Novels like Summoning the Gods
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Summoning the Gods, best match first.
- 1 I Summoned the True Martial Emperor from the Start and Cleansed the World of Evil 开局请神真武大帝，荡平世间邪祟 [Supernatural + Taoist Priest + Folk Customs + Invoking the Gods + Thunder Magic + Procession of the Gods] An old saying has been passed down in the Qiongzhou region: When you see Zhenwu, you see your true self. On Qingming Festival, the current Celestial Master in Purple, Wang Zhenwu, had a son. His father’s prayers reached the heavens, and the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Lord, Emperor Zhenwu, descended a divine sign. He was named Wang Daoyi. Born on a yin day, Wang Daoyi had a rare yin-yang constit 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Stranded in a Supernatural World, I Have No Choice but to Summon a God to Fight for Me 身处灵异世界，我只好请神代打了 Li Changfeng has just transmigrated when a life-taking ghost latches onto him. No big deal. Toss it into the merit box and let Buddha duke it out with him. What? There are no temples or Taoist shrines?! Don’t panic. No big deal... Wait, this is a huge problem!!! “Ding! The Merit-for-Hire System has been bound. You pay merit, and I’ll call in someone to fight for you...” Li Changfeng: [Clear skies above, sacred earth below, I burn incense and call upon Master Lin. With a peachwood sword, he slays 107Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 3 The Most Ridiculously Unlucky Little Taoist in History 史上最坑小道士 What? Master, are you messing with me? Sending me down the mountain to gain experience is one thing, but now you want me to find a wife? Aren’t we forbidden from getting married? Fine, fine! So, in my quest to find a wife, I became the most troublemaking little Daoist... They say the world has yin and yang. Just because you don’t believe in something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’ve experienced far too many strange and uncanny things in my life, like the old woman sewing soles for shoes, and 1.9kReads7.1Score111Shelves
- 4 By the Ancestral Master's Command, Refine the Uncanny into Immortality! 奉祖师令，炼诡成仙！ Demons devour people, false gods demand sacrifices, and the dynasty sucks its subjects dry to the bone! This world is terminally ill! Chen Ren transmigrates into this world, bearing the seal of the Shangqing Tianshu Academy as he walks through this living hell. Slay demons and earn merit! Exterminate monsters and earn merit! Overturn this man-eating world, and the merit will be immeasurable! He issues an edict to summon the Six Ding and Six Jia, guarding him on every side and driving evil away! 1.2kReads7.1Score108Shelves
- 5 American Horror Story World, My Master Is Shi Jian 美恐世界，家师石坚 After Li Wei becomes a disciple of Shi Jian, the Lightning Law Lord, and learns all manner of Maoshan arts, he turns the tables, breaks the legs of his troublemaking junior brother Shi Shaojian, and accuses his master of failing to raise his son and indulging his crimes. Then Shi Jian personally cleans house, and Li Wei transmigrates again, this time into the body of Villeo, a priest who failed at an exorcism and had his clerical collar taken away. So he decides to abandon the Church and pursue 300Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 6 My Words Become Law, but I Truly Don’t Want to Show Off in Public 言出法随，贫道真不想人前显圣啊 The realm of Chixian is on the brink of collapse. Monsters and demons run rampant, and horrors from the old days stir once more. Rules? The only rule in this world is that there are no rules. Ye Qingfeng transmigrates into the body of a beggar who has starved to death. But this world is sick: skin-stealers rewrite memories, river demons demand brides, paper horses steal people's lifespans, and living type gives rise to miasma... Gods and Buddhas have vanished, order has crumbled, and human lives 101.5kReads8.4Score12.9kShelves
- 7 EN Apprenticed to Uncle Nine: I Became a Generation's Taoist Master 拜师九叔：我成了一代天师 Han Qiusheng transmigrates, bringing an Evil-Repelling System with him. In this life, his soul inhabits Qiusheng, the eldest disciple under Uncle Jiu. He vows to follow his master's footsteps, rid the world of every demon and evil spirit, and become a Celestial Master of his generation. 2.5kReads8.2Score117Shelves
- 8 Pure and Tranquil Immortal 清净仙 [Cultivation + Invincible Protagonist + No Female Lead + No System + Slow-Burn + Traditional Xianxia] Lin Qingjing transmigrates into the body of a young Daoist who is on the verge of death. His master, the only person he has to rely on, dies without a body left behind while trying to save him. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao takes pity on them and preserves a wisp of his master's soul, allowing him to become a ghost. After waking, Lin Qingjing uses the Nine Breaths technique he obtains from a mys 1.3kReads6.9Score101Shelves
- 9 Uncle Nine: Wait, You're Trying to Outnumber a Maoshan Taoist? 九叔：不是，你跟茅山道士比人多 [Uncle Jiu, zombies, Maoshan Taoists, warlords, no female lead, calling for backup, group brawls, alternate setting] Maoshan's First Commandment: Good and evil stand opposed. Fight for life! Maoshan's Second Commandment: Whoever follows me is righteous; whoever opposes me is evil! Maoshan's Third Commandment: When there's trouble, call for backup! When there's trouble, call for backup! When there's trouble, call for backup! Standing guard is dull work for the Celestial Soldiers and Generals. Wha 107Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 10 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Creepy and Terrifying? Nonsense! This Is My Merit! 诡异恐怖？胡说！此乃贫道功德！ [Brutal Physical Slaughter] [Thunder Magic] [Summoning the Gods] [Do Whatever You Want] [Daoist] [No Female Lead] The Listening Thunder Temple does not worship Celestial Master Zhang or the Three Mao Patriarchs. Instead, it worships the Heavenly Worthy of Universal Transformation of the Nine Heavens and Responding to the Thunder, the principal deity of the Thunder Department. As a result, the Daoists of Listening Thunder Temple are known for their bad tempers. Don't believe in the Dao? Believe w 3.6kReads8.4Score208Shelves
- 12 The Age of Declining Dharma: I Fought My Way from the White Mountains and Black Waters to Ascension 末法时代：我从白山黑水杀到飞升 In an age when spiritual energy has run dry and the era of cultivation is ending, I became the last cultivator in the world. My parents were stained with blood in Songhe Town, and my sister’s fate was unknown. At thirteen, I fled into the deepest part of Baishan, carrying a damaged Daoist scripture passed down through my family. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Daoist Master, You Can Ascend in Broad Daylight! 道爷，白日飞升啊！ [Traveling the world + leisurely daily life + heartwarming] (The rating just came out. Take it or leave it.) After his master passes away, Jiang Huai, who has grown up in a Taoist temple, assumes he’ll inherit it and live out his life in quiet poverty. But then... “Sorry, you need a degree to inherit the temple.” “???” Jiang Huai has no idea which way the school gates even face. He’s completely dumbfounded. Is he really homeless now? Fine, fine! If there’s no room for me here, there’s somew 47.7kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
- 14 Taoist Master, You Really Can Exorcise Demons, Can't You? 道爷，你还真会降妖伏魔呀？ (Detailed Version) An old yellowed book dredged up while fishing turns out to be a key connecting two worlds. When Yuan Qiong is first sent to another world, what he sees completely overturns everything he thought he knew: This is a cultivation world where sword immortals soar through the skies and righteous gods manifest in the mortal realm, yet it is also a chaotic age overrun by demons. A bone woman combing her hair by moonlight, a fox demon taking human form, a River Lord demanding boys and 2.6kReads7.7Score257Shelves
- 15 The Purple-Robed Patriarch Has Turned into a Zombie. Who Can Handle This? 紫袍祖师爷尸变，这谁顶得住？ [Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain] + [Times have changed] + [Purple-Robed Flying Zombie] + [Villain] + [Ascend through brute force] A group of tomb raiders break into a forbidden area on Longhu Mountain and, to their surprise, dig up a purple, heavenly-grade wooden coffin buried deep in the Yellow Springs, nine feet and nine inches below. The coffin opens, and Yin soldiers appear! Talismans are torn, and corpses become immortals! Lying in the coffin is Zhang Daoyi, wearing the seal of a divin 22.4kReads6.1Score2.1kShelves
- 16 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 17 Uncle Nine: I Became Shi Jian and Helped Uncle Nine Take Off! 九叔：我成了石坚，带九叔起飞！ Reborn as Shi Jian! Who would have thought he’d get a System and go on to dominate the Daoist world, becoming its supreme ruler? Shi Jian: “Junior brothers, don’t kill them all. I’ll be the one collecting the heads!” Simu: “What? You want to compete with Maoshan over connections?” Qianhe: “A championship match? Who does one-on-one fights these days? Call in the whole crew!” Uncle Jiu: “Senior Brother, carry me to victory!” 6.5kReads8.2Score401Shelves
- 18 Live-Streaming a Borrowed Spell: Please Believe in Science 直播借法，请相信科学 Welcome, viewers, to the livestream! There are no such things as ghosts in this world. It's all just people scaring each other. Today's broadcast is all scripted, with special effects. Please be sensible and trust in science! [Streamer, how about you put down that ruler in your hand before telling us to trust in science?] [Hey, streamer, are you selling that hamster or not?] By the Celestial Master's command, gods and ghosts must keep their distance! Those who refuse will be dealt with on the sp 8.8kReads8.3Score388Shelves
- 19 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score160Shelves
- 20 A Celestial Master Takes a Job at the Crematorium, Who Would Dare Fake Their Own Death? 天师入职火葬场，这谁敢诈尸啊？ Zhang Jiusheng is reborn in a parallel world as the only direct disciple of the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He thought he had it made and could live off incense offerings until he died. Who could have guessed that Taoism in this world had fallen into decline over the centuries? Now it's so poor, it can't even afford a bowl of pork trotter rice! He'll have to take on some side jobs! Just then, a group of government officials showed up at the mountain. The National Crematorium is hiring! 1.4kReads7.4Score247Shelves
- 21 I Did It, Daoist! Three Flowers Gather at the Crown! Huh? 道爷我成了，三花聚顶！嗯？ [Laugh-out-loud comedy] [A goofy, hilarious protagonist] [Mostly lighthearted slice of life] [Invincible] [A cure for the blues] Good news: I’ve got a cultivation System. Bad news: The System transmigrated without me. Good news: I can still contact the System. Bad news: These System missions seem a little off. In the city, Chen Jiamu looks at the mission he’s received: [Go to Mount Wudang and join a sect!] So he takes an overnight train to Mount Wudang. [Host has successfully joined Mount Wudang 360Reads7.8Score105Shelves
- 22 Rule Horror: I’m an Eight-Year-Old Little Heavenly Master, and I’ve Been Chosen 规则怪谈：八岁小天师的我被选中 [Rule Horror] + [National Fate] + [Eerie] + [No heroine] + [Comedy] + [Wish fulfillment] Completed arcs: [Happy Apartment], [Late-Night Convenience Store], [Ghostly Sea Horror], and [Virtual City Horror]. Eight-year-old Lin Xuan is chosen to take part in Rule Horror. As a successor of the Daoist tradition, Lin Xuan discovers that killing the Eerie earns him merit, which he can use to upgrade Daoist techniques. Deity Summoning, Divination, Daoist Thunder Arts, Illusion Techniques… While contestan 6.7kReads8.9Score498Shelves
- 23 The Young Taoist Priest of the Celestial Masters' Mansion 天师府小道士 A little Taoist who could never catch a ghost returned to secular life. On his wedding day, not one of his fellow disciples showed up, but every ghost in the city gathered above the wedding venue. They wanted to shield the little fellow, who was always softhearted, endlessly chatty and eventually married a little fox, from a tribulation lightning strike. But that day, the sky was clear and cloudless, and nothing happened. 10.2kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 24 The Uncle Jiu Universe: I Became Uncle Jiu's System! 九叔世界：我成为了九叔的系统！ The blurb is a struggle, but the story is pure fun! No ships. Uncle Jiu is the protagonist. Even after getting a System, he won't pair up with Zhigu or Miqilian! [Only Uncle Jiu gets a System. Uncle Jiu shows off in every way and carries everyone to victory. He visits parallel zombie-movie worlds to show off.] Uncle Jiu is chosen as the Host from the start! Uncle Jiu: “So this is the System's power? Becoming an immortal and founding a lineage really could happen!” Mao Xiaofang: “Daoist Lin, you' 2.2kReads8.9Score151Shelves
- 25 I Became Uncle Jiu’s Disciple from the Start 开局拜师九叔 This is a novel set in Uncle Nine's world. It has Uncle Nine, gods, ghosts, and monsters, as well as witchcraft, poison magic, and tomb raiding. There are also ancient legacies. What's more, there is no heroine in the early part of the book, and Ren Tingting definitely isn't the heroine. That's that... Also, if you want to see characters flying through the sky and burrowing underground right from the start, you won't find that here... If you want to see someone become a Buddha or a ruler from th 2.8kReads8.8Score141Shelves
- 26 I Am Daoist Lin Jiu. I Invite You All to Your Deaths 贫道林九请诸位赴死 [System] [the Myriad Worlds] [Daoist Arts] [Uncle Nine] The red string and glutinous rice remain to this day, but the Daoist Lin of old is no more. Uncle Nine of the Myriad Worlds introduced countless transmigrators to the world, yet they always treated him as a stepping stone. Few remembered his kindness or helped him rise to greatness. When the "Supreme Dao Ancestor System" descends upon Uncle Nine, what sparks will fly between an unreliable System and an upright, slightly cunning Uncle Nine? 10.9kReads7.3Score1.1kShelves
- 27 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.4kReads6.6Score189Shelves
- 28 Tales of the Dragon and Tiger Mystic Heroes 龙虎玄侠传 In the Age of Declining Dharma, spiritual qi revives. Evil spirits wreak havoc, and dragons and tigers descend from the heavens. With the Nine Heavens Divine Pill reappearing in the world, orthodox and unorthodox factions alike prepare for battle. The arts of the occult, talismans, soul-binding, poison and witchcraft clash in a contest of skill. Ye Chen and Xiao Jun, two disciples of the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters, are summoned by Heaven's will to exterminate demons and defend the Dao. Bound by th 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Created Chinese-Style Horror and Ushered in the Age of the Supernatural 独创中式恐怖，我引领了诡异时代 [Chinese-Style Horror] [Horror Designer] [Eerie Revival] A curtain of blood covered the globe, and the highly anticipated horror show Horror Designer went on air. The production team put out a call for horror works across the internet. Anyone whose submission was accepted could become a Level 1 Horror Designer and gain the power to fight the eerie entities of the Black Fog. And if you were lucky enough to make it through round after round and win the ultimate Fear Prize, you could become a god i 6.6kReads7.4Score549Shelves
- 30 A Man in a Jiangshi World, Becoming Uncle Nine’s Disciple 人在僵尸，拜师茅山九叔 Chu Mo transmigrates to a zombie-infested world and becomes Uncle Jiu’s disciple, learning the Dao. He gains a Merit System that rewards him with all kinds of prizes for vanquishing demons and punishing the wicked. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s Qimen Dunjia? I’ll learn it! The Thunder Ancestor’s Divine Firmament Thunder Arts are powerful? I’ll learn them! A Demon-Refining Pot that can subdue monsters? I’ll take it! But first, I should study the Fengdu Statutes and the Nüqing Heavenly Stat 14.3kReads8.9Score669Shelves
- 31 Uncle Nine: I Punish the Guilty in Heaven's Name, and You Call Me Arrogant? 九叔：奉天伐罪，你说我嚣张？ There was once a saying that circulated throughout the martial world. When traveling the martial world, remember never to stare at those filthy Maoshan creeps. Otherwise, you’ll find that after you glance at them once, they’ll secretly work up their power and chant an incantation; after a second glance, they’ll summon thunder with their arts; after a third, you’ll be rolling around in the Eighteenth Level of Hell. Yang Lingxiao transmigrates into a world of zombies. He is taken in by the sect le 264Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 32 The Little Dumpling Adopted by Uncle Jiu 被九叔收养的小团团 The story of a little one destined to become a king, adopted by Uncle Jiu and swept up in all kinds of supernatural incidents. (A fanfic about Uncle Jiu, with a bit of The Pendulum mixed in, and a character from The Outcast appearing later.) 1.9kReads9.1Score117Shelves
- 33 Who Told You to Ask Him for a Fortune? He's Morally Deficient in Every Way! 谁让你找他算命的，他五行缺德！ Chen Changsheng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a barefoot Taoist who sets up a stall to tell fortunes. Once he accumulates enough merit points, he can return to his original world and attain the Dao on the spot. To earn more merit points, Chen Changsheng decides to start livestreaming and build an audience. He thinks he can rack up a fortune in merit points by reading people's fortunes and interpreting their lots. But gradually, the atmosphere in Chen Changsheng's livestream 20.8kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
- 34 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 844Reads6.5Score104Shelves
- 35 With So Many Female Ghosts Around, I Might as Well Stop Being Human 这么多女鬼，那我就不当人了 [No System]+ [Multiple Heroines (Most Aren't Human)]+ [Hunting Ghosts to Prove the Dao]+ [Comedy] After picking up a female ghost as a passenger from the start, Qin Tian's extraordinary life begins. (The audiobook version is even better.) A long-legged, adorably ditzy little ghost girl A domineering, blunt-talking Ghost Queen A mischievous cat-eared girl A sexy, bewitching fox spirit Cultivation, power, money… All kinds of strange and wonderful stories begin to unfold around him… 18.6kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 36 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score323Shelves
- 37 Rule Horror: My Taoist Name Is Zhang Tianshi! 规则怪谈，我的道号张天师！ Wild imagination + Invincible + Rule Horror + No female lead + Mystery + Horror This isn't mindless wish fulfillment. There's a plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. The Horrors descended across the globe. After being battered by one eerie disaster after another, the Dragon Kingdom steadily declined, and its standing on the world stage plummeted! Another eerie trial was looming, and the Dragon Kingdom was on the verge of total ruin! But then, a famous figure from the Dragon Kingdom was d 10.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 38 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 20.8kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
- 39 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Decree from the Underworld 阴司有旨 Before Grandpa died, he gave me a strange ledger. The first page bore four eerie characters: “Filed with the Underworld.” And the entries weren't sums of money, but “lives.” I used that strange ledger to collect debts and settle accounts on Grandpa's behalf, and it was as if I'd become a living judge of life and death in the human world. Somewhere beyond mortal sight, everything had already been decreed... 21.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 41 Qiusheng, Bound to a Martial Arts System 绑定武道系统的秋生 Drive out demons with martial might, banish ghosts with the Dao, master both martial arts and the Dao, and become the Martial Sage of the mortal world. One blade to destroy the Eastern Seas, one sword to slay gods and demons, one halberd to shatter Heaven's will. Shatter the void with martial might and stride across the myriad realms, suppress the heavens and rise above the nine skies. Defy Heaven and slay the Dao to become the exalted one, live free and proud, and attain eternal transcendence. 4.5kReads7.6Score289Shelves
- 42 I Had Just Mastered the Purple Sky Divine Thunder When a Hundred Ghosts Appeared at Night 刚修成紫霄神雷，就遇到百鬼夜行 “Young man, you’re a cultivation genius the likes of which appears once in a thousand years. Come with me, and I’ll give you an incredible opportunity.” When Gu Changsheng met a charlatan in the park, he planned to play along and expose him. But as soon as the Daoist reached the mountain, he started flying on a sword. Uh-oh. Looks like this one’s the real deal. Gu Changsheng was filled with anticipation, imagining himself living the life of an immortal in white robes. Instead, on his very f 19.1kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
- 43 Uncle Nine: Oh No, My System Is Acting Up Again 九叔：糟糕，我的系统又不服了 The successive Grandmasters of Maoshan once said: When roaming the world, what matters most is the strength of your foundations. If you can avoid trouble, do so. The world is in turmoil, and one less problem is better than one more. If you can’t avoid it, make a friend. If you can’t make a friend, negotiate face to face. If negotiations fail, then fight. When following these three rules, always keep three principles in mind. First, never hold back. Call upon the gods, the saints, and the Grandma 23.1kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 44 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7kReads9.0Score648Shelves
- 45 The Yellow Emperor’s Secret 黄帝秘藏 With a blood-written deed on my body, I fought hungry dogs for food. In the bitter cold of winter, I was about to be beaten to death on the frozen ground, until someone stood before me and told me I was a dragon in the art of feng shui... 14.8kReads8.9Score592Shelves
- 46 A Cultivator in Modern Society 现代社会的修仙道士 “Taoist priest, can you do magic?” “Magic? People believe in science these days, young man. You should believe in science.” With that, the Taoist in his robe leaps off a cliff and flies away on his sword, leaving the hiker who had camped in the wilderness staring in stunned disbelief. 14.5kReads8.5Score612Shelves
- 47 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 18.4kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
- 48 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves
- 49 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 [Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know 470Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 50 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 43kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves
