Novels like They Made Trouble at the Border, So I Put on a Taoist Robe and Scared the Foreigners to Tears
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- 1 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, I Stream Myself Becoming a God in America 算命太准，我在美利坚直播封神 Fortune-telling + livestreaming + cultural outreach + spreading the faith + no female lead + mysticism Zhang Qiudao transmigrates and becomes a street charlatan in New York, pretending to have supernatural powers. The problem is, in his previous life he was the thirty-eighth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and every bit of his mystical knowledge was real! When a gang comes after him, he turns the tables with a Blood Fiend Curse, saddling them with a streak of terrible luck. Once 222Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 2 They Tore Down My Family's Ancestral Home, and Now the Ancestors' Coffins Won't Stay Put 强拆我家老宅，祖宗棺材压不住啦 In the heart of Nanjiang City, a century-old courtyard house was slated for demolition in the name of development. Even when the compensation offer reached the astronomical sum of one hundred million, Jiang Yun, the owner of the courtyard, remained unmoved. That is, until the demolition office ran out of patience and, while Jiang Yun was away, went ahead with a forced demolition. Demolition office: “We know you’re out, so we’re just letting you know that your courtyard has been slated for forced 77Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 3 Maoshan Taoist: Exposed on Xiaotuantuan's Livestream from the Start 茅山道士：开局被小团团直播曝光了 [Livestreaming + Maoshan Taoist + Little Dumpling + Ghostly Tales + Urban Fantasy] Zhang Mang is a Maoshan Taoist. He can read feng shui, divine yin and yang, communicate with heaven and earth, and perform supernatural arts. He can catch ghosts and subdue demons above, and explore tombs and hunt for treasure below. A haunted building is plagued by strange happenings late at night, and Zhang Mang is invited to deal with the ghosts. Paper, brush, ink, knife, and sword; three incense sticks, one of 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Demon-Suppressing Pass Doesn't Need Me to Guard It? With Demons at the Gates, I'm Done Caring 镇妖关不需要我守？大妖压境我不管了 Chen Jing transmigrated into this world and guarded the Demon-Suppressing Pass for the Li Yan Kingdom for three hundred years! He subdued the Great Wilderness and held back the demons! But after the Li Yan Kingdom enjoyed three hundred years of peace, people’s hearts began to change! Princess Ji Ruyan and the major immortal sects maliciously accused Chen Jing of guarding the Demon-Suppressing Pass so he could keep a great opportunity all to himself! In an instant, Chen Jing was condemned by ever 464Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 5 The Top Scholar Became a Celestial Master from the Start? I Attain Immortality Through Incense 开局状元被封天师？我以香火成仙 [Top scholar, Celestial Master, wish-fulfillment, no female lead, Age of the Five Turbidities, ghost hunting and demon slaying] Zhang Zhiwei transmigrated into an Age of the Five Turbidities where no immortals or Buddhas remained, the gods had vanished, and demons and ghosts ran rampant. The original owner, a genius of the highest caliber, had helped the empress ascend the throne solely to rebuild the Demon Suppression Bureau and subdue the monsters and demons of the world. Yet the empress went 10Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 6 Tales of the Strange: What Kind of Taoist Priest Is So Devoid of Virtue? 怪谈：谁家道士五行缺德啊？ (No heroine + hilarious + Taoist priest + eerie mysteries + urban legends + national destiny) A thick fog blankets the world, and the only way to clear it is to complete supernatural trials. After failing three trials in a row, the fourth one chooses Chen Yang to represent the Dragon Kingdom. But the moment Chen Yang enters the trial, he freezes. The good news: He draws a one-of-a-kind attack skill. Its power depends on a person's virtue: the more virtuous they are, the stronger the attack. The 2.1kReads8.4Score24714d adds
- 7 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
- 8 The Purple Robe Turned Red, and the Celestial Master Hanged Himself! 紫袍换红衣，天师上吊了！ Horror has returned, and ghosts are running rampant. Years ago, the legendary ghost Huang Fugu ran amok across the land. The former Celestial Master, Zhang Ze's master, stood against it without hesitation and ultimately gave his life in exchange for a brief period of peace. Years later, Huang Fugu appeared once more in Kangcheng. Faced with this powerful ghost, the current Celestial Master, Zhang Ze, drew on the experience his master had left him. He avoided a direct confrontation and tried t 3.6kReads5.3Score33014d adds
- 9 I'm the Old Heavenly Master of the Daoist Sect: Miss, Your Brows Foretell Trouble 我道门老天师：姑娘你眉带凶兆啊 [Taoist Novel + Livestreaming + No Female Lead + Do Whatever You Like = System] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the one and only old Taoist priest in the world, and gains a System to revive the Taoist tradition. In this life, the Taoist lineage has been severed. To restore it, Chen Xuan starts livestreaming to spread Taoist teachings far and wide. With a thought, wind rises and flowers bloom; with a turn of his hand, clouds gather and rain pours [Art of Commanding Wind and Rain] Rain, come! My righ 413Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 A Max-Level Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain: You Can Read Fortunes, So Why Become a Cop? 满级道士下山，你不算卦当警察？ Zhou Yang transmigrates to a parallel world, and he's a Daoist priest? As luck would have it, he awakens a Daoist System, and one of its missions is to make him become a police officer? Fine. I may not have any professional training, but I can tell fortunes and read faces. "Hmm, your forehead looks dark to me. You've stolen things many times, and you'll soon meet with a bloody disaster." Sure enough, the man gets into a car accident the very next second. After looking into it, the police discove 162Reads7.5Score3614d adds
- 11 He’s Clearly a Celestial Master, Yet He Keeps Thinking He’s Weak! 明明是天师，却总以为自己很弱！ [Ensemble cast + no System + lighthearted comedy + court and martial world + Taoist priests and demons + a Heavenly Master who slays demons!] (Chapter 78: Taking flight! A protagonist who grows over time) When treacherous officials bring ruin to the nation, what should we do? Slay them! When heretical cultivators prey on the people, what should we do? Slay them! When flood dragons wreak havoc, what should we do? Slay them! When demons and monsters run amok, what should we do? Slay them! I sh 17.9kReads8.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 12 The Last Taoist Priest 最后一个道士 Heaven, earth, humanity, gods, and ghosts: all five realms have their own masters. The Heavenly Master observes the sea of clouds, commands the sun and moon, and shifts the stars and constellations. The Earth Master reads the terrain, studies the rivers, and searches the mountains for their veins. The Human Master reads faces, divines good and ill fortune, and predicts people's fates. The Divine Master invites the Eight Immortals, calls upon the power of Heaven, and subdues demons and monsters. 237Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Livestream: This Taoist Priest Is Very Scientific 直播：这个道士很科学 [Urban livestreaming, farming, comedy, satisfying read] Lin Yunhe, a top student, inherited the Taoist temple his master left behind and became a Taoist priest. He thought life would be uneventful, but then he awakened a preaching System. He could enter a lottery by earning preaching points. He drew [Beast Taming at Max Level] and recruited a white tiger to guard his home. He drew [Lightness Skill at Max Level], and his sword rang out with astonishing sword energy. He drew [Complete Plant Compen 307Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Creepy and Terrifying? Nonsense! This Is My Merit! 诡异恐怖？胡说！此乃贫道功德！ [Brutal Physical Slaughter] [Thunder Magic] [Summoning the Gods] [Do Whatever You Want] [Daoist] [No Female Lead] The Listening Thunder Temple does not worship Celestial Master Zhang or the Three Mao Patriarchs. Instead, it worships the Heavenly Worthy of Universal Transformation of the Nine Heavens and Responding to the Thunder, the principal deity of the Thunder Department. As a result, the Daoists of Listening Thunder Temple are known for their bad tempers. Don't believe in the Dao? Believe w 3.6kReads8.4Score20814d adds
- 15 A Purple-Robed Taoist Streams Live to Revive Taoism in China 紫袍道长直播，振兴华夏道门 [Urban + livestream + Taoist priest + immortal cultivation + Chinese civilization] The martial arts realm of the Dragon Kingdom has been revealed, sparking a heated debate across the internet! Ye Yu, who practices at Mount Longhu, is the master of Hongmeng Temple and the youngest purple-robed Taoist priest in history. After activating the live-streaming Taoist instruction System, he can promote Chinese civilization and pass on Taoist culture through livestreams, earning Instruction Points that c 1.4kReads5.5Score12514d adds
- 16 Demon Revival: I Demolish the Demon-Suppressing Temple from the Start 妖魔复苏：开局强拆镇妖观 During construction at the Wangwu Mountain Scenic Area, a dilapidated Taoist temple refused to be demolished and was condemned by the entire internet. People sneered that today's Taoist priests were greedy and mercenary, willing to become holdouts for a higher demolition payout! But no one knew that countless monsters, demons, evil spirits, and vengeful ghosts were sealed beneath the temple. For thousands of years, generation after generation of guardians from the Demon-Suppressing Temple had gi 550Reads5.1Score10114d adds
- 17 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.5kReads8.3Score69814d adds
- 18 Live-Streaming a Borrowed Spell: Please Believe in Science 直播借法，请相信科学 Welcome, viewers, to the livestream! There are no such things as ghosts in this world. It's all just people scaring each other. Today's broadcast is all scripted, with special effects. Please be sensible and trust in science! [Streamer, how about you put down that ruler in your hand before telling us to trust in science?] [Hey, streamer, are you selling that hamster or not?] By the Celestial Master's command, gods and ghosts must keep their distance! Those who refuse will be dealt with on the sp 8.8kReads8.3Score38814d adds
- 19 Rule Horror: A Maoshan Descendant Requests Deployment 规则怪谈：茅山后裔申请出战 [National destiny + deduction + livestream + Maoshan] An unspeakable force descended upon Blue Star. Li Xian, from Earth, was selected to represent the Great Xia Kingdom in a supernatural horror game. His first challenge was a morgue. [You are responsible for the night shift at a morgue. Your coworker, Xiao Wang, loves sharing good things with his friends. Please don’t turn down his generosity.] [Make your rounds through the morgue once every hour and keep it clean, or the guests will get angry. 800Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 20 Uncle Nine: My Saber Skills Are Better Than My Swordsmanship 九叔：我的刀法比剑强 [No heroine] + [decisive and ruthless] + [character growth] Wen Hua’s soul transmigrates into Uncle Nine’s world, where he is reborn as a baby. Who could have guessed that he would encounter a supernatural incident as soon as he arrived? Fortunately, Uncle Nine saves him at the last moment. He and another baby are adopted by Uncle Nine and named Xu Wenhua and Xu Wencai. The moment Uncle Nine takes Wen Hua in as a disciple, Wen Hua awakens a Match-Three game golden finger. From then on, Wen Hua s 5.1kReads8.8Score29414d adds
- 21 At the Taoist Temple: I Got Livestreamed Teaching Animals the Way 道观：给动物讲道的我被直播了 Three years ago, just after graduating from college, Cheng Fan was dragged home by his parents to inherit the family’s dilapidated Taoist temple. The moment he inherited the temple, he activated the strongest Taoist System. Over the next three years, Cheng Fan steadily built up the temple’s business. Alongside a toddler he had picked up two years earlier, he spent each day doing his regular lessons and cultivating. Then one day, a livestreamer showed up. After broadcasting Cheng Fan summoning cl 7.4kReads8.5Score46914d adds
- 22 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Behind the Scenes, I Use Cultivation Videos to Fool the Ancients 幕后，我用修仙视频忽悠古人 [Sky Screen Reactions + Behind-the-Scenes Deception + Modern-Day Sole Supernatural Practitioner + Historical Spoilers + No Female Lead] Cultivation is a uniquely Chinese tradition passed down for thousands of years, and it once enjoyed a vast following in ancient times. Qin Shi Huang sought immortality in the Eastern Sea, Emperor Wu of Han held a Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, and Emperor Taizong of Tang became obsessed with elixirs... The ancients longed to become “immortals” who would live fo 10.4kReads7.6Score38614d adds
- 24 I Asked You to Pose as a Taoist Priest, So Why Are You Wearing a Celestial Master's Robe? 让你假扮道士，你怎么披上天师服 [Hardcore] [Popular Science] [Urban] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ye Guan cosplayed a mad Daoist priest at an anime convention. His costume was so convincing that people mistook him for a real Daoist and invited him to their company to perform a ritual. Just then, he awakened the True or Fake Celestial Master System. The company wanted a lucky start to business? He invited the Three Gods of Wealth right through the door. But when a video of the ritual was posted online, netizens lau 31.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 25 Rule Horror: My Taoist Name Is Zhang Tianshi! 规则怪谈，我的道号张天师！ Wild imagination + Invincible + Rule Horror + No female lead + Mystery + Horror This isn't mindless wish fulfillment. There's a plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. The Horrors descended across the globe. After being battered by one eerie disaster after another, the Dragon Kingdom steadily declined, and its standing on the world stage plummeted! Another eerie trial was looming, and the Dragon Kingdom was on the verge of total ruin! But then, a famous figure from the Dragon Kingdom was d 10.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 26 I Had Just Mastered the Purple Sky Divine Thunder When a Hundred Ghosts Appeared at Night 刚修成紫霄神雷，就遇到百鬼夜行 “Young man, you’re a cultivation genius the likes of which appears once in a thousand years. Come with me, and I’ll give you an incredible opportunity.” When Gu Changsheng met a charlatan in the park, he planned to play along and expose him. But as soon as the Daoist reached the mountain, he started flying on a sword. Uh-oh. Looks like this one’s the real deal. Gu Changsheng was filled with anticipation, imagining himself living the life of an immortal in white robes. Instead, on his very f 19.1kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 27 The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain 天师下山 Back in my day, I had mastered my own school of celestial arts. One punch made the high-ranking martial artists at the nursing home north of the village tremble. One kick sent the young prodigies at the kindergarten south of the village bawling. And when I stood at the mass grave east of the village, not one of those hundreds of Ghost Kings or Ghost Emperors dared even breathe. 13.7kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 28 A Cultivator in Modern Society 现代社会的修仙道士 “Taoist priest, can you do magic?” “Magic? People believe in science these days, young man. You should believe in science.” With that, the Taoist in his robe leaps off a cliff and flies away on his sword, leaving the hiker who had camped in the wilderness staring in stunned disbelief. 14.5kReads8.5Score60714d adds
- 29 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 18.4kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Miss, You're About to Suffer a Bloody Disaster 直播算命：姑娘你有血光之灾 Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y 6.8kReads9.2Score60114d adds
- 31 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score13514d adds
- 32 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 凶宅直播间的第108位观众 The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 人在停尸房，刚把尸体聊活了 In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Use Makeup to Throw the Court into Chaos 我靠美妆技术搅乱朝纲 I Use My Makeup Skills to Throw the Imperial Court into Chaos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 第108次临终关怀 The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 摄政王的白月光替嫁新娘 The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn as a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 重生之我在精神病院当菩萨 Reborn: I Became a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 43kReads8.6Score3.7k14d adds
- 49 You Asked Me to Get a Summer Job, Not Slay a Flood Dragon in the Yellow River 让你打个暑假工，你去黄河斩蛟龙 [Strange tales + expert at slaying demons and vanquishing monsters + flashy, funny wish-fulfillment + ruthless, not a self-sacrificing saint] Gu Xuan had just graduated from high school and planned to spend his summer vacation working a part-time job to earn some tuition money. Who could have known that supernatural horrors had already begun to reawaken across the globe, with demons, monsters, and ghosts quietly appearing everywhere? As it happened, Gu Xuan awakened the Immortal and Divine Inher 61.7kReads8.8Score7.9k14d adds
- 50 Around-the-World Adventure: The Strongest Streamer in History 环球冒险：史上最强主播 After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, he starts an around-the-world livestream adventure. I've wrestled sharks apart with my bare hands in the desert, seen a true dragon in the depths of the sea, and drunk lava atop a volcano! From death zones with a 100% fatality rate to an underwater world ten thousand meters below the surface, from an uninhabited island made of gold to a mysterious city in the sky… Ye Xing keeps unlocking new locations on the world map. This is a true g 16.4kReads8.6Score89914d adds
