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- 1 The Sword Returns to Dust 剑归尘 [Traditional xuanhuan + fast-paced plot] A swordsman must have a sword heart. No matter how strong or weak the foe, he must draw his sword and meet the challenge! With sword in hand, he travels across the Five Continents and conquers the world. The male lead is sharp-witted throughout, and never acts like a brainless show-off. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Raise Your Swords, Everyone, and Slay the Great Demon Together 请诸君举剑，共斩大妖 Having saved the entire human race in his previous life, Su Yu enjoys one fortuitous encounter after another in this life, along with a steady stream of romantic attention. An unknown woman forcibly takes him as her disciple. The Ruyi Golden Cudgel transforms into the immortal sword Heaven-Slaying in his hands, and the ancient Weapon Ancestor willingly offers him his Origin Spirit Flame, even helping him embark on the path of artifact refinement... Faced with rare treasures and immortal maidens, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Eternal Night Sword Lord 永夜剑君 This is an age of conflict among the myriad races, a world in chaos, where darkness is growing. The Great Dao of this world is flawed. Every path can lead to sainthood or godhood, except the Sword Dao. Young Ye Junhan crushes the System from the start, then takes up a three-foot blade. For the sake of an oath, he becomes eternal night, seeking to prove the Dao with his sword as he battles the prodigies of the myriad races and wages war against the gods. This is the legend of the Sword Lord. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Song of Wind and Clouds 风云剑歌 A young man roams the four corners of the world, sword in hand, free and unbound. He sleeps drunk as he listens to the wind and rain; when his sword is drawn, even ghosts and gods tremble. This is the story of a boy who rises from humble beginnings, roams freely beneath heaven, slays demons with his sword, and champions the cause of justice. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 One Sword to Sever Love and Hate 一剑断恩仇 I thought that if I picked up a sword and trained, I could slay demons and vanquish evil, uphold justice, rid the people of harm, and become a respected hero. But the world simply isn't like that. No matter how skilled you become, in the end, you'll still be powerless to change anything... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Sword Defiance 剑逆 Fortune may seem intangible, yet it truly exists between heaven and earth. Scholars need literary fortune to become sages; Daoists need Dao fortune to ascend on cranes; Buddhist disciples need Buddha fortune to attain Buddhahood; and ordinary people need martial fortune to master the martial arts. Nations have national fortune, and emperors need imperial fortune! The world is divided into north and south. The fortunes of the five northern dynasties grow stronger by the day, while the four southe 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Sword Domain That Defies the Gods 逆神剑域 What's it like to have a beautiful young girl by your side from the start? Gu Linyun unexpectedly gained the divine profound meridians of the Five Elements Sword God, and from then on lived a life of carefree romance, laughing as he reigned supreme over the martial world. Later, a heavenly secret brought the pursuit of the Azure Sky Profound Emperor down upon him. Standing on auspicious clouds, he pointed at the heavens and shouted, "Give me fifteen more years to cultivate, and I'll send the Pro 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I’ve Put Down My Sword; With Her Here, the World Is My Jianghu 不握剑了，有她在便是江湖 “The camellia cannot understand the white rose, and the wind from the northern mountains cannot reach the southern foothills. Just as I have never been able to understand what it means for a righteous cause to endure. Look up, and the martial world is in turmoil. Close my eyes, and I see years upon years of the past. Hahahahaha... We're all changing, aren't we? Young man, have you heard of Sky Screen Pass?” The youth: “Sky Screen Pass?” The old man: “This is the first great pass defending Liyang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Profound One Sword Codex 玄一剑典 The Great Xuan Dynasty spans nineteen provinces, and the martial path has nine ranks, divided between Heaven and Earth. Demonic beasts roam the land, making every mountain and river perilous, while sects rise everywhere and rivalries flare. Born into a family in this age of martial prowess, Li Yixuan will wield a sword whose brilliance chills all nineteen provinces! 490Reads—Score103Shelves
- 10 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
- 11 The Sacred Fiend Sword Venerable 圣煞剑尊 The sword is protection: guarding the Heavenly Dao and all living beings. This is divinity. The sword is destruction: destroying order and all things. This is demonic power. Jian Wushang wields the sword for righteousness, seeking his own path through the Three Realms until he becomes the Sword Saint, a revered deity. Jian Yongshang wields the sword through resentment, gathering the resentful fiendish power of the Three Realms until he becomes the Sword Fiend, a demonic lord. When gods and demon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 One Sword Falls Across the Starry River 一剑落星河 Twenty years ago, Qi and Chu went to war. Chu was defeated and nearly wiped off the map. Gu Yibai, the white-robed Sword God, went alone with his sword, crossed a thousand miles of smoke and flames, and stormed into the Qi royal court. He slaughtered the imperial guards, slew the Divine Dragon, and pointed his sword at the Qi king's throat. With no other choice, the Qi emperor traded a twenty-year peace treaty for his life. To stop the two nations from fighting, the white-robed Sword God took th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Martial World Without Swords 武林无剑 From the Central Plains to the South Sea, from the South Sea to western Sichuan, from western Sichuan to the frontier, from the frontier to Jiangnan. He asks: What is the jianghu? Li Jinghong smiles without a word, sword in hand, and walks into the misty rain! The protagonist’s motto: Those who look like paragons of virtue aren’t necessarily gentlemen, and those with terrible reputations aren’t necessarily villains. Those who shoot arrows aren’t necessarily hunters, and those who expose people’s 165Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Art of the Wuji Sword 无极剑术 Ye Chen, the sole survivor of a catastrophe, is rescued by an immortal master and introduced to the path of cultivation. The immortal sect lies silent, but the sword sings on! He devotes himself to the sword and gains the supreme inheritance of the Boundless Sword Dao between life and death. I have a sword, named Boundless! I have a technique, named the Boundless Sword Art! This sword can split the heavens, shatter the earth, slay gods, and vanquish demons! This art encompasses every variation o 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Wine with Childhood Friends, Wandering the World 青梅煮酒天下行 Two of the three souls are missing: one soul holds a white lotus, another is born from karmic fire. One soul and seven spirits enter the martial world, all for the sake of one day battling the Celestials. He brews wine with green plums in the pot, reaching the pinnacle atop a cliff. “Dad, where did you get that scar on your face? Let me avenge you!” “Mom, even if I have to fight my way into the heavens, I'll make them pay you back twice over for those two realms they stole from you, and help you 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Everyone, Draw Your Swords 诸君请起剑 (A Jian Lai fanfiction) + (Chen Ping'an x Ning Yao) + (Xu Changfeng) Xu Changfeng is born in the Lizhu Cave-Heaven. Using the immense opportunities afforded by this blessed grotto-heaven, he conceals his extraordinary talents. But as opportunities rain down from all sides and trials come at every turn, the web woven around him has already ensnared him in a quagmire! If that is how it must be, then he will protect the Dao and save lives, and fight once more against the fate of this world! Everyon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Returning After Eternity, I Hold the Nine Heavens at Swordpoint 万古归宗，我一剑镇九天 Chu Chenzhou spent three years at the Xuanheng Sword Sect, stuck at the first level of Qi Drawing, before the Discipline Hall publicly expelled him from the sect. People mocked him as a good-for-nothing, laughed that he’d wasted three years eating the sect’s stipend, and said he’d have to crawl back to the countryside for the rest of his life. But no one knew he wasn’t incapable of cultivation. His Eternal Sword Bone had been sealed for three years. On the day he left the sect, the Ancestral Swo 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Broken Sword Tower 残剑楼 What is an immortal? Untouched by the world, apart from the world, yet never forgetting it. Where are the immortal mountains? At the highest point in the sky, and in the deepest place in the heart. What is a hero? Bound by circumstances, yet steadfast in benevolence, righteousness, virtue, and goodness. Where is the martial world? On the tips of swords and blades, and in partings and reunions. A massacre, a blood jade saber, a golden bamboo sword, the demon race, the city beyond Heaven’s mandate 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Cultivating Immortality Begins in the Netherworld 修仙从幽冥界开始 [No System] [Fortuitous encounters] [Pursuit of the Dao] [Decisive and ruthless] Yin spirits, ghosts, immortality, eternal life, and the martial world. In this world, when people die, they survive in another world as yin spirits. That world is known as the Netherworld. Yun Moxuan was one such yin spirit. Before he could even figure out what was going on after arriving in the Netherworld, someone took him away to work as a mine slave. Fortunately, there is always a way out. Though he possessed on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 One Sword Is All I Need to Be Invincible 我一剑可无敌 The universe is boundless, and whoever stands against me, be they gods, demons, Buddhas, monsters, or immortals, I will cut down with my sword. Yang Xun, a youth with an invincible background, rises from humble beginnings, breaking ten thousand techniques with a single sword. With a three-foot blade of green steel in hand, he points his sword at the summit of all worlds. 291Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 21 Sword in Hand, Blue Robes Aflutter: A Country Boy's Martial Arts Journey 青衫仗剑：乡野少年的武道征程 An ordinary boy from the countryside enters an academy, studies cultivation techniques, trains in martial arts, and practices the sword. Relying on his own talent, he gradually rises to prominence and is selected for the “national team.” Then he takes up his sword and roams the world, forging his own path step by step… [Eastern Fantasy + Sword Cultivation. Please proceed to the main story.] 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves
- 22 All Beings Wield Swords 众生执剑 In Shenzhou, those who cultivate the spirit of martial arts hone themselves; when the people’s hearts are united, peace reigns beneath the heavens. In the bamboo grove lives a sage who has traversed the Six Realms, wielding a sword that carries Heaven’s judgment. After the link between Heaven and Earth was severed, Shenzhou rose from the dead. First came the Buddhist and Daoist pilgrimage to the West, and Shenzhou revived. Then came the journey north, as all living beings took up their swords! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Sword Ancestor 剑祖 The glory of antiquity returns to the mortal world, and ancient legends are sung once more. When the Xuanyuan Sword crosses endless space to find Han Xing, the reincarnation of the Yellow Emperor, the journey in search of the Dao begins anew. What kind of glory will a Xuanyuan Sword and a Spirit-Devouring Art create? What storms will an undying soul and an unfinished love unleash? 923Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 24 Embers: The Sword That Split the Heavens 余烬，剑破苍穹 [No System] [Xuanhuan] [Single Heroine] [Transmigration Through Reincarnation] My name is Yu Jin. I have a sword that can split mountains, sever causes, bear consequences, and shatter the firmament. After more than a decade of madness and nine cycles of reincarnation, I returned one day, punched a scoundrel to death, and then died myself. The next day, my soul transmigrated into another body. From then on, the way of the sword would endure forever: sever causes, cut off consequences, shatter the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Upholding Justice Across the Realm, Starting at the Dali Temple 匡扶天下从大理寺开始 (Xianxia, transmigration, alternate world, no System, ensemble cast) (Not invincible, growth, investigations, mystery, lighthearted, adventure, playing the pig to eat the tiger) A mysterious jade pendant brought him to an alternate world. After his father offended Prince Jing, Xu Yuan became a Grade D clerk at the Court of Judicial Review as an intern. He unexpectedly met a cold, beautiful female assassin, then went on to become the youngest vice minister in the Court through a series of strange 404Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 26 Sword Rises to the Heavens: A Lazy Sword Spirit Lives in My Dantian 剑起凌霄：我丹田住了个摆烂剑灵 Lin Sui was the legitimate eldest son of the Lin family, blessed with a ninth-grade Heavenly Spirit Root and a rare talent in the cultivation world. But after the main branch framed him and accused him of "colluding with the demonic path," his spirit root was destroyed, and he was cast out. Reduced to a menial outer disciple of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, he spent his days sweeping the sword cemetery, chopping wood, and hauling water, enduring constant bullying from his senior brothers. Until one —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Green Lotus Sword Emperor 青莲剑帝 Young Ye Bai rises from adversity. He climbs the path to the heavens, defies the firmament, and becomes an unparalleled Sword Emperor! With a single strike, he scorches heaven and earth, sweeps through the Nine Netherworlds, cleaves the sun, moon, and stars, and wipes out demons, monsters, gods, and Buddhas! 2.4kReads7.8Score345Shelves
- 28 The Floating Chronicles 浮沧录 To the north lies Great Wei, and to the south, Qi and Liang. Western Xia and the eastern passes stretch far and wide, while the southern seas and northern plains sprawl across the land. Within the four seas, all is the martial world. It is only because the young prince, afflicted with a fatal congenital illness, heads north in search of immortality. And so, the martial world is thrown into turmoil. 17Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 29 Blade Dance 刃舞 Wild Traveler Hall was the most inconspicuous little sect in the martial world. Escorting goods, collecting debts, running errands: they did it all. Cheng Feng was the newly appointed Third Hall Master of Wild Traveler Hall. Yet every task this little sect assigned him brought danger ever closer, keeping him on edge at every turn. Behind every flash of cold steel lay a carefully woven web of power. Who could have known back then that this man would one day change the fate of the entire Jiang Kin 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Sword Through the Mortal World 凡尘一剑 Three thousand years ago, the apocalypse descended. The sages of the Three Teachings vanished, the Martial Saint fell, and the sun and moon lost their light. Lu Chen gripped his sword and gave his body to the Dao. Three thousand years later, a young man emerged from the mountains of the north. Reborn into another life, he cut down with a single sword every immortal above and every ghostly fiend below. 29Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 31 Frost Slays the Dragon Gate 霜弑龙阙 One was born with royal blood, yet endured countless hardships. As an adult, she became the mysterious and powerful leader of the Tianshan Sect, then chose to return to the imperial court to fulfill her ambitions and exact her revenge! The other was descended from a reclusive master. Though born to commoners, he grew up healthy and happy, surrounded by love and care. When he came of age, he met her. They fell in love, and both became heirs to peerless divine weapons: one yin, one yang; one good, 1Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 32 Throne of Ice and Snow 冰雪王座 I have witnessed oceans turn to mulberry fields, and seen seas dry up and rocks crumble. Yet above the sea of clouds, all that remains is an endless expanse. The throne that seems so glorious is a pale seat unchanged for ten thousand years, and yet it is the only place I can call home. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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
- 34 All the World's Affairs Come Down to the Sword 天下事不过一剑事 (Told through multiple storylines, spanning just over twenty years. Please read with that in mind.) His Majesty taught me benevolence, yet my great kingdom of Nanxia has fallen. This benevolence shall be passed on to Your Highness. And I will bathe the world in blood, building a grand vision upon it. The world sees me as a demon, and the sages see me as a thief. But so what? I will bear the burden of these atrocities alone. 29Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 35 We Sword Cultivators Do Whatever We Please 我辈剑修，修的便是为所欲为 The Heavenly Demon descends, and spiritual energy is corrupted. The end of the Age of Dharma, the apocalypse of cultivation. The four great families of Qinglian City: the Li, Zhao, Liu, and Wang families. Li Jianxuan of the Li family possesses the Formless Sword Body, but is deceived by Liu Ruyan of the Liu family. Liu Ruyan conspires with Zhao Xingchen of the Zhao family, who possesses the Star Sword Body. Before the Heavenly Demon descended, Li Jianxuan stole the Li family’s ancestral tre 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Record of the Martial World: The Everlasting Spring Duel 江湖录：长春决 (No System + Multiple Personalities + Unusual and Intriguing + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead + Pseudo-Invincible) A legend of the immortal sect, six keys. What is the jianghu? Is it one person and one sword, with the freedom to settle scores and avenge wrongs? Is it wishing to buy osmanthus wine and share a ride, only to find that it’s not like the carefree days of youth? Is it youthful chivalry, forging bonds with the boldest heroes of the five capitals, hearts laid bare, every hair s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Banished Swordmaster 谪剑人 [High Martial Arts, Low Fantasy]+ [The Jianghu and the Imperial Court]+ [No System]+ [Swordsmanship] A peachwood sword, daring to be first in the world; a breath of mystic energy, stirring storms across the jianghu. Years as a spoiled young master in the capital, then years as a wandering rogue in the jianghu. The carefree young heir arrives with a flourish and plunges headfirst into a game of power where the jianghu and imperial court are tightly intertwined... Since the Yuanjia Incident, the b 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Immortal Sword Venerable 不死剑尊 A mysterious finger bone unveils the eternal legend of a mysterious youth! Was I the one who killed the Nine Primordial Ancestors? Are the Five Emperors of the Four Directions all my lackeys? Am I the one who united the Five Sacred Arts of alchemy, swordsmanship, forging, talismans, and formations? Was it also me who slew a divine dragon with one sword, shattered the firmament with a roar, captivated a city with a gesture, and toppled a kingdom with a flick of my finger? None of that is impressi 2.7kReads8.4Score280Shelves
- 39 A Sword Returns with Spring 春归一剑 If a cry of the phoenix had not stirred the winds along both banks of the Qinhuai River once more, spring would have remained lifeless and dim at Lake Jiyue. That year, the snow from north of Qingzhou finally crossed the Luo River, and the entire continent of Fourteen Provinces fell into a silent, bitter cold. Amid the swirling snow, he picked up his sword, as if taking up the past once more. 199Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 40 I Entrust Myself to the World, My Sword Filling the Mountains 我寄人间剑满山 A new white robe enters Lin'an, a young man recites poetry through the covered walkway. He has leapt through the Dragon Gate and struck the flowing waters, and now strides across ten thousand miles of territory at the front lines. He studies at the Moonlit Hall and the Osmanthus Moon Palace, then sets out once more with books and sword, his path stretching far ahead. Tonight, he returns home, smiling as the fragrance of a hundred flowers fills the world. 21Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 41 The Dustless Sword Immortal 无尘剑仙 [No System + classic fantasy + hot-blooded + fast-paced + invincible divine physique + settling scores with a vengeance + one heroine] With the sword in his hand, he will slay every enemy. With the sword in his hand, he will subdue the ages. If Jiang Ze had not been born, the sword path would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The One and Only Sword Immortal Throughout the Ages 万古唯一剑仙 Liu Chen accidentally becomes the personal disciple of a female sword cultivator, and from then on his cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. A transmigrator? A protector? Sword cultivators are destined to be invincible. One strike is all it takes! Since fate has granted me this opportunity, I will stand alone throughout the ages and become the one and only Sword Immortal in the world! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Sword Falcon 剑隼 ◎One sword, one falcon, one breath, one lineage, one spirit◎ Drip... drip... ◎Xiaonan Creek, the sword-falcon spirit vein!◎ “One sword, having fought three thousand miles; once, one sword stood against a million soldiers.” 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Sword Way Slays the Heavens 剑道诛天 When a useless scholar finally sets aside the Four Books and Five Classics, his sword qi stretches thirty thousand miles, and a single flash of steel chills the Nine Provinces. His brush strokes dance like dragons, his sword points to his heart, and amid the flash of blades, old grudges and tangled passions intertwine. I never wished to hurt anyone, but I'll let my joy defy the heavens! 891Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 45 The Merciless Sword Domain 无情剑域 [Swordsmanship] [No System] [One Female Lead, No Harem] Baptized by the family’s ancestral sword, he awakens a talent for sword cultivation and embarks on the path of cultivation. He thinks he can now soar to greatness and begin showing off. Little does he know that every senior in his family is more terrifying than the last, each possessing power that reaches the heavens. It is said that the Human Emperor once severed the connection between the Great Wilderness and the outside world, protecting 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Angry Sea Rises 怒海潮生 I was born in the briny sea breeze and grew up on horseback in a bodyguard agency. For a century, the martial world has been split between the righteous and the wicked, while three generations of the imperial court have expanded its power through blood and steel. On my way back from a caravan escort, I saw salt smugglers bullying fishermen. I held back again and again. Then they shoved a pregnant woman to the ground, and at last my blade flashed. Who could have known the salt smugglers had the R 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Wielding the Sword in My Hand 执手中剑 The world has five continents and one island: the imperial city of Northern Continent, the Buddhist temples of Western Continent, the demons of Southern Continent, the many schools and factions of Eastern Continent, the Sword Sect of Central Continent, and the island farther east. A young man leaves the snowy mountains with a sword in hand. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Peace in the Martial World 江湖无事 Ten years of storms, a sword gleaming with frost. In autumn winds, I ride from Luoyang. One man, one sword, a life's ambition; in the tenth month of Jiangnan, I gaze upon the crabapple blossoms. Chen Xingzhi is the fated successor of the Great Zhou's Office of the Mirror. He and his master have their own ideals for the realm. But the princess who grew up with him, seeking the highest power in the world, unleashes a catastrophe at the Great Zhou court and repeatedly sends assassins after the man 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Legend of Chen Ping’an: The Sword Path to Immortality 少年陈平安之剑道长生传 Sword Dao Immortality follows the young Chen Ping'an. He lives in a small town at the foot of Sword Tomb Mountain in the Northern Liang Kingdom. An orphan, he works as an apprentice in a blacksmith's shop. One day, Su Qingxue, a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, notices his exceptional physique and the mysterious sword energy within him, and wants to take him as her student. At that moment, the Sword Tomb stirs. After Chen Ping'an passes out, he receives the legacy of the ancient sword Taichu in a c 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Sword Opens the Immortal Path 剑开仙路 I am mortal, and I am an unparalleled prodigy! All I need is the sword in my hand! Great Unity Golden Immortals, countless gods and Buddhas! If you won’t submit, then fight! The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Myriad Worlds! All can be settled with a single sword! 35Reads6.1Score—Shelves
