Historical Fiction with Outlandish Political Schemes Is My Favorite 历史文 就爱看脑洞大开权谋的
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- 501 The American Pharma God: Selling Energy Drinks from the Start 美利坚药神：开局继承药厂卖大力 (American TV drama style, enhancement drugs, pharmaceutical company power struggles, lamp-post hangings, villains...) Reborn in 1980s America, Victor Corleone inherits his father’s nearly bankrupt pharmaceutical company in New Jersey. In this life, he has to pay off the mob’s three million dollars in loan-shark debt, and build his own pharmaceutical empire! He invents the energy drink Purple Titan and single-handedly creates a rebellious culture! He makes generic ibuprofen and takes on Purdue’s 244Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 502 EN Cultivating for an Immortal Rank? I Can Simulate Becoming an Immortal 果位修仙？我能模拟成仙 [Simulator + talents + strategic planning + cultivation through Daoist positions + Nascent Soul True Monarchs + supreme Deification + golden finger free-for-all + unstoppable in the late game] Chen Fan had transmigrated to the cultivation world twenty years ago. At last, he awakened the [Simulator]. It could draw talents, and even upgrade them continuously. But why was each simulation getting stranger? What did it mean for a [Foundation Establishment Ancestor] to manipulate karma? What did it me 81.7kReads7.4Score8.8kShelves
- 503 Terrible News from the High Martial World 高武圈传来噩耗 [Utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged! + broke protagonist] “I cultivate naturally.” “Is there any medicine with fewer side effects?” “Can’t be helped. Just take two shots! If you get side effects, we’ll stop after that!” “I’ll take two more shots today. They’re for different areas, so the side effects probably won’t sta 339.3kReads9.4Score32.8kShelves
- 504 EN Shattering the Ninja World: Adopted by the Second Hokage! 杀穿忍界，从被二代收养开始！ [No System, no dumbed-down plot, no female lead, slice of life, Uchiha, an authentic Naruto story] [A tale of a red-eyed Uchiha and a white-haired Senju living together] In Konoha’s fifth year, Tobirama is forced to adopt a Uchiha brat at the unreasonable insistence of his big brother, Hashirama. Little does he know that the child will change his life... Renya transmigrates into the Uchiha clan, only to be adopted by the evil Senju Tobirama. Fortunately, the old guy doesn’t do anything too outra 26.6kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
- 505 The Night the Uchiha Were Wiped Out: It Began with Kun Ge's Awakening 宇智波灭族夜，从坤哥觉醒开始 The night the Uchiha clan was massacred. Since you, Uchiha Itachi, are wiping out your clan, then I, Uchiha Kun, will wipe out the whole village! We’re both fine Uchihas! Let’s live carefree, riding through the world together and sharing in all its splendor! 831Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 506 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
- 507 I Transmigrate Across the Heavens, and Whoever I Bind Dies 穿越诸天的我绑定一个死一个 [Decisive killing + no female lead + protagonist isn’t a saint] An unexpected death turned Wu Dao into a killing System. He transforms into a sword and keeps changing Hosts. Starting in the world of The Condor Heroes, he leaves endless slaughter in his wake, using the sword to stir up storms throughout the myriad heavens. … 136Reads5.1Score—Shelves
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Fan A: A Modern Swordsman Crashes the Eastern Han Medicine Market 樊阿：现代刀客搅局东汉药市
Fan A, a top modern neurosurgeon, collapses from exhaustion during an operation and, by a twist of fate, transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, becoming Hua Tuo’s last disciple, “Fan A.” Armed with a stainless-steel scalpel, he leads the Qing Nang team in a desperate struggle against the Tianyao Pavilion, which monopolizes medicinal herbs. In a medical clash spanning two thousand years, he single-handedly brings the spirit of modern medicine into resonance with the Eastern
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Fantasy Three Kingdoms: This Time, I, Cao Cao, Will Win People Over with Virtue 玄幻三国，我曹操这次要以德服人
What! You're saying I'm a black-hearted Cao Cao? Heaven knows, it's those beautiful women who gave me that bad reputation. Don't believe me? Just look at me, I'm as white as snow. Even the auntie next door says I'm a charming beauty.
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1937: My Players Are the Fourth Calamity! 1937：我的玩家是第四天灾！
[Fourth-dimensional disaster + ensemble cast + resistance against Japan + nation-building + detailed] Xu Yanqing transmigrated to 1937. Just as he was preparing to join the forces and defend his country, he suddenly discovered he could summon people from the future Earth to this time period. In the enemy's eyes: “Nan-ni? Why are the enemies back again?” “They're a bunch of devils, completely unafraid of death!” “Who are they? If they're so well educated, why are they fighting on the front l
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- 511 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 57.6kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
- 512 Espionage: Body in Cao's Camp, Heart with Han 谍战：身在曹营心在汉 Long Yan transmigrated, and woke up in the body of a Japanese man. And one with a little royal blood, at that. He swore to the heavens that even if he was wearing a Japanese man's skin, he would defend the land of China to his dying breath! A fake Qiu Chan is in mortal danger? Long Yan says with a serious look, “Comrade, I’m Qiu Chan! I’ll cover you, so hurry and run!” The real Qiu Chan, whose identity has been stolen, is completely dumbfounded? Ye Chong raises his hand and shoots someone dead 596Reads9.4Score100Shelves
- 513 Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑：旅长，我恭喜你发财啊 [No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong! 63.6kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 514 Beauty That Slays the World 艳杀天下 She killed Han Xin and executed Peng Yue, clearing away every one of Liu Bang’s “brothers” for him. She poisoned the King of Zhao and turned a rival into a human pig, leaving no one in the harem daring to challenge her authority. Before her husband died, he made her swear that only members of the Liu clan could be kings, yet she personally placed members of the Lü clan on the throne. Her son hated her, the ministers feared her, and the people of the realm called her a “poisonous woman.” But so w 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Five Virtues Return to the Heart: From the Start, I Save My Beautiful Wife and Daughter 五德归心：开局救活绝美妻女
Reborn as the ancient world’s ultimate simp, I nearly starved my wife and daughter to death from the start. The moment Lin Qi opened his eyes, he found himself the laughingstock of the whole village: his family fortune was gone, his wife and daughter were on the verge of death, and the last half-copper coin in his pocket was money the original owner had stolen to buy wine for his unattainable dream girl. Looking at his stunning wife, barely breathing on a straw mat, and his daughter, gaunt and p
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- 516 The Flames of War in the Wanli Era 万历烽火 A detailed portrayal of the imperial examinations; the brutal Battle of Sarhu! A grand war brought vividly to life; thunderous horns and drums, whistling arrows and keen points; stinging sand in every face, skin torn and bones broken; corpses strewn along the banks of Jugang, blood filling the passes in the Great Wall! A tender, heartrending love, like a song that lingers through the years! Emotions as poetic as a lover’s warm hand, gently stroking eyes clouded by rain; a quiet parting, soft as 104Reads—Score—Shelves
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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.
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The Ding-Wu Famine: Rebuilding the Han Dynasty, Starting with Guanyin Clay 丁戊奇荒：重塑大汉从观音土开始
The Yanhuang people are a nation from the stars, so we are destined to return to space and establish a mighty Han Empire spanning the galaxy!!! Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Zhang: What do Manchu barbarians and foreigners amount to? I shall lead the Han cavalry to conquer a vast territory!! In 1878, drought scorched the land across North China. Wheat fields in Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhili, and Shandong cracked like tortoise shells. The fissures in riverbeds were wide enough to fit a fist. People ch
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The Late Ming Embroidered Guard: From the Start, I Slay a Manchu Spy 明末锦衣卫：开局斩杀建奴细作
Late Ming Liaodong, where spies lurk at every turn. Li Ruolian transmigrates into the body of a hundred-household officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He awakens just as enemy sleeper agents infiltrate Jizhen, intent on opening the gates to the country on the eve of the Ji-Si Incident. Drawing on his modern intelligence expertise, he creates ciphers, builds a clandestine network, and lays counterintelligence traps. Beginning with the pursuit of spies, he gradually tears open the dark sky sc
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Three Kingdoms: Yuan Shao's Rebellious Son Smashes the Imperial Seal from the Start 三国：袁家逆子，开局摔玉玺
He transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes Yuan Yao, son of Yuan Gonglu, a dead man walking in his own coffin. With a father who’s dead set on rebelling and becoming emperor, Yuan Yao immediately sees no future for himself. If he wants to survive, he must stop his father, Yuan Shu, from repeating history. He’ll have to oppose him at every turn. “Sun Ce wants to trade the Imperial Seal for Father’s elite troops? I’ll smash the seal myself and see how he plans to make that trade!”
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- 521 The Beginning: Pan Feng Is in a Panic from the Start 开端：开局潘凤很慌张 I am Pan Feng, and I’m freaking out. I’ve been reincarnated five times already. Hua Xiong is coming to chop off my head, and Lü Bu wants to kill me too. How am I supposed to survive? The Yellow Heaven is dead, the Great Wind shall rise. 9.5kReads8.9Score774Shelves
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Reborn as Emperor Zhezong of Song: From Puppet to Power Player 重生宋哲宗：从傀儡开始逆袭
In the eighth year of Yuanyou, Empress Dowager Gao died. Zhao Xu, Emperor Zhezong of Song, finally took power after eight years under her thumb. At court, the Old Party was entrenched. On the borders, Western Xia watched like a tiger ready to pounce. Everyone was waiting to see the young emperor make a fool of himself. But no one knew that his soul came from a distant future. He renamed the era Shaosheng, recalled Zhang Dun, purged the Old Party of Yuanyou, and restored the New Policies. At the
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The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起
This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera)
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- 524 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score144Shelves
- 525 The Heroes Throw the Sui Dynasty into Chaos 群龙乱大隋 The day the Great Sui was founded was also the day he was born. His mother dreamed of an earth dragon, and auspicious clouds descended from the heavens. Such omens should have made his name known throughout the land, but the clan elders deliberately concealed them, presenting them instead as a blessing for the new emperor’s ascension. He grew up in the countryside, seeing the people suffer under harsh rule and witnessing the endless schemes at court. When the fires of war swept across the Centra —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Zhang Xianzhong Sacks the City from the Start, So I Defend Taihu Lake 开局遇张献忠屠城，我守太湖
In the spring of the eighth year of Chongzhen’s reign, thirteen bands of rebels join forces and march south. Zhang Xianzhong’s army of one hundred thousand troops lays siege to Taihu. Fang Che, a scholar who transmigrated here, stands atop the crumbling rammed-earth city wall. The granary is empty except for mice, and the arsenal holds nothing but rusted iron. The county magistrate only wants to die for his principles and leave a name behind, while the local gentry secretly abandon the city to p
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Ascend to the Ninth Heaven 欲上云霄九重天
A coral pendant engraved with a fire phoenix emblem draws Qi Ming, a destitute youth who lives on credit at a teahouse in Tianque City, into a shocking secret plot sweeping across four kingdoms. The moment the iron hooves of the Longxiang Army smash through the door, he still has no idea that the token his parents left him is the “key” that can overturn the world. The grand machinations governing the realm have barged into his life without warning. From a tide of Gu poison in a dungeon to a pack
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Retired Leaders, Hard-Core Infiltrators of the Ming Dynasty 退休领导们，硬核渗大明
We once thought that superior firepower would be enough to keep us alive in the Ming Dynasty. Until pirate blood stained the beach, and we realized that weapons could win battles, but they couldn’t guarantee survival. True survival meant hunting in a game without rules, beneath Guangzhou’s glittering surface, among a web of entrenched interest groups. We brought glass, liquor, and carefully crafted lies. We sold hope, and we manufactured despair. The old accountant’s ledger became the sharpest b
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- 529 Retired Leaders, Hard-Core Reformers of the Ming Dynasty 退休领导们，硬核改大明 We woke up to find that the eight of us, a group of retired old friends, had all grown young again aboard a ship on the seas of the Ming Dynasty. The dermatology department chief touched his firm, youthful face. The retired detective clenched a twenty-year-old fist. The former tax bureau chief calculated our dwindling supplies... And the six women who had been aboard with us last night had vanished without a trace. Even more absurdly, a ragtag outfit calling itself a “transmigration company” s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Great Ming: I Protest to the Death from the Start, and Zhu Yuanzhang Begs Me to Stop 大明：开局死谏，朱元璋求我别送
After transmigrating into the Hongwu Emperor game scenario, he gains the talents [Loyal Soul Through a Hundred Lifetimes] and [Pain Suppression]. He gives his all and dies without regret, possessing puppets to deliver remonstrance after remonstrance, until he becomes “the Ming dynasty’s toughest thorn in the side”! Every death only makes him more impossible to erase. Instead, his righteous spirit spreads throughout the Ming court. The officials tremble: “How is this remonstrance? He’s practicall
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Reborn in Li Bai's Body? From the Start at Mawei Post Station, I Save Yang Yuhuan 魂穿李白？开局马嵬驿，我救玉环
One of Tomato's rare gems. The An Lushan Rebellion, an exiled immortal and a noble consort, intrigue amid chaos, and fervent devotion to the nation. A man remains a boy until the day he dies. As he makes his way through life, apart from Yang Yuhuan, his unattainable first love, which of the colorful women of the Tang dynasty became his cinnabar-marked love? And who remained the one he could never let go? Most importantly, whether heroes or villains, everyone is sharp-witted. This story is entire
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Wind Chimes and Moonlight Over Tianyuan 风铃月影照天元
A slow-burn story, a fully realized alternate world, the end of a dynasty, foreign invasions, and fighting back against the invaders. Note: This is not a mindless power fantasy. The protagonist starts out as an ordinary wage slave with cheats, not some cruel landlord or cunning old fox. He has to grow stronger little by little. Shen Lang arrives in the northeastern wilderness at the end of the Tianyuan Dynasty, carrying the “Wind Spirit Moon Shadow” System. Invincible, with an infinite inventory
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