Novels like The Maoshan Sect Leader
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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 The Part-Time Taoist Priest 业余小道士 To earn his living expenses, Mao Tianxing shows up on Immortal Lane, joining a crowd of old immortals to reveal heavenly secrets and offer guidance on the affairs of the world. Pills that hide corpses under the bed? This immortal will bring peace to your home! A cheating man haunted by a ghost? I'll exorcise the female ghost and teach that scumbag a lesson! “Hey, miss, I can see romance coming your way. Don't let this destined match pass you by!” “Hey, sir, you're in for some good fortune. You'l 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Those Years I Spent as a Weird Tales Editor 我当怪谈小编的那几年 Most of the supernatural incidents and metaphysical lore in this book are based on real life. It collects many strange tales that have happened in different places and at different levels. Readers who enjoy traditional culture and true tales of the uncanny can read on with confidence. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 If I Were to Follow the Dao 我若为道 Gu Bai, a disciple of the Taoist sect, secretly enters the forbidden grounds of Sanshun Temple to uncover the truth behind his sister’s death. There, he learns the forbidden art of the Heaven-Peeping Method. In the process, he accidentally knocks over the Demon-Subduing Mirror, releasing several thousand-year-old ghosts sealed inside. The mirror also creates a copy of Gu Bai. From then on, two Gu Bais exist in the world, with opposite personalities: one wants to show his sister the magnificent l —Reads—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 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
- 8 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
- 9 I'm an Assassin, So I Must Keep Calm 我是杀手要冷静 I'm an assassin. I have to keep my cool. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 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 Suppressing Yin and Yang: The Five Spirits Slay Evil 镇阴阳：五灵诛邪 On the night Li Tian was born, ghosts surrounded the village. Countless spirits clad in ancient armor knelt in worship. Everything about Li Tian seemed strange: the Azure Dragon on his left, the White Tiger on his right, the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise on his legs, and a Qilin tattoo covering his back. The villagers whispered that he was a demon child. When Li Tian turned eighteen, his nightmare began... 81Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 13 The Underworld's Number One Yin Messenger 地府第一阴差 The old underworld bailiff is here to show you what awaits after death. Where there's a world of the living, there's a world of the dead. You lived among the living before you died, but would you dare venture into the underworld now? Come along, let me show you the way! 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Learned Ghost Hunting from the Black and White Impermanence 我和黑白无常学抓鬼 I was sleeping just fine when, halfway through the night, Black and White Impermanence dragged me to the Underworld and tried to force me to drink Granny Meng’s Soup. Of course I refused. I knocked over bowl after bowl of the soup, so Black and White Impermanence brought out their signature weapons, mourning staffs, and prepared to teach me a lesson. Seeing how firmly I refused to drink, Granny Meng came over to reason with me. “Young man, everyone dies eventually. Whether it’s sooner or later, 3Reads—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 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The God of the Underworld Is My Big Sister. Is It Really So Strange That I Catch Ghosts Barehanded? 冥神是我姐，徒手抓鬼很合理吧 [Paranormal + two female leads + powerful partners] I accidentally awakened an incredibly powerful female ghost, and now she won’t leave me alone! Because of her, I also learned the truth behind my tragic fate. I swear I’ll take back what belongs to me. A wealthy businessman’s newly purchased restaurant is haunted. When other people catch ghosts, they use magical artifacts, talismans, compasses... “Wait while I set up a formation and use my artifact to drive her out...” Me? I marched right up an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Spent Two Thousand Years Slaying Demons, Then Lost My Memory 斩妖除祟两千年的我，失忆了 Qi can transform all things. All things can also wield Qi. Gather Qi into the soul and blood, store Qi to reach "First Steps." Break through the three spinal gates, temper the bones to open the "Bridge of Crevices." Yang rises to the Mud Ball Palace, focus the spirit to ascend "Transformation Ridge." Yin descends through the Ninefold Tower, take in the realm and settle into "Source Roaming." The three elixirs converge in one's own spring, forming the origin and transforming into "Divine Chaos." —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 There’s a Mysterious Heaven Temple in My Heart 心中有座玄天观 The Heavenly Dao is hidden, and the underworld has vanished. When the red moon appears, Ren Zhen, who has just earned the top score on the college entrance exam, unexpectedly inherits the legacy of the Xuantian Temple. Within the temple is a demon prison, where countless powerful demons are held captive. There is also a Hall of Investiture, where the 365 righteous gods of the Celestial Court can be summoned to possess you. And there is a Hall of the Underworld, where righteous gods of the nether 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 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 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
- 23 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
- 24 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 1.7kReads6.2Score12714d adds
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 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… 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Dragon Lifts the Coffin 龙抬棺 A strange coffin was carried for a living person, and from then on, the supernatural came into the world. During an excavation of a yin residence, filthy blood welled up from the muddy ground, and a ghost coffin wrapped in a Green Dragon appeared. What followed was... 30Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 30 The Immortal's Burden 背仙儿 The day I was born, a black snake slithered into our yard. From that day on, I bore a snake’s bones and was half human, half snake. When I was nine, I touched the Snake Immortal statue on West Mountain. The evil god whispered that it wanted me as its spirit medium. To save me, Grandma hoisted the statue onto her back and walked into the blizzard. She was never heard from again. To find Grandma and slay the evil god, I joined the Jingming Sect and spent eight years cultivating. I thought I was ju 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Cultivating Yin and Yang Beyond the Six Paths 六道之外修阴阳 Do you think forgetting is easy? It isn’t. For some people, it is an unattainable wish and a disaster no one else can understand... There is an indescribable being, neither demon, god, nor ghost. He does not know how to describe himself. He wears a human shell, yet is not human... He must live alone for an extraordinarily long time, so long that even fate cannot make plans for him. His ageless body bears an endless weight of heart-rending grief. His life is utterly meaningless, even cruel: every 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 34 Guangfu Little Taoist: You Don't Want to Mess with My Master 广府小道士：我师父你惹不起 Everyone says being an immortal is wonderful! Immortals need food and shelter, too! A young Taoist sets up a stall and strange things keep happening... What? Wine? Meat? Who says Taoists can't eat those? Was there any shortage of fine food and wine at the Peach Banquet? 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 Heir to the Maoshan Legacy 茅山传承人 I was born of a ghost. My mother died as soon as I was born, and no one knew who my father was. An old Taoist priest came to my home on the day I was born. When I was six, he took me up into the mountains to learn Taoist magic. 242Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Heavenly Demon-Suppressing Master 镇魔天师 My family has always worked for the powerful. By my generation, Grandpa wanted me to live a different kind of life... And what happened? The sinister Seven Stars of Yin Mountain, a blood-soul spinning top jerked into motion by a little ghost, the White Lotus Holy Mother reborn through body possession, the debauched Black-Robed Dragon King, an ancient Western Zhou cauldron teeming with vengeful spirits, and a sinister Taoist who uses souls to form an array... I've been through so much over the ye 429Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 38 Born of a Corpse, I Became a Spirit Medium 尸生子，我成了接阴婆 The day I was born, lightning flashed and thunder roared beneath a sky thick with dark clouds. Ninety-nine divine bolts of lightning struck all around our house. My mother cried out and died on the spot, while I was still trapped inside her womb... My grandmother immediately grabbed a kitchen knife, cut open my mother's belly, and lifted me out. From then on, a string of strange events began to unfold!!! 235Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 The Maoshan Outcast 茅山弃徒 On a snowy night fifteen years ago, an eight-year-old child went up to Maoshan. Fifteen years later, the child had grown into a young man whose Taoist arts were perfected and who was invincible under heaven. Yet the world accused him of betraying his master and murdering countless people. Even the master who had treated him like his own son had died at his hands. Cast out of the Maoshan Orthodox Sect, no one knew what he intended to do. He wandered the world, moving among the most mysterious cro 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 The Lowly Little Taoist 屌丝小道士 I see ghosts when I look up, when I go outside, when I walk, and even when I sleep... Why are they all after me? Do I look like an easy target? Qiu Jiangui is about ready to claw at the walls. Sure, he’s a Taoist priest, but he’s a wholesome, squeaky-clean Taoist priest! All he wants is to spend his life in a little shop, living like a pig. Just how badly are they going to keep screwing him over? This is the story of a young Taoist priest. It’s funny, a little heavy, and full of twists and turns 347Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Underworld Judge’s Decree 阴司法官令 For millions of years, the underworld stood firm, until some unknown upheaval struck. The Ghost Gate, which had never shown any sign of trouble since its founding, slammed shut. No one could enter or leave. From then on, the underworld seemed cut off from the world. After a century of wear and tear, some ghosts had forgotten a certain fear buried deep in their consciousness. Strange phenomena began appearing one after another, as if bent on throwing the world into chaos. The young Si Liusan, who 96Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 44 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
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 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
- 48 Notes of a Yinshan Taoist 阴山道士笔记 I am a descendant of Yinshan, born with the body of a virgin boy. The moment I was born, I was afflicted by the foulness of the dead and nearly died. Later, an old geezer appeared and brought me into the Yinshan sect. 26Reads—Score314d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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
