Any World-Building Novels About Developing a Vast Territory Step by Step? 有没有大世界观基建文啊，一步一步完善自己的领土

1. 151 神 The Divine Realm Is Invading? I'll Bring My Country Here First! 神域入侵？我让祖国先降临！ Otherworldly Salted Fish彼岸咸鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing My name is Lin Fan. I transmigrated into a magic world on the brink of collapse, where magic is running dry and all life is withering. As a traveling merchant, I awakened the [Supply Teleportation] ability, but everything I sent out vanished without a trace. With a talent everyone considered worthless, I struggled to survive each day amid my fellow merchants’ ridicule. Until the day the gods issued a divine decree: invade another world and seize its vitality! When the star map unfolded and that 76.2kReads7.7Score9.9kShelves

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   This book is amazing! It's incredibly satisfying in the later stages, and of course, it's also great in the beginning!

2. 152 恐 The Great Horror Expedition 恐怖大拓荒 The One Who Hides His Edge藏锋人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity] [Survival] [Madness] [Passionate] [No Golden Finger] It began on that night, when every human on Blue Star vanished for no apparent reason. As people gradually regained consciousness, they realized they did not belong in this world. Horrors, hunger, primal fear, and native invasions became the only challenges people had to face. In this world rife with danger, death was simply the norm. 691Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   The world-building isn't large, but everyone has been transported to another world, with each person separated by 5-5000 kilometers.

3. 153 恐 Dinosaur Chronicles: A Velociraptor from the Start 恐龙战纪：开局一只迅猛龙 Liang Moli梁墨璃Historical2.4M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the wilderness, he returns to a primordial age where dinosaurs and giant beasts roam. In this ancient wilderness of tribes, dinosaurs, and colossal beasts, prehistoric creatures and mysterious wonders emerge from the fog as exploration unfolds. The protagonist will lead his tribe in taming savage giant beasts and build a mighty tribe around them. He seeks not merely to survive, but to conquer and explore the world! His goals are: Turn packs of raptors into phantom scouts, 14.3kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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   You absolutely must read this one, it's great!

4. 154 穿 Transmigrating to the Warring States: Two Rice Balls in the Second Year of Eiroku 穿越战国：永禄二年的两个饭团 Deep Dive Premonition深潜预知Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Sengoku Japan, in the second year of Eiroku. Two rice balls save a life. No System, no golden finger. Only increasingly hazy knowledge of the future, a bold yet cautious way of handling affairs, and a man from a later age who rises from humble beginnings. Starting with nothing, he survives the chaos, stands tall, and fights his way to prominence, eventually vying for supremacy in the Sengoku era. He studies medicine and builds castles, trains in swordsmanship and spearmanship, and learns the p 2.8kReads—Score355Shelves

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   Is the Japanese Sengoku period a viable option? Extensive infrastructure development is key; don't worry about the hardcore nature of the game. Imagine Japan secretly developing its economy and technologically advancing, starting from humble beginnings, waging war in chaotic times, cultivating resources, building ships and cannons, vying for supremacy, and in the mid-game, the protagonist fights the Jurchens, establishes the Liaodong Army, builds treasure ships, fights the Netherlands and Portugal in Southeast Asia, occupies India, discovers Australia, seizes the Middle East, enters the Americas, and confronts Western powers.

5. 155 重 Reborn in Troubled Times: Fighting My Way to the Throne 重生之乱世奋斗当皇帝 Fish on the Balcony阳台上的鱼Historical315k WordsOngoing Special forces soldier Wu Feng transmigrates into a small mountain village in a parallel world resembling the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Poor, starving, and unable even to dream of a bowl of thick porridge. He never planned to become king. He just didn't want to starve to death again. He gathers refugees and builds a stronghold, growing from a single earthen wall to a realm stretching thousands of miles. The world sees him planning every move when sober and sleeping among 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a good story. The protagonist survives in a chaotic world, recruits refugees to build villages, and strives to dominate the world.

6. 156 末 Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland: I Build a Great City on the Back of a Behemoth 末日废土，我在巨兽背上建大城 Ink-Washed Painting墨染绘丹青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Post-apocalyptic wasteland + beast taming + farming + trade + war + multiple heroines] The world has run out of resources. Dust storms blanket the globe, civilization has fallen, and every living thing fights desperately for a mouthful of water. To make matters worse, scavengers periodically wipe out human settlements. The world has entered its final countdown. Chen Changsheng unexpectedly transmigrates into this post-apocalyptic wasteland. By a stroke of luck, he awakens one of the world’s 2.6kReads7.2Score108Shelves

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   Recommended: Wasteland development.

7. 157 古 Ancients Come to the Island as Special Appointees, Rewriting China’s Unfinished Stories 古人来岛当特聘，改写华夏意难平 The Winding Stone Path石径斜Historical311k WordsCompleted Focused on building a career, rewriting regrets, and an ensemble cast. Ning Ye is stranded on an island. After transmigrating and being reborn, he overcame seven terrifying brushes with death and finally activated a god-tier System. The good news: He became the island lord. The bad news: At the moment, he’s the island’s only resident. Just as Ning Ye is about to run away, the System tells him it can summon resources from across the heavens to help build a theme park spanning myriad worlds. To th 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Ancient People Come to the Island as Special Appointments, Rewriting the Unresolved Stories of China" This is no ordinary infrastructure-building novel. It begins with a deserted island, a typhoon is approaching—the protagonist leads ancient people to install advanced technology to withstand it. They survive, and then what? Then Fusu decides to return to the Qin Dynasty and reclaim the throne; Han Xin says, "I'll help you"; Yue Fei sees his "future" projected in the sky in Zhuxian Town, remains silent for a moment, then turns around and joins the Northern Expedition; Lu You and Tang Wan rewrite their tragic love story on the island; Chongzhen receives a Junior Protector Yu and cries, "I'm saved!" This is just part of the excitement. There's also a voyage to rescue a giant merman, heroes of the Three Kingdoms vying for global dominance, a multi-dimensional paradise connecting the past and present… You think infrastructure is just about building houses? No, it's about rewriting history. One island connects countless worlds. One system rewrites all the unresolved stories. The world-building is ridiculously vast, but every detail is brilliant. Following this book is like following a slow-burning epic—steady in the beginning, explosive in the end beyond your imagination. Add it to your bookshelf, it's worth it.

8. 158 异 Summer in the Otherworld of the Demata 异世之帝玛塔的夏天 neletaTwo Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworldly World-Building + Transmigration + Genius in Every Discipline + Primitive Tribal Setting + Ensemble Cast] Mu Zhongxia never imagined that the one time he boarded a transmigration flight, it would send him to the land of the barbarians! And that wasn't even the worst of it. The worst part was that his destination was basically the other world's version of Ningguta! A place where winter could freeze a person to death in seconds! In this world, mages and machinists stood at the ver 4.6kReads9.2Score537Shelves

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   There shouldn't be any similar large-scale world-building novels where the protagonist travels to a primitive region in another world and leads the people of a primitive tribe towards civilization.

9. 159 8 My Northwest China Farming Simulation Game in the 1980s 80年代我的大西北模拟经营游戏 Little Angel Jinmu668金木小天使668Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will go up, everyone, come take a look!!!] Lin Qiyun transmigrates. As the top science-track student in the first college entrance exam after the Reform and Opening-Up, he is a peerless genius from Tsinghua or Peking University! He has already mapped out his perfect life: stay in the capital, join the National Development and Reform Commission, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and rise swiftly through the ranks. Then, on the eve of graduation, he binds to the “Supe 22.3kReads7.2Score1.8kShelves

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   A true farming novel, where flowers that change the fate of the nation are grown in the barren Northwest; the writing is superb.

10. 160 穿 I Transmigrated 20,000 Years into the Past and Built a Modern City 穿越两万年前，我造出了现代都市 Ni Linsheng逆鳞生Historical165k WordsCompleted [Ice Age survival and development + transmigration + civilization-building System + prehistoric city-building + invincible power fantasy] Transmigrate to the Ice Age twenty thousand years ago, where everything is barren and the land is wild! Lin Chen awakens a top-tier civilization-building System. He fires bricks and smelts iron, lays water and power lines, and puts up skyscrapers! Starting from nothing in the prehistoric wilderness, he builds a super-modern metropolis that leaves its era in th 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes, they're beautiful!

11. 161 生 Survival Game: Protecting Humanity from the Three Thousand Demon Gods 生存游戏从三千魔神开始护佑人族 Mother of Pitcairn Island皮特凯恩岛的于母Sci-Fi & Apocalypse115k WordsOngoing [Talent Evolution] [Faction Building] [Everyone Gets a Head Start] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Global Survival] [Ding! The Northern Frontier War is lost! The Dragon Gate Campaign is lost! The Luo River Campaign is lost!] Three unprecedented defeats have cost humanity ninety percent of its territory and half its population. White mourning cloth hangs from every home. The land and rivers fall silent! The other races threaten to wipe out the entire human race! [Ding! Survival Zone No. 0 is n 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone has cheat codes; they form organizations in the survival game, build infrastructure in a cheat-driven society, and destroy everything.

12. 162 青 Behind the Scenes at Qingyun 青云幕后 All I See Is an Open Road所見皆坦途Eastern Fantasy447k WordsCompleted In a cultivation world where the strong rule, Shen An chooses a path no one believes in: gathering intelligence. While others shut themselves away in their caves for a hundred years to break through a bottleneck, he's chatting with the tea stall owner. While others fight to the death in the arena for cultivation techniques, he's helping a street vendor push his cart and casually fishing for information. Years later, when the heads of great sects, clan leaders, and grand elders sit down at the sa —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This involves gradually developing an intelligence network, cultivating outstanding agents, and then slowly retreating to the background.

13. 163 跨 The Cross-Domain God of War 跨域军神 The Lab's Little Sugar Daddy课题组的小金主Eastern Fantasy373k WordsOngoing On the Xuan Kong Continent, the imperial family and the Northern Mang conspire to frame the Yue family of Great Qian. Three hundred thousand Yue troops die in Starfall Valley, and as Young General Yue Yuan lies at death's door, he accidentally activates a strange fragment beneath him, connecting him to Earth's top think tank. Combining Earth's strategic technology with the martial arts of Xuan Kong, he rebuilds his army, eliminates traitors, crushes his enemies, and breaks down the barriers betw 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended new book, a fusion of science and cultivation.

14. 164 被 Running for My Life from a Black Hole 被黑洞撵着活 Zi Han梓瀚Sci-Fi & Apocalypse505k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival. Invasion by alien races. Humanity is kept like livestock, a lowly source of food! The black hole in Wei Xiaobao’s left chest has saved his life countless times in the apocalypse. But this time, even the black hole can’t hold on any longer. Just as he is about to be thrown into a demonic beast’s stomach, the remnant soul of an Ancestral Shaman bursts through the depths of the black hole and settles everything with one decisive blow. Only then does he learn that he is actu 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A vast world view, perfecting one's own galaxy

15. 165 贺 He Fengzi 贺疯子 A Moth Flapping About一只扑楞蛾子Historical1.6M WordsOngoing 1. This is a dark take on the Ming dynasty, centered on rebellion, with grand-scale battles and a brutal, bloody aesthetic. Ming loyalists should read with caution. 2. This is a transmigration story, but the protagonist’s golden finger is deliberately limited, in an effort to stay close to the historical realities of warfare at the end of the Ming dynasty. 3. In this novel, a soul from the future originally intended to possess Sun Chuanting, but through a twist of fate became He Renlong instead. 709Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, if He Renlong hadn't been beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen, and if Sun Chuanting hadn't been forced into battle and sent to his death by Chongzhen, would history have been rewritten?

16. 166 不 Unbelievable! I’m Bringing Compulsory Education to Ancient Times 不可思议！我在古代普及义务教育 The Goose Treading on Thin Ice如履薄冰的鹅Ancient Romance862k WordsCompleted Other people’s Systems let them hear others’ thoughts, win over handsome men, or climb the ranks through palace intrigue. Tao Ran’s is different: hers is a compulsory education system created by the state! It requires her to bring compulsory education to feudal antiquity! Tao Ran is completely at a loss. She figures she won’t survive a single episode trying to introduce compulsory education in ancient times... But the System insists it was created by the state! Its quality is guaranteed, so Tao 7.5kReads8.0Score881Shelves

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    It's great, it's finished.

17. 167 穿 After Becoming a Female Chieftain, I Led the Frontier Out of Poverty 穿成女土司后，我带边疆脱贫致富 Likes the Trombone喜欢乐器长号Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted Lu Mingyu, an agricultural science student, transmigrates into the legitimate daughter of a chieftain's estate in Dayan. Her father died young, and her mother took over his duties and holds all the power. But the next day, she discovers that the estate lies in a remote border region, cut off from news, impoverished, and underdeveloped. So she gets to work, visiting the locals and conducting surveys herself, determined to help everyone escape poverty and prosper. But just as this young chieftain' 51Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 鬼 Demon Slayer: The Wine God's Sacrifice 鬼灭：酒神祭祀 Junior Sister Ji, Who Loves Lion Peaches喜欢狮子桃的季师妹Anime Fanfiction411k WordsCompleted There are myths and legends passed down both among the Demon Slayer Corps and among ordinary people. At night, there are man-eating demons, swordsmen who hunt them, and gods who protect humanity. Without realizing it, he became the subject of legends, worshipped, prayed to, and thanked by the people, until a tale of a god took shape around him. A boy with health problems was given a prescription and medicinal herbs by a doctor, but afterward he turned into a demon. Yet he seemed to have escaped 2.5kReads9.1Score254Shelves
19. 169 求 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 A Little Fu Fu一只福富Sports900k WordsOngoing [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 202.6kReads9.2Score36.1kShelves

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    This book doesn't quite count. I recommend "I Have a Safe City Next Door," which perfectly fits the questioner's requirements.

20. 170 龙 The Dragon Rules Liangzhou 龙驭凉州 Guardian of the Eternal Night永夜守护Historical221k WordsCompleted Folks, let’s really dig into the tangled history of the three powers that held sway over Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou in the northwest during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: the Tanguts, the Six Valleys, and the Guiyi Army. This area was the choke point of the Silk Road. Whoever controlled Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou held the lifeline of the northwest, so these three powers fought fiercely while also dealing with the central Chinese court and the surrounding big players. It wa 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    History is always full of absurdity and coincidence. Shen Lie always deliberately tried to erase his own traces in history, but he never imagined that his unintentional words and actions could subtly shape the customs of China for thousands of years. For example, Shen Kuo once joked with his Tangut brother, "Why haven't you found a wife yet? Why are you still a bachelor?" The boy didn't understand the deeper meaning of the Chinese language, but he greatly respected Shen Kuo and believed that bachelors should be punished with sticks. He even established an ancestral rule that during every sacrificial ceremony, the bachelors of the clan would line up and be lightly tapped on the buttocks with sticks, praying for their descendants to marry soon and have many children. This unique ritual became known as "beating the bachelors." This custom has been preserved to this day, and it is still maintained in some villages in Qinghai Province. During sacrificial rites, the bachelors line up and are tapped on the buttocks by their elders with sticks—this is the origin of the "beating the bachelors" custom. [Laughing and crying emojis]

21. 171 美 Exploring the World of Food 美食世界探索 Chen Ziyang, the Great God Himself陈紫洋大神本人Eastern Fantasy437k WordsOngoing 📖 A hard-core hunting adventure in a world of gourmet food ✔️ No golden finger, no female lead. The protagonist relies entirely on real skill to brave dangerous places, hunt exotic ingredients, and cook hearty dishes. ✔️ A muscular protagonist and realistic, hard-core hunting details turn the wilderness into a feast for the senses. ✔️ No deliberately torturing the protagonist. The pace is brisk and satisfying, with no frustrating setbacks. Later on, his combat power goes through the roof, and he 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "How vast is the world-building in this book? If the author writes 10,000 words a day, it would take another 7560 trillion years to complete it." You've read those books that claim to have a "grand world-building," right? The map is huge, the setting is thick, but the world only lights up where the protagonist goes. That's not grand; that's a moving stage set. The "grandeur" in *Exploring the World of Food* is a different concept. 4.6 Million continents. Each one is the size of the sun's surface. Not 4.6 Million place names. It's 4.6 Million independent ecological variables, civilization paths, and evolutionary possibilities. The author has written 99 chapters, and the protagonist's footsteps have only covered a few thousand square kilometers—not even a fraction of a continent's potential. Someone calculated that even if the author updated 10,000 words a day, it would take 550,000 times the known history of the universe to complete the story of the evolution of civilizations on all 4.6 Million continents. This isn't a story "waiting to be finished." This is a world that is known to be unfinished, yet still created. Where does the thrill of "building a grand world" come from? It's not about "seeing how much territory the protagonist conquers." It's about knowing—on that continent the protagonist has never set foot on, at this very moment, the sun is rising as usual. Species there are evolving, rivers are changing course, and an enlightened civilization is experiencing its own Bronze Age. They aren't waiting for you. They are growing on their own. As a reader, you're not watching someone conquer the world. You're looking down on a universe where life itself surges forward. Regarding "building territory step by step": The infrastructure of this book starts with the very first stone. Building shelter requires carrying it yourself. Planting terraces requires setting the contour lines yourself. Making fire, sharing food, establishing order—every step is grounded in reality, and every failure has a complete cause-and-effect chain. It's not a system notification "Your territory has expanded." It's you personally transforming a wasteland into a home with fire, a pot, and people waiting to feed you. In conclusion: If what you're looking for is a grand world view—a map so vast the author could never finish writing about it, a world teeming with civilizations where there are always new continents to explore—then *Gourmet World Exploration* is for you. It's not just in the setting book. It's vast in its infinite possibilities.

22. 172 转 Reincarnated as a City Wall: Recruiting Players to Build a Base 转生城墙：招募玩家，建造基地 Clouds Soar to the Ninth Heaven云凌九霄Sci-Fi & Apocalypse216k WordsOngoing [Nonhuman] [The Fourth Calamity] [Worldbuilding] [Ensemble Cast] [This novel's fictional world is extremely dark! Readers with a low tolerance for distressing content, please do not read!!!] Qin Yang transmigrates into Blue Star during a spiritual qi revival, only to be reborn as a section of city wall that can evolve without limit! When foreign races invade, I'll fire my antimatter annihilation cannon! Insectoids, mutated beasts, machine races, Titans... They're all trash before my overwhelming 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The book title itself contains the word "infrastructure".

23. 173 全 Global Cataclysm: My Tower Defense Survival Log 全球灾变：我的塔防生存日志 Duo Baisheng夺百声Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Day 1 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] I awakened a talent, though it came at a steep price. I survived. [Day 18 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] An ally from the Flowing Rocklands sent us a catch of fish. I planted even stranger crops. [Day 45 of the Cataclysm, Winter] The ice and snow brought an energy vacuum. Howling winds and snow monsters rampage outside, but if we hold this cave, we can survive. [Day 77 of the Cataclysm, Winter] Kyle set out to return to his family, while Zhang Wenbin and Murphy headed 7.9kReads7.0Score676Shelves

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    You'll like this one - a slow-burn Western fantasy survival and farming story.

24. 174 碧 Blue Archive: Love, Death, and the Goose Alliance 碧蓝档案：爱，死亡和鹅联盟 Kaisi Master凯斯masterAnime Fanfiction170k WordsOngoing [Blue Archive spin-off + War Thunder + original plot + flavorful System + war epic + civilization’s survival + apologies for OOC] Above the wasteland, yellow sand swallowed everything. When Gao Shou, a rich kid, woke up, all he had left was a light tank with a broken track and a War Thunder Soviet-Russian tech tree System. While everyone else transmigrated with powerful cheats, he had to chase after Kaiser PMC’s armored convoy in an antique World War II relic. Five girls were making their las 251Reads—Score110Shelves

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    For some players, based on the original world view derived from the second game, the infrastructure content will be written soon.

25. 175 穿 I Transmigrated as a Soft, Adorable Loli and Had to Cling to My Own Thigh 穿越软萌萝莉，被迫抱紧自己大腿 I Eat Green Limes我吃青柠啊Historical265k WordsCompleted Shen Yunluo transmigrates to an alternate world called Da Sheng, becoming a little girl not yet twelve years old. Her peaceful days don't last long. Japanese pirates invade, and her older brother can only scoop her up and flee for their lives. The siblings arrive in the unfamiliar city of Hei Niu and start from scratch, doing business, setting up production teams, and even building an army to protect themselves. As their power grows, they also provide relief to countless ordinary people. Years l 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a story about a young girl who transmigrates to an alternate ancient world, establishes a production team, and expands her influence. The protagonist is a young girl, but you need to use your brain a little; it's not a wish-fulfillment story.

26. 176 开 From the Start in the State of Yu: Rise to Hegemony Across the Nine Provinces Through the Industrial Revolution 开局渝国：工业革命崛起称霸九州 Tsunami and Dolphin海啸和海豚Historical385k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as Prince Jiang Fan of the dying state of Yu, he faces a deadly succession struggle at home and powerful enemies on every side. The state is weak, its people are poor, and disaster is imminent. At this desperate moment, Jiang Fan awakens an industrial system, smelting iron, manufacturing weapons, boosting agriculture, and strengthening the army. Single-handedly, he transforms a poor, weak little state into an industrial powerhouse. While the other states are still fighting w 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A serious historical political intrigue and nation-building novel, featuring court politics, conquest of the Song Dynasty, and resettlement of refugees. The plot is logically sound, avoiding mindless and illogical elements. The protagonist takes a steady and methodical approach, making it easy to follow the story without feeling overwhelmed.

27. 177 耿 The Straight-Talking Host Wants to Rebel, and the Villainous Cannon Fodder Are All Here to Help 耿直宿主要造反，反派炮灰齐帮忙 Little Huihui Loves to Eat爱吃的小灰灰Ancient Romance121k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book + Feel-Good Story + Infrastructure and Farming + Rebel and Rise to Power + Ensemble of Cannon Fodder + No Romance, Just Getting Things Done] After years of hard work, she had saved up a tidy sum and was ready to return to her hometown and lie flat. Instead, she transmigrated into the world of a novel and lost her memory. By the time her modern memories returned, the novel had already ended. Her family had been exiled, and she was in a death cell, waiting to be beheaded —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Farming, infrastructure construction, building a business, and gradually expanding.

28. 178 从 From Kung Fu to Immortality, My Clam Sister Wants to Ascend to Heaven 从功夫到修仙，有个蚬妹想上天 Old Dog in the Wall墙中老狗Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Reader's Guide: Mortal cultivation, no System, no transmigration, female-led, coming-of-age, pragmatism, making money, supporting a family, martial arts, changing one's fate, cultivating immortality, seeking the Dao, upholding gender equality, unafraid to address the struggles women, men, humanity, and the universe faced in the old days, criticizing bourgeois-style feminism and the demonization of LGBT people, supporting men and women who come together for love From the very beginning, Yu Sa 10.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    Try writing a female protagonist story in a male-oriented genre without having a romantic partner.

29. 179 渡 The Spirit-Crossing Realm 渡灵境 Not Qiluo, but Asura不是绮罗是修罗Urban371k WordsCompleted The Spirit Realm connects to hundreds of lower-dimensional worlds, each with its own unique path of biological evolution. Earth is just one of them. When the creatures of these worlds die, their spirits enter the Spirit Realm as well, but not every creature can adapt to its laws. Some are unimaginably ancient, some are too strange to describe, some far surpass humans in intelligence, and some exist purely as energy or concepts. Living alongside the spirits of Earth's creatures in this high-dimen 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a story written by someone who had a near-death experience, about their worldview after death. See if it matches your own worldview.

30. 180 最 I Turned the Poorest Border City into the Center of the World 最穷边城，被我砸成世界中心 Mr. Angry Bull愤怒的公牛先生Urban814k WordsOngoing Su Ye quits his job in Shenzhen after nearly working himself into a heart attack and returns to a remote desert town on the northwestern frontier, a place so barren even birds wouldn’t bother to shit there. He awakens a System: all thirty thousand townspeople give him 100 yuan each per day, earning him three million a day! The money can only be spent in town. The mayor is worried about attracting investment? Su Ye buys up an unfinished building and turns it into a full-immersion esports center. 771Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 全 Total War System 全面战争系统 Words Like Theirs如斯人语Anime Fanfiction117k WordsOngoing I came, I saw, I conquered; My path runs red with blood, and my wake is strewn with bones; Survive against all odds, blood for the Blood God, skulls for the Skull Throne; Hatred has its claws and fangs, and Bretonnia will pay blood for blood. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 星 Star Core Reboot: I Rebuild the Interstellar Empire with Players 星核重启：我用玩家重铸星际帝国 Dark Heartflame黑暗心焱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse764k WordsOngoing [Interstellar Civilization + Fourth Calamity + Behind-the-Scenes GM + Exosuits + Mecha + Livestreaming + Dual-Civilization Ensemble Story] When Lin Yuxi woke up, his consciousness had crossed 980 light-years, and he had become the last Keeper of the Flame of a fallen interstellar civilization. There were only 30 days of oxygen left, the satellites were on the verge of failure, and an unknown threat capable of wiping out an entire interstellar empire still lurked in the depths of the star sea. Wi 278Reads7.8Score196Shelves

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    A hardcore interstellar story about the Fourth Cataclysm, featuring players' daily antics, a closed-loop ecosystem for Earth players, and parallel storylines of mech battles and dual-civilization warfare, ultimately culminating in the fusion of a star system to form a Dyson sphere and withstand a cosmic-level omnic crisis. [Top Post]

33. 183 带 Conquering Another World with the Motherland 带着祖国攻略异界 I Really Can't Play Sword Pure我真不会剑纯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse148k WordsOngoing [Important Notice] This is a one-of-a-kind nation-building frontier novel, with no overpowered hero, no System, no harem, and no characters acting stupid. It recreates the epic, nation-wide pioneering history behind the Two Bombs, One Satellite program. The story I want to tell has never been about just one person. It is about an ordinary person opening a door that should never have been his to open, then a nation holding that door open, and hundreds of thousands of people walking through it. T 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's exactly what I need, isn't it? It's just a bit slow to warm up because it's so hardcore.

34. 184 重 Reborn: Building My Tech Empire 重生：打造我的科技帝国 Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and Spicy Ice Cream酸甜苦辣的冰淇淋Urban433k WordsCompleted Another world + rebirth + technology Qin Yi, an “outdated” expert, goes from “tech refugee” to “undocumented engineer.” Step by step, he will climb to the top and build a technological empire in another world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hardcore sci-fi thriller, no system, the protagonist independently conducts scientific research and advances in technology!! National engineering projects, colossal wonders, igniting the spark of civilization!!

35. 185 黑 Dark Survival: After Losing My Shelter, I Taught Myself to Become a God 黑暗求生：丢失庇护所后自学成神 So Happy to Be Out Selling出来卖好开心啊Sports2.1M WordsOngoing [Everyone Transmigrates] [Dungeons] [Unconventional Survival] [A Bounty of Cheats] [No Female Lead] [Nonlinear Stats] [Infinite Worlds] The whole world transmigrates to a land of darkness, and all people plunge into an endless abyss. Growth comes with madness, and power comes with risk. A thousandfold boost, information prompts, daily draws, offense and defense in one, luck, master of contracts, negative values, immortality, Deep Blue, daily settlement, temporal synchronization, mind over matt 193.2kReads8.6Score29.1kShelves

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    It's absolutely amazing, incredibly beautiful.

36. 186 全 Global Survival: The Tides Reboot 全球求生潮汐重启 Li the Beggar李乞丐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse96k WordsOngoing Global Disaster + Tidal Anomaly + Restarted Survival The United Nations’ latest report states that global sea levels will rise by more than 15 meters before 2100. By then, coastal cities will be submerged, and hundreds of millions of people will be displaced. Scientists say this could trigger the most severe survival crisis in human history. Governments around the world are urgently discussing how to respond. —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 全 Global Survival: Starting with Building a City 全民求生：从建造城市开始 Dreams Are Just Over the Horizon梦想就在天涯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing Survival, data-driven, tower defense, no female lead. The animated comic "A Star-Gazing Tower from the Start" is now available. Everyone transmigrates. Is it a plot by the ancient gods, or a joke by the Creator? Survive, clear away the fog, and seek the truth. Combine different buildings to protect our home. Gods, if you have something to say, say it to my city!! 109kReads8.0Score11.2kShelves
38. 188 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    That's all.

39. 189 请 Create Your Own City 请创建属于你的城市 Traveler with Sore Heels脚跟痛的行者Urban2.0M WordsCompleted No killing. No revenge. No wiping out entire families. The protagonist, Shi Tie, is gentle and humble. He is interested only in maintaining and expanding his city, and shows his bravery only when protecting its safety. You can call him a pushover, but he reads people well. He devotes himself to building a city, creating an age of peace and law in a chaotic world where strength reigns supreme. No heroine, no romance. After suddenly finding himself in unfamiliar surroundings, Shi Tie reluctant 150Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Three Women, Countless Dramas 穿越古代：三个女人N台戏 A Lamp in the Twilight一灯阑珊Ancient Romance6.1M WordsOngoing [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 28kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    "Is it really this kid?" Liu Kongkong clicked on the poster's information. Although the poster had hidden their attributes, their character's location was clearly shown as starting village 0113. He opened the post. "Damn, is this kid trying to cheat me?!" Liu Kongkong looked at Lonely Song's post, which detailed how he figured out the NPC Liu Dameng was suspicious, their conversation, and how Liu Kongkong praised the intelligence of the Hunter's Sky NPCs when Liu asked him to buy ten weapons. "Many friends may have already noticed that NPCs in the game don't speak in a formulaic way; the communication is extremely natural. This is most prominent in Liu the Blacksmith in starting village 0113. Of course, it's also because of him that I received the hidden quest!" All I asked him to do was kill three hundred rabbits. Who could possibly give him that quest? "The participant is me, and... "... That's right, it's rabbits! After a night of fighting, I finally killed three hundred rabbits. At the same time, I also discovered the game developers' meticulousness. Liu the blacksmith made me buy ten weapons before giving me the quest. At first, I thought maybe this NPC wanted to make money, but later I realized I was wrong, very wrong. The durability of those ten weapons is just enough for me to kill three hundred rabbits! So Liu the blacksmith had considered this from the beginning..." Liu Kongkong's lips twitched; indeed, he had planned it.

41. 191 开 From the Start, I Reported Everything and Built the World with Summoned Players 开局上交：我靠召唤玩家搞基建 A Life of Poetry and Wine诗酒一生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [No CP] [World-Building] [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster] [Players] [Zombies] [Undead] [Ensemble Cast] [Behind-the-Scenes Boss] #IWantToHandOverAnotherWorld# The moment Yun Lan suddenly gained a small world, she came clean to the state! After that, an unprecedented full-dive game, Zombie Nation, officially launched online! -- Before the game launched -- Netizens: Fake! Fake! Fake! A scam to fleece us! -- After the game launched -- Netizens: Give me an invite! Give me an invite! Hurry up and open th 18.2kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
42. 192 村EN There's a Cultivation Sect in the Village 村里有个修仙宗门 Alone in the Snowy River独掉寒江雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [farming] + [sect building] + [System] Original title: A Cultivation Sect in the Village Years later, Xiushui Village has gone from an isolated, impoverished little village to Xiushui City, a renowned metropolis on the Shifang Continent. It all began because this was where Lingxian Sect, the number one sect on the Shifang Continent, rose to prominence. This is the story of a group of country youths, their families, and their friends building a sect together and growing together. 19.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
43. 193 快 Quick Transmigration: A Journey of Learning Skills 快穿之学习技艺之旅 Xi Axi西阿西Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Jian Dan ultimately chose to become a quick transmigration traveler. To make up for childhood regrets, she chose the Arts and Crafts Department. She thought she’d just be learning hobbies and skills, but it turned out to be completely different from what she’d imagined. “What? There are exams? Your work has to be passed down for at least 50 years to qualify?” “Let’s start with a small goal: make it last for a thousand generations!” Painter (no romance) Paper figurine maker (no romance) Mechanism 1.1kReads9.1Score129Shelves
44. 194 秦 Who's Best at Qin Dynasty Infrastructure? The Food System Is Here to Help 秦朝基建哪家强美食系统来帮忙 Yu Shuo予说Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Note: The female lead has no romance. The central idea of this story is the proper use of a food System: selling food, no; building infrastructure for the Qin Empire, yes. [In our country, "sir" is a gender-neutral form of address. The System has no gender, so it has been addressed with the neutral term "sir." If you think that because foreign men have been translated as "sir" in modern times, the word means male, and thus the System should not be called "sir," please avoid this story.] [As for 2.6kReads9.2Score323Shelves
45. 195 慢 Notes on Slow Transmigration: The Mandate of Heaven Arc 慢穿记事簿天命篇 Lightly Tipsy White Tea白茶微熏Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted [No CP] [No System] [Nation-Building] [Political Intrigue] [争霸] [Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] The land is divided among powerful warlords, armies clash, and the people suffer. After transmigrating into the body of a general's daughter, Xie Ning opens her eyes to find herself surrounded by wolves and tigers, with every faction plotting against her. She turns the tables on them, making them lose both their wives and their soldiers. After escaping her cage, she keeps a low profile and builds her 1.1kReads8.8Score134Shelves
46. 196 末 The Apocalypse Has Arrived, and My System Can Order Takeout! 末世降临，我的系统能点外卖！ Man Jiuxian蛮九仙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse98k WordsOngoing The day the world became a furnace, a bug appeared in Chen Mo’s food delivery app. Balance: 0 yuan. Payment successful. Iced milk tea, bottled water, cooling equipment... Place an order and it arrives immediately, without costing a single cent. He thought he’d found a loophole and went on a wild stockpiling spree. That was until the entire city lost power and running water, and temperatures soared past 70 degrees Celsius. His neighbors died of thirst in the stairwell. Outside, people were killin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Apocalyptic chaos ensues, order collapses, and the protagonist awakens a super-powerful delivery system, staging a dramatic comeback from a desperate start. The cataclysmic phases are clearly defined, with extreme heat, extreme cold, and giant insect crises escalating in layers, all presented with a tight, concise plot. The characters are not overly idealistic; they act decisively and ruthlessly, with sound logic and a fast pace, delivering a high level of suspense and thrill. A must-read for apocalyptic enthusiasts!

47. 197 当 I Arrived in the Cultivation World with My Online Game Interface 当我带着网游游戏面板到了修仙界 Shu Liang殊良Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted How can a powerless little support survive in the world of immortal cultivation? Should I make a fortune selling spirit weapons, talismans, and red and blue potions? Or start a sect, take in disciples, and build a support corps? Or maybe just latch onto a powerful backer and lie flat, becoming their dedicated healer? Waiting for answers online. It's pretty urgent. 27.1kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
48. 198 穿 I Transmigrated to an Ancient Forest and Built a World with Beastfolk Girls 穿越远古森林我带兽人娘开辟世界 Man Jiuxian蛮九仙Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing Transmigration to another world + beastkin girls + frontier farming + slow-burn development + homestead management Lu Zhou wakes up to find himself in an endless primeval forest. There is no human civilization here, no writing, no iron tools, and no fire. Towering trees blot out the sky, venomous insects swarm everywhere, ferocious beasts roam the land, and winter can freeze entire tribes to deat 400Reads5.7Score172Shelves
49. 199 玄 Xuanhuan: I Founded a Sect in the Forbidden Zone and Guarded the Mortal Realm for Ten Thousand Years 玄幻：我立宗门于禁区，镇守人间万年 Two-Blade Mao二刀毛Eastern Fantasy10.2M WordsOngoing “The thing I regret most in my life is founding the Qingshan Sect. Otherwise, how would I have ended up managing so many genius disciples and elders, reclusive experts, ancient secret realms, and rare treasures? It’s just too painful...” “Let’s start with a small goal, like recruiting a billion disciples.” “Securing the right to recruit across an entire continent? I can’t exactly call that easy, or I’d sound too arrogant... Let’s say it’s moderately easy.” Years later, when someone asked Li Qing 1.1kReads7.9Score107Shelves
50. 200 金 The Hit Song Matriarch: Starting with a CEO Big Sister’s Exclusive Devotion 金曲教母，从总裁姐姐独宠开始 Not a Crucian Carp, but a Topmouth Culter不是板鲫是翘嘴Two Female Leads177k WordsOngoing Showbiz + light yuri Su Qingyan transmigrates. Betrayed in her past life by her boyfriend and best friend working together, she only wants to focus on her career this time around, and maybe lure the aloof CEO Shen Zhiyi home while she’s at it. She hides confessions in her songs. From anonymous singer to queen of hit songs, she uses Earth’s classics to overwhelm the competition, gradually winning back a market dominated by foreign music. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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