Any Books With a Strong Jianghu Vibe? Keep the Power Levels Simple and Focus More on the Plot 有没有些江湖气息的书，别弄太多境界，多写点剧情
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
115
-
1
Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm 逆经：山河策
[This work has been selected by Hongguo for adaptation into an animated drama] Life is unpredictable; the adaptable follow Heaven's path. Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born to the lowest rung of society, he refuses to accept a life as a nobody. He waves the yin-yang banner and unlocks the secrets of the six-line hexagrams. Watch him play the mystic, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch a hidden dragon soar into
44.2kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
Reader note
-
2
Drunken Dreams of Jianghu: The Sun and Moon's Journey 醉梦江湖之日月行
A wedding banquet turns into a massacre that wipes out an entire household. His brothers are killed, and his beloved goes missing. Bearing a blood feud, the young man enters the martial world to hunt down the killer, only to stumble into the secret conspiracy of two great powers. Caught between the court and the martial world, he is drawn into one scheme after another. The truth behind the old massacre reveals the conflict between rival powers. Conspiracies and traps follow one after another, wh
177Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
3
The Eight Wonders of Shaolin 少林八绝
[The audiobook of the same name is now available on major audiobook platforms. Search for the title on any of them to enjoy the story!] All martial arts come from Shaolin. Fang Jianming is a secular disciple. Fang Jianming is upright, loyal, and witty. He travels through a treacherous martial world, yet always keeps an innocent heart. He repeatedly encounters good fortune, fights the strong to protect the weak, and earns widespread renown. He wins the favor of many beautiful women, much to every
3.9kReads8.8Score428Shelves
-
4
The Spirit-Flying Sutra 灵飞经
Liang Xiao is long gone, and Lu Jian has yet to be born. Le Zhiyang steps into the martial world. The Spirit Way Stone Fish and the Ming throne set both the martial world and the empire ablaze! In the twenty-seventh year of the Hongwu reign, the political situation has settled, and the realm belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang. But the martial world is still rife with competing factions. Many sects are dissatisfied with the Zhu dynasty and even covet the emperor's throne, leaving the realm awash in bloodsh
6.2kReads9.1Score927Shelves
-
5
The Silent Blade 刀不语
Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu.
29.3kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
-
6
Wuxia: From the Start, I Mastered the Bride-Clad Divine Skill 武侠：开局满级嫁衣神功
The dynasty falls, the world turns upside down. The righteous wield their swords to exterminate demons, while the demonic path wreaks havoc upon the people. Watch as the protagonist, Lin Ran, awakens the wisdom of his past life, acquires a commission-based System, gains divine arts and supreme techniques, and fights his way to a brighter world. I've started a new book titled: A Chance Encounter in the Martial World Begins with the Flower-Loving Manual. Interested readers are welcome to check it
4.1kReads5.9Score131Shelves
-
7
The Dustblade Guards the Palace 尘锋镇阙
The protagonist is both righteous and wicked, neither wholly good nor evil, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! He takes revenge on the spot. If he can’t get even right away, he’ll find a way to do it later. No saintly do-gooder, no brainless characters! Rescuing a gravely wounded noble on a snowy night draws him into the martial world, the power struggles at court, and the conflict between good and evil, as he investigates the secrets of the Imperial Bones. Welcome, new and longtime
5.6kReads6.1Score459Shelves
Reader note
-
8
The Sword Wind Shatters the Iron Robe 剑风碎铁衣
Tian Jiu survives a hundred-man blood match like a lone wolf, eventually becoming a deadly weapon in Tiangang, a hidden organization of peerless killers. He kills the master of Wufeng Manor, the third greatest manor in the martial world, sending shock waves through the jianghu... Later, after a fierce battle with a grandmaster of the Emei Sect, he is gravely wounded and surrounded by danger. Tiangang begins to suspect him as well, and a storm of blood and fury becomes impossible to stop...
1.8kReads6.3Score141Shelves
Reader note
-
9
The Hidden Hero with the Demon Blade 魔刀侠隐
A demonic saber, a treasure map, a century of grudges, and a chaotic martial world… Between the underworld and the righteous path, good people and villains, who can say where the line lies? Abandoned by his birth mother, he enters the martial world alone. Through strange encounters and tribulations, he rises to greatness by his own strength. With saber and sword in hand, cold and merciless, he cuts off love and spirit, then throws his head back and laughs at the heavens! …
1.6kReads8.6Score159Shelves
-
10
Blade of the Azure Heavens 碧落无刃
Beneath heaven, martial arts are ruled by blades and swords. The thousand-year feud between the ancient Yue Sword Pavilion and Minghong Manor, two supreme sects, has shaped the most epic chapter in the martial world. But this is more than a conflict between blade and sword factions. It is a secret spanning two generations: a life stolen, and revenge pursued in the name of love. He, Ye Lingfeng, is a sword prodigy raised by the ancient Yue Sword Pavilion. His adoptive father is the Sword Saint, f
163Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
11
Wanderer of the Jianghu 浪人江湖丨
No System, no rebirth, no transmigration: A terrible plague swept through my village and claimed every life, leaving me as the sole survivor by sheer luck. After the disaster, I went to a nearby town and begged for a living... until one day, a swordsman appeared and led me into the martial world, a place I had never expected to enter after resigning myself to a lifetime as a beggar.
1.1kReads8.8Score116Shelves
Reader note
-
12
I, the Pawnshop Keeper, Once Conquered the Entire Jianghu 我，当铺掌柜，曾打穿整个江湖
[No brainless plot + martial world + imperial court + genius + small ensemble cast + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story] Five years ago, five Celestial Beings from the Five Sacred Grounds joined forces to hunt down one man at Soulbreak Cliff. The battle lasted three days and three nights. In the end, there was no sign of him alive or dead. The Five Sacred Grounds announced to the world that Gu Jius was dead. A pawnshop appeared in a corner of Qingxi Town. The owner, surnamed Gu, was good f
7.1kReads6.1Score246Shelves
-
13
Ninjutsu in Hand, Roaming the Martial World 忍术在手，江湖横走
Li Ping'an transmigrates into a wuxia world and becomes a waiter at the Dragon Gate Inn, where he spends his days eating his fill and waiting to die. By day, he's the most notorious slacker on the whole street, teasing the proprietress and shirking work at every opportunity. Everyone who sees him shakes their head: That man is a lost cause. By night, he forms hand seals and flashes across vast distances, leaving no trace. He's the top ace of "Night Rain," the martial world's most feared assassin
10Reads—Score—Shelves
-
14
Wuxia Crossover: It All Starts with Stealing Li Canghai's Chance 综武：一切从截胡李沧海开始
[Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, and Wen Rui’an worlds + multiple heroines + invincible + feel-good power fantasy + rebellion and kingship] After transmigrating into a combined martial arts world for twenty years, he gambled ten years of his fortune on Drum Mountain! Ten years trapped like a dragon in a well, then one day he rises to the clouds. From the start, he became Wuyazi’s disciple and learned the Xiaoyao Sect’s secret arts. He gambled his fortune and doubled his opportunities: the Bloo
80.3kReads8.1Score7.9kShelves
Reader note
-
15
Fox Blade Reflected in Crimson Snow 狐刀映红雪
(In the style of Gu Long) In the chaotic early Yuan era, cavalry trampled the moonlit Jiangnan, and tyranny engulfed the land. The jianghu was full of profit-seekers, hypocrites who deceived the world, and vicious killers. Yet the “Shape-Shifting Flying Fox” was the one who made nine out of ten martial artists wary. No one knew what the Fox really looked like. All they knew was that he moved like a fox, and whenever his blade struck, blood flowed. He never killed the nameless. Was he a descendan
568Reads8.1Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
16
Zhang Wuji of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Takes Murong Fu’s Place 天龙张无忌替换慕容复
After Zhang Wuji retired from the martial world with Zhao Min and died peacefully in old age, his soul transmigrated into Murong Fu. The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth + Taiji Kung Fu + Star Shifting: even the Sweeping Monk is no match for him! Qiao Feng: “It is my honor to be mentioned in the same breath as Young Master Murong.” Duan Yu: “Second Brother! Please accept my bow!” Xuzhu: “I don’t know why, but Young Master Murong’s fortuitous encounters feel strangely familiar.” Zhang Wuji: “Resto
4.7kReads7.2Score324Shelves
Reader note
-
17
Beauty Like a Flower, Blade Like the Wind 美人如花刀如风
Martial Arts, Humor, Historical Romance, No System, No Levels, No Transmigration When I enter the world, all things crumble; heaven and earth change color, and plants and trees mourn. Rivers groan, mountains tremble, and the tides of the world fall to my generation. A sweeping story, beautiful prose, an intricate structure, airtight logic, twists and turns, vivid characters, clever characters, and every mystery resolved! Song Qiutong’s cleverness and beauty, Mu Sha’s gentle charm, Tang Yingyi
801Reads—Score104Shelves
Reader note
-
18
The Blade Draws at Peach Blossom Cove 刀出桃花坞
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
114Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
19
Please, Sir, Save Me 请先生救我
A book of forgetting sorrow, a page of breathtaking tales. Its ink is black and white, its stories full of twists and turns. [Page One: How can one cure lovesickness that cuts to the bone? One cup of water that forgets sorrow, and love is severed between you and me.] [Page Two: Where can one seek the path to immortality? In the White Jade Capital in the heavens, with its twelve towers and five cities. Surely the answer lies in the skies.] [Page Three: Your Majesty, what troubles you? Will you
195.4kReads8.8Score48.6kShelves
Reader note
-
20
Legend of Bloodshed on Mount Wudang 血溅武当山传奇
A severely underrated work of literature, an epic masterpiece full of vivid emotion. Martial arts + history + romance + leveling up through monster-slaying + a regretful pursuit of a wife + tangled grievances + emotional turmoil. A good-for-nothing male lead and an impulsive female lead meet because of a misunderstanding and are forced to wander the martial world together. They study under the same master and each finds their own opportunities to learn martial arts. Their differing ideals lead t
2.6kReads8.0Score235Shelves
Reader note
-
21
Bloodshed on Mount Wudang 血溅武当山
A weather-beaten young man gradually finds his way through confusion, survives against all odds in a world plunged into chaos, and steadily gets everything he wished for. But he loses things far more precious, such as family, friendship, and love. If only time could turn back.
1.3kReads6.6Score128Shelves
-
22
A Journey Through Mountains and Rivers 山水行记
"Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not stupid, and not something to eat with your rice. It’s best enjoyed with a drink. This book is for readers with a long-term mindset. Take your time and savor it, and you’ll find that this novel is as tender as water, like the girl you love, intoxicating you." What seems like an ordinary opening is actually a grand scheme plotted long ago… Guangxi, a rainy night, a dilapidated Taoist temple, and a mystery upon mystery. A helpless young woman encounters a handsome
1.3kReads8.2Score184Shelves
Reader note
-
23
The Villainess Uses a Martial Arts System to Become a Marquis 女配她靠武侠系统封侯
[Female supporting character transmigrates into a book + System + no romance + wise ruler and capable ministers + ensemble cast + unification of the six kingdoms] Meng Weiyao transmigrates into the child version of a cannon-fodder female supporting character in a household-intrigue novel, who doesn’t survive past three chapters. After keeping her head down for over a decade, she finally awakens a martial arts System at a crucial plot point. The System actually requires her to achieve the ultimat
3.3kReads—Score346Shelves
Reader note
-
24
Demon Slayer of the Frozen Abyss 寒渊诛魔
I'm pleased to recommend my new book, Dustblade Suppresses the Palace Gate. Old friends and new, come join us in a world of wuxia, where the imperial court stands tall and the rivers and lakes stretch far and wide. Ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. They pursue vengeance and justice with abandon, and fight for their homeland and family. Each person pushes forward with all their might for the wishes they hold dear.
14.9kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
Reader note
-
25
This Blade Never Misses 这一刀不歪
[Plot-driven] + [No brainless characters] The winds of the northern frontier cannot blow the stench of blood from a blade. Here, law and order have collapsed. Only the blade reigns supreme. As blades flash and fall, the insignificant perish, while ambitious warlords hide their true faces. This is a reeking, foul world of martial arts. Collect one old debt, and incur ten new grudges! What has a lonely ghost to fear from the road to the underworld? I seek justice in the world of the living! Come o
4Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
26
The Court I Cannot Return To 不归朝
[1v2, Not a Pure Couple, Multiple Couples, Traditional Historical Romance, Second Male Lead Takes the Lead, Court and Martial World] The frail Crown Prince has been held hostage for years in an "allied kingdom." The former heir has long since gone mad, blind and crippled, and grown ever more twisted and possessive. Then the emperor dies suddenly! A son born of a concubine takes the throne before the coffin! The Crown Prince is left alone and forgotten! The princess of the allied kingdom, who has
51Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
27
Martial World, Don't Bully Me: I Have a Demon Blade 武侠，休要欺负我，我有一把魔刀
The martial world was never a place for settling scores with satisfying vengeance. It was a place filled with deceit, coldness, and hurt... Yan Xiaoxiang watched his family home destroyed and his loved ones die with his own eyes. His young heart was burdened with the pain of the world. A demonic blade fell into his hands. It could kill, and it could ensnare the mind... In the end, he chose to kill!
1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
28
The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快
“One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching
9.7kReads8.8Score900Shelves
Reader note
-
29
I Went Down the Mountain to Be a Bodyguard, but the Princess Wants to Run Away With Me 下山当护卫，公主竟然要拉我跑路
One heroine + no golden finger + wuxia Xiao Ping used to envy the tales of gallant heroes in the martial world, but after coming down from the mountain, his master arranged for him to become a guard at the princess's residence. Xiao Ping planned to do the job for two months, then call it even and run off. But things took a strange turn after he saved the princess once. She insisted that he keep serving as her guard. How does the imperial jade seal end up on your desk when you didn't steal it? An
21Reads—Score—Shelves
-
30
Spring Mountains Bathed in Wild Light 春山照野
[Never takes a beating + authentic martial world + spectacular fights + concealed weapons + a flower in hand or a leaf plucked from a branch, anything can be a weapon + the romance of being a man] Three thousand worlds, one thought can bring calamity. Lu Zhaoye, once the young proprietor of the Zhan Yu Inn in Qingyu Town, only wanted to live a carefree life. Usually easygoing but steady at heart, he was decisive and ruthless when it came to killing. Then he won some strange coins at a gambling h
36Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
31
The Guide to Concealed Beauties 藏娇引
Winter. The last of the snow. Her sword is moonlight. Her poison is honey. Her name is a secret. Purple robes, swift as lightning. A woman, like a poem. The world knows Princess Jinning, Zhao Qingli, only as a living portrait of a court lady, hidden deep within the palace. Little does anyone know that she is also the Sword God’s sole disciple and a once-in-a-century genius of the Tang Sect. Her sword is called Purple Lightning. When it leaves its scabbard, it flashes like a startled swan reflect
30Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
32
The Princess and the Sword Immortal 公主与剑仙
Atop Lock Dragon Peak, snow falls without a sound. Xiao Jianqiu, the “Lone Shadow Sword Immortal,” is invincible beneath heaven with his gleaming blade. He watches the clouds drift by, seeking nothing more than freedom and ease. The martial world? Just a place where grudges are settled and swords do the talking. In Jinling, behind the deep walls of the imperial palace, Princess Zhaoyang Zhao Jin is born to privilege, yet finds the palace walls too high and her life too stifling. The court? Nothi
1.6kReads—Score126Shelves
-
33
Why Build a Rebel Army When Ruling the Underworld Is More Fun? 混江湖哪有造反爽
A distinctive power fantasy + distinctive wuxia + distinctive rebellion story + a hero who can’t help meddling + no System + no gimmicks + no harem + no romance + plot-focused + the Hundred Schools of Thought + a lighthearted, humorous style + a cultured yet uncouth martial artist + the art of overthrowing dragons + personal opinions + angst + not a dark, selfish power fantasy “Miss, I’m just an ordinary martial artist. Why are you so intent on pursuing me?” “An elusive demonic sect’s young ma
102Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
34
Chronicles of Qiwucheng 栖梧城传记
A classic martial-arts detective tale, historical mystery, youthful passion, with no System or cheats. During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, the realm had only just been pacified, and every trade was waiting to be rebuilt. The balance of power in the martial world shifted dramatically. The influence of the four great martial families, who controlled the Seven Gangs (power), Eight Associations (wealth), Nine Mountains (letters), and Ten Strongholds (arms), waned noticeably. The world's Fiv
51Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
35
The Young Friends of Old Return 少年故人归
[Slow-Burn Setup] [Wuxia] [Revenge and Retribution] [Hatred of Evil] [Chapter One is a “Prologue,” optional reading. The real climax comes later.] Why do I fight to the death without retreating? Because all my brothers are buried here. How could I bear to be the only one left alive? How could I spare my own life? And besides… who says a ruler of a fallen kingdom has to be a fool? And who says that if you love someone, you have to let them know? Sometimes it can be for “that one glance” alon
71Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
36
Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔
Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de
3.2kReads9.2Score381Shelves
Reader note
-
37
Wait, My Fiancée Is the Fated Villain? 不是？我未婚妻是天命反派？
[No Transmigration] [One Heroine] [Mostly Slice of Life] [Invincible Power Fantasy] [Read with confidence, it's guaranteed to be sweet!] There's no heartbreak at all. Just read it, it's ridiculously sweet. On the eve of his broken engagement, Yun Che has an absurd dream. After twenty years of hardship in the modern world, he finally understands what his tsundere childhood friend really means. “Is it still not too late to apologize?” “Too late! You want to break off our engagement, right?” Luo Qi
6.3kReads8.7Score619Shelves
Reader note
-
38
The Legend of Yueyun 月云传
My name is Gu Yungui. I was born without ever getting the chance to meet my birth mother. The martial world has been torn by conflict for years, with bloodshed without end. Gifted beyond measure, I was taught all my father's martial arts. Years later, my father finally found my mother's whereabouts. After a long and difficult search, he uncovered a cruel truth: she had been imprisoned for years by three major sects and forced to forge three mystical weapons, Duannian, Tingxue, and Jinghong. She
66Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
39
Moonlit Flower 明月花
She once held back a thousand troops with a single sword. Her white robes stained with blood, she was breathtakingly beautiful, more stirring than the setting sun on the city wall. When the battle report reached the Northern Yan camp, the Yan Emperor dropped the wine cup in his hand. “How could a woman like this be hidden in my realm?” I vaguely remember: [They first met on a snowy night. With just a few words, she sent a band of thugs running and saved the escort convoy he was leading. The you
158Reads8.4Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
40
Young Hero of the Dragon Abyss 龙渊少侠
On a dark, stormy night, a group of black-clad attackers raided the Weiyuan Escort Agency. With loyal servants fighting desperately to protect her, the heavily pregnant young madam fled through the siege. What earth-shattering secret lay behind this bloody massacre? The four fugitives traveled far and wide before finally taking refuge in the long-abandoned Ziyun Temple. Fortunately, the madam safely gave birth to a baby boy there. Time passed. When the boy was seven, a one-armed Daoist wandere
82Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
41
Chronicles of the Xiaoxiang Night Rain 夜雨潇湘记
The Xiang River flows on, but when will the grudges and feuds of the martial world finally pass like running water? Bloodshed and violence follow people everywhere. Even if you are a legendary hero, how can you escape the fate of this world? See how a single long sword travels to the ends of the earth!
11Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
42
The Woodcutter Swordsman 刀侠砍柴人
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?
3.3kReads7.6Score315Shelves
Reader note
-
43
Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开
Wuxia + history + imperial court + bloodshed + political intrigue + multiple female leads + not a harem + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Plum Blossom Manor, the guardians of a village in Huaxia. Nixiào, the ninety-ninth-generation young manor lord, secretly leaves the manor at fourteen, only to encounter an unknown force plotting against the Great Ming...
568Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
44
Yuchou's 4th Book 欲仇的第4本书
[Myriad Heavens + ruthless killings + more children, more blessings] One day, Gu Chen Yu Ji, who had always dreamed of wandering the world with a sword, unexpectedly obtains the Myriad Heavens, More Children, More Blessings System. Across different worlds, he starts a family and leaves behind children to carry on his lineage. After he leaves, the family he founded becomes a force of overlords and warlords in each world. P.S.: The Legend of the Condor Heroes + Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils + Sout
8Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
45
The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Afterword, The Water Margin: An Unofficial Tale 天龙后记，水浒别传
The story after Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, with even more fantasy. Picking up after the ending of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, this novel features Murong Fu, whose personality has been remade, as its protagonist. It follows Wang Yuyan, Duan Yu, Xu Zhu, the heroes of Liangshan, the Ming Cult, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, and many others, telling a story connected to Water Margin that takes place after Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Martial arts and Taoist sorcery coexist in this book. It aims to stay
54Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
46
The Banished Swordmaster 谪剑人
[High Martial Arts, Low Fantasy]+ [The Jianghu and the Imperial Court]+ [No System]+ [Swordsmanship] A peachwood sword, daring to be first in the world; a breath of mystic energy, stirring storms across the jianghu. Years as a spoiled young master in the capital, then years as a wandering rogue in the jianghu. The carefree young heir arrives with a flourish and plunges headfirst into a game of power where the jianghu and imperial court are tightly intertwined... Since the Yuanjia Incident, the b
10Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
47
A Bowl of Rice for the Jianghu 江湖一碗饭
Chen Tashi, the lazy cook at Dragon Gate Inn, can make a mean steamed bun and talk his way out of anything. Then one day, the enemy who had hunted him for ten years finally tracks him down, forcing him to pick up his rusty cleaver once more. At the same time, the simple-minded young man Gouwa, whom he rescued on a whim, insists that Chen is a peerless master and clings to him, begging to become his disciple. His quiet life shattered, Chen Tashi realizes that the old grudges have not been settled
2.8kReads7.3Score230Shelves
Reader note
-
48
Chronicles of the Wilds 莽丛记
[Wuxia chivalry + the nation in peril + torn between loyalty and righteousness + a tragic song of a turbulent age] The first volume of The Record of the Wilds, winner of the Best Long-Form Book Award at Legends Ancient and Modern, is set amid the Song-Jin wars and paints a vivid portrait of ordinary people caught up in the tides of history. It captures the essence of classical storytelling without sacrificing dramatic force: the wandering swordsman Yan Sheng rescues a secret envoy and obtains a
268Reads9.4Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
49
Chivalry? What a Load of Crap! 侠义？狗屁！
Ten years ago, my master told me I was ready to leave the sect. I asked him, “Does the Ruyi Sect have any rules? Things like upholding justice, punishing the wicked, and helping the weak?” My master burst out laughing and patted me on the shoulder. “Right and wrong, good and evil, are all as I see fit! In this martial world, if you want to be a hero, then go be one: avenge wrongs, help those in danger. If you want to be a villain, then go be one: kill and burn, do as you please. Even if you want
63Reads6.2Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
50
The Imprisoned King 囚王
Who am I? I woke up in a prince's manor after a seven-day dream. I had forgotten who I was, where I came from, and where I was going. It seemed I had once been plotting something, but before I could investigate, an assassination attempt sent me stumbling into the martial world. Thus began the weaving of a conspiracy spanning both court and martial world.
99Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
Other lists with Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm