Novels like The Secret Teachings of Quanzhen
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- 151 Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生 Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in 17Reads—Score514d adds
- 152 Every Word Reveals Prajna 字字见般若 He had studied Buddhism for twenty years, recited countless sutras, paid his respects to many masters, and completed all kinds of religious practices. His mind was calmer than before, but the suffering remained. When a friend came to pour out her troubles, he sat across from her, thought for a long time, and couldn't find anything to say. She had been a university lecturer and run a business. She had made money and lost it. Eventually, she realized that the hardest thing wasn't making or losing 360Reads9.2Score22414d adds
- 153 Me, Starting from the Start with a Terrible Hand, Becoming the Ancestor of the Three Realms Through Hardship 我，天崩开局，靠苦命成三界祖宗 [A wild, hard-luck hero + hilarious supernatural mayhem + unbeatable action] The day Sui Bianhuo was born, the sky split and the earth shook. The entire village died, and a three-legged old donkey carried him off in its mouth through the floodwaters. When he was five, the only person who had ever been kind to him, his older sister, was seized by immortals and taken to Heaven. Drifting through the city, he was so unlucky that even ghosts were afraid of him. A feng shui master tried to read his fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 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
- 155 The Xingyi Grandmaster 形意掌门人 In the twilight of the martial age, a young Xingyi practitioner rises with pride, using his own body to sound the strongest note. Even a collapsing sky and splitting earth cannot bury his righteous spirit. As long as Xingyi endures, traditional martial arts will never die! See how Qu Yong carries on the legacy of traditional martial arts, standing tall between heaven and earth, unrivaled as he roams the city and forges his own legend. 461Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 156 The Last Generation of Ancient Martial Arts 末代古武 In 2025, after graduating from university, Zhang Yuan was fired by four different companies in the space of a year. Then his grandfather passed away, leaving him utterly disheartened. A secret manual passed down through generations led him to abandon the pen for the sword. In an age when cultivation had declined on Earth, Zhang Yuan hoped to forge a different path: a legendary road in pursuit of the ultimate in traditional Chinese martial arts and the revival of ancient martial arts at their pea 617Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 157 Learn the Four Pillars of Destiny in One Day 一天学会四柱八字 The “Learn the Four Pillars of Destiny in One Day” series is a necessary path from beginner to master. Knowing what lies ahead for a single day is better than working hard for ten years. Only those who can foresee the future can remain invincible. I hope everyone will use what they learn about the Four Pillars of Destiny for good and help promote traditional Chinese culture. If you can do that, then I feel all the effort I put into writing these hundreds of thousands of words will not have been 7.1kReads7.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 158 Yagyu Yelang 柳生夜郎 Liu Shisan was born in the 1990s and learned folk Taoist arts from Grandpa Yun, a member of his family, from a young age. He thought he was simply gifted, but never imagined he would be drawn into the secret of how Liu Bowen of the Ming dynasty severed the dragon veins beneath the land... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Records of Buddhist Prayer and Miraculous Responses 念佛感应录 A carefully selected collection of compelling, persuasive accounts Among the many accounts of spiritual responses from ancient and modern times, Master Huijing has shown exceptional insight and ingenuity. Using three criteria, “devotion to Amitabha, practitioners of limited capacity, and immediate results,” he has specially selected and categorized more than 150 accounts as irrefutable proof that chanting the Buddha’s name can bring benefits both in this life and the next. Because they focus sol 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Invisible Master Thief! 隐形神偷！ The Invisible Master Thief! 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Five Spiritual Roots, Good-for-Nothing? My AI Makes Cultivation Lightning-Fast 五灵根废柴？我AI修仙效率拉满 [Cultivation + science + AI assistance + cautious approach + slow burn] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Lin Xuan awakens an AI-assistance System. He thought he could lie flat and take off, only to discover that he had the worst Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots. One day of cultivation for someone else takes him ten. But that doesn't matter: You rely on talent; I rely on technology. He uses algorithms to optimize cultivation methods, surpassing those with Heavenly Spiritual Roots 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Gossip Time 说八卦 Tales of the Bagua: A Mysterious Legend from Its Origins to the Present tells the long history of Bagua culture in the form of a novel. In ancient times, Fuxi saw a dragon-horse bearing a diagram and grasped the principle of Taiji, from which the Two Principles and then the Earlier Heaven Bagua were formed, marking the beginning of Bagua. After a turbulent history of transmission, King Wen of Zhou reformed it while imprisoned in Youli, giving rise to the Later Heaven Bagua. Throughout history, B 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Seth Book: Unknown Reality, Volume One 赛斯书，未知的实相，卷一 Unknown Reality is a mind-expanding guide that challenges conventional wisdom. Along with revealing the hidden rules that govern the world, its exercises let you experience firsthand the limitless potential of your multidimensional self and learn how to create the life you want more consciously. Volume One: Opening the Door to a New World Life is not a one-way street: Every choice you make leaves the paths you didn't take alive in parallel realities, where another you is living them out. Your li 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Record of Wen Shi’s Attainment of the Dao 文始证道录 The Record of Attaining the Dao through the Way of Wen Shi uses the shifting stars as its guide to tell the story of Yin Xi. After natural and human-made disasters strike Hangu Pass, he follows the stars’ guidance and leads the people in rebuilding their homes. From the Ji star bringing warmth and erasing the scars of an earthquake, to the Shen star shining brightly as the new city walls are built; from the Dipper’s handle pointing west to herald a bountiful harvest, to the Zhen star gleaming a 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Daoist Record of Crown Prince Xuanyuan 玄元太子修道录 The Crown Prince Xuanyuan is the Great Emperor Zhenwu. He was once a prince of a kingdom, but his devotion to the Dao led him onto the path of cultivation. Born to the royal house, his heart yearned for the Dao; he left his splendid estate for the mountains and springs. By lamplight, he studied the scrolls and sought the true covenant; amid purple mists, he tended the altar and refined cinnabar and lead. He cast off the trappings of the world and turned toward Wudang, dwelling among the cliffs a 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Complete Guide to Taoism 道教内容大全 This book covers Daoist cultivation methods, philosophy, rituals, scriptures and incantations, destiny analysis, feng shui, divination, talismans, culture, the pantheon of immortals, religious sects and their lineages, and more. —Reads—Score76514d adds
- 167 The Heavenly Game of Yi Dao 易道天局 [I Toppled the Heavenly Dao's Chessboard!] Year 37 of the Tianyuan Era, autumn. Qingzhou City. A tea house attendant with no spiritual root meets a mad Taoist. Bai Ziyuan has lived for seventeen years and accepted his lot. Without a spiritual root, one can't even reach the threshold of cultivation. Then a strange beast barges into the tea house, and a red light sweeps across his face. Suddenly, it shines, as if recognizing something. The mad Taoist Chen Wufang drives off the beast, but blood see 9Reads—Score314d adds
- 168 Urban: My Qi and Blood Can Grow Without Limit 都市：我的气血能无限增长 “Lu Chen is a worthless pauper. He’s got a broken leg, and he still thinks he can steal my woman? I’ll have him thrown out of Nancheng tomorrow!” Zhao Peng broke both his legs with a steel pipe, while Su Tingting leaned against him, watching coldly. But they had no idea that the body now housed the reborn Emperor of the Abyss. He awakens a nameless talent: absorb fame and break through the limits of the physical body. No System interface, no forced missions. He only needs to make a public displa 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Believe in Science! School Beauty, What Are You Doing? 要相信科学，校花你在干啥？ Take a look at this man. His name is Xiaoshuai! He’s sitting cross-legged on his bed, with his palms facing up and resting on his knees. That’s right, he’s meditating. You could also call it sitting in meditation. It’s ten minutes until the Ghost Festival. The time is 11:50 p.m. He’s just curious, that’s all. He wants to know if ghosts and gods really exist in this world. Legend says the gates of the underworld swing wide open on this day. If you want to see ghosts and gods, this is the perfect 736Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 170 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! 463Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Adventures of the Mystic Sect 玄门奇遇记 As for me, I'm someone who really loves telling stories, especially true stories about the people around me. Even if you don't have a drink or anything to snack on, you're still welcome to come listen to my stories. 180Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 172 A Little Crazy, a Little Daoist, Crazy and Daoist All the Same! 癫癫又道道，道道又癫癫！ [Fortune-telling + face reading + feng shui + ghost hunting + lighthearted comedy] Stories and lessons always go hand in hand. Who knows whether young people will understand them. Zhang Jiuyue, a young Taoist from Sanxian Temple, slings his pack over his shoulder and heads down the mountain, with no idea what hardships life has in store for him. But as far as he is concerned, if gods come, he’ll kill the gods; if demons come, he’ll vanquish them. What’s there to be afraid of? Life is only a few 376Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Ultimate School of Martial Arts: I Become a Saint Through My Body in the Great Qin 极道国术：我在大秦肉身成圣 [Chinese Martial Arts]+ [Wits and Strategy]+ [No System]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [The Jianghu and the Imperial Court]+ [Parallel-World Great Qin] The seven states vie for supremacy, and war never ends. Great clans scheme against one another, and bloodshed never ceases. Qin Qiu was once a heroic police detective who died in the line of duty. By chance, he transmigrates into the body of the heir of the Duke of Pingyuan. His parents are both dead. He cannot cultivate. Enemies surround him on all 14Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 174 The Maoshan Taoist 茅山道士 There are many things in this world that are unknown to most people. Five hundred years ago, hordes of ghosts and monsters roamed near the Kunlun Mountains. They fed on the spiritual qi generated by the Kunlun Dragon Vein and grew powerful enough to wreak havoc on the human world. For reasons unknown, the Nine Hells shattered, leaving the souls of humans and other living beings with nowhere to go after death. They gathered at the Kunlun Mountains, where they absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven a 20Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 175 The Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate 诡门十三针 My ancestors were a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and I inherited the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles. After receiving the legacy, I treated someone with acupuncture without my grandfather's permission and caused a disaster. To avoid further trouble, I had no choice but to leave my hometown and open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in the city. Little did I know that breaking the forbidden rules of the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles to save someone's life would make me the 1.8kReads9.2Score17714d adds
- 176 Destiny Has Me Guarding Souls at the Funeral Home 天命，让我在殡仪馆做守魂人 [No System, no angst, modern urban fantasy] Have you ever visited a mass grave in the dead of night? Have you ever been to a crematorium after midnight? When the body is shed, does a soul truly remain? Can the soul rest in peace? Is there a guardian of souls in the place where they rest? Guardians of souls are bound by destiny! Guardians of souls serve the living, but their mission lies with the dead! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Urban Martial Arts: Please, Uncle-Master, Come Down the Mountain 都市国术：求师叔下山 The time has come for traditional Chinese martial arts to rise. Wang Ye transmigrated to a parallel world and acquired a Divine Traditional Martial Arts System. His useless nephew, Li Baoguo, got knocked out by a security guard. The whole school of martial arts had been disgraced beyond measure. They came to Wang Ye in tears, begging him to come down from the mountain. Sanda: Traditional Chinese martial arts can’t even beat a middle-aged Northeastern woman! Muay Thai: Chinese martial arts 208Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 178 Real-Life Tales of Feng Shui and the Metaphysical Arts 风水玄学之实录杂谈 After eight years, I’m starting a new book. No System, no cultivating immortality. Just a straightforward account of an ordinary person’s everyday experiences with the occult. Impatient readers can start from Chapter Two. Suitable for occult enthusiasts to learn from as they read. Of course, if anything seems familiar, it’s purely a coincidence. These are just casual notes, written on a whim. 17Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 179 The Yin-Yang Fate Borrower 阴阳借命师 [Traditional Supernatural Horror]+ [Feng Shui and Mysticism]+ [Suspense and Deduction] On my seventeenth birthday, I watched my best classmate die horribly right in front of me. That was when I learned someone had stolen my fate! A mysterious old man told me I was one of the Seven Wise and offered to take me as his disciple. If I refused, I wouldn’t live past thirty. When I was twenty-five, my master ventured alone into the underworld to negotiate with the King of Hell and extend my life. He ult —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Eight Characters, Simplified 八字精简 A concise, easy-to-understand guide to the Four Pillars of Destiny, explaining how to quickly get started with the system. As the Ninth Fortune Cycle begins, traditional Chinese studies are set to flourish. More and more people believe in the Four Pillars, and science ends where the metaphysical begins 320Reads6.6Score11114d adds
- 181 I Have Sixty Trillion Dantian Divine Kingdoms 我有六十万亿丹田神国 [Cellular Divine Kingdom Awakening] [Fantasy + System + Wild Imagination] A useless bastard son, with every meridian severed. His legitimate elder brother strikes him with one palm, crushing his wrist. “You don’t have a shred of true energy. What makes you think you can compete with me?” Everyone cultivates martial arts through true energy. But I cultivate myself. All 600 trillion cells in his body awaken. Every single cell is a territory of a divine kingdom! And 600 trillion vast, boundless 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Chinese Martial Arts: Growing Stronger with a Five-Yuan Manual 国术：从5块钱秘籍开始变强 (No System + One Female Lead + Lighthearted, Passionate Urban Fiction) Dear readers, the first few chapters focus on everyday life, so the pace may be a little slow. Things pick up after chapter ten, and then it’s straight into high gear! After graduating from high school, Li Wuxiang is given a secret manual by a mysterious Taoist. The age of martial arts is dawning once more, and Daxia faces another invasion by foreign races. Watch how this young martial artist rises to prominence, defends his 214Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Story of Shakyamuni's Life 释迦牟尼一生的故事 Shakyamuni was a figure who lived more than 2,500 years ago. A prince of Nepal, he spent six years as an ascetic in the forest before choosing the Middle Way and ultimately attaining enlightenment. He became a great awakened one, praised and celebrated by countless people. Today, works about him in film, television, and literature continue to appear. A legendary figure from history who has inspired considerable controversy, he was real, yet his story seems almost mythical. Many books tell his st 99Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 184 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—14d adds
- 185 A Divination Handbook for the I Ching 周易占卜手册 The Handbook of Zhouyi Divination focuses primarily on the principles of the Changes. It brings together the original text of the Zhouyi, the Tuan commentary, and the Xiang commentary, translating them into plain, accessible language. Whether you practice divination or want to explore the principles of the Changes, this book can serve as an introduction. Diviners can consult its contents to solve their questions. 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Hilarious Illustrated Guide to the Tao Te Ching 道德经爆笑讲解版 The Dao De Jing, Explained in Hilarious Fashion 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Maoshan Taoist Arts: The Way of Heaven 茅山道法之天道 In The Maoshan Daoist Arts: The Heavenly Way, Li Yunfei becomes a Maoshan disciple by a stroke of luck and embarks on a journey to vanquish demons and exorcise evil. Demons, devils, and ghosts across the Three Realms all tremble at the sound of his name... 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 A Useless Five-Element Root? What If I Add the Magic of Journey to the West? 五灵根废材？那加上西游法呢？ [The rating just opened, so a low score is normal] [Mortal protagonist + not a good-for-nothing + decisive and ruthless + sound values + inner alchemy cultivation] Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification... One day, young Chen Chunan transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. Unfortunately, his five-element spiritual roots made his cultivation painfully slow, leaving him no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment. While telling h 1.9kReads6.9Score12314d adds
- 189 The True Autobiography of a Taoist Priest 真正的道士自传 (Because this is a true story, it won’t be very long.) (A true story about a real Taoist priest.) (A must-read for anyone who wants to become a Taoist priest.) (I don’t write fantasy, so anyone who’s too deep into it, don’t read this.) A lot of people use “true story” as a pretext to write fantasy, and none of it is believable. Let’s take a look together. This is the story of how a real Taoist priest in the modern world grew up. 256Reads7.4Score11414d adds
- 190 The Nature of Spirituality: The Seth Books 灵性的本质赛斯书 The Nature of Spirituality is more than just a book: it is a key to unlocking the multidimensional self. Where exactly are the boundaries of consciousness? Behind dreams, desire, and creativity, might there be deeper codes of life? Seth guides us in exploring the Psyche, the spiritual essence at the core of our existence. It is an adventure of consciousness that reveals: How the mind truly works: Transcend the limits of space and time and explore the multidimensional realities of consciousness. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 I Use Chinese Taoist Scriptures to Suppress Everything 我靠华夏道藏镇压一切 Zhang Fan transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual energy has only just begun to revive. Here, strange phenomena run rampant and haunted tombs emerge, but unfortunately... orthodox Chinese Daoist culture has suffered a severe break in its transmission! The elite agents of the National Bureau Nine use a damaged Han-dynasty “Celestial General’s Ruler” as a blunt weapon, swinging it around at random. They practice broken breathing techniques until they suffer cultivation deviation. Faced 3kReads—Score27014d adds
- 192 A True Guide to Cultivating the Spirit Through Ancient Methods 古法养神真解 The True Explanation of the Ancient Method of Nourishing the Spirit 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 My Dad Is 146 Years Old. How Will You Deal with That? 我爹146岁敢问阁下如何应对？ A crossover between Kengan and Baki. Hardcore fighting, traditional Chinese Martial Arts, bone-crunching blows, love, hate, and revenge. What, you still want a blurb? I'll knock you down with one punch. Come on, this author will take on ten of you at once and lead you into a world of bone-crunching fights that'll get your blood pumping. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Young Daoist Master's Gambit 玄门小师叔之破局 Chen Xiaoshan, an occult practitioner who keeps a low profile among ordinary people, hides in the Qing Nang Pavilion under the guise of a watch repairman. Well versed in the principles of the I Ching and skilled in astrology, he uses his solid knowledge to solve local ghost stories, from babies crying through the night to strange happenings in people’s homes, taking apart occult mysteries with scientific reasoning. He intends to use what he has learned to help the world, but his repeated investi 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 A Rogue Monk 佛门狂徒 The Ancestral Buddha foretold: eighty-four thousand years from now, Buddhist teachings will vanish and the Dao’s lineage will be severed. This is an age in which demons run rampant across the world. Lu Yang, a Buddhist disciple, is reborn with the "Heavenly Book of Demon Subduing". He tempers his body into an indestructible diamond and cultivates divine arts to vanquish demons within, embarking from then on upon a cultivation path that defies heaven. He points to the sky with his left hand and t 1.2kReads—Score14414d adds
- 196 An Unconventional Rise: Cultivating the Dao in Officialdom 另类升迁，我在仕途修真 Yang Guang had always cultivated in secret, keeping a low profile. But a disturbance involving a thousand people thrust him into the heart of power struggles in both government and business. Relying on extraordinary abilities and astonishing intelligence, he carved a path through the thorns. The same kind of cultivation novel, yet with a different sky of wonders; the same realm, yet a different understanding; the same fantasy, yet a different interpretation! Blurring the line between reality and 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Five-Element Spiritual Roots? No, I’m the Ultimate Survivalist 五行灵根？不，我是六边形苟圣 [Invincible] [Ruthless action] [No heroine] [Heaven-Defying Comprehension] Lin Shuhao transmigrated, becoming an unknown orphan in Qingniu Town. His aptitude was that of a standard “Five-Element Spiritual Root good-for-nothing,” and his background was “triple-zero”: no parents, no family, no savings. According to the usual script, he should strive to turn his life around, join a sect, humiliate geniuses, and marry a rich beauty... But Lin Shuhao says: I'm out. In a world where people can be poss 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Space-Time Distortion 时空扭曲 After an accident forced me into a bizarre world, I found myself facing the slaughter of monsters and the strangeness of that world. I was a test subject for the Three Saints: the Five Ghosts Saint, the Azure Robe Saint, and the Immortal Talisman Saint. They called it Domain Slaughter. Meanwhile, I had to conceal my identity and follow the clues surrounding that man in black. My situation was dire. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 83Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 200 The Road Home After Losing My Memories 失忆的归途细雨著 Few people know when they will face death, but everyone knows it is inevitable. We spend vast amounts of time learning things we might need, yet we avoid talking about the life and death we are certain to face. From the day we are born, we can count the days until the college entrance exam and the years until retirement, but we do not know when we will leave this stage and have to reflect on our lives. If there is only one thing in life truly worth investing your energy in, it is the knowledge I 351Reads—Score—14d adds
