In a Reading Slump. Looking for Great Martial Arts Novels! 书荒，寻找国术类的好书！

1. 1 我 My Name Is Sun Zei, Not Thief 我叫孙贼，不是贼 The Chubby Guy Who's Always Dieting一直在减肥的胖哥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 43kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

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   A city of martial arts, where people change their destiny through martial arts – a highly-rated article!

2. 2 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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   This is the book I've been reading recently.

3. 3 不 Not a Daoist Priest, but a Mage 不是道士是法师 Little Fox, First Intentions小狐初心Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing Beat the drum and swing the whip. With a shiver, I emerge from the mountains. I open my mouth and speak like a human: I'm the half-mad Li Xiaoxian! Ever since I was born, bad luck has followed me everywhere. I've nearly died time and again. To fight against the fate laid out for me, I believed in the Lord, recited Buddhist scriptures, and even worked at a wholesale market. But Heaven played a cruel joke on me. Misfortune kept piling up until I became completely dazed and unhinged. Desperate to g 406Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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   These are all about the same.

4. 4 我 I'm a Taoist Priest. What's Wrong with Knowing a Few Spells? 我一个道士，会点法术怎么了 Hero Wu吴大侠Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Anti-cultural export + cultivation + livestreaming + Daoist priest + System + spreading the Dao in America + no couples + no female lead + no spiritual qi revival + scheming protagonist Also known as: Spreading the Dao in America, Shocking the Eagles Every Day Chen Xian, Daoist name Xuanyun, is known in the martial world as the well-mannered young Daoist, the Cultivator's Version of Homelander, and the Enlightened Master Who Follows His Every Whim. His motto: “This Daoist does whatever he wants! 57.4kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
5. 5 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves
6. 6 笑 You Mock Huaxia for Having No Gods? From the Start, I Awakened Billions of Deities 笑我华夏无神？我开局觉醒亿万神 Open the Door, Here's Some Warmth开门送温暖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Spiritual qi revival sweeps the world, and the Mythic Arena appears. Gods from every nation arrive one after another: Japan awakens Amaterasu, the American federation summons Odin, and Greece calls forth Zeus… Only China has lost its mythological heritage, leaving it in grave danger! Then I transmigrate here by chance and discover, to my amazement, that I possess the complete system of Chinese mythology! “A mere Great Xia dares to compete with us in the number of gods?” “Hey… wait! Look at what 2.3kReads8.6Score411Shelves
7. 7 黑 Hacker: I Turned Off a Streamer's Beauty Filter Live 黑客：直播关闭女主播美颜 Laughing Proudly in the Mortal World笑傲红尘Urban762k WordsOngoing (Hacker + livestream) One day, a god-tier hacker System appeared in Su Yang's mind. With points, he could exchange them for all kinds of hacking tools. So Su Yang put on a mask and a hood, disguised himself as a mysterious hacker, and started a livestream: Ten thousand viewers watched as he called a beautiful streamer live and disabled her beauty filter. One hundred thousand viewers watched him hack into his online buddy's ex-girlfriend's wedding and expose the gold digger's sordid past. One 2kReads8.4Score175Shelves
8. 8 小 Kid, That’s Enough! The Whole Internet Is Stunned! 小孩哥收手吧，全网都震惊麻了！ An Jinyu安瑾瑜Urban505k WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the body of a six-year-old boy and ends up on a parent-child variety show. Expert: “This child comes from a single-parent family, and his mother doesn’t even care for him. He’s a good-for-nothing.” Su Chen fires back by inventing a smart voice-activated trash can. A big shot offers 500,000 yuan to buy it online. Su Chen: “Who did you just call a good-for-nothing?” … Expert: “Playing the suona at a kindergarten Mid-Autumn Festival performance? What kind of behavior is that? 414Reads6.9Score102Shelves
9. 9 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.7M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves

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   Taoism has an extremely ancient tradition and occupies a very important position in Chinese history. Taoist arts can also be called national arts, and their mysterious power makes people yearn for them!

10. 10 国 Chinese Martial Arts: Starting with Eagle Claw and Iron Shirt 国术：从鹰爪铁布衫开始 Fish Chasing Birds in Flight追逐飞鸟的鱼Urban626k WordsOngoing My name is Mo Tianming. I was a low-level office drone in 2029, until a car accident ended my life. When I opened my eyes again, I had become an eighteen-year-old high school student. Luckily, in this life I had a sweet little sister and a wonderful mother. Our family was poor, but with the information advantage of someone who had transmigrated, I was confident I could give my family a better life and reach the pinnacle of success. But I let my guard down. I didn't dodge! A clash at a night ma 699Reads6.5Score103Shelves

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    The book is excellent; the details of various martial arts are portrayed very well, and the protagonist relies entirely on his own training.

11. 11 全 Cancer Sweeps the World, but I Shatter the Galaxy with Martial Arts 全球癌变，我以国术碎星河 Wind Chime Ferry风铃渡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
12. 12 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
13. 13 疯 Have You Gone Mad? The Eunuch Says He'll Restore the Qing Dynasty 疯了吧，老太监说他要复兴大清 Crimson Sky Qiyu赤霄琦狱Urban263k WordsCompleted I was fed up with all those cookie-cutter stories about Systems, stat-based power-ups, and immortal cultivation, so I thought I'd try writing one myself. My personal take on Systems is that they're bait cast by higher-dimensional powers into lower dimensions to harvest the universe's origin energy. I guess I was too young and naive. Readers these days might not go for that, but I couldn't bring myself to write a story where the protagonist just keeps clicking through upgrades with a System. I'll 167Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This story begins with the Three Heroes of the East, combining the Virgin Boy's Kung Fu with the Thirteen Bodyguards of Horizontal Training, creating a humanoid Gundam!

14. 14 形 Xingyi Martial God 形意武神 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里13k WordsCompleted Xingyi Martial God 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A retired special forces soldier, framed and betrayed, awakens the bloodline of a martial arts god! A bronze ring tempers his body into steel; his Crushing Fist shatters bones, his Cannon Fist shatters monuments, igniting a martial arts frenzy in underground arenas! The Five Elements Body Forging Technique reshapes his bones and muscles, his body gleaming with metallic sharpness under the moonlight. A silver-haired assassin closes in relentlessly, a mysterious organization covets ancient secrets, and his grandfather's blood-written words "Xuanwu Street" conceal a shocking secret! When traditional martial arts collide with urban warfare, watch as this retired soldier proves his path with his fists, transforming from a fugitive into a world-shaking martial arts god! Experience the raw, brutal beauty of fistfights, the suspenseful mystery of his past, and the exhilarating, explosive triumph!

15. 15 国 National Arts and Immortality: My Body Can Evolve Without End 国术长生：我的身体能无限进化 Nine-Year-Old Meat Lover九岁小子爱吃肉Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Modern cultivation + traditional martial arts + everyday urban life + attribute cheat] [Slow-paced, not a power fantasy, focused on daily life. Later chapters include health tips. Read with caution.] A low-ranking doctor working at a hospital suddenly falls gravely ill. After examinations confirm he has cancer, he loses all hope and resolutely quits his job, planning to return home and spend what little time he has left with his parents. Who could have guessed that when God closes one door, he 7.2kReads8.0Score608Shelves

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    These are all martial arts novels I'm currently reading; they're quite interesting.

16. 16 开 From the Start: One Man's Martial Arts World 开局：从一个人的武林开始 Wolf of the North北方的狼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Who is the greatest hero of them all? Reborn, Chen Fan gazes up at the sky and vows to write a legend of his own! 442Reads5.1Score—Shelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 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
19. 19 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 read a dozen chapters and dared not continue, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to read any other novels. The author's writing style is so vivid, it feels like watching a movie—no, it's even more absurd than watching a movie, like I've actually entered the book (maybe it's just my overactive imagination). Once I got into it, oh my god, the way the author describes cultivation feels so real, it's outrageous! Various human anatomy, psychology, and training logic are written in a simple, easy-to-understand, and engaging way. (Perhaps it's because I'm not knowledgeable enough, but anyway, I can't find any fault with it. It's just like the real thing.)

20. 20 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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    Wow, not bad!

21. 21 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
22. 22 开 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 Wu Shengjun吴圣君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? 48Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 身 A Master of Chinese Martial Arts, Practicing Immortality Through Science 身怀国术，科学修仙 Jiazi the Master甲子上人Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Yang Lin, a mobile phone sales clerk who has studied traditional Chinese martial arts for three years, is transported by a ball of five-colored light to a world of cultivation after an unexpected stroke of fate. See how he uses the math and science knowledge from his previous life to cultivate through science, and rise to prominence in the cultivation world with his martial arts and Tai Chi. A rational, well-founded take on scientific cultivation, with clear logic. 5.9kReads8.7Score466Shelves

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