Novels like The Maoshan Sect Master
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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 Ten Years of Exorcism 十年驱魔往事 My name is Chen Feng. I learned to catch ghosts and ward off evil from my grandfather when I was little. In this world dominated by modern technology and rational thought, I seem out of step with the times. But when night falls and people tremble in fear, I am their only hope... 296Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Grandmaster of the Daoist Sect 道门宗师 This is a world rich in spiritual energy, where people can cultivate. Things that should only exist in books, such as demons, monsters, and beautiful women who are actually painted skins... all sorts of unbelievable things have become real. But since this is a harmonious society, most of them have integrated quite well into ordinary people's lives. Of course, some beings weren't willing to keep living as they once had, so they took human form and blended into human society. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Heavenly Master Preaches Online, but Viewers Want to Challenge Me to a Duel 天师在线传道，网友却要找我单挑 Xu Yan transmigrated into a world where spiritual qi had revived and the supernatural had descended, inheriting the position of Celestial Master of the already-declining Jingming Dao. Netizens said, “You in the purple robe, come out here. I want to fight you one-on-one.” Monsters and demons said, “Come here, Celestial Master. I’ve never eaten one of you before.” Xu Yan was terrified, but fortunately, he awakened the Preaching System. As long as he successfully spread the Dao, he could earn Preac 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After the Sharp-Tongued Daughter-in-Law Turned Over a New Leaf, Good Fortune Came Knocking 刻薄儿媳回头后，福报来敲门 Welcome to read The Sharp-Tongued Daughter-in-Law Turns Over a New Leaf, and Good Fortune Comes Knocking Main characters: Liu He, Yan Shunheng Liu He is hardworking and devoted to her family. Though she has toiled for years, she is often misunderstood. Burdened by grievances, she has grown sharp with others, and deep rifts have formed between her and her family. She stays true to herself and shoulders the family’s troubles alone, but endless conflict leaves her lost. Amid the everyday bustle of 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Tales of the Daoist Sect in Those Years 道门那年那些事 There are three thousand paths to the Great Dao, and many things in this world have yet to be proven. Do these things really exist, or do they not? Are you certain that everyone you see in your daily life is human? Come, step into a little-known world with me. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A Terrifying Coffin Opening: My Mysterious Wife 惊悚开棺：我的神秘老婆 I am an ill-fated person, and the people in my village have despised me since I was a child. Then one day, my grandfather carried in a coffin, and inside was a beautiful woman… 1Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 9 The Outcast Disciple of Maoshan 茅山逆徒 Li Xuan, the notorious rebel disciple of Maoshan, makes a divine servant pact with the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation. He dominates the Daoist sects under heaven and roams both the realms of yin and yang. With nothing but a heart full of passion, he shatters lies and banishes evil, braving every obstacle along the way to uphold the righteous path and rebuild Maoshan! 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 10 A Guide to Folk-Created Cultivation Paths: The Imperial Heir's Immortal Arts 民间自创法脉指南——帝子仙法 A folk guide to self-created cultivation lineages: The Emperor’s Immortal Arts 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Genius Geomancer 天才地师 Master the secrets of feng shui, rise straight to the top, and turn the clouds and rain with a flick of your hand! Young Liang Chen happens upon the legacy of a feng shui geomancer, defies fate and changes his destiny, thriving at every step. He inherits the lost wisdom of sages past and present, and unlocks the secrets of the universe. 178Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 12 A Child Disciple of the Three Pure Ones 三清座下一童子 A world where black and white, order and chaos, East and West, technology and religion all coexist... A novel that truly tells stories about Taoism and its teachings. Dao Meng has been an orphan since childhood. He scrapes by in the Westland, once the Continent of Taoism and Buddhism, now occupied by the Church. Technology is advanced here, but anything connected to the Church costs a fortune... By chance, Dao Meng is taken in by an old Taoist. From the first moment he sees the Three Pure One 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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... 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Ninefold Celestial Master 九转天师 Maoshan is another name for the Shangqing School. Since it is based on Mount Mao, it is also called the Maoshan School. Maoshan arts are fierce and domineering, renowned for the Three Mao traditions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. They are considered the foremost of the Daoist methods, and flourished from the Southern Liang dynasty through the Northern Song. After the Northern Song, many lineages spread among the common people, with the Luofu Maoshan School becoming the most famous. Also known as Sou 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Tales of Strange Things in the Mountains: A Maoshan Taoist's Story 茅山道士之山野怪谈 Magic is the application of the Dao! When the Maoshan sect's leader and the Eight Treasures that guarded the mountain vanished together, they drew covetous eyes from every direction. The Daoist world was thrown into turmoil. Yang Yuanshan, a grandmaster of the Maoshan sect, and his disciple Changsheng fought their way through every obstacle, vanquishing demons and monsters. They turned the tide and displayed the full extent of their lifelong mastery, bringing the mystical traditions of the Daois 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Heir to the Daoist Tradition 道门传人 A successor of the Southern School of Daoism trains relentlessly in his family's secret art of slaying ghosts to avenge his loved ones, only to become embroiled in a shocking conspiracy... 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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
- 18 The Legend of Feng Shui 風水傳奇 This book is based on the Feng Shui Special Protection Bureau. First, let me make one thing clear: this bureau exists in a fictional country. It does not concern or represent any particular country, and it does not violate any country’s laws, politics, or regulations. Every story is fictional. The protagonist is Zhang Chen, a Feng Shui master. Alongside him are Li Chongqin, Li Yuxin, Luo Qiao, Lao Lingling, Xia Xue, Chen Xiaowei, Chen Ying, Li Mei, and other female Feng Shui masters skilled in a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 This Taoist Is Not to Be Messed With 这个道士不好惹 Those who walk the great path are called Taoists. They wield swords to subdue demons and dispel evil, divine good and bad fortune, and understand yin and yang as well as feng shui. Watch me make a name for myself across the land. —Reads6.1Score114d adds
- 20 Beneath Heaven, at the Summit of the Dao 天之下，道之巅 Heaven and earth are a cage, and all living beings struggle to cross beyond it! Should people take their fate into their own hands, or surrender it to the Heavenly Dao? Should people decide rewards and punishments for good and evil, or should the Heavenly Dao enforce them? All things vie for freedom beneath the frosty skies. No life is born with shackles already upon it. This world has no need for the Heavenly Dao, let alone immortals and gods! (This story is entirely fictional!) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 Haunted House Purifier 凶宅净化师 [Yin-Yang + Urban + Suspense] The Haunted House Cleansing Agency, a specialized real estate agency that cleans up haunted and murder houses, was founded in Linhai City, the coastal metropolis, by Huang Sheng. Huang Sheng learned from the old Taoist priest Mu Bai of Yiyuan Temple on Zhongnan Mountain. He originally came to Linhai City for graduate school while working part-time as a real estate agent, acting as a bloodsucking sublandlord everyone loved to hate. During the pandemic lockdown, he di 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 143Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 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. 185Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Solve Major Cases with Taoist Magic 我用道术破大案 Yan Bei was reborn into a parallel world. After ten years of hard work, he finally mastered the ultimate Dao arts. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain determined to become a brilliant detective. After four years of diligent study, he vowed to punish the wicked, help the weak, and pursue criminals across a thousand miles. But he ranked near the bottom in his major, and upon graduating was assigned to the Qingshan Detective Agency in the urban-rural fringe, where he spent his days looking 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Maoshan Taoist Master 茅山道师 Where yin and yang diverge, the path is beyond law and form. Spirit maps travel across garments, and ghosts and gods alike obey their commands. Maoshan arts are also known as the “Pure Maiden’s Spirit-Washing Art.” They are famed for their techniques of entering the underworld and fighting with incantations, and have been renowned for a thousand years. The Zuo family’s yin-yang arts evolved from them. My name is Zuo Xiaosan, the third-generation inheritor of the Zuo family’s three-hundred-year t 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 The Way of the Celestial Master: I Will Slay Every Evil Spirit 天师道：我将斩尽一切邪祟 (Taoist arts + witches + paper effigies + talisman curses + ghost exorcism + spirit summoning + soul guiding + evil spirits + suspense and the supernatural) When it comes to vanquishing demons and evil spirits, the first people who come to mind are Maoshan Taoists. But in fact... the ones truly skilled at catching ghosts and driving out demons are the Celestial Masters! The yin wind rises... vengeful spirits emerge... Orthodox One spells... drive out the ghosts... How will they deal with one biz 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince's Tomb 东魏太子墓 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince’s Tomb —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Seven Disciples of the Daoist Sect 道门七子 Do you believe that other spaces and dimensions exist beyond the world we know? Do you believe that among the people we encounter every day, there may be extraordinary individuals with extraordinary skills, unknown to the rest of us? Here, we tell stories about people and events in this world that ordinary people never hear about. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Uncanny Has Arrived? At Last, This Daoist Has Work! 诡异降临？贫道终于来活了！ Lin Mo transmigrates into a bizarre world where rules have descended and demons run rampant, becoming the only Daoist priest at Xuan Zhen Temple. He starts a livestream, attracting a fan haunted by a paper wedding gown. After activating the Demon-Slaying System and obtaining Palm Thunder, he destroys the gown in a single strike, and his following explodes. He cracks the rules, offers up the strange 1.3kReads—Score6514d adds
- 33 The Cauldron Sect Seeks the Dao 鼎派寻道 Over the course of China's five thousand years of history, countless schools of the occult arts have emerged. This book follows Huang Youqing, who through a chance encounter grows from an obscure feng shui practitioner into a master who founds his own school. Drawn into the bureaucracy of the underworld, he begins a step-by-step quest to seek the Way between Heaven and Earth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 35 Tales of the Supernatural in the City 都市灵异传 “The living must not wander into the mass grave, and the dead must not disturb Mr. Chen.” This old saying has been passed down in Chenjia Town for decades. Chen Hui is Mr. Chen’s grandson, but he scoffs at his grandfather’s arts of yin and yang and wants nothing more than to be an ordinary college student. That is, until zombies attack the village at night. Forced to take up a peachwood sword and open the ancient book titled The Dao, he wields the family’s ancestral divine weapon, the Heaven-and 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Maoshan Sect Leader 茅山掌教 The Dao is the foundation of the Way; arts are how it is put to use. Hidden soul-binding talismans, a life of poverty and an early death for initiates, the three Maos’ upper, middle, and lower teachings, and secret arts that leave ghosts and gods in awe! The most mysterious final patriarch of Maoshan leads his disciple Zhang Shouyi across the land, exorcising demons, exploring dangerous places in search of treasures, resolving ancient grudges, and roaming both the realms of yin and yang as he li 1.1kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 37 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 14Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 38 White Hair 鹤发 A slow-burn cultivation novel about resisting the Japanese invasion, in a style reminiscent of Residual Robe. It has suspense and mystery. The protagonist loses his family and everything he owns. Watch as he matches wits and battles with ninjas, warrior monks, and shrine personnel from Japan, and ultimately finds the destiny that awaits him. 435Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 39 From Little Taoist Novice to Grandmaster of the Taoist Order 从小道童到道门老祖 A lone star defies fate and changes his destiny A young Taoist's journey in search of immortality and the Dao 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Hidden Truth: A Nuo Exorcist Hunts a Killer 阴真道：傩师追凶 This book uses suspense as its thread, the search for answers as its backbone, and the pursuit of hidden mysteries as its path. Its standout feature is a wealth of strange tales steeped in folk customs and occult lore. At its heart is a central idea: the lost art of Wu Nuo is the only key to crimes that modern criminal investigation cannot explain. Protagonist: Lu Shi, a young inheritor of Wu Nuo who is trying to fit into modern society. On the surface, he is a laid-back, trouble-averse owner of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I'm a Purple-Robed Heavenly Master, and You Want Me to Fight Superstition? 我紫袍天师你让我防止封建迷信？ Ren Qingfeng is a treacherous rebel with ninety-nine jin of defiance. The King of Hell tells him he'll die at the third watch, so he refuses and shows up at the second instead. Who would have thought he'd fail to die, transmigrate to another world, and bind himself to an Anti-Feudal Superstition System? Its mission is to stop people from believing in feudal superstitions. Ren Qingfeng waves a hand and hurriedly tells the System, “This is right up my alley!” On the first day of his livestream, Re 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Mysterious Resurgence: I'm Not the Ghost King 神秘复苏，我不是诡王 [Mild horror, somewhat Lovecraftian, no System, survival and growth, one female lead, not for the fainthearted] "This story is entirely fictional and does not reflect reality. Now, the mysteries begin to return..." Grandpa died with his eyes open. The day we carried his coffin up the mountain, I didn't dare look back, because the people carrying it... weren't human! A daily dose of occult weirdness: One ring of the bell, and all ghosts flee; one talisman stuck on, and evil spirits call you Dad 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Recipient After Death 死后收件人 I'm a courier for a residential complex. Since last month, I've been receiving packages addressed to the dead. An empty apartment building, recipients whose accounts were closed long ago, parcels that no one ever claims. The property manager says I'm seeing things. My coworkers say I've been cursed. The police checked every security camera, but say everything looks normal. That is, until I opened the first package for a dead person. Inside was only a note: [You're next.] 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Taoist Master Is Not to Be Trifled With 道爷不好惹 To the west lies Kunlun. The Kunlun Mountains stretch across eight hundred li of vast wilderness, uninhabited and seemingly endless. Generation after generation, the disciples of Kunlun Temple on Yuxu Peak have guarded the twenty-four dragon veins beneath this land. They have studied three thousand three hundred Daoist scriptures, can make precise predictions, subdue demons, drive away evil, travel between yin and yang, and master the art of feng shui. 56Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 46 The Magnificent Purple-Robed Young Heavenly Master 极品紫袍小天师 At midnight, dark clouds gather, lightning flashes and thunder roars. A rift tears open in the sky above China, and countless yaksha and evil spirits draped in Rising Sun flags surge out of it like a flood! The fate of China, forged over thousands of years, hangs by a thread! “Jingyi of the Zhengyi Sect leads all our disciples here to exorcise evil and banish demons!” “The Qingwei Sect is here to protect China!” “All the Daoist sects of Maoshan are here to protect our nation’s fate!” “The Lingba 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Descendant of Jiang Chen: Sent Down the Mountain by a Crooked Taoist from the Start 将臣后裔：开局被老道士坑下山 After his master kicked him down the mountain, Lin Jiu'an brought only a battered peachwood fan and set up a fortune-telling stall at the night market. His fellow fortune-tellers laughed that he was still wet behind the ears. He pointed at one of them and said, “Your forehead looks dark. You’re in for a bloody disaster tonight.” The words had barely left his mouth when a truck went out of control and nearly ran over his rival’s son. He flung a yellow talisman and “snatched” a life back in front 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Wolf Demon Chronicles 狼妖传 The love between humans and demons has been passed down through the ages; the White Snake is not the only one to cross the River of Forgetfulness. A half-demon bears the blood of wolf and fox, with love and hatred entwined along a long road. The shadows of an ancient tomb conceal danger, while pursuit draws fate ever closer. Who will join in this sorrowful song? On the jianghu road, they speak of bonds forged in the mortal world. Through all the ages, there have been countless romances between 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Omnipotent Taoist Venerable and the Peach Blossom Tribulation 全能道尊之桃花劫 (Supernatural suspense + fantasy + cultivation + mythology) In the age of declining magic, demons and gods descend upon the world. I am the chosen one, and the vanquisher of evil. Anyone who dares disrupt the order of the human world, be they god or demon, will be destroyed... What? She and I are bound by three lifetimes of romantic tribulations? What? My constitution is so special that I'm like Tang Sanzang's flesh, and I must remain a virgin? So many girls! Then maybe I'll just leave?… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
