Novels like The White-Haired Celestial Master
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- 1 I Awakened on Qingming Festival, Became Possessed by the Spring Festival Nian Beast! 我，清明觉醒春节，年兽附体！ Li Zhou transmigrates to the Festival Era, where everyone can awaken a festival and wield supreme power! Some awaken the Dragon Boat Festival, channel Qu Yuan's spirit, wield swords made of calamus, and drive away demons and ghosts! Some awaken the Great Heat and transform into blazing suns, their body temperatures reaching thousands of degrees! Some awaken the Great Cold and, in a fit of rage, can freeze a thousand miles and trap a million demonic beasts in ice! But Li Zhou, the ninth-generatio 25Reads—Score314d adds
- 2 I Passed the Civil Service Exam in a Terrifying World 在诡异世界考公上岸了 [Supernatural horror + comedy + everyday life + fresh premise + civil-service exam obsession] Perhaps Li Fan had already gone crazy the moment he started explaining regulations to a supernatural entity. The supernatural descended, and everyone was trying to escape. The blood moon hung high, ghosts howled, and I quietly pulled out a set of exam prep questions. “Candidate, your interview question is: How would you manage ghouls who relieve themselves anywhere and everywhere...” I answered expressi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Just Became a Heavenly Master, and Now the Underworld Is Collapsing? 刚成道门天师，地府就崩溃了？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, he obtains the Daoist Celestial Master System. To seek immortality, Su Chen devotes himself to Daoist cultivation and becomes a Celestial Master in just a few short years. Just as Su Chen thinks he can cultivate straight to immortality... One day, Youdu falls and the underworld crumbles! With the collapse of the underworld, ghosts pour out and evil spirits run rampant. The mortal world becomes a living hell! Seeing evil spirits run amok and the mortal wo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Daoist Patriarch 道家祖师 In the Eastern Region, immortal sects and demonic orders vie for supremacy, wielding wondrous arts. In the Southern Borderlands, shamans rule, and their strange sorcery and curses defy belief. In the Northern Sea, the Dragon Palace reigns supreme, while the demon clans hold sway with their powerful bodies. The Western Lands are an unknowable place, shrouded in mystery. This world had no Daoism, but Yang Xuan said there should be, and so Daoism came to be. Here are the One Breath Transforming int 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Inherited the Celestial Master’s Mansion from the Start, and the Paranormal Bureau Asked Me to Come Down 开局继承天师府，灵异局请我下山 Zhang Xuan transmigrated to a parallel world and inherited the Celestial Master's estate on Mount Longhu. One day, while exorcising evil spirits for Sister-in-law Cuihua, he was approached by the Paranormal Affairs Bureau. Eighteen female workers had mysteriously vanished from an electronics factory. The bureau was at a loss, so they asked Celestial Master Zhang Xuan for help. The village chief inflated Zhang Xuan's payment for leaving the mountain to a million yuan so he could pocket a kickback —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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—14d adds
- 7 The Maoshan Outsider 茅山异徒 Maoshan arts proclaim: “Heaven is round, Earth is square; by the nine laws and edicts, as I write, ten thousand ghosts shall hide.” My name is Qin Feng. Ever since I mastered the strange arts of the Ghost Path, I haven't known a moment's peace. Some say I defy Heaven's will, alter fate, and recklessly practice forbidden arts. Others say I reverse yin and yang and turn the heavenly cycle upside down. Yellow-skinned spirits become demons, zombies rise from the dead, evil ghosts possess people, ear 14Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 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. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Magnificent Purple-Robed Young Heavenly Master 极品紫袍小天师 At midnight, dark clouds gather, lightning flashes and thunder roars. A rift tears open in the sky above China, and countless yaksha and evil spirits draped in Rising Sun flags surge out of it like a flood! The fate of China, forged over thousands of years, hangs by a thread! “Jingyi of the Zhengyi Sect leads all our disciples here to exorcise evil and banish demons!” “The Qingwei Sect is here to protect China!” “All the Daoist sects of Maoshan are here to protect our nation’s fate!” “The Lingba 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 Banish Evil with My Left Hand, Keep the Martial World in Check with My Right 左手灭邪祟，右手平江湖 I was born with an extra soul, and I can remember everything from the moment I was born. Before I was even a month old, all sorts of people came to my home, and they had only one goal: to take me away. They said I was a rare Tianlu child, seen only once every few centuries, able to perceive the realms of yin and yang at six and attain an invulnerable body by ten. My parents refused. On the day I turned one month old, several groups finally came to blows, and every one of my close relatives fell —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Celestial Master's Book of Strange Tales 天师诡事录 Twenty years ago, a female ghost from a thousand-year-old tomb came to claim a bride. My grandfather gave his life to protect me from the calamity! Twenty years later, fate led me to rob the tomb of that very female ghost. 198Reads7.7Score10414d adds
- 13 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—14d adds
- 14 Debts of the Dead 死人债 Born of vengeful spirits, bound by the debts of the dead! When a hundred ghosts roam, they chain the souls of the departed! Bearing the debts of the dead, I enter the cycle of reincarnation, blessed from birth with the ability to foresee death... 314Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 15 A Family of Spirit Mediums 出马仙世家 A small suggestion from Zhang Xin, the 26th-generation heir of a family of spirit mediums: before opening the door when you get home at night, choose one of these three things to do: “Spit three times behind you,” “Flick the hem of your clothes three times,” or “Tap your heels together three times.” 60Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 16 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 658Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 17 The Founding Ancestor of the Northeast Ma Clan 东北马家开山鼻祖 Legend has it that in the desolate days of Northeast China, bandits ran rampant, and people lived in constant fear. In that harsh, heartbreaking era, no one cared whether others lived or died, and no one spared a thought for the families caught in the chaos. At last, it all came to an end at the hands of a young man from the shamanic clan, who broke the grip of that savage, evil age. No one knew who he was. All they knew was that his actions brought shame upon his people and disgraced his family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Urban: From the Start, I Got a Taoist Temple Livestream Room 都市：开局获得道观直播间 From the start, he gets a dilapidated Taoist temple. He also activates a Taoist temple streamer System, and from then on Mu Chen’s life comes with cheat codes. “Ride a Siberian tiger and keep a giant panda as a house cat.” Everyone, believe in science. I’m really not cultivating immortality, I’m just livestreaming, okay?! 163Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 19 The Midnight Hearse 午夜灵车 I was just a taxi driver, until an accident dragged me into a war that had nothing to do with me. A woman in red walking the streets at midnight, a mother and child who hanged themselves and now haunt the living... An underground laboratory, the origins of a mysterious organization... 465Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 20 I, the Purple-Sash Celestial Master, Am Naturally Great at Deifying Gods! 我，紫带天师，封神很正常吧！ Reborn in a parallel world, Zhang Yunchen became the Purple-Sash Celestial Master of Mount Longhu, commanding the world’s Taoist sects, at only eighteen years old. He thought he could finally lie flat, enjoy good food and drink, and live the good life. Then he awakened a cultivation System. It wanted him to get moving! To work himself to the bone! Zhang Yunchen really wanted to refuse, but a hundred days from now, spiritual qi would revive in this world, and demons would awaken. And he would bec 518Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Command My Body 敕吾身 “Perfect my body, command my body. This body is no ordinary body, but one transformed into the golden body of the Supreme Lord Lao…” (The Edict to My Body, also known as The Xuanpin Academy and The Manifestation of Divine Power, is a prequel to The Xuanpin Teahouse.) I became an apprentice at nine, formally began studying the Dao at eleven, and decided to record my experiences and observations at twenty. This is the story of Feng Cai, a disciple of Master Hu Fawang of the Great Manifestation of 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Became a Heavenly Master of the Dao 我成了道门天师 My name is Li Changqing. When my mother gave birth to me, ghosts roamed the night, and a wandering Daoist saved my life. He said my fate was far too harsh, bringing calamity to my closest relatives. My parents might not die peacefully… and I still had three disasters to survive. My only chance of survival was to join the Daoist sect. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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... 7Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 25 The Last Feng Shui Master 末代风水师 The names in this story are fictional, but there is no need to doubt that the events are real. In recent years, posts and essays by feng shui masters have appeared countless times on all kinds of forums, some true and some false. I really don't want fabricated stories to lead people astray in their understanding of yin-yang and feng shui, so I have written under a pseudonym about the winding experiences of a feng shui master. I hope to give everyone a whole new understanding of this mysterious a 242Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 26 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 143Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 The Maoshan Celestial Master 茅山天师 Maoshan secret arts, supreme beneath the heavens; a sacred mountain paradise, the orthodox school of Daoism! The Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song bestowed eight treasures upon Maoshan to protect the region, banish demons, uphold the Dao, and bring blessings to the people. Yet the internal power struggles within the Daoist sects, including the Maoshan School, have continued for centuries. This story unfolds through the strange tales of spirits and the supernatural that happen all around me. D 35Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 29 From the Start, a Thousand-Year-Old Fox Demon: The Maoshan Heavenly Master Breaks His Vows! 开局千年妖狐，茅山天师破戒了！ Ye Xiaoqi, the last heir of the Northern Sect of the Maoshan Order, enters the mortal world at his master's command to cultivate. Armed with superb Daoist arts, he roams the city, slaying monsters and vanquishing demons in this legendary tale. Soon after arriving in the city, he meets Su Wanqing, a trainee police officer, during a case involving a vengeful female ghost. They become partners and solve one strange case after another. When investigating a job involving a celebrity tormented by an e 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 My Years Working for the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇妖司当差那些年 In the eleventh year of the Xia calendar, Chen Yang became a refugee beggar and had no choice but to join the Demon-Suppression Bureau as an executioner. In the eighteenth year, after executing a thousand demons, Chen Yang awakened the Zhenwu Treasure Register, the artifact that had brought him to this world. An age of demons and monsters, with no immortals in sight. A great demon keeps an entire human kingdom captive, devouring thousands of people each day. A Daoist carries a three-foot sword a 29Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 31 The Gates of Hell 鬼门关 Synopsis: When people die, they enter the Yellow Springs and cross the Gates of the Underworld. People know of the Road to the Yellow Springs, but not the Gates of the Underworld. The Gates are where the dead are reborn and the living return to the mortal world. But no one knows where the Gates of the Underworld are, not even the Bodhisattvas of the Underworld. They may be a person, or an object... 924Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Tales of Spirit Mediums in Northeast China 东北出马往事 My name is Zhang Lei. Grandpa said that on the day I was born, heavy snow fell from the sky. The snow outside the village clinic was covered with huge, twisted snakes. He said I would have a lifelong connection with snakes. As everyone knows, snakes are cold-blooded animals. They certainly wouldn’t come out in winter, much less slither across the snow. I always thought it was just a story Grandpa had made up to amuse me. Then one day, while I was playing in the mountains, I came across a giant s 27Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 33 The Campus Belle Exposes Me Catching Ghosts at the Funeral Home 校花曝光我在殡仪馆抓鬼现场 Ghost King: This guy is a complete freak. Demon King: H-he can actually make lightning with his bare hands? Devil King: He’s way too freakish. I can’t afford to mess with him!!!!!! 625Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 34 The Yin Corpse Emperor's Fate 阴尸帝命 My name is Zhang Chuan. As far back as I can remember, I've had to burn incense and paper offerings to my own portrait. I've asked Grandpa countless times why I had to do it, but he never had an answer. It wasn't until Grandpa's final moments that I learned a shocking secret: I was already dead, and there was more to it than that. I had the fate palace of the Ziwei Emperor, so I was neither alive nor dead, with my soul and body separated. After that, my life became even more extraordinary. A tho 75Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 35 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! 181Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 36 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. 171Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Demon Revival: Inheriting the Old Celestial Master's Legacy from the Start 妖魔复苏：开局传承老天师 From the start, he transmigrated into a world where demons were returning, and was immediately attacked by a ghost. He thought he was about to die. But who could have guessed that, at the critical moment, he would awaken a sign-in System? “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully signed in.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've obtained the inheritance of the Celestial Master Mansion.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've inherited all the cultivation of the Old Celestial Master.” “...” 4Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Livestream: I Glide Across Water and Beat People Like They’re in a Painting! 直播：登萍渡水，我打人如挂画！ After transmigrating to a parallel world, he discovers that he has a terminal illness and doesn’t have long to live! He awakens the Martial Arts Inheritance System. As long as he teaches martial arts, his illness will gradually disappear, and he’ll even grow stronger! So Chen Xuan livestreams his martial arts training! “Walking across water on duckweed? Is that for real? What kind of acrobatics is this?” “Tai chi? Can it even hurt anyone?” But in the end, the viewers are left amazed, and they al 282Reads8.2Score11414d adds
- 40 Face-Slapping! Who Said the Fake Heiress Was Pretending to Be a Master? 打脸！是谁说假千金冒充大师的？ The Heavenly Dao declared that evil spirits were multiplying in the mortal realm, and Wei Er was sent down to keep the peace. Before her soul fragment was retrieved, she thought she would cut a swath through the mortal realm, astonish everyone with her skills, and bask in the public eye. In reality, people had used her as a human shield since childhood. On her twentieth birthday, she was killed before she even got to meet him! After her soul fragment was retrieved, the mortal world gained a lega 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 This Taoist Priest Is the Crown Prince 这个道士是太子 A domineering, unruly crown prince who gave the civil and military officials endless headaches, filled the people with grievances, and made his peers jealous yet helpless was finally sent up the mountain to become a Daoist by imperial decree... That day, officials of every rank cried out, “Long live the wise emperor!” Their voices soared into the clouds... That day, firecrackers thundered and gongs and drums blared throughout Chang'an... On Cranecry Mountain, the deposed crown prince, now a Daoi 1.6kReads5.6Score11914d adds
- 42 Ghost Master of the Yellow Springs 黄泉鬼师 A Master of Water Divination, also known among the people as a Ghost Master or Celestial Master, possesses powers that reach from heaven to earth and can speak with ghosts and gods. He treads the Yellow Springs, wields the Yin Lamp, glimpses fate, and cultivates the Great Dao. One day, my grandfather told me that I was actually dead... 159Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 43 The Celestial Master Comes Down the Mountain, Begging Outside the Funeral Shop for Me to Return 天师下山，跪在丧葬铺外求我出山 The Guardian General Cao Zhandong spent his life on the battlefield, fighting Japanese invaders, repelling northern tribes, and keeping the Golden Lions in check. He protected the borders and secured a century of peace, sparing countless people from the ravages of war. Now he has passed away, leaving behind only a single battle saber and a military cloak. The entire nation is shaken, and all the people mourn. A peerless patriot who devoted his entire life to the nation and lived with integrity 996Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 44 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 141Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 45 The Super Little Daoist 超级小道士 Gu Tian, a womanizing young Taoist and master of the Daoist sect, is born with the Five Virtues gathered in his body and clad in a flowing-light armor. Sent into the mortal world by his master to cultivate, he sets off a humorous, hilarious, and wish-fulfillment adventure... 229Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 46 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—14d adds
- 47 Don’t Mess With Him, This Taoist Is a Little Wild 别惹他，这个道士有点野 Daoist arts + feng shui + folk customs + witchcraft + folk secrets + corpse walking + suspense + the supernatural Have you ever seen a person with no shadow? A corpse that can walk? A living person covered in corpse spots? Paper that cannot be burned? An ancient zither that plays by itself? Someone stepping out of a portrait...? Tang Yao has seen them all, and has spent his entire life dealing with such things. “Conceived in the yin year, month, day, and hour, and born in the yin year, month, da —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 A Part-Time Celestial Master Gets Arrested, and They Ask Me How to Kill Demons? 兼职天师被抓，问我妖魔怎么杀？ [Dragon-Tiger Celestial Master + demons and strange tales + invincible in the modern age + wish fulfillment] On Blue Star, Ye Qingxuan enjoys a carefree college life, while occasionally moonlighting as a Celestial Master on Mount Longhu. One day, while he was sitting in class as usual, a large group of fully armed police officers suddenly stormed into the room. “Are you Ye Qingxuan? This is urgent. We need you to come with us!” At the police station, the SWAT team captain laid the files on the t 1.5kReads7.2Score10614d adds
- 50 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 53.5kReads6.7Score2.2k14d adds
