Novels like The Young Celestial Master of the Daoist Sect
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- 1 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—Shelves
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 The Feng Shui Taoist 风水道师 Feng shui + Taoist arts + esoteric studies + Qimen Dunjia + folk secret arts + Nanyang black magic “What? He climbed a mountain and went crazy?” “I’m freaking baffled too! My uncle took my cousin to see a doctor, but they couldn’t find anything wrong with him at all.” “My aunt thought the doctor was useless, so she made a scene at the hospital. One minute she was threatening to jump off the building, the next she was trying to hack the doctor to death with a knife!” Feng shui can kill, taking li 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 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
- 8 Livestreaming Adventures: Uncovering a Bizarre Case from the Start 直播探险，开局揭秘逆天悬案 [Urban + Sci-Fi + Supernatural Powers] A treasure-hunting trip sent me down a road with no way back. To stay alive, I had no choice but to keep going. Little-known mysterious plants and animals, magnetic fields that trap people in hallucinations, extraordinary supernatural phenomena, traps lurking at every turn, and challenges that push beyond the limits of both ability and imagination. One perilous situation after another, with bizarre twists unfolding nonstop... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Yin-Yang Occult Arts 阴阳诡术 [Urban + Transmigration + Alternate World] In a parallel world, an utterly ordinary transaction triggered a series of disasters. There are lurking figures in the swirling fog, and strange, hoarse whispers everywhere... After being drawn into an unfathomably deep conspiracy, can he uncover the truth and deal with one bizarre incident after another? No one knows!!! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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. 108Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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... 102Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 I Left My Girlfriend and Became a Daoist Master 离开女友，我成了道爷 My girlfriend of nine years cheated on me, but I didn't blame her. After all those years together, she stayed by my side through hardship and worked hard with me. I can only blame myself for failing to give her a happy life. I used the last of my efforts to give her a gift. Then I entered the Daoist path and kept vigil at Qingfeng. But I never expected that entering the Daoist path would be the beginning of a turning point in my life... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Tales of Yin and Yang Ghosts 阴阳鬼记 A Yin-Yang notebook lets me travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. A single Yin-Yang petition can make even the Judge of the Underworld yield. I have a Yin-Yang notebook filled with such petitions. My name is Ximen Rong, and my fellow practitioners call me Little Ghost. The ghosts all call me Young Master. This is my notebook, the most powerful weapon my master left me. He said only someone with the strongest spiritual intuition was worthy of reading it. But when I opened the note 15Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 18 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
- 19 Reborn: The Demon Monkey’s Urban Training 重生之历练妖猴在都市 [Uncle Nine] + [Jiangshi] + [Journey to the West] + [Ghosts] "Has Journey to the West... reached its finale?" "Well, so be it..." After struggling in vain, Sun Wukong watched his body slowly turn to bones and closed his heavy eyelids. "Fools! Who told you to kill him!" Just as the four ghosts, Tang Sanzang, Sha Wujin, Zhu Bajie, and the White Bone Horse, had eaten Sun Wukong down to his bones and were burping with full bellies, an angry roar rang out. "Huh?" The four ghosts looked up and saw Xia 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Confucian Sage’s Young Taoist 儒圣小道士 This is a world governed by Confucian principles. Follow Shen Zhiyu as he ascends, step by step, to the pinnacle of Confucian sainthood! Confucian power can slay enemies, subdue demons, vanquish devils, safeguard a nation’s fortune, and commune with the divine! —Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 21 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 531Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 22 Fortune-Telling and Cultivation in Another World 我在异世算命修仙 Wang Lian suddenly transmigrates to another world. He has no skills, no strong physique, and, worst of all, he arrived in his own body and doesn’t even have a home. With no golden finger or System, he can only scrape by through cheating, swindling, and trickery. Then he encounters a ghost and discovers a whole new world of possibilities. 345Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 23 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain: I Slay Every Evil with Changshan Magic 天师下山：我以阊山术法尽诛邪 “The world is in turmoil, overrun by demons and monsters. I wield the Lushan Dao, and can slay specters and evil spirits.” So spoke the Daoist priest as he shouldered his sword and descended the mountain. “Why go down the mountain?” “To vanquish demons and subdue evil.” “And why vanquish demons?” “So I can answer to the Dao in my heart!” 47Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 24 Heir to Mount Longhu: Zhang the Celestial Master of the Streets 龙虎山传人：市井张天师 He looks like a rough-and-tumble man, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a penchant for snark. He's also an heir to profound Taoist arts. His peachwood sword slays evil spirits, and his Heavenly Master's seal suppresses dark forces. A vivid and engaging supernatural novel. 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Cultivate in the Apocalypse: From the Start, I Awaken All Things! 我，末世修真，开局点化万物！ With the spiritual qi revival, calamities descended and another world declared war. The Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm awakened and opened a battlefield between realms. Talents awakened! Heroes rose up, the world was thrown into turmoil, and chaos had arrived. The various factions continued to grow stronger, preparing to fight the otherworld! And he had started out as nothing more than an ordinary college student. “Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained a rare talent: Enlightenment!!!” 738Reads7.1Score108Shelves
- 26 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 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳出马仙 [Transmigration + Urban + Supernatural Powers] He transmigrated to another world, and from the day he was born, there was nothing special about him. He thought he would live an ordinary life, but then he attended a bizarre and mysterious wedding and began his path of cultivation. Curse magic, sorcery, a hundred evil spirits of the netherworld, a nine-headed serpent, a mysterious stone coffin... One strange event after another came his way, constantly plunging him into danger. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Yin Corpse Ghost Physiognomist 阴尸鬼相 I never imagined that simply returning to my village to attend a strange funeral would somehow get me stuffed into a coffin... From then on, my life changed completely, and I became what people call a “yin corpse ghost visage”! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The World Is Shocked by My Mountain Daoist Temple 拥有深山道观的我震惊世界 Xia Ran obtained the strongest Celestial Master Training System and became a reclusive wandering Taoist on Mount Liuyang, using the System to become the world's most powerful Celestial Master. He mastered every art of Taoism, from medicine and divination to physiognomy and fortune-telling. Countless powerful clans and tycoons flocked to Mount Liuyang. From then on, Mount Liuyang's Taoist temple became a sacred site known throughout the world, as well as a forbidden place that everyone feared. Xi 113Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 30 The Yin Official Forensic Doctor 阴倌法医 Armed with half a tattered book left behind by my grandpa, I took up the shady trade of a Yin Constable, making a living by swindling people. I thought that as long as I followed the rules, I’d be safe and sound. But my final job dragged me into a bewildering whirlpool, and from then on I found myself walking the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld... 1.6kReads7.7Score245Shelves
- 31 Master, You Teach Me Taoist Magic, Yet Make Me Woo Your Fiancée 师父：你教我道法却让我泡未婚妻 "Campus Belle + Fortune-Telling + God of War + Corpse-Driving + Female CEO + Divine Doctor + Tomb Raider" A corpse-driving soul exorcist destined to become a great warlord was summoned home from a thousand miles away by his master, who had a special task for him. “Disciple, I’ve found you a wife. Go marry her and bring her home. Give me a whole brood of disciples and descendants, or else... Hmph!” “Yes, Master!” Chen Feng replied, looking crestfallen. “By the way, is she pretty?” Chen Feng sudde 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Direct Heir of the Daoist Sect, Dragged Off to Get a Marriage License Right After Coming Down the Mountain? 道门嫡系，刚下山就被拉去领证？ The Celestial Master’s arts... They really exist?! After fifteen years of cultivating at a temple, Daoist Chen Ping came down from the mountain. In his Daoist robes, he found himself at a matchmaking setup! “Mom... I’m a Daoist, a direct disciple of the Celestial Master. I can’t get married.” Chen Ping was at a loss. “If you don’t bring someone home today, you’re no son of mine!” He’d only meant to go through the motions, but on the street, a stunning woman in black stockings blocked his way. Sh 720Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Hundred Wonders Medical Dao Talisman 百妙道医箓 A serious urban cultivation fantasy novel. No transmigration, no wish fulfillment, and plenty of logical consistency. Every character is smart, and there’s both Daoist magic and medicine. You’re all welcome to give it a read! Cultivation takes time, so why the rush? Honestly... I’m a humble Daoist with superb medical skills and profound mastery of the Dao. There’s no need to hurry... “Master Zhao, please save my life!” “I can’t. This humble Daoist doesn’t have a medical license!” “Master Zhao 681Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 34 I Am a Taoist 我是一个道士 I'm a freak who combines the traits of a ghost, a virgin boy, and a star of ill fortune, and I also possess yin-yang eyes. I join a cursed Daoist sect. Watch as I struggle to make my way along the path of cultivation while bearing this curse. 159Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 35 Plague Sovereign of Another World 异世瘟皇 [A beginner web-novel writer’s practice piece. Readers who are particular about romance should choose carefully!] Immortals dwell atop lofty mountains, looking down upon the world; the Five Plagues roam the mortal realm, saving all living beings. Watch as an ordinary man who accidentally inherits the legacies of both immortals and gods learns to slack off in another world and live like a couch potato... 736Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 36 Livestreaming in Another World: I'm the Only One Who Understands Jiangshi 异界开直播，只有贫道懂僵尸 Yang Xuanming transmigrates to a world with a strange break in its history and inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple. By signing in every day, he becomes a reclusive Celestial Master. With his departure from the mountain fast approaching, Yang Xuanming wants to revive the declining Taoist tradition and spread its teachings. He starts livestreaming reviews of ghost movies, throwing in explanations of related supernatural lore along the way. “Fellow worshippers, do you know what a jiangshi is?” “Do 465Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 37 The Little Grandmaster Comes Down the Mountain 小祖师下山 My mother is an immortal, and I was born an immortal myself. But this place is the mortal world, where the level is too low to support my cultivation. I had no choice but to become the founder of a sect. But being revered was exhausting, so I decided to go down the mountain and have some fun. Who could have guessed that the famed Ten Great Grotto-Heavens, Thirty-Six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands of later generations would all come into being because of me? I also found my 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score248Shelves
- 39 The Boundless Way 道法无边 From the moment I met my godfather, my life was destined to be extraordinary! Strange things are just part of everyday life for me, and all my friends are unusual too! There's the handsome, aloof cat demon, the seductive fox spirit, and the honorable Ghost King! Watch as I lead my powerful companions to slay evil demons and crush every wicked path! When the talisman rises, demons fall; when it descends, heaven and earth are set in order! 88Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 40 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 20Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 41 The Guardian of the Nation: The Invincible Dragon Son-in-Law 镇国天师：无敌龙婿 The Celestial Master Gao Yang entered the Su family by chance and spent three years as a live-in son-in-law. Three years of pretense came to an end when he awoke from his dream. From that moment on, Gao Yang began a different kind of life. With a single glance, he could tell fortune from misfortune, and his martial prowess could crush all opposition. With a single thought, I can raise you high and make you a person of importance. With a single thought, I can grind you into the dirt, as lowly as 5.1kReads7.6Score358Shelves
- 42 The Orthodox Taoist Priest 正一道士 The scourge of evil cults has plagued the world for thousands of years. Though repeatedly eradicated, they never truly disappear. In this age of peace, a massive evil cult stands against the righteous path, seeking to destroy it and take its place. Science is revered in the modern age, and the Daoist arts have declined. Yet Daoism has been passed down for thousands of years, with many branches and schools still standing across China, and gifted practitioners emerging one after another to keep th 406Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Crouching Tiger Celestial Master 卧虎天师 A Celestial Master from the Age of Decline transmigrates into an age of the uncanny and unexpectedly becomes the Commandant of Justice. When demons and ghosts run rampant and witchcraft brings chaos, Zhang Suxuan grips a thunder-striking knuckle guard in his right hand and a tiger-inscribed waist token in his left. With a peachwood sword on his back and a Celestial Master’s robe on his shoulders, he exclaims, “Oh yeah, a job just came in!!” 929Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 44 The Canon of Yin and Yang 阴阳道典 He can wield a pen to bring peace to the land, and ride into battle to bring order to the world. None of that has anything to do with Li Chuyi. He’s just a chubby kid who wants to help his unscrupulous master perform rituals and earn some money, with enough food and drink and a little plot of land. Even his greatest motivation for cultivating is the rather pathetic hope that flying through the sky will save him some walking. But sometimes, even if you hide off to the side, fate will still find y 2.6kReads7.9Score257Shelves
- 45 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 1.3kReads8.4Score105Shelves
- 46 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 232Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 47 Praying for Rain from the Start: I Can Summon Wind and Rain, and Now I'm Being Livestreamed 开局求雨，呼风唤雨的我被直播了 After transmigrating to a parallel world, I became the abbot of a dilapidated Taoist temple and was forced to perform a rainmaking ritual. “Three years of drought, no moisture in the air, and artificial rainmaking is impossible. Why are you asking me?” Faced with a terrifying disaster, Qin Yi, who’d been mooching off people with his fake tricks, says there’s nothing he can do. Just as an angry crowd is about to attack him, he awakens the Natural Way System. He can exchange faith points for all k 476Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 48 Streaming My Cultivation: The Easygoing Life of a Sect Leader 直播修仙：我当掌教的悠闲生活 He accidentally became the leader of a dilapidated sect. Just as he was about to make a run for it, he awakened the System. For the sake of the sect's future, Li Xuan started livestreaming. His tai chi demonstration whipped up fierce winds for dozens of meters in every direction. His lightness skill carried him through the air for over a hundred meters. He summoned wind and rain, called down thunder and lightning, and vanquished demons... The whole internet was stunned. “Sect Leader, you must be 125Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 49 The Feng Shui Master of Qingwu 青乌风水师 My grandfather tells the fortunes of the living. I tell the fortunes of the dead. One day, my grandfather forced me to read his fortune... 1.2kReads8.8Score129Shelves
- 50 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—Shelves
