Novels like The Emperor's Tutor
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- 1 After a Year of Sign-Ins at the Sword Tomb, I Leave as an Earthly Sword Immortal 剑冢签到一年，出关陆地剑仙 Also known as: I, the Blind Sword Saint, Became Invincible After a Year of Sign-Ins in the Sword Tomb [This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It has heartbreak, humor, foreshadowing, grudges, love and hate, the nation and its people, responsibility, burdens, dreams, wine, swords, and the world of martial arts.] He had just transmigrated into the role of the young sect leader of the sacred Shu Mountain Sect when he was framed for disrespecting his junior sister. His own father sent him to the S 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Raging Inferno 业火狂澜 Synopsis: A pure wuxia novel. From the start, the female lead is already max-level. The story centers on wuxia with an undercurrent of political intrigue, featuring jianghu adventures and a light ensemble cast. It is not a power fantasy. The male lead, Xi Da, specializes in mind control. The jianghu story gets underway in Chapter Four! The first three chapters move too slowly, and I can’t revise them now. Please read a little further before deciding whether it suits your taste, QAQ. Legend has i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Bashan Sword Arena 巴山剑场 One day, when Wang Jingmeng entered Changling with his sword on his back, he witnessed the dawn of a golden age. He also saw the many heroes ranked on the Sword List, and realized that they were no better than mutts. 1Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 4 The First-Rank Sword God 一品剑神 A modern young man transmigrates to a world overrun by demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits, and becomes a ninth-rank patrol inspector. With a single long sword, he slays demons and monsters and fights to restore justice across the land. He is both a high-ranking official and an unrivaled sword god. 859Reads7.9Score103Shelves
- 5 The Sword Immortals Above Are Clad in White 天上剑仙如白衣 [Traditional Fantasy + Slow-Burn + Swordsmanship + Unbeatable + One Female Lead] (Many of the demon attendants early on are actually her avatars. Please stop asking: there is only one female lead!) I have a sword that can level the countless armors in this world, yet makes the world watch three autumns pass! I have another sword that climbs to the heavens, seals the sword, and beheads the dragon. One sword sends frost across fourteen provinces! The great calamity foretold in prophecy is about to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Storm Riders: The Evil King’s Calamity 风云之邪王劫 [Dual Male Leads + Imaginative Fantasy + Wuxia + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Decisive Violence] He wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of the Fengyun comics, where he awakens the Five-Colored Pearl System and gains the ability to copy his opponents' techniques without limit. The story begins with the destruction of the Blue Moon Sect. He meets Yi Feng and beats Lan Wu into submission. When the older generation of masters has withered away and Fengyun lies frozen in a time of crisi 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Sword Has a Way 吾剑有道 [Not a brainless power fantasy! No System! Not reborn! No harem! No padding! Both leads and supporting characters are smart!] A thousand years of darkness, dispelled by a single sword. That winter was bitterly cold. A young man in black, carrying a sword on his back, set off on a long journey. From then on, the mysterious martial world gained a mysterious swordsman known as the Immortal Sword Lord. They say he swept away three million demons with a single strike, seeking not immortality, but the 574Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 8 This Sword Cultivator Is Clearly Powerful, Yet He Only Wants to Keep a Low Profile 这个剑修明明很强却只想低调 [Swordsmanship + invincible protagonist + low-key genius + devoted, strong-willed maid + comedy] Lin Fan knew from the moment he was born that the most important thing in life was to keep a low profile! Just live honestly as an ordinary person! Despite his formidable strength, he never showed it in front of the sect’s disciples. Despite his incredible talent for swordsmanship, he trained alongside the other disciples as if he were a complete beginner. Despite being more powerful than the sect’s 7Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 9 Fists Rise in Midsummer, Swords Point to Midwinter 拳起盛夏，剑指寒冬 [Traditional Xianxia + Swordsmanship + Two Heroines + Exceptional Talent] A tiny mountain town, a story as vast as the world. The burden of national and family vengeance, and the secrets of the former dynasty, all fall on Yu Zheng's shoulders. He has practiced boxing since childhood, but he doesn't seem particularly talented. "Uncle Zhang, am I not very good at boxing?" "Actually, you're quite talented. It's just that my standards are too high." But a few years later, the first time he takes up 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Sword Energy Fills the Universe 剑气满乾坤 A young man arrives with a wooden sword and ascends to immortality one step at a time. What does it mean to transcend the mortal world and become a sage? What about the gods and buddhas of the heavens, the ghosts, monsters, and demons? Let this wooden sword show you the rise and fall of the martial world, where life and death are decided in an instant! 16Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 11 One Sword, Chilling the Nine Provinces 一剑九州寒 The martial world is, by its very nature, a muddled place of noble chivalry and tangled love. The year they first met, the young man made a vow: in this life, I will marry no one but you. That year, dressed in a blue robe and carrying a wooden sword, he left the inn that had once seemed so vast but now looked so small. That year, they made a promise: if I avenge my great wrong, and you make a name for yourself, we will take our swords and roam to the ends of the earth together. An ordinary marke 179Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 12 I, the Wine-Sword Immortal, Have Signed In at the Sword Pavilion for 300 Years 我，酒剑仙，剑阁签到三百年 Qin Lie transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes an utterly ordinary servant disciple. What now? Is he doomed to live out his days alone? No need to panic. At the crucial moment, he awakens the Sign-In System. All he has to do is sign in to receive rewards! After signing in for one year, he receives the Shaohao Sword Canon, an unparalleled sword cultivation manual. After signing in for ten years, he receives the divine bird White Phoenix, a peerless mount of breathtaking beauty. After signin 6Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 13 Live-in Son-in-Law: Winning the World Through Debate, Wielding Power Over All 赘婿：文斗乾坤，权倾天下 Qin Yuan, a restorer of ancient books at a modern library, transmigrated by chance and became a lame live-in son-in-law in the Great Hua Dynasty. By a stroke of luck, he discovered that his brain could search the knowledge base of the entire library. But his top priority was breaking free from the shackles of his identity. As he struggled to survive in the cracks, the hidden threads of fate quietly began to unfold. With fate destined to bring him one romantic entanglement after another, how coul 16kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
- 14 As a Girl, I Want to Become a Sword Immortal 成为女孩子的我想当个剑仙 [Fantasy + System + Single heroine + Not a power fantasy] After waking up, Lin Qingxi discovers that she has transmigrated. In this fantastical world, she has a modest dream: to become a sword-wielding immortal who roams the world. Of course, she also wants to eat delicious food, and, most importantly, she absolutely refuses to eat carrots! 25Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 15 Dragon and Elephant 龙象 Some playboys drink and carouse night after night, lost in drunken revelry, while generals die on the battlefield, their bones left to wither. Clashing blades and galloping horses, pleasures of the bedchamber: all are but human suffering. The imperial court and the martial world, full of deceit and intrigue, end with bodies buried in yellow earth. Buddhas mighty as dragons and lowly pawns crossing the river, none who set out ever return. 49Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 16 The Immortal Dynasty 仙朝 “The sunset over Yingdu is the most beautiful sight in all the world.” “Too bad I’ll never see it again.” Gu Min smiled as he gazed at the morning glow and said softly, “The great edifice has fallen. I have faded into the crowd.” 90Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 17 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
- 18 Embracing the Moon, Stirring the Pure Breeze 揽月撼清风 Traditional xianxia, no System, one female lead, written in a dreamlike stream-of-consciousness style. After the Xuanyuan Sword seals the Rift in the Sky, an even greater threat to the mortal world returns with the Red-Eyed Demon Star. The newly chosen Emperor of Earth is a mediocrity. Humans, demons, and immortals are bound by a pact, while secretly waging their own conflicts. With the fate of heaven and earth hanging by a thread, who will emerge victorious? A journey through the jianghu, a jou 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 Seeking the Dao 问道 I devoted myself to the sword, then took it up, and with it I will challenge the world: is there a true path? I once thought that after regaining my sight, I would be able to see the world clearly when I opened my eyes. But when I did, I found that the world had become even harder to see. I want to live, to live until the day I can see this world clearly. Or perhaps I will reach the pinnacle of the Dao and play a song of clashing arms that subdues every unruly soul in this world! 53Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 22 The Blade Draws at Peach Blossom Cove 刀出桃花坞 Someone asked him, “You sell information, publish rankings, and stir up trouble across the martial world through your Qiuchu Pavilion. What are you really after?” Wiping the blood from his blade, he replied, “The world shouldn’t be like this. I’m going to change it.” A tavern keeper, a Peach Blossom Blade, and three years to ensnare the entire martial world. The poor have no way forward, so he will carve them one. The great clans cast shadows over everything, so he will punch a hole through t 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Honghuang: Found the Buddhist School from the Start, Driving Jieyin and Zhunti Mad 洪荒：开局立佛教，接引准提气疯 Since ancient times, Buddhism and the Dao have been one. Only Jieyin and Zhunti in the West broke away to establish their own sect, seeking to claim the human race's fortune. Thus they left the Xuanmen and changed the Western Teachings into Buddhism. Chen Feng transmigrates and becomes Bitter Bamboo, one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots. To take human form by force and avoid being refined into a spiritual treasure by Daoist Zhunti, he has no choice but to establish his own tradition. With 550Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 Pine Breeze on the Ridge, Moonlight on the Mountain 半岭松风半山月 [Alternate History + Political Intrigue + Martial Arts + Two Strong Leads + Happy Ending + Mutual Devotion and Healing + No Brain-Dead Plotting + No Rebirth, Transmigration, or System] Lin Kuo, son of Duke Zhongsu of the Southern Zhou, suffers a family catastrophe in his youth and is shunned and isolated by the powerful aristocratic clans. He struggles through a difficult upbringing, carrying on the legacy of his father and elder brother as he carefully advances, bides his time, and plots to ref 73Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 26 Dragon Gate 龙门 The Old Pillar burned down the imperial palace, and the little princess Chen Hongli disappeared. The Pillar's residence was awash with blood overnight. Eleven years later, Su Bai headed south from the northwestern border of the State of Chen, returning to the imperial city of Luoyang. 5.7kReads8.5Score405Shelves
- 27 Sword, Flower, and Sword 剑与花与剑 You are the flower of a turbulent age, and I am the sword sworn to protect you. A flower can become a sword, but a sword can break, too! One is the illegitimate prince of the Nanye Kingdom, hidden in an enemy nation for years. The other is a general's daughter, whose entire family was slaughtered, leaving her to survive in the world disguised as a eunuch. They meet in Lanling City, and from then on begin a perilous life on the run. “You had so many choices. Why choose me?” “Because I think we ar 1.4kReads8.7Score176Shelves
- 28 Sword Sovereign 剑天子 Dongyang is a young man unable to practice cultivation. He comes alone to the imperial capital of the Great Xia Dynasty in search of a cure for his illness. After enduring endless humiliation and being turned away by all four sects, he accidentally wanders into the ruined Changsheng Abbey, where he unexpectedly finds a powerful benefactor waiting to help him… 3.1kReads8.7Score323Shelves
- 29 Night Rain Over the Martial World 江湖夜雨 How long does a generation in the martial world last? Twenty years? Thirty? The head of the Green Mountain Sect serves a ten-year term. The Jianghu Rankings, published by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, are updated every ten years. So a generation in the martial world lasts ten years. "Who are you?" "He Wen!" "Where are you going?" "The martial world." 774Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 30 The World’s Greatest Master Is a Live-In Son-in-Law 天下第一高手是赘婿 [Transmigration + Live-in son-in-law + Wuxia + Alternate world + Poetry] After transmigrating, Zhang Zi'an became the greatest expert among the martial outlaws of Jiangnan, and his legends spread throughout the region. After roaming the martial world for more than a decade, Zhang Zi'an chose to leave it behind and become a live-in son-in-law of the Wang family of Jinling. Enjoying a wealthy life as a live-in son-in-law at his leisure was actually pretty nice. But once you're in the martial world 270Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 I’d Just Entrusted My Child to Someone, and You’re Telling Me This Is Investiture of the Gods? 刚刚托孤，你告诉我这里是封神 Ziqing transmigrates to the Yin-Shang era and opens his eyes to find an old man clutching his hand, barely alive. “Little brother, I entrust Shou’er to you.” With that, the old man breathed his last. Xu Ziqing stares in bewilderment at his upright, righteous nephew, then reluctantly sets about reforming the declining Shang dynasty. Paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones; centralized rule; agricultural treatises; thunderous gunpowder... The fortunes of the Shang dynasty grow stronger by the day. But 4.4kReads7.0Score302Shelves
- 33 Sword Dynasty 剑王朝 After wiping out the three great dynasties of Han, Zhao, and Wei in succession, the Great Qin Dynasty entered an age of unprecedented prosperity. Powerful cultivators emerged in endless numbers, and everyone took pride in being Qin. But Ding Ning, an ordinary streetwise boy from Changling, the capital of Qin, had only one thing on his mind: overthrowing the Great Qin Dynasty and killing the Qin Emperor, whose cultivation had reached the unprecedented Eighth Realm. 69Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 34 The Supreme Sword Immortal: One Slash Subdues the Ages 无上剑仙，一剑镇万古 I have ancient famous swords, demon swords, devil swords, immortal swords, and divine swords. The Heaven-Slaying Sword, Evil-Banishing Sword, Eight Desolations Sword, Firmament Sword, Demon-Subduing Sword, Demon-Suppressing Sword, Gentleman’s Sword, Blood-Drinking Sword: every one of them is extraordinary. The Two-Yi Yin-Yang Sword Formation, Three-Phase Limitless Sword Formation, Four Symbols Forest of Myriad Images Sword Formation, Five Elements Eight Trigrams Sword Formation, Eight-Direction 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Chang'an of Swords and Books 书剑长安 Two years ago, Mo Tingyu set off for the northern lands with his blade in hand. Two years later, Su Chang'an marched toward Chang'an with his army. Heaven and earth are vast, and all living beings are but specks of dust. The jianghu is a deep and dangerous place, where every step can wound the heart. Blood stains the scabbard; I slay hordes of demons. As long as I draw breath, I will not fall. With lofty ambition, I challenge the Way of Heaven. The jianghu road is where I roam free. I sing wildl 147Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 36 In a Text-Based Game, I Just Matched the Gods! 人在文字游戏，刚刚比肩神明！ Tang Hui stumbles into a mysterious world, encounters strange phenomena, and meets some peculiar people. He doesn't like the place, but he wants to stay, so he works hard to overcome his difficulties. 817Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 37 With One Fist, I Challenge the World 我有一拳，要与天下问 The apricot grove behind Chengjia Village turns a brilliant gold when bathed in the setting sun. No matter how far he traveled, how many punches he threw, or how many countless sights he saw, Zhou Tian could never forget it. 150Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 38 EN A Pawn's Passage 过河卒 The world is a game of chess, and its people are the pieces. Qi Xuansu is a pawn that has crossed the river: there is no turning back, only pressing forward. 109Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 39 I Am the Sword That Can Slay Immortals 在下剑可斩仙 When common folk rise in anger, a million corpses litter the land and blood flows for a thousand miles. A half-immortal swordsman emerged from Dabe and slaughtered the wicked until the borders of Dabe ran red. His story begins the moment he set out for Changjing with a sword in hand. 1.7kReads8.9Score100Shelves
- 40 The Legend of Sheng Ma 声马传 Wine, women, and song: the pleasures of life! In the martial world, no one is free to do as they please! The story takes place during the Xuande era of the Ming dynasty. An overview of the events of the five years of Wen Qingtian's growth: At Zhu Zhanji's instigation, the martial arts sects fought an unprecedented civil war. The sects were left severely weakened, and the imperial court seized the opportunity to recruit martial artists on a massive scale, gradually gaining the upper hand over the 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Martial Arts Are Dead, and the Spirit Body Awakens 武学已死，灵体觉醒 [One female lead | Ensemble wuxia | Jianghu intrigue | No System, no transmigration] Xiao Yuan can’t use martial arts, but he can break down every move in the world. He’s a walking database of martial arts. Ye Xiaolan knows nothing about the rules, yet learns any technique at a glance. Before she knows it, she’s triggered a Class B alert across the jianghu. She threatens him with her whip: “Let’s negotiate this amicably. You teach me martial arts, and I’ll help you beat people up.” Xiao Yuan: “Y 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Wielding My Sword, I Slay Celestials for a Drink 仗剑，斩天人下酒 (Martial world + imperial court + ensemble cast + schemes) The martial world means flashing blades and clashing steel, the warmth and coldness of human nature, the realm and its beauties, the everyday necessities of life, and, in the end, the injustice found in the space between one’s steps. But did you know there are immortals above, fishing in the mortal world and tampering with the fates of men? Come, come! Watch me, Li Xianyu, cleave an immortal in two with one sword, and give you all someth 482Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 43 Chronicles of the Western Departure and Eastern River 西别东川录 The four kingdoms of Zhongzhou, through three generations of warfare Love and enmity, passions and grudges, chronicled across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers Ten realms of triumph, where meetings and partings are forever uncertain The Five Elements Tribulation, the Sixfold Heavenly Dipper The Fourteen Evil Paths venture where none dare go; with breath fading to a thread, they ascend to the ninth heaven Heaven and earth give rise to one another, yin and yang are both extinguished. If y 104Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 44 This Sword Immortal Is Far Too Overpowered 这个剑仙太逆天 [Traditional style + swordsmanship + no harem + low-key + no System] My name is Ye Shisan. I am eighteen in this life, the strongest guardian of a sect in history, and the world's last surviving cultivator! I was once the lord of the Immortal Longevity Realm, suppressing countless eras with my sword, mighty enough to reach the heavens and unmatched throughout the cosmos... Alas, darkness eventually descended, spiritual energy dried up, and the civilization of cultivation was destroyed... In this 517Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 45 Our Jianghu 我辈江湖 (A world of martial honor, court intrigue, an ensemble cast, swordsmanship, one female lead, no System) The world’s great heroes rise in our time, yet the moment we enter the jianghu, the years rush by. Three thousand sword auras soar to the heavens; a hundred thousand pagodas crumble at a touch. Turning clouds and rain is but a casual act; in court, we make our moves with a laugh and a toast. A thousand autumns of imperial ambition vanish in an instant; all that remains is a lifetime's drunken 289Reads6.3Score106Shelves
- 46 The Peaceful Inn 太平客栈 Before the sword is even buckled on, the road outside is already a jianghu. After sailing through countless storms, he returns still a boy. Born into troubled times, he watches war sweep across the land, leaving the people in misery and human lives as worthless as weeds. On coming of age, he roams the world as a chivalrous hero, sword in hand, cleaving open a stretch of clear sky. Ten years of icy drink cannot cool his burning blood. He will hack through every obstacle, hoping to usher in peace. 156Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 47 Yet the Way Seems Ordinary 却道寻常 [A web-novel master picks up his pen again: a monumental xianxia epic twenty years in the making] He walked out of the Inverted Sky, climbed to the fourteenth floor, and shouldered the whole mortal world. Barely twenty and dressed in blue, he dares to seal the heavens! 196Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 48 Riding Through the Land, Singing a Long Ballad 纵马长歌 [Jianghu + court intrigue + xianxia + plot-driven + wuxia + ensemble cast] Money in your pocket, rice in your storehouse, and a blade at your side: that's the carefree life of the jianghu. A healthy body, a peaceful heart, and a divine sword kept hidden: that's what it means to be an immortal among mortals. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 A Night's Journey with a Bloodied Sword 覆血夜剑行 [Traditional Xianxia] [Court and Jianghu] [High Martial Power, Low Mysticism] [An Ensemble Cast in the Snow] There is a sword in the mortal world. There are blades in the jianghu. In the far north lives a left-handed man, lame, with a broken sword and peach blossoms growing on his bones. His brows are crooked and his eyes askew, yet no one in the world is more pleased with life. In the far east lives Master Cao, with a swordsman’s spirit sheathed in his chest. A gentle breath from him can summon 2.6kReads8.7Score172Shelves
- 50 Great Solitary Peak 大孤峰 In court or in the jianghu, every injustice in this world can be settled with a single sword. If one strike isn't enough, then a hundred more, until nothing remains before me. Three million sword immortals fill the heavens, yet even they must bow their heads before me! 1.3kReads6.7Score114Shelves
