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. 401 小 Pretty Boy? Shut Up, You Purple-Robed Celestial Master! 小鲜肉？闭嘴，你这个紫袍天师！ A Thief by the Clouds云边有个贼Urban331k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Purple-Robed Celestial Master Who Insists on Becoming a Pretty Boy After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Ran takes over as Celestial Master of Mount Longhu at the age of twelve. By sixteen, he has mastered the Taoist arts and descends the mountain to explore the world. He becomes a top-tier star. He joins the livestreamed reality show Life Before Stardom. While Hua Ge is still cutting hair on livestream, Maomao is working as a nurse on livestream, and GAI is getting bea 3.9kReads8.3Score31714d adds

   Reader note

   The Three Pure Ones need only clay bodies, but Buddha needs to be plated with gold. In chaotic times, Bodhisattvas remain out of the world, while old Taoists carry swords to save the common people. In prosperous times, Buddhist temples are visited by pilgrims, while Taoist temples retreat to the mountains and forests. I knelt before Buddha for a thousand years, but Buddha said I was truly idle. I knelt before demons for three years, and demons led me to slay the nine heavens. Personally, I recommend the last book; it's practically the ultimate scripture, invincible! [Learned][Learned][Learned]

2. 402 通 Tongtian Read My Diary, So He Abandoned His Saintly Rank from the Start 通天偷看我日记，开局自废圣位 Bag Over the Head麻袋套头Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Xu Changsheng transmigrates into the Primordial World and spends tens of millions of years as the most useless first disciple of the Jie Sect. At last, on the eve of the Calamity of Investiture of the Gods, he awakens a diary System. All he has to do is write in his diary to claim rewards. What he doesn't know is that Tongtian has received a copy of the diary and can see each new entry as it appears. [Hongjun will use the Heavenly Dao Saints to pressure Master. Unless Master gives up his Sain 6.2kReads8.7Score41014d adds
3. 403 开 From the Start, I’m a Headless Ghost, Killing Ghosts to Evolve 开局变身无头鬼的我杀鬼进化 Good-for-Nothing Xi废柴西Mystery344k WordsCompleted An accident left Wu Bai dead, his head cut off by a ghost's own hands. Fortunately, he awakened a System and became a ghost himself after his death. He can grow stronger by killing ghosts! To avenge himself, Wu Bai goes on a rampage, slaughtering evil spirits! One day, he becomes a taboo among ghosts! 1.4kReads8.5Score10614d adds
4. 404 洪 Honghuang: A Great Dao Space from the Start 洪荒：开局一个大道空间 Big Meat Bun大肉包子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Comedy + No Female Lead + Master of Dirty Tricks] Zhang Hao transmigrated into the primordial world, becoming an ordinary human before the Three Pure Ones had attained sainthood. After meeting Laozi, who was traveling among humanity, he awakened the golden finger called the Great Dao Space, which let him synchronize with others and copy their spiritual treasures. From then on, Zhang Hao went further and further down the path of being a master of dirty tricks. During the Investiture of the Gods 27.5kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
5. 405 玄 Xuanhuan: I'm a Taoist Priest, but I Accidentally Became a Woman 玄幻：我是道士，意外变成女儿身 A Cat with No Ink一只没墨的猫Eastern Fantasy258k WordsCompleted [Taoist Arts + Angst + Comedy + No Gender-Bender Romance + No System + Saintly Heroine] Single men, proceed with caution. Kids, don't read this!! You might fall in love. He used to be a dashing, strapping man, and his profession was Taoist priest. But his cultivation was so low that he couldn't beat anyone. During a battle to exorcise evil, he unexpectedly turned into a girl. To his surprise, the girl he became was the breathtakingly beautiful princess of the Heavenly Flower Kingdom. As she is a 186Reads5.0Score—14d adds
6. 406 洪 Primordial World: How Am I a Dragon? 洪荒，我怎么是一条龙 A Grand Dream of a Thousand Autumns in Red大梦千秋红Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted By accident, I arrived in the primordial world before the Dragon-Han Cataclysm and became Zhulong’s son. Also known as My Teacher Is Hongjun A disaster from the start! How can I survive in the perilous primordial world and prove the Dao, step by step, to transcend it all? 4.9kReads7.7Score24614d adds
7. 407 我 I Changed Class and Became a Dark Taoist 我转职成了黑暗道士 Wilderness Wanderer荒野旅人Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Plot-driven story] The world’s first virtual online game, Immortal, is mysteriously released. Gaming addict Lin Yuan changes to the forbidden class: Dark Taoist. He awakens an SSS-rank talent: Dark Corpse Control! Dark Corpse Control: Use monster corpses to resurrect zombies that fight for you. No cooldown, and there’s no limit to the number of zombies you can resurrect. Countless elite monsters, lord monsters, and king-rank bosses… are all killed by Lin Yuan and resurrected as zombie beasts. W 6.7kReads8.4Score58814d adds
8. 408 洪 Honghuang: Infinite Physical Clones from the Start 洪荒：开局无限实体分身 Big Meat Bun大肉包子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Li Tian transmigrated to the Primordial World, seized the body of Tongtian before he had even taken human form, and obtained a Choice System. From the start, he had an unlimited number of real clones. During the War of the Lichs, Di Jun said, “What? There are this many Primordial Unity experts among the humans? Hurry, let's get out of here. Forget refining the Witch-Slaying Sword!” During the Investiture of the Gods War, Yuanshi said, “What? The Jie Sect has this many experts? Why does every exp 16.8kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
9. 409 我 My Master Is Lin Zhengying 我的师傅是林正英 Stir-Fried Peanuts爆炒花生Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Zhao Hao transmigrates into the cinematic universe of Lin Zhengying's movies and becomes the senior disciple of Uncle Jiu, the Taoist priest! Walking corpses? They're all pushovers. Evil ghosts? They're all blessings and merit. With Uncle Jiu backing him and a System in hand, Zhao Hao slays gods when he meets them and Buddhas when he encounters them. The vacant position of Celestial Master in Maoshan? Zhao Hao is coming for it! 700Reads8.1Score10814d adds
10. 410 洪EN Honghuang: The Cautious Golden Crow, Whom the Demon Clan Begs to Come Down from the Mountain 洪荒：稳健金乌，妖族跪求我出山 Tiger Head, Snake Tail虎头蛇尾Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he chooses to become the Third Golden Crow, the brother of Dijun and Taiyi. Knowing how the story goes, how could he stand by and watch the tragedy of the Witch-Demon Tribulation unfold? In this life, he stays holed up on the Sun Star, refusing to venture out, determined to be a cautious Golden Crow. Until one day, the Wu Clan conquers the entire Primordial World and begins attacking the Sun Star. Lingxiao emerges from the Sun Star, and the darkest hour of the Wu Clan begins! Eve 46.2kReads8.7Score4.4k14d adds
11. 411 刚 I Just Became a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and Now I've Encountered a Pen Fairy 刚成龙虎山天师，就遭遇笔仙 Ambitious Potato 2有抱负的土豆2Mystery153k WordsCompleted [Supernatural] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Heroine/Single Heroine] + [Don't Read If You Don't Like It] Zhang Xiuyuan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the forty-ninth Celestial Master of Mount Longhu, the birthplace of Daoism! But in this world, Daoism has fallen into decline while Buddhism flourishes! After passing down the position of Celestial Master, his cheap master promptly kicks the bucket. “What? The Celestial Master of Mount Longhu? That little brat?” “Move aside! I want to chal 478Reads5.4Score—14d adds
12. 412 恐 Horror Revival: I Am Monk Sanzang, Sanzang as in Burying the Dead 恐怖复苏：贫僧三葬，送葬的葬 Loves Apple Pie爱吃苹果派Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Horror Revival] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [This book is entirely fictional and has no connection whatsoever to reality.] After transmigrating into a world where horror had returned, he awakened the System for Delivering All Beings from Suffering. Only, the way it delivered people seemed a little... Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, depleted uranium bullets purify the six senses. Three thousand six hundred revolutions in a single breath, great compassion saves all the world! The Great Mighty Heaven 4.9kReads8.8Score37614d adds

    Reader note

    The Three Pure Ones only need a clay body, but Buddha needs a golden body to cross over.

13. 413 开 On the First Day of School, I Descend from the Sky on a Crane 开学报道当天，我乘仙鹤从天而降 The Dancing Backpack会跳舞的背包Urban504k WordsCompleted [Modern City + Livestreaming + Entertainment Industry + Immortal Arts + Magical Pets + Comedy] You've seen people arrive at school in luxury cars, and you've seen people arrive by helicopter. But have you ever seen anyone make their first-day arrival by riding a crane down from the sky? Lin Yu binds himself to the Taoist Temple Development System and rides a crane through the sky on his first day of school, shocking the entire internet. On the first day of military training, the instructor asks 1.9kReads7.7Score26214d adds
14. 414 胡 Don’t Be Afraid, Tutu! Grandpa Niu Is the Dragon King God of War 胡图图别怕，牛爷爷我是龙王战神 The Setting Sun Lights the Dragon夕阳点龙Anime Fanfiction364k WordsOngoing He was a peerless genius the likes of whom appeared only once every 13.5 billion years. He once single-handedly held off a million alien invaders. He was once the strongest fighter in the entire universe. During a ten-year campaign, the woman he loved most left him, and his best friend betrayed him in secret. Heartbroken, he went into seclusion at Fandou Garden Estate. He had planned to stay out of worldly affairs, live quietly on tea and simple meals, and let his life run its course. But then h 1.4kReads9.1Score12814d adds

    Reader note

    A great book! [Smirk][Smirk][Smirk] Don't come after me if you don't like it, I just want to corrupt your minds! [Smirk]

15. 415 道 I'm a Daoist Master, the Strongest Celestial Master Around! 道爷我，可是最强天师啊！ Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban306k WordsCompleted As paranormal phenomena erupt, Chu Fan obtains the most powerful Heavenly Master System. He livestreams himself catching ghosts, and the viewers go wild! "Wow! That Taoist priest is so skilled and handsome!" "Looks like the Taoist sects really do have something going for them." "Hey, hey, why does the priest only kill male ghosts? Why does he gently guide female ghosts to the afterlife?" The evil spirit weeps in despair. "Discrimination! This is blatant discrimination!!!" 413Reads5.9Score—14d adds
16. 416 创 Strike Against Mary Sue 创击玛丽苏 Runaway Man-Eating Flower在逃食人花Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted [Mary Sue + secret identity + melodrama] Liu Li, the world’s number-one princess, whose full name is Liu Li. Bingjing. Dieying. Feiwu. Ruoli’er. Xue. Luoying. Qiangwei Meigui Lei. Zidian. Shangxue, falls in love with Lei Ting, the world’s number-one prince, whose full name is Lei Ting. Gaba. Ye Ao Nai Wo He. Wudi. Kuang Zhua Ku Xuan. Baolong Zhanshi. Pili. She is obsessed with his breakdancing, bewitched by his arrogant, wicked charm, and even jumps off a building, donates her brain, and has hem 489Reads8.8Score10514d adds
17. 417 最 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Grain粮食Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 237Reads8.5Score—14d adds
18. 418 天 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain 天师下山 A Season with Feathers有羽的季节Urban4.7M WordsCompleted Back in my day, I had mastered my own school of celestial arts. One punch made the high-ranking martial artists at the nursing home north of the village tremble. One kick sent the young prodigies at the kindergarten south of the village bawling. And when I stood at the mass grave east of the village, not one of those hundreds of Ghost Kings or Ghost Emperors dared even breathe. 13.7kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
19. 419 不 As Expected of Me, Gu Yongbingdie, the Magical Princess 不愧是我，魔法公主顾雍冰蝶 Little Lanlan小兰兰儿Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted She is the future heir to the world’s number-one conglomerate and a magical princess who wields a spellbook. Everyone loves her, every flower loves her, every blade of grass loves her! Birds sing for her, and even tigers and lions give up killing for her! Gu Yong Bingdie often asks the sky, the earth, and herself: Who am I, really? Why am I so irresistibly beautiful? But all three keep silent, unable to answer her questions. Then one day, a man descended like a god, slowly approaching from among 479Reads8.1Score10014d adds
20. 420 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.9kReads9.1Score48314d adds
21. 421 入 After Three Years in Prison, My Wife Became Another Man’s Plaything 入狱三年，妻子成了别人掌中之物 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban663k WordsCompleted A green USB drive, packed with videos and pictures too vile to look at, shattered everything I thought I knew about my wife! The woman I once loved so deeply did so many appalling things behind my back while I was in prison for three years. I’ll investigate. I’ll find out the whole truth! They killed my parents and stole my wife. Everyone connected to her is going to pay! 8Reads5.6Score—14d adds
22. 422 道 Twenty Years of Taoist Cultivation: I’m Invincible the Moment I Leave the Mountain 道观修行二十年：下山直接无敌 The Sacred Way of the Mortal Heart凡心圣道Urban6.1M WordsCompleted He was the last Taoist priest at Little Immortal Temple, skilled in divination, feng shui, martial arts, and medicine. But after one look at a woman in the crowd, fate decreed that he must descend the mountain and settle an old karmic bond with her. 12.4kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
23. 423 婚 The Wedding Ring 婚戒 Eagle God A鹰神AUrban3.5M WordsCompleted (The title, Wedding Ring, doesn’t mean a ring exchanged at a wedding. It means there are many things married life requires you to abstain from, including infidelity, which is an absolute deal-breaker.) Ouyang Minna is a supermodel known as the Queen. Unable to bear the loneliness after marriage, she grows restless and starts playing games with her marriage. Yang Qingshan spends most of the year overseas on business and pays no attention to family matters, leaving his wife without proper care. Af 1kReads5.4Score—14d adds
24. 424 道 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Xia Yi夏忆Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 23.9kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
25. 425 蔡 The Strange Happenings of Caixu Village 蔡徐村诡事 Cola可樂Mystery211k WordsOngoing In the old days, rural people were also a vulnerable group, suffering abuse at the hands of landlords and rich men. So some villagers kept “chicken ghosts” to protect themselves and their families from further mistreatment... Today's story takes place deep in the mountains, in a quiet village called Caixu. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 426 道 This Daoist Master Is the Strongest Celestial Master, You Know! 道爷我啊！可是最强天师哦！ Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban306k WordsCompleted After the supernatural outbreak, Chu Fan obtained the Strongest Celestial Master System. With the Daoist sect in decline, he went down the mountain to gain experience and accumulate merit. But when he returned from his travels, he discovered that his family’s thousand-year-old Daoist temple had been taken over and turned into a Buddhist temple. Visitors had to buy tickets, and those bastards had even replaced the Hall of the Thunder God with Buddhist statues. Chu Fan was furious! He pointed his 2Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 427 我 I, a Little Taoist Priest, Am Already Invincible 我，小道士，已经无敌天下了 My Little Fifth Brother吾家小五哥Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A young Taoist in the Golden Core stage descends the mountain to gain experience. Broke and penniless, he arrives in the city and deliberately gets hit by a car driven by a beautiful police officer who is on duty. From then on, the two are bound together by an unbreakable bond. The young Taoist is determined to be a good citizen. He repeatedly helps the police solve cases, catches criminals, subdues female ghosts, cracks strange cases, and slays demons... Meanwhile, his extraordinary medical ski 7.4kReads8.8Score74214d adds
28. 428 赘 The Legend of the Son-in-Law: Peppa Pig Battles Nezha, the Third Prince 赘婿传说小猪佩奇大战哪吒三太子 En Zuo Fa La Li恩佐法拉利Anime Fanfiction614k WordsCompleted The Legend of the Live-In Son-in-Law: Peppa Pig Battles Nezha, the Third Prince! After reading this novel, the Milky Way's famous five-star reviewer, MacArthur, praised it as “the first philosophy lesson every adult should read!” Warning: This is a serious work of social satire, not a children's story. Please read with caution and a critical eye. This work is not for young readers! Younger readers must be supervised by someone with at least an undergraduate degree in philosophy!!! For a mysterio 63Reads8.1Score—14d adds
29. 429 九 Nine Dragons Haul the Coffin! A One-Stop Funeral Service for the Primordial World 九龙拉棺！洪荒丧葬一条龙 Can't Show Off Seafood不能炫海鲜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted He transmigrates as Randeng and awakens the one-stop funeral services System. As long as he buries all living beings, he can become a saint through accumulated virtue. But Randeng doesn't give the System the time of day. Instead, he immediately starts sucking up to Hongjun. “Saint Hongjun, please allow us to honor you as our Dao Ancestor.” “Dao Ancestor, you're just like the parents who gave me a second life. I want to take you as my adoptive father!” “Adoptive Father, your child suggests establ 11.2kReads9.0Score99714d adds

    Reader note

    It should be anti-Buddhist, right?

30. 430 师 Apprenticed to Yuanshi: From the Start, I Forge the Divine Axe That Split Heaven and Earth 师承元始：开局炼制开天神斧 Nine-Colored Gourd Vine1九彩葫芦藤1Eastern Fantasy336k WordsCompleted Li Xiao transmigrates into the prehistoric world, where the strong prey on the weak, and becomes a lowly member of the acquired human race. To survive, Li Xiao heads to Kunlun Mountain to seek a master. The Heavenly Worthy of Primordial Beginning sets a test in artifact forging. At that moment, Li Xiao awakens the Divine-Grade Forging System, which forges an artifact on its own. From the start, the System forges the Divine Axe of Creation. The Six Saints are stunned, the Dao Ancestor arrives in 3.2kReads8.0Score18614d adds
31. 431 洪 Honghuang: Don't Mess With Me, I'm a Disciple of the Dao Ancestor 洪荒：别惹我，我乃道祖传人 Nine-Colored Gourd Vine九彩葫芦藤Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Mo Bai transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes a Twelfth-Grade Destruction Black Lotus, just as the Dragon-Han Calamity begins. The God-Tier Choice System awakens. "Choice One: Help the Dao Ancestor defeat Luo Hou and receive the Dao Ancestor's cultivation technique, the Purple Heaven World Art!" "Choice Two: Help Luo Hou fight to the bitter end and receive a purple-gold coffin!" Of course he's picking the first one! And so, Mo Bai becomes the Dao Ancestor's first disciple, the eldes 6.1kReads7.5Score52814d adds
32. 432 苍 Cangshan Ashes: The Dao-Demon Chronicle 苍山烬，道魔启世录 Broken Sword Bear残剑熊Eastern Fantasy529k WordsOngoing [Steady updates, and it will never be abandoned!] “Master, weren't we here to catch ghosts?” “Today is inauspicious. We shouldn't make a move!” “Master, you just can't beat them, can you?” “Don't talk nonsense. Demons and ghosts have their place in life.” “Disciple, don't go around exorcising demons and slaying monsters at the drop of a hat.” “Cultivating the Dao means cultivating the heart. We should be kind.” “Remember, all things under heaven have life, and life comes first. If we run into so 30Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    A traditional Taoist novel set in a world where Taoism reigns supreme, and demons and monsters coexist with humans. The book reflects on the great principles of heaven and earth, and the nature of good and evil in the human realm. The protagonist cultivates the path of humanity, seeking neither immortality nor eternal life, but only the righteousness in his heart. He is a master of Taoism, possessing a goofy personality yet capable of turning the tide in crucial moments, using strategy rather than brute force. [Cool][Cool][Cool]

Other lists with Pretty Boy? Shut Up, You Purple-Robed Celestial Master!