Why Has Chinese Taoism Fallen so Far Behind Buddhism, Which Was Brought in from Abroad? Looking for Taoist Novels 为何我华夏道家却不如当年从外引进的佛教！求道家

1. 151 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 2.4kReads8.6Score302Shelves

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   Fellow Taoist, please stay.

2. 152 仙 Sword and Fairy 3: From the Start, I Signed In to Claim the Divine Heavenly Abyss Sword 仙剑三：开局签到天渊神剑 Andersen Who Picks Up Hats捡帽子的安徒生Anime Fanfiction582k WordsCompleted When he woke up, Lu Mingyi had transmigrated into the world of Chinese Paladin 3, only to discover he was about to freeze to death. Just as despair began to take hold of Lu Mingyi… “Ding! Environmental scan complete. Cultivation realm detected. System starting…” “Ding! Divine Sign-In System startup complete! Host, please claim your starter pack!” “Ding! Starter pack opened! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Heavenly Abyss Divine Sword and one copy of the unranked cultivation technique 6.1kReads8.0Score333Shelves

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3. 153 僵 Jiangshi World: I Am the Sacred Painter Who Guards the Mortal Realm 僵尸世界：我是画圣镇人间 Ling Hanyi凌寒一Male-Channel Fanfiction344k WordsCompleted After waking up, Su Dan finds he has transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s zombie world and bound himself to the Strongest Painting Sage System! In this world, Taoist priests cultivate immortality through the Dao, while Buddhist monks wield boundless power through the Dharma! But Su Dan uses the Way of Painting to crush every demon and monster under heaven! Daoist Master Simu: “With just a brush and paper, Su Dan has made the entire world of sorcery bow its head!” Uncle Jiu: “Wherever Su Dan has been, 274Reads7.1Score—Shelves
4. 154 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 28.1kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
5. 155 九 The Bone Dao of Gods and Demons in Uncle Jiu's World 九叔世界之神魔白骨道 A Gentle Breeze Blows清风袭来Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [This is my first novel, so please forgive me if it isn’t very good!] Here you’ll find the wondrous arts of Maoshan Taoism, as well as powerful inheritances from gods and demons. He originally thought this was a world on the verge of the end of magic, where becoming an immortal was nothing but a pipe dream. But the more you learn about this world, the more you’ll realize that what you’ve seen is only the tip of the iceberg. Bai Yi, a humble human cultivator, presses forward with courage and dete 798Reads7.1Score109Shelves
6. 156 九 Uncle Jiu: From Jiang Chen to Lord of Ten Thousand Demons 九叔，从僵尸将臣开始到万妖之主 Black Scholar in Ink墨下黑士Eastern Fantasy338k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a world of monsters and demons where Uncle Jiu, Lin Zhengying, exists, Chu Chen becomes a zombie! So what if I’m human? So what if I’m a zombie? If my heart is good, who dares call me evil? If I choose evil, what can the world do to me? With the Tome of Slaughter in hand, I seize heaven-defying opportunities. I command countless monsters and demons, roaming freely across the mortal world. Whether you’re an Eastern ninja or an Onmyoji, a Western magician or a vampire, if 12Reads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 157 僵 Jiangshi: Starting with the Awakening of Merit 僵尸：从觉醒功德开始 Writing of a Bountiful Year提笔话丰年Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Xing transmigrates into a zombie world and doesn’t even have a dog from the start. Then Uncle Jiu steals his business, and with no jobs coming in, he’s about to starve to death. Luckily, the System appears to save the day. At the crucial moment, the Talisman Compendium helps Jiang Xing battle zombies. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Fire-Starting Talisman! It can summon the Samadhi True Flame.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Thunder-Summoning Talisman! 308Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 垂 Fishing the Heavens: From the Start, I Awakened the Eternal Mangekyo! 垂钓诸天，开局觉醒永恒万花筒！ Loves Sweet Rice Balls爱吃甜丸子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to a world where everyone awakens to supernatural powers and wages war against alien races from the stars. Ning Can obtains a fishing System and awakens the Sharingan from the start. Amaterasu’s flames consume everything, while Susanoo crushes anyone who dares oppose him! He can also fish up all kinds of abilities and items from the Myriad Worlds. Frostmourne, Devil Fruit, Ryujin Jakka, Unlimited Blade Works! Years later, when the alien gods finally break through the spatial bar 13.5kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
9. 159 拜 Becoming Uncle Jiu's Disciple: I Cultivate the Dao with an Innate Martial Body 拜师九叔：先天武体的我要修道 Walking Meatball行走的肉丸Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + Taoist Priest + System + Cultivation + Lighthearted + Comedy] (The early chapters lay plenty of groundwork and aim to keep things plausible. The protagonist takes off once the Northeast arc begins.) After a night of drinking, Liu Dong is sent by the System to Uncle Jiu's world while in a drunken haze. In this world, human life is worth next to nothing. With no other choice, he comes up with a way to cling to Uncle Jiu's coattails and pick up some experience along the way to improve 3.5kReads8.2Score282Shelves
10. 160 僵 Zombie World: Starting with a Maxed-Out Golden Light Spell 僵尸世界之开局满级金光咒 Paranormal Atmosphere Crew for Fanfic同人灵异气氛组Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the zombie-ridden world of Lin Zhengying. From the start, he draws a max-level Golden Light Mantra. The max-level Golden Light Mantra is incredibly powerful: it can conjure countless sword auras to slay ghosts and gods, and forge a body as tough as steel that no magic can penetrate. A god-tier gacha System containing everything under heaven. “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve drawn a divine skill: Fenghou Qimen!” “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve drawn a magical treasure: Taiyi Ho 1.1kReads6.3Score122Shelves
11. 161 僵 Jiangshi World: The Healer Celestial Master 僵尸世界：济世天师 The Wind Feels Cold风吹会冷Mystery994k WordsCompleted Qin Song transmigrates into the world of Uncle Jiu and his zombies, only to become Uncle Jiu's junior fellow disciple. Bound to the Celestial Master System, he can both slay demons and save lives. Maoshan Taoist arts, an iron body, and the healing arts of a benevolent physician. Evil spirits cannot trouble him, and countless ghosts come to pay homage! Uncle Jiu: “Junior Brother, stop turning down the vacant position of Celestial Master.” Ren Tingting: “You promised you'd take responsibility for 386Reads6.4Score—Shelves
12. 162 我 My Master Is Lin Zhengying 我师傅是林正英 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Nan Chen transmigrates into Uncle Jiu's universe, a time of war and chaos where demons run rampant and monsters are everywhere. He joins Uncle Jiu's school as his third disciple. He studies the Maoshan Tiangang Arts and becomes the strongest young cultivator of all the major Taoist sects. Once his Taoist arts are unleashed, he overturns the plot and exterminates demons, traversing the worlds of yin and yang to become a legendary Great Celestial Master of Maoshan. 1.3kReads7.2Score104Shelves
13. 163 僵 My Date with a Vampire: Starting with Uncle Jiu 僵约：从九叔开始 Jiang Yi僵一Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted A red-eyed Corpse King from the start, experiencing life. From Uncle Jiu's stories, step by step into My Date with a Vampire... Uncle Jiu: Ziyan, Wencai... I'm counting on you... Jiang Chen: You're a lot like me. Do you know who I am? Ma Danna: You're Jiang Chen? 8.6kReads8.1Score569Shelves
14. 164 诡 Eerie Revival: I Walk the Mortal World on Behalf of the Gods 诡异复苏：我代神明行走人间 Slow on the Uptake后知后觉丶Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Good news: I’ve transmigrated! Bad news: It’s a world where the supernatural is returning… When Zhang Yu heard the System’s heavenly voice, he thought he’d be like the heroes before him and save humanity in a whole world. Only later did he realize how utterly wrong he was… The supernatural? It wasn’t even an appetizer… He’d thought the Heavenly Court was in decline and its legacy lost. But as Zhang Yu gradually discovered, the Heavenly Court seemed to be the one beating everyone else into submis 98Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Give it a try, the last one is private goods

15. 165 选 I Chose Twenty Years of Humiliation, and Gained an Immortal Spirit Root 选择二十年河东，获得仙灵根 Three Inches of Light三寸光Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + no angst + (fake) live-in son-in-law] Xu Nian transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the illegitimate son turned away by a powerful family in Great Yan. He lives with his mother in a remote mountain village. On his twentieth birthday, his wealthy biological father sends people to find him, disrupting Xu Nian and his mother’s peaceful village life. The family even wants Xu Nian to honor an old agreement on their behalf and become a live-in son-in-law! Under the laws of Great 46kReads7.2Score3.7kShelves
16. 166 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: Starting with Virtual Reality 灵气复苏，从虚拟现实开始 Tang Gu Jin唐古今Urban503k WordsCompleted A virtual online game that appears out of nowhere draws people into a mythic world where they can cultivate, but first they have to survive. Wilderness survival, get it? You're in your underwear from the start. Spiritual energy is quietly returning, and ordinary man Tang Yicai is beginning to discover the hidden side of the world. Some people have been secretly handling supernatural incidents. Turns out, there really are people secretly cultivating immortality. The government issues martial arts 17Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 洪 Honghuang: The Ancestral Dragon Offers Incense to Me, and I Teach Him the Immortal Qin 洪荒：祖龙给我上香，我教他不朽仙秦 One Sword Slays Beasts一剑枭兽Eastern Fantasy390k WordsCompleted [Taking disciples+Invincible+No heroine+Behind the scenes+Master] While touring the realm, King Ying Zheng of Qin accidentally enters a Taoist temple! He offers incense at the temple! “Want to destroy the Six Kingdoms and rule the world? Easy!” “Just offer incense every day, and I'll teach you the Three Thousand Great Dao, help you become the Human Sovereign, and build an immortal Qin!” A celestial voice rings out, and the Ancestral Dragon is stunned! After that! People keep coming to the immort 184Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 六 Corpse Driving at Six: Sorry, I’m Wearing a Purple Robe 六岁赶尸：不好意思，我穿紫袍 Clear Wind Nine Feet清风九尺Urban430k WordsCompleted The new season of The Life We Long For premieres in a small border town in western Hunan. By the time the guests arrive, dusk has fallen. Yang Mi and the others sit leisurely in the courtyard, enjoying the evening breeze, while the regular guests, including Teacher Huang, are busy making dinner. Everything is so peaceful, until a sudden burst of ringing bells shatters the calm. As the livestream camera turns, the millions of viewers in the chat are stunned. “Holy crap!! Corpse-driving in western 3.3kReads6.8Score555Shelves
19. 169 九 Uncle Nine: The System Is So Competitive, I Get a Skill Point Every Second 九叔：系统太卷，一秒一个技能点 Brother Ji's Redemption鸡哥的自我救赎Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Lin Fan transmigrates to a funeral home, where Uncle Jiu takes him in as his eldest disciple. He awakens a System that gives him one skill point every second. The merit he earns from slaying demons and vanquishing evil can even be used to create his own Taoist arts! There are so many skill points, he could never use them all! Maoshan Shangqing Arts? Not enough! Gezao Mountain Lingbao Arts? Still not enough! Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Dao? Nowhere near enough! I only do three things w 26.3kReads7.2Score3.8kShelves
20. 170 赶 The Corpse-Driving Inn: Taking the Iron Triangle on a Corpse-Driving Run 赶尸客栈，带着铁三角去赶尸 I Don't Want to Be a Graphic Designer不想做美工Mystery786k WordsCompleted Qin Feng transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, intending to explore tombs, but accidentally activates the Corpse-Driving Inn System. Just as the ten-year agreement comes to an end, the Iron Triangle reunites. Qin Feng decides to take the Iron Triangle corpse-driving! Fatty: "Hey, Third Master? Got a tomb job? Forget that, why raid tombs when driving corpses is so much better?" Wu Xie: "Making paper effigies is an art, especially when you're making women!" Xiao Ge: "I don't know those guys. I 1.3kReads8.5Score141Shelves
21. 171 三 Three Kingdoms: I, Zhang Jiao, Only Use Magic 三国：我张角只玩法术 Heavenly Steed, Dustless O天马绝尘OHistorical1.3M WordsCompleted [Struggle for supremacy + Three Kingdoms + magic + stratagems + feel-good novel] An endless cycle of magic? Stratagems so brilliant they seem demonic? That’s me, the Great Sage and Teacher, Zhang Jiao! Lords, rejoice! Welcome the birth of a great emperor! “Half god, half sage, yet also half immortal; wholly Confucian, wholly Daoist, and wholly wise. His mind holds ten thousand volumes of true learning, and he commands half the world of letters and arms!” 63Reads7.6Score—Shelves
22. 172 大 Great Ming: The County Magistrate Is the Black Impermanence? Zhu Yuanzhang Is Stunned 大明：县太爷是黑无常？老朱懵了 Habitually Daydreaming习惯发呆Historical184k WordsCompleted [A wildly satisfying tale + a ghost official in power + cleaning up the Ming bureaucracy] What’s it like to serve as a county magistrate under Zhu Yuanzhang, founding emperor of the Ming, when you’re Black Impermanence of the underworld? Lin Mu is all about taking on corrupt officials head-on. He dares to fight, act, and get things done. Disobeying orders is just another day at the office, and there isn’t a single court official, noble, or meritorious general he’s afraid to challenge! Lao Zhu: L 255Reads6.4Score—Shelves
23. 173 大 Great Tang: The Imperial Preceptor Is Lacking in Virtue 大唐：国师大人五行缺德 Green Tea Who Picks Up Bottles at Construction Sites工地搬砖捡瓶子的清茶Historical656k WordsCompleted [Great Tang] + [Transmigration] + [Power fantasy] + [Analects-style fighting] April, the second year of Zhenguan. A thunderous crash rang out, and this young master made a dazzling entrance. Wondering where the crash came from? Sorry, that was the sound of this young master smashing a hole in the roof of the Taiji Palace. Si Huainian fell from the sky and punched a hole in the Taiji Palace roof, but he wasn't worried. As a transmigrator, there was no way he'd get thrown into the imperial prison 9.6kReads7.7Score559Shelves
24. 174 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 25.9kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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    🍁: The protagonist is a descendant of Taoism. In this life, he awakened the Xianxia login device and was able to personally come into contact with the legendary Taoist secrets, so he founded the Left Taoism and became his own line. 🍁: The protagonist came to a strange world, and his original body was a game, so he started a strange journey.

25. 175 道 Strange Tales of the Dao: Me, a Blank Slate, Am a Good Person 道诡：我，白板，是个好人 Nian Sui Nian年岁年Anime Fanfiction307k WordsCompleted “Come on, Dice Daddy Boss, let's give them a show!” … As everyone knows, the online game Dao Gui Yi Xian, funded and founded by Li Yunxin and starring the refined young man Li Huowang, became a sensation across the country as soon as it was released. This book is fanfiction based on the Dao Gui Yi Xian game. It tells the story of the supposedly righteous Zuo Wang Dao searching for themselves, helping the mentally ill Danyang become an immortal, and saving the world. Seven-year-old Li Daozhen ha 390Reads8.2Score—Shelves
26. 176 道 Daoist, Let’s Become Immortals Together! 道爷，咱们一起成仙！ The Black Mask黑色的面具Eastern Fantasy770k WordsCompleted [The uncanny + folk customs + Eastern Lovecraftian horror + cultivation] The Great Heng Dynasty is falling apart. Evil spirits descend, and uncanny immortals and Buddhas proliferate. Confucianism, Legalism, military strategy, agronomy, diplomacy… Beneath the Immortal Dao lie mountains of bones. Truth and falsehood blur, and reality grows strange and elusive. … Chen Yuan summons his soul and is reborn, sinking into deep confusion between death and reality, unable to tell the world apart from him 384Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.3kReads8.9Score825Shelves
28. 178 一 The First-Rank Daoist Master 一品道爷 Be Extremely Careful务必十分小心Eastern Fantasy261k WordsOngoing The war between humans and demons lasted for a thousand years, and the mystic sects arose from it. By the time of Lu Xuanzhen, however, they had long since gone from their heyday into decline. Slaying demons, vanquishing evil, and protecting the peace? Someone else can do that. What does it have to do with me? This humble Daoist only wants to tend flowers and grow herbs on Dao Xuan Mountain. Wouldn't a laid-back life be wonderful? —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 玄 The Daily Life of a Mystic Cultivator 玄门修士的日常 Hear More, Ask More多闻多问Eastern Fantasy82k WordsOngoing Hard, hard, hard: the mysteries of the Dao. Seeking immortality, divining the future... What does it truly mean to cultivate the Dao? Refining qi through inner alchemy, or cultivating both body and spirit? What is the true gateway to the Dao? The daily life of a mystic cultivator. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 开 From the Start, I'm a Purple-Robed Supreme, and I Only Play the Top-Tier Arena! 开局紫袍至尊，我专打巅峰赛！ Fantasy Archdemon King幻想大魔王Urban403k WordsCompleted Zhang Fan is reborn in a parallel world and becomes a Daoist Celestial Master, adored by countless people. He thought that with this status, he could spend this life enjoying the good life, with food brought to him and clothes put on for him. But on his very first day, a young man showed up at his door begging for help. With everyone watching, Zhang Fan had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree, so he wouldn't give himself away. That night, a female ghost really did come knocking. Luckily, h 1.1kReads5.5Score—Shelves

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    These 5 books are all about Taoism. I love the first one the most. It's so beautiful.

32. 182 急 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 Nine Buns九包子Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.6kReads8.7Score167Shelves
33. 183 阴 Bound by Neither Yin nor Yang 阴阳无忌 Tong Xuan通玄Mystery309k WordsOngoing First of all, I’m a Taoist priest. I was born in a small village in Northeast China. After experiencing all kinds of paranormal events there, I set out to find a master and study the way. I later became a third-generation disciple of the Zhengyi school, then joined the mysterious Xiangxi lineage. During my days spent driving out ghosts and exterminating demons, I accidentally discovered that my other half had joined an evil cult that had been passed down for hundreds of years... 5Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The author of the first book is a Taoist priest, and the writing is very true. The second book is written by Chuma Xian, and the writing is very true. The following are all Taoist classics and some Taoist books.

34. 184 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 147.2kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
35. 185 我 I, Liu Shan, Transmigrated to the Modern Era to Become a Celestial Master 我刘禅，穿越现代做天师 Three-Legged Bear三足熊Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban Supernatural, No System, An Overpowered Protagonist, Witty Sayings] The Holy Lord Guan is my actual second uncle. The Great Inspector of the Three Realms is my actual third uncle. Mount Tai King of the Ten Courts of Hell is my vassal. Lord Guan gives me a blade, Lord Zhang gives me a demon beast, and Mount Tai King gives me the Yan Lord's Command. Hounded by ten thousand ghosts, I hide in a Zhao Yun temple. Now, you vicious ghosts are about to witness the strongest crowd-clearing skill of 3kReads8.5Score377Shelves

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    Highly recommend book 16

36. 186 让 I Said Explain the Occult, Not Catch Ghosts on Livestream! 让你科普玄学，没让你直播捉鬼！ Crane Lantern鹤灯Two Male Leads644k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, not a male-oriented novel. Take note!] To revive the Taoist temple his master had left behind, Qi Gu entered show business and worked hard to promote himself. But his manager turned on him, smearing him from head to toe. After quitting show business, Qi Gu felt that the harder he tried, the more unlucky he got, so he decided to lie flat and give up. By chance, he was invited by a client to take part in a paranormal reality show. On the show, he stopped trying to promote him 21.2kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves
37. 187 谁 What Kind of Exorcist Brings Along a Little Green-Tea Schemer to Catch Ghosts? 谁家天师抓鬼，带小绿茶啊 Qi Yi Zai七一仔Two Male Leads745k WordsCompleted Humbly begging for reviews~ rolling around~ please~ [Two male leads + one-on-one romance + lighthearted supernatural story + showbiz] Sunny, sweet-talking younger seme × gentle, cool exorcist shou Yan Yang was born with an extremely yin birth chart, and had seen things other people couldn’t see ever since he was little. His parents were afraid of him. So Master Xuanqing took him in, taught him Taoist magic, and showed him how to guide the dead to the afterlife. Yan Yang studied hard and wanted t 1.3kReads8.3Score192Shelves
38. 188 吾 I Am a Maoshan Special Forces Soldier 吾乃茅山特种兵 Starry Minigun满星加特林Mystery136k WordsCompleted (No System + not invincible + not a power fantasy + no female lead + brainless; read at your own risk.) Lin Feng is a Daoist priest. To keep the tribulations of cultivation from affecting him, his master only allows him to use modern Maoshan methods to destroy the uncanny. Guns engraved with talismans, ammunition daubed with cinnabar, triangular bayonet knives made of peach wood, tactical vests strung with Five Emperor Coins... When he encounters uncanny evil spirits, Lin Feng hikes up his Daois 15Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 邪 The Evil and Uncanny Realm: A Taoist Master Who Never Backs Down! 邪魔诡异界：道教大拿专治不服！ Jia the Second贾老二Eastern Fantasy261k WordsCompleted (Self-interest above all + no holding back) A student in the Class of 2024 at a modern Taoist academy transmigrates to a world overrun by ghosts, monsters, and demons before he even gets the chance to enroll. At the same time, he awakens a System of unfathomable supernatural powers! The secret arts of the Taoist sects, a complete compendium of divine abilities, and the classics of the Three Pure Ones: he has it all! Cultivate at lightning speed, ascend through the realms, and become the supreme 19Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 九 Uncle Nine: In Republican-Era China, the System Takes Me Across the Heavens 九叔：人在民国，系统带我穿诸天 AFK Salted Fish挂机的咸鱼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (Uncle Jiu + infinite worlds + myriad heavens + no female lead) In the world of zombies, in Renjia Town, Lin Jiu fights with all his might to kill the protagonist zombie. “Fellow Daoist Lin Jiu! What are we supposed to do now?” the System asked anxiously. “Without the protagonist, how is this book supposed to continue?” Lin Jiu smiled faintly. “Easy. I’ll become the protagonist.” As he spoke, Lin Jiu let his aura show, no longer keeping it hidden. Sage Master of the Myriad Worlds! In an instant, 2.4kReads8.4Score175Shelves
41. 191 我 I'm the Old Heavenly Master of the Daoist Sect: Miss, Your Brows Foretell Trouble 我道门老天师：姑娘你眉带凶兆啊 Night Rain, Blue Breeze夜雨青风Urban416k WordsOngoing [Taoist Novel + Livestreaming + No Female Lead + Do Whatever You Like = System] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the one and only old Taoist priest in the world, and gains a System to revive the Taoist tradition. In this life, the Taoist lineage has been severed. To restore it, Chen Xuan starts livestreaming to spread Taoist teachings far and wide. With a thought, wind rises and flowers bloom; with a turn of his hand, clouds gather and rain pours [Art of Commanding Wind and Rain] Rain, come! My righ 381Reads6.4Score—Shelves
42. 192 刚 I Had Just Mastered the Purple Sky Divine Thunder When a Hundred Ghosts Appeared at Night 刚修成紫霄神雷，就遇到百鬼夜行 Fu Ling芙铃Urban2.5M WordsOngoing “Young man, you’re a cultivation genius the likes of which appears once in a thousand years. Come with me, and I’ll give you an incredible opportunity.” When Gu Changsheng met a charlatan in the park, he planned to play along and expose him. But as soon as the Daoist reached the mountain, he started flying on a sword. Uh-oh. Looks like this one’s the real deal. Gu Changsheng was filled with anticipation, imagining himself living the life of an immortal in white robes. Instead, on his very f 22.8kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
43. 193 鬼 Demon Slayer: Using Maoshan Taoist Arts to Exorcise Ghosts Makes Perfect Sense 鬼灭：用茅山道法除鬼很合理吧 I Love Whack-a-Mole最爱打地鼠Anime Fanfiction304k WordsOngoing Synopsis: “Muzan, since you can't understand kind words, this poor Taoist has some knowledge of supernatural arts and Five Elements magic.” (Provisionally: Demon Slayer · Onmyoji · Bleach · Jujutsu Kaisen) (Ancestral Taoist arts + System: two powerful cheat abilities.) Yang Lin is the last inheritor of Great Xia's Taoist arts. He is accidentally transported to a world of ghosts and monsters, where he must not only survive but also gather ghost energy to grow stronger. The first world he is sent 46Reads8.0Score—Shelves
44. 194 贫 I Can No Longer Hide My Identity as a Cultivator 贫道修仙者身份，瞒不住了 Gentle Passerby温柔的过客Urban123k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Comedy + Monster Fighting + Exorcism] A powerhouse from another world cultivated for three thousand years! Returning to Blue Star, he slays demons and exorcises evil, while doting on his sister and keeping his brothers safe. A mysterious, disheveled old Taoist brought an extraordinary boy from Blue Star to another world. When the boy returned, he cut down every demon and monster in his path. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 195 直 Livestream: I’m Really a Mythical Great Luo! 直播：贫道真的是神话大罗啊！ Deer Antler Doesn't Giggle鹿茸不嘻嘻Eastern Fantasy196k WordsOngoing [Live Streaming + Mythic Da Luo + No Heroine (One Heroine) + Taoist Priest + Fortune-Telling + Read with Caution (Readers are sharply divided between love and hate)] Zhang Qingxuan transmigrated as the 108th Celestial Master of Mount Longhu. After a century of sign-ins, he attained the Mythic Da Luo realm. A Mythic Da Luo can create heaven and earth and shape countless fantastical myths with a single thought, or destroy the void and primordial chaos and remake the elements with another. Nothing 11Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 196 道 Taoist Temple: Exposed as a Fraud from the Start 道观：开局就被打假了 The Cat at the Crossroads十字路口的喵Urban431k WordsOngoing [Urban] + [Taoist Priest] + [Livestream] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [One Female Lead (No Female Lead)] He transmigrates to a parallel world where historical records are woefully incomplete, and awakens the Taoism Revival System. The national treasure, the giant panda, is my registered disciple! Fortune-telling and face-reading? Just the basics for me! Martial arts? No, I cultivate the Immortal Dao! Taoism is a scam? That's ancient history. Spiritual Qi begins to revive, deities awaken across the 317Reads6.0Score—Shelves
47. 197 现 A Cultivator in Modern Society 现代社会的修仙道士 Heaven-Shaking Lion撼天狮子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “Taoist priest, can you do magic?” “Magic? People believe in science these days, young man. You should believe in science.” With that, the Taoist in his robe leaps off a cliff and flies away on his sword, leaving the hiker who had camped in the wilderness staring in stunned disbelief. 16.5kReads8.5Score772Shelves
48. 198 打 Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 83.3kReads8.7Score9kShelves
49. 199 最 The Strongest Heavenly Master: I Built a True Immortal Temple 最强天师：我打造了真仙道观 A Brilliant Shade of Red五彩斑斓的红Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + behind-the-scenes scheming + invincible protagonist + laid-back Daoist life + character traits] Lin Daoyi transmigrates into the body of a young Celestial Master at Qingyun Temple. He spends his days slacking off, yet every so often he sets out to revive the Daoist faith. [Transmitting the Way on Heaven’s behalf is the bestowal of registers!] [Each time he bestows a register on a disciple, he gains a Celestial Master’s art!] The Five Thunder Orthodox Method, Qimen Dunjia, Maosha 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 我 I Opened a Taoist Temple in the City, and Uncle Nine Calls Me His Grand-Grandmaster 我在都市开道观，九叔喊我师叔祖 Winter Gardenia Wanxi冬栀菀汐Mystery220k WordsOngoing Modern society is technologically advanced, but in the shadows of its bustling cities, demons, ghosts, and people with extraordinary abilities move among us. Feng shui, fate, Daoist arts, and other esoteric practices are real, though ordinary people dismiss them as superstition and legend. In the hidden corners of this world, ancient cultivation sects and mysterious underworld powers vie in secret, maintaining a delicate balance. Chen Yang is an ordinary online novelist who enjoys researching su 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Taoist Maoshan! Recommended by 5000-hour bookworms.

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