Novels like Is the Taoist Temple Open for Business Today?
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- 151 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
- 152 My Taoist Magic Is Unmatched, Yet My Big Sister Wants Me to Return to Secular Life? 我道法通天，老姐却劝我还俗？ Lu Xuan transmigrates to an ancient world, where he becomes a Taoist priest and activates the Eight Secret Techniques System. All he has to do is slay demons and vanquish evil to earn merit points, which he can use to unlock the Eight Secret Techniques! [Unlock the Six Treasury Immortal Thief: devour rare treasures and your magical power soars?] [Unlock the Talismans of the Path to Heaven: draw talismans with your bare hands and toss them around in a fight like they cost nothing?] [Unlock the Tw 12.2kReads6.7Score81914d adds
- 153 Starting with the Expeditionary Army's Cannon Fodder Regiment 从远征军炮灰团开始 A chance to make up for the regrets of the War of Resistance. The fighting in Europe didn’t last long enough, so let’s make it drag on a little longer. We can’t let the whole world suffer while we’re the only ones who get the short end of the stick. Only by throwing the enemy into chaos can we find an opening. An unconventional path to development for a small, sparsely populated nation. 3.7kReads6.9Score21814d adds
- 154 In the 1980s, an Old Man Leaves the Siheyuan to Win Olympic Gold for Hong Kong 八零，老头从四合院赴港奥运夺冠 [The rating only came out a few months ago. It should rise in a few years.] Hong Kong, the entertainment industry, archery, boxing, competitions, Olympic champions, destined to become the richest man. The story of an old geezer who flees a courtyard home for Hong Kong from the start, builds his fortune through archery, and thrives in Hong Kong and the West. A story about a story. Only the protagonist has a golden finger. The protagonist uses his golden finger to train in martial arts that exist 6.7kReads6.8Score34814d adds
- 155 Marry Me, Big Brother: My Dowry Includes a Mansion, Supercars, and a Ranch 哥哥娶我，陪嫁别墅超跑和牧场 [One female lead + Romance + Travel + Everyday life + Realistic] “Youth has no price tag. A hard-seat ticket takes you straight to Lhasa.” Chen Xi spends 46 hours traveling by train. The pretty girl sitting next to him is an ice-cold beauty who asks him for food, drinks from his thermos, bickers with him the whole way, and even deliberately leans on his shoulder to sleep at night. When they reach Tibet, she follows him on a pilgrimage around the sacred mountain. There’s only one bed at the templ 5.9kReads8.1Score76514d adds
- 156 Ginkgo Letter: A Message from Time to the World 银杏笺：时光写给人间的信 Ginkgo Letter: A Letter from Time to the Human World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Forbidden Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水禁忌秘术 First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth, build up good karma, and fifth, study. Sixth, choose a good name; seventh, know your physiognomy; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, seek the help of benefactors; and tenth, nurture your health. The author, Liu Zhihe, is a twenty-first-generation disciple of the Longmen school of Quanzhen Taoism, and explains the secrets of feng shui through stories. The Yin-Wood House-Locking Layout, the Twin Trees at the Gate Curse, the Corpse in the Central 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Record of Wen Shi’s Attainment of the Dao 文始证道录 The Record of Attaining the Dao through the Way of Wen Shi uses the shifting stars as its guide to tell the story of Yin Xi. After natural and human-made disasters strike Hangu Pass, he follows the stars’ guidance and leads the people in rebuilding their homes. From the Ji star bringing warmth and erasing the scars of an earthquake, to the Shen star shining brightly as the new city walls are built; from the Dipper’s handle pointing west to herald a bountiful harvest, to the Zhen star gleaming a 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5kReads8.6Score37314d adds
- 160 I’m a Villain, Yet I’ve Become the Daoist Sect’s Junior Granduncle 我一个反派，却成了道门小师叔 Three hundred years ago, an era came to an end. Spiritual qi revived, and countless horrors awakened. The whole world fell into turmoil. Immortals, demons, ghosts, and gods from mythology appeared in the mortal realm, creating a terrifying world where humans and supernatural beings coexisted. Liu Changsheng came hurtling down with a bolt of lightning, and... right there, he smashed the Daoist sect's Grand Celestial Master to death. Reporter: Grand Celestial Master Zhengqing, what is your opinion 3.3kReads7.5Score14614d adds
- 161 With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Study the Dao De Jing and Grasp the Taiqing Arts 悟性逆天，我在道德经参悟太清法 [No System + Horror Returns + No Harem + Mythology + Cultivation + Global Catastrophe] Ghosts wail across the land as terror returns. Mythology rises again, darkness runs rampant. Demonic calamities ravage the world, bringing suffering to humankind. Amid the mortal world of the apocalypse, I lose myself in books, grasp the meaning of the Dao, and gaze upon the long river of myths through the ages, until all the sages behold me spanning past and present. [You read the Dao De Jing. Your heaven-def 3.7kReads7.9Score24014d adds
- 162 The Fake Taoist Comes Down from the Mountain 假道士下山 Jia Bufan is a student at a second-rate university. In today's fiercely competitive job market, he has spent ages without finding suitable work and doesn't want to toil away, so he spends his days wandering around online. But he is naturally bright and deeply interested in traditional Chinese medicine and the occult. By chance, he meets Daoist Longquan, an expert in the occult with profound knowledge of Daoist arts, and becomes his disciple. From then on, his life takes a very different path. Th 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Xuanyuan’s Great War Against Chiyou 轩辕大战蚩尤 [No System, no harem, no clichés, not a wish-fulfillment story, not for beginners] The legacy of Daoist learning, the turbulent world of mountains and seas, and the ancient struggle for supremacy: this is an epic retelling of the legendary battles between the Chinese ancestors Huangdi, Yandi, and the Great Emperor Chiyou for control of Zhuolu. Based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas and grounded in the Hetu and Luoshu, this novel unravels the origins of yin and yang, the five elements, and th 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 I Told You to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Become an Ancestor of the Dao! 让你考科举，没让你考成道祖啊！ The prefectural exam tests aspiring Daoist novices, the provincial exam qualifies talisman disciples, the metropolitan exam assesses ritual masters, and the palace exam decides who will lead the Daoist alliance… Xie Wugou transmigrates, only to open his eyes to a nightmare from the start: a gravely ill father, a frail mother, and a broken self. He hopes to change his fate through the imperial examinations, only to discover that this world has no feudal dynasty, only a “Daoist Immortal Court”! He 9.5kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 165 The Supreme Dao Lord 太上大道君 A meteorite fell onto the snowy plains of the northern lands. No one knew it had brought not a child, but a fragment of the Heavenly Court's great calamity. At sixteen, the orphan Li Yuchen entered Shangqing Zhengyi Palace on Mount Longhu. Three trials, one talisman, nine orphans, and a single promise to stand as fellow disciples made them a family. Snake demons, plague gods, demon kings... One disaster after another struck. When the Jiangxia Nuclear Power Plant was on the verge of meltdown, he 2.1kReads6.7Score22314d adds
- 166 Lord of the Primordial Dao: From Wandering Taoist to True Immortal of the Mortal World 混元道主：从游方道士到红尘真仙 [Classic xianxia + traditional cultivation + multiverse + tales of the strange + upright values + no heroine + 200,000 words in reserve, readers can jump in with confidence] After transmigrating to a world where Daoist arts manifest in reality, Zhou Qingnan turns away from romance and devotes himself to cultivating the Dao! With a treasured scripture in hand, he gains both cultivation and merit, freely claims techniques and supernatural abilities, and exchanges talismans and magical treasures a 228Reads6.8Score14814d adds
- 167 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 A Miao Village Romance: The Gu Witch Descends the Mountain to Solve a Murder 苗寨情缘：蛊女下山破命案 [Live streaming, Taoist priests, poison sorceresses, spirit mediums, supernatural events and ghosts. Strong female lead, weaker male lead] I’m Fu Qing, a poison sorceress. I learned to raise and practice poisons from my grandmother as a child, and it took a toll on my body. When I was ten, an old man came to our stockade and said we were fated to meet, and that I was born to become a Taoist priest. Was he joking? I practiced poisons. How could I possibly study Taoism? My grandmother was friends 42Reads—Score14914d adds
- 169 The Record of Laozi’s Westward Journey and the Passing of the Lamp 老君西行传灯录 In ancient China, at the end of the Zhou dynasty, royal authority was waning, the lords were at war with one another, and the realm had fallen into chaos. At this time, a wise man quietly appeared: the founder of Daoism, the Supreme Lord Lao. Seeing the turmoil in the world, Lao decided to travel west and spread the Dao, hoping to ease humanity’s suffering and strife. Along the way, Lao rode a green ox, crossing towering mountains and enduring countless hardships and dangers. At Hangu Pass, he 66Reads—Score1614d adds
- 170 Kindness at Heart, Integrity in Life 心善为根，品正做人 Kindness at heart, integrity in conduct 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 God Suppressor 镇神 A deadly evil curse, a Taoist priest ascending to immortality, and a great calamity on the horizon. The Daoist sect's young patriarch has no choice but to descend the mountain and save the world, only to find a greater conspiracy unfolding one after another. 2.5kReads6.9Score16114d adds
- 172 Folk Secret Spells 民间秘咒 [This book presents the classical Chinese text alongside its translation, for the appreciation of all fellow enthusiasts.] …The folk secret incantation, also known as “The Thirteen Ancient Moxibustion Incantations,” is said to have been entrusted by Patriarch Chen Tuan to a guardian in his final moments. After escaping danger, the guardian searched for someone to pass it on to, but found no one. The sole surviving copy was later kept by the Jiang family of Donglai. During the compilation of the 235Reads—Score18914d adds
- 173 Love and Life’s Little Pleasures 人间烟火情 Love Amid the Everyday 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 My Life of 'Reverse Cheating' Somehow Turned Into a Comedy 我那“反向开挂”的人生，硬是被我玩成了喜剧 My life, with its “reverse cheat abilities,” somehow turned into a comedy thanks to me. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score16014d adds
- 176 A Max-Level Celestial Master Works as a Cleaner and Catches a Ghost on the Side 满级天师当保洁，顺手抓个鬼 My name is Su Xiaoman, and I’m a top-tier exorcist from the Mystic Order. My master said I was too mischievous. After I dismantled the sect’s protective formation, he sealed 99% of my spiritual power and kicked me down the mountain. Want to come back? First earn 100,000 merit points. With no money and no job, I had no choice but to work as a cleaner in the rich folks’ district. I’m incredibly strong, and I can mop floors fast and spotless. What else could I do? On my first day at work, I fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Daoist Lord of a Dream 黄粱道君 A dream as fleeting as a bowl of yellow millet, turning the false into the real. In this vast realm, great demon gods roam the world, colossal demon overlords wreak havoc, and countless immortals rule over all directions. Feng Heng wakes from a dream to find himself a humble Daoist boy in the Mystic Realm. He longs for the immortal Dao and adores divine maidens. Starting as a Daoist boy, he advances through the ranks of Daoist cultivator, mage, high priest, perfected one, earth master, and heave 798Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 178 The Outcast: Starting With Wu Gensheng, I Bring Calamity to All the Heavens 一人：从无根生开始祸绝诸天 [One Person + Journey to the West + Myriad Worlds + Invincible + Attaining the Dao in Dreams + Cultivating the Mind + My Brother Is the Grand Supreme Lord Lao] Li Yi was sent crashing into the vast world of Journey to the West by a speeding truck, and became the younger brother of Li Er during the Spring and Autumn period. When he discovered that people in the Spring and Autumn period generally lived short lives, Li Yi promptly pulled out a copy of the Dao De Jing and gave it to his big brother, 70.2kReads8.5Score8.9k14d adds
- 179 You Call Down Thunder to Slay Ghosts, and You Want Me to Believe in Science? 你引雷斩鬼，让我相信科学？ Li Xiu has barely graduated from college when his parents drag him home to inherit the family’s little Taoist temple. But after getting used to city life, how could Li Xiu possibly stand living in a temple? Just as he’s preparing to run away... Ding! Sign-in System successfully activated. Sign in every day to receive a basic reward, every month for an intermediate reward, and every year for an advanced reward. As his sign-in count keeps climbing, Li Xiu obtains immortal cultivation techniques, s 685Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 180 The Bridge of Souls Beneath the Return Tower 望归塔下的心灵桥 The Bridge of Hearts Beneath Wanggui Tower 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Sunset Protector's Record: A Rogue Spirit Boy's Path to Immortality 落霞护生录：杂灵少年的修仙志 Tired of cultivation stories about snatching treasures and devouring people? This one turns the genre on its head! Li Yan, an herb-gathering boy with a mixed spirit root, has no cheat or treasures. With nothing but the Book of Life-Preserving Medicine, he earns merit by healing the sick and saving lives, uses life-preserving talismans to hold off cultivators, and protects his neighbors and their well. No fighting over spiritual veins, no infighting: he believes only that “protecting life is th 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Celestial Master Police Chief 天师警长 (Daoist priest + urban suspense + unconventional + no invincibility + no dumb decisions + not a wish-fulfillment story) Ever since Celestial Master Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven in broad daylight, the Zhang family of Mount Longhu has passed down its lineage for 2,000 years, with cultivating the heart amid the mortal world as its main path of practice. A top law student and collateral descendant of the Zhang family of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Zhang Shouyi memorized scriptures at three 410Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 183 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
- 184 The Dream of the True Page Tao: A World Made Real from Illusions 真页道之梦化虚界 The supernatural returns, alongside alchemical arts, thunder magic, talismans, the 749 Bureau, and battles between Chinese and foreign practitioners. This is a secret chronicle of cultivation, ghost slaying, demon-smiting, and god-killing. Mysteries are gradually awakening. Where do ghosts, monsters, spirits, and demons come from? Immortals have attained the Dao, but the gods are hard to summon. The world is mired in desire. How can anyone cross over to safety? With the power of the Dream Realm, 227Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 185 The Struggles of a Taoist Priest 一个道士的奋斗 [Rookie climbs the ranks + No System + Not a power fantasy + Slow burn] Fan Shengman graduated from Longhu Mountain Taoist Academy with a four-year bachelor's degree. Legend has it that once a Taoist priest receives a celestial register, his name is entered into Heaven's official records and he is appointed an immortal official. By upholding justice, slaying demons, and building merit in the mortal world, he can keep rising through the ranks, eventually earning a place among the immortals. As a 1.8kReads8.9Score13614d adds
- 186 After a Disastrous Tribulation, I Went into Seclusion at a Mortal's Temple 渡劫惨败，我隐居凡间道观 The tribulation lightning burns away the immortal body. Carrying the power of eight hundred years of alchemical fire and formations, the remnant soul falls into a Taoist temple on Blue Star! Just then, spiritual qi revival sweeps across the globe. Japanese ninjas, Western European vampires, the Holy See, and supernatural power users from overseas all covet the spirit veins of the Dragon Kingdom, sowing chaos throughout the world. The protagonist has no System and relies on no Heavenly Dao. He ta 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Three Sons and Two Daughters: The Reborn Father Starts Playing Favorites Fairly 三儿两女，重生老父亲开始端水 Content warnings (historical setting + rebirth + ensemble cast + family drama + flawed characters + building wealth) Zeng Dali had been to the battlefield and fought in a war. After leaving the army, he was assigned to work at a machine factory and became the pride of his parents’ generation. He had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son was fortunate enough to take the first college entrance exam after it was reinstated, becoming a medical university student. After graduating, he worked a 24.4kReads8.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 188 A Popular History of the Eastern Jin and Western Jin Dynasties 两晋通俗演义 [An introduction to history, a complete history of the Two Jin dynasties, a popular episodic novel, an accessible read about official history, the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms] If you want to make sense of the confusing history of the Two Jin dynasties and the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms, this popular retelling of the Two Jin period is an excellent introduction. Cai Dongfan uses accessible storytelling to unravel complex historical records, eschewing dry classical textual analys 14Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 189 Caught Stealing a Celestial Master's Sword During My Winter Break Job? 寒假兼职被抓，天师剑你也敢偷？ In a parallel world, Zhang Fan is heading back to school for the new term when he is suddenly surrounded by fully armed special police. “Last month, you told fortunes on the street and charged someone twenty thousand yuan?” “During the severe drought in August, were you the one who held a rainmaking ritual in the suburbs?” “Were you also behind the sudden death of that sorcerer from the Jiuju Sect?” “Did you draw eyes on paper effigies and scare the village kids to tears?” “Did you travel two th 4.1kReads8.0Score35014d adds
- 190 The Northern Emperor Descends to the Mortal Realm: Suppressing Evil on the Ghost Festival from the Start 北帝临凡：开局中元节镇邪 On the blood moon of the Ghost Festival, heaven and earth are sealed off, and all manner of evil awakens. The path between immortals and mortals is severed, and the human world becomes a living hell. A fragment of the Imperial Divinity descends from the Ziwei Star, taking human form. Wielding the laws of the Big Dipper and commanding thunder and deadly force, he summons and commands ghosts and gods, and confers titles upon mountains and rivers. He walks the mortal world with ease, purging the l 334Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Seeing One’s Nature in the Green Mountains: A Spiritual Journey Through Three Realms 青山见性：三重境界中的生命修行 The Green Mountains Reveal One’s True Nature: A Spiritual Journey Through Three Realms 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Fair Scales, Peace of Mind: The Grocery’s Cycle of Good and Evil 秤准心方安：杂货铺的善恶轮回 A True Heart Brings Peace: The Cycle of Good and Evil at the General Store —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Scripture of the Dead 死人经 I accidentally drank ghostly wine from a grave and held a wedding ceremony with a ghost. 2.7kReads6.5Score31914d adds
- 194 A Story My Friend Told Me About How She Almost Cheated 朋友给我讲了一个，她差点出轨的故事 A friend told me a story about how she almost cheated on her partner 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Ghost Hunter's Troubles 猎鬼师的烦恼 The Zhengying Sect started with just two Taoist priests and eventually grew to only six. It is a sect known for having very few Taoists. Its ghost hunters are successors to Uncle Nine, tasked with cultivating the Dao and hunting ghosts. Lu Yiming comes from a martial arts sect, and his martial uncle is the president of the National Taoist Association. His wife is a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, skilled in thunder magic. Both Lu Yiming and his master, Master Ma, are from Northeast China. The sto 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 A Journey Through Uncle Jiu’s World 九叔世界畅游记 A soul from a later age suddenly finds itself in a zombie-film world plagued by warlords and crawling with demons and ghosts. Watch as he travels across mountains and rivers in this world and makes his way to the top of the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 A True Daoist Master: I’ve Lived from the Tang Dynasty to the Modern Age 道门真君，我从唐朝活到现代 [A Slow Start] [System] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Genius] [His Soul Travels to the Past] [Causal Loop] [The Rating Just Came Out, It’ll Rise Later] In the real world, Jiang Chen is an unaffiliated night watchman with Bureau 749. In his dreams, he becomes a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. By day, he is a model citizen who punishes evil and promotes good. At night, he dreams of returning to the Tang Dynasty, where he becomes a favored guest of Emperor Xuanzong and the leading figure of the Daoist 54.5kReads7.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 198 Born of the Mystic Dao 玄道而生 The world is divided into yin and yang, and people into the living and the dead. Yet some places and things are neither clearly yin nor yang, and the people there cannot tell whether they are alive or dead... There is a tavern at the point where yin and yang meet. They say that anyone who enters, living or dead, must abide by the owner's rules. Otherwise, they will never be reincarnated! 141Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 199 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
- 200 By the Ancestral Master's Command, Refine the Uncanny into Immortality! 奉祖师令，炼诡成仙！ Demons devour people, false gods demand sacrifices, and the dynasty sucks its subjects dry to the bone! This world is terminally ill! Chen Ren transmigrates into this world, bearing the seal of the Shangqing Tianshu Academy as he walks through this living hell. Slay demons and earn merit! Exterminate monsters and earn merit! Overturn this man-eating world, and the merit will be immeasurable! He issues an edict to summon the Six Ding and Six Jia, guarding him on every side and driving evil away! 1.2kReads7.1Score10814d adds
