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When Lilacs Bloom: Adventures in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 丁香花开之五代十国历险记
On the day his dissertation defense failed, Hao Xinren, a history PhD student at Yanjiang University, was also dumped by his girlfriend. With a lilac flower in hand, he transmigrated to Later Liang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and stumbled right into Zhu Yougui murdering his father. When Zhu Yougui spotted him, Hao Xinren was thrown into the imperial prison to await execution. Fortunately, Guo Xiangyu helped him escape. Hao Xinren won Guo Xiangyu's heart and earned the favo
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I Have a Secret Realm Connected to Every Dynasty 我有个秘境通各朝各代
At 76, he’s still working for the Heavenly Dao. He is Yang Guang reborn, making amends for Yang Guang’s sins. Zhu Yuanzhang arrives, Li Shimin arrives, the First Emperor arrives, and so do the Han founder and Emperor Wu... He discovers that historical figures are more than names or labels. They are real people, with virtues and flaws shaped by their times, not something to be judged on a whim. He takes crown princes as disciples, hoping to carry on their policies and build a golden age of Chines
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I Am Hongli, Building a Golden Age for the Qing Dynasty 朕是弘历打造大清盛世
[Political Intrigue + Harem Rivalries + Factional Strife + Romance + Emperor] Hongli ascended the throne at twenty-five and ruled for sixty years, making him the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor in history. He governed with diligence, excelling in both civil and military affairs, and led the Qing to the height of its golden age. Yet factional strife raged through the court, conflicts in the deep palace never ceased, and danger lurked behind the splendor. In the end, the golden age ga
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- 4 Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs 慈禧皇后与她的三个宠爱太监 [Eunuchs + Palace Secrets + Empress Dowager Cixi + Court Intrigue] From the time Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace to the day she ruled from behind the curtain, she shared an unusual relationship with three eunuchs: An Dehai, Li Lianying, and Xiao Dezhang. They were like master and servants, like friends, and more than anything, like old companions. She doted on the three eunuchs, who relied on her favor to do as they pleased, throw their weight around, and take part in court affairs. This 49.3kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
- 5 Conquering the Western Desert: Li Shimin Possesses Zhu Qizhen at the Tumu Fortress 征漠西：李世民魂穿土木堡朱祁镇 As everyone knows, the turning point in the Ming dynasty's decline was the Tumu Crisis of 1449. For nearly two centuries afterward, the dynasty teetered on the brink, and its emperors grew ever more eccentric, their absurd exploits ever more spectacular. This story follows an idealistic vision and a hopeful wish: Li Shimin, a historical figure renowned for both civil and military achievements, transmigrates into Zhu Qizhen during the Battle of Tumu, leading the Ming army back from the brink and 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Transmigrate to Northern Song: I Am the Benevolent Ruler of the Great Song 穿越北宋：我为大宋仁君 What? I'm a history PhD, and I've become Zhao Zhen... Since I'm a young man of the new era, born under the red flag and raised in the gentle spring breeze, even as emperor, I will bring civilized ideas to this age. 1.4kReads5.8Score10214d adds
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The Jian'an Chronicles 建安录
A complete retelling of Cao Cao’s life in novel form [That was the original plan, but in the end the story only reached Cao Cao’s retirement in Qiao County in the fourth year of Zhongping] An original novel about the late Han dynasty, based on historical fact Focused on political intrigue and personal growth amid the chaos Following the rise and transformation of a generation’s great warlord With the courtly rivalries and tangled bonds between ruler and subject in the late Eastern Han as a secon
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Tracing the Prince of Lanling 寻迹兰陵王
This novel sets out to investigate a murder: was Gao Cheng, father of the famed Prince of Lanling, Gao Changgong, killed by his own brother Gao Yang? Two of the best-known figures from the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties are Hua Mulan and the Prince of Lanling. The contemporary musician Liu Qingyao's piece "Prince of Lanling Breaks the Enemy Lines" inspired this story. Gao Changgong was the grandson of Gao Huan, the protagonist of "The Chile Song." After the song is sung, a success
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My Dad Is Su Dongpo, My Wife Is Li Qingzhao, and My Bro Is Emperor Huizong 老爹苏东坡老婆李清照老铁宋徽宗
Tags: No System, not a mindless power fantasy, meticulous historical research, slow burn, personal growth, one heroine An utterly ordinary art student transmigrates as Su Dun, the prematurely deceased youngest son of the legendary Su Dongpo. A quick calculation tells him When his father goes to Huizhou to eat lychees, he’ll be eleven. When his father goes to Hainan Island to eat clams, he’ll be fourteen. When his father is pardoned and dies in Changzhou, he’ll be seventeen. When Cai Jing erects
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Tales of the Northern Song Dynasty 关于北宋的那些事
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!
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Wolf Smoke at the End of the Sui Dynasty 隋末狼烟
[No System] [One Female Lead] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] In the fifth year of Daye, the realm was at peace, but chaos was just around the corner. The moment Qin Shaoling opened his eyes, he had become the orphan of Princess Yicheng. His parents had been killed by Pei Ju, the most powerful court favorite of the dynasty. The Guanlong Group, the aristocratic clans of Shandong, Buddhism and Daoism, and the Eastern and Western Turks: everyone on this chessboard was a pawn. Only he knew how it
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The New Shun, 1644 新顺1644
[Peasant Rebel Army Perspective + Research-Oriented + No Golden Finger, No System] (Late Ming Dynasty, research-oriented, a people's history perspective, no System, and a somewhat slow start.) You can think of it as a prequel fanfic to New Shun 1730, or perhaps a sort of tribute.
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- 13 Fierce as Xifeng Liquor 西凤烈 A modern special forces instructor dies heroically on a mission. When he opens his eyes again, he has become Liu Qi, the son of a military family in the Northern Song dynasty. The story starts at full throttle: a bloody battle at Zangdi River, where the heavily armored Iron Kite cavalry charges forward like a steel torrent, crushing the Song army. Just as the commander’s banner is about to fall and the commander’s son lies near death, a soul from a thousand years in the future quietly awakens. T 7.4kReads9.2Score92214d adds
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Reforming the Qing: The Jiaqing Restoration 革清：嘉庆维新
Those who know Qing history all say that the Qing dynasty was already doomed by the Qianlong era. Its deep-rooted internal problems were impossible to reverse, the distribution of resources was wildly unequal and rife with conflict, and it shut its eyes and ears to the outside world, abandoning its own strength. A scholar from the late Qing transmigrates to the first month of the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign. Watch as he rewrites the course of history. Tags: Domestic reform, tributary diplom
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- 15 Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3 The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Travels of King Mu of Zhou 穆天子游记 The Travels of King Mu tells the legendary story of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, the fifth Son of Heaven of the Western Zhou dynasty. Invited by the Queen Mother of the West, he journeyed west to Kunlun with eight steeds and a company of soldiers, seeking the elixir of immortality. Building on The Tale of King Mu, the novel weaves in numerous mythological episodes, battles between immortals and demons, and elements of Eastern fantasy to create a vast world where humans, gods, monsters, and demons co 10Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Tale of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 戏说魏晋南北朝
Telling real history in a playful voice, this book paints a sweeping portrait of the turbulent years of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. This period of history was practically a real-life, large-scale farce worthy of Game of Thrones. Not long after Sima Yan, who had unified the country, died, a foolish emperor and his ugly empress turned the realm into a slaughterhouse during the War of the Eight Princes. Liu Yuan, Shi Le, and others invaded the Central Plains, plunging the north
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In Northern Qi, My Pets Became the Emperor and Empress 穿越北齐，宠物成了皇帝和皇后
[History + struggle for supremacy + war + multiple heroines + lighthearted comedy + decisive violence + hard-edged political schemes] I transmigrate to Northern Qi and become Gao Changgong, suffering the suspicions and machinations of Emperor Gao Wei. But my beloved dog, Dahuang, and my beloved cat, Xiaobai, transmigrate along with me! Dahuang becomes Emperor Gao Wei, and Xiaobai becomes the empress. Minister: Your Majesty, I believe Prince of Lanling is plotting a rebellion! Gao Wei: Oh? Then c
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Thirty-Six Autumns in a Lonely City 孤城卅六秋
An isolated city perched on a sheer cliff held out alone for thirty-six years in an age when Mongol cavalry swept across Eurasia. The young swordsman Wu Xuanqing and the talented Shen Xiaoyuan meet amid the fires of a war-torn age. They witness and take part in the construction of Fishing Town, from its very beginnings. They share in the triumph of the “broken whip of the gods” and endure the despair of Xiangyang's fall and the tragedy of Yashan. When the entire Southern Song collapses, they be
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- 20 Lone Loyalty in the Vast Sea 沧海孤忠 The Solitary Loyalist of the Vast Sea: The Complete Biography of Zheng Chenggong is a heroic elegy that delves deep into the heart and probes the soul. This book seeks to go beyond a simple tale of monument-building and portray a real man struggling amid the upheavals of his age. He was the son of a pirate, of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage, and a Confucian scholar with the world in his heart. He was the "Lord of the Imperial Surname," personally named by the Longwu Emperor, and a lone mini 83Reads7.0Score—14d adds
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Seeking a Way Home Through the Rise and Fall of the Hua Dynasty 浮沉华朝觅归途
After a long dream, Linghu Jingheng finds himself in this fictional dynasty, a realm flourishing with ritual and music. As a visitor from another world, he begins full of confidence, believing that his knowledge of the future will let him resolve the conflicts of the world with ease. But once he gets involved, he sees the cruel truth: the court and provincial governments are full of profound, capable people worthy of being remembered in the historical records. His knowledge from another world re
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I Became the Wanli Emperor's Crown Prince, So Whoever Wants the Red Pill Can Eat It 穿成万历太子，这红丸谁爱吃谁吃
Reborn as an emperor who has only been on the throne for a month, he faces the Palace Coup and the Red Pill Incident, with treacherous officials within and bandits without. From crown prince to emperor, he plans every step. Great Ming, are you ready to welcome your Emperor Taichang? Nurhaci, are you ready to be put through the wringer?
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- 23 The Longqing Restoration 隆庆中兴 I transmigrate as Zhu Zaihou, but I won’t be a little sycophant. For the sake of tribute and trade, I dare to wage righteous war. I open the passes and command the four seas, my proclamations reaching the eight directions. The people receive sweet rain, and the dynasty flourishes forever. Alas! I would rather be a man of the Longqing era than aspire to rule like Yao and Shun. 8.4kReads8.5Score71414d adds
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The Shadow War Between the Eastern Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms 暗战之东晋与十六国
The title may not sound very much like a Tomato Novel, but the story is great. A descendant of the reborn Zhuge Liang marries a future female agent, a descendant of Sima Yi who has transmigrated into a woman with the same name? One of them goes undercover in Former Qin, while the other hunts spies in the Eastern Jin? And they have a female partner who transmigrated along with her body and disguises herself as a man to get things done? A villainess even brainwashes Xie Daoyun, the talented woman
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Red Sky: The Dynasty Cycle 赤霄：王朝周期律
Note: This is an epic war story. Don’t see that the protagonists are two men and assume it’s the sort of “two male leads” story some female readers enjoy. It isn’t! There are two male protagonists named here only because there isn’t room to list more than a dozen. Each subsequent volume will have its own protagonist, and the complete story will feature more than a dozen protagonists. Each protagonist belongs to a different historical period. Faced with the crises of their time, whether struggles
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- 26 The Guanshan Pact 关山契 On the western frontier, yellow sands bury the dead, and honor is as fragile as paper. The young Zhao Tianhao was merely a merchant’s son from Ping Wharf. With a heart full of sincerity, he kept his contracts, protected his family business, and brought peace to his neighbors. Yet the crushing might of the war-torn age destroyed his household, driving him to abandon trade and take up arms. He entered the death camp, managed military rations, trained a corps of death-defying soldiers, and defended 5.3kReads9.3Score60714d adds
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A Comprehensive History of Commerce 商史通鉴
A sweeping historical novel that lays bare six centuries of power games in the Shang dynasty. No myths, no romanticized tales, only the truest human nature, the cruelest contests, and the deepest lessons of rise and fall. My writing on Shang history began with questions about the origins of Chinese civilization, and ended with a reunion with myself. The Shang dynasty was a pivotal era when the rites, royal authority, and divine power of Huaxia took shape together. Yet scarce historical records a
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Dust Mountain 尘埃山
This story follows ordinary people struggling to survive through the long, chaotic ninety years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It portrays how a group of common folk make their way in life, far from the halls of power, with no special advantages or extraordinary encounters. Like specks of dust drifting through time, they endure the weight of the years, unnoticed and unheard.
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On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位
[Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak
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Quick, Let Duke Zhou Eat Some Meat 快让周公吃肉
I transmigrated one day and became the famous Duke of Zhou, Ji Dan. Everyone praises me, saying, “The Duke of Zhou spits out his food to welcome worthy men, and all under Heaven turn to him.” But who knew I wasn’t practicing humility, I really just can’t stomach meat! The shadows of the blood sacrifices at Zhaoge haunt me. Just one bite of meat and I’m back in that slaughterhouse in my dreams. Within, scheming ministers watch like tigers; without, the rebellion of the Three Guards bears down. Th
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When the Wind Rises in Lingbiao: The Five Dynasties’ Seven Governors 风起岭表之五代七刺史
Ning Mengli possessed strength enough to reach the heavens and virtue that rivaled the divine emperor. He guarded the nation's frontier and reclaimed the wilderness. Ning Changzhen had the ambition to encompass mountains and rivers and the noble bearing of clouds and mist. He subdued Jiaozhi, campaigned against Linyi, and seized Shebei. Ning Yuan Ti was the first successful candidate in the imperial examinations from Lingnan, a distinguished remonstrance official in the Kaiyuan Golden Age. Begin
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Overthrowing the Tang: Transmigrate into Emperor Ai, Who Abdicated the Throne 覆唐：穿越禅位天子唐哀宗
A modern soul transmigrates into Li Zhu, the last emperor of the Great Tang. In the fourth year of Tianyou, Zhu Wen usurps the Tang throne, and the dynasty collapses after 289 years. In name, Li Zhu is the Prince of Jiyin who abdicated the throne. In reality, he is a prisoner trapped in a cage. The history books are unequivocal: just three months later, a cup of poisoned wine will be his end. Given a second life, he refuses to sit still and await death! Imprisoned in his residence, he uses polit
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The Real Three Kingdoms Is Even More Exciting 真实的三国更精彩
[Authentic Three Kingdoms history | No transmigration, no System, no golden finger] Stop letting Romance of the Three Kingdoms mislead you! Based on Records of the Three Kingdoms, this novel reconstructs the late Han truths that have long been obscured. He Jin’s foolishness brings Dong Zhuo’s chaos upon the land, while Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan struggle to establish themselves. Zhuge Liang excels at governing, but his northern campaigns conceal a weakness. Sima Yi patiently plots, outlastin
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- 34 A Century of Ruin: The True Story of the Five Barbarians' Upheaval 百年陆沉：真实的五胡乱华 The Three Kingdoms reunite under Jin, and Taikang ushers in a new era. Everyone believes the age of chaos is over and peace has finally come to the land. But they do not know that Sima Yan has been laying the groundwork all along, and will personally destroy the Han realm. He disbands the armies of the provinces, enfeoffs warlords as kings, and allows millions of non-Han peoples to settle among the Central Plains. The Eight Princes bleed the empire dry in their infighting, while Empress Jia’s m 24Reads—Score314d adds
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Iron-Blooded Resolve: Twin Dragons Shine Across the Land 铁血文心：双龙耀山河
As the realm crumbles, two outstanding men rise from the Lu clan. The elder brother is a poet renowned throughout the land. After a difficult journey through the imperial exams and a turbulent career in office, he rises from humble scholar to founding emperor, using the heart of a writer to bring peace to the realm. The younger brother is a martial prodigy. Setting out from Siming Mountain, he gathers heroes of the northern jianghu, makes his name on the battlefields of the Western Xia, assassin
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Reborn in Li Bai's Body? From the Start at Mawei Post Station, I Save Yang Yuhuan 魂穿李白？开局马嵬驿，我救玉环
One of Tomato's rare gems. The An Lushan Rebellion, an exiled immortal and a noble consort, intrigue amid chaos, and fervent devotion to the nation. A man remains a boy until the day he dies. As he makes his way through life, apart from Yang Yuhuan, his unattainable first love, which of the colorful women of the Tang dynasty became his cinnabar-marked love? And who remained the one he could never let go? Most importantly, whether heroes or villains, everyone is sharp-witted. This story is entire
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A Commoner Holds the Imperial Seal, So Let Me Be Rude 草民执玺，庶我无礼
[Alternate history + political intrigue + factional strife + succession struggle + war] No System, no invincibility, no treasures, no special bloodline, no golden finger… nothing at all! From the start, all He Yan can say is “Ah!” He’s the unlucky soul who transmigrates into a book as a lowly slave on the frontier. Mired in the dirt, he’s caught in a time of chaos, with a life as cheap as an ant’s. When even a bowl of porridge and a meal of rice are no longer guaranteed, should he accept his fat
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The Loyal Soul of the Righteous Blade 义刀忠魂
The Southern Song faces crisis, and loyal men are slaughtered. Li Ying, son of Li Gang, chancellor of the Great Song, studies under the famed general Han Shizhong, who fights against the Jin. Wielding the Dragon-Catching Saber, he is a match for thousands. He campaigns alongside his master, crushing rebel bandits and killing Jin invaders. A pillar of support in the eyes of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, he burns with a fervent desire to defend his homeland. Then, news of his family’s destruction stri
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] This is the only alternate-history novel anywhere to feature a protagonist who fulfills the ideals of "establishing a moral compass for Heaven and Earth, securing the lives of the people, carrying on the lost teachings of the sages of the past, and bringing peace to all generations." From the start, he is caught in a dead-end situation: Zhangsun Wuji has already begun laying the groundwork to frame him, and fewer than six y
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The Dragon Rises in Jinling: Reviving the Tang Dynasty for Five Hundred Years 龙起金陵，再续大唐五百年
“The emperor in Chang’an, the army of the Wei residence.” The Wei residence’s household troops had become a thing of the past beneath the executioner’s blade, while the emperor in Chang’an lived in constant fear amid troubles both within and without. Does an emperor have some special birthright? Whoever commands the strongest troops and finest horses becomes emperor! Flames raged everywhere. Looking across the land, the Tang was now divided among rival regional warlords: Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Yang
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From Pangu to Puyi 从盘古到溥仪
[A Tomato-style Records of the Grand Historian + a blessing for audiobook listeners + grounded in historical sources + told with the flair of a novel] [Also known as From Pangu's Creation of the World to the Last Emperor's Abdication] A million-character epic spanning from Pangu's creation of the world to the last emperor's abdication. This isn't a mindless power fantasy: it combines historical authenticity with an engaging, nuanced touch. The book tells the whole story of Chinese history, from
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The Last Scion of the Zhi Clan: Everyone in My Warring States Era Is Evil 智氏遗孤：我的战国全员恶人
Jinyang City fell, and a century of glory for the Zhi clan was wiped out overnight. Zhi Yuan fled west to Qin, carrying the mysterious infant girl A Yan, who bore the power of “recursion.” But he was drawn into a life-or-death war between Qin and the ancient evil known as the “Darkborn.” The brilliant Zhi Wenshu concealed her identity in Qi, stirring up a storm at the Jixia Academy. With the world as her chessboard, she laid a web of secrets aimed at the Three Jin states. The fierce warrior Zhi
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Don't Panic, Great Ming, I'm Here to Save You! 大明别慌，我来救你！
This is a race against the inertia of history. With plans far ahead of his time, a modern soul changes the course of an empire's collapse. Watch as he transmigrates into the Chongzhen era, revives Huaxia, and ensures the lands of the Great Ming endure forever!
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