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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
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
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To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举
One day, Shen Qingyun becomes the youngest son of a farming family and thinks he can spend his whole life as a freeloader. But then disaster strikes, and he faces a dire predicament: His eldest brother went off to take a temporary job, but came back dead, wrapped in a straw mat; Other families in the village have several sons, but the Shen family has only him, their sole heir; His shrewish, favoritism-prone mother, his mistreated nieces, and his stooped, adopted father all depend on him; Bearing
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- 53 Farming in Ancient Times: A Wife, Children, and a Warm Bed 古代种田，老婆孩子热炕头 The short drama has launched: “Farming in Ancient Times, the Imperial Court Finds Me a Wife” Zhou Cheng transmigrates into a house with nothing but bare walls, with a wife and daughter to his name. His parents play favorites; his second younger brother seems simple-minded but is actually an expert at setting traps; his third younger brother is selfish and self-serving; and his little sister is arrogant, vain, domineering, and unreasonable. As for him… he’s a gambling addict who beats his family 6.4kReads8.2Score460Shelves
- 54 Getting By in Ancient Times 我在古代混日子 Qin Feng, a mediocre university student from the 21st century, was driven by necessity to participate in an experiment involving “digital memory transplantation.” The experiment failed, and he transmigrated to ancient times with countless memories. From then on, he began an extraordinary journey in another world, 6.1kReads8.5Score486Shelves
- 55 My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍 After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an 214.1kReads9.3Score21.3kShelves
- 56 Su Chen'an's Journey Through the Imperial Exams 苏辰安的科举之路 Su Chen'an, a master of Chinese painting, had finally wrapped up an exhibition. Just as he walked out of the building, a flowerpot full of sunflowers came flying at him. He died on the spot. When he woke up again, he was almost starved to death inside his mother's womb. Every day, he teetered on the brink of starvation. He felt that if he absorbed even a little more nourishment from the amniotic fluid, his mother might die. But if he absorbed even a little less, the embryo that was him would pro 10.2kReads8.3Score877Shelves
- 57 The Fake Heir Was Cast Out of the Marquis's Estate, Then Rose to Power Through the Imperial Exams 被赶出侯府假世子靠科举逆袭权臣 Chen Yan worked himself to the bone as an office drone. After finally paying off his mortgage and car loan, he had 400,000 yuan in savings and was ready to lie flat in a small county town. Little did he know that disaster can strike at any moment. He transmigrated! The good news: he was still a man in this life, so he wouldn't have to experience period pain. He was born into a wealthy marquis's household, surrounded by fine clothes, delicious food, and his family's boundless affection. The bad n 53.8kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
- 58 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 59.6kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves
- 59 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 51.6kReads8.9Score6.4kShelves
- 60 Chen Sanbao's Daily Struggles in Ancient Times 陈三宝古代奋斗日常 A modern-day hoodlum transmigrated into an unknown era and became Chen Sanbao, a member of the Chen family in Chenjia Village, at the foot of the Beilu Mountains! No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no protagonist’s halo. All he has is the everyday struggle of an ordinary person at the bottom of society! The protagonist is far from perfect. He’s impulsive and quick-tempered, has no advanced education or exceptional intelligence, longs for family affection, and feels compassion for the disadva 10.4kReads8.7Score752Shelves
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A Farmer's Son from the Start, Spending Money Until My Hands Cramp 开局穿成农家子，花钱花到手抽筋
[Transmigration + golden finger + System + farming + daily life] An Yu went from being a rich second-generation heir to being dirt poor for generations. He had no money or food and was about to starve to death when he activated the Spending System. Just as the name suggests, the Spending System makes you spend money. It’s that straightforward. First, his family noticed that their third son had changed. The younger brother and youngest son who used to steal chickens and dogs… was getting richer a
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- 62 What?! I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Son from the Start, and Now He Wants to Take the Imperial Exams 惊了！开局穿成农家子，他要科举 [Famine + transmigration + System + farming + imperial examinations + daily life] Shen Yu woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated. It was bad enough for a science student to end up in ancient times, but he’d arrived in the middle of a famine, with his family having nothing to their name. Luckily, he unlocked a red packet group. Without it, how could he possibly survive in this strange world? The Shen family had one daughter after another. At last, the third son’s family had a bo 1.4kReads8.3Score107Shelves
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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
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!!
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I Practice Science-Based Farming in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞科学种田
[Cultivation] + [Farming] + [Data-Driven] + [Beast Taming] + [Lighthearted] [Blazing Flame Grass, optimal cultivation method: water it three times a day with icy spring water] [Darkwater Lotus, optimal cultivation method: plant it in sandy soil and leave it under the blazing sun] [Thick Earth Lingzhi, optimal cultivation method: grow it without soil] Under Chen Fang's care, many spirit plants awakened wondrous abilities. Chen Fang wrote a book called The Counterintuitive Cultivation H
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Farming: I Carry a Living Spirit Vein to Grow Spirit Plants in the Back Hills 种田我抱着活灵脉在后山种灵植
Don't panic about the rating, it just came out and can still rise! [Male-Oriented Farming Power Fantasy] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Face-Slapping] Starting with everyday life, family affection, and business rivalries, the story expands into elements such as turning the tables, family disputes, and devotion to the country. After the protagonist unexpectedly signs a contract with an ancient Ink Spirit Vine, he gains the power of life and sp
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In the Famine Years, I Lived Freely and Recklessly 饥荒年我逍遥又猖狂
In a year of famine, the protagonist, Zeng Zhou, transmigrates into a chaotic age. First he makes his fortune, then marries and has children, working hard to farm and grow stronger, until at last he contends for the world. The story of an ordinary man who grows little by little, until one day the great roc rises with the wind and soars ninety thousand miles. Striving to survive and improve his lot, he learns that to enjoy riches and honors before others, one must endure hardship behind the scene
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Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来
[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 →
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The Court Arranged My Marriage, So How Did I End Up with Three Widows? 朝廷赐婚，我怎么分了三个寡妇
Jiang Lang, a master of his generation, transmigrated to a dynasty where the court assigned wives to men. A poor commoner with nothing but bare walls at home, Jiang Lang chose the three most beautiful widows as his wives. He would pursue a career in government, conquer the business world, make his mark in love, fight his way through the jianghu, and battle on the field! Plots, traps, flirtation, slaughter, and cruelty! To find a way back to his own time, Jiang Lang had no choice but to excel in
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The Foolish Village Head Has a System: Fleeing Famine, Hunting, and Raising the Clan 傻子里正带系统：逃荒打猎养族人
Infrastructure building and farming, light fantasy, cozy, no conflict The mountain lord brings me food as I open up the land; with infrastructure and farming, my barns overflow with meat. By a twist of fate, I transmigrated into Jiang Xiaobai, a fool of a village head whom everyone despised. Luckily, I have the System to save me. The mountain lord brings food, auspicious beasts take human form, and my people trust me and work at my side. I turn their trust into resources, going from bamboo shed
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Touring Ancient Times with an Arsenal 带着军火逛古代
(Alternate history + multiple heroines + pocket dimension + modern weapons + conquest + unlimited supplies) In a chaotic age of famine, the harvest fails and people resort to eating their own children. I can travel between two worlds and have unlimited supplies and weapons. Watch me save the world and build a paradise where people can live in peace and prosperity.
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The Number One Son-in-Law: From Child Bridegroom to Powerful Minister 第一赘婿：从童养夫到权臣
[Farming and imperial examinations + warm and relaxing + alternate ancient setting] [The male lead seems sweet and simple but is actually cunning and doting toward his wife; a story of growth × the female lead seems frail but is actually domineering and cold-hearted] Villagers: “That little fool from the Fang family carries Pear Girl around everywhere all day. What a bargain that child bride turned out to be!” Song Zhun: “Do you think I want to carry her? If I don’t humor that lazy girl, she say
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In a Chaotic Famine, I Rose to Power with Braised Eggs! 乱世荒年：我靠卤蛋逆袭了！
[Farming + Famine Years + Pocket Dimension + One Heroine + Lighthearted Comedy + Satisfying Comeback] Transmigrate as a good-for-nothing crown prince? No. Transmigrate as a penniless young man with nothing but bare walls? That's right. After falling off a cliff and waking up, Lin Changsheng finds a spirit spring dimension in his mind. He thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of life, but then he takes a look at reality: Two mud-brick rooms, seven people, eight jin of coarse grain, and not e
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I Have Endless Supplies in My Spatial Storage on the Road to Escape the Famine 逃荒路上我有空间物资用不完
Stockpiling supplies + fleeing famine + spatial storage + transmigration The space contains weapons and ammunition From fleeing famine to becoming an emperor, watch a person reborn and transmigrated from the post-apocalyptic world rise to power in another realm, where modern weapons dominate a kingdom. Firearms and artillery clash with cold weapons. He pulls out a knife, and you whip out a gun? He's got more men, so you use a cannon? Everyone here has to march to war, and you've got a Humvee to
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Transmigration: Building a Beautiful Home in the Tang Dynasty 穿越：我在大唐建设美丽家园
[Transmigration, System, infrastructure, daily life: Readers who prefer something else, beware!] Su Ming, a low-tier novelist, unexpectedly dies from overwork while writing and transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, where he obtains a System. In a Tang Dynasty full of dangers, all he wants is to be a carefree county magistrate and build a paradise of his own. And so all sorts of strange things spring up in his Honghe County: beautiful homes, the curved-plough, hot pot restaurants
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- 75 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？ 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—Score190Shelves
- 76 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！ 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 778Reads7.3Score108Shelves
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The Spendthrift Son of the Zhenguan Era 贞观败家子
He transmigrated into the world as the son of Li Yuan's third brother, who had died young, and grew up far from home. "Nephew!" Li Yuan called out to Li Fu. "Nephew!" Li Fu called out to Li Chengqian. Don't be afraid. Your uncle's here... Go, invite His Majesty over. I have something to discuss with him. What? I should go see him? What are you talking about? He's just an emperor, while I am a noble prince!
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- 78 Striving in the First Year of Hongwu 奋斗在洪武元年 The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I transmigrated to the first year of Hongwu. Who else can relate? I, Young Master Yang, got press-ganged right from the start and became one of Emperor Zhu Chongba's proud wage slaves. 14kReads8.9Score863Shelves
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The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁
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
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With Acres of Farmland, Soldiers, and Grain, I Have No Need to Fight for the Throne 手握万顷田，有兵有粮不争王
Transmigrate, spatial dimension, farming, no heroine. The male protagonist transmigrates with a spatial dimension containing millions of acres of fertile farmland. Just as war breaks out everywhere and people are starving, he takes in refugees, buys servants, and gets into farming and animal husbandry. Chickens and ducks fill the skies, while cattle and sheep roam the land. He rises from nothing to become richer than a nation. With no connections or powerful backers, he trains an invincible forc
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To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举
[The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing,
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- 82 I Turn My Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举逆袭人生 When Li Jingxing wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. Around him are crude huts and shabby furniture, and the air carries a faint smell of straw. Looking down, he sees that he is wearing ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals. All of it leaves him utterly confused. “How did I end up here?” Li Jingxing wonders. Just then, a burst of noise breaks through his thoughts. 3kReads8.8Score230Shelves
- 83 Reincarnated in Ancient Times: From Farmer to Sage 魂穿古代之以农入圣 Soul transmigration, farming, no System. Li Yuntian, an agricultural science student from the twenty-first century, dies unexpectedly and finds his soul transported to the ancient Great Zhou Dynasty in a parallel world. It’s hell mode from the start: his parents are both dead, his family is dirt poor, and all he has are an honest sixteen-year-old older brother, three young siblings crying to be fed, an empty rice jar, and the bitter winter just around the corner. Faced with utter poverty, Li Yun 8.1kReads7.6Score547Shelves
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[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
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You Look Down on Me for Being a Butcher's Son? The Emperor Calls Me Boss! 嫌我屠户之子？可皇帝叫我老大哎
[Farming and Business] [Teacher and Students Transmigrate Together] [Lighthearted and Funny] Lu Jiang is a teacher at an elite special training school, in charge of eight spoiled rich kids who are nothing but trouble! During an outdoor training exercise, they all transmigrate to an ancient era plagued by famine, where corpses litter the land. From the start, Lu Jiang gets the worst deal of all: he's become the son of a butcher, someone everyone looks down on! Later, he reunites with his students
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My Peaceful Life in the Mountains 我的悠然山居生活
A doctor at a top-tier hospital, struggling to make ends meet in a big city, overexerts himself and collapses after coughing up blood. By chance, he receives the favor of the Nature of All Things System. From then on, he gains an affinity with plants and animals. He quits his job and returns to a small mountain village, where he chases dogs, catches chickens, plants an orchard, tends vegetable plots, raises fish, and plays with children. He lives an idyllic life while leading the villagers on th
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I Transmigrated and Got a Wife, Then Began Cultivating with 3D Printing 穿越得媳妇，靠3D打印起步修炼
After modern office drone Su Yan suddenly died, his soul crossed into another world, where he became a frail scholar with nothing but bare walls to his name. He also got a gentle, virtuous wife, Liu Yuner, thrown in for free. Just as he thought he would spend his life copying books to get by, he discovered that his soul had somehow bonded with the new smartphone from his previous life, along with its AI, Wanxiang! With 3D printing and modern technology, he easily earned his first pot of gold by
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Heavenly Tools Help Me Marry a Beautiful Bride in Ancient Times 诸天道具，助我在古代迎娶美娇娘
[Alternate History] [Otherworld] [System Novel] [Farming] [Multiple Heroines] [Domestic Life] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [No Court Intrigue] [Shrewd, Underhanded Protagonist] [Version One] After transmigrating, Li Antai discovers this is no ordinary ancient world. There are beastfolk dynasties and human dynasties. But with the System, he has nothing to fear. What? Nobody wants the silly, bull-horned demi-human girl? What? Nobody wants the seductive, fox-eared demi-human girl? What? The petite, a
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Transmigrating to the Countryside: With My Pocket Space, Farming Is Easy 穿越农家，空间在手好种田
[Alternate history + transmigration + pocket dimension + farming + feel-good power fantasy] Getting whisked into another world and going from a comfortable life to eating bran is hard on anyone! What do I do without food or drink? I have a pocket dimension! Everything from my dimension is top quality. “Wow, big brother! Why does that pheasant look just like a chicken?” “Did you know domestic chickens were once wild chickens people caught and raised?” he said, making excuses. “Big brother, where
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A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州
Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye
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She Became a Man: Reborn as an Abusive Husband in Ancient Times 女穿男：穿成古代家暴男
(Woman Transmigrates into a Man + Farming + Building Wealth + Golden Finger + Cultivation in the Later Stages) One moment, a stunning beauty from the 21st century was arguing with her best friend over whether to ride the pirate ship or the Ferris wheel first. The next, she had become Xu Jing, a scumbag who beat his wife and was selling his daughter to buy alcohol... Looking at the pitiful mother and daughter, their faces sallow from hunger, and their dilapidated home, Xu Jing could only roll up
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My Wife Is Already the Richest, So Why Take the Top Scholar Exam? 娘子都首富了，还要考状元？
[Whose husband is this? Whoever grabs him gets to keep him!] Xu Ye accidentally transmigrates while rescuing someone from drowning. When he reaches shore, he realizes he's holding the daughter of the richest man in the realm. He thinks he's landed himself a wealthy wife and can lie flat, living off her money, but then he sees his fiancée being schemed against... “Copy books to pay off your debts? Why not copy Battle Through the Heavens!” “The teahouse is empty? Let's get on the BBS!” The imp
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I Farm My Way to Ascension, Taking the Whole Village With Me 我靠种田，带全村飞升
[Ordinary Person]+ [Farming]+ [City Building]+ [No System] This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a slow-paced, traditional cultivation story. The focus is on farming, with cultivation as a secondary element. The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates and discovers that this is a world of cultivation. Without the original owner's memories, he finds that this world is nothing like the cultivation novels and TV dramas he has seen. As he gradually learns how difficult cultivation is, he is also
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After I Stopped Being a Doormat, the Sect's Saintess Went Crazy 不当舔狗之后，宗门圣女急疯了
[Fantasy + pocket dimension + immortals and mortals living together + no System + cultivation-minded, slow-paced daily life] After fawning over Song Sihan for eighteen years, Jiang Liu finally won her hand. To make sure his wife and son had enough resources to cultivate, he devoted himself to business and became a wealthy supplier of spiritual herbs. Song Sihan used a drug to control his mind, making him completely forget his family. His father was framed and killed, his mother died of illness,
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Reborn, I Study for the Imperial Exams in Another World 重生后，我在异世界读书科举
(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
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Imperial Exam Days: My Brother Is the Top Scholar 科举日常：哥哥是状元郎
The story’s ultimate goal: to become emperor and make it commonplace for women to take the imperial examinations. The title has become a little outdated. [Female protagonist, cozy everyday life, imperial examinations, government service, business, succession struggles, childhood sweethearts, happy ending, female protagonist has a pocket dimension] Content warning: The story moves at a leisurely pace. The protagonist is Sixth Daughter, a true woman of ancient times. Year Three of Yong’an. Sixth D
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Selling Vegetables and Studying, Then Becoming the Top Scholar 卖菜读书，结果高中状元
After Shen Qingfeng dies alongside the Zombie Emperor in the apocalypse, he transmigrates to an alternate dynasty called Great Chu and becomes a child in Ning'an Village. The boy, nicknamed Dog Egg, is frail from birth, suffers from heart disease, and has a lowly name. Luckily, his proper name is Shen Yu'an. After studying for a few months with the elders, Shen Yu'an decides to take the imperial examinations, only to discover that his ancestors were exiles, and the descendants of exiles for thre
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- 98 Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐：父亲您不造反，我造反！ [Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision, 12.7kReads8.6Score782Shelves
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A Great Drought Hits the Countryside in the 1970s, and My Family Digs Up an Underground River 七零农村大旱，我家挖出地下暗河
After Zhang Jianguo’s father was beaten to death, he grew timid, submissive, and honest. Though kindhearted, he led an incredibly rough life. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to fifty years earlier. This time, he would change his ways. A man who fails to avenge a grudge is no gentleman! Meanwhile, his family dug a cellar and uncovered an underground cavern filled with abundant water and fish! With these supplies, he not only helped his family build a good life, but also avenged his
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Immigration and Frontier Reclamation: From the Start, I Maxed Out My Skills as a Hunger-Proof King 移民开荒：开局点满技能耐饿王
[Frontier settlement in ancient times + farming + power fantasy + daily lottery + stockpiling food + multiple heroines] [Current identity: Poor farmer] [Today’s rewards have been refreshed] [Host may choose one of the following three rewards] [Skill: Hunger King: You can endure hunger better than ordinary people] [Skill: Calloused Hands and Feet: The more calluses you have, the less effort it takes to work] [A map of your current location] Li Qiang was walking while reading a novel when he ran i
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