Looking for Books About Taoist Arts, Magic, Ghost Hunting, Cultivation, and More 想看道术，法术，捉鬼，修仙之类的书

1. 201 我 I Set Up a Fortune-Telling Stall on the Road to the Underworld 我在黄泉路上摆摊算卦 Two Weeks in Black黑色两周Mystery208k WordsOngoing While others set up stalls to make a living, I set up my divination stall on the Road to the Yellow Springs. I know the arts of the Daoist sect, can foretell fortune and misfortune, and can suppress evil spirits. When the dead haunt the mortal realm, I guide their souls across the Yellow Springs. With a single talisman and a coin toss, I unravel calamities the world cannot solve and settle unfinished karmic ties between the living and the dead. Mysteries lie hidden in the bustle of ordinary life 7.7kReads—Score331Shelves

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   It's not a wish-fulfillment story, but it's quite enjoyable.

2. 202 活 No Living People Allowed 活人勿近 Lang Jiuxin朗九心Rural Life2.3M WordsCompleted [Inspired by real events, but the setting is entirely fictional] [No cultivation] [Supernatural horror only] The countryside is different from the city. Rural areas are vast and sparsely populated, with too little human presence to suppress what lurks beneath the ground. That's why ghost stories and strange legends keep cropping up. Ask anyone from a village in Sichuan, and they'll have plenty to tell you about supernatural happenings in the mountains and fields in years gone by. Some people 94.7kReads9.3Score8.6kShelves

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   The plot is tight and fast-paced, the action is decisive and ruthless, and it's also funny. It has a single female lead, but the ending felt rushed and I didn't get enough of it. [Crying][crying][crying]

3. 203 九 Uncle Nine: My Saber Skills Are Better Than My Swordsmanship 九叔：我的刀法比剑强 Little Fish Climbs a Tree小鱼上树Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No heroine] + [decisive and ruthless] + [character growth] Wen Hua’s soul transmigrates into Uncle Nine’s world, where he is reborn as a baby. Who could have guessed that he would encounter a supernatural incident as soon as he arrived? Fortunately, Uncle Nine saves him at the last moment. He and another baby are adopted by Uncle Nine and named Xu Wenhua and Xu Wencai. The moment Uncle Nine takes Wen Hua in as a disciple, Wen Hua awakens a Match-Three game golden finger. From then on, Wen Hua s 4.8kReads8.8Score264Shelves
4. 204 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 11.8kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves
5. 205 猎 The Demon Hunter’s Journal 猎魔手记 Old Zhang, Old Zhang老张老张Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted Have you ever seen a white dog wearing clothes, or a mouse eating a cat? Have you heard of paper effigies putting on an opera, or flying stiff corpses sucking blood? Come, let me tell you... 1.1kReads8.5Score100Shelves
6. 206 我 I Become a Taoist Priest in Uncle Jiu's World 我在九叔世界当道士 Lord Bi Zhi笔知大人Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted He accidentally transmigrated into the legendary Uncle Jiu universe. In a world full of ghosts and monsters, of course he had to cling to Uncle Jiu. With Taoist cultivation techniques, the righteous Uncle Jiu, and the mysterious Maoshan sect, watch as the young Taoist travels through the world of the undead alongside Uncle Jiu, bringing you all of Uncle Jiu’s classic iconic moments. 16.8kReads8.5Score901Shelves

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   Despite its low rating, it's quite interesting and worth reading.

7. 207 7 Bureau 749: What's Wrong with My Heavy-Handed Policing? 749局：我暴力执法怎么了 Years Gone By22陈年往事22Mystery795k WordsOngoing [Fictional Setting] [Supernatural with a Fantasy Lean] Chen Nian is nineteen years old. He has a secret. In his previous life, he was a Daoist heir, skilled in exorcising demons and vanquishing evil spirits, with all manner of Daoist arts at his fingertips. Yet he never saw a real ghost before he died. In this life, he waited nineteen years, and finally, he saw one. Others encounter ghosts and lose their souls in terror. He lights up at the sight. Others pray to the gods and buddhas for safety. 13.6kReads—Score1kShelves

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   This is acceptable.

8. 208 尸 Corpse's Fate 尸命 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted I have three masters, surnamed Li, Wang, and Xu. But my story begins with someone borrowing thirty years of my lifespan... 863Reads8.8Score100Shelves
9. 209 神 A Supernatural World: From the Start, I Contract a Stunning Beauty 神诡世界，开局契约绝色美妇 Eraser Destroyer橡皮毁灭者Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + power fantasy] [American horror + Hong Kong horror + zombies...] Qian Jin unexpectedly obtains the demonic treasure, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and arrives in a world of spirits and horrors. Here, yin and yang overlap, order has collapsed, and the people live in misery. It is a paradise for ghosts and monsters, and a hell for ordinary people… When he encounters vampires, werewolves, witches, demons, ogres… as well as the ugly doll Annabelle, Halloween icon Michael, th 8.8kReads7.0Score778Shelves

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   American horror novel.

10. 210 算 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 1.8kReads8.9Score257Shelves
11. 211 爷 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 62.3kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    Funeral customs, spells and incantations, funeral procedures—everything you could want is here.

12. 212 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 30.2kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
13. 213 天 Awakening the Celestial Master's Legacy: I Sweep Through the City with Talisman Drawing 天师传承觉醒我靠画符横扫都市 Zhang Xiaosange张小三哥Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted Lin Chen, an ordinary corporate drone, unexpectedly awakens a Celestial Master's inheritance. He draws talismans, drives out evil, and slays demons, but things keep going hilariously wrong. As he protects the aloof goddess Su Qingyue, he meets the lively Xia Yao and the gentle older woman Chu Yao. The flirtation never stops, and love-triangle showdowns keep breaking out. As Lin Chen grows stronger while facing evil cultivators working in secret, he sweeps away sinister forces with the power of t 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 刚 I Just Got to Hong Kong Island, and My Uncle Is Feng Laosi? 刚到港岛，我叔叔叫风老四？ Streetwise Youth市井少年Mystery575k WordsCompleted Yang Tian transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in the 1990s. He is just thinking about using his knowledge of the future to become a tycoon in this era when... What do you mean my uncle is Feng Laosi? What do you mean there's a haunting at the police station? What do you mean the prison is haunted too? Where the hell have I ended up? Is this really Hong Kong Island? Fortunately, the System activates just in time. Fine, if this is a haunted Hong Kong, then so be it. Becoming a ghost hunter wouldn't 1.5kReads6.3Score100Shelves
15. 215 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Have a Spirit Tree That Holds Treasures 聊斋：我有一颗蕴宝灵树 Moon Beside a Lonely Lamp月伴孤灯Eastern Fantasy376k WordsOngoing After risking his life to save a dog in an accident, Zhao Yang transmigrates to a world of supernatural tales. In this world, humans and demons live side by side. Fox spirits, female ghosts, ruined towers and crumbling temples, immortal mountains across the sea… Gods, immortals, demons, and monsters fill the world with wonders beyond imagination. In these circumstances, he awakens a treasure tree from the start, one capable of nurturing all kinds of abilities and treasures. But the first thing 17Reads5.9Score—Shelves
16. 216 聊 Strange Tales of Liaozhai's Sword Immortal: From the Start, I Marry a Fox Immortal Who Owes Me a Favor 聊斋剑仙：开局迎娶报恩狐仙 Ding Ding Is a Coward丁丁是个胆小鬼Eastern Fantasy797k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into the world of Liaozhai, with a destitute household from the start and a little cousin who still needs to be fed. Take the imperial exams? Not a chance. Only a fool would sit them. They're just a way to deliver food to female ghosts! I planned to make a living teaching and selling paintings, then scrape by for the rest of my life, until one day a delicate young woman braved the rain to return a treasured keepsake of my family... 634Reads6.1Score101Shelves
17. 217 下 After Coming Down the Mountain, I Used the Dragon Veins to Set the World's Ley Lines Straight 下山后，我靠龙脉整顿全球地脉 Feng Lingzijun枫凌子俊Mystery326k WordsOngoing The pre-Qin Qi cultivator everyone online is searching for is actually reading feng shui on the streets of Yunzhou? Lin Xuan: Don't ask. The Patriarch is the one putting food on my table. One turn of the compass reveals good and bad fortune, shifts the feng shui, and breaks impossible deadlocks. With a stroke of a talisman, he can suppress evil spirits, send wandering cultivators on their way, and deal with anyone who refuses to behave. Other feng shui masters rely on a quick calculation wit 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantastic Taoist and magical novel, featuring even a story about daily life! It's so good, incredibly enjoyable!

18. 218 诸 Myriad Worlds: Starting with a Divine Immortal Compendium 诸天：开局一本神仙通鉴 By the Snowy Forest Lake雪林湖畔Eastern Fantasy396k WordsOngoing [The Myriad Worlds] [Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil] [Mystery and the Supernatural] [Out-of-the-Box Ideas] [The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts] [The Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Arts] After transmigrating into Liaozhai, I thought I'd be courting female ghosts. Instead, the innkeeper wanted to stew me, zombies wanted to bite me to death, and monsters lined up to eat me. Luckily, my golden finger came through: slay a demon and get a supernatural ability! Swordsmanship, Netherwalking, Spirit Com 83Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Seeking readers for bizarre and unusual folklore stories.

20. 220 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I'm a Taoist Master Who Hunts Rogues at the Police Station 港综：天师我在差馆斩桃花 Flying King Maud会飞的麦兜王Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Lin Feng is a high-ranking Daoist priest at the Celestial Masters' Mansion, authorized to receive a ritual register. But born in an age when the Dao has fallen, he has no chance to use his powers. One day, he transmigrates to Hong Kong in the 1980s, only to discover that vengeful ghosts are roaming the streets in The Haunted Cop Shop, Master Ren from Mr. Vampire is about to burst out of his coffin, and the haunting tune from The Black Village is already drifting through the air… The good news: 21Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 你 Why Mess with Him? He Can Beat Up Your Ancestors in the Underworld 你惹他干嘛，他能去地府揍你祖宗 I Post 20,000 Words a Day and Become a God日更两万我成神Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing Yang Chen developed an app called Are You Dead Yet? and unexpectedly became an agent between the living and the dead. “You have a new Are You Dead Yet? request. Please check it.” Ex-girlfriend's dad: Chen, get revenge for me. I'll visit my younger daughter in a dream and have her pursue you. Yang Chen: I'm definitely helping you with this. Whether my future sister-in-law takes the initiative isn't important. I just don't want a new father-in-law. Thief King: Brother, I want to see my wife and da 3.1kReads8.6Score375Shelves
22. 222 火 Naruto: Naruto Returns from The Outcast 火影：从一人之下归来的鸣人 Mosquito's Work-Study Apprentice蚊子工作小学徒Anime Fanfiction839k WordsCompleted Every night, when he falls asleep, Naruto Uzumaki's consciousness arrives in a world called The Outcast. As the “Demon Fox” of Konoha, he grows up surrounded by cold stares and loneliness. As a disciple of the Celestial Master Mansion, he grows up under the care and protection of his master and senior disciples. When the dream becomes reality, Naruto sets out on a path as a ninja that is both familiar and strange, carrying with him the foundations of Daoist dual cultivation of nature and life, a 7.8kReads8.8Score724Shelves
23. 223 长 The Old Pact of Immortality 长生旧约 Old Friends of Mountains and Seas山海旧人Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing In the Great Wilderness of the Nine Provinces, everyone seeks immortality. The immortal sects dwell high above the clouds, while mortals are as insignificant as grass. The boy Lu Xingchen grew up in a small frontier town, in an old shop that sold spirit artifacts. He repaired low-grade artifacts for the immortal sects, such as spirit-testing disks, talisman lamps, and formation plates. He had seen countless people change their fate when a spirit-testing disk lit up, and just as many lower their 37Reads—Score121Shelves

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    The ultimate fantasy tale of destiny unfolds in nothing other than *The Old Testament of Immortality*! Others are born with the destiny of an immortal path, he is born with the original sin of an era. Others cultivate to the heavens, revered by all, he cultivates to the abyss, condemned by all. Born innocent, yet born with sin; seeing through the truth, yet no one believes him. A young man, alone, defies the laws of nature, shouldering the greatest secret of nine eras—a story both tragic and thrilling, both passionate and exhilarating!

24. 224 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Get Superpowers from the Start 港综：开局获得了超能力 Primordial Emperor Dao Lord元皇道君Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads] I opened and closed my eyes, and somehow ended up in the Hong Kong film-and-TV universe! There are demons, ghosts, and zombies here, along with terrifying events like the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons! I’ve just come out of the plot of The One-Armed Swordsman, and after moving into a new place, I run into a noisy neighbor. Just as I’m about to go demand an explanation...! Huang Tian’s gaze settles on a female ghost with a golden legendary... treasure chest above her 12.2kReads6.4Score701Shelves
25. 225 我 With the Goddess, I Keep the Mountains and Seas at Bay 我与神女镇山海 Old Friends of Mountains and Seas山海旧人Eastern Fantasy411k WordsCompleted Shenhe City depends on the Black River to survive, and the Black River also devours its people. Every three years, there is a grand sacrifice; every year, a smaller one. The townsfolk say these rites honor the River God, avert floods, and protect the people. Wang Shuo believes in no gods, only his own miserable life and his still-growing little sister. But when the night of the river sacrifice arrives, his sister, Wang Xiaohe, is still entered into the sacrificial register. To save her, he storm 20Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 47.6kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves

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27. 227 混 Lord of the Primordial Dao: From Wandering Taoist to True Immortal of the Mortal World 混元道主：从游方道士到红尘真仙 The Laid-Back Soul of the Mortal World红尘懒散人Eastern Fantasy766k WordsCompleted [Classic xianxia + traditional cultivation + multiverse + tales of the strange + upright values + no heroine + 200,000 words in reserve, readers can jump in with confidence] After transmigrating to a world where Daoist arts manifest in reality, Zhou Qingnan turns away from romance and devotes himself to cultivating the Dao! With a treasured scripture in hand, he gains both cultivation and merit, freely claims techniques and supernatural abilities, and exchanges talismans and magical treasures a 228Reads6.8Score148Shelves
28. 228 奥 Ultraman: I Prove the Dao Through the Eight Secret Arts 奥特：我以八奇技证道 Daoist Master Shan Yao山耀道长Anime Fanfiction346k WordsCompleted [Ultraman + xuanhuan + coming-of-age + wish fulfillment + popular science + hardcore + Heisei era + New Generation] After transmigrating into the world of Ultraman Tiga, Zhang Luofeng, the sixty-sixth-generation disciple of the Orthodox Celestial Masters' Way, awakens the Eight Supreme Skills System. When monsters run rampant, he strides through the Wind-After Eight Trigrams, wields the Universe-Connecting Talisman, performs the Steps of the Dipper, and writes spells and talismans. He becomes th 46Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 超 Super God Academy: Cultivating Immortality Through Point Allocation 超神之加点修仙 Little Peak the Sword Immortal剑仙小峰Anime Fanfiction958k WordsOngoing Ye Haotian transmigrates into the Super God world and is adopted by an old Taoist priest from Baiyun Temple. After the priest passes away, he descends the mountain and discovers that he is in Juxia City. Fortunately, he awakens a stat-allocation panel that can turn fake manuals and cultivation techniques into real ones by spending points. He can then use more points to cultivate. With this, Ye Haotian embarks on the path of immortal cultivation, vanquishes the Taotie, wipes out demons, recruits 2.5kReads6.1Score163Shelves
30. 230 大 Great Song: One Broken Incense Burner Can Refine Anything 大宋：一个破香炉，万物皆可炼 No More Than Three Blades不过三刀Historical149k WordsOngoing Other Daoists make pills with thousand-year-old lingzhi, ten-thousand-year-old cinnabar, and long retreats in immortal mountain caves. Xu Changsheng makes pills with foot wraps and bathwater, setting up his cauldron in a busy marketplace to refine garbage. He transmigrates into the Song Dynasty as a Daoist burdened with debt. From the start, all he has is a broken incense burner, but the System tells him: Everything can be refined! (This is a humorous novel about people mistaking the ordinary fo —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 无 Infinite Realms: Starting by Taming a Female Ghost 无限诸天万界：从收服女鬼开始 Invincible Starts at the Wish Tower无敌从许愿楼开始Urban827k WordsOngoing From the start, his girlfriend cheats on him with the campus belle, and a rich second-generation heir breaks his leg and stabs through his heart? No problem. He has bound himself to the Myriad Worlds Travel System! When Su Cheng rises from a pool of blood, his wounds miraculously healed, he smiles. He will repay this grudge a hundredfold with his own hands! He transmigrates into Mr. Vampire, wins over a stunning female ghost, and leaves Uncle Jiu exclaiming, “Humans and ghosts belong to differ 217Reads6.4Score—Shelves
32. 232 元 A Nascent Soul Expert Gets Beaten Up on Earth 元婴大佬在地球被吊打 Hermit of Half a Mountain一半山人Eastern Fantasy131k WordsOngoing When the false is taken for true, even truth becomes false; where nothing is taken for something, something returns to nothing. A dream of Southern Branch is bound to end in waking; returning home, one finds oneself like the man who came back to find the woodcutter’s axe handle rotted away. Chen Zongping, an ordinary college student, accidentally falls into the world of immortal cultivation. Rescued by an old man who takes him in as a disciple, he begins his journey toward immortality. After cou 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is absolutely what you'll want to read, especially the main story. There are no clichés, just read and enjoy! It's the culmination of four years of hard work, constantly gathering material, all for the sake of writing something real. Three parts fantasy, seven parts reality—definitely not some amateurish story.

33. 233 我 I Have a World at My Fingertips 我有一座随身世界 Librarian's Sailor藏书楼的水手Male-Channel Fanfiction510k WordsCompleted Infinite Worlds. The synopsis kept getting reported, so I can only keep it simple. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and The Legend of the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slaying Saber. I won’t list the others for now. 2.1kReads6.9Score123Shelves
34. 234 开 From the Start, I Conferred Godhood and Built a Heavenly Court from Scratch 开局敕封神灵，从零开始造天庭 Ye Zhibai叶知白Eastern Fantasy304k WordsCompleted Reborn in another world, Zhou Yan obtains a blank Divine Register and awakens the ability to appoint all things as gods. At first, he just wants to appoint a Kitchen God and live comfortably. But then he appoints a Door God, and his home is safe; he appoints a River God, and the weather turns favorable. More and more people come asking for his help, and the gods he appoints become increasingly outrageous: the Star of Literature, the Martial God of Wealth, the City God, the Dragon Kings of the Fo 108Reads5.9Score—Shelves
35. 235 满 A Max-Level Celestial Master Works as a Cleaner and Catches a Ghost on the Side 满级天师当保洁，顺手抓个鬼 A River of Clear Splendor一川霁华Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted My name is Su Xiaoman, and I’m a top-tier exorcist from the Mystic Order. My master said I was too mischievous. After I dismantled the sect’s protective formation, he sealed 99% of my spiritual power and kicked me down the mountain. Want to come back? First earn 100,000 merit points. With no money and no job, I had no choice but to work as a cleaner in the rich folks’ district. I’m incredibly strong, and I can mop floors fast and spotless. What else could I do? On my first day at work, I fo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The master of Taoism is here! Read on!

36. 236 开 From the Start, I Pinched the Dragon Girl's Belly, and Her Dad Even Found Me a Wife 开局抠龙女肚子，她爹还给找媳妇 People in Need困难群众Eastern Fantasy913k WordsOngoing (Fantasy otherworld + lighthearted + daily life + all kinds of female demons + secretly passionate) Medical student Zhou Tianxing is reborn in another world. After gaining the Wish System, he awakens memories of his past life. Whenever he fulfills someone else's wish, he earns Wish Points, which can raise his cultivation and upgrade his techniques. He rescues a sealed Dragon Girl, buys a courtesan's freedom, releases a captured spider demon, treats a princess with a terminal illness, and saves a 239Reads7.6Score—Shelves
37. 237 一 One Branch to Slay All Demons and Monsters 一根树枝，斩天下妖魔 Reading and Practicing Martial Arts in the Morning晨间看书习武Urban136k WordsOngoing I was born suppressed by the laws of Heaven and Earth, leaving me half-deaf and sickly, the village deadweight. The day I was born, the midwife's hand split open out of nowhere with a clean cut. The clothes and blankets I wore were always sliced apart by invisible blades. The intent of the sword had been buried in my bones since birth. When I was seven, I stood up for someone and got beaten. I thought I was going to die, but an old man with a white beard saved me. And so, the sword was drawn. 963Reads—Score730Shelves

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    A high-quality urban fantasy novel where the protagonist joins a special organization to solve mysterious and bizarre cases, battling superheroes from around the world. The cultivation, crime-solving, and character growth are captivating! This is one of my favorites; the writing is excellent, with few typos and solid logic. [Fear][licking][eye roll][shocked][laughing and crying][stunned]

38. 238 酆 Fengdu's Black Code: Let's See Who Dares Make Trouble! 酆都黑律，我看谁敢造次！ Hermit of Yunya Mountain云垭山人Eastern Fantasy819k WordsOngoing [Fully Handwritten, No AI] [Summoning] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Underworld] [System] [The Myriad Worlds] [No Female Lead] [Half Behind the Scenes] [Mythology] The Heavenly Dao of this world has collapsed, yin and yang are in disarray, and reincarnation has been severed! Ye Xiao transmigrates here and awakens a System, gaining the status of the Great Emperor of Fengdu. He establishes the Underworld, summons the ghosts and gods of the nether realm, and restores reincarnation across the Myriad Worl 24.5kReads7.1Score2kShelves
39. 239 鬼 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 Jie Yu界玉Mystery877k WordsCompleted The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.8kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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    Jieyu's writing is truly insightful; after reading it, my mind was filled with a bunch of esoteric trivia.

40. 240 让 I Told You to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Become an Ancestor of the Dao! 让你考科举，没让你考成道祖啊！ Xie Lang of Old旧时谢郎Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The prefectural exam tests aspiring Daoist novices, the provincial exam qualifies talisman disciples, the metropolitan exam assesses ritual masters, and the palace exam decides who will lead the Daoist alliance… Xie Wugou transmigrates, only to open his eyes to a nightmare from the start: a gravely ill father, a frail mother, and a broken self. He hopes to change his fate through the imperial examinations, only to discover that this world has no feudal dynasty, only a “Daoist Immortal Court”! He 9.2kReads7.8Score971Shelves

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41. 241 为 To Become an Immortal, I Drove Myself Mad Through Cultivation 为了成仙，我把自己练疯了 White Crane Cloudfield白鹤云野Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing “His form is trained to resemble a crane; beneath a thousand pines lie two scrolls of scripture.” He Quanzhen recited a line of poetry, flapped his wings, and laughed wildly with a series of cackles. “Heh, this Daoist has done it! I’ve done it!” 3.7kReads8.2Score267Shelves
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    It meets your requirements; the plot is truly excellent.

43. 243 警 The Supernatural Side of the Police Force 警界玄门 Amateur Who Loves Music喜欢音乐的外行Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted At police academy, Li Xiaowei uses his mystical arts to solve bizarre murder cases that leave everyone else at their wits' end. He draws talismans to ward off evil, cultivates his qi, and captures ghosts, easily handling all kinds of vengeful spirits and demons. After graduation, he joins the police force, and his master gives him mystical artifacts for protection. He dispatches demons and monsters with ease. In less than six months, he and several teammates with supernatural abilities become l 225Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Metaphysics, ghost hunting, spiritual practice, combined with folk tales, social events, episodic stories, and humorous plots.

44. 244 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 146.7kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves

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    These are some highly-rated ghost stories, suspense novels, horror, supernatural, and thriller novels featuring Taoist priests and ghosts.

45. 245 祖 The Patriarch Praises Me as a Fine Immortal Seedling 祖师夸我好仙苗 Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Beyond the Thirty-Six Heavens, above the Nine Skies, dwell the immortals. Immortals were once ordinary people too. The only thing that holds ordinary people back is a lack of resolve. My name is Shen Xing. My life has been full of hardship since childhood. I was destined to have no parents, no wife or children, no official position, and no wealth. I was born to be pitied. People said someone like me might end up a beggar one day. But my master said my fate was one in ten thousand. Even if I beca 15.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
46. 246 易 Mastering the Book of Changes, Rising to the Heavens in One Leap 易学纵横一步登天 Star Lord Yuede月德星君Ancient Romance164k WordsCompleted Cultivation, Qi Refining, esoteric arts, feng shui, and sacrifice: everything you’ve heard of and everything you haven’t is in this book. Each technique is clearly explained and effective in practice. By the first few chapters, readers in the know have already realized that people outside would charge hundreds of thousands for this information, if they were willing to share it at all. Some readers even exclaimed that after searching for years, they’d finally found a shortcut to cultivation, only 7.5kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    Feng shui, incantation therapy, divination, and Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) are all included; these books are quite good.

47. 247 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban896k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 237.5kReads9.1Score24.3kShelves
48. 248 六 The Six-Line Diviner 六爻预测师 Recluse An Yiju安易居士Urban202k WordsCompleted Will You Read the Novel I Wrote? Lyrics and music: Yang Zhanling I wrote a novel, filled with all my joy and sorrow, a life that rushed by over half a century. Will you read it? I wrote a novel, with losses and gains along the years, the ups and downs, the warmth and cold of this mortal world. Do you like it? I wrote a novel, whose pages are filled with ordinary people, meeting in this dreamlike world, and traveling the long river of life. I wrote a novel, that might have you in it, and me to 147Reads—Score—Shelves

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49. 249 道 Forty-Eight Taoist Spells and Techniques 道家咒术四十八法 Corpses Everywhere遍地浮尸73k WordsCompleted In Taoism, spellcasting is a form of ritual magic that invokes deities through incantations or curses ghosts and demons. It is believed to establish communication with the Celestial Emperor and command spirits, driving away evil, averting calamities, and turning misfortune into good fortune. 2.3kReads6.6Score619Shelves
50. 250 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.7kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves

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    Main theme: A bizarre and cruel cultivation world, featuring a powerful figure and behind-the-scenes forces. "You cultivators have to pay various prices. But I have a cheat code."

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