Records of a Taoist: The Story of Situ Shankong 道家记实录（司徒山空传）
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
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The Legend of Situ Shankong 司徒山空传
The rags-to-riches journey from teahouse server to grandmaster. The extraordinary life of an old Taoist from eastern Sichuan, spanning seventy years!
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Journey Through Hell: Northern Myanmar 地狱行之缅北
Synopsis: You think places like Muse, Kokang, and Wa State in northern Myanmar are hell? Heh. The real hell is hundreds, even thousands of times more terrifying! Myanmar is vast, and northern Myanmar isn't the only hell there! You've watched those online videos about northern Myanmar and think the methods shown are cruel enough? You have no idea. Their worst methods are far beyond that! They are more terrifying than demons who devour people without a trace. From the day I was tricked and lured i
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A True Record of Folk Secrets and the Great Way of Cultivation 民间绝学大道修仙实记
This book was written by a genuine folk practitioner of Daoist cultivation. It is intended for later generations of practitioners who may need it, and records the practice process as it really happened, along with real supernatural phenomena, folk tales, and Daoist secret arts. This book is suitable for: People with an immortal spirit attached to them Those who practice Daoist cultivation or mind-training methods People with somatic symptoms People with schizophrenia People with dissociative ide
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The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
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The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师
[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.
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The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士
[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
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The Villainess Studies Hard at the Aristocratic Academy 反派大小姐在贵族学院狠狠学习
[The male lead is Chi. The romance develops slowly, and until anyone confesses, it's just friendship.] He Ying regains her memories in an old-school campus novel and is horrified to realize she's the vicious rich young lady. Instead of inheriting a fortune worth trillions, she's been chasing men and bullying the sweet, innocent heroine. What a ridiculous way to live. After learning that inheriting the family fortune depends on her academic performance, He Ying declares, “If I don't earn this mon
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A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师
[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
183.1kReads9.1Score17.6kShelves
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The Art of Reading People 观人有道
The Daoist Five Arts are Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Physiognomy, and Divination, representing Heaven, Earth, Humanity, Ghosts, and Immortals respectively. The Immortal Way is Mountain: focusing on cultivation, talismans, martial arts, geography, and feng shui. The Human Way is Medicine: focusing on healing, Daoist medicine, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, and prescriptions. The Divine Way is Destiny: focusing on fortune-telling, the Eight Characters, Zi Wei astrology, and more.
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Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术
This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun
16.1kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
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A Martial Worlder with a Few Taoist Tricks 人在武侠，会点道法
(This is an irreverent wuxia novel, so please bear with me.) After finally landing a secure job as a Taoist library clerk, he transmigrates into the only Taoist priest at Peach Blossom Temple on Peach Blossom Mountain in Linbin Town. He assumes the world is full of immortal powerhouses, with sages and demon gods as common as dogs. Zhang Zhengdao, who has mastered the Golden Core Great Dao, only wants to keep his head down and stay safe, performing blessing rituals, funerals, and ceremonies for t
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Notes from the Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记
[All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses.
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The Mystical Art of Changing Your Fate 玄学改命法
[A modern guide to metaphysical practice and techniques for changing your fate] [Combines Four Pillars of Destiny, fortune-telling, face reading, feng shui, Daoist medicine, spirit-medium practices, and more] [Packed with practical knowledge and hands-on experience] [Reinterprets millennia-old wisdom through physics and psychology] [Helps you recognize patterns in everyday life and improve your fortunes] My name is Shen Runsheng. I was a science-minded man who believed in rationality, but after
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State of Mind! 心境！
(Eloquent writing + xuanhuan fantasy + suspense + supernatural + spiritual cultivation + ordinary-person progression + no System + no clichés + no invincibility + no mindless characters) Wu Jing, a young herb gatherer from Qingshi Town, falls off a cliff and attains sudden insight, glimpsing the secret of a century-long lifespan! But the road to longevity is filled with deadly dangers. The stunning heiress he treats has an ancient heart demon sealed inside her; the Daoist temple he joins conceal
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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记
[Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b
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I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧
[One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ
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A Fortune-Teller’s True-Life Record 算命纪实录
A firsthand record of Bazi fortune-telling, with a decade-long comparison of the accuracy of Bazi, Qimen, and feng shui cases. From a person’s birth date and time alone, one can map out the ups and downs of their entire life, from birth, aging, illness, and death to honor, disgrace, prosperity, and decline, from poverty and hardship to wealth and success. Every prediction comes true with uncanny accuracy.
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Chronicles of the Countryside 乡村故事录
[#Countryside #GrassrootsMiracleDoctor #RuralLife #RiseFromTheBottom #AllWalksOfLife] Wang Shouren, the old village doctor of Wangjiawa, carries his family's secret silver needles and has spent half his life caught up in feuds in the countryside. His son, Wang Ergeng, inherits his medical skills and leaves the mountains to make his way in the county town. Fame, fortune, romance, and turmoil come one after another. A heartbreaking parting finally brings him to his senses. Medicine can cure illnes
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The Outcast: With So Many Forbidden Arts, You Pick the Great Thousand Records? 一人：禁术那么多，你选大千录？
Lin Huowang transmigrates into the world of The Outcast. He has a harmonious family and a happy life. But a dispute between two outcasts spirals into an undeserved disaster, leaving Lin Huowang an orphan. By a stroke of luck, Lin Huowang awakens the System. The System offers him a wealth of forbidden techniques to choose from: Flying Thunder God, Impure World Reincarnation, Twin Hands, Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, Great Thousand Records... With no qi in his body and no talent for cultivati
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Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下
[No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T
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The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下
[Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it...
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Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事
Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t
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Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺
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
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Practical Folk Secrets 民间秘术干货
Folk Secrets and Practical Wisdom: Survival Skills and Ingenious Tricks Passed Down by Our Ancestors Have you ever heard... In the back alley behind an apothecary late at night, an old herbalist hums a tune while grinding medicine. Hidden in its melody is a secret remedy for setting bones and healing torn muscles and tendons; Deep in the mountains, a bamboo weaver always rubs a handful of plant ash into his palms before weaving a basket. With a change in technique, he can make a container tha
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Learn Bazi Astrology from Scratch 零基础学习八字命理
Getting started with Four Pillars destiny analysis isn't difficult. It's like learning math: first, you get to know the numbers and formulas. Begin by memorizing the basic symbols, such as the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the generating and overcoming cycles of the Five Elements. They are like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in math. Next, understand how to construct a Four Pillars chart, converting a birth date into the four pillars. This is like carefully reading
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Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术
“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.
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The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录
A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem
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Qi Cultivation Art 练气决
The Qi Cultivation Method is a cultivation manual that guides beginners into the mysterious world of qi refinement. Starting with the most basic search for a sense of qi, it gradually delves deeper, explaining in detail the many secrets and techniques involved in qi cultivation. In this book, readers follow carefully designed steps to shut out the noise of the outside world and calm both body and mind. Through specific postures, breathing techniques, and concentration exercises, they learn to s
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Reborn as the Empire’s Cherished Darling 重生后我成了帝国的掌心宠
[Completed] It was only when Ji Ye was on the verge of death that he realized that no matter how hard he tried, his family had always seen him as a lowly person with inferior blood. He existed as a stand-in to soothe his adoptive mother's fragile mental state. Now that the Ji family had found their real missing child, there was no longer any need for the stand-in. The love and affection he had spent ten years trying to earn all belonged to someone else. When he opened his eyes again, he had retu
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Father, Kneel Down and Satisfy Me 神父，跪下，喂饱我
[Full Audiobook Now Available] [Both Pure + Intense Push and Pull + Flirtatious + Shou Imprisons Gong] [Yandere Vampire Shou Ji Wangxian × Priest Gong Wicher] Ji Wangxian, the first of the vampires, was sealed away for hundreds of years. After breaking free, he was weak and on the run from his pursuers, so he disguised himself as a woman and went to stay with the priest, Wicher. Wicher’s aim was to kill him, yet Ji Wangxian became intoxicated by Wicher’s sweet blood. The more Wicher resisted and
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The Little Taoist of Yuntai Temple: Master, You Lack Virtue 云台观的小道长：道长你五行缺德
At twenty-one, Xuanzi Ye is a young Taoist priest in the modern world who can see “qi.” He looks after the rundown Yuntai Temple on the edge of the city, living with his elderly master, Xuan Qing. He scrolls on his smartphone and muddles through Taoist magic. Most days, he grumbles about the bizarre “fortunes” of the temple’s visitors and dreams of going down the mountain to earn enough money to buy supplements for his master. But his peaceful life ends when his master passes on and ascends to i
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The World of Dao 道界天下
A mysterious young man emerges from a mysterious village. He has no Daoist heart, no Dao spirit, and no Daoist physique, yet he is determined to seek the Dao. He joins the Wenda Sect and embarks on an utterly unconventional path of cultivation!
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The Great Ming Surveillance Court 大明道察院
[See the epic history of the Daoist sects in the early Ming through the eyes of a transmigrator] In the third year of Hongwu, the Hongwu Emperor established the mysterious Dao Investigation Bureau to rein in Daoist sorcerers who could turn the tide at will. There is no carefree Daoist life here, only the ironclad rule that “magic must be bounded by law, and the Dao restrained by regulations.” Even mighty cultivators who can fly through the skies and burrow through the earth must face execution i
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Honghuang: I Am the Daoist Sect's First Disciple 洪荒：我为道门首徒
Lu Qing transmigrated to the Primordial World and transformed into an innate spiritual root. On the day he took human form, the Six Saints gathered and the Great Dao itself came to celebrate. In the end, he became a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, their shared disciple and the foremost disciple of the Daoist school. In the Zixiao Palace, the Dao Ancestor asked the Six Saints, “Who among you believes is fit to rule the Heavenly Court?” Taishang: “Lu Qing is steady in his conduct and kind by natu
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Period: My Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious? 年代：道法通神，你说我迷信？
The short drama Years: Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious is now streaming on Hongguo. After transmigrating to the 1960s, Li Zhenhua discovered that he had become the world’s biggest sucker. His father was blind and foolish, his stepmother played favorites, and his siblings looked down on him. Together with the woman he’d been dating for three years, they framed him for collecting Taoist books and branded him a feudal superstitious. One did it for a woman, another for
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The Young Taoist Priest of the Celestial Masters' Mansion 天师府小道士
A little Taoist who could never catch a ghost returned to secular life. On his wedding day, not one of his fellow disciples showed up, but every ghost in the city gathered above the wedding venue. They wanted to shield the little fellow, who was always softhearted, endlessly chatty and eventually married a little fox, from a tribulation lightning strike. But that day, the sky was clear and cloudless, and nothing happened.
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The Dao Diagram's Path to Immortality 道图升仙录
[4.8 million words, complete. A long cultivation novel with a satisfying ending and no abandoned plotlines] [A hundred cultivation instances for you to explore] [Traditional cultivation + clan cultivation + spiritual herb space + alchemy + weapon forging + Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams] A poor young man from Immortal Cat Valley has no parents and is a humble spirit farmer with only three mu of spirit fields. He awakens the Eight Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams: the Immortal Zhi Medicine Diagram, w
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