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I'm a Deliveryman, and You Want Me to Deliver to the Ming Dynasty? 我是快递员，你让我往明朝送货？
Two worlds, trading goods, and a struggle for supremacy. Yang Ling opens a door to the Ming Dynasty. From then on, he shamelessly melts modern scrap metal into copper coins and ships them to the Ming, becoming its God of Wealth. He builds a new army, defeats the Mongol Yuan, destroys the Later Jin, fights for Australia, and conquers North America. A new Age of Exploration has begun!
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- 202 Colonizing the Ming Dynasty 殖民大明 Wang Ding obtains a magical piece of jade that can open a spatial rift, creating a gateway to the Ming dynasty. There, Wang Ding finds wealth and glory in a new world. This is the story of how he saves people and kills them. 6.2kReads8.8Score428Shelves
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Livestreaming Chongzhen: Rebooting the Ming Dynasty 直播崇祯：重开大明
No golden finger. The onscreen comments only explain the plot. No female lead. He became the ruler of a fallen kingdom, hanging from a crooked tree on Coal Hill, with only one loyal servant by his side. When he opened his eyes again, a different soul awoke on the dragon throne. This time, he would no longer be stubborn and self-willed. Instead, he would hone the blade of imperial statecraft. See how Emperor Chongzhen walks a tightrope above an abyss, starts from the start, and defies fate to sav
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Dreaming Back to Southern Ming: A Han Man Is No Slave 梦回南明，汉儿不称奴
Lin Yan, a construction contractor, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Southern Ming dynasty and meets Li Dingguo, who has twice defeated the Ming princes. Watch me help Prince Jin Li defeat them a third time! Knowing that the Manchu queue hairstyle marked nearly three hundred years of oppression for China, he resolves to fight the Qing and restore Han clothing and customs with the knowledge he has brought from modern times.
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Chronicles of the Yan Marches 大明燕行录
A modern soul accidentally falls into a parallel dynasty ruled by the Zhu family. He opens his eyes to find himself a helpless infant. Unable to bear the burden of vast amounts of knowledge, his memories fall dormant. Before he can figure out his situation, he and his maid are swept into a deadly chase and tumble into a freezing river! At death's door, they are rescued by a wealthy landowner in a remote county town. But when the maid wakes, she has lost her memory completely and believes he is h
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Country Girl 乡村靓女
Ye Dingtian realized that apart from being outrageously handsome, he didn't seem to have any other particularly outstanding qualities. He went traveling to clear his head and passed through a village called Liujia Village. He liked the scenery, so he rented a few modest houses there, planning to stay for a while and figure out what to do with his life.
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Ming Dynasty Assistant Commander: I'm a Brocade Guard in the Modern Era 大明指挥佥事：我在现代当锦衣卫
Shen Lian, Deputy Commander of the Northern Pacification Office in the Great Ming, wakes up to find himself transmigrated into the body of a modern good-for-nothing stunt double! A poker-faced Brocade Guard × the life of a modern good-for-nothing × an awkwardly adorable girlfriend who smooths things over. This invincible comedy, with his identity kept secret, is an absolute riot! He’s barely transmigrated when someone calls him “hubby.” He checks his crotch to make sure he’s not a eunuch, then t
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Chongzhen: This Great Ming Is Surprisingly Powerful 崇祯：这个大明有点强
[Ming Dynasty + satisfying power fantasy + mass troop recruitment + System + wild imagination] In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Youjian begins by drawing a Shenying Battalion. He rebuilds the Ming Dynasty, expands its military, purges treacherous officials, subdues Jiangnan, cuts down the powerful clans, and wins the people's hearts. He launches an eastern campaign against Japanese pirates, presses the Russians in the north, wages war across the southern seas, and conquers Per
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- 209 Deserted Island Wilderness! 荒岛荒野！ Hao Da, a 25-year-old bachelor, never imagined that on his very first flight, the plane would fall out of the sky! He never imagined that even after the plane went down, he would survive! Four other people survived too! 335Reads7.1Score134Shelves
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My Wife Is Always Trying to Kill Me 我家娘子总想弄死我
“Gu Chuan, are you plotting a rebellion?!” “Your Majesty, I’ve been wronged!” “Then why are the commander of the Xuanyue Army, the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Maiden, the Shadow Guards, the Queen of Jialan, and the Daoist Sect’s itinerant cultivator all with you?!” Gu Chuan swears that all he wanted at first was to lie flat. But the longer he lay low, the more people gathered around him. He had no choice but to mount his horse and take up arms to bring peace to the land! In the first year of the Wuh
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Death God of the Night 黑夜杀神
Hunted from the start, I barely escaped with my life. I fought to defy fate, launching attacks and taking down countless powerful opponents. Born with a beautiful face... I hope you enjoy the story. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 212 So Handsome, Even the Beauties Throw Themselves at Me 帅到靓女都来倒贴 After Wu Shuaibao settled down, he lay on the plank bed, wondering what the future held for him. Suddenly, a voice rang in his mind: Handsome System activated! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 213 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 214 The Sword Immortal Rises 剑仙崛起了 The story follows Mo Wuchen, a once-gifted genius whose talents are crippled. Rising from the bottom, he defeats everyone who stands in his way and eventually becomes the ruler of an entire continent. 549Reads—Score—Shelves
- 215 City of Heartbreak 情伤都市 My new work is out! Come 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! 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 216 The Tough Guy on a Deserted Island 荒岛的猛男 A shipwreck left the cruise ship He Dun was aboard in trouble, and he washed up on a deserted island. Nine other people were stranded on the island with him. 87Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 217 The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男 Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life! 12.1kReads6.5Score547Shelves
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The Revival of the Chinese American Democratic Republic 复兴之华夏美洲民主共和国
With the strength of an entire nation behind it, a political group disguised as a corporation arrived at the mouth of the Amazon River in South America in 1615. What changes would this South American butterfly's fluttering wings bring to the world?
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- 219 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
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Great Ming's Prince of Another Surname: Hu Weiyong's Rebellion from the Start 大明异姓王：开局胡惟庸造反
[No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [No Rebellion] + [Ming Dynasty Infrastructure] + [Everyone Is Clever] After transmigrating to the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Lin Feng becomes Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. He grows up alongside Zhu Biao and becomes the Ming Dynasty's only prince with a different surname. At first, all he wants is to lie flat as an idle prince, listening to music at the pleasure quarters and enjoying a life of luxury. But seeing the corruption in the bureaucracy and
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The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙
Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the
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- 222 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 重生笑傲江湖世界
The protagonist is reborn in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. What are the Five Mountains Sword Alliance, the Sunflower Manual, or the Dugu Nine Swords compared to doing whatever you please? The martial world is simply a place where people clash with one another.
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Late Ming Qinhuai: New Songs from the Flower Boat Shake the Realm 明末秦淮：花船新曲震山河
[Transmigrate Into a Deadly Predicament + Cheat Space + Strong Female Lead Building a Business] The moment I opened my eyes, I’d crushed the son of a Ming official, and a knife was already at my throat! Luckily, a scar on my wrist concealed a modern laboratory. A stun gun took down the brute, and I even had a bar management manual! Other people transmigrate and get caught up in palace intrigue. I went to the Qinhuai River and brought a run-down pleasure boat back to life. The girls from the lowe
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The Audit Storm: Investigating Corruption in Great Zhou 审计风云，我在大周查贪腐
A modern audit expert transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking official in the Great Zhou, burdened from the start with the lives of eight people. No need to panic. He comes with an “Audit Retribution System”: solve eight shocking corruption cases and he can atone for his crimes. The first case begins with bones in the Yangzhou salt fields and bizarre salt-tax accounts. When modern auditing methods meet ancient corruption, fake books, money laundering, and collusion between officials and mer
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Tales of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court 明宫十六朝演义
The Romance of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court delves into the imperial palace, recounting the love and enmity between emperors and their consorts, while ranging widely across history to survey the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you will understand the court; understand the court, and you will understand history; understand history, and the realities of the world will become clear to you.
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- 227 A History of the Ming Palace 明代宫闱史 Venture deep into the palace to explore the love and hatred between emperors and their consorts; delve into history and discover the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you understand the palace. Understand the palace, and you understand history. Understand history, and the realities of the world become clear. Palace romances are an important branch of traditional historical fiction. 33.9kReads9.6Score588Shelves
- 228 A Grand History of the Ming Dynasty 明朝大历史 This book is the culmination of Mr. Meng Sen's research on Qing history. It is also a representative and foundational work on the subject. Drawing on the Veritable Records of the Qing, the Draft History of the Qing, archival records of the Qing court, and rarely used sources such as the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, Meng Sen reveals and analyzes many of the central issues in Qing history. He offers a comprehensive account and assessment of more than two hundred years of Qing politics, 6Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 229 Late Ming: I Cleave Chongzhen with My Blade 明末：刀劈崇祯 In the final years of the Tianqi era of the Ming dynasty, a transmigrator born into a family of loyal ministers rises amid chaos and turns the tide when all seems lost. Then he personally brings down this rotten dynasty, corrupt to its very roots. 541Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 230 The Complete Collection of Courtly Tales Through the Ages 历代宫廷演义全集 Xu Xiaotian brings the secret histories of the Ming, Qing, and Tang courts to life in the style of a novel: the bloodshed of the Nine Princes’ struggle for the throne, Wu Zetian’s political schemes, and the tragic final days of the Chongzhen Emperor... The book has the solid historical foundations of a meticulously researched account, enlivened with the colorful flesh and blood of historical fiction. More vivid than official histories, yet more rigorous than tales of the past, it is an ancient v 137Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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The Reborn Chongzhen: I Will Preserve the Ming Dynasty with Blood and Iron 崇祯重生：朕以铁血续大明
No System + No Golden Finger + Ruthless and Decisive + Rational Emperor + Court Intrigue + Farming and Conquest + Expanding the Empire March 19, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Coal Hill. Zhu Youjian hung beneath an old locust tree. The last sounds in his ears were Li Zicheng's iron-shod cavalry and the horns of the Manchu army. "I am no ruler who lost his country. My ministers are the ones who lost it..." When he opened his eyes again, it was the seventh year of Tianqi, at the Prince of X
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- 232 Party Struggles Throughout Chinese History 中国历代党争 Chinese Factional Struggles Through the Ages is a history of power struggles between factions, between factions and imperial authority, and between individuals. Using strategy as its thread and history as its fabric, it recounts a host of tangled stories. Covering three thousand years of factional strife, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods through the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the book details major events, rises and falls, triumphs and humiliations, and 296Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 233 Two Thousand Years of Chinese History 中华二千年史 A History of China Through Two Thousand Years was first published in 1934 as one of the University Series, then republished by Zhonghua Book Company in 1956. Written by Deng Zhicheng, it primarily recounts Chinese history from the Qin and Han periods through the Ming and Qing dynasties, while also presenting the author’s historical thought and commentary. 88Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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A Heavenly Vision: The Carpenter Emperor Defies Fate 天启奇梦：木匠皇帝的逆天改命
In the early years of Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youjiao's reign, he was deeply obsessed with carpentry. One night, while concentrating intently on crafting an intricate wooden object, he unexpectedly entered a state of “entering the realm through woodwork.” He began dreaming of all kinds of things that would happen in society over the next 500 years, and his life began to change…
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- 235 Late Ming: Dawn Drives Out the Night 明末，天明驱夜 [Traditional historical fiction] [No System] [Not pure wish fulfillment] [The unique power struggles of the Ming Dynasty] [Unraveling how power shifts and collapses] At the end of the Ming Dynasty, demons and monsters run rampant. Civil officials cling like parasites and drain the country dry; military nobles scheme over national policy; the emperor is consumed by lust for power; border garrisons are little better than bandits; the central court is riven by intrigue; local officials take their 2.6kReads8.7Score242Shelves
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Great Ming: Training the Crown Prince, I'm the Dragon-Taming Master! 大明：调教太子，我是驯龙大师！
Shen Zhuang transmigrates to the Hongzhi era and becomes... a carpenter. In the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, he meets Zhu Houzhao, then the crown prince, at a coffin shop. He teaches about the Little Ice Age and proposes wiping out the Tatars and Jurchens to eliminate the threat of foreign peoples for centuries to come. He reforms taxation, using the Single Whip Law to nurture the people's livelihood. He gives Wang Yangming some guidance, leading the sage of the School of the Mind astray into the
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A Corpse from the Start, and You Want Me to Revive the Ming Dynasty? 开局一具尸体，你让我中兴大明？
He lived for a man who was about to die, and for a country that was about to perish. College student Zhu Yuanwu transmigrated from the start into the body of a corpse on its last breath: the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao. No System, no golden finger, just a sickly body that should have been dead and a set of memories belonging to someone else that had appeared in his mind. Wei Zhongxian wept by his bedside. The court awaited his death, starving people in Shaanxi had already raised their banners, a
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Transmigrating to the Great Ming: One Book Is All I Need to Conquer the World 穿越大明之一本书打天下
My name is Zhu Shouming. I am the twenty-sixth-generation descendant of Zhu Shouqian, Prince of Jingjiang in Guilin. In the twenty-first century, that identity is worth nothing more than a joke about how my ancestors used to be rich. Apart from the founding ancestor, every other name in the family genealogy has been ground to dust by history. The boat lurched on the Li River, and I tumbled into the water with my backpack. When I woke, there was no ambulance, only the smoke of war in the fiftee
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Moonlight Over the Vermilion Tower 朱楼月明
In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, Li Zicheng advances on Beijing while the Qing armies beyond the frontier watch like hawks. The realm is shattered, rebellions rage, and the Ming dynasty stands on the brink of collapse. Faced with this crisis, Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, finally decides to move the court south. A grand historical epic is about to unfold.
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Reborn as Prince Longwu, I’ll Save the Ming Dynasty from Ruin 重生隆武皇子，挽天再造大明
The Ming dynasty: the last realm under heaven ruled by the Han Chinese. For all its countless failings, it was still far better than letting barbarian invaders rule the Central Plains! Reborn, Ling Yun transmigrates as Zhu Linze, the illegitimate son of the Longwu Emperor. The Xianxia Pass has fallen open, Zheng Zhilong is secretly conspiring with the Qing court, and the Longwu dynasty is on the brink of collapse. He lies low in southern Fujian, meets Zheng Chenggong and becomes his sworn broth
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At the End of the Ming Dynasty, I Become a Wild Man in the Northeast 明末，我在东北当野人
In the twentieth year of the Wanli reign (1592), the skies over East Asia were thick with the clouds of war. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a generation-defining warlord, mobilized all of Japan's forces to invade Korea by sea, yet his eyes remained fixed on the Ming Empire behind it. In Ningxia, Bo Bai and his superior, Dang Xin, were at each other's throats, until Bo Bai suddenly rebelled. Nurhaci had just unified the Jianzhou Jurchens, but had already set his sights on the four Haixi tribes, sharpening h
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I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的，你让我拯救大明？
[Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no
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Ming-Zheng Start: Two Hundred Thousand Against One Hundred Million 明郑开局，二十万对阵一个亿
In 1664, Zheng Jing and the Ming loyalist regime began from the start. The Yongli Emperor was already dead, and all that remained of the Han realm was half an island across the southeastern strait, clinging to survival. This is a book with ideas, one that looks at the present through the past. Tags: undisputed sea power, the essence of feudalism, the nation-state, new Confucian learning, capitalist commerce, industrial development, highly organized society, ideological mobilization, currency as
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Great Ming: From Humble Beginnings to Duke of the Highest Rank 大明：从寒门到超品公爵
Lin Wenyuan, a modern scholar of Ming history, died suddenly and awoke in Suzhou in the fifth year of Hongzhi, inhabiting Shen Yan, a penniless orphan whose parents were dead and who was near death with a raging fever. From the start, he was caught in the great Su-Song flood recorded in the history books. He used a dream from his “father” to report the disaster, traded his mother’s keepsakes for food, and plugged the walls with plant ash. Even in desperate straits, his talent began to shine. At
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The Ironclad Censor 铁律御史
The Great Cheng Dynasty rules the realm by iron law. The Censorate hangs over the court like a sword, and beneath the Xiezhi totem stand eight stern-faced censors. Shen Ye is the youngest among them, and the most “insane.” He begins by investigating a corruption case, exposing a smuggling network on the frontier, unaware that he has stepped into a vast web of political intrigue that has ensnared the court for twenty years. Chief Grand Secretary Lin Ruhai holds absolute power, imperial authority
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- 246 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty: Chongzhen Turns Defeat into Victory 穿越明朝，崇祯反败为胜 Transmigrated to the Ming dynasty: Chongzhen turns defeat into victory. Modern history teacher Zhu Yuliang transmigrates into the body of Chongzhen. Drawing on his knowledge of history and his concern for the people, he quickly puts down the rebellions. He sends the Ming dynasty's dream team of generals to expand the realm, civilize the people, and establish dominance in the East. Transmigrated to the Ming dynasty: Chongzhen turns defeat into victory —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 247 I Have a System for Picking Up Beautiful Women in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我有系统在天龙八部里泡靓女 I woke up to find I’d become an insignificant servant in Murong Fu’s household, and I’d even been bound to a “Confidante System.” System prompt: Meet Wang Yuyan to receive “Lingbo Weibu”; win Mu Wanqing’s heart to obtain “Beiming Shengong.” I was quietly delighted, but then Murong Fu glanced at me coldly. “A servant like you dares to covet my cousin?” I only smiled and silently opened the System shop, exchanging points for the “Innate Daoist Body.” That very night, I mastered the essence of the 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 248 The God of War's Fiercest Warrior 战神第一猛男 The day Ye Jushuai was kicked out of his home, he obtained the “Emotion War God” System. As long as he stirs up a beautiful woman's emotions, he gets stronger. The more his enemies hate him, the more invincible he becomes. So he sets his sights on heiresses, icy CEOs, and pure-hearted campus beauties, relentlessly flirting with them until the young masters everywhere turn red-eyed with rage. When his war-god mother-in-law looks down on him, Ye Jushuai casually presents a betrothal gift worth ten 141Reads—Score—Shelves
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Borderland War God: From a Ruined Fort to a Cyberpunk Stronghold 守边军神：从破烂卫堡到赛博雄关
[No System + No harem + No golden finger + Reborn + History + No advanced technology + Late Ming + Iron and blood] Chen Yuan, a modern expert in military history, transmigrates to Zhenluwei in Shanxi in the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign (1634), becoming a down-and-out low-ranking officer in the garrison. The Great Ming is beset by troubles at home and abroad. Starting from a dilapidated fortress, Chen Yuan recruits talented people from every corner of the late Ming and builds an iron-blood
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- 250 I Became Jia Baoyu 我成了贾宝玉 “Second Master, it's time to get up.” A soft, sweet voice sounded by my ear. I groggily opened my eyes to see the carved wooden canopy overhead, embroidered with delicate clouds. A faint scent of sandalwood mixed with powder drifted into my nose. I sat up abruptly and looked around. There was redwood furniture, an embroidered screen, a bronze dressing mirror, and two maids in ancient-style clothing standing by the bed. One had an oval face and wide, almond-shaped eyes; the other had a pointed ch 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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