A Wide-Ranging Look at Daoism and Mythology, with a Smart Protagonist 内容涉及面很广的道教，神话都有，主角智商在线

1. 1 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 96.4kReads9.1Score10kShelves

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   Investiture of the Gods [flying kiss][flying kiss][flying kiss][flying kiss][flying kiss]

2. 2 灭 My Family Was Wiped Out from the Start, and My Comprehension Soared 灭门开局，我悟性直接拉满 Qingping Wind青萍风Eastern Fantasy576k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, activate the word-trait System, and unlock golden, world-shaking intelligence from the start! Others cultivate painstakingly for six months; I break through in a single night! Others can't make sense of a useless old scroll; I see at a glance that it's a true cultivation scripture! With an innate pure-yang physique and the ultimate in comprehension, I carve my way through this world! 324Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Journey to the West, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Journey to the South, sequels, etc., The main characters are from the Supreme Elder lineage, and it's exhilarating.

3. 3 当 When a Taoist Meets a Top-Tier Star Goddess 当道士遇见顶流女神 Qingwei Guan Baoyang清微观抱阳Urban712k WordsCompleted The collective consensus of a group can form a force field. The dimension-fusion journey of Baoyang, a temple-guarding Daoist who discovers a loophole in the world, and the star Yang Mi. One female lead, no formulaic tropes, and airtight logic. 1.9kReads—Score103Shelves

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   This book perfectly fits the bill! Why don't powerful demons appear in the world? Why are ancient spells no longer effective? Earth has been reduced to a lower dimension, a global war of faiths, a Taoist priest guarding a temple and a female celebrity with dream-related supernatural powers, a new school of Taoism, the true essence of Taoism, not just simple talismans. The setting is novel, and the scope is grand. Single female lead: Yang Mi. The entire story is extremely logically sound, and the imagination is mind-blowing! I personally love it!

4. 4 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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   This one truly deserves its reputation! [Heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart]

5. 5 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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   The content here is excellent and useful for everyday life.

6. 6 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves

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   This book is quite realistic, touches on some religious issues, and even offers some juicy gossip.

7. 7 我 I Use Chinese Taoist Scriptures to Suppress Everything 我靠华夏道藏镇压一切 Loves Flatbread爱吃面饼Mystery613k WordsOngoing Zhang Fan transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual energy has only just begun to revive. Here, strange phenomena run rampant and haunted tombs emerge, but unfortunately... orthodox Chinese Daoist culture has suffered a severe break in its transmission! The elite agents of the National Bureau Nine use a damaged Han-dynasty “Celestial General’s Ruler” as a blunt weapon, swinging it around at random. They practice broken breathing techniques until they suffer cultivation deviation. Faced 2.9kReads—Score244Shelves

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   I don't know if there's any mythology involved, but the spread of Taoist culture is incredibly suspenseful.

8. 8 中 China's Twelve Most Dangerous Dinner Parties 中国最危险的十二个饭局 I Don't Want to Eat Broccoli不想吃西蓝花Historical95k WordsCompleted [Historical Intrigue Anthology] [Short Story Collection] [Game Theory and Psychology] [Unveiling History] Wine cups clink, and murderous intent lurks beneath the surface. One banquet can be enough to change the fate of a dynasty. This book brings together twelve deadly banquets recorded in the history books, including the Feast at Hongmen, Cao Cao's Wine-and-Plum Gathering, the Meeting at Mianchi, and the Gathering of Heroes. Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lin Xiangru, Zhou Yu, Yue Fei, y 457Reads9.3Score153Shelves

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   It has everything, but it's a niche market; though there's not much, it's very high-quality.

9. 9 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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   Old Bai's Picks: Low-rated gems, excellent writing, fast-paced plot, Taoist sects, Three Capitals, Five Lords, Eighteen Heads, Taoist incantations. Ritualistic practices, Liaozhai style, a gem among unorthodox works, a classic Xianxia novel in the Xianhu genre.

10. 10 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
11. 11 真 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 Liu Xuanling刘玄灵Mystery297k WordsOngoing [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.1kReads—Score143Shelves

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    This book is alright in terms of the scope of its content.

12. 12 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iMystery675k 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 5.1kReads8.6Score377Shelves

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    These are definitely the books, especially the first one. The protagonist is so smart, you won't regret reading it.

13. 13 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban900k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 238.7kReads9.1Score24.2kShelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in Honghuang as the Golden Spirit Holy Mother 重生洪荒之金灵圣母 Touring the Northern Sea by Day, the Firmament by Night朝游北海暮苍穹Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing Understand yin and yang to become an immortal; cultivate for eons to attain the Primordial Unity. Wield the mysteries of heaven and earth to create the world; in a single day, become a limitless Great Luo Immortal. Jin Ling, a student at a Taoist academy in the 21st century, transmigrates into the Primordial World by chance and is reborn as the Jie School’s Holy Mother, Jin Ling. The Primordial World is home to countless great sects, with myriads of cultivators pursuing the Dao and contending f 23.9kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
15. 15 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 168.2kReads9.1Score15.8kShelves

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    The Taoist thought is unprecedented and unparalleled.

16. 16 绑 Qiusheng, Bound to a Martial Arts System 绑定武道系统的秋生 Pitch-Black Meat Bun黑不溜秋的肉包子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Drive out demons with martial might, banish ghosts with the Dao, master both martial arts and the Dao, and become the Martial Sage of the mortal world. One blade to destroy the Eastern Seas, one sword to slay gods and demons, one halberd to shatter Heaven's will. Shatter the void with martial might and stride across the myriad realms, suppress the heavens and rise above the nine skies. Defy Heaven and slay the Dao to become the exalted one, live free and proud, and attain eternal transcendence. 4.4kReads7.6Score279Shelves

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    I refuse to believe there's anything wider than mine. [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]

17. 17 从 A Journey Beyond the Mundane, Beginning with Myth 从神话开始的超脱之旅 Salty Fish Can't Keep Up the Grind咸鱼卷不动Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing A journey through the heavens. Caught up in an undeserved calamity for no apparent reason, the ordinary man Ning Yuan’s soul returned to the netherworld. From then on, a door to eternity opened before him. Amid the old tales of the Republic era and rampaging evil spirits, he leaves his mark on a hidden history buried in legend and on a vast, unending epic. Ning Yuan strides ever closer to immortality, transcends fate, and ascends to the rank of the ancients, standing above all the worlds. 9.7kReads8.5Score644Shelves
18. 18 不 Can’t Cultivate Immortality? Then Cultivate Me 不能修仙？那就修我吧 Hot Pot, Xiaomian, and Malatang火锅小面麻辣烫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [Xuanhuan] + [Slice of Life] + [Original] + [No Saintly Protagonist] + [No Simping] + [Multiple Love Interests (Low Rating for Safety)] (This isn't a story about an invincible protagonist coming down from the mountains. His strength grows logically, and he has the confidence to say no to any being.) (The protagonist isn't a one-woman-only romantic, nor is he a simp. If you want a pure romance or a tearjerker, this isn't for you.) Good news: I've transmigrated. Bad news: I wasn 3.2kReads6.2Score268Shelves

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    A completely new cultivation system, not mindless hack-and-slash, not frustrating, more slice-of-life; a good read if you're looking for something to read. [You'll appreciate it]

19. 19 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 977Reads—Score202Shelves
20. 20 西 Journey to the West: I Took an Official Post in Heaven, So What's Wrong With Earning a Few Hundred Million Incense Offerings? 西游：天庭当官，赚亿点香火咋了 Luo Junyu落君宇Eastern Fantasy901k WordsCompleted [In the Name of the Three Realms + Heavenly Court Bureaucracy + Human Relations + Primordial World + Journey to the West + Heavenly Court Shop Assistant] The rating just came out, so it’ll go up! The Investiture of the Gods is over, and the gods have taken their posts. Although Zhong Cheng’s cultivation is poor, he is a disciple of Yao Bin, Heavenly Lord of the Thunder Ministry. At least he has managed to land himself an official post in Heaven. Huh? What’s that? Incense offerings can make you s 1.5kReads7.1Score109Shelves

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    Heavenly Court Officialdom

21. 21 我 I Was Common as Dirt, Yet I Became an Immortal 我本庸俗却成仙 Shan Sheng善生Urban105k WordsCompleted [Want to learn immortal cultivation and the Dao? Give it a look!] I yearn to become an immortal. Cultivating the truth and comprehending the Dao have been my lifelong dream, and I practice immortal cultivation in the real world. This is an unknown story, yet one brimming with wonder... Birth, aging, sickness, and death go on without end; cultivate the truth and comprehend the Dao to transcend them. I was once ordinary, yet became an immortal, neither suffering nor indulging in pleasure. I yearn 640Reads—Score159Shelves

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    [Teach you how to cultivate immortality and attain enlightenment, want to read it?] [Flying kiss] Cultivating immortality and attaining enlightenment, an excellent book, highly recommended, a philosophy of cultivation that subverts common sense.

22. 22 修 Cultivation Is a Philosophy 修仙是门哲学 Shan Sheng善生Urban96k WordsCompleted This is my story of cultivating immortality, an unknown story, a story full of mystery... [Short Story Collection] [At the End of Science Lies the Supernatural] [Understand the stories in this book, and you can cultivate immortality] I am a real cultivator living in the modern world... I seek to become an immortal, free and joyful as the heavens. Cultivate immortality through science, ascend through physics. 382Reads—Score106Shelves
23. 23 剑 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 Am I a God?我是神吗Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 24kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves

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    This is a fanfiction about the novel "Sword Comes." It covers a wide range of Taoist mythology, and all the main characters are intelligent. The male protagonist roams the martial arts world with his sword, acting recklessly. It explores the cultivation of immortality through martial arts, taking a more righteous path and employing a strategy of overwhelming power. It's a novel about progressing from Qi cultivation to becoming a terrestrial immortal.

24. 24 清 The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录 Recluse of the Void虚中散人Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem 7kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    Based on true stories, this book introduces you to the revered patriarchs of Taoism.

25. 25 乌 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 873Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    Taoism exists among the people, reflecting the traditional culture of ethnic minorities in Guizhou and the legends along the Wujiang River.

26. 26 职 Career Entries: Starting Out as a Rickshaw Puller in the Demon Martial Republic of China 职业词条：从妖武民国拉黄包车始 No Deification in the Primordial Era洪荒不许封神Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Republican-era martial arts, demons and martial monsters run rampant, supernatural horrors abound, hard-edged martial arts, diligence pays off, decisive and ruthless, overwhelming strength, defeating stronger foes from below.] A world of demonic martial arts, a chaotic age of supernatural horrors. The Three Teachings and Nine Schools fought in the shadows, while the poor and powerless struggled to survive in the streets. Warlords carved up the land, foreign battleships pounded at the gates, and 63.4kReads7.9Score7kShelves

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    I wrote this myself. I'm recommending it.

27. 27 改 The Heavenly Book of Changing Fate 改运天书 All My Knowledge Comes from Hands-On Experience我的知识全是实战派Urban688k WordsOngoing The character is based on the fifth great figure of the Northeast Renaissance, Old Xu, the "knowledge mixer". Special thanks to: Wang Shengdong of Northeast Sushantang Zhang Xiaotian of Northeast Xuande Hall Zhang Wumeng, the fourth great master of the Northeast Renaissance Ouchi's secret talk A book review is the best introduction. Book lover [Chuxin Yijiu Ha]: This masterpiece is a must-recommend! The author has a wealth of knowledge, humorous language, and is proficient in everything from fen 1kReads8.5Score234Shelves

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    This is the post I was shown!

28. 28 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    The universe is boundless, and the laws of heaven and earth are borrowed. This is an urban fantasy story where the protagonist exudes an otherworldly aura, possessing magical powers to vanquish demons and monsters in the city. Leaders from various esoteric sects, such as Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, and Wudang Mountain, display their divine might. Furthermore, the over 600-year-old immortal Zhang Sanfeng slays demons with a mere two fingers. The entire story is filled with exciting battles and thrilling moments.

29. 29 玉 Yuxu Descends: The Great Sui Journey to the West 玉虚降世：大隋取经录 Softie Little Veggie Bun软蛋小菜包Eastern Fantasy330k WordsCompleted For certain reasons, I can't spell things out any more clearly. How much you understand is up to you! This isn't a story, and it isn't Journey to the West. What is it? That depends on your own insight. I really can't make it any clearer. I am the first to blaze a trail for Journey to the West. I lay the foundation for Journey to the West. Before Heaven came the primordial chaos; before the Sui dynasty's pilgrimage to fetch the scriptures. Who's black? Who's white? The imperial court, immortals, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A brand new and exciting story of immortals, gods, and Buddhas, filled with intrigue, plots, battles, and humanity. It incorporates elements of reality, from ancient and modern times, and from all cultures.

30. 30 捉 I Went Ghost Hunting and Got Killed Instead, Now a Beautiful Female Ghost Rides Me Like a Horse 捉鬼被反杀，我被美艳女鬼当马骑 Softie Little Veggie Bun软蛋小菜包12k WordsCompleted I Went Ghost Hunting and Got Overpowered, Now a Gorgeous Female Ghost Rides Me Like a Horse 4Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 9 996 Burnout Killed Me, and Now My Widowed Mother and Orphaned Child Are Threatened with Public Humiliation 996猝死，孤儿寡母被威胁‘社死’ Softie Little Veggie Bun软蛋小菜包17k WordsCompleted Worked to Death on a 996 Schedule, Now the Widowed Mother and Her Child Are Threatened with Public Humiliation 4Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 神 The Charlatan Teacher 神棍教师 September in July and August七八月的九月Mystery218k WordsCompleted Jin Yu, a Daoist priest from the Celestial Master Mansion, descended the mountain to gain experience. At the old master's behest, he took a job as a security guard at a private school, where he used his knowledge to help students deal with all kinds of supernatural incidents on campus... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book covers rituals, talismans, divination, and feng shui—it has everything you could want to know. You'll have to judge for yourself whether it's genuine or not…

33. 33 执 Wielding My Sword to Slay Demons and Protect the World 执剑斩魔护苍生 Rock Candy Hammer冰糖锤子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing No System, invincible protagonist, traveling through the mortal world. A cultivation manual, a Green Snake Sword. In his previous life, he died peacefully at the age of ninety. In this life, he sets foot on the path of cultivation. A nine-tailed fox at his side, divine beasts following him, fiends bowing their heads. The City God bows and asks, “May I ask where you come from, Immortal?” He replies, “My name is Chong Yue. I’m just a mortal!” 1.8kReads8.1Score140Shelves

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    This book covers a wide range of topics.

34. 34 道 Taiyi of the Daoist Sect: I Should Never Have Descended to the Mortal Realm 道门太乙：本座就不该下凡 Master Incompetent无能大师Eastern Fantasy267k WordsCompleted Absolutely no AI content, conceived entirely by a human mind. No System, no naive protagonist, pure Taoist tradition. A serious heads-up: This is a traditional, carefully written story with a somewhat slow start. It picks up after eight chapters. Pingdan, a beggar of unknown origins, unexpectedly encounters a member of the Three Purities sect. To repay his master’s kindness, he travels thousands of miles, keeps his promise, and honors the dead. Who could have known his complicated past would co 748Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think this is very well written.

35. 35 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.3kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    This book is interesting...

36. 36 穿 Transmigrating as the Antarctic Immortal: Turning the Tables and Attaining the Dao in the Primordial World 穿越南极仙翁：我在洪荒逆袭证道 Heaven's Dream, Great Harmony天梦大同Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Initial setup: Golden Immortals can enter Chaos; the protagonist won’t start out as a Great Encompassment Golden Immortal; the Lich Tribulation will reach the Quasi-Sage stage; no heroine, don’t read if that’s not your thing] Chang Shou transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes Antarctic Immortal. He plans to lie flat, but happens to arrive just as Hongjun begins preaching to the myriad worlds. The Primordial World is about to enter a golden age, when Golden Immortals are as common as 6.1kReads6.6Score254Shelves
37. 37 长 Longevity: Starting with a Chance Encounter with Li Canghai in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 长生：从在天龙偶遇李沧海开始 Goddess's Lackey女神的狗腿子Male-Channel Fanfiction4.9M WordsOngoing No cheating in this novel, no cheating in this novel, no cheating in this novel. The important things must be said three times! Also, the world doesn't revolve around the protagonist. I've created a vast world, so don't read this if that's not your thing! He has witnessed Li Canghai's bewitching charm and become a rebellious disciple who defies his master. He has seen Wang Yuyan's beauty and Xiaolongnu's cool elegance. He has even seen the unparalleled domineering presence of the Eastern Leader. 17.7kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves
38. 38 双 Dual Travel to Honghuang: From the Start, I Catch Nuwa Hammering Fuxi 双穿洪荒：开局碰见女娲锤伏羲 Hot Pot at Phoenix Airport凤凰机场吃火锅Eastern Fantasy336k WordsOngoing After his girlfriend breaks up with him and his company lays him off, Lin Fan grows tired of the city’s noise and returns to the old family home his grandfather left him. While tidying up, he discovers that a mirror in his grandfather’s desk can take him to the primordial world. Once he can reach the primordial world, how far off can worlds like Shrouding the Heavens and Perfect World be? Starting yesterday, the way to the Myriad Worlds has opened. From then on, ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb 13Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 神 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 The Old Donkey Keeps Braying驴子老叫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse536k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] + [No overpowered cheats] + [Power struggles] + [Slow burn, not a power fantasy] + [No stereotypical characters] + [Wits and strategy] + [A blend of classical and modern prose, not for everyone] (Revised through Chapter 37 of Volume Two. Later chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot replenish your mana forever. Any method of gaining power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its benefits to diminish until they even 48.6kReads9.5Score8.9kShelves

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    This book covers a wide range of topics, from atheistic intellectual battles against Cthulhu. It's a mind-bending read, slow-burning in the beginning, with a well-developed plot, gradually reaching its climax around chapter 15. It strictly adheres to the three laws of thermodynamics, avoiding perpetual motion machine phenomena like meditation to restore full health and mana, Doraemon's magic pocket, or infinitely powerful cheat codes. Unlike other online novels, it follows a reverse-engineering approach. This book abandons the omniscient perspective, employing a suspenseful mystery writing style. As the reader progresses, the characters acquire information in sync with the reader. Their judgments and reasoning may be flawed, including the protagonist's mistakes. Suitable for readers who enjoy novelty and are tired of formulaic stories. Wishing everyone great success!

40. 40 我 I Debate the Classics with Great Scholars in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫跟大儒辩经 A Grain of Rice in the Vast Blue Sea沧海茫茫粒米身Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Yang Zhi, a top salesman and philosophy graduate student in his previous life, transmigrates to the end of the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty. Through a twist of fate, he joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, passes the imperial examination, enters the Hanlin Academy, and debates the classics with the great scholars at court! 5kReads8.8Score354Shelves

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    If you're looking for a Taoist novel with details and a background that are completely historically accurate, then check out my novel! My novel has a realistic historical background, vivid character descriptions, a thrilling plot, and is driven by real historical events. You won't be able to put it down!

41. 41 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves

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    While seemingly a tale of myths and supernatural beings, it actually satirizes reality, showing that humans are far more terrifying than mythical creatures.

42. 42 苟 The Way of the Cautious, Becoming a God 苟道为神 Chen Zhenzhen陈真真Eastern Fantasy470k WordsCompleted The God of Caution: A Qi Refining Servant Turns Dark Li Hai is a lowly servant at the first level of Qi Refining. His daily chore is shoveling the inner sect’s immortal cranes’ droppings. He knows all too well that the cultivation world is ruled by the survival of the fittest, so he trains day and night, keeping eight hundred tricks up his sleeve and staying on guard at all times. During the sect tournament, he deliberately loses to his opponent just to avoid drawing attention. Then one day, the 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are Taoist priests inside.

43. 43 问 Seeking the Dao at Qingfeng Peak 问道青峰 Chen Zhenzhen陈真真Eastern Fantasy383k WordsCompleted On a stormy evening, the limping Daoist Xuanzhen found little A Xian beneath a small bridge and took him home. Thus began a tale of one limping master and a future Immortal Emperor... Their funny, humorous, yet bitter life together made them as close as father and son. Under his crippled master's guidance, little A Xian eventually achieved his Dao. —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    It looks good, hehe.

45. 45 大 The Great Ming Surveillance Court 大明道察院 Lintai麟台Historical690k WordsOngoing [See the epic history of the Daoist sects in the early Ming through the eyes of a transmigrator] In the third year of Hongwu, the Hongwu Emperor established the mysterious Dao Investigation Bureau to rein in Daoist sorcerers who could turn the tide at will. There is no carefree Daoist life here, only the ironclad rule that “magic must be bounded by law, and the Dao restrained by regulations.” Even mighty cultivators who can fly through the skies and burrow through the earth must face execution i 3.3kReads9.3Score490Shelves

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    [The Daoist Censorate: The Iron-Blooded Enforcers of the Daoist World] In the third year of the Hongwu reign (1389), the Ming Taizu (Hongwu Emperor) established the mysterious "Daoist Censorate" to restrain the manipulative magic of Daoist practitioners. Armed with the "Great Ming Daoist Laws," it was dedicated to apprehending illegal sorcerers and suppressing heretical practices that disrupted the government. It could command the true qi of thunder and fire to unravel mysteries across vast distances, wield talismans and puppets to sweep away evil and sorcery, and even investigate the Yin and Yang realms to determine good and evil, life and death. Here, there was no carefree immortal existence, only the iron-fisted rule that "skills are bounded by law, and the Dao is bound by law"—even those who could fly and escape the earth, if they violated the law, would be executed!

46. 46 妖 Demons Run Amok? I’m a Taoist Priest, This Is My Specialty 妖魔横行？贫道专业对口 Drunken and Carefree神醉逍遥Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Chen You'an opened his eyes and realized he had transmigrated. The good news: he had transmigrated with a System. The bad news: this was an ancient world torn apart by war and filled with starving corpses. There were no immortals or gods, only life-snatching demons, harmful devils, wandering ghosts, man-eating monsters, and hopping zombies. 2.4kReads5.4Score164Shelves

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47. 47 有 Strange Tales of Gods and Ghosts 有味道的神鬼事 Green Robe on the Right Hand右手青衣1.0M WordsCompleted Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the ways of the literati have gone downhill, and stories of animals becoming spirits and ghosts and monsters have filled the courts and countryside. There are tales of someone trying to flirt with a girl and ending up with a pig, of someone offering himself as a bedmate and losing his life, of an old dog taking human form and impersonating its master while causing all kinds of trouble, and of a rooster bewitching young women and men. Even the famed general Yue Fe 22Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Those hidden tales of the strange and unusual, a great help for telling stories.

48. 48 西 Journey to the West: A Netherworld Technician Seconded to Repair Heaven’s Gate 西游：地府技术员，借调修天门 Not Running Today今天不跑步Eastern Fantasy164k WordsOngoing [Mythological Workplace + Cultivation and Infrastructure + Power Plays] “Make the common people suffer? No. In the Heavenly Court, it’s the seconded staff who suffer.” My name is Zhou Ye. After failing my tribulation, I worked as a technician in the Underworld for five hundred years. Then, on the strength of an official order, I was seconded to the Heavenly Court’s Public Works Department to help repair the South Heaven Gate. On my first day, my direct supervisor, Director Li, took my hand and s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Immortal cultivation fantasies, with themes of Heaven, Primordial World, Journey to the West, infrastructure, officialdom, and civil engineering.

49. 49 你 A Monk of Your Rank Has No Right to Seek the Scriptures Yet 你这个级别的僧人，还没权利取经 Water Bites Paper水咬纸Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Officialdom and Journey to the West + cultivation through construction work + In the Name of the People (Immortal Edition) + wild imagination] I transmigrated to the cultivation world. After ascending, I became a grunt in the Heavenly Court's Infrastructure Department. After three thousand years, I finally worked my way up to project manager, in charge of the South Heavenly Gate expansion project. The day before the final inspection, I was stuffing “local specialties” into an envelope. A constr 166.5kReads9.4Score18kShelves
50. 50 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves

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    Fellow Daoist, please wait.

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