Novels like The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect
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- 1 The Bone-Reading Heavenly Master 摸骨天师 Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been afflicted with a strange illness. Cold, bone-deep cold. Even though it’s 35 degrees Celsius outside, I still can’t stop shivering… A divine seer reads good and ill fortune; a Heavenly Master orders yin and yang. After coming down with a strange illness, I was taken in by a Heavenly Master who reads bones, and now I make a living selling yin bones. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Amateur Taoist 业余道士 I Fell in Love with a Female Demon! 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Daoist Sect's First Son-in-Law 道门第一天婿 He is the most mysterious sect master of the Daoist sect in the Dragon Kingdom! With a miraculous needle in his right hand, he heals the sick; with divine martial arts in his left, he commands the world! Three years ago, to repay a debt of kindness from his youth, he sealed his own powers and became a live-in son-in-law. For those three years, he worked like a beast of burden for his mother-in-law’s family, yet they treated him worse than a dog! His wife even cheated on him! When the truth final 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 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... 105Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 6 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 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Horror Revival: Unlocking the Eight Mystical Arts from the Start! 恐怖复苏：开局解锁八奇技！ (Happy New Year!) “Play the pig to eat the tiger + Eight Extraordinary Skills System + no female lead” Tang Ling arrived in a world overrun by ghosts and successfully awakened the Eight Extraordinary Skills from The Outcast. And so, a ghost's worst nightmare appeared. Calamity-Piercing Ghost Eyes: A pair of eyes that see through everything. Any disguise falls apart under their gaze. Heaven Communicating Talisman Art: Draw all kinds of high-level and forbidden talismans to suppress and destroy ev —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 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—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 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—Shelves
- 11 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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—Shelves
- 13 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—Shelves
- 14 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—Shelves
- 15 The Daoist Enters the Mortal World 道爷入世 Reborn by chance, he gains a System and receives a quest to find his wife. At last, he finds his adorable little wife, only to discover she’s the very woman he least wants to see... Now he sets out to rekindle their relationship and make up for his regrets… 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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—Shelves
- 17 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 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 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—Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 When a Taoist Meets a Female Ghost 当道士遇上女鬼 The Taoist gave him a disdainful look. “That entrance of yours is so tacky. It’s the twenty-first century, you know. Female ghosts don’t wear red anymore. White is all the rage now. You’re totally out of date.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Genius Taoist Priest 天才道士 A smooth-talking swindler gets beaten black and blue after tricking a man’s daughter in the city. With no choice, he returns to the countryside to become a Taoist priest, and from then on, his fortunes take off. 121Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 23 The Taoist of Zhongnan Mountain 终南道士 My mother was dead. Half a year later, when they opened her grave, I was born inside the coffin. I am a person born from a ghost. I was born with a yin constitution and destined to become a Taoist priest. Otherwise, I would never have lived past thirteen. My birth set the course of my life, and doomed me to become involved in many things hidden from the world. Don't ask me whether ghosts exist. If you want to see one, burn some joss paper. Write the dead person's name in your blood, and I'll sen 375Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 24 I'll Come Clean: This Daoist Really Is Cultivating Immortality 摊牌了，贫道确实在修仙 Zhang Tongxuan transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits the position of Taoist Celestial Master. After awakening the Celestial Master System, he can earn rewards by spreading Taoism, doing good deeds, and raising his reputation. From scaling walls and leaping across rooftops to riding a sword through the air; from health exercises to qi cultivation; from ordinary medicine to crafting spirit pills; from being unknown to becoming famous throughout the world. Cultivate, spread the Dao, and he 35Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 25 The Taoist Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 道门天师走人间 Where there is good, there will be evil, and naturally, wickedness too. Injustice may be forgiven, but evil deeds must never be pardoned. The world is also plagued by demons and monsters. He is the reincarnation of an immortal from the heavens. To fulfill his karmic merit, he descends the mountain and enters the mortal world to exorcise evil and capture ghosts! (An invincible protagonist! The moment he leaves the mountain, he reaches the pinnacle of the mortal world!) 624Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Went to Burn Incense at a Temple, and Somehow I’m the Abbot 道观烧香：我居然是观主 From the start, he inherited a Taoist temple his master left behind! What? I'm not some fake fortune-telling priest! A mysterious stream of incense offerings made Lin Daolai the temple's head priest. Beautiful worshippers... Livestreaming his daily life... Lin Daolai began his rise to fame... 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Heaven's Mandate: Yin and Yang 天命阴阳 The Pixiu feeds on wealth from every corner of the world. It swallows all things but never excretes, attracting riches and gathering treasures, taking in but never giving out. On my eighteenth birthday, I met a girl who completely bewitched me. But I never expected that she would actually… 1.4kReads8.4Score189Shelves
- 28 I Inherited a Taoist Temple 我继承了一座道观 Xiao Zhi is an orphan raised by an old Daoist. After the old man passes away, Xiao Zhi inherits his Qingxu Temple and unexpectedly obtains its legacy, beginning a new life... 166Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 29 Master of Gods and Ghosts 神鬼相师 University student Jiang Hao unexpectedly inherits his ancestor’s legacy. Feng Shui can change fate, the art of destiny can reveal one’s life, money can be used to divine the future, and the Six Lines can calculate all things under heaven. Prayers and exorcisms, Qimen Dunjia, and all manner of mysteries are contained within the Eightfold Formation of Gods and Ghosts. So what if he is widowed, bereaved, lonely, or destitute? He will defy fate and swear to win the beauty of his dreams! 285Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 30 The All-Round Daoist Comes Down the Mountain 全能道士下山 Behind the glittering city, cultivation factions are stirring. Strange signs fill the heavens, and countless beams of light come plunging down… The protagonist, Wang Beichen, has spent thirty years cultivating the Way. At his master’s command, he descends the mountain to travel the world, carrying within him Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian arts, as well as the sword. They say a sword can slay immortals… They say someone once slew a god… They say the heavens have nine levels… They say no one guar —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Forbidden Love with a Demon Wife 妖妻禁忌 He is a soul-reaping emissary who walks between the worlds of yin and yang, the last heir of the Ghost Dao lineage. Bearing the Book of Life and Death and wielding the Judge’s Brush, he can determine reincarnation with a word and decide eternal life with an iron stroke. She is the sovereign of the Fox Clan, blessed with peerless beauty and heavenly talent, and unmatched cultivation. Yet she is willing to defy the whole world just to hold him close. “If we can’t stay together, then this life will 3Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 32 Haunted House Notes: A Shadow in the Mirror 凶宅笔记：镜中影 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I Am a Heavenly Master of the Taoist Sect: From the Start, I Capture and Enfeoff Demons 我，道门天师，开局收妖敕封 [Celestial Master + nearly invincible from the start + little girls + supernatural revival] The supernatural returns, and demons run rampant. Vengeful ghosts wreak havoc, and evil gods invade. Lin Qingyang transmigrated and was reborn in the body of a mighty Celestial Master in this world overrun by the supernatural. With power that reached the heavens from the start, already at his peak from day one, how could he face this unfamiliar world? Of course… He'd descend the mountain to exorcise demon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Last Maoshan Celestial Master 最后一个茅山天师 They tore down the temples, burned the peachwood swords, packed the Taoist robes away, sealed the talismans in storage, and put the glutinous rice away. It was a scientific triumph, and the Taoist masters’ final age… Ding Chen, the last heir to the Maoshan Taoist lineage, never imagined that he would lose his job the moment he inherited the sect leader’s seal at the age of twenty-one. He could only take a copy of the Book of Celestial Divination and a marriage agreement to Chang’an. 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 37 The Supreme Celestial Master 极品天师 A hilarious Heavenly Master, a Heavenly Master devoted to protecting all that is good, a Heavenly Master free of vulgar interests: Wolong strives to show everyone a Heavenly Master unlike any other. 179Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 38 The Last Ghost Exorcist 最后一个驱鬼人 I was born under a curse, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck before I was even born. My grandfather used a life-borrowing ritual to save me. But how could anyone challenge the authority of the underworld and King Yama? Strange things began happening around me one after another, and at night I even saw the Impermanence Spirits coming to claim my life. Later, I followed a fat old Daoist and learned the way of the Dao, how to read burial sites, and how to break poison curses. I became t 81Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 39 The House of Corpse Incense 尸香门第 Grandpa said I was “cursed to die young,” and that I had to go home for my birthday every year. One year, it poured, and I didn’t go back... [PS: Updates are a little slow while the book is new. If you don’t mind reading a finished novel, check out my completed work, The Yin-Yang Merchant: http://www.heiyan.com/book/48682 267Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 40 The Maoshan Ferryman 茅山摆渡人 Since ancient times, there have been many people among the common folk with extraordinary skills. They are mysterious and unpredictable, yet everything they do revolves around one thing: life and death! Corpse drivers, ghost painters, corpse menders, guides to the underworld... But the most mysterious of them all are the Maoshan Taoists. They can connect the realms of yin and yang above, and slay demons and banish evil below. Meng Yan is the latest inheritor of the Maoshan tradition, entrusted w 134Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 41 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—Shelves
- 42 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Reading Qi in the Imperial Court 气观庙堂 Back then, the roads were still dirt tracks, and there were no big trees along the streets. All you could see was a crowd of children running under the blazing sun, kicking up clouds of dust that mingled with their sweat. After that day, my life was never the same. It has been exactly sixteen years since I first encountered the supernatural. I’ve witnessed the genuine spirit-medium traditions of the Northeast and visited shrines worshiped in other parts of the country. I’ve seen the wondrous cor 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 My Days at the Funeral Parlor 我在白事铺的那些事 I'm the owner of a funeral supplies shop. On the surface, the name says it all: I run a funeral business. But my real job is helping the government eliminate every kind of paranormal phenomenon. Ghost kings, great demons, zombies: that's all child's play. There are far too many strange and bizarre phenomena that ordinary people have never even heard of. Let's explore this future full of the unknown together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 440Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 47 Heir to the Ghostly Way 鬼道传人 The art of ghostcraft bridges the worlds of yin and yang, drawing upon every school of magic. Lin Ziqin was born with a short-lived fate and had a knack for attracting ghosts from childhood. Fortunately, a master saved him, and he became an heir to the art of ghostcraft. After completing his training, he returns to capture vengeful spirits and banish evil. With beautiful women by his side, he roams the campus and the city, crossing between the realms of the living and the dead, all to defy fate 728Reads5.6Score110Shelves
- 48 The Last Feng Shui Master 最后的风水先生 I was born into poverty and was drawn to feng shui and Taoist arts from an early age. But I never imagined that reading the fortune-telling books my grandfather collected would set me on a mysterious and perilous path... The changing mountains and rivers are all in my sight; the rise and fall of the sun and moon, all in my heart. A single calculation reveals the world; one glance lays bare the cosmos! The last feng shui master takes you on a journey to explore an unknown history and a world of s 154Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Nothing Is Forbidden! 百无禁忌！ The Civilian Affairs Bureau, or General Administration for the Investigation of Civilian Supernatural Cases, is a special civilian organization dedicated to investigating, recruiting, documenting, and eliminating supernatural phenomena. The story begins after the Bureau discovers the “Underworld Register,” setting off a series of tales about the descendants of heavenly officials and the tomb-raiding sects. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Max-Level Taoist: From the Start, Everyone Mistakes Me for a Scammer 满级道士，开局就被当成诈骗犯 After transmigrating, Zhang Ye acquires the “Heaven-Stealing Manual,” which lets him know the past and see the future. Then one day, the police show up at his door, saying someone has reported him as a fraud! To prove he really has the skills to back up his claims, Zhang Ye uses the “Heaven-Stealing Manual” to help the police capture several wanted Class A fugitives. Police: “How is Comrade Zhang Ye a fraud? He’s clearly every criminal’s worst nightmare!” Public: “Master Zhang, tell my fortune, 23Reads5.4Score—Shelves
