Taoist Priest, Modern City, Cultivation, One Heroine, Lives in a Taoist Temple (In a Reading Slump, Help!) 道士+都市+修仙+单女主+住在道馆（书荒，急）

1. 1 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.1kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds

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   It has to be this one, a single female lead.

2. 2 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 5.4kReads9.4Score57214d adds

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   This book is worth checking out. It fits the requirements: urban life, joining the law enforcement bureau. It's pretty good, you should take a look.

3. 3 盖 The Peerless King of Medicine 盖世医王 Driving Rain前进的暴雨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted When he opened his eyes, Su Ran, the Immortal Emperor, had been reborn on the day before his engagement was called off! In his previous life, he endured endless humiliation, and the woman he loved died unjustly, her heart broken. In this life, he vowed to protect everyone around him as the Immortal Emperor! 7.3kReads8.9Score79014d adds

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   The title is simple, the content is engaging, concise, and won't disappoint. It's definitely worth reading.

4. 4 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 76.4kReads8.3Score6.6k14d adds

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   A genuine Taoist lineage, the protagonist possesses exceptional talent and, through a fortuitous encounter with ancient texts, cultivates true qi, inheriting Taoist techniques. He is mentored and guided by an old Taoist priest, gradually maturing in the story. The plot is straightforward, without clichés or melodramatic tropes, and avoids any sense of simplistic thinking. He studies by day and cultivates immortality by night, subtly astonishing everyone. Single female lead.

5. 5 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—Score10114d adds

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   A single female lead (Yang Mi), a Taoist priest, and a cultivator—a perfect fit. The premise is quite unique, and the writing feels very realistic. The logic is quite solid, so it's a bit slow-paced. I personally quite like it.

6. 6 人 Traveling Through Time and Space, I Just Found a Cute Fox Spirit 人在时空旅行，刚刚捡到可爱狐妖 Like Stars Beside the Moon如星伴月Urban373k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Slice of Life] “Want to come in and wait out the rain?” “Can I?” “Of course. What would you like to drink?” “I don’t have any money.” The girl rested her arms on the windowsill, quietly waiting for the sudden downpour to pass. Ji Xing glanced at her hair, soaked by the rain. “Hot water’s free.” 3.3kReads9.4Score42414d adds

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   Modern urban fantasy, single female lead.

7. 7 地 The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变 Wine Priest祭酒Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi 37.4kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds

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   The first book is about a Taoist priest! The second book is about discovering that one day your grandparents, parents, brothers, and sisters are not human! The third book is about starting as a land-based sword immortal! Eighty years after guarding the Sword Pavilion, he shatters the heavens with a single sword!

8. 8 异EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
9. 9 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 23.6kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
10. 10 校 What If the Campus Belle Turns Into a Zombie? No Worries, I'm the Perfect Person for the Job 校花尸变咋办？不怕！我专业对口 Backend Engineer后端工程师Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + horror + urban legends + ghost stories + invincible protagonist + one heroine] What should you do if your school-beauty deskmate turns into a corpse during class? She’s probably faking it. Just give her a kiss. Huh? She’s not faking it??? Lu Jiuyang was utterly baffled. One moment, he was the last Celestial Master of Maoshan, battling a tide of countless ghosts and sealing the demons with his own body. The next, he had been reborn as an ordinary high school freshman. This 190.6kReads8.4Score27.7k14d adds

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    This is quite good; the content is detailed and engaging, the spellbooks are written like real ones, and there are frequent quotes from classical texts at the end of each chapter, similar to the ending of the novel "The Mistake for Langya." Also, it feels like the author has built a very grand world.

11. 11 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 167.8kReads9.1Score15.7k14d adds

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    1. Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and fell into a coma for 100 days. In his dream, he received the inheritance of a carefree hermit from a thousand years ago and became a Taoist master. After waking up, he used his Taoist magic to embark on a wondrous journey of exorcising ghosts and cultivating immortality in the city. He also found love and grew alongside a single female lead, cultivating and facing various supernatural events and challenges in the Taoist temple. 2. Five years ago, Ye Fan was kidnapped by his beautiful master to cultivate immortality on Kunlun Mountain, becoming the only male disciple in the temple. Five years later, he returned with unparalleled supernatural powers and stepped into the city. Using his Taoist temple as a base, he used his cultivation methods to exorcise ghosts and demons, creating a sensation in the city. At the same time, he developed a romantic story with a single female lead, upholding the path of cultivation and protecting the one he loved in the bustling city. 3. Taoist Chen Yang had lived in the world for 800 years. Having seen all the splendor, he was bored and unwilling to leave the mountain. But to continue his beloved's bloodline, he resolutely descended the mountain and came to the modern city. Chen Yang, using his Taoist temple as a base, solves various supernatural problems in the city with his powerful cultivation abilities. He also develops a deep affection for the female lead, continuing his own legend in modern society. 4. To accumulate merit and ascend to immortality, the female Yama is reincarnated as the young Taoist priest Xu Lingxi. At eighteen, she descends the mountain to punish evil and promote good, accumulating merit in the human world. Based at her Taoist temple, she engages in fortune-telling, exorcism, and demon-slaying, eliminating injustice in the world. In this process, she discovers that what is more terrifying than ghosts is the human heart. She also finds love in the city, facing various supernatural challenges with the female lead, gradually becoming a powerful figure in both the Yin and Yang realms.

12. 12 修 Five Years of Cultivation, Invincible the Moment I Descend the Mountain 修仙五年，下山就无敌 Half the Night一半夜色Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Passionate urban action + decisive and ruthless + funny and lighthearted + no do-gooder heroine] “Dear apprentice.” “Your master is begging you, come down from the mountain.” Five years ago, Ye Fan was abducted by his beautiful master and taken to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate immortality. He became the temple's only male disciple. Five years later, Ye Fan, who had vanished and was believed dead, returns in triumph, possessing peerless powers. A hidden dragon plunges into the depths, stirring up 8.9kReads9.1Score80214d adds
13. 13 老 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 The Moon Wants to Shine月亮要发光Urban2.0M WordsCompleted 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 26kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
14. 14 小 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain and Becomes a Powerhouse in Both Worlds 小道士下山，成为阴阳两界大佬 Qing Xiaojue清小觉Mystery228k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + Ghost Hunting + Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Urban + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Episodic Stories] They're both Yama, King of the Underworld, so why has no one heard of the female King of the Underworld? To build up enough merit to ascend to immortality, the female King of the Underworld is reborn as Xu Lingxi, a young Taoist priest. At eighteen, she descends from the mountain to punish evil, uphold justice, and earn merit in the human world. She tells fortunes and 54Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 我 I'm the Daoist World's Peak, So Being a Little Stronger Is Only Natural 我道门天花板，强亿点很合理啊 Three Big Steps, Leave a Few Pits三大步留点坑Urban735k WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy + Taoist arts + Chinese-style horror + no female lead + invincible powerhouse] A child cries on a rainy night, and he attains the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. For eight hundred years, he alone has guarded the mortal realm. No ghosts or monsters dare take him lightly. Yu Wuye attained the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. On Zhenyang Mountain stands Zhenyang Hall, and beneath it lies Zhenyang Pass. Zhenyang Pass is where the underworld and the mortal realm meet. 1.7kReads7.4Score10314d adds

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    Taoist priest, urban setting, aspiring to the position of Celestial Master, a spirit, residing in a Taoist temple, no female protagonist.

16. 16 爆 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 The Cat Who Drinks Lattes喝拿铁的猫Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 43kReads8.6Score3.7k14d adds

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    Check out these books: First one: Although not urban, it basically meets the requirements, you can give it a try. Second one: Although I don't know if it has a single female lead (I haven't seen any women yet), it's definitely exciting, it'll make your brain rush, trust me. Third one: This one is the most suitable, becoming the only exorcist in a strange world, it's good! [Admiring] If you like single female leads, come check it out on my bookshelf! May the year of Jiazi bring great fortune to the world!

17. 17 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds
18. 18 都 Urban Super Playboy 都市超级纨绔 Vulture in the Desert沙漠里的雕Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Highly recommended by a bestselling author, a hit across the web] [Exhilarating and hilarious, the ultimate stress relief] An Immortal Emperor returns to find himself a spoiled young heir who cares only about eating, drinking, and having fun. His father hopes he’ll make something of himself, his fiancée has completely lost faith in him, and scheming villains keep stirring up trouble... All right, all right. Starting today, I, Su Yang, am turning my life around. I swear I’ll shatter everyone’s i 62.2kReads8.3Score5.9k14d adds

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    The plot is full of twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful. Each element is intricately linked. Absolutely brilliant!

19. 19 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 557.8kReads9.3Score70.2k14d adds
20. 20 我 I’m Already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and You’re Telling Me It’s Time to Start School? 我都元婴期了，你跟我说开学？ Miaomiao Jiang妙妙酱丷Urban5.4M WordsOngoing During his summer vacation, Ning Chen went traveling and accidentally stumbled into a teleportation array that opened once every two thousand years, transmigrating to the world of cultivation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he returned, thinking the world must have changed beyond recognition. To his surprise, only one summer had passed... And so, among the incoming freshmen at Qingzhou University was an old monster at the Nascent Soul stage. “You have no idea how powerful a Nascent Soul 134.2kReads8.3Score11.7k14d adds
21. 21 捉 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 Potatoes Roasted with Chili Peppers土豆烧辣椒Mystery599k WordsCompleted “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6kReads8.8Score49014d adds

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    For a tomato (a popular Chinese food blogger), it's quite good; the plot is good and not mindless.

22. 22 茅 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 Treading Snow Without a Trace”踏雪无痕”Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 4kReads8.7Score24814d adds
23. 23 南 Southern Mao, Northern Ma 南茅北马 Dragon Roaming the Nine Provinces龙游九州Mystery695k WordsOngoing With one sweep of my staff, I’ll wipe out every demon under heaven! I take life and death in stride, and if you won’t submit, I’ll fight! I’ll prove my Dao through killing, endless yet never extinguished! Yang Wujin is a man with no past life, only this one! The day he was born, the Azure Dragon offered a sacrifice, and a hundred ghosts were put to rout! 147Reads8.4Score—14d adds
24. 24 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. 2.6kReads9.1Score39514d adds
25. 25 诡EN Eerie: Martial Path to Godhood 诡异：武道通神 Waiting for Dawn等待黎明Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Mist swirls all around, and horrors run rampant! When the sun sets, Bao Xiang’s protection takes effect! Just as Zhou Yi, newly arrived in this world, was racking his brains to stay alive, a voice rang in his ears! “Yin energy +1,” “Yin energy +1,” “Yin energy +1”… 12.2kReads7.0Score71814d adds
26. 26 至 The Supreme Daoist Arts 至尊道法 Little Matsutaro 2小松太郎2Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Kun Bao: Master, that fox spirit is so alluring, and smells even better than roast chicken! Master: Hurry up and open your Third Eye. It's an illusion. Chen Feng: Master, the Wolf King is incredibly powerful. I'm afraid we can't defeat it! Master: Don't worry. I've already taken a Heaven and Earth Pill and started cultivating the Supreme Dao Art! Kun Bao and Chen Feng: Master, the Tiger Demon King has suddenly appeared. Its magic power is boundless! Master: What! Even after cultivating the secon 2Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 总 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 Bearded Uncle虬髯大叔Mystery651k WordsCompleted [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score35014d adds
28. 28 我 I Couldn’t Stand You, So How Did You End Up as My Girlfriend? 我看你不爽，你怎么成我女朋友了 Dream of the Iris鸢尾之梦Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Suiyang's girlfriend, Cheng Mohan, is going abroad. After four years together, they break up over the bride price. Cheng Mohan demands 300,000 yuan as a bride price and another 200,000 yuan as a fee for changing how she addresses his family. She wants the money up front, promising to register their marriage after she returns from abroad. Otherwise, she'll break up with him... Faced with this, Jiang Suiyang decisively gives up. In that moment, four years of love feel as worthless as grass.. 9.1kReads9.1Score66014d adds

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    The author's autobiography was so intense that his back teeth were practically ground to powder.

29. 29 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 312.7kReads9.8Score31.4k14d adds
30. 30 阴 The Yin-Yang Upheaval: All Cultivate the Dao, and I Become the Primordial Dao Ancestor 阴阳逆乱全民修道，我为混元道祖 Memory of the Wind風的記憶Mystery232k WordsOngoing My name is Xu Tianshuo. I’m a Daoist. I thought I would live an ordinary life to the end, but when I set foot on the path of the martial world, I realized that everything seemed predestined. It was as if every step I took had already been anticipated by someone else. Should I go with the flow, or risk everything to break out of this trap? A nontraditional supernatural novel. One heroine, no brainless decisions, no wish fulfillment, no harem, and no saintly do-gooders. 22Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Supernatural fiction, single female lead

31. 31 舔 Two Years of Simping Came to Nothing, and My Childhood Friend Turns Out to Be a Cultivation Expert 舔狗两年失败，青梅竟是修仙大佬 Zhuge Zhuifeng诸葛追风Urban452k WordsCompleted [One heroine + cultivation + sweet everyday romance + ensemble cast + no System + not reborn + no transmigration] I chased a flirtatious girl for two years and spent tens of thousands on gifts, but I never even got to hold her hand. She said, “I never asked you to treat me well. You did it because you wanted to.” She said, “I have a boyfriend, and you still keep chasing me. Even if we ignore the facts, are you really blameless?” I wrote a 65-page PowerPoint and posted it on the confession wall. 61Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a single-female-lead urban cultivation novel, starting on a university campus. The female lead is very assertive and invincible in the early stages. She's the male lead's childhood friend and a powerful cultivator who rescues him from being beaten and cheated on, and then cultivates with him. It's a sweet and romantic story with ensemble elements. A must-read for fans of sweet romance, ensemble casts, and single-female-lead urban cultivation novels! (If you don't like it, come find me!)

32. 32 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 15.9kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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    This is quite good. It's an adventure journey about life's pursuits: finding immortal herbs, refining elixirs, and seeking immortality.

33. 33 正 A Proper Daoist Priest: Ladies, Please Behave 正经道爷，女居士请自重 Scholar of Black Mountain黑山书生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Modern city, feng shui, physiognomy, Taoist priests, multiple heroines] Zhou Fan is a street fortune-teller who gets a beast-patterned seal to recognize him as its master. From then on, he masters the Dao and can use its arts, but all he wants is to make money honestly. “Dear sis, I swear to Heaven I won't fool around. If I do, may I be struck by lightning.” “Oh no, lightning's coming! I'm done for...” “Right! I almost forgot. I can withstand lightning.” 25.5kReads8.4Score3.3k14d adds

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    It's very good-looking and captivating; you'll find yourself watching it without even realizing it.

34. 34 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.3kReads9.2Score72614d adds

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    This is a first-person account from a Taoist priest from Qingcheng Mountain, recounting his adventures with three fellow disciples to resolve paranormal events involving spirits, demons, and ghosts. There is no female lead or romantic subplot. The story is extremely detailed, with highly professional incantations and techniques. It also touches upon matters such as consecration, physical training for ordinary people, and incantation instruction. The veracity of this story is left to the reader to determine.

35. 35 史 The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期 Li Daoran李道然Urban14.5M WordsCompleted Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!” 43.5kReads9.1Score3.2k14d adds

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    Among numerous invincible novels, this is the most recommended one.

36. 36 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4k14d adds

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    This book is quite good; it's a traditional supernatural story. Worth reading.

37. 37 驴 Hiking with My Girlfriend, the Travel Blogger 驴友女朋友和我爬山 Fragrance-Chasing Youth追香少年6k WordsCompleted Hiking with My Girlfriend, the Outdoor Enthusiast 3.1kReads—Score—14d adds
38. 38 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 Just Forget It就这样忘记Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 20.2kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
39. 39 万EN The Ultimate Underdog 万古第一废材 Little Seventeen the Crybaby爱哭的小十七Eastern Fantasy10.1M WordsOngoing [Invincible, Fiery, Fast-Paced, Constant Updates, Strongly Recommended by Hundreds of Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was like a dragon, and all could cultivate the martial path. After the Calamity Transformation, the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the gods fell, leaving behind only an ancient tower of reincarnation. A hundred thousand years later, martial cultivation had become a matter of bloodline. A trash bloodline was no better than an insect and could not cultivate 268.8kReads9.0Score22.4k14d adds
40. 40 修EN Martial God Asura 修罗武神 The Kind Bee善良的蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy15.4M WordsOngoing As for potential, I may not be a genius, but I can master profound arts and martial techniques without a teacher. As for strength, no matter how many treasures you possess, you still cannot match my army of World Spirits. Who am I? The people of the world see me as an asura, but they don’t know that I used the asura path to become a Martial God. 133.2kReads8.7Score6k14d adds
41. 41 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
42. 42 废 This Good-for-Nothing Suddenly Gained Billions of Years of Cultivation 废柴的我，突然有了亿万年修为 Shepherd牧羊生Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted (His cultivation is invincible and can be used at any time, but his body needs to level up! No holding back, no needless frustration.) Good-for-nothing Chen Chang'an unexpectedly gains 999 billion years of invincible cultivation! But his body is too weak, and using his invincible cultivation costs him years of his life??? So Chen Chang'an starts a side business at a little clinic. Give him one herb that adds ten years to your life, and he'll take down a Demon Lord for you. Give him one herb that 989Reads8.1Score24814d adds
43. 43 我 I Can Transform into a True Dragon 我可化身真龙 Ninety-Nine Thirty-Three九九三三Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Impoverished college student Ying Shaolong saves a girl from drowning and unexpectedly obtains the Ancestral Dragon Art. He cultivates the Ancestral Dragon Art, transforms into a divine dragon, and roams the four seas. In the ocean, he catches large yellow croaker, abalone, and bluefin tuna, and discovers sunken ships on the seabed... He empowers lobsters and crabs to become shrimp and crab soldiers, while giant sharks, colossal octopuses, and ancient beasts roam by his side. He stirs up the sea 13.5kReads8.9Score73614d adds

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44. 44 仙 The Immortal Son-in-Law Returns 仙婿归来 Fallen Leaves Say Nothing落叶无言Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Three years ago, Lin Yang was beaten into a vegetative state while saving his girlfriend. By chance, he then spent three thousand years cultivating immortality through reincarnation, ultimately becoming the greatest Immortal Emperor of all time. Three years later, Lin Yang returns, only to find that his girlfriend has sent people to bully his mother... 331Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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45. 45 欢 The Jolly Taoist 欢乐道士 Zou Ban走板Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Little Taoist: “Magic and stuff isn't scientific at all. It's just a way to fool outsiders and earn a living.” Some Master: “Isn't that just an excuse because you can't learn magic at all?” Some Immortal: “The Taoist master is a peerless writer, learned in ancient and modern times, surrounded by wives and concubines, revered by all under heaven and in the heavens above, unmatched by anyone, and hated by both humans and gods... Ahem, I mean, revered by both humans and gods! The next five thousand 1.1kReads8.3Score12414d adds

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    The first book is fun and entertaining! The second book starts with a land-based sword immortal! Eighty years after guarding the Sword Pavilion, he shatters the heavens with a single sword! The third book is about how one day you discover that your grandparents, parents, brothers, and sisters are not human!

46. 46 别 Stop Pretending, Daoist. You’re Cultivating Immortality 别装了，道长你就是在修仙 A Fool's Dream1愚人说梦1Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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 20.5kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds

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47. 47 破 The Bankrupt Exorcist's Haunted House Livestream 破产天师的凶宅直播间 Fengyuan砜元Mystery356k WordsCompleted “Congratulations. You've inherited a mansion worth a fortune, as well as... 200,000 yuan in deadly yin debt.” The lawyer's voice was like a scalpel, cutting through all my beautiful dreams. I'm Wu Suowei, a con artist who edits photos to pass myself off as a master of the occult. I was planning to pack up and run. But when I opened the doors of Jingxin Studio and saw the strange assortment of “family members” inside... I knew there was no escape. This wasn't a haunted house. It was an ancient se 184Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is a suspenseful supernatural thriller. The male lead is a cheeky Taoist priest with strong moral principles, high martial arts skills, and great strength. He only loves the female lead and ignores everyone else.

48. 48 全 The Omnipotent Taoist Venerable and the Peach Blossom Tribulation 全能道尊之桃花劫 Yin Linzi隐林子Eastern Fantasy133k WordsCompleted (Supernatural suspense + fantasy + cultivation + mythology) In the age of declining magic, demons and gods descend upon the world. I am the chosen one, and the vanquisher of evil. Anyone who dares disrupt the order of the human world, be they god or demon, will be destroyed... What? She and I are bound by three lifetimes of romantic tribulations? What? My constitution is so special that I'm like Tang Sanzang's flesh, and I must remain a virgin? So many girls! Then maybe I'll just leave?… 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    New book recommendation! The Taoist series in the Dharma-ending Age includes the Jingming School, the Quanzhen School of Zhongnan Mountain, the Celestial Masters of Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, the Ma Family of Northeast China, the Changsheng Sect of Beihai, the Corpse-driving School of Xiangxi, the Gu Technique of Miao Jiang, the ancient primordial era, Taoist masters of all dynasties, the underworld, and various sects of the celestial realm. It's not mindless; everything depends on strength.

49. 49 道 The Taoist Came Down the Mountain to Give His Heart Away, Then Got Scammed Out of 98,000 Yuan in an Online Romance 道士下山把心搭，网恋被骗九万八 Wu Yishu伍一书Urban435k WordsOngoing Fast-paced, light comedy, no horror, packed with laughs from start to finish, with no reliance on memes: On his first day down the mountain, his online dating partner swindled him out of 98,000 yuan. On the second, his landlord kicked him out. On the third, someone drugged him on a blind date. His name is Nan Feng, and he is an apprentice in the Daoist tradition. To earn enough merit to return to the mountain and receive his ordination, he grits his teeth and takes on exorcisms and funeral rites 973Reads7.2Score14114d adds

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50. 50 人 The Path to Enlightenment and Immortality in the Mortal World 人间悟道成仙之路 Wu Yishu伍一书Urban794k WordsOngoing (Entirely hand-written, dialogue-heavy, long-form storytelling, little narration, fast-paced, no showing off, no face-slapping, genuine cultivation.) Synopsis: The lame boy was raised in Caojia Village after an old blind man found him. He doesn't know who his parents are. He doesn't understand why heavenly thunder keeps striking him. He has no idea why the blood of the ancient divine beast Chenghuang flows through his body. At fifteen, he accidentally ate a pill in a mountain cave, and his lam 141Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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