Novels like The Lame Man, the Sword Case, the Trapped Dragon
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- 51 The Cleansing Heaven Command 净天令 In the Sunken Ruins Realm, the Boundary-Suppressing Stele has remained hidden for countless ages. Mortals harbor obsessions in their hearts, while divine descendants bear the weight of destiny. The blind boy Lin Sheng rises from a blood feud, dons a demon mask, and walks the path of heavenly punishment. The lingering soul of the Moon Goddess whispers, and the shadow of the Ancestral God appears. His eyes conceal the secret of the universe’s birth; his sword seals away the past of the fallen God 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Hone the Sword, Kill, and Listen to the Wind Rise 磨剑，杀人，听风起 Every life so far has been written in failure. There has been no romance, no farewells in the martial world, and certainly no grand hall filled with three thousand guests drunk on flowers, nor a sword’s frost chilling fourteen provinces. Draw a circle, and you have a martial world. Drop two stones, and a conflict begins. Pour on a ladle of water, and one generation gives way to the next. If he cannot become the greatest under heaven, if he cannot marry the one he loves, then what use is a sword 614Reads7.3Score10214d adds
- 53 Sign-In at Qinglan City: I'm Really Not the White-Robed Sword Immortal 签到青岚城，白衣剑仙真不是我啊 [System + invincible + swordsmanship + low-key + power fantasy + no heroine] Cang is Heaven, Xuan is the Dao. Heaven and earth are profound and vast; the sword's path shall flourish forever. In the Cangxuan Realm, might makes right. There are nine stages of cultivation, each one a whole new level. Mortal → Spirit Awakening → Profound Mastery → Return to Truth → Enlightened Heart → Seeking the Dao → Knowing Heaven → Shattering the Void → Transcendence. Qi Jin'an transmigrates to the Cangxuan R 238Reads—Score10014d adds
- 54 The Drunken Sword Immortal: I Split Open Heaven's Gate with a Drunken Sword! Shocking Great Xia 酒剑仙：我醉剑开天门！震惊大夏 [Satisfying battles, all kinds of stat mechanics, and utterly unstoppable domination] [If there's even the slightest bit of frustration, feel free to flame it!] The age of high martial arts has arrived. Ancient taboos awaken from their burial grounds, and gods and demons of countless races run rampant among humankind. Gu Changge transmigrates into this world, binds himself to the Wine God System, and awakens the talent of the Wine Sword Immortal: drinking makes him infinitely stronger. Guzzle he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Swordplay Legend of a Free-Range Youth 放养少年的剑道传奇 Lin Feng was born in a humble mountain village. He thought the greatest upheaval in his life would be protecting the cool, moonlike woman by his side. Then powerful enemies descended, and with death moments away, the power sleeping within him suddenly awakened. He learned of the Profound Dao and heard of the Sword Domain for the first time. Only then did he discover that he was the only son of the ruler of a sword domain stretching across millions of miles and the sect master of the Myriad Sword —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I Cut Off the Gods' Incense Offerings in the Mortal World 我在人间断了神明香火 [No System + no female lead + no transmigration + no saintly do-gooder] The gods sit enthroned above the heavens, feeding on the incense of the mortal world. The common people scrape by in the world below, crushed by hardship and oppression. From the moment I set foot on the path of martial arts, I inherited the faith, will, and courage of all living beings in their fight against the gods. If their faith demands that I bow and scrape, then I'll show these gods the pride of a martial artist! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Immortal Emperor's Mortal Body 赘婿仙帝之凡体 Fantasy; [No System + Invincible + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning + Beast Taming + Alchemy + Formations + Artifact Refining] In the Realm of Heaven and Earth, martial arts reign supreme. Yet Long Haotian was born with an inadequate martial foundation, a genuine mortal body in the world of martial arts, also known as a useless martial constitution. He grew up surrounded by insults and humiliation! Though he was a martial arts failure, the young lady of the Jiang family fell in love with him anyw 180Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 58 The Ninefold Profound Meridian, A Sword Chilling the Heavens 九绝玄脉剑惊寒 Born with the Nine Absolute Profound Meridians and nine naturally sealed apertures, he is dismissed as the family good-for-nothing and subjected to endless scorn and bullying. By chance, he discovers a mysterious sword embryo and a tattered ancient scroll in a hidden compartment in the ancestral shrine. Just then, heaven and earth undergo a strange upheaval. Blood-red laws descend, and the rules of another world quietly begin to erode the human realm. Betrayed by his family, he is treated by the 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 A Useless Spirit Root? One Poisonous Plant Helped Me Become a Venerable 废灵根？一株毒草助我成尊 [No System + No Transmigration + Single Heroine] He was once the lowest of the Qingyun Sect’s alchemy slaves. After ten years of poison testing, his body covered in sores, he was kicked into a barren mountain to die. Everyone said he belonged rotting in the mud. At the end of his strength, he swallowed a spirit-devouring poisonous herb. His ruined roots burst apart, and his spiritual roots were reforged. The Supreme Poison Spirit Root had appeared. He never believed in fate. With a mortal body, 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 60 One Man, One Book, and One Blue Ox 一人一书一青牛 My name is Li Changqing. I have a book that can teach me supreme techniques, a green ox that can carry me to the highest heavens to pluck the moon, and an iron sword that can slay any enemy who dares attack me... 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 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—14d adds
- 62 The Blade Draws at Peach Blossom Cove 刀出桃花坞 Someone asked him, “You sell information, publish rankings, and stir up trouble across the martial world through your Qiuchu Pavilion. What are you really after?” Wiping the blood from his blade, he replied, “The world shouldn’t be like this. I’m going to change it.” A tavern keeper, a Peach Blossom Blade, and three years to ensnare the entire martial world. The poor have no way forward, so he will carve them one. The great clans cast shadows over everything, so he will punch a hole through t 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Sword Shadows and a Cold Flute 剑影寒箫 [Eastern fantasy cultivation] + [Transmigration] + [No System] + [One female lead] + [Political intrigue]... In his past life, he died alone in a hospital bed, a life of meekness and obscurity behind him. Transmigrated into a new life, he inherits the ravaged Guiyun Mountain and takes on the three-hundred-year blood feud of the entire sect. Once a prodigy whose name shook the immortal realms, he was struck down by the jealous Heavenly Dao and besieged by the major sects, left with his sect destr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Accidentally Slept with Yao Jinzhi, So Who Should Be the Other Woman? 无奈睡了姚近之，可选谁来做小啊 [Multiple Heroines + Wish Fulfillment + Smart Protagonist + No AI] A Liang's sword slays the false White Jade Capital. He merges with the "fierce" sword qi of the Great Wall of Sword Qi and remains in the Vast World. After the founders of the Three Teachings scatter their Dao, Qi Jingchun rises to the Fifteenth Realm and establishes his own teaching as its founder. Ning Yu transmigrates into the body of the Literary Sage's disciple, merges with the River of Time, and uses six innate flying sword 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Eternal Night Divine Realm: Embers 永夜神域：余烬 The day the Divine Domain descended, light gained color. Not a rainbow of colors, but a pale gold, cold and metallic in texture. The sky was covered in enormous data runes. The sun still rose, but every ray of light seemed recalibrated by some supreme will: precise, constant, and utterly devoid of warmth. The System declared that human civilization had become the test subject of the 9847th "Eternal Night Divine Domain." The world was overwritten with data, and life was bound to cold HP and MP. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Swordheart Surveys the Heavens 剑心巡天 [No System, no harem, traditional fantasy, decisive and ruthless, protagonist is neither wholly good nor evil, no saintly do-gooders] Ning Chuan, born with an indestructible divine body, was targeted by the great sacred lands at the age of five. His undying physique, indestructible bones, and double pupils were successively stolen from him. Just then, the mysterious woman Jiuye Jian Cao, neither wholly good nor evil, fell from the sky and used the foundation of her own immortal path to rebuild N 91Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 67 Shatter the Celestial Palace 凌霄破 Just practice, my first book. The idea was far too simple. I actually wanted to express a lot, but this book is important to me too. It taught me that writing takes skill and a way of expressing things, rather than just piling up words. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Cultivation Is Suicide 修炼即自杀 This world is dying. Cultivation is suicide: the more fragments of the Primordial Core you absorb, the more you’re consumed by ancient wills, until you become a “Abyssal Thrall,” knowing nothing but slaughter. Shang Qianqiu is nineteen, a punk and an assassin. He believes in one thing: always leave yourself an escape route when killing, and think three steps ahead when outsmarting someone. Then one day, he finds a list beside the prefect’s corpse. The first name on it: Feng Ruoxi. The last name —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Wicked Immortal’s Path 天邪仙途 (A satisfying cultivation fantasy, with heroes and beauties) Drunk, he reclines on a beauty's lap; awake, he holds the power of the world. The Undying Heavenly Fiend descends upon the mortal realm, embarking on a legendary path to the pinnacle of immortal cultivation! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Sword Rises in Liju Cave Heaven: My First Meeting With the Caged Sparrow 剑起骊珠洞天，初见笼中雀 188Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 71 Dao Without Prison 道无囚 Wu Yong attained Emperorhood thousands of years ago, believing he had reached the end of the road of cultivation, only to die with regrets. When he opened his eyes again, Wu Yong found himself reborn ten thousand years in the past. He was just about to laugh at the heavens, but his smile froze “What do you mean the beautiful master who ignored me in my previous life now insists on taking me as her disciple?” Wu Yong notices his master's strange gaze. “Come on, I'm fine with being your disciple, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Wuxia: One Cry of “Sword, Come!” and Three Thousand Swords Fly from the Sword Case 武侠：一声剑来！剑匣飞出三千剑 [A Chinese Odyssey, no System, a tribute to Stephen Chow] In the martial world Drink and ride with brothers, Roam the rivers and mountains with beautiful women, Settle grudges, and live free and easy! In the martial world When faced with schemes and plots, When confronted by arrogant foes, Tang Jian points his sword to the sky and cries, “Sword, come forth!” Three thousand swords fly from the sword case, instantly annihilating every clown who dares to make trouble! 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 I, the Seeker of the Nine Provinces 我，问道九州 A man sets out with high ambitions and leaves his hometown. Once he's gone, Lin Chen will show everyone that he's no good-for-nothing. He has set his sights on seeking the Dao across the Nine Provinces and becoming a carefree land immortal!!! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Seeking the Way Through the Clouds 扶云问道 [Xianxia fantasy] [No transmigration] [No System] [Slow-paced] The land is on the brink of war, and the court is torn by factional strife. The current emperor is weak, with power fallen into the hands of two princes. Beneath the court’s surface, undercurrents surge. Beyond the northern frontier, a million demons are arming themselves, waiting for civil unrest among humanity before marching south to seize the Central Plains and its vast territories. At this time, in a town beside the Jing River, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Wielding My Sword, I Slay Celestials for a Drink 仗剑，斩天人下酒 (Martial world + imperial court + ensemble cast + schemes) The martial world means flashing blades and clashing steel, the warmth and coldness of human nature, the realm and its beauties, the everyday necessities of life, and, in the end, the injustice found in the space between one’s steps. But did you know there are immortals above, fishing in the mortal world and tampering with the fates of men? Come, come! Watch me, Li Xianyu, cleave an immortal in two with one sword, and give you all someth 465Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 76 Such Is the Otherworld 彼界如此 Whatever you do, you’re an amateur. Read ten thousand books, and you’re still a fool. No matter how deep your schemes, they can never outwit fate. Yet sometimes, doing nothing succeeds where effort fails. Though destiny cannot be defied, there is still a way to make your mark. Another world, and yet the same world. The male protagonist transmigrates to the other realm with incomplete memories and starts from nothing. He is neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, and dares to love and hate. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Sword, Flower, and Sword 剑与花与剑 You are the flower of a turbulent age, and I am the sword sworn to protect you. A flower can become a sword, but a sword can break, too! One is the illegitimate prince of the Nanye Kingdom, hidden in an enemy nation for years. The other is a general's daughter, whose entire family was slaughtered, leaving her to survive in the world disguised as a eunuch. They meet in Lanling City, and from then on begin a perilous life on the run. “You had so many choices. Why choose me?” “Because I think we ar 1.4kReads8.7Score17814d adds
- 78 Demon Ashes: The Magic Mirror Emerges 魔烬：魔镜出世 The ultimate demonic path, no transmigration, no brainless characters. A battle of wits and courage, surviving in the cracks. The young Zhong Ji grows up fast and matures, gradually uncovering this desperate, ashen world and its sweeping historical narrative... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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—14d adds
- 80 Haoge 昊歌 (No harem, no invincibility, no System, no transmigration, and no power fantasy. Read at your own discretion.) Haoge is a song of praise. The martial path has declined, and the star domains are sealed off. Everyone says it is so, but does that make it right? Then, one night, immortals and gods descended. Possession and destruction followed one after another, and a dazzling star chart and golden radiance were planted in the young man's heart. By a stroke of fate, an unassuming young man became th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Sword Seeks Immortality 剑问仙 I wield a sword that points up to the divine courts of the Ninth Heaven and down into the underworld's deepest reaches. With a single stroke, it can cleave mountains and rivers and split the sun and moon. With my three-foot sword, I shall sweep away the three thousand paths of immortality. If I must be the greatest beneath heaven, then I shall cut down every immortal and demon in the cosmos. With this sword in my hand, I roam freely between heaven and earth. With me in the world, the Sword Dao s 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Feng Lingxiao 凤凌霄 A beautiful woman of the human race transmigrates to ancient times and finds a primordial world overrun by demons and rampaging beasts... As the chosen Holy Maiden, she wields the Holy Maiden Sword. When it is drawn, who in all the world would dare challenge her? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Something’s Off About My Sword Spirit 我的剑灵不对劲 Beyond the Nine Heavens, swords ring long; ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains shine with blood. Jade shatters on Kun Mountain, yet the night endures; a cold star falls, its shadow crossing the empty corridor. The phoenix soars to the heavens, burning old vows; dreams return to bygone days to cut down fated calamities. Love and vengeance cross blades, their chill piercing as frost; affection and hatred intertwine, their flames burning on. The white-robed minister Sikong Yi; a purple jade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Our Elite Dao Soldiers Should Attain Unity with the Dao Through Their Primordial Spirits 咱优秀道兵就该元神合道 [Xian Hu style + original cultivation techniques + sword cultivator + decisive and ruthless] Xiang Zhen was cast into reincarnation by his teacher with a sweep of his sleeve through the void. Upon awakening, he learned that he was an assassin. To assassinate or not is one choice... To betray or not is one choice... To kill or not is also one choice... The road ahead is long and far, and I will seek high and low. Amid all manner of temptations, I curb my desires and cultivate the Dao. Make friend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Sword Comes from Righteousness: Carving Bold Words into the Great Wall 剑自浩然来：我在长城刻猛字 My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Storm Riders 風雲雄霸天下 The Clay Bodhisattva prophesied, “A golden-scaled carp is no pond-dweller. Given wind and cloud, it will become a dragon.” To fulfill his destiny, Xiong Ba took Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun as his disciples, using their power to dominate the world. Yet the prophecy had a second half: “The winds and clouds will make you, and the winds and clouds will destroy you.” When ambition collides with fate, the bonds between master and disciples become a calamity for the martial world, unleashing a storm of blo 1.1kReads—Score10614d adds
- 87 I Ask Heaven's Mandate with My Sword 我剑问天命 They call me a once-in-a-century prodigy of the sword. They don't know that every move I practice is written into a script they've prepared. My name is Lin Jinghong. It was only during the battle at Black Wind Stronghold that I realized my peerless cultivation was actually a cage called the Heavenly Derivation Sword Manual. I, along with all those so-called martial arts prodigies, am nothing but a “sword cauldron” raised by the mysterious organization Heaven's Gambit Alliance, a pawn they can d 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 A Sword Comes from the South 一剑南来 One heroine. A little heartache early on, but it gets more and more satisfying as the story goes. A slow-paced feel-good novel. If you can't handle even a little angst, please don't read it, as it may upset you. On the path of the sword, it seemed that the predecessors had already taken every possible path to its very limits. Until one day, Xu Nan'an's sword became part of a dynasty... 1.1kReads7.3Score14114d adds
- 89 The Legend of the Purple and Azure Demon-Slaying Swords 紫青伏魔传 During the Wei, Jin, and Shu Han period, the vast lands of the Central Plains were swept by a thriving trend of mysticism and immortal cultivation. This world was home to the Celestial Realm, the Human Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Ghost Realm. Cultivators lived in seclusion among famous mountains, great rivers, and drifting clouds, with Mount Emei renowned above all. The story begins in a small village in Shu called Yuyang. Its protagonist, a boy named Bai Yunfei, grew up there with his paren 526Reads—Score10614d adds
- 90 Chronicles of Ling Qi 灵炁录 This is a world teeming with spiritual energy, home to countless factions. But the emergence of the demon race changed everything. Heaven and earth were overturned, and the sun and moon thrown out of alignment. Li Xuan, a heaven-blessed prodigy born in response to the will of this world, is about to stir up a storm and save its countless living beings. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Yunxi Sword Sect 云溪剑派 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Beneath the Soaring Clouds 凌云霄下 [Mortal's Cultivation] [No System] [Traditional Cultivation] [Slow-Paced Growth Power Fantasy] [All by Hand] Xiao Chen, an outer disciple, accidentally obtains a silver booklet with no words. Why is its method of cultivation so different from everyone else's? Everyone says that with my useless spiritual roots, I'll never amount to anything. Then I'll cultivate both qi and body, and leave nothing out! All you geniuses and prodigies, if you don't accept that, come challenge me! I'll shatter you 262Reads—Score11914d adds
- 93 The Immortal Dynasty 仙朝 “The sunset over Yingdu is the most beautiful sight in all the world.” “Too bad I’ll never see it again.” Gu Min smiled as he gazed at the morning glow and said softly, “The great edifice has fallen. I have faded into the crowd.” 91Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 94 Beneath the Empress's Throne, I Refuse to Live Off Her 女帝座下，拒绝恰软饭 (Xianxia + no System) My name is Xu Ning. Today, I did something big. I blew up the residence of Minister Lin. As soon as I got home, I saw a cool older woman smirking. “Boy, you’ve been found out. If you don’t want to die, you’d better do as Her Majesty the Empress commands! Heh heh.” 3.5kReads8.2Score23114d adds
- 95 Lord of the Ferry 渡舟之主 Clad in white as pristine as snow, he toys with a black stone, free of desire and unrivaled with the sword. Pill refining, formations, crafting, talismans, puppets; Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist paths, body and mind. The era is governed by ten beings at the level of the Myriad Heavens, beneath whom sects and clans stand in great numbers. Zhao Wumian, the young master of a peak aristocratic family, imprisoned himself on Planet Earth to hone his skills among mortals after losing a game of chess. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Became a God Through Innocence 降凡成神：我靠天真成神 At the summit of the Sword Hall in the Celestial Realm, Lin Lan fights until he is drenched in blood. A plan three hundred years in the making is finally set in motion! Bearing fragments of the Severed Cycle, he returns to the path of cultivation in a mortal body. Witness how a legendary Sword Immortal makes an astonishing comeback! Betrayal? Death and the loss of everything? Not a chance! Lin Lan defies fate, reaches the pinnacle of cultivation, and points his sword at the heavens! “Ding! The 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Greatest Good-for-Nothing of All Time 万古第一废材 The amnesiac Chu Yan becomes a servant in the Du household to uncover the truth about his origins. After stealing a treasure from the alchemy chamber, he unexpectedly transforms into a fox. During his escape, he forms an unbreakable bond with a mysterious young lady. Then, while trying to save a fellow servant and friend, he somehow ends up becoming the disciple of a master alchemist. He thought he had no talent for cultivation. But alchemy comes naturally to him! Artifact refining is a piece of 975Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 98 Jian Wuchen 剑无辰 A genius sword cultivator, born with extraordinary talent for the sword and the senior disciple of a sword sect. Why was he reborn in the Manling Realm? Was it a conspiracy, or fate ordained from time immemorial? What secrets does the mysterious Manling Realm hold? An unexpected rebirth reveals an ancient secret!!! He obtains the Sword God’s legacy, the inheritance that has made countless sword cultivators bow their heads throughout the ages… Witness how the sword genius Ye Wuchen turns the tide 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 From the Start: With a Fragmentary Scripture 开局：从一本残经开始 [Classic fantasy + Five Elements cultivation + swordsmanship + dual soul-and-martial cultivation + evolving physique + endless magical treasures + countless legacies] Qiu Jing is a poor young man who cannot practice qi cultivation. Ever since he began cultivating from a fragmentary scripture of unknown rank, his luck has been off the charts. He acquires divine artifacts, commands heavenly fire, wields a divine sword, tramples prodigies, and slays countless foes. Decisive and resourceful, he sets 1.8kReads8.5Score17514d adds
- 100 Sword Immortal: Defying Fate and Cultivating Immortality, Starting at the Misty Rain Tower 剑仙：从烟雨楼开始逆天长生 Good-for-nothing? A fake! Young master of the Misty Rain Tower? The real deal! Immortal Sword Longevity System? Just awakened! Lin Yechen seemed to be a young master with a useless meridian, mocked by everyone in Yuzhou City. In truth, he was the mastermind stirring up turmoil across the jianghu. He awakened the System, transforming his useless meridian into a sword meridian, and shattered ten thousand arts with a single strike; He won over a young master who looked like a little girl, befriende —Reads—Score—14d adds
