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Urban Cultivation: Starting with an Inherited Taoist Temple 都市修仙：从继承道观开始
[Modern city + End of the Dharma Age + Taoist temple + Cultivation + I’m the only one with magic powers early on + Showing off in public + Spiritual qi revival later on + Invincible...] After transmigrating to a parallel world much like Earth, Peng Changqing inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple and unexpectedly embarks on the path of cultivation! A bag of spirit rice is all it takes to gather true qi for cultivation. An ordinary talisman can cure every illness with a wave of the hand! Practice t
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There Are Immortals in the Temple 道观有神仙
“Reverend, people say this temple is home to an immortal. Forgive my boldness, but is there really an immortal inside?” In response to the reporter’s question, the sprightly Song Feng looked like an ordinary old man of his age. “What immortal? That’s just a rumor outsiders have spread. These days, we believe in science. Young man, superstition is best avoided~” Before he had finished speaking, a streak of five-colored light suddenly flashed across the distant sky. It descended, and a middle-aged
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- 3 The Laid-Back Life of a Modern Taoist 当代道士的咸鱼生活 What's it like to be a Taoist priest at a popular tourist attraction? Li Xuan: Thanks for asking. I'm at the temple, and I just kicked out someone who came to challenge us. I only wanted to quietly cultivate, practice martial arts, drink tea, and laze around, but there's always someone who refuses to take no for an answer and comes to test me. I'm just a tiny bit versed in ancient martial arts and can sense just a tiny bit of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. My laid-back life is all tha 619Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 4 The Path of Cultivation Begins with Inheriting a Dilapidated Taoist Temple 修道从继承破道观开始 A young Daoist who has just graduated from a Daoist academy inherits a rundown temple with his master’s help. While cleaning it up, he encounters the teachings of the founding patriarch and begins his path of cultivation. New author, new book. 32Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路
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
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When a Taoist Meets a Top-Tier Star Goddess 当道士遇见顶流女神
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.
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- 7 I'm Off to Cultivate Immortality 我去修仙咯 Spiritual energy and mysterious forces are resurging across the globe, and humanity is groping its way along the path of evolution. Raise your sword to cleave heaven and earth, Bend down to protect the lowly. What does it truly mean to be strong? A mortal body, standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods! Where have all those familiar gods gone? How did the Winged Clan defeat the chief gods atop Mount Olympus? Why could they not enter the Eastern world? Shi Lai only wanted to live a carefree lif 40.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
- 8 Reborn to Cultivate the Dao in This Life 重生之道修今生 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 15.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
- 9 Ancestor, If You Don't Come Down the Mountain Soon, Your Bloodline Ends Here 老祖，再不下山，你就绝后了 Daoist priest Chen Yang was Zhang Sanfeng’s direct disciple in the late Southern Song dynasty. He has lived for 800 years, growing more powerful once every century. He can’t die even when he wants to, and life has lost all its pleasures. He can only retreat into a remote mountain temple and put himself into a deep, self-imposed sleep. One day, his disciple Chen Qingzhi kneels and begs his master, Chen Yang, to come down from the mountain… Also known as The Patriarch, If You Don’t Come Down Soo 26kReads8.2Score2kShelves
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The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士
[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
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- 11 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 [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 470Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士
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.
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Stop Pretending, Daoist. You’re Cultivating Immortality 别装了，道长你就是在修仙
Lin Han transmigrated into the body of a Taoist priest. From the start, all he had was a rundown temple, until he obtained a live-streaming System for spreading Taoism. Revitalize Taoism and help more people appreciate its wonders to earn all kinds of rewards. He keeps a panda as a pet, tigers act as docile as kittens in his presence, and he sends an eight-hundred-jin wild boar flying with a single palm strike! With a casual wave of his hand, he summons thunder and lightning. Netizens exclai
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A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂
[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
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The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗
[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
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The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农
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
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The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局
A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life.
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- 18 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 4.6kReads7.0Score387Shelves
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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
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
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My Phone Connects to Tomorrow 我的手机连明天
After his divorce, Xu Yan unexpectedly gets a phone that can connect to the internet of tomorrow, and begins a new life. From then on, wealth and women come pouring in. Love, family bonds... He discovers that having money can be a real headache too...
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- 21 After My Divorce, I Embarked on the Path to Immortality 离婚后我开启了仙途 A real man can't go a single day without power, and a true man can't go a single day without money. When you have neither power nor money, people will nitpick you no matter how good you are, and look down on you no matter how well you treat them... 2.8kReads8.2Score170Shelves
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I Inherited a Taoist Temple 我继承了一座道观
Xiao Zhi is an orphan raised by an old Daoist. After the old man passes away, Xiao Zhi inherits his Qingxu Temple and unexpectedly obtains its legacy, beginning a new life...
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- 23 The Supreme Dao Lord 太上大道君 A meteorite fell onto the snowy plains of the northern lands. No one knew it had brought not a child, but a fragment of the Heavenly Court's great calamity. At sixteen, the orphan Li Yuchen entered Shangqing Zhengyi Palace on Mount Longhu. Three trials, one talisman, nine orphans, and a single promise to stand as fellow disciples made them a family. Snake demons, plague gods, demon kings... One disaster after another struck. When the Jiangxia Nuclear Power Plant was on the verge of meltdown, he 2.1kReads6.7Score223Shelves
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Tales of the Dragon and Tiger Mystic Heroes 龙虎玄侠传
In the Age of Declining Dharma, spiritual qi revives. Evil spirits wreak havoc, and dragons and tigers descend from the heavens. With the Nine Heavens Divine Pill reappearing in the world, orthodox and unorthodox factions alike prepare for battle. The arts of the occult, talismans, soul-binding, poison and witchcraft clash in a contest of skill. Ye Chen and Xiao Jun, two disciples of the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters, are summoned by Heaven's will to exterminate demons and defend the Dao. Bound by th
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The Rogue Heavenly Master 痞子天师
[No System] + [Not brainless] + [No harem] + [Not invincible] Beneath the surface of this world lurks a mysterious force known as the [Xuanmen]. Zhang Daoyi, a young Taoist priest from Niubei Mountain, is sent down the mountain by the Old Celestial Master to gain experience. Along the way, he meets many dependable companions, and together they encounter all kinds of bizarre events. In the end, he gradually uncovers the dark side of this world... #This will be a long story, so read with confiden
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- 26 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Celestial Master Police Chief 天师警长
(Daoist priest + urban suspense + unconventional + no invincibility + no dumb decisions + not a wish-fulfillment story) Ever since Celestial Master Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family of Mount Longhu has passed down its lineage for 2,000 years, with cultivating the heart amid the mortal world as its main path of practice. A top law student and collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Zhang Shouyi memorized scriptures at three
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Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术
This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective…
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- 29 The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理 This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att 1.5kReads9.2Score460Shelves
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The Record of Laozi’s Westward Journey and the Passing of the Lamp 老君西行传灯录
In ancient China, at the end of the Zhou dynasty, royal authority was waning, the lords were at war with one another, and the realm had fallen into chaos. At this time, a wise man quietly appeared: the founder of Daoism, the Supreme Lord Lao. Seeing the turmoil in the world, Lao decided to travel west and spread the Dao, hoping to ease humanity’s suffering and strife. Along the way, Lao rode a green ox, crossing towering mountains and enduring countless hardships and dangers. At Hangu Pass, he
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- 31 The Record of Wen Shi’s Attainment of the Dao 文始证道录 The Record of Attaining the Dao through the Way of Wen Shi uses the shifting stars as its guide to tell the story of Yin Xi. After natural and human-made disasters strike Hangu Pass, he follows the stars’ guidance and leads the people in rebuilding their homes. From the Ji star bringing warmth and erasing the scars of an earthquake, to the Shen star shining brightly as the new city walls are built; from the Dipper’s handle pointing west to herald a bountiful harvest, to the Zhen star gleaming a 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Daoist Record of Crown Prince Xuanyuan 玄元太子修道录 The Crown Prince Xuanyuan is the Great Emperor Zhenwu. He was once a prince of a kingdom, but his devotion to the Dao led him onto the path of cultivation. Born to the royal house, his heart yearned for the Dao; he left his splendid estate for the mountains and springs. By lamplight, he studied the scrolls and sought the true covenant; amid purple mists, he tended the altar and refined cinnabar and lead. He cast off the trappings of the world and turned toward Wudang, dwelling among the cliffs a 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 160Reads—Score—Shelves
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After a Disastrous Tribulation, I Went into Seclusion at a Mortal's Temple 渡劫惨败，我隐居凡间道观
The tribulation lightning burns away the immortal body. Carrying the power of eight hundred years of alchemical fire and formations, the remnant soul falls into a Taoist temple on Blue Star! Just then, spiritual qi revival sweeps across the globe. Japanese ninjas, Western European vampires, the Holy See, and supernatural power users from overseas all covet the spirit veins of the Dragon Kingdom, sowing chaos throughout the world. The protagonist has no System and relies on no Heavenly Dao. He ta
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Ghosts Haunt Japan's Yasukuni Shrine, So I Go Live and Torture Them All in Public 倭国神厕闹鬼，我反手开直播当众折磨万鬼
Ghosts Haunt the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine, So I Start a Livestream and Torture Them in Front of Everyone
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- 36 Other Taoists Draw Talismans to Exorcise Ghosts. He Slaps a Router on Them to Cure Internet Addiction, Leaving the Whole Internet Stunned 别的道士画符驱鬼，他贴路由器治网瘾，全网看傻了 Other Taoist priests draw talismans to drive out ghosts. He sticks a router on people to cure their internet addiction, leaving the whole internet dumbfounded 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Farewell Letter Reveals the Deep Love Shared by Two Taoist Priests 一纸绝笔信，道尽两位道士的半生情深 A final letter reveals the deep bond shared by two Taoist priests over half a lifetime 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Japanese Delegation Visits China to Save Face, So I Cross the Sea Alone to Crush Japan's National Fortune Array 倭国组团访华装体面，我孤身跨海踏平东瀛国运大阵 A delegation from Japan comes to China to put on airs, while I cross the sea alone to crush the national fortune formation of the Eastern Isles 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Cyber Daoist's Hidden Canon: A Taoist Recovers Stolen Treasures from the Misty Capital by Remote Control 玄网归藏：赛博道士隔空索回雾都万国赃珍 The Mysteries of the Profound Web: A Cyber Daoist Reclaims the Stolen Treasures of Wudu’s International Settlements from Afar 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Cyber Daoist Venerable: Descendant of Longhu Mountain Purges the Myanmar North Killing Fields 赛博道尊：龙虎山遗脉肃清缅北修罗场 Cyber Daoist Venerable: The Descendants of Mount Longhu Clean Up the Burmese Underworld’s Hellscape 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 A Peachwood Sword Becomes a Selfie Stick: A Daoist Comes Down the Mountain to Take Orders 桃木剑改自拍杆，道士下山忙接单 A Peachwood Sword Becomes a Selfie Stick: A Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain to Take Bookings 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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