Xuan Luo has no recollection of his past. The only thing that can identify him is the jade around his neck. ... more>>

But ever since he had opened the mysterious book from the forest, his strength has multiplied and a current has been running through his body. Strangely enough, the current running through his body resembles the faint current from his jade.

Who is he? What is the connection between his jade and the book? <<less

Yeon Lokheun is a girl who grows up living as a boy learning martial and spiritual arts. She heads for the palace in order to... more>> clear the name of her father, a wanted criminal, where she meets the young Emperor Garyun. He promises to save her father’s life in exchange for her lifelong services. After gaining Garyun’s trust, she travels the world solving supernatural-like problems that arise in place of the Emperor. But how long can she continue this life without the others finding out that she is actually a woman? <<less

It all started from a death match.... more>>

Chu Feiyang’s first trip to Cang Lang mountain was the time first he saw Jun Shuying. The name was just a simple name to him, it was just a target he was going to kill on this trip and was just an insignificant brush stroke on his list of people that harmed Jianghu and needed to be removed. After their first battle, Jun Shuying escaped and regained a bit of his strength, but then another enemy came knocking. His life was saved, but Jun Shuying was being fed an unknown pill (that make him able to get pregnant) by his friend, and then his body became painful and cold. <<less

Lu Si transmigrated to another world with the “Wuxia Novelist System” and started his storytelling career since then.... more>>

With the familiar martial arts novels from previous live causing a sensation in the world, all kinds of martial arts and magical skills appeared in the world, which shocked countless people in the world.

Some even realized all kinds of peerless magical skills from it, and the world has become chaotic since then. <<less

She is the top double-system special agent with unusual powers. After she is reborn and travels back to the past, she suddenly becomes a good-for-nothing aristocratic Little Lord in a third-world country. ... more>>

From then on, she turns from a good-for-nothing to a genius, making humongous progress in her cultivation and can very easily obtain medicine refinement enhancements. Even beasts and fiends bow down to her.

It's fine that she is forced to disguise as a man, but why do evildoers still harass her, even though she publicly announces that she's a male?

From that day onwards, the cold and mysterious Holy Master becomes a bitter wife-chasing s*ave! An evenly-matched cat and mouse chase begins between the two of them... <<less

Jiang Feng, a handsome young martial artist, was injured during a misadventure and ended up being saved by the sisters Yaoyue and Lianxing of the Palace of Shifting Flowers, who were considered the most powerful female martial artists in the pugilistic world. The two sisters fell in love with Jiang Feng, but he spurned them because of their arrogance. Instead, he fell in love with their servant girl, Hua Yuenu.... more>>

Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenu were forced to flee from the Palace after Hua became pregnant with Jiang’s child. However, they ended up being betrayed by Jiang Feng’s servant, Jiang Biehe, and attacked by bandits. During their harrowing flight, Hua Yuenu gave birth to a pair of twin boys abut ended up dying together with Jiang Feng during a bandit attack. Yaoyue and Lianxing soon caught up with the couple only to find them dead. Refusing to forgive Jiang Feng for rejecting her love, Yaoyue vowed to take her revenge by making his two sons destroy each other. To do that, they adopted one of the boys as their own child and abandoned the other.

The other boy was soon saved by Yan Nantian, Jiang Feng’s sworn brother and one of the most powerful martial artists in the pugilistic world. Unaware of the first boy’s fate, Yan Nantian pursued Jiang Biehe into the Villains’ Valley, a place populated entirely by criminals. There, he encountered five of the notorious Ten Great Villains whom he defeated easily before falling into a trap set by them. The villains ended up torturing Yan Nantian till he fell unconscious, but chose not to harm the second boy, instead deciding to raise him as their apprentice in order to groom him into the greatest villain in history. <<less

The second book in Wang Dulu's Crane-Iron wuxia-romance series begins the story of celebrated valiants Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian.

Zhao Guan grew up in brothels. He is sly and crafty, resourceful. His father is unknown, his mother mu*dered by enemies. After his family is killed, he wanders the world with the poison techniques passed down by his mother, relying on his quick wits to survive in the chaotic and dangerous Jianghu.... more>>

Ling Haotian is born to prestigious doctors in the wulin and doted on and respected. But he is mischievous and hates being restrained, and is always thinking of ways to break away, causing headaches for others.

These two young men are as different as day and night, but they are thrown together by a twist of fate, and their mettle tested by a series of bizarre happenings. How will they affect the unstable wulin? <<less

Reborn into an ancient world filled with sword energy, he was adopted by an assassin master. ... more>>

Don't be surprised to discover that the martial arts in this world are more prosperous and thriving than he imagined. From high-ranking officials and nobles to ordinary people in the jianghu, all have martial arts by their side. In order not to become medicine residue that others can easily grab to practice their skills, he painfully practiced martial arts - acupoint striking, qinggong, mechanisms and traps, palm techniques, sword techniques, inner energy cultivation. Although endowed with astounding talents, he remains as steady as an old dog.

Reborn into this world, he doesn't seek an exciting life, just a peaceful one where he can live to a hundred years old. Suddenly one day, a young female imperial guard was ordered to go undercover by his side, becoming his partner... <<less

"The family head is quite a foolish man."... more>>

A servant in the Seol family of Gansu, Ja Woon-yeop, thought this. The foolish family head, manipulated by the new mistress Chu San-mi, contrasts with the upright eldest son, Seol Soo-beom.

"The first young master Seol Soo-beom is the most terrifying person I know!"

Despite being caught stealing and facing severe scolding and humiliation, Ja Woon-yeop ultimately decides to help Seol Soo-beom thwart Chu San-mi's schemes.

"I am the eldest son of the greatest family of Gansu, I cannot just watch this happen." "I will grow stronger than now and deal with them all."

Seol Soo-beom resolves to leave and gain strength, seeking revenge against Chu San-mi, and Ja Woon-yeop also decides to leave the Seol family and walk his own path.

"In this one life, I refuse to be just an orphan or a servant; I will rise as a superhuman." "Freely and with pride, I will roam this vast world."

Ja Woon-yeop, who became a master through training his own martial arts from a mysterious secret manual, begins to get closer to the scheme that loomed over the Seol family of Gansu as he meets various comrades...

Then one day, Ja Woon-yeop and Seol Soo-beom meet again. Ja Woon-yeop is surprised by Seol Soo-beom's martial arts.

"To think you, the eldest son of an orthodox family, would use such a sword technique!"

The very man who condemned him as wicked was now treading a heretic's path, just like himself! <<less

[Checking the user: Danmok Ryeon]... more>>

The eldest grandchild of the Danmok Clan, Danmok Ryeon, who woke up after seven years.

A strange sentence suddenly appeared in front of her, who saw up until after her death and then returned.

[Please maintain your energy below 50. If this condition lasts for at least two months or more, it will result in death.]

At least as the eldest grandchild of a Murim Clan, she who was unable to build up life energy, must somehow release the energy stored up in her body.

However, after she raised a chicken, it became a phoenix,

She made a sticky rice cake, but it became an elixir,

And she only fanned it, but the air was purified?

“I’ll eliminate everything that interferes with my health and longevity!”

All preparations to raise up the Clan that was ruined were now done.

The moment she was about to reestablish the Clan like that.

“What’s your name?”

“Hwaryun.”

Just why is the Demon Heavenly Cult’s future Young Cult Master our house’s servant…?

What’s worse, he is two years younger than me?

Under the unexpected circumstances which kept coming,

Can Ryeon really revive the Danmok Clan? <<less

In the past, during the decisive battle between the martial artists of the Central Plains and the Moyun Sect of the Northern Wilderness, the swordsman... more>> Yun Jing Shan emerged from the sky and single-handedly saved the martial world from danger. From then on, he was revered as the “Sword of the World”. Thirteen years later, the Zhengqi Changfeng Pavilion that was in charge of the martial world suddenly summoned masters from various sects to Kunlun to kill Dao Zong who had lived in seclusion for many years. At this moment, no one could have expected that the “famous and nameless” man from the plains and mountains Wu Zhong and his ignorant apprentice Ye Liang, the lazy servant Chen Che who didn’t care about anything and her mistress Ning Jian, these masters and apprentices are about to completely overturn this vast and treacherous martial arts dispute… <<less

The Sword and the Exquisiteness chronicles the adventures of Yu Peiyu in a martial arts world that is filled with danger and deceit.... more>>

The leaders of various clans are being killed off and replaced with look-alikes.

What is the conspiracy behind this?
Yu Peiyu finds out... <<less

Born as the daughter of the last martial artist of this era, that is Yeon.... more>>

Her father is the world's greatest fighter and is respected by everyone.

The only problem was……

"I know it's impressive, but I don't have to follow in his footsteps, do I?"

Her stubborn father's dream was for his daughter to also follow the path of martial arts.
Naturally, Yeon's life was filled with grueling training.

Living a dull life, Yeon's only hobby was reading romance fantasy novels before going to bed.

"If only I could live as a lady once……"

After making a wish, Yeon fell asleep and entered a novel as if she were dreaming.

However, her enjoyment is short-lived when she realizes that it's not a romance fantasy, but rather a martial arts novel.

"It was my dream to be a possessor, but of all things, it had to be a martial arts novel, and in the body of a supporting character who dies early!"

Feeling indignant and weeping, she suddenly notices her own reflection in the mirror. It was a glamorous image.

'Hold on. Does this mean... I could become a lady?'

Moreover, in this world, there was a man who looked exactly like the male lead in her favorite romance fantasy.

He was handsome and talented, but with a wretched backstory.

"Things are going to be different now."

The fate of a supporting character who dies early? Forget about it.

Whether they're followers of the devil or a heretical sect, even the worst villains don't scare her.

Why? Because she is the strongest possessor in history.

This is the story of Yeon's adventures in the martial arts world, as she stumbles along in pursuit of everything she desires. <<less

Yi Zaha. The crazy demon crazy for martial arts. While he was running away after stealing the heavenly pearl of the Demon Cult Leader, he... more>> fell off a cliff. After thinking that everything was over, he opened his eyes to see that he had returned back to when he was a waiter… And he is being beat up for something that he didn’t do. The crazy demon who returned to the beginning of his days as a waiter! Will he go crazy again, or will he drive his enemies crazy? <<less

A boy who managed to attain the eyes of fate through a deal with the Demon King, Gongson Chun Gi. But the deal came with... more>> a heavy cost. Gongs Chun Gi’s resistance against his unfair fate. The king of the dead, the Reaper King, descends into the martial world! <<less

Wang, Kuo, and Yanqi all intruded into an empty mansion separately looking for the same thing: food. They were all poor as church mice, but... more>> they became blood brothers, supporting each other, and the poor <<less

The Number One Swordsman was very lonely, he wanted to fight.... more>>

The Number Two Swordsman always followed behind, not letting him fight.

Later, they met the Number Three Swordsman, and gossip spread all over the world—the Number One Swordsman and the Number Two Swordsman were together.

However, everyone had their own thoughts:

The Number Two Swordsman: I’m a third wheel

The Number Three Swordsman: I’m a third wheel

The Number One Swordsman: The Number Two Swordsman feels good to touch. <<less

Chunryu walked forward, Hwayeon and Hyunhyun followed him from behind. Chunryu will become a Sword God and be exalted by every martial artist. Hwayeon who... more>> will become a female emperor who will receive the adoration of ten thousand civilians. Hyunhyun, the most talented woman the martial world has ever seen who will bring peace to the central China. <<less

Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains《蜀山劍俠傳》by Huanzhu Louzhu 還珠樓主 (lit. Master of Returning Pearl Loft) was published between 1932 and 1948 and is one of the most influential wuxia novels of all time. Many of the elements in this novel became standard tropes of the wuxia genre. It is also the forefather of the modern xianxia cultivation novel. Huanzhu’s cultivation system became the standard, fusing the Daoist quest for transcendence with the Buddhist reincarnation cycle and tribulation system, as well as the Confucian virtue of humaneness 仁 and the chivalrous xia 俠 archetype. At over 4.1 million Chinese characters, it is also one of the longest wuxia novels, though it remains unfinished due to the... more>> civil war in China. So the first cultivation novel was also eunuched—rather fitting.

The story follows multiple protagonists as they gradually gather together, fighting heretical sects and spirit elementals on their way to founding the Mount Emei Sect. Most outstanding among these protagonists is Li Yingqiong, who begins the novel as a girl with no martial arts abilities, and through the course of the novel cultivates to become a transcendent (aka immortal).

In this novel, plants, animals, and monsters can all become human and cultivate to transcendence, or lose their primordial spirit (aka nascent soul) and have to start all over, or be obliterated completely after failing their tribulation. Grotto-heavens and magic treasures abound, and we see the beginning of sects as major organizations in wuxia novels with important roles in the plot, such as Emei, Qingcheng, Mount Hua, Wudang, Mount Huang, Snowy Mountain, Kongtong, Kunlun, and Wutai, as well as the emergence of what would later become the archetypal eccentric beggar character. There are miraculous drugs, sword kinesis, and battles between mythical beasts, and heretic cultivators trying to cheat their way to a faster transcendence. In short, pretty much all of the elements one normally sees in the typical xianxia cultivation webnovel. <<less

A young Emperor is cast out of his Empire by his uncle, who seizes the throne for himself. The young Emperor sets out to become... more>> the strongest among the living, and take back what is rightfully his... <<less

Captain Eugene was once a hero of space warfare. After being abandoned by his command, he is caught in a space-time tidal wave on his final mission and crash-lands on a world he has never heard of, Murim. ... more>>

Having been plugged into an unknown force, he quietly tries to repair the ship and return home, but it's not easy. "I've finally found a dragon!" "Where can I get some of that delicious holy water?"

They mistake the ship for a dragon, or Coke for holy water, and even when you say something to save them the trouble, it's wrong.

"I am the manifestation of a demon god!" But is there such a thing as a real demon religion? Eugene is a spaceman who wants to avoid a twisted future. <<less

A bloody man charges into the Mystic Metropolis Abbey with a secret treasure map that’s been missing for years, a map that purportedly leads to a secret martial arts manual called Return to the Origin, said to contain the world’s greatest martial arts. Whoever possesses the manual will be number one in the martial world.... more>>

And so a storm is brewing as masters from all the Nine Major Martial Arts Schools—Wudang, Shaolin, Mount Hua, Kunlun, Emei, Mount Snow, Diancang, Kongtong, and Qingcheng—convene in northern Hunan, looking to track down the treasure map that leads to the Return to the Origin manual.

Yang Menghuan, young disciple of Kunlun master One Yang, is tasked with escorting his junior sectsister Shen Xialin to Kunlun so she will be safe from the danger approaching. But the major martial arts schools, as well as the increasingly powerful Heavenly Dragon Gang, want them as a hostage, to force One Yang to hand over the treasure map… <<less

Li Xunhuan rises to prominence as a martial artist in the jianghu for the expert use of his signature weapon, the Little Li Flying Dagger.... more>> He is in love with Lin Shiyin but decides to give up on her to repay his sworn brother Long Xiaoyun’s kindness towards him. Long Xiaoyun marries Lin Shiyin eventually. Li Xunhuan is emotionally hurt and he retires from the jianghu. <<less

Can jianghu wanderers ever refrain from messing around?... more>>

The turbulence of the world fostered us, whose existence upon joining jianghu going by as quick as a blink.*

"In this world where war erupts throughout, jianghu is a cycle of vengeance and retribution. You either persist, or you perish."

Many years ago, a young Chu Xiwei who recently joined the sect was chilled to the bone by those words he happened to have heard.

Seeing that his young disciple was scared quite enough, Ye Fusheng leisurely sipped his tea, "What I just said is pure nonsense."

Every young chivalrous individuals joining jianghu would happen upon one martial art scroll or another. Ye Fusheng was so often tricked by this preconception in his younger years that when he got older, he decided to hoard other people's scrolls.

But jianghu didn't work as simply as that.

It was a society of using one's might to carve one's path, of competing for artifacts and debating one's skills.

Legends would never fade with the withering time, just as hatred would not disappear in a peaceful age.

As the golden time passed, all splendor would be reduced to dust. With it, Glimpse of Grace** was sealed away from the world.

Notes:
* From an unnamed poem, by an unknown poet (rumored to be authored by Li Bai).
** The sword name is 惊鸿掠影, which in context of the story can also be separated into its short title: 惊鸿 – Jing Hong, and the name of an organization 掠影 – Lue Ying. <<less