The Best Urban High-Martial Arts Stories, Highly Recommended! 最好看的都市高武，强烈推荐！

1. 101 穿 I Became a Foolish Emperor, but Thankfully the Heroine Is a Lovesick Fool 穿成昏君，幸好大女主是恋爱脑 Exiled Immortal by the River临江谪仙Historical207k WordsOngoing Zhao Ji wakes up to find that he has transmigrated. The good news: He's become the emperor of the Da Li Dynasty. The bad news: Rebels have breached the palace, and he's about to become the last ruler of a fallen dynasty. “Damn it, I transmigrated for nothing.” Just as Zhao Ji despairs, the rebel leader, Qin Zhaoyu, suddenly says: “I came to the capital only to purge the court of traitors. Now that all the corrupt ministers have been executed, as long as Your Majesty is willing to issue an edict 142Reads5.4Score—Shelves
2. 102 赫 Lawyer He Is Cold by Day, but at Night He Coaxes Me in a Husky Voice to Call Him Baby 赫律师白天冷脸，夜里哑声哄我叫宝宝 Tang Yiyi唐艺艺Modern Romance660k WordsCompleted [Sweet, soft girl × cold, self-possessed lawyer | Marriage Before Love | Extra Sweet] After one passionate night, Tang Yiyi married the man who had saved her. Before she met He Sicheng, she’d suffered through one hardship after another, while her family of origin drained her dry. After they married, the only hardship she faced, well… was in bed. In public, he was a meticulous, aloof lawyer. At home at night, he doted on her to no end and clung to her constantly. Tang Yiyi thought their young mar 2kReads7.1Score250Shelves
3. 103 假 The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br 41.9kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves
4. 104 高 Forced to Marry Into Certain Death, Only to Farm the Battlefield Into Godhood? 高武：变身破碎的她，靠加点变强 Mapo Tofu Immortal麻婆豆腐仙人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System-Based + Urban High Martial + Gender Bender + Substitute Romance] Li Wei, a young man from twenty-first-century Earth, transmigrates as Li Wei, a prospective freshman at a martial arts university in a high-martial parallel world. Having inherited the original host’s memories and emotions, she decides to marry herself off to save her younger brother, who is gravely ill and on the verge of death. As the wife, she will take the place of the Gu family’s eldest son and fight on the front lines 25.4kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
5. 105 从 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 190.9kReads9.6Score22.7kShelves

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6. 106 人 Human Genius? Sorry, I’m a Deviant 人类天才？抱歉，我是畸变种 Mesopotamian Plains美索不达米亚的平原Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [No Romance] [The protagonist conceals his identity and is on humanity's side] [Ensemble Cast] Su Zhan transmigrated, and from the start he witnessed a scene of domestic harmony. His parents in this new body would do anything for each other, a heartwarming sight. In the city, there was a kind of creature. They looked no different from humans, but they hunted people to survive and grow stronger. People called them Aberrants. And Su Zhan was one of them. 14.6kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves

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7. 107 九 Ninth Master, Your Little Ancestor Beat Someone Up Again 九爷，你家小祖宗又把人给揍了 Soaring Clod of Earth起飞的土坷垃Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Highly Intelligent Genius Girl + Cunning Tycoon + Love at First Sight] To her family, Lou Qiqi was obedient and considerate, quiet and reserved. To outsiders, Lou Qiqi was a violent, bloodthirsty little devil. To her classmates and friends, Lou Qiqi was kind and loyal. Lou Qiqi, the most feared person in Nan Province, was sent off to college in Beijing. People in Nan Province and the younger generation of the great families were so happy they cried. At last, they’d never ha 14.7kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves

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8. 108 霍 Mr. Huo, Don't Leave. Your Wife Is Setting the Rules for the Whole Family 霍总别离啦，夫人正给全家立规矩 Glutinous Rice Chestnut糯栗子Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern, feel-good revenge, lighthearted, beloved by all, one-on-one devoted couple] The female general Jiang Wangshu transmigrated into a book as the vicious eldest sister-in-law of a villainous family. A love-struck second younger brother, a rebellious third younger brother, a naive fourth younger brother, and a pampered little sister. A widow raising four kids alone, with a husband who never comes home. How is that any different from a marriage in name only? Divorce! Right now! [Di 1.1kReads8.4Score141Shelves
9. 109 内 The Street Ruffian of the Entertainment Industry, Starts by Speeding with a Robber 内娱街溜子，开局带劫匪狂飙 I'm a Kitty是猫猫吖丶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted For female readers! Complete!! [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + shamelessness + memes + face-slapping + mysticism + no logic] After transmigrating, Lu Ling became a washed-up actress. From the start, she had to deal with a cheating scumbag boyfriend, being blacklisted by her company, and a ruthless rejection from a director... Faced with this thoroughly unfriendly world, Lu Ling decided to go completely crazy and wreck everyone’s day. And so the entertainment industry gained a new menac 24.1kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
10. 110 惹 Why Mess With Her? She Has a Billion Secret Identities and Is Totally Unhinged 惹她干嘛？她有亿层马甲还很癫 Meng Ning梦柠Modern Romance598k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Her Sweeter Side is now available] [Secret identities + devoted couple + strong heroine + putting scumbags in their place + feel-good power fantasy + everyone’s favorite + sweet romance] After discovering her true identity, Si Nanyuan slapped a paternity test in front of her billionaire father and openly returned home to claim her share of the family fortune. Everyone thought she was illiterate, but who knew she was a top scorer with perfect marks on the college entrance 5.4kReads9.1Score681Shelves
11. 111 满 The Max-Level Expert Just Wants to Take It Easy 满级大佬只想摆烂 July Little Slacker柒月小趴菜Modern Romance667k WordsCompleted Yu Yan had lived through more lifetimes than she could count. She'd hacked apart zombies in the apocalypse, repaired mechs in the interstellar age, ruled as an empress in ancient times, and even moonlighted as a divine farmer during years of famine... This time, she decided to give up completely, be a lazy college student, and occasionally use a secret identity to earn pocket money. For instance, she might help a research expert push a project forward for a few million or tens of millions, or ca 1.4kReads7.6Score260Shelves
12. 112 盛 Mr. Sheng Is Devastated: His Wife Swindled Him Out of Everything 盛总心塞了，被老婆骗得倾家荡产 Jiang Banchao姜半茶Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted After nearly two years of an undefined relationship with Fu Jingchen, Lu Xixi, who couldn’t stand even the slightest hardship, turned away just before his engagement to another woman and knocked on the door of his nemesis, Sheng Fengshi. She brought along a medical report saying she was terminally ill. “I have uterine cancer. I’m infertile, and I don’t have long to live.” To her surprise, Sheng Fengshi went straight for the big move. “Marry me!” “Being a widower doesn’t sound good. It could hurt 2kReads6.4Score193Shelves
13. 113 大 First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?! 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 604.4kReads9.5Score55.5kShelves

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14. 114 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 62.6kReads8.9Score9.2kShelves
15. 115 我 I Never Meant to Fall for You: The Anti-Drug Chief Spoils a Rebellious Heiress 我真没想爱上你：缉毒大佬独宠叛逆千金 Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌21k WordsCompleted I Never Meant to Fall for You: The Drug Enforcement Mogul's Devotion to a Rebellious Heiress —Reads—Score—Shelves

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16. 116 老 Old Monk! He Fell into Demonic Ways for Her, Then Became a Buddha at Last (Ending) 老和尚！却为了她入魔最后成佛（结尾） Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌6k WordsCompleted Old Monk! He Fell into Demonic Ways for Her, Only to Attain Buddhahood in the End (Complete) —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 雨 Ghosts on a Rainy Night: Repaying the Debt with the Rest of My Life 雨夜亡魂：以余生偿还 Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌6k WordsCompleted Ghosts on a Rainy Night: A Lifetime of Atonement —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 洪 Honghuang: I Became a Sage Through Huabei! Doesn’t That Make Me a Sage? 洪荒：我！花呗成圣，难道就不是圣人？ Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌16k WordsCompleted Honghuang: I Became a Saint Through Huabei! Does That Make Me Any Less of a Saint? —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 雨 Ghosts on a Rainy Night: Repaying the Debt with the Rest of My Life (Ending) 雨夜亡魂：以余生偿还（结尾） Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌8k WordsCompleted Ghosts on a Rainy Night: A Lifetime of Atonement (Complete) —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 不 Wait, the CEO Fell for a Security Guard? 不是！女总裁爱上保安？ Dancing Song of the Nine Heavens九天舞歌19k WordsCompleted No Way! The Female CEO Falls for a Security Guard? —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 全 Global High Martial: My Martial Arts Techniques Train Themselves 全球高武：我的武功能主动修炼 Staying Home to Breathe Formaldehyde宅家吸甲醛Urban2.5M WordsCompleted In a world of high martial prowess, my martial arts keep cheating on their own all day... No, wait! I just have moments of enlightenment and train hard for 24 hours a day, that's all! Ning Chuan had only planned to develop steadily and get into a good university. But during the hundred-day countdown ceremony before the college entrance exams, Thunder Sparrows attacked. Ning Chuan drew his blade and killed three in an instant! From then on, he began crushing everything in his path! At the genius 55.1kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
22. 122 桃 Blessed by the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal: From the Start, I Kissed the Aloof Campus Belle by Force 桃花剑仙赐福：开局强吻高冷校花 Ling'er Jingle Bells伶儿响叮当Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invasion of the Myriad Races] + [High-Octane Action] + [One Heroine] Gu Qingchen transmigrates to a high-martial world. On the day of the blessing ceremony, he awakens the Divine Spirit Hall. Complete its trials, and he can receive a divine blessing. Just as the icy school beauty Luo Yuli receives an SS-rank blessing, stunning the entire crowd: [Trial issued: Kiss the school beauty Luo Yuli in front of everyone within three minutes] [Failure to complete the first trial will be treated as volunt 54.1kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
23. 123 红 The Red-Glazed Canal Company 红釉漕行 Pancake Artist蛋饼艺术家Ancient Romance92k WordsOngoing A tidal surge nearly destroyed the lifeline of Jingdezhen’s century-old Yucheng kiln. The imperial kiln’s powerful elite seized its techniques, threatening to sever the roots of the private kilns for good. Shen Zhiyou, the shopkeeper entrusted with the task in a moment of crisis, looked at a boatload of shattered porcelain and resolved to fight the times she lived in. She discovered a moisture-proofing technique in rice bran, packing the porcelain in bran and securing it in separate compartments —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot has ups and downs, the author's thinking is clear, and the male and female protagonists have pure emotions. It's a bit interesting!

24. 124 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 202.9kReads9.4Score19.9kShelves

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    A very good novel in recent years. It doesn't look good, come and chop me up

25. 125 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 869.5kReads9.3Score106.7kShelves
26. 126 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 133.6kReads9.6Score16kShelves
27. 127 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 252.4kReads9.4Score38.7kShelves
28. 128 让 You Were Supposed to Defend Against the Ten Thousand Clans, Not Stew Them All! 让你抵御万族，你全给炖了？ The Real Erdaomao二刀毛本尊Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Rated 9.7 during serialization] [Cultivation at school (high-martial arts) + a growth journey + a vast cosmic world + an utterly clueless male lead + no heroine (or a single heroine) + noble ideals and fiery passion + standout supporting characters + satisfying wish fulfillment with smart characters] The myriad races force open the star path and descend upon Earth! Humanity is in danger! Ordinary student Lu Chuan accidentally obtains an ancient book recording the delicacies of the cosmos, and d 46.4kReads8.9Score5.4kShelves
29. 129 权 A Marriage Driven by Ambition 权欲婚途 Single-Eyelid Black Meow Meow单眼皮的黑喵喵Modern Romance580k WordsOngoing Power and Desire in Marriage To save her family's business, veteran financial consultant Shen Wei is forced to play the "perfect fiancée" in a three-year marriage contract with capital tycoon Gu Chengyu. She treats marriage as the most challenging merger and acquisition project, planning coolly and proceeding step by step. But just as she is about to walk away unscathed, she discovers that in the carefully engineered "romantic trap" from the beginning, the identities of hunter and prey had been 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 星 Above the Star Capital 星都之上 Wang Is Here1王来了1Urban228k WordsCompleted Countless cities on De Yan Star vie for a place among the human race's star capitals. Wherever the star capitals reach, there lies human territory. Here, it's the Starfighters who rule the battlefield. Mecha and battleships are mere bubbles, there to set the scene. A century later, the Cheng clan will establish the Fifth Star Legion. As the years pass, its trade routes will reach every race. High martial arts, battle armor, interstellar battleships, rising powers, and warfare among countless rac —Reads—Score—Shelves

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