Novels like I Am a Taoist
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- 1 Livestream: There’s a Taoist Temple on My Mountain 直播：我家山上有座道观 [Urban fantasy + livestreaming + System + immortal cultivation] Wang Fan, tired of city life, returns to his hometown. By chance, he gets tricked into becoming a Taoist priest at Shuiyun Temple and activates the Cloudwater Temple Inheritance System. From then on, he begins livestreaming his journey into immortal cultivation. Wang Fan says he's under a lot of pressure, and sharing a life with a broke-ass System only makes it worse... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Taoist Priest's Side Job Is Ghost Catcher 道士副职是鬼差 Gu An, the fifth disciple of Fenghe Palace, was tricked by his master into studying sales from childhood to help the palace meet its business targets. When Gu An began thinking of leaving, Master Qingfeng sent him to a graveyard for a trial, hoping to make him give up by showing him how difficult it would be. And so began Gu An’s glorious life... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Taoist Ghost Hunter: Original Sin 道士捉鬼之人间原罪 My master ascended and left me behind. How am I supposed to know how to ascend? He never taught me... Urban cultivation, comedy, lighthearted, no System. As a Taoist priest, Gu Xiaoxian runs into all kinds of things. He can casually catch ghosts and seek out fortuitous opportunities, while also cultivating immortality and ascending... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 With an Untroubled Heart, One May Attain Immortality 此心无碍，可得长生 This world nurtures all living things. Flowers, grass, trees, birds, beasts, insects, and fish. Humanity is considered the most intelligent of all creatures, one of the Three Powers alongside Heaven and Earth. Heaven endures, and Earth endures. Can humanity endure as well? As the saying goes: Water has a thousand sources, yet all flow into the Eastern Sea. The Dao has ten thousand methods, and all lead to immortality. The way to immortality lies beneath the strange and dazzling surface of realit 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 You Have Spirit Mediums? Then I'll Be the Four Seas Gang's Fixer 你们出马？那我就当四海帮办 Evil spirits break through the apertures, revealing extraordinary talent. One beat of the sacred drum, and the old immortals hear the truth. Across the sea, Jin Liang; a fixer for the Four Seas Gang. Who told you I only know how to sing spirit-invoking chants and summon the old immortals? I’m also one of the rare disciples of the Lushan Sect! If the immortals can’t step in to deal with something, I’ll handle it! May the founding master protect me! Nothing is forbidden! What makes you so sure you —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Master of Metaphysics 玄门国手 Lin Yanyang is a 22-year-old third-year student at a traditional Chinese medicine college. Thin and slight, he has a focused gaze but often lowers his eyes to avoid meeting anyone's stare, and habitually sits in the corner. After witnessing a close family member fall ill in childhood without receiving timely treatment, he withdrew into himself and came to be mistaken for “aloof and boring.” He has a near-photographic memory and an extreme sensitivity to scents, colors, and pulses. Unable to expr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Young Celestial Master of the Daoist Sect 道门小天师 On the year of his master's eightieth birthday, his master arranged a funeral for himself. Everyone in the city came... 106Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 8 Direct Disciple of the Three Pure Ones: I Slay Demons in the City 三清嫡传：我在都市斩妖邪 An immortal child serving beneath the Three Pure Ones accidentally perishes and is reborn as a drowning boy in the mortal world. On the brink of death, he unexpectedly arrives in the underworld, where a mysterious expert teaches him the arcane Book of the Three Pure Ones. But he accidentally lets the underworld's evil ghosts escape. To make amends, the boy travels through the city wielding talismans and Taoist arts, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. Along the way, he meets Yi Xiaotong, the gi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 253Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 10 The Fearsome Taoist 道士凶猛 I was born alongside an ancient tomb. They called me a calamity sent from heaven. I extended my life at Zhongnan Mountain, and after ten years, became the foremost master of the mystic arts. But my whole life began with that marriage contract... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 From the Start, It Begins with Fortune-Telling 开局从算命开始 A Taoist priest gets a "God-tier System," and becomes incredible. The priest says, "The Eagleland's spaceplane will crash into the Pacific Ocean three months from now." Three months later, the Eagleland's spaceplane suddenly crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The priest says, "Beneath the Gemstone Park in the Eagleland, there's a ruby weighing 1,404.49 carats." Treasure hunters from all over the world flock to the park. They dig down to bedrock, turning Gemstone Park into a lake of gemstones, befor 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Livestream: A Taoist Master's Divine Everyday Life 直播：道长的神仙日常 Fortune-telling + daily life + lighthearted comedy + no System + no female lead + spiritual qi revival Yu Jin disliked life in the Celestial Court, so he returned to his old, dilapidated temple. To weaken the inexplicable good fortune he had, he started livestreaming and deliberately disrupting the laws of the Great Dao to change people's fates. He left home to become a Taoist priest at fourteen. At sixteen, he shattered the void and ascended to immortality. At eighteen, he became the youngest C —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 This Is a Supernatural Novel 这是一本灵异文 From the start, his parents are alive and his grandparents are still around. He serves the Underworld and walks among the living. By accident, he sends his résumé into the incinerator at a temple. That night, he somehow lands a job as an Underworld enforcer. Chen Hao, who’ll do anything for money, even risk his life, accepts a mission from the Underworld. Under the guise of a university lecturer, he investigates strange events in the mortal world. [This story is set in a fictional world and is n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Taoist Descends the Mountain: I’m Really Not a Charlatan 道士下山：我真不是神棍 The winds rise, and earth-shaking changes unfold. Yang Ming, a young Taoist priest from Qingyun Temple, attains enlightenment overnight. I really do have heaven-reaching abilities granted by the System. I can livestream, join Dai Xiaomei for a corpse-driving trip during summer vacation, run a shop for goods from the underworld, catch ghosts, read feng shui and predict good and bad fortune, peer into the secrets of heaven, and win over the empress. I can handle all kinds of eerie and terrifying e 26Reads—Score114d adds
- 15 The Little Daoist of the Flower City 花都小道士 A Taoist priest descends from the mountains, armed with boundless powers and miraculous medical skills. Young Taoist Qiu Yun heads into the martial world to make his mark. “Your illness can be treated, but my fees are a little steep. This villa is quite nice. Let’s call it payment for the first round of treatment...” Qiu Yun said, gazing at the luxurious villa worth hundreds of millions. “Divine Doctor Qiu, I know how you do things. Here are half the shares in my company. Once I’m cured, they 69Reads9.0Score10414d adds
- 16 I Unleash My Divine Might in Another World 我在异界大显灵威 [Not a Leveling Story] [Not a Mafia-Style Cultivation Story] Take one method from the Dao, and one technique from that method. A temple rascal born in the 2000s transmigrates to another world, only to discover that immortals and demons are real here, and magic is everywhere. This is practically a heaven-sent opportunity! What? The Daoist traditions have been lost? I have magic from another world! This time, your Daoist master is going to show off! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 City Life: Practicing the Heavenly General's Arts 都市，行天蓬法 With the Seven Star Sword in hand and the waters of Beiming beneath his feet, the Nine Profound Fiend Boy leads the way, while thirty-six generals await his command. “Ti Peng, Ti Peng, Nine Profound Fiend Boy... With one stroke of the divine blade, ten thousand ghosts scatter!” 2.3kReads—Score12314d adds
- 18 The Last Taoist Priest in the City 都市最后一个道士 When I was little, strangers were always visiting our home, bringing all kinds of gifts for my grandfather. They were dressed in fine clothes and drove foreign cars. It was clear they were from a different class than us. But those visits also led to my grandfather’s death. And I was drawn into the chain of events that followed. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Yin-Yang Ghost Sculptor 阴阳鬼雕师 I was born with a pure Yin birth chart, and the villagers said I was an ill omen. To save my life, my grandfather placed a statue of Black and White Impermanence at my bedside. Only then did I learn that he was a sculptor. But the things he carved were actually ghosts... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in a Purple Robe: From the Start, I Borrow Magic to Topple Altars and Temples 转生紫袍，开局借法翻坛伐庙 Zhang Qing, a purple-robed Celestial Master, was tricked by the founding patriarch just as he ascended in broad daylight, and transmigrated to another world. At first, all he wanted was to earn a little yin virtue to keep himself alive. Unexpectedly, the people of this world had gone mad. Foreign nations were frantically hunting dragon veins to awaken the gods. With only the dragon veins of Huaxia still intact, they soon attracted the covetous attention of countless foreign powers. As the foundi 1.4kReads—Score11314d adds
- 21 Awaken the Tycoon System: From the Start, I Light the Lantern for the Crown Prince 觉醒神豪系统，开局点太子爷天灯 Awakening the Tycoon System: I Had the Crown Prince's Lantern Lit from the Start 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Lost My Job and Met an Evil Ghost, So I Became a Disciple of the Purple Star Emperor 失业遇恶鬼，我直接拜师紫微大帝 I’m thirty this year, unemployed, and buried under a massive loan. The only place I can afford to rent is this cheap, run-down old apartment building that’s about to be demolished. I never expected to encounter a vengeful ghost coming for my life on my very first day there. I sought help from every temple master, folk exorcist, and even spirit medium I could find, but none of them could save me. With nowhere else to turn, I came across the Northern Emperor’s lineage online. They kill, they don’t 5.2kReads—Score42414d adds
- 23 The Maoshan Celestial Master 茅山天师 Maoshan secret arts, supreme beneath the heavens; a sacred mountain paradise, the orthodox school of Daoism! The Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song bestowed eight treasures upon Maoshan to protect the region, banish demons, uphold the Dao, and bring blessings to the people. Yet the internal power struggles within the Daoist sects, including the Maoshan School, have continued for centuries. This story unfolds through the strange tales of spirits and the supernatural that happen all around me. D 35Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 24 The Mystical Dao God 玄清道神 [A slow-burn story: The beginning is a little quiet, but it gets more and more exciting as you read on!] A love that spans three lifetimes. You protected me through two of them. In this life, I have come only for you! Xia Yang owns a paper effigy shop and is also a Taoist priest. With just a sword at his side, he walks the roads of the living while earning his keep in the underworld. He hunts evil spirits, battles zombies, captures monsters, and lays restless souls to rest... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Have a Little Taoist Temple 我有一座小道观 Everything in the world has its cause and effect: illness is the cause, and the Dao is the result. Who would have thought that even a lowly ghost cultivator would dare to cause trouble in a Taoist temple? At midnight, a headless man appears in a villa, while a legless girl crawls along the dormitory hallway... I have a sword, a temple, and nine questions. One question to kill a ghost, one to destroy a demon, one to slay a god, one to attain the Dao, one to sever an obsession, one to prove the hu 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I'm Done Being a Celestial Master This Poor 这么穷的天师不当也罢 In times of peace and prosperity, Buddhism flourishes across the land while Daoists hide away in remote mountains. In times of chaos, Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye to worldly affairs, while the Old Lord shoulders his sword and saves a world in turmoil. Daoists emerge from seclusion to save the people only when chaos reigns. In prosperous times, they shun worldly gain and retreat to the mountains, pursuing the Great Dao in their hearts, untouched by mundane distractions. This seems to have become 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Livestream: Is It Really So Strange for a Taoist Priest Like Me to Know Magic? 直播：我一个道士会道术很合理吧 [Livestreaming + System + Pets + Urban Fantasy + Supernatural Invasion = ?] Chen Chuan transmigrates to a world on the brink of a supernatural invasion, becoming a Taoist priest with a temple from the start and binding himself to a live-streaming System for saving the world. To prepare for the crisis that may be coming, Chen Chuan begins his daily livestreams. “Daoist, why can your husky do kung fu?” “Daoist, you say you can’t use magic, so what’s that ball of lightning in your palm?” “Daoist, y 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Corpse Soul's Lost Spirit 尸魂落魄 I bought a human-body mannequin on Taobao. The seller had clearly gone to a lot of trouble, because what arrived was a living corpse... 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Charismatic Feng Shui Master 风骚风水师 Huang Daxian, an outcast from the Three Pure Ones Temple, and his disciple Wei An live in seclusion at Xiaoyao Temple. They spend their days using the Book of Strange Gates and Hidden Armor to tell fortunes and read people's fate. One day, while practicing the Great Ultimate Golden Flower Teaching, Wei An suffers a cultivation deviation. In a dream, he becomes the Unforgiven Tower Lord, leading his followers in a final battle against the righteous path, only to suffer a crushing defeat. Wei An 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Unremarkable Little Taoist 平平无奇小道士 Half a bowl of clear water reflects the universe; a single spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. Reborn in a supernatural world, he studies magic and Taoist teachings under an old Taoist priest. He saves all living beings, slays evil and subdues demons, cleansing the world until not a blemish remains. 73Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 31 The Fake Taoist 冒牌道士 I just rented a new apartment, but every night, shortly after midnight, someone comes knocking at my door. They're all looking for someone named Jiang Jiuzhen. I don't know Jiang Jiuzhen, and I have no idea where they are. But I can't take this constant knocking anymore! And what's strangest and most terrifying is that they aren't even... 377Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 32 The Yin-Yang Master's Secret Records 阴阳师秘记 Where trees grow tall, immortals gather; where locust trees grow, ghosts gather. The village built an elementary school, tearing down the village temple and cutting down a centuries-old locust tree. Then the strange things began... 106Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 33 The Unmatched Little Taoist 极品小道士 This humble Taoist studied under the Ancient Wood Sect, and my master is Sun Banxian. Though my learning is limited, I've been fortunate enough to learn a tenth of my master's skills. Catching ghosts and driving away evil spirits are my specialties. If any handsome gentlemen or beautiful ladies have nightmares, bad luck, or want a face reading or fortune-telling, please do come by. I guarantee I'll be there as soon as you call! Hehe, here's my card. I hope you'll look after me. 198Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 34 I, a Young Maoshan Taoist, Walk Between Yin and Yang 我，茅山小道，行走阴阳 (A note to all readers!!! You can skip Volume One, The Young Maoshan Daoist Comes of Age, and go straight to Volume Two, Conquering the Yin and Yang. Volume One is a little slow, so feel free to skip it if you don’t want to read it.) My name is Li Qingfeng. The year I was born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky, as dragons and tigers contended. Later, I studied Maoshan Daoist arts under a master. He said I was the most gifted person he had ever met, and that taking me as his disciple left hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 King of Destiny Arts 命术之王 The year I was born, a fire took my parents’ lives. A black-furred weasel rescued me from the flames. My grandfather said I was born under a deadly curse, with three calamities following close behind. So I devoted myself to mastering the arts of fate and divination, overcoming the three calamities, severing the Heavenly Dao, and defying heaven to change my fate. 175Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 36 My Years of Catching Demons 我捉妖那些年 “Jinqu of Jinling is a blessed sanctuary for cultivating the truth, a sacred realm where one may become divine. Paper effigies guarding temples, corpses and ghosts possessing the living, using a grandmaster’s name as a pretext to suppress ghosts and drive out evil spirits: during my years hunting demons, I witnessed the true secret arts of Taoism, passed down only to a select few! The rise and fall, secrets, and scandals of Taoist sects such as the Maoshan Sect, the Zhengyi Sect, the Shenxiao Se 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Taoist of Naruto: The Lushan Tradition 火影道士闾山传 Shao Lin knows full well that women only slow down his path to immortality. Every day, he does good deeds like crazy to accumulate merit, hoping to become immortal on the spot so he can go after his enemies. After finally turning down his sweet childhood sweetheart, his ex-wife from nine lifetimes ago shows up asking for a fortune reading. “Oh dear, your birth chart is afflicted by an evil influence this year. There's a faint ring of dark energy around your brow. This is a terrible omen. Since w 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Haunted House Sleep Tester 凶宅试睡师 Houses where murders or suicides have occurred are known as haunted houses. Any property in a prime location that is being sold at an unusually low price has seen some kind of major accident. To put buyers’ minds at ease, the owners spend a fortune hiring the industry’s top sleep testers to debunk rumors about the haunted houses and resolve the sinister, uncanny events within them. Lin Fei, a poor nobody, stumbles into the sleep-testing business and uncovers the secrets behind one haunted house 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Master of Yin-Yang and Feng Shui 阴阳风水天师 [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Mysticism] [Battles of the Occult] [Bickering Couple] My name is Chen Jiuyou. My master gave me that name. He said I was born in the underworld hour of the ninth month, on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour. My entire Eight Characters birth chart was yin, making me a natural “coffin-born child.” The day I was born, my mother bled to death, my father went mad and threw himself down a well, and the midwife who delivered me went home and died suddenly, bleeding 1.8kReads6.2Score12714d adds
- 40 The Genius Face Reader 天才神相 Read yin and yang, discern the Five Elements, see the sun and moon in the palm of your hand. Read feng shui and survey the six directions, grasp the universe within your sleeve. … By a stroke of luck, college graduate Xu Zhe found a purple-gold gourd at a street stall in an antiques market. By accident, he gained the secret teachings of Yuan Tiangang, a legendary master of feng shui and the occult. Why did the shamanic faith, passed down since prehistoric times, fall into decline overnight? An 372Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 Folk Mystical Arts 民间奇术 I’ve been blind since childhood. My grandfather told me that we carvers are different from those people cursed with the Five Afflictions and Three Shortcomings. I didn’t believe him, not until... 88Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 42 My Ancestor Was a Drought Demon 我的祖先是旱魃 The underworld is in chaos, and they want to kill me. The cultivation world is in chaos, and they want to kill me too. Good grief, both the living and the dead want me gone. I had no choice. To uncover the truth about my damn family, I dug up my own ancestral grave. I never expected my ancestor to be a drought demon. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Urban: I Kicked a Tiger, and It Was Livestreamed 都市：踹飞老虎的我被直播了 Zheng Yue transmigrated thirty years ago and spent nearly three decades learning Daoist arts from an old Taoist priest. One punch was enough to split stone. When he happened upon a tiger smashing the window of a livestream van with one swipe, just as it was about to devour the female streamer, he arrived in the nick of time. He kicked the tiger flying! Just as he was about to punch it to death, the Daoist inheritance System suddenly appeared. “The Daoist tradition is in decline. As the only cult 6Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 Living at a Taoist Temple, Streaming My Laid-Back Life 人在道观，直播我的悠闲生活 [Livestream + System + Divine Pets + Urban Cultivation] Chu Nie starts livestreaming his cultivation journey. From the start, he owns a Taoist temple. He streams his daily cultivation, performs tricks like telekinetically retrieving objects and walking on water, raises divine pets, and beats up birds and beasts. Before long, he accidentally becomes famous all over the world, and viewers beg to become his disciples. Chu Nie: “These are just a few parlor tricks. Everyone should still believe in sc 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The All-Round Little Taoist 全能小道士 Born into poverty, Qin Feng was taken to a Taoist temple by a Taoist priest when he was six. When he was sixteen, the old priest passed away, and Qin Feng returned to his hometown down the mountain as instructed. Medicine, fortune-telling, and martial arts. Qin Feng knows a little about all of them. From then on, romance comes his way, and he roams the countryside, living a carefree life. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Daoist Patriarch 道家祖师 In the Eastern Region, immortal sects and demonic orders vie for supremacy, wielding wondrous arts. In the Southern Borderlands, shamans rule, and their strange sorcery and curses defy belief. In the Northern Sea, the Dragon Palace reigns supreme, while the demon clans hold sway with their powerful bodies. The Western Lands are an unknowable place, shrouded in mystery. This world had no Daoism, but Yang Xuan said there should be, and so Daoism came to be. Here are the One Breath Transforming int 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Seeking the Way in a World Overrun by Ghosts and Demons 寻道之鬼妖乱世 [Mild horror + slow burn + no female lead + no System + pure cultivation] Cultivation realms: Dao Initiate → Mortal Daoist → Human Realm Priest → Dao Heart → Dao Union: five major realms (with a hidden realm, the Dao Ancestor). Each realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages. Jiang Xiaobai lost both parents as a child and survived on the charity of the people in Jiang Family Village. At eight, he met an old Daoist who made a brick vanish right before his eyes. According to the old man, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Born with an Immortal Spirit Body: I Somehow Became a Celestial Master of the Daoist Sect 天生仙灵体：我竟修炼成道门天师 Zhang Lin was once a poor young man. After picking up a treasured ring, he gained magical powers. Following his master, Daoist Qingfeng, he went on to subdue demons and exorcise evil, eventually becoming a great Celestial Master. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My Dad Is the Richest Man in the Underworld 老爸是阴间首富 [Urban fantasy, supernatural, imaginative, adventure] Lu Tong sells secondhand homes. One day, he suddenly discovers that his father, who died years ago, has become the richest man in the underworld! At last, he can sing the song of an oppressed man turned master: the overworked wage slave has become a rich second-generation heir. “Dad, give me twenty million for pocket money.” “What? It’s ghost money!” “What about the luxury cars and villas? They’re all made of paper!” “You promised me a driver 2Reads6.2Score114d adds
- 50 Mastering Qi for a Thousand Years: The Heaven-Defying Divine Artifact 气御千年.逆天神器 Feng Yu Jiu Qiu is one of China’s most celebrated fantasy and cultivation novelists, a prominent figure on the Tianya online community. His epic Taoist adventure novel, Qi Yu Qian Nian, has been passionately embraced by readers, earning rave reviews and over a hundred million clicks. Readers have called him the Jin Yong of contemporary fantasy and cultivation fiction. In 2012, he was named one of China’s Ten Most Influential Internet Celebrities, an event hosted by Phoenix TV and Lenovo, with Li 206Reads9.3Score—14d adds
