Novels like That Year, That Cicada, That Sword
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- 1 Chronicles of the Heavens 诸天纪 Between the Myriad Worlds lies a place called Luofu. It exists for one hundred thousand years, then perishes for one hundred thousand years. All things in the world and countless living beings sink into this cycle of life and death, repeating without end. Then, in that year, a young man who had died tens of thousands of years earlier awakens in the Sword Repository... 2.4MPopularity1.1kReaders9.1Score
- 2 The Most Accomplished Man in the Mortal World 人间最得意 The youth once laughed as he raised his sword: "Though heaven and earth are vast, I need only one sword." That single sword's force stretched ninety thousand miles. (An animated series based on the novel is now available on Tencent Video.) 1.9MPopularity3.7kReaders9.3Score
- 3 The Underworld Chat Group 地府交流群 Caught playing games at work, he never expected the female CEO to be his wife in the game... 2.9MPopularity1.2kReaders9.2Score
- 4 Immortality 长生 Changsheng, a boy who had been mysteriously struck by heavenly lightning again and again since childhood, was saved by Daoist Lin and taken in as his final disciple. Daoist Lin was an expelled disciple of Gezao Mountain, with the Daoist name Luoyangzi. For years, he explored tombs not for money, but to find a treasure that could extend the life of the woman he loved. Before dying, he gave the secret manuals taken from the tomb to his five disciples and entrusted Changsheng with returning the lif 3.2MPopularity5.1kReaders9.5Score
- 5 Sword Dynasty 剑王朝 After wiping out the three great dynasties of Han, Zhao, and Wei in succession, the Great Qin Dynasty entered an age of unprecedented prosperity. Powerful cultivators emerged in endless numbers, and everyone took pride in being Qin. But Ding Ning, an ordinary streetwise boy from Changling, the capital of Qin, had only one thing on his mind: overthrowing the Great Qin Dynasty and killing the Qin Emperor, whose cultivation had reached the unprecedented Eighth Realm. 1.9MPopularity8.8kReaders9.5Score
- 6 I Am the Sword Immortal 我是剑仙 In 2155, more than a century after the great war, Earth lies in ruins. People still live in a world of scarce resources. Now, with the backing of the United Earth Government, the metaverse game Tianxia, developed by Chinese Meta, is about to launch. Billed as humanity's "second world," the game offers everything: money, supplies, weapons, status, you name it. Lin Zhao is a poor boy from the slums who rides a motorcycle and has accidentally become a person in a vegetative state. By chance, he get 1.2MPopularity1.5kReaders9.4Score
- 7 The Way 道 I step onto the path of immortality, where danger and turmoil abound. Time and again, I narrowly escape death, time and again, my soul nearly departs. I press onward through bloodshed, seeking to answer to Heaven above and feel no shame before the earth below. One day, I will ride the wind straight into the highest heavens, sweep aside the clouds, and look down upon all creation. With my own pen, I will establish the way and forge the foundations. 8.1MPopularity8.5kReaders8.9Score
- 8 The Sword Immortal Is Here 剑仙在此 On the surface, he's a sword immortal. In reality... he's a total cheat. 6MPopularity4.6kReaders9.2Score
- 9 The Primordial Sword Sovereign 太古剑尊 Three thousand feet of mortal dust, glazed radiance staining the heavens with fragrance. Heroes vie for supremacy, while the Sword Venerable commands the world. Reforge the road to heaven with an endless sea of blood, and temper the scripture of the sword with billions of withered bones. Point toward the azure clouds, and swallow the depths of the underworld. The Great Dao intertwines, yet the sword wielder reigns supreme. 3.7MPopularity4.3kReaders8.9Score
- 10 The Nine Suns Martial God 九阳武神 A down-and-out youth awakens an unrivaled divine meridian, subdues the prodigies of countless races, and sweeps aside every enemy in the world. From then on, he is invincible! 13.4MPopularity68kReaders9.1Score
- 11 EN Monarch of Evernight 永夜君王 Qianye rose from hardship, only to fall amid betrayal. From then on, with only himself and a gun, he walked between eternal night and dawn, forging a legend of his own. If eternal night was destined to be his fate, then he would become its sovereign king. 6.7MPopularity26kReaders9.4Score
- 12 Never Yield the Land 不让江山 At first, when I looked upon the world, I saw nothing but heroes and great men. When I looked again, all I saw was a rabble. Rather than entrust this realm and its people to you, I might as well take them for myself! 12.6MPopularity51kReaders9.6Score
- 13 EN Unsheathed 剑来 In this vast world, nothing is too strange to exist. I, Chen Ping'an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, destroy cities, and split the heavens! My name is Chen Ping'an. Ping'an means peace and safety. I am a swordsman. 72.2MPopularity787kReaders9.6Score
- 14 EN Supreme Sword Exalt 极道剑尊 Tread the heavens, stand above ten thousand paths! Ascend to the pinnacle of the Dao, for I alone am the Sword Sovereign! This sword of mine is utterly ordinary, but you are all definitely going to die! 9.5MPopularity92kReaders9.1Score
- 15 EN Dragon Prince Yuan 元尊 Heaven and earth are the furnace, all things are bronze, yin and yang are the fuel, and creation is the craft. In the struggle for fortune, the serpent devours the sparrow, and the sparrow swallows the dragon. Will the serpent and sparrow reign supreme, or will the sacred dragon rise above all living things? This is a world where qi commands the universe, vast and magnificent. With a breath of qi, one can move mountains, overturn seas, turn heaven upside down, and command yin and yang and the un 28.9MPopularity67kReaders9.3Score
- 16 EN First Immortal of the Sword 剑道第一仙 I am a sword cultivator in the mortal world, unrivaled beneath the heavens. The animated series of the same name, Sword of the First Immortal, is now streaming. Completed works include Talisman Emperor and The Proud War of the Heavens. New book: Myriad Immortals Come to Court, continuing the journey of the Sword Immortal. 43.6MPopularity148kReaders9.2Score
- 17 EN Rule Horror: I Broke the Nightmare World 规则怪谈：我把怪谈世界玩崩了 Rules-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and each country will select one chosen champion to fight for survival in a world of strange tales. If a contestant dies, their country's fortune declines and disaster strikes. If they clear the challenge, their country's fortunes rise and everyone receives a reward. Su Chen happens to be selected and enters the terrifying haunted zoo challenge (a derivative work based on the original rules by Shiliu Yezi). 1. If you find that the elephants look differ 5.5MPopularity9.3kReaders9.6Score
- 18 EN Almighty Sword Domain 无敌剑域 If killing isn't for showing off, then it has no meaning. If living isn't for showing off, you might as well be dead. When I kill, I'll leave corpses strewn across the land. When I show off, I'll stand undefeated at the peak! My new book, One Sword to Rule Them All, is now available. Everyone is welcome to read it. Just search for One Sword to Rule Them All on Zongheng. WeChat Official Account: Search for Qingluan Feng directly. Qingluan Readers Group: 571783824 41.4MPopularity73kReaders9.4Score
- 19 EN Star Odyssey 踏星 A vast universe, countless races! Grand battle techniques, the Ten Decisions rise above all! Ancient clans with single-syllable surnames, the Top Hundred Battle Rankings! In my name, I tread upon the stars! One day in the year 2200, when humanity first set foot on Neptune, what they saw was a battle saber and a standing corpse!!! New book, Starry Dao: Our journey is to the sea of stars!! 28.1MPopularity95kReaders9.4Score
- 20 EN Martial God Asura 修罗武神 With a palm strike, I subdue the Heavenly Palace and command the sun and moon. With a slash of my sword, I tread upon the Netherworld and ascend to the Ninth Heaven. There are countless mortals in this world, but I alone become a god through slaughter, wild and unrivaled! I was Heaven's favored child, but after a villain framed me, my family cast me out. After falling into the mortal realm, my talent awakened. I, Chu Feng, swear to fight my way back to the Ninth Heaven and reclaim everything tha 14.9MPopularity133kReaders9.1Score
- 21 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 After accidentally transmigrating to another world, some people become immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate get to rise from being good-for-nothings. But when Gu Erdan arrived, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! Worse, he was a low-grade, headless, crippled skeleton soldier! Life is hard. The skeleton sighs. Looking at his body without an ounce of flesh, Gu Erdan decides to prove to everyone that he can rise above his lot 2.5MPopularity2.5kReaders9.4Score
- 22 EN The Venerable Swordsman 一剑独尊 I take life and death in stride. If you won't back down, then fight! The gods, Buddhas, and immortals of all the heavens? They fall to a single swing of my sword! 110MPopularity159kReaders9.5Score
- 23 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The jianghu is a string of pearls. Great and small figures are the pearls; great and small stories are the threads that string them together. And the two words "loyalty and affection" are the spirit and vitality of those pearls. The story is now drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: "Waiter, bring the wine." [A work supported by the Beijing Film and Television Publishing and Creation Fund] Thanks to the Beijing Municipal Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television B 54.9MPopularity98kReaders9.7Score
- 24 EN I Have a Sword 我有一剑 81.9MPopularity141kReaders9.5Score
- 25 The First Diviner 第一瞳术师 [Signed for publication] Online presales start at 8:00 p.m. on September 20. Recommended by Running Man, Ace vs Ace, and Hello, Farming Youth. This ensemble fantasy novel is being read by Meng Ziyi, Gao Hanyu, and Jiang Dunhao. Yun Zheng is a gifted eye-technique and mystic arts cultivator from a reclusive clan in China! One day, she transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing despised by everyone! A good-for-nothing? She can calculate everything in the world with a wave of her hand, and c 43.3MPopularity87kReaders9.8Score
