Looking for a High-IQ, Imaginative Novel About Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms Era and Starting as a Commoner 求穿越三国，从平民开始，高智商脑洞文。
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Three Kingdoms: Transmigrating into the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Turn the Tide 三国：穿越黄巾逆转天下
This is my second long novel about transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era. The protagonist transmigrates to become Zhang Jiao’s disciple, then escapes Jizhou alongside his senior sister Zhang Ning, the Way of Great Peace, and the Yellow Turban warriors. Though many look down on him for being a Yellow Turban rebel, Lu Yun keeps striving toward his goal and ultimately unifies the Three Kingdoms.
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A Commoner Runs Wild in the Three Kingdoms 平民乱闯三国
A Three Kingdoms transmigration novel about striving for supremacy, with no System. The protagonist is an ordinary modern man who transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes Han Fu’s son. Through his own efforts, he builds a powerful army, defeats the various warlords and foreign tribes, and ultimately unifies the Three Kingdoms. He goes on to live a life of luxury and power that modern people can hardly imagine, surrounded by beautiful women and ruling the world.
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The Three Kingdoms: A World of Gods and Demons, Watch Me Conquer It 三国之神魔世界，看我如何称霸？
What is a god? What is a demon? Who is righteous, and who is evil? The rules of this world are nothing more than a game of chess written by the victor... Original titles: Three Kingdoms: The World of Gods and Demons, Watch Me Claim the Throne! and The New Three Kingdoms of Gods and Demons Wen Fengqing transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty, only to discover that his beautiful teacher has come along with him. And that is not all. He is not the first person to transmigrate... What's more, t
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Three Kingdoms: General, Who’s More Beautiful, Your Concubine or the Empress? 三国：将军，妾身与皇后，谁更美
By a twist of fate, he transmigrates as Cao Ang, Cao Cao's eldest son, who was supposed to die in the Battle of Wancheng. At death's door, he activates the “Life-Prolonging Talent System.” Only by winning over the peerless beauties of history can he extend his lifespan and unlock talents. Along the way, Cao Ang uses the System to win over beauties and prolong his life, while secretly building up his strength: curbing Liu Bei's rise, blockading the waterways of Jiangdong, and breaking up enemy al
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Xu Chu in the Late Han: I Seize the Southeast from the Start 汉末许褚：开局坐断东南
[Three Kingdoms] [Late Han Dynasty] [Slow Burn] [Farming] [Politics] [Conquest] [Scheming] [Political Maneuvering] [Unresolved Regrets] [Transmigration] A modern overworked office drone transmigrates into the late Han Dynasty as Xu Chu, and refuses to accept the fate of being called the “Tiger Fool.” Cao Mengde, you hold the emperor hostage, but did you know my troops, supplies, and wealth can make the warlords bow to me, too? Liu Xuande, you preach benevolence and righteousness, but did you kno
16.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
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No Three Kingdoms After the Han 汉后无三国
Liu Xia transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty, but refuses to become emperor or king. With fifty cavalrymen, he slaughters five thousand Xiongnu. Beneath Xiapi, one strike of his halberd leaves Lu Bu crippled. He casually tosses aside the Imperial Jade Seal: "Just a broken stone. Can it put food on the people's tables?" His motto is: "Whoever dares threaten our mighty Han, no matter how far away, must be destroyed!" "The people are the true masters of the Han. The Son of Heaven is just the
12.2kReads9.4Score886Shelves
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My Father Is Guan Yunchang 家父关云长
(No System + One Female Lead + Rousing Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters) A criminal investigator from the future transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes Guan Xing, Guan Yu’s second son. It is the winter of Jian’an 24. Guan Yu has just been defeated at Maicheng and is about to retreat to Linju, where Lu Meng will surround him. At this moment of mortal peril, Guan Xing proposes a switch-home strategy, advising Guan Yu to head east against the current and raid Jianye, trading cities wit
13.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
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Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Faster, and Diao Chan Says I’m Too Fast 三国：十倍速度，貂蝉说我太快了
After transmigrating to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Duan Yu opens his eyes to find that he has been taken in by Diao Chan, the most beautiful woman of the Three Kingdoms. Looking at the humble home and the beautiful woman, Duan Yu awakens the [Tenfold Speed] trait and decides to repay her with everything he has. [Ding! System notification: You have awakened the [Tenfold Speed] trait. Everything you do is now ten times faster!] [Ding! After diligently farming ten times, you have obtained
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After Liu Bei Abandoned Me, Cao Cao Begged Me to Be His Strategist 被刘备抛弃后，曹操跪求我当军师
[A strategist puts himself in the game, then wins by outthinking Heaven itself.] After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Xian begins serving Liu Bei, a fellow descendant of the Han imperial family, in Pingyuan County. He offers thirty-six ruthless stratagems, only for Liu Bei to accuse him of being an immoral, unjust, and dishonorable man. He goes to Xuzhou to help Tao Qian, but Lü Bu raids their home. Zhang Fei flees on his own, and Liu Xian is captured. He garrisons troops in Xiaop
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Three Kingdoms: Wolong Emerges, and I Invite Liu Bei to His Death 三国：卧龙出山，我请刘备赴死
Su Ze transmigrated to the Eastern Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and joined Liu Bei’s camp. He launched a surprise attack on Lu Bu by secretly crossing the old road through Chencang, forged alliances to defeat Cao Cao, and won countless battles. After tricking Fan Cheng into surrendering, Su Ze was about to keep helping Liu Bei seize Jing and Xiang when Zhuge Kongming emerged from seclusion. Whoever gains the Crouching Dragon can pacify the realm. Once the Crouching Dragon appears, e
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Late Han Three Kingdoms: Recruiting Dian Wei from the Start 汉末三国：开局收典韦
(Three Kingdoms + conquest + multiple female leads + no System + not mindless) After transmigrating to the late Han dynasty, Han Ming became the son of the timid warlord Han Fu. With such a cowardly father, Han Ming felt his future was bleak. To stay alive, he had to make his father understand that the enemy wasn't so frightening, and become powerful himself. Fortunately, his father was willing to hand over power, so Han Ming kept recruiting talent and training his troops. “Yuan Shao is plotting
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Three Kingdoms: I Was a Lazybones, Yet Became a Mentor to Cao Wei's Emperor 三国：咸鱼的我，却成了曹魏帝师
Su Yu transmigrates to the final years of the Han dynasty and becomes the first strategist in Cao Cao's camp, winning Cao Cao's trust and becoming his confidant. As eighteen warlords from the eastern provinces unite to campaign against Dong Zhuo, Su Yu helps the still-weak Cao Cao reap enormous rewards from the coalition's campaign. Later, at Su Yu's suggestion, Cao Cao occupies Yan Province and makes it his base. He battles Yuan Shu, welcomes the emperor, destroys Lu Bu, captures Liu Bei, and f
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Three Kingdoms: Building the Strongest Generals' Faction 三国：组建最强武将集团
My elder brother is Guan Yu, and he married Cai Wenji. I assemble the strongest team of generals, take control of Luoyang, command the troops by day, sleep in the palace at night, defile the Empress Dowager, and pacify the realm. They call me the Conqueror. Hedong Commandery: Guan Yu, Xu Huang. Changshan Commandery: Zhao Yun. Nanyang Commandery: Huang Zhong. Zhu Commandery: Zhang Fei. Bingzhou: Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun. Donglai Commandery: Taishi Ci.
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The Heir Has a Little Conscience, but Not Much 世子爷有点良心，但是真的不多
(System novel + a family of heroes + feel-good action! Feel-good action!!) Jiang Fengnian is transported to another world and becomes the heir of the Prince Who Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor. He also awakens the Valkyrie System. Now watch as he turns the clouds with one hand and brings the rain with the other.
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The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷
[System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge
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Reforging the Mighty Han of the Three Kingdoms 三国之雄汉重铸
In the contest for supremacy among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei has pride, Shu Han has romance, and Eastern Wu has a bunch of cowards. Zhuge Liang made six campaigns against Mount Qi, then at last his star fell in the autumn winds over Wuzhang Plains. Zhuge Liang: “Vast heavens above, why have you treated me so cruelly?” Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun: one by one, they died with regrets... Shu Han’s romantic ideal was cruelly shut out of reality by the eight-hundred-li-wide Qin River,
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Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Offered Cao Cao a Plan and Founded the Tomb-Raiding Corps 三国：开局献计曹操，成立摸金校尉
After transmigrating to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Yang Ling originally planned to assist Liu Bei and accomplish great things. But their views clashed, and after they argued, Zhang Fei gave him a sound thrashing. In a fit of anger, Yang Ling chose to join Cao Cao, who had only just started building his power. From now on, I, Yang Ling, have only three things to do: eat, sleep, and beat Liu Bei! Liu Bei: If only I had known Yang Ling was such a genius, I wouldn't have let him go so easil
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Late Han Hero: From County Magistrate to Emperor 汉末枭雄：从县令到皇帝
In the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo wreaks havoc in the capital, and the realm falls into chaos. The moment Wang Ning opens his eyes, he finds himself a poor county magistrate in Lingzhi County, a remote frontier town in Liaoxi. Two thousand Yellow Turban remnants are besieging the city, while fewer than two hundred soldiers remain to defend it. Just as the city is about to fall, a nineteen-year-old young man in white passes by with his clansmen and offers to help defend it. The young man
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Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Inherit the Legacy of Shan Shituo 三国：开局获得山狮陀传承
[Summoning] [No crossovers] [Cultivation] [System] [Multiple female leads] [Ascend to the Cultivation Realm] [Demon invasion] ~Five Kingdoms vie for supremacy: [Wu Yue] [Da Xia] [Northern Wei] [Southern Han] [Great Yan] (now destroyed) Dong Zhuo boasted, “I have countless fierce generals under my command.” Sima Jing calmly replied, “They’re all my subordinates.” Liu Zhang gloated, “Look, foreign generals are coming over to join me.” Sima Jing declared boldly, “They’re all my subordinates.” Yuan
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She Played at Being a Divine Being in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty 她在东汉末年装神弄鬼
[Career-minded heroine + domineering, dashing hero] [Please note: This is a novel, not an academic paper. It has flaws and mistakes. If that bothers you, don't read it.] [The heroine is fifteen when she first transmigrates.] She thought transmigrating would let her live an easy, wonderful life. Instead, Heaven hit her with a harsh reality: she had landed in the late Eastern Han dynasty, with chaos about to engulf the land. To stay alive and protect her family, she has no choice but to embark on
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Three Kingdoms: My Brother Is Dian Wei, and I Take on Lü Bu from the Start 三国：家兄典韦，开局硬刚吕布
Dian Mo transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes Dian Wei's younger brother. To join Cao Cao's camp, Dian Mo sends a letter that leaves Cao Cao stunned. Cao Cao: “Find the person who wrote this letter, no matter what. This must be the peerless genius I've been looking for!” While the whole camp launches a search, Dian Mo comes to Cao Cao of his own accord and begins his career as a strategist. Yuan Shao: “The Dian brothers are one a civil genius, the other a military geniu
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Transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms: She Brings Unlimited Supplies to Build a Nation 穿越三国：她携无限物资搞基建
She transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms era and opened her eyes to find herself Gongsun Yan, daughter of the late Han warlord Gongsun Zan. From the start, she witnessed her father’s defeat, the city’s fall, and the horrific scene of him killing his wife and children before setting himself on fire. She had to flee a burning battlefield just to survive. After barely escaping, how was she supposed to survive in the late Han, where famine and war had left nine out of ten homes empty, while caring
1.6kReads9.2Score194Shelves
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Three Kingdoms: Liu Feng's Comeback from Cannon Fodder 三国：炮灰刘封逆袭之路
[This book is being published. Stay tuned.] (Conquest, strategy, iron-blooded heroics, beauties, System) After transmigrating as Liu Feng, Liu Bei's adopted son, he knew the fate that awaited him: losing favor, being marginalized, becoming a pawn to be discarded, and ultimately falling into a deadly trap. In this life, he chose to endure and bide his time, then turn the tables when all seemed lost! From the start, he risked his life to save Liu Shan at Changban Slope, earning a reputation across
74.4kReads9.6Score7.6kShelves
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My Three Kingdoms Is a Little Wild 我的三国有点猛
Liu Kun, a burned-out office drone working 996, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty. With no System or golden finger, he relies solely on his understanding of people and his strategic skill, from sparking a civil war among the Southern Xiongnu to establishing himself in the Hetao region and rising to power. He forces Dong Zhuo to his death in Chang’an and rebuilds the Han court. Just as he leads his elite troops in sweeping aside the warlords with the speed of a thunderbolt, he discovers tha
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I Am Zhang Liang, Descendant of the Marquis of Liu 在下张梁，乃留侯之后
“Yellow Turbans at the End of the Han,” “Collecting Famous Generals,” “Reborn and Transmigrate,” “Weak System,” “From North to South” Zhang Liang transmigrates to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, recruits Zhao Yun, saves Guan Yu, and establishes himself at Xiaquyang, building a strong base in Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army takes to the sea, subdues Goguryeo in the north, recruits the Fuyu, attacks the Xianbei, and wipes out the Wuhuan. It then heads south to Rinan Commandery, occupies Jiaozhou, col
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Unify the Han 并汉
From the start, he wakes up lying in a coffin, then is reborn as the illegitimate grandson of a local Han Dynasty strongman, with the Eye of the Ice Mirror. “Let’s see how this young upstart turns the tide.” Watch how Dong Xian and his companions embark on a new journey and build a new world.
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A Silver Tongue Conquers the World 三寸不烂打天下
[Hilarious + Political Intrigue + Carefully Crafted Details + Transmigration + Strong Moral Compass + High Intelligence + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Fingers + Masterful Detail + Brisk Pacing] A low-level delivery rider transmigrates into the body of a fool and marries two women from the start. What kind of chemistry will modern pickup lines, an ordinary person’s perspective, and iconic pop songs create in ancient times? What’s it like to give the emperor a bath? How do you use a handsome man to p
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Assisting King Chu Liu Feng in the Three Kingdoms 三国之辅佐楚王刘封
(Carefully researched + told from Liu Feng's first-person perspective + a middle-aged intellectual transmigrates + follows the historical timeline + creates fifteen civil and military retainers) The transmigrated intellectual, known as the Scriptwriter, is a figure much like Wang Meng. He only wants to serve the pitiful man from history. He thought he could turn the tide at Xiangfan or repel the White-Clad Crossing of the River, but he never expected he would be unable to change Liu Bei's crushi
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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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Divining the Three Kingdoms: The Record of the Mysterious Mirror's Beauties 算鼎三国：玄镜红颜录
No transmigration, no System! At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, in an age of turmoil as the Three Kingdoms era approaches, Lu Zhao, a young man from a poor family, solves a murder case in Yingchuan with Cai Yan's help, exposes Dong Zhuo's plot to move the capital in Luoyang, cracks a secret case there with Diao Chan, intercepts Yuan Shao's secret envoy at the Battle of Guandu, offers a stratagem within a stratagem at the Red Cliffs battlefield, saves Sun Shangxiang from a raging current, an
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Genderbent Three Kingdoms: I Take Them All 性反三国，我大小通吃
[Female-Led Three Kingdoms] + [Founding a Nation] + [Strategy] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Gender Reversal] The story takes place in a parallel world where the Three Kingdoms era is dominated by women. A food delivery driver with the same name transmigrates into Lü Bu, only to discover that women are strong and men are weak, and all the rules have been reversed. The familiar figures from the Three Kingdoms have all had their genders flipped, too. The male protagonist is first forced into marriage b
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Three Kingdoms: Avenge My Father, Crush the Aristocrats, and Rule the Land 三国：为父复仇，踏碎士族定天下
In the mourning hall of the Marquis's estate, his father lies dead, falsely accused by the great clans after putting down the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Geng Yao's soul transmigrates into the late Han dynasty, bringing a thousand years of military and political knowledge. With no System to rely on, he breaks through every crisis using nothing but his insight. One county's land produces enough grain for three: he improves plows and irrigation channels, composts and selects seeds, doubling yields pe
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