Who's the Best at Wild Historical Fiction? 历史脑洞哪家强？
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A Turncoat? No, a Loyal Han Official 三姓家奴？不！那是大汉忠臣
(The author has a million-word completed novel, "Transmigrated to the End of the Han Dynasty and Clung to Liu Bei’s Coattails", and a new novel, "Guan Hai Entrusted His Orphan to Me, and I Led the Yellow Turbans to Vie for Supremacy!". You’re welcome to check them out.) Ren Xiaoping dies suddenly, but by chance catches the transmigration train and arrives at the end of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, he ends up on the side of Lü Bu, the turncoat who served three masters. It looks like the worst
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Great Qin: I Play the Contrarian 大秦：我在大秦当杠精
The protagonist, Qin Feng, becomes a minor official in the Great Qin Dynasty and is trapped in a deadly three-day predicament from the start. His superior persecutes him, wealthy gentry hunt him down, and Qin law is a noose around his neck. At his darkest hour, he activates the System. As long as his complaints hit the mark, he can earn miraculous skills to break out of trouble. Faced with injustice, he rages inwardly: [Qin law? A wicked law designed to target honest people!] Ding! Reward: "Hid
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Playing Around in the Tang Dynasty 戏游大唐
Wu Yang, a Marine, accidentally transmigrated to the early Zhenguan era. But why was this place so different from the Tang Dynasty shown in movies and TV dramas? Chang’an was bustling, yet the air reeked of something foul and unfamiliar. The nobles didn’t eat pork, because... And a night-soil collector could become a wealthy tycoon... So this was the real Tang Dynasty! With a modern man’s arrogance, Wu Yang treated his transmigration like an immersive murder-mystery game. He traded plastic c
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Reborn as Crown Prince: I Make a Flintlock from the Start and Leave My Father Stunned 重生太子开局手搓火枪惊呆父皇
In his previous life, Crown Prince Chen Fan was deposed and confined to the Cold Palace. He could only watch as his father was poisoned to death and the once-mighty Great Yan Dynasty crumbled beneath the iron hooves of foreign invaders. The ancestral temples were burned, and the people were driven from their homes. Filled with endless regret and resentment, he was reborn one year before his deposition. This time, a futuristic device called the Black-Tech Nation-Building System activated in his m
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One Rider Conquers the World 单骑踏天下
Can one person, a jug of wine, and a horse really be enough to make a place for yourself in the world? Can the weight of your family and the choices demanded by your own dreams leave you gasping for breath? What should someone with the courage to roam the world sword in hand do?
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The Clever County Magistrate Who Drives His Father Crazy 坑爹好知县
I, Hao Chen, am the most troublemaking brat in the Great Ye Dynasty! My father is a corrupt chancellor with power over the whole court, and his gift for my coming-of-age ceremony is a countywide famine and two carts of moldy grain that even pigs won’t eat. He’s clearly trying to get me killed on the job! What a joke. That’s not going to stop me! In my previous life, I was a top law student who studied myself half to death. What I’m best at is using the letter of the law to turn the tables! He
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The Tang Dynasty's Super Arms Merchant 大唐之超级军火商
An eighth-grade fitter is reborn in the Tang Dynasty with a tool System. See how the protagonist takes the Tang Dynasty by storm. The Type 54, Type Zhongzheng, and Type 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, steamships, helicopters: he's got it all! Li Shimin says, “Anzhi, how about we...”
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I Took a Super Mall on a Tour of Ancient Times 带着超级商场逛古代
[Print edition published] [Complete] [Alternate History + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Modern Weapons + Power Fantasy + Farming + Lighthearted Comedy + Daily Life] No money? I can pull out anything from my pocket dimension and live off it for the rest of my life. You’re a grandmaster? Let’s see how many bullets you can withstand. Want to get stronger? I just need a sip of water from my pocket dimension. I punish thugs, kill villains, fleece the Japanese, and take on the West. Food deliver
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Great Ming: Zhu Yuanzhang Is Dumbfounded When a Bookshop Sells the History of the Ming Dynasty! 大明：书店卖明史，朱元璋懵了！
Zhu Chen returned to his hometown and opened a bookstore. Business was slow. But then a peculiar reader showed up, dressed like someone from ancient times. Zhu Chen wasn’t surprised, assuming he was an actor who made a living taking photos with tourists at a scenic spot. The two hit it off, chatting freely about everything from ancient times to the present, and Zhu Chen even taught him a few things. One day, several years later, time and space converged. Zhu Chen walked out of the bookstore alon
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The Official History Is Wilder Than the Unofficial Tales, and Li Shimin Is Losing It 正史比野史还野，李世民崩溃
[Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories >
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By the Sui Emperor's Command: Wipe Out the Northern Barbarians, Nation and People Alike 奉隋帝口谕，四方胡虏，灭国灭种
Wu Xin transmigrates to the Great Sui Dynasty and obtains an Abstract System. He can grow stronger by driving other people to the brink. Keep your spirits up, don't lose points. That's the way! Wu Xin: Yuwen Huaji, I'm coming for you first thing in the morning! [You drive Yuwen Huaji over the edge. He crashes his head against a pillar in front of everyone. You gain the strength of two elephants!] Wu Xin: Li Shimin, you really think your brother Li Yuanba is invincible? Today I'll show you there'
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The Battle of Heaven and Earth in the Three Kingdoms 三国天地斗
Beloved, familiar heroes take the stage one after another! Unmatched martial prowess, endless supernatural abilities, mysteries beyond imagination, and plot twists you’ll never see coming! This is a Three Kingdoms fantasy novel with an outrageously creative premise! Do you believe in the existence of dragon veins? The dragon veins aren’t dragon veins at all! While searching for them, the ordinary man Liu Bei encounters genuine masters, demonic Taoists, and immortals. He witnesses incredible art
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My Older Sister Is the Empress, So What's Wrong with Me Acting Arrogant? 亲姐是皇后，我嚣张一点怎么了？
After transmigrating as Cao Guojiu, one of the Eight Immortals, he stops a scoundrel named Li Zhi from swindling his elder sister into a marriage and has his limbs broken. His infamy spreads far and wide, but misfortune turns to fortune when his brother-in-law, Emperor Renzong of Song, praises him and gives him important responsibilities. The Celestial Worthy of Donghua appoints him as one of the Eight Immortals, and Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin take him on as a pupil. In matters of state, he sol
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A Thousand-Year Clan, Beginning with King Wuling of Zhao 千年世家，从赵武灵王开始
[Historical] [Slow-Burn] [Supernatural] [Fantasy] [Yandere] [Numerous Foreshadowing Clues] I obtained a magical System that lets me possess my ancestors. All I wanted was to establish a millennium-old clan, but then you tell me this is a supernatural world? You tell me my System was part of a scheme by Daoist He? "The Daoist lifted his sleeves with both hands, turned around, and astonishingly transformed into a white crane." You tell me history was predetermined long ago? Guiguzi: "Zhang Yi! Sun
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Blue Star Is Destroyed, So I Take My Ark Spaceship and Transmigrate 蓝星毁灭，我带着方舟飞船穿越了
[Prehistoric Behemoths] + [No System] + [Farming and Development] An ordinary young man, Meng Zhang, is transported by a higher-dimensional cosmic overseer to an Ark ecological spaceship at the very moment Blue Star is destroyed. In a world teeming with prehistoric beasts, he captures tyrannosaurs, tames giant apes to form an army, and leads a vast dinosaur force in a challenge to the ancient monsters of the Ark. Great white sharks, Giganotosauruses, silverback gorillas, and mother spiders will
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The Qin Dynasty Conquers the Infinite Star Domains 秦朝占领无尽星域
Variables and perfection are no longer opposing concepts. Instead, they merge into a truth of eternal companionship and the universe's destruction. Through the sound of the cycle, they watch over one another and bear witness to endless reincarnations. Endless reincarnations. An endless quest.
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The Scheming Adopted Son Is Raising a Puppy Again Today 心机义子今天也在养小狗
[Complete] [Younger top, two male leads, one-on-one romance, ancient military setting, alternate history, happy ending] [Nameless orphan × (supposed) bandit's adopted son] [The young master is always right] × [I've worked hard for years and don't want to do this anymore. I need to find a sucker to take over my job.] Sincere, passionate gong × gentle, scheming shou Their tangled love and hatred twists and turns, until it all comes to nothing, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in wat
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Love of the Blue Owl 蓝鸮之恋
Autobiographical transmigration story: Transmigrating to the Western Han Dynasty, a sequel to May and Anran Length: Over 300,000 characters Main characters: Liu He (Deposed Emperor of Han, Marquis of Haihun, King of Xin Xia), Najun (Queen of Xin Xia, founder of Mingtang) Supporting characters: Liu Feilong (General Fubo), Yan Han (Blue Owl Guard) Chapter structure: Volume One: The Golden Man of the Sacrificial Altar; Volume Two: The City Without Tears; Volume Three: Opening the Heavenly Gate; Vol
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Three Kingdoms: I Have a Portable Shop 三国：我有随身商店
Cao Cao: "Master Lin, I'll trade half my realm for your potatoes and corn." Liu Bei: "What good was it for me to toss my son? If only I'd known, I should have traded A Dou for your instant noodle production line!"
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The Yellow Heaven Is Rising: Can the Thunder God Really Help Me? 黄天当立：雷公真能助我
Huang Tian transmigrates into the chaotic late Eastern Han dynasty as cannon fodder. His only cheat: the number of his followers equals his magical power! If his followers hit zero, his soul is destroyed on the spot! Clad in a yellow delivery uniform, he sets out to build a true kingdom of heaven on earth!
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Han Dynasty Domain Warden: Awakening the Beauty Album of Ten Thousand Nations from the Start 大汉镇域使：开局觉醒万国红颜录
After transmigrating to a parallel version of the late Eastern Han dynasty, Ling Feng, a PhD in ancient military history, falls from the pride of a military family to the son of a condemned traitor. Outside Chang'an's gates, his fiancée publicly breaks off their engagement, and his political rival, He Miao, crushes the ancient jade his father left behind. As blood stains the shattered jade, the "Record of the World's Beauties" System suddenly activates, granting him a beginner's divine weapon an
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A Great Spring and Autumn Dream: Daydreaming 春秋大梦之白日做梦
[No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless plot, no feel-good power fantasy. Enter at your own risk.] One noon, I had a dream that I flew from the ancient Kingdom of Dian to the Spring and Autumn Period, to the land where the Hundred Schools of Thought contended. Listening to all those people arguing back and forth, I could only think that things are nice nowadays. It's so peaceful now. Call me Sunzi. I was originally a disciple of Guiguzi. Well, what can
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A Poor Scholar and His Convenient Little Bride 寒门书生，开局捡个便宜小娇妻
Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye
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I Lift Mountains and Carry Cauldrons in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Terrifying Yang Guang 我在隋唐拔山扛鼎，吓坏杨广
Qin Yuan transmigrated into the chaotic Sui-Tang era. By chance, he obtained a System and began cultivating mystical arts that defied the natural order. According to its cultivation methods, he could gain the strength of dragons and elephants. He would show every hero of the Sui and Tang dynasties what it meant to overcome every technique with sheer strength. “What? Li Yuanba lifted a three-thousand-catty bronze lion statue?” “Bring me a five-thousand-catty one to warm up my legs!” When Qin Yuan
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From the Start, I Had Only a Knife: A Death Row Inmate Slays His Way to the Throne 开局一把刀，死囚杀成王
[Reborn + invincible + ruthless + the ultimate path] Li Dao is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty as a third-rank earl. During a palace banquet, he accidentally gets drunk and stumbles into a palace. Just then, his memories of his previous life return, and between the memory confusion and the alcohol, he ruins the virtue of the palace's mistress. In a rage, the emperor sends Li Dao to a death-row camp on the frontier, hoping he'll die beyond the border. Instead, he unexpectedly awakens a “gain sta
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Why Is Being an Idle Prince So Hard? 穿越大唐：当个闲王这么难
[No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge
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Great Tang: Little Sizi's Happy Days! 大唐：小兕子的欢乐时光！
[The Daily Life of Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang + Two-Way Time Travel + No System + Beloved Little Darling + Princess Changle!] A time-crossing mirror connects the Tang Dynasty to the 21st century, bringing Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang and Xiao Ran together across time and space. The little princess now has hand warmers, hot-water bottles, thermal underwear, down jackets, sweaters, and more to get through the bitter Tang winter... As a little foodie, she naturally needs all kinds of candy, pas
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Something's Off About My Old Man 我的老爹不对劲
[Ensemble cast + imperial examinations + daily life + farming + court politics later on] Father and son join forces to build a Ming dynasty on which the sun never sets. Yan Xun transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and discovers that his father can do everything except study. His dad has so many secret identities, like an onion with layer after layer to peel back. Huh! If I push Dad hard enough to make him Grand Secretary, can I become a Junior Grand Secretary? The filial son Yan Xun sells everythin
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Sky Screen: You're an Emperor of a Fallen Kingdom, and You Still Have Something to Say? 天幕：都亡国之君了还有说法？
(Plenty to enjoy!) Steady updates + sky screen + watching short videos + lighthearted historical commentary + skits. Who could have seen this coming? Who could have seen this coming? A huge truck from another world gave Zhao Fei’s life a fresh start. As he ate hotpot, sang, and scrolled through videos on his phone... He had no idea that the sky screen was broadcasting his life to the people of every dynasty... From then on, Zhao Fei’s modern life became a favorite topic among his ancestors: “Tha
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Journey of the Cold Blade: From Refugee to Ruler of the Realm 寒锋行：从流民到摄山河
A hidden heir lurks in the refugee camps, while the Nine Cauldrons fracture the land and set the beacon fires alight. Xiao Yu, a lowborn refugee struggling to survive in a border camp in the state of Yan, has no idea that his blood carries the loyalty and grievance of a renowned general from the former dynasty. A forced conscription sweeps him into the meat grinder known as the Battle of Canglang Plains. Amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, his innate “Eye of Insight” lets him spot a g
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Jiajing: Who Says Every Household in Our Dynasty Is Pure? 嘉靖：谁说本朝家家皆净
Japanese pirates plague the south, the Tatars threaten the north, the treasury is empty, and disasters ravage the land. These are the worst of times. Yang Tinghe, Wang Shouren, Xia Yan, Yan Song, and Qi Jiguang: capable ministers and renowned generals shine like stars. These are the best of times. After transmigrating as Zhu Houcong, he uses the pursuit of immortality as a pretext to keep his ministers in check and carry out sweeping reforms. He opens the seas to trade and sends another expediti
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Want to Be Emperor? 都重生了，谁还想当皇帝
“I’ve been reborn once. This time, I’m living for myself.” Transmigrated into the body of a useless illegitimate son and facing humiliation? I’ll hit back with the treasure trove of five thousand years of Chinese civilization! Call me illiterate? One recitation of “Bring in the Wine” will have you kneeling and hailing me as the Immortal Poet! Laugh at me for being useless? The Thirty-Six Stratagems will show you what despair means! I only wanted to make a little money and lie flat with my talent
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The Ancestral Hall of Souls: My Family Are Guardians of History 魂系宗祠：我的家族是历史守护者
A blockbuster family saga + invincible wish-fulfillment story + historical course correction + clever characters + modern underdog comeback + hilarious contrast + overpowered golden finger + nonstop thrills Others transmigrate with a System. Chen Cheng transmigrates with his “ancestors”! When he activates the Myriad Generations Stele and his soul descends into the body of an ancestor, he realizes this cheat is a little unusual! Other golden fingers boost personal combat power. His lets him gain
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Exiled from the Start, I Planted Red Flags Across the Land 开局流放，我把天下插满赤旗
[History] [Soul Transmigration] [Great Han] After transmigrating into the Eastern Han Dynasty, I became an abandoned son of the Geng clan. From the start, I was exiled a thousand li and sent to the western expeditionary army, a force marching into certain death. My clan brother Geng Gong saw me as dead weight, and my fellow soldiers thought I was a harbinger of doom. No one knew that my mind held the entire future course of the Great Han! While Ban Chao was still studying hard at the prefectural
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My Father Is King Qin Zheng, and I'm His Happy Little Dad 家父秦王政，我的幸福小老爹
Also known as: [Great Qin: From the Start, Stop the Battle of Red Cliffs and Slaughter 400,000 Xiongnu!] [Traveling Through the Dynasties] + [Raising a Father to Be a Dragon] + [Scheming] + [Farming] + [Political Intrigue] In the ninth year of King Zheng of Qin, Ying Zheng was preparing to hold his coming-of-age ceremony and take power, while Lao Ai's rebellion was about to begin. Six-year-old Fusu awakened several strange, fragmented memories. Sometimes he was in a later age, and sometim
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