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- 101 The Fluttering Escort Banner: A Martial Arts Tale 武侠小说镖旗飘飘 Synopsis of the wuxia novel The Fluttering Escort Flag: On their way to Kaifeng, escorts from the Tiger Might Escort Agency are attacked again and again by martial artists. The attackers include both underworld fiends and members of orthodox sects. The escorts suffer heavy casualties and lose the ability to fight back. When a fiend slashes open the carriage carrying a government official’s daughter, he suddenly cries out in alarm and flees in panic with his men. Chief Escort Guan Zhongyue rushes 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 The Iron Swallow and Brocade Sash 武侠小说铁燕锦绫 Synopsis of the wuxia novel Iron Swallow, Brocade and Silk: This novel tells the love-and-heroics story of its four main characters: Tie Shouhua, Li Yanhong, Ye Yanjin, and Ji Ling. It is called a tale of “love and heroics” because the author writes love with tender, delicate sorrow and heartrending intensity, quite unlike the styles of Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yusheng. In a word, it’s heartbreaking. But the novel isn’t only heartbreaking; it also has its heroic side. For instance, Tie Shour 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Wuxia: My Infuriating Luck with Women in the Martial World 武侠：我那该死的江湖女人缘 [No System + no transmigration + scheming protagonist + wuxia romance + living off others while holding your own] Without a System or transmigration, we can tell a truly exciting story. Lin Youle was born into a prestigious sect, but had no interest in martial arts from childhood. Then, on a long journey down the mountain, he began a fantastical life in the jianghu... Want to see the protagonist slaughtering everyone in sight? Sorry, his martial arts are terrible. Even against a rooster, he onl 160Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 104 Blood-Red Candles 红烛饮血 [Wuxia] [Revenge] [Schemes] [The Jianghu] [Multiple Heroines] I, Chu Chen, swear to heaven: if I do not avenge this grudge, I am no true man. But who destroyed the Chu family army? Who ruined my family and killed my wife? The truth emerged one step at a time, as the killing continued and blood kept flowing. It turned out the matter ran far deeper than I had imagined. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Survival Guide to the Jianghu 江湖保命指南 Tang Haoyu wondered: he had only come to the capital to get revenge. Who had he offended? Why was everyone chasing after him and trying to kill him? The innocent are punished for possessing a treasure. An astonishing deception unfolded the moment Tang Haoyu set foot in the capital. Can’t beat them? Then turn them to your side. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Swordplay in the Misty Rain 剑走烟雨 During the Northern Song dynasty, a young man carrying two sharp swords emerges from the misty rain of Jiangnan. Bearing a blood feud, he ventures alone into the martial world. One sword splits mountains and rivers; the other brings order to heaven and earth... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Crane Soars Across China 鹤翔神州 Description of the Gu Long wuxia novel The Crane Soars Across the Land: Two people are sitting in the pavilion. One is a blind fortune-teller in a gray robe; the other is a young woman holding a moon lute. The blind man grips a bamboo staff. His hair is completely white, and a long white beard flutters gently in the breeze like a bolt of satin. A cord is tied around his gray robe, laden with odds and ends: a little cloth bag for divination fees, a long-stemmed tobacco pipe, a pouch of tobacco, a 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 As It Was Before 应如旧 People are always transformed by time. How much more so those whose bones have been scorched by hatred, whose bodies have been buried beneath the ashes of a fallen nation, who have wallowed in the mire of political schemes and had their throats cut by the blade of love? The years carve the marks of hardship between their brows, grind calluses into their palms, and wrap even their laughter in the dull sound of calculation, turning them into strangers unrecognizable to those around them. Yet if yo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Dragons and Serpents of the Four Seas 四海龙蛇斗 Introduction to the traditional wuxia novel The Dragon and Serpent Clash Across the Four Seas: The story follows Lin Zhe, who was born into a family of renowned martial artists. As a child, after a family tragedy, Chai Zhe was abducted by the Misty Divine Dragon, deputy leader of the Black Eagle Society, and taken to the Great Celestial Star Stronghold. In just a few short years, he learned extraordinary martial arts and mastered the languages of the Miao, Mongols, and foreign tribes. Chai Zhe l 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 The Bloody Fist of Shanghai 神拳喋血上海滩 Shanghai in the 1930s: a city battered by storms, where warlords rise and fall in the foreign concessions and foreign aggression runs rampant. It is an adventurer’s paradise. A passionate young man arrives with a dream, making his way from the shantytowns to Avenue Joffre. With nothing but his iron fists, he conquers Shanghai, ultimately turning his personal ambition into a greater cause... 908Reads—Score104Shelves
- 111 The Merry Hero Squad: Cracking the Toughest Cold Cases 欢乐大侠天团，专破烧脑悬案 During the Tiansheng era of the Northern Song dynasty, in the capital of Bianliang. The master thief Feng Gufei stole seven treasures in a single night, confounding constables across the land and bringing together the main characters of this book: • Du Xiaokai: Xiaokai, with “small” for the little guy he is and “kai” for happiness. Sometimes a genius, sometimes a total novice. • Shen Gu: Stubborn to the core. Once the top constable, he now sells beef noodles, two coins for a big bowl. • Zhao Daz 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 The Jianghu Is Full of Legends About Me 江湖都是我的传说 [Wuxia] + [No System] + [Ensemble cast] (This book is told differently from a conventional novel. The protagonist will never formally appear, but he is present in every story.) He is a legend of this era in the martial world. No one knows where he came from or what he intends to do. Some say he is upright, others say he is cruel, and still others say he takes everything in stride. Many have seen him, but few know him. Every time he appears, he turns the martial world upside down. Everyone calls 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 The Tale of the Swordsman and the Book 书剑侠义传 In the final years of the Yuan dynasty and the early Ming, powerful factions rise and fall as war spreads across the land. Ji Ziqian, a scholar from Jiangnan, rescues the wandering swordsman Qian Buyi, drawing him into the martial world. Court politics and the martial world, ghosts and fox spirits, all reveal the shifting nature of the human heart. People may be cunning, but there is still a sword beneath heaven, wielded by a scholar, that can soothe the heart. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Record of Gathering Wood 敛木记 This is a new book, so the rating will improve over time. [Wuxia + One Female Lead + Not a Brain-dead Story + No System + No Golden Finger] Once the young Sword God, he vanished from the world overnight and opened a coffin shop in a border town. When old acquaintances return, bringing old grudges with them, he raises not a sword but a coffin nail. He intends to hammer the final nail into the entire martial world with his own hands. Eight martial arts masters, a massacre that wiped out a clan, se 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 My Days of Waiting to Die in the Martial World 我在江湖等死的日子 Three-Seven, an A-Rank assassin of the Underworld Prison and an eighth-rank expert, has a failing heart meridian and not much time left to live. His final assignment is to escort a young woman beyond the frontier. Simple, and no killing involved. Except the girl is a princess, his companion is the young master of the world’s number-one money house, the person they meet along the way is the youngest grandmaster in the land, the innkeeper is the world’s greatest spearman, and his chess opponent is 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Rise of a Gang: With a Martial Arts Origin Tree, What Have I to Fear? 帮派崛起之我有武道源树我怕谁 [Wuxia + Clones + Gangs + Absolutely Loyal Subordinates + Multiple Transmigrators + Plane Conquest] Lin Yuan transmigrated into the Tianming Realm. At four years old, he was orphaned, then spent six years struggling to survive at the bottom of society. At last, his "Martial Dao Origin Tree" awakened. It could create three clones at the same cultivation level. And when someone's loyalty exceeded 50, Lin Yuan could link their lifeline to a node on the Martial Dao Origin Tree. Once linked, they wou 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Cold Sword Breaks the Azure Edge 寒剑破青锋 A youth leaves the depths of the mountains and sees all the ways of the martial world. As the tides of fate shift, he raises his sword and challenges the heavens. Beneath the wavering lights of countless homes, he draws a sword from the people. Its edge is forged from courage and blood, its blade from the common folk, its spine from heroes, its hilt from mountains and rivers, its scabbard from the smoke of hearths. It embraces the world and enfolds the four seasons, enough to make even immortals —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 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, 16Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 119 The Sixteen Sounds of Yanyun 燕云十六声 Amid the world’s suffering, I, Yan Yun, hold the Dao in my heart. I can still my mind, seek qi, gather my spirit, open my apertures, unlock my meridians, build my foundation, obtain the elixir, form the golden core, and refine myself. I have repeatedly proven the Dao for eight hundred years, all for the one I love! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 The True Forms of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳真形传 If I'm going to write about the jianghu, I won't write only about the jianghu. I'll write of lonely lamps on rainy nights in the jianghu, and a decade of old wine at Xinting, of grudges, debts, love, and hate. Who, high in the imperial court, will recite a century of Confucian righteousness and summon the dragon's cry and crane's song from the nine heavens? Who, far away in the jianghu, will charge against the Guangling River with a spear, splitting its waters for eight hundred miles? Come, come —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 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—Shelves
- 122 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—Shelves
- 123 The Sword of Mo Xu 莫须剑 The protagonist's halo is the kind people dream of having. Everyone wants a life like his, full of ups and downs, danger and surprise, sorrow and joy... Yun Bozhou accidentally transmigrates to the Jinghong Continent, where the strong rule all. But he is nothing more than an ordinary man, unable to take a single step forward on the continent. Who else shares his fate as a fellow sufferer? Luo Qinghan, the peerlessly beautiful Immortal Emperor of the celestial realm. With Luo Qinghan's help, Yun —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Kunlun Hero: A Classic Wuxia Novel 经典武侠小说昆仑枭雄 Introduction to the classic wuxia novel The Hero of Kunlun: Cui Pingzhi could no longer keep calm. His whole body seemed to tremble as he spoke, and his eyes were sharp and terrifying, like those of a hawk or falcon. Yet he knew how formidable his enemies were, especially the masked woman before him, whose clear, graceful bearing was like a jade grove. She was one of the very best, and he could not afford to let his guard down. The so-called First Floor, Second Halls, Three Altars, Four Gates, a 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Legend of White-Browed Hero, Part Two 大宋白眉传第二部 After the All-Nations Martial Arts Tournament comes to an end, Xu Liang and the others set off on a new journey. The Thousand-Faced Butcher Lou Shan has resurfaced in the jianghu, and Xu Liang's group goes after him, leading to a great battle at Dongting Lake. Tao Sangu travels thousands of miles in search of Shu'an, and the two find love. The Three Upper Sects join forces with the Beggars' Guild in a bloody battle on Mount Wuyi. The Black-and-White Cult reinstates the Golden Lamp Formation and 4.7kReads7.3Score142Shelves
- 126 Traditional Wuxia: The Northeastern Bandits 传统武侠东北响马 Synopsis of Gu Long’s traditional wuxia novel The Northeastern Bandits: In the first month of spring in the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign, the Retired Emperor dies in the Hall of Mental Cultivation! Censor Guang Xing, Ministry of Personnel Secretary Wang Niansun, and others jointly impeach Heshen, accusing him of ten grave crimes of treason and sixteen capital offenses, each character a blade! Jiaqing orders Prince Cheng and Prince Yi to lead the Imperial Guards in arresting Heshen. Fearing 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Book of Wishes 如意经 A manual said to contain peerless martial arts has become the object of everyone’s desire. As schemes and treachery spread through the martial world, a thrilling tale of the martial arts world unfolds... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 The Strange Warriors of the Unorthodox Way 诡道奇兵 Eighteen years ago, a strange weapon nearly wiped out the Kongtong Sect. The sect leader was poisoned and left crippled, while the Second Elder and his wife were murdered! Eighteen years later, the Five Poisons have appeared once more, and the protagonist struggles to take revenge. Who is good and who is evil? It is impossible to tell. The martial world is once again awash in bloodshed... Where there are people, there is the martial world. Perhaps you and I are also great heroes of our generatio 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 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—Shelves
- 130 Ninety-Two 九二 Hexagram Qian, line nine in the second place: The dragon appears in the fields. It is beneficial to meet a great person. The heroes of the world ought to be scattered, and the champions of the jianghu ought to be alone. Yet these great heroes and champions often find themselves brought together by one person. So they drink together in the wilds, share their deepest secrets, and pledge to live or die together after only a brief conversation. That person is Xie Tingwu. Perhaps he is the great —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 The Peerless Heroine 绝世侠女 [Two female leads + no male lead + historical setting + two strong leads who save each other] The story takes place in the mid-Northern Song dynasty, when the martial world is in turmoil and rife with slaughter. Even Peach Blossom Valley, a secluded paradise, cannot escape the chaos. The major sects fight one another for supremacy in the martial world, leaving the valley beset by danger. Liu Menghan, hailed as an unparalleled heroine, steps forward. With peerless swordsmanship and superb martial 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 The Sword's Roar Across the Vast Waves 剑啸沧浪 [Fantasy xianxia, heroic jianghu, no System, no transmigration] In the third year of the Jianwen reign of the Ming dynasty, undercurrents stir through the jianghu. The smoke of war has yet to clear above Jinling, as Prince of Yan Zhu Di leads his forces south. Powerful courtiers and jianghu factions maneuver against one another in secret. It is the age when the peerless swordsman and saber master stand side by side. Shen Yunfei guards Nu Jiao Island alone with his Canglang Sword, his Nine Cangla —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Tale of the Chivalrous Thief 侠盗英雄传 In the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the story unfolds in a small fishing village far from the noise and chaos of war. Zhang Caile is a country boy, born and raised in the village, who dreams of becoming a great hero. The story follows him from boyhood through youth, middle age, and old age as he pursues that dream amid turbulent times and the shifting currents of the martial world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 The Sword Immortal: A Wuxia Tale 武侠小说剑仙传说 Synopsis of the wuxia novel Sword Immortal Legend: Du Tiesheng wondered to himself what was going on. Fangfang had already set the book on the table and beckoned him over. “Come here!” Du Tiesheng hurried over! The book on the table now appeared to be about five inches long and four inches wide. It was covered entirely in fine plain silk, and its cover bore several plum-blossom seal-script characters: The Secret Manual of Qingcheng's Opening of the Abode. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Wuxia Novel: The Shadow of the Red Lantern Hero 武侠小说红灯侠影 Introduction to the wuxia novel Red Lantern Hero's Shadow: The story is quite simple. The young hero Leng Yueping does a good deed by rescuing someone named Mo Huan. But after freeing him, Leng is trapped in a cave by the very man he saved and nearly dies. Later, an earthquake saves his life. Once out, the young hero searches everywhere for the ingrate who repaid kindness with betrayal, determined to get revenge. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Lament of the Autumn Rain 秋雨叹 Autumn Rain Lament is a gripping wuxia novel about the legendary journey of Lu Jueming, a young hero who endures countless hardships in the martial world and ultimately becomes a grandmaster. When his family is suddenly wiped out, Lu Jueming has no choice but to enter a world of grudges, rivalries, and tangled affections. As he searches for the truth, he meets a group of like-minded friends. Together, they face powerful enemies, overcome crises, and grow stronger. The martial world is treacherou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Dragon’s Tune: A Wuxia Novel 武侠小说龙吟调 Synopsis of the wuxia novel Dragon's Song: Recently, a highly skilled female thief has been causing trouble throughout Suzhou and Jiangning, and the authorities are helpless. They ask local hero Guo Feiying for help. Meanwhile, a new courtesan named Bai Zhifen appears at the local brothel, Baohua Troupe. She refuses to entertain clients, and is beautiful, well-read, and refined. Guo Feiying visits because he has heard of her and falls in love with her. He also lets slip that he is helping the au —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Lone Star, Cold Moon, Frost 孤星冷月寒霜 Synopsis of Zhuge Qingyun’s wuxia novel Lone Star, Cold Moon, Frost: “Lone Star,” “Cold Moon,” and “Frost” are three exceptional martial artists, each with a unique skill: “The Lone Star Is Never Alone,” “The Cold Moon Is Never Cold,” and “The Frost Never Melts.” Together, their names are renowned throughout the martial world. As it turns out, the Lone Star and Frost were bound by a romance long ago. “The Handsome Lone Star,” Ma Erping, had a sweetheart when he was young. Pure of heart and no pa 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Golden Thread Robe 【金缕衣】 For ten years, the Four Great Martial Arts Masters had been renowned across the land, and the jianghu had known peace. The young Sun Bonan’s father was unjustly murdered by an enemy, so Sun Bonan sought refuge with his grandfather’s friend, Nan Jiang, and learned a remarkable sword-and-cane technique. Soon after mastering the art, he entered the jianghu in pursuit of the Xuanji Secret Treasure. After many brushes with death, he claimed the Three Xuanji Treasures with the help of his confidante, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 The Hanging Coffin and the Precious Sword 悬棺宝剑 A dream of swordplay shared by an ordinary person, and a swordsman who must endure hardship before achieving greatness. One finds the martial world as deep as the sea, while the other finds the court as deep as the sea: such is their helpless lot. Perhaps every one of us has dreamed of becoming a swordsman. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 The Legend of the Holy Sword in the Dota Continent 刀塔大陆之圣剑传说 On the Dota Continent, the Demon Edge and Sacred Relic have reappeared, while rumors of the Sacred Sword’s emergence are spreading far and wide. How will the heroes of this turbulent age respond? Twelve years ago, the Lich King seized the royal city with a Demon Edge. King Karl fell, and 108 warriors rose up in revolt, sealing the Lich King in ice! Today, twelve years later, the Lord of Hell and the Four Great Disaster Kings have plunged the realm into bloodshed once more! The winds shift, the w 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Fireflies in the Ghost Realm of the Celestial Steps 天阶之萤火鬼蜮 Even the faintest firefly has a light of its own. Wield a sword and champion justice, even at the cost of your life. Mystery + detective work + xianxia + fantasy. A high-IQ, mind-bending masterpiece with excellent writing, airtight deduction, and none of the usual tropes or simplistic storytelling. This is a brand-new kind of mystery novel. In a vast world of xianxia and fantasy, follow the protagonist as he takes up his sword to champion justice and solve one bizarre case after another. It cast —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 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—Shelves
- 144 The Classic Wuxia Fantasy of the Splendid Jade Palace 经典武侠玄幻翡翠华丽宫 Introduction to the classic wuxia fantasy novel The Splendid Emerald Palace: The Splendid Emerald Palace is a place countless people yearn for. It promises boundless wealth and martial arts of unfathomable power. After lying dormant for over a century, the palace once again caused a sensation in the martial world. Once thought to be little more than a vague legend, it was said to be on Mount Tiantai, where Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao had entered the mountains and become immortals long ago. The claim 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Tang Sect: Clouds over the Capital 唐门风云之京城烟云 Tang Clan Chronicles: Mist Over the Capital —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Tang Sect: Peacock Plume 唐门风云之孔雀翎 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Peacock Plume —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Tang Sect: Kunlun Mirror 唐门风云之昆仑镜 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Kunlun Mirror —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Tang Sect: The Ghost Ship Banquet 唐门风云之鬼舟船宴 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Ghost Ship Banquet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Tang Sect: The Asura Arena 唐门风云之修罗场 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Asura Arena —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 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—Shelves
