Cultivation in a Taoist Temple, with a Detached, Unflappable Protagonist. No Livestreaming 道观修仙，主角淡漠波澜不惊，不是直播

1. 51 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 168.2kReads9.1Score15.8kShelves

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   This book features an invincible protagonist with a single female lead. The protagonist is skilled in everything and lives a dream spanning a hundred years.

2. 52 天 Thunder Demands Repayment: The Bankrupt Princess Fakes Her Death and Starts Over 天雷催债，破产公主诈尸再就业 Primordial Grain of Rice洪荒米粒Ancient Romance118k WordsOngoing [Hilarious Cultivation] [Bankrupt and Back to Work] [The Ex’s Redemption Arc] My name is Li Zhaohua. I’m a princess of a fallen dynasty, and now the biggest debtor in the cultivation world. My resurrection merit bill comes to a whopping 180 million. Pay late, and I get struck by lightning! But as a modern-day wage slave, I’ve got a great attitude! Being a princess won’t put food on the table, but optimism and brains will. The immortal sects have a monopoly? The imperial court is keeping me down? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In this book, the female protagonist is intelligent and quite indifferent.

3. 53 乌 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 873Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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   A branch of Taoism, ordination at the ancestral temple, and folk legends along the Wujiang River.

4. 54 人 The Path to Enlightenment and Immortality in the Mortal World 人间悟道成仙之路 Wu Yishu伍一书Urban794k WordsOngoing (Entirely hand-written, dialogue-heavy, long-form storytelling, little narration, fast-paced, no showing off, no face-slapping, genuine cultivation.) Synopsis: The lame boy was raised in Caojia Village after an old blind man found him. He doesn't know who his parents are. He doesn't understand why heavenly thunder keeps striking him. He has no idea why the blood of the ancient divine beast Chenghuang flows through his body. At fifteen, he accidentally ate a pill in a mountain cave, and his lam 140Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   The story depicts the cultivation of immortality in a Taoist temple, including hand seals, incantations, the Yu Step, and various other rules. It's intelligent, passionate, and incorporates both modern urban settings and the martial arts world.

5. 55 每 Intelligence Updates Every Day: I Quietly Become an Immortal Emperor 每天刷新情报，我悄悄修成仙帝了 I Really Don't Eat Watermelon我真不吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available] My name is Gu Changsheng. I finally escaped the 996 grind after a stroke of incredible luck, but who could have guessed I’d transmigrate into the son of a mine slave raised by a cultivation sect? Am I destined to spend my life as a wage slave after all? Good news: At eight years old, I awakened my golden finger, the Daily Intelligence System! [Ding! Today’s intelligence has been refreshed] [Opportunity · Marrow-Cleansing Grass: Beneath the waterfall. No risk. 28.6kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves

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   This one is good. It's about building a foundation for immortality, cultivating supernatural powers, and seeking the essence of metal!

6. 56 我 I Walk the Road to Success with Immortal Arts 我用仙术步青云 Daoist Miaoyi道人妙一Urban535k WordsOngoing Where does life come from, and where do we go after death? What are immortals really like? What illnesses do Daoist healers treat? How are supernatural abilities acquired, and are their powers limitless? Where does the truth behind feng shui, divination, and face reading lie?... Xu Jing was just an ordinary civil servant. Without a lightning strike, he would have spent his whole life climbing the ranks, perhaps reaching no higher than deputy section chief before his death. But an accident comple 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the Taoist temple, all the Taoist priests practiced immortality. The protagonist was an unknown master whose magic was only used to relieve the suffering of all living beings.

7. 57 你 You Call Down Thunder to Slay Ghosts, and You Want Me to Believe in Science? 你引雷斩鬼，让我相信科学？ Foodie Gets Fatter吃货要发福Urban402k WordsOngoing Li Xiu has barely graduated from college when his parents drag him home to inherit the family’s little Taoist temple. But after getting used to city life, how could Li Xiu possibly stand living in a temple? Just as he’s preparing to run away... Ding! Sign-in System successfully activated. Sign in every day to receive a basic reward, every month for an intermediate reward, and every year for an advanced reward. As his sign-in count keeps climbing, Li Xiu obtains immortal cultivation techniques, s 691Reads7.3Score—Shelves
8. 58 无 Invincible, Invincible, This Daoist Is Seriously Powerful 无敌，无敌，这个道士强了亿点 Green Mountains, Changed Greens青山绿改Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Slay demons and exorcise evil] [Heart sealed in cement] [Slow-paced] [Everyday life] “Daoist, no matter what I decide, my parents disapprove. They’ve put me down since I was little, and I’ve never accomplished anything.” Li You: “There are two things in your home holding you back.” “Daoist, it’s best to let things go. How about you waive my incense offering?” Li You: “If I don’t teach you a lesson today, my Daoist heart will be ruined.” [Universal EXP +10] With the spiritual qi revival, pow 2kReads7.7Score253Shelves

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   Perfectly matched. 🕶The protagonist is a Taoist priest with a calm and ordinary mind, who cultivates in a Taoist temple and does whatever he wants. He follows the natural way and is unmoved by external things. He is a transcendent Taoist priest who is single-minded in his pursuit of the Tao and slays demons and monsters.

9. 59 别 Stop Pretending, Daoist. You’re Cultivating Immortality 别装了，道长你就是在修仙 A Fool's Dream1愚人说梦1Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Lin Han transmigrated into the body of a Taoist priest. From the start, all he had was a rundown temple, until he obtained a live-streaming System for spreading Taoism. Revitalize Taoism and help more people appreciate its wonders to earn all kinds of rewards. He keeps a panda as a pet, tigers act as docile as kittens in his presence, and he sends an eight-hundred-jin wild boar flying with a single palm strike! With a casual wave of his hand, he summons thunder and lightning. Netizens exclai 20.5kReads8.8Score2kShelves
10. 60 修 Cultivation: Gathering in the Mountains and Seas to Ascend Together 修仙：我在山海聚众飞升 Xiao Gao Doesn't Want to Mix Concrete小高不想打灰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + No System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Farming and Management + Pseudo-Ensemble Cast + Sect Leader Story + No Female Lead + Not Mindless Power Fantasy, Long and Slow-Burn, Starts Weak and Gets Better] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the young Tai Shang fell into a river and discovered a Supreme Dao Palace, inheriting the methods of the Dao Venerable from that moment on. Starting from scratch, he founded the Taiqing Immortal Palace, welcoming disciples from all walks of life and t 27.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
11. 61 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    I recommend three books; I think they're all pretty good, and I've been reading them.

12. 62 从 From a Foundation-Building Only Son to a True Sword Immortal 从筑基独子到剑道真仙 Seeking to Make a Living Through Writing欲以文生Eastern Fantasy999k WordsOngoing (From the sole heir of a Foundation Establishment family to a true sword immortal, he breaks through the tribulations of immortality with his sword and proves his immortal destiny through the sword! This story has a family, but it is not a family saga. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, and the setting is fresh and original, growing more compelling as it unfolds! Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification: the protagonist takes one step at a time, fol 506Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional fantasy, decisive in killing

13. 63 月 A Monthly Salary of 3,500: I Cultivate Immortality in the Mortal World 月薪3500：我在凡世修仙 Riding a Donkey Across the Tianshan Mountains骑驴走天山Urban617k WordsOngoing Also known as: Chu Er Is Extraordinary! This is a slow-burn, leisurely paced urban cultivation fantasy about the fierce collision between technology and cultivation, after the modern world becomes connected to the spirit realm through the Peach Blossom Cave. Chu Fan is an ordinary young man with a meager monthly salary and a quiet life. Amid the everyday bustle, he quietly embarks on the path of cultivation. Neither arrogant nor impatient, and with no interest in quick results, he tempers his D 220Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend "Monthly Salary 3500: I Cultivate Immortality in the Mortal World"! At three in the morning, Chu Fan practices Tai Chi on the rooftop, mistaking the rumble of the neighbor's air conditioner for the rhythm of a Kui drum; at seven in the morning, he visualizes the steam from a jianbing (Chinese crepe) as a spirit-gathering array, taking a bite and feeling a warm sensation in his dantian. The author writes about the "smell of everyday life" as "immortal energy": every fried dough stick you've eaten is a spiritual root; every subway train you've squeezed through is a secret realm. Reading it is like pressing a "cheat code" to activate your weary life, instantly recharging you—it turns out that even a corporate slave can use the *Tao Te Ching* to transform the 996 work schedule into a path to heaven.

14. 64 道 Taiyi of the Daoist Sect: I Should Never Have Descended to the Mortal Realm 道门太乙：本座就不该下凡 Master Incompetent无能大师Eastern Fantasy267k WordsCompleted Absolutely no AI content, conceived entirely by a human mind. No System, no naive protagonist, pure Taoist tradition. A serious heads-up: This is a traditional, carefully written story with a somewhat slow start. It picks up after eight chapters. Pingdan, a beggar of unknown origins, unexpectedly encounters a member of the Three Purities sect. To repay his master’s kindness, he travels thousands of miles, keeps his promise, and honors the dead. Who could have known his complicated past would co 748Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Do those who cultivate Taoism look at it?

15. 65 有 What Do I Do About Ghosts? Good Thing I Can Revive Infinitely 有鬼怎么办，还好我能无限复活 This Taoist's Name Is Can Fight贫道法号能打Mystery520k WordsOngoing [Immortality; supernatural resurgence; traditional martial arts; ruthless combat; rule-based horror; demonic beasts; all walks of life] While everyone else scrambles to survive in the supernatural, I keep finding new ways to get myself killed in these horror tales. Because I might actually be immortal. My name is Wang Yan, an ordinary college student. Then I found a bloodstained scalpel in the laboratory building and saw something I shouldn't have. The next day, our dormitory was dragged into a 10Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    I recommend the first one.

16. 66 全 Everyone's Security: Protecting the Family Jewels 全民安保：保护下三路 Wild Poria野生茯苓Urban479k WordsOngoing Lu Xuan transmigrated into a world of universal security work. Here, everyone plays either a security guard or a raider, entering dungeons to fight in PVP battles and obtain more powerful weapons and abilities. “Wait, your security guards all carry guns?” Lu Xuan's career in security begins with a multifunctional electric baton. “Rectal shock straight to the heart. Nobody survives!” “Codename: Sky Falcon. Specializes in low blows.” “Nickname: Ground Chicken. Unbeaten at roasting eggs.” From then 1.5kReads6.4Score126Shelves
17. 67 规 Rule Horror: I Can See My Odds of Dying 规则怪谈：我的死亡概率能显示 A Jiang Doesn't Want to Give Up不想摆烂的阿江Mystery264k WordsCompleted [Pseudo-infinite flow + Horror Game + Multiple Instances + Multiple Factions] The Blue Star plane is invaded, and the Main God Space recruits players to screen and upgrade them for the resistance. “Main God Space, can you explain why the difficulty of every instance I enter suddenly spikes?” “Everyone else's abilities make them invincible in combat. Mine just let me see probabilities?” “Fine. The world is collapsing, and I'll fight the paranormal with probability.” “The Horror Game begins wi 103Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 黑EN Darkness Survival: Becoming a God Through Self-Study After Losing My Shelter 黑暗求生：丢失庇护所后自学成神 So Happy to Be Out Selling出来卖好开心啊Sports2.1M WordsOngoing [Everyone Transmigrates] [Dungeons] [Unconventional Survival] [A Bounty of Cheats] [No Female Lead] [Nonlinear Stats] [Infinite Worlds] The whole world transmigrates to a land of darkness, and all people plunge into an endless abyss. Growth comes with madness, and power comes with risk. A thousandfold boost, information prompts, daily draws, offense and defense in one, luck, master of contracts, negative values, immortality, Deep Blue, daily settlement, temporal synchronization, mind over matt 192kReads8.6Score28.1kShelves
19. 69 游 Game Descends: Random Skill from the Start! 游戏降临：开局随机技能！ Love Dumplings and Yogurt爱吃饺子喝酸奶Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted the Old-Fashioned Way] [A Little Abstract] [Turn Off Your Brain] [Nontraditional Infinite Flow] [Luck Above All] Other amusement parks: Give you countless powerful skills and match you with dungeons worthy of your abilities. All set. Now follow the story and enjoy a thrilling battle against an equally matched opponent! Abstract Amusement Park: Give you countless fun skills and match you with dungeons worthy of your abilities. All set. You're awake. Now you need to face the two most 36.8kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves
20. 70 我 I'm Jiahao. Have You Heard My Story? 我叫嘉豪，你听说过我的故事？ Ye Qingxian叶清闲Urban262k WordsOngoing [Decisive Protagonist] [Character Growth] [Everyone Transmigrates, Rewinds] My name is He Jiahao. When I was ten, a superintelligence called “Cai Bao” was “installed” in my brain. After that, the Go world dubbed me “He-Go Intelligence.” My calculations were precise, and my moves seemed divine. But away from the board, I knew that deep down I was still a chuunibyou kid who loved hot-blooded manga and often imagined scenes flashing through my mind. I thought life would be all Go, school, and bick 20Reads8.0Score—Shelves
21. 71 人 In the Cultivation World, I Grind Dungeons into Immortality 人在修仙界，副本刷成仙 Fish Farming in a Sea of Clouds云海养鱼Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Cultivation + playing it safe + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + devoted to cultivation] Transmigrated into the body of a failed scholar, Zhou Ming gains a dungeon System that can scan the real world, condense real locations into dungeons, and let him explore them in depth, test his limits, slay dungeon monsters, and earn rewards. The perilous mountain range teeming with demon beasts? He only needs to take a quick look around its foot. The inheritance secret realm thousands are fighting 31.9kReads7.8Score3.4kShelves
22. 72 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.1kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves
23. 73 且 Hold On, Let Me Finish This 30-Second Revival Ad 且慢，让我看完这30秒复活广告 No Sunlight不洒阳光Eastern Fantasy249k WordsCompleted [Wacky comedy; hard-hitting combat; wild imagination; ensemble cast; simulator] Surrounded by thousands of immortals with nowhere to turn, Li Yi calmly held up a hand. “Wait! Give me 30 seconds to watch a reward ad!” The cultivators: “???” The next second, cheesy background music rang across the heavens: “Feeling drained? One bottle perks you up, two bottles keep you going, three bottles make you immortal!” The ad ended, and Li Yi sprang back to full health. His golden trait, “Kidney Energy to S 5Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 在 In This Insane World, I Choose to Give Up 在这个发疯的世界，我选择摆烂 Free-to-Play God of War零充战神Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Invincible protagonist + cyberpunk Lovecraftian horror + ensemble cast + no heroine + dystopia + dark humor + wild imagination] [Anti-cliché + genre-defying] This is a world where people with god-defying abilities are everywhere. After transmigrating into this cyberpunk Lovecraftian world, where “obsession can turn people into monsters,” Quan Yuwu discovered that he was a bug in the world’s underlying logic. The Old Gods descended, corrupting all life with their indescribable presence. He sai 2.5kReads6.8Score154Shelves
25. 75 全EN Hunter X Hunter: Limitless Physical Growth 全职猎人：肉体无限提升 Drinking Alone in the Night Tower夜孤楼买醉Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted The rating has just come out and is still climbing. A Hunter x Hunter fanfic, with no romance, a slow burn, and no joining the protagonist's group. Li Ao accidentally transmigrates into the world of Hunter x Hunter, inherits an ancient civilization, and becomes a dual-ability user. He can strengthen his body without limit. Feeling the endless power surging through him, Li Ao says confidently, “I wonder if I can withstand a Poor Man's Rose?” With his hands in his pockets, Li Ao looks at the newly 15.2kReads7.6Score1.2kShelves
26. 76 一 The Outcast: One Second, One Experience Point, and I'm Invincible 一人：1秒涨1经验值，我无敌了 Comrade Jianxin建新同志Male-Channel Fanfiction712k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the world of The Outcast and becomes an unremarkable little Taoist priest on Mount Longhu. Mediocre aptitude? His entire family was killed by the Quanxing, leaving him no hope of revenge? Don't panic. The [1 Experience Point Per Second] System is here! As long as he's alive, every skill automatically gains one experience point per second! Eating +1, sleeping +1, spacing out +1. Even breathing makes him stronger! His senior brother is still practicing the Golden Light Mantra 155Reads5.3Score147Shelves
27. 77 四 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction6.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 195.9kReads9.0Score13.2kShelves
28. 78 毕 No More Wage Slavery After Graduation: I'm Becoming a Bounty Hunter 毕业后不做牛马，去当赏金猎人 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Alternate setting + A touch of mystery + Adventure + Urban + No female lead] Investigating a murder from more than a decade ago, he pits his wits against a deranged serial killer. He transmigrates into a primeval jungle no one dares enter, searching for the bodies of people lost in a sinkhole. He enters a mysterious village deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find a little girl... What drove a recent college graduate to embark on this one-way journey? It all began with a haunted 77.8kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
29. 79 刚 I'm Only a High School Senior, and the System Wants Me to Defeat the Demon King? 刚上高三，系统让我去讨伐魔王？ Little Demon King小小魔王Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Campus] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Romance] [Lighthearted] [No hostility] [No supernatural powers] [Prologue: The beginning of everything. Use holy water to treat the saintess affected by demonic energy, then talk to her.] Shen Nian looks at his older sister, who’s drinking yogurt, and falls into deep thought. “Are you saying my sister is the saintess, and the yogurt is holy water?” [Main Quest 1: Brave young man, become an adventurer! Reward: Novice Adventurer.] [Side Quest 1: Find a cute kitty 43.2kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
30. 80 序 As Sequence 001, I Still Want to Slack Off Today 序列001的我，今天也想摆烂 Li Ting黎铤Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Overpowered Lead]+ [Healing Daily Life]+ [Lighthearted Comedy] He is Sequence 001, able to copy every supernatural ability. His dream is to be a couch potato, and he’s determined to see it through. When the strongest powers become everyday helpers: Spatial folding for sleeping in, causal substitution for dodging trouble, reconstructing all things to clean up the living room after the cat wrecks it, and an avatar to clock in at work for him… “Old man, what Sequence are you, anyway?” “250.” “Liar 72.6kReads7.6Score6.5kShelves
31. 81 万EN Veterans of Ten Thousand Battles Surge Like a Tide, Heretics Beg for No More Crusades 万战老兵如洪流，异端哭求别远征 Chasing the Wind, Big and Fat追风大肥Anime Fanfiction801k WordsCompleted [Warhammer + 40K + 41K + Power Fantasy + Invincible + Endless Troops + Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Kill, Kill, Kill…] Everyone claims to be loyal, but when asked to enlist, nobody goes! Well, now the Emperor’s blessing has finally descended upon our 21st-century, fragile wage slave, Sisi. The God-Emperor has conscripted him into a local PDF, a Planetary Defense Force. Fortunately, our protagonist awakens a System. As long as Sisi personally takes part, no matter what he does, he receives a hun 32kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
32. 82 末 Doomsday: I Carry a Whole House With Me 末日：随身带着一套房 Three Taels of Rice三两大米饭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsOngoing [Reborn + apocalypse + decisive and ruthless + invincible] After enduring torrential rain and extreme cold, on the eve of a new era, Su Chen is reborn. There's no ex-girlfriend or betrayal. He simply died together with his enemy in a battle and then came back to life. The only difference is that this time, he brought back a thatched hut. Thatched grass → materialize a thatched hut. Wood → materialize a wooden house. Su Chen: “I just want to see where the end of this lousy apocalypse is.” N 57.5kReads7.2Score4.5kShelves
33. 83 道 After Three Years Sweeping a Taoist Temple, I Revealed Myself as the Nine Heavens Thunder Lord 道观扫地三载，我本九天雷尊 Crossing the Waves with a Spear执戈渡澜Mystery406k WordsOngoing The poor odd-job man sweeping the grounds at the Three Purities Temple turns out to be the only heir to the Thunder Ancestor. A tycoon throws money at me to humiliate me, and a feng shui master tears up my talismans. That night, evil spirits run rampant, and his whole family ends up in the hospital. The next day, luxury cars block my door as a billionaire kneels and kowtows: "Celestial Master, save my life!" I set down my broom, lightning crackling faintly in my palm. It's time for this world to 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! [Heartfelt] Must-eat list for Taoist cultivators! [Cool] The poor janitor sweeping the floor at Sanqing Temple is actually the sole descendant of the Thunder God. A tycoon humiliates me by throwing money at me, and a feng shui master tears up my talismans. That night, malevolent energy erupts, and my whole family is carried to the hospital. The next day, luxury cars block my door, and a billionaire tycoon kneels and kowtows: "Celestial Master, save us!" I put down my broom, and lightning faintly crackles in my palm. This world, it's time to pay the price.

34. 84 小 Little Taoist, I Can Sleep on Snow and Frost, Command Spirits, and Reach the Netherworld 小道士，我能卧雪眠霜，驱神通幽 A Light Boat Among the Leaves木叶轻舟Eastern Fantasy312k WordsCompleted This humble little Taoist knows only a few arts: guiding vital energy, consuming elixirs, tracking souls, capturing spirits, seizing clouds, and grasping the moon. In his daily life, he sleeps in snow and frost and harmonizes the forces of yin and yang within him. He delights in helping others, praying for clear skies or rain, warding off disasters and dispelling misfortune, and earning a little money and spiritual merit. Through wind and rain, water and fire, clouds and mist, he can ascend to t 1kReads6.7Score102Shelves

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    Taoist arts and supernatural powers, including moving mountains, crossing seas, the Five Thunder Technique, the Seventy-Two Gates of Heavenly Fiends and Earthly Fiends, exorcising ghosts, and capturing demons.

35. 85 苟 Two Thousand Years Hiding in the Martial World 苟在武侠世界两千年 A Slick Jungler打野贼溜Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A young man from two thousand years in the future was visiting the forty-four secret health-cultivation techniques unearthed at Mawangdui when he accidentally transmigrated to the late Spring and Autumn period, in 517 BC. With the help of ancient breathing and movement techniques, secret treasures passed down through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and the great sages of the Spring and Autumn period, he unexpectedly cultivated the world's first trace of internal energy. From that moment on, 325Reads6.3Score109Shelves

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36. 86 清 Pure and Tranquil Immortal 清净仙 Little Silly Pig灬小呆猪Eastern Fantasy944k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Invincible Protagonist + No Female Lead + No System + Slow-Burn + Traditional Xianxia] Lin Qingjing transmigrates into the body of a young Daoist who is on the verge of death. His master, the only person he has to rely on, dies without a body left behind while trying to save him. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao takes pity on them and preserves a wisp of his master's soul, allowing him to become a ghost. After waking, Lin Qingjing uses the Nine Breaths technique he obtains from a mys 1.3kReads6.9Score101Shelves
37. 87 神 Mythology: Inheriting a Taoist Temple from the Start 神话：开局继承道观 Scopolamine东莨菪碱Eastern Fantasy145k WordsCompleted In a world of myth, he inherits the Ancestral Temple from the start, and sacrifices make him stronger. Sacrifice one water ghost and receive one of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends' arts: Guidance. Sacrifice one ghost and receive one hundred points of primal energy. Sacrifice one demon spirit and receive one of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends' arts: Beast Gathering. From then on, Xiao Lixiu cultivates the arts of longevity and masters the arts of slaughter, using the Heavenly and Earthly Fiends 87Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 88 通 Temple of the Heavenly Way 通天道观 Divine Slaughter Spear神杀枪Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing This universe has fallen into darkness. Ruins and wreckage lie everywhere, along with the corpses of gods and immortals. The Heavenly Dao’s barriers are cracked, the Creation Disc is shattered, the sun has been stained red, and the moon has turned crimson. The enslaved races have been shackled, while all living beings, barely clinging to life, have had their backs broken. Amid this boundless despair, a brilliant planet travels through it all along a strange course. Is it hope, or a prison...? 72Reads6.8Score—Shelves
39. 89 玄 Xuanhuan: A Taoist Temple from the Start 玄幻：开局一座道观 Wine from Long Ago久别的酒Eastern Fantasy143k WordsCompleted A lighthearted comedy with a System, transmigration, and an overpowered hero from the start. Guaranteed to keep you entertained. Cleaver: Point me in a direction. I'll wipe out his entire clan! Old Donkey: I, Song Zhong, the mighty Patriarch of Reincarnation and my master's most loyal servant, have transmigrated into a donkey! Damn System: Master, you still haven't paid back what you owe. Walking Belly: Sir is cultivating among mortals. He's a true reclusive master! He is mortal, yet all living 16Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 功 The Virtuous Temple and Its Vice-Ridden Immortal 功德道观缺德仙 The Drunken Scholar醉酒的书生Urban491k WordsOngoing [No System, no naive do-gooder, no harem, no tired tropes, and not abandoned] [If the gods can't dispel the darkness, then dancing with ghosts is a kind of kindness, too!] On a clifftop high in the mountains, Lin Daoxuan raised his trekking pole to the sky and roared, “Damn you, heavens! You think I'm scared of a little thunder? Give me one more scare and I'll punch a hole right through you!” As Lin Daoxuan's roar faded, muffled peals of thunder rolled across the sky, like the heavens' furious g 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 我 My Taoist Temple Connects to All Heavens 我的道观连诸天 Astonishingly Extraordinary惊世绝人Urban365k WordsOngoing The Thirty-Six Heavens shattered during the great war between Buddhism and Daoism. Each fragment became a new world. Across the Myriad Worlds, my patriarchal master taught me how to observe intelligent deities, so I could gather followers of the Dao in each world, collect the power of incense offerings, and rebuild the Thirty-Six Heavens. But who was really behind the conflict that sparked the war between Buddhism and Daoism… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 开 From the Start, I Report the System and Transcend Beyond It 开局举报系统，我超脱了 Zhu Pangyi朱旁逸Urban2.3M WordsCompleted “Attention, passengers. The train is about to arrive at Tai'an Station. Passengers getting off at Tai'an Station, please prepare your luggage and get ready to disembark.” “Attention, passengers...” Zhou Zheng carried his luggage out of the station with the surging crowd, then boarded the Number 1 bus without hurry. Out of habit, he walked to the back of the bus and took a window seat in the last row. He closed his eyes to rest and silently thought to himself: “System!” A screen of light invisibl 6.5kReads7.9Score398Shelves
43. 93 领 Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生：从深海基地开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti 21.4kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
44. 94 捡 I Pick Through Trash, Yet I'm the Immortal Sect's Live-In Son-in-Law 捡垃圾的我，竟是仙门赘婿 Immortal of the Common Folk市井仙人Urban3.1M WordsCompleted On my first visit to her home, my future mother-in-law threw ten million at me to make me give up. How do I show her just how formidable I am? Also known as: The Immortal Was Once a Demon and I Can’t Fight, But I’m an Immortal 71.2kReads9.0Score7.7kShelves

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    🌈✨① I'm in the city, just landed on my flying sword, and my future mother-in-law offered me ten million to give up. How should I tell her I'm richer than her entire family? Some idiot wants to fight me, so I unleashed a bolt of lightning. Things have gotten out of hand. How am I going to clean this up? ...

45. 95 都 The Cultivation System That Helps Me Become an Immortal Emperor 都市之修仙系统助我成就仙帝 Taotie Battles the Black Tortoise饕餮战玄武Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In a modern city where spiritual energy is scarce, Xiao Yuchen accidentally activates a cultivation System with his Primordial Saint Body and embarks on the path of cultivation. By taking on various challenge missions, he gains top-tier alchemy, medical, and artifact-refining skills, along with mastery of the highest-level formations. Along his journey, he helps those who deserve kindness, punishes those who deserve scorn, and saves those worthy of respect. In the end, he marries the person he l 4.5kReads8.9Score386Shelves
46. 96 直 Livestream: I'm Really Not a Taoist Master 直播：我真不是道门大佬 Little Panda小熊猫Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Qin Hao was a Daoist priest in his previous life. After transmigrating, he discovered that he was a Daoist priest in this life too. From the start, he had a dilapidated temple, and had to rely on the mountains for everything! This was a parallel world where the Daoist faith had become little more than a legend and had nearly disappeared. But Qin Hao unexpectedly obtained the Daoist Venerable System, giving him the chance to revive the Daoist faith and restore its former glory! “Ding! Congratulat 7.9kReads8.3Score796Shelves

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    Taoist temple magic, the protagonist remains unfazed. Taoist temple cultivation, no female lead.

47. 97 化 Turning into a Butterfly, Transcending the Great Dao 化蝶，超脱大道之外 Worry-Free Butterfly无忧无虑的蝶Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Of the three thousand paths, mastering any one lets you become one with the Dao and live forever. All things come from nothing, and return to nothing. The Dao, too, will one day be destroyed. But I eventually transformed into a butterfly and transcended the Dao. (No System) 3.5kReads7.9Score269Shelves

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    ✨✨Qin Yu transmigrates to a world of cultivation overrun by demons. Seeking protection, he seeks a master at the Dragon Tiger Temple, only to discover his master is a charlatan. In the first year, his master instructs Qin Luo in meditation and cultivation. He sits in meditation, observing his own surroundings and merging with the foundation of the Great Dao. In the second year, his master instructs Qin Luo to live frugally, subsisting on dew and celestial food, making his body impervious to all magic. In the third year, his master teaches Qin Luo to be grounded, traveling thousands of miles and comprehending the art of shrinking the earth to an inch. Master: The Great Dao is simple; enlightenment comes naturally. 🎉🎉

48. 98 掐 I Read Your Fortune: No, That's Your Sister! 掐指一算：不可，那是你姐！ White Dragon i Zhenren白龙i真人Mystery4.1M WordsCompleted [Fast-paced mini-arcs + comedy + insanely satisfying revenge + a touch of horror + fiercely protective] Chen Xuan transmigrated from Earth to the world of Blue Star. From the start, he inherited a dilapidated Taoist temple and awakened a System. Complete three tasks a day, and you can randomly draw Taoist power, cultivation techniques, cultivation levels, and magical treasures? He immediately started livestreaming, showing off his mystic arts and gaining fans. “Master, help! During the day, if I 19.5kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
49. 99 供 I Worship Myself into Godhood, and My Disciples Are All Great Demons 供奉自己成神，弟子竟然全是大妖 Listening to Rain Outside the City城外听雨Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Su Xuan transmigrated to another world, where people could make him a god by worshipping him. But he was stuck in the mountains, with no one around. To gather worshippers, he had no choice but to take in animals as disciples. Every day, he taught and preached, telling stories and lecturing on scripture, using fictional figures from the myriad heavens as examples to spread his teachings. Then one day, Su Xuan sent his many disciples out into the world. “You have learned all you can. Leave the mou 191Reads7.7Score125Shelves

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    🔥① The male protagonist transmigrates to the world of cultivation and becomes an apprentice, unaware that his master is a fraud and the cultivation techniques he receives are fake. Surprisingly, he actually succeeds in cultivating using the fake techniques. 🔥② The male protagonist transmigrates and becomes the abbot of a Taoist temple deep in the mountains, acquiring a powerful technique that allows him to obtain cultivation treasures. When tourists visit the temple, they witness him flying on a sword.

50. 100 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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    Speaking of which, I have to mention this book. It has a very positive moral compass, doesn't hold grudges, and lets revenge happen on the spot. The chapter where one person fights seven geniuses was especially satisfying! It doesn't follow the typical fantasy tropes; the protagonist is very shrewd, and it's not just mindless wish-fulfillment.

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