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  1. 1 The Hidden Hero with the Demon Blade 魔刀侠隐 Eastern Fantasy587k WordsCompleted 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! … 1.3kReads8.6Score128Shelves
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  2. 2 The Sword Wind Shatters the Iron Robe 剑风碎铁衣 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing 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... 1.8kReads6.3Score142Shelves
  3. 3 Martial World, Don't Bully Me: I Have a Demon Blade 武侠,休要欺负我,我有一把魔刀 Martial Arts138k WordsOngoing 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! 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
  4. 4 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: From the Start, I Married Li Qingluo 天龙:开局迎娶李青萝 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [Court politics and martial arts world] History and fiction go hand in hand, while the imperial court and the martial arts world coexist. There is the carefree vengeance of the martial arts world, the schemes of the imperial court, and blood-red flames filling the battlefield. A scholar holds a long spear and rides his horse through the martial arts world. Reborn in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Wang Xingzhi stares blankly at his surroundings. Red decorations are everywhere in the respl 8.7kReads6.7Score419Shelves
  5. 5 Blade of the Azure Heavens 碧落无刃 Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted 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 140Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 6 The Guide to Concealed Beauties 藏娇引 Eastern Fantasy793k WordsCompleted 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 29Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 7 The Princess and the Sword Immortal 公主与剑仙 Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted 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—Score119Shelves
  8. 8 Beauty Like a Flower, Blade Like the Wind 美人如花刀如风 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted 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 708Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 9 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Martial Arts1.9M WordsOngoing “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 9.3kReads8.8Score794Shelves
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  10. 10 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修,怎么是犯贱的贱 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 117.2kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
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  11. 11 Wuxia Crossover: I Am a Sword Immortal in the Apocalypse 综武,我在末世当剑仙 Male-Channel Fanfiction292k WordsCompleted The apocalypse struck without warning! Natural disasters, human calamities, zombies, mutated beasts, and even the uncanny appeared one after another. Some humans awakened as Evolvers, barely able to fight back. In a world where the strong ruled, the rest of humanity could only become the Evolvers’ slaves and tools, driven around at their masters’ whim for the meager scraps of food that might fill their stomachs. Li Yifeng was an ordinary man who couldn’t evolve. By chance, he obtained a sword-sh 745Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  12. 12 What?! I've Become My Idol's Child 惊!我成了我担的孩子 Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Mystery and crime-solving + rekindled romance + two powerful, devoted leads + sweet romance and a happy ending + father-son bonds + exhilarating wuxia] Ye Fuyao is the only male outer disciple in his sect, and the one nobody takes seriously. He’s bad at martial arts and not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Then a dream-come-true protagonist’s script falls right into his lap, and he becomes the beloved son of the idol he’s admired since childhood. Just like that, he lands a life of easy wi 1.5kReads8.2Score227Shelves
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  13. 13 The Return of the Condor Heroes: The Sequel 神雕大侠后传 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted (A traditional martial arts novel, primarily a crossover between The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. No System, not a power fantasy, so please don't read it if that bothers you. Jin Yong's martial arts stories have several versions. There is a gap of sixty to seventy years between The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber that Jin Yong never wrote about. The author seamlessly fills in those missing d 10.1kReads7.5Score699Shelves
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  14. 14 Wanderer of the Jianghu 浪人江湖丨 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted 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. 1.1kReads8.8Score107Shelves
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  15. 15 At the Summit of the Array River 阵河之巅 Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing On the Eastern Zhou Continent, young Qi farmer Lin Chen and his cousin Jia Zhenli embark on an adventure to break through the class divide by cultivating formations. Along the way, they meet Helan Xueliang, the Second Prince of Beiliang fleeing for his life; Qian Fei, the absurd Prince of Yue; and Su Li, daughter of a prefectural magistrate in Kaizhou. The tale weaves together court intrigue, martial heroes and swordplay, the smoke of war, and the pinnacle of formation arts. This is no story abo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 16 Wuxia: Telling Stories in the Valley of Villains, Little Fish Works for Me 武侠:恶人谷说书,小鱼儿打工 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Ye Chen arrives on the Jiuzhou Continent, a wondrous world where the martial arts worlds of countless legends converge. Here, Li Xunhuan’s flying daggers never miss, and Lianxing and Yaoyue dazzle with peerless beauty. And so, in front of the Valley of the Villains, there appears a Peaceful Inn that stays out of the martial world, along with an “ordinary” storyteller who only wants to earn popularity points. One tale, Sword and Fairy, brings countless lovers to tears. “Mr. Ye, what medicine can 46.1kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
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  17. 17 Keeping a Diary in a Wuxia Crossover, Heroines, Spare Me 人在综武写日记,女侠请饶命 Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted After an accident, Lin Fan transmigrates into a world of martial arts heroes. He has loved reading wuxia novels about chivalry and revenge since childhood, but actually transmigrating there is no fun at all: he could lose his life at any moment. Fortunately, the System never lets him down. He binds himself to a diary System, and writing in his diary makes him stronger. His arrival also makes the jianghu far more exciting. 38.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
  18. 18 Ying Zheng: So My Son Is the White-Clad Spear God 嬴政:原来我儿子就是白衣枪神 Male-Channel Fanfiction809k WordsCompleted [Wuxia Crossover + Son of Ying Zheng + Peerless Spear God + Plenty of Beauties + System + Revenge and Reconciliation!] Qin Xiu transmigrates as the ninth son of Ying Zheng and awakens the Spear God System. He grows stronger by defeating powerful opponents. Yaoyue: “Qin Xiu’s spear skills are terrifying!” Gai Nie: “I accept my defeat at his hands wholeheartedly!” Li Hanyi: “I never imagined a young man could be so extraordinarily gifted!” From then on, the world gains a white-robed Spear God, who 2.3kReads8.0Score202Shelves
  19. 19 Wuxia Crossover: I Use the Jianghu to Shake the Imperial Court 综武:我以江湖动朝堂 Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsCompleted My name is Jiang Yin. I'm a wandering martial artist who takes jobs for pay. With a sword and a finger, I sweep through the martial world. Before I knew it, all my enemies were dead, while my friends were scattered across the land. 35kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
  20. 20 Wuxia Crossover: I Compete with the Imperial Court to Catch Criminals 综武:我和朝廷抢犯人 Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Xing Yu was a young man in the 21st century, chasing his dreams on the streets, until a shoddy firework sent him to the Divine Land. A prison became bound to the depths of his soul. By a twist of fate, it was called Xing Yu, a name meaning “prison” and “punishment.” This is the Great Qian Dynasty, where the imperial court and the various martial arts factions hold each other in check. Beyond the dynasty, foreign tribes abound, while the martial arts factions within it have reached a tacit balanc 19.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
  21. 21 Wandering Through the Heavens 漫游诸天 Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Starting in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he becomes the young master of the Huashan Sect. Yue Yang only wants to lie low, grow stronger, and stay out of worldly affairs. But after being forced to step into the martial world, he discovers that there is nothing under heaven that a single sword cannot solve. He breaks through the shackles of heaven and earth, ascending higher and higher through low martial worlds, middle martial worlds, high martial worlds, immortal realms, Journey to 77.7kReads9.1Score5.2kShelves
  22. 22 Great Qin: The Greatest Sword in the World 大秦:天下第一剑 Anime Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted Li Changqing transmigrates to the Warring States period before the Qin dynasty and obtains a Swordsmanship Inheritance System. Golden Snake Swordplay, Thirteen Deadly Swords, Ximen Swordplay, The Third Young Master’s Sword, Nine Swords of Dugu, Heavenly Sword, Sword Twenty-Three… Gai Nie: “Xiao Zhuang, this man’s swordsmanship is far beyond yours and mine.” Wei Zhuang: “You’re the one… I have to surpass.” The twin swords of the Guigu School regard him as the pinnacle of swordsmanship. Zhang Lia 14.3kReads9.1Score1kShelves
  23. 23 The Flying Errand on Mount Hua 华山飞役 Eastern Fantasy201k WordsCompleted [Traditional wuxia + coming of age + jianghu + imperial court + Jin Yong-inspired series] The Yuan court bans martial arts, bringing ruin to the jianghu, and the Huashan Sect is destroyed. As the young master of the Demon Cult, I take the sect leader’s daughter with me to roam the jianghu, growing stronger along the way as I strive to save the martial world... 126Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 24 The Sword Qi Ballad of Mountains and Rivers 山河剑气歌 Eastern Fantasy482k WordsCompleted The Jingkang Catastrophe tears the land apart and stains rivers and mountains with blood. Lu Huaizhen, a young swordsman burdened with a blood feud and half of a mysterious jade token, is swept into the whirlpool of the Song-Jin standoff and the conflicts of the martial world. As he searches for the truth, he faces the question, “Is martial arts meant for killing or for protecting?” He struggles to choose between family vengeance, national hatred, and the limits of chivalry. From the ferocity of 3Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  25. 25 The Azure Blade Chronicles of the Late Tang 残唐青锋录 Historical179k WordsOngoing Historical setting: From the Tianfu era of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (901) to the first year of Kaiping under the Later Liang (907). Regional warlords vie for power, and Zhu Wen usurps the Tang dynasty. Core plot: The former dynasty’s imperial jade seal, the Heavenly Mandate Treasure Mirror, resurfaces in the martial world, sparking a struggle among rival factions. Dou Yanfeng must fulfill his family’s mission and protect the national treasure, while Huangfu Che is drawn into the conflict as he —Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 26 Tales of the Canal and the Sea 漕海风云录 Historical265k WordsCompleted The fires of the martial world light the land, while a common man’s hot blood stains the setting sun. In the chaos of the late Qing, the waters of the Huangpu River churned with blood. Foreign warships crushed the livelihoods of canal workers, while opium’s black tide soaked the land of China. The court grovelled, officials colluded with foreigners, and heroes of the martial world swore blood oaths, their blades and swords tearing through the long night. Xiao Tianfeng, the Red-Browed Hero, raise 22Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 27 Blood Chronicles of the Setting Sun 残阳血记 Eastern Fantasy318k WordsOngoing On the bloody night of 1644, Yan Xuanfeng, a Jinyiwei officer, detonated explosives and died for his country. His loyal servant fled south with the orphan and entrusted the swaddled baby Yan Hengyun to Wudang. The child carried three sparks vital to Chinese civilization: the Sunset Sword, the Star-Pattern Compass, and a sheepskin map. Yan Hengyun grew up on Wudang Mountain. At fourteen, he descended the mountain and roamed the martial world under the name Lingyun. He befriended Bai Wugou, Mu Qi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 28 The Hero on the Left, the Sword on the Right 侠左,剑右 Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing [Passion, strategy, and chivalry] In Great Chu, there was a town called Shili. Shili Town had a cripple named Lu Tianming. Since he pushed a little cart around the streets every day, writing letters home for people, the townsfolk liked to call him Scholar. One day, the top fighter in Shili Town died. Scholar reported it to the authorities, only to get caught up in a power struggle with undercurrents running deep. After that, a Sword God appeared in Shili Town. No one knew who he was. They only k 39.4kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
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  29. 29 Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开 Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing 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... 602Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 30 Legend of Bloodshed on Mount Wudang 血溅武当山传奇 Martial Arts600k WordsCompleted 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 2.6kReads8.0Score247Shelves
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  31. 31 Bloodshed on Mount Wudang 血溅武当山 Eastern Fantasy344k WordsCompleted 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. 1.3kReads6.6Score132Shelves
  32. 32 Three Swords in a Glance 回眸三剑 Eastern Fantasy168k WordsCompleted A classic wuxia tale, aspiring to the heights of Jin Yong while forging a path of its own. A fairy tale for adults, with the occasional moment that might bring a knowing smile. Set during the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty, the story follows male and female martial heroes roaming the jianghu for their country, their convictions, and their love. Through a series of extraordinary encounters, they journey through time and discover life's deepest truths. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 33 The Swordsman’s Tale 刀客志 Eastern Fantasy201k WordsCompleted They say that three thousand years ago, spiritual energy dried up, and the world knew no more of cultivating immortality. Only the jianghu and the imperial court remained, wandering this world alone through one generation after another. In the 343rd year of the Qi Dynasty, the court was corrupt and the people could barely survive. Righteous heroes across the jianghu organized the Beast Camp and called on the people to rise up. Dong Shan, its leader, proclaimed himself king. Thirteen exceptional 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm 逆经:山河策 Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [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 43.8kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
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  35. 35 Chronicles of Qiwucheng 栖梧城传记 Eastern Fantasy306k WordsOngoing 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 48Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 36 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 98.5kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves
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  37. 37 The Legend of the Iron Book 铁书传 Eastern Fantasy714k WordsOngoing The book flopped and hardly anyone reads it. I'm writing purely for love of it. [Martial world + Imperial court + Revenge] Over ten bloody years, she grows from an orphan whose family was slaughtered into the Blood Shadow Rakshasa, a name that terrifies the martial world. With a single blade, she cuts down her enemies, yet cannot cut through a carefully woven death trap. This martial world is no longer a mere clash of blades and swords. At the Pavilion of Listening to the Wind and Watching the 53Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 The Silent Blade 刀不语 Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted 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. 28.5kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
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  39. 39 The Imprisoned King 囚王 Eastern Fantasy425k WordsCompleted 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. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 40 Record of Heroes of Heaven and Earth 天地英雄录 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 453Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 41 The Crane Calls in the Ninth Heaven 鹤鸣于九天 Eastern Fantasy370k WordsCompleted Has martial arts fiction really died? I don't believe it! Who among us didn't dream of the martial world when we were young? Martial arts fiction is a romance unique to us Chinese, deep in our bones! A chivalrous heart, tender affections, drinking and singing with abandon, brewing tea with snow: this is a martial world full of love, loyalty, gratitude, revenge, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea! 192Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 Frost Sword Sweeps Away the Breeze 霜剑扫清风 Eastern Fantasy283k WordsCompleted The whole village was drenched in blood and reduced to ruins in a single day. Young Zhang He escaped a mountain of corpses and a sea of flames, clutching an unparalleled manual to his chest. From then on, he was a fugitive with nowhere to go. To conceal his lethal skills, he went into hiding at Wudang, content to serve as a young kitchen acolyte. Smoke and fire could not dim his soaring ambition. With a woodcutter's knife in hand, he secretly trained in peerless inner arts. One day, the disc 947Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 A Life of Trouble 平生事不宁 Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted [A different kind of martial-world story: a genius poison master joins forces with a genius swordsman. Fast-paced and clever, with every character acting logically!] A Ning attends the Alliance Leader’s funeral on behalf of her father and discovers something amiss thanks to her keen instincts. Xiao Chen, the Alliance Leader’s second son, descends the mountain to investigate the real culprit, only to become the target of the entire Central Plains. As a corner of the mystery surrounding the death 32Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 44 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.9kReads7.3Score532Shelves
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  45. 45 Bloodshed Before the Sword Is Sheathed 喋血封刀 Eastern Fantasy161k WordsCompleted A mysterious and legendary ancient blade made its first appearance in the martial world, plunging the realm into years of turmoil. The Six Great Sects, the Four Great Sword Schools, the Three Great Evil Cults, and the Ten Great Masters were all swept into the bloody conflict. The world was in uproar! At last, Luo Yanqing, the foremost man under heaven, known as the “Star Elder,” guided Zhuge Tianzhao, the Demonic Cult’s leader, onto the righteous path. Together, they took the treasured blade and 720Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  46. 46 Strumming a Sword and Singing Along the Way 弹剑行歌 Historical239k WordsCompleted Half martial arts novel, half story: In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli reign, a prince who has been living among the common people makes a surprise assault on the imperial palace after years of secret preparation, invoking the precedent of the Jingnan Campaign. A group of heroes from the martial world, led by a former official who resigned from office, rise up to stop him. But all of this is under the control of Zhao Gong, a prince consort, and in the end both sides suffer devastating losses 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 Chronicles of Heroes and Chivalrous Shadows 群英侠影录 Eastern Fantasy516k WordsOngoing A traditional wuxia novel steeped in history. It is a story of love and vengeance for family and country, of chivalrous heroes and young gallants in fine clothes riding spirited steeds. The novel creates a vast jianghu and an expansive world of martial arts. Its breadth of martial arts, number of schools, and cast of characters are among its defining features. Inspired by the narrative methods and writing styles of Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong, every word has been independently conceived and writt 1.1kReads—Score114Shelves
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  48. 48 Transformation of the Demonic Heart 魔心变 Ancient Romance563k WordsCompleted Dreams Among the Flowers: The Wandering Cloud Swordsman is the second installment. Compared with the others, it is more serious and traditional, with a very official feel. The third installment, The Demonic Heart’s Transformation, also known as The Exquisite Heart of the Pagoda and The Seven-Lifetime Exquisite Tribulation, is a fantasy drama. Its male lead is the carefree, irreverent sort, laid-back and funny. Hua Yingyue, the Flower God’s shadow, has no emotions because she was born without a h 151Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 49 The Wandering Cloud Swordsman 飘云侠客录 Eastern Fantasy735k WordsCompleted Disclaimer: This novel is entirely fictional. Synopsis: The villainous Hanlu Sect… The loyal and courageous Piaoyun Army… The righteous Jing'e Hall, dedicated to punishing the wicked… An evil force with power to blot out the sky… The past fades like smoke. In a new world where memories have vanished, old friends meet again, face to face, yet fail to recognize each other. 74Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 50 Sword Washed in Frost and Splendor 剑洗霜华 Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Plot-Driven + No System + Xuanhuan + Martial Arts + Transmigration + Ensemble Cast] A soul from another world transmigrates into the heir of the Hidden Sword Manor. Heaven grants him no golden finger. Instead, he is born with the Nine Yin Severed Meridians, condemned to endure the bone-eroding pain of being frozen solid every midnight. Then, at the age of sixteen, he witnesses his family slaughtered by a mysterious force. With his dying breath, his father entrusts the fate of the entire clan to 1kReads9.3Score108Shelves
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