Novels like I Have a Butcher's Knife
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- 1 The Blade 《刀》 The Blade 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Blade Named Paper Lovebirds, the Cat Calls Pear Blossoms 刀名纸鸳猫唤梨花 [System, low martial arts, slow-paced, no female lead, relatively low-key] Since this world has rotted to its very core, then let’s smash it and start over. If anyone is to blame, it can only be that you’re his grandson. I’ve had my turn at living in this world, so I can’t say I’ve lost out. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Psychic Powers: Cursed Energy 灵能：咒力 Is the truth of the world really as people imagine it? Behind the world is a group of people who exist on the boundary between life and death. They are never remembered by the public, who think they are merely legends, beings that exist only in people’s imaginations. They face the “supernatural,” which ordinary people cannot understand, and a bizarre, fantastical world that exists only in rumor. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Live from the Horror Movie Set! 直击！恐怖片场 As you stroll through familiar streets and alleyways, you might come across a casting call for a horror movie. The moment you pick up that ad, the nightmare begins. A bus stranded on the road in the dead of night, a school building ravaged by fires and earthquakes, a country villa where the dead have waited a thousand years… When all this appears before the actors on a horror movie set, one of them casually picks up his… GoPro. “Hello, viewers! Welcome to today’s live stream from the horror movi 39Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 5 Full-Time Assassin 全职刺客 At just thirteen, this boy took the fall for a murder and was sent to prison, where he reunited with his maternal grandfather, Huang Quan. Little did he know that Huang Quan was the infamous assassin known as the Reaper. For various reasons, however, the family had fallen into decline, and his children had died tragically. The boy took on the burden of restoring the family and, driven by his determination to avenge them, accepted his grandfather's mantle. After three years behind bars, the sixte 261Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 6 The Live-Action Werewolf Game 真人版狼人杀游戏 When Fu Qing wakes up, he finds himself in a sealed room. Nine other people have suffered the same fate. They are about to play a game of Werewolf, and only the winner will be allowed to leave. Suspicion takes root in everyone’s heart as a life-or-death contest is about to begin. 5Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 7 Walking with a Blade in My Arms 抱刀行 Yang Nian had no sense of belonging in this world, where demons ran rampant and the unknown lurked everywhere. His original dream was simple: a wife, a courtyard, and a little land. But when the world's many cruelties came crashing down, he gritted his teeth, dragged his blade, and stumbled onward for the sake of that simple yet extravagant dream. He kept going until every last thread of fate had run out, every demon had been slain, and the heavens themselves had been shattered! 2.2kReads8.6Score192Shelves
- 8 Wuxia Crossover: The Azure Dragon Saber 综武：青龙刀 Reborn in a world of martial arts, he bears a mission System and has guarded Qinglong Town for twelve years, his body covered in battle scars. He wanders through the mortal world, seeking the path back to his true self. The road is strewn with desolation and worldly turmoil. With a long saber sweeping through the air, he cleaves apart every enemy in the world! 256Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 9 Blade Sovereign 刀尊 The path of martial immortality is shrouded in mist, where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. I have a blade that can cleave through endless sands, clear the skies for ten thousand miles, and bring every mountain, river, and starry sea into view! 1.6kReads8.2Score127Shelves
- 10 Who Let Him Train with a Blade?! 是谁让他练刀的！ One slash that shakes heaven and earth and makes even ghosts and gods weep, bringing all immortals to their knees.… A young man from Earth transmigrates to a world called the Immortal Central Continent. There is no flashy magic here, only true qi and demonic power that have reached their peak. The first steps in cultivating immortality are: Qi Condensation, Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Peak Ascension, Dao Integration, and beyond! In the distant rea 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Young Martial Hero: Nine-Dragon Phoenix Diagram 武侠少年：九虬凤凰图 [Wuxia] + [No wish fulfillment] + [Action-packed from start to finish, not a dull moment] + [Swordsmanship] + [No golden finger] + [No transmigration] + [Brotherhood] + [Mystery solving] A story with two male leads. This isn't the kind of novel where everything goes smoothly. It follows the events that unfold as they seek the truth behind the death of Zhang Tong, the beloved of the hero Pan Da. The writing style leans toward Gu Long and Jin Yong. 21Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 12 Lone Blade at the Edge of the World 天涯孤刀 A boy who grew up among piles of corpses in the Valley of the Dead embarks on an irreversible path of revenge. Through one bloody battle after another, he transforms, like a lonely wanderer roaming the ends of the earth in search of the one hope that keeps him alive. He says his heart is dead and his blood has gone cold, yet he falls helplessly in love with a woman who can never give him a promise, but will change his life forever… He has few friends, but he is always ready to stand by th 979Reads8.7Score124Shelves
- 13 Wuxia Crossover: My Blade Rules the World 综武：我的刀天下无敌 [Transmigration + martial arts + court politics + mystery + twists + revenge + a touch of the supernatural] Ye Chen transmigrates into a brothel, only to be sentenced to exile. Armed with a mysterious saber technique he brought with him, he embarks on a tumultuous life. He originally intended to take on the imperial court single-handedly, but every step turns out to be part of someone else’s scheme, leading him to commit countless unjust killings. After learning that clues to the decades-old blo 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The System Took Me to Prehistoric Times 系统把我带到远古 The System Took Me to Ancient Times 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 City War System 城战系统 By a twist of fate, the young Ma Le is brought into a world of endless cycles. Here, there are terrifying bioengineered zombies and strange magical monsters, space fleets sailing through the cosmos and martial arts masters leaping across rooftops... From the day he steps into this world, he is forever cut off from ordinary people, condemned to a gladiator's life of nothing but fighting and killing! This is known as the City Battle System, a stage for dozens of city-states and hundreds of thousan 81Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 16 A First-Rank Blind Swordsman Enters the Martial World 一品盲刀入江湖 Sixth-rankers laugh and call themselves kings; fifth-rankers can move mountains and overturn the earth! Fourth-rankers roam heaven and earth; third-rankers shake mountains and seas with a single punch! Second-rankers transcend life and death; first-rankers stand shoulder to shoulder with the heavens! Chen Yue transmigrates by accident, only to become blind! What lies hidden behind the blank spaces in his memory? The moment he takes up a blade, a familiar feeling surges through him! And from that 1.4kReads5.4Score100Shelves
- 17 As Heaven and Earth Awaken, One Butcher’s Knife Slays Immortals and Gods 天地复苏，一把杀猪刀，屠仙灭神 [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [No System] + [Not a pure wish-fulfillment novel... Read with caution!] + [It gets better and better...] The world revives and everything changes. Mulberry fields become seas, and mountains rise from flat ground... When one ancient being after another awakens from secret realms! When mysterious sects and sacred lands reappear in the world... All for one purpose: to tread the path to immortality, ascend to the heavenly gates, and fight for a life as long as heaven and ear 9.3kReads8.3Score629Shelves
- 18 The Greatest Blade in History 千古第一刀 Xiao Li’s flying dagger never misses. A sword comes from the west: Heavenly Maiden of the Flying Immortal. What sparks will fly when the heir to the flying dagger meets a descendant of the Flying Immortal? New to the martial world and carrying a heavy responsibility, he sets out to eradicate evil and defend the righteous. But right and wrong are hard to tell, and one battle makes him famous. Who will brave life and death to follow him, and who will reluctantly let go, suffering night and day? Ho 2.3kReads8.8Score203Shelves
- 19 The Martial World Has Been Peaceful Too Long, So I Came with Twin Blades 武林平静太久，我持双刀而来 (No System, one heroine, not brainless, humorous style) Also known as Double Blades Six years ago, a swordsman appeared out of nowhere and swept through the martial world with a single blade. His final strike cleaved the signboard of Heavenly Sword Manor in two. At just nineteen, he challenged Baili Chengfeng, the manor's master, for the title of the greatest under heaven. No outcome was ever announced, but the swordsman vanished from the martial world soon afterward. The martial world buzzed wi 278Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 20 Mad Blade Emperor 狂刀大帝 He had practiced swordsmanship since childhood, but had no talent for it. Framed by a villain, he was forced to join Blade Peak. With the help of his master, Yue Changfeng, he built a solid foundation. Through relentless effort and sheer determination, he climbed step by step toward the pinnacle of the martial path. 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Young Swordsman Laughs Across the Jianghu 少年横刀江湖笑 A quest to find kin begins in the martial world, A stalwart young man stands tall. The children of the jianghu face many hardships, At the end of the martial path, one ascends to the heavens! Defending the Lan family is his test of courage, He draws his blade and strikes swiftly, putting justice first. He sets out for northern Myanmar to fight evil, Determined to keep justice alive in the world! He rides the waves to Ghost Head Island to save his father, Climbs the famed mountain nine times to 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Swordsman’s Tale 刀客志 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 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Blood Sword of the Martial World 血剑江湖 No transmigration, no cultivation, just a story of the jianghu! The wind rises in the jianghu and dies away there. Amid the mists and illusions, all that remains is a burning desire to uphold justice! The jianghu is the hot-blooded young man, the courage to fear nothing, and the regrets of things that once appeared but could never be held on to. The Demon Sword has returned, and life and death hang in the balance! Ling Yu, a brilliant and refined young gentleman, and Xiao Lishang, the purehe 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Truth About Eighteen Weapons 十八般兵器述真 The Truth Behind the Eighteen Kinds of Weapons 150Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Slave of the Great Wilderness: Slashing the Heavens, Burying All Dao in a Coffin 大荒战奴：刀斩诸天，棺葬万道 Forced by poverty, Beigong Yu follows a crooked old Taoist to rob... an archaeological site. He accidentally steps on a loose patch of ground, falls into a coffin, and then transmigrates to the Xuanhuang Realm, where he becomes a battle slave of the Great Wilderness Immortal Sect... To survive and pursue the supreme Dao, he wields his heaven-defying blade, slashing the heavens, demons, immortals, devils, and Buddhas, carving out a supreme path of the blade. With the Chaos Burial Coffin, he burie 7.5kReads8.3Score806Shelves
- 26 One Man, One Blade: Unrivaled Under Heaven 一人一刀，举世无敌 What does it mean to be a supreme prodigy? Any cultivation technique, supernatural art, or secret Dao technique can be comprehended in an instant! What does it mean to be a wielder of the blade? Gods, demons, immortals, Buddhas, and heirs of the Heavenly Dao: one slash takes them all! I, Ji Xuan, with just one man and one blade, am invincible beneath the heavens! 1.9kReads8.5Score104Shelves
- 27 EN The Pig-Slaying Saber Dances in a World of Monsters and Mayhem! 妖诡乱世，你杀猪刀法还成精了？ Lin Feng was born into a chaotic world plagued by demons and monsters. For sixteen years, he never had enough to eat or wear. Three months ago, his father, the family’s sole breadwinner and a master who had reached the completion of Skin Tempering, was killed by demons and monsters. His mother, younger sister, and he were left to struggle through life. Just as they were about to reach their limit, the government office began recruiting, and Lin Feng hoped his status as a soldier’s family member 23.9kReads7.6Score2.1kShelves
- 28 Sword Like the Evening 剑如夕 [Traditional wuxia + devoted couple + not a power fantasy + late Qing dynasty + ensemble cast] At the end of the Qing dynasty, the Boxer Rebellion and the Eight-Nation Alliance rise one after another. Gu Yang, a skilled martial artist burdened by a family grudge, leaves seclusion and joins forces with Su Jianli, the daughter of a reformist minister, to roam the jianghu and save the world from disaster. The cruelty of foreign guns and cannons and the wickedness of the human heart lay bare the wre 9Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 29 I Have a Blade 我有一刀 I am Ye Feng, born with an ordinary mortal body to a woodcutter, and I began my life in the army. I have no immortal roots, no treasured physique, no Dao weapon, and no supernatural powers. All I have is a saber, straight and unbending, advancing without retreat. Its blade points forward, slashing immortal roots, destroying treasured physiques, cleaving Dao weapons, and breaking supernatural powers. 2.2kReads8.3Score192Shelves
- 30 A Young Man's Ambition in the Martial World 少年江湖意 People say you were reckless in your youth. But what does it mean to be young? You are young, so of course you are reckless. Dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse, you enter the jianghu; one dream of the jianghu, and you are swept into a world of wonders! A young wanderer, the spirit of the jianghu. A young man ventures into the jianghu, learns its ways, and finds his companions. A sword makes its first journey through the jianghu and meets a scholar. With a cloud-patterned fan, th 1.1kReads8.1Score219Shelves
- 31 High Martial: I Became a Demon Sword, and My Wielder Reached the Pinnacle of the Martial Dao 高武：变身魔剑，剑主武道通神了 [Sword-Bearer Progression] [Nonhuman] [Never Takes Human Form] [Ensemble Cast] [Decisive and Ruthless] After a cataclysmic global transformation, Blue Star entered the age of the vast cosmos. The universe was home to countless races and mysterious Star Gods. In this era, vicious beasts overran Blue Star, while evil gods circled overhead. Terrifying, mysterious beings from fantasy and mythology took physical form, and humanity teetered on the brink of destruction. One day, half a month after he t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Blade of the Master 师刀 Eyes like shooting stars, movements like lightning. A blade that kills, a sword that saves. This is a story about a young man and his blade. 5.7kReads9.0Score437Shelves
- 33 Thirty Years as the Blade Saint of the Mortal World, and Even Immortals Bow Their Heads Before Me 红尘刀圣三十载，仙人见我尽低头 [Xuanhuan fantasy + power struggles + invincibility + epic boastful quotes] [Follow the author’s page for updates on the new novel!] Li Changfeng transmigrates to the Northern Liang kingdom’s Tyrant Saber Sect. After more than ten years of secluded cultivation, he reaches the pinnacle of the mortal world. When the Tyrant Saber Sect faces annihilation, Li Changfeng emerges from the mountain behind it and cuts down its enemies. The Divine Martial Continent is home to eight hundred kingdoms, demons 13.5kReads6.6Score613Shelves
- 34 The Odd One Out in the Martial World 武侠世界当老六 A wuxia world In the martial world, no one is master of their own fate. Lu Renjia accidentally transmigrates into the body of a poor young man named Lu Renjia, in a world where kingdoms, powerful clans, and martial sects all stand intertwined. What path should Lu Renjia take? Huh? What’s this? A cheat? All right! Problem solved. 419Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 35 High Martial: I Begin by Mastering the Quick-Draw Technique 高武：从领悟拔刀术开始 [Plot-focused] [The story comes first, System upgrades are secondary] [Please don’t read if that’s not your thing]. Here’s the blurb: Tang Yu is kind by nature. He activates a System with killing as its goal, taking other people’s karma by killing them and using that karma to comprehend martial arts and grow stronger. Fu Hongxue’s Quickdraw, Duan Yu’s Beiming Divine Skill, Nie Feng’s Ice Heart Formula, Song Que’s Eight Heavenly Blade Techniques... The Wolf, King of Killers, Black Blade, Butcher 1.3kReads8.8Score209Shelves
- 36 The Broken Blade! 断刀行！ [No System + traditional fantasy + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + multiple heroines + passionate fantasy adventure] (A novel typed out one character at a time.) Wang Shan was drafted into the war against the demons in the Continent of the Provinces. After a century of bloodshed, he returned crippled and drained of strength. Having offended a great sect, he was abandoned by them. So he scattered his cultivation and returned the techniques to the sect, then descended the mountain alone to c 1.6kReads7.0Score114Shelves
- 37 Apocalypse Descends: I Slay Gods and Demons with My Longblade! 末世降临：我以长刀斩神魔！ [Apocalypse Survival, Spiritual Qi Revival, Destiny Wheel, Gods and Demons Descend, Blood-Pumping Action!] The world was transformed by the supernatural. Monstrous beasts ran rampant, darkness rose, and the killing never stopped! Zhang Qing was reborn ten years in the past and obtained the Destiny Wheel. He rose through slaughter and was reborn in the darkness! He established the Luosheng Gate, became a dark-night asura, and roamed the night, wiping out evil across the world! With the long blade 15.6kReads8.0Score1.5kShelves
- 38 The Mountain Ranger of Guandong 关东巡山人 Black-handled blades, jade-faced foxes, the Thirteen Guardians who shook eastern Manchuria. Princes and generals, spirit mediums and magistrates. Limping beggars with long-stemmed pipes, monks and Taoist priests. Dragons, serpents, tigers, and leopards: none can escape the flying knives. A mountain range in a parallel world's eastern Manchuria, a feud sealed away for thirty years, a black blade that fills everyone with dread, a world of outlaws teeming with heroes, and a mountain patrolman who w 24.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
- 39 The Lone Wanderer in Another World 异世界的独行者 Black Jiu, an introverted high school student who secretly works in the underworld, gets into a car accident during a school-organized spring outing. The entire group transmigrates to another world crawling with monsters. There, he meets his younger sister, whom their parents sold when she was little. Now a slave of the demon race, she is trying to kill herself... “If justice has its heroes, then darkness deserves its own savior, too. But saviors always like to keep clean. So people like us, the 2.1kReads9.0Score203Shelves
- 40 Snow Blankets the World, the Wind Carries the Blade 大雪满风刀 [No System, alternate history, political intrigue, a touch of cultivation, no mindless characters, no invincible heroes] A mysterious woman is imprisoned in the depths of the imperial jail. The first time jailer Yang Zhan met her, he cursed her, calling her shameless! From then on, she had a name... Bilian! 23.9kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
- 41 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? 3.5kReads7.6Score333Shelves
- 42 EN Monarch of Evernight 永夜君王 Qian Ye rises from hardship, then falls through betrayal. From that moment on, with only a man and a gun for company, he walks between eternal night and dawn, carving out a legend. If eternal night is the fate he is destined for, then he will become the king who rules it. 906Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 43 Heaven-Slaying Blade 斩天刀 [High-octane action + ruthless killing + devour everything + invincible blade mastery] Awaken an Overlord Physique from the start, capable of devouring anything! With the Great Desolate Cauldron in hand, refine your enemies in an instant! The vast land becomes a furnace, even absorbing the heavenly tribulations! Absorb, absorb, absorb! Devour, devour, devour! Whoever wins is the one in the right! 25.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 44 Xuanhuan: My Bones Are a True Dragon's, and My Blade Challenges the World! 玄幻：真龙为骨，我刀问天下！ [Epic-length novel + martial world and imperial court + genius protagonist + a touch of ensemble cast + the blurb does it no justice, please read the story] [Not a brainless power fantasy] [Martial world] [Read with care] [The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later] Synopsis One: A three-year-old child with memories from a past life accidentally falls into the Dragon-Locking Well. From then on, he defies fate, obtains the Heavenly Book, and masters supreme martial arts! That day, the dragon l 82.8kReads8.6Score5.9kShelves
- 45 Detective Conan: Who Exactly Is This Sherry You Keep Talking About? 名柯：你们说的雪莉到底是谁呀？ No System, and the protagonist is not someone who transmigrated. He has some connection to the Miyano family. The setting draws on Magic Kaito and the Detective Conan movie universe, but the plot doesn't follow the Detective Conan storyline. It incorporates elements and plotlines from other anime, novels, and TV dramas, along with plenty of original worldbuilding. If that's not your thing, please don't flame me. Regular characters include Ai and Kaito. For now, I don't plan to pair the female l 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Infinite Challenge Game 无限挑战游戏 He was an ordinary loser: no house, no car, nothing to show for himself, and a terminal illness that burdened his whole family. Then, one day, a stroke of luck fell into his lap. The goddess he had secretly loved for years suddenly invited him to a secret location to get a room. But just as they met, she was assassinated by a mysterious attacker who appeared out of nowhere... He was dragged into a deadly game full of endless challenges. To save the goddess and find a cure for his illness, he had 655Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 47 The Blade Masters of the Myriad Heavens Empower Me 诸天刀客加持我身 The age’s turmoil belongs to my generation; once I enter the martial world, the years rush by. Empires and ambitions are the stuff of idle talk; nothing compares to getting drunk beneath the human sky. Chen Sheng accidentally transmigrates to another world and becomes a blind boy. He thinks he’ll spend his life playing the erhu and singing for alms to scrape together enough to eat, wasting away ten years. But then he unexpectedly figures out how to use his golden finger. All he has to do is defe 20.6kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
- 48 Starting in Shuangqi Town, I’ll Slay My Way Through the Heavens 从双旗镇开始，刀斩诸天 [The Outcast crossover] [Wuxia] [Late Qing Dynasty] [Guanzhong blade-for-hire] [National and family vendettas] Screen works featured so far: The Outcast, The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, The Blade, A Touch of Zen, The Grandmaster, Fist of Legend, the Huo Yuanjia series, House of Flying Daggers, The Gold Robbers, the Huang Feihong series... I have two blades. One is called Hero. The other is called Spare My Life. Hero isn't heroic. And Spare My Life won't spare anyone. I'm a Guanzhon 45.6kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves
- 49 Infamous: The System Gave Me Way Too Much! 恶名昭著：只怪系统给的太多！ Muscles + System + body-tempering martial arts + ruthless killing! That year, I wielded a blade in each hand and couldn't find a worthy opponent! Shen Hanfeng, a transmigrator, transmigrated to another world and activated the System! Killing wanted criminals earned him power! From then on, Shen Hanfeng carried a flask of wine at his waist and two blades by his side! He tore through the world in a storm of sparks, cutting down all who stood in his way! He carved his way from east to west and kill 17.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
- 50 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 550Reads—Score109Shelves
