Books That Perfectly Showcase the Splendor of Ancient China 极致的展现古代风华的书
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- 1 Adorable Fortune-Telling Wife: Her Secret Identity Is Dazzling 神算萌妻：她马甲飒爆了 The Qin family was richer than a nation, and their only son, Qin Bei, was a peerless genius, devilishly handsome, and born under an unlucky star. Any woman who came into contact with him would die unexpectedly. Rumor had it that his grandmother, hoping to secure her grandson’s happiness, had found a tough-as-nails country girl and brought her home to marry him. Qin Bei said, “My wife is a country girl who hasn’t seen much of the world, so please bear with her!” Everyone: … When the powerful and 8.6kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
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The Lasting Red: How to Make a Living 满江红之何以立身
Both leads are virgins! Happy ending! Marriage before love! No weak woman paired with a strong man: the man must be A, and the woman must be A too! You are Qing Wei, an assassin raised in Qin Hui's household from childhood. You and your sisters fought your way through a hundred candidates to survive, and after coming of age, you were chosen as Qin Hui's adopted daughter. Qin Hui trained you in both letters and arms so that one day you could marry his trusted aides and help keep them under surve
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Choose a Hero to Change History? Hold On, Let Me Try First 选英雄改变历史？等等，我先逝逝
When a major figure of an era runs into serious trouble, history is left with regrets. To set history right, the protagonist, Xi Zixin, is basically useless, so he has to rely on historical figures summoned from other eras to turn the tide and resolve those lingering regrets. The White-Haired Army of the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Baoning in the Southern Ming, the First Emperor burning books and burying scholars...
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Northern Song: What a Coincidence, I'm a Spoiled Noble Too 北宋：好巧我也是纨绔
The first story's pacing is a little slow and it's hard to revise, so just take your time reading! The Great Song: This is a subtle power fantasy, not an obvious one. It might leave you itching for more! You can learn history while reading the novel, as the Yang clan's descendants rise to prominence again. Women: Li Qingzhao, Li Shishi, Pan Jinlian, Chen Miaochang, and Meng Chan. Men: Su Shi, Fan Chunren, Zhe Keshi, Zhong Shidao, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Yu Yunwen. This is the brilliant splend
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The Guide to Concealed Beauties 藏娇引
Winter. The last of the snow. Her sword is moonlight. Her poison is honey. Her name is a secret. Purple robes, swift as lightning. A woman, like a poem. The world knows Princess Jinning, Zhao Qingli, only as a living portrait of a court lady, hidden deep within the palace. Little does anyone know that she is also the Sword God’s sole disciple and a once-in-a-century genius of the Tang Sect. Her sword is called Purple Lightning. When it leaves its scabbard, it flashes like a startled swan reflect
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- 6 The Princess and the Sword Immortal 公主与剑仙 Atop Lock Dragon Peak, snow falls without a sound. Xiao Jianqiu, the “Lone Shadow Sword Immortal,” is invincible beneath heaven with his gleaming blade. He watches the clouds drift by, seeking nothing more than freedom and ease. The martial world? Just a place where grudges are settled and swords do the talking. In Jinling, behind the deep walls of the imperial palace, Princess Zhaoyang Zhao Jin is born to privilege, yet finds the palace walls too high and her life too stifling. The court? Nothi 2.5kReads—Score19114d adds
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I Transmigrate into Emperor Zhenzong of Song and Execute Kou Zhun from the Start 穿成宋真宗，开局先斩寇准
If you asked me, “If you transmigrated into Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty, what would you do?” Obviously, I'd shoot Xiao Daling, that hapless fool, dead with one arrow, then anger Xiao Yanyan, that old witch, to death; recover Yanyun, capture Shangjing, punch the Liao dynasty and kick Western Xia, annex Dali, destroy Jiaozhi, keep a Goryeo maid on my left and trample a Japanese slave underfoot on my right. Better yet, I'd ambush the Arabs on land and openly plunder the red-haired devils o
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A Literary Youth in the Han Dynasty 大汉文艺青年
[History] [Alternate World] [Transmigration] [Witty and Humorous] [Multiple Heroines] Fan Li, a rogue who runs a bar, undergoes Transmigration into ancient times. One poem stuns the literary world, and one song brings listeners to tears. From his initial, desperate flight to making his first splash at a grand literary gathering; from showing off his divine prowess at Chongli Terrace to fighting bloody battles in a lone northern fortress, the rascal laughs and curses his way through it all. In t
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Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始
(The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for
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- 10 I Have a Beast Compendium That Devours Demons 我有一张魔吞兽谱 Eight hundred years ago, the Battle of the Heavens brought the Daoist sects into decline. Eight hundred years later, a young Daoist who has come down from the mountains awakens his true spirit. He obtains the Demonic Devouring Beast Compendium, encounters a Thunderclap True Spirit, and learns divine arts, secret techniques, and immortal and demonic magic! As the winds of change gather, Yu Cangfeng openly inherits the Pure Yang Temple while secretly building the Immovable City! When the heavens w 138Reads7.0Score—14d adds
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The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城
Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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- 12 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 23.6kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
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The Han Dynasty's Record of Demon Slaying 大汉拔魔录
The mountains and seas nurture fierce beasts, while qilin lie hidden in the fields. When the fantasies of a bygone age descend upon reality and endless calamities lurk in bustling cities, how should people face what is coming? Should they pray to the gods, or become gods themselves? Through a chance encounter, Ji Bai steps onto the path of cultivation. Watch as he raises a single lamp to guard this glorious land.
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With My Blood, I’ll Save These Mountains and Rivers 我以我血挽山河
[Not a Power Fantasy + Slow Burn + Multiple Storylines + No Golden Finger + Passionate Conquest of the Song] At the end of the Northern Song dynasty, Bianjing was under siege, and the realm was falling into enemy hands. After his soul traveled nine hundred years through time, Gu Yuan found himself on the snowy plains outside Bianjing, where he and a band of fleeing soldiers happened to rescue the reborn Princess Zhao Yingluo. Through careful planning at every turn, he rose to become the era’s gr
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- 15 The First Clan 第一氏族 The northern states have been united by an ambitious and capable ruler. The southern Great Qi Dynasty, with no cultivators at the Heavenly Human realm, has been weakened by infighting over power, and its people have turned against it. Just as the northern ruler, whose cultivation is unrivaled beneath heaven, prepares to march south and seize all nine provinces, a young man from Great Qi's foremost clan opens his eyes, reborn, determined to defy the tide. 77Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 16 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 244.6kReads9.4Score19k14d adds
- 17 The Ning Empire's Army 长宁帝军 This world is divided among hundreds of countries, large and small. When it comes to warfare on land, the Ning Kingdom is virtually invincible. Its fierce armies, drawn from the four frontiers and four arsenals, sweep across the realm. Wherever the land stretches, Ning's banners can be planted. But beyond the sea, where its armies cannot reach, there are always those who refuse to submit. And so a young man took up his blade and halberd, and crossed the sea on a single reed. 489Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 18 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 25.9kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 19 In Ancient Times, with Only a Middle School Education from the Start 人在古代，开局只有初中知识 —Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐
Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her!
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- 21 Half the City in Splendor: Complete 3-Volume Edition 半城繁华（全3册） "Their wedding was fast approaching when the groom died unexpectedly. Out of compassion, her mother secretly sent her to Chang'an to take refuge. There, she never expected to stumble into a tangled, sorrowful romance. One man was like a deep, still river, stirring love and resentment until she was left helpless. The other was passionate and sincere, gentle and considerate. Would she defy the bounds of propriety and choose the man she loved deeply? Or would she settle for a life of wealth and ent 74Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 23 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
- 24 One Song, Youthful China, and a Storm of Traditional Style 一曲少年华夏说，掀起国风狂潮 The young have their own wild spirit, standing tall with backs as firm as mountains and rivers. Shen Feibai is an inheritor of Chinese opera, one of China’s traditional cultural treasures. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he discovers something shocking. The people of this world don’t even have the national confidence that every citizen ought to possess. So, beginning with “On Young China,” he takes popular music far beyond its current level. He restores national pride, brings opera bac 91Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Years Flowing Through Wangchuan 忘川流年 “On the banks of the Wangchuan River, I have waited for you for eternity. Beside the Bridge of Helplessness, endless emptiness stretches on. When you have seen all the warmth and cruelty of life and grown tired of the battles between immortals and demons, would you be willing to keep watch over the underworld with me?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Heavenly Book: The Imperial Star Descends to the Mortal World, One Sword Proves the Dao 天书：帝星化凡，一剑证道
[A golden-scaled dragon is no pond-dweller. Soon, the Heavenly Book will descend from the ninth heaven!] What would happen if Dugu Qiubai lived for a thousand years? A Heavenly Book spans a thousand years of China’s history, bringing him into contact with humans, demons, immortals, and Buddhas. (A historical cultivation novel about immortality, featuring Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that may be difficult for most readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story; slow burn, so read with care.) [Imm
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After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪
By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life!
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Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Three Women, Countless Dramas 穿越古代：三个女人N台戏
[Ensemble cast + group transmigration + farming and commerce + military service and medicine + self-reliance and perseverance, an uplifting and satisfying story, slow burn, everyday slice of life] A car accident sends three women transmigrating to the unfamiliar Great Wu Dynasty, where they land in a bandit’s den from the start. Zhu Mingyue: “Watch me make a fortune with two deadweights in tow.” Duan Xiaotang: “Watch me bring stability to every corner of the realm with two teammates.” Lin Wanwan
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Transmigrating Through the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Sun and Moon Light My Way 穿越之日月照我隋唐路
He was just a 2025 spy operating on the edge of a knife. An accidental explosion sent him transmigrating to the turbulent years of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Reborn in another body, he finds himself the young lord of a frontier people. Should he take up the shepherd's crook and continue living a pastoral life? Or command a hundred thousand mounted archers and challenge the Sui and Tang, the Tujue, and the Gaobaixin Japanese? A cinnabar mole, a moonlight of the heart... His reach extends to ever
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I'm a Eunuch, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是太监我怕谁
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! He transmigrates to the era of Wu Zetian, with a golden dragon possessing his body and a System at his disposal. He dominates the world, invincible and unrivaled, standing alone above all, roaming the martial world and becoming the greatest under heaven. He reaches the pinnacle of life and possesses the world's April days.
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- 31 Sister-in-Law, I'm Just a Fool 嫂子，我只是一个傻子 The Continent of Dongzhou: Eastern Zhou, Western Liang, Southern Jin, and Northern Wei. The Eastern Zhou states, five kingdoms across ten generations. Prince Li Tianming transmigrates to the Continent of Dongzhou. Watch as he becomes the son of a fallen kingdom, rises again, makes a comeback, conquers the world, and unifies the continent. 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
- 33 Disciple, You're Invincible Now. Go Down the Mountain and Wreak Havoc with Your Junior Sister 徒儿，你无敌了下山祸害你师妹吧 A young monk descends the mountain to become the greatest hero under heaven. He becomes the great hero in the hearts of countless beauties, standing center stage and dazzling beneath the spotlights. 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
- 35 The Divine Seer and the Eerie Doctor 神相诡医 Zhang Fan grew up with his grandfather, who ran a coffin shop. Blessed with peerless skills in face-reading, medicine, and the supernatural, he makes his way through the city. He can read the faces of the living and the dead, treat both human ailments and ghostly afflictions, take on local bullies, and capture evil spirits as he writes the story of a legendary life! 4.5kReads8.7Score58714d adds
- 36 The Little Miracle Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村小神医 Lu Fan, the “Assassin Miracle Doctor,” returns to his hometown. His younger sister is being bullied, the mystery of his missing parents and older brother remains unsolved, and there are even traces of the legendary immortals to follow. With his peerless medical skills and extraordinary martial arts, Lu Fan solves every problem. But he was only ever focused on pursuing the Great Dao, so why does trouble keep following him around? What should he do? Asking online! 1.4kReads9.0Score60514d adds
- 37 Reborn Son, Transmigrated Mother 重生儿子穿越娘亲 Gongsun Xian'er was sure she must have offended the transmigration deity somehow. Otherwise, why would it keep messing with her? As a special transmigration bonus, she got a little bundle of joy. Since the child was so cute, she accepted it. Her terrible talent and ugly looks? She put up with those. She got a space, too, but someone else owned it, so she let that go as well. But why couldn’t she even live out an ordinary life in peace? Someone was always popping up to take her life! The little b 86Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 38 Swallowing Heaven Martial God 吞天武神 A homebody from Earth transmigrates to a fantasy world and gains the power to devour anything. From then on, demonesses and holy maidens alike go mad for him, while all beneath the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands prostrate themselves at his feet. But somehow, the very first thing he does after transmigrating is help a beautiful woman take a bath. Talk about thrilling... 1.8kReads8.3Score20214d adds
- 39 Urban Ancient Immortal Physician 都市古仙医 Ye Bufan, a college junior, stages a fake accident to raise money for his mother's medical bills, but runs into a female driver who refuses to play along. After she hits him, he inherits the legacy of an ancient school of medicine. From then on, he masters medical arts, cultivates powerful techniques, takes the city by storm, and wins the favor of countless beautiful women. 1.9kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 40 The City's Super God of War 都市超级战神 After ten years in the military, he returns home in glory! He will protect his beloved, guard the nation's borders, and fight for supremacy! Whoever insults my parents, covets my beloved, bullies my family, or sells off my ancestral home? The War God has returned. Even if demons and monsters run amok, I will crush every enemy and rise above all! 134Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 41 The Number One Tycoon's Son-in-Law 第一豪门女婿 For three years as a live-in son-in-law, he was branded a good-for-nothing and endured endless mockery and ridicule. When the three-year marriage was up, his mother-in-law threw him out! His wife was breathtakingly beautiful, but she never once treated me kindly! Three years east of the river, three years west: reborn into a wealthy family, I can trample rich pretty boys and win over beautiful rich women with ease! 2.9kReads9.0Score96114d adds
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