I’m Out of Top-Tier Lord Novels to Read (Beginners, Stay Away) 顶级领主类书荒(新手勿入)

1. 851 神 God Gave You the Power of Deception, and You Turn Around and Trick Me? 神：赐你欺诈，你反过来骗我？ No Admiring at Dusk日暮不赏Mystery2.8M WordsOngoing [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 59.2kReads8.6Score5.8kShelves
2. 852 全 Cards for Everyone: I'm a Red Card Player from the Closed Beta 全民卡牌：我是内测红卡玩家 Vow to the Light誓约光明Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Everyone Thinks Strategically] + [Cards] + [Heroes Vie for Supremacy] + [Yu-Gi-Oh!-Inspired] + [Twelve Talismans] + [Game Invasion] + [Fishing] + [One Heroine] A rain of cards ushered humanity into the Age of Cards. On top of a building, a young man fiddling with a red card spreads his arms to welcome it. Welcome to the age of Card Masters! The next moment, countless white cards and a handful of green ones rain from the sky. A voice rings out above them. “[Card Domain] has officially logged in 135.2kReads8.7Score9.7kShelves
3. 853 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 195kReads8.9Score33.3kShelves
4. 854 逆 The Reverse Maze 逆位迷宫 Peng Pai彭湃Urban1.7M WordsOngoing On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Bai Ze's life begins a countdown. Survive or perish: that is the choice. // Three lives, six paths, a mist-shrouded maze. Nothing is harder than choosing one's fate. 84.8kReads9.5Score6.6kShelves
5. 855 车 The Pinker the Car, the Fiercer the Driver: I’m Claiming the Top Spot 车越粉人越狠这榜一我当定了 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 461.4kReads9.4Score52.5kShelves
6. 856 第 The Fourth Covenant 第四誓约 Green Carp in the Lake湖中青鲤Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing [Lord] [Farming] [Technological Progress] [Slow Burn] [No System] [Western Fantasy] [Another World Conquest] [Multiple Heroines] In the year 780 of the Airedale Era, the nobles levy exorbitant taxes, and only the Holy Family seems to retain its former glory. The empire's once-great splendor hangs by a thread. The new king of the Silver Gorge Kingdom has inherited his predecessor's authority and seeks to build a mighty realm. He is bringing the kingdom's nobles to heel and pushing through militar 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Push your own book(☆_☆)

7. 857 全 Global Lord: Conquering the World from a Lord's Hut 全球领主：从领主小屋开始争霸 Loves Frozen Cabbage爱吃冻白菜Eastern Fantasy201k WordsOngoing Conquest + All-People Lords + Special Troops + Myriad Races + Farming and Development The clash between the will of chaos and the will of the demons has ushered in an era of lords. At the end of the epoch, every living being will be swept into the maelstrom of this world war. Watch how Lin Fan turns the tide amid this catastrophe. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very good Lord's article

8. 858 我 I Command the Five Elements, and My Troops Evolve on Their Own 我，执掌五行，兵种全靠进化 I'm Not a Carnival我不是嘉年华Sports320k WordsCompleted [Everyone Becomes a Lord, Races Compete for Supremacy, Decisive and Ruthless, No Dumbing Down, Vast Worldbuilding, Overpowered Protagonist] Everyone arrives to compete for supremacy among the myriad races, and each person gets a small territory from the start. While others are still worrying about their ordinary troops, Yang Shu awakens a unique talent: [Master of the Five Elements]! While others use cannon fodder to hold the line, Yang Shu’s [Red-Gold Dragon Guards] turn everything in the direc 255Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book, please support

9. 859 轮 Reincarnation: Lord of Cards 轮回：卡牌之主 Immortal Tianyu不朽天宇Sports2.0M WordsOngoing (P.S. This is not a story about an invincible protagonist. It features cards, a mix of different elements, revival, rebirth, development, and exploration. The protagonist needs to grow and change. Failure and setbacks are part of life, and personalities can change.) The will of Blue Star awakens, only to be captured by a world called Reincarnation. People from ancient times are resurrected in Reincarnation, and creatures from myths and legends break into reality and appear there. Different culti 147Reads5.4Score—Shelves
10. 860 从 Starting Out as a Lord in Another World 从异世界领主开始 Just One Salty Fish咸鱼也只一条Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Lord-Building] + [System] + [Construction] + [No Female Lead] + [Playing It Safe] + [Lighthearted] This is the story of Li Lin, a Blue Star college graduate who transmigrates to another world and slowly develops his territory through construction. When war comes, will he give up and flee, stand his ground and fight to the death, or grow stronger with every battle? A leisurely life needs strength to protect it and sturdy defenses to keep it safe. With all kinds of bizarre buildings and structure 635Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 861 宇 Cosmic Online Game: I Can Choose What Drops 宇宙网游，我能指定掉落 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Sports2.0M WordsCompleted A universe-wide online game has arrived. The rewards players earn in the game can be brought back to reality, and monsters can appear in the real world too. Everyone is anxious as they stand at the crossroads of a new era, except Lu Kong... Because he can choose what items monsters drop. Whether it's a monster or a treasure chest, he always gets the rarest loot! 34kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
12. 862 家 My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝！ The Wise Man's Mutt智者的土狗儿Historical1.9M WordsCompleted [Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn 87kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves

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    Good book recommendation, worth reading.

13. 863 活 The Living Dead Dynasty 活死人王朝 Snail Enjoyer蜗享家Historical2.4M WordsOngoing Li Yu, a company commander in the Great Shun army stationed on the border in Youzhou, is wounded in a clash with northern raiders. To his surprise, he awakens a secret from his previous life. He comes from a collateral branch of the Li family, a military household in Youzhou. For generations, his family has guarded the bitterly cold borderlands beyond the Great Wall. If things had continued this way, life would have been peaceful enough. But the reigning empress of Great Shun, seated in Luoyang, 33.4kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves

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    The second book is written by the author of the first one. The first one is quite good. If you are interested, you can read it. The third one is still being pursued, but the protagonist is a local emperor and has certain autonomy. The fourth book is about countering the Ming Dynasty, from being confused after traveling through time, to contacting later generations, and plotting to conquer the world under the collective advice of later generations, changing regrets.

14. 864 全 Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始 Cutting the Hanging斩悬Historical3.1M WordsOngoing After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M 9.6kReads8.9Score531Shelves
15. 865 异 Heretic Lord? I'll Launch a Crusade 异端领主？我直接十字军东征 The Merchant King of Wu Qingcheng武倾城的商王Eastern Fantasy179k WordsOngoing Western fantasy + lordship + Total War The local religious sects have no manners at all. After transmigrating to another world, I originally planned to live it up as an ordinary little lord, eating, drinking, and enjoying myself. But over a minor issue of faith, the Inquisition started hunting me as a heretic. Luckily, I have the Medieval Total War System. It's time to show the locals what professional religious thugs look like! 10Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Wang Po sells melons

16. 866 骑 Mount & Blade: Summoning Five Outlaws from the Start 骑砍：开局召唤五名不法之徒 Lord Huo Huo霍霍大人Historical582k WordsCompleted [Mount & Blade + System + melee weapons + part villain + ruthless] Hod transmigrates to an era resembling the Middle Ages. Bandits and brigands run rampant, lords and kings wage war, and everyone fights and kills for their own interests. The only thing Hod can rely on is the System that came with him when he transmigrated. "System, recruit some robbers." 1.4kReads7.5Score119Shelves

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    It's hard to say whether it's a lord or not. Anyway, these are really good books.

17. 867 无 Infinite Worlds: Undead Calamity 无尽世界：亡灵天灾 Timber木料Sports320k WordsOngoing [Territory conquest] [Recruiting troops] [Heroes of Might and Magic] Everyone on Blue Star transmigrates to an endless world. Lin Luo wakes up one morning as an undead lord. He gains the talent Necromancy! The skeleton army grows bigger with every battle! One day, he leads his heroes and countless undead to conquer the entire continent. Only then does he discover… There are worlds beyond the continent. 172Reads8.6Score—Shelves
18. 868 乱 The Han Immortal Clan of the Chaotic Star Sea: Invincible Since Its Founding on a Small Island 乱星海韩氏仙族，从小岛开始无敌 Plum Ancestor杨梅老祖Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Family cultivation, decisive and ruthless, no System, fast-paced, lighthearted, exploration, growth] The Daoists and Buddhists have vanished; gods and ghosts are nowhere to be found. The Starfall Sea stretches beyond the horizon. As the years roll on, how many heroes have been swept away by its mighty waves? Han Tianming, head of the Han family on Qingling Island, happens upon a map brimming with opportunities. From then on, the Han family begins its rise! Seek hidden treasures, explore opport 10.1kReads8.6Score612Shelves
19. 869 反 The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 36.8kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
20. 870 末 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 26.6kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
21. 871 史 Prehistoric Survival: A Stone Cave from the Start 史前求生：开局一座石洞 The Refined and Easygoing Vagabond儒雅随和的流浪汉Sports1.0M WordsCompleted “We’re in prehistoric times! The wilderness is so dangerous!” “An ancient forest isn’t something to mess around in!” “The animals are enormous! I feel like an ant!” “...” Everyone around the world transmigrates after waking from a night’s sleep. They all arrive in an unknown world, where every kind of beast, from the late Cambrian Period to ancient times, can be found. Humans are at the very bottom of the food chain. Survival is their greatest hope. When Zhou Yi wakes up, he finds himself in a s 9kReads8.5Score1kShelves
22. 872 乌 The Aconite Alien Planet Chronicles 乌头异星记 Qing Nang Luomo青囊萝藦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse199k WordsCompleted Beneath a blood moon, the silver blades of the Arkship’s tuned warriors clash with the black robes of the Demon God’s followers on the shattered plains. A dragon-blooded youth’s fingertips burst into blazing flames, forbidden spells rend the sky, and an evil god sealed for a thousand years awakens within a meteorite rift. This fated battle will let the eternal night devour the last of the light. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you enter the pit, please enter the pit. If you enter, lie down.

23. 873 领 Lord: Leading the Orcs to Conquer the World 领主：带领兽人征服世界 Loves Carrots and Never Sleeps爱吃萝卜不睡觉Eastern Fantasy302k WordsOngoing [Farming] [Lighthearted] [War] [Lord] [No System] [Power fantasy] [Soul transmigration] Es transmigrates into the body of an earl's son just as the orcs lay siege to the city. With such a disastrous start, how can he turn things around? Transmigrated with memories of the modern world into an age of war and rival lords, shouldn't he max out basic technology and crush everyone with an overwhelming advantage? Build roads, open up trade, recruit talented people. And yes, I want orcs too. Smelting an 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Starting from a small border town, starting as a baron, step by step, we will become bigger and stronger, and create greater glory. No money, build roads and open mines. No one, lower taxes, improve crops, encourage hunting. If there are no soldiers, the training ground should be renovated and the rewards should be increased. Soul penetration + lord + no system + city construction + farming + hegemony.

24. 874 全 Omnipresent Divinity: I Sacrificed Billions to Become a God 全民神祇：我献祭亿万生灵成神 Flying Watermelon飞翔的大西瓜Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Han Wu transmigrates to a world where anyone can become a god and gains the power to sacrifice lives. He starts with a worthless race of followers, then sacrifices his way to an unbelievable reversal of fate. With no power, influence, or money, he sacrifices his way to the top. As long as he has enough followers, he can grow infinitely stronger through sacrifice, becoming a primary god, the god above all gods! 3.7kReads7.9Score454Shelves
25. 875 我 My Childhood Friends Are All Game Bosses 我的青梅竟都是游戏BOSS A Shot of Whiskey一支威士忌Sports4.2M WordsOngoing [Game world + fake villain + myriad races + battles + multiple heroines] “Come on, I'm the young master of the Night City family of gene-modified mutants. Can you stop always making me live off a woman?” In this game world, countless races stand side by side. Genetic evolution, flourishing martial arts, technology-based cultivation, magic, and supernatural abilities all collide, while city-states wage constant wars over territory. Ye Ge is reborn into the family of magic-mutated humans in the 42.8kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
26. 876 末 Surviving the Apocalypse: A Frail Girl Becomes a Necromancer 末日求生：病弱少女转职亡灵法师 Xiaoyi夏小乙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse986k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + rebirth + natural disasters + necromancer + pocket dimension + hoarding supplies + farming + no romance + thriving alone + ruthless + zombies + foreign races + game + skeleton army] One day, the world changed, the apocalypse began, and beings from another dimension invaded. But that was only the beginning of the apocalypse. Ouyang Qianjin, a young woman with ALS, chose the holy cleric path among the mage classes in her previous life, hoping to cure her illness. But even the power o 2.7kReads8.3Score326Shelves

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