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- 51 Wife, Come Save Me! 娘子，捞我！ Tianling City is about to host a wedding between two prodigies. The Xie family’s prodigy is marrying the Shang family’s prodigy. It was supposed to be a marriage joining two powerful families. But now everyone knows it’s a sham. The Shang family’s prodigy cultivates a technique that forbids her from losing her chastity, while the Xie family’s prodigy is on the verge of dying from illness. This marriage is nothing but a transaction. The whole city is waiting, waiting to attend the wedding feast, 14Reads6.0Score214d adds
- 52 A Broken Book from the Start, and Now I'm the Enemy of the Martial World 开局一破书，成了武林公敌 An orphaned boy in a mountain stronghold had only his mother, a woodshed, and an old dog to his name. He thought that no matter how hard life became, he could endure it. Until the day blood stained the snow, and his mother's dying words became his lifelong obsession: protect the book, trust no one too easily, and survive. The Record of Heaven's Secrets contains the world's martial arts, but also endless peril. Bearing a blood feud and tasting every flavor life has to offer, he declares, “A man m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Chef's Broken Blade 一个厨子的残刀 He was a cook, a taciturn cook in the inn's back kitchen. His job was to cut meat and vegetables. There was always more meat and produce to chop, just as the sorrow in his heart was endless and impossible to untangle. He was skilled with a knife. Everyone who had seen him wield one said so. His knife was a butcher's cleaver, its edge already full of nicks, much like his life. His life had always been incomplete. But his hands were terrifyingly perfect: broad, rough, with prominent knuckles, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The System Set Me Up from the Start, but Led Me Down the Path to Invincibility 开局被系统坑却带我走上了无敌路 System, Martial Arts Chen Wen, the owner of the Peach Blossom Inn in Peach Blossom City, summons Li Hanyi from the start. With a summoning system that rewards punishing evil and promoting good, he becomes invincible. Whether they’re great scholars of the Qian Kingdom or princesses, he won’t show any of them the slightest courtesy. If the prefect’s son dares to provoke him, he’ll send him straight to the Western Paradise. Then one poem takes the world by storm, earning him countless admirers. E 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Way of the Mohists 【墨者行】 [Novel complete, one chapter a day] [Not for fans of fast-paced power fantasies] [The pacing is on the slow side] #New-School Wuxia #Political Intrigue #Wulin Feuds #Revenge and Growth #The Games People Play # He enters the martial world under an assumed name, and with one sword strike turns the tide and sets the world right! Bearing a blood feud, Gu Xiaoyuan travels the Nine Rivers under the name Mo Lingfeng. He investigates the truth behind his master's murder while unraveling a shocking cons 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 56 Spring's Surprise Pavilion 惊春台 On the night of the Flower Festival, blood is spilled aboard a wedding boat at Taoye Ferry. The missing half of the Startling Spring Invitation, gone for eighteen years, happens to fall into the hands of Liu Xuanling, a young woman from Spring Letter Station. The bride is abducted, and a survivor is made to look dead. Yet the old bell cord left behind by her sister, Liu Shuangyi, leads her step by step into an even deeper trap: the Startling Spring Society is about to reconvene, and the Nine Lan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 In Search of the Sword: I Am Second Under Heaven 寻剑记：我是天下第二 [Invincible plot-driven story + sword cultivator + multiple heroines + high-octane action + passionate jianghu + ruthless killing in the later arcs] With a sword, I’m invincible. Without one, I’m a nobody. I’ll take every famous sword in the world. My master is number one, and I’m number two under heaven. With sword in hand, I roam the jianghu. The righteous and the wicked alike had better stand at attention! Bandits in my way? Wipe them out! A demon in my way? Wipe it out! A corrupt official in —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 58 The Sword Master in Blue 青衣剑主 An assassination claims the life of a prince; A flash of purple light sends a Sword God reborn across the cycles of time; A peerless manual unleashes bloodshed throughout the martial world; A young man sweeps across the eight corners of the world with his White Feather Dragon Spear; A Taoist uses the River Luo chessboard to lay plans for the world; Fate brings the three together. They ride side by side through the martial world, singing over wine as they take in its finest sights. (There is a go 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 With My Sword, I Question the World 我以我剑问天下 [Wuxia + Political Intrigue + Swordsmanship + Ensemble Cast] [Epic Eastern Xianxia Saga + Jump In and You'll Be Glad You Did] The realm has only just been pacified, yet undercurrents stir among the various factions. Zhao Ye, heir to the Northern Frontier, enters the fray himself, using the martial world as a chessboard and wielding his sword to play a game on behalf of all under heaven… 694Reads6.9Score10714d adds
- 60 The Immortal's Path Through the Mortal World 红尘仙路 Immortals make their moves, using the mortal world as their board. The affairs of the world are tangled, and murderous intent lurks in plain sight. He enters the game and breaks it. Now watch this young man: Entrusting himself to a field of blades, he kills amid the mortal world! 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Like a Dream: An Engraved Love 如梦令：铭爱 Across the vast land of Wuzhou, five kingdoms stand side by side. Beneath the calm surface, however, undercurrents are stirring... Princess Ximeng, the young heir to the throne: how much of the love and hatred she once experienced was real, and how much was false? The situation today is but a reflection of love, hate, and tangled relationships. Through the long years ahead, that person will come and weather it all by her side. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Wind Returns to the Mountains and Seas 风归山海 After the Tang Dynasty pacified the foreign states across the eastern sea, the Central Plains welcomed people from every land with open arms. The East Asian world entered a new golden age of martial arts, while the mingling and conflicts between peoples stirred sweeping changes across the jianghu. Fuyu Feng has dreamed of reaching the pinnacle of the martial world since childhood. As he travels between the imperial court and the jianghu, he gradually matures, weathering storms and hardships and —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 63 Hero of the Age 当世英雄 Lan Nu’s origins are shrouded in mystery. Her martial arts are peerless, and her swordsmanship is hailed as divine. After completing her training, she descends the mountain to seek the enemy who wiped out her clan, making bitter enemies among the martial world and getting swept into a tangled whirlpool of conflict between the imperial court, the martial world, and her personal vendettas. After a series of strange encounters, she joins forces with Gu Suyou, leader of the Salt Gang. As they resist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Tang Sect: Clouds over the Capital 唐门风云之京城烟云 Tang Clan Chronicles: Mist Over the Capital —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Tang Sect: Peacock Plume 唐门风云之孔雀翎 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Peacock Plume —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Tang Sect: Kunlun Mirror 唐门风云之昆仑镜 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Kunlun Mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Tang Sect: The Ghost Ship Banquet 唐门风云之鬼舟船宴 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Ghost Ship Banquet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Tang Sect: The Asura Arena 唐门风云之修罗场 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Asura Arena —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Tang Sect: The Golden Buddha of the Desert 唐门风云之大漠金佛 Tang Sect: Golden Buddha of the Desert —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Tang Sect: The World United 唐门风云之天下归一 Tang Sect: All Under Heaven United 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Plum Blossoms in the Garden, Jade in the Courtyard 梅生庭钰 The martial world is perilous, and the imperial court is corrupt. In the end, none can escape the ties of loyalty and love. A single imperial decree forces Yuan Beiting, the carefree heir, to enter the martial world. He proves his heart with his sword and upholds the Way with it. With heaven and earth as the board and all the world as its pieces, can he outwit fate by even half a move? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Crimson Skies and Flowing Springs 赤霄流泉 He thought he had been born into a noble prince's household. Who could have guessed that fate itself had played a cruel trick on him? She thought she came from a renowned martial arts family. Who could have guessed she had been abandoned on a snowy mountain as an infant? The Kunlun Divine Palace fell in a single day, shaking the Eight Wildernesses and sending shockwaves through the martial world. To uncover the mysterious mastermind behind the tragedy, the Redcloud Sword and Kunwu Saber left the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Bloodstained Fate: The Ye Family Daughter's Road to Revenge 血色宿命：叶家女的复仇之路 Reborn, she returns and wants no justice, only revenge! One palm cripples her genius younger sister; one kick crushes the scumbag's sect. When she shakes the continent under the name Star Fiend, everyone finally realizes: She didn't return to make peace. She came to make her enemies pay for their blood debts! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Starfire Pavilion 星火阁 [No System]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Not Invincible]+ [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] In the Northern Sea swims a fish, peerless in beauty across the Central Plains. Twenty years ago, the lord’s manor of Beiming City, renowned throughout the land, was slaughtered overnight, throwing the entire Daye Dynasty into an uproar… Twenty years later, a young man named Li Xianyu descends the mountain and enters the world. With schemes, he shakes the halls of power. With martial might, he commands the jianghu. 1.1kReads6.9Score10414d adds
- 75 Invincible Flying Rainbow 飞虹无敌 The Invincible Flying Rainbow: During the reign of the Jianwen Emperor of the Ming dynasty, Prince Yan captured Nanjing, and the Jianwen Emperor fled in haste, disguised as an ordinary man. Sima Chang'an led the seven hundred death warriors under Prince Yan Zhu Di. He was ordered to find and capture Emperor Zhu Yunwen at any cost, to eliminate any future threat. Marquis Sheng Beichuan offered Na Feihong a fortune to help him deal with Sima Chang'an. Three years earlier, Sima Chang'an had killed 19Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 76 Wuxia: A Vast and Righteous World 武侠：浩然天下 [Jianghu]+ [Imperial Court]+ [Wuxia] A heart brimming with righteousness, a wind that sweeps a thousand miles, a single sword stroke to slay a man, then vanishing without a trace. “Hard it is to cross the mountains and passes,” “Who will grieve for one who has lost his way?” “Chance encounters between strangers,” “Yet all are travelers far from home.” No words could better capture the state of this troubled age. He still remembered that year, when his master wrote a character in the courtyard wi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Great Yan Immortal Martial Path 大炎仙武 Gods and demons set the stage, wuxia gives it form. Prove the Way with the sword, and slay immortals with martial might! At its core, this is traditional wuxia, with smaller stories of mystery, horror, and crime solving woven into the plot. Expect plenty of martial arts battles and a story full of twists and turns. —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 The Great Overlord: Longevity Begins with Max-Level Divine Arts 大枭雄，从满级神功开始长生 “Ding! You have killed your master and earned the ‘Master Slayer’ achievement. The Great Villain System has successfully bonded with you.” Chen Lin was originally a spy planted by the Yin-Yang Academy inside the Embroidered Uniform Guard. But his master had kept him undercover for his own sake all along. In that case, why not defect straight to the Embroidered Uniform Guard? From then on, every martial art he obtained could be raised to max level with a single click, and his cultivation soared. 2.5kReads5.7Score36314d adds
- 79 After Five Years of Teaching, I Returned to the Martial World 教书五年后我重回江湖 Completed, with bonus chapters loading... [Wuxia + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no romance] A wuxia story! A wuxia story!! A wuxia story!!! After being ambushed, Lin Changyuan wandered into a secluded, nameless village, where someone fished him out of the river. Once his injuries healed, he stayed in the village as a tutor, teaching the innocent children to read and write. Five years later, he left the village and returned to a martial world that had changed beyond recognition... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I’m a Bandit. Is It Really So Wrong to Become an Official? 我一个土匪，当官不合理吗？ Jia Guan had just taken over the stronghold from his father. He was already dreaming of building it up under his leadership and having beautiful women on both arms! But things didn’t go his way. His first robbery went badly when his handsome looks scared his target to death! The man he’d frightened to death turned out to be an imperial official. Jia Guan and his brothers were terrified out of their wits! With no other choice, they came up with a terrible plan: assume the dead man’s identity! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Chaoyuan Sword-Controlling Art 朝元御剑诀 A copy of the Swordplay Art of Chaoyuan and a map of the Golden City and Azure Sky draw the covetous attention of every sect in the Tang dynasty’s martial world. Martial heroes pour into the fray, fighting bloody battles across the land. The underworld figure Kou Wangting intends to eliminate his rivals and unite the martial world. The righteous swordsman Ji Chenliang, peerless in skill, takes on the evil factions and ultimately triumphs over wickedness, winning the heart of a beauty along the w 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Grip Your Sword Tight, Roam Free, and Keep Being a Rascal 握紧手中剑，逍遥又犯贱 Also known as Grip Your Sword Tight: Carefree, Yet a Bit of a Rascal The jianghu is a double-edged sword. The young genius Ye Jingxuan sets out for a carefree life in the jianghu, but the Gentleman’s Sword makes him a target. He plans to disappear from the martial world, only to meet Gu Ao, the young master of the Gu family. From that moment on, the wheels of their fates begin to turn… 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Autumn Waters Tavern 秋水酒馆 [Fantasy + Wuxia + One Heroine] What?! Other people transmigrate with a golden finger, a System, or an old man living in a ring... I transmigrated with nothing but a book! A little tavern filled with mysterious tales A Great Derivation Scripture I brought with me when I transmigrated A world torn apart by endless conflict between the human and demon realms I am Chen Chuan. The road of the jianghu is long, so let me urge you to drink one more cup! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The New Swordsman's Legend 新刀客传奇 Chunyu Fu is a professional bladesman, exceptionally clever and brave, with extraordinary courage. He roams the martial world, but after finding love, he grows sentimental and experiences three unparalleled romances with Haiyan, Xue Qian, and Yan Zifeng. This is the bittersweet life of a bladesman and the tale of a hero's quest to slay a dragon. —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 85 Blind Swordsman from the Start: I Build an Empire Through Killing 开局瞎剑客：从杀人开始成就霸业 [No System] [Invincible Protagonist] [Trading Lifespan for Power] [Longevity] [Cunning Schemer] [Fast-Paced] [Decisive and Ruthless] “One song breaks the heart. Where, at the ends of the earth, can I find a kindred spirit?” He is a blind swordsman who carries the peerless sword art Green Lotus Sword Song on his shoulders as he roams the martial world. He is also Di Ting, one of the Netherworld’s top assassins. Tired of the cutthroat life of an assassin, he enters the martial world alone, hoping —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Xuanhuan: I Can Match Anyone Half and Half 玄幻：跟谁都能五五开 Synopsis: [Fast-Paced Plot + Wuxia + Swordsman + System + Comedy + Political Scheming] The young prince Wu Tong receives a System he cannot make heads or tails of at the age of twenty. The Twin-Birth Evil Monk: “What? What kind of blade technique is this?” The Eight Demons of the Xie Family: “Kid, you’re a real sly one.” Even the Four Generals of the Mo Family hide in a corner, trembling with fear as they cry: “Young Prince, please don’t come any closer!!!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Legend of the Seven Stars and the Bright Moon 明月七星传 Seven young women, hunted by unknown assailants, were unexpectedly rescued by a mysterious man. They followed him up the mountain to learn his skills, and from him learned part of the truth behind the people hunting them. Ten years later, the man foretold that the land of Jiuzhou would once again be swept up in bloodshed. To thwart the mastermind’s plot and prevent the tragedy of years ago from happening again, the seven women volunteered to descend the mountain. Armed with everything the man ha 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Tale of Chongsheng 崇晟传 [No System, No Golden Finger, Not a Power Fantasy, Traditional Martial Arts, Mystery] He is the heir of the Southern Marquis, and should have grown up surrounded by wealth and privilege. But disaster strikes his family. His father is framed, his mother goes missing, and he is forced to roam the martial world. As he searches for his family, his sword pierces the throats of one enemy after another. His sword is so fast that his opponents can't even see what it looks like. But this time, he isn't u 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 89 The Gray-Robed Agent of Great Wei: An Old Friend Returns Through Wind and Snow 大魏青衣：风雪故人归 [Alternate history, court politics, the martial world, power struggles, martial arts, multiple heroines, no System] As the winds rise over Great Wei, a man in blue sets forth. He stakes his life on the game and wins half a move against Heaven! With an age of chaos on the horizon, who will shape the world? Qingyi Bailu placed third in the imperial examinations, only to become a puppet magistrate controlled by the Taiping Sect, with his life no longer in his own hands. Just then, Gu Xiaolou transm 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Divine Art Is a Blank Book 我的神功是本无字天书 I am Lu Hao, the last young master of the Lu family of the capital, a spoiled playboy who knows nothing but eating, drinking, and having fun. My life should have been one long drunken haze, until I dug up an ancient book from the family's dusty archives called The Scripture of Supreme Detachment: a blank book with not a single character in it from beginning to end. It was my last hope, and the biggest joke in the entire capital. I thought I would never uncover its secrets, until the day I met tw —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Tang Sect Turmoil: The Sword of Immortality 唐门风云之长生剑 The Tang Sect Chronicles: The Sword of Longevity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Tang Sect: The Thousand Mechanisms Change 唐门风云之千机变 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Thousand Mechanisms —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 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 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Flower Thief Who Grinds His Missions All the Way to the Imperial Palace 把任务刷到皇宫的采花大盗 Meng Xiaohua is a young master of martial arts. He's a carefree wanderer, and a chivalrous hero. He never imagined that one accident would turn him into a notorious womanizer and strip him of all his skills. Poisoned with a deadly toxin and hunted by both the righteous and the wicked, he must also complete one bizarre task after another on time. He has no chance to refuse, because if he fails to finish a task before the deadline, he'll face all kinds of eerie punishments. Luckily, each completed 15Reads—Score15914d adds
- 95 Shen Shengyi: The Death Bird 沈胜衣·死亡鸟 [For Readers Who Finished Gu Long and Want to Read Huang Ying] [The Shen Shengyi Tales] A story from the Shen Shengyi series, a new-school wuxia novel: In “The Bird of Death,” Shen Shengyi and Yangzhou’s famous constable Cha Si encounter a strange bird on their way back to the city after solving a case. Its behavior is suspicious, and it attacks first. When the two strike its wings, they feel as though they have hit iron or stone. The bird escapes by flying into a deep ravine, leaving behind a b 322Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 96 The Record of the Sunken Lamp 沉灯录 An ill-advised black coffin brought him a host of beautiful confidantes. On a rainy night at Qingshi Ferry, young ferryman Pei Zhaochuan takes on a black coffin he should never have accepted. Inside is someone still alive, and the coffin also leads to a lost old lantern. From then on, he is drawn into a web of old cases alongside Xie Tinglan, a disciple of Shuangting Valley, and He Xilou, a former resident of the Returning Lantern Tower. The cases are intricately linked to the tower’s destructio 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 A Young Swordsman Roams the Jianghu 少年仗剑闯江湖 My Original Work A tavern owner with no memories, a lay Buddhist disciple, and the first disciple of Sword Island. The three meet by chance and press onward with fiery determination, fighting and getting hurt along the way as they chase after a beautiful girl. Even when utterly exhausted, they never forget their original dreams. With a sword in hand, they travel thousands of miles across the martial world, seeing all the beauty and romance of the human realm. Such is the youthful bravado of us b 58Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 98 Carrying Wine 载酒 [Martial arts + low fantasy + no transmigration + no System] [The martial world + the imperial court + political intrigue + ensemble cast] In the stories told by the storytellers, the martial world is home to those who stand unrivaled in martial arts, those who can settle any matter under heaven with a single sword, those who are so compassionate they would suffer in place of all living things, those who dominate the nineteen lines of the board and boast that they would spare Heaven a single mov 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Transmigrating to the Martial World to Become the Sword God 穿越到武林世间当剑神 The demon clans of the Great Wilderness invaded in force, occupying all three thousand li of land in the northern desert. With the nation in peril and its lands in ruins, who says a young nobleman can only frequent brothels and drink wine? Jiang Baiyu, the greatest wastrel under heaven, gripped a three-foot sword and pointed it at the sky, slaying demons and vanquishing evil across the world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Poisonous Chain 毒连环 [For Readers Who Finished Gu Long and Want to Read Huang Ying] [The Great Illusory Heaven Tales: Poisonous Chain] A new-school wuxia novel: In “Poisonous Chain,” Jin Manlou poisoned Shui Guanyin, and Shui Guanyin poisoned Hu Xiang. But Hu Xiang did not poison Jin Manlou. It was Liu Sanfeng who poisoned Jin Manlou. The chain of poison was broken because Liu Sanfeng was one link too many. Nothing that coincidental has ever happened in this world. Perhaps it will one day. Who knows? 19Reads9.3Score—14d adds
