Looking for Books About Taoist Sects and Priests, with a Focus on Cultivation and the Journey of the Heart 求道门道家道士的书，要求修行过程，心境历程之类

1. 1 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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   You won't regret reading it. Finding a book like this is a blessing in my life. The author has created a completely new worldview and philosophy of cultivation, teaching people how to cultivate immortality. The content is mind-blowing.

2. 2 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
3. 3 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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   As a student at a Taoist academy, this is the most rigorous Taoist text I've ever read. The author is extremely professional; all the characters in the book are figures recorded in official and Taoist histories. I've made some annotations, hoping it will help everyone understand orthodox Taoist culture and values, and appreciate the charm of the traditional cultivation system.

4. 4 假 The Fake Taoist Comes Down from the Mountain 假道士下山 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Urban201k WordsCompleted Jia Bufan is a student at a second-rate university. In today's fiercely competitive job market, he has spent ages without finding suitable work and doesn't want to toil away, so he spends his days wandering around online. But he is naturally bright and deeply interested in traditional Chinese medicine and the occult. By chance, he meets Daoist Longquan, an expert in the occult with profound knowledge of Daoist arts, and becomes his disciple. From then on, his life takes a very different path. Th 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The book covers various astrological methods, including Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny), Liu Yao (Six Lines Divination), Plum Blossom Divination, Feng Shui, Qimen Dunjia, talismans, Taoist magic, and numerous other methods for resolving issues related to Bazi, such as the clash between Hurting Officer and Official, the Robbing God and Eating God, the clash between Yang Blade and Clash, the clash between the Month Pillar and Year Pillar, and the mixture of Official and Killing Stars. Those who are destined to receive it will find it.

5. 5 我 I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生，玄学也精通 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Urban671k WordsCompleted Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me 27.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves
6. 6 命 Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it. 15.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
7. 7 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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   This one is enough.

8. 8 一EN The Unconventional Path to Immortality 一本不正经的修仙感悟 A Wisp of Clamor一缕喧嚣1.9M WordsOngoing [Fantasy] [Xianxia] [Xuanhuan] [Comedy] [Urban] After three lifetimes, I finally attained the Dao, Roaming the mortal world, laughing at its vicissitudes. I ferry souls across the River of the Underworld, following fate, But whoever the hell dares lay a hand on my people, I’ll beat you to death, you little bastard... 1.7kReads9.2Score120Shelves

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   If you're talking about cultivation, I recommend this masterpiece [laughs]. It's true cultivation, you can actually practice it! It's incredibly awesome. Read a dozen chapters first, it's definitely nutritious. If you don't like it, come back and criticize me. It's truly amazing, it helps you find yourself again, and bravely live the life you want. I took off after reading this, and I believe you'll gain something from it too. I gained courage to face life and myself, my spirit instantly soared, I stopped worrying, and I felt much more carefree, hahaha. It will shatter all your previous perceptions. Things you thought were good and right before, and so on, will be completely overturned after you see this. I'm not just self-promoting, this book really has something, so real that it's almost suppressed. The author was forced to put the real within the fake to let you see and understand what true cultivation is, and then living life with a cultivation mindset is like playing a game, leading to a free and unrestrained life ❛˓◞˂̵✧

9. 9 永 The Song of Enlightenment: A Timeless Masterpiece by Master Yongjia 永嘉大师千古神书之证道歌 The Cultivation Journey of a Strange Star Beyond the Heavens天外奇星的修行之旅253k WordsCompleted A divine book, a divine book! One that can sharpen your wisdom, open your mind to new possibilities, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you unstoppable!!! A sensational new release, now available!!! The Path to Awakening and Growth The seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true mind upon hearing the true Dharma. She cast aside the thousand-year-old dragon pearl at once, and her greed and attachments vanished in an instant. With her mind opened an 947Reads7.0Score212Shelves

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   Amazing book! I highly recommend "The Book of Enlightenment." It can enhance your wisdom, open your mind, and give you a wealth of energy. It's incredibly exciting and thought-provoking!

10. 10 开 The Book of Enlightenment: A Guide to Beating the Game of Life 开悟神书，人生游戏通关指南 The Cultivation Journey of a Strange Star Beyond the Heavens天外奇星的修行之旅292k WordsCompleted A divine book, a divine book, one that can enhance your wisdom, unleash your imagination, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you invincible with a cheat! Coming in hot! The Path to Awakening and Growth A seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true nature upon hearing the true Dharma. She immediately gave up her thousand-year dragon pearl, and her greed and attachment vanished in an instant. Her mind opened and grew clear, serene at last, and she g 503Reads8.7Score100Shelves
11. 11 妄 Contemplation on Returning to the Source 妄尽还源观 The Cultivation Journey of a Strange Star Beyond the Heavens天外奇星的修行之旅277k WordsCompleted A book that reveals the truth about the universe and life. This is a book that helps you know yourself, attain insight into yourself, realize your true nature, and awaken. It can help all those with the right karmic connections. The Path to Awakening and Growth The seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true mind upon hearing the true Dharma. She cast aside the thousand-year-old dragon pearl at once, and her greed and attachments vanished in an instant. With her 2.8kReads8.6Score338Shelves
12. 12 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 presents a scientific hypothesis that perfectly explains why ancient magic is no longer effective and why powerful demons do not appear in the world. It is a story of a Taoist priest with high intelligence and deductive reasoning, not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel, and not a traditional Taoist story of chanting incantations and drawing talismans.

13. 13 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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    Engaging novels with realistic content, rich in scientific knowledge, and relatable to everyday life.

14. 14 真 The Dream of the True Page Tao: A World Made Real from Illusions 真页道之梦化虚界 Zhen Yezi真页子Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing The supernatural returns, alongside alchemical arts, thunder magic, talismans, the 749 Bureau, and battles between Chinese and foreign practitioners. This is a secret chronicle of cultivation, ghost slaying, demon-smiting, and god-killing. Mysteries are gradually awakening. Where do ghosts, monsters, spirits, and demons come from? Immortals have attained the Dao, but the gods are hard to summon. The world is mired in desire. How can anyone cross over to safety? With the power of the Dream Realm, 229Reads8.0Score100Shelves

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    It contains a spiritual practice process, discussions of the Dao, and nearly complete mantras, and also reveals the trajectory of a certain kind of revival in the present day.

15. 15 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.2kReads9.2Score706Shelves

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    This story tells of a Taoist who enters the secular world for spiritual cultivation. While experiencing various paranormal events, he discovers that the complexities of human relationships are a hundred times greater than his spiritual practice. The story involves feng shui, folk customs, scientific explanations, Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination), and various principles of the I Ching. It also uses metaphysical and scientific methods to explain some seemingly unscientific and bizarre events.

16. 16 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 486Reads8.7Score—Shelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    Having received the Daoist teachings, he was instructed and guided by an old Daoist priest. He studied by day and cultivated immortality by night, remaining humble and unassuming, quietly astonishing everyone with his unconventional talent. He walked the world with humility, becoming the new generation's successor of the Daoist school.

19. 19 走 Entering the Legends, Starting with a Fist Manual 走进传说从拳法秘籍开始 Nature and Me自然与我Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu An picked up a White Ape Boxing manual from a street stall, thinking it would be something new to try. He never expected it to open the door to an entirely different world... From martial arts to the Dao, transcend the ordinary world! Break free of your shackles and step into legend! [This book has no System. It focuses quite a bit on cultivation and immortality, but that won't get in the way of the plot.] This book is entirely fictional. Please don't take it seriously. Thank you! 10.9kReads8.5Score962Shelves

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    He was not a Taoist priest, but he was still a seeker of the Tao and had a mental journey.

20. 20 道 The Dao Script Awakens: From Lying Flat to Commanding the Dao 道文觉醒：从躺平到执道 Jing Xing Liu静行流Urban569k WordsOngoing The day I was laid off, my Dao De Jing awakened, stained with blood. The “lie flat philosophy” I once believed in turned out to be my greatest misunderstanding of the Great Dao. Now every character is a source of power: “Supreme goodness is like water”: I deliver food faster than lightning and become a legend on the platform. “He who knows others is wise”: I can see every loophole in the AI supervisors and make a fool of the algorithm. “The weak overcome the strong”: I use a little force to move 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥Explosive Start! The "Lying-Down King" Awakens to the Tao Te Ching, Using Taoist Texts to Protect All Living Beings! 🔥 Chen Mo, a master of "lying-down" workplace learning, unexpectedly awakens on the day he's laid off—the Tao Te Ching is no longer just motivational fluff, but a fighting Tao Te Ching! "The highest good is like water" transforms into a delivery lightning bolt, "He who knows others is wise" exposes AI vulnerabilities, and "The weak overcomes the strong" slaps down a heartless boss! 🌟Highlights: ✅ Thrilling Superpowers: Visualized Taoist abilities, packed with exciting and unpredictable moments! ✅ Unexpected Identity Reversal: From a "lying-down" delivery guy to a guardian of the Tao, a truly thrilling comeback! ✅ Realistic Workplace Experience: Capitalist exploitation, AI oversight, cutthroat competition…highly immersive! ✅ Positive Energy Core: Protecting ordinary people, a burning Tao spirit, warmth amidst the battles! ✅ A dual setting of Eastern fantasy and modern urban life, logically consistent, and a smooth reading experience!

21. 21 红 Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路 A Jumble of Thoughts乱七八糟的思绪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted No System + No Transmigration + Ordinary Mortal’s Journey + Historical Fantasy + Traditional Xianxia + Detailed Cultivation Techniques + Insights into Cultivation Lin Qingyang was born deep in the Qinling Mountains in the third year of the Jiajing era. Gifted with a “White Jade Physique,” he dreamed of the starry sky from childhood and was guided by an old man with white hair, marking him as extraordinary. At twelve, he became the disciple of the wandering Daoist Li Sanren and began his path of 6kReads9.3Score674Shelves

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    This is the one, True Cultivation.

22. 22 重 Reborn to Cultivate the Dao in This Life 重生之道修今生 Looking South from the North落北望南Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He's a capitalist, yet he loves taking his adorable pets across countless mountains in search of rare herbs and treasures! He's also a Daoist who controls an entire industry and commands boundless wealth! After dreaming through an entire lifetime, Song Chenyang wakes up determined not only to become a business tycoon, but also to pursue his original dream: exploring dangerous places, gathering immortal herbs, and refining immortal medicine. What secrets lie within the mysterious, towering Kunlun 15.5kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    This is very well written; everyone who has read it says it's excellent.

23. 23 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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24. 24 我 I'm Just a Taoist, Definitely Not a Spy 我就是个道士，绝对不是特务 Follow Your Heart, Your Nature, Your Whim随心随性随意Urban956k WordsCompleted The nation has fallen, families have been destroyed, and the ancestral traditions wiped out. A young Taoist priest descends from the mountains, seeking both survival and a way to help the world. A soul from a later age vows to do his small part to drive out the invaders. 5kReads8.5Score321Shelves
25. 25 年 Period: My Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious? 年代：道法通神，你说我迷信？ Boiled Some Water烧了点开水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted 45.8kReads7.9Score3.9kShelves
26. 26 道 A Hundred Years of Ringing the Bell at a Taoist Temple: The Empress Asks Me to Come Forth and Slay Immortals 道观撞钟百年：女帝请我出山斩仙 Three Hours of Child's Play三时儿戏Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Eerie Primordial World + Play It Safe from the Start + Invincible Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Overpowering All] Lu Changqing transmigrates into an eerie world of immortal cultivation. Just as his master is about to refine him, he awakens the Chaos Treasure, the Eastern Emperor Bell! The treasure's origin is incomplete? No problem! [Strike the bell and refine it every day: spiritual resonance +1, origin +1] But this world turns out to originate from the [Ancient Primordial World and 525Reads7.2Score—Shelves
27. 27 悟 With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Study the Dao De Jing and Grasp the Taiqing Arts 悟性逆天，我在道德经参悟太清法 Little Knife No. 7柒号小刀Urban603k WordsCompleted [No System + Horror Returns + No Harem + Mythology + Cultivation + Global Catastrophe] Ghosts wail across the land as terror returns. Mythology rises again, darkness runs rampant. Demonic calamities ravage the world, bringing suffering to humankind. Amid the mortal world of the apocalypse, I lose myself in books, grasp the meaning of the Dao, and gaze upon the long river of myths through the ages, until all the sages behold me spanning past and present. [You read the Dao De Jing. Your heaven-def 3.8kReads7.9Score230Shelves
28. 28 一 The Outcast: Reviving the Three-One Sect, the Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Arts 一人之下：重振三一门，万法仙君 Zhou Zungui周尊贵Male-Channel Fanfiction303k WordsCompleted Zuo Ruochen is reborn in the late Qing dynasty of The Outcast, becoming the senior brother of Three-One Sect leader and Immortal Daying, Zuo Ruotong! At this time, China is in turmoil and the world of superpowered people is in flux. Quanzhen, Manchu loyalists, Japanese pirates, and all manner of villains run rampant! Fortunately, Zuo Ruochen awakens the [Keyword Refresh System], and from then on establishes the unparalleled legend of the Three-One Sect! [Ding! Refreshed keyword: Strive for Perfe 5.6kReads6.6Score337Shelves
29. 29 始 The First Emperor's Death: I Have Heaven-Defying Comprehension 始皇帝驾崩：我悟性逆天了 Starry Romance星光奇缘Historical427k WordsCompleted At first, Meng Qin, who has just awakened memories from his time in the womb in the waning days of the Qin Dynasty and become an eighteen-year-old boy, wonders whether he can ask, “Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their station?” Then he hears earth-shattering news: “The First Emperor is dead.” At the same time, he receives a gift of temporal source energy and gains heaven-defying comprehension. Meng Qin grins. With the Mandate of Heaven on his side, he rubs his hands together 1.5kReads7.1Score105Shelves
30. 30 人 In the Great Qin, I've Already Become the Dao Ancestor! 人在大秦，已成道祖！ Abbess, Please Have Some Self-Respect师太请你自重Eastern Fantasy384k WordsCompleted Mu Qingxuan transmigrates to the Great Qin Dynasty and gains heaven-defying comprehension, observing the world around him to create methods of immortal cultivation. As a child, he is found by Bei Mingzi and brought to the Heavenly Sect. He becomes his master’s junior fellow disciple, as well as the youngest grand-uncle of the sect. An age of upheaval: seven kingdoms stand alongside one another, and a hundred schools of thought contend! With his heaven-defying comprehension, Mu Qingxuan creates o 2.6kReads8.1Score135Shelves
31. 31 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: Seeking the Path to Immortality 末法时代：求证长生大道 Grey Wolf, Charge!灰太狼冲Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Modern-Day Grind King]+ [Superhuman High Martial]+ [Invincible]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [The Schemer]+ [Infinite Chaos] After unexpectedly acquiring a personal status panel, Su Ming practiced all kinds of techniques to continually strengthen his body and extend his lifespan. Embracing the best of everything, he entered the superhuman realm and advanced step by step toward immortality. [Personal Status Panel] Name: Su Ming Lifespan: 23/800 Constitution: 20 [Astral Body] Spirit: 20 [Astral Dhar 15kReads8.8Score877Shelves
32. 32 茅 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 The End in the Night黑夜里的末Urban613k WordsCompleted In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 132Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Heavenly Way of Maoshan Taoism

33. 33 小 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: My Love in the Mortal World 小道士下山之我的红尘情缘 Ashura Who Loves Peacock Plants喜欢孔雀木的阿修罗Urban343k WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling + urban life + multiple heroines + martial arts] The day Zhang Qingfeng was born, his maternal grandfather took him away and abandoned him. His master later brought him back to a Taoist temple, where he learned martial arts and a little fortune-telling and character analysis. At seventeen, his master sent him down the mountain to resolve his own entanglements in the mortal world. 1.3kReads8.6Score105Shelves

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    Every divination result has a reasonable explanation, and every prescription has its source; all are absolutely genuine and effective. The Taoist priest is kind, but not a saint. There are multiple female leads, but no promiscuity. High-level martial arts, but not bloody.

34. 34 青 The Little Daoist in Blue 青衣小道长 Yu Ru'an玉孺安Urban208k WordsOngoing This is my first work. It’s a book inspired by stories I heard from older generations when I was young, which I adapted and made up, as well as things I’ve written based on my own life. The child at the beginning is real, my own son. This book is also a way of expressing my hopes for him. I hope he does better and better, and can walk just like other people, go to school, grow up, get married, have children, and live the life he wants. That’s why I’m writing this as a mix of fantasy, supernatura 171Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Taoist cultivation settings

35. 35 修 Cultivation: Keeping the Flame Alive in a Desperate World 修仙，在绝望的世界薪火相传 Heaven Has a Flowing Fire天有流火Eastern Fantasy704k WordsOngoing I transmigrated here and was mistaken for the reincarnation of an immortal. When I opened my eyes, all I had was a single “Dao Heart.” And my enemies were the alien races beyond the borders, the twisted World Tree, the divine mountain piled high with the bones of gods, the Garden of Eden where God slept, and the indescribable horrors of the starry sky… All the myths and bizarre fantasies from my memories of a previous life. I hid under the covers, wondering if I was dreaming. “…Today, we’ll stud 275Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The flames of incense and candles can detect the presence of demonic energy; if they go out or change color, it serves as a warning. Therefore, the residents of Xianzhou always keep incense and candles on hand in addition to turning on lights. Furthermore, lighting incense and candles, as the simplest ritual, can help people calm their minds and concentrate more deeply on reading, meditation, chanting scriptures, and reciting lessons. In the unseen realm, one can also receive the blessings of the incense and candlelight bestowed upon all people by the City God.

36. 36 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    This book is about experiences and trials.

37. 37 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves

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    You could take a look at these two books...

38. 38 双 Two Souls, One Body: Magic in My Left Hand, Taoist Arts in My Right 双魂一体：左手魔法右手道术 Hidden Tide Rises隐潮生Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Two Souls in One Body + Fusion of Two Systems + No System + Mysterious Magic + Profound Daoist Arts + Not Invincible + Takes Off from Chapter 50] Read at your own risk! Warning: This book contains a large number of spells and talismans. Don't try them if you don't have a mana bar, or you'll bear the consequences! Story: A bolt of lightning on a dry day sends the soul of Zhang Shangyang, a modern young Taoist, transmigrating to another world. There, he ends up sharing a body with Alec, the good- 972Reads—Score175Shelves

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    It's a great read, with smooth writing, and the concept of two souls in one body, along with the clash between Taoist and magical arts, is very innovative. The spells and talismans are the most detailed I've ever seen in online novels. It gets better and better after chapter 50!!!

39. 39 玄 The Mystical Yellow Emperor's Yinfu Scripture 玄学黄帝阴符经 Sometimes Silly呆呆偶尔呆124k WordsCompleted The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan: Leader of the ancient Huaxia tribal alliance and the common ancestor of the Huaxia people in China's remote antiquity. First among the Five Emperors, he is revered as the “cultural progenitor of China.” An emperor embodies virtue, the Way, and Heaven; he holds the highest position. “From ancient times to the present, only our Huaxia endures.” When in doubt, study Daoism at once. Those who observe the past and understand the Way find joy in both the great and the smal 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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40. 40 望 The Art of Reading Qi 望气术 Sometimes Silly呆呆偶尔呆180k WordsCompleted Introduction to The Art of Qi Reading This book delves into the mysterious art of qi reading. Qi reading involves interpreting people's fortunes and predicting good or bad luck by observing the colors, shapes, and changes of clouds and qi fields. It can be used to assess the auspiciousness of a home or burial site. Golden yellow signifies great fortune, prosperity, and success; purple is also auspicious, signaling academic honors and an official career. Practicing qi reading requires a foundati 1.7kReads—Score605Shelves
41. 41 太 The True Awakening of the Supreme Old Lord's Daoist Heart 太上老君道心启真 Sometimes Silly呆呆偶尔呆Eastern Fantasy223k WordsCompleted Take the void and the natural way as its guiding principle; take clarity, purity, inaction, and non-interference as its substance. Act without intention or attachment; unite with the One, and all things are accomplished. The Supreme Lord Lao, the foremost teacher of the Dao, embodies profound virtue that flows far and wide. His every word and deed contains the ultimate principles of the Great Dao. The Lord Lao often presents himself with a calm and peaceful bearing, every gesture displaying comp 1.8kReads6.8Score355Shelves
42. 42 原 Genshin Impact: Nine Human Systems, Infinite Possibilities 原神：人体九大系统，无限可能 Heaven Has a Flowing Fire天有流火Anime Fanfiction5.7M WordsCompleted Life is mysterious and wondrous. Every person has nine major Systems. The motor System, digestive System, respiratory System, immune System, nervous System, circulatory System... These intricate Systems may seem insignificant, but they are incredibly powerful. After transmigrating to Teyvat, Jiang Yi’s nine major Systems mutate. As long as they are supplied with nutrients and energy, they will continuously evolve his basic abilities. He could become a Sword Saint, a world, or the primordial sour 8.1kReads9.2Score865Shelves
43. 43 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Little Taoist Master: Catching Ghosts and Fighting Zombies

44. 44 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
45. 45 测 Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生 The Winds and Clouds Are Yours to Rely On风云自可依Urban184k WordsOngoing Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Complete historical novel

46. 46 鬼 Ghost Bean 鬼豆 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical341k WordsCompleted History, mysticism, enlightenment, cultivation, qi refinement, and political intrigue. Not for beginners. Gui Dou is neither a ghost nor a bean. He is simply Guiguzi’s son. At sixteen, he left the mountain during the early Warring States period, an age of upheaval that few records describe. This book follows on from Guigu’s Divine Stratagem, telling a historical fantasy of intrigue and turbulent events in the Warring States era, as well as conflicts in the martial world. 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Enlightenment, cultivation, and Qi refinement—a novel that truly proves the Dao through personal experience.

47. 47 鬼 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 554Reads6.6Score102Shelves
48. 48 神 The Charlatan 神棍 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.1kReads8.7Score136Shelves
49. 49 轩 Xuanyuan’s Great War Against Chiyou 轩辕大战蚩尤 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Eastern Fantasy439k WordsCompleted [No System, no harem, no clichés, not a wish-fulfillment story, not for beginners] The legacy of Daoist learning, the turbulent world of mountains and seas, and the ancient struggle for supremacy: this is an epic retelling of the legendary battles between the Chinese ancestors Huangdi, Yandi, and the Great Emperor Chiyou for control of Zhuolu. Based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas and grounded in the Hetu and Luoshu, this novel unravels the origins of yin and yang, the five elements, and th 84Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 黑 The Black Blade Ghost Slayer 黑刀斩鬼人 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted No System, no clichés, not a naive protagonist, and no livestreaming. Mysticism, the Hetu and Luoshu, yin-yang, the five elements, the eight trigrams, and the nine palaces. Fantasy and supernatural events include a ghostly flood dragon in Changbai Mountain’s Heavenly Lake, a water spirit in the Peach Blossom Spring, a black dragon in Heilongjiang, a serpent transformed in the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan, an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains, a wormhole in Ailao Mountain, an underwater 169Reads—Score—Shelves

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