The Heroine Rises to Power Amid Chaos and Becomes a Generation-defining Warlord! 女主乱世中崛起，成为一代枭雄！

1. 201 蟑 Cockroach the Realist 蟑真人 You Hua尤话13k WordsCompleted Zhao Zhenren 5Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 快 Quick Transmigration: When Ying Zheng Gets a Worthy Heir 快穿：当嬴政有了合格的继承人 My Heart Is Bright昭昭我心Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration + System + no romance + female emperor) Zhiyu carries out countless missions and feels sorrow for the fate of women in feudal times. So in every mission, she does everything she can to become emperor and change the fate of women in that era. World One: The Ancestor’s Eldest Daughter Ying Zheng stood before Zhangtai Palace and proclaimed to the assembled officials with imposing authority, “My eldest daughter, Zhao Yuanman, is favored by Heaven and blessed by its protection. 4.2kReads9.1Score419Shelves

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   The heroine travels through Guo Shengtong to bring peace to the world

3. 203 末 The Apocalypse's Bane of Ghosts Retires in the Prince's Manor 末世鬼见愁，在王府后院养老了 Ye Xue Luo叶雪洛Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The strongest female warrior of the apocalypse, Lin Zhuo, wakes up in the body of the Princess Consort of the Prince of Beiliang, a woman neglected by her husband, bullied by his concubines, and undermined by the servants until she was so furious she threw herself down a well. Facing Prince He Jin, who is busy taking a concubine, and all the men and women waiting to see her make a fool of herself, Lin Zhuo says: Since the original owner died because of this wedding, surely it’s not too much to g 933Reads6.5Score103Shelves

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   From a lonely girl to the founder of her family, country and world, the heroine is refreshingly written, both clean and strong.

4. 204 奸 The Villainous Chancellor's Fierce Concubine 奸相的通房悍妻 Ye Xue Luo叶雪洛Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [No System, No Pocket Dimension, No Golden Finger, Class Difference, Age Gap, Pure Historical Romance, Focused on Humor and a Slow-Burning Romance] Synopsis: Ye Luoxue grew up in Cloudmist Manor with only her master and brother for company. She has a carefree, easygoing nature. One day, her master goes missing, so she and her brother leave the mountain to search for him. But as soon as she reaches the foot of the mountain, she is sold to the Yun family. Yun Yi is the prime minister. He cares on 1.2kReads7.0Score121Shelves
5. 205 乱 Queen of a Turbulent Age 乱世女王 Black-and-White Mustard黑白芥Modern Romance179k WordsOngoing Princess Irene was sent abroad to marry at just fourteen. Amid the chaos of a war-torn age, she quickly learned one thing: being a pampered wife was no match for claiming the throne herself. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These books✊🏻! 🍀①Lv Songli was dressed as the cannon fodder in the novel. She originally planned to punish the evildoers👊🏻, but unexpectedly the heroine wanted to exchange fiancés! That's fine, but after marrying into the Qin family who is destined to be exiled, I have no choice but to roll up my sleeves and work hard! Finally became the empress✌🏻! Fighting for hegemony + pursuing a career, the male protagonist is very cute haha~, it is a story about a female protagonist + a group portrait. 🍀②Lin Zhihuan was transformed into the eldest daughter of the county magistrate's family. Others used the script of house fighting, but she took the script of troubled times 😂. Troubled times have emerged, why not establish yourself as a king, build up your power step by step, and plan for the world✊🏻! The heroine is seeking essays, with cp and group portraits.

6. 206 陛 Your Majesty, She Really Dares to Say It 陛下，她是真敢说 Feng Pisu凤丕苏Ancient Romance366k WordsOngoing Reincarnated as a princess of a fallen kingdom, she kneels in the palace hall with iron chains around her ankles. The System orders her to incite the enemy army to rebel within three hours. Ji Mosha looks at her frail body, too weak to even wring a chicken's neck, then at the Northern Desert army glaring at her. She chooses the weapon she's best at: her mouth. "General in silver armor, that old knee injury will leave you crippled if you don't treat it." "You, the cool guy in black, I can reforge 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two treasure books, collected by old bookworms and people who don't want to be slaves

7. 207 救 Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Puns 救命！反派偷听我用谐音梗改剧情 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted Also known as: Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Homophones [Wealthy-family comedy + everyone’s darling and gossip + variety-show face-slapping] Qin Yiyang awakens to the truth. In the book, she grew up in a pigsty, then was brought home by her wealthy family and spoiled rotten. Great! She’s got the everyone’s-darling heroine’s script! But it turns out the fake heiress is the real heroine. Unhappy that her family dotes on Qin Yiyang, the fake heiress transforms into the daug 52.1kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
8. 208 穿 Transmigrate to the Three Kingdoms: I Became Lü Bu's Daughter 穿越三国：他成为吕布的女儿 Little Coal Ball on the Move会移动的小煤球Historical821k WordsOngoing [Man transmigrates into a woman] [Three Kingdoms power struggle] [Rags-to-riches comeback] [Restoring Lu Bu’s reputation] [Collecting beauties] [Political scheming] In the second year of Jian’an, the realm is in turmoil. A modern man’s soul returns to the body of Lu Lingqi, Lu Bu’s daughter, just as she is being forced into a political marriage with Yuan Shu. The road ahead is full of deadly dangers, and legendary heroes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms take turns appearing. With a man’s 466Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Men wear women's clothes, but don't marry! The plot is based on the novel, and the events are advanced and added to the official history [making faces][awkward laughter][making faces][awkward laughter][making faces][awkward laughter][grievance][puckering one's lips][awkward laughter]

9. 209 末 Stockpiling Grain in the Apocalypse: A Country Widow Heads to the Capital to Find Her Daughter 末世囤满粮：乡下寡母赴京寻闺女 Xiao Qi A Duoduo小七阿多多Sci-Fi & Apocalypse803k WordsCompleted At fifty-four, Xia Yingchun had spent half her life looking after a little courtyard in the countryside. Then a strange flu turned everything upside down. The dead crawled out of their graves. The power went out, the signal disappeared, and she lost all contact with her daughter in the distant capital and her granddaughter, who had just turned one. Thankfully, the old ring her mother left her cracked open and revealed a pocket dimension where she could grow crops. She had no plans to be a hero o 405Reads—Score109Shelves

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   See how an older rural woman in her fifties looks for a daughter in the last days!!! Warmth, the kind that flows slowly~

10. 210 系 System: Watch Her Build a Nation in Chaotic Times and Become Empress! 系统：看她乱世基建做女帝！ Great Luck and Great Strength大桔大力Ancient Romance118k WordsCompleted [Empress + infrastructure building + System + power struggle in troubled times] Fang Li transmigrates into a chaotic era. Her father has just breathed his last, her mother died long ago, bandits are everywhere, warfare rages, and human lives are worth less than grass. Fang Li: “...” Does Heaven even want me to survive?! To scrape by in these troubled times, Fang Li has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and work like mad. But things don't seem to be going the way she expected. “Congratulations 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended novels about a heroine who rises to become a powerful hero in troubled times, including palace battles and house battles, ancient Chinese imagination and other genres. The novels have impressive ratings and cover wonderful settings such as time travel and infrastructure construction.

11. 211 我 I, the First Female Merchant of the Great Xia 我，大夏国第一女皇商 Sesame on a Tree树上芝麻Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted Yan JinxI was an unremarkable office worker from the age of technology. At a company gala, she won a chance to experience transmigration. She tried out a defective piece of transmigration technology with almost no successful cases. To her surprise, she actually made it through, transmigrating to a dynasty called Great Xia. She was inexplicably bound to a System that did nothing but swindle her out of her money. She worked hard to earn points, level up, and return home as soon as possible, never 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Probably so.

12. 212 长 The Grand Princess Was Banished to Her Fief, So I Became Empress 长公主被贬封地，我转身成女帝 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Revenge and Regret + Empress + No Romance + War for Supremacy in a Chaotic Era] Chu Ning transmigrates into the Great Chu Dynasty as a princess who has been confined to her fief. Carrying the grudge of her mother’s murder, Chu Ning unexpectedly awakens the strongest Empress System, and begins a fiery journey to become an empress who conquers the realm. With a decisive hand, she takes control of Changle Commandery, her fief, and builds a solid power base. Declaring herself Q 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves

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    It's just that this book is pretty good

13. 213 汉 Chronicles of the Han Dynasty’s Last Empress 汉末女帝纪事录 A Reed Knows White一苇知白Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Content warning: If you don’t accept a female lead in a one-on-one romance who has children, please don’t click. [Strong female lead + political intrigue + contest for supremacy + nation-building + one-on-one romance] At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land is in turmoil. A flash flood sends the soul of Liu Zhen, a modern teacher, a thousand years into the past, where she possesses the frail, sickly Liu Zhen, the Han Emperor Ling’s second daughter, who died young. At the brink of death, 1.7kReads8.2Score330Shelves

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    This book is about the heroine gaining power step by step through strategies in the late Han Dynasty, and then ascending the throne and proclaiming herself emperor. The plot logic is online. I recommend you to read it.

14. 214 你 You and I, Heart to Heart 你侬我侬 Smiling Eyes Amid Peach Blossoms桃花深处眉眼弯弯Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted A hazy dream left Qiaoqiao unable to see things clearly, but one thing was certain: Mo Henghuan was a massive scumbag! So why wait? She should dump him! But why did trouble follow right on his heels, and why was it so hard to deal with? Well, having an ally was important, and the heir of the Bai family seemed like a good choice. But I’m only joining forces with you, not marrying you. How about we renegotiate the terms? The Bai heir: “Qiaoqiao, whether we’re cooperating or plotting together, you 2.9kReads9.5Score416Shelves

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    If you want to read a good book, go here

15. 215 绝 The Peerless Little Princess Consort 绝世小俏妃 Dog Thirteen狗十三Ancient Romance575k WordsCompleted [A funny, charming princess consort + a scheming prince who fiercely protects his own + a manipulative woman + a wickedly seductive and mysterious Holy Lord, and more...] [Sweet romance + comedy + from scum to love + perfect ending] What does it feel like to fall in love with your enemy? The day he led his troops to invade her country, the sun shone brightly. The seventh prince of Beijiang, Mu Beiming, cut an imposing figure in his black armor. Even with a fearsome mask hiding his face, his shar 6.3kReads9.5Score874Shelves
16. 216 魂 After My Soul Transmigrated to a Chaotic Age, I Slaughtered Every Noble in My Path 魂穿乱世后，杀神屠尽诸卿公 Xun Ye璕也Ancient Romance170k WordsOngoing [Epic historical ensemble + transmigration + court intrigue + powerful heroine + no romance + ruthless] In her previous life, Shen Xu was a butcher of the battlefield, leaving rivers and mountains soaked in blood. She flooded cities and left a million corpses in her wake. Though she spent her life fighting and killing, her achievements eventually made the emperor fear her power. In the end, he granted her a sword, and she took her own life. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had fallen int 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A low-class woman of a generation who was bullied all the time. She lived in the late Qi Dynasty when noble families were strife and wars were raging. She did not rely on the powerful and was not entangled in love. She held a long spear in her hand and killed all directions, breaking all injustices and shackles with her killing.

17. 217 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.8kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    This is the first book where the heroine does not dress up as a man but takes on the identity of a woman and becomes a female official. It has a system but the system is not smart and she only makes two or three appearances in more than 200 chapters! The background of the second book's troubled times is very chaotic, and the subject matter is very novel. It has everything you want! [Sinister smile]

18. 218 开 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Deity Statue and Was Worshipped as a Goddess in a Year of Famine 开局穿成神像，我在荒年被奉神女 Frostlight of the Strange Moon异月霜华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Mountain God] [Infrastructure Building] [Transmigrators Helping Each Other] From the start, she transmigrates into the statue of a god in a ruined temple on a barren mountain. No problem: she’s also bound to a Godhood System! When Yu Luo gives a roasted chicken to a mother and daughter who have long been bullied, they become incredibly strong and turn the tables on their tormentors. The black soil she gives them makes crops grow at astonishing speed. Cotton, sweet potatoes, and potatoes 4.5kReads8.9Score409Shelves
19. 219 大 How the Princess of the Tang Dynasty's Dying Empire Turned the Tide 大唐末世公主殿下如何力挽狂澜 Tuji o兔叽oAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Third-person narration, female protagonist and no romance, historical drama, slow-burn warning, slow-burn warning The day three-year-old Yingluo said “peace and prosperity” in Hanyuan Hall, the whole court fell silent. During the Xiantong era, she volunteered to travel west on a mission of appeasement. The court officials never imagined that an unruly princess would head to Hexi, a region that had lain desolate for nearly a century, to eat sand, with no guarantee she would ever return. But thi 1.6kReads6.8Score257Shelves

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    The late Tang Dynasty should be considered a troubled time.

20. 220 胎 Reborn into an Ancient Farming Family, She Becomes a Renowned Female General 胎穿古代农家，农门女将名满天下 Wan Qing万顷Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Career-focused + strong heroine + heroine stands on her own + female general] [The heroine relies on no one and brings glory to her family through her own abilities.] [The whole family is harmonious and full of positive energy.] [Things to note] The heroine has no romantic pairing, but her family members do. There is an age gap between the heroine and her older sister, and the heroine has to grow up. [Things to note] The section on body searches during the imperial examinations is fictional, no 7.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves
21. 221 一 Zhang Qing Slaughters Her Way Through Water Margin, Reshaping the Heavenly and Earthly Stars 一丈青杀穿水浒，重定天罡地煞 Raven in Flight渡鸦在飞Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [No System] [Female Protagonist, Conquering the World] [No Male Lead] [Wuxia, War] Because of an arranged betrothal made when she was a baby, people had called her "wife" and "dear" since she was little. That year, she gained two friends who would risk their lives for her: the Sun and Moon twin sabers. "What fiance? I'll use his head to offer a sacrifice to my blades!" She killed her way out of home and stepped beyond her boudoir. The whole world lay open before her! In Qizhou, she met Li Qingzh 2.4kReads8.6Score400Shelves

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    The rise of the heroine occurred in the late Northern Song Dynasty. First kill the Water Margin, then destroy the Song Dynasty, destroy the Jin Dynasty, Xixia, Dali, Gaoli and Tubo. All were destroyed by the heroine. The last one to rule the world

22. 222 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times. I Have a System, So Why Should I Put Up with You? 穿古代，都有系统了还能惯着你？ Rising Higher Every Day登登日上Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted Transmigration comedy + ruthless heroine + System space + infrastructure building + strong female lead + adorable kids + no romance. Shen Qingli, an overworked office worker, had one great dream: to buy a home of her own and have a place to call hers. Even working herself to death from staying up late didn't make it happen. Then she transmigrated and bound herself to an infrastructure-building System. Now things were looking up: wherever she marked out, she could make a home. A three-year cold s 2kReads8.9Score233Shelves
23. 223 讨 A Beggar? I'm the Female Zhu Yuanzhang 讨口子？我是女版朱元璋 Kite Fate, Distant Courtyard鸢缘远院Ancient Romance141k WordsOngoing I Can Transmigrate Even in My Sleep At the very least, I should be a young lady, princess, consort, or landowner, right? No! Then I must have a pocket dimension, a spirit spring, spirit treasures, or a System, right? Uh... uh... Surely I have at least a little money on me!!! Mm... Stop daydreaming, Xu Yuan! You're just a little beggar, a panhandler, a street urchin! Fine! Hmph! One day, I'll return like the Dragon King and look down upon the whole world! "Gou Wa, please don't grin so creepily." 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book was very good to read. I liked her economic methods, and I also learned about the trade war while reading it. The second book was written by myself, and suddenly a relatively complete story popped up in my mind. It is also the heroine who ends the troubled times. It is a group portrait, and the story has only just begun. If you are interested, you can read it.

24. 224 灾 In a Year of Famine, If I Can't Lie Flat, I'll Start a Rebellion 灾荒年，躺平不成那就造反吧 Qingfeng Lingling清风铃玲Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted [Space + medical skills + wood-element powers + strong heroine + merit System + satisfying read + overpowered golden finger] The soul of Lu Youyou, the sixth daughter of the Lu family, had returned to her body. The neighboring nations were eyeing her country covetously. The emperor was foolish and tyrannical, the civil and military officials formed cliques for their own gain, and natural and man-made disasters kept coming. The people were living in misery with nowhere to turn for help... And hal 1kReads8.6Score100Shelves
25. 225 魂 I Took Over Princess Shanyin's Body: Outwit the Plot and Stay Alive 魂穿山阴公主，破局保命 Frost-Mirror Wanderer霜鉴客Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted Betrayed and ambushed by her business partner, she died in an explosion, her soul extinguished. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to the most chaotic period in Chinese history, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and become Liu Chuyu, the Princess Shanyin infamous in history and destined for a tragic death. As a modern woman with no survival skills suited to ancient times, all she wanted was to keep her head down, stay alive, and seize a chance to escape. But on the road to 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is the Southern and Northern Dynasties considered a time of trouble? The heroine is alone and can turn things around.

26. 226 别 Don't Mess with Her: The Princess May Lie Flat, but She'll Still Crush the Scum 别惹她，长公主虽躺平，但狠虐渣 Flying Like Clouds如云飞扬Ancient Romance991k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, past and present lives, woman disguised as a man, political intrigue, sweet and satisfying] Yun Qing was a princess born of the emperor's elder sister. On the day she was born, she was switched, poisoned, and hunted down, ending up in the common world as a discarded daughter of the family who had to disguise herself as a man. Her heartless father, her vicious concubine stepmother, and all manner of monsters and demons wanted her dead. When she opened her eyes again, she had s 635Reads9.2Score119Shelves

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    The female protagonist comes from time travel, takes action with domineering power, and destroys the Three Kingdoms in seven days. The female protagonist is strong and sassy, ​​and the male protagonist is gentle and soft. The CP makes me cry.

27. 227 迷 Maze Survival: Did She Become a God in the Patriarchal Instance? 迷宫求生：她在父权副本封神了？ Chu Yi Zhong z初一钟zMystery475k WordsOngoing [Female Protagonist] [No Romance] [Realistic] [Infinite-Turn Survival Game, Wits and Strategy] "Madam, the concrete slab has only one load-bearing point. You can save either your daughter or your son, but not both!" "My husband is dead… I have to leave someone to carry on the family line…" Ling Queyi was tied to a bed by a stranger who called herself her "mother," just as they were about to forcibly remove one of her kidneys to donate to her younger brother. After losing her memory, sh 2.2kReads8.3Score463Shelves

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    Highly recommended, big heroine, unlimited streaming without CP [learned] When a woman stands on the stage, she will never speak only for herself!

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