Epic Novels About Princes Guarding the Frontier, Not for Beginners 男主是皇子,镇守边疆的神作。小白勿进
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Your Highness, Go to Your Death! 请皇兄,赴死!
Zhou Che is reborn as the sixth prince of Great Xia, but his five elder brothers keep closing in on him. They want to strip me of my claim to the throne! They want to confiscate what little my family has left! They want to take the woman I love and kill me! If that’s how it is “If you, my brothers, can kill your own kin, why can’t I?” “If you can fight for the realm, why can’t I?” “You all think yourselves capable. What makes me any less so?!” Zhou Che rises with his sword drawn. “Your sixth bro
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- 2 The Useless Prince: Why Are You Forcing Me to Become Emperor? 废物皇子:为何要逼我做皇帝? He is the empire’s useless prince! But his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. The crown prince wants him dead. His brothers all want him dead. Even the most beautiful woman under heaven wants him dead! To survive, he trains an invincible army and builds a hidden paradise. He brings the Hundred Schools of Thought to heel, drawing capable ministers, mighty generals, and reclusive masters from every corner of the land to his side. All the beauties under heaven dream of becoming his bride. Ami 83.2kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves
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The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马
[New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top
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You Banished Me to My Fief, So I Rebelled with the Prince of Beiliang 赶你去封地,你竟带着北凉王造反
[Alternate World] [Feudal Prince] [Summoning] [Rapid Army Expansion] [Conquest] [Comedy] [Revenge] After transmigrating to the Great Yan Dynasty, Xiao Jing becomes the useless Third Prince in everyone's eyes. From the start, he is framed by a treacherous villain and exiled to the bitterly cold Qinzhou, where he is made Prince of Qin! Fortunately, Xiao Jing awakens his golden finger and immediately summons Huo Qubing and ten thousand elite Han cavalry! With swift, decisive action, he takes contro
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- 5 Great Tang: A Million Private Soldiers, Li Er, Do You Regret It? 大唐:私兵百万,李二你后悔了吗 [Feudal Prince] [System] [Comedy] [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Tang dynasty as Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin, he is framed by Zhangsun Wuji and forced to take up his fief in Yizhou ahead of schedule. His status is awkward, he has no one to rely on, and he is nearly at the end of his rope. At the crucial moment, Li Ke awakens a System that uses fortune to summon civil officials and military generals to fight for him. Faced with the arrogance of the Crown Prince's faction, Li Ke summ 22.8kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
- 6 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: The Good-for-Nothing Prince Is Banished to Beiliang from the Start 九子夺嫡:废物皇子开局被贬北凉 After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Li Xun became the unlucky, useless Sixth Prince. In the struggle for the throne among nine princes, he was marked as a loser from the very beginning. He was framed and exiled to the lands of Beiliang, yet his enemies still wouldn't leave him alone. After his golden finger awakened, Li Xun gained control of the Emperor's Support System and obtained terrifying power. Then he launched a powerful counterattack. When his enemies wouldn't let up, he simp 40.3kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
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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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Dynastic Supremacy: Summoning China's Heroes to Battle Across the Myriad Worlds! 皇朝争霸,召唤华夏群雄战万界!
(Recommended: Conquering the Myriad Worlds: Summon Heroes and Build an Immortal Imperial Dynasty!) He transmigrates to another world and becomes the fifth prince of the Great Qin Dynasty! He unexpectedly awakens the Emperor System and summons the heroic spirits of China to conquer the myriad worlds! Xiang Yu, the Hegemon King. Lu Bu, the Ghost God; Han Xin, the God of War! Zhuge Liang, the Marquis of Wu; Zhang Liang, the Sage Strategist. One legendary figure after another descends into this othe
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- 9 Back to Ancient Times as a Prince 回到古代当皇子 The greatest weapons expert in the special forces accidentally transmigrates into the body of the Great Han Empire’s ninth prince. Thus begins a legendary rise to power: strong liquor and a spirited steed on the battlefield, while he claims the world’s power, beauty, and pleasures for himself. 102Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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Hu Xiaotian 壶笑天
Yang Yu dies alongside drug lords at the border and transmigrates to the Sui dynasty, into the body of the useless heir of the Prince of Zhenbei! He wants to be an idle young lord, but there are always petty troublemakers pushing him to grow stronger! Breaking off an engagement? Fine, but I’m the one breaking off my engagement to you, Liu Wanqing! From a useless young lord to taking command of 200,000 Zhenbei troops, inventing all sorts of things from the twenty-first century, and opening a brot
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- 11 Nine Princes Fight for the Throne: The Mad Prince 九龙夺嫡:疯批皇子 [Political intrigue + unhinged protagonist + everyday life + palace intrigue] (If it’s not your thing, don’t read it) Qin Wu fought countless mutated beasts until he finally died of exhaustion. When he awoke again, he had transmigrated into a nonexistent dynasty from history, inside the womb of a powerless beauty in the imperial household of the Eastern Qin Dynasty. He had become the dynasty’s youngest prince. And so his struggle for the throne began. (Dear readers, please go easy on the ratings 14.1kReads8.6Score677Shelves
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Exiled from the Start, I Conquer the World with Modern Weapons 开局被流放,用热武器争霸世界
[Alternate History + Wish Fulfillment + Fiefdom Development + Decisive and Ruthless + Prestige-Powered Arsenal] Su Chen, a top medical student, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of the fourth prince of the Great Jing Dynasty. Caught up in a scandal involving students cheating on the imperial examinations, he activates the strongest prestige-powered arsenal at the crucial moment! The ministers propose sending Su Chen to a perilous fiefdom, while the emperor looks on with cold indifference.
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The Evil Ninth Prince 妖孽九皇子
Ye Chen transmigrates into the body of the Ninth Prince of Xia. His royal brothers want him dead, the emperor wants him dead, and the powerful nobles at court all want him dead. Ye Chen has had enough. If everyone wants to kill me, then I’ll seize control of the military, train a million elite soldiers, sweep across the land, and claim the throne.
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- 14 The Han Standard-Bearer: One Man, One Blade, Guarding a City 大汉扛纛者:一人一刀镇守一城 The setting sun was red as blood. Blood ran in rivers across the ground, and severed limbs and bodies lay everywhere, like the underworld of a blood-soaked asura. Before, there had been thirty men. This time, there were a hundred. What about next time? Would it be three hundred? Three thousand? I have only myself and a single blade! I'm so tired. I want to lie down! But in the isolated city behind me are 572 elderly people, women, and children, all placing their hopes in me. The Martial King's b 7.2kReads8.3Score581Shelves
- 15 One Man, One City: I Guard the Border for Thirty Years 一人一城,我镇守边关三十年 Qin Yu transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes a low-ranking soldier stationed at the border. Just as a beast tide strikes, the border defenses fall, leaving Qin Yu as the sole survivor. With no other choice, he picks up his sword. To his delight, he discovers that killing monsters earns him all kinds of rewards. These rewards make his strength advance by leaps and bounds. Years later, when the demon race invades, Qin Yu stands alone atop the city wall, facing an army of tens of thousands w 1.6kReads7.8Score106Shelves
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The Invincible Prince of Qin 无敌六王爷
[Farming + Lighthearted Comedy + Political Intrigue] Qin Feng transmigrated to the Great Qing Dynasty and became a prince ruling the frontier lands of Liao. After spending six years building his own ideal city, he planned to live the carefree life of a leisurely prince. But then his father, whom he had never even met, impersonated an imperial envoy and secretly slipped into Qin Feng’s fief. Coal, paved roads, apartment blocks, communal kitchens, and an ironworks! Confronted with this strange nor
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- 17 Iron Cavalry in a Chaotic World 乱世铁骑 A nation's decline is never caused by foreign peoples; chaos in the court is the true root of a country's troubles. A top special forces soldier from Huaxia dies in a foreign land, only to transmigrate to another world and become the sixth prince of the Great Wu Empire. Yet this illustrious identity makes him the laughingstock of the entire Great Wu dynasty, mocked and ridiculed by all. 10.3kReads8.6Score962Shelves
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The Marquis Who Guards the North of Great Qin 大秦镇北侯
[Alternate history]+ [Political intrigue and power struggles]+ [Passionate jianghu] The jianghu is a blazing furnace, while the imperial court is a battlefield of sinister schemes! Eighteen years ago, Marquis of Zhenbei Ye Zhao died in battle at Huoxie Ridge. Eighteen years later, Ye Qianchen drenched Chang’an in blood! He set out from the northern frontier, roaming far and wide through hardship! Ordered to enter Chang’an, he stirred up a storm of intrigue. Taking his sword into the jianghu, he
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From the Start, I Signed In for a Golden Dharma Body and Refused to Be a Puppet Emperor 开局签到法相金身,不做傀儡皇帝
[No Female Lead] [Fantasy] [Emperor] [Invincible] [Sign-In] [System] [Dynastic Power Struggle] The day I transmigrated into a fantasy world, I was appointed crown prince. I planned to spend decades indulging in wine and women, then take the throne after my old man kicked the bucket. But before I could enjoy even a single day of life as a second-generation heir, my emperor father passed away, and Li Yun somehow ended up wearing the imperial robes. I thought the next step would be to straighten my
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- 20 A God of Slaughter from the Start: Why Is the Emperor Rebelling? 开局成杀神,陛下为何造反? Framed, reduced to slave status, and sent off to serve in the army. Fine, fine. So that’s how you want to play? Then what can you do when I pull out my Godslayer System? Why should those high officials in court be allowed to lord it over everyone else? I’ll take up my butcher’s knife and carve my way through this chaotic age! “Host has slain an elite enemy and gained 1,000 experience points.” “Host has achieved the Thousand-Kill milestone and received a reward: Eight Hundred White Snow Dra 32.4kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves
- 21 The Second Son of the Zhao Royal Family 大赵嫡次子 After transmigrating as the second legitimate son of the Great Zhao Empire, he planned to live freely, drinking and making merry! But the powerful clans ran rampant, treacherous ministers held sway, rival nations eyed them hungrily, and his elder brother was frail. So! Zhao Yu could only destroy the powerful clans, eliminate the treacherous ministers, unite the nations, and pave the way for his big brother! Prince Jin's motto: What's mine is mine! It's all mine! Ahem, no, wait. What's my brother 17.2kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
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Father, Get a Clue! I Really Don’t Want to Rebel! 父皇:你懂点事,我真不想造反!
Animated comic: I Don't Want to Rebel Ning Fan transmigrates and becomes the Second Prince of the Dayu Dynasty. In this world, kingdoms battle one another, barbarians bring chaos, feudal lords rise up, and powerful warlords carve out their own territories. From the start, he awakens the Supreme Emperor System! [Ding! System mission issued: Build the Supreme Imperial Dynasty!] From the start, Ning Fan summons Dian Wei, reforms the military, establishes the Embroidered Guard and the Underworld, an
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What Does It Mean to See Clearly? Cutting Through the Entire Battlefield 何为通透,砍穿整个战场是为通透
“Report!!!” “The enemy has broken through!” “What's there to panic about? How many are there?” “J-just one!” “Impossible. Absolutely impossible!” When Gu Jiu woke up, he found himself in an ancient military camp. He had no choice: lose the fight and lie there forever, win and live. Simple as that. Crystal clear! Only after Gu Jiu rode through the entire battlefield, blade in hand, did he turn to gaze at the moonlit battlefield. “Let not the golden cup face the moon empty; in life, one must sla
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- 24 Yang Guang Faked His Death: Then I'll Beat the Rebels Into the Ground 杨广假死:那朕就暴揍各路反王啦 After waking up, he transmigrates into the Sui Dynasty as the eldest grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, becoming the dynasty's third-generation ruler. Seated on the Dragon Throne, Yang Tan activates the Emperor's Choices System and inherits the legacy of the Son of Heaven. Every choice brings a reward. Simple and straightforward. Faced with enemies like the eighteen rebel kings and Li Shimin, the so-called ruler of Asia, Yang Tan chooses to draw his sword without hesitation. If they won't submit, 19.7kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
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A Frontier Soldier in Western Jin Liangzhou 西晋凉州一边军
After an accident sent him transmigrating to Liangzhou at the end of the Western Jin dynasty, Ma Feng struggled to survive amid the Rebellion of the Eight Princes and the upheaval of the Five Barbarians. Beyond the borders, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, and Di stood poised to strike. Within them, aristocratic clans lived in drunken stupor, prized empty philosophical talk, and the Sima imperial family slaughtered one another for the throne. Faced with crises both within and without, Ma Feng g
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Conquering a Chaotic Age: I Am Truly Loyal 横推乱世:朕真的忠心耿耿啊
[Decisive and ruthless + transmigration + multiple heroines + high-martial fantasy + wild imagination + contest for supremacy + mystery + political intrigue] Version One: [A Guide to Surviving in a Chaotic Age] Ning Yu's life plan was simple: 1. Serve as a low-ranking soldier on the northern frontier and earn enough to get by. 2. Try to live long enough to retire. 3. Return to his village, marry a wife, and have two kids. Then one day, he accidentally activated his golden finger... I just want t
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- 27 The Winds of Change in Fengge 锋戈之风起云涌 After a century of prosperity, the Great Yu Dynasty is in decline, beset by troubles at home and abroad. The court is in turmoil, and Xu Yunshan, the Great Yu's foremost commander, who had already retired to the mountains, is forced back into a web of intrigue and power struggles... 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Emperor Shiwei 世威大帝 As the least favored prince of the Dayu Dynasty, he is sent to a county in the far southwest of the empire. Calling it taking up a fief would be generous: exile is more like it. Who can blame them? He has no powerful maternal family to back him. So what? He'll carve out a place for himself with his own hands, one step at a time! 358Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 29 The Fierce Young Lord 世子凶猛 The new dynasty has just been founded, and every trade is waiting to be rebuilt. The recommended civil officials strike grand poses and hold forth, already the forerunners of keyboard warriors. The founding generals endure every humiliation without complaint, keeping their heads down and tails tucked. At the Prince of Yue's residence, the third young master, Qin You, clutches the letter confirming his broken engagement. He looks over the accounts showing that the household staff's wages are over 7.7kReads8.7Score809Shelves
- 30 The Good-for-Nothing Prince from the Brothel Has Ascended the Throne! 青楼里的废物皇子,登基了! He was a prince of the Dacheng Kingdom. But the emperor locked him up in Zongren Temple for ten years! Then, to use him as a counterweight against the crown prince, the emperor let him out. After leaving Zongren Temple, he spent his days at brothels, keeping up a false front and biding his time. Even so, the crown prince still wanted him dead, and several princes had already sided with the crown prince. He had no allies at court, was completely isolated, and faced difficulties at every turn. But 358Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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The Good-for-Nothing Prince Loves Beauty, Farms, Trains Soldiers, and Conquers the World 废柴皇子爱美人,种田养兵扫天下
The comic adaptation of the same name is now available. Give it a watch! [Comedy] [Power Struggles] [War] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] A medical PhD dies suddenly and unexpectedly transmigrates to Nanfeng, where he becomes a prince. Starting out on the frontier, he pacifies Beiliang, subdues Tianlang, seizes Nanfeng, and outwits Dayuan... until he finally claims the supreme throne that should have been his all along! (This is my first time writing a book, and I made it all by hand.
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Transmigrate as Fusu and Make a Comeback: Reforging Great Qin with Briquettes 穿越扶苏逆袭:用蜂窝煤重铸大秦
Synopsis: Qin Xinghua, a special forces soldier, transmigrates into the dying Fusu. The moment his System awakens, he defies the imperial decree and kills the messenger! Armed with modern technologies such as honeycomb briquettes and steelmaking, he heads for the northern frontier. With one hand, he improves the curved-shaft plow to enrich the people; with the other, he summons Huo Qubing to crush the Xiongnu. He contends with Zhao Gao and Li Si at court, and develops firearms in the military ca
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Embers Rise in the Northern Frontier 烬起北疆
Seven years of wind and snow in the Northern Desert washed away the prince’s former splendor, but could not erase a blood feud. Once the beloved Consort Liu of the capital was falsely accused, and her entire family was brought to ruin. At eighteen, Xiao Jin fell from the clouds into the mud. Stripped of his title and exiled to the desolate Blackwind Pass, he was mocked by all as a discarded prince, a dethroned king who would never return. No one knew that on the barbaric frontier, a hidden dra
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Ascend to the Ninth Heaven 欲上云霄九重天
A coral pendant engraved with a fire phoenix emblem draws Qi Ming, a destitute youth who lives on credit at a teahouse in Tianque City, into a shocking secret plot sweeping across four kingdoms. The moment the iron hooves of the Longxiang Army smash through the door, he still has no idea that the token his parents left him is the “key” that can overturn the world. The grand machinations governing the realm have barged into his life without warning. From a tide of Gu poison in a dungeon to a pack
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Sky Warriors: The Battle of Destiny, Who Will Rule the World? 天空战记之天命之战谁主浮沉
(History + Alternate History + Fantasy + Political Intrigue + Interwoven Foreshadowing + Ensemble Cast + Historical Events Blending Fact and Fiction) The setting of this story resembles the period from the end of Li Zhi's reign in the Tang Dynasty to the An Lushan Rebellion. During Li Zhi's reign, the Tang conquered the Western Turks (657), Baekje (660), and Goguryeo (668), bringing its territory to its greatest extent. Yet from the first year of the Xianheng era (670) onward, the Four Garrisons
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- 36 I Guarded the Frontier for Eight Years, and Now the Emperor Begs Me to Take the Throne 戍边八年,皇帝求我登基 Zhao Ding transmigrates into the Great Qian dynasty and becomes Prince Yan, charged with guarding its borders. He has no grand ambitions. He doesn’t want to conquer the world or become emperor, afraid he’d die too soon. All he wants is to live freely on his fief as its little king. He walks his dogs, tends his flowers, flirts with his maids, and puts together some repeating crossbows and cannons to protect himself. He sends letters to the court complaining about how poor he is while developing h 1kReads8.2Score230Shelves
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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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You're the Son of a Great General, yet You Want This Prince to Cripple His Own Cultivation 你战将之子,让本皇子自废修为
(Invincible + Genius + Leveling Up + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Myriad Races + Powerful Protagonist) The tycoon Jiang Yi transmigrates to an ancient era even more distant than the age of Shennong. He becomes the exceptionally gifted son of the Heaven-Suppressing Emperor, one of the Eight Emperors of the human race, who was schemed against by immortals, gods, Buddhas, and demons alike. With the Myriad Things Crucible, which can absorb anything, Jiang Yi sets out on the path to becoming an emperor
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