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- 1 The Feng Shui Master 风水天师 After my feng shui master grandfather died, I followed his will and took a security job at Nanda Arts College. The place was full of beautiful women, but it had one strange rule: no one could remain in Teaching Building No. 9 after seven in the evening. I refused to believe it and went inside... 179Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 2 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 《道士下山》 The Taoist Descends the Mountain 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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 1.7kReads6.2Score127Shelves
- 4 The Super Taoist of the City 都市超级道士 By a twist of fate, Zhang Yu obtained an unparalleled martial art and inherited the legacy of the Daoist Tianlong. His destiny changed dramatically, and he rose to the pinnacle of life, surrounded by countless beautiful women. But just as the mortal world faced a cataclysm, what path would this young man choose? 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 道士下山 The Taoist Descends the Mountain 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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 348Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Exorcist Partners: The Female Daoist 驱邪合伙人：女道士 The world is vast, and anything can happen. They say metaphysics lies at the end of the universe. Since even science can't explain everything, leave it to me, your humble Daoist, to sort things out. (Psst! Master says we need to promote Daoism, so this book will cover plenty of Daoist knowledge. It's for reading and learning only. If you haven't had a master, don't try to practice it on your own!) The setting is based on real events, but the story is entirely fictional. A young female Daoist hea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Last Taoist 末代道士 There are many places in the world steeped in mysterious legends and strange tales passed down through generations. After completing his mission, a Taoist priest descends the mountain and encounters a series of bizarre events... What kind of story awaits him next? 466Reads—Score104Shelves
- 9 Why Are You Messing with Him? He's the Young Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain! 你惹他干嘛，他是龙虎山小天师啊 Traditional supernatural fiction, no System. During the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians, countless people died. The sheer number of deaths generated resentment that blotted out the sky, and all kinds of powerful ghosts began appearing in great numbers. According to ancient texts, immortals descended from legendary sacred mountains to teach the Dao, helping the world's Daoists eliminate those ghosts. But after that, spiritual energy grew increasingly thin. After the Tang Dynasty, the world offici 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Underworld Divine Craftsman 阴司神匠 A conspiracy, a storm of trouble, and a perilous ordeal that refuses to end. Old grudges and tangled passions from twenty years ago, step after nerve-racking step twenty years later: the search for the truth continues. The deaths of my parents, the divide between the living and the dead, a foothold in the Underworld, and demons unleashed in droves... Every step marks my growth, and every step warns that danger is drawing closer. Turn the page and follow me, a paper effigy maker of the Underworld 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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—Score—Shelves
- 12 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. 243Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 13 Wicked Fate Geomancer 邪命地理师 [Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Urban + National Fate] The Dragon Veins are gone from the world. The nation's fate now depends entirely on geomancers! Also known as The Geomancer of an Ill-Fated Destiny A friendly warning: This story is almost too realistic… I'm a geomancer. Some people call us feng shui masters, but that's not the whole story. I don't know much, but in my line of work, it's all about cause and effect, and the tides of fortune! In your eyes, a nati 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 You Said You’d Be a Taoist Priest, So How Did You Become the Dao Ancestor? 说好的当道士，你怎么成道祖了？ Three thousand years ago, the myriad races invaded, and everyone awakened a class. Feng Chen became a Daoist, but all he could do was concoct pills for kidney strength and stamina, and calculate what the old Wang next door was up to. The strongest Daoist System showed him the right way to be a Daoist. The Thirty-Six Heavenly Methods, the Seventy-Two Earthly Arts! He moved mighty rivers with his bare hands and slew the myriad races with a flick of his finger! Then the Old Ones descended upon the 54Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 15 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 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Back from the Celestial Masters’ Temple, My Classmates Want Me to Show Off 从天师府归来，同学让我露一手 Demons and monsters have returned. Zhang Jiuchen comes back from the Celestial Masters' Mansion and enters the world to exterminate demons. A bunch of dumbass classmates insist he show off his skills. Zhang Jiuchen feels the pressure mounting. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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
- 18 The Charlatan Descends the Mountain: From the Start, I Became a Celestial Master 神棍下山：开局成天师 A young Taoist priest comes down the mountain, already at the peak from the start! He roams the city, stomping demons underfoot and tearing zombies apart with his bare hands. His ghost servant becomes a Ghost Emperor who rules over a vast territory. His dear friend, Nuba, becomes the queen of the corpse world... And as for his beloved confidantes... Who should he choose? 425Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 The Taoist Priest Comes Down from the Mountain 道士下山 A spirit board and vengeful ghosts, corpses that run, a House of the Dead that controls everything, a person hidden inside a sow's belly, cultists spreading videos of a real hell... Wugensheng, who came down from Kunlun, is devoted to fighting demons and defending the righteous, and wiping out every evil spirit! 462Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Don’t Mess with This Taoist Priest 这个道士不能惹 I throw punches at the nursing home north of the village and kick my way into the kindergarten south of it! I came down the mountain to keep a low profile, so why is that so hard...? 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Horror World: Who Let the Taoist Priest In? 恐怖世界：谁把道士放进来的？ Bad news: I've transmigrated to a horror world, and there are ghosts here! Good news: I seem to be a Taoist priest... As a countdown keeps sounding in his mind, Chen Fan transmigrates to a horror world. Looking at the female ghost dismembered before him, he falls into deep thought. 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Strange Tales of the Divine Firmament 神霄诡事 In today’s martial world, the biggest sect is sparing no effort to search far and wide for a precious ancient book of secret techniques. At last, they find the hometown of the protagonist, Zhao Shiba: a quiet, peaceful little village. Faced with the enemy’s threat, Zhao Shiba steps forward without hesitation, determined to protect every villager. But fate has other plans: in the midst of the battle, he accidentally kills eighteen innocent villagers from his own village... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Daoist Exorcist: One Body, Two Souls, a Daoist and a Curse Master 道降师：道士和降头师一体双魂 Banish evil spirits, avenge the wronged, solve century-old mysteries, and explore ancient ruins thousands of years old. One righteous, one wicked: Daoist secret arts and cursecraft coexist in a single body. Lu Xiaoxi studied for five years in the Lingbao School of Mount Gezao. After his master passed away, he was expelled from the sect and attacked by its leader. By a twist of fate, Yang Gongyu of the Curse Sect, whose attempt at body liberation had failed, tried to possess him. The possession f 165Reads—Score118Shelves
- 25 After College, I Became a Taoist Priest 大学毕业后我去当了道士 Ghost-catching, zombies, tombs, feng shui, and the divide between the living and the dead I was just an ordinary person. That is, until I graduated from college. My relatives passed away, my parents abandoned me, and I became someone the world had no place for. An unexpected letter led me into the world of Taoism. From then on, the realms of yin and yang had boundaries, but they were no longer distinct. White-haired jiangshi lurking in the earth, ancient tomb zombies, spirit mediums borrowing so 16.7kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
- 26 Taoist Master, Put Down the Gatling Gun! 道长，请放下加特林！ The world is in chaos, monsters are running rampant, and Yin Shisan has to save it. "My wish is for world peace!" In places like Wazhuang and Lighthouse Village, he and the Chicken Gang complete missions, punish the wicked, and fight evil. "What's with those little Japanese? What are they, the reincarnations of bastards?" "What's that circle on their flag?" "It's the tortoise shell on a bastard's back." Yin Shisan stood there with a cigarette between his lips. "As expected, nothing beats a Gatli —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Little Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: From the Start, I Mistakenly Snatched a Betrothal 小道士下山：开局误抢婚约 A gifted young man heads to the city to search for his mother. He promised to keep a low profile, but his nature and abilities make it impossible for him to stay under the radar. With his extraordinary Taoist arts and profound medical skills, he becomes invincible in the world before he even realizes it. 874Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 28 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—Shelves
- 29 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain 道士下山 A feng shui expert and master diviner, skilled in every art and proficient in them all! Those who reveal the secrets of heaven will face retribution. It isn't that it won't come, only that the time isn't right yet! Qin Hao was an orphan, taken in by an old Taoist who brought him to the mountains and taught him Taoist arts for three years. When his time was up, his master sent him down the mountain to find his seven senior sisters, supposedly to gain experience... 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Cultivating the Dao Amid the Strange: Starting with Corpse Driving 诡异修道：从赶尸开始 Ye Bai woke up one morning to find himself a corpse-driver. The dead should return to their roots. Those who die far from home must be escorted back to their hometown by a corpse-driver, or trouble may follow. In this chaotic dynasty, wars break out constantly, and there are plenty of corpses. However, Ye Bai discovers that he can earn rewards simply by driving corpses. Corpse-Controlling Arts, the Yellow Skin Drum, divine-mask Nuo opera, paper figures brought to life, the Rebirth Eye, Earthly F 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 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—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 Bound by Neither Yin nor Yang 阴阳无忌 First of all, I’m a Taoist priest. I was born in a small village in Northeast China. After experiencing all kinds of paranormal events there, I set out to find a master and study the way. I later became a third-generation disciple of the Zhengyi school, then joined the mysterious Xiangxi lineage. During my days spent driving out ghosts and exterminating demons, I accidentally discovered that my other half had joined an evil cult that had been passed down for hundreds of years... 5Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 34 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
- 35 The Ultimate Face Reader 极品相师 Xiao Jue, who is skilled in physiognomy, is sent down the mountain by his master to collect a debt. Through a twist of fate, he ends up going from creditor to debtor, and has no choice but to sign a contract of servitude to pay it off. The beautiful creditor, however, has terrible luck and one problem after another. Before long, Xiao Jue becomes her personal fortune-teller. He says with a troubled sigh, “Actually, bone-reading and face-reading are just hobbies. I mainly make a living off my look 540Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 36 Jiangshi: I'm a Corpse Keeper 僵尸：我是养尸人 After transmigrating to a zombie world overrun with demons, Li Kun awakens the Corpse-Raising System. The more corpses he raises, the stronger he becomes. At most, other people can summon paper figures, spirit beasts, or puppets to fight. Li Kun, on the other hand, summons hordes of white-furred zombies, black-furred zombies, and Zombie Kings! He tramples Maoshan, Longhu Mountain, and Golden Light Temple underfoot. Li Kun smiles faintly at the horrified cultivators. “I still have a whole horde o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Little Prodigy Junior Brother 我的天才小师弟 [Modern city + supernatural + cultivation + lighthearted + a peerless genius] Mo Duoyan: Exorcising ghosts costs 100,000 yuan. Junior Brother: I'll give you a thousand. Mo Duoyan: Catching demons costs 200,000. Junior Brother: Donate it all. Mo Duoyan: Beautiful lady, a night of passion is worth a thousand gold. How about we go to a hotel and talk about life? Junior Brother: Senior Brother, mind if I sleep between you two? Mo Duoyan: Watch my immortal arts crush your Taoist magic! People 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Taoist Descends the Mountain: My Invincible Arts Astound the World 道士下山：我的无敌道术惊天下 I learned the Dao from my grandfather as a child. After turning eighteen, I left the mountains with a beautiful heiress who was fated to cross my path, helping her overcome every hardship and ward off misfortune. From then on, I used my Daoist arts to make my mark in the city! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Haunted Campus: Who Says School Is the Safest Place? 惊魂校区谁说学校最安全 Shocking! A Qing-dynasty tomb has been unearthed behind the school, but the coffin inside is empty. And the four seemingly ordinary university students turn out to be Yin-Yang masters straight out of horror movies. A coffin slid down the hillside behind the school. A secret history of the Qing dynasty that was never recorded. Missing classmates. A sinister archive room. A hearse on Zhongshan Street. A weasel encountered while camping. Somehow, it all seems to be pointing toward something. Do you —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I'm a Daoist Who Can Catch Ghosts. What's the Big Deal? 我一个道士，会抓鬼怎么了？ I'm an unlucky person. By a stroke of fate, I entered the Daoist world. Daoist arts of metaphysics, medicine, divination, physiognomy, and fortune-telling are the orthodox path, meant to help the world and save people while building merit. Yet somehow, I ended up on a crooked path. Tomb raiding? How could you manage without my feng shui and geomancy skills? Ghost hunting? How could you manage without my talismans and incantations? Slaying demons? Wait… You say you're a demon? A fox demon, at tha 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 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. 195Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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
- 43 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Evil-Breaker 行走阴阳：破邪 There is a group of extraordinary people who walk between yin and yang, slaying demons and breaking evil curses to maintain the balance between the two worlds! Devoted to the Dao, they battle evil men, seal away vengeful ghosts, and uphold the path of righteousness. They are all nobodies, with just one mysterious connection: the Dragon Group! 187Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 Maoshan Arcane Arts 茅山秘术 The world is full of extraordinary people, including those who can locate burial sites, read the forces of yin and yang and feng shui, and exorcise evil spirits. They are the true practitioners of Maoshan! Armed with a book of Maoshan esoteric arts, Lin Jiusheng travels across the land from north to south, encountering countless strange events and bizarre tales... 605Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 46 The City's Ultimate Heavenly Master 都市极品天师 Qin Yun, a young Taoist priest from Qingyun Temple, happens upon the Ghost-Catching Heavenly Master System. From then on, he roams the city, catching ghosts and vanquishing demons. With the System at his side, there’s nothing he can’t do! What, you’re rich? Better watch out tonight. A female ghost has been following you. What, your dad is a high-ranking official? That won’t help. He has less than three years left to live. What, the beautiful campus queen wants to marry me? No way. I, Qin Yun, am 662Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 47 Jiangshi: From the Start, Uncle Jiu Chose Me to Open the Coffin 僵尸：开局我被九叔钦点开馆 Han Feng transmigrated into the chaotic Republican-era world, where zombies ran rampant. To stay alive, he became Master Ninth’s disciple and the youngest member of the Maoshan Sect. A year later, he unexpectedly awakened the Divine Yin Fiend System. As long as the System absorbed enough yin fiend energy, it would keep producing all kinds of good stuff, including spells, skills, and System coins. Qiusheng: “Good heavens, is this really Junior Brother Han Feng, the guy who used to struggle to eve 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 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
- 49 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Ghosts and Monsters: Run! This Taoist Has a Wild Style 鬼怪：快跑！这道士路子有点野 No harem, no formulaic tropes, invincible, no System, feel-good comedy, laugh-out-loud funny Hey, you ghost up ahead, stop right there! This Daoist isn't going to take your kidneys. Pah! You think a female ghost like you can seduce me? Listen, I'm an honest, upstanding young man! You're only slowing down my money-making. Pay up! Granny Ghost, you ran into me! I won't get up without at least eighty or a hundred thousand. No money? That's fine, just sign this work contract and pay me back by wo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
