I Forgot the Name of That Modern Taoist Novel, Someone Please Tell Me 现代道士忘了叫什么了求大佬告知

1. 1 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

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   One book is the Book of Changes, and the other is a novel.

2. 2 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 230.7kReads9.6Score66.9k14d adds

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   It's very realistic and worth reading. Is it based on the author's personal experience?

3. 3 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 2kReads7.7Score25314d adds

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   It's a good modern cultivation story, well worth watching. The humor is decent, but the world-building and background are a disappointment.

4. 4 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds

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   Stepping into the world of this Chinese horror novel is like traveling back to the mysterious era of ancient times. Ancient courtyards, deep alleyways, and eerie temples—every scene is permeated with a rich atmosphere of Eastern horror. The interweaving of supernatural legends and reality allows you to feel a bone-chilling fear between the lines. The lamentations of ghosts, the haunting of evil spirits, and mysterious rituals will all challenge your psychological limits. With delicate strokes, the author depicts a series of chilling stories, allowing you to appreciate the unique charm of Chinese horror while also inspiring awe for the unknown darkness.

5. 5 九 Uncle Nine: I Became Daoist Master Qianhe and Shook the Taoist World 九叔：我成了千鹤道长，威震道门 Liu Tan柳檀Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I was reborn as Qian He, a guy who only plays in Peak matches! I never expected to get a Peak Match System. I show off and soar to the top, then shake the cultivation world and become the ruler of the Daoist sect! Qian He: “I’m playing Peak matches? No, you’re the one playing a Peak match!” Shi Jian: “What? Is this really the Qian He I know? His lightning is even more terrifying than mine?” Si Mu: “Junior Brother Qian He, and you still say you’re not cheating?” Uncle Jiu: “Junior Brother Qian He 5.7kReads8.1Score35414d adds
6. 6 法 The Peerless Mage 法师无双 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A top sorcerer who once led the Heavenly Masters’ Court returns, only to be cast out by his powerful family. As he prepares to leave, he discovers that his younger female cousin has fallen victim to dark magic… 3.8kReads9.1Score45914d adds

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   See the spirit medium first, then the Taoist priest 😎

7. 7 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 8.1kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
8. 8 我 I Was Common as Dirt, Yet I Became an Immortal 我本庸俗却成仙 Shan Sheng善生Urban105k WordsCompleted [Want to learn immortal cultivation and the Dao? Give it a look!] I yearn to become an immortal. Cultivating the truth and comprehending the Dao have been my lifelong dream, and I practice immortal cultivation in the real world. This is an unknown story, yet one brimming with wonder... Birth, aging, sickness, and death go on without end; cultivate the truth and comprehend the Dao to transcend them. I was once ordinary, yet became an immortal, neither suffering nor indulging in pleasure. I yearn 620Reads—Score14814d adds

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   Will you read this book on cultivating immortality and attaining enlightenment? 😘 A truly exceptional book on cultivating immortality and attaining enlightenment, highly recommended! A philosophy of cultivation that overturns conventional wisdom.

9. 9 修 Cultivation Is a Philosophy 修仙是门哲学 Shan Sheng善生Urban96k WordsCompleted This is my story of cultivating immortality, an unknown story, a story full of mystery... [Short Story Collection] [At the End of Science Lies the Supernatural] [Understand the stories in this book, and you can cultivate immortality] I am a real cultivator living in the modern world... I seek to become an immortal, free and joyful as the heavens. Cultivate immortality through science, ascend through physics. 350Reads—Score10614d adds
10. 10 满 A Max-Level Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain: You Can Read Fortunes, So Why Become a Cop? 满级道士下山，你不算卦当警察？ That Page那一页Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Zhou Yang transmigrates to a parallel world, and he's a Daoist priest? As luck would have it, he awakens a Daoist System, and one of its missions is to make him become a police officer? Fine. I may not have any professional training, but I can tell fortunes and read faces. "Hmm, your forehead looks dark to me. You've stolen things many times, and you'll soon meet with a bloody disaster." Sure enough, the man gets into a car accident the very next second. After looking into it, the police discove 162Reads7.5Score3614d adds

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    As a Celestial Master, he comprehends the Dao of Heaven, shattering darkness with thunder, using the Five Thunder Orthodox Method.

11. 11 让 You’re Supposed to Play a Taoist Priest, Not Be the Real Deal 让你演道士，没让你来真的 Astonishing Ice惊神冰Mystery203k WordsOngoing A down-on-his-luck Daoist awakens a Merit System. He was going back to his temple to exorcise demons, but somehow ends up being dragged off to work as an extra... Extra: “Director, this lunatic's really doing it for real!” 9Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 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
13. 13 茅 Maoshan Taoist: Exposed on Xiaotuantuan's Livestream from the Start 茅山道士：开局被小团团直播曝光了 God Talks Nonsense神说八道Urban553k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Maoshan Taoist + Little Dumpling + Ghostly Tales + Urban Fantasy] Zhang Mang is a Maoshan Taoist. He can read feng shui, divine yin and yang, communicate with heaven and earth, and perform supernatural arts. He can catch ghosts and subdue demons above, and explore tombs and hunt for treasure below. A haunted building is plagued by strange happenings late at night, and Zhang Mang is invited to deal with the ghosts. Paper, brush, ink, knife, and sword; three incense sticks, one of 112Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 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
15. 15 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
16. 16 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
17. 17 灵 Supernatural: I Exorcise Ghosts with Force and Scare the School Beauty Out of Her Wits 灵异：暴力驱鬼，我把校花吓懵了 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills.. 30kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
18. 18 小 Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺 Big Sister Li李家大姐Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Buqi. My professions include Taoist priest, locksmith, cook, phone repairman, driver, and tomb-raiding consultant…. I have too many to list them all. I was raised by my master and martial uncle! They were both incredible! I only learned that after coming back from my first year out in the world. Because I liked to play around, I also squandered a lot of techniques that people would have envied! Fortunately, I devoted myself to physiognomy and mastered two special 152.6kReads9.1Score13.6k14d adds

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    Fellow Daoist, please wait.

19. 19 民 Memoirs of a Folk Taoist 民间道士回忆录 Lu Huazhen陆化真Mystery570k WordsOngoing Everyone has a different path to walk at every stage of life. Just as people have periods of misfortune and prosperity, they also have ten-year cycles of good fortune. When your next cycle begins, it will mark a new starting point in your life. A folk Taoist priest is here with his memoirs, offering you a glimpse into authentic folk Taoism. 3.7kReads9.3Score69014d adds
20. 20 一 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 Heartless Courier无情无义送快递Urban504k WordsCompleted [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.8kReads8.9Score13414d adds
21. 21 交 Communicating with Beasts? The Auxiliary Police Officer Is Transferred Back to the Major Crimes Unit! 交流禽兽？辅警调回重案组！ Clear Skies After Fresh Snow快雪初晴Urban1.3M WordsCompleted (Qingwei Taoist arts + supernatural space + conducting rituals to solve cases + communicating with animals...) Zhao Wuji, a police academy student, dies in an accident at the shooting range and transmigrates into the body of Taoist Ma's eldest disciple. At the same time, he awakens a lucky ring that lets him communicate with animals and grants him a pocket dimension! To support his master and earn money to rebuild the Taoist temple, Zhao Wuji successfully applies for a job as a proud people's po 6.6kReads9.0Score89914d adds

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    Although the title is so-so, the content is actually pretty good. It's much better than formulaic and template-based novels. If you're looking for something to read, take a look. You won't regret buying it! 😎😎😎

22. 22 全 Magic for All: I’m the Only Cultivator 全民魔法师：我是唯一的修仙者 Tan Wuyan谭无颜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The legend of a generation's Divine Emperor comes to an end, and a new story begins. Ye Feng was reborn in a world without cultivators, where magic was revered. On Blue Star, humans and demons were locked in constant war, and humanity fought for survival. After a lifetime of fighting, all he wanted in this life was to quietly be a shut-in. He looked down on magic and secretly cultivated immortality instead, but his cousin, who lived with him, thought he was a good-for-nothing and urged him to st 20kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds

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    In *A Cultivator's Lazy Life in a Magical World*, the protagonist, Li Yun, is a powerful figure in the cultivation world. However, an accident transports him to a magical world. While initially expecting to make his mark, he chooses a unique path of "lazy living." He cleverly combines cultivation and magic, facing various challenges with a lighthearted and humorous attitude, allowing readers to experience his unique wisdom and charm while laughing and crying. The story is fast-paced, with constant plot twists, making it impossible to put down. *I'm an Invincible Ancestor, You've Digged Me Out for Comedy?* Tells the story of the invincible ancestor Lin Feng, who is awakened from seclusion by a younger generation, only to find himself a legend in the future, ridiculed as a joke. Faced with this absurd situation, Lin Feng doesn't fly into a rage. Instead, he uses his extraordinary wisdom and strength to resolve the crisis step by step, redefining his own legend. The book not only features exciting fight scenes but also profound explorations of human nature, prompting readers to think amidst amazement and grow through laughter—a truly exceptional work.

23. 23 都 Urban Cultivation: I've Been Dug Up Again 都市修仙：我又被挖出来了 Three Big Steps, Leave a Few Pits三大步留点坑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Short drama, comic drama, and live-action audio versions are all available. Enjoy!] [Urban + Invincible + Immortal Longevity + No Hiding His Power + Big Shot] A rogue cultivator from the cultivation world happens upon the Heaven-Deceiving Secret Manual. Once his cultivation reaches a profound level, the Heavenly Dao can no longer sense him, so it stops sending down tribulation lightning. Though his power reaches the heavens, he is stuck at the 9,999th level of Foundation Establishment. After te 13.1kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
24. 24 我EN I Only Wanted to Destroy My Sect, So How Did I Defy Heaven and Become a God? 我只想毁灭宗门，咋逆天成神了 Moonlit Night明月夜色Eastern Fantasy7.7M WordsOngoing Reborn into the number one sect under heaven: it should have been a perfect start. But Chu Xinghe discovered that his cultivation path was a little unusual. Could he become invincible under heaven just by destroying his own sect? Building the number one sect under heaven wasn’t easy, but surely destroying it wouldn’t be hard? Chu Xinghe soon discovered that it really wasn’t easy. He racked his brains trying to bring down his own sect, but why did every attempt only make it stronger? Countless ye 79.1kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds

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