Novels like The Maoshan Heavenly Master
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- 151 Jiangshi World: I Am the Sacred Painter Who Guards the Mortal Realm 僵尸世界：我是画圣镇人间 After waking up, Su Dan finds he has transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s zombie world and bound himself to the Strongest Painting Sage System! In this world, Taoist priests cultivate immortality through the Dao, while Buddhist monks wield boundless power through the Dharma! But Su Dan uses the Way of Painting to crush every demon and monster under heaven! Daoist Master Simu: “With just a brush and paper, Su Dan has made the entire world of sorcery bow its head!” Uncle Jiu: “Wherever Su Dan has been, 275Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 152 The Unrivaled Heavenly Master 天师无双 The nine stars align, and good and evil are turned upside down. A great war between the Underworld and the Nether Capital is imminent. The Corpse Clan is rising, the Heavenly Ghosts seek to invade, the Heavenly Demons circle overhead, and great monsters descend. The Demon Buddha Sect, the Corpse Immortal Cult, and the Immortal Alliance are all stirring. Ghosts roam by day, demons hide among humanity, little ghosts are hard to deal with, corpse-driving and zombie-exorcising arts abound, the Five 29Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 153 Maoshan Demon Catcher 茅山捉妖人 (Supernatural + Urban + Maoshan Taoist Arts + No Self-Sacrificing Saint + No Female Lead) Sanqing disciple Xu Tianyang ventures across the world alone! With the supreme secret arts of Maoshan in one hand, he sweeps across the mortal realm! Slaying ghosts, battling sorcerers, trampling evil gods, and destroying Corpse Kings! Maoshan Taoist arts shake the four corners of the world! Supreme secret arts, unmatched beneath the heavens! 3.9kReads8.7Score24814d adds
- 154 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score11214d adds
- 155 They Destroyed My Temple in the Name of Anti-Feudalism, So I Struck Back with Thunder Magic! 反封建毁我山门，贫道反手雷法！ [Purple-Robed Celestial Master + high-octane from start to finish + face-slapping satisfaction + reckless to the extreme + demons awaken] Zhang Ziyang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Purple-Robed Celestial Master. He plans to enjoy a carefree life on Mount Longhu, but an arrogant anti-feudalism streamer shows up looking for trouble. Just how crazy is this streamer when it comes to chasing views? Tying a rope around his neck to summon ghosts and dotting the eyes of paper figure 933Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 156 Primordial Edict: Grandmaster of the Daoist Order 元始敕令：道门大宗师 Vanguard of the Taoist altar, great general who banishes demons, edict of the Primordial Beginning, all arts subdued and concealed!!! With Taoist arts perfected and the strength of a grandmaster, he commands thunder and lightning, slaying monsters and vanquishing evil!!! This is a world of the Taoist sects, and the realm of the Nine Provinces… 680Reads6.7Score11414d adds
- 157 The Supreme Taoist: Peerless Daoist Master 道门太上：绝世道长 Clad in a Daoist robe, I walk among the people, driving out every evil under heaven... Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, gods, immortals, and strange beings: no matter how many I eliminate, I cannot purge the evil thoughts in my heart. Meet kindness with kindness, meet evil and become a demon. The arts of the Daoist tradition shall be the strongest! (Not an invincible protagonist story. Read with caution. No female lead!) 99Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 158 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 268Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 159 The Celestial Master Marries: Nine Lavish Betrothal Gifts Leave the Richest Man Stunned! 天师大婚，九重聘礼惊呆首富！ The youngest daughter of a wealthy family says she wants to marry a man from the mountains. Everyone is firmly opposed. Her tycoon father even sends a young heir from a prominent family to propose on the spot. A procession of luxury cars, antique betrothal gifts, famous matchmakers... Just then, Four Taoist priests walk in calmly and present the mountain man's betrothal gifts. On the wedding day, They write their marriage vows. Presented to the Heavenly Court: Heaven rejoices, and swallows t 3.1kReads7.8Score21114d adds
- 160 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score20514d adds
- 161 Maoshan Ghost-Catching Specialists 茅山捉鬼专门店 [Modern urban setting (no cultivation) + Taoist priests + cultivators + Buddhism + factions + witchcraft + cults + romance + satisfying read + a little brainpower + nontraditional] Huaxia is a place steeped in mystery, known as a sacred land of ancient culture. Here, many Taoist priests and cultivators each command a range of miraculous arts and techniques. Lin Xiu, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, gets caught up in a vast and complicated whirlpool because of a job! A mother-and-child corpse fi 166Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Stay Away, Spirits 阴人勿扰 Someone dug up our family grave and put the newlywed daughter-in-law who’d just died in their family in there. My uncle told me to go get her out in the middle of the night... 477Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 163 Supernatural: I Bring Home an Old Immortal in Inner Mongolia 灵异：我在内蒙领老仙儿 My name is Li Tianshu. I was originally called Li Chengcai. I was sickly from childhood and plagued by hardship. I was so familiar with the gates of death that even the King of Hell knew my face. My grandparents said I had been cursed just like my great-grandfather, and planned to abandon me in the mountains to be raised by wolves. It was my maternal grandfather who gave me back my humanity and renamed me Li Tianshu, hoping Heaven would forgive me and free me from the curse. From then on, my fat 322Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 164 I Can't Hide It! This Taoist Is the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor 藏不住！这个道士是九天雷祖 Lin Xiao is 25, a sunny, cheerful young Taoist priest (and, of course, a little handsome). On the surface, he is the “ordinary” son of the head of the Shenxiao Sect. In secret, though, he is the genuine reincarnation of the Thunder Ancestor! He spends his days drawing talismans and playing with lightning, and can even summon Thunder Department generals down to “bond” with him. Even the Underworld gives him a wide berth: after all, he has a “VIP pass to the Underworld” specially approved by the J 3.5kReads7.6Score21314d adds
- 165 The Deadly Yin-Yang Master 绝命阴阳师 I was born extraordinary. To stop me from being born, Heaven and Earth battled across the void. Half the masters of the feng shui world perished, dying with resentment in the northwest. In the end, only my father could restrain the Nine Dragons Taiji Diagram on my body by giving up his practice. To change my fate, my father arranged several betrothals for me within the feng shui world. Who knew this would only mark the beginning of calamity for the feng shui world... 436Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 166 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—14d adds
- 167 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳：生死簿 Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Uncle Nine: My Zhang Jiao Tomb Was Dug Up, and I Became a Daoist Corpse! 九叔：我张角坟被挖，尸化成道！ The corpse of Zhang Jiao, leader of the Way of Peace, rises from the dead, sending every great Daoist sect into shock! “Trample every street until the bones of the nobles lie beneath your feet, and only then will the people find the path to long life. Gather the Three Excellencies, unite the Nine Commoners: the Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!” Two thousand years have passed. I, Zhang Jiao, have begun to rise as a corpse after being dug out of my grave. I've become a Daoist co 1.9kReads6.8Score10114d adds
- 169 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 170 The Yin-Yang Exorcist 阴阳摸诡人 I have two mothers, and neither of them is alive. The moment I was born, a heavenly dog swallowed the moon, blood rained from the sky, every beast bowed its head, and ghosts wailed... 781Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 171 I Burned Too Much Hell Money, and Now Grandpa's an Official in the Underworld! 冥币烧太多，爷爷阴间当官了！ After burning too much spirit money, Grandpa transforms into a minor village official in the underworld. From then on, Gu Xiaobai learns that money can make even ghosts turn the millstone. What, Grandpa's promotion is taking too long? Here's a hundred million. Go buy yourself a promotion! What, someone bullied my grandson? I'll go settle the score with his ancestors! And so, the worlds of the living and the dead are thrown into chaos by this grandfather-grandson pair. Years later, Gu Xiaobai som 288Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 172 Uncle Nine: I'm the Senior Disciple of Maoshan 九叔：我是茅山大师兄 He wakes up to find that he has suddenly become Uncle Jiu's senior fellow apprentice. His fate doesn't look too good, but luckily that evil son hasn't been born yet, so there's still time to change things. In a world overrun by demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits, watch as Shi Jian takes them all on single-handedly, becomes a Celestial Master, and succeeds to the sect leadership. (Supernatural world + Uncle Jiu + no female lead + no System + fictional setting) 3kReads7.7Score11614d adds
- 173 The Wail of a Midsummer Night 仲夏夜的哀号 Awoooo... Awoooo... Two plaintive, drawn-out cries pierced the noisy chorus of insects on a midsummer night in 1993, drifting intermittently from the mountains to the north. Their sorrow cut through flesh and struck the soul, like the cries of the eighty-year-old deaf-mute widow who had been shunned in the village, lamenting her tragic life and her children’s cruelty beneath the bright moon... —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 174 Jiangshi: From the Start, I Have a Divine Pet, Leaving Uncle Nine Stunned 僵尸：开局天级神宠，九叔惊呆了 Chen Chuyan never expected that after beating a zombie game, he'd transmigrate just by carelessly clicking a button. He'd transmigrated into a world that brought together the plots of countless zombie stories, where he'd become an ordinary Maoshan disciple with mediocre talent. Here, warlords carved up the land, while Maoshan Taoists battled zombies and ghosts. Fortunately, he awakened a golden finger and became the most dazzling disciple in Maoshan history... 1.5kReads5.1Score10114d adds
- 175 Demons Across the Globe: From the Start, I Inherit the Celestial Master's Power 全球妖魔：开局传承老天师修为 After waking from a deep sleep, Zhang Lingyu discovered that he had transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by demons, monsters, and all manner of evil spirits. Fortunately, he awakened the God-Tier Lottery System and drew a cultivation card for the Old Celestial Master from The Outcast from the start. He inherited the Old Celestial Master’s cultivation, giving him the power to protect himself in this dangerous world. But this was only the beginning of Zhang Lingyu’s path to invincibility. Yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Greatest Pawnshop Under Heaven 天字第一當 By day, this pawnshop looks utterly ordinary, but it has one strange rule: anyone who pawns an item or buys an unredeemed one gets a free fortune reading. Stranger still, once midnight comes, the shop welcomes all kinds of bizarre visitors… 3.5kReads8.9Score38414d adds
- 177 Uncle Nine's Junior Fellow Disciple: Building a Mystical Sect at Bottle Mountain 九叔师弟：瓶山建玄门 After transmigrating to the late Qing dynasty, Lin Yuchen awakens the Cave-Heaven Immortal Abode System and becomes Uncle Jiu’s junior apprentice from the start! Others spend years practicing their talisman drawing. He has spirit plants that can be made to grow on command, so his talismans blaze with light and his Corpse-Suppressing Talismans instantly become Demon-Slaying Talismans! Others fight jiangshi with peachwood swords. He has an army of spirit beasts: the Blackwind Leopard leads the cha 846Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Celestial Master 天师 My name is Chen Rong. Rong as in ‘the world won’t tolerate me’! Have you ever seen someone get struck by lightning? Have you ever seen someone get struck by lightning once every nine years? That’s me!!! 1.3kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 179 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 313Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 180 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 687Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 181 Heir to the Maoshan Heavenly Way 茅山天道传人 Born under the Child Fiend, shadowed by the Solitary Fiend, I was never meant to survive. My name is Lu Zhongsheng. I opened my yin-yang eyes as a child, able to see ghosts and spirits and discern the evils lurking among the living. To defy fate, I joined the Way of Heaven Sect and dedicated myself to the orthodox Maoshan arts. I awakened the Exorcism System. If I could exorcise a thousand souls, I would break free of the Child Fiend and change my fate. I guide wandering souls, suppress wild gh 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Yin-Born Child 阴生子 Before I was even born, someone plotted against me. I was cut from my mother’s womb before I was full-term, born with a congenital defect, and prone to attracting evil spirits. My fate was cursed, and I was destined not to live past a hundred days. To stay alive, I went to live with my maternal grandfather, a medium who could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. After years of learning from him, I became a medium myself. From then on, I could communicate with the gods, enter the 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 183 Transmigrating to Uncle Nine's World: Becoming an Ancestor at Last 穿越九叔世界之终成老祖 After accidentally transmigrating into the mysterious and terrifying ghost-filled world of Uncle Jiu, Xu Shiming becomes a member of Maoshan. In this world overrun by monsters and demons, he encounters one extraordinary opportunity after another and earns a reputation as the Child of Destiny. When he first arrives at Maoshan, he is young and inexperienced, but gradually masters powerful Taoist arts. He fights shoulder to shoulder with his fellow disciples, joining them in the battle against evi 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 184 Level Up to 999 in Seconds While Exorcising Demons in the World of Lin Zhengying 在林正英世界除妖秒速升级999 High school student Ye Fan transmigrates into the chaotic era of the Republic of China. He keeps his head down in the mountains for three years before finally unlocking the Immortal Martial Supreme Merit System. After descending the mountain, he discovers that this is actually the world of Lin Zhengying’s zombie films. From the start, the System rewards him with a talent that multiplies his abilities a hundredfold, setting him on the path to the pinnacle of life. [Ding! Host attacked a walking c 74Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 185 This Daoist Strikes, He Pulls Up the Roots 贫道出手，斩草必除根 Feng Shui and the Supernatural ☞ Daoist Arts and Witchcraft ☞ If it can be killed, leave no survivors ☞ Ghosts and monsters ☞ No female lead I am Tian Jiu, a Daoist priest nicknamed the Heretic... Ageless and undying, beyond the cycle of reincarnation, I walk beneath the sun, driving out ghosts and subduing demons... Whether you’re a demon, monster, ghost, or fiend, I’ll reduce you to ashes... If I, Tian Jiu, cannot ascend among the immortals, then I’ll protect the mortal world... Countless immo 1.3kReads7.1Score10514d adds
- 186 The Daoheart’s Journey 道心征途 (This novel focuses primarily on horror, the supernatural, and suspense. It isn't mindless, it isn't about cultivating immortality, and the story is tightly connected. The early chapters lay the groundwork, and there are many genuinely frightening scenes. If you don't like it, feel free to say so in the comments!) My master said there are only two principles to being a Taoist priest. First: Never put off revenge until tomorrow. Let it fester in your heart, and it will throw your Daoist mind into 7Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 187 Uncle Nine: After Three Hundred Years in Seclusion, I Became Maoshan’s Ancestor 九叔：闭关三百年，我成茅山老祖 Zhang Daoxuan transmigrates to a zombie-infested world and is brought into Maoshan by his senior sister. He spends three hundred years keeping a low profile. When he finally emerges, Maoshan has changed beyond recognition. Shi Jian died at Lin Fengjiao’s funeral home, and the sect leader led eight thousand disciples to subdue Xuankui, but not one of them survived. The corpse-driving clans of western Hunan seize the opportunity to attack Maoshan, leaving the sect on the brink of destruction. He i 9kReads6.9Score69814d adds
- 188 The Daoist Sect's Underworld Office 道门阴司 [No System + No Golden Finger + Not a Mindless Power Fantasy + Young Taoist + Slow Burn + Earth God] All beneath heaven belongs to the king. Under the Celestial Court, the Underworld Bureau and the Taoist Office govern side by side, one yin and one yang, complementing each other! The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the body of a young Taoist. Starting as an off-the-books employee of the Underworld Bureau, he rises step by step until he stands equal with heaven and earth. 29Reads—Score414d adds
- 189 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score25714d adds
- 190 I’d Just Become a Celestial Master When Someone Showed Up to Call Me a Fraud 我，刚成天师，就被人上门打假 Trapped for a thousand years inside the sect leader’s jade ring, Yang Fan advanced to Celestial Master and returned to the city with power that could reach the heavens and shake the earth. Who knew he would immediately be called out by a hugely popular livestreamer? “Everyone, can you believe there are still people who claim they can tell fortunes these days? Let’s expose this fraud together today!” Three sentences later, the livestreamer said, “Master, could you tell me if I can become a famous 431Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 191 The Maoshan Secret Arts Passed Down in My Family Changed My Life 祖传的茅山秘术改变了我的一生 He grew up with his grandfather. When his grandfather died in the boy's seventh year, a twist of fate led him to discover a book his grandfather had left behind: The Secret Arts of Maoshan. From then on, the course of his life changed... 982Reads—Score10514d adds
- 192 A Spirit Medium’s Disciple Who Became a Taoist 当道士的出马弟子 First, I offer incense as a disciple of the spirit-medium tradition. I am a junior student of Qingwei! This book has three aims! First, to explain some rather mysterious topics and present superstitious ideas from a scientific perspective! Second, to share a few tips on avoiding scams, so no one gets tricked! Third, there is no fantasy cultivation or wish-fulfillment in this book! Fourth, everything mentioned in the book is based on my own personal experience! Zhengyuantang, Wang Clan Immortal R 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Folk Secret Spells 民间秘咒 [This book presents the classical Chinese text alongside its translation, for the appreciation of all fellow enthusiasts.] …The folk secret incantation, also known as “The Thirteen Ancient Moxibustion Incantations,” is said to have been entrusted by Patriarch Chen Tuan to a guardian in his final moments. After escaping danger, the guardian searched for someone to pass it on to, but found no one. The sole surviving copy was later kept by the Jiang family of Donglai. During the compilation of the 235Reads—Score18914d adds
- 194 Heir of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海传人 When I was nine, a horde of ghosts surrounded our house, all intent on taking my life! To save me, Grandpa went and found me a female ghost to be my wife… 210Reads9.0Score10314d adds
- 195 The City's Exorcist 都市驱魔先生 When shadows emerge beyond the reach of the city’s neon lights, young exorcist Jin Lei sets out on the path fate has laid for him. He inherits more than his family’s powers: he also inherits a tragic mystery spanning a hundred years. Why did his ancestor and fellow disciple turn evil? What earth-shattering scheme is the Xuanjing organization plotting from the shadows of history? From strange happenings on campus to bloody feuds in the countryside, from urban crime investigations to a battle ove 274Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score10214d adds
- 197 The Uncanny One 邪门儿 In the old days, bandit gangs had four pillars and eight posts. The foremost pillar was called the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and its holder served as the gang's strategist. Since strategists tattooed goshawks on their chests, they were also known as Mountain-Circling Eagles. A Mountain-Circling Eagle is neither monk nor Daoist, yet can discern yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and foretell fortune and misfortune. Neither immortal nor shaman, yet can cast talismans, drive out evil spirits, 1.4kReads8.6Score15414d adds
- 198 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Heavenly Wolf Feng Shui Master 天狼风水师 “The Heavenly Wolf reborn, feng shui as the blade, medicine as the heart; through the mortal world's purgatory, beauty at his side, he breaks the deadlock and changes fate!” He is a lone star born under the Heavenly Wolf, and humanity’s savior. The night Li Xingfan was born, the Heavenly Wolf star fell into the mortal world. The three elders of Zhongnan declared: “If this child does not learn the secret arts, he will not live past twelve.” At seven, he heads up Zhongnan Mountain. There, he learn 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Sleazy Celestial Master 猥琐天师 A brand-new fantasy novel featuring ghost-hunting, exorcism, demon capture, treasure hunting, immortal cultivation, and more. The protagonist's cultivation techniques are based on traditional Taoist magic, including turning beans into soldiers, fire talismans, and palm thunder, among other things... World structure: Mortal Realm → Cultivation Realm → Immortal Realm (Demon Realm, Devil Realm, Underworld, and more) → Divine Realm... Cultivation stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Gold 19.2kReads6.6Score1.3k14d adds
