Besides Sword Snow Stride and Sword Comes, What Other Book Feels Like Your Own Jianghu? 除了雪中和剑来，你还觉得有那本书是你的江湖吗？

1. 201 星 Beneath the Stars 星辰以下 Tian Lingling天凌凌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse175k WordsCompleted Before you start reading, we recommend checking out the first comment. It offers a few brief explanations to help you get into the story. This book is purely about telling a story. The early chapters may seem a little obscure, but the story grows vast and exciting later on. We hope you’ll join fellow readers in exploring its world. We keep our feet on the ground and gaze up at the stars, thinking everything is still the way it was, repeating itself in an endless cycle! We transmigrate through ti —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this book; it's quite complex.

2. 202 女 Get Lost, Goddess! I Only Have Eyes for the Female Supporting Character 女神滚，我独好宠女配 Sword Flying Through Flowers剑飞花Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted At Tiger-Wolf Mountain, Shen Yihuan, a young disciple of the Dongli Sect, accidentally rescues a female disciple of the Emei Sect. The two soon discover that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy revolving around one of the “Ten Sects’ Four Beauties.” Along the way, they search for a way to save people and meet Xia Hongmei, Xiao Xueer, and others, all among the Ten Sects’ Four Beauties of the Ten Sects Alliance. They are swept up in the upheavals among the ten sects, cross paths with members of t 1.2kReads6.8Score101Shelves

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   Traditional martial arts films prioritize plot coherence, emphasizing martial arts descriptions, suspense, and romantic love. Shen Yihuan, a young man from Tiger Wolf Mountain, embarks on a journey down the mountain after saving a girl. At the Ten Sects Martial Arts Tournament, he meets the "Four Beauties of the Ten Sects," becomes embroiled in suspenseful revenge killings, and forges his own martial arts tale.

3. 203 武 The Martial World Explodes 武林大爆炸 Silly Little Si傻小四Urban1.4M WordsCompleted True kung fu has never feared being passed down. No martial art is inherently superior or inferior; the difference lies in the person. Cui Shanying began training in martial arts as a boy and went undefeated his entire life! He takes on the world, fights in the ring, and faces life and death. His name rings out in the north and spreads across the south. Blood and storm forge the path of a generation’s grandmaster of Xingyi boxing! 1.9kReads8.4Score156Shelves

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   These are the martial arts worlds in my heart, listed in no particular order; they're all ones I've read countless times. Over 800 hours of bookworm recommendations—my martial arts world, and your martial arts world too.

4. 204 这 This Kid Is a Swordsmanship Prodigy, Unmatched in the World! 这小子剑道天骄，举世无双！ A Gentleman Never Needs a Wall for Support君子不扶墙Eastern Fantasy511k WordsCompleted [Jianghu and Court] [Ensemble Cast] [High-Octane] A young man straps on his sword, and the moment he steps outside, the jianghu awaits... The jianghu is vast, teeming with heroes and great warriors, with countless tales of romance and adventure. Yet the jianghu is also small. A jug of fine wine and a couple of close friends are enough to capture its essence. The imperial court is immense: the emperor sits in his golden hall, while the officials look down on all beneath them. And yet the court is 3.1kReads7.3Score138Shelves

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   ♥① He roams the martial world alone with a sword. He has been practicing swordsmanship in the deep mountains for ten years. When he comes out of the mountains, he is invincible. He starts with a long sword and in order to vindicate his sword immortal master, he defeats the successor of the sword saint. Even if he is being chased, he will still travel the world in style.

5. 205 仙 The Immortal Dynasty 仙朝 Never Knew the Cold in This Life平生未知寒Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted “The sunset over Yingdu is the most beautiful sight in all the world.” “Too bad I’ll never see it again.” Gu Min smiled as he gazed at the morning glow and said softly, “The great edifice has fallen. I have faded into the crowd.” 90Reads8.6Score—Shelves
6. 206 罗 The Great Dao of Luotian 罗天大道 Xiong Ba熊巴Eastern Fantasy68k WordsOngoing Luo Tian, a young man from a modern city, unexpectedly transmigrates to another world, where immortals really do exist. He thinks he can enjoy a leisurely life of cultivation, but who knew it would turn out to be a hellish dungeon... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's definitely worth reading; a potential gem of a book. Even the kid next door cried while reading it.

7. 207 黄 A Dream of Huangliang: The Mad Heroine Hates Me to the Bone 黄粱一梦，疯批女主竟恨我入骨 Cowherd Boy of Lonely Mountain孤山放牛娃Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning and Devious + Invincible Among His Peers] Ye Lingtian transmigrates into a romance-and-intrigue novel as the villainous Third Prince of Great Zhou. From the start, he’s supposed to marry the heroine, Feng Huojun? On their wedding night, the crazy heroine tries to kill me. The reason? She loves me to the point of obsession? As the poison-coated dagger sinks into my heart, I know I’m done for. This villain really doesn’t survive pa 68.2kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves

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   My Jianghu? Jianghu is a forced existence, a world beyond one's control. It's nothing more than a desperate struggle for survival under the blade. In this vast world, only the sword in one's hand can offer a place to call home, a corner to seek refuge. Only by having a sword faster than others can one live.

8. 208 磨 Hone the Sword, Kill, and Listen to the Wind Rise 磨剑，杀人，听风起 Just an Ordinary Person庸人一个Eastern Fantasy351k WordsCompleted Every life so far has been written in failure. There has been no romance, no farewells in the martial world, and certainly no grand hall filled with three thousand guests drunk on flowers, nor a sword’s frost chilling fourteen provinces. Draw a circle, and you have a martial world. Drop two stones, and a conflict begins. Pour on a ladle of water, and one generation gives way to the next. If he cannot become the greatest under heaven, if he cannot marry the one he loves, then what use is a sword 636Reads7.3Score102Shelves
9. 209 逍 A Dreamlike Record of Carefree Days 逍遥如梦录 Wang Shao Er Ye王少尔也Eastern Fantasy187k WordsOngoing A slow-burn coming-of-age story, with no heartbreak, focused on healing. “This world is full of rules, but what I’m here to do is break them.” Travel far and wide, roam a thousand miles. If everything has to follow the rules, then what meaning does freedom have? Our ankles bound by power, our memories hidden beneath wind and snow, we were brought together by this murky, uncertain world. Did the snow freeze the water, or did the wind stir the snow… 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is my own writing. The protagonist is trapped in worldly constraints and will eventually find his own path to freedom... Please check it out, fellow readers! (◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)✩

10. 210 朝 The Path to the Immortal Dao 朝仙道 Huangfu Qi皇甫奇Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted Myriad Immortals seek the Dao, and all paths pay homage! Three hundred years ago, Chen Shaojun was brought to the immortal sect by his master. Because of his bloodline, he struggled to practice martial arts, but he had an extraordinary talent for crafting artifacts. He became a great Artifact Lord and, together with his six senior sect brothers, was known as the Seven Sages of the Big Dipper. A sudden upheaval took his master’s life and brought the Big Dipper crashing down. Chen Shaojun was cast 1.9kReads7.6Score262Shelves

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    This, this must be my childhood dream of wandering the martial arts world!

11. 211 飞 Flying Swords, Beheadings, and a Carefree Wanderer 飞剑，斩首，逍遥客 Just an Ordinary Person庸人一个Eastern Fantasy325k WordsCompleted (Slow-burn story) Ye Baiyi, once hailed as the greatest sword immortal of his age, suffered a crushing defeat in a carefully laid scheme. As a child, he was forced to flee to the capital with his master’s corpse. Later, in an attempt to stabilize his cultivation, he manipulated a woman, never imagining that it would cost her life. He watched her die on Lovesick Lake outside the capital, and was consumed by guilt. So he faked his death, vanished from the world, concealed his identity, and laid pl 758Reads7.1Score103Shelves
12. 212 剑 The Sword Immortal Is Here 剑仙在此 Mad Blade of Troubled Times乱世狂刀Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted On the surface, he's a sword immortal. In reality... he's basically a walking cheat. 335Reads8.5Score—Shelves
13. 213 业 Raging Inferno 业火狂澜 Fine Moon, Sparse Loom Beats微月疏砧Ancient Romance482k WordsOngoing Synopsis: A pure wuxia novel. From the start, the female lead is already max-level. The story centers on wuxia with an undercurrent of political intrigue, featuring jianghu adventures and a light ensemble cast. It is not a power fantasy. The male lead, Xi Da, specializes in mind control. The jianghu story gets underway in Chapter Four! The first three chapters move too slowly, and I can’t revise them now. Please read a little further before deciding whether it suits your taste, QAQ. Legend has i 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Awaken the bright moon, illuminating my heart filled with ice and snow, as a vast river flows. The whale has not yet swallowed the sea, yet the sword's aura already sweeps across autumn! The author is working hard and hopes more readers will come and read, offering their opinions. This martial arts world is currently in a state of undercurrents, but one day it will surely become magnificent.

14. 214 天 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 100kReads9.4Score18.4kShelves

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    [Attention][Attention][Attention] Based on my years of experience navigating the world of antiques, I want to tell you an irrefutable truth: Collecting antiques isn't about collecting the objects themselves, it's about collecting the people! [Think about it][Think about it][Think about it]

15. 215 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
16. 216 走 Riding Through the Rivers and Lakes of Zoumachuan 走马川行江湖中 Jiangnan Has Met the Misty Rain江南已逢烟雨Eastern Fantasy267k WordsOngoing [Traditional wuxia + ensemble cast + martial world + imperial court + factional strife + unification of the realm + Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms + swordsmanship] The martial world of this age belongs to: The boy who declared, “Letters have no place in the martial world, and martial arts have no place in the imperial court”; The madman who proclaimed, “With a flask of wine at my waist, the celestial officials and the Lady of Heaven are no better than dogs”; The woman who wrote, “The martial wo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending a traditional martial arts novel. It's a brand new book, updated daily with 4000+ words. It's not a wish-fulfillment story; it features both court intrigue and martial arts worlds, set against the backdrop of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. I hope you can take a look in your spare time and offer any suggestions. Thank you very much!

17. 217 五 The True Forms of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳真形传 Yao Yao Yao Yao妖尧咬燿Eastern Fantasy131k WordsOngoing If I'm going to write about the jianghu, I won't write only about the jianghu. I'll write of lonely lamps on rainy nights in the jianghu, and a decade of old wine at Xinting, of grudges, debts, love, and hate. Who, high in the imperial court, will recite a century of Confucian righteousness and summon the dragon's cry and crane's song from the nine heavens? Who, far away in the jianghu, will charge against the Guangling River with a spear, splitting its waters for eight hundred miles? Come, come —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
19. 219 小 You Little Imp, Face My Blade! 小妖精，看剑！ Heluo饸络Eastern Fantasy198k WordsOngoing “Young master, no, you mustn’t!” “Don’t be afraid. I’m very capable.” “Please, be gentle with me…” “Hey! Hey! Hey! You little demon, face my sword! Show your true form!” This is the story of a mad young master who takes up his sword and slays demons all the way along… “I have a sword to right every wrong beneath heaven. If one sword isn’t enough, then I’ll use two to right every wrong beneath heaven!” “At dawn I roam Yue and E, at dusk Cangwu; a green serpent in my sleeve, my courage bold. Thric —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The title doesn't do it justice; this book is truly excellent. The protagonist starts by listening to music in a brothel, and he actually sleeps with some vixens.

20. 220 镇 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 67kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves

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    Sword Comes, YYDS! The novel "The Prince Consort" is actually quite good, it's just the name that's not nice.

21. 221 师 The Blade of the Master 师刀 Clear as All Things万象澄澈Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing Eyes like shooting stars, movements like lightning. A blade that kills, a sword that saves. This is a story about a young man and his blade. 5.7kReads9.0Score437Shelves

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    Both books depict the purest form of martial arts.

22. 222 娱EN Entertainment Spring and Autumn 娱乐春秋 Ji Cha姬叉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted In a fictional world of martial arts and a hundred schools, a modern person tells the locals that cultivation isn’t the only way to get what you want. Want to be the young hero everyone in the martial world adores? Easy, as long as you’re sincere... For example, why not invite your junior sister for a drink? Confucius said: “When you transmigrate, don’t just toil away at cultivation. The locals aren’t as capable as you!” The heavens make a board, the stars make its pieces, and knowledge is the g 38.1kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves

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    The Misty Rain Pavilion and the Spring and Autumn Period are, if not everyone's, martial arts world, at least most people's!

23. 223 尘 No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生 A Sword in Ink and Water水墨一剑Eastern Fantasy837k WordsOngoing [Sword cultivator + genius + dual bloodlines of demon and immortal + ruthless + no transmigration + no System + not a saint] One man, one sword, roaming a world of dust for ten thousand miles. Amid broken walls and ruins, he beholds all the suffering beneath the sun. May there be no frost and wind to silver our hair, no sorrow to weigh on our hearts, and may every year bring peace and warmth. Life is fleeting, its meetings and partings like smoke, its fortunes and declines ever-changing. May eve 2.1kReads—Score105Shelves

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    Each person carries a sword, their heart filled with bitterness.

24. 224 太 The Peaceful Inn 太平客栈 Ask Not of the Martial World莫问江湖Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted Before the sword is even buckled on, the road outside is already a jianghu. After sailing through countless storms, he returns still a boy. Born into troubled times, he watches war sweep across the land, leaving the people in misery and human lives as worthless as weeds. On coming of age, he roams the world as a chivalrous hero, sword in hand, cleaving open a stretch of clear sky. Ten years of icy drink cannot cool his burning blood. He will hack through every obstacle, hoping to usher in peace. 156Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    A pot of wine amidst peach blossoms and spring breeze, a lamp lit for ten years in the rainy nights of the Jianghu.

25. 225 逆 Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手 Ren Fanwuyin任梵无音Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f 43.3kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves

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    A unique battle for the title of King of Gamblers begins! Martial arts, crime-solving, suspense, genius, underdog story, revenge, and comedy! Skilled writing, suitable for both male and female bookworms! [Explore]

26. 226 一 A Pillow Between Mountains and Rivers 一枕山河 Purple Star, Flowing Years紫微流年Eastern Fantasy391k WordsCompleted Twelve years ago, Su Xuan was a young hero from the prestigious Zhengyang Palace. He and Princess Ruan Jingyan of Langya fell deeply in love in the face of certain death... But then the world turned treacherous overnight. The once-beloved prodigy became a madman who drifted between lucidity and delirium. Forced to part with the one he loved, he was hunted by everyone under heaven and vanished from the martial world... Twelve years later, his beloved disciple Su Yunluo painstakingly gathered all 997Reads8.9Score101Shelves
27. 227 关 The Mountain Ranger of Guandong 关东巡山人 Tianshan Shield天山盾Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted Black-handled blades, jade-faced foxes, the Thirteen Guardians who shook eastern Manchuria. Princes and generals, spirit mediums and magistrates. Limping beggars with long-stemmed pipes, monks and Taoist priests. Dragons, serpents, tigers, and leopards: none can escape the flying knives. A mountain range in a parallel world's eastern Manchuria, a feud sealed away for thirty years, a black blade that fills everyone with dread, a world of outlaws teeming with heroes, and a mountain patrolman who w 24.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    [Learned][Learned][Learned] Names and surnames are buried in desolate tombs and ancient monuments, yet the martial world still remembers the youthful journey. [I also highly recommend][I also highly recommend] ① An unprecedented era of martial arts: Imperial power has long since vanished, knights-errant are licensed to practice, enemies are killed according to the rules, and the former rules of the martial world have all evolved into laws. However, why have chivalry, righteousness, and justice gradually faded away...?

28. 228 云 Dreams of Splendor in the Clouds 云中梦华 Rainy Tower, Clear Song雨楼清歌Eastern Fantasy113k WordsCompleted Dreams of Splendor in the Clouds is a long historical wuxia novel, and this is its first volume. The author seeks to combine the passionate, free-spirited quality of wuxia with the weight and authenticity of history, as well as the strange, fantastical tales of the supernatural. Through prose, it recreates the bustling splendor of Dongjing Bianliang during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song, and tells of the choices and destinies of an unusual master and disciple amid the storms o —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 锦 A Carefree Official in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦衣卫里的闲散官 Fat Coca-Cola肥胖的可乐Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Flying-fish robes, embroidered spring knives. When the brocade-clad guards draw their blades, the court runs red with blood. Traitors who collude with the enemy: execute them! Officials who take bribes: execute them! Those who disrupt the court: execute them! Those who form cliques for personal gain: execute them! In an age of prosperity and splendor, where life drifts like willow fluff, the embroidered spring knife holds the realm in check. He Lu put away his Embroidered Spring Knife, still sta 32.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    You can take a look, it's very good.

30. 230 刃 Blade Dance 刃舞 Tartaglia塔塔里亚Eastern Fantasy169k WordsOngoing Wild Traveler Hall was the most inconspicuous little sect in the martial world. Escorting goods, collecting debts, running errands: they did it all. Cheng Feng was the newly appointed Third Hall Master of Wild Traveler Hall. Yet every task this little sect assigned him brought danger ever closer, keeping him on edge at every turn. Behind every flash of cold steel lay a carefully woven web of power. Who could have known back then that this man would one day change the fate of the entire Jiang Kin 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book has a slower pace in the beginning, but it's incredibly captivating. It tells the story of a very insignificant little sect in the martial arts world. They do everything: escorting goods, collecting debts, running errands. The newly appointed Third Hall Master is young and always smiling. Little do they know that this man will one day rewrite the fate of an entire nation.

31. 231 长 Longevity: From Wandering Alone in the Mortal World to Everlasting Through the Ages 长生：从红尘独行，到万古长青 One Round打一圈儿Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Wuxia + longevity + ensemble cast + wandering the martial world] [Lighthearted and funny & occasionally rousing & no female lead & no tragedy] … [Reach a lifespan of one thousand years to unlock a feature (add points to martial arts): once you master any martial art in the world, you master it forever!] [Reach a lifespan of ten thousand years to unlock a feature…] [Reach a lifespan of one hundred thousand years…] From the start, he was all alone, until he stumbled upon a longevity panel. Eve 27.8kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves

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    Decades of turbulent worldly affairs, eight hundred years of immortality banished from the mortal realm. A hundred generations of rise and fall are but fleeting clouds. I once longed to traverse the world and enjoy its peaceful and prosperous times, but looking back, I find myself at the pinnacle of humanity.

32. 232 科 Scientific Cultivation: I Made My Sect Number One by Working Everyone to the Bone 科学修仙，宗门被我卷成第一 Happy Brother Kun欢乐的琨哥Eastern Fantasy379k WordsOngoing What happens when cultivation meets blockchain? Will spiritual energy run dry, or will civilization level up? The spirit power in the Qingyan Sect's protective formation is down to 1%. Five thousand cultivators from the Chiyan Sect are massed at their gates. As the elders clutch their jade slips of inherited techniques, ready to die with the sect, Ling Feng is dragging a handyman toward the latrine. A mixture of vinegar-jar acid and mineral slag has produced methane, which powers a defensive for 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good book, good book

33. 233 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
34. 234 刀 Blade Sovereign 刀尊 The End of the Blade刀之末Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted The path of martial immortality is shrouded in mist, where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. I have a blade that can cleave through endless sands, clear the skies for ten thousand miles, and bring every mountain, river, and starry sea into view! 1.6kReads8.2Score127Shelves

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    This book is a bit niche, but it's still good.

35. 235 醉 Drunken Golden Waves 醉金波 Shang Banbo商半泊Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted She met him when the peach blossoms were in bloom. He saved her, and she fell in love at first sight, yet she only dared to sneak back once a year to catch a glimpse of him. Five years later, the renowned Green-Clad Sword retired from the martial world overnight and opened a tavern near Longxi Academy. No one in the martial world could have guessed that she had done it just so she could see one person more often. Meng Raobai had always believed her love was unrequited, but she never expected… “I 10Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    My top recommendations are "Swords in the Jianghu" and "The Silent Blade".

36. 236 杀 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Cold Weather, Rain天寒雨Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.8kReads7.3Score410Shelves

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    This one absolutely has to be it, and it's the sequel to Blood Prison Jianghu, which topped the martial arts charts back then.

37. 237 流 The Meteor, Moon, and Sword 流星明月剑 Hide the Edge, Cultivate the Valley藏锋修谷Eastern Fantasy551k WordsCompleted Ye Xiaotian is a person, Canglang is a sword, Ye Liuxing is Canglang. Mingyue Tower is a person, Mingyue Tower is a building, This person and this tower are both part of the jianghu. 58Reads6.3Score—Shelves
38. 238 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves

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    This book is truly exciting! [Cool][cool][cool][cool][cool]

39. 239 扛 Wielding a Mace and Blade, I Bear the Weight of Ages 扛锏提刀载千秋 Fierce Evil Aura邪气凌烈Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing What you hold in your hands as an inheritance spanning a thousand autumns is no more than the histories of a few clans. The descendants of the Central Plains pass down their legacy and honor through the generations, never yielding. A true man holds loyalty and righteousness in his heart, carrying a mace and sword to bear the weight of history. A man of true mettle upholds his homeland and realm, reclaiming the lost lands of his country. Not one inch of our ancestral land can be abandoned. The yo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It would be an injustice if this book didn't become a hit, haha!

40. 240 诸 The Blade Masters of the Myriad Heavens Empower Me 诸天刀客加持我身 Slender Bamboo Pole竿竹瘦Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted The age’s turmoil belongs to my generation; once I enter the martial world, the years rush by. Empires and ambitions are the stuff of idle talk; nothing compares to getting drunk beneath the human sky. Chen Sheng accidentally transmigrates to another world and becomes a blind boy. He thinks he’ll spend his life playing the erhu and singing for alms to scrape together enough to eat, wasting away ten years. But then he unexpectedly figures out how to use his golden finger. All he has to do is defe 20.6kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves

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    These books are alright, but I haven't seen enough of the martial arts world I envision. I hope I can write my own version someday. [Thinking][Thinking]

41. 241 我 My Wife Is Always Trying to Kill Me 我家娘子总想弄死我 A Little Frozen Li一只小冻离Historical1.1M WordsCompleted “Gu Chuan, are you plotting a rebellion?!” “Your Majesty, I’ve been wronged!” “Then why are the commander of the Xuanyue Army, the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Maiden, the Shadow Guards, the Queen of Jialan, and the Daoist Sect’s itinerant cultivator all with you?!” Gu Chuan swears that all he wanted at first was to lie flat. But the longer he lay low, the more people gathered around him. He had no choice but to mount his horse and take up arms to bring peace to the land! In the first year of the Wuh 14.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    "As heaven's movement is ever vigorous, so should a gentleman constantly strive for self-improvement." "As earth's condition is receptive, so should a gentleman cultivate virtue and bear all things with magnanimity." The young man shook the coin cup in his hand, scattering the copper coins on the ground, then shook his head. "Today's divination is not good, so I'll go out for a walk..."

42. 242 清 The Breeze Roars Across the Rivers and Lakes 清风啸江湖 Dreaming in the Clear Pavilion梦清轩Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted The blood of the martial world, the love between men and women. The waves wash away true heroes, wandering at the edge of the world. A wandering swordsman, a cup of wine, two carefree breezes to forget it all. Love rises and falls; longing burns red. Who says love cannot be cruel? Beneath the cool moon, beauty is flushed with wine, and so many lovely moments vanish in an instant. Once love has taken root in the heart and begun to bloom, how could it ever leave so easily... If I could, I would tr 75Reads6.8Score—Shelves
43. 243 剑 The Sword Rises in the Immortal Realm 剑起仙侠 Guan Lu管录Eastern Fantasy248k WordsOngoing Important note 1: This is an ensemble novel, not a one-man show. If that bothers you, please think twice before reading. Important note 2: No System, no harem, no golden finger, no formulaic plot, and no foolish side characters. It features sword cultivation, Xianxia and wuxia, sect-building, strategy, war, and many other elements. This is not a beginner-friendly novel, so please think twice before reading if that bothers you. Important note 3: This book includes a lot of the author's personal v —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 仙 The Candle-Bearing Immortal of the Night 仙夜秉烛人 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted I wield a sword that cuts through the mortal world's roads. I hold a lamp that illuminates the sorrows of past and present. I make a wish for suffering to vanish from the world. I have a heart... to investigate things, extend knowledge, make my intentions sincere, set my heart right, cultivate myself, bring order to my family, govern the state, and bring peace to all under Heaven! “Heaven's movement is vigorous; the noble-minded person strives without cease.” “The earth's nature is receptive; th 12.6kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
45. 245 武 Martial Cultivator 武夫 Never Knew the Cold in This Life平生未知寒Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Across the vast human world, demons lurk everywhere. Human lives are as worthless as weeds, and the people are treated like pigs and dogs. "The world needs to change." Standing by the Wei River, the young man smiled and said, "There are demons in this world, and I have a blade." 341Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    A journey to a celestial banquet, a breathtaking spectacle, to witness the splendor of a scholarly age. Behold, gentlemen!

46. 246 刀 The Woodcutter Swordsman 刀侠砍柴人 Mingming from Walu Gou Village洼路沟村的明明Eastern Fantasy636k WordsCompleted A hidden gem for when you’re short on books. Read with caution if you’re busy: after chapter 20, you may find yourself staying up all night, unable to put it down. Huang Ming crawled out of a pile of corpses in a mass grave... Ten years later... He had thought he was pretty weak. But why were his enemies, who claimed to be first-rate martial artists, even weaker than him? 3.5kReads7.6Score333Shelves

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    Exciting, so captivating, I stayed up all night reading it and couldn't put it down even after I was sleepy. Highly recommended.

47. 247 千 A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom for a Lifetime (The Original Novel Behind the TV Series Starring Zhang Binbin and Sun Zhenni) 千朵桃花一世开（张彬彬、孙珍妮主演同名电视剧原著） At Ease with the Universe随宇而安Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Xie Xuechen was the greatest swordsman among the human race, but after losing all his magical power, he fell into the hands of the Demon Saintess. A swordsman’s path is one of unbending resolve and fearless advance. Born extraordinary, he has never suffered such humiliation. If he submits, his conviction will waver; if he fights to the death, he risks losing his chastity. A story about a proper, cold, and unfeeling swordsman who falls on hard times, decides to lie flat, and gets toyed with by a 3.5kReads9.6Score523Shelves
48. 248 这 I've Walked This Jianghu Before 这个江湖我来过 Traveler of the Years岁客Eastern Fantasy70k WordsCompleted He said, “I came here to turn this whole game upside down.” He also said, “My younger brother is the keepsake my beautiful mother left me. No one gets to decide how he lives his life.” And so, not one seed went to waste. They all worked hard to sprout, each wanting to walk their own path and make their way in the jianghu that belonged to them. I've been through this jianghu, and I've regretted things here. If I had the chance to do it all again, I would still do the same. Dear readers, the jiang 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself. If you're interested, you can check it out. It's my first Xianxia (fantasy/martial arts) novel. Please point out any shortcomings, and I will try my best to revise it.

49. 249 不 Three Thousand Miles, Never Betraying These Mountains and Rivers 不负山河三万里 I Don't Usually Drink我本不喝酒Eastern Fantasy734k WordsOngoing A woman blessed with five hundred years of the jianghu’s fortune plucks thunder from the sky as she heads south, saying, “Little Chang’an, your big sister will protect you!” In the first year of Wentai in the Great Liang dynasty, fifteen-year-old Zhu Qinyao inherits the profound, mysterious inner power and true qi left by his parents, as well as a throne among the greatest in the world and a mountain called Tianyin. Three years later, Zhu Qinyao returns after completing the mourning period for h 1.8kReads8.4Score136Shelves

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    This new book is good.

50. 250 刀 The Blade Draws at Peach Blossom Cove 刀出桃花坞 Xu Congke徐从珂Eastern Fantasy614k WordsOngoing Someone asked him, “You sell information, publish rankings, and stir up trouble across the martial world through your Qiuchu Pavilion. What are you really after?” Wiping the blood from his blade, he replied, “The world shouldn’t be like this. I’m going to change it.” A tavern keeper, a Peach Blossom Blade, and three years to ensnare the entire martial world. The poor have no way forward, so he will carve them one. The great clans cast shadows over everything, so he will punch a hole through t 111Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm writing a martial arts novel, and it has everything you need. It's a bit slow-paced, so please give me your support, my godfathers!

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