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  1. 1 In the Famine Years, I Married an Older Widow and Hit the Jackpot 饥荒年,娶个年上寡妇赢麻了 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted A farming novel for male readers: he marries a widow, raises fish, burns bricks and charcoal, and builds a grand house. No pocket dimension, no System. Sweet romance and farming, with a slow pace and no frustrating plot points. Lu Dahai transmigrates into the body of a poor bachelor in ancient times. Unable to find a wife, he is looked down on by the whole village. But who would have thought that from the start, he would become engaged to the village’s pretty widow? While everyone else is still 2.2kReads—Score13814d adds
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  2. 2 Reborn as a Little Snake Demon on Lion Camel Ridge in the Journey to the West 重生西游世界狮驼岭小蛇妖 Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing When Tang Fan wakes up, he finds he’s become a cold-blooded snake demon, with two sworn brothers to boot. Lion Camel Ridge is a place where the strong prey on the weak. The leopard demon stutters, and the rat demon is timid. Luckily, though the three of them are weak, they’ve sworn brotherhood and can rely on one another. But today, the rat demon sneaks over with some news: “Third Brother, I heard those three Demon Kings have made a new rule… Everyone below the rank of Demon Marshal has to take 137Reads—Score11814d adds
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  3. 3 I Transmigrated to a Primitive Tribe and Led It to Become the Strongest 穿越原始部落带领部落成为最强 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing Tang Fan, a modern college student, transmigrates to a primitive tribe and becomes a primitive himself. This is the story of how he becomes the tribe’s leader and leads his people to become the strongest tribe of all. He battles ancient beasts, falls in love with beautiful women from the tribe, and leads his people to grow stronger step by step. 135Reads—Score10114d adds
  4. 4 Tang Fan's Leisurely Life as a Landlord 唐凡悠闲的地主生活 Historical3.0M WordsOngoing Tang Fan was a modern office worker whose dreams had been drained away by the 996 work schedule. He died suddenly, only to wake up as the young master of a landowning family in Jiangnan. He owned a thousand mu of fertile fields and a sprawling courtyard, with a gentle maid, capable guards, and Uncle Qian, the old steward, handling everything for him. No more squeezing onto the subway, eating takeout, or worrying about his boss's moods. In the morning, someone helped him wash and dress. At noon, 1kReads5.4Score10314d adds
  5. 5 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税?从养活美娇媳妇开始 Historical1.8M WordsOngoing [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 27.3kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
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  6. 6 The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯 Historical846k WordsCompleted [Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr 17kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
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  7. 7 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.3kReads8.7Score87414d adds
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  8. 8 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去!真没想搞大事! Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 796Reads7.3Score10814d adds
  9. 9 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃!天崩开局致富路! Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.7kReads8.1Score1.8k14d adds
  10. 10 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家!鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.1kReads7.6Score74614d adds
  11. 11 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世!关我穷鬼府兵啥事? Rural Life350k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.1kReads—Score18814d adds
  12. 12 The Legendary Story of the Yun Family 云老二一家的传奇故事 Historical2.6M WordsOngoing So what if he was kicked out with nothing? Yun Laoer, who had refused to accept his fate since childhood, lets loose completely. All he has left is a house full of sons, but he heads to the wilderness without a care in the world and settles down there. He insists on sending his sons to school and, through hard work and a generous helping of luck, gets into plenty of hilarious scrapes. In the end, he makes his fortune, his son succeeds in the imperial examinations, and they both reach the pinnacl 10.3kReads8.6Score59214d adds
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  13. 13 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.2kReads9.3Score88114d adds
  14. 14 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒,不死就行 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score67414d adds
  15. 15 Reborn, I Study for the Imperial Exams in Another World 重生后,我在异世界读书科举 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigration) + (farming) + (daily life) + (imperial examinations) (no System) + (court politics) Chen Chuyi was reborn into a poor family in Beishui Village, carrying the memories of his past life. At first, he only wanted to earn a little money to improve his family's life. But in this unfamiliar ancient world, he was always afraid someone would take his family's money and eat their food. In the end, he embarked on the path of study and the imperial examinations. He knew that only by changi 6.7kReads8.3Score52814d adds
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  16. 16 The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁 Historical920k WordsOngoing After a sudden car accident, Xia Ren, a double PhD in history and literature, transmigrated as a dying seven-year-old peasant child in the Great Jing Dynasty, a realm never recorded in history. His family had nothing, but that couldn't diminish the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over two lifetimes. His memories of poring over ancient texts in his previous life remained crystal clear. The classics, historical records, institutions, and lessons of dynastic rise and decline were all at 351Reads—Score—14d adds
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  17. 17 Tales of the Northern Song Dynasty 关于北宋的那些事 Historical2.1M WordsOngoing A new work is here! I hope you'll head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.4kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
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  18. 18 A Woman in a Man's Body: A Concubine-Born Son's Guide to Getting Rich 女穿男:庶子暴富手册 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Woman transmigrates into a man's body + transmigration + one-on-one romance + marriage before love + slow-burn + farming and business] [Sweet-talking, ruthless rent collector vs. theatrical holdout who refuses to break off the engagement] When Zhao Wenduo opens his eyes, he's become the disowned illegitimate son of a duke's household. A vast fortune? None of it is his. A houseful of servants? They've all gone to the legitimate son. All he has left are two crumbling alleys, a marriage contract, 1.1kReads7.0Score12614d adds
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  19. 19 Art Never Ages: Painting Beauties in Ancient Times 丹青不老,我在古代画美人 Rural Life532k WordsOngoing [No System, No golden finger, No Powerful Backing | Multiple Female Leads | Business-Building | Northern Song, Xuanhe Era] Shen Mo transmigrated to the Northern Song dynasty during the Xuanhe era and took over the body of a down-and-out scholar. With no special abilities or fortuitous encounters, he started from scratch, relying on ordinary livelihood skills and his talent for painting. He slowly built up a business and formed sincere, openhearted bonds with the women around him. He moved betwee 8.3kReads7.2Score84714d adds
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  20. 20 You Told Me to Make Fakes, So Why Are They Better Than the Palace Tributes? 让你造假货,怎么比宫里贡品还好 Historical248k WordsOngoing Two brothers, one fat and one thin + the leather trade + the struggle for supremacy in a chaotic age + farming and infrastructure Use bellflowers to make fake ginseng, pigskin to make donkey-hide gelatin, and fish scales to make pearls. Zhou Yun transmigrates into the body of a gambling addict and wastrel. His whole family is exiled to Ningguta, and from the start, he even loses his sister-in-law to a gambling house. Then he activates the [Hundred Trades System], with the leather trade as his ma 141Reads—Score11914d adds
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  21. 21 Hunter in a Year of Famine: I Stockpile Grain and Become King by Killing a Tyrant 荒年猎户:从杀恶霸开始屯粮称王 Historical244k WordsCompleted Hunter + farming + conquest + stockpile grain and bide your time before claiming the throne After transmigrating into a year of famine, Su An had barely opened his eyes when his own father nearly killed him. His dad thought he was possessed by a ghost! “Since I’m here, I’d better survive first!” A bully killed his original body to take the village beauty? He raised a crossbow to the bully’s forehead, and the man didn’t dare make another peep. Freezing in the bitter night? He spent the night repa 727Reads6.2Score—14d adds
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  22. 22 A Million Armored Men in Troubled Times, and You Call Them Beggars Scrounging for Food? 乱世带甲百万,你说是流民乞食 Historical162k WordsCompleted [War + passion + history + anti-cliché + no System] Qin Tian, a university graduate, transmigrates into a vagrant in a land torn apart by war. From the start, he’s fighting a wild dog over half a piece of bread. No System, no golden finger, and he can’t even understand what people are saying! Bandits want to sell him, soldiers want to arrest him, and the city is full of starving corpses and danger at every turn. While others endure humiliation, he grabs a shard of pottery and fights back; while 111Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 23 Useless Prince? The Foreign Tribes Hail Me as Their Heavenly Khan! 废物皇子?异族奉我天可汗! Historical128k WordsOngoing Xu Wenpin was an instructor for the Huaxia Longyan Special Forces. During an overseas mission, he found himself in mortal danger and had no choice but to jump into a freezing underground river. When he climbed back out, he was mistaken for the useless seventeenth prince of Great Liang. And so, the peaceful Round Moon Earth City was thrown into turmoil once more. Three years later, the Crown Prince poisoned the emperor, seized the throne, and sent Xu Wenpin a cup of poison, intending to eliminate —Reads—Score114d adds
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  24. 24 Lone Wanderer 孤行者 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger! 215.3kReads9.4Score18.4k14d adds
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  25. 25 Oh No, I Just Reborn and Scared My Future Wife into Fainting 糟糕,刚重生就吓晕未来老婆 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Dad raising a child + 1981 period setting + making money + one heroine] A wealthy bachelor from the 21st century wakes up after a one-night stand to find he has been reborn in 1981 in the body of a burly, ugly-looking idiot feared as a villain. The moment he opens his eyes, he scares the stunning young woman who spent the night beside him unconscious. He plans to treat it as a beautiful encounter. In this golden age, he'll work hard, make money, and build a fortune. Until one day, he runs into 11.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
  26. 26 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生:回到八零当富翁 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.4kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
  27. 27 The 1970s: The Eight Younger Brothers Who Always Enabled Their Brother Are Reborn 七零之八个扶弟魔的弟弟重生了 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, spirit spring space, one female lead, family ties, everyday family life, building wealth] In his previous life, Qi Yuejin became the richest man in the country. In the first half of his life, he relied on his eight older sisters and lived well with his wife. By the time he made money and came to his senses, some of his sisters were dead and others crippled, while the younger generation had severed ties with him and wanted nothing more to do with him for the rest of their 39.2kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
  28. 28 Reborn: Patenting Every Technology to Sever the West’s Tech Advantage 重生:全系专利,斩断欧美科技树 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Cutting-edge technology + business + military industry + defending the country + upright values] Carrying the memories of two thousand scientists from every field, Chen Hao is reborn on the day of the college entrance exams in the year 2000. He missed the exam and scored just 180 points? He solves the ten greatest conjectures in mathematics, and the top ten universities fight to recruit him! His father is bankrupt and about to jump off a building from the start? He builds the XP System and 35.1kReads9.0Score3.5k14d adds
  29. 29 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生:回到1977当奶爸 Urban5.1M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 11.1kReads9.0Score96914d adds
  30. 30 You Rejected My Confession, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Gone? 表白你不接受,我走你哭啥? Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Mo was reborn on the night after the 2004 college entrance exams. Looking at the campus belle, Jiang Luohan, passed out drunk on the bed, he knew better than to entertain any improper thoughts this time. In his previous life, her father had caught him red-handed while he was trying to steal, ruining his reputation and costing him his chance to go to college. He had no intention of making the same mistake again. This time, he would simply focus on starting a business and making money. When Ji 43.9kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds
  31. 31 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972,红旗招展的青春年代 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds
  32. 32 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山,重生80后我苟在山村 Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 13.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
  33. 33 Back to 1987 重回1987 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Feng Yisheng, the lone wolf of finance, spent his entire life striving for the top. Just as he reached the summit of the financial world, someone threw him off a rooftop, sending him back to 1987, a year when his parents and older sister had disappeared, his younger sister had been kidnapped, and the girl who had waited ten years for him had given up. It was a time when beauty and harsh reality coexisted. As spring breezes and gentle rain swept across China and all things came back to life, he m 16.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
  34. 34 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985:东北往事 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 85.3kReads9.6Score8.8k14d adds
  35. 35 Restart: My Reversed Flow of Time 重启:我的逆流时光 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted (Multiple heroines + 1970s setting + everyday life) Betrayed by his wife in his previous life, Gu Cheng died full of hatred. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 1977, watching his wicked wife die horribly before him and leaving behind four little sisters-in-law who were crying to be fed. In this magnificent, vibrant era, Gu Cheng decided to start his life over and share a happy life with his sisters-in-law. 28.5kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
  36. 36 1986: Turning Life Around 1986:逆转人生 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1986, Han Yi gets the chance to live his life over again. If so, he'll love what he loves and hate what he hates, stirring up wave after wave in this tumultuous era. He won't let go of the people he missed out on before. And besides... he'll make some money, build up his influence, and enjoy a carefree life. 5.4kReads8.8Score50014d adds
  37. 37 Reborn: Back in 1991 to Become a Tycoon 重生:回到1991当首富 Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Li Minyang, a high-ranking government official, unexpectedly returns to 1991, an era just beginning its transition from a planned economy to a market economy. A wave of entrepreneurship is sweeping the country, and countless future tycoons are just beginning to make their mark. Facing a treacherous wife and family members struggling to make ends meet, watch as he turns the tides, conquers the business world, and reshapes the future! 29.8kReads8.8Score3k14d adds
  38. 38 A Chaotic Era: I Have a Space-Time Warehouse 乱世开局:我有一座时空仓库 Historical340k WordsOngoing The Great Wu has suffered drought after drought. When Lin Zhuishan awakened a space-time warehouse, it came stocked with powerful crossbows, thunderbolts, building materials, and high-yield seeds. As war erupted and northern enemies invaded in force, he mass-produced firearms, opened up vast stretches of farmland, and gathered a million displaced people. Armed with powerful tools to protect the realm, he fought internal rebellion and foreign enemies, carving out a safe haven for ordinary people. 163Reads—Score—14d adds
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  39. 39 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了,我当然要文武双全 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.8kReads6.5Score10114d adds
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  40. 40 The Song Dynasty Textile Worker 大宋纺织工 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing This story takes place in an era very much like the historical Northern Song dynasty. Its physical world is also very similar to Earth as readers know it, composed of the elements on the periodic table. There is no spiritual energy and no ghosts. The only invisible thing is electricity. The protagonist’s golden finger is the ability to gain knowledge, though he needs some kind of medium to obtain it. This is a story with multiple female characters. It explores feelings, but not romance. There is 731Reads—Score6714d adds
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  41. 41 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙,种田弟来 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.2kReads7.5Score40414d adds
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  42. 42 Surviving the End of the Qin Dynasty: I Lived Through Farming Skills 秦末求生:靠农技活下来 Historical186k WordsCompleted After being struck by lightning, Li Shadou, a modern agricultural technician, transmigrates into the Qin dynasty and becomes a poor tenant farmer in Lijiagou, at the foot of Mount Li. He wakes in a battered thatched hut with wind blowing through the holes, cold and starving. Memories of the original owner flood in: three dou of overdue rent hang over his head, Landlord Zhou is as vicious as a debt collector, conscription is just around the corner, and under the harsh rule, commoners’ lives are w 12Reads—Score—14d adds
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  43. 43 A Shoemaker Transmigrates to the Warring States and Meets Shang Yang 补鞋匠穿越战国遇商鞅 Historical904k WordsCompleted The moment a bolt of lightning shattered his shoe-repair stall, Niu Dagui thought he was about to be dragged down with the shoe-repair machine that had kept him company for eight years, crushed by soaring prices and forced to abandon any dream of making it big. But when he opened his eyes again, there were no familiar street vendors calling out. Instead, a burly man in coarse brown clothes was chasing him with an iron blade. Muddy ancient roads stretched beneath his feet, and all around him peop 23Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 44 Black Death Countdown: The Quack's Comeback 黑死病倒计时:流氓庸医的逆袭 Historical462k WordsOngoing [Medieval Europe] [Multiple Female Leads] [Underdog's Rise] [Technology and Medicine] [No System] My name is John now. My original name doesn't matter, because I've transmigrated to medieval Europe. Penniless, I decide to make money with my medical skills and modern knowledge, keep my head down while I grow, then cozy up to powerful people, build alliances, and make a name for myself. My ambitions are simple: get rich, surround myself with beautiful women, and become a lord who rules over his ow 871Reads8.1Score—14d adds
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  45. 45 A Blackstone Immortal Estate in the Republic-Era Famine 民国荒年随身黑石仙府 Urban1.6M WordsOngoing In 1938, the Huayuankou flood, compounded by famine and the ravages of war, utterly shattered Sanzhu's life. After losing his home and family, he fled with his older brother, escaping war, famine, and the Japanese army's iron heel, each step bringing them to the brink of death. But fate had other plans. Just as he forced open the gates of the Xuan Yang Immortal Estate in his desperate hour, his brother, left behind in a straw hut, did not live to see him return. This inheritance ground, home to 3.7kReads5.8Score41614d adds
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  46. 46 Transmigrating as the Welding-Warrior Emperor, I Join Hands with My Beloved to Secure the Realm 穿越焊武大帝,携手红颜定江山 Historical291k WordsOngoing In a world torn apart by chaos, life is cheap, and from the start all you have is a pair of welding tongs that can shoot electricity? Lu Mingyuan: “If the world has fallen apart, I’ll weld it back together with my own hands!” Clear land and fertilize it → build an iron-walled fortress → found the Eternal Empire. The road to industrial domination begins! [Upgrade your territory’s buildings: ramshackle thatched hut → brick courtyard → steel fortress!] [Boost productivity: hand forging → hydraulic 9Reads8.9Score114d adds
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  47. 47 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男,庶房嫡子的逆袭 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 33.5kReads8.3Score3.6k14d adds
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