanks for asking. I’m in the unorthodox cultivation world, and spiritual energy is running dry. Taoists herd the masses, devour souls to refine qi, and great cultivators treat their disciples like sheep. The land is steeped in blood and filth. Young Jing Yuan is an aspiring cultivator who dreams of flying swords, spirit p 35.5kReads7.7Score3.7kShelves

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    The protagonist is a Taoist priest; the sect is Taoism; the Three Capitals, Five Lords, and Eighteen Heads are associated with Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends.

34. 234 从 From Minor Unorthodox Cultivator to Primordial Spirit Dao Lord 从旁门小修到元神道君 Miao Eats Fish媌吃鱼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist + ordinary mortal's journey + ruthless style + Immortal Gourd style + Deep Blue stat boosts + decisive and merciless + cautious cultivation + unorthodox methods + steady and prudent + cultivation + Daoist priest + Strange Tales + longevity + Primordial Spirit] In an immortal world, what could be better than being a young Daoist who admires beautiful women, loves flying swords, raises venomous insects, draws talismans, refines pills, and enjoys a long, carefree life? Unfo 15.4kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
35. 235 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 5.7kReads8.4Score480Shelves

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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.

36. 236 生 The I Ching in Everyday Life: My Journey to Enlightenment 生活中的易经：我的悟道实录 He Wuming Yi鹤无名一544k WordsCompleted Which path should I take in life? Why am I still unhappy despite all my hard work? Will that person come back? Will next year be any better? We have all paused at a crossroads in life, wondering what fate has in store for us. While I was writing this series, someone asked me, “Do people actually read what you write? These days, everyone likes feel-good stories.” I smiled and said nothing. Feel-good stories can make you happy for a while, but once you finish them, you're still left feeling lost. 36Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    It's very real, allowing us to gain insights from life.

37. 237 黄 Daoist Lord of a Dream 黄粱道君 The Early Bird Is Silly All Day早起的鸟儿傻一天Eastern Fantasy375k WordsOngoing A dream as fleeting as a bowl of yellow millet, turning the false into the real. In this vast realm, great demon gods roam the world, colossal demon overlords wreak havoc, and countless immortals rule over all directions. Feng Heng wakes from a dream to find himself a humble Daoist boy in the Mystic Realm. He longs for the immortal Dao and adores divine maidens. Starting as a Daoist boy, he advances through the ranks of Daoist cultivator, mage, high priest, perfected one, earth master, and heave 784Reads7.1Score102Shelves

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    This is a self-representative account of authentic Taoist cultivation, without a systematic approach. It features various levels of Taoist priests, including Taoist masters, high-ranking officials, true men, earth masters, celestial officials, and Taoist lords, all governed by strict rules and a fast-paced plot. Welcome, esteemed readers!

38. 238 让 I Told You to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Become an Ancestor of the Dao! 让你考科举，没让你考成道祖啊！ Xie Lang of Old旧时谢郎Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The prefectural exam tests aspiring Daoist novices, the provincial exam qualifies talisman disciples, the metropolitan exam assesses ritual masters, and the palace exam decides who will lead the Daoist alliance… Xie Wugou transmigrates, only to open his eyes to a nightmare from the start: a gravely ill father, a frail mother, and a broken self. He hopes to change his fate through the imperial examinations, only to discover that this world has no feudal dynasty, only a “Daoist Immortal Court”! He 9.2kReads7.8Score971Shelves

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    This book, which discusses the imperial examinations for scholars, is rather unique. The author must have some knowledge of Taoism.

39. 239 道 The Daoist's Notebook 道门笔记 Immortal Way Sage仙道先生Mystery457k WordsCompleted On a rainy night in Suzhou, a night watchman comes across a barefoot, waterlogged corpse. Its face is blue, its fangs bared, and beneath the black chrysanthemum mark between its brows, something writhes under the flesh, making the skin bulge in terrifying waves. The Thunder Talisman from Longhu Mountain has barely warmed in his hands when the corpse vanishes, leaving only a sickly-sweet black mist curling around an old Daoist at the street corner. Hong Ying, a Miao woman, watches her golden sil 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    A clash between orthodox and heretical arts, and a determination to protect the nation and its people. Welcome to read this book.

40. 240 拜 I Became Shi Jian's Disciple: While Others Cultivate the Dao, I Cultivate Immortality 拜师石坚，别人修道我修仙 Don't Call Me Daoist Li别叫我李道长Eastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted (Taoist cultivation + reborn transmigration + System + fantasy monsters and ghosts + no female lead + not a goody-goody) Li Shengyi is reborn and transmigrates to the Republican era. He becomes the direct disciple of Shi Jian, the Maoshan Sect’s senior disciple and the Lightning Dharma King. With magic in his left hand and the System at his fingertips, he cultivates immortality while others practice Taoism. He travels across famous mountains and rivers, upholds the justice he believes in, and fi 1.8kReads8.0Score104Shelves

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    I highly recommend the first two books. The author must be a Taoist, otherwise, they wouldn't be so detailed and full of practical information. The end of science is metaphysics; go and see for yourself.

41. 241 刚 I Just Became a Tang Dynasty Celestial Master, Then Discovered This Was Journey to the West 刚成大唐天师，发现是西游 Running Nut奔跑的坚果Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into Journey to the West and becomes Li Chunfeng, a strategist under the Tang emperor. A child prodigy and Taoist, he knows that when the two empresses rule together, Wu Zetian will suppress Taoism and promote Buddhism. Determined to honor his master's wishes, Li Chunfeng offers counsel to Li Shimin. Using his knowledge of the future, he gradually becomes the greatest founding contributor to the Tang dynasty and takes the foremost place in the Lingyan Pavilion. In the thirteenth 5.3kReads8.8Score311Shelves
42. 242 修 After Returning from Cultivation: The Ordinary Girl Goes Viral Online! 修仙回来后：素人她全网爆红啦！ Sang Yu Fei Waning桑榆非晚ingModern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Farming + Livestreaming] Xu Qingqing was lucky enough to take a month-long trip to the cultivation world, and she brought back a golden finger! Now that she’s back, why bother going to work? She’s going home to farm! This book just has a touch of cultivation. There won’t be any actual cultivation~ (The cultivation world is only where she gets her golden finger, so please don’t complain.) 1.5kReads8.9Score104Shelves
43. 243 叶 Ye Fashan: Defending the Tang Dynasty with Daoism and Crushing Western Heresies 叶法善：以道镇唐，力挫西域异教 Daoist Friend Xuan Tong玄同道友Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + No System + Tang Dynasty + Immortal Cultivation + Ancient History + Fantasy + Xianxia + Xuanhuan] A modern history graduate student unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Ye Fashan, a Taoist priest in the early Tang Dynasty. Carrying the memories of two lifetimes, he must inherit the talismanic arts and divine abilities of this legendary figure from Taoist history, while viewing an era of coexisting Buddhist and Taoist traditions and the undercurrents of foreign religions 8Reads7.1Score—Shelves
44. 244 娱 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.0M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 17.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
45. 245 最 The Last Martial Hero 最后一个武侠 SobeitEastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [No System + Not Mindless + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow-Burn + Genius Protagonist + Strategy and Management] The rise of an ordinary man: the legendary tale of a low-ranking jianghu thug who transforms into a figure renowned throughout both the imperial court and the jianghu. So what if he has no cheat? So what if he has no power, wealth, or connections? Even if he starts with nothing but a basic Iron Claw technique, training it to the utmost can give him the power to split mountains and 3.7kReads8.2Score195Shelves
46. 246 大 Great Qian: Rising from Humble Beginnings 大乾：从微末崛起 SobeitEastern Fantasy459k WordsCompleted (No System + No Female Lead + Not a Mindless Power Trip + Realistic) “Not a patch of land lies untilled, yet farmers still starve to death.” Just a few words, yet they lay bare the tragic lives of the poor under ancient feudal society. For those of us living in the modern age, accidentally transmigrating to ancient times would be anything but fortunate. Because the present is the best era. In a nutshell: Watch as the protagonist grows from a farmer’s son into a mastermind who throws the world in 1kReads8.0Score110Shelves
47. 247 平 Peace-Sky Edict 平天令 Nine Questions for Heaven and Earth九问天地Eastern Fantasy559k WordsCompleted If heaven and earth are unjust, I'll set them right. If the people suffer injustice, I'll stand up for them! I want peace throughout the land. If the world cannot be peaceful, then I'll create a peaceful world! I want justice in this world. If the world cannot be fair, then I'll create a just world! Across the three realms of Heaven, Humanity, and Demons: Heaven's City is unjust, so the demons rise to power. The demons are unjust, so the Underworld is built anew. The Underworld is unjust, and th 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a true Taoist novel! No system!!

48. 248 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 232.7kReads9.0Score16.1kShelves

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    Several Taoist novels, they're really great!

49. 249 全 The Secret Teachings of Quanzhen 全真密传 One of a Kind Mu Cheng绝版慕承Mystery265k WordsCompleted The Complete Perfection Dao brings together the Three Teachings, recognizes the mind and sees one’s true nature, and preserves the whole truth. This ancient tradition, passed down for thousands of years, nearly withered away during a period of turmoil… In 1977, the mainland’s college entrance examination, suspended for ten years amid the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, was reinstated. Eighteen-year-old Liu Yong left the mountain at his master’s request to take this momentous exam, hoping to fi 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They inherited Laozi's teachings, upheld the teachings of Donghua, and carried on the teachings of Zhong and Lü. This is the Complete Perfection.

50. 250 5 507: Top Secret Files 507绝密档案 One of a Kind Mu Cheng绝版慕承Mystery251k WordsCompleted I had only just graduated from police academy when I witnessed a bizarre car crash with my own eyes and came into contact with the legendary Bureau 507. From then on, my career as a police officer changed forever... 958Reads6.8Score136Shelves

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