Novels like Walking with a Blade in My Arms
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Walking with a Blade in My Arms, best match first.
- 1 The Blade-Wielding Wanderer of the Great Desert 大漠刀客 [Martial arts, romance, hatred, and schemes] I have a blade that can split the heavens and cleave the earth. I have a blade that can sever love and cut off desire. I have a blade, and after one stroke, I become a passing stranger in this world. Loneliness, indifference, love, and devotion: all have become my bywords... 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Endless Xuanhuan: Lord of the Heavenly Blade 无尽玄幻：天刀共主 [Blade cultivator, invincible power fantasy, fight anyone who dares defy you, overpowered cheat] In the name of the Lord of the Heavenly Blade, a single slash can flatten cause, decree effect, suppress gods, seal emperors, and overturn the myriad worlds and heavens! Roll across the four seas of the netherworld! Alone, I stand above the Divine Abyss. I sweep all beneath heaven into peace. Transcend belief, transcend will, transcend the passage of time, transcend the self. In the early days of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Cultivation Begins with Killing the Strange 修仙从杀诡开始 Can fight + blade cultivator + body cultivator + not a goody-two-shoes + tough as nails When Xia An wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated into the body of a fallen foot soldier in the ancient Shu kingdom. After narrowly surviving, Xia An runs into a strange old man carrying a green oil lamp. The strange old man chooses Xia An as a vessel and begins cultivating him! One year later. Young Master Xia grips his long blade and asks, “Old geezer... is my blade sharp?” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Crosswise Blade 横刀 Once upon a time, there was a sect called the Formless Zen Fighters. Its leader was Xu Ji, Xu Ji had a disciple named Hu Li, and Hu Li had a blade. It had no name and had never taken a life, though it had seen plenty of blood, if killing chickens and ducks counts. One day, this tiny sect of four was suddenly, foolishly and clumsily swept into a conspiracy that had been festering for sixteen years. The martial world, the imperial court, a sect wiped out, old dreams: the past was a tangled mystery 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 D-Rank Swordsman? Since When Do Swordsmen Have Two Main Weapons? D级剑士？谁家剑士两把主武器？ Awakening Day: a D-rank swordsman. The whole school laughed at him as a good-for-nothing. The S-rank campus belle said she would “keep” him. Mooch, pretty boy, living off his looks: the labels covered him from head to toe. They didn’t know that the garbled text in his eyes was an SSR talent. [God-Tier Dual-Wielding: Dual wielding activated, stats doubled, all things can serve as a catalyst.] While the leaderboard’s top talents fought over rankings, he opened a path with two swords and stepp 1.4kReads6.9Score145Shelves
- 6 The Parting Blade 离别刀 Alone, I climb the tower, gazing until the road to the horizon fades. I enter the martial world and taste the bitterness of parting. Where is home? Where is my homeland? Only this blade will accompany me on the road to heaven. I sing a song for you. Please lend me your ear: my blade rings out. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Master Thief from the Start: Beginning with the American Crown 神偷开局：从米国皇冠开始 (System + Stealing + Martial Arts + Power Fantasy) He is a thief with a deep love for his country. From the start, he steals the crown from the United States’ Super Goddess Temple and classified documents from the White House. He can transform into countless identities, hiding in the vast sea of humanity. When he is tasked with recovering Chinese cultural relics lost overseas, anguished wails ring out across Eagle Country, Fa Country, Holland, Germany, and beyond! The Divine Thief System’s nine 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 8 Blood-Soaked Night Blade 覆血夜刀行 I rode hard and swung my blade for three thousand li; over ten years, I took nine thousand lives. That was the fate the jianghu had in store for me during my first nineteen years. I began my cultivation journey in Nanjing, carrying a white-haired coffin and the infamous Ghostcleaver Blade. My life was full of misfortune, but I was gifted. I just never expected to be afraid of heights while flying on a magical weapon. My enemies who want me dead are as numerous as hairs on an ox. The people I wan 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Blood Divine Ability 血之神通 This is a world of supernatural abilities. People can gain them by drinking the blood of strange beasts, allowing them to transcend the mortal realm and become sages. People say that the Chinese are descendants of the dragon, but most don’t know that the bloodline of an ancient divine dragon has always lingered within them. Through this faint, extraordinary power in their blood, the Chinese have sensed a distant calling. It is the desire to become gods. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Way of the Sword in Hand 剑道在手 [Traditional Fantasy] + [No System] + [No Female Lead] + [Swordsmanship] With a single stroke, the sword emerges from Qingyun, unmatched beneath the heavens. The year he first took up the sword, he grasped not only a blade, but also the supreme Way of the Sword. One sword reaches the heavens. Who will rule the rise and fall of all things? A young man walks out of the Qingyun Sect, and the legend begins... 124Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 11 The Blade 《刀》 The Blade 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Return of the Primordial Void 太虚归藏 On the Youyun Continent, martial arts thrive, brilliant prodigies dazzle, and powerful figures abound. Li Feng, the greatest demonic genius of a dying era, is reborn in the golden age of ten thousand years ago. With nothing but a blade in hand, he sweeps aside every foe, reigns supreme over his age, and earns the title of Supreme Blade Sovereign. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Flying-Dagger Immortal 飞刀仙 Li Xunhuan, dressed in a black suit and armed with a single flying dagger, reigns supreme across the spirit realm. Fairies from the great immortal sects fall for him, a holy maiden of the demonic path defects for his sake, and even the demon princess has someone deliver him a love letter. Yet all he wants each day is a drink. Once he’s finished, he sighs, “All I want is a drinking buddy. How can that be so hard to find?” Then one day, while dead drunk, he slashes open a crack in the Heavenly Dao 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Swordbearer of the Great Abyss 太渊执剑人 What is the boundary between good and evil? What is the true purpose of cultivation? In this mundane world, dark as night, Jiang Shouli struggles to find the answers. Starlight has never lit the road ahead, and behind him lies an abyss thousands of feet deep. Where should he go from here? 22Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 15 Slaying Gods and Demons in the Realm Beyond Dust 离尘之界斩神魔 The sun and moon endure through a thousand autumns, while rivers and seas remember for ten thousand years. The heroes' tears linger, unknown to anyone. Yet the people have their own will, and I shall uphold my resolve to vanquish demons. With my Azure-Guarding Sword in hand, I will gladly die for you. This is no poem. It is a hymn, a hymn belonging only to the Azure-Guarding Wanderers! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Xuanhuan: The Way of Longevity for the School of Military Strategy 玄幻：百家之兵家长生路 In the Great Chu Dynasty, the human realm and the demon realm collide. Monsters, demons, ghosts, and spirits run rampant. Earthly Immortals sit among the clouds, surveying the world below. The world of cultivation flourishes in all its diversity. The Hundred Schools of Thought manifest their power in the mortal world. Confucians speak with righteous eloquence and wield their brushes to slay evil. Military strategists ride across the battlefield, invincible wherever they go. Mohists use the false 392Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 17 Raise the Great Saber! 大刀，起！ Liu Yao, a history major, returns to the nineteenth year of the Wanli reign, just before Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasion of Korea. Ordered to raise an army to defend against Japanese pirates in Southern Zhili, Liu Yao joins Shanxi commander Li Rusong in resisting the Japanese and aiding Korea. Stage One: Liu Yao travels back and forth between the Wanli era and the eve of the July 7 Incident. He throws himself into the fray and does everything he can to save the historical figures he knows so well. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Second Venerable 第二尊 Since ancient times, there have been differing views on the cultivation of martial artists and soul masters. One view holds that cultivation is a path of countless trials, a thousand obstacles, and life-or-death struggles. It is so arduous because the Heavenly Dao stands in its way, and all cultivators are defying heaven. Another view holds that heaven and earth gave birth to all living things and bestowed the Great Dao as an opportunity, so cultivation is following heaven's will. Yet another vi —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 19 The Demon Venerable Returns: A Good-for-Nothing Cuts Down a God from the Start 魔尊归来之废柴开局一刀斩神 I was once a Demon Venerable from another world. When I opened my eyes again, I had become a good-for-nothing body cultivator in the lower realm, someone everyone could bully. My family seized my resources, and my clansmen mocked me as a fool. But they had no idea that I had already fused supreme blade intent into every inch of my flesh and blood. When my old enemy reached the peak and was worshipped by thousands, I drew my blade from the shadows “No one in the three thousand worlds can withstan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Peerless Blade Demon 绝世刀魔 By a twist of fate, an ordinary young man draws a demonic blade sealed away for countless ages. From then on, he sets out on an extraordinary path. 9Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 21 My Blade Is Powerful, but I Rarely Draw It 我的刀很强但我一般不拔刀 Li Buyan raised his head to gaze at the towering sect ahead, a trace of determination flashing in his eyes. He knew that from this day forward, his life would change completely. But some things would never change. Like his name: Buyan. Like his blade: still sheathed. Like the path in his heart: only just beginning. This was the truth he had realized over three years in Qingshi Town: as long as the blade remained sheathed, there was still room to turn back. Once drawn, it would mean life or death 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 22 Among the Ten Thousand Clans of the High Martial World: From Osteoporosis to a Conqueror's Physique from the Start 高武万族：开局骨质疏松变霸王体 [Martial arts]+ [Myriad races]+ [Feel-good]+ [Fun]+ [One heroine or no heroine]+ [Invincible] Chen Yang finds himself in a parallel world of advanced martial arts. Here, spiritual qi revival has begun, and spatial passages have opened wide. Chen Yang binds to a System that lets him randomly copy and upgrade anyone's talents or possessions. [Successfully copied osteoporosis, randomly evolved into an Overlord Physique] [Successfully copied asthma, randomly evolved into the S-rank Great Sun Breathi —Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 23 I Have a Butcher's Knife 我有一把屠刀 Wine is the romance of the martial world. What pours into this world: wine, or... blood? The tide rises and falls. What difference is there between the Cang River and this martial world? You and I are all fish and shrimp; only one can become a dragon. Many have let go of their obsessions: the billions of novice monks in the Western Heaven. Many have also been possessed by obsession: the high officials who come and go at court. Those who can calmly and peacefully accept everything, yet still dare 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 I Am No More in This World 人间无我 I've been to this world, I've seen this life, and I've told this story. The world can do without me. Why is fate so unfair? Why is there so much suffering? In the struggle for the Great Dao, let me show you what this sword can do. Was it worth it...? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Scientific Cultivation: I Made My Sect Number One by Working Everyone to the Bone 科学修仙，宗门被我卷成第一 What happens when cultivation meets blockchain? Will spiritual energy run dry, or will civilization level up? The spirit power in the Qingyan Sect's protective formation is down to 1%. Five thousand cultivators from the Chiyan Sect are massed at their gates. As the elders clutch their jade slips of inherited techniques, ready to die with the sect, Ling Feng is dragging a handyman toward the latrine. A mixture of vinegar-jar acid and mineral slag has produced methane, which powers a defensive for 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Cursed Mage's Path to Godhood 咒魔之师的成神之路 [Three protagonists + heroine + pure romance + passionate action + urban + school life + supernatural abilities + mythology + tournaments + high-class style] This world is home to spirits, monsters, cursed spirits, and demons, collectively known as "cursed fiends." Urban legends are not made up. Some cursed fiends may be born when plants or animals become spirits, while others may be tsukumogami. They are all formed from human resentment, or "miasma." Financial crises, frequent exams, and compan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Blades in the Snowbound Pass 风雪关山刃 [Ancient fantasy] [Cultivation] [Hot-blooded] Once a pampered young noble, now a foot soldier on the front lines. Wherever his icy spear points, the road is lined with the dead. As war drums split the sky, he must carve a way to survive through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 With the Ancient Mirror of Creation in Hand, I Lie Low Through Ten Thousand Calamities 手握造化古镜，苟过万劫 Chen Yan unexpectedly finds himself in a world crawling with demons and monsters. He becomes an outer disciple with no family name to rely on and obtains the supreme treasure, the Fortune-Granting Ancient Mirror. It can copy martial arts techniques and other people’s spiritual physiques and sacred physiques. It can reveal other people’s opportunities, allowing him to plan ahead and seize them. Even with a lowly background, he can still carve out a place for himself by keeping his head down in th 29Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 29 Peerless Dragon Blood 绝世龙血 Top-tier bloodline + one heroine + mastery of spear, sword, and staff Long Lin bears a mysterious bloodline and leads his people forward step by step, carrying the family mission his grandmother entrusted to him on her deathbed. With a single thought, he can become a god or demon, and his sword points toward the heavens above... “One day, I will fight my way up there and avenge you!” “I once saw a book in my grandmother’s study titled Back to Field. Just like the title says, I long for that kind 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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
- 31 Blade of a Thousand Tribulations 千劫之刃 This is a blade that has endured countless tribulations! It cleaves a line through the heavens and draws a cliff across the land. Immortals, demons, gods, and devils all fall beneath its edge! 10Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 32 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
- 33 How Can a Pair of Rusty Twin Blades Be This Powerful? 一把废铁双刀，怎么可以这么强 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Urban Superpowers] + [Invincible] + [Power Fantasy] + [Decisive and ruthless] During his first year of high school, Ye Xiqing accidentally transmigrated to the age of the martial heroes. He scraped and clawed his way through countless hardships, eventually becoming a peerless God of Slaughter. He should have been enjoying riches and honors, with beautiful women at his side, but then fate played another joke on him. He transmigrated again!!! But the world had change 482Reads5.6Score105Shelves
- 34 May I Ask Heaven: Are There Immortals? 敢问上天是否有仙？ [Genius protagonist] + [Rapid power growth] + [Battling all the way] + [The rise of humanity] + [Cultivation] For three hundred thousand years, countless races have flourished in the Great Wilderness World, coexisting beneath heaven and earth. From the source of the river of time to its end, no one has ever become an immortal. Even knowing the path to immortality is an illusion, one can only press forward with all one's might! At last, the young man embarks on the road to immortality! A mot 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Martial Extremity: Mad God 武极狂神 Li Kuang was a peerless mad god, dominating the world all his life. With a blade in hand, he defeated every hero under heaven. But as he underwent his tribulation, the person he loved most schemed against him. He fell beneath the heavenly tribulation, and his path to immortality and martial prowess was cut short. Six hundred years after Li Kuang was reborn, the beauty who had once been his beloved had become a Saint Lord of her generation, looking down on all living things and lording it over t 98Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 36 The Mountain and Sea Swordsmith 山海锻刀行 Ten thousand years ago, an immortal severely damaged the world's origin and established numerous restrictive laws, draining the world's spiritual energy and cutting off the path to immortality for everyone. Ten thousand years later, yao beasts run rampant and foreign races invade. Above, disciples of immortals hide in another realm, watching with hostile intent. Below, ancient fiends lie imprisoned in the abyss, ready to stir... For ten thousand years, no one could change this chaotic world, unt 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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
- 38 The Blade Defies the Nine Heavens 刀逆九天 [Classic old-school fantasy + decisive and ruthless + mysterious background + the Way of the Blade] Crippled from the start? So what? I have a single blade, and gods and demons alike bow down before it. With one man and one blade, I carve through every obstacle and prove my Dao at the summit of the Nine Heavens. One blade, and the mountains and rivers crumble beneath a long laugh. One burst of rage, and my spirit swallows ten thousand miles. I entrust myself to the blade’s edge, coming and going 198Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 39 Demon Blade, Widow, Bloody Slaughter 妖刀，寡妇，血腥屠戮 A classic-style story of monster-slaying and leveling up in a chaotic world of demons and martial arts. Starting out as a low-ranking constable in Chen Family Village. Armed with a blood-soaked demon blade and accompanied by a beautiful widow... He advances one careful step at a time. Can he cut his way through this chaotic world of demons and martial arts? 282Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 40 Peerless Blade God 绝世刀神 [Highly recommended, top-tier fantasy: one female lead, no harem; the protagonist grows fast and is decisive in killing. Hunted in the early stages, invincible later on!] Lin Luo, a young prince, has all eight extraordinary meridians severed after his sister is cruelly set up. Because of his bloodline, countless factions hunt him down. With the help of the “Blade-Sealing Purgatory,” he rises step by step. Bearing the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and born with supreme divine bones, he 231Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Myriad Dao Dragon Soul Art 万道龙魂诀 [Classic fantasy + overpowered genius + no clichés + thrilling action] Qin Ruoxue: Brother Ye, how about letting me be your woman? Ye Zhuilong couldn’t awaken a martial soul, and thought his family and fiancée would despise him. But unexpectedly, his fiancée insisted on marrying him and even wanted to become his woman on the spot. The family elders also vowed to protect him to the death! Still, there are always fools who want to trample Ye Zhuilong into the mud. But Ye Zhuilong awakens a Supreme 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Swallow the Sea 吞海 A great demon descends upon the world, stirring storms across a thousand miles. Corpses litter the wilderness, and no one is left to bury them. Foolish boys and girls lament the rolling mortal world, leading horses and carrying blades without looking back. Sages sit among the clouds; evil spirits roam in broad daylight. Wei Lai rises from humble beginnings, traversing the Yellow Springs and the Green Heights, swallowing an endless sea of suffering, all to prove that Heaven’s mandate is dead, 22Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 43 Leaning on My Sword, I Sing a Long Song Over Wine 倚剑长歌一杯酒 A noble young man from Jiangnan once believed that cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao meant slaying demons and monsters and avenging old blood feuds. Only later did he understand that the path to immortality was not merely about revenge, but also a game of the Great Dao and the human heart. Thousands of years later, through an age-old mortal world and a tumultuous realm, all that remains is a single legend: “With sword in hand, roam the horizon; sing across the four seas, and raise a cu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Eight Divine Lotuses 八部神莲 [Traditional fantasy + decisive and ruthless + monsters and demons + political intrigue + sword cultivators + formations + pills + talismans + divine artifacts] The protagonist, Xian Gao, goes by the nickname Yasha. Once a cold, merciless mercenary who killed without hesitation, he hides an unknown dream beneath his ruthless exterior. When the world changes and heavenly tribulations descend, monsters and demons run rampant across the land. With the sword in his hand, Xian Gao slays them all and 1Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 45 The Godslayer's Tale 弑神说 Li Ziye, who ruled the Three Realms, is betrayed by a woman. He loses not only his throne, but all his soul power as well, and is banished to the Demon Realm, where he dies in agony. But what the Divine Realm never expected was that this death would unexpectedly awaken Li Ziye’s Imperial Soul Body! Awakening in the darkness, he discovers that he has eight soul meridians and eight lives! And so, Li Ziye begins his path to slay the gods... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Path of the Raised Blade 擎刀行 [Urban Wuxia + Slaying Demons and Vanquishing Evil + Slow Burn; Swordsmanship Appears in Chapter 11] Zhang Yiqiu was disemboweled by a monster that looked part human and part rat at his graduation banquet, meeting a tragic end. When he woke up, a sword-shaped tattoo had appeared on his arm, and his swordsmanship had reached perfection. But when he reported for his new job, he discovered that his work was actually to slay demons, vanquish evil, and save the world! Since he possessed peerless swor 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Cultivating Immortality and Martial Arts Together 仙武同修 Peerless immortal arts, wielded without restraint; martial might that conquers the world and defeats every hero! A flip of the hand can turn the winds and clouds; with immortality and martial arts in one, who can stand against him? Otaku Xiao Chen transmigrates to the Tianwu Continent, where martial prowess reigns supreme, bringing with him The Complete Guide to Cultivation, which he bought on Taobao. He refines pills, crafts talismans, lays grand formations, and forges magical treasures as he c 101Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 48 The Court Ceremonial Saber 朝仪刀 Death is not the end of life. Being forgotten is far more terrifying. In Qianyu City, a white-robed young general skilled with a spear commands ten thousand cavalry and rules his own domain; In Wuzhou to the south, a teacher plots strategies and guides the course of the world; By the Sea of Darkness stands a tower from which the st 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Scholar’s Sword Qi Runs Deep 书生剑气长 A child who seems ordinary in an ordinary village! A child who should not exist in this world! A child whose fate is a life without a destined path! He should have lived and died in obscurity in some tiny corner of the world, until a teacher arrived, a teacher who pushed him out of the cycle of his original fate! Thus he became a scholar, reading, learning to write, and practicing martial arts. He made a few close friends and met beautiful women as intoxicating as wine. He traveled across the la 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Ruling Over the Ages! From Town Young Master to Blade-Wielding Champion 横压万古！从小镇少爷到刀道魁首 [The Blade Dao, moving through a thousand blossoms untouched, a genius protagonist, and once the main character proves something, it stays proven.] The world is divided into five provinces: sword energy flourishes in the North, Confucian learning thrives in the South, Buddhist teachings abound in the West, strange demons roam the East, and Daoist arts reign supreme in the Central Province! Huang Yan, the third son of the Huang family in Qinghe Town, transmigrates from Blue Star with the talent t 893Reads5.9Score101Shelves
