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- 1 I Unleash My Divine Might in Another World 我在异界大显灵威 [Not a Leveling Story] [Not a Mafia-Style Cultivation Story] Take one method from the Dao, and one technique from that method. A temple rascal born in the 2000s transmigrates to another world, only to discover that immortals and demons are real here, and magic is everywhere. This is practically a heaven-sent opportunity! What? The Daoist traditions have been lost? I have magic from another world! This time, your Daoist master is going to show off! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 City Life: Practicing the Heavenly General's Arts 都市，行天蓬法 With the Seven Star Sword in hand and the waters of Beiming beneath his feet, the Nine Profound Fiend Boy leads the way, while thirty-six generals await his command. “Ti Peng, Ti Peng, Nine Profound Fiend Boy... With one stroke of the divine blade, ten thousand ghosts scatter!” 2.3kReads—Score12314d adds
- 3 I’m a Taoist Priest!! Why Should I Follow Any Rules? 我，道士！！遵守什么规则啊？ Zhang Ren is a self-proclaimed Taoist priest with an absurdly inflated ego. He usually hangs around the woods, conning people. One day, while conning someone as usual, he runs into a vengeful ghost. He decides to avoid it for now, but the angrier he gets on the way home, the more he thinks: Hah! A mere vengeful ghost is nothing. Watch me hit it with a left hook, then a right... From the start, I fall straight into a paranormal realm. What the heck? No matter, I'm a Taoist priest. Open up, and le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Taoist Bai Ya 道士白涯 In the late 1980s, drought swept across China. A month-old baby boy was sent by his family to the Ancestral Temple on Furong Mountain. On the way, they encountered Xu Yun, a wandering Taoist from Mount Heng. The Taoist took the boy as his disciple and named him Yibai. Twelve years later, the boy descended the mountain and entered the world. What he didn’t know was that his origins were bound up in a century-spanning conspiracy. The Japanese occult organization Yatagarasu had planted countless cu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in a Purple Robe: From the Start, I Borrow Magic to Topple Altars and Temples 转生紫袍，开局借法翻坛伐庙 Zhang Qing, a purple-robed Celestial Master, was tricked by the founding patriarch just as he ascended in broad daylight, and transmigrated to another world. At first, all he wanted was to earn a little yin virtue to keep himself alive. Unexpectedly, the people of this world had gone mad. Foreign nations were frantically hunting dragon veins to awaken the gods. With only the dragon veins of Huaxia still intact, they soon attracted the covetous attention of countless foreign powers. As the foundi 1.4kReads—Score11314d adds
- 6 I Lost My Job and Met an Evil Ghost, So I Became a Disciple of the Purple Star Emperor 失业遇恶鬼，我直接拜师紫微大帝 I’m thirty this year, unemployed, and buried under a massive loan. The only place I can afford to rent is this cheap, run-down old apartment building that’s about to be demolished. I never expected to encounter a vengeful ghost coming for my life on my very first day there. I sought help from every temple master, folk exorcist, and even spirit medium I could find, but none of them could save me. With nowhere else to turn, I came across the Northern Emperor’s lineage online. They kill, they don’t 5.2kReads—Score42414d adds
- 7 The Dao Master's Manual 道驭录 Veteran Lu Fei and his junior fellow disciple Liu Bowen, nicknamed Fatty, use Aoshan Taoist arts to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil, taking on a series of supernatural incidents brought about by changing times. If it's not good, come hit me! 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Seeking the Dao, Searching for the Path 寻道觅途 Li Wuchen chuckled softly, as he often did. “Heaven's will must not be defied.” Until his parents' blood ran cold, his closest friend turned against him, and his beloved disciple died a tragic death... Until he saw, in the pages of a fragmentary history book, the woman he loved more than life itself. They had crossed a thousand years together, yet remained forever full of regret... Doubt stirred in his heart. “Fate... can it truly not be defied? Heaven's will... can it truly not be overturned?” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 The Way of the Celestial Master: I Will Slay Every Evil Spirit 天师道：我将斩尽一切邪祟 (Taoist arts + witches + paper effigies + talisman curses + ghost exorcism + spirit summoning + soul guiding + evil spirits + suspense and the supernatural) When it comes to vanquishing demons and evil spirits, the first people who come to mind are Maoshan Taoists. But in fact... the ones truly skilled at catching ghosts and driving out demons are the Celestial Masters! The yin wind rises... vengeful spirits emerge... Orthodox One spells... drive out the ghosts... How will they deal with one biz 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Carved Into the Cycle of Reincarnation, I Use My Body to Suppress the Heavens 轮回刻骨，我以我躯镇诸天 It was an illusory, ancient carving knife, as though it had been forged from countless fragments of stars and dust from the ages: the Phantom Carving Knife of Reincarnation. Carve reincarnation into one’s bones, preserve the marks of the myriad heavens, and forge an immortal body that will endure for all eternity. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Gazing into Delusion: Yin and Yang Reversed 观妄：阴阳颠倒 The 3D animated adaptation of the same name is now updating across all platforms! A world of despair, where yin and yang are reversed and the laws of reality turned upside down. Everyone believes they are cultivating immortality and seeking eternal life, unaware that all things take shape through the gathering of yin. What people call immortal energy is merely a dazzling illusion formed from the utmost yin. While contemplating the moon and seeking enlightenment, Li Guanyun suddenly realizes: eve 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Three-Sex Divide 三性分界 Kong Yan achieved enlightenment in a single day, refined the “Zhuangzi Token,” and awakened an astonishing Butterfly-Skeleton Aspect! With a mere thought, he can blur the line between illusion and reality. A flap of his butterfly wings can throw reincarnation into chaos, while his bones become blades capable of slaying gods. His comprehension surpasses all who came before; he forges his own Great Dao and breaks free from his cocoon to become a butterfly! “Once an ant, once a dragon or phoenix! N —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 You Say I'm Not a Proper Taoist? I'm So Proper It's Wicked 你说我不是正经道士？我正得发邪 After graduating from university, he finds the Taoist temple empty, with his master and senior fellow disciples all gone. Feng Yurain takes his whole arsenal of mystical skills down the mountain to No. 17 Huai'an Road, where he opens an unremarkable little shop. Those with a dark aura between their brows, haunted by spirits, afflicted by bad feng shui, or entangled in karma are all welcome to come by. Fate is set by heaven. I can only offer a little guidance. If you refuse to see reason, then yo 13kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 16 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. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Taoist Priest Took Me Ghost Hunting 道士带我抓鬼啦 [Folk mysteries + Taoist ghost hunting + urban paranormal + supernatural tales] The headless little ghost at the amusement park The eerie singing in the morgue An elevator leading to a paranormal dimension... Are these bizarre events mere coincidence, or were they destined to happen? 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Why Are You Messing with Him? He's the Young Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain! 你惹他干嘛，他是龙虎山小天师啊 Traditional supernatural fiction, no System. During the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians, countless people died. The sheer number of deaths generated resentment that blotted out the sky, and all kinds of powerful ghosts began appearing in great numbers. According to ancient texts, immortals descended from legendary sacred mountains to teach the Dao, helping the world's Daoists eliminate those ghosts. But after that, spiritual energy grew increasingly thin. After the Tang Dynasty, the world offici 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 Grandmaster Ghost Hunter 捉鬼大宗师 Yin energy blankets the campus, corpse poison spreads through the city, and a mysterious ancient town is steeped in terror. Bizarre murders, a snake spirit haunting a village, and the Ghost Festival falling on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. One mystery after another is unraveled by them. But the truth turns out to be... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Inherit Sun Cheng's Legacy and Return to the Countryside to Become a Taoist Priest 孙承爷业，我回农村当道士 [Folk Customs] [Rural Slice of Life] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [One Heroine] After losing his job, Lin Yang returns to his village to inherit his grandfather's iron rice bowl and become a rural Daoist priest. Fortune-telling, feng shui, and laying restless souls to rest... Gifted with extraordinary skills in the occult, he surpasses his predecessor and becomes a renowned Daoist priest throughout the region. He goes viral overnight by livestreaming fortune-telling, and his b 415Reads6.0Score10514d adds
- 23 A Dojo for All: From the Start, I Had a Tea Tree of Enlightenment 全民道场：开局一棵悟道茶树 [Lord-like setting + slaying demons and monsters + catching ghosts and driving out zombies + golden finger + one heroine or no heroine + decisive and ruthless + everyday life] The supernatural has returned to the world of Blue Star. The orthodox Daoist sects have all descended from their mountains to establish schools for Daoists, training successors to fight demons and the supernatural. Lin Feng, an ordinary good-for-nothing shut-in from Earth, accidentally transmigrated to Blue Star. After stu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Your Daoist Master Has Arrived: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World 道爷我来了，红尘炼心 Lin Dong, an orthodox heir of the Daoist sects, comes down from the mountain and immediately becomes a legend! He sets up a fortune-telling stall on the street. When a thug provokes him and declares that he’ll draw blood within ten steps, the sign crashes onto the thug’s head the very next second, and the prophecy comes true. The whole night market is stunned! He only wanted to make a quiet living, but gets dragged into a world of urban shadows instead: A corpse hidden in a factory’s cold stora 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 Heir to Mount Longhu: Zhang the Celestial Master of the Streets 龙虎山传人：市井张天师 He looks like a rough-and-tumble man, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a penchant for snark. He's also an heir to profound Taoist arts. His peachwood sword slays evil spirits, and his Heavenly Master's seal suppresses dark forces. A vivid and engaging supernatural novel. 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 The Taoist Master of the Funeral Home 殡仪馆的天师 A Celestial Master’s legacy? No thanks. Slaying demons and exorcising evil? Not interested. Lin Yue lands a government job at a funeral home, using the Three-Flavored True Fire to cremate bodies and Five Thunder Talismans to keep the place under control. His boss praises his efficiency, while evil spirits curse him for fighting dirty. The whole city is haunted? Don’t worry. Master Lin from the funeral home will come right to your door. Overtime costs extra. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 Feng Shui: Strange Tales 风水诡闻 Feng Shui, Qimen Dunjia, Maoshan arts, Gu techniques, witchcraft, and spirit summoning. Feng Shui is no pseudoscience. It constantly affects our families, careers, finances, marriages, and health... Some people face setbacks at every turn, while others have everything go their way. It's not bad luck, it's a Feng Shui problem. Want to change your so-called fate? Want to get rich? Then open this book and keep reading… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Funeral Specialist: Targeted Just Three Days After Posting 白事先生：发书三天，就被盯上了 (This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!) The market is sluggish, and funeral shops are no exception. With nothing better to do, I turned the manuscript Guichen Register, written by my grandfather and father together, into a digital edition. I’m addicted to typing, so I decided to write a novel to help make ends meet. But I never expected that just three days after I published it, someone would set their sights on me... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Daoist Exorcist: One Body, Two Souls, a Daoist and a Curse Master 道降师：道士和降头师一体双魂 Banish evil spirits, avenge the wronged, solve century-old mysteries, and explore ancient ruins thousands of years old. One righteous, one wicked: Daoist secret arts and cursecraft coexist in a single body. Lu Xiaoxi studied for five years in the Lingbao School of Mount Gezao. After his master passed away, he was expelled from the sect and attacked by its leader. By a twist of fate, Yang Gongyu of the Curse Sect, whose attempt at body liberation had failed, tried to possess him. The possession f 105Reads—Score11814d adds
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 With a Spirit at My Waist, I Lure Evil Spirits 我腰悬灵，专引邪祟 (Mystery and the supernatural, ghosts and Taoist exorcists) I have a bell that hasn't rung in years. On the first day I set foot on campus, it rang. From then on, I understood the path I was meant to take. 1.1kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 36 After College, I Became a Taoist Priest 大学毕业后我去当了道士 Ghost-catching, zombies, tombs, feng shui, and the divide between the living and the dead I was just an ordinary person. That is, until I graduated from college. My relatives passed away, my parents abandoned me, and I became someone the world had no place for. An unexpected letter led me into the world of Taoism. From then on, the realms of yin and yang had boundaries, but they were no longer distinct. White-haired jiangshi lurking in the earth, ancient tomb zombies, spirit mediums borrowing so 16.5kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 37 The Ninefold Celestial Master 九转天师 Maoshan is another name for the Shangqing School. Since it is based on Mount Mao, it is also called the Maoshan School. Maoshan arts are fierce and domineering, renowned for the Three Mao traditions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. They are considered the foremost of the Daoist methods, and flourished from the Southern Liang dynasty through the Northern Song. After the Northern Song, many lineages spread among the common people, with the Luofu Maoshan School becoming the most famous. Also known as Sou 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 Tales of the Supernatural in the City 都市灵异传 “The living must not wander into the mass grave, and the dead must not disturb Mr. Chen.” This old saying has been passed down in Chenjia Town for decades. Chen Hui is Mr. Chen’s grandson, but he scoffs at his grandfather’s arts of yin and yang and wants nothing more than to be an ordinary college student. That is, until zombies attack the village at night. Forced to take up a peachwood sword and open the ancient book titled The Dao, he wields the family’s ancestral divine weapon, the Heaven-and 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Fiendish Talisman 煞符 [Baleful Talisman] [Innate Baleful Talisman] [Born Baleful Talisman] [Fated Baleful Talisman] [Baleful Talisman Awakening] [Baleful Talisman Protects Its Master] [Mystic Sect Baleful Talisman] [Xuanhuan] [Supernatural] [Ghost Hunting] [Baleful Energy] [Suppressing Baleful Energy] [Breaking Baleful Energy] [Driving Out Baleful Energy] [Transforming Baleful Energy] [Exorcising Baleful Energy] [Sealing Baleful Energy] [Yin and Yang] [Feng Shui] [Taoist Priest] [Mystic Sect] [Talisman Magic] [Horse- 2Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 46 Tales of the Daoist Sect 道门怪谈 Liu Yunfei is the reincarnation of Lu Bu. In this life, his identity as a yin-yang practitioner condemns him to the Five Drawbacks and Three Deficiencies, and he searches desperately for a way to break the curse. He is bound by a fated, ill-starred romance with the daughter of a cult. When he uncovers the secret behind his parents’ disappearance, he thinks everything has finally been settled. But the Five Drawbacks and Three Deficiencies lead to an even greater mystery. The laws of Heaven? Fate? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Haunted House Notes: A Shadow in the Mirror 凶宅笔记：镜中影 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Yin and Yang Talent 天赋阴阳 [Supernatural + Mystery + Naturally Gifted with Yin-Yang Eyes] Ghosts are not quite ghosts, and immortals are not quite immortals. Everything changed after my grandfather died… The world knows the Five Arts of the Daoist tradition: mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination. But what are the Gifted? They are the very source of the Five Arts. Yet times change, people are no longer what they once were, and the Heavenly Way has fallen into disorder as undercurrents surge… The Gifted went 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 50 Maoshan Edict for Slaying Evil 茅山斩邪令 Chen Xuan, the nineteenth-generation successor of Maoshan, descends from the mountain at eighteen to enter the mortal world. With a single talisman, he subdues a hundred ghosts; with a wooden sword, he cuts down every evil spirit! In a mountain village, a hanging ghost comes to claim lives. In an ancient town, a water ghost drags people under. A deserted village hides the secrets of a lantern made from human skin... Other people go weak in the knees when they see a ghost. Chen Xuan draws his s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
