Looking for a Taoist Priest Who Acts Frivolous but Is Incredibly Powerful 求那种道士吊儿郎当的，但是实力很强的

1. 301 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 道 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain 道士下山 Irritable Cat烦躁的猫10k WordsCompleted The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 5Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 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
4. 304 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
5. 305 苍 Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录 Broken Sword Bear残剑熊Eastern Fantasy529k WordsOngoing [Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A Taoist priest of China, wielding talismans to pacify the world, integrates classical Chinese culture—divine, human, Confucian, Legalist, and Buddhist—all can be transformed through talismans. He is versed in all methods, following the natural way. Various talismanic spells, fortune-telling, and divination all embody this natural way. The protagonist is the abbot of a Taoist temple, wandering the world, not judging right and wrong by good or evil, but only by good and evil to resolve grudges. He slays demons, captures ghosts, exorcises evil spirits, and protects the Way. A carefree immortal in the mortal world, a Taoist priest in a chaotic era. Talismans shake the world, the world forever plunged into ruin. May the Heavenly Venerable grant boundless blessings; this humble Taoist will still intervene in worldly affairs! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

6. 306 开 From the Start, a Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Was Away for a Year, and My Home Was Robbed 开局道士下山：云游一年家被偷 Shi An时安Urban1.5M WordsCompleted An old Taoist went down the mountain to travel, only to come back and find his home stolen? You want to charge me an entrance fee to the mountain temple where I've lived for most of my life? My country's finest traditions are at stake! How can I put up with this? Who knew the world would undergo a cataclysm, horrors would return, and ghosts would run wild! Hidden masters everywhere sprang into action! But why does this old Taoist look so familiar? Powerful figures, reclusive clans, and undergrou 396Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 恐 Horror World: Who Let the Taoist Priest In? 恐怖世界：谁把道士放进来的？ Blue Switch青轴Mystery206k WordsOngoing Bad news: I've transmigrated to a horror world, and there are ghosts here! Good news: I seem to be a Taoist priest... As a countdown keeps sounding in his mind, Chen Fan transmigrates to a horror world. Looking at the female ghost dismembered before him, he falls into deep thought. 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book!

8. 308 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 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
10. 310 风 The Charismatic Feng Shui Master 风骚风水师 Carefree Yellow Immortal逍遥黄大仙Mystery366k WordsOngoing Huang Daxian, an outcast from the Three Pure Ones Temple, and his disciple Wei An live in seclusion at Xiaoyao Temple. They spend their days using the Book of Strange Gates and Hidden Armor to tell fortunes and read people's fate. One day, while practicing the Great Ultimate Golden Flower Teaching, Wei An suffers a cultivation deviation. In a dream, he becomes the Unforgiven Tower Lord, leading his followers in a final battle against the righteous path, only to suffer a crushing defeat. Wei An 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Humorous and witty, yet authentically about Feng Shui; highly recommended.

11. 311 凶 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 136.7kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves

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    If you include those who practice martial arts, this is a good book.

13. 313 九 Invincible Thunder Magic in Uncle Jiu’s World 九叔世界之雷法无敌 Fish Swallowing Porridge吞粥之鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction5.8M WordsOngoing (Uncle Jiu + thunder techniques + zombies + female ghosts + a grand fusion with the supernatural side of Hong Kong cinema + don't ask whether the protagonist likes women, he likes lots of women. The blurb isn't doing it justice, so read the story.) My name is Lin Hai. I transmigrated into a supernatural world during a rare alignment of five planets, and Uncle Jiu found me in a star-filled mass grave. That was the beginning of my life wielding thunder techniques to sweep away demons and monsters. 42.2kReads8.5Score3kShelves

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    🔥🍃The protagonist is a Taoist priest who travels to various horror movie worlds. This is a long and satisfying read!🔥🍃The first book: When the rule-based supernatural tales descend, the protagonist steps forward and begins his Taoist journey to save the world. Five-star recommendation!🔥The second book: The protagonist is picked up by Uncle Nine during a time-travel adventure and begins his cultivation journey across the heavens. Five-star recommendation!🔥The third book: A composite world of Uncle Nine's movies. The protagonist is Uncle Nine's eldest disciple, possessing extraordinary strength and a powerful background. He always manages to fill in gaps in the plot beforehand, reducing many unresolved issues. Five-star recommendation!

14. 314 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves

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    A discerning eye! These three classic horror books are truly terrifying. The first one is "unrivaled in horror"—stay away if you're easily frightened, or you'll spend the whole night in terror!

15. 315 背 The Immortal's Burden 背仙儿 The Mystery Beyond Mystery玄又之玄Mystery161k WordsOngoing The day I was born, a black snake slithered into our yard. From that day on, I bore a snake’s bones and was half human, half snake. When I was nine, I touched the Snake Immortal statue on West Mountain. The evil god whispered that it wanted me as its spirit medium. To save me, Grandma hoisted the statue onto her back and walked into the blizzard. She was never heard from again. To find Grandma and slay the evil god, I joined the Jingming Sect and spent eight years cultivating. I thought I was ju —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 316 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves

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    Chen Xun transmigrated to this vast and boundless world of cultivation, and luckily awakened the Longevity System. Hey, the system even gifted him a longevity spirit beast as a companion, like adding a super cool teammate to his journey to immortality. Chen Xun thought to himself, "I have no interest in fighting and killing, and I don't want to provoke anyone. I just want to take my old ox brother and see the bustling world." You see, sometimes without warning, he'd reveal the three particularly imposing-looking axes at his waist, and then, unintentionally, his perfectly sculpted sixteen-pack abs would appear. Then, he slowly put on the bandit hood, a gloomy yet slightly comical smile on his face, and said, "Chen Xun and Old Ox are the most reasonable people, you know."

17. 317 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
18. 318 爷 When Grandpa Died, Dragons Lifted His Coffin and Ghosts Wept at His Grave 爷爷死时，龙抬棺，鬼哭坟 Big Brother Shuiyue水月大哥Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather was tragically caught up in a thousand-year-old feng shui plot. When he died, a dragon lifted his coffin and ghosts wailed at his grave. As for me, I was born wrapped in snake scales. They all called me a monster, but the Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters. They secretly sent me to Dragon Pool, where eight old men took me on as their disciple. When I grew up, I punched demons and monsters and kicked spirits and fiends aside. Practicing both Buddhist and Daoist arts, I 10.5kReads8.5Score853Shelves
19. 319 道 The Daoist Enters the Mortal World 道爷入世 A City in Misty Rain烟雨一城Urban203k WordsCompleted Reborn by chance, he gains a System and receives a quest to find his wife. At last, he finds his adorable little wife, only to discover she’s the very woman he least wants to see... Now he sets out to rekindle their relationship and make up for his regrets… 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It starts slowly but improves quickly; if you calm down and read a few chapters, you'll definitely want to keep reading.

20. 320 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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    Every single one is incredibly good.

21. 321 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
22. 322 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 237Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    A book about dimensional reduction attacks; fans of the Maoshan descendants should definitely not miss this one.

23. 323 哽 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all wonderful Taoist supernatural stories!

24. 324 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
25. 325 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score274Shelves

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    An absolutely thrilling read, featuring the Japanese Nine Chrysanthemums faction, also known as "The Strongest Architectural Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." Content includes (Feng Shui secrets + supernatural events + Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui + Bureau 749 + Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism + Qimen Dunjia + Mohist mechanical arts + Lu Ban's techniques + mechanical maneuver battles + Gu fighting + reincarnation of a Living Buddha)! Written from the perspective of an architectural feng shui master, it interprets the essence of the three major schools of thought: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism!

26. 326 怪 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 Liao Jianwei廖建威Mystery133k WordsCompleted [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist grows stronger, and his elders are incredibly powerful.

27. 327 那 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 162.2kReads9.3Score17.1kShelves

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    "A cloud in the Northwest Mysterious Heaven!" "A crow has fallen into a flock of phoenixes!" "A table full of heroes!" "Who is the ruler and who is the subject!" Looking at the two children in front of him who were shouting at him with sticks, the middle-aged cultivator's mouth twitched slightly.

28. 328 阳 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 Pan Dejiang潘的江Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.6kReads8.3Score750Shelves

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    The writing is alright, but I don't understand why the rating is so low.

29. 329 天 A Celestial Master Takes a Job at the Crematorium, Who Would Dare Fake Their Own Death? 天师入职火葬场，这谁敢诈尸啊？ Holy Crab厚礼蟹特Urban753k WordsCompleted Zhang Jiusheng is reborn in a parallel world as the only direct disciple of the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought he had it made and could live off incense offerings until he died. Who could have guessed that Taoism in this world had fallen into decline over the centuries? Now it's so poor, it can't even afford a bowl of pork trotter rice! He'll have to take on some side jobs! Just then, a group of government officials showed up at the mountain. The National Crematorium is hiring! 1.4kReads7.4Score247Shelves

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    It looks pretty good.

30. 330 临 The Hidden Actor of Lin'an 临安戏隐 The Mysterious Qiuchi神秘的秋迟Historical447k WordsCompleted [Me, a spoiled good-for-nothing: it’s all an act] After being reborn as the son of a Southern Song military officer, Zhang Ziyan decides to lie flat and make trouble for his father as a career. He raises fighting cocks, walks his dogs, and spends money like water. Lin’an City knows him as a complete waste of space. Everyone laughs at him: “Other than having a good father, what can you even do?” But they don’t know that... The imperial wine Jade Pot Spring is his creation, and its sky-high profit 173Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    [Lin'an] A Song Dynasty political intrigue story with heartwarming ensemble cast; excellent writing style. [Zhenyao] A Tang Dynasty suspenseful and fantastical tale, humorous and fast-paced, both funny and thrilling; I call it a masterpiece among new books. It's bound to be a hit. Go for it! [Add to bookshelf]

31. 331 打EN Building the Qingyun Immortal Sect, With an Emperor Ancestor Arriving from the Start 打造青云仙宗，开局大帝老祖降临 The Wind and Clouds Rule风云为王Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing The hit short drama based on Who Dares Invade My Qingyun Sect is now streaming on Hongguo. Be sure to search for it by name! [Invincible + sect building + taking disciples + nonstop thrills + summoning + no female lead + straight to the action] With no one to support my lofty ambitions, I'll climb the mountain and establish an imperial sect myself! This novel is also known as: “Everyone in and around our sect is a Great Emperor. How will you respond?” “The path to immortality is hard? What's wit 25.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
32. 332 总 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 Bearded Uncle虬髯大叔Mystery651k WordsCompleted [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score332Shelves

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    Chapter 1 The Iceberg President In Yunhai City, at Shop No. 5 Mingde Road in the old district of Dongcheng, a sign hung at the entrance that read "Yidaotang"! Inside the shop, Li Yang sat in a recliner, smoking, his feet propped up on the coffee table, dangling back and forth—a complete scoundrel. At that moment, a Rolls-Royce pulled up and stopped at the entrance. A woman in an office lady suit got out from the passenger seat...

33. 333 大 The Tang Dynasty's Record of Demon Suppression 大唐镇妖录 The Mysterious Qiuchi神秘的秋迟Eastern Fantasy214k WordsOngoing [Great Tang] [Mystery] [Dual Transmigration] [Humor] [Thriller] One spell scribbled in ghost script, and master and disciple are both transported to another world. The master becomes a state preceptor with power over the imperial court, putting on an act of “otherworldly grace” every day while secretly panicking like crazy. The disciple becomes an unregistered nobody who starts off locked behind bars. He relies on street cons and a “fake manual” that suddenly starts working to fight for his life 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 334 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 343.1kReads9.5Score39kShelves
35. 335 直 Live-Streaming a Borrowed Spell: Please Believe in Science 直播借法，请相信科学 Six-Stroke Wen Dao六笔文刀Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome, viewers, to the livestream! There are no such things as ghosts in this world. It's all just people scaring each other. Today's broadcast is all scripted, with special effects. Please be sensible and trust in science! [Streamer, how about you put down that ruler in your hand before telling us to trust in science?] [Hey, streamer, are you selling that hamster or not?] By the Celestial Master's command, gods and ghosts must keep their distance! Those who refuse will be dealt with on the sp 8.2kReads8.3Score353Shelves
36. 336 天 Celestial Master: I’m the Only Taoist Priest in This World 天师之这个世界只有我一个道士 Born to Be a Workhorse, Updating Over Ten Thousand Words a Day天生牛马圣体日更上万Mystery158k WordsOngoing He transmigrates to another world with no Taoism. “Little demon, you think you can defy me?” Smack, smack, smack! The sound of slaps rings out. “Do you give in now?” And so he works hard to become a seven-coin Celestial Master wielding Five Thunder Rites, steadily making his way to the top! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The power is getting stronger and stronger, and there's no female lead among straight men!

37. 337 爷 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 62.3kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
38. 338 直 Exorcising Ghosts on Livestream: My Grandpa Really Is a Charlatan 直播驱鬼：我爷爷真是神棍 Big Ideas from a Little Nobody小人物大想法Mystery124k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Yin Eight Sects + goofy master-and-disciple antics + no female lead] Reborn into this world, Lin Du inherits only one thing: three notebooks of scams and a box of fake ritual implements left behind by his con-artist grandfather. His grandfather, Lin Banxian, was a famous local swindler who never encountered a real ghost in his life. Lin Du learned his “craft” from him as a child: draw talismans by tracing templates, chant spells to a rap beat, and perform rituals using modified 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Amazing! Amazing! So amazing! [Smirking][Smirking] This book unfolds with a live-streamed exorcism, no female lead, no inexplicable face-slapping plots. The protagonist's grandfather is a charlatan, but the things he teaches the protagonist are inexplicably as useful as those of a metaphysical master. It also touches on the Yin-Yang Eight Gates: corpse driving, paper-making, corpse retrieval, Yin-Yang, embalming, coffin making… The first volume focuses on the protagonist's growth, with a touch of warmth, about forty chapters. The later volumes unfold with supernatural stories and taking on apprentices. Amazing! So amazing! Go for it, brothers! [Shy][shy] The protagonist will rebuild the underworld; the protagonist is the ruler of the underworld! Isn't that awesome? [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf] There's also a funny author appearing in the comments section, come and catch the author! [Licking][licking]

39. 339 开 From the Start, the Temple Master Runs Off, Forcing Me to Inherit the Taoist Temple 开局观主跑路，被迫继承道观 The Cat King Rules the World猫王镇天下Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A System that’s sometimes serious and sometimes completely off the rails, paired with an unreliable Host. Why was the System caught from the start? Why did Wenqu descend the mountain in the middle of the night? A Taoist who wants to slack off, but just can’t. 34kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
40. 340 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

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41. 341 蛮 The Savage Era 蛮荒记 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World, Invincible, Otherworld, the Myriad Worlds, Female Lead, No Harem, World-Destroying] One flower, one world. One leaf, one pursuit. One song, one sigh. One lifetime devoted to one person. One glance, one breathtaking beauty. One step, one descent into obsession. One thought, one dream. One lifetime spent waiting for one person. Pangu, alone with an axe, fought across the highest heavens, all for the sake of waiting for one person in this life… 5.2kReads7.0Score428Shelves

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    A mortal attains enlightenment in a single night, causing the three realms to tremble.

42. 342 这 This System Is a Little Too Much of a Rip-Off 这个系统有亿点点坑 Guanglong Yueyue广龙月月Urban781k WordsOngoing This is a modern supernatural novel with a System. It is more comedic than scary. There are no feats that instantly conquer the heavens, earth, and everything under them from the start, nor does anyone start out with tens of trillions. If that bothers you, read with caution. After saving a woman who had fallen into prostitution in a back alley, wage worker Zhang Haochen contracts a virus. On the brink of death, he unexpectedly activates the Virtue System. Fulfilling the wishes of ghosts earns hi 28Reads8.8Score102Shelves

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    Taoist priest who loves washing feet

43. 343 道 The Supreme Taoist: Peerless Daoist Master 道门太上：绝世道长 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery161k WordsOngoing Clad in a Daoist robe, I walk among the people, driving out every evil under heaven... Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, gods, immortals, and strange beings: no matter how many I eliminate, I cannot purge the evil thoughts in my heart. Meet kindness with kindness, meet evil and become a demon. The arts of the Daoist tradition shall be the strongest! (Not an invincible protagonist story. Read with caution. No female lead!) 110Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    This Taoist Master: Li Changsheng series is very good.

44. 344 看 I Got So Into a Novel That I Lied to the Goddess and Said I Could Tell Fortunes 看小说入迷骗女神说我会算命 Fang Wuchang方无常Urban30k WordsOngoing At sixteen, Fang Henshao first discovers occult fiction. After reading a few books, he gets carried away with himself and boldly offers to tell the goddess’s fortune. By sheer luck, Fang Henshao wins the goddess’s heart. But then his classmates can’t take it anymore and expose his scam in front of everyone. Fang Henshao’s reputation is ruined. Unable to bear the humiliation, Fang Henshao shuts himself away to study, patiently building his knowledge of the occult. Two years later, Fang Henshao on —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll learn something real.

45. 345 诸 Myriad Worlds: The Creator of Myth 诸天：神话缔造者 Green Mountain Empty Cicada青山空蝉Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Qin Guan, an ordinary young man from Earth, unexpectedly awakens the strange ability to enter dreams and transmigrate. With a single thought, he can enter a dream and travel to the mysterious Great Wilderness, a realm comparable to the mountains-and-seas legends and the Primordial World. This land teems with exotic beasts and is home to countless races. Every ancient ferocious beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas has appeared, while ancient shamanic arts and supreme mythic paths circulat 7.9kReads7.4Score587Shelves

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    From Earth to the Great Wilderness: Cultivating the Great Dao in Mythology. When Qin Guan, an ordinary young man on Earth, discovered he could traverse mountains and seas in his dreams, the world realized that holding the sun and moon in one's hands, chasing the stars, and physically crossing the universe was not mythology but reality. At that moment, the world changed.

46. 346 0 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 Yesterday's Chang'an i昨日长安iMystery673k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.2kReads8.6Score375Shelves

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    How could I not recommend these books? Especially the first one, which is based on the author's personal experience!

47. 347 龙 The Dragon Son-in-Law and Ghost Doctor 龙婿鬼医 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Urban247k WordsOngoing [Married into her family] [Sweet romance] [Doting dad] [Special forces king] Meeting and parting are all fate, and a thousand-mile bond of marriage can be forged in a single night. A fleeting marriage leaves regrets in life, so he sets out a thousand miles to find his wife and rekindle their bond! Since we parted, my thoughts have stayed with you; how many times have I dreamed we were together? Tonight, I hold up the silver lamp to look at you, still afraid that our reunion is only a dream. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 348 一 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 Heartless Courier无情无义送快递Urban504k WordsCompleted [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.9kReads8.9Score136Shelves
49. 349 天 The Fox Immortal of Tianmen! 天门狐仙！ Zhao Gou of Shu Camp蜀营的赵勾Eastern Fantasy305k WordsCompleted There is a love that was born for you, and a vow to stay by your side through life and death. There is a belief that true love knows no bounds, and a devotion to be captivating for no one but you. The orphan Su Wulan made his living chopping wood. One day, he happened to save a fox spirit, and from then on embarked on a path defying the immortals. A doomed romance takes root, and turmoil follows... See how Su Wulan, for Hu Feiyan's sake, dares the Stairway to Heaven, opens Heaven's Gate with a s 10Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 350 这 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Ghost Hunter, Big Brother抓鬼大师兄Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    A Taoist story where the stronger the opponent, the stronger they become—it's all so satisfying! And surprisingly, it has some reasonably positive values. [Drooling emoji]

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