Martial Arts Novels That Hold Up Well 武侠文，耐看的。

1. 1001 千 The Millennium Jade Disc: Zhaoshan's Deadly Plot to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 千年玉盘：昭山绝局锄倭奸 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里24k WordsCompleted The Millennia-Old Jade Disc: A Deadly Trap at Zhaoshan to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 10Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1002 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Gave Up, but My Target Started Pursuing Me Instead 穿越后摆烂我被攻略对象反攻略了 Jiang Li Jiang Li江黎姜离Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Dual male leads, everyone's favorite, cultivation, System, angst first and sweetness later, reincarnation, amnesia, twists. I transmigrated into a hidden extra, and not just any extra, but a crucial one! The original story never even mentioned me! The calamity that will destroy the world is fast approaching, yet the System's missions are utterly baffling. Am I supposed to form a friendship bond with the child of destiny? Or win over the world-ending villain? And there's more than one child of de 486Reads9.4Score110Shelves
3. 1003 剑 Swordbone 剑骨 The Panda Who Trips会摔跤的熊猫Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted In an age when frost withered every blade of grass, a young man walked out of the Temple of the Bodhisattva and took up the heaviest sword in all the world. Facing the mortal realm, he carved out a glimmer of light. 617Reads9.0Score—Shelves
4. 1004 双 Twin Swords Guard the Realm: The Heavenly Sword Sisters Set the World Right 双剑镇国：天剑双姝定乾坤 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里Ancient Romance37k WordsCompleted Twin Swords Guard the Nation: Two Sword Maidens Set the World to Rights 6Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1005 雪 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted The jianghu is a beaded curtain. Great and small figures are its beads; great and small stories, the strings that bind them. And loyalty and affection are the spirit that gives those beads their luster. The story is drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: “Waiter, bring us some wine.” 11.6kReads9.7Score702Shelves

   Reader note

   These books are all okay, you need to be patient to read them.

6. 1006 寒 The Cold Yin Corpse Curse: Nine Suns' True Fire Destroys Demons and Evil 寒阴尸厥：九阳真火诛妖邪 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里22k WordsCompleted The Cold Yin Corpse Curse: Nine Suns’ True Fire Slays Demons and Evil Spirits 6Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1007 剑 Sword Seed 剑种 Xu, Qing许、青Eastern Fantasy789k WordsCompleted One female lead, no angst. A sixteen-year-old boy with a sword case on his back sets out to wander the world for the first time. He only wants to recover the remains of his elders. Step by step, he uncovers the secrets of the sword case and masters one peerless famous sword after another, until he becomes the sharpest sword in the world. 9.1kReads9.1Score884Shelves
8. 1008 水 The Underwater Ghost Market: Five Watches of the Night, the Zombie Gu Binds the Wronged Souls 水下鬼市・五更僵蛊锁冤魂 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里50k WordsCompleted The Underwater Ghost Market: At Fifth Watch, the Jiang Gu Locks Away Wronged Souls 16Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1009 九 Pawnshop No. 9: The Heavenly Jade Tablet Punishes the Greedy and Wicked 九号当铺：天威玉璧诛贪恶 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里24k WordsCompleted Pawnshop No. 9: The Heavenly Might Jade Disc Punishes the Greedy and Wicked 14Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1010 捉 The Blade-Bearer's Writ 捉刀令 Smoke Offering烟祀Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing A bitter tear from drunken sorrow, a lone figure journeying through wind and rain. A dark horse crosses the Central Plains, a wanderer seeks his reward with sword in hand. Armed with a bounty order, he hunts down the most wanted criminals. A sword hidden in bamboo, cutting down every injustice. Once known as a Thousand Oxen, now he roams the jianghu. Sword raised to bring peace to the world, I promise you a lifetime of peace. What does it mean to kill a man every ten paces and travel a thousand —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 1011 封 The Gods' Feuds Send Me to Hell, So I Open a Pawnshop to Bring Heaven to Heel 封神恩怨落地狱，我开当铺平天庭 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里51k WordsCompleted The Feud of the Investiture of the Gods Descends into Hell, and I Open a Pawnshop to Settle the Heavenly Court 8Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1012 天 Record of Heroes of Heaven and Earth 天地英雄录 Mu Gong Qiushan木公丘山Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Alternate setting] [No System] [No transmigration] [Traditional] [Not a power fantasy] Wang Suifeng was once a legend of the jianghu. His “One Sword with the Wind” made him famous throughout the land, and after defeating every challenger in the swordsmanship contest at Beidou Mountain, he was recognized by the martial world as the greatest under heaven. He could have roamed the jianghu freely, but concern for the common people led him to marry the daughter of the Azure Dragon Cult’s leader in o 437Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A martial arts novel that you can read first

13. 1013 燕 The Sixteen Sounds of Yanyun 燕云十六声 Sons and Daughters of the Jianghu江湖儿女Eastern Fantasy175k WordsOngoing Amid the world’s suffering, I, Yan Yun, hold the Dao in my heart. I can still my mind, seek qi, gather my spirit, open my apertures, unlock my meridians, build my foundation, obtain the elixir, form the golden core, and refine myself. I have repeatedly proven the Dao for eight hundred years, all for the one I love! —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 1014 寒 The Cold Sword Breaks the Azure Edge 寒剑破青锋 Northern Green Blade北首青锋Eastern Fantasy876k WordsOngoing A youth leaves the depths of the mountains and sees all the ways of the martial world. As the tides of fate shift, he raises his sword and challenges the heavens. Beneath the wavering lights of countless homes, he draws a sword from the people. Its edge is forged from courage and blood, its blade from the common folk, its spine from heroes, its hilt from mountains and rivers, its scabbard from the smoke of hearths. It embraces the world and enfolds the four seasons, enough to make even immortals 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1015 江 Supreme of the Martial World: The Azure Dragon Sword 江湖至尊之宝剑青龙 Two-Winged Horse双翅马Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing Gu Songyun, a master swordsmith living in seclusion on Qinglong Mountain, spent twenty years pouring his heart and soul into forging the greatest weapon of the age: the Qinglong Sword. Whoever obtains this treasured sword will be invincible, reign supreme over the martial world, and command all under heaven! And so, a bloody storm swept through the martial world… 8Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1016 淮 Huaiyun Covers the Palace 淮云覆阙 Old Chen, Who Loves Shenbo Liquor爱吃神博酒的陈老Eastern Fantasy148k WordsOngoing [Traditional wuxia] [No System, no transmigration, no rebirth] [A true martial-world atmosphere] Why was the sect’s senior disciple expelled? Why did the prince’s only daughter enter the martial world? Within the Great Qian Dynasty, traitors plotted rebellion, while powerful enemies watched hungrily from beyond its borders. A political game in the imperial capital sparks a crisis that threatens to bring the realm crashing down. Song Quechen leaves the court’s power struggles behind, uniting peop 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is good, the writing is very delicate, and there are a lot of foreshadowings and twists.

17. 1017 大 The Great Martial World: How Did I Become an Outcast of the Jianghu? 大武侠之我怎么就成了江湖败类 Dan Xiang, Who Wanders Farther and Farther越走越远的丹香Male-Channel Fanfiction409k WordsOngoing Qin Che, a young punk, transmigrates into the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. He poisons Tian Boguang to death, then removes the first eight characters from the Evil-Warding Sword Manual. He had planned to become a young hero of the martial world, but everyone ends up calling him the scum of the jianghu. This is a story about a villain, not a protagonist. He will travel through many worlds, including The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Legend of the Condor H 28Reads—Score103Shelves

    Reader note

    No system cheats, watchable

18. 1018 星 Stars Stir Across a Thousand Clouds 星动千云 Clouds of a Thousand Leaves千叶之云Martial Arts2.1M WordsOngoing Xing Dong is just an ordinary member of the millions of cultivators, or perhaps he doesn't even know that he's a cultivator. If fate exists, then perhaps he was born to toil. If cultivators have prodigies, then perhaps he is just a background character. Beneath the boundless Heavenly Dao, this is the helpless cry of an ordinary cultivator, and the black-and-white battle 222Reads—Score110Shelves

    Reader note

    (No traditional writing) (Only realistic scenes, no Long Aotian) Chapter 191 to 193, if you can feel the martial arts flavor, then consider reading the whole book? [Laughing awkwardly]

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