The Grandmaster Still Lives, and Chinese Martial Arts Will Never Die 宗师尚在，国术不死

1. 1 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: Seeking the Path to Immortality 末法时代：求证长生大道 Grey Wolf, Charge!灰太狼冲Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Modern-Day Grind King]+ [Superhuman High Martial]+ [Invincible]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [The Schemer]+ [Infinite Chaos] After unexpectedly acquiring a personal status panel, Su Ming practiced all kinds of techniques to continually strengthen his body and extend his lifespan. Embracing the best of everything, he entered the superhuman realm and advanced step by step toward immortality. [Personal Status Panel] Name: Su Ming Lifespan: 23/800 Constitution: 20 [Astral Body] Spirit: 20 [Astral Dhar 15kReads8.8Score877Shelves

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   Both books feature martial arts masters and both offer tips on achieving sainthood, but I find the second one more engaging and realistic, offering valuable insights for martial arts practice. It's best not to practice techniques found online without proper instruction, as it can easily lead to qi deviation and demonic possession.

2. 2 现 Modern Immortality: Starting with the Eight-Section Vajra Arts 现代长生：从八部金刚功法开始 A Brilliant Shade of Red五彩斑斓的红Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Traditional martial arts + longevity + no female lead + daily life + lighthearted + secluded living] After working himself to death in his previous life, Lin Qing is reborn and angrily quits his job, returning to his hometown to slack off. He awakens a status panel that lets him add points to and upgrade every attribute. In literature, Taiji brings peace to the world. Yin and yang complement each other, emerging from the formless, and four ounces can deflect a thousand pounds. [Taijiquan reache 22.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
3. 3 直 Livestreaming Traditional Martial Arts, the Police Want Me to Register 直播国术，警察要我备案 The Zoo's Top Attraction动物园头牌Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Wellness + traditional martial arts + modern immortality] The first tens of thousands of words are light and breezy, and a little mindless. After that, the story focuses more on traditional martial arts and wellness, with carefully researched details. There’s no female lead and no saintly hero. If you’re into traditional martial arts and combat techniques, give it a try. It also includes little wellness tips that any adult will understand. Li Changsheng is reborn. He still has the same name, bu 14.3kReads8.9Score911Shelves

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   It really looks good 🍉🍉🍉

4. 4 都 City of Dragons: The Soul Lives On 都市之龙魂再续 Sky-Piercing Arrow穿霄箭Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Bruce Lee, the kung fu legend and grandmaster of the 1970s, was reborn in the body of a down-and-out teenager in the year 2008 in a parallel world. He also discovered that whenever he thought about a subject, the relevant knowledge would appear in his mind. Even long-lost martial arts manuals and folk remedies materialized in his brain. 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Bruce Lee reborn in a modern city, reliving his legend.

5. 5 高 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 Write Well伸笔码良Urban3.0M WordsCompleted When I was in eighth grade, the school bully picked on me. I found someone, a person connected to a mysterious incident from my childhood. He taught me something called traditional Chinese martial arts. I trained in boxing, but never let it interfere with my studies. Baji, Iron Wire Fist, Xingyi, Taiji, Baguazhang, Tongbi, Xinyi. I met masters who carried on the traditions of these powerful styles. I also discovered a vast, deeply secret world of traditional martial arts, unknown to ordinary peo 20.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   Highly recommended, worth reading, and you can definitely practice along with it in the early stages.

6. 6 重 Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生 Pan-Fried Buns and White Porridge煎包白粥Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Top Student + Traditional Martial Arts + Pressure-Point Techniques for Five Hundred Coins] Everyday urban life, reborn in high school, keeping a low profile at school, an ancestral martial arts manual, cultivating inner energy, mastering pressure-point techniques, dual-cultivation methods, a harem of multiple women, wealth, companions, techniques, and territory, exploring mysteries and searching for treasures, doing business and managing enterprises, fighting foreig 16.8kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves

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   The school heartthrob learns martial arts and acupressure, then undergoes a remarkable academic transformation to become a top student. The writing is delicate and engaging. 😄

7. 7 国 Chinese Martial Arts: Playing Feng Yuxiu from the Start 国术：开局扮演封于修 Disrespect不敬Male-Channel Fanfiction401k WordsCompleted Kung fu isn't just flashy moves. Kung fu is a way to kill. Yet in the world Shi Li transmigrated to, traditional Chinese martial arts had been increasingly marginalized by all kinds of modern fighting styles. Traditional Chinese martial arts were dismissed as flashy moves, and a bunch of fake masters had turned the whole scene into a mess? [Ding! You have obtained the Glory of Traditional Martial Arts System!] [You have received one Role-Playing Card: Feng Yuxiu!] Shi Li, once just an apprentice 24Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   🍀① Kung Fu isn't just fancy footwork! The male protagonist transmigrates to an era where traditional Chinese martial arts are declining, activates the "National Martial Arts Glory System," and starts as Feng Yuxiu. The nearly extinct martial arts regain their former glory! 🍀② The male protagonist transmigrates into a young martial arts grandmaster! Recreating the glory of traditional Chinese martial arts! Following the Emperor! No need to worry about running out of books to read! 🔥🔥

8. 8 国 My Traditional Martial Arts Were Debunked, Now I'm Famous Across the Internet 国术被打假的我，爆红全网 Black-and-White Angler黑白钓客Urban566k WordsCompleted “I was just having breakfast, and I transmigrated into the body of a handsome twenty-six-year-old martial arts grandmaster with millions of fans?” “But I just got exposed as a fraud, so why is someone shoving a microphone in my face?” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully transmigrating. You have obtained the Martial Arts Critical Hit System. Perform martial arts techniques to trigger critical hits on various skills and attributes.” “Ding! Host performed ‘Tiger Climbs the Mountain’ an 4.8kReads8.4Score203Shelves
9. 9 蘑 Back to Field: A Hundred-Year-Old War Hero Is Exposed on the Show 蘑菇屋：百岁老英雄，被向往曝光 Red Bean Paste Bun豆沙馅包子Urban500k WordsCompleted Season Six of Mushroom House premiered, and Teacher He and Chef Huang accidentally hit someone with their car. An old man with an otherworldly air stood there, staring back at them as if nothing had happened. “Sir, are you all right?” “Should something be wrong with me?” Teacher He: Oh no, we've run into a scammer! A few days later… Chef Huang: You became a Grandmaster at eighteen? Sir, you can't be serious! Zhang Yixing: What? You taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk! Chinese pop music went glob 13Reads9.0Score—Shelves
10. 10 国 The Ferocious Art of Chinese Martial Arts 国术凶猛 Plum of the Sea海上之梅Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Tai Chi, Xingyi, Bagua, Wing Chun, Chuojiao, Bajiquan... Though traditional Chinese martial arts have fallen into decline, their passion still burns! I hold fast to the spirit of traditional martial arts as I walk through a city of steel and concrete. What kind of brilliance will these ancient techniques unleash? My name is Wang Mo. I come from a fallen martial arts family and have practiced Xingyi since childhood. I may be just an ordinary person passing by you, yet I carry on my shoulders the 10.4kReads8.7Score971Shelves
11. 11 特 Special Forces: Combining Traditional Martial Arts to Become the Ultimate Kung Fu Warrior 特种兵：融合国术，成为最强功夫兵王 Yan Cao燕草Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsCompleted Lin Xiao accidentally transmigrates into the world of special forces, carrying the strongest traditional martial arts System with him. Every time he levels up, his body is enhanced and he gains a new martial art, which becomes one of his innate abilities. These arts determine both victory and defeat, life and death. Hidden Weapon Mastery: This skill lets you know the properties of everything around you and turn any object into a deadly weapon. Killing is a skill, and no object is off-limits. Use 2.9kReads7.9Score231Shelves
12. 12 我 I'm Just a Real Estate Agent, Not a Feng Shui Master 我只是房产经纪，真不是风水大师 Blazing Fire Dragon炎炎火龙Mystery470k WordsOngoing That year, a mysterious coffin was unearthed by the Yellow River. From that moment on, my life took an unexpected turn… Sweet dew cannot nourish grass without roots, and wondrous teachings can only guide those destined to receive them! Never meddle lightly in another person’s karma! This is a fast-paced urban feng shui novel, the kind that gets more satisfying the further you read. Urban business rivalries, feng shui formations, warding off evil with feng shui, feuds among the wealthy, and the f 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book not only talks about feng shui, but also starts to talk about traditional Chinese martial arts. It's very good.

13. 13 极 The Ultimate Path: My Traditional Martial Arts Can Fuse 极道：我的国术可以融合 Prince Pork猪肉王子Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Chinese martial arts + life evolution + attribute points + martial arts fusion] After working overtime for a month straight, Lin Yuan is pushed too far when a company executive demands that he work overtime during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He angrily slaps the man twice and gets fired. At a crossroads in his life, Lin Yuan looks at the city's hollow prosperity and feels lost about the future. But just then, he unexpectedly unlocks the System, changing the course of his life and setting him on a 16.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves

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    Chinese martial arts

14. 14 点 The Way of Restraint 点道为止 Meng Ru Shen Ji梦入神机Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Meng Ru Shen Ji brings back the spirit of Dragon and Snake! A high school student stumbles into the world of traditional martial arts, and from then on, rises like a dragon amid the storm, surpassing the limits of the human body, taking on artificial intelligence, and shaping the fate of the world! What exactly is kung fu? Flashy moves, or a way to kill? Are the techniques forged through three thousand years of cold-weapon warfare and countless private brawls really a scam? In this book, Meng Ru 23.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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    I hope everyone here will stop here, reflect on their actions, and refrain from resorting to sneak attacks. Our martial arts training emphasizes courage and determination; even if we can't win, we must fight, express our own fighting spirit, and forge our own path to becoming a grandmaster, thus becoming a legend.

15. 15 拳 Fists That Rule the World: Beginning with Eight Extremes Collapse 拳倾天下：从八极崩开始 Gloomy, Who Loves Lao Dong Liquor爱吃老董酒的阴森森Urban346k WordsCompleted “Chinese martial arts are for defeating enemies, not putting on a show.” Su Mu is a down-and-out young man who acquires a mysterious “Martial Arts Awakening” System and becomes a disciple of Chen Qingshan, a master of Bajiquan. From then on, a long-hidden world of Chinese martial arts bursts open before him. There is the explosive power of Ming Jin, the subtle force of An Jin that penetrates the body, and the unfathomable masters of Hua Jin. Xingyi, Taiji, Bagua, Tongbei, Pigua, Hongquan, Cai Li 2Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 武 Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生 Yu Xiaoyan预小言Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Martial arts school / traditional martial arts / realistic / passionate / brotherhood / jianghu Adapted from real experiences. No fantasy, no System, and no cheats. A true-to-life portrayal of what life at a martial arts school is really like. A boy defies his family's objections to pursue his martial arts dream. Day after day, he trains relentlessly at school, enduring the long, monotonous years of practice alongside his fellow students and brothers. After graduation, he enters the wider world, 742Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Based on true stories and drawn from top martial arts schools in China, this is a pure documentary, without any cheat codes or systems. It vividly portrays the confusion and stubbornness of a young person stepping from an ordinary school into a martial arts academy, the sweat on the training ground, the pain at night, and the camaraderie among fellow students. Every word is down-to-earth, restoring the most authentic youth in a martial arts school. Take you on a true journey of martial arts training…

17. 17 通 Divine Martial Arts: With No Awakening, I Can Only Train My Fists 通神国术：没有觉醒的我只能练拳 Canglong Who Loves Chilled Bamboo Shoots爱吃凉拌笋丝的苍龙Urban177k WordsCompleted [Divine Martial Arts] [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [System]+ [Leveling Up]+ [No Female Lead] Spiritual Qi returns, the demon clans grow powerful, and humanity faces its most dangerous hour. Everyone begins to awaken, but Chen Yang misses his chance to get on board. Fortunately, the National Arts System binds itself to him. Baji Fist, Pigua Palm, Wing Chun... Complete a mission and he can master divine martial arts. With familiar yet unfamiliar techniques, he fights one punch 28Reads5.9Score—Shelves
18. 18 还 You Haven't Even Started the Job, and You're Teaching the Criminal Investigation Captain How to Solve Cases? 还没入职，你教刑侦队长办案？ Chubby and Not Afraid of the Heat胖胖不怕热Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Chu Nan has just started working at Badaoguai Police Station, and he’s completely baffled. Wudang Cloud-Step Technique? Shaolin Iron Shirt??? Ancient martial arts’ Eight Extremes Fist???? Nine-Section Whip of Lightning????? Did the System make a mistake? Isn’t this the kind of story where someone unifies the martial world and becomes the supreme ruler? I mean, I’m just a cop. What am I supposed to do with these rewards? What, am I going to become an unparalleled martial arts master and start wea 27.1kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
19. 19 弘 Promoting Ancient Martial Arts Starts with Punching a Bull to Death 弘扬古武从一拳打死一头牛开始 Mr. Blueleaf蓝叶先生Urban542k WordsCompleted Li Mubai transmigrates into this world with a System at his side. By livestreaming from the remote mountains, he can earn prestige points. And so, a peerless master appears in the world. “You livestreamed for three hours and received the manual for the Dugu Nine Swords.” “You livestreamed for seven hours and received Wudang’s Cloud Ladder Step.” “You livestreamed for thirty-two hours straight and received the Sky-Piercer Halberd.” Deep in the mountains, Li Mubai kills a wild bull with one punch 54Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 外 Food Delivery: Leftovers from the Last Table? Eat Them? No Way! 外卖：上一桌剩菜，我吃？吃屁！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗15k WordsCompleted Food delivery: Leftovers from the last table? Me eat that? No way! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 被 After I Was Bitten, My Boyfriend and His Mom Told Me to Apologize to the Dog 被咬后，男友和他妈让我给狗道歉 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗18k WordsCompleted After I Was Bitten, My Boyfriend and His Mom Made Me Apologize to the Dog 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 鬼 Haunted by a Ghost? No, It's Human Nature That's Cruel! 鬼缠身？不，是人心险恶！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery16k WordsCompleted Haunted by a ghost? No, it's the wickedness of the human heart! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 音 A Secret Heartbeat Beneath the Notes 音符下的秘密心跳 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted The Secret Heartbeat Beneath the Notes —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 1 10% Win Rate: Me, Big Mouth, and a Desperate Comeback 10%胜率：我，大嘴巴，绝地反击 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery10k WordsCompleted 10% Win Rate: Me, the Big Mouth, Make a Desperate Comeback —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 从 From a Poor Kidnapped Child to a Wealthy Heiress 从被拐卖的苦命孩子，到豪门千金 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗9k WordsCompleted From a poor child who was kidnapped and sold to a rich heiress 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 直 After Livestreaming Sales, I Got My Wicked Mother-in-Law Canceled Online 直播带货后，我让恶婆婆全网社死 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗11k WordsCompleted After Livestreaming Sales, I Made My Wicked Mother-in-Law a Public Pariah Online 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 公 My In-Laws Took Over My Wedding Home. I'm Definitely Getting Divorced! 公婆占我婚房，这婚我离定了！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗12k WordsCompleted My In-Laws Have Taken Over My Wedding Home. I’m Definitely Getting a Divorce! —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 我 My Wedding Home, Taken Over by My Mother-in-Law? 我的婚房，婆婆占了？ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗11k WordsCompleted My Wedding Home, Taken Over by My Mother-in-Law? —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 有 A Stepmother Means a Cruel Father: I Was Abused, Then I Snapped 有了后妈就有后爸，虐待后我疯了 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted A Stepmother Means a Deadbeat Father: I Went Mad After Being Abused —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 被 After the Campus Beauty Spread Rumors About Me, I Had Her Arrested! 被校花造谣后，我将她送进局子！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗9k WordsCompleted After the Campus Belle Spread Rumors About Me, I Had Her Thrown in Jail! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 光 Behind the Light and Shadows: A Broken Relationship Beyond Repair 光影背后：破镜难圆 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted Behind the Light and Shadows: Some Broken Bonds Can’t Be Mended 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 被 After Being LV'd, I Became My Ex-Girlfriend's Direct Boss 被LV后，我成了前女友的顶头上司 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗14k WordsCompleted After My Ex Dumped Me, I Became Her Direct Boss 40Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn: The Phoenix Man and His Family Can Go to Hell! 重生：凤凰男一家可以下地狱了！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Reborn: My Phoenix Man’s Family Can Go to Hell! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 尽 I Devotedly Cared for My Paralyzed Mother-in-Law, Only to Be Deceived by My Husband 尽心照顾瘫痪婆婆，却被丈夫欺骗 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted I Devoted Myself to Caring for My Paralyzed Mother-in-Law, Only to Be Deceived by My Husband —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 彩 The Dowry Doubled? I'm Calling Off the Wedding! 彩礼翻倍？这婚我不结了！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗9k WordsCompleted The Bride Price Doubled? Then I’m Calling Off the Wedding! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 绣 A Needle Hidden in Embroidery: My Programmer Boyfriend Is from a Wealthy Family 绣里藏针：我的程序员男友是豪门 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Needlework Hides a Blade: My Programmer Boyfriend Comes from a Wealthy Family —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 彩 The Dowry Doubles: My Marriage Isn't on Sale 彩礼翻倍：我的婚姻不打折 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Bride Price Doubled: My Marriage Is Not on Sale 2Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 天 Besieged by a Sky-High Dowry 天价彩礼围城 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Besieged by an Astronomical Bride Price —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 正 When Justice Is Absent: I Became a Blade in the Night 正义缺席时：我成了黑夜里的刃 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted When Justice Is Absent: I Became a Blade in the Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 惊 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 权 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 逆 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 毕 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 笑 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 沉 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery7k WordsCompleted Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 怒 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 清 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 云 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 谁 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 涅 Rebirth in the Eighties: From Framed to Flourishing 涅槃八零：从诬陷到崛起 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Phoenix Reborn in the Eighties: From Framed to Rising Star 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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