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  1. 1 My Name Is Sun Zei, Not Thief 我叫孙贼,不是贼 Urban6.4M WordsOngoing Set in an alternate universe during the 1980s, this story follows a boy who grows up in harsh conditions. It all begins with his desire to eat his fill, but once his eyes are opened to the world, he wants to understand it better. This is not a story about being reborn or transmigrating, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. It focuses on martial arts, cultivation, and everyday life. A slow-burn, System-free story of daily life and personal growth, if every person’s life is a book, then Sunzei’s st 43.7kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
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  2. 2 Modern Immortality: Starting with the Eight-Section Vajra Arts 现代长生:从八部金刚功法开始 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 23.6kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
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  3. 3 Livestreaming Traditional Martial Arts, the Police Want Me to Register 直播国术,警察要我备案 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
  4. 4 Reborn as the Young Lord of the Qilin: Slaying the Gods 重生之麒麟少主:弑神 Urban603k WordsOngoing I, Guo Changqing, offer my life to Heaven today and sacrifice myself for the Qilin Dao. May all who cultivate this Dao be like me, Guo Changqing, and break through the divine path with an ant's humble body! There must be a blade in your heart. Raise your head, and strike down the gods with a single breath! Even in hell, your name will vanish from the rolls, and you will still become an immortal. With one slash, I will break every spell of the demons and monsters. 111Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 5 Chinese Martial Arts: I Have a Proficiency Panel 国术:我有熟练度面板 Urban805k WordsCompleted A true world of traditional Chinese martial arts, with stages of bright energy, hidden energy, transformed energy, elixir energy, astral force, and finally shattering the void to behold the divine. A blue screen of light flickered in the air before him, displaying a column of data. [Name: Zhao Kong] [Essence: 0.7] [Qi: 0.6] [Spirit: 1.3] [Realm: None] [Martial Arts: Beginner Qingcheng Taiji (4/10)] Zhao Kong said, “You’re the worst golden finger I’ve ever heard of or seen. Your Host has to guess 3.3kReads—Score203Shelves
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  6. 6 The Legend of the Source Spirit: Turmoil in the World of Ancient Martial Arts 源灵记之古武风云 Urban808k WordsOngoing [Master Comes Down from the Mountain] [Smart Protagonist] [Divine Physician] [Not a Saint] [Illustrations] [Love Triangle] A modern urban martial arts novel. (Ancient martial arts clans secretly control the city.) Thanks for all your support! ദ്ദി˶•̀֊•́)✧ The mysterious orphan Mo Han appeared during a natural disaster and was taken in by a master living in the mountains. He bears a supreme treasure and excels in both medicine and martial arts. After twenty years of arduous training, he enters 97Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 7 Turning Thirty, I Went Home to Retire and Became a Martial Arts God 三十而立,回老家养老到武道通神 Rural Life811k WordsOngoing At thirty, Cao Yong and his wife are both laid off. Looking at the little over a million yuan left in his bank account, Cao Yong takes his wife and child back to their hometown of Orange Village, planning to spend the rest of his life there in retirement. Then, while practicing the Eight-Part Vajra Exercise one morning, a panel appears before his eyes: [Eight-Part Vajra Exercise: Beginner 1/100] He thinks it must be a joke. How could a health exercise turn into anything special? Ten days later, 10.6kReads—Score1.1kShelves
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  8. 8 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 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 20.6kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
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  9. 9 The Ferocious Art of Chinese Martial Arts 国术凶猛 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 9kReads8.7Score857Shelves
  10. 10 Longevity: I Reincarnated as a Prison Guard and Kept a Low Profile Until I Became Invincible 长生:穿成狱警,我苟到无敌 Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Republican Era in Another World + Martial Arts and Daoist Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Not a Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] In the parallel world's year 913 of the Republic, Lin Mo transmigrated into this world. He became a low-ranking prison guard at Kyoto's Evil Dragon Prison. It was a time of great turmoil. Foreign powers surrounded the nation, watching hungrily from all sides. At home, warlords carved up the land, and flames of war blazed everywhere. And remnants of the old regime 23.2kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
  11. 11 The Age of Declining Dharma: Seeking the Path to Immortality 末法时代:求证长生大道 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
  12. 12 Faking It Till It's Real: Traditional Martial Arts Upgrade Without Limit 现代练假成真,传武无限升级 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Longevity] + [Status Panel] + [Proficiency] + [Lord of the Mysteries] Jiang Jiulang obtains the “Martial Arts Have No Limits” panel, which lets him raise his martial arts without limit by grinding proficiency. There are no martial arts manuals like the ones in novels in the modern world, so he turns to traditional martial arts. Traditional martial arts can only improve your health and help you live longer? No problem. I can improve my health until I can withstand every modern weapon, and extend 8.7kReads6.9Score557Shelves
  13. 13 Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生 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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  14. 14 Defying the Law with Martial Arts, Surrounded by Beauties 以武犯禁之美女如云 Urban737k WordsCompleted (Urban High Martial Arts + Everyday Life + Ancient Martial Arts + Underworld + Multiple Heroines + Decisive and Ruthless) Wu Yi possesses peerless martial arts skills and descends from the mountains to enter the world. He only wants to keep a low profile, live like an ordinary person in the city, and enjoy eating, drinking, and having fun. But trouble comes looking for him: assassins hunt him, martial arts clans provoke him, powerful families bully him, and villains keep asking for trouble. Beau 6.1kReads7.1Score665Shelves
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  15. 15 Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生 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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  16. 16 The Dao Lord Is the One True Immortal 道主唯仙 Urban24k WordsOngoing Is there a hero who will put an end to the rampant scams and kidney harvesting in Myanmar? Can a master whose body is impervious to harm walk away from a nuclear blast? What place is left for chivalry, compassion, and fighting for justice in the modern city? Life is so short, and a hundred years of suffering pass all too soon. Watch as a hidden dragon in the depths breaks through the world's countless limitations and strives to cross the vast lands. The purpose of living is simply to live. Only 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 17 Cultivation Through Archaeology, Immortality Through Tomb Raiding 修行靠考古长生靠盗墓 Urban549k WordsCompleted I woke up to find that the book had finally received a rating. It’s still below passing, but I’m grateful for all the readers’ support! Zhang Qilin scored just over 500 on the college entrance exam, yet managed to get into the archaeology department of a top-tier university through a lucky opening. During his first-year break, he remembered the mysterious cave behind his family’s home, where he used to play as a child. Armed with only a half-baked knowledge of the subject, he 7.2kReads8.1Score623Shelves
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  18. 18 My Traditional Martial Arts Were Debunked, Now I'm Famous Across the Internet 国术被打假的我,爆红全网 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
  19. 19 Peerless Chinese Martial Arts: Starting with a Challenge from the Boxing Champion 国术无双:从被拳王踢馆开始 Urban549k WordsCompleted Bound to the Peerless Martial Arts System from the start! With just a little practice, he can master any move to perfection! Su Yi accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world that reveres martial arts, becoming an utterly ordinary martial arts school apprentice. Then one day, a top champion fighter livestreams his challenge to the school and comes knocking "Today, I witnessed true Great Xia martial arts in an ordinary young apprentice. This is the pinnacle of martial arts as I see it!" That's 81Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 20 From the Start, I Reached the Power of Jin: My Campaign to Give Chinese Martial Arts Their Due 开局化劲,从我为国术正名开始 Urban119k WordsOngoing Wu Hao transmigrated to a parallel world by accident. Thinking he had an Entertainment System, he set out to dominate the entertainment industry and reach the top. Ten years later, a ridiculously powerful Superpower System arrived, and Wu Hao embarked on the path to invincibility. Invincible from the start, invincible all the way. If you don't like it, come and fight. When the protagonist can't win, the System says: Go on, I'll make you invincible. Just get it done. You want to invade Blue Star? 47Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 21 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 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 57Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 Chinese Martial Arts: Challenging Dojos Makes Me Stronger 国术:踢馆就变强 Urban876k WordsCompleted Master Ma was knocked out in three seconds. Has traditional Chinese martial arts fallen into obscurity? Ye Chen obtains the Ultimate Traditional Martial Arts System, and gets stronger with every challenge he takes on. Taekwondo and mixed martial arts are so impressive? Bring them on! [Ding! Mission complete. Earned the True Meaning of Tai Chi and tenfold comprehension!] “Boom!” A master renowned throughout the martial arts world was knocked out in one second. Want to know why Ye Chen’s tradition 166Reads5.2Score—Shelves
  23. 23 Born to Pass Down the Martial Arts! 为了传武而生! Urban941k WordsCompleted Li Hu is reborn in the 1980s and gains the Traditional Martial Arts Cultivation System. Through his own hard work and the System, he gradually achieves success in the world of traditional martial arts, uncovers its potential, and helps it flourish around the globe! 398Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 24 Global High Martial: I Become a God Through Livestreaming Chinese Martial Arts 全球高武:我靠国术直播封神 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The apocalypse arrives, and the whole world becomes a terrifying hunting ground. Ye Ran, a former special forces soldier, is bound by shackles within his body, yet carries on a legacy of traditional Chinese martial arts. In an age where superpowered beings rule and modern weapons no longer work, he uses nothing but his bare fists to carve out a place for himself in a deadly livestream. From earning the title of Martial God in the Stone Arena to battling through the insectoid Hive to reach the qu 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 25 Cancer Sweeps the World, but I Shatter the Galaxy with Martial Arts 全球癌变,我以国术碎星河 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Interstellar in the Early Story + Reimagined Primordial World Later]+ [No System. If You Don't Like It, Don't Read] Original title: [Global Cancerization: I Shatter the Star River with Martial Arts] We are always gazing up at the starry river, but have never wondered what might lie beyond it. One grain of sand contains a world. Could the universe we live in be nothing more than the body of a mighty being? At the end of science, is there really theology? 13.9kReads8.7Score1kShelves
  26. 26 Don't Let Me Touch You, or I’ll Uncover Every Secret 别让我摸到你,啥秘密都藏不住 Urban218k WordsOngoing Watch out! Whatever Ding Xia touches, you’d better not let him get his hands on it. He has an incredibly strange ability. Touch an object, and he can replay its entire past. Once he gets his hands on anything, he can make a perfect copy. Ding Xia is a man who cares deeply about his country. He got his start repairing household appliances and made a fortune through sheer skill. As his business grew, the people coming to his door weren’t just customers, but law enforcement officers, too. An ordina 8Reads—Score138Shelves
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  27. 27 The Way of Restraint 点道为止 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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  28. 28 My Divine Beast Is a Cat 我的神兽是一只猫 Urban233k WordsCompleted [Medical Immortal Master + Reborn + Divine Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Ruthless and Decisive + Urban High Martial Arts] Qin Xuan was a once-in-a-century genius of Medicine King Valley, able to infer much from little and blessed with extraordinary insight. In the woods... that cat, with one blue eye and one golden eye, possessed intelligence and a promise far beyond that of ordinary creatures. The cliff was deep, and Qin Xuan's body plunged rapidly downward. His senior brother 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 29 Transmigrate Into a Regret Novel: Become an Elemental Sword Immortal After Cutting Ties 穿越后悔文:绝断后修成元素剑仙 Urban519k WordsCompleted Overnight, after transmigrating into a book, Ye Xuantian discovered he had become a brainless sacrificial pawn in a story about a peerless hero. Starved of love since childhood, he had been willing to work like a beast of burden just to earn his doting parents' approval, even serving as a stepping stone for his younger brother. In the end, he was literally shaken to death by his parents' overwhelming pressure over a mere dragon egg. With a new soul inside him, Ye Xuantian decisively gave up begg 83Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 30 I’m the Last Cultivator, and I Manually Triggered Spiritual Qi Revival 我,最后的修真者,手动灵气复苏 Urban282k WordsOngoing Qin Xuan transmigrated to Blue Star a century in the past. At the time, humanity was still a mortal civilization. A century later, it would enter the age of spiritual energy. In his previous life, Blue Star entered the age of spiritual energy too late, and not enough powerful humans had emerged. When disaster struck, Blue Star was destroyed! Qin Xuan knew that humanity could only save itself by entering the age of spiritual energy as soon as possible! And he understood that the arrival of the Im 161Reads5.5Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 Xinghe Yuan 星河元 Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Global High Martial Arts] [Cosmic Stars] [Burning Passion] [Epic-Length Story] At a certain point in time, a mysterious beam of light from the cosmos pierced the void and entered the body of a newborn baby on Earth. Nangong Zhui was born amid strange omens. As the vessel for this mysterious beam, was his fate decided from the moment he was born? Hi, everyone! I'm an orphan. My parents left me the year I was born. I was originally a member of an ancient sect, but for certain reasons, I was bro 624Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 32 Qi Gives Rise to Life 炁能生机 Urban160k WordsOngoing An unexpected rift in space and time changed the world in a way never seen before. Its opening brought forth a mysterious power that stunned the world. Known as God’s gift, this power not only advanced every field of human study, but also awakened ancient cultures around the globe that had been lost for ages. Its influence has lasted for more than 200 years, from the 22nd century to the present. During this time, humanity has lost track of whether mysterious energy or qi came first. In this stra —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 33 The World's Richest Man: Starting With a Bargain on Pinduoduo 全球首富:从拼夕夕砍一刀开始 Urban245k WordsOngoing (Billionaire Fantasy + System + Patriotic Youth + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Passion) Do you know what hurts the most after a breakup? Is it knowing that the two of you will never have a future together? Or that you still love each other but can't be together? No, no, no! Neither! It's finding out that even after breaking up, you still have to pay off her Huabei bill! That's right, our hapless protagonist, Jiang Feng, has to pay off his ex-girlfriend's Huabei bill even after they've broken u —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 A Cultivation Path Among the Warblers 莺莺燕燕修仙路 Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An urban, everyday-life story told in plain language. High-martial-arts cultivation without spiritual energy; no System, no old master in a magical artifact, and no rebirth. There's life and conflict, and when it's time to fight or kill, the protagonist does just that. Beautiful women are his cultivation resource, not a harem obligation. This is a modern high-martial-arts world with almost no spiritual energy, so cultivation should be impossible. But lucky Li Jun unexpectedly obtained an incredi 59Reads8.1Score270Shelves
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