Fantasy Novels Where the Protagonist Is a Bandit Who Builds a Faction 主角是山贼组建势力的玄幻小说
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Cultivation Faction War: Rising to Power From Qingfeng Stronghold 修仙势力战：从清风寨开始崛起
(A growth-focused story with a main character and many supporting characters.) Synopsis: (Water Margin in an immortal-cultivation setting + a list of gods from another world) [Mortal cultivation + bandit stronghold development System + training bandit troops + growth + war + strategy] Xu Li accidentally transmigrates into the body of a lowly bandit and becomes the chief of Qingfeng Stronghold, where he obtains the Strongest Bandit Stronghold Development System. A cultivation family, you say? Why
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Water Margin: Reborn, Who'd Still Accept an Imperial Pardon? 水浒：都重生了，谁还招安啊！
Trade height for insight from the start! Ren Yuan transmigrates into a minor character in Water Margin, determined to forge his own legend in the martial world at the end of the Northern Song dynasty! Wherever the banners of the Liangshan army fly, the land belongs to the Han people! I’ll save the people the Great Song won’t save, and fight the enemies the Great Song won’t dare to fight! Jin Wushu: Ren Yuan, stay away from me!
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Water Margin: From the Start, I Take Out Shi Wengong 水浒之开局干掉史文恭
After transmigrating, he takes Shi Wengong out immediately. Right under Song Jiang's nose, he sets up his own little faction. Song Jiang says, “I want to accept the imperial amnesty!” Amnesty, amnesty, what kind of damn amnesty is that? After finally getting the chance to transmigrate, he's going to see this rebellion through to the end!
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Online Game: Becoming the King of Bandits 网游：成为山贼王的男人
[Outlandish, funny, online game, guild wars, laid-back, invincible] A thirty-year-old shut-in unexpectedly becomes the weakest bandit lord in the game’s beginner village! Luckily, he awakens an experience-refund System just in time. Whenever his underlings kill monsters or cultivate, he gets their experience points back. To keep himself alive and avoid dying at the hands of players, Xu Xiaoshan knows it’s time to make his move. Female str
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From the Start, I Inherit a Bandit Stronghold, and the Harder My Men Work, the Stronger I Get 开局继承山寨，手下越卷我越强
[Conquest + Lie Flat + Bandits] Qin Yu, a miserable overworked wage slave, transmigrates to another world as the young master of Qingyun Stronghold. In these chaotic times, being a bandit isn't all that bad. But when he opens his eyes, he finds that Qingyun Stronghold is surrounded by enemies, its food supplies have run out, and the place is on the brink of collapse. To make matters worse, there is a bounty on Qin Yu's head. Just as his life hangs by a thread, the “The Harder My Underlings Work,
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After I Transmigrated, I Became a Bandit 穿越之后我成了山贼
The mercenary Li Zheng accidentally transmigrates into the body of a bandit chief at a mountain stronghold in the Great Yan Kingdom. As it happens, the bandit chief shares his exact name! Other people transmigrate as emperors, crown princes, or heirs to noble titles. So why did I end up a bandit? And to top it off, I don't even have a System. This is so unfair! Is it really so hard to be a good person? But never mind. Since I've transmigrated, I'll make my own way through the world, winning the
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The Bandit's Rise 山贼逆袭
An alternate history setting. Please don't try to relate it to real history… While carrying out another mission, Yang Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. He hopes to live out his life in peace, but fate has other plans. With no other choice, he gradually grows into…
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Three Kingdoms: I Fed the Bandits, Only to Be Crowned Emperor 三国：喂饱山贼，我竟被披上黄袍
The early chapters are lighthearted and full of jokes. Readers who aren't used to that can skip the book. The middle part focuses on development and expansion. [Three Kingdoms + History + Comedy + Farming + Reputation and Supplies System + Recruiting + Lighthearted Humor] Lu Chuan transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty and becomes a bandit chief at Black Wind Stronghold. He only wants to join a powerful lord, get a government post, and quietly build up his strength. But then the stronghol
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Three Kingdoms: My Rise Begins as a Bandit 三国：崛起从山贼开始
Stock-trading genius Li An transmigrates and finds himself a punching bag in a mountain stronghold, bullied by a servant named Zhang Erhu! From the start, he swears brotherhood with the man to protect himself, setting off on a path to turn his fortunes around! Master Diao: “Li An is a man of both letters and arms. He’s clearly destined for greatness!” Zhao Wei: “If this boy isn’t eliminated, the Zhao family will never know peace!” Liu Zhang: “Li Zigui is a man of honor and loyalty. He would n
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Building an Immortal Power, Starting as a Banished Beggar! 打造不朽势力，从被贬乞丐开始！
Fantasy + System + Hegemony + Building a Faction Su Chen transmigrates to the Tianqi Continent and becomes a lowly beggar. He awakens the Mystery Box System. By recruiting subordinates, he can raise its level, and the higher the level, the more advanced the mystery boxes he can open. The contents are random, and opening a box requires spirit stones. Recruiting subordinates with special physiques can also earn him golden keys. Golden keys let him choose a mystery box treasure chest. [Ding! Congra
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Conquest: From the Start, I Summon Zhao Zilong 争霸：开局召唤赵子龙
[System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge
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Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊
[Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho
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Isn't It Only Natural for My Auction House to Have Countless Emperors? 我一个拍卖行有无数大帝很合理吧
[Playing It Safe + Auction House + Summoning + Fantasy] When Yang An woke up, he discovered that he'd experienced the fabled transmigration, arriving in a magnificent fantasy world. He'd even acquired an almighty Auction House System. But for some reason, this useless System seemed a little different. Who says an auction house can only be an auction house? I am the lord of the supreme auction house, the master of the Myriad Worlds Trading Company, the mastermind behind the Heavenly Court, the fo
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Xuanhuan: I Created a Mysterious Organization 玄幻：我创建了一个神秘组织
[System + building a force + traversing the universe + decisive and ruthless + satisfying power fantasy + invincible] Li Qiye transmigrates to the Eternal World and awakens the strongest organization System. From the start, he establishes the Abyss Organization. Beneath the abyss lies endless silence. The uncanny and unpredictable darkness engulfs everything. Li Qiye: The abyss descends, the dark night approaches, and all of you will die…
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Eight Great Demons from the Start, Building a Dark Heavenly Court 开局八大恶魔，建立黑暗天庭
[Invincible + Summoning + Taking Disciples + Pure Satisfaction + Mastermind] Ye Tian transmigrates into a fantasy world and obtains the Mythical Faction System. From the start, he summons three thousand shadow soldiers at the Mahayana stage, establishes the Heavenly Court, and founds an assassin organization called the Asura Hall. Heaven’s justice shall be served, and nothing shall escape its blade! You’re the ancestor of a sacred land, or the Great Emperor of the demon race? Sorry. Anyone on th
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An Invincible Clan, with 3,000 Emperors from the Start 无敌家族开局3000大帝
An invincible protagonist + an invincible family + System + one female lead + decisive and ruthless + no saintly do-gooder + crushing everyone all the way. Long Fei: If we want to protect our loved ones, let’s give each of them a Great Emperor protector! What? My younger brother wants to become emperor? Then give him weapons and equipment, and ten Great Emperors as his family’s hidden strength! What? My cousin wants to go into business? Then give him ten billion spirit stones as startup capital!
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A Bandit’s Path to Chuunibyou Greatness 山贼的中二崛起之路
What the heck? How did I transmigrate out of nowhere? Well, not bad. I'm the second-in-command of a mountain stronghold. Being a bandit is fine. I can lie flat now. What? The chief of the stronghold, who was also my dad, is dead? The stronghold has no money or food, and everyone's about to run off? What the heck, what kind of disastrous start is this? Help! What do I do? A thunderous crash rang out from the sky. The System made a dramatic entrance. Brave young man, the great System supports you!
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Great Ming: My Blackwind Stronghold's Wife Is the Empress 大明：我黑风寨，压寨夫人是皇后
Li Mengde transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty and becomes a bandit at Black Wind Stronghold, where he is bound to the [Strongest Bandit Stronghold] System. To build up Black Wind Stronghold, he leads his bandit underlings down the mountain to rob people. “Stop right there!” “This mountain is mine, and I planted these trees!” But the first person he encounters is none other than Empress Yi'an of the Great Ming! As the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold, he promptly abducts the empress
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The Strongest Bandit Chief in History 史上最强寨主
In a single moment, he transmigrates and becomes the chief of a tiny mountain stronghold! It is a time of chaos, with several nations on his borders. How can a small-time chief survive between them? “If one day I achieve my grand ambition, I'll dare laugh at Huang Chao and call him no true man!” Atop Mount Tai, he raises his arms and cries: “Are kings and generals born to their station?”
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Lost in a Game World 误入游戏世界
The world is a living hell. Evil spirits run rampant, and all living things howl in despair. I scream into the darkness, but the only answer is the iron fist I swung in my youth! … Extreme martial arts + muscles + attributes + martial cultivation + showing off in public
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The Ninth-Rank Demon Exorcist 九品驱魔人
When the sun sets, every door in the city is shut! Evil spirits open their eyes, and monsters run rampant! The Wei Constables mount the city walls, while exorcists draw their swords. An apprentice from a martial arts school stands proudly amid the demons, determined to protect one last sanctuary.
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I Never Meant to Become a Rebel 我真没想当反贼
In a game set during the Three Kingdoms era, Han Xinghe randomly landed in the rebel faction from the start and became a Yellow Turban soldier. He had planned to desert and join the imperial court to restore the Han dynasty, but through a twist of fate, he defeated government soldiers and was promoted to the Holy Son of the Way of Great Peace. Through tireless effort, he eventually inherited Zhang Jiao’s legacy and reached the pinnacle of life. Lü Bu is my big brother, Dian Wei is on my left, an
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Tomb Raiding: The Corrupted Qilin Tattoo 盗墓：邪化麒麟纹身
[South Sea Return to the Ruins, Under One Person + tomb raiding + Old Nine Gates + the Qilin boy + century-old families + exposure + immortality + the uncanny] The soldier, the actor, and the immortal led astray. The rakish devil laughs like a Buddha. The beauty who reads fortunes plays a game that reaches the heavens. This is a story that belongs to the Old Nine Gates.
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Mysteries Resurge: Tarot Cards, Starting as a Diviner 诡秘复苏：塔罗牌，从占卜家开始
Cthulhu + Steampunk + Global ferocious beasts... A vast world where terror has returned. (Bring your brain when you read this!) Can divination be used in combat? Can slimes become gods? Do you have to rely on a brutal charge to fight? Only a fool would leave their brain unused. Build an organization behind the scenes and train underlings to do the dirty work. Norton Kurt manipulates his pawns, tugging at the threads of fate again and again. Only after it's all over do people realize, to their sh
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The Civil Engineer Lord Just Wants to Tend His Fields in Peace 土木领主只想好好种田
Lin Mu, a civil engineer, sets out to build a life in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is to it? A worldbuilding story! A vast array of races, an immense world, hard-nosed development, and mysteries hidden at every turn. The stars and the sea? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? That would make the cosmos far too dull, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, more colossal, more fascinating,
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Maple Fate City 枫缘城
In the Source Qi World, the factions rank from weakest to strongest: villages, towns, castles, territories, united territories, and clans. In the Source Qi World, strength is everything. If you're strong, you can live very well. If you're weak, survival is a struggle. Jian Shu is the grandson of Hong Shangjiang, the head of the Hong clan, and a direct disciple of Jian Mingmu, the head of the Jian clan. After the Jiang clan wiped out the Jian and Hong clans, leaving only him and Jian Hongtian ali
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I Want to Be a Wise Ruler 我要做明君
He wakes up as a puppet emperor, with treacherous ministers ruling at home and enemy nations invading from abroad. Cede territory? Pay reparations? Arrange a marriage alliance? “I'll make you give it all back, one by one.”
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A Temp Worker at the Funeral Home 在殡仪馆的临时工
This story begins with a family that runs a funeral home. In this web novel, you'll encounter some of the funeral home's strange and bizarre events. I'll tell it in the first person, starting from the moment I die and enter the funeral home, all the way until my soul scatters and vanishes through its towering chimney. What form does the human soul take? What does it do? Some say that after death, the body becomes 24 grams lighter. Is that really the weight of the soul? I'll answer these question
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The Path to Conquest 枭雄争霸之路
“Since you’re not going to school anymore, starting tomorrow, you’re coming with me to hoe the fields and spread fertilizer,” Zhang Fengjun said gruffly. His family had more than two hectares of corn. To help it grow well, they had to loosen the soil once in summer, which was called hoeing in the north, and fertilize it a second time. “I’m not going!” Zhang Qiang said. “What did you say?” Zhang Fengjun glared at Zhang Qiang and demanded loudly. I’m going to make my own way in the world! The road
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The Great Bandit of Northern Song 北宋大山贼
Song law: thieves were sentenced to thirty strokes and exile a thousand li away! Robbers received eighty strokes, then were branded and sent into military service! Those who gathered a crowd and raised a revolt were executed on the spot! Chen Yan was curious. If he, a bandit who had gathered men in the mountains and planned to steal the nation's imperial throne, were caught, what sentence would he get? This is the story of a reckless bandit who runs rampant in the late Northern Song dynasty and
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Building a Dynasty, Starting with a Hundred Ants 从一百只蚂蚁开始建立王朝
After being hit head-on by a truck known as a portal to another world, Fang Yi successfully transmigrates. The catch is that he has become an ant, one of a colony at the very bottom of the food chain. Luckily, he obtains the “Dynasty System.” Starting with a colony of just one hundred ants, he can gradually expand, exchange for bloodlines, develop technology, and build an ant dynasty of his own. But this is only the beginning. Then comes the spiritual qi revival, the descent of the holy son, and
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The Bandit Emperor 山寨土皇帝
A handsome young man transmigrates to a poor mountain village in an alternate ancient world. Armed with a System that lets him buy anything from his original timeline, he thinks he's the chosen one, destined to unite the land. Then he discovers his ceiling is being the chief of a mountain stronghold… A laid-back farming story with a scheming protagonist and a touch of absurd humor. It's rustic and decidedly unglamorous…
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I Only Gathered a Million Troops, So Why Are You Starting a Rebellion, Alliance Leader? 我不过屯兵百万，盟主你何故造反
[Traditional fantasy] [Plot-driven] [Sect-building] [Lighthearted and humorous] [Laid-back everyday life] Ji Jinye transmigrates to another world and teams up with his beloved wife to open a Worry-Relief Hall. After steadily building it up, it eventually becomes a top force in the Immortal Alliance, commanding a million elite fighters. Just then, the Alliance Leader rebels. Well, as the Hall Master... ahem! The Hall Master has no choice but to send troops and suppress the rebellion! Ji Jinye: "A
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Clan Cultivation: I Follow the Path of Earth and Wood 家族修仙：我以土木入道
[Cultivator Family + Beast Taming + Apocalypse + Eldritch Horrors + Infrastructure and Farming + Vast World + Subverting Expectations + Traditional Culture] Li Mu, a civil engineer, transmigrates to a world called the Proliferating Wasteland. Most of this world is crawling with corpse ghosts and steeped in curses. No one knows how high the sky reaches or how deep the earth goes. The world is constantly devouring and merging with other worlds, expanding and proliferating without end. The deeper
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The Growth of an Ordinary Person in Another World 异世小人物的成长历程
Lighthearted, stress-relieving, with no System and no golden finger. Experience the sights and beauties of another world. Let your world feel less lonely, and let your ambitions soar! Unleash all that irresistible charm you’ve been holding back, and watch the protagonist rise from nothing to the pinnacle of life, bringing glory to our nation in another world.
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