Any Stories About Taoist Exorcists? No System, Just Gradual Progress 有没有主角是道士捉鬼的都行不要系统要一步步提升

1. 1 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 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves

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   At first, I thought it was a lighthearted fantasy novel, but it turned out to be very down-to-earth, with a rich plot that boosts emotional intelligence and broadens horizons. Although I've only read a small portion, I feel it's worth a second read. I'll continue with this first reading.

2. 2 正 The Orthodox Unity Taoist Acolyte 正一小道爷 Zhuge Yilin诸葛益林Mystery332k WordsCompleted My master vanished without a trace. As the sect’s last heir, I have the sect’s treasured spirit sword and a purple-gold spirit talisman brush. One man, one sword, one brush: I descend the mountain to subdue demons and ghosts. Note: Some events in this book are based on real experiences the author has had, and some of the methods are quite authentic. Do not attempt to imitate them! 607Reads6.1Score100Shelves
3. 3 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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   These are all super good! I've finished reading all of them, trust me, baby!

4. 4 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! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
5. 5 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
6. 6 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 43kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
7. 7 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
8. 8 风 The Feng Shui Diviner 风水神相 A Leaf Boat一叶木舟Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted [The short drama and comic adaptation are now available] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good karma; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. Eighteen years ago, an old Daoist priest found an abandoned baby in the mountains. Eighteen years later, a young feng shui master left his temple and came down from the mountain. Over the years, Jiang Chen learned all m 11kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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   There's no female lead; the protagonist grows stronger step by step, which I found quite enjoyable, even though the pacing is slow.

9. 9 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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   This is so addictive, it's both terrifying and thrilling!

10. 10 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves

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    The female protagonist in this book is someone who helps people overcome their inner demons. The story behind each of these demons is heartbreaking, especially the ones involving Tang Zhiwei and Lu Shi. I cried uncontrollably after finishing it! 26 years! 8 years in the Imperial Music Academy, 16 years at the Water Moon Nunnery! He sang "The West Chamber" for her! That was him coming to marry his Tang Xiaowei 😢😢

11. 11 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 46.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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    This suspenseful and supernatural novel about a Taoist priest exorcising ghosts unfolds gradually and logically. Highly recommended.

12. 12 穿 The Bystander Who Transmigrated into Horror Movies 穿越在恐怖片里的路人甲 Qing Zhi青植Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Everyone else who transmigrates gets the protagonist treatment, with treasures and beautiful women at their side. Li Haotian transmigrated as a mere nobody, and into a horror-movie world, no less, surrounded by demons and monsters. With his own life already in danger, he still had to complete assignments. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to gain the skill of having every wish granted: call to Heaven, and Heaven answers; call to Earth, and Earth responds. All kinds of immortals looked out for him 21.5kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves

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    "This female ghost is named Chu Renmei. She was the wife of Bu Wantian in Huangshan Village. She made a living by singing Cantonese opera. Bu Wantian wanted to divorce his wife in order to get close to the daughter of a wealthy man. So he bribed a thug to harass Chu Renmei and falsely accused her of adultery. When the villagers of Huangshan Village found out, they beat her to death. After Chu Renmei died, she learned the truth from her nephew, and that's when she turned into a vengeful ghost and killed 66 people in Huangshan Village."

13. 13 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves

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    The logic should be clear and complete, ideally like the second book, containing genuine Taoist knowledge, but without including elements of Journey to the West or Investiture of the Gods.

14. 14 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 99.3kReads9.1Score10.2kShelves
15. 15 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
16. 16 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended!!! The ghost-hunting plot is incredibly realistic, with each event linked to the next. I've read many books of this genre, but this one is exceptionally well-written. 👍👍 You'll regret not reading it!

17. 17 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves

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    This is a shamanic practice (picture included). Be careful not to be scared 🤭

18. 18 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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    Step into a bizarre and wondrous world of cultivation, encountering fantastical adventures and mysterious powers. These books are not to be missed:

19. 19 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! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
20. 20 规 Rule Horror: My Taoist Name Is Zhang Tianshi! 规则怪谈，我的道号张天师！ A Quarter Past Three in the Morning寅时三刻Mystery500k WordsCompleted Wild imagination + Invincible + Rule Horror + No female lead + Mystery + Horror This isn't mindless wish fulfillment. There's a plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. The Horrors descended across the globe. After being battered by one eerie disaster after another, the Dragon Kingdom steadily declined, and its standing on the world stage plummeted! Another eerie trial was looming, and the Dragon Kingdom was on the verge of total ruin! But then, a famous figure from the Dragon Kingdom was d 10.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
21. 21 北 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 11.3kReads8.5Score2kShelves
22. 22 我 The Years I Spent as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生的那几年 Starry River Melody星河韵7k WordsCompleted My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 315Reads—Score—Shelves

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    - *The Last Taoist Priest*: Written by Xia Yi, this novel tells the story of Cha Wenbin, the last Taoist master of the Maoshan sect. He uses Taoist arts to save people and defy fate. The book details Taoist rituals, spells, and talismans, connecting the development and changes of Taoism in China. - *My Years as a Yin-Yang Master*: Created by Cui Zou Zhao, this novel tells the story of Cui Zuofei, who, after his death, becomes an apprentice at Banbu Duo, learns the Three Pure Ones' Book, and is resurrected. He returns to the city and unfolds a series of stories revolving around ghosts, gods, the Five Deficiencies and Three Lacks, combining supernatural and comedic elements.

23. 23 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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    Then this book of mine definitely meets your requirements. It's based on my personal experience; you can take a look if you like.

24. 24 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves

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    This is a good watch, with a fresh theme, a bit funny and a little scary. The comments section is even funnier: the male lead goes out to accumulate merit, and the female lead gets cornered by someone, but that's a story for later. Every supporting character is great.

25. 25 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 truly amazing! It's packed with words, the content is engaging and intriguing, the writing is decent, and the protagonist has a powerful background. It's a highly recommended light novel for beginners.

26. 26 福 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 23.1kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves

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    These two books are well worth reading. They depict the good and evil of human nature and the importance of gratitude. From the first chapter to the last, they get better and better as you read. I hope they can be made into a TV series.

27. 27 震 Shocking! The Metaphysics Master Can Hear People's Thoughts 震惊！玄学大佬被读心了 Yellow Peach Tutu黄桃土土Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + mind-reading + lighthearted] After graduating with a law degree, Xia Wange, heir to a Daoist sect, sees a wheelchair shimmering with purple energy at a car crash site. Born unable to gather energy, she can’t bring herself to leave the wheelchair alone. [I’ll carry this wheelchair off and borrow the energy on it to draw talismans. Then I’ll be the undisputed goddess of the supernatural world!] Lu Qiu, the CEO still trapped in the wreckage, inexpli 362.7kReads9.5Score73.6kShelves

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    The female lead is a top law student, skilled in both law and magic. Highly recommended!

28. 28 守 The Village Guardian, the Wife in the Coffin 守村人，棺中妻 Big Brother Xuanyi玄一哥哥Rural Life3.2M WordsCompleted [Fox Wife] + [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [Mystery and Twists] + [Funny Ensemble Cast] + [Interlocking Plotlines] + [First-Ever Nine-Tailed Fox with Nine Clones] I’m the village’s famous idiot. Of course, that’s what people who don’t know any better call me. Those in the know call me… the village guardian! But my half-baked fortune-teller of a grandfather has a very different opinion from everyone else. He says I’m a kept man who lives off women! Still, I never imagined the woman I’d have 19.4kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    Suspense and supernatural lovers, come quick! Immersive first-person perspective, layers of mystery behind the red coffin beauty, eerie atmosphere galore, thrilling serialization, a high-energy story with 30,000 people already waiting for it, don't miss it!

29. 29 我 I Only Tell Fortunes, Ghostbusting Costs Extra! 我只算命，捉鬼得加钱！ Stream溪流Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted I'm a feng shui and face-reading master. To make a living, I opened a face-reading shop. Business was poor, and I could barely get by. Then one day, a woman showed up with 200,000 yuan in cash and asked me to drive away an evil spirit... 705Reads—Score103Shelves

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30. 30 重 Reborn, I Became a Legendary Heavenly Master 重生后，我成为一代天师 Covering One's Ears While Stealing a Bell掩耳盗铃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted After being reborn, he has no choice but to return to the secular world as a Taoist priest. He rises to prominence, but just as he devotes himself to seeking the Tao and longs to become a true Taoist, one strange incident after another begins to occur. The three thousand temptations of the mortal world disrupt his cultivation. 972Reads6.0Score103Shelves
31. 31 港 Hong Kong Films: I'm in the O-Record, and the System Makes Me Hunt Ghosts on the Side 港片：我O记，系统让我兼职捉鬼 May Victory Come Your Way!旗开得胜呀Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating with a System into the role of a Hong Kong cop in the 1980s, he plans to use his knowledge of the future to make a fortune. Instead, he’s forced to hunt demons on the sets of films like Mr. Vampire and Troublesome Night. Dating celebrities becomes a side benefit, and the police force even has a “special department” that can capture ghosts. 4.1kReads5.3Score378Shelves
32. 32 进 I Joined the Supernatural Investigation Bureau, but No One Knows Glutinous Rice Can Stop Zombies 进入灵调局，没人知道糯米克僵尸 Uncle Jiu the Ghost Hunter捉鬼九叔Mystery531k WordsCompleted Lu Ran was once an apprentice at a coffin shop. One day, he transmigrated to the Paranormal Investigation Bureau and learned that this world was crawling with zombies, yet nobody knew how to deal with them. Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! Paranormal Master Sign-In System successfully activated! You receive Uncle Jiu's legacy from the start! Lu Ran grinned. This was right up his alley! Need to catch zombies? You can't go wrong with me! 432Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 I’d Just Become a Celestial Master When Someone Showed Up to Call Me a Fraud 我，刚成天师，就被人上门打假 Child of the Canglang沧浪之子Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Trapped for a thousand years inside the sect leader’s jade ring, Yang Fan advanced to Celestial Master and returned to the city with power that could reach the heavens and shake the earth. Who knew he would immediately be called out by a hugely popular livestreamer? “Everyone, can you believe there are still people who claim they can tell fortunes these days? Let’s expose this fraud together today!” Three sentences later, the livestreamer said, “Master, could you tell me if I can become a famous 460Reads7.0Score101Shelves
34. 34 我 I'm Just a Taoist, Definitely Not a Spy 我就是个道士，绝对不是特务 Follow Your Heart, Your Nature, Your Whim随心随性随意Urban956k WordsCompleted The nation has fallen, families have been destroyed, and the ancestral traditions wiped out. A young Taoist priest descends from the mountains, seeking both survival and a way to help the world. A soul from a later age vows to do his small part to drive out the invaders. 5kReads8.5Score321Shelves
35. 35 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 31.4kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
36. 36 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. 14.5kReads8.5Score612Shelves
37. 37 在 A Wild Taoist in Uncle Jiu's World 在九叔世界里，当一个野生道士 Wu Yanzu of Huaiji怀集吴彦祖Eastern Fantasy182k WordsCompleted Li Yang transmigrates to a parallel world of Uncle Jiu, an era of warring warlords and rampant demons. Watch as Li Yang slays demons and vanquishes evil! He won't become Uncle Jiu's disciple. Cultivation realms: Qi Condensation, Dao Inquiry, Mage, True Adept, Celestial Master. 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 直 Live-Streaming a Borrowed Spell: Please Believe in Science 直播借法，请相信科学 Six-Stroke Wen Dao六笔文刀Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome, viewers, to the livestream! There are no such things as ghosts in this world. It's all just people scaring each other. Today's broadcast is all scripted, with special effects. Please be sensible and trust in science! [Streamer, how about you put down that ruler in your hand before telling us to trust in science?] [Hey, streamer, are you selling that hamster or not?] By the Celestial Master's command, gods and ghosts must keep their distance! Those who refuse will be dealt with on the sp 8.8kReads8.3Score388Shelves
39. 39 7 Bureau 749 Wants Me to Catch Demons, and You’re Taking Over My Temple? 749局请我捉妖，你占我道观？ Big White Rice大白米Urban2.3M WordsOngoing A great demon in the Magic City underwent a tribulation in the middle of a busy street. Tens of thousands of people witnessed it and filmed the event, sending shockwaves around the globe! The entire 749 Bureau mobilized to deal with the demon, but failed to defeat it. In the end, the relevant authorities decided to summon Li Penghao, the only direct disciple of the peerless legend Chen Zixuan! Li Penghao spent five whole years hunting down the demon. After destroying it, he returned to his Taois 5.4kReads8.1Score317Shelves
40. 40 直 Reviewing Horror Movies on Livestream, and It Turns Out It's All Real? 直播点评鬼片，竟然一切都是真的？ Timid Timid怂怂Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yuan wakes up after a night of heavy drinking and discovers that he’s joined the wave of transmigrators, ended up in another world, inherited a shop, and awakened a System! But what gives him a headache is that he awakened a supernatural System! And yet! Just as he’s fretting over it while watching a livestream, his System unexpectedly awakens! With his System awakened, Jiang Yuan becomes a keyboard warrior who pontificates about the world, giving live advice on how to deal with zombies! B 312Reads5.2Score144Shelves
41. 41 茅 The Maoshan Outcast 茅山弃徒 Xiao Mochou萧莫愁Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted On a snowy night fifteen years ago, an eight-year-old child went up to Maoshan. Fifteen years later, the child had grown into a young man whose Taoist arts were perfected and who was invincible under heaven. Yet the world accused him of betraying his master and murdering countless people. Even the master who had treated him like his own son had died at his hands. Cast out of the Maoshan Orthodox Sect, no one knew what he intended to do. He wandered the world, moving among the most mysterious cro 202Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 天 A Celestial Master Takes a Job at the Crematorium, Who Would Dare Fake Their Own Death? 天师入职火葬场，这谁敢诈尸啊？ Holy Crab厚礼蟹特Urban753k WordsCompleted Zhang Jiusheng is reborn in a parallel world as the only direct disciple of the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought he had it made and could live off incense offerings until he died. Who could have guessed that Taoism in this world had fallen into decline over the centuries? Now it's so poor, it can't even afford a bowl of pork trotter rice! He'll have to take on some side jobs! Just then, a group of government officials showed up at the mountain. The National Crematorium is hiring! 1.4kReads7.4Score247Shelves
43. 43 开 From the Start, a Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Was Away for a Year, and My Home Was Robbed 开局道士下山：云游一年家被偷 Shi An时安Urban1.5M WordsCompleted An old Taoist went down the mountain to travel, only to come back and find his home stolen? You want to charge me an entrance fee to the mountain temple where I've lived for most of my life? My country's finest traditions are at stake! How can I put up with this? Who knew the world would undergo a cataclysm, horrors would return, and ghosts would run wild! Hidden masters everywhere sprang into action! But why does this old Taoist look so familiar? Powerful figures, reclusive clans, and undergrou 376Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 僵 My Date with a Vampire: Three Years of Laying Low on Maoshan, Then Marrying Ma Xiaoling 僵约：茅山苟三年，迎娶马小玲 Mo Chenqiang墨宸强Eastern Fantasy929k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the world of Maoshan cultivation, he only realizes after coming down from the mountain that this is actually the world of My Date with a Vampire. The Zombie King, Chen, Nuwa, Fate, Pangu… And the familiar Ma Xiaoling. An astonishing and arduous journey begins. 932Reads5.8Score—Shelves
45. 45 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 155Reads7.5Score101Shelves
46. 46 我 I'm a Young Daoist from Maoshan 我是茅山小道士 Maoshan Sect's First Senior Disciple茅山派首席大弟子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted I'm a young Maoshan Taoist. I can't earn enough to eat, life is hard, and misfortune follows me everywhere. With no other choice, I set up a fortune-telling stall, reading the winds and studying the land, interpreting hexagrams and divining people's fates. When ordinary people are in trouble, they come to me for help. When vengeful spirits have grievances, I help them find justice… 269Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 异 Livestreaming in Another World: I'm the Only One Who Understands Jiangshi 异界开直播，只有贫道懂僵尸 I'm Ximu我是兮木啊Mystery471k WordsCompleted Yang Xuanming transmigrates to a world with a strange break in its history and inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. By signing in every day, he becomes a reclusive Celestial Master. With his departure from the mountain fast approaching, Yang Xuanming wants to revive the declining Taoist tradition and spread its teachings. He starts livestreaming reviews of ghost movies, throwing in explanations of related supernatural lore along the way. “Fellow worshippers, do you know what a jiangshi is?” “Do 465Reads5.4Score—Shelves
48. 48 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: President Shi, Your Wife Is Urging You to Get a Divorce 直播算命：时总，夫人催您去离婚 Nine-Nine One Grain of Millet九九一粒粟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + livestream fortune-telling + wealthy CEO + devoted couple] Love story: A powerful mystic's soul drifted into another world. To stay alive, she had to bind her marriage fate to a man with purple qi. So the first time they met was at the civil affairs bureau. He said, “Marrying you was my grandmother's decision. We have no feelings for each other, so there won't be a wedding, and we won't live together after we marry.” She said, “No problem.” He said, “As agreed, we'll divorce in a 22.6kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist solves various problems by consulting feng shui and drawing talismans, earning a living while supporting her family. The writing style is lighthearted yet slightly thrilling, definitely worth reading!

49. 49 豪 The Beloved of a Wealthy Family, the Metaphysics Master Rises to Power in High Society 豪门团宠，玄学大佬在上流圈杀疯 A Sour Little Mandarin一颗酸桔子Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It'll slowly go up! [Occult powers + feel-good wish fulfillment + strong heroine + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + pampered by everyone + no romance] [Main plotline + episodic stories] There's a new piece of gossip among Xincheng's elite: the Shen family's long-lost youngest daughter has been found. As soon as she returned, she severed her eldest brother's romantic ties, tormented her younger brother until he was skin and bones, and even dared to hit her own grandmoth 10.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
50. 50 茅 The Maoshan Heir: The Little Taoist Returns to the Origin, A Fan Novel 茅山后裔之小道归元一一同人小说 Little Vajra Palm小力金刚掌Mystery526k WordsCompleted A fanfiction based on The Descendants of Maoshan. After waiting for years, I finally decided to write one myself. I can’t write something as grand as The Dao Returns to the Origin, so I’ll write a little tale about returning to the Dao and have some fun. Please don’t be too hard on me if it isn’t good. Just think of it as a little bit of gossip. I hereby solemnly declare that I once wrote a short fanfiction called Hong Kong Island Mystery. I’m now folding it into The Little Dao Returns to the Or 497Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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