Novels like The Reticent Blade
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Reticent Blade, best match first.
- 151 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 What?! I've Become My Idol's Child 惊！我成了我担的孩子 [Mystery and crime-solving + rekindled romance + two powerful, devoted leads + sweet romance and a happy ending + father-son bonds + exhilarating wuxia] Ye Fuyao is the only male outer disciple in his sect, and the one nobody takes seriously. He’s bad at martial arts and not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Then a dream-come-true protagonist’s script falls right into his lap, and he becomes the beloved son of the idol he’s admired since childhood. Just like that, he lands a life of easy wi 956Reads8.2Score103Shelves
- 153 Saving the Qin Dynasty: Become a King Who Rules Heaven and Earth 拯救大秦：做主宰乾坤的王 A stunt double is accidentally electrocuted and wakes up in the Great Qin dynasty as Fusu. At court, powerful eunuchs and treacherous ministers persecute him; in the martial world, practitioners of yin-yang arts hunt him down. Within the empire, remnants of the Six States are stirring, while beyond its borders, the Xiongnu cavalry watches like a pack of hungry wolves. Can Fusu escape these dangers? And how will he save Great Qin? 307Reads9.5Score113Shelves
- 154 The Seven Stars Chronicles of Chivalry 七星侠义录 In a modern city, an evil force is quietly taking root. Seven chivalrous heroes from Jin Yong's stories possess seven ordinary people from different walks of life. Through training, they gain powerful martial arts skills and, guided by a mysterious figure, join forces to fight evil... 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The Dustbound Sword Dao 尘剑道 Xuanhuan, swordsmanship, and peerless talent! He is the young heir of the Jiang family, one of Qingyun City’s four great clans. Born with a chronic illness, he has always been frail. But my fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! With perseverance, courage, and quick wits, he fights his way upstream, step by step. He seeks opportunities, takes on the four clans, and endures battles to the death, singing a saga of blood and tears. He enters treasure lands and hidden realms. Watch him soar straight 9.4kReads8.6Score713Shelves
- 156 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 82.2kReads9.3Score8.2kShelves
- 157 Never Yield the Land 不让江山 At first, I looked upon the world and saw nothing but heroes and great men. Then I looked again, and saw nothing but a rabble. Rather than entrust this realm and its people to you, I might as well take it for myself! 506Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 158 The Far Shore of the Great Dao 大道彼岸 In the capital, April brings the bustle of everyday life, yet beneath the seemingly tranquil surface, undercurrents are stirring. The young Yang Zhao arrives by chance in this strange and wondrous world of immortals and martial heroes, and gets swept into the heart of the turmoil. … A vast world, home to countless races, where immortals and demons rise together. Sacred lands, sects, the imperial court, clans… This is a story about pursuing the Great Way to Immortality in the name of love. (The 17.8kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
- 159 A Literary Youth in the Han Dynasty 大汉文艺青年 [History] [Alternate World] [Transmigration] [Witty and Humorous] [Multiple Heroines] Fan Li, a rogue who runs a bar, undergoes Transmigration into ancient times. One poem stuns the literary world, and one song brings listeners to tears. From his initial, desperate flight to making his first splash at a grand literary gathering; from showing off his divine prowess at Chongli Terrace to fighting bloody battles in a lone northern fortress, the rascal laughs and curses his way through it all. In t 4.6kReads7.8Score336Shelves
- 160 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Treading the Heavens to Become a God 踏天封神 [A pure ensemble-cast story, written entirely by hand. Aside from the first chapter, which has a lot of filler to set things up, the rest is absolutely exciting. If you don’t like it, feel free to criticize me.] “When the primordial chaos was divided, three great beings appeared between heaven and earth: humans, ferocious beasts, and demons. Humans developed intelligence early, but their bodies were frail, leaving them at the bottom of the pecking order. Ferocious beasts were unenlightened, bu 813Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 With a Three-Foot Sword on My Back, Who in This World Can I Not Slay? 背上匣中三尺剑，天下何人不可斩 [No System + Swordsmanship + Peerless Prodigy + One Heroine + Fiercely Protective Wife] Ye Ping'an had practiced the sword since childhood, becoming the greatest swordsman under heaven. He should have been the undisputed choice to become the next sect master of the Tianmen Sword Sect. But after his master was framed and imprisoned, Ye Ping'an was forcibly stripped of his cultivation overnight. The once-promising disciple became a cripple with shattered meridians. A fallen genius, cast out by his 14.1kReads8.6Score1kShelves
- 163 Wuxia Crossover: I Use the Jianghu to Shake the Imperial Court 综武：我以江湖动朝堂 My name is Jiang Yin. I'm a wandering martial artist who takes jobs for pay. With a sword and a finger, I sweep through the martial world. Before I knew it, all my enemies were dead, while my friends were scattered across the land. 42.6kReads8.9Score3kShelves
- 164 There's No Water Left on Red Sun Star 赤阳星没水了 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 The First Traveler 第一寰客 [Chinese-Style Supernatural Powers] [Abstract Instances] [Puzzle-Solving Challenges] [Team-Based Adventures] Delusion is the reflection of reality; madness is the ultimate clarity! After an exam, Fang Lai is chosen to become a Traveler and take part in a game organized by the Heavenly Dao called the “Delusion Realm.” He discovers a place filled with strange and wonderful things, a world of bizarre sights. Follow logic and you're a weakling; ignore logic and you're dead. He also discovers that ev 54.3kReads9.2Score5kShelves
- 166 EN I Am Murong Fu's Uncle 我是慕容复的舅舅 Synopsis 1: My name is Wang Gang. I’m Murong Fu’s uncle, Li Qingluo’s husband, and, at least in name, Wang Yuyan’s father! That’s right, I’m the man Duan Zhengchun cuckolded! Actually, I was also murdered by Duan Zhengchun and Li Qingluo! But now I’ve been reborn, on my wedding night, the very day I was killed in my previous life! They’re about to arrive. What should I do? I’m kind of freaking out! Synopsis 2: After being reborn, Wang Gang discovers he’s brought back a panel that lets him learn 39.1kReads7.8Score3.2kShelves
- 167 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 168 I Came from the Ninth Heaven 我自九天来 An ensemble cast, political intrigue, passion, and war between nations. The world teems with heroes. Four great dynasties and thousand-year-old clans treat all living things as straw dogs. Though dust stains the young man's clothes, his heart remains fixed on the moon. 25.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 169 The Origin of the Ice Sword 寒冰剑之缘起 The martial world is rife with intrigue, bloody scenes, and tangled affairs of love and hate. They were the best of friends, yet took entirely different paths. Right and wrong meant different things to each of them, and both had their own principles. They fell in love with the same woman, but expressed it in different ways. And so the story that follows began. This story is only the beginning. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 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
- 171 Wuxia Crossover: It All Starts with Stealing Li Canghai's Chance 综武：一切从截胡李沧海开始 [Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, and Wen Rui’an worlds + multiple heroines + invincible + feel-good power fantasy + rebellion and kingship] After transmigrating into a combined martial arts world for twenty years, he gambled ten years of his fortune on Drum Mountain! Ten years trapped like a dragon in a well, then one day he rises to the clouds. From the start, he became Wuyazi’s disciple and learned the Xiaoyao Sect’s secret arts. He gambled his fortune and doubled his opportunities: the Bloo 85.9kReads8.1Score8.9kShelves
- 172 The Origins of the Frostblade, Part Two 寒冰剑之缘起二 A storm of blood and fury, plotted for sixteen years: right and wrong look entirely different in different people's eyes. Fathers and sons, brothers, lovers, friends, and enemies: so many tangled loves and hatreds. I hope you'll join them in settling scores and enjoying the thrill of revenge. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 My Martial Arts Rank Second to Last in the World 我的武功天下倒数第二 He is a swordsman known throughout the martial world as Gu Longfei, half man and half ghost, the greatest of sword masters. His swordsmanship is so fast that it’s impossible to see. Wherever he appears, corrupt officials and crooked villains all lose their heads. Never provoke him. Push him too far, and he can split into hundreds of clones to attack his enemies all at once. He is a terrifying swordsman, and his sword style is called the Yuqi Heavenly Sword, also known as the Living Dead Sword. I 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 The Sequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: Ruling the World 倚天后传：纵横天下 A mysterious force that destroyed the Lingjiu Palace and the Nangong family hundreds of years ago has once again brought calamity to the jianghu. Watch Zhang Wuji defeat them and reign supreme beneath the heavens! Who were the Mongol masters who killed Guo Jing and Huang Rong? Who infiltrated the prince’s mansion and assassinated Prince Ruyang? What is the story behind the peerless master who lived for 216 years? Who stole the manuals for the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon-Subduing and the Dog-Bea 3kReads6.6Score264Shelves
- 175 Sword in Hand, Wine in Tow, a Dashing Wanderer 仗剑，载酒，惊鸿客 [Prodigy + no System + Swordsmanship + Lighthearted + Immortality] The fake prodigy: “Life and death don’t matter. If you’ve got a problem, fight me.” The real prodigy: “I want to draw my sword.” “No, you don’t,” said the leaders of the Daoist sects, the Buddhist Venerable, and the Demon Cult Master, trying to talk him down. Across this vast and boundless land, who will determine its fate? I have a sword, its white blade stained red by the mortal world. A vast and magnificent sky stretches a 16.8kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
- 176 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 The Strongest Man to Emerge from the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出的强者 Eight years ago, Qin Zimo was the great general who protected the Nanxuan Kingdom, renowned throughout the heavens and feared by every nation. Now, Qin Zimo has emerged from a dark, icy prison, and the winds of change are rising once more. 7.9kReads8.9Score641Shelves
- 178 The Princess and the Sword Immortal 公主与剑仙 Atop Lock Dragon Peak, snow falls without a sound. Xiao Jianqiu, the “Lone Shadow Sword Immortal,” is invincible beneath heaven with his gleaming blade. He watches the clouds drift by, seeking nothing more than freedom and ease. The martial world? Just a place where grudges are settled and swords do the talking. In Jinling, behind the deep walls of the imperial palace, Princess Zhaoyang Zhao Jin is born to privilege, yet finds the palace walls too high and her life too stifling. The court? Nothi 2.3kReads—Score192Shelves
- 179 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The jianghu is a beaded curtain. Great and small figures are its beads; great and small stories, the strings that bind them. And loyalty and affection are the spirit that gives those beads their luster. The story is drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: “Waiter, bring us some wine.” 11.5kReads9.7Score603Shelves
- 180 The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: Becoming Yue Buqun's Disciple 笑傲江湖，拜师岳不群 (No female lead. The protagonist isn't a bleeding heart and never pulls his punches. He has a compassionate heart and an iron fist.) The children of powerful families abduct common women, and your authorities do nothing? The Demon Cult terrorizes the people, and you Wudang and Shaolin do nothing? I'll take care of it! The Huashan Sect will take care of it! If the righteous path of this world has fallen silent, then I'll be the first ray of light to pierce the darkness. There's no need to wait fo 65.6kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves
- 181 A Startling Glance, Sword Shadows, and the Road to the End of the World 惊鸿，剑影，往天涯 [Traditional Fantasy + One Female Lead + Swordsmanship + Decisive and Ruthless + Highly Recommended!] The young Mu Fan awakens a Supreme Martial Vein and is hailed as a martial arts prodigy. But after an unexpected turn of events, his Supreme Martial Vein is crippled and all his cultivation is destroyed, leaving him a helpless invalid who suffers endless humiliation. A year later, his Supreme Martial Vein is reborn. Having witnessed the harsh realities of the world, Mu Fan grows stronger through 73.9kReads8.6Score9.7kShelves
- 182 The Decisive Battle at Xuanwu Gate 决战玄武门 Cai Yuanchu, a boy from a small county town, inexplicably claims the reward for catching the killer in a local murder case, only to be drawn into an unpredictable conspiracy. He also uncovers a staggering plot dating back to the end of the Sui dynasty and the beginning of the Tang, which gradually leads him into the Xuanwu Gate Incident... 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 EN Who Removed the Exit Button from My Xianxia Game? 谁把我仙侠游戏退出键扣了？ At first, I only wanted to create a fresh account for a holographic xianxia game... I had already selected the highest difficulty, simply to roll a better spiritual root and sell the account. But then... can someone tell me where the exit button is? Where did my enormous game exit button go? 366.2kReads8.5Score41.9kShelves
- 184 Blind Miracle Healer: From the Start, a Saintess Comes to Repay Her Debt 瞎眼神医，开局遇到圣女报恩 The short drama adaptation, The Blind Man, the Saintess, and the Devoted Couple, is now available [Martial world + no System + one heroine + everyday sweetness + two equally powerful leads] Ten years ago, Lin Mu saved a little girl who had been poisoned. The poisonous fumes damaged his eyes and left him blind. Ten years later, a cool, aloof woman claiming to be the Demon Cult's Saintess came to his door, insisting that she owed him her life. She also happened to arrive just as Lin Mu was being c 15.8kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 185 The Candle-Bearing Immortal of the Night 仙夜秉烛人 I wield a sword that cuts through the mortal world's roads. I hold a lamp that illuminates the sorrows of past and present. I make a wish for suffering to vanish from the world. I have a heart... to investigate things, extend knowledge, make my intentions sincere, set my heart right, cultivate myself, bring order to my family, govern the state, and bring peace to all under Heaven! “Heaven's movement is vigorous; the noble-minded person strives without cease.” “The earth's nature is receptive; th 12.6kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 186 Frost Sword Sweeps Away the Breeze 霜剑扫清风 The whole village was drenched in blood and reduced to ruins in a single day. Young Zhang He escaped a mountain of corpses and a sea of flames, clutching an unparalleled manual to his chest. From then on, he was a fugitive with nowhere to go. To conceal his lethal skills, he went into hiding at Wudang, content to serve as a young kitchen acolyte. Smoke and fire could not dim his soaring ambition. With a woodcutter's knife in hand, he secretly trained in peerless inner arts. One day, the disc 1.7kReads8.3Score138Shelves
- 187 Moonlit Flower 明月花 She once held back a thousand troops with a single sword. Her white robes stained with blood, she was breathtakingly beautiful, more stirring than the setting sun on the city wall. When the battle report reached the Northern Yan camp, the Yan Emperor dropped the wine cup in his hand. “How could a woman like this be hidden in my realm?” I vaguely remember: [They first met on a snowy night. With just a few words, she sent a band of thugs running and saved the escort convoy he was leading. The you 142Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 188 The First Generation of Tongtian 通天初代 (The label "invincible" doesn't quite fit. He should have the greatest talent among his peers.) A simple introduction to this book: A group of young prodigies from the Sealed Lands return to the New Continent, where they compete for supremacy against the native prodigies. The protagonist is one of the best among the sealed prodigies. The book features clans, sects, sacred grounds, and immortal palaces. It's an age teeming with prodigies: young clan lords, chief disciples, holy sons and daug 6.6kReads6.1Score472Shelves
- 189 The Reservoir of Returning Waters 回流之坝 Does surviving tribulation have to mean facing a lightning tribulation? It could also mean a trial of love! In a world of spiritual energy, every stale cultivation trope is cast aside. A middle-aged man steps into a secret realm in his mortal body, exploring it one step at a time until his soul and body are completely set free. As he investigates the spiritual energy beneath heaven and earth, he uncovers the ultimate truth hidden from the world. 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.8kReads7.3Score410Shelves
- 191 The Wind Rises in Jingdu, Awaiting the Coming Rain 荆都风来待雨临 Overnight, a young blacksmith from a shop in Shengang becomes the last surviving grandson of a powerful family of scholars, whose influence once reached the highest halls of government. A pigeon’s whistle marks the way home, and old books conceal a conspiracy. With a nameless sword in hand, carrying his grandfather’s hopes and his adoptive father’s instructions, he steps into the turbulent world of Jingdu. The Shanfu Academy, deep within the Imperial College, is no ordinary place of learning. It 105Reads8.7Score125Shelves
- 192 Strumming a Sword and Singing Along the Way 弹剑行歌 Half martial arts novel, half story: In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli reign, a prince who has been living among the common people makes a surprise assault on the imperial palace after years of secret preparation, invoking the precedent of the Jingnan Campaign. A group of heroes from the martial world, led by a former official who resigned from office, rise up to stop him. But all of this is under the control of Zhao Gong, a prince consort, and in the end both sides suffer devastating losses 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Longevity: Starting as an Unorthodox Tianlong 长生：从另类天龙开始 Word has spread throughout the martial world that the Carefree Sect possesses secret martial arts capable of granting eternal life. Countless people have searched the world for it, unaware that this defying-the-heavens legacy has long since fallen into the hands of an unknown young man. Li Xiaoyao keeps a low profile amid the chaos of Tianlong. He seems ordinary, but the depths of his cultivation are unfathomable. He watches the martial world’s conflicts with cold detachment, yet is forced into 5.4kReads8.8Score257Shelves
- 194 Wuxia: Invincible Vajra from the Start, Crushing All the Way 武侠：开局金刚不坏，一路平推 Wang Yi arrives in a martial arts world and becomes a Brocade Guard of the Great Fate Dynasty! Here, martial arts flourish, and the strongest can shatter the void! Wang Yi obtains the [Supreme Martial Arts System], starts with an indestructible body, and forges an invincible physique. Every punch lands with full force as he begins his unstoppable march! He shatters Shaolin's Vajra Demon-Subduing Formation with one punch and comprehends the Black Pagoda's Tendon-Transformation Classic! He defeats 13.9kReads8.6Score650Shelves
- 195 The Illustrated Tale of the Swordsman Yongzheng, Volumes 1 and 2 雍正剑侠图（上下册） Tong Lin takes up his midnight-and-noon chicken-claw mandarin-duck axes and roams the martial world, rising from a farmer's son to become Yongzheng's personal bodyguard. The Blood-Dropper secret service is recruiting online, while a band of sword heroes prepares for a final showdown on Penglai Island. 680Reads9.5Score101Shelves
- 196 EN Transcending the Martial Arts World: Daily Breakthroughs 穿越武侠世界，每天获得一点突破 [Wuxia + Transmigration + Rebirth + Decisive and Ruthless + Slice of Life + One Heroine + Invincible] In the land of Shenzhou, might makes right. Sects hold sway over the realm, and the people live in misery. Lin Feng transmigrates into the body of a poor hunter and awakens a System that gives him one breakthrough point every day! His martial arts advance one level each day. He masters every martial art under heaven and becomes invincible. He slays demons, exterminates fiends, strikes down immor 35.7kReads7.9Score2.5kShelves
- 197 The Greatest Sword God of All Time 万古第一剑神 Every time my sword is drawn, blood is spilled. Every enemy I kill is reduced to ash. The battle across the myriad heavens shakes the divine path, and the demonic sword in my hand is still wet with blood! I am the greatest swordsman of all time! 14.2kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
- 198 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
- 199 Transmigrated into The Return of the Condor Heroes: Three Great Masters' Martial Arts from the Start 穿越神雕：开局三绝武功镇江湖 I transmigrated into the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, and my phone mutated, unlocking the martial arts of the Three Great Masters! I thought I’d be invincible, but the conflicting techniques made me an outcast in the martial world. To survive, I became the bounty hunter known as the Three-Style Yama. I never knew when to hold back, so the only thing bounty notices dared say was “dead or alive”! Cheng Ying says I’m too bloodthirsty. Huang Yaoshi says he’ll cripple me if I dare mistre 10.5kReads—Score494Shelves
- 200 Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber: Zhang Wuji, the Adoptive Father, Crushes Duan Ziyu 倚天屠龙：义父张无忌狂虐段子羽 From the start, he became Zhang Wuji's disciple. In the Kunlun Mountains, he met Duan Ziyu's first wife, Zhang Yuzhen, and got her pregnant in one encounter, making martial arts alliance leader Duan Ziyu a father. The Ming Cult returned, leaving Duan Ziyu's Six Meridian Divine Sword and Dugu Nine Swords with no chance to shine. To defeat Zhang Wuji, Duan Ziyu had to endure his wife's repeated betrayals and one defeat after another. He castrated himself with his own blade and created the Sunflowe 4.6kReads8.0Score407Shelves
