Historical Fantasy with a High-Ranking Identity from the Start, Political Intrigue, and No Idiotic Characters 开局身份很高，有权谋不弱智的历史玄幻文
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- 101 Apocalypse: After Awakening Infinite Extraction, I Stocked Up to the Brim 末世：觉醒无限提取后，我囤满了 Reborn before the apocalypse began, Xiao Chen was betrayed by his girlfriend and her brother. They stole the billions' worth of supplies he had painstakingly stockpiled, then shoved him into a horde of zombies and left him to die with a broken leg. When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day of that tragedy. Xiao Chen sneered and activated the Apocalypse Overlord System. As the betrayers celebrated having all the resources, they suddenly noticed the same line of tiny print on every sup 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 There Is No Second Chance at Ziwu Valley 子午谷没有第二次 There Will Be No Second Crossing of Ziwugu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Starting Off Strong, I Beat the Entire Court to a Pulp! 开局劲大，打爆整个朝堂！
Li Qingxuan transmigrates as a prisoner in exile, with his entire family due to be executed tomorrow. From the start, he gets a god-tier three-choice selection. An immortal Daoist physique? A world-destroying slash? And... extra strength? What kind of option is just "extra strength"? Li Qingxuan decisively chooses extra strength! The next second, he tears apart the black iron prison wagon with his bare hands and takes down the imperial notice that no one in the city dares accept! In the Golden T
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On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位
[Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak
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The Sweeper of Great Yin 大胤扫地人
After transmigrating to the Great Yin dynasty, Su Chen became a lowly palace sweeper and awakened the supernatural art Dust Listening: wherever he sweeps, he can hear every secret whispered over the past seven days. No System, no ambitions of conquest, just a broken broom and a desperate struggle to survive. The Crown Prince plots rebellion, powerful eunuchs pull strings, and every corner of the palace brims with deadly danger. Hiding in the dust, he eavesdrops on court conspiracies and navigate
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Japan's Warring States: The Ambitions of the Man Who Would Rule the World 日本战国：天下人的野望
Reborn after death, he transmigrated to Japan’s Sengoku era, right at the time of the Incident at Honnoji. The Sixth Heaven’s Demon King, Oda Nobunaga, was destined to die. Japan, on the verge of unification, would once again fall into a patchwork of warring powers. As the saying goes, heroes are made by their times, and heroes also emerge from their times. Now, the times belong to me. The ambition to rewrite the history of Sengoku Japan and rise to the pinnacle of power as the ruler of the real
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The Shadow War Between the Eastern Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms 暗战之东晋与十六国
The title may not sound very much like a Tomato Novel, but the story is great. A descendant of the reborn Zhuge Liang marries a future female agent, a descendant of Sima Yi who has transmigrated into a woman with the same name? One of them goes undercover in Former Qin, while the other hunts spies in the Eastern Jin? And they have a female partner who transmigrated along with her body and disguises herself as a man to get things done? A villainess even brainwashes Xie Daoyun, the talented woman
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Quick, Let Duke Zhou Eat Some Meat 快让周公吃肉
I transmigrated one day and became the famous Duke of Zhou, Ji Dan. Everyone praises me, saying, “The Duke of Zhou spits out his food to welcome worthy men, and all under Heaven turn to him.” But who knew I wasn’t practicing humility, I really just can’t stomach meat! The shadows of the blood sacrifices at Zhaoge haunt me. Just one bite of meat and I’m back in that slaughterhouse in my dreams. Within, scheming ministers watch like tigers; without, the rebellion of the Three Guards bears down. Th
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Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Tale of Li Chongan, Jade Keeper 丝路玉鉴：守玉丞李崇安传
Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Story of Li Chong'an, Keeper of the Jade
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- 110 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Lin Clan's Joinery Art and the Soul-Hanging Staircase 丝路玉鉴：林氏榫卯诀之悬魂梯 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Lin Clan's Mortise-and-Tenon Technique and the Soul-Hanging Ladder 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 丝路玉鉴：河氏水文之疏勒河谷 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 丝路玉鉴：苏氏星象之陇右佛窟 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Zhao Clan's Spells and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 丝路玉鉴：赵氏符咒之安西秘宝 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Zhao Clan's Talismans and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Li Family Jade Pendant, Key to Hexi 丝路玉鉴：李氏玉坠之河西密钥 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Li Clan's Jade Pendant and the Secret Key to Hexi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Destiny as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 丝路玉鉴：李烬宿命之长安卧底 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Fate as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Good Fortune, the Stunning Beauty 丝路玉鉴：李烬幸事之绝色佳人 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Good Fortune and the Peerless Beauty 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin’s Secrets and the Triangle Star Pattern 丝路玉鉴：李烬秘事之三角星纹 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Secrets, the Triangular Star Pattern 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Great Engineer: Saving the Empress with Skill 大奋工科士：凭技解救女帝
The new emperor of the Dafen Dynasty is a puppet ruler by day, with power slipping from the throne. By night, she becomes a female ghost haunting the inner palace, secretly searching for a chance to turn the tables. At court, the chief eunuch and the grand secretary collude to control the government. They offer farmers generous benefits to win their loyalty and secure their grassroots support, while ruthlessly suppressing engineering talent. Beneath the imperial latrine lies a secret passage to
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Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼
[Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has
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Truths and Legends Beyond Five Thousand Years of Chinese History 华夏五千年正史之外的真相与传说
This is a magnificent chronicle of Chinese history, and also a journey of discovery across time. It is legend, and a truth hidden from view; it is myth, and a memory lost. Open this book, and together, beyond the walls of official history, let us listen to the ancient sounds of wind, rain, and dragons roaring.
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- 121 Tales of a Master Strategist 谋臣传 What do you imagine an ancient strategist was like? Did he hold a feather fan, exude an otherworldly air, and watch as his lord fretted, only to smile and say, “My lord, don’t worry,” before reducing the enemy fleet to ashes with a snap of his fingers? If so, congratulations: you’ve been fooled by television dramas. Real strategists didn’t have it so easy. Every day, they faced not the question “How do we win?” but “What do we do after we win?” And, most crucially, “Should I even help this perso —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 A Strange Visitor in Qin Chuan 秦川异客 Chen Mo, a retired officer from a special operations brigade in a certain military region, was swallowed by an unknown white light during an overseas mission. When he awoke, he was lying in the wilderness in the tenth year of the King Zheng era of Qin. His mouth was full of dirt, his body was covered in blood, and a burn mark had appeared on his wrist. That year, Ying Zheng was twenty-three. He had just purged Lao Ai and Lü Buwei and issued the famous Expulsion of Guests edict. Qin had only one —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Liu Bowen: Tides of Fortune in the Imperial Court 刘伯温之宦海沉浮
Liu Bowen: Rising and Falling in the Sea of Officialdom abandons the magical realism commonly used in earlier works about Liu Bowen. Its main approach is realism, with touches of romanticism. Following the ups and downs of Liu Bowen’s official career, and set against the peasant uprisings led by Fang Guozhen, Xu Shouhui, Wu Chengqi, and others, it offers a many-sided portrait of the vibrant world of the late Yuan dynasty. It depicts both the contests of wits and political maneuvering among strat
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Ning Yan: When Women Rule the Roost 宁兖，牝鸡司晨
[Ensemble political intrigue + entrusted heir + factional strife + expansion of the realm + redressing an old injustice] [Wronged powerful minister male lead x emperor female lead disguised as a man] Also known as "After I Blundered into the Imperial Family, I Discovered I Was the Imperial Family" On a winter night in the seventh year of Chengxu, Emperor Zhao Ning Fu suddenly went mad. Wearing the robes of his favorite consort, Yan, he climbed the bell tower and rang the funeral bell before fall
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The Great Zhao Dynasty’s Number One Traitor 大昭第一逆臣
A low-level employee at a modern company transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar from a remote frontier town. He had planned to scrape by on the imperial examinations and land a secure government post, but discovers that the dynasty is rotten to the core: factional infighting at court, unpaid frontier troops, powerful warlords, malicious rumors that mislead the people, and great clans that prey on the weak. So he starts with an essay on statecraft, then enters government, amasses wealth, t
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Rebellion in History: The Mystic System and a New Arcane Art Every Day 历史造反：奇门系统，每日奇术
[Alternate setting + System + rebellion + war + multiple heroines + constitutional monarchy + democratic parliament] Li Qiubai binds himself to the Qimen System and transmigrates to the ancient Central Plains. Li Qiubai: “That’s
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He
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Water Margin: The World’s in Chaos, So What? 水浒：天下大乱关我屁事
I transmigrated into the world of Water Margin by accident. Before me was a world overrun with heroes, and behind me lay chaos where the people could barely survive. Murder and arson were everyday occurrences, while mountain spirits and monsters appeared and vanished without warning. The System said: Get fifty people to come eat at the tavern, and you’ll receive a pocket dimension. I looked at the counter showing 0/50, then at the three hunters fleeing through the woods in the distance. They’d m
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Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众
Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both
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Reborn in the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 重生笑傲江湖世界
The protagonist is reborn in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. What are the Five Mountains Sword Alliance, the Sunflower Manual, or the Dugu Nine Swords compared to doing whatever you please? The martial world is simply a place where people clash with one another.
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Detective Di Renjie: The Magistrate of Pengze County 神探狄仁杰之彭泽县令
In the first year of Changshou, Di Renjie is framed by treacherous schemers and demoted to the remote wilderness of Pengze, where he stumbles upon a city full of bizarre cases! A derelict rouge house, abandoned for ten years; a locked-room murder on a rainy night; three ruffians found dead inside, their lips curled in smiles, with no trace of how they died. The county authorities rule it a ghostly vengeance, and panic grips the people. Summoned to solve the case in a time of crisis, Di Gong sets
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My Spirit Platform Exploded, So I Can Only Lie Low and Fight to Survive 灵台炸了我只能摆烂求生
I was born into the imperial family, but thrown out of the palace at eight. After a few years of living wild in the countryside, I figured my life was set: marry my cousin, look after my uncle’s four hundred mu of potato fields, and settle down as a wealthy farmer. Then I managed to grasp a little of the cultivation arts, only to lose it all again. My spiritual platform blew up, and everything was gone. I thought I’d given up for good, but the empress treated me as a whetstone, the emperor used
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The King’s Way: Who Can Stand Against Me? 王之道谁与争锋
He is Zhao De, the empire's fourth prince, raised in luxury and wanting for nothing. Yet, by imperial decree, he assumes a false identity, abandons the dignity of his princely rank, and joins the army on the battlefield. Starting as an unknown soldier at the very bottom, he fights bloody battles on the frontier and narrowly escapes death time and again. Together with brothers-in-arms who share his life and death, he rises step by step amid the smoke and chaos of war. In the mortal world, he
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I'm a Golden Core Cultivator, So It's Only Natural for the Princess to Fall for Me 我堂堂金丹，公主爱上我很合理吧
[Spiritual qi revival + alternate history + multiple heroines + decisive and ruthless + power struggles] Lin Xiao failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and transmigrated into ancient times as the chief of a bandit gang. The official his men robbed looked exactly like him. Wanting to amuse himself, Lin Xiao disfigured the man and took his place in office. Only later did he learn that the official was the younger brother of the body he now inhabited! Now his brother has returned for re
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The Guardian of the Nation: From Good-for-Nothing Prince to Ruler of the World 镇国玄王：从废柴皇子到寰宇共主
Zhao Yan transmigrated as the sixth prince of Great Yao. Born with blocked meridians, he was despised by his father, who bestowed on him the title of Leisurely Prince and confined him to a remote prince's residence in the capital. The third and seventh princes repeatedly came to humiliate him, resources for his household were withheld, and his servants grew disloyal. The sixth prince of Great Yao appeared to be a good-for-nothing, born with blocked meridians and granted the title of Idle Prince.
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- 136 The Jingnan Rebellion of the Great Yong: Burning Dragon Pavilion 大雍靖难：焚龙阁 The Great Yong Dynasty had ruled for a hundred years, honoring the element of fire, with the imperial family and great clans jointly governing the realm. After the late emperor died suddenly, the seven-year-old young emperor ascended the throne. The empress dowager ruled from behind the curtain, relying on her maternal relatives, the Wei clan, to control the government. Northern tribes were restless, pirates occupied islands in the southeast, honest officials and corrupt ministers in court were —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Ming Dynasty's Commoner Prince: From Humble Beginnings to Ruling the Realm 大明庶子：从布衣到权倾天下
The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty. Drawing on modern knowledge and a broad view of history, he rises from humble beginnings as a concubine-born son, passes the imperial examinations and enters government service, reforms local administration and corrupt policies, trains troops and strengthens the nation, assists Zhu Houzhao, balances civil officials against eunuchs, and drives commercial and military reforms. Ultimately, he becomes a pillar of the Ming, ushering in an ag
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Shu Han: I Rule the Realm with the Wisdom of Zhenguan 蜀汉：朕以贞观谋天下
Emperor Taizong of Tang awakens in Liu Shan’s body and, with Marquis Wu, turns Shu Han’s fortunes around, conquers the north, unifies the Three Kingdoms, and subdues the tribes! No System! When Li Shimin dies, he opens his eyes to find himself transformed into Liu Shan, the “happy-go-lucky” ruler who surrendered to Wei! Liu Bei has only just died. Shu Han has suffered a crushing defeat at Yiling, lost its elite troops, and faces rebellion in the south as Wei and Wu watch hungrily. The Han dynast
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Late Eastern Han: One Sword Strike, and I Unleash the Three Kingdoms' Age of Chaos 东汉末年，我一剑斩出乱世三国
My name is Dou Yu. My grandfather was a great general second only to The Outcast, and my father was the greatest swordsman under Heaven, yet I became an orphan. In the year of Jiazi, I unexpectedly inherited Zhang Jue's legacy. From then on, I entered Luoyang, enrolled in the Imperial Academy, and severed my ties to the mortal world. This is a different kind of late Han chaos. Everyone upholds Confucianism as orthodox, while the Hundred Schools and Nine Schools are relegated to the demonic and h
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The Banished Immortal: Poetry, Wine, and Sword Slashes Through the Ninth Heaven 谪仙：诗酒剑斩九重天
A banished immortal from the ninth heaven, trapped in the mortal world. Hunted across the nine heavens, bound by nine trials of love. One line of poetry can shake heaven and earth; one jug of wine can turn the cosmos upside down. One sword drawn, and the nine heavens shatter. I, Li Bai, with poetry in hand and sword at my side, take one person with me and return to Qinglian, drunk!
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The Winds Rise in Southern Guizhou: I Become Prince Mu in the Southern Ming 风起黔南，我在南明当沐王爷
A chemistry graduate student unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qian in Guizhou at the end of the Ming dynasty! He opens his eyes to find himself in the empire’s final days. The southwestern frontier, guarded by his family for generations, is beset by internal strife and external threats, and he knows that unless he takes action, he is doomed to see his country fall and his family perish, with his blood spilled in a brutal sacrifice. Within the realm, there are ch
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Shocking! I’m Actually the Emperor Hao of an Ancient Kingdom!!! 震惊！我竟是古国昊帝！！！
Alternate ancient setting + gradual growth + a slight golden finger + multiple heroines + unification Internet cafe regular Zhou Hao is electrocuted and his soul returns to the ancient continent of Blue Star, where he becomes the ninth prince of the Shusha dynasty, saddled with the reputation of being a good-for-nothing. Fortunately, his phone unlocks a Myriad Worlds Marketplace. Armed with the knowledge of his former life, he boosts agriculture, establishes schools, builds a thriving economy, a
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The Great Ming Crown Prince Reborn: A Battle for Power 大明太孙重生之权谋天下
Special forces soldier Lin Yi transmigrates into the body of Zhu Xiongying, the Ming dynasty’s eldest legitimate grandson. With the Dragon Soul Cauldron at his side, he can see into people’s hearts at a glance. He only wants to keep a low profile and stay alive, but his imperial grandfather is nearing the end of his life, and undercurrents are stirring in the court. Zhu Xiongying quietly pulls out penicillin, flintlock rifles, a world map… Zhu Yuanzhang slams the table on the spot. “Why wait to
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