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- 1 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 2 I Was Born Without a Breath, and the One Who Saved Me Was a Nine-Tailed Fox 出生断气，救我的竟是九尾狐 [Traditional Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Ghost Stories] I had no breath when I was born. I should have been a stillborn baby. Just as my family fell into despair, a woman in white opened the door and saved my life... The one who rescued me wasn’t an enlightened master, but a nine-tailed fox who had lived for over a thousand years. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2kReads—Score12714d adds
- 4 I Came from the Taoist Sect, Call Me the Dao Lord 我从道门来请叫我道君 [Supernatural] [Modern] [Daoist priest] [Ghost hunting] [Demon slaying] Zhang Qingyuan was born with yin-yang eyes. To keep him safe and healthy, his parents sent him up a mountain to become a Daoist priest. After graduating from university, he returned to the temple and inherited his master's affairs. He thought demons and ghosts had become exceedingly rare in this day and age, leaving him with no chance to put his skills to use. Then a chance encounter showed him a different world. Demons were 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 5 Feng Shui Master: I Started by Subduing a Peerlessly Beautiful Corpse 风水天师：从收服绝美女尸开始 Supernatural mysteries + feng shui + Taoist arts + corpse seamsters + corpse salvagers + Gu sorcery + Nanyang black magic + folk occult arts + paper effigies A peerlessly beautiful female corpse, a seven-tailed white fox, a living corpse, an inn between yin and yang, a red bellyband, a haunted house, the slaying of an evil god, a drowned ghost, a hanged ghost, a headless ghost, embroidered shoes “Within three months, you must complete five tasks involving the dead, or you’ll be doomed beyond red 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 A Story Sparked by a Feng Shui Charlatan 一个风水神棍引发的故事 An ordinary person stumbles by chance onto the path of studying fate and feng shui. After a life of great ups and downs, he finds a master and becomes a master of the Daoist arts. What kinds of opportunities will he encounter as he walks the path of slaying demons and eliminating evil... [In the early chapters, drawing on the author’s personal experience studying feng shui and fate-reading, this book will show you how to choose books and get started.] 462Reads—Score10414d adds
- 8 Be Careful, It’s Right Behind You 小心它在后面 Synopsis: Taoist cultivation + No System + Folk occult arts + The protagonist grows gradually Yuye is utterly stunned. He can understand Black and White Impermanence changing shifts, but why is White Impermanence asking him to call her big sister?! After Yuye is infected by sinister energy, a medium seals an extremely ominous entity inside him. And so begins his journey as a Taoist priest, seeking redemption for himself. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Feng Shui Master 风水相师 Look up to observe the celestial signs, look down to study the lay of the land, and read the fortunes of heaven, earth, and beautiful women! My name is Tang Dabao. I studied feng shui and occult arts in the tradition of the “Celestial Aspect” school from childhood. After my grandfather suddenly passed away, one scheme after another was set against me. I take on the feuds between powerful families and the blood vendettas of the occult world all by myself. Dancing with a coffin on my back, strolli 2.1kReads8.4Score19214d adds
- 10 Six Relics to Banish Evil 六器渡邪 On a stormy night, the evil box passed down through my family shattered on its own, and I became a wanted fugitive accused of several murders. My only chance of survival was to recover the six cursed artifacts scattered across the Lin family. But they weren't treasures. They were instruments of torture, each one imprisoning the soul of someone our ancestors had tortured into becoming an artifact. Soul-harvesting rice from the Hungry Ghost Realm, a mending needle used to sew together a hundred —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Yin-Yang Celestial Master: I Stole Your Magic Artifacts, and Now a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 阴阳天师：偷我法器，百鬼夜行了 [Celestial Master + invincible + folk-customs mystery + paper effigy maker + supernatural revival + dimensional superiority + comedic face-slapping + wild imagination + System] Wei Ping’an transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual qi revival is underway, becoming the last Celestial Master of Maoshan’s Yin-Yang paper effigy lineage. He watches over a shabby funeral shop called Three Pure Ones Funeral Services. He had planned to earn merit with the Great Dao Manifestation System and unlo 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 115Reads—Score15514d adds
- 13 Walking Between Yin and Yang, I Took Two Vengeful Ghosts as Aunts 行走阴阳，我认了两个厉鬼作姑姑 [Supernatural + Horror + Ghost Stories + Urban + Ghost Hunting + Taoist Magic] He was punching ghost dolls and kicking fox spirits at the age of three, and you tell me that's reasonable? He's a yin-yang master who took two vengeful ghosts as his aunts, and you tell me that's perfectly normal? You can already fly on a sword, and now you're telling me to believe in science and reject superstition? Beating up evil spirits at the funeral home, making a water ghost copy out the Tao Te Ching, and sicc 82Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 14 The Strange Arts of a Feng Shui Master 奇门相师 When the Nine Stars align, a supreme fiend descends from Heaven. A beggar raises an orphan; humanity nurtures Heaven’s fate. Also known as The Nine Stars Ascend to Dragonhood. The Mysterious Maiden of the Nine Heavens gave birth to the Green Satchel, while Fu Xi, the Great Bright One, created the Eight Trigrams. One is feng shui, the other the Book of Changes; together, they form the art of physiognomy. Shennong, the Flame Emperor, tasted a hundred herbs, and the Yellow Emperor, Xuanyuan, compil 54Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 15 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 260Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 16 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.7kReads8.8Score52014d adds
- 17 The Yin-Yang Master of the Wilderness 山野阴阳先生 [Yinshan + Maoshan + Folk legends + Supernatural + No saintly protagonist + No womanizing] My grandfather from Yinshan protects my life, and my brothers from Maoshan protect my body. As a Yin-Yang Master who walks among the dead, all I carry is an umbrella and a copper bell. Deep in the mountains, I encountered an old shapeshifter gnawing on a living person's hand. In southern Xinjiang, a demonic carpet sucked people's lifeblood in the middle of the night. In western Yunnan, a one-legged ghost 53.5kReads6.7Score2.2k14d adds
- 18 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. 2.2kReads7.7Score31014d adds
- 19 The Ghost-Catching Taoist Master 捉鬼天师 To build a road, the village assigned me and a few others to demolish a grave. Everyone died, but I survived. I’m the only one who knows why... 55Reads—Score814d adds
- 20 The Unscientific Feng Shui Master 不科学风水师 Ji Yan, a top physics student, gains the ability to read the land's feng shui after an unexpected accident in the laboratory. He can find dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, dispel ill fortune and attract prosperity, bring wealth and status, and defy fate itself. With his mastery of feng shui, Ji Yan wins over business tycoons, helps ordinary people, punishes corrupt villains, and becomes a legendary feng shui master. 224Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 21 The Folk Ghost Hunter 民间捉鬼人 This novel tells the true story of an old man from our village. His name was Li Zhengyu, and he was an extraordinary practitioner of the occult. Born in a small village in the mountains of Lingnan, he became tainted by yin energy after being haunted by the ghosts of a mother and daughter, and repeatedly encountered supernatural beings. By chance, he met a master of Daoist arts and began his journey of cultivation, changing the course of his life. Evil Maoshan curses, poison and witchcraft, treas 1.3kReads9.0Score—14d adds
- 22 The Paranormal Master of Xuan Zong Feng Shui 玄宗风水术师之灵异先生 City life, celestial masters, the supernatural, feng shui, talismans, witchcraft, dark arts, ghost hunting, exorcisms, monster slaying, evil-spirit banishment, demon subjugation, battling zombies, living with a policewoman. No cultivation. 734Reads6.1Score10714d adds
- 23 I Have a Ghostly Wife 我有鬼娇妻 [Mystery] [Comedy] Have you ever experienced something like this? I mean, asking for a wife at the bottom of a dry well! I live in a small village in the mountains, cut off from the outside world. No outsiders have visited in hundreds of years. Maybe it's because of a curse, but no baby girls have ever been born in our village. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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! 592Reads6.1Score10014d adds
- 25 I’m Going to Lure 100 Lost Souls 我要勾满100个亡魂 Sequel to I Guide Souls at Wangxiang Terrace Lin Jiaojiao, 24, an overworked office worker, suddenly dies on the Nth night in a row of staying up all night revising proposals. When she opens her eyes again, she has already completed every step of the underworld’s procedures. But just as she reaches Wangxiang Terrace, the guide Zhou Yi stops her. “Your attachment remains unresolved. You can’t be reincarnated.” Judge Li Muzi offers her a way forward: work as a soul reaper under him, and she can be 9.7kReads—Score3k14d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 Supernatural: Starting Work at the Funeral Home 灵异：从殡仪馆上班开始 A person who received nine years of compulsory education finds themself caught up in a series of utterly bizarre events because of a job posting and a job... The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Read the story and see for yourself. 629Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 The Taoist Priest's Pact with Three Thousand Ghost Brides 道士与后宫三千女鬼的约定 This Daoist Master doesn't care for fighting and killing. I've had just one hobby all my life: collecting all kinds of beautiful female demons and ghosts from around the world. 133Reads—Score1214d adds
- 30 I'm a Young Daoist from Maoshan 我是茅山小道士 I'm a young Maoshan Taoist. I can't earn enough to eat, life is hard, and misfortune follows me everywhere. With no other choice, I set up a fortune-telling stall, reading the winds and studying the land, interpreting hexagrams and divining people's fates. When ordinary people are in trouble, they come to me for help. When vengeful spirits have grievances, I help them find justice… 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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—14d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 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 1.9kReads7.1Score11114d adds
- 34 Sanliao: China's Number One Feng Shui Village, a Thousand Years in the Making 千年三僚：中国风水第一村 [Feng shui + sacred sites of geomancy + geomantic arts + feng shui masters + feng shui knowledge, taboos, and ways to overcome them + mysticism, occult arts, fortune-telling, divination, and geomancy that can change both fate and fortune + no transmigration, no livestreaming, no female lead] In the chaotic final years of the Tang dynasty, Yang Junsong, also known as Yang Jiupin and Yang Yi, and later honored as Master Yang, carried a compass and led two boys into the mountains of Xingguo Sanliao 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Guard the Realm with My Dao 吾以吾道守山河 [Taoist Priest + Spells + National Destiny + Supernatural + Taoist Arts] Disciples of the Taoist sect command spirits and generals, exterminate evil and vanquish demons, all because the Tao endures! Has the ghost army deep in the Taihang Mountains really seized control of China's dragon vein? Could the lost Heavenly Master's sword really be on the roof of the Peace Hotel? As the Heavenly Master's representative, he actually destroys a temple with thunder and fire at the slightest provocation! He 147Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 36 The Little Fortune-Teller 小半仙 A young half-immortal from Mount Qingcheng descends the mountain to gain experience. He tells fortunes, reads feng shui, explores ancient tombs, and battles venomous insects. He helps people avert disasters, eliminate evil, and uphold justice, all to broaden his horizons, improve his cultivation, and enjoy this wonderful world to the fullest. But as his fame grows, so do the troubles he faces... 70Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 37 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 38 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
- 39 I’m a Yin-Yang Fate Judge in Qingshi Town 我在青石镇当阴阳裁命人 Metaphysics + yin-yang eyes + the Five Arts of Chinese Tradition + a terrible start from the start There’s an inconspicuous incense and candle shop in Qingshi Town, run by Lin Qiu, a young woman who can see beyond the divide between the living and the dead. She inherited the Lin family’s ancestral Five Arts of “mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination.” Her yin-yang eyes can distinguish the golden glow of merit from the bloody aura of ill fortune, and she specializes in resolving st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 The Maoshan Sect Leader 茅山掌教 The Dao is the foundation of the Way; arts are how it is put to use. Hidden soul-binding talismans, a life of poverty and an early death for initiates, the three Maos’ upper, middle, and lower teachings, and secret arts that leave ghosts and gods in awe! The most mysterious final patriarch of Maoshan leads his disciple Zhang Shouyi across the land, exorcising demons, exploring dangerous places in search of treasures, resolving ancient grudges, and roaming both the realms of yin and yang as he li 1.1kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 43 Fortune-Telling and Feng Shui by Day, Ghost-Hunting as a Part-Time Reaper by Night 看相算命测风水，兼职阴差要捉鬼 [Fortune-telling, face-reading, and feng shui | Ghost hunting, exorcism, and mastery of the yin and yang] The story is one thing, the principles behind it another. Young readers may not understand, so please go easy on me. Thank you. Han Dongzhi was born with the fate of the Five Defects and Three Shortcomings, and anyone who came into contact with him was doomed to bad luck. His parents died after he was born, and he grew up relying on the villagers' sporadic handouts. After finally working har 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 45 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
- 46 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score24814d adds
- 47 You Fake Taoist, I Didn’t Know You Were the Real Deal! 骗子道士，没想到你是真会啊！ [Ghost stories + hilarious comedy + urban legends] As the supernatural resurges and the world descends into chaos, Lin Yu, a fake Taoist, awakens the Dao Ancestor System. He exorcises ghosts to earn merit, which he uses to draw character cards and take on the forms of Taoist disciples from across the myriad worlds. Faced with all kinds of vicious, uncanny, and sinister ghosts, he transforms into a holy master of myriad realms, the Thunder Lord... Wang Lingguan, the Three-Eyed Deity... becoming e 37.4kReads6.5Score5.8k14d adds
- 48 You Were Told to Guard a Village, So Why Did You Make the City God Cry? 让你守个村儿，你把城隍打哭了？ After the old madman died, I always thought I was the only person left in the village. Then one year, two men showed up carrying a camera and said they wanted to film a documentary about walking marriages... 458Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 49 From the Start, a Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Was Away for a Year, and My Home Was Robbed 开局道士下山：云游一年家被偷 An old Taoist went down the mountain to travel, only to come back and find his home stolen? You want to charge me an entrance fee to the mountain temple where I've lived for most of my life? My country's finest traditions are at stake! How can I put up with this? Who knew the world would undergo a cataclysm, horrors would return, and ghosts would run wild! Hidden masters everywhere sprang into action! But why does this old Taoist look so familiar? Powerful figures, reclusive clans, and undergrou 365Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 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! 4kReads8.7Score25114d adds
