They Thought the Protagonist Was an Easygoing Taoist, but He Studied the Taoist Canon for Three Years 误以为主角是个好欺负的道士，但他读了三年道藏

1. 1 让 I Asked You to Pose as a Taoist Priest, So Why Are You Wearing a Celestial Master's Robe? 让你假扮道士，你怎么披上天师服 Fish Above the Clouds云上鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Hardcore] [Popular Science] [Urban] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ye Guan cosplayed a mad Daoist priest at an anime convention. His costume was so convincing that people mistook him for a real Daoist and invited him to their company to perform a ritual. Just then, he awakened the True or Fake Celestial Master System. The company wanted a lucky start to business? He invited the Three Gods of Wealth right through the door. But when a video of the ritual was posted online, netizens lau 31.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds

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   I thought he was some kind of frivolous Taoist priest, but it turns out he's a proper one.

2. 2 拥 With the Zuowangdao System, I Slaughter My Way Through the High-Martial World! 拥有坐忘道系统的我，杀穿高武！ Sorry, Jian Xiao对不起剑啸了Urban303k WordsOngoing [Meme-fueled antics + invincible + comedy + Way of Sitting in Oblivion + everyone thinks he's a genius] Jiang Tian transmigrates to a high-martial world where martial arts reign supreme and everyone must train to defend against otherworldly threats. Luckily, he awakens an invincible System. With a mahjong tile perched on its head, the System tells Jiang Tian: "Your body contains power beyond compare. For the sake of peace in the universe and the world, you must seal your power and unlock it step 101Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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   🍁Perfect match😏, the protagonist is seen by others as an easy target, but after binding with the Sitting Meditation Dao System, he carves out a path to becoming a martial arts genius! "Daoist Master, I've succeeded! Hahaha!"

3. 3 全 Global: I Memorized Three Thousand Daoist Texts and Changed Class to Celestial Master 全民：我背诵三千道藏转职天师 Moderate Ink Brush中庸点墨Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois 54.1kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds

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   Here's my review of Ye Xiang! When I was reading it, the author was updating from the part where he met Qingyunzi, and I followed it every day until the end. This novel is outstanding among Taoist cultivation novels, and Ye Xiang is a very charismatic protagonist with a strong sense of national responsibility. I'm only writing this review now that it's finished, so please forgive me, author! Haha 😂 I highly recommend this novel.

4. 4 我 I'm a Taoist Priest. What's Wrong with Knowing a Few Spells? 我一个道士，会点法术怎么了 Hero Wu吴大侠Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Anti-cultural export + cultivation + livestreaming + Daoist priest + System + spreading the Dao in America + no couples + no female lead + no spiritual qi revival + scheming protagonist Also known as: Spreading the Dao in America, Shocking the Eagles Every Day Chen Xian, Daoist name Xuanyun, is known in the martial world as the well-mannered young Daoist, the Cultivator's Version of Homelander, and the Enlightened Master Who Follows His Every Whim. His motto: “This Daoist does whatever he wants! 59.9kReads9.0Score4.9k14d adds
5. 5 现 A Cultivator in Modern Society 现代社会的修仙道士 Heaven-Shaking Lion撼天狮子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “Taoist priest, can you do magic?” “Magic? People believe in science these days, young man. You should believe in science.” With that, the Taoist in his robe leaps off a cliff and flies away on his sword, leaving the hiker who had camped in the wilderness staring in stunned disbelief. 14.5kReads8.5Score61214d adds

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   🔥The protagonist was mistakenly thought to be an ordinary person. Unexpectedly, he was a Taoist priest skilled in various mystical arts. He secretly cultivated in a Taoist temple, and then astonished everyone.

6. 6 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! 185.7kReads9.2Score13.6k14d adds
7. 7 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 7.9kReads8.3Score80114d adds
8. 8 老 Ancestor, If You Don't Come Down the Mountain Soon, Your Bloodline Ends Here 老祖，再不下山，你就绝后了 The Moon Wants to Shine月亮要发光Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Daoist priest Chen Yang was Zhang Sanfeng’s direct disciple in the late Southern Song dynasty. He has lived for 800 years, growing more powerful once every century. He can’t die even when he wants to, and life has lost all its pleasures. He can only retreat into a remote mountain temple and put himself into a deep, self-imposed sleep. One day, his disciple Chen Qingzhi kneels and begs his master, Chen Yang, to come down from the mountain… Also known as The Patriarch, If You Don’t Come Down Soo 26kReads8.2Score2k14d adds

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   🔥🔥🔥This is a pure invincible protagonist story, invincible from beginning to end! Super incredibly good!🍁🍁🍁The protagonist has lived in this world for eight hundred years, witnessing all its splendor and living a secluded life. But for the sake of the Taoist temple and the continuation of his bloodline, "I" descended the mountain, determined to make the world what "I" wanted.

9. 9 洪 Honghuang: I Am the Second Demon Ancestor, and I Keep a Low Profile 洪荒：吾为第二魔祖，稳健不出 Little Nian Is Here小年在这里Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Just after the college entrance exam, Ling Yun accidentally transmigrated to the Primordial World and activated a god-tier choice System... [Choice One: Become Ancestral Dragon’s Dao Companion.] [Choice Two: Become Yuan Feng’s sibling.] [Choice Four: Become Demon Ancestor Luohu’s sibling.] Ling Yun chose to become Demon Ancestor Luohu’s sibling and stayed safely hidden on Mount Sumeru. Until the final years of the Dragon-Han Tribulation. When Hongjun used the momentum of the Primordial Wo 19kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds

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   🍅Just after the college entrance exam, Ling Yun unexpectedly transmigrates to the primordial world, activating a god-level choice system... [Choice 1: Become the Ancestral Dragon's Daoist partner.] [Choice 2: Become the Yuan Feng sisters.] [Choice 4: Become the Demon Clan's Luo Hou brothers.] ...

10. 10 我 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 46.8kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds

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    🌻A super exciting frost-themed novel~ Mistakenly thinking the protagonist was an easy-to-bully Taoist priest, he returns as the strongest Celestial Master, accompanied by ten thousand demons. He is invincible, and everyone is afraid of him, even those in Heaven.💕

11. 11 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 167.8kReads9.1Score15.7k14d adds
12. 12 恐 In the Horrific Apocalypse, I Change Classes into an SSSS-Rank Celestial Master 恐怖末世，我转职为SSSS天师 Golden Robes of the Six Paths六道金衣Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Destruction-tier talent + horror resurgence + game mechanics reflected in reality + invincible power fantasy + ruthless and decisive] Ye Sheng transmigrated to a world of ghost domains, where ghost-domain games had merged with reality and ghosts ran rampant! Ghost-domain secret realms, dungeons, and abysses were everywhere! To survive, everyone had to choose a class and level up like crazy! At first, Ye Sheng chose the Daoist class, which had a pitiful D-rank rating. His adoptive parents looked 65kReads8.4Score6.4k14d adds
13. 13 天 Celestial Master: Carve Talismans on Guns, Use Vermilion Sand on Bullets 天师：枪上刻符箓，子弹点朱砂 I Have Three Swords吾有三剑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain] + [The Times Have Changed] + [Five Thunders Technique] + [Decisive and Ruthless]! Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits the Longhu Sword Seal, and becomes the 99th Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought that being a Celestial Master meant he could spend his days drinking tea, staying healthy, and taking it easy up on the mountain. Who knew that on his very first day, zombies would start causing trouble at the foot o 15.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds

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    Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the 99th generation Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, inheriting the Dragon-Tiger Sword Seal. His defining characteristics include "Dragon-Tiger Celestial Master," "Times Have Changed," "Five Thunder Orthodox Method," and "Decisive and Ruthless." Fanfiction can focus on his extraordinary identity and abilities, such as, "Zhang Qingxiao transmigrates and becomes the Purple-Robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. Carrying the sword seal, he wields the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, his decisive and ruthless actions shaking the four directions."

14. 14 道 Dao Ancestor, It's My Turn to Take the Lead 道祖，该让我做做了吧 Extra-Large Salmon Sashimi三文鱼刺身超大份Eastern Fantasy295k WordsOngoing So you're forcing my hand and trying to catch me off guard, huh? Fine! Fine! Fine! Then I'll become an Ancestor of the Dao for fun! It's just showing off in public. Don't tell me you can't take a joke! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book. It's a pure Taoist novel where the protagonist primarily uses talismans and magic, and the plot is fast-paced. Although the length isn't huge yet, updates are frequent, making it a good read. Give it a try!

15. 15 仙 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 60.3kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds

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    Celestial Master Ye Xiang is no ordinary Taoist. His three years of deep study of the Taoist canon were not for cultivation, but for taming his heart. A hidden, fierce nature lies within him, which he suppresses with Taoist magic, making him all the more extraordinary. The world should not underestimate him; the path of the Celestial Master has its own pride and profound depth. 🍁Like, share, and follow for more reading inspiration!🍁

16. 16 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 43.1kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
17. 17 算 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even Foreign Clients Weep and Call Me a Master 算命太准，外国客户都哭着喊大佬 Sugarcoat糖衣衣Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an 46.5kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
18. 18 直 My Fortune-Telling Livestream Is So Accurate, the State Wants Me to Come Forward 直播算命太准，国家请我出山 Nine Congee九粥Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Ghost Hunting + Satisfying Read] After being ambushed, the metaphysics expert Jiang Yi is reborn and unexpectedly bound to a merit system. System: “If you want to stay alive, you must ward off calamities and drive out ghosts to earn merit points. Otherwise, you'll drop dead immediately.” Jiang Yi: “???” Isn't “drop dead” a little too harsh? To keep herself alive, Jiang Yi decides to become a metaphysics streamer and earn merit by tellin 27.8kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
19. 19 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 55.4kReads8.9Score5k14d adds

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