There Haven’t Been Any Good Taoist Novels Lately. Change My Mind. 现在的道士文已经没有好的了，不服来辩。

1. 101 黑 Dark Face Reading 黑相术 Old Dog of the Barren Mountains荒山老狗Urban2.5M WordsCompleted After I lost my sight, a matchmaker set me up on a date, and I met a girl. She wasn’t human… One night, as we slept, I touched her tail. 22.6kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
2. 102 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Transmigrates into a Book Set in the 1970s and Is Taken Home by a Rough-He Wn Man 玄学大佬穿书70被糙汉娶回了家 I Need to Earn a Livinga我要恰饭aTwo Male Leads344k WordsCompleted [1v1 + mutual chastity + transmigrate into a book + aloof, jealous, rugged, loyal-dog seme × a Taoist shou who loves and hates with clear eyes and is ruthless] A genius young Taoist from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a book as its most tragic second male lead. A hopeless romantic? A naive sweetheart? A human punching bag? An ATM? Wicked Second Female Lead: Nianchen~ Lu Nianchen: Don't look up. Wicked Second Female Lead: Huh? She looks up. Splut! A lump of bird droppings fa 8.1kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
3. 103 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Unknown D-Lister Takes the Internet by Storm 直播算命：十八线小透明爆红全网 Tabby Cat Head狸花猫猫头Two Male Leads716k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + livestreamed fortune-telling + ghost hunting + entertainment industry + episodic stories] Lu Jin, a minor celebrity, was blacklisted after refusing to submit to unspoken rules and beating up a greasy old man. Faced with a huge breach-of-contract penalty and the dissolution of his studio, he chose to take poison. A short-lived young Celestial Master was reborn in his body. Having gained a life for free, he had no choice but to start livestreaming fortune-telling and earn money t 7.7kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
4. 104 我 My Wife Is an Untransformable Corpse 我老婆是不化骨 A Gentleman Schemes with His Heart君子谋心Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Jianghu + the Eight Outer Sects + spirit mediums + corpse herders + witchcraft and poison arts + traditional martial arts In the jianghu of Huaxia, men are ruthless and women alluring. To save me, my grandmother made me share a bed with a thousand-year-old female corpse. I never expected that one day, the corpse would come to life. 47.8kReads8.7Score6.2kShelves
5. 105 茅 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.2kReads9.0Score101Shelves
6. 106 湘 The Strange Case of Western Hunan 湘西诡事 Loves Cool Boiled Water Best最爱凉白开Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted My name is Niu Qingshan. It's a pretty rustic name. Old He the Blind says I won't live past sixteen. 198Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 鬼 Ghost Corpse Refining, Bearer of a Deadly Fate 鬼炼尸，背命人 Jie Yu界玉Mystery533k WordsCompleted Song Yuanqing is a former soldier. After leaving the military, he turned down a government-assigned job and chose instead to become an adventure tour guide. Because of the dangers of the profession, people like him are also called “edgewalkers,” meaning they are always walking on the brink of death. In just a few short years, Song Yuanqing has guided clients through the Amazon rainforest and into Lop Nur, the “Sea of Death.” He has also traversed the Bewitched Marsh of Wawu Mountain, known as th 2.2kReads9.3Score235Shelves
8. 108 茅 Maoshan Ghostcraft 茅山鬼道 Young Master Pang Jiakang庞家康少Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Among China's many Daoist schools, none is more renowned for catching ghosts and subduing demons than the Maoshan Celestial Masters. The title of Ghost-Hunting Celestial Master is known to all. With sword, talismans, incantations, and a Bagua compass, all four treasures brought to bear, even spirits and demons flee. See how a true disciple of Maoshan drives out ghosts and vanquishes demons. Zombies, strange spirits, vengeful ghosts, sorcery, and evil Daoists wreak havoc across the land, only to 1.6kReads—Score157Shelves
9. 109 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 21.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
10. 110 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves
11. 111 九 Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin 九龙拉棺 Nine Spirits of Spring and Autumn春秋九灵Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted The day my grandfather died, all living things on Mount Kunlun paid their respects. Dark clouds churned as nine dragons pulled an emerald divine coffin down from the heavens... People said: When an immortal passes into meditation, heavenly thunder welcomes them back to their place in the celestial court; When nine dragons pull a coffin, a divine coffin buries an immortal's body. 4.4kReads7.9Score397Shelves
12. 112 走 The Incense of the Underworld 走阴香 Big Cat Has Fish大猫有鱼Mystery908k WordsCompleted [Spirit Medium + Supernatural] The year I turned ten, my grandmother passed away. Not long after, I came down with a strange illness. Days of injections and medicine did no good, and every night I became unusually alert, often babbling incoherently. After five days of continuous fever, my parents had no choice but to take me to the countryside to see a woman they called Auntie, who they said could treat me. Here, “Auntie” didn’t mean a relative on my father’s side. It was the respectful title we 999Reads9.1Score175Shelves
13. 113 蛇 The Beautiful Snake Wife 蛇妻美人 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted I slept in a coffin from the time I was little. When I was six, a snake slithered in and kept me company in the coffin for six years… He had never slept in a bed as a child, only in a very ancient coffin. When he was six, a snake slithered in and kept him company in the coffin for six years. Later, a graceful fairy came and said she would marry him when he turned eighteen. 123Reads9.1Score—Shelves
14. 114 算 Calculating Your Fate to the End 算死命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery5.9M WordsCompleted When I was born, I was nursed by a wolf for a few days. I thought of her as my mother, and believed I'd never see her again. Then one day, a woman came looking for me... 22.2kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
15. 115 龙 The Dragon Raises the Coffin 龙抬棺 Mr. Painted Skin画皮先生Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted A human corpse with a serpent’s body, a red coffin for the funeral, the living must not disturb it. Anyone who sees it is doomed to die. Eight ghosts bear the coffin, and once it touches the ground, the burial begins. The descendants entrusted with the task will enjoy boundless fortune and longevity... 2.8kReads7.0Score174Shelves
16. 116 麻 The Divine Son-in-Law in Hemp Clothes 麻衣神婿 Rise to Godhood in One Move一举成神Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The day I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. To keep me alive, my grandfather came out of retirement and arranged an engagement to prolong my life. Twenty years later, thanks to the great fortune my grandfather bestowed on her family, my fiancée had become the richest woman in the land, yet her family broke off our engagement. They had badly underestimated my grandfather’s power and my background. Then karma came knocking... 9.2kReads8.5Score944Shelves
17. 117 镇 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 Claim the Central Plains问鼎中原Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—Shelves
18. 118 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.3kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
19. 119 黄 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 41.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

    Reader note

    There's a lot of professional knowledge involved; these are books read by experts.

20. 120 镇 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 Yu Qi玉柒Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score453Shelves
21. 121 别 Don't Move! I've Got Connections in the Underworld 别动！姐地府有人 Northeast Old Snowflake 2东北老雪花2Mystery673k WordsCompleted The continuation of Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma: filling in the gaps from before, meeting the people who came afterward, and briefly recording the everyday happenings that followed. It also teaches a few simple things that you can put into practice. 747Reads8.9Score101Shelves

    Reader note

    I've read every single one of them. They're concise, very realistic, and truly excellent. The author of the serialized book also wrote another completed book, but I can't find it online. It's incredibly good, so incredibly good! Trust me, believe me!

22. 122 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 931Reads9.4Score128Shelves

    Reader note

    "Reciting the *Qingjing Jing* (Classic of Purity and Tranquility) Opens a Journey of Inner Peace" In the noisy and chaotic world, our hearts are often filled with endless trivialities, desires, and worries, yearning for a tranquil haven. The ancient *Qingjing Jing* serves as a beacon, illuminating the path to inner peace. The full title of the *Qingjing Jing* is *Taishang Laojun Shuo Chang Qingjing Jing* (The Classic of Constant Purity and Tranquility Spoken by Laozi). Though short, every word is precious, containing profound Taoist wisdom. The text begins by stating, "Laozi said: The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is without emotion, yet it governs the sun and moon; the Great Dao is nameless, yet it nourishes all things." From a grand and mysterious perspective, it allows us to feel the formless, emotionless, and nameless yet ever-renewing power of the "Great Dao" behind the operation of the universe. This not only evokes awe and reflection on nature and the origin of life but also reminds us, in our busy lives, to learn to follow the way of nature and not be bound by excessive subjective emotions and unwarranted pursuit of fame and gain. The text repeatedly emphasizes the concept of "purity and tranquility," as in "If one can always be pure and tranquil, all things in heaven and earth will return to their proper place," and "The Dao has purity and turbidity, movement and stillness; heaven is pure, earth is turbid; heaven moves, earth is still; man is pure, woman is turbid; man moves, woman is still; from the root to the branches, all things are born. Purity is the source of turbidity, movement is the foundation of stillness; if one can always be pure and tranquil, all things in heaven and earth will return to their proper place." Here, "purity and tranquility" is not merely external quietness, but also inner clarity and peace. When our hearts are free from the disturbances of distracting thoughts, like a calm lake, clear to the bottom, we can reflect the true beauty of heaven and earth, and feel the harmony and peace of being one with nature. At this time, we can face life's challenges and opportunities with greater composure and calmness, not swayed by temporary gains or losses, nor shaken by external noise. Reciting the *Qingjing Jing* (Classic of Purity and Tranquility) is not merely a verbal recitation, but a spiritual practice. In each devout recitation, we seem to travel through time, conversing with ancient sages, listening to their teachings on life, the universe, and the soul. Each verse, like a gentle stream, flows slowly into our hearts, nourishing our parched souls, washing away the dust and grime, and allowing us to rediscover the long-lost peace and purity within. Whether it's a busy weekday morning or a weary night, take a moment to calm your mind and recite the *Qingjing Jing* (Classic of Purity and Tranquility). Let this ancient and wise scripture guide you into a state of tranquility, non-action, and transcendence, finding true peace and freedom in the pure land of your soul. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

23. 123 7 749 Paranormal Affairs Bureau 749灵异处理局 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Mystery169k WordsOngoing [Based on real events] [No cultivation] [No mindless face-slapping] [First person] Whatever your life is like, the world I know and have encountered is mysterious and uncanny. This is Bureau 749. My name is Lang Jiuxin, an investigator who has been traveling across the country to investigate unexplained phenomena since 1970. 11Reads7.3Score—Shelves
24. 124 宦 The Official's Path Through the Seas of Bureaucracy 宦海官途 Flirtatious Second Brother风流小二Urban6.5M WordsOngoing Amid the struggles of the workplace and the ways of the world, he holds fast to his sincerity and principles. Through trials and hardships, he handles each matter with calm and steadily moves forward, finding himself through the passage of time and taking each step along the road with care. 500.2kReads9.4Score21.1kShelves
25. 125 一 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ Dish Qing帝釋青Mystery297k WordsOngoing This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    [OK][OK][OK][OK][OK][Thinking]

26. 126 九 Uncle Nine: Simplifying Cultivation Starting at the Funeral Parlor 九叔：从义庄开始简化修仙 Half a Step Through the Years半步年华Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + charity hall + Taoist priest + growth + System + cultivation + cunning schemer] Lin Luo transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world and becomes his eldest disciple. After ten years of keeping a low profile, he finally awakens the Simplification System! Every skill and cultivation method can be simplified! The Shangqing Breathing Technique is simplified: breathe! The Shangqing Great Grotto Scripture is simplified: breathe deeply! The Shangqing Lightning Fist is simplified: generate static ele 38.1kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves

    Reader note

    The first book is absolutely amazing. The next three are also masterpieces; if you don't like them, I'll have to kill you! 😂

27. 127 招 Summoning Spirits 招魂 Fang Sheng方生Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted “Old Liu at the village entrance is dead.” “I heard. He died horribly.” “Yeah. He ate himself.” Everyone in the village was talking about it. When I heard, I was stunned. What did they mean, he ate himself? I only understood after I went with my grandfather, a yin-yang master, to see Old Liu’s body. It looked as if something had ripped open his stomach. At a glance, aside from a stomach about the size of a human head, all his internal organs were gone! In his hand was half a severed intestine, a 421Reads6.4Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Check out the first book, "Broken Ghost," it's pretty well-written. It's somewhat funny, with two male leads.

28. 128 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 146.7kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves

    Reader note

    👉👉👉 Superb! 🍎 This is the strongest novel on the theme of shamanism I've ever read, highly recommended for readers who enjoy this genre. 🍀 From Wu Xiaofan's trials and tribulations to Shen Xing's recollections... The book is primarily a narrative of memories, interspersed with numerous insights gained from these experiences, gently guiding readers and emphasizing the principle of moderation in doing good throughout. 🌹 1. Do what is within your capabilities; do not easily interfere in the karma of others. Helping others must be within your capabilities and only when they ask for your help. Wu Xiaofan's journey from initial pure kindness to later helping only when he is able (after the person asks for his help first) is one of stumbling and growing maturity. 🌹 2. The boundary between Buddhism, Taoism, and shamanism. The line between Buddhism and Taoism is clear, and it is wrong to either suppress Buddhism and promote Taoism or vice versa. Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or shamanism, it is a hand pointing to the moon, a practice aimed at the heart. No matter which one, as long as it is righteous thought and righteous action, they all lead to the same destination and are within the scope of practice... You and I are all on the Tao! 🌹 3. The chaos of shamanism and the chaos in the practice world. Wu Xiaofan recorded the chaos of shamanism in Northeast China based on his own experience. The client was completely unaware, and the shamans were spouting nonsense with the aim of making money... Whether the client's problem is solved depends on their own karma and whether their initial intention is correct (some are to solve the problem, some are to make money through shamanism, and some are to show off their spiritual connection...). All sorts of things, broadly speaking, lead to the chaos in the practice world, hence the many monks and Taoists at the gates of hell. 🌹 4. The wonderful characters Uncle Ma, Little Ma, Shen Xing, Sister Wang, etc. In the text are very relatable. Uncle Ma, who loves to exorcise demons and is stingy; Little Ma, who loves to take advantage but is incredibly clever; Shen Xing, handsome and multi-talented with eyes like morning stars; and Sister Wang, who is crazy but speaks the truth. Hahaha... There's also the adorable Dinosaur Immortal and a bunch of little dragons. The characters are vividly portrayed! 🌹 5. Cherish our peaceful life now. In places we can't see, there are guardians protecting our peaceful lives. They are the police or border guards you can see and various spiritual practitioners we can't see. We should cherish the peace and joy we have now, for it seems easy but is actually hard to come by. 🌹 6. So-called benefactors are based on oneself. One's own cultivation is the foundation. Whether you want help from benefactors or peace and smooth sailing, cultivating oneself with righteous thoughts and actions is the right path. Otherwise, even if a benefactor comes, they won't know where you are. 🌹 7. Everything that happens is for my benefit, whether it's helping or guiding. We are all on the path... Let us encourage each other and wish Wu Banxian's book great success and bestseller status. May the Dao be found within Banxian's book, and may everyone find what they need. Wishing all...

29. 129 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. 150.1kReads9.2Score17.4kShelves

    Reader note

    They are all super beautiful

30. 130 茅 Maoshan's Handsome Face, Catching Ghosts Without Playing Fair 茅山颜值担当，捉鬼不讲武德 Yo Yo A Xue呦呦阿雪Urban1.8M WordsOngoing When a thousand-year-old, woman-loving patriarch transmigrates into the body of a useless young Maoshan priest in modern times, he uses his handsome face and his family's creed, “Let your fellow cultivators die, not you,” to carve out a hilarious, unstoppable path through the city's supernatural world and its harem-like battlefield. Highlights: · A character full of contrasts: He looks like a handsome, lazy young Taoist, but inside he's a thousand-year-old fox. With the most laid-back expressi —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 地 The Essence of Heaven and Earth 地天髓 Spinach Noodles Without Any Spinach菠菜面里却没菠菜Mystery100k WordsOngoing One man is eighty years old, another is four hundred. In my youth, I climbed the mountains until my shoes wore through. Why, then, do clouds rise from the peaks tonight? I see a rainbow in the sky, then return to the world after hundreds of years. In an instant, a vast red cloud sweeps across the heavens. “Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Primordial Wilderness + Tomb Raiding + Ancient Masks + Comedy + Horror...” I was different from the moment I was born. Others have three flowers gath 48Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    That's too much!

32. 132 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

    Reader note

    🔥🔥🔥Just read these books, and you won't hear a word.

33. 133 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 11.1kReads9.1Score1kShelves

    Reader note

    A supernatural story with incredibly positive values, a particularly rich romance, and a fantastic plot.

34. 134 风 Geomancer: My Online Girlfriend Is a CEO 风水相师：我的网恋女友是总裁 Ashes Between the Fingers指间的灰烬Urban2.2M WordsCompleted A pure fortune-telling and feng shui story, with no ghosts or monsters. Twenty-three-year-old Xu Ze has just graduated from college and wants to make quick money, so he sets up a fortune-telling stall by the roadside. He starts dating a woman he met online, only to discover that his girlfriend is... so tragic a figure! 3.3kReads7.3Score291Shelves
35. 135 倒 After a Run of Bad Luck, I Switched Careers and Became a Taoist Priest 倒霉之后，我改行做道士 Romancing Zhu对朱谈情Mystery204k WordsOngoing Ever since Lin Ye encountered a bad-luck spirit, his life has taken a completely different path. With the help of the System, watch him hack his way through this bizarre world, vanquishing demons and monsters along the way... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    You should all check out this book; I guarantee you won't be disappointed…

36. 136 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 52.1kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

    Reader note

    I rented a columbarium, but instead, I entered a bizarre and surreal world… A headless boy on the highway, unable to find his family. A female internet celebrity who would tear off her own face in an attempt to stay young forever. A stern-faced contractor wielding a knife every night, pushing construction to meet deadlines in an unfinished building. And a treacherous wormhole filled with glamorous women, a place of nightly revelry. To survive, I had no choice but to venture into one bizarre place after another…

37. 137 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 4.3kReads9.2Score700Shelves

    Reader note

    I highly recommend Yan Xinyu's works! *The Little Taoist Priest of Qingshan* (completed) and *The Taoist's Journey into the World* (ongoing) aren't the kind of over-the-top, "invincible" wish-fulfillment novels, but rather Taoist stories with a strong sense of realism. The camaraderie among the fellow disciples on the mountain, the process of dealing with various "difficult problems" after descending the mountain, and the protagonist's choices as the leader of an organization facing complex real-world issues in *The Journey into the World* are all written very realistically and down-to-earth. The plot often features clever plot twists and "life wisdom" ("practical tips") that will surprise you, and the occasional humor is just right. Highly recommended for those who enjoy well-developed characters and relatable storylines.

38. 138 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 490Reads8.7Score—Shelves
39. 139 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.2kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
40. 140 道EN Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记 Ling An苓安Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses. 248.1kReads9.5Score94.4kShelves

    Reader note

    I highly recommend numbers two, three, and six 🥰

41. 141 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

    Reader note

    The first two books are absolutely top-notch!

42. 142 我 My Yin-Yang Eyes Only Work on Haunted Houses 我的阴阳眼只刷凶宅 Yumeng Won't Get Hurt妖梦不会受伤Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Ratings have just opened, so they're a little low. They'll rise soon] [A protagonist who grows over time] Lu Li has yin-yang eyes, and his gray pupils can see ghosts. His life motto is simple: staying alive comes first, making money second! Unfortunately, those cursed eyes always make him witness suffering that others can't see. A ghost woman with hair bristling with resentment, a ghost bride with blood dripping from her red veil, a ghost baby wailing at midnight, even a sinister-looking ghost 37.7kReads8.9Score4kShelves

    Reader note

    This book is entirely original by the author.

43. 143 吾 I Guard the Realm with My Dao 吾以吾道守山河 Yan Chen焱尘Urban349k WordsCompleted [Taoist Priest + Spells + National Destiny + Supernatural + Taoist Arts] Disciples of the Taoist sect command spirits and generals, exterminate evil and vanquish demons, all because the Tao endures! Has the ghost army deep in the Taihang Mountains really seized control of China's dragon vein? Could the lost Heavenly Master's sword really be on the roof of the Peace Hotel? As the Heavenly Master's representative, he actually destroys a temple with thunder and fire at the slightest provocation! He 156Reads8.7Score—Shelves
44. 144 末 The Age of Declining Spirituality: The Last Taoist of the Mystic Sect 末法时代，玄门最后一个道士 Cangzhu Yimu沧竹一木Urban211k WordsCompleted Following his master’s dying wish, Chen Bufan leaves the Daoist temple where he has lived for twenty years and steps into the modern city below the mountain for the first time. Amid the overwhelming culture shock, he keenly senses the first hint of an “ill omen” belonging to this age. 4.7kReads—Score242Shelves

    Reader note

    I highly recommend this to anyone who likes Taoism.

45. 145 元 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Uncle Wang from Class Seven Next Door隔壁七班王叔Mystery916k WordsOngoing Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 667Reads6.7Score114Shelves
46. 146 地 The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变 Wine Priest祭酒Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi 38.1kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

    Reader note

    You'll see for yourself.

47. 147 山 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Misty Rain and Gentle Breeze烟雨轻风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 10.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves

    Reader note

    This is purely for fun, so if you're looking for a good laugh, this is for you. Cultivation is gained by giving it away, and equipment is found by picking it up. The main focus is on getting hyped up, so you can do whatever you want! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

48. 148 消 The Crown Prince's Grandson Who Disappeared for Eight Years 消失八年的皇太孙 Borrowing One Hundred Thousand Arrows借箭十万Historical5.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Ying is implicated and sent to the Imperial Music Bureau, where he becomes a menial servant! To his surprise, his true identity is Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson, who supposedly died eight years ago! An eagle bears jade in its claws, while swallows cannot escape! The sun and moon shine over the land, and the four seas submit! You say Zhu Yunwen...the Jianwen Emperor... He merely deposed the eldest grandson! You say Zhu Di...the great Yongle Emperor? He's my general in the 31.3kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
49. 149 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

    Reader note

    Night owls beware! This book delves into the taboos of your ancestral graves—walking the underworld, transporting corpses, ghost feasts at river god temples, the protagonist, with the destiny of the King of Hell, bravely confronts hundreds of ghosts, and the Five Thunderbolts strike down evil spirits! Folk tales and ghost stories are more thrilling than horror movies, with high-energy plot twists in every chapter. After reading, you'll be forever forbidden from walking alone at night! (Read with caution if you're easily scared, but if you're quick and brave, go for it!)

50. 150 道 The Taoist Temple Goes Bankrupt! The Little Taoist Heads Down the Mountain to Seek His Childhood Friend 道观破产！小道士下山投奔竹马 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional. The setting is imaginary, so please don’t take it seriously!] Master said Jian Xi was born to make a living from the occult! Of the Five Afflictions and Three Deprivations, Jian Xi had two! Of widowhood, spinsterhood, orphanhood, and disability, she had orphanhood! That’s right, she was an orphan, taken in as a child! Of the Three Deprivations, she had poverty! That’s right, she could never save money, and she wasn’t allowed to have any! Sure enough, Master tra 22.2kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

    Reader note

    Jian Xi is an orphan, taken in by her Taoist master. She was born with a talent for metaphysics, but she suffers from two of the five deficiencies: loneliness and wealth. Before her death, her master entrusted the Taoist temple to her, but it went bankrupt in less than a month. Therefore, Jian Xi had no choice but to leave the mountain and seek refuge with her childhood friend, He Qingchen, the head of the He Group, a man of eccentric behavior and unpredictable temperament. ⚡️

Other lists with Dark Face Reading