Priest Danmei Author Profile: What to Read After Sha Po Lang

priest is easy to misread through one hit. Sha Po Lang is a good door, but the catalog behind it runs from urban supernatural casework to a police procedural, a cultivation sect and a wuxia road story. The useful question after Sha Po Lang is not which book fans rank highest. It is which one you can buy in English, and whether that edition is finished, still landing, or only announced.

Our rule for this list: pick by the shelf first, then by setting. A finished trilogy is a safe commitment. A rolling schedule asks for patience. A regional edition is official but harder to get. An announcement is a watchlist entry.

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Silent Reading: the priest novel readers point to next

Silent Reading (默读, Mo Du) is priest's crime novel. A young man is found strangled outside a West Side high-rise in Yancheng, a sheet of paper over his face with one word on it: money. Sergeant Luo Wenzhou takes the case, and the CEO Fei Du seems to know far too much about it, and about Luo himself. Seven Seas licensed it on September 11, 2024 and lists six volumes, with Yuka and Nande M credited for translation on the Volume 2 and 3 pages.

Who picks it: readers who stayed for Sha Po Lang's slow-built trust between two damaged men and want it in a modern city. Who skips it, for now: anyone who wants a closed English story this month, because the last volume is a 2027 book.

It is also the title that wins over people who bounced off priest. In an August r/DanmeiNovels thread titled "I just can't get into Priest," the top reply came from a reader who had nearly given up. u/visitingmoons wrote that they "had that "priest is not for me" moment after I had to drag myself to finish Stars of Chaos. But then later I read Silent Reading on a friend's request and loved it!"

Screenshot: Seven Seas' Silent Reading: Mo Du series page, captured October 15, 2026

Guardian: Zhen Hun: the finished shelf

Guardian (镇魂, Zhen Hun) is the only priest novel here that is complete in English. Zhao Yunlan runs a covert division of the Ministry of Public Security that handles the strange cases, where the mortal world blurs into the Netherworld. A gruesome death at a university puts him in front of Professor Shen Wei, who wants to keep his distance and can't. Seven Seas calls the English edition "officially in English for the first time" and notes the live-action drama it inspired.

Who picks it: readers who want case-of-the-week structure, a modern setting and a story they can finish without waiting. Who skips it: the same thread shows Guardian splits priest's own fans. One reader there wrote "I really don't like Guardian"; another "adored Guardian." If Sha Po Lang's politics were the draw, Guardian's urban casework may feel like a different author.

Cover: Seven Seas Entertainment, via its official X reveal for Guardian: Zhen Hun Volume 3, the final book of the trilogy.

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Coins of Destiny: the cultivation pick, if you can get it

Liu Yao (六爻) is not a Seven Seas book. Its English edition is Rosmei's Coins of Destiny, and Rosmei's free preview credits priest as author and SassyStrawberry as translator. The original began on JJWXC in June 2014.

We read the preview chapter on October 15, and it is the clearest taste of a different priest. Cheng Er-lang is ten, the middle son nobody really sees, and his father hands him to a scrawny wandering Taoist called Muchun for two taels of silver. His sick mother fishes out a string of copper coins for him, and one cough from his father makes her put them away. Then she asks him to come back one day and make her an Eternal Flame Lamp. His answer stays in his head: "You wish." Then the "charlatan" raises a finger, a whirlwind lifts the grass, lightning cuts through it, and he names his sect Fuyao, after Zhuangzi's great bird riding the whirlwind, and gives the boy a new name, Qian. The chapter is cold, funny and sad inside a few pages, and most of the humor comes from the narration's dry contempt for fake immortals.

Screenshot: Rosmei's Coins of Destiny preview, captured October 15, 2026

Who picks it: readers who want xianxia and a found family made of misfits. Who skips it: anyone outside Singapore who wants a one-click order. Rosmei's product page says Singapore buyers can order direct, but other readers need group orders, retailers or forwarding services, and Volume 1 shows as sold out. One reader in the same thread also warns that if your idea of xianxia comes from MXTX, "Coin of Destiny's cultivation world might be confusing."

Faraway Wanderers: a 2027 book

Faraway Wanderers (天涯客, Tianya Ke) is the one to keep on a list rather than a shelf. Seven Seas announced the deluxe hardcover at Anime NYC on August 21, 2026: Zhou Zishu, a retired head of the emperor's assassins, crosses paths with the wanderer Wen Kexing in the jianghu. The announcement says Volume 1 arrives in English in 2027. The series page itself lists no volumes or dates yet.

Who picks it: Word of Honor viewers who want the novel. One reader in that thread calls it closer to MXTX's work than many of priest's novels, "though heavier on sect politics and philosophy." Who skips it: everyone who wants to read something this year. A fan translation or a drama subtitle is not the publisher's English novel.

Our take: where to start with priest

Start with Silent Reading. It is the book that turns priest skeptics around, and four of its six English volumes are already out, so you can read well ahead of the finale. If waiting bothers you, Guardian is the safe, finished alternative. Put Coins of Destiny on the list if you love cultivation stories and don't mind the import route, and keep Faraway Wanderers for 2027.

For the genre split behind the last two picks, see wuxia vs. xianxia, or start from our danmei beginner's guide.

Related Reading

• Sha Po Lang Review
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• Web Novel vs. Light Novel
• Wuxia vs. Xianxia: What's the Difference?
• Best Wuxia Novels in English
• Danmei Novels in English: Which Licensed Series to Start
• Best Modern Danmei Novels in English

References

• Seven Seas: Guardian: Zhen Hun series page
• Seven Seas: Silent Reading: Mo Du series page
• Seven Seas: Silent Reading license announcement (September 11, 2024)
• Seven Seas: Anime NYC 2026 licenses, including Faraway Wanderers
• Seven Seas: Faraway Wanderers series page
• Rosmei: Coins of Destiny official preview
• Rosmei: Coins of Destiny product page
• JJWXC: 六爻 by priest
• Seven Seas on X: Guardian Volume 3 cover reveal