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- 1 I'm Chen Laoshi, a Daoist Who Tames Every Rebellious Spirit and Evil Thing 贫道陈老实，专治各种不服和妖邪 Chen Laoshi was just as his name suggested: before he transmigrated, he was an honest, somewhat timid office worker. He woke up to find himself in another world, in the body of a boy with the same name, living in abject poverty and on the verge of starving to death. Just as he thought he was about to die again, a voice rang out in his mind: [Ding! The Host's powerful will to survive and 'honest person' qualities detected. Maoshan Celestial Master Training System successfully bound!] [Newbie miss 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Troubles of Being Born with Six Fingers and Having to Become a Taoist Priest 关于我天生六指只能当道士这些事 My name is Li Youbing. I was born with six fingers, and a fortune-teller said I had the “Heavenly Defect Fate,” doomed to bear one of the fates of widowhood, childlessness, loneliness, or disability. Later, an unreliable old Taoist took me in, and I learned that this lousy fate was actually perfect for practicing Maoshan arts. Other people pay money to study the Dao. My tuition is my life. My master said, “Disciple, our sect has only one copy of The Maoshan Incantations left. Just make do with i 6.5kReads—Score22814d adds
- 3 I'm Really Not a Con Artist, Fellow Daoists! 贫道真不是江湖骗子啊！ I swear, I’m really not a charlatan! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Years as a Ghost Face Reader 我当鬼相师的那几年 After my grandfather disappeared when I was twelve, I began reading fortunes for ghosts, armed with a ghost-face seal and a book called Thirty-Six Arts of Ghost Physiognomy. Now I've written down everything from the first half of my life. For practical reasons, many place names have been changed, so you'll have to figure out the real locations yourselves. The female ghost clinging to a casino owner's neck, the demonic Taoist who refines souls, the idol that calls down divine punishment, the 8Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 5 The Yin-Quelling Taoist 镇阴道士 My name is Chen Yuan. I was born under the Star of Solitude and was not supposed to live past eighteen. My grandfather was the last feng shui master in the village. Before he died, he told me to go to the back mountain and take an abandoned old manor as my godmother. A girl had died in that house, nailed to a door with eight coffin nails. Her death had been uncanny. From then on, I had to climb the mountain every month on the sixteenth, burn incense, kowtow, and call that dilapidated house “Moth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Soul Unbinding 解魂 My name is Lin Du, and I’m a Taoist priest. This is my “Ledger of Underworld Journeys.” It records the truths I encountered on the margins between cities and countryside, starting when I became my grandfather’s apprentice at the age of nine. He was a retired Celestial Master in a purple robe. There was the “living” village of Mushui, empty of people yet still sending up cooking smoke; the “Eye Sacrifice” mark on a female university student from the provincial capital, originating from an ancien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Young Taoist Comes Down the Mountain: Where Are the Zombies? 小道下山：僵尸哪里跑 My name is Qin Xuanzhu. I’m a nobody among Daoist sects, a half-baked young acolyte. My master, Xuanjizi, is a greedy drunk who kicked me down the mountain under the pretext of “gaining experience and earning incense money.” Later, I found out the old geezer was just trying to dodge his bar tab! Armed with a chipped peachwood sword, a stack of badly drawn talismans, and a busted compass whose needle jumps around, I returned to Qingzhu Village at the foot of the mountain. I’d barely arrived when —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Shocking! How Did Digging Up a Tomb Get Me Wanted Nationwide? 惊！挖个墓咋就全国通缉了 Shocking! How Did Digging Up a Tomb Get Me Wanted Nationwide? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Orthodox Celestial Master: Subduing Demons in the Western Regions 正一天师：伏魔西域 The North Pole. The South Pole. And one more pole beyond those two. The land closest to the sky, Tibet, with an average elevation of 4,000 meters. On such a vast and mysterious land, it would be strange if it hadn't given rise to something magical and bizarre. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Traversing Myriad Worlds: From Urban Detective to Primordial Supreme 身穿万界：从都市神探到洪荒至尊 Born with an innate Daoist body, I travel across myriad worlds, with a Merit System at my side! Primordial cultivation arts plus a pocket world, solving cases and catching ghosts all the way! Modern city, apocalypse, wuxia, fantasy: I’ll win over every goddess across the heavens! From a modern-day detective to the supreme ruler of the Primordial World! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Folklorist, Make the Spirits Leave 民俗学家，请诡退避 Lu Jianqiu only wants to be an ordinary historian. But after his younger sister mysteriously disappears, he is forced to take up the family heirlooms: a brush that can reach the underworld and a blank record book. Whatever the brush writes can reach the netherworld, but each stroke can also shorten the writer’s life. A murder in an ancient town, the ghosts of a theater troupe, a drowning with no water... Every eerie case points to a mysterious organization called the Netherworld Society. To unco —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Chinese Taoism, 1937 中华道门1937 A new novel is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After the System Went Bankrupt, I Was Transferred to Customer Service in the Underworld 系统破产后，我被移交冥界客服 After the System Went Bankrupt, I Was Transferred to Underworld Customer Service —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Got a Permanent Job at the Hotel by Following the Rules 我靠遵守规则，被旅馆永久录取了 I Got a Permanent Job at the Hotel by Following the Rules —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Hey, System, You're Sending Me to a Haunted Restaurant for a Late-Night Snack? 喂，系统你让我去鬼店吃宵夜？ Hey, System, You’re Sending Me to Eat Late-Night Snacks at a Ghost Shop? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 An Underworld Wage Slave, an Overworld Night Owl 阴间打工人，阳间熬夜人 An Underworld Employee, an All-Night Worker in the Living World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Don't Worry, My System Talks Too Much but It's Useless 别怕，我的系统话痨但很菜 Don’t Worry, My System Talks a Lot but Is Pretty Useless —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Notice: We Really Have Ghosts. We Are Not Responsible If You Get Scared to Death 告示：我们真的有鬼吓死不负责 Notice: We Really Do Have Ghosts. We Are Not Responsible If You Get Scared to Death. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Please, Someone Come and Try to Kill Me! 求求你们来个人害我吧！ Please, someone come and hurt me! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Shocking! Is There Really a Ghost Behind the Streamer? 惊！主播身后真有鬼？ Shocking! Is There Really a Ghost Behind the Streamer? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Scare Delivery 惊吓快递 Scare Delivery —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Horror Livestream Went Horribly Wrong 恐怖直播翻车了 The Horror Livestream Went Horribly Wrong —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Changed Classes to Taoist Priest and Attained the Dao Through Earthly Fiend Arts 转职道士，我以地煞术成道 [Taoist Class Advancement] [Skill Tree: Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts] Fu Beishang transmigrated. He had no System, but this world had wish-granters. He inherited his predecessor's genuine last wish and successfully became a Taoist in a world where people could change classes. But he hadn't been happy for long before he ran into the divine messengers who specialize in sending transmigrators home. He'd barely been here a few days before they sent him back to his hometown. When he returned, he di 7.6kReads6.3Score87114d adds
- 24 I Studied Hard to Hunt Ghosts Before Coming Down the Mountain, So What Does High Martial Mean? 苦学捉鬼下山，高武是什么意思？ [Slow Burn, Read with Care] [Modern High Martial Arts] [Taoist Priest] [Ghost Hunting] [Eerie] [Awakening] [May Not Be for Everyone] Ye Xuan transmigrated at the absolute worst time. He had been the top scorer in the college entrance exam, but he got a terminal illness and died. As soon as he transmigrated, he took a Taoist priest as his master, though the old man was hardly a proper master. To make a name for himself and slap people in the face after transmigrating, Ye Xuan spent over a decade 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Summoned the True Martial Emperor from the Start and Cleansed the World of Evil 开局请神真武大帝，荡平世间邪祟 [Supernatural + Taoist Priest + Folk Customs + Invoking the Gods + Thunder Magic + Procession of the Gods] An old saying has been passed down in the Qiongzhou region: When you see Zhenwu, you see your true self. On Qingming Festival, the current Celestial Master in Purple, Wang Zhenwu, had a son. His father’s prayers reached the heavens, and the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Lord, Emperor Zhenwu, descended a divine sign. He was named Wang Daoyi. Born on a yin day, Wang Daoyi had a rare yin-yang constit 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Please, I'm Really Not an Unmatched Expert 求求你们，我真不是绝世高人 Please, I’m Really Not an Peerless Expert —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After the Grim Reaper Retired, the System Begged Me to Come to Work 死神退休后，系统求我上班 After the Grim Reaper Retired, the System Begged Me to Go to Work 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After I Transmigrated, I Started Livestreaming Sales to the Heavenly Demons 穿越后，我给天魔直播带货 After I Transmigrated, I Started Livestreaming Sales to the Heavenly Demon —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Northeastern Taoist in the City 东北道士在都市 This book contains some Taoist cultural elements. It is entirely fictional, so please do not imitate it. Zhao Tiesheng is a young Taoist priest raised in the Qingxin Temple deep in the Changbai Mountains. Born with the “Yin-Yang Path” fate, he can see ghosts by nature. His eight characters are extremely yin, yet contain a trace of pure yang, making him a once-in-a-century anomaly. When he turned eighteen, his master ran off, leaving him three thousand yuan, an old Taoist robe, and a parting in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Daoist and the Exorcist 道士与驱魔人 [Taoist] + [Exorcist] + [Dual Systems] He was once a young Taoist priest on Mount Longhu, but was forced to shoulder the immense burden of protecting Huaxia’s dragon veins. On Changbai Mountain, he summons the mountain god at the cost of his lifespan. Deep in the Yanshan Mountains, he is cast into a celestial lake, a dragon spike driven into his meridians as his life force fades. He sleeps for four years in Xu Fu’s secret chamber beneath the Yellow River. On the summit of Zhongshan, carrying the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Notes of a Yin-Yang Master: Northeast China Paranormal Tales 阴阳先生笔记：东北灵异录 This story is entirely fictional. All place names in it refer to cities with the same names in a parallel world. Also, please do not imitate any folk customs or practices described in the story. Zhao Gandang is a bona fide Northeastern Chinese man: he can handle trouble out in the world and cook at home. He has yin-yang eyes, knows feng shui, can draw talismans, and summon gods. Of course, summoning the gods too often shortens your life, and using the yin-yang eyes too much gives you a headache. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Lord Guan Guards the Night: From the Start, a Security Guard Gains the Remnant Will of the Martial Sage 关公镇夜：保安开局得武圣残念 [Bickering Couple + Mystery and Deduction + Witty Humor + Leveling Up and Fighting Monsters] Watch an ordinary person from the streets stumble into the business of yin and yang, as his hilarious journey of soul-catching begins! Male Lead: A down-on-his-luck man of humble origins, quick with a joke and fond of snarky remarks. A timid good-for-nothing at first, he grows into a composed and powerful protagonist who makes a comeback. Female Lead / Bickering Partner: Sharp-tongued and always trad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Poisonous Humanity: 1945 人毒：1945 After his wife was killed by Japanese invaders, Wudang disciple Lu Li was swept into the tide of resistance against Japan, transforming from a wandering doctor into a knight-errant physician in a time of chaos. Alongside Jiang Qi, a Miaojiang witch, he wielded silver needles as swords and used poisonous parasites as shields, navigating the forces of the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and Japan. From a secret cave on Wudang Mountain to a nuclear blast on Mount Fuji, and from forbidden technique —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 The Daoist Priest Descends the Mountain: From the Start, I Had a Dog, and My Gear Was All Up To... 道士下山：开局一条狗，装备全靠 [No Female Lead]+ [Not Brain-Dead]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Lighthearted and Funny]+ [Cautious and Steady] After transmigrating into the chaotic Southern Song era, where martial arts reign supreme and demons run rampant, the young Taoist Qingfeng is sent down the mountain by his master to gain experience. From the start, he has only a spirit-sensitive country dog named Laifu for company. With nothing to his name and powerful enemies all around, how can he survive in this living hell? Fortunate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Little Taoist of Nanshan 南山小道士 A torrential storm washed away his stall, and his protective charm burst into flames. Lin Yan was haunted by the evil spirit that had plagued him as a child! A staunch materialist, Lin Yan is forced into the world of the occult. He becomes a disciple of an old Taoist priest from Nanshan, learning talisman magic, exploring haunted houses, and dispelling waterborne curses, only to be unexpectedly caught up in rivalries among Taoist sects. As the evil spirits of the Taiping Sect stir up trouble, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Uncle Nine: Put on the Mask, and I Become a God 九叔：戴上面具，我即神明 After dying in the world of The Outcast, Wang Yi transmigrates once again, this time to Uncle Jiu's world. What's more, he can still cultivate the Divine Persona Mask he learned about in his previous life. He joins a theatrical troupe and begins gathering the audience's faith, slaying demons and vanquishing evil all the way. Reverend Qianhe: “Is that… a congenital Dao body? I can't believe I've found one here!” Reverend Simu: “Is this even human? It looks like the Great Sage himself has come!” U 2.6kReads6.6Score20414d adds
- 38 The Mysterious Sect's Arcane Talisman 玄门诡箓 I'm a Daoist, and I'm writing down some of my experiences. I've encountered all kinds of arcane matters, driven out evil spirits and subdued baleful forces. I've learned folk practices through Daoism, and Daoism through folk practices. Now I'm sharing my stories with everyone. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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 7Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 40 The Lost Scrolls of Dao Xuan 道玄遗卷 In the chaotic Great Chu, immortal sects have fallen into decline, and the traditions of the mystic schools are nearly extinct. The orphaned youth Lin Xuanchen inherits the only surviving ancient mystic scripture, the Taichu Scripture, in a ruined temple among the craggy mountains. With no spiritual root to rely on, no sect to back him, and no immortal fate to guide him, he has only a single scripture with which to seek the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. He draws upon innate true qi, cultivates 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Charismatic Feng Shui Master 风骚风水师 Huang Daxian, an outcast from the Three Pure Ones Temple, and his disciple Wei An live in seclusion at Xiaoyao Temple. They spend their days using the Book of Strange Gates and Hidden Armor to tell fortunes and read people's fate. One day, while practicing the Great Ultimate Golden Flower Teaching, Wei An suffers a cultivation deviation. In a dream, he becomes the Unforgiven Tower Lord, leading his followers in a final battle against the righteous path, only to suffer a crushing defeat. Wei An 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Haunted House Notes: A Shadow in the Mirror 凶宅笔记：镜中影 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Making Cultural Relics at the Crematorium 我在火葬场造文物 On my first night shift at the crematorium, I found a Northern Song copper coin in the ashes. Its patina was peacock blue, the kind that takes eight hundred years underground to form. But the person whose ashes they were had died just three days ago. On the second day, a ring on a girl killed in a car accident held a fragment of a Spring and Autumn bronze artifact. On the third day, half a Warring States jade disc turned up in a retired teacher’s ashes. The old building to the east, sealed shut, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Last Celestial Master: The Dragon Burial in the Yellow River 末代天师：黄河葬龙 Lin Feng, an inheritor of Orthodox Unity Taoist traditions, vows to slay every demon and monster in the world, even if it means his Taoist arts will never be needed. His disciple Allen, who came from England, swears to carry his master for another ninety-nine thousand li, proving his devotion and praying that they can be master and disciple again in their next lives. 31Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 46 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
- 47 The Eight Characters Fate Master 八字命师 A person’s fate is written in the stars. Read their birth chart, and you can tell their whole life. If you want to turn your life around and become rich, your birth chart matters. A poor nobody who wins the heart of a beautiful, rich woman must have luck in love written in his destiny. Watch me read fortunes and interpret birth charts, seize the right moment, make the most of my advantages, and win people over. A nobody makes a comeback and turns the world upside down... 1.5kReads8.8Score20514d adds
- 48 Never Seen a Taoist Priest Riding a Motorcycle? 没见过道士骑摩托吗 [No CP + No System + A Little Mysticism + The Paranormal Returns] A rumor has been making the rounds in the paranormal world lately: There’s a Taoist priest named Xie Qi’an who catches paranormal beings and makes them work for him! Even the mighty King of the Mortal World has become one of this human’s generals! What a cruel fate for the paranormal! We must rise up! Rise up! The King of the Mortal World, now reduced to a general: ??? Don’t believe or spread rumors! Xie Qi’an nods in satisfaction 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I’m a Literary Genius in the Underworld, and the Three Realms Can’t Stop Reading 我在地府当文豪，三界追更乱套了 I’m a Literary Master in the Underworld, and the Three Realms are going wild waiting for updates —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Physics PhD at a Taoist Temple 物理博士在道观 By day, physics PhD Lin Yiran conducts research at an institute. By night, she treats patients at Qingxin Hall. She uses instruments to expose superstition and her spiritual principles to comfort people. The Heaven-Splitting Sha, the old locust tree, the will-o'-the-wisp case: at every supposedly haunted scene, she uses the laws of physics to uncover the truth. But what she truly has to face isn't a ghost. It's a web. A web that was laid ten years ago. Within it are the human heart, obsession 3Reads—Score—14d adds
