Novels like One Sword, Chilling the Nine Provinces
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- 51 The Qing Court’s Tale of Chivalry: Surviving Against All Odds 清宫侠义录，瞒天过海之绝境逢生 The Qing Palace Chronicles of Chivalry: A Desperate Escape Through Deception —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 May the Sword Remain Unscathed 愿剑无伤 [Wuxia + light power fantasy + martial world + xianxia + swordsmanship + ensemble cast] I’ve never read Sword of Coming, but I have read Snow in the Wind. I want to create a martial world and a vast, magnificent realm of my own. I have a sword, and against the will of Heaven, I’ll become an immortal. I have a wish: to soar like a roc to the ninth heaven. I have a heart that even worldly troubles cannot chain. I have a word that can bring peace to all ages. My name is Song Lian. Lian, as in compa 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 In Search of the Sword: I Am Second Under Heaven 寻剑记：我是天下第二 [Invincible plot-driven story + sword cultivator + multiple heroines + high-octane action + passionate jianghu + ruthless killing in the later arcs] With a sword, I’m invincible. Without one, I’m a nobody. I’ll take every famous sword in the world. My master is number one, and I’m number two under heaven. With sword in hand, I roam the jianghu. The righteous and the wicked alike had better stand at attention! Bandits in my way? Wipe them out! A demon in my way? Wipe it out! A corrupt official in —Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 54 The Sword Opens the Immortal Path 剑开仙路 I am mortal, and I am an unparalleled prodigy! All I need is the sword in my hand! Great Unity Golden Immortals, countless gods and Buddhas! If you won’t submit, then fight! The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Myriad Worlds! All can be settled with a single sword! 35Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 55 The Emperor's Sword Knows No Bounds 皇剑无极 An emperor is Heaven itself. The Way of Heaven speaks not, yet it determines the turning of the seasons and the rise and fall of dynasties. As the apocalypse approaches and the Way of Heaven teeters on the brink, the Nine Netherworlds Supreme Mystery Scripture resurfaces in the martial world. The truth behind the Battle of Zhuyi Peak, fought years ago, gradually comes to light. The various sects stir restlessly, eager to contend for the realm. Rong Ping enters the maelstrom, eliminates traitors, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Crimson Blood Sword 赤血剑 Ten years ago, a Blood-red Yin-Yang Sword set off a massacre at the border. General Peng Zhenyue and his wife, along with the five tiger generals under his command, were killed or forced to flee overnight. Ten years later, Peng Zhenyue's twin children, Xinping and Xin'an, enter the martial arts world. Each does their part to clear their father's name. Ten years apart, with death between them: How will the twin siblings meet? How will they recognize each other? Will their love find a happy ending 308Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 57 The Emperor's Tutor 帝师 The road to growth begins with nurturing the heart. The path to becoming an emperor is long and arduous. One man, one sword, and one deadweight companion: together, they will make him the greatest emperor of all time, reigning supreme beneath the heavens! 340Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 58 The Sacred Fiend Sword Venerable 圣煞剑尊 The sword is protection: guarding the Heavenly Dao and all living beings. This is divinity. The sword is destruction: destroying order and all things. This is demonic power. Jian Wushang wields the sword for righteousness, seeking his own path through the Three Realms until he becomes the Sword Saint, a revered deity. Jian Yongshang wields the sword through resentment, gathering the resentful fiendish power of the Three Realms until he becomes the Sword Fiend, a demonic lord. When gods and demon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Drunk in the Pine Breeze 松风醉酒 One volume brings an end to the old grudges of Tiandu; three years bury the injustice and suffering of the snowstorms. A young man breaks free of his cage, old friends reunite, a wrongful case resurfaces, and the martial world opens its gates. The old dynasty's blood has yet to dry, and storms are gathering in the martial world. The old affairs of Tiandu reach their conclusion; the search for proof in the martial world begins. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 A Sword That Seals the Gods 封神一剑 The young Xuan Mo cannot cultivate, and can only survive in a chaotic world thanks to his younger brother's help. One day, his brother is killed. In a fit of rage and grief, Xuan Mo unexpectedly obtains the Three-Nothing cultivation art. From then on, he rises to the pinnacle of life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 With a Heart That Seeks the Dao 以问道心 The temple's incense never fades, while the towers overflow with debauchery. Good and evil intertwine, and cause and effect never cease. A passerby draws his sword and rails against injustice, while a bandit raises his brows, sparks a fight, and issues a challenge. We follow the ancients, poring over old books and parsing every word, slaying demons and subduing monsters. We head north, then travel south of the river. Beneath bright lanterns, the notes of the five tones ring out, while greed for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Maple Snow Sword Song 枫雪剑歌 With the first sword, the winds rise; with the second, clouds and sun ascend; with the third, snow falls cold! “Just as you’d expect from the youngest Sword God. You slaughtered the disciples of all three of our sects by yourself. That’s a record worth boasting about!” “Do you still have the strength to strike again!?” “Come and fight!!!” Maple Leaf refused to let himself fall just like this... 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Hone the Sword, Kill, and Listen to the Wind Rise 磨剑，杀人，听风起 Every life so far has been written in failure. There has been no romance, no farewells in the martial world, and certainly no grand hall filled with three thousand guests drunk on flowers, nor a sword’s frost chilling fourteen provinces. Draw a circle, and you have a martial world. Drop two stones, and a conflict begins. Pour on a ladle of water, and one generation gives way to the next. If he cannot become the greatest under heaven, if he cannot marry the one he loves, then what use is a sword 636Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 64 You Want Me as Your Backup? Saintess, You're Not Worthy 赏脸让我当备胎？圣女你不配 [Rebirth + swordsmanship + one female lead + no System + a good horse never eats the grass it has already passed] Jiang Xun transmigrates into another world and meets the Holy Maiden of the Huamei Sect. He thinks he's found the love of his life, only to discover seven years later that she's married another man. That's when he learns that the Huamei Sect was a lie. She was really from the Hehuan Sect. Seven years of devotion and hardship have turned into one enormous joke. Reborn into a new life, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 A Sword Pointing to Heaven 一剑朝天 Ten years to hone a sword, its frosty edge never tested. Today I show it to you: who has a grievance to settle? 9Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 66 Northern Liang: From the Start, I Sign In for Sword God Li Chungang 北凉：开局签到剑神李淳罡 I once split open Heaven’s Gate with a single sword. I once strode through the martial world with a blade in hand. I once watched the snow and attained immortality. I once tried to shake a great tree like an ant. I once traveled six thousand miles with cheap wine and a worn-out horse. I once walked the snowy roads with a mighty blade. 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 67 Flying Swords, Beheadings, and a Carefree Wanderer 飞剑，斩首，逍遥客 (Slow-burn story) Ye Baiyi, once hailed as the greatest sword immortal of his age, suffered a crushing defeat in a carefully laid scheme. As a child, he was forced to flee to the capital with his master’s corpse. Later, in an attempt to stabilize his cultivation, he manipulated a woman, never imagining that it would cost her life. He watched her die on Lovesick Lake outside the capital, and was consumed by guilt. So he faked his death, vanished from the world, concealed his identity, and laid pl 758Reads7.1Score103Shelves
- 68 The Floating Chronicles 浮沧录 To the north lies Great Wei, and to the south, Qi and Liang. Western Xia and the eastern passes stretch far and wide, while the southern seas and northern plains sprawl across the land. Within the four seas, all is the martial world. It is only because the young prince, afflicted with a fatal congenital illness, heads north in search of immortality. And so, the martial world is thrown into turmoil. 17Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 69 The Lost Sword of Cangming 沧溟遗剑 When heaven and earth first took shape and chaos began, the gods ascended, leaving five spirit swords behind in the mortal world. Now one of them has emerged, throwing the world into turmoil. Immortal cultivators, righteous heroes, and countless sects have all been swept up in the upheaval. Yet the sword’s wielder is a white-robed young man, not even twenty, who was born a beggar... [Traditional xianxia, alternate history, swordsmanship, no System, with martial-world rivalries and court intrigue 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Journey Through Jiangnan in Frost and Maple Snow 枫雪江南行 “How can anyone in this world be so impossibly difficult to communicate with!” Shangguan Xin was practically fuming. She'd spent the whole journey with a human oil jar who barely spoke. Wait a second... Now that she thought about it, that guy could be useful when it really mattered. “Hey! Didn't you say you couldn't use martial arts?” “...” “Hey! I don't think I can figure you out anymore...” 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Art of Chengwan 承晚诀 This can be read as fan fiction for "The Island of Siliang". The whole story came from my own imagination after watching "The Island of Siliang". It lets me fulfill both my dream of being a fan and my dream of being a writer! The male lead is inspired by Jing Xuan, and the female lead by Tu Li. The second male lead is inspired by Xiao Ji, and the second female lead by Ling Xi. The story follows an ensemble cast. There are no absolute villains. The leads join forces to roam the martial world an 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 A Sword Through the Mortal World 凡尘一剑 Three thousand years ago, the apocalypse descended. The sages of the Three Teachings vanished, the Martial Saint fell, and the sun and moon lost their light. Lu Chen gripped his sword and gave his body to the Dao. Three thousand years later, a young man emerged from the mountains of the north. Reborn into another life, he cut down with a single sword every immortal above and every ghostly fiend below. 29Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 73 Wuxia: The Strange Treasure 武侠之异宝 Qin An transmigrates to a martial arts world and gradually creates a system of wondrous treasures. The intellectual wealth he brought from his previous life lets him surpass countless prodigies and become the greatest under heaven. Yet the only thing he cares about is the promise: “May I win one heart, and may we never be parted, even when our hair turns white.” 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Xuanhuan: From Down-and-Out Jianghu Wanderer to Traveling Escort 玄幻：从落魄江湖，走马镖客开始 [No System + Passionate + Smart Protagonist + No Harem + The Author Has Already Written a Million Words, So You Can Trust Them] Li Changshou accidentally transmigrates to an unfamiliar world. In a small border town, he struggles to make a living. Born into troubled times, his greatest dream is to save enough money to open an escort agency and enjoy a cozy life with his wife and children. But then, while escorting a shipment, he encounters a mysterious, powerful woman, followed by a down-and-out 92Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 75 Where the Tides Settle 浮沉止 [Just one rule: this is unlike any other story.] [An ensemble tale of the martial world. The pace is very slow, and the setup takes a long time. Not everyone has to understand this world.] “May I ask, senior, what is the martial world?” The white-haired old man straightened up, sipped his cup of green tea, and replied with a smile: “The martial world? There’s one where you are, one where I am, one in the bustling streets, one on immortal mountains, one beneath a withered grave, and one in a swad 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Wandering the Martial World: Love in the Jianghu 江湖行之江湖情 Can a true master in this world fly through the skies and burrow through the earth, taking a man's head from a thousand miles away? Can a hidden hero lower his gaze in modesty, yet raise a hand and shake the very cosmos? Who ever said ordinary people in this world had no chance to rise above their station? In a fit of fury, they can make that damned emperor show his true colors! Cross rivers, stride across lakes, love with all your heart: with one sword, I can make the gods flee! Draw my blade, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Lord of the Azure Sword 青冥剑主 (Single heroine + sword master + scholar) Faced with an impending crisis, the scholar has no choice but to put down his brush and the books of the sages in his heart, and take up his sword instead. All to protect the people he holds dear. Feng Buci: You have such a way with words, scholar. Say more, and I’ll protect you from now on. Xu Qingshan: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Feng Buci: Scholar, are you trying to repay my kindness by offering yourself to me? Xu Qingshan: ... (His face 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Clouds Over You 君有云 Ten Li Langdang was home to the Academy, where the Confucian Sage held sway. Beneath him were nine Gentlemen and three hundred Confucian scholars, making it the place in the world with the greatest concentration of scholarly refinement. Whenever an Academy disciple was elevated to Gentleman, they had to proclaim a single phrase aloud as the maxim of their life. They would devote their whole lives to striving in accordance with that phrase, which was known as a “Gentleman's Word.” Su Baiyi, Feng 1.7kReads9.4Score232Shelves
- 79 A Pillow Between Mountains and Rivers 一枕山河 Twelve years ago, Su Xuan was a young hero from the prestigious Zhengyang Palace. He and Princess Ruan Jingyan of Langya fell deeply in love in the face of certain death... But then the world turned treacherous overnight. The once-beloved prodigy became a madman who drifted between lucidity and delirium. Forced to part with the one he loved, he was hunted by everyone under heaven and vanished from the martial world... Twelve years later, his beloved disciple Su Yunluo painstakingly gathered all 997Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 80 A True Dragon Lies Hidden Deep in the Martial World 江湖深处藏真龙 Three years locked away in the Cold Palace, a dragon lies dormant. One day he emerges, and roams the martial world. From the heights of the imperial court, all under heaven are players on the board. Born with a heavenly-grade constitution, he is trapped in a cage, waiting for the day the winds and clouds rise. He will overturn the board, and the true dragon will raise its head. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Heavenly Sound Zither 天音琴 The martial world is a treacherous place. A solitary young man, trained by a legendary Blood Demon, returns to the jianghu and stirs up a storm. The petty villains of the martial world reveal their true strength, while he carries a priceless martial treasure and several layers of terrible secrets. From the very first moment he steps into the jianghu, he is hunted. Watch as he carves out a clear sky amid blood and slaughter. 175Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 82 Tales of a Great Demon 大妖传 [Xianxia + Power Fantasy + Monsters + Leveling Up] I want the heavens to be unable to bury my eyes again. I want the earth to be unable to bury my heart again. I want every god and Buddha in the skies to be reduced to ashes. If you won't let me be human, then I'll become a monster. Across the Three Realms and Six Paths, I alone shall reign supreme. I will stain Xuanyuan with my blood! 17Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 83 Sword Lord of the Firmament 剑主天穹 [Swordsmanship + Transmigration + No System + Decisive and Ruthless] Chu Nanfeng crossed the river of time and unexpectedly obtained the Heavenly Dao Stele. When he came to his senses, he discovered that he had arrived in another world and somehow acquired a beautiful wife! After that, he could cut down the Myriad Worlds with a single sword! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Returning After Eternity, I Hold the Nine Heavens at Swordpoint 万古归宗，我一剑镇九天 Chu Chenzhou spent three years at the Xuanheng Sword Sect, stuck at the first level of Qi Drawing, before the Discipline Hall publicly expelled him from the sect. People mocked him as a good-for-nothing, laughed that he’d wasted three years eating the sect’s stipend, and said he’d have to crawl back to the countryside for the rest of his life. But no one knew he wasn’t incapable of cultivation. His Eternal Sword Bone had been sealed for three years. On the day he left the sect, the Ancestral Swo 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Ailing Prince Ventures into the Jianghu 多病王爷闯江湖 While exploring the desert, Zhou Xiaoqi accidentally falls into a sand pit and unexpectedly becomes the chosen one of a mysterious research base, the first human to test a “time machine.” From that moment on, his fate, fortune, and luck in love all take a turn for the better... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Wuxia: A Vast and Righteous World 武侠：浩然天下 [Jianghu]+ [Imperial Court]+ [Wuxia] A heart brimming with righteousness, a wind that sweeps a thousand miles, a single sword stroke to slay a man, then vanishing without a trace. “Hard it is to cross the mountains and passes,” “Who will grieve for one who has lost his way?” “Chance encounters between strangers,” “Yet all are travelers far from home.” No words could better capture the state of this troubled age. He still remembered that year, when his master wrote a character in the courtyard wi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 The Chivalrous Cultivator 侠修 Sci-fi + fantasy + digital soul entities + interstellar travel A simple mission leads to a world-shaking secret. After his teammates are killed, Yang Yi is forced to flee across the stars to avoid danger. Along the way, a digital soul entity stays by his side, guiding him in cultivation. As he cultivates, he also discovers his own special abilities. Digital soul entity: “Remember, I am the first and only digital soul entity in this entire star domain. I am not a digital lifeform. I am not a di —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Sword Shatters the Immortal Firmament 剑破仙惊 Three long ages, a history stretching beyond reach, and countless cultivators reduced to dust. Where, then, are the immortals? He possesses peerless medical skills, yet has no choice but to embark on this long and winding road. One man, one needle, one sword: With a sword, he shatters the heavens and shocks the immortals! Following The Way of the Immortals, Yun Duan brings readers another thrilling, fiery tale of immortal cultivation, with a special focus on character development. 38Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 89 The Sword Hidden Beneath the Heavens 藏剑天下 [Smart characters, no saintly behavior, no womanizing, possibly a slow start, detail-oriented, character growth] His sisters are always trying to devour him. When he crawled out of the Sword Burial Pool, he was no longer a sword. When he stood up again, wait, why is this young lady so tall and huge? The board, the pieces, the player moving them. Beneath an immortal's skirts, no gentleman remains. At the end of troubled times, who will stand supreme? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Wind-Blown Catkins, Rain-Beaten Duckweed 风飘絮雨打萍 The Dream of the Jianghu: You think he’s just an ordinary, down-on-his-luck young man? Wrong. There’s a long sword at his waist, a Sword of Immortality, and whoever wields it is immortal too. You think he’ll retire after making a name for himself? Wrong. He lies in wait, seeking the chance to destroy the Demon Cult. He meant to play the weakling and cling to the heroine, but she’s caught in a deadly ambush. He is a wisp of fluff in the wind, drifting without direction. She is rain falling from t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Sword Intent and the Stars 剑意星辰 [Traditional Fantasy + Swordsmanship + Underdog’s Rise + Romance + Revenge + Alternate Martial World + Comedy] What is the Way of the Sword? The sword is the king of all weapons, and swordsmanship honors sword intent… What is the jianghu? Swords are neither righteous nor wicked; people are good or evil. That is the way of the jianghu… Linglong asked with a smile, “Then what is the jianghu…?” Lin Xingchen smiled and replied, “Wherever you are, that’s the jianghu…” 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Cultivating Immortality with a Hundred Beauties, Starting from Guixu 百美修仙，开局归墟 Transmigration + Hundred Beauties Album + the Myriad Worlds + decisive and ruthless Synopsis of Hundred Beauties Cultivation: Starting in the Guixu In the forbidden land of Guixu, the graveyard of the Myriad Worlds, Qin Chen opens his eyes amid chaos. As the power that devours spirits gnaws at his body, an ancient scroll in his sea of consciousness, the Hundred Beauties Album, suddenly awakens. It can collect the Dao insights of beauties from across the heavens and inherit the legacies of powerf —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Jianghu Between Light and Shadow 幽明江湖 “Look up to observe the patterns of the heavens, and look down to examine the features of the earth; thus one understands the workings of darkness and light.” From the Book of Changes. In the martial world, there are matters of darkness and light. Look up to observe the world's shifting tides, and look down to examine its affairs, and only then can you understand the causes behind the changes of darkness and light in the martial world, and unravel its upheavals. Witness the changing tides of the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Wuxia Crossover: Roaming the Five Realms, Singing Wildly Beneath the Nine Heavens 综武江湖纵横五域狂歌踏九天 The Laugh-Out-Loud Jianghu: Five Realms, Wild Songs, and a Journey to the Ninth Heaven follows a hilarious martial world, bringing together righteous and wicked characters such as Li Xunhuan, Bu Jingyun, and Cheng Shifei. Their merry adventure begins when they first meet at a tavern in Luoyang: - Li Xunhuan uses his flying daggers to pop open a wine gourd, while Bu Jingyun chops people down only to be… Cheng Shifei sneaks wine and causes one mishap after another. The contrast with their usually 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Chronicles of Swords and Storms in the Jianghu 剑行江湖风雨录 (A traditional, purely classical wuxia story + romance + thrilling revenge + feuds and grudges + love and hate + criminal investigations + treasure hunting) (This is not a fictional setting. It takes place during the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty. The platform automatically added the “alternate history” tag after the contract was signed.) Someone once asked: What is the jianghu? What is The Record of Wind and Rain? The jianghu is wherever people are. Where there are people, there are feuds and 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Wielding the Sword in My Hand 执手中剑 The world has five continents and one island: the imperial city of Northern Continent, the Buddhist temples of Western Continent, the demons of Southern Continent, the many schools and factions of Eastern Continent, the Sword Sect of Central Continent, and the island farther east. A young man leaves the snowy mountains with a sword in hand. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Nanzhao Yingxue 南诏颖雪 [Fantasy xianxia + high fantasy + sword cultivator] I am Ding Yan. I have a sword! With a single swing, sword energy arcs like a rainbow. Wielding the Divine Purple Radiance Sword, Ding Yan strides across heaven and earth, defying fate and changing his destiny! A sudden flash of insight, a mind as quick as lightning: the martial arts of the future open up endless possibilities for Ding Yan! With life everlasting and death behind him, Ding Yan embarks on the path of cultivation. One sword, one th 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Jade Palm: A Classic Wuxia Novel About a Female Constable 经典武侠女巡捕之玉掌青苗 Introduction to the classic wuxia novel The Jade Palm and Green Seedling: The Female Constable Cheng Xiaodie, the only daughter of the prefect of Hongzhou, went to Mount Tian with her master as a child and spent ten years mastering martial arts. After completing her training, she returned to Hongzhou at her master's behest to help her father solve the Jade Pendant Mystery. Their investigation revealed that the Nine-Dragon Jade Pendant had been stolen by Chang Wuwu, the Great Mage of the White Lo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 A Man in White in Chenliu 陈留有白衣 [Political Intrigue, Court Politics, Jianghu, Romance] In the six-hundredth year of the Daqing dynasty, the depraved Emperor Huang builds Epang Palace and constructs Guangling. Corpses litter the land, and the world is unjust. Rebellions spring up everywhere, Daqing collapses, and the realm is divided into four kingdoms: Chenliu, Daxing, Nanzhao, and Shangrao. For the next three hundred years, Chenliu grows dominant, poised to claim the entire realm. The other three kingdoms conspire together an 62Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 100 Lord of Ten Thousand Swords 万道剑尊 A thousand years ago, the most dazzling genius on the Tianchen Continent met an untimely end. A thousand years later, he was reborn, only to discover to his astonishment that his death in his previous life had been no accident! With astonishing talent in the sword, terrifying mastery of formations, and perfect alchemy, versatility is the way to rule! No matter how dazzling your talent, you cannot stand against a casual swing of my sword! Wherever my blade points, none can stop it. I will become 1.1kReads8.7Score204Shelves
