This World Is on the Brink of Ruin
这个天下，危在旦夕
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- Ongoing
- Length
- 275k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- English
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Other names
- The Empress's Salvation Conquest女帝救世攻略Alternate title on Fanqie
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Novels Where the Author's Lifespan Is on the Line
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Looking for Clever, Scheming Female Leads Like Lü Songli and Lin Zhihuang
I want to read something similar to Dad! Lie Down Quickly, Your Daughter Will Make You the Retired Emperor!
Looking for Well-Written Political Intrigue Novels
I want a smart female lead with a high status who knows when to keep a low profile or conceal her abilities 🙈 No scummy fathers and stepmothers, or concubine half-sisters constantly causing petty trouble in the household. No sweet romance, just a pure historical power struggle 🤗
Looking for Female-Oriented Novels Like Searching for Songs While Carrying Wine
Looking for books like The Game Descends: I Want This, This, and This.
Worth Rereading Again and Again: No-Romance Stories
A feel-good novel with no romance! Any gender is fine~~ The key is that it should be satisfying!
Are There Really No Better Female Leads Than Lü Songli, Xu Yue, and the Others?
Looking for books like "With the Worthy Minister System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times". The female lead is talented, self-reliant, determined, and knows her own mind. She doesn't lose herself in romance and has ambitions. I'll read any genre, whether it's modern, cultivation, or has a System.
Strong Female Leads with No Romance, Please 🙏🏻
Please stop recommending stories with romance in threads asking for no-romance stories! I'm begging you! No romance, no romance, no romance. Important things must be said three times. And please, no soft, cutesy girls who rely entirely on the male lead. I'm begging you 🙏🏻 Please check the tags 🙏🏻
The Strongest Female Lead, Bar None: A Top-Tier 9.8-Rated Read
Looking for Ancient-Style Political Intrigue with a Smart Protagonist Who Plots on a Grand Scale
The protagonist should have their own faction. No System!!!
Real Political Intrigue Fiction: Nothing Shallow or Brain-Burning, That’s My Taste
Reading this will make you wonder whether you have a brain. Highly, highly recommended. Everyone is smart, and the foreshadowing runs throughout the whole story. Anyway, I didn't understand a thing. It's just satisfying from start to finish. All I can say is the author's writing is insanely good.
Power Plays, Scheming, and Brainy Strategists
Become my pawn once again. I will win this game, even if the gods themselves stand in my way. I will beat them by half a move.
Wuxia, Court Politics, Scheming, and Alternate History
Traditional wuxia stories where the male lead is powerful and influential, has a hidden faction, roams the martial world, and falls into a love-hate relationship with the female lead.
Any Grand-scale Historical Political Intrigue Novels?
The male and female leads should be smart, not foolish and naive.
I’ll Always Submit to the Clearheaded, Rational Heroines in These Authors’ Stories
I'd like to read something like Damn! Drop the Urge to Help Others and Respect the Scumbag's Fate. Quick transmigration, conquest stories, high quality.
No Romance Only! No Romance Only! No Romantic Tension! Please Recommend Novels With No Romance or Flirting
Looking for books like Infinite: Forced Into an Infinite-Flow Game, I Became a God. Please recommend stories with no CP and no romantic tension. Any genre is fine, but ideally infinite flow, quick transmigration, showbiz talent competitions, forum-style manga, secret identities, full-dive games, imperial exams and officialdom, or comprehensive martial arts.
Looking for Stories About a Female Emperor: Court Intrigue, Nation-Building, and Strategists
Looking for books similar to "Quick Transmigration: Qin Shi Huang Wants Me to Become an Empress".
Ancient-Era Stories With a Brilliant Strategist, Political Intrigue, Mind Games, and Power-Building
No Romance, Female Protagonist, Any Genre: No Flirting, No Stupid Characters
Important things must be said three times: No romance! No romance!! No romance!!! No flirting! No flirting!! No flirting!!! No idiotic characters! No idiotic characters!! No idiotic characters!!! Good morals! Good morals!! Good morals!!!
I've Been Reading for Ten Years and Have Run Out of Books. I'll Take Anything, So Send Me Your Recommendations!
Beast-world, farming, palace intrigue, youth, sweet romance, school life, or a strong female lead are all fine. Please recommend lots of books, my dears!
Looking for Stories with a Female Lead Who Calls the Shots, Stays Razor-Sharp, and Is Always Scheming
Power Struggles ♛ Masterminds Behind the Board ♞ Schemes to Rule the World ♝
Looking for novels with a protagonist who’s almost supernaturally clever and skilled at political maneuvering. A System or not is fine, and a female lead or not is fine, but I don’t like protagonists who think with their pants. I’m begging you, great masters!!!
Any Political Intrigue Stories with Grand Strategies and Highly Intelligent Scheming?
Looking for Clever Books Full of Strategic Scheming and Mind Games
Political Intrigue and a Big-Picture Female Lead!!!
I want a female-led story with a grand scope. A male lead is fine, too. Please, I’ve run out of books to read. It needs to be well written!
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The writing is truly superb. If it continues to be updated, it has a high chance of becoming a bestseller. I feel this book deserves at least a 9.7. To achieve this level of quality without any special advantages is remarkable. Personally, I think it's the purest female-centric power struggle novel I've ever read by Tomato.
Fantastic! Excellent writing! A top-tier novel!! Completely unlike traditional female-oriented novels, the plot has a grand scope, and while not as direct as male-oriented novels, it also possesses the subtlety of female-oriented novels. Its scope is on par with male-oriented novels; a truly outstanding historical fantasy novel!!
This novel is exceptionally well-written, with a slow-paced yet profound plot. The female lead's character is also excellent—not overly saintly, nor too cold-blooded, and possessing a strong moral compass. It's right up my alley. Seeing that it has no romantic subplot, I immediately bought it.
I prefer stories that focus on developing female characters other than the main character. I didn't want to give it five stars because there were too few female characters and they weren't well-developed. I can count only two characters (including the main character) being developed in detail. However, the political intrigue and court politics were well-written, and the female characters were well-developed. I hope there will be more stories about female characters.
Wow, this is truly a genuinely good book I've found on Tomato Bookstore. The author's writing style is so high, it's clear they graduated with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature or higher. It's so well-written; the vocabulary and sentence structure are never pretentious or verbose, and most importantly, it's not greasy at all.
I'll start with a five-star review. Here's my subjective assessment: The beginning was great, but the pacing felt a bit slow, lacking suspense. There weren't many plot holes, and the resolution was slow. The later parts, which have already reached a certain word count, became a bit difficult to continue reading because there were no hooks (suspense) to keep me engaged.
The female protagonist is intelligent and resourceful. Her intelligence isn't explicitly stated by the author, but rather revealed through various characters and plot points, leading to moments of sudden realization: "Oh, that's how the scheme works!" Furthermore, the protagonist undergoes growth.
It's super good! I love the female lead's personality. The author's descriptions of military and political aspects are meticulous and logically sound, the plot flows smoothly, and the source material is used effectively. The female lead's character is also very vivid. I just hope this one is without a romantic pairing! [Learned something new]
Very good, five stars! Please update! I'm glad I wasn't fooled by the low rating; I don't know why such a good story gets such a low score. It's rare to see a story with such a strong female lead on Tomato Book, especially one focused solely on her career. First of all, the author has a strong historical and literary background; the writing isn't simplistic and is very comfortable to read.
This is a female-centric novel, not a superficial wish-fulfillment story of rampaging through the battlefield, but it offers profound reflections on human nature and power struggles, far surpassing the typical palace intrigue and domestic drama. Highly recommended!