The Three Pure Ones Need Only Clay Bodies, but the Buddha Must Be Gilded 三清只需泥土身，佛祖却要黄金镀。

1. 1 西 Journey to the West: I Was Away for Three Years, and My Home Was Robbed? 西游：贫道云游三年，家被偷了？ Chen La沉啦Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Journey to the West, Ye Yun inherited a Taoist temple. As long as he remained within the temple grounds, he was invincible! But Ye Yun had grown tired of staying in one place all year round. So he spent three years traveling, experiencing the customs and culture of the Journey to the West world. But when he returned from his travels, he discovered that someone had torn down his temple and built the Temple of Rebirth in its place for Xuanzang to lecture in?! And whe 7.6kReads7.4Score600Shelves

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   When the protagonist returned from his travels, his Taoist temple had been demolished. He then smashed the Buddhist statue, became sworn brothers with Tongtian, gave Tongtian a Heaven-Opening Axe, and destroyed half of Mount Ling.

2. 2 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 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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3. 3 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
4. 4 归 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.0M WordsCompleted To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score142Shelves
5. 5 半 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Urban412k WordsCompleted In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.1kReads—Score131Shelves
6. 6 西 Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后 Red Moon, Clear Clouds红月晴云Eastern Fantasy790k WordsCompleted After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate 11.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   💥Highly recommended [eating melon]: A new book about Journey to the West, where the Three Pure Ones only need mud on their bodies, but Buddha needs gold to cross over! A class reunion, and everyone is transported to Journey to the West, with all sorts of bizarre ways of time travel🤣. The protagonist travels to the Journey to the West world, becomes Tang Sanzang, is bound to a system, and then discovers that all the other gods and monsters are actually his classmates, and they have to exchange secret codes with each one.

7. 7 西 Journey to the West: I Was About to Destroy Buddhism, and You Say This Is the Journey to the West? 西游：刚要灭佛，你说这是西游？ Chen La沉啦Eastern Fantasy520k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, Ye Yun received the Shock System! As long as he astonished people, he could earn rewards! So he went straight to Chang’an, used knowledge from the future to hoodwink Li Shimin, and became the Tang Dynasty’s Imperial Preceptor! He promoted commerce, invented textile machinery, and planned to launch an industrial revolution! Then disaster struck. The court was out of money and food, and countless people froze or starved to death… Meanwhile, the Buddhist cl 2.3kReads7.6Score175Shelves

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   "Saving all sentient beings? In this year of famine, when people are displaced, where is your Buddha?!" "The temple gates are tightly shut, indifferent to worldly affairs!" "Is this what you call saving all sentient beings?!" "Outside the temple, corpses of the starving litter the ground, while inside, granaries are overflowing, and everyone is eating with gusto!" "Is this what you call great compassion?!" "The people have no land, yet the temple owns thousands of acres of fertile land..." "Is this what you call being without desire?!" "The imperial court provides disaster relief, buying grain from the people, but the temple hoards it, preferring to let it rot in its granaries rather than sell it to the court for disaster relief, nor give a single drop to those who starve or freeze to death..." "Let grain prices skyrocket, making a fortune!" "Even merchants wouldn't dare do this!" "Is this what you call caring for the world?!" Buddha? Ridiculous! Ridiculous!

8. 8 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 99.3kReads9.1Score10.2kShelves

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   Look, everyone's silent. The first book was written by a Taoist priest.

9. 9 真 An Ordinary Man in a World of True Immortality 真修仙世界里的凡人 Fengyu w丰羽wEastern Fantasy610k WordsCompleted My name is Li Xin. I never imagined I'd transmigrate to a world of cultivation. Even more surprisingly, I'm just a mortal: no System, no talent. I'll either die in an accident or when my lifespan runs out. In my first life, I was a merchant who married and had children. In my second, I was a rich young master. In my third... fourth... fifth... I was once a demon, laughing and chatting with demon kings, and I called immortals my brothers. With a wave of my hand, I commanded the eight directions, 1.8kReads8.8Score100Shelves
10. 10 我 I Gasped in Shock!! 我倒吸了一口凉气！！ A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] [Invincible] [A Void-Return cultivator uses technology] [Cultivation] [Academic genius] If metaphysics is the end of technology, what lies at the end of metaphysics? “Our Qingyun Sect is an orthodox school of the Three Pure Ones, registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce and listed with the Religious Affairs Bureau. From summoning wind and rain and blessing high-voltage power lines, to exorcising ghosts and demons and performing IVF, we can do it all. The 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    "And the one holding the gear?" Wang Dafu bowed to the statue and introduced it. "That's the Moral Celestial Venerable holding the Taiji diagram." Mayor Li gasped again as he looked at the cyberpunk version of Laozi, made of cast iron and gears. "And the one next to him carrying the bearing?" Wang Dafu pointed to the inscription on the bearing. "That's the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable holding the Immortal Execution Sword." "And the one next to him holding the double-headed club?" Wang Dafu smiled and said, "What does that double-headed club look like?" "A jade ruyi?" "That's it!" Wang Dafu bowed again to the statue. "That's the Primordial Celestial Venerable holding the jade ruyi." "The Dharma body is originally made of clay, yet you Taoists have used steel to solidify your spirit. Aren't you afraid that Laozi will crush you with a single gear?" Zhang Tianshi waved his hand with a smile. "The Three Pure Ones are originally made of clay, yet Buddha needs gold to cross the river. Compared to our Taoists' ostentation, we are far inferior."

11. 11 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 54.4kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves

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    Foreign invasion forced Buddhism into seclusion, preserving its traditions. However, the Taoist Celestial Masters, emerging from the mountains with their swords, saw their lineage nearly severed. The protagonist is a Taoist with a hidden profession: Celestial Master. Single female lead. Looking for something to read? Look no further than China! China will solve your reading slump. [Smile][Smile]

12. 12 太 Supreme Ghost and Fiend Tamer 太上御鬼煞 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When heaven and earth first emerged, chaos was divided; demons and monsters each claimed dominion. If anyone masters my Supreme Way, all ghosts and gods in the human realm will bow to them. [No female lead] [Semi-invincible protagonist] [A spectacular start from the very beginning] [Parallel-world supernatural fantasy] [Ensemble cast] The Supreme Taoist Li Changsheng series! Li Changsheng, the younger brother of the Dao Ancestor Laozi, also known as Li Er, makes a solemn vow: 22.8kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    Read the first few books; they're all so quiet, they're really satisfying reads! There's no female lead, the male lead is incredibly powerful, and it's a Taoist story. The last one is also good.

13. 13 道 The Supreme Daoist: Endless Slaughter 道门太上：无尽杀戮 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery566k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The arts of the Daoist sect shall be supreme! All the great paths under Heaven come from the Supreme One. The Supreme One has but one lineage: the Li family! (No female lead, no harem, no System, and not a story where the protagonist is completely invincible.) 8.7kReads9.3Score610Shelves
14. 14 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
15. 15 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
16. 16 道 Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上：血光之灾 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery480k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years. 10.7kReads9.4Score876Shelves
17. 17 东 Tokyo: A Record of the Living and the Dead 东京幽明录 Shu Rui抒睿Mystery504k WordsCompleted A monk who catches ghosts A constable who fears ghosts A female coroner whom ghosts fear The story of the three of them joining forces to save Tokyo [This novel is hard to classify. It probably belongs to the zombie fantasy mystery detective genre.] [It is set in an imaginary world modeled on the Song dynasty. Tokyo is Bianjing, and has nothing to do with Japan.] [The author is hopeless when it comes to history, and enjoys unofficial histories and unorthodox lore. But the author just likes inter 1.3kReads8.9Score249Shelves
18. 18 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 43.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    🌿🌿The protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to participate in a live-streamed variety show. A worshipper asks, "Master, I can't let go of her, what should I do?" The protagonist replies, "She's your nemesis!" The worshipper then asks, "Master, I've discovered a large tomb, want to come along?" The protagonist responds, "No, I can't handle those traps." The worshipper asks, "What traps?" The protagonist answers, "The police!"

19. 19 洪 Honghuang: My Wu Clan Refuses to Start a War 洪荒：我巫族就不开战 Virus Can't Beat Liu病毒不能刘Eastern Fantasy520k WordsCompleted Lin Tian transmigrated into the Primordial World and became Di Jiang, chief of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. He also awakened the Primordial Peace System. As long as the Witches and Demons never go to war, even Hongjun has to step aside. By leading the Witch Clan, Di Jiang continually transforms primordial chaos energy and dispels the baleful energy of the Primordial World. Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, and the Two Sages of the West are so furious they stamp their feet, but they can do nothing a 10.2kReads8.3Score342Shelves
20. 20 重 Revisiting the Journey to the West: I Lead Three Rebellious Troublemakers in Rebellion Every Day 重走西游：姐拉三大反骨仔天天反 Little Doctor小医生Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Journey to the West fanfic + hilarious antics + punchline-packed + healing and redemption for each other + Heaven's three rebellious troublemakers + retracing the journey west] On my first start, Nezha stabbed the Destined One to death! On my next start, Erlang Shen's dog bit me to death! On my third start, I forgot the gold headband and got beaten to death by Sun Wukong! Tang An: “So I’ve been transmigrated as the new Destined One, and I have to go fetch the scriptures? And I have to get those 21.6kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    The female protagonist's master is Tongtian Jiaozhu, one of the Three Pure Ones of Taoism, whose true identity is Yunxiao, one of the Three Immortals of the Jie Sect. She leads three rebellious youths on their journey to the West, clashing with Buddhism. A powerful female protagonist story, highly recommended! [You should read it carefully][You should read it carefully]

21. 21 斩 Immortal-Slaying Platform 斩仙台 The Little Cockroach Is Seven小蟑螂七岁了Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he became a rogue immortal. But from the start, he was on the Execution Platform, about to be executed by the Heavenly Court and the Western Church working together. Even the gods couldn’t save him. With death at hand, he awakened the Life Editor System. This System couldn’t be upgraded or provide magical treasures. Its only function was to let him freely make up his own past and turn it into “reality”! [Edit: I studied at Lingtai Mountain, and I’m 19.6kReads7.6Score9.8kShelves

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    🍓The male protagonist distrusts Buddha the most. He's dragged to the execution platform right from the start simply because he destroyed thousands of Western Buddhist temples and killed thousands of Bodhisattvas. The Buddhist sect, driven mad, pressured the Heavenly Court to execute him. At this point, the protagonist awakens a life-editing system, directly changing himself into Sun Wukong's junior brother, causing the Victorious Fighting Buddha statue to become fiercely protective of this junior brother. 🥦Later, he edits himself to be Nezha's benefactor who lit the lamp of immortality, and then to become Yang Jian's elder brother, Yang Jiao. 🍑Now, the three most treacherous members of the Heavenly Court are all green with envy, not allowing any other immortals or Buddhas to utter a single hair on their heads.

22. 22 拜 I Became Shi Jian's Disciple: While Others Cultivate the Dao, I Cultivate Immortality 拜师石坚，别人修道我修仙 Don't Call Me Daoist Li别叫我李道长Eastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted (Taoist cultivation + reborn transmigration + System + fantasy monsters and ghosts + no female lead + not a goody-goody) Li Shengyi is reborn and transmigrates to the Republican era. He becomes the direct disciple of Shi Jian, the Maoshan Sect’s senior disciple and the Lightning Dharma King. With magic in his left hand and the System at his fingertips, he cultivates immortality while others practice Taoism. He travels across famous mountains and rivers, upholds the justice he believes in, and fi 1.8kReads8.0Score104Shelves

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    The orthodox Taoism, primarily practicing thunder magic, conceals many authentic cultivation methods, a unique cultivation system, a different system, decisive in killing, gradually becoming invincible. The protagonist begins in the early Republic of China era in another world. On his journey down the mountain to seek the Tao, humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, and gods appear one after another. Watch as he, with his three-foot-long sword, cuts down all injustices in the world, and with his nine heavens thunder magic, eradicates all evil in the world. The story of Li Shengyi, a Maoshan Taoist, attaining enlightenment in the human world slowly unfolds.

23. 23 官 Aspirations in the Political Arena 官场之青云志 Rivers and Mountains of Cosmic Light宙光山河Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in 2002, he was hit by a car while saving a little girl and regrettably missed his civil service interview. His materialistic girlfriend wanted to break up with him, but Liang Jiangtao unexpectedly discovered that the girl’s grandfather seemed to be no ordinary man... Watch how he uses a perspective and experience twenty years ahead of his time, along with a heart devoted to serving the people, to build a remarkable career! Look forward to more in Officialdom: Ambition for the Clouds. 63.2kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves

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    Truly invincible.

24. 24 通 Tongtian: No Longer a Saint, I Can Kill Whoever I Want 通天：不做圣人后，想砍谁就砍谁 At Peace Yet Restless亦安亦难安Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Host, quickly take over the target's body. Ding! The target is too powerful. Possession failed. The Host and System are about to be reduced to ashes.] The Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, laughed. “Hah, how presumptuous. You actually thought you could possess a Sage?” But soon, he stopped laughing, because he had seen the future of himself and the Jie Sect. In that future, the Jie Sect was almost completely wiped out. Its disciples either had their souls listed on the Investiture of the Gods or were a 26kReads8.5Score2kShelves

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    This book is really good.

25. 25 天 Celestial Master: Carve Talismans on Guns, Use Vermilion Sand on Bullets 天师：枪上刻符箓，子弹点朱砂 I Have Three Swords吾有三剑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain] + [The Times Have Changed] + [Five Thunders Technique] + [Decisive and Ruthless]! Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits the Longhu Sword Seal, and becomes the 99th Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought that being a Celestial Master meant he could spend his days drinking tea, staying healthy, and taking it easy up on the mountain. Who knew that on his very first day, zombies would start causing trouble at the foot o 15.5kReads8.5Score1kShelves
26. 26 我 I Revived the Great Powers of the Primordial World, and the Entire Journey to the West Is in Turmoil 我复活洪荒大能，全西游都麻了 Chen Wa沉哇Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Journey to the West, Ye Yun acquires a System! As long as he shocks people, he can earn rewards! He can even bring the dead back to life! After accumulating enough shock points, Ye Yun decides to go big! He will resurrect the ancient Demon Emperor, Dijun! That day, in front of Huasheng Temple, Dijun hovered in midair and slapped Guanyin, who was choosing a pilgrim for the journey, right out of the way! The primordial world was shaken! … Next, the Twelve Ancestral Witch 21.3kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    This one is beautiful.

27. 27 洪 Honghuang: The Four Great Tyrants of Journey to the West! 洪荒：西游四大霸王！ Little Jiu小小九Eastern Fantasy613k WordsCompleted [Scheming in the early chapters + becoming bandits in the middle and later chapters + no harem + System-based story!] Shocking! Were all the travelers in the Journey to the West actually transmigrators? And were they all four guys who shared a dorm at the same university in the future? Looks like Mount Ling is in trouble this time! Tang Sanzang: “Amitabha! This monk’s Dharma name is Tang Sanzang! I bury the heavens, bury the earth, and bury the Tathagata!” Sun Xingzhe: “Thirty years east of the 4.6kReads8.2Score387Shelves

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    🌿🌿Are all the Journey to the West crew time travelers? And they're all four brothers from the same university dorm in the future? It seems Mount Ling is in trouble this time. Tang Sanzang: "Amitabha! This humble monk's Dharma name is Tang Sanzang! Burying Heaven, Burying Earth, Burying Sun Xingzhe: "Five hundred years east of the river, five hundred years west of the river, the Buddha's position should be held by the capable, shouldn't it be my turn to sit on it?" Zhu Bajie: "Kill! Kill! Kill! On this trip to Mount Ling, kill the Buddha, seize Guanyin, from now on I will rule the Western Paradise!" Sha Wujin: "Amitabha, the three big shots are too impulsive, this is not good, not good!"

28. 28 让 I Asked You to Pose as a Taoist Priest, So Why Are You Wearing a Celestial Master's Robe? 让你假扮道士，你怎么披上天师服 Fish Above the Clouds云上鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Hardcore] [Popular Science] [Urban] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ye Guan cosplayed a mad Daoist priest at an anime convention. His costume was so convincing that people mistook him for a real Daoist and invited him to their company to perform a ritual. Just then, he awakened the True or Fake Celestial Master System. The company wanted a lucky start to business? He invited the Three Gods of Wealth right through the door. But when a video of the ritual was posted online, netizens lau 31.4kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
29. 29 西 Journey to the West? No! Hear My Decree, Monks: March West to Spirit Mountain 西游？不！传贫僧法旨，西征灵山 Mengwei Zimo梦薇紫陌Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted At Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang recites a rebellious poem. At Eagle Sorrow Stream, the White Dragon sends a false letter? At Lion Camel Ridge, the demons arrange themselves by rank, while Tang Sanzang speaks fervently of his lifelong ambition? What would happen at the end of Journey to the West if Tang Sanzang grew stronger every time he took on a new disciple? Sun Wukong: “I'll storm Leiyin Temple and destroy Mount Ling. If I leave and never return, then so be it!” Zhu Bajie: “Tathagata's 8.5kReads9.0Score828Shelves

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    The Three Pure Ones need only clay bodies, but Buddha needs to be plated with gold. With Buddhism and Taoism in decline, I am the only true Buddha in the world! Issue my decree: Conquer Mount Ling in the west!

30. 30 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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    This is truly a wonderful novel. The Taoist priest's revenge is swift and decisive; the author's writing is superb, I was completely engrossed.

31. 31 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 37.7kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves

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    These are some good Taoist books (in my opinion), especially the first one, *Di Sha*. Last year, Tomato (a famous Taiwanese writer) didn't even have the copyright, and it was incredibly popular on other websites. If the author hadn't taken a break from updating, Tomato might not have even been able to secure the rights. I highly recommend reading it! [You can ponder this carefully.]

32. 32 道 The World of Dao 道界天下 Nightwalker Moon夜行月Eastern Fantasy24.7M WordsOngoing A mysterious young man emerges from a mysterious village. He has no Daoist heart, no Dao spirit, and no Daoist physique, yet he is determined to seek the Dao. He joins the Wenda Sect and embarks on an utterly unconventional path of cultivation! 38.4kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
33. 33 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
34. 34 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves
35. 35 求 Please Stop Cursing Me, There'll Soon Be No One Left in the Industry! 求求你别骂了，圈内都快没人了！ Feeling Constrained局促着Urban767k WordsOngoing [After the first hundred chapters, the story's ideas are unlike anything else online!] [No Female Lead, No Flirting, I Swear + Sharp Critiques and Debates + A Master of One-Liners + The Modern-Day Lu Xun, a Mentor of Ideas + Idealism, a Peerless Patriot + An Adult Fairy Tale + Guaranteed Writing Quality] Bad movies shoved in your face, pretty young actors' expressionless performances polluting your eyes: in his fury, Jiang Li unexpectedly awakens the “Public Enemy of the Internet System” and be 8.1kReads8.7Score525Shelves

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    "I hope that one day, when any ordinary person's legal rights are violated, they won't need to rack their brains to orchestrate a media storm, nor will they need to force themselves into a hexagonal warrior knowledgeable in law, communication, and psychology. They can simply pick up the phone, calmly dial a number, or walk into a department, hand over some materials, and then go home peacefully to await the inevitable, just outcome. That's a society worth fighting for." The author even created a special section for the protagonist's memorable quotes in Chapter 3's discussion forum; those interested can check it out. Don't be put off by the entertainment industry content in the first hundred chapters; the best parts are in the later chapters. Just look at the table of contents; you can glean some insights from the chapter titles. [Thinking]

36. 36 天 The Four Rebellious Immortals of Heaven Are Here, Make Way! 天庭四大反骨仔驾到，通通闪开 Joyful Words Through the Years岁语长欢Ancient Romance367k WordsCompleted [The animated series is now streaming] Today's front-page headline in the Immortal Daily: “Attention! Heaven Has a New Rebel!” Sources say this person is the newly adopted sidekick of the Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea. People call her “Fourth Auntie.” Great Sage Sun rebels in the open, Erlang Shen rebels in secret, the Third Prince is ready to rebel at any moment, and Fourth Auntie rebels whenever I do. Wherever I go, she follows. These people do nothing but sit around and chat, yet 32.1kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves

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    The first book currently has no angst, the second book in the later stages: angst angst angst angst angst angst angst angst angst... [Crying]

37. 37 穿 I Became Yang Jian’s Older Sister and Took Nezha and Wukong as Little Brothers 穿成杨戬他姐，收哪吒悟空当弟弟 zzXizz希Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted No CP, with a lighthearted, witty tone. (The main story is complete) The most powerful networker in the Three Realms!!! Yang Jiao transmigrates and finds herself the unborn older sister of Erlang Shen. Realizing that in a dozen years or so, the Golden Crow will impale her, she is at a loss for what to do when the Mythology Gacha System arrives. She can draw the powers of Yang Jian, Nezha, Sun Wukong, the Twelve Golden Immortals, and more! At just one year old, she snatches merit from Yuanshi T 4.3kReads9.3Score606Shelves
38. 38 洪 Honghuang: Journey to the West? The Jie Sect's Crown Prince Is Here, So No Way 洪荒：西游？截教太子在此，没门 Mo Xue Lingyan墨雪凌颜Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the primordial world, Lingxiao hatched on the day the Investiture of the Gods war had already ended. He slowly woke and muttered, “Oh, damn. This is a pretty good identity, but the timing of my transmigration is a real pain.” As he was pondering, a voice rang out: “Ding! Your cheat has arrived.” Lingxiao: “Hahaha, great! The Journey to the West? The Crown Prince of the Jie Sect is here, so everyone stop right there!” Tathagata: “Junior brother, why couldn't you have wok 8.6kReads7.5Score446Shelves

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    I unexpectedly time-traveled and found myself to be the son of Tongtian Jiaozhu, the leader of the Jie Sect—the Crown Prince of the Jie Sect. However, this was already the end of the Investiture of the Gods calamity, and the Jie Sect was gone. Luckily, I was bound to a system; the next calamity was Journey to the West. Damn it, don't even think about it!

39. 39 洪 Honghuang: The Myriad Immortals Formation Is Broken, and the Jie School Summons Me Back 洪荒：万仙阵被破，截教召我归来 I Really Am a Whale我是真鲸了Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted Gu Changsheng transmigrated into the Primordial World, became Tongtian’s chief disciple, and activated the Mission System. At the start of the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he went beyond the realms to cultivate. … At the end of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, after the battle at the Myriad Immortals Formation and the Jie Sect’s crushing defeat, Tongtian finally remembered his chief disciple. When Gu Changsheng returned to the Primordial World, he discovered that the Jie Sect had been all bu 14.5kReads8.0Score791Shelves
40. 40 嘉 Jiajing: I Really Am Cultivating Immortality 嘉靖：朕真的在修仙 Boiling Wine in a Cold Hut寒庐煮酒Historical1.3M WordsOngoing An emperor obsessed with cultivating the Dao? I'm cultivating immortality! After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as the “Daoist Emperor,” he initially resolves to become the greatest emperor in history. But cultivation is real, and immortality is within reach. With a scroll of the Way of Peaceful Ascension, he concocts the elixir of immortality in a golden age! From then on, new rites flourish, and the Three Palaces stand together. The jade seal passes through the ages, and fortune soars ac 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves

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    Just you wait and see, they're all completely silent.

41. 41 长 The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙 Feng Le枫乐Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal 27.7kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
42. 42 让 I Asked You to Practice Martial Arts, So Why Did You Summon All the Gods? 让你修武道，你摇来满天神佛？ Chai Yuguan柴玉关Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing Cao An had been a hereditary Daoist for over a decade, but had only learned spirit-invoking arts and martial skills. His spirit-invoking art was at grandmaster level, yet he nearly got beaten to death while exorcising evil spirits down the mountain. His martial skills had reached perfection, yet he couldn’t even break a single blue brick… He had always thought there was something wrong with what he was practicing. Only after his soul transmigrated into a world of high martial arts did he realize 3kReads7.8Score277Shelves
43. 43 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 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
44. 44 人 Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了 Rampaging Portuguese Egg Tart暴走的葡式蛋挞Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 76.3kReads9.2Score8.2kShelves

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    I recommend a masterpiece, with a high score of 9.4 And nearly 600,000 online readers.

45. 45 幕 Behind the Scenes, I Use Cultivation Videos to Fool the Ancients 幕后，我用修仙视频忽悠古人 This Work本作Historical1.4M WordsCompleted [Sky Screen Reactions + Behind-the-Scenes Deception + Modern-Day Sole Supernatural Practitioner + Historical Spoilers + No Female Lead] Cultivation is a uniquely Chinese tradition passed down for thousands of years, and it once enjoyed a vast following in ancient times. Qin Shi Huang sought immortality in the Eastern Sea, Emperor Wu of Han held a Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, and Emperor Taizong of Tang became obsessed with elixirs... The ancients longed to become “immortals” who would live fo 10.9kReads7.6Score420Shelves

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    The Qin Dynasty. Unlike people from other dynasties, when they finally saw the scholar's face clearly, they all instantly widened their eyes, almost bulging out of their sockets, their mouths slightly agape, their faces filled with disbelief. Even the composed Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, was stunned on the spot, his eyes filled with disbelief, and he managed to utter two words with difficulty: "Fu... Fusu?" It was Fusu...!! The entire palace fell into a deathly silence.

46. 46 西 A Treacherous Minister in Journey to the West: Starting by Threatening the Seven Fairies! 西游奸臣：从威胁七仙女开始！ Long Qiuyuan龙秋源Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Once Had Over a Million Readers] "Your Majesty, this is bad! The monkey has stormed Heaven!" The Jade Emperor waved a hand. "Don't worry. I have Gu Jing, the God of Punishment, on our side. Mere Sun Wukong is nothing to fear." Why are screams ringing out from the Moon Palace?! Why is the Nine Heavens Fairy sobbing without end?! Why is the Hundred Flowers Fairy secretly grinning?! He wreaks havoc in Heaven, deceives those above and below, and lays down the law across the Three Realms! Gu Jing's 13.1kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The Jade Emperor's most treacherous minister, plotting against the Journey to the West and the Western Expedition to Mount Ling.

47. 47 神 Mythic Dungeon: From the Start, I Led the Azure Ox for the Dao Ancestor 神话副本：开局我为道祖牵青牛 Riding the Wind into the Painting扶摇入画来Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythic Treasure Mirror binding successful.] [Current instance: Traveling west from Hangu Pass.] [Reward: A copy of the Dao De Jing personally written by a Sage.] [Current instance: Five-Finger Mountain.] [Reward: The 108 Transformations of the Tiangang and Disha.] [Current instance: The First Emperor’s Tribulation.] [Reward: Ancestral Dragon’s blood essence.] [Current instance: Investiture of the Gods] [Reward: The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.] [Current instance: The War Between the Witche 62kReads8.6Score4.7kShelves

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    It's so good! The male lead unintentionally became Lao Tzu's student.

48. 48 刚 I Just Became a Tang Dynasty Celestial Master, Then Discovered This Was Journey to the West 刚成大唐天师，发现是西游 Running Nut奔跑的坚果Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into Journey to the West and becomes Li Chunfeng, a strategist under the Tang emperor. A child prodigy and Taoist, he knows that when the two empresses rule together, Wu Zetian will suppress Taoism and promote Buddhism. Determined to honor his master's wishes, Li Chunfeng offers counsel to Li Shimin. Using his knowledge of the future, he gradually becomes the greatest founding contributor to the Tang dynasty and takes the foremost place in the Lingyan Pavilion. In the thirteenth 5.3kReads8.8Score311Shelves

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    Taoism, but not the Three Bottles Taoism, but Taoism in the Human Realm [smirk]. Journey to the West? Buddhism will flourish? This humble Taoist, Li Chunfeng, asks: Journey to the West, will Taoism in the Human Realm flourish? [Laughs]

49. 49 道 There Are Immortals in the Temple 道观有神仙 Heaven-Shaking Lion撼天狮子Urban1.9M WordsOngoing “Reverend, people say this temple is home to an immortal. Forgive my boldness, but is there really an immortal inside?” In response to the reporter’s question, the sprightly Song Feng looked like an ordinary old man of his age. “What immortal? That’s just a rumor outsiders have spread. These days, we believe in science. Young man, superstition is best avoided~” Before he had finished speaking, a streak of five-colored light suddenly flashed across the distant sky. It descended, and a middle-aged 37.4kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves

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    Taoist temple, Taoist priests, cultivation, Taoist temples have immortals, cultivating Taoism on the mountain, does "I have my own unique method" count?

50. 50 供 I Enshrine Ten Thousand Immortals and Will Crush the World's Wild Shrines 供奉万仙，我将镇压天下野祀 A Salted Fish in Everyday Life生活中的咸鱼Urban516k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + crushes all opposition + joins no faction + path to slaying gods + one female lead] The path to slaying gods has covered two volumes so far: [Wang Lingguan’s Azure Cloud Temple draws a false god] and [Lei Shuai of Jianghuai strikes down the Twelve Wings] He said that keeping the world cut off was meant to protect it better!! After that sun fell, the land of Huaxia became a buffet for foreign gods and a breeding ground for chaos caused by wild, unenshrined deities! Wh 28Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The second book, "Cigarettes Are Also Fragrant," emphasizes the need to keep up with the times. What will happen when the Heavenly Immortals use automatic rifles, when Zheng He commands an aircraft carrier, when Nezha has a "child," and when Taoist immortals appear before people?

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