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- 51 The Tale of Scholar Ji 书生纪 [History + alternate world + fantasy + wuxia + court politics + the martial world + poetry + clever characters] [No transmigration] [No System] [No harem] What is the martial world? Some say it is the life of wine and women, wild and unrestrained, enjoyed by spoiled young masters; Some say it is gallant heroes roaming the land with swords, savoring every triumph and settling every score; Some say it is rival sects and a contest for supremacy among the martial world’s leaders; Some say it is acto 23Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 52 With Eight Hundred Iron Cavalry at My Command, Victory Is Mine 手握八百铁骑，优势在我 The sixteen-year-old Eighth Prince was dismissed as a good-for-nothing. Then, one day, sealed memories awakened within him. Faced with the turbulent currents swirling beneath the surface of the capital, he chose to leave and take up his post in his fief. With royal infighting, powerful clans pulling the strings, and the people living in misery... see how he carves out new territory in a world where dynastic rule and martial arts coexist. 4.1kReads7.2Score27214d adds
- 53 Tang's Grand Strategy 唐谋天下 After nine reincarnations, he is born into the imperial family. Fate grants him the exalted status of crown prince, but also a cruel and merciless home life! Here's the harsh reality he has to face: his father is Li Zhi, and his mother is called Wu Mei. 131Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 54 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Chang'an of Swords and Books 书剑长安 Two years ago, Mo Tingyu set off for the northern lands with his blade in hand. Two years later, Su Chang'an marched toward Chang'an with his army. Heaven and earth are vast, and all living beings are but specks of dust. The jianghu is a deep and dangerous place, where every step can wound the heart. Blood stains the scabbard; I slay hordes of demons. As long as I draw breath, I will not fall. With lofty ambition, I challenge the Way of Heaven. The jianghu road is where I roam free. I sing wildl 140Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 56 Three Thousand Miles, Never Betraying These Mountains and Rivers 不负山河三万里 A woman blessed with five hundred years of the jianghu’s fortune plucks thunder from the sky as she heads south, saying, “Little Chang’an, your big sister will protect you!” In the first year of Wentai in the Great Liang dynasty, fifteen-year-old Zhu Qinyao inherits the profound, mysterious inner power and true qi left by his parents, as well as a throne among the greatest in the world and a mountain called Tianyin. Three years later, Zhu Qinyao returns after completing the mourning period for h 1.8kReads8.4Score13614d adds
- 57 Forging the Golden Realm 筑金瓯 [War, lighthearted, meticulously researched, history, no System] This is the Tang dynasty, a dynasty forged on the edge of a blade. The Tang emperor Xuanzong's dream ends in the Tianbao era, and the banner of the great Tang falls. There can be an Earlier Han and a Later Han. There can also be an Earlier Tang and a Later Tang. If the great Tang is gone, then we will build another great Tang. If the golden age is gone, then we will create another one. Let every child have a home, every elder have 3.3kReads8.2Score25714d adds
- 58 Dawn Over Guigu 鬼谷破晓传 [Traditional wuxia fantasy, no System, no transmigration, no fanfiction, no wild flights of fancy, rich historical knowledge, tightly plotted story, a tribute to traditional martial arts, a work of conscience] One thought separates ascension from demonic corruption. Defy the heavens, and live forever, undying. If you ask where the path to immortality lies, look to the ninefold Kunlun, ninefold abyss. A young swordsman bearing the weight of his family's vengeance ventures through the martial worl 3.1kReads8.7Score36714d adds
- 59 Martial Arts Longevity: I Slaughter My Way from the Bottom to Eternity 武道长生，从底层杀到永恒 [Slow burn, high-level martial arts, unrivaled through the ages, single female lead] The Great Zhou Dynasty values martial arts above all. This is a world where martial arts have flourished to their very limit. Martial Sages represent the pinnacle that a warrior can reach. There are countless profound arts: the Lesser Formless Skill, Golden Bell Shield, Dragon Elephant Prajna, Heaven and Earth in My Image, Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows, Soulcraft Mysteries, Heaven-Battling E 945Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 60 The Fallen Star Seeks the Dao 沉星问道 The Su family, with a legacy stretching back a thousand years, has crumbled into dust. Su Qingyan, the last surviving member, happens upon Chen and his daughter, who save him. He joins a struggling minor sect and endures a life of hardship and upheaval as he strives to restore his ancestors' former glory. 575Reads—Score3914d adds
- 61 God-Burying Tower 葬神塔 [Traditional fantasy + decisive and ruthless action + thrilling and exhilarating + read by a million fans!] Jiang Ruochen, a seasoned explorer, ventured deep into an underground ruin, only to be transported to another world by a mysterious ancient tower. There, he became a useless prince of the Zhen Nan Dynasty, born weak and unable to awaken a martial soul mark. At his tenth awakening ceremony, Jiang Ruochen finally awakened a martial soul, but it was a worthless mudfish, earning him mockery an 14.1kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 62 The Tale of Bai Ding 白丁传 Transmigration? A journey into the past? History repeating itself, or the rise of another wave? The world is treacherous. No matter how ingenious one’s ideas, they are like a child carrying gold through a crowded marketplace. People have both good and evil in them. Even someone who seems utterly useless can be like dry kindling, burning to light the darkness. 1.5kReads8.3Score13014d adds
- 63 Lord of the Night 夜幕之主 What’s so great about inheriting the throne? A kingdom you conquer yourself is the one you can rule with confidence. He commands Nightfall, one of the three great assassin organizations, and a single word from him decides who lives and dies. He also controls the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, one of the ten great trade guilds, and is richer than an entire nation. Once that useless prince leaves the capital, he soars like a dragon released into the sea. He raises the Banner of a Hundred Battles in 22.9kReads8.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 64 Hu Xiaotian 壶笑天 Yang Yu dies alongside drug lords at the border and transmigrates to the Sui dynasty, into the body of the useless heir of the Prince of Zhenbei! He wants to be an idle young lord, but there are always petty troublemakers pushing him to grow stronger! Breaking off an engagement? Fine, but I’m the one breaking off my engagement to you, Liu Wanqing! From a useless young lord to taking command of 200,000 Zhenbei troops, inventing all sorts of things from the twenty-first century, and opening a brot 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The First Marquis of Great Chen 大辰第一侯 Xu Xiaoxian, a poverty alleviation officer, transmigrates to the storm-tossed Great Chen Dynasty. With a few potatoes and a handful of corn, he transforms Great Chen’s agricultural structure. Using the knowledge he brought from his previous life, he turns impoverished Liangyi County into a place that draws the attention of nations around the world. There are distilleries, paper mills, dye works, and all kinds of military workshops here, as well as an invincible army without equal anywhere in the 8.4kReads8.8Score80014d adds
- 66 The Six Gates: A Battle Against the Demons 六扇门：与魔争锋 [Full-cast audio adaptation now available] [Court and martial world, political intrigue and mystery, decisive and ruthless] Who is caught in the scheme, and who stands outside it? Who is a pawn, and who has been cast aside? The only thing that makes their enemies tremble isn't the pair of blades in their hands... With a group of like-minded friends by their side, they can find the strength to keep going, no matter how dark the road ahead! 1.2kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 67 The Eldest Princess Is Acting Strange 长公主她不对劲 [Imperial Court + Martial World + Swordsmanship + Beauties + Invincible + A Touch of Political Intrigue] The greatest slacker in all of Great Xia is Mo Lin, the number-one consort of the Princess Royal's residence. Because he only draws his sword once a day. Yet the offices overseen by the Princess Royal are full of trouble, with countless people showing up every day to cause a fuss. Before the consort draws his sword, the offices are so quiet that even the rats tiptoe past. After he draws i 1.2kReads5.8Score10414d adds
- 68 Qi Ink 齐墨 [Famous generals] + [Strategists] + [Battlefields] + [Struggle for supremacy] In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras, rites and order collapsed, the realm descended into chaos, and war spread everywhere. The feudal lords fought for supremacy, strategists schemed, and wandering knights roamed the world with swords at their sides. Plots to steal the heavens and change the sun, schemes that could turn the clouds and rain. Planning within the command tent, victory secured a thousand miles 1.5kReads8.5Score10414d adds
- 69 Cloudfall and Chaos 覆云乱煜 The Daoist immortals and perfected ones attain eternal life and, with a bow, can make the earth itself rise and fall. The Buddhist bodhisattvas and guardian kings prove themselves through nine cycles of reincarnation; with palms together, they manifest bodies a hundred zhang tall. The Confucians hold high office, but are not necessarily virtuous gentlemen. The demonic cultivators dwell far from the court, but are not necessarily free spirits. I set one foot in the secular world of the court, sit 3.8kReads8.5Score32914d adds
- 70 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: Your Highness, Prepare to Die 九龙夺嫡，请皇兄赴死 In the eleventh year of the Tianqing era, Zhao Yin Qian, the ninth prince of Zhao, returned home after spending ten years as a hostage in Wei. All he wanted was to live carefree as a prince. But several of his elder brothers had murder on their minds and kept pressing him at every turn. He would endure it no longer. If they could fight for the position of Crown Prince, so could he. Zhao Yin Qian raised his sword to the heavens and roared, “By imperial decree, I come to suppress the traitors. Eld 146Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 71 Martial God Storm 武神风暴 A boundless continent, vast seas, forbidden lands where life cannot survive, wicked forests, and endless primeval mountains. The world gave rise to ten golden ancient clans, alongside countless sacred lands and empires. They looked down upon all living beings and trampled everything beneath them. One thought could change the color of heaven and earth; one whim could spill blood across the sky. Here, billions of living beings revered martial strength, and empires prospered through the power of th 748Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 72 Legend of the Seven Killings Hall 七杀殿传奇 [Wuxia] [Mystery] [Deduction] [Detective] [Crime Solving] [High Martial] [Sword God] [Country and Family] [Political Intrigue] The second installment in The Legend of Hua Ziqi series, following Bloodflower Mystery. This book is divided into two volumes. The first depicts the treacherous and unpredictable jianghu, while the second chronicles political intrigue and power struggles at court. A solitary, cold-hearted young man bears a pair of crescent-moon hooks. He entered the jianghu to avenge 624Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 73 The Marquis Who Guards the North of Great Qin 大秦镇北侯 [Alternate history]+ [Political intrigue and power struggles]+ [Passionate jianghu] The jianghu is a blazing furnace, while the imperial court is a battlefield of sinister schemes! Eighteen years ago, Marquis of Zhenbei Ye Zhao died in battle at Huoxie Ridge. Eighteen years later, Ye Qianchen drenched Chang’an in blood! He set out from the northern frontier, roaming far and wide through hardship! Ordered to enter Chang’an, he stirred up a storm of intrigue. Taking his sword into the jianghu, he 22.3kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 74 Soul-Reaping Martial Emperor 镇魂武帝 He rises amid silence and returns amid destruction... The young man leaves the Great Wilderness and slays every enemy beneath heaven. The road to the Dao is strewn with bones. I trample the heroes and claim the throne! In this world, I alone stand supreme! 1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 75 EN A Pawn's Passage 过河卒 The world is a game of chess, and its people are the pieces. Qi Xuansu is a pawn that has crossed the river: there is no turning back, only pressing forward. 105Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 76 The Son of Heaven 明天子 Reborn in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he finds himself inhabiting the body of an eight-year-old child. But that’s not important. What matters is that he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne! In simple terms, this is the story of an eight-year-old emperor’s rise: seizing the palace, governing the court, bringing peace to the people, quelling internal unrest, recruiting talent, improving agriculture, and developing commerce... Through civil and military accomplishments, he will restore 150Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 77 Late Han War Chronicles: The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry 汉末烽烟录之并州狼骑 [Three Kingdoms] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Powerful Minister] [Legacy of Emperor Wu] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] The north wind lashes the banners, and cold blades gleam beneath the setting sun. During the Zhongping era, the Yellow Turban Rebellion throws the realm into turmoil. From the frontier of Bingzhou comes a cavalry force riding through frost and snow. Its warriors are clad in mourning white, and its advance is as fierce as a pack of wolves. Wherever it passes, the dust raised by th 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Empire's Struggle for Supremacy 帝国争霸 Chen Ziang wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated to an unfamiliar era of clashing armies and devastation. It is a shattered age, and an age of heroes vying for supremacy. It is the best of times and the worst of times. Chen Ziang rises from humble beginnings, builds an elite army, sweeps across the realm, saves the common people, and establishes an unrivaled empire! 7.6kReads8.6Score57314d adds
- 79 Better Than the Clouds 莫若凌霄 Tang Congxin, an art school reject, unexpectedly arrives in a world ruled by an empress and becomes a fallen imperial grandson whose life is hanging by a thread. But even an abandoned child can aspire to greatness. A fallen imperial grandson should rise like a dragon. If my grandfather could be emperor, and my grandmother could be empress, then I, an abandoned child, can do it too. 27.4kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 80 The Ordeal of Captivity 囚生劫 [Traditional fantasy + slow burn + no System + decisive violence + expansive worldbuilding] A mysterious token, an assassins' organization that vanished, and an assassin struck by a deadly poison. From then on, his only path is to fight for his life... During an assassination mission, Song Ye unexpectedly comes across a mysterious token. Following its guidance, he encounters one cultivation art and fortuitous opportunity after another. He thinks these are bles 979Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Great Solitary Peak 大孤峰 In court or in the jianghu, every injustice in this world can be settled with a single sword. If one strike isn't enough, then a hundred more, until nothing remains before me. Three million sword immortals fill the heavens, yet even they must bow their heads before me! 1.3kReads6.7Score11014d adds
- 82 I’m Done Pretending: I Was Born with Divine Strength 不装了，老子就是天生神力 [Alternate History] [Born with Superhuman Strength] [Hardcore, Satisfying Action] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Multiple Heroines] [No System] [Fast-Paced] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Political Scheming] [Nation and Family] After transmigrating as a low-ranking soldier in a frontier penal army, Wei Che has inherited nothing but his natural superhuman strength. With the army's provisions withheld, his comrades shunning him, and the enemy at the gates, he lifts a thousand-jin barracks gate with one arm a 2.6kReads—Score25814d adds
- 83 Li Chengqian: I Really Don't Want to Be Emperor 李承乾：我真不想当皇帝 In 643 AD, the seventeenth year of the Zhenguan era, Crown Prince Li Chengqian was accused of plotting rebellion, stripped of his title, and exiled to Qianzhou. A year and a half later, he died at the age of twenty-six. When news reached Chang'an, Li Shimin was overcome with grief and wept uncontrollably. Li Chengqian had thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself back on the eve of his rebellion. Given a second life, he would reclaim everything that had once 2.8kReads7.0Score17214d adds
- 84 I Have a Qi-Refining Gourd 我有一尊练气壶 In Suolong Town, a place of exile, there stands a tavern. The landlady has a scar on her face, yet she is the reflection of the entire Ancient Immortal World! Before they could marry, the young couple Lu Jian and Yan Chunshu were attacked by a great demon. They narrowly escaped with their lives, but Lu Jian, a constable, secretly let a suspect go. As a result, both husband and wife were exiled to Suolong Town, where they had their son, Lu Que. Years later, the young Lu Que met the tavern’s landl 15.5kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 85 In Southern Ming, Beating the Qing Emperor Kangxi 人在南明，搓打康麻子 At the end of the Southern Ming, the last dynasty of Han Chinese rule, the Yongli Emperor fled west to Burma. The dynasty was doomed from the start. After transmigrating as a member of the imperial clan, the protagonist forms marriage alliances with warlords, outwits powerful ministers, schemes and deceives, seizes military command, and trains his troops to the limit. In the final showdown between the Ming and Qing, he turns the tide, slaughters Wu Sangui, drives the Shunzhi Emperor to his death 1.6kReads8.1Score9114d adds
- 86 Shattering the Azure Heavens 碎苍天 [Decisive and Ruthless] + [The Martial World] + [Bizarre] + [Lord of the Mysteries] + [Gods and Demons] + [Technology] + [Revenge] + [Wits and Strategy] + [Pure Satisfaction] In a world where martial masters and sorcerers coexist, who can reach the heavens? In a primeval wasteland where fierce barbarians battle demonic beasts, who can rule over all creation? A lofty civilization looks down f 77.7kReads8.1Score7.3k14d adds
- 87 The Black Dragon Roars, the Ink Dragon Sings, and the Halberds Ring as One 黑龙啸，墨龙吟，长戟齐鸣 Also known as The General. [War god] + [national warfare] + [political intrigue] + [fictional setting] + [military commanders] His father died on the battlefield when he was young. His mother passed away when he was a child. An orphan, he was fortunate to be raised with help from his uncle and aunt in the same village. Unwilling to accept the fate laid out for him, he joined the army in his early teens. A boy from a mountain village ultimately rises step by step to become a dynasty's general, gr 2.8kReads8.7Score18614d adds
- 88 With One Fist, I Challenge the World 我有一拳，要与天下问 The apricot grove behind Chengjia Village turns a brilliant gold when bathed in the setting sun. No matter how far he traveled, how many punches he threw, or how many countless sights he saw, Zhou Tian could never forget it. 153Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 89 In Place of Jin 代晋 This is an age of shining stars, of refined gentlemen and poetry shared over wine. This is the darkest of ages, where life is worthless and corpses pile into mountains. Through the endless night, who will be the light that brings dawn? On this sunken earth, who will save the people? The realm is shared by the Wang and Ma clans. But who will share the realm with me? 11.4kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 90 Ming Cavalry 明骑 A modern border defense soldier transmigrates to Liaodong in the late Ming dynasty, taking command in a time of crisis and rising from humble beginnings. He trains a hundred thousand cavalry, rides into battle with lance in hand, crushes the Tartar invaders, puts down the rebels, and conquers the pass at Mount Helan. He fishes in Lake Baikal and waters his horses on the American continent. Soon, the sun-and-moon battle flags fly across the world. Whoever dares invade our Great Ming shall be slai 1.6kReads8.6Score20914d adds
- 91 The Spirit-Flying Sutra 灵飞经 Liang Xiao is long gone, and Lu Jian has yet to be born. Le Zhiyang steps into the martial world. The Spirit Way Stone Fish and the Ming throne set both the martial world and the empire ablaze! In the twenty-seventh year of the Hongwu reign, the political situation has settled, and the realm belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang. But the martial world is still rife with competing factions. Many sects are dissatisfied with the Zhu dynasty and even covet the emperor's throne, leaving the realm awash in bloodsh 4.9kReads9.1Score73714d adds
- 92 The Prince of Beizhen: Guarding My Eight Houses of Beiliang 镇北王：守我八房北凉 Nine lifetimes of reincarnation, all for one long-held wish! With sand and smoke filling the air, how can good and evil be told apart amid the chaos? Watch how Xiao Bufan leads the Xiao family out of the capital of Great Qian, takes charge of Beiliang, and searches for the bond that has spanned nine lifetimes! 6.3kReads8.0Score39914d adds
- 93 Farming Amid the Chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties 南北乱世我种田 Transmigration, power struggles, war, farming The chaotic Northern and Southern Dynasties era is impossible to survive in! Then let's fight! A mysterious, stunningly beautiful shaman? I'll make her my wife. The Baiyue tribes in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains? They're one of us, so don't panic! A refugee-army general with a mysterious background? A good brother, let's make our way together! The lofty aristocratic clans? I can't kill you all… The Two Jin dynasties and the Northern and Southern D 1.9kReads8.9Score20314d adds
- 94 Madman: Slashing My Way from a Pile of Corpses to the Dragon Throne 疯子：从死人堆里一路杀到龙椅 [No System + Two Insane Souls + No Saintly Mercies + Decisive and Ruthless] The day Shen Zhou crawled out of a pile of corpses, a modern man's soul appeared in his mind. One soul was bloodthirsty and loved to kill; the other was calm and calculating. The two souls fought each other every day, driving him into a madman feared by everyone in Yunmeng Marsh. Defeated soldiers tried to steal his food? He killed them all. The imperial army came to crush him? He used a fire ox formation to rout thre 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Master of the Sword Dao 剑道主宰 Three years ago, his entire family was wiped out, and he barely escaped with his life. Three years later, Lin Han mastered the supreme legacies of his many masters and returned in triumph, vowing to settle the blood debt from that day! The gods have fallen, the demons have withered. With a three-foot sword in hand, I will cut down every god and demon beneath the heavens. With my sword, I shall rule the world! 1.6kReads8.7Score13914d adds
- 96 The Greatest Warlord of the Late Tang 晚唐第一大军阀 If a person cannot leave their name behind in the vast river of history, it is as if they had never come into this world. After transmigrating to the late Tang, an age of upheaval, Qi Shen felt incredibly fortunate. Here, he could behead Huang Chao, wipe out bandits, reclaim Chang'an, and hold the emperor hostage to his heart's content. Here, he could defeat Qin Zongquan, pacify Yang Xingmi, punch Li Keyong and kick Zhu Quanzhong, calmly bringing the warlords to heel. Here, he could repel the Kh 1.9kReads7.7Score10014d adds
- 97 I Am the Sword That Can Slay Immortals 在下剑可斩仙 When common folk rise in anger, a million corpses litter the land and blood flows for a thousand miles. A half-immortal swordsman emerged from Dabe and slaughtered the wicked until the borders of Dabe ran red. His story begins the moment he set out for Changjing with a sword in hand. 1.5kReads8.9Score10014d adds
- 98 Across the Misty Myriad Worlds 缥缈万界 The ages roll on, and the seas change into mulberry fields. After Pangu split the heavens and earth and the primordial age dawned, the primordial world eventually shattered and heaven and earth were overturned. The ancient Heavenly Dao, which had once ruled over all things, collapsed and scattered with them. After endless ages of settling and transformation, the scattered fragments of the Heavenly Dao’s origin finally evolved into the universe’s laws of origin and the countless laws derived fr 282Reads—Score1314d adds
- 99 Chasing Wind Tower 追风楼 [Wuxia + Passion + Assassins + Comedy + Multiple Protagonists] There are no sword strikes that split the heavens here, only bodies that achieve sainthood! They are the shadows of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and a band of grim reapers wandering the mortal world! Everyone who makes it out of here alive has a story to tell. 1.7kReads8.8Score12214d adds
- 100 A Strategy for Realm and Rivers: Chronicles of Court and Jianghu 山河策【庙堂江湖录】 [Peerless Heir] [Jianghu and Court] [Blood-and-Iron Warfare] [Political Intrigue and Wits] [Alternate History] [Chivalry and Tenderness] [No Transmigration] [No Golden Finger] The Dingbian Prince’s household is wiped out. Ten-year-old heir Ling Canglan narrowly escapes. After years in hiding, he makes his name in a single stroke. He studies both literature and martial arts, and grows into a man of great talent. Faced with the enmity of his country and the hatred of his family, he joins the army 2.1kReads7.0Score15914d adds
