A Masterpiece of Mysticism: Harnessing Talismans to Connect Heaven and Earth 以符咒之力，贯通天地，玄学大作

1. 1 一 One Talisman Shrouds the Heavens 一符遮天 Brightgrass光明草Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted [Not mindless + power progression + satisfying read + complete] The age of myth has ended, spiritual energy has faded, divine talismans have vanished from the world, and legends have receded into the distance. All that remains is a strange and wondrous Source Energy Continent, and the unchanging human heart. A young talisman cultivator struggles to rise from a fallen imperial clan in Dongyuan Province, ushering in a brilliant golden age in which heroes gather! 1.4kReads7.6Score158Shelves

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   You'll like it just by looking at the title.

2. 2 天 The Name of Heaven's Wrath: Divine Thunder from the Nine Heavens Scours the Mortal World 天罚之名：九霄神雷劫红尘 When the Waters Flow and Flowers Fall流水落花时节Mystery231k WordsOngoing Falling flowers and flowing water seem heartless; green mountains and evening snow each go their separate ways! The young Daoist from Shenxiao and his childhood friend, his junior uncle, journey through the mortal world together, enjoying life! The extraordinary may be closer than you think. The so-called gods, ghosts, and spirits may all be illusions! Those who cultivate the Dao cultivate the heart. Entering the world is a way to sever one's karmic ties! 220Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Protecting justice in the world with the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique

3. 3 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59.2kReads9.4Score30.3kShelves

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   The female lead in this novel truly deserves the description of having a strong core, and she's a genuine, strong female protagonist, not the kind of character who gets love-struck the moment she meets the male lead. That's great! (^ω^)👌🏻

4. 4 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5kShelves

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   This is absolutely amazing! It's the best metaphysical novel I've ever read in my life.

5. 5 符 Talisman Arts! Insect Arts! The Heaven-Defying Divine Beast Devours the World! 符道！虫道！逆天神兽吃破天！ Cauliflower Bun花菜包Eastern Fantasy286k WordsCompleted A young man goes out for a trip and is sold into slavery by a sect. Refusing to accept his fate, he escapes with his life and swears to master his skills before returning for revenge! He joins the greatest sect under heaven, only to be exploited by it. By a twist of fate, he acquires vast cultivation resources and is hunted by the Four Sacred Lands. His parents die, the woman he first loved is tortured to death, and the whole world turns against him! There is only one answer: kill, kill, kill, u 726Reads7.2Score126Shelves
6. 6 符 The Way of Talismans and Immortality 符道长生 Totoro, Don't Run龙猫别跑Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing Zeng Yi's soul transmigrates and he is reborn in the body of a collateral-clan youth from a declining cultivation family, a boy with poor aptitude who can barely get enough to eat. His low-grade spiritual root is practically useless, and after half a year at the Qingshan Sword Sect, he still can't even begin Qi Refining. He eventually ends up in the wilderness, struggling to survive on wild greens. The forest is full of dangers and demonic beasts. One unexpected encounter makes Zeng Yi fully und 1.5kReads6.1Score112Shelves
7. 7 从 Cultivating Immortality as a Servant of the Ghost-Controlling Sect 从御鬼宗杂役开始修仙 I Want to Be a Couch Potato想成为咸鱼的我Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation + Enlightenment + Talisman Crafting + Alchemy] When Ouyang Zemu wakes up, he discovers that he has become a menial disciple of a demonic sect. Not only does he have to work himself to the bone every day, but one wrong move could cost him his life. Fortunately, he has a treasure that grants him peerless comprehension. With a cheat like this, why stay a menial disciple? Ouyang Zemu decisively leaves the mountain to become a rogue cultivator, starting from the most basic spells 7.7kReads8.3Score502Shelves
8. 8 杀 Kill One Person, Gain One Year of Life. How Will You Respond? 杀一人增寿一年，阁下如何应对？ Gongzi Yi公子易Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted A long-life cultivation novel: [Proficiency] [Sign-In] [Family] [Sect] [Immortal Officials] A middle-aged, paunchy man transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a young rogue cultivator. Just as he is worrying about rent, he discovers that he has a Proficiency System, and can also claim a sign-in reward every year. Every time the protagonist kills a demon beast or a cultivator, he gains an extra year of life. From then on, immortality is no longer a dream. In the early days, the protago 22.1kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
9. 9 符 Talismans Conquer the World 符屠天下 Ancestor of Ten Thousand Talismans万符之祖Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted On the Skyvault Continent, magic reigns supreme. Rune refiners are the rarest and most useless profession on the continent. After a legacy spanning millions of years fell into decline, magic runes became little more than auxiliary treasures for storing mana, gradually sinking to the bottom of the ranks. Rune refiners were reduced to impractical showpieces. Then the protagonist appeared: a born good-for-nothing whose crippled body and meridians left him unable to gather mana. By chance, he obtain 14Reads5.3Score—Shelves
10. 10 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! 185.7kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves

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    These are all books I'm currently following or have finished reading. The writing is fluent, the plot is tight, and the arguments are logical and well-founded; they're not just empty boasts...

11. 11 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! 81.8kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
12. 12 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4kShelves
13. 13 昆 Kunlun Gatekeeper: Ten Thousand Ghosts at My Back 昆仑守门人：我背后有万鬼 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted There's a long-standing rumor about the Capital Museum: though it's crowded with visitors by day, the palace is thick with yin energy after midnight. Palace maids carrying lanterns, eunuchs bearing sedan chairs, and guards in yellow robes stroll openly through its halls. For a hundred years, three generations of the Chen family have guarded the Capital Museum, suppressing evil spirits and the Three Fiends and Five Afflictions, and keeping the palace secure on all eight sides so peace can reign. 5.4kReads8.9Score436Shelves
14. 14 娱 Secret Feng Shui Tales from the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈风水秘闻 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Urban1.8M WordsOngoing From the big-eyed actress who sacrifices her children for wealth and status, to the martial-arts superstar who uses metaphysics to prolong his life; from the steel-cannon director who turns to metaphysics to conceive a child, to the wealthy actress whom tycoons treat like a human Pixiu, bringing her into the entertainment industry to attract wealth. Few people know how many sordid, dark truths lie beneath the entertainment world’s glittering facade! As a feng shui agent who has spent twenty year 303.9kReads9.3Score39.3kShelves

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    These books can all help you turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

15. 15 风 The Feng Shui Clinic 风水医馆 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里Urban708k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, a brash young man with a formal education in traditional Chinese medicine, takes over his grandfather's “Feng Shui Clinic.” He's well-grounded in Chinese medicine and knows a little feng shui. He expects to spend his days guarding a run-down shop and barely scraping by, but to his surprise, his family's inherited “feng shui acupuncture” technique helps him make a name for himself. He reads feng shui and unblocks meridians, treating the body while changing people's fortunes. With Chines 825Reads—Score146Shelves
16. 16 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 20.5kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    [Heart] The protagonist is Lin Han, a Taoist priest and the abbot of the Sanqing Temple deep in the mountains, who accidentally activates a live-streaming preaching system. Pandas and South China tigers are his pets. He draws various talismans, carries a personal space, and handles the transportation and repair of supplies needed for the temple all by himself. Lin Han uses the points earned from live-streaming preaching to continuously draw prizes and upgrade his skills, becoming increasingly powerful. [Heart] The story is morally sound, visually stunning, humorous, and captivating.

17. 17 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.4kReads9.4Score572Shelves

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    This is already pretty good: urban life experience, joining the law enforcement bureau, and handling all sorts of paranormal cases.

18. 18 双 Two Souls, One Body: Magic in My Left Hand, Taoist Arts in My Right 双魂一体：左手魔法右手道术 Hidden Tide Rises隐潮生Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Two Souls in One Body + Fusion of Two Systems + No System + Mysterious Magic + Profound Daoist Arts + Not Invincible + Takes Off from Chapter 50] Read at your own risk! Warning: This book contains a large number of spells and talismans. Don't try them if you don't have a mana bar, or you'll bear the consequences! Story: A bolt of lightning on a dry day sends the soul of Zhang Shangyang, a modern young Taoist, transmigrating to another world. There, he ends up sharing a body with Alec, the good- 1.1kReads—Score185Shelves

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    It's a good read, with smooth writing, and the concept of two souls in one body, as well as the clash between Taoist and magical arts, is very innovative. The spells and talismans are the most detailed I've ever read in online novels. The pacing is a bit slow in the beginning, but it gets better and better after chapter 50!

19. 19 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves

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    Fellow Daoist, please wait!

20. 20 真 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 Liu Xuanling刘玄灵Mystery297k WordsOngoing [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score160Shelves

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    Take a look at this book.

21. 21 校 What If the Campus Belle Turns Into a Zombie? No Worries, I'm the Perfect Person for the Job 校花尸变咋办？不怕！我专业对口 Backend Engineer后端工程师Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + horror + urban legends + ghost stories + invincible protagonist + one heroine] What should you do if your school-beauty deskmate turns into a corpse during class? She’s probably faking it. Just give her a kiss. Huh? She’s not faking it??? Lu Jiuyang was utterly baffled. One moment, he was the last Celestial Master of Maoshan, battling a tide of countless ghosts and sealing the demons with his own body. The next, he had been reborn as an ordinary high school freshman. This 190.3kReads8.4Score26.9kShelves

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    Enough said, just watch! [Laughs]

22. 22 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 957Reads—Score203Shelves
23. 23 镇 The Town Clerk Knows Cursed Talismans 镇里文书会咒符 Lu Guofu鲁国夫Urban210k WordsCompleted Like one mother giving birth to nine children, each one different. After failing to achieve his goals in the college entrance exam, Guofu works hard, meets a benefactor by chance, and starts out as a substitute teacher before becoming a clerk at the town government and eventually securing a permanent position. Along the way, Guofu has one romantic encounter after another and is adored by beautiful women. The story delves into folk customs, feng shui and traditional culture, folk taboos, and Daoi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book tells the story of the protagonist's chance encounters with several benefactors who pass on to him methods of incantations and talisman drawing. He uses these incantations and talismans to cure many difficult ailments. The book also introduces the art of geomancy in Chinese culture, as well as the customs, traditions, and beautiful landscapes of various regions. The plot is full of twists and turns, making it captivating.

24. 24 十 Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术 Philosopher Cat哲学猫Urban130k WordsCompleted This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective… 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The essence of metaphysics, supernatural phenomena, the ultimate secret of human lifespan, the multidimensional world...

25. 25 三 The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理 Philosopher Cat哲学猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse102k WordsCompleted This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att 1.5kReads9.2Score475Shelves
26. 26 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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    This book is worth reading. It's a traditional urban supernatural novel. The protagonist, a purple-robed exorcist, joins the 749 police force to handle supernatural cases in a city. It's very engaging and exciting. It suits my taste perfectly; you should give it a try.

27. 27 十 The Twelve Talismans: I Become an Immortal in Late Ming 十二符咒我在明末当仙人 Iron Bull Noodles铁牛牛面Historical428k WordsCompleted Because Lin Shendu shares his name with the great villain, Shendu, from the world of Jackie Chan Adventures, he was bound to the Twelve Talismans Inheritance System. As long as he can raise his profile, he can keep unlocking the talismans’ divine powers! From the start, his beginner’s gift pack gives him the Horse Talisman, which can heal anything. And that’s not all: the System also gives him a portal that lets him transmigrate to the late Ming dynasty! At first, Lin Shendu only wants to travel 12.4kReads8.5Score825Shelves

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    Inner peace brings lasting happiness. In terms of life as a whole, happiness is far more important than success.

28. 28 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 42.6kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
29. 29 修 The Cultivation Talisman Master 修仙符咒师 He Zixiao何紫霄Eastern Fantasy176k WordsCompleted (Cultivation + Celestial Master + talismans + swordsmanship + no harem + no System) Lin Fei: “Get up, disciple. It's time to set up our stall.” Eldest disciple: “Master, running a stall is going nowhere. I'm not doing it.” Lin Fei: “Then what do you want to do?” Second disciple: “I want to learn immortal arts and marry the greatest martial arts prodigy.” “Uh! I don't know any immortal arts either!” The two disciples: “You're lying! Why does everyone say you can turn stone into gold, summon souls 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 符 I Only Learned Seven and a Half Incantations 符咒才学七句半 Since Ancient Times, Who Has Been Lonelier Than Me?自古寂寞谁如我Urban168k WordsCompleted Ye Cheng is a young Taoist priest who runs a small temple in the old district of the provincial capital. Being a Taoist is a family tradition. According to the family genealogy, his branch has been around for more than a thousand years. His father mysteriously disappeared when Ye Cheng was very young. Three years ago, his grandfather suddenly found a lead about his father's disappearance and went off to investigate, but never returned. Before leaving, his grandfather had just taught Ye Cheng sev 5Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery955k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 28.8kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
32. 32 天 The Heavenly Master Draws Talismans, and Reigns Supreme at Causing Chaos in Another World 天师画符，异世整活第一名 Ink-Stained Breeze Arrives墨染清风来Eastern Fantasy446k WordsCompleted When Lu Xiaotian, a modern-day couch potato, transmigrates to a world of magic with the [Celestial Master System], the whole story goes completely off the rails! While mages chant spells to summon the elements, Lu Xiaotian whips out a yellow talisman: “You wicked fiend! Where do you think you’re going? Take this Five-Thunder Talisman!” While knights charge into battle, Lu Xiaotian works out a prediction with his fingers: “There’s definitely something fishy going on here!” Watch as this decidedly 23Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 九 Chronicle of the Nine Netherworlds' Investiture of the Gods 九幽封神记 Great Freedom of Shengjinzhou胜金洲大自在Eastern Fantasy653k WordsOngoing [Living Human Yin-Difference] [Dream Cultivation] [Primordial Spirit Awakening] [Mortal Body Ascends to Sainthood] [Mystery and Political Intrigue] [Adorable Spirit Beasts] [Karma and Retribution] [Godhood in the Underworld] Huang Xiaomi, an ordinary young woman from the mortal world, was little more than a drudge, until a blood-red nightmare sent her down the path of cultivation in the netherworld. She braved secret realms where death awaited at every turn, passed selection after selection by b 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The book shares methods and incantations that ordinary people can practice, making it a down-to-earth form of cultivation. The power of these incantations can connect with the divine. Good books should be shared with more people; every act of kindness adds to one's merit. Recommending the book is also a meritorious deed. 🙏

34. 34 八 The Eight Characters of Destiny Are the Ancestors of Science 八字是科学它祖宗 Star Lord Yuede月德星君173k WordsCompleted Newly released books tend to get low ratings, but everyone who has read this one gives it five stars. Many readers enjoy it so much that they have to read it twice. Some even ask, "Why isn't a book this good popular? Is there no justice?" Haha, thank you for your support. [This book follows the principle of "observing the Way of Heaven and carrying out its course": understand your own fate, find the bugs in your System, stand at the highest point of the Heavenly Way, and look down on all living 12.1kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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    Go directly to my bookshelf

35. 35 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4kShelves
36. 36 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Bouncing Around in the Gossip Fields Every Day! 直播算命：天天在瓜田里蹦跶！ A Cowering Introvert蜷缩的社恐Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [No romance + episodic stories + the supernatural + livestreaming + transmigrate into a book + fortune-telling, face-reading, and ghost-catching] The moment Meng Sheng opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book and taken the place of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. But what greeted her was a suitcase drifting down the river, wrapped in layer upon layer of shackles, with a ghost floating above it... Meng Sheng: “Same old rhythm, same old feeling! Even the ghosts look quite a 10.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
37. 37 八 A Practical Guide to the Eight Characters' Divine Stars 八字神煞实用大全 Forest Lumberjack森林伐木工220k WordsCompleted The Complete Guide to Astrological Spirits offers a detailed account of 54 commonly used astrological spirits, including the Heavenly Nobleman, Heavenly and Monthly Virtue Noblemen, Prosperity Spirit, Traveling Horse, Canopy, Peach Blossom, and Lonely Star and Widowhood. It not only explains how to identify each spirit, using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the year or day branch, and other reference points, but also covers its defining traits, auspicious or inauspicious nature, and eff 494Reads6.7Score134Shelves
38. 38 六 A Complete Guide to the Six Yao and Eight Trigrams 六爻八卦一点通 Yixuan Cottage奕萱草堂Marriage & Romance487k WordsCompleted A Quick Guide to the Six Lines and Eight Trigrams Are you fascinated by the mysterious Eight Trigrams and Six Lines, but find ancient texts obscure and technical terms hard to understand? This book is designed especially for complete beginners. With the goal of making the material easy to learn and understand at a glance, it uses everyday language, abundant examples, and original learning methods to guide you into Six Lines divination with ease. Its 300,000 words of systematic instruction will h 2.3kReads7.2Score579Shelves
39. 39 小 The Art of Xiao Liu Ren Divination 小六壬预测学 Liu Zhihang, Musician and Writer刘智航音乐家文学家129k WordsCompleted The book Little Six Ren Divination is a comprehensive study and interpretation of the traditional Chinese divination art of Little Six Ren, carefully written by Liu Zhihang, a scholar with deep expertise in the Book of Changes. Drawing on his solid grounding in the field, his distinctive understanding of Little Six Ren, and years of practical exploration, Professor Liu has created a remarkable work that combines theory, practice, and mystery. The book introduces the origins and development of L 121Reads—Score423Shelves
40. 40 茅 Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术 Life Like a Mayfly生似蜉蝣Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted “Master, why does everyone say that after the founding of the country, animals aren’t allowed to become spirits?” “Because it’s the law. Whatever is spoken becomes law. After the country was founded, no animals, plants, or anything else was allowed to become a spirit!!!” “Then why have we still run into so many demons and monsters?” “Because those were all from before the country was founded. Afterward, there are only ghosts. So you have to live your whole life carefully and keep a low profile. 3.5kReads7.4Score465Shelves
41. 41 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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42. 42 玄 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Ground Three Delicacies with Rice地三鲜配米饭Eastern Fantasy340k WordsCompleted Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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43. 43 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: I Fought My Way from the White Mountains and Black Waters to Ascension 末法时代：我从白山黑水杀到飞升 Ground Three Delicacies with Rice地三鲜配米饭Urban288k WordsCompleted In an age when spiritual energy has run dry and the era of cultivation is ending, I became the last cultivator in the world. My parents were stained with blood in Songhe Town, and my sister’s fate was unknown. At thirteen, I fled into the deepest part of Baishan, carrying a damaged Daoist scripture passed down through my family. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.2kReads9.2Score706Shelves

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    This story tells of a Taoist who enters the secular world for spiritual cultivation. While encountering various paranormal events, he discovers that the complexities of human relationships are a hundred times greater than his spiritual practice. The story incorporates elements of feng shui, folk customs, scientific explanations, Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination), and various principles of the I Ching. It also uses metaphysical and scientific methods to explain some seemingly unscientific and bizarre events.

45. 45 道 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know 470Reads8.7Score—Shelves
46. 46 命 Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it. 15.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    The book covers various astrological methods, including Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny), Liu Yao (Six Lines Divination), Plum Blossom Divination, Feng Shui, Qimen Dunjia, talismans, Taoist magic, and numerous other methods for resolving issues related to Bazi, such as the clash between Hurting Officer and Official, the Robbing God and Eating God, the clash between Yang Blade and Clash, the clash between the Month Pillar and Year Pillar, and the mixture of Official and Killing Stars. Those who are destined to receive it will find it.

47. 47 假 The Fake Taoist Comes Down from the Mountain 假道士下山 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Urban201k WordsCompleted Jia Bufan is a student at a second-rate university. In today's fiercely competitive job market, he has spent ages without finding suitable work and doesn't want to toil away, so he spends his days wandering around online. But he is naturally bright and deeply interested in traditional Chinese medicine and the occult. By chance, he meets Daoist Longquan, an expert in the occult with profound knowledge of Daoist arts, and becomes his disciple. From then on, his life takes a very different path. Th 43Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 我 I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生，玄学也精通 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Urban671k WordsCompleted Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me 27.7kReads8.4Score1kShelves
49. 49 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score107Shelves

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    Taoist scholars and Xuanmen disciples exorcising ghosts

50. 50 龙 Tales of the Dragon and Tiger Mystic Heroes 龙虎玄侠传 Wind-Filled Tower風滿樓Mystery281k WordsOngoing In the Age of Declining Dharma, spiritual qi revives. Evil spirits wreak havoc, and dragons and tigers descend from the heavens. With the Nine Heavens Divine Pill reappearing in the world, orthodox and unorthodox factions alike prepare for battle. The arts of the occult, talismans, soul-binding, poison and witchcraft clash in a contest of skill. Ye Chen and Xiao Jun, two disciples of the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters, are summoned by Heaven's will to exterminate demons and defend the Dao. Bound by th 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the Dharma-ending Age, spiritual energy is revived. Demons and evil wreak havoc, and dragons and tigers descend from the heavens. With the reappearance of the Nine Heavens Divine Pill in the world, righteous and evil factions are gearing up for battle, with various arts such as Qimen, talismans, soul-binding, and poison vying for supremacy. Ye Chen and Xiao Jun, two disciples of the Zhengyi Celestial Master sect, are divinely appointed to fight demons and protect the righteous path. Their love-hate relationship is fraught with familial ties. The fantastical and illusory world of cultivation intertwines with the real world of love and hate. What is real? What is illusion? What is righteous? What is evil? All is slowly coming to light...

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