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- 51 The Wolf Demon Chronicles 狼妖传 The love between humans and demons has been passed down through the ages; the White Snake is not the only one to cross the River of Forgetfulness. A half-demon bears the blood of wolf and fox, with love and hatred entwined along a long road. The shadows of an ancient tomb conceal danger, while pursuit draws fate ever closer. Who will join in this sorrowful song? On the jianghu road, they speak of bonds forged in the mortal world. Through all the ages, there have been countless romances between 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Genius Taoist Priest 天才道士 A smooth-talking swindler gets beaten black and blue after tricking a man’s daughter in the city. With no choice, he returns to the countryside to become a Taoist priest, and from then on, his fortunes take off. 121Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 53 A Brief History: The Republic of China Social Scene, 1911-1949 微历史：1911-1949民国圈子 Micro-history, as the name suggests, is history told in the style of microblog posts. Micro-History: The Republic of China Social Scene, 1911-1949 brings together choice quotes on how ordinary people in the Republican era chose to build and improve their social circles, how influential figures managed and wielded theirs, and how the most extraordinary people kept theirs in balance. Accompanied by a wealth of rare photographs, the interconnected accounts form a vivid portrait of history from 1911 52Reads9.2Score2814d adds
- 54 The Daoist in Blue 青衣道士 The Heavenly Dog devours the moon, the sky turns blood-red, and the Ghost Gate opens for the first time in a thousand years. A chaotic age begins. Can humans and ghosts coexist peacefully? Can the world remain safe? A young man emerges from the mountains, carrying on the most mysterious branch of the Divine Land's Daoist tradition. Burdened with a heavy responsibility, he enters this chaotic age and stirs the very fabric of the world... 2.8kReads—Score28214d adds
- 55 Tales of Yin and Yang Ghosts 阴阳鬼记 A Yin-Yang notebook lets me travel between the worlds of the living and the dead. A single Yin-Yang petition can make even the Judge of the Underworld yield. I have a Yin-Yang notebook filled with such petitions. My name is Ximen Rong, and my fellow practitioners call me Little Ghost. The ghosts all call me Young Master. This is my notebook, the most powerful weapon my master left me. He said only someone with the strongest spiritual intuition was worthy of reading it. But when I opened the note 15Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 56 Focus on Yourself, and Wealth Will Follow 专注自我，财富自来 In today's fast-paced society, people are often troubled by the noise and complexity around them, making it difficult to find inner peace and focus. Yet it is precisely in this kind of environment that focusing on yourself and practicing the Law of Attraction become increasingly important. This book explores how to attract wealth and success by focusing on yourself, so you can find your own peace and strength in a complicated world. In simple terms, the Law of Attraction means drawing the things 1.3kReads—Score14014d adds
- 57 My Daoist Arts Failed, but So Did the Ghosts 道术学废了，但鬼也废了 Taoists train by striving for balance and harmony. I’m different. When I train, I strive for something ghosts can’t understand. Draw a talisman? The paper catches fire before I’m even done. Recite an incantation? By the time I finish, I’ve untied my own shoelaces. My master says I’m the most useless disciple he’s ever had, the one who’s managed to learn every sect art completely wrong. That is, until a vengeful ghost responsible for nine deaths broke into our temple. I tossed out a misdrawn tali 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Young Celestial Master of the Daoist Sect 道门小天师 On the year of his master's eightieth birthday, his master arranged a funeral for himself. Everyone in the city came... 106Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 59 The Master Is Down from the Mountain: Master, Your Disciple Doesn't Want to Go on Blind Dates Anymore 高手下山：师傅，徒儿不要相亲了 [Master comes down the mountain + Celestial Master + being pursued + invincible + comedy + the arrival of the Classic of Mountains and Seas] Unhappy with his master's repeated matchmaking arrangements, Liu Mang runs away from his wedding and heads down the mountain. Danger and prospective brides soon come one after another! What, you're a great demon who lays waste to the people? I'll capture you and turn you into barbecue! What, you're a rich second-generation heir who acts like you own the wor 975Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 60 The Supernatural Side of the Police Force 警界玄门 At police academy, Li Xiaowei uses his mystical arts to solve bizarre murder cases that leave everyone else at their wits' end. He draws talismans to ward off evil, cultivates his qi, and captures ghosts, easily handling all kinds of vengeful spirits and demons. After graduation, he joins the police force, and his master gives him mystical artifacts for protection. He dispatches demons and monsters with ease. In less than six months, he and several teammates with supernatural abilities become l 214Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 61 A Maoshan Descendants Fanfiction 茅山后裔同人 It’s been eleven years since Maoshan Descendant 6 was completed, and the big shot Dali Jingangzhang has been leaving us hanging for eleven years. I can’t wait any longer, so I’ve decided to continue the story myself. This Maoshan Descendant fanfic is called The Great Dao Returns to the Origin. My writing is pretty terrible, so please go easy on me. 1.4kReads8.2Score14514d adds
- 62 The Ultimate Taoist Temple System 最强道观系统 “Master! I can't hold on any longer!!” “Beep~ Congratulations, Host. You have successfully bound the Strongest Taoist Temple System.” “Wait! Your disciple thinks he can hold on a little longer after all!!!” 11Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 63 The Strongest Heavenly Master: I Built a True Immortal Temple 最强天师：我打造了真仙道观 [Ensemble cast + behind-the-scenes scheming + invincible protagonist + laid-back Daoist life + character traits] Lin Daoyi transmigrates into the body of a young Celestial Master at Qingyun Temple. He spends his days slacking off, yet every so often he sets out to revive the Daoist faith. [Transmitting the Way on Heaven’s behalf is the bestowal of registers!] [Each time he bestows a register on a disciple, he gains a Celestial Master’s art!] The Five Thunder Orthodox Method, Qimen Dunjia, Maosha 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Taoist Master Who Loves to Take It Easy 道门大闲人 When Li Miaoyi came down from the mountain to enter the world, he had hoped to travel the mortal realm and live as an idle Daoist. Who could have guessed he had a fiancee he'd never even met, who wanted him to give up his religious life and marry into her family? 1.4kReads—Score10814d adds
- 65 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain: A Death Buff from the Start 道士下山：开局死亡buff叠满 Lin Yi woke up to find that the sky had fallen, with countless female ghosts lying beside him... Lin Yi had always kept to strict rules and remained pure and innocent. But because he was so handsome, female ghosts adored him. One moment of carelessness, and he was kidnapped by a ghost. That night, his innocence was gone... In the end, the female ghost even accused him in return. Jealous of him, the underworld authorities punished him severely: his temple was shut down, his merit wiped clean, he 19Reads—Score10214d adds
- 66 I Run a Stall Selling Ghost Money at the Vegetable Market Entrance 我在菜市口摆摊卖冥钱 [Folk taboos + ghost hunting + no romance] After accidentally violating a mysterious folk taboo, Xu Xuanzhi has only three days left to live. It is then that Xu Xuanzhi finds his family and successfully inherits the ancestral incense shop, beginning a new life selling ghost money at a stall in Caishikou. He slays the Dragon Turtle and battles evil spirits, becoming the most revered person in the Gelug school. He makes ghost money and saves those lost to suffering, becoming the president of the U 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 A Commentary on the Daily Sutra 功课经注解 This book provides a detailed, line-by-line explanation of the Taoist classics, including the Morning Scripture, the Noon Scripture (Scripture of the Three Officials), the Evening Scripture, and the Scripture of the Northern Dipper. It fully explains the meaning and function of these scriptures, making it a rare and valuable textbook. 146Reads—Score5214d adds
- 68 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
- 69 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 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Soul-Sending Road of Chang'an 长安送魂路 [Mystery and the supernatural + ghost hunting + guiding souls + Taoist arts + face reading + feng shui + fortune-telling] Since I turned eighteen, I've traveled far and wide in search of a way to defy fate and change my destiny. Later, I grew tired and didn't want to live anymore, but one slap from my second uncle brought me back to my senses. My life doesn't belong to me alone. They all want me to keep living. My name is Gu Chang'an. They want me to live a long, peaceful life. I am a soul guide —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Tales of the Six-Fingered Ghost 六指诡谈 [Born with Six Fingers and Rejected by Fate? I'll Crush the Boundary Between Yin and Yang!] Born with six fingers and plagued by a sinister illness, he was possessed by a ferocious beast just as ghosts and monsters went on a blood-moon killing spree! Only when his fingertip blood seeped into the Soul-Suppressing Stele did he learn that his extra finger was the key to both the Yin and Yang realms: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 The Divine Oracle 神卦 The reviews are the best introduction. Reader [Bai Ri Bu Dao Chu Qing Chun Zi Lai]: Meeting was fate. I was completely absorbed in these words, and in a few chapters, I felt as if I were right there in the story. As I read, I found myself wondering what kind of person the author was. Over the years, I’ve met a number of people who study the esoteric arts. Of all those so-called “masters,” very few have truly earned my respect. Yet through these words, I’ve come to admire the author’s character a 465Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 74 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 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Divination and Talisman Drawing 术数画符 Use fingers as a brush and magic as ink to drive away evil and avert calamity See the future and discern past and present, search for the number plate in the sea of sand Set the world in order and reshape fate, sign away life and death in the abyss Seize the secrets of heaven, divide yin from yang, seek the dragon and strike at its scales … 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Little Martial Uncle Is Slacking Off Again Today 今天的小师叔也在摸鱼 “Little Martial Uncle, Master and the others all say you’re an immortal banished to the mortal world and reborn. Is it true?” “Don’t believe rumors or spread them.” “But in the stories you tell, the geniuses from other sects are always born amid strange omens, with flowers raining from the sky or golden lotuses springing from the earth. Little Martial Uncle, were there any signs when you were born?” “There sure were!” “What were they? Purple clouds stretching three thousand miles east, or one ha 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 77 The All-Round Daoist Comes Down the Mountain 全能道士下山 Behind the glittering city, cultivation factions are stirring. Strange signs fill the heavens, and countless beams of light come plunging down… The protagonist, Wang Beichen, has spent thirty years cultivating the Way. At his master’s command, he descends the mountain to travel the world, carrying within him Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian arts, as well as the sword. They say a sword can slay immortals… They say someone once slew a god… They say the heavens have nine levels… They say no one guar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Spiritual Qi Revival: I'm Already an Immortal, and You're Only Just Building Your Foundation? 灵气复苏：我都成仙了你才筑基？ [Taoist + sword cultivator + thunder arts + Mazu + the nation protects its own + one heroine] In 2025, 3I/ATLAS approached Earth, triggering a full-scale spiritual qi revival. Shichen, a Taoist priest from Mount Sanqing, was invited to livestream lessons in cultivation techniques for the whole nation. But his utterly unserious nature soon made the nation itself start acting just as absurdly. Reporter: “Is Perfected Lord Shichen officially part of China's military?” Shuai: “He's an enthusiast of 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Ultimate Face Reader 极品相师 Xiao Jue, who is skilled in physiognomy, is sent down the mountain by his master to collect a debt. Through a twist of fate, he ends up going from creditor to debtor, and has no choice but to sign a contract of servitude to pay it off. The beautiful creditor, however, has terrible luck and one problem after another. Before long, Xiao Jue becomes her personal fortune-teller. He says with a troubled sigh, “Actually, bone-reading and face-reading are just hobbies. I mainly make a living off my look 542Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 80 The Taoist Master Comes Down the Mountain 道爷下山咯 [Slow-paced + Master Returns from the Mountain + Ghost Hunting + No Harem + No Cultivation] This is a long story, so take your time reading. Zhang Qingfeng was born a man who stirred up both worlds. Raised by Maoshan, he became the youngest Celestial Master of the present day. It was as if the wheels of fate had begun to turn. His senior apprentice brother suddenly left the mountain and betrayed the sect, while his senior apprentice sister vanished mysteriously. Zhang Qingfeng was ordered to go —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Haunted House Notes: A Shadow in the Mirror 凶宅笔记：镜中影 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Teddy Bear's Cultivation Tale 泰迪修仙传 A Teddy dog defies fate, becomes the Heavenly Emperor, and rules the immortal realm. He captures a mighty god of the Heavenly Dao to serve as his maid, becomes the Queen Mother's cultivation partner, and flirts with Zeus's wife. His harem is filled with countless beauties. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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—14d adds
- 84 The Rogue Taoist 痞子道士 Xu Tian of the Ghost Dao Sect possesses astonishing powers, but after coming down from the mountain to enter the world, he has no ambition and just wants to lie flat and keep his family safe and sound. He never expected fate to play a joke on him: romance keeps coming his way, beautiful women flock to him, and danger is never far behind. Follow this young man, forced to work hard and make something of himself, as he puts on a show, catches ghosts, treats illnesses, and saves lives. 365Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 85 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
- 86 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 1.8kReads—Score10814d adds
- 87 You Insult Me? I’ll Take Three Days Off Your Life 嘴我？削你三天阳寿 My wife won five million in the lottery. That very day, she kicked the door open and cackled: “Hahahaha, a cripple thinks he deserves a share?” She had no idea the Twenty-Four Chapters Scripture in my arms was growing hot Now, a hundred thousand ghost soldiers call me their Chief Steward. When I take out my brush and cross three years off her lifespan “If you think your life’s too long, keep mouthing off.” “Now, who’s begging whom?” You can sneak a bite, but could you at least stop smacking your 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Amazing Little Taoist 极品小道士 A Celestial Master descends from the mountains and sweeps through the city. Demons and monsters, beauties destined to wither, and three thousand mystical arts: none can withstand a single thought of mine! 321Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 89 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! 469Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 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. 177Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 91 The Celestial Register of Mystical Insight 洞玄天箓 [Alternate history] + [No female lead] + [Daoist arts] + [Ghosts and monsters] (The male lead is no overpowered hero. Readers looking for an indulgent power fantasy, proceed with caution.) The Taishang Ganying Pian says: perform three hundred good deeds to become an Earth Immortal; those who seek to become Celestial Immortals must perform one thousand three hundred. To prove his Dao and attain its fruit, Zhang Yuandong travels alone through a chaotic age, slaying demons and vanquishing evil, ear 165Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 The Way of Heaven: Feng Shui Master, I Control the Universe 天道门，风水神师，乾坤由我执掌 The lotus scorched by hellfire is the birthmark on my back. The sins of my past life were too great, and in this life I'm fated to die young. To stay alive, I descend the mountain in search of a way, only to find eighty-one coffins and an underworld wedding waiting for me. A coin hung from a mountain, a cup of water holding the world in check. A demon fetus in a human belly, a woman in a bottle, the witchcraft of Luonan, eight or nine layers of coffins, the underworld's watery halls, a golden co 209Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 94 The Supreme Celestial Master 极品天师 A hilarious Heavenly Master, a Heavenly Master devoted to protecting all that is good, a Heavenly Master free of vulgar interests: Wolong strives to show everyone a Heavenly Master unlike any other. 171Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 95 I Went Down the Mountain for a Feast, Only to Find the Villagers Were Monsters 下山吃席，村民竟然是妖怪 On the surface, he’s a delicate young man who goes into the mountains for a feast. In truth, he’s a Taoist swordsman with extraordinary skills. When demons run amok deep in the mountains, the boy drops his disguise, revealing the rusty sword at his waist. “Who says a scholar can’t slay demons?” What seems to be ghosts harming people turns out to conceal a human conspiracy! In late Tang Shu, one strange case after another unfolds, with the supernatural and the mundane intertwined. Are real demons 300Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Way Has Yin and Yang 道有阴阳 [Supernatural + Talismans + Formations + Chinese Metaphysics + Comedy] My name is Xu Lin. Born with yin-yang eyes and extraordinary talent, I was chosen by my master. But when I came down from the mountain, I went straight to work for Meituan, only to stumble upon all sorts of strange things... Wicked Gu sorcery... Corpse fiends that devour people... The ghosts haunting an entire apartment building... Which is more terrifying, ghosts or people? A slow-burn story, with no broken power scaling. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain: I Slay Every Evil with Changshan Magic 天师下山：我以阊山术法尽诛邪 “The world is in turmoil, overrun by demons and monsters. I wield the Lushan Dao, and can slay specters and evil spirits.” So spoke the Daoist priest as he shouldered his sword and descended the mountain. “Why go down the mountain?” “To vanquish demons and subdue evil.” “And why vanquish demons?” “So I can answer to the Dao in my heart!” 42Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 98 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 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 When the Compass Turns, I Meet You 罗盘转时遇见你 This is a book that lets you calculate how things begin, but not what the future holds. He is the heir to the Fu family; she is a divorced feng shui master raising a child. Their paths should have remained worlds apart, but one unexpected encounter after another keeps drawing them together. But the Fu family’s affairs are far more complicated than anyone imagined. Su Manli’s check and humiliation, Fu’s mother’s schemes and coercion, and the sudden appearance of Lin Jiaxu and the mysterious Xie 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Curious Record of Getting By 奇妙糊口录 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, slow-paced, slice of life, horror, urban cultivation, a harem of spirits and demons, and chuuni comedy] Skyscrapers conceal mysteries of yin and yang, while deep forests hide monsters and demons. He learned secret Daoist arts passed down through his family, but he isn't chasing the path to ascension. He just wants to live a peaceful life. Eerie screams in the middle of the night, spirits lying in wait under cover of darkness, and evil cultivators with sinister inte 1Reads—Score—14d adds
