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- 1 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—14d adds
- 2 I'm a Brocade Guard 哥是锦衣卫 Modern-day assassin Qiu Tang unexpectedly transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty. Through a twist of fate, he becomes a royal bodyguard, operating at the emperor’s side, battling powerful ministers and becoming the ruler in the shadows! 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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—14d adds
- 4 Wuxia: Blade Shocks the Storm, Sword Qi Stretches On 武侠：刀惊风雷剑气长 [The Jianghu and the Imperial Court + Martial Arts and Brotherhood + Decisive and Ruthless + System + A Growth Journey] The tides of the world shift: after long unity comes division, and after long division comes unity. The six kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn period are in turmoil. The Second Emperor Jingwu battles for supremacy, while heaven and earth transform and the winds of change gather. Hidden sects in immortal mountains enter the world; people from all walks of life roam the jianghu. T 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Sword Canon of the Azure Heavens 苍穹剑典 [Martial Arts + System + Harem + Urban + Immortal Cultivation + Harem] Chu Yun obtains the Creation System and transmigrates to the world of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer". He encounters Dongfang Bubai, Ren Woxing, Linghu Chong, Ren Yingying, Yilin, Lin Pingzhi, Yue Lingshan, Tian Boguang, Xiang Wentian, Yue Buqun, Zuo Lengchan, and more... He witnesses the "Sunflower Manual", "Evil-Warding Swordplay", "Star-Sucking Great Technique", "Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic", "Nine Yin Manual", "Nine Yang 42Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 6 The Ming Dynasty’s Finest Imperial Guard 大明之极品锦衣卫 Ming Dynasty, the third year of the Wanli reign. The young emperor's rule is uncertain, and undercurrents stir throughout the court and country. A struggle for the position of Grand Secretary, Japanese pirate raids in the southeast, and a crisis in Liaodong loom, while a Little Ice Age draws near. Lu Yi transmigrates into the body of a dismissed Embroidered Uniform Guard confined to his home and is swept up in the turmoil. Thus begins his glorious journey to power in the world of the Embroidered 1.1kReads7.4Score10514d adds
- 7 Global Awakening: Invincible with a Soul-Slaying Blade 全球觉醒：从获得斩魂刀开始无敌 In this world, everyone awakened a supernatural ability at the age of eighteen. Yi Xinghe transmigrated here and gained the Super-Fierce System. It didn’t matter that he had awakened an F-rank ability; he had treasure chests rewarded by the System! The first chest he opened gave him a Soul-Cutting Blade from the world of Death, the strongest ice-type blade of all, Hyorinmaru! There was no problem Hyorinmaru couldn’t solve. If one Soul-Cutting Blade wasn’t enough, he’d use a second, and if that s 250Reads8.4Score13614d adds
- 8 The System Turns Me into a Great Demon 系统把我培养成大魔头 A cultivator of the demonic path who grows stronger over time. The protagonist is put through the wringer: abused, greedy, and arrogant. This is not an invincible-protagonist story. It features dark humor, a demonic powerhouse, the Sect Master of the Heaven-Defying Sect, intelligent and thoughtful supporting characters, a small ensemble cast, no female lead, alchemy, sword cultivation, and the creed that a man with no woman in his heart draws his blade with divine power. Also featuring a Soul-Su 114Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 9 The Imperial Court's Strongest Hound, Starting as a Brocade-Clad Guard 朝廷最强鹰犬，从锦衣卫开始 After transmigrating into a world where martial strength reigns supreme, Lin Xiao becomes a low-ranking Imperial Guard. By chance, he awakens the strongest Martial Arts System. With its help, he climbs the ranks step by step until he holds absolute power over the realm. At court, he commands authority, and a single word can decide whether any official lives or dies. Across the martial world, his blade dominates the four seas, and every major faction submits to him. 22kReads7.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 10 Wuxia: The Great Ming’s Brocade Guards Rule with an Iron Fist! 武侠：我大明锦衣卫，横行霸道！ After transmigrating into a world where martial arts worlds collide, he becomes a Brocade-Clad Guard and activates the Blade Demon System. With a Xiuchun blade in hand and a flying-fish robe on his back, he shakes the imperial court! He bathes the Northern and Southern Surveillance Bureaus in blood and storms the Dragon Guard Manor! What the Eastern Depot shouldn’t handle, the Western Depot can’t handle either! Corrupt eunuchs meddling in politics must be executed! Princes who usurp the throne m 1.5kReads8.0Score10514d adds
- 11 We've Cut Ties, So What Does It Matter to You If I Join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? 既已断亲，我加入锦衣卫与你何干 A modern-day traditional Chinese medicine doctor transmigrates into the body of the heir to a duke’s estate, only to face expulsion. Where is his birth mother? Is she dead or alive? Who was the woman he spent a night with? Who recommended him to join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? And who is that Second Master? The truth slowly comes to light. It turns out... 2.4kReads6.7Score13714d adds
- 12 King of the Great Ming: Wielding the Saber to Guard the World 大明王：御刀镇天下 Yang Ling transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becomes a brocade-clad guard, and awakens a golden finger: spatial abilities. But he discovers that the Ming Dynasty here is nothing like the one he remembers. There is the mysterious Ming Emperor, the aloof and beautiful empress, an imperial consort who seems like a ghost at night, a domineering eldest princess, and a crown princess who brings ruin to the realm. Yang Ling cultivates yang energy by day and yin energy by night. Just as he finds his foo 23.7kReads8.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 13 EN The Elite Enforcer: Signing In for the Wind God Leg 锦衣卫当差，开局签到风神腿 A short drama adaptation is now available under the title The Brocade Guards Rule the World. [Decisive and ruthless] [The martial world and the imperial court] [Solving crimes through deduction] [Political scheming] He transmigrates to the high-martial Great Chu dynasty and becomes a low-ranking officer in the Brocade Guards. On his first day on the job, he obtains the Crime-Crushing System. Whether he captures great villains of the martial world or solves major cases, he receives rewards such a 39.6kReads8.8Score2.7k14d adds
- 14 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 1.3kReads8.8Score20914d adds
- 15 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—14d adds
- 16 Martial Cultivator 武夫 Across the vast human world, demons lurk everywhere. Human lives are as worthless as weeds, and the people are treated like pigs and dogs. "The world needs to change." Standing by the Wei River, the young man smiled and said, "There are demons in this world, and I have a blade." 341Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 17 The Embroidered Uniform Guard Solves Cases with Spirit Sight: From the Start, I Get the Lingbo Microstep 锦衣卫通灵破案：开局获凌波微步 47.4kReads8.7Score4.4k14d adds
- 18 From the Start, a Brocade-Clad Guard: I Berate My Superior 开局锦衣卫：怒喷上司 When Shen Mo woke up, he discovered he had become a member of the Imperial Guards and acquired a Mind and Body Happiness System. In his past life, he’d spent his days as a workhorse, meek and submissive. This time, he was going to let loose. Whoever messed with him would get what was coming to them! If someone made him miserable, he’d make sure they suffered too! He’d put personal decorum aside and enjoy a life of going wild. Shen Mo: “If someone insults me, I’ll curse their whole family. If som 28.1kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 19 The Outcast: I’m the Strongest Hairstylist! 一人之下：我乃最强发型师！ I am Lu Wuwei, Wuwei as in “nothing is beyond my doing”! I'm no assassin. I'm just a hairstylist, the strongest hairstylist in the world of extraordinary people! I have a talent for crafting magical weapons, and I studied for years at the Kunlun Sword Immortal Sect. While there, I even created an astonishing, peerless school of my own: the Immortal-Cutting Sect! Not only am I exceptionally gifted, I also possess the Seven template System. The more hairstyles I give people, the stronger I become! 9.3kReads8.9Score68314d adds
- 20 The Huiyuan Technique 会元功 Due to copyright issues, start reading from Volume Two! Start reading from Volume Two! Start reading from Volume Two! [Workplace Wuxia + A Pragmatic Jianghu + Fictional Ming Dynasty + Light Transmigration + Light Sci-Fi: No cultivation, no tribulations, no melodrama, no Wudang, Shaolin, or Emei, no monks, Taoist priests, or nuns. No harem, no System. Inspired by true events + not a power fantasy.] The protagonist is a lowly escort bodyguard, a “corporate drone” of the martial world. One choice i 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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 20.2kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 22 Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开 Wuxia + history + imperial court + bloodshed + political intrigue + multiple female leads + not a harem + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Plum Blossom Manor, the guardians of a village in Huaxia. Nixiào, the ninety-ninth-generation young manor lord, secretly leaves the manor at fourteen, only to encounter an unknown force plotting against the Great Ming... 485Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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! 24.9kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 24 Doomsday Survival: The Zombie Tide Surges 末日生存： 尸潮涌动 [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 23.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 25 Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼 [Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 EN Blade's Edge: Rebellious Start in a Chaotic Jianghu 开局叛出镇抚司，我刀问江湖 [Court and martial world] + [Strong wuxia flavor] + [Following one's convictions] + [A story of growth] The dynasty was nearing its end. Regional princes carved up the realm, and chaos was about to descend. Great sects and hidden clans entered the world; monks and Daoists roamed the martial world. Barbarians, demonesses, foreign tribes, and demonic cults all took advantage of the turmoil. Shen Yi transmigrated into the role of a low-ranking guard in the Pacification Office. From the start, he ki 72.8kReads8.5Score6.1k14d adds
- 27 Demon Slayer of the Frozen Abyss 寒渊诛魔 I'm pleased to recommend my new book, Dustblade Suppresses the Palace Gate. Old friends and new, come join us in a world of wuxia, where the imperial court stands tall and the rivers and lakes stretch far and wide. Ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. They pursue vengeance and justice with abandon, and fight for their homeland and family. Each person pushes forward with all their might for the wishes they hold dear. 14.9kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 28 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明：从书童到最强锦衣卫 Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.1kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
- 29 The Guide to Concealed Beauties 藏娇引 Winter. The last of the snow. Her sword is moonlight. Her poison is honey. Her name is a secret. Purple robes, swift as lightning. A woman, like a poem. The world knows Princess Jinning, Zhao Qingli, only as a living portrait of a court lady, hidden deep within the palace. Little does anyone know that she is also the Sword God’s sole disciple and a once-in-a-century genius of the Tang Sect. Her sword is called Purple Lightning. When it leaves its scabbard, it flashes like a startled swan reflect 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 Short drama now streaming: As a Brocade Guard, Is There a Problem with My Having Absolute Power? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only differing sides + clear-headed. In short, just sit back and enjoy. Do-gooders, please keep away.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people held martial arts in such high regard that they even sought to become immortals and attain the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called the Chiyan Empire. 23.3kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 31 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 2.5kReads—Score19114d adds
- 32 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 124kReads9.2Score17.8k14d adds
- 33 EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 34 EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 50.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 35 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.” 11.5kReads9.7Score58514d adds
- 36 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 24.5kReads7.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 37 EN Global Martial Arts: My Martial Arts Can Cultivate on Their Own 全球高武：我的武功能主动修炼 In a world of high martial prowess, my martial arts keep cheating on their own all day... No, wait! I just have moments of enlightenment and train hard for 24 hours a day, that's all! Ning Chuan had only planned to develop steadily and get into a good university. But during the hundred-day countdown ceremony before the college entrance exams, Thunder Sparrows attacked. Ning Chuan drew his blade and killed three in an instant! From then on, he began crushing everything in his path! At the genius 60.1kReads9.2Score5.2k14d adds
- 38 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 82.2kReads9.3Score8.2k14d adds
- 39 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score16714d adds
- 40 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.9kReads5.8Score33814d adds
- 41 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 872Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 43 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score13514d adds
- 44 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score11714d adds
- 45 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 46 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
