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- 1 The Little Daoist of the Flower City 花都小道士 A Taoist priest descends from the mountains, armed with boundless powers and miraculous medical skills. Young Taoist Qiu Yun heads into the martial world to make his mark. “Your illness can be treated, but my fees are a little steep. This villa is quite nice. Let’s call it payment for the first round of treatment...” Qiu Yun said, gazing at the luxurious villa worth hundreds of millions. “Divine Doctor Qiu, I know how you do things. Here are half the shares in my company. Once I’m cured, they 69Reads9.0Score104Shelves
- 2 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Also known as Soul of Porcelain A new bridge was being built in the village, but no matter what they tried, the final pier simply wouldn’t stand. So the village chief invited a feng shui master. As soon as he entered the village, he said that a white tiger was raising its head in their midst. If they wanted to get the pier standing, they would have to sacrifice a living person... Legend has it that a master potter’s final piece was made with his own blood instead of water. Its patterns resembled 53Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 3 Urban: A Demon Has Possessed Me, So Don't Bother Saving Me Yet 都市：有妖上身先不用救我 [From the start + humor + invincible protagonist] Beneath the bustle of towering skyscrapers and on streets teeming with traffic, there is not only the intoxicating neon-lit nightlife, but also a brutal darkness hidden from view! When humans kill, it's usually over old grudges and grievances. But far more often, people are killed by demons, zombies, and evil spirits... That's why every region has established a Demon Control Bureau, dedicated to hunting down these monsters and evil spirits that w 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Horror Revival: The Mysterious 749 Bureau 恐怖复苏：神秘部门749局 [Uncovering the 99-Year Confidentiality Agreement] Unexplainable supernatural events keep happening in this world, leaving people anxious and throwing their lives into disarray. There is a group of practitioners of esoteric arts who walk between the worlds of yin and yang. By day, they work for the neighborhood office; by night, they are demon-vanquishing exorcists. They belong to a mysterious department: Bureau 749. 1Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 5 Records of True Martial Taoist Healing 真武祝由录 Yida is a novice zhuyou master, timid and particular about rules, and mishaps are part of his daily life. With a True Martial spirit divination slip, talismans in his palm, and knowledge of physiognomy and feng shui, he takes on one bizarre case after another using his grab bag of skills. Strange noises in an old house, the lingering obsessions of people from the past: mild Chinese-style horror meets laugh-out-loud everyday life. Every strange incident holds a story about the human world. Remem 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Taoist Priest's Notes 道士笔记 Ever since I experienced the mystery of Seven Coffin Mountain, I’ve been devoted to mastering Taoist arts. I’m just a Taoist priest who helps the dead find peace, but over the past fifty years, I’ve guided the souls of more than a thousand departed: people who died unjustly, by accident, by suicide, or while awaiting death. Along the way, I’ve experienced a series of strange, uncanny supernatural events… I offer this book as proof of the difference between a charlatan and a true Taoist priest. D 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Reborn: Master Daoist, I’m Back Again 重生之道爷我又回来了 After my last book inexplicably flopped, I took a long, hard look at myself! I've decided to make a comeback. Sigh! I won't change a thing, because that's the fun of it. A blessing in disguise. This is the perfect chance to fix what was lacking in the previous book. Come along, and I'll keep showing you this world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Azure Hound's Guide to Exorcism 苍狗捉妖录 A young Taoist from a small temple on Mount Xuanhu descends from the mountain to save the world, contending with people and battling ghosts. Strange illnesses, vengeful spirits, and a lifetime of trials finally teach him that what truly needs saving is the human heart! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Secret Records of Yin and Yang 阴阳秘录 Mountain spirits summon immortals; water spirits summon dragons. Do immortals really exist in this world? I don't know, but I do know that dragons are real. From the day the roar of machinery rang out across Miaoling Valley, everything began to slide toward an unknowable abyss. And from that abyss, a pair of eyes watched those involved, their gaze carrying an emotion impossible to decipher... 188Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 11 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—Shelves
- 12 I Left My Girlfriend and Became a Daoist Master 离开女友，我成了道爷 My girlfriend of nine years cheated on me, but I didn't blame her. After all those years together, she stayed by my side through hardship and worked hard with me. I can only blame myself for failing to give her a happy life. I used the last of my efforts to give her a gift. Then I entered the Daoist path and kept vigil at Qingfeng. But I never expected that entering the Daoist path would be the beginning of a turning point in my life... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Tales of the Mystic Arts: Southern Maoists and Northern Horse Shamans Battle the Evil King 玄门往事：南茅北马斗邪王 Lu Li, a handsome young Maoshan Taoist, arrives in Northeast China and meets Cui Kan, a frail, frequently ill spirit medium who possesses uncanny powers. The two are forced into a terrifying conflict involving dark sorcery. Wherever the mysterious sorcerer's ghostly figure appears, terror and death follow close behind. On a dark, windy night, an ancient tomb lies shrouded in gloom, heads roll, and rivers of blood flow... Lu Li and Cui Kan face danger at every turn. They must outwit their enemies 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Chronicles 茅山天师录 Maoshan is famous for its Taoist arts. I learned Maoshan Taoist magic and came down from the mountain to exorcise ghosts. My whole life has been filled with confusion. Is this really how my life is supposed to go? What is the meaning of what I protect? And who is behind the eerie doll and everything else? 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 True Accounts of Spirit Crossing at Midnight 子时渡灵实录 "A spine-chilling memoir of spirit deliverance by Xu Hanko!" I am an inheritor of Taoist arts. This book records the cases I have handled over the years, helping spirits pass on. Chanting incantations, forming hand seals, stepping the astral patterns, and setting up ritual arrays, I have unraveled the obsessions of countless wronged souls. Every detail of every case is etched in my memory, and behind each one lies the full range of life’s suffering: birth, aging, sickness, death, meeting those w 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳出马仙 [Transmigration + Urban + Supernatural Powers] He transmigrated to another world, and from the day he was born, there was nothing special about him. He thought he would live an ordinary life, but then he attended a bizarre and mysterious wedding and began his path of cultivation. Curse magic, sorcery, a hundred evil spirits of the netherworld, a nine-headed serpent, a mysterious stone coffin... One strange event after another came his way, constantly plunging him into danger. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Nascent Soul Expert Gets Beaten Up on Earth 元婴大佬在地球被吊打 When the false is taken for true, even truth becomes false; where nothing is taken for something, something returns to nothing. A dream of Southern Branch is bound to end in waking; returning home, one finds oneself like the man who came back to find the woodcutter’s axe handle rotted away. Chen Zongping, an ordinary college student, accidentally falls into the world of immortal cultivation. Rescued by an old man who takes him in as a disciple, he begins his journey toward immortality. After cou 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Eerie Revival: Refining a Grave with Thunder and Fire from the Start 诡异复苏：开局雷火炼坟 [Hunting the Uncanny] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] On Blue Star, the protagonist Ye Ye gains an Emotion Points System and becomes a big shot in the uncanny world as he searches for the truth behind it. Passerby: “I know. If you run into him, you've got the worst luck in the world.” Knock-Knock Ghost: “I don't know! Who knows what happened? He caught me off guard!” Pockmarked Bro: “What the hell, Ye Ye, you little,” (Hey, little ghost, watch your language!) While everyone else cautiously forms gro 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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—Shelves
- 21 Livestreaming the Golden Light Mantra, I Send the Nation into a Frenzy 直播科普金光咒，国家疯狂打榜 This is a world without Uncle Jiu or Taoist sects, and there aren’t any ghosts or monsters either. But everything changed half a month ago. Ghostly incidents began erupting all over the world, and no country knew what to do. That was when Su Yu transmigrated here. After binding to a System, he began treasure hunting and gained Taoist master inheritances such as the Golden Light Mantra, the Heaven-Connecting Talisman, and the Divine Ghost Seven-Kill Order. He also taught the public how to deal wi 25Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 22 The Yin Official Forensic Doctor 阴倌法医 Armed with half a tattered book left behind by my grandpa, I took up the shady trade of a Yin Constable, making a living by swindling people. I thought that as long as I followed the rules, I’d be safe and sound. But my final job dragged me into a bewildering whirlpool, and from then on I found myself walking the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld... 1.6kReads7.7Score245Shelves
- 23 The Tattered Robe 1: Heartbroken in Tatters 残袍1：碎心残袍 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zuo Dengfeng, an office worker at the cultural center in Wendeng County on the Jiaodong Peninsula, is unexpectedly sent to guard an abandoned Taoist temple in the Kunyu Mountains. There he meets Wu Xinyu, an orphan who has struggled to live alone in the temple for many years. They come to trust each other, fall in love, and marry. By chance, while descending the mountain, they find an old cat captured by the villagers below. It wears a gold collar arou 427Reads9.3Score103Shelves
- 24 Yin-Yang Eyes: Ghostly Tales from a Mountain Village 阴阳眼之山村鬼事 On the night I was born, dark clouds covered the sky, fierce winds and torrential rain raged, and thunder boomed until dawn. Countless ghost soldiers and underworld bailiffs waited outside our home, intent on dragging me back to the underworld. If my grandfather hadn't fought to protect me, I wouldn't have lived to see morning. Dogs barked all night throughout the village. The elders called me a cursed, ill-fated child and an evil omen, and wanted to beat me to death to put an end to the calami 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 125Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 26 The Number One Mystic Arts Master 玄门第一相师 A young Taoist is forced to leave his temple. Luckily, he finds a secret manual and slips into the city to begin his cultivation journey. Even the head of a major corporation treats him as an honored guest. 2.2kReads7.7Score310Shelves
- 27 Evil Spirits Run Wild in the Apocalypse, So I Carry a Blade and Raise Ghosts 末世厉鬼横行，我扛刀养鬼 I'm Feng Qi of the Spirit Suppression Bureau, assigned by the state to guard Hangcheng, Zhejiang Province! [Mild horror] [Raising ghost companions] [Graphic ghost-eating] [Supernatural] The blood moon hung in the sky, and normal society collapsed overnight. Only those who had accidentally fused with malevolent ghosts and gained ghost companions and eerie objects could fight them. Everyone else could only wait to die. Radicals overseas planned to launch every nuclear missile and take everyone dow 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 29 The Orthodox Unity Taoist Acolyte 正一小道爷 My master vanished without a trace. As the sect’s last heir, I have the sect’s treasured spirit sword and a purple-gold spirit talisman brush. One man, one sword, one brush: I descend the mountain to subdue demons and ghosts. Note: Some events in this book are based on real experiences the author has had, and some of the methods are quite authentic. Do not attempt to imitate them! 592Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 30 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Record of Folk Traditions 民俗传承录 My knowledge is limited! I’ve organized the memories of my working life into a memoir and written down some of them. If you’re interested in feng shui, geomancy, or the arts of fate and divination, take a look. It’s all practical information. If you’d rather hear stories, you can read the memoir. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Boundless Way 道法无边 From the moment I met my godfather, my life was destined to be extraordinary! Strange things are just part of everyday life for me, and all my friends are unusual too! There's the handsome, aloof cat demon, the seductive fox spirit, and the honorable Ghost King! Watch as I lead my powerful companions to slay evil demons and crush every wicked path! When the talisman rises, demons fall; when it descends, heaven and earth are set in order! 88Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 33 The Great Wilderness Cultivation Chronicles 大荒修真传 Legend has it that after Pangu created heaven and earth, the supreme benevolent energy of the South Pole transformed into all kinds of living beings, including humans, and the Great Wilderness gradually took shape. Just as yin and yang give rise to and counteract each other, the Great Wilderness is home to immortals and gods, rampaging demons and monsters, and mortals who live and multiply. Anything can happen in this world, and everyone has a unique destiny and story. Since ancient times, the s 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 34 The Comically Awkward Taoist 神囧道士 I have a master who claims to be an unofficial eighth-generation disciple of Maoshan, but I've never seen him perform a single Daoist art. I always thought he was a fraud, until the day we took on a ritual to guide the dead for a wealthy family... 684Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 35 The Guardian of the Nation: The Invincible Dragon Son-in-Law 镇国天师：无敌龙婿 The Celestial Master Gao Yang entered the Su family by chance and spent three years as a live-in son-in-law. Three years of pretense came to an end when he awoke from his dream. From that moment on, Gao Yang began a different kind of life. With a single glance, he could tell fortune from misfortune, and his martial prowess could crush all opposition. With a single thought, I can raise you high and make you a person of importance. With a single thought, I can grind you into the dirt, as lowly as 5kReads7.6Score354Shelves
- 36 The Orthodox Taoist Priest 正一道士 The scourge of evil cults has plagued the world for thousands of years. Though repeatedly eradicated, they never truly disappear. In this age of peace, a massive evil cult stands against the righteous path, seeking to destroy it and take its place. Science is revered in the modern age, and the Daoist arts have declined. Yet Daoism has been passed down for thousands of years, with many branches and schools still standing across China, and gifted practitioners emerging one after another to keep th 410Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 37 I'm Not Trying to Undermine the Military Statistics Bureau, I'm in a Hurry to Catch an Onmyoji 不是坑军统，是着急抓阴阳师 When people act strangely, there must be a ghost about. When things go against the norm, there must be a monster at work. Qin Chuan transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a combat vanguard in a cross-world struggle. A big shot from the Juntong asks him to catch Japanese spies. He says he has no time for now: the Japanese onmyoji are a greater threat, and they must be dealt with by burning everything, killing everyone, and taking everything. The onmyoji are divided into two branches. One 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Cultivation Journey That Begins with a Taoist Coming Down the Mountain 道士下山开始的修仙之旅 Lu Chunyang, the founder of the Quanzhen Dao, first passed down the Dao to Liu Haichan. Liu Haichan had a disciple named Zhang Ziyang, the founder of the Southern Quanzhen Sect. Later, he passed down the Dao to Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Northern Quanzhen Sect. Now, he passes it down to the young Daoist Li Changgeng. The immortal path cherishes life, and its boundless mercy saves all. This is the story of the protagonist traveling the world, tempering his heart amid worldly life, doing g —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Am a Taoist 我是一个道士 I'm a freak who combines the traits of a ghost, a virgin boy, and a star of ill fortune, and I also possess yin-yang eyes. I join a cursed Daoist sect. Watch as I struggle to make my way along the path of cultivation while bearing this curse. 155Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 40 Heir to the Five Arts 五术传人 All the arts of divination under heaven fall into five branches. They are: Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination, and Physiognomy. More specifically, they include magic, talismans and incantations, the Four Pillars of Destiny, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, feng shui based on the principles of qi, face reading, bone reading, and more... Our Wei clan is the guiding principle behind all five arts. The five arts encompass everything and seize the workings of Heaven. Thus, only those blessed with 1.7kReads8.3Score171Shelves
- 41 Is the Taoist Temple Open for Business Today? 道观今天开张了吗？ There is a Taoist temple in the back hills of Qingcheng, built during the Ming Dynasty and fallen into ruin over the centuries. Celestial Master Zhang Qingyuan is the most gifted practitioner in six hundred years. He has mastered thunder arts and talismanic magic, and can see the threads of cause and effect. With seven students and more than thirty mouths to feed, he lives a simple life in this drafty, leaky temple. The second senior brother, Qingxu, runs the Douyin account “Qingxu of Mount Qing 111Reads6.7Score117Shelves
- 42 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 Bureau of Supernatural Investigations 超自然事件调查局 A bizarre murder case draws me into the investigation of mysterious supernatural events: crew members on a deep-sea fishing vessel inexplicably slaughtering one another, immortals hiding in the city, legendary vampires, Nazi doomsday troops of a godlike race and their Aryan holy city, and a gigantic human-face structure on Mars. We are not alone in the universe, and human society is just as complicated. 358Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 46 The Strongest Exorcist Police Officer in the Myriad Heavens 诸天之最强驱魔警察 Huang Yaozu is reborn in the body of the protagonist of The First Commandment. The ghosts here are terrifying: they possess people at the slightest provocation. Luckily, he can also transmigrate through the myriad worlds and learn Taoist arts to strengthen himself. He becomes a disciple of the Dragon-Tiger Sect, masters the Five Thunder Orthodox Method and learns the art of talismans. Using Hong Kong Island as his base, he gathers followers and subdues all kinds of monsters and spirits, offering 427Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 47 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—Shelves
- 48 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 230Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 49 What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？ Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Greatest Hermit Lives in the City, and His Temple Is Worth 300 Million 大隐隐于市，道观值三亿 [Slow-paced] [Contest Entry] [Traditional Martial Arts in the City] [Scientific Cultivation] “Miss! How many times do I have to tell you? I’m not a Taoist priest! I’m not a Taoist priest! I don’t catch ghosts, ward off evil, or read feng shui here!!!” At the entrance to an old Taoist temple that looked completely out of place among the towering buildings of the bustling city, Xu Xing let out a despairing growl. “Sure thing, Taoist Xu! Then tell my fortune!” … … Xu Xing, known by his Taoist name 1.6kReads7.2Score176Shelves
