A Wild Historical Novel: Can’t Make It in Ming China? Just Head to Australia! 安利一本历史脑洞文！在大明混不下去？直接去澳洲

1. 201 大 Great Ming: From the Start, I Am Made a Prince and Summon Players to Run Amok 大明：开局封王，召唤玩家杀疯了 My Second Feather我那第二根羽毛Historical1.4M WordsCompleted [The rating just came out and will rise later, so don't let it fool you. Come in and see for yourself before you decide~] [The Fourth Calamity] [Historical What-If] [Power Fantasy] [Conquest] [Nation-Building] [Great Ming] After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, Qin Chu lay low for a year. Now Chongzhen was about to hang himself, and the empire was on the brink of collapse! In the Golden Throne Hall, the spineless court officials knelt and begged to surrender. He couldn't take it an 12.2kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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   This one book is enough for the Ming Dynasty

2. 202 天 The Sky Screen Opens with a Huge Slap 天幕上来就是一个大逼斗 Shanxi Hehua山溪河华Historical1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just come out, so it’ll keep rising. Principal: “However you look at it, the advantage is mine. Just watch my micro-management.”) A collection of unofficial histories. Are these stories respectable or not? Who knows. Even if it’s a pile of dog shit, I’m still going to taste it and see how salty it is. Huangpu’s hands-on class teaches you how to transmigrate to ancient times and build an anti-aircraft missile by hand? The little-known stories of the Ming dynasty. A poetry fre 8kReads6.3Score227Shelves
3. 203 二 Li Shimin Transmigrates into Fusu: Is This Not an Easy Win? 二凤穿扶苏，这不是躺赢吗？ Dragon Spring Sings at Night龙泉夜鸣Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Li Shimin lay in eternal sleep at Cuiwei Palace. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the thirty-sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin. Faced with the Great Qin’s deep-rooted decline, even Emperor Taizong Wen could only sigh, “This will be difficult!” Difficult or not, he still had to save it. Your position shapes your perspective. And now he was Fusu. The First Emperor held absolute power. He was no Li Yuan, and would never give him the chance to stage a Xuanwu Gate coup! Fortunat 32.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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   This is the best historical novel.

4. 204 大 The Song Dynasty’s Greatest Tycoon 大宋第一巨贾 Mu Zi Ren Zheng木子人正Historical112k WordsCompleted [The Making of a Powerful Tycoon: The Biography of Shen Sanbai] “Shen Sanbai of the Shen family was an extraordinary man of Bianjing. When he first appeared, everyone dismissed him as a frivolous playboy who spent his days cockfighting and dog racing instead of pursuing anything worthwhile. Yet within just three years, he controlled half the Great Song's wealth. The Maritime Trade Office followed his orders, and the Privy Council relied on him for supplies. He delighted in playing the pig to eat —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 明 Late Ming: Chongzhen, Don't Ascend the Throne Yet. Let Me Play Dead First 明末：崇祯你先别登基容我诈个尸 Persimmons Are Poisonous柿子有毒Historical2.2M WordsCompleted August 24, 1627. The Ming dynasty welcomed its final emperor. Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, stood on the steps of the Jianji Hall, receiving the court officials' homage. Just as the enthronement ceremony reached its final stage, the late emperor Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared in the doorway. “Chongzhen, don't ascend the throne just yet. Let me fake my own death first!” A firearms engineer arrives in the Ming dynasty with memories of his previous life. What changes will he bring to this empire o 22kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
6. 206 虚 Phantom Reverie: A Supernatural Vision 虚幻狂想：灵幻视界 Taihao Huangtian太昊皇天Eastern Fantasy563k WordsOngoing A chaotic world where illusion and history converge, a bizarre cosmos, tangled narratives, the gods’ contest, the unfolding of the Dao. Chaos awakens within time, and time sinks into chaos. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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7. 207 我 I Reincarnate at Random Across the Heavens 我在诸天随机转生 Whispering Words呢喃系语Historical265k WordsOngoing (The rating has just been posted and will rise later, so please ignore it.) [The Myriad Worlds] [Cultivation] [Traits] [Original dungeons] Being reborn is a skill. Some are born kings, while others are as insignificant as blades of grass. Lin Feng: “I want to experience both.” In his first life, he was an old yellow ox in the countryside, and died falling off a cliff while trying to escape. In his second life, he was a red carp in a prince's pond. A fire at the city gates brought disaster to the 467Reads8.5Score—Shelves
8. 208 女 Nuwa Told Me to Bring Down Shang, But I Lost My Tail for King Zhou 女娲让我祸商，我却为纣王断了尾 Fine Clothes, Pretty Fei锦衣菲菲Female-Channel Fanfiction142k WordsCompleted Nuwa said: “Whoever brings down Shang will be granted a place among the gods.” Bearing Heaven's mandate, I entered the court at Zhaoge, expecting to return and report back in three months. But at our first meeting in the hall, the man in the dragon robe merely glanced at me, then smiled and murmured: “Keep that fox tail hidden. My queen is afraid of fur.” Over three years, I lost seven tails for him. For the eighth, I offered half my demon soul to delay the armies of Xiqi by three days. When fla 4Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 北 North America, 1625: From Dragon City to a World Empire 北美1625：从龙城到世界帝国 The Rice Cooker Won't Go Home电饭锅不回家Historical246k WordsCompleted A Chinese town of more than forty thousand people is dropped wholesale into the North American wilderness of 1625. Spanish matchlock guns lie ahead; hunger and winter close in from behind. They have no System, no golden finger, only a modern industrial and knowledge base on the verge of collapse. In the seventeenth century, they build their way up the technology tree with their own hands. Through reason, cooperation, and steel, they kindle a beacon of civilization on a savage continent, one that 631Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 我 I Personally Sent a Client to the 13th Floor, Only to Discover the Building Has Just 12 Floors 我亲手把客户送进13层后，却发现整栋楼只有12层 The Rice Cooker Won't Go Home电饭锅不回家9k WordsCompleted I Personally Sent a Client to the 13th Floor, Only to Discover the Entire Building Has Just 12 Floors —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 重 Reborn, I Sent My Whole Family to Prison on New Year's Eve 重生后，我于除夕夜送全家进监狱 The Rice Cooker Won't Go Home电饭锅不回家15k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Sent My Entire Family to Prison on New Year's Eve —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 我 I Tried to Help Him Out, but He Scalded the Crab Fry and Gave Them Red Shell Disease 我好心扶贫，他却用开水让蟹苗得了“红壳子病” The Rice Cooker Won't Go Home电饭锅不回家6k WordsCompleted I kindly tried to help him out of poverty, but he used boiling water to give the young crabs “red shell disease” —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 我 I Played Delta Force, But It Said I Had to Beat the Game to Log Out (Part 1) 我玩三角洲，却被提示要通关才能退出游戏（一） Fine Clothes, Pretty Fei锦衣菲菲12k WordsCompleted I Was Playing Delta Force, but a Prompt Said I Had to Beat the Game to Log Out (Part One) —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 我 I Played Delta Force, But It Said I Had to Beat the Game to Log Out (Part 2) 我玩三角洲，却被提示要通关才能退出游戏（二） Fine Clothes, Pretty Fei锦衣菲菲14k WordsCompleted I Was Playing Delta Force, but a Prompt Said I Had to Beat the Game to Log Out (Part Two) —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 被 Forced to Train My Contracted Stand-In, I Made the Whole Project Team Kneel and Call Me Dad 被迫培训我的外包替身，我让整个项目组跪下喊爹 Fine Clothes, Pretty Fei锦衣菲菲9k WordsCompleted Forced to train the outsourced stand-in for me, I make the entire project team kneel and call me Dad. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 重 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Factory Director and Went to College 重生80：甩了厂长老公后我考上了大学 Fine Clothes, Pretty Fei锦衣菲菲Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: After Dumping My Factory Director Husband, I Got into University 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 全 Every Member Is an Emperor: We’ve Left the Cultivation World Stunned 全员皇帝：把修仙界给整不会了 A Bowl of Hot Dry Noodles来碗热干面Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast]+ [Every character is an emperor]+ [Comedic cultivation]+ [Loving fathers and dutiful sons] All the emperors of China’s orthodox dynasties descend upon the cultivation world at the same time. Scattered across the land, each has an assistant System called “Little Emperor.” Their first task is to find and recognize one another. Qin Shi Huang is the first to run into Liu Bang. “Hu Hai! You’d better pray I don’t find you too soon.” Wang Mang’s eyes fill with tears. “I finally have a S 22.1kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
18. 218 乱 Famine in a Chaotic Age: As a Landlord, I Exploit the Poor 乱世荒年：身为地主为富不仁 Love Eating Braised Crucian Carp爱吃炖鲫鱼Historical1.6M WordsOngoing [Landlord in troubled times, transmigration and comeback, ruthless profiteering, golden finger (unlimited water), rural power struggles, farming and stockpiling grain, fiercely protective and ruthless, infrastructure and expansion, satisfying face-slapping] After transmigrating into the body of a miserly landlord in a time of turmoil, Tie Dafu swears to the heavens: “I’m going to be a heartless profiteer!” The tenants cause trouble? He cuts their rent to win them over, then turns around and deal 32kReads8.0Score2.2kShelves

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    Are there any similar books that are really enjoyable to read, without any morals, without hypocrisy, and where life feels really good?

19. 219 嘉 The Lilies of the Valley! 嘉兰百合！ Crocodile Student鳄鱼学生Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted The calla lily symbolizes “a crown of glory and a life lived with passion.” This is the story of Sheng Xixi, who saves herself after countless suicide attempts. Along the way, she meets close friends like Shen Qingcheng and Zhuo Lin, the man she loves but can never have, Song Zewan, and the god of hell, Jianan Hexi. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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20. 220 人 In a High-Martial World, I Get a Wife from the Start 人在高武，开局送老婆 Selling Energy Drinks at the Mental Hospital精神病院卖大力Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [More Children, More Blessings]+ [multiple heroines]+ [leveling progression]+ [invincible protagonist]+ [play the pig to eat the tiger]+ [High Martial] In a High Martial world, More Children, More Blessings: the campus beauty and her senior are delighted to welcome twins. The fourth More Children, More Blessings novel. You have my word! 32.8kReads7.6Score2.4kShelves
21. 221 夺 The Life-Stealing Laws: The Heavenly Dao's Debt Collector 夺寿法则：天道追债人 Nai Donglai乃东莱Eastern Fantasy347k WordsCompleted This book has no romance, no slice-of-life scenes, and no filler. It tells only one story: cutting through heaven and earth with a blade, and seizing immortality with one’s life! The protagonist, Lu Jie, begins with a debt of years to his life. The Heavenly Dao takes a year from him each day. If he doesn’t kill, he dies! His heart is as cold as ice, his hands stained with blood. Everything in the world is a sacrifice to extend his life. Women? Mere bystanders and cannon fodder. Touch them and 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why not give it a try! [Original work enthusiast]

22. 222 天 Apocalypse Arsenal: I Reforge the Sun and Moon with the System 天启军工：我靠系统重铸日月 Nai Donglai乃东莱Historical536k WordsCompleted Chen Lai transmigrated into the body of the Tianqi Emperor in a parallel world in 1625, and was bound to a military industry System. This was a sure thing! Historically, Chongzhen, his younger half-brother by the same father, was still the Prince of Xin! The Jurchens had only just risen to power, Liaodong had not yet been lost, and the Little Ice Age was still more than a decade away. More importantly, Wei Zhongxian was utterly loyal to him, and he had so many civil and military officials at his 9Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 墟 The Way of Governance in the Ruined Realm 墟界政道 Nai Donglai乃东莱Eastern Fantasy387k WordsCompleted After being swindled out of everything, Chen Miao jumped into a river and died. The transmigrator was chosen by Yanjun and sent to the Xuan Zhen Realm. He opened his eyes as a lowly Qi Refining drudge. His sect had been destroyed, and he was poisoned with Corroding Meridian Powder, with barely half a life left. But Yanjun gave him a broken mirror that could duplicate anything, at a price more deadly than the poison. Void filth as payment, treasures’ radiance as bait! Other people’s immortal a —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 规 The Self-Cultivation of a Rules-Based Cultivator 规则性修士的自我修养 Nai Donglai乃东莱Eastern Fantasy211k WordsCompleted A wage slave on Earth gave his life saving a child who had fallen into the water. The child was rescued, but he drowned and transmigrated into another world, a realm of immortal cultivation, where he became an ordinary Qingyun Sect disciple at the third stage of Qi Refining. His predecessor’s mother had left behind a jade pendant containing a legacy: the Book of Rules! Like a System, it helped him through one perilous adventure after another, where he met Su Yuwei, who would become his Dao compa —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 被 Exiled to Lingnan, I Build a Highway All the Way to Chang’an 被贬岭南，我修的高速路通到长安 Adult A He成年人阿禾Historical210k WordsCompleted For the sake of a single lychee for Yang Guifei, Li Longji wants to execute me as a sacrificial offering? Li Changfeng took off his armor on the spot. “This rotten Tang dynasty can go to hell. I'm done serving it!” After transmigrating to the Tang dynasty, Li Changfeng destroyed the plank road used to transport lychees in order to stop 50,000 Tibetan cavalry. In the Golden Hall, Li Longji thundered, “Without lychees, what is the Noble Consort supposed to eat? Your flesh?” The entire court called 8Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 李 Li Ergou's Urban Escape Log 李二狗的都市逃亡日志 Sword Seventy-Nine剑七十九Urban528k WordsCompleted On the surface, I, Li Ergou, am “a fortune-teller with a bit of a gift / an amateur Taoist priest.” In reality, I’m a fugitive quasi-domain master, skilled at using high-level immortal arts to solve low-level everyday problems: using the “Dust-Cleansing Spell” to do laundry and the “Wind-Riding Art” to dry my hair. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 我 I, Wei Xiaobao, Transmigrated with the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra 我，韦小宝带着四十二章经穿越了 Sword Seventy-Nine剑七十九Urban257k WordsCompleted I, Wei Xiaobao, transmigrated to the modern age with the Forty-Two Chapter Sutra The Qing nobleman Wei Xiaobao gathers all the Forty-Two Chapter Sutras, then accidentally triggers a mechanism and transmigrates to the modern world. He clings to Shuang'er, the woman who saved his life, while juggling fiery J​​ian Ning, gentle Mu Jianping, and his other admirers. To his surprise, he unlocks an immortal cultivation manual hidden in the sutras. He ventures into ancient tombs, battles criminal gangs, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 228 道 Tao Comes to Another World: The Tao Te Ching from the Start, Crushing Forbidden Spells 道临异世：开局道德经，爆锤禁咒 Sword Seventy-Nine剑七十九Eastern Fantasy323k WordsCompleted After a car accident, the young Daoist Jian Chen is reborn in another world in the body of a useless nobody. He just wanted to recite a couple of lines from the Dao De Jing to calm himself down. Who knew it would summon radiant clouds stretching for thousands of miles and earn him heavenly merit? The whole continent is stunned to discover that the Eastern cultivation arts they dismissed as worthless are even more terrifying than forbidden spells. Only after Jian Chen crushes his way to the divin 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 三 Three Kingdoms: I Transmigrated as Liu Xie, So I Told the Chancellor to Call Me Your Majesty 三国：穿越刘协，请丞相称陛下 Young Master Xiaoyi公子小易Historical1.0M WordsCompleted The good news: I transmigrated, and even became an emperor! The bad news: This emperor is Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, a puppet ruler who has been manipulated by powerful ministers his entire life. It is the third year of Jian'an. Cao Cao has defeated Lü Bu and returned to court at the head of a victorious army. No one in the court can challenge him. Just as Liu Xie worries about his future, he awakens the Emperor's Friends System. As long as someone acknowledges Liu Xie as a friend, Liu Xie ca 20.2kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
30. 230 玄 A Carefree Journey Through the Mystic Realm 玄境逍遥录 Moon-Dwelling Orchid月栖芝兰Eastern Fantasy387k WordsCompleted This fantasy story is adapted from the thirty-three chapters of the classic Chinese text Zhuangzi. In ancient times, the god Hundun died after Shu and Hu carved seven apertures into him. His body became three layers of mystic realms, while his soul shattered into thirty-three “True Principles of Zhiyan,” scattered across the worlds. As he lay dying, Hundun left a prophecy: “Only when Zhiyan is reunited will the True Master be revealed.” In the far north, a young boy called Kun Slave raises gi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhuangzi's Philosophy & Fantasy Stories

31. 231 山 A Bandit Becomes Emperor? From the Start, I Take on My Sister-in-Law! 山贼逆袭皇帝？开局先斗大嫂！ A Touch of Elegance一点风华Historical111k WordsCompleted Decisive and ruthless + merciless toward women + bandit comeback + multiple female supporting characters Warning: The protagonist is no decent man! He seduces his brother's wife, sells out his friends, curries favor, wreaks havoc at court, plots to seize the throne... and is utterly ruthless. Duan Zhengping wakes up to find he has transmigrated and become a bandit. Seeing the chief's wife lying beside him... he decides to let loose first. The protagonist is bound to the Bandit-to-Emperor Comebac 3Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 开 Weapons Delivered from the Start: I Use Japanese Pirates as Test Subjects 开局送武器，我拿倭寇做实验 Young Ah Hui少年阿辉Historical245k WordsCompleted On the day I transmigrated, I caught Japanese pirates bullying my sister-in-law. The System popped up: [Option One: Swear brotherhood with the pirates. Reward: Japanese sword-drawing skills after two and a half years of practice] [Option Two: Pretend to be blind and run. Reward: One motorized tricycle] [Option Three: Rescue my sister-in-law. Reward: One pistol] I chose option three and shot a pirate dead. I thought I was on my way to the top of the world from then on... Until I ran into thre 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very well written historical article

33. 233 英 Heroic Spirit Simulation: From the Start, I Become the Tyrannical Knight King 英灵模拟，开局成为暴虐的骑士王 Gazing at the Stars1仰望星空1Eastern Fantasy356k WordsOngoing [Simulation story, no power nerfs, no secrets kept.] A Heroic Spirit is, as the name suggests, someone who created countless legends and accomplished countless great deeds throughout history, earning praise from later generations. Such people can become Heroic Spirits. Su Bai transmigrates to a world of Heroic Spirits, where they reign supreme and people can summon Heroic Spirits from countless worlds to fight for them. Unable to make a contract with any Heroic Spirit, Su Bai obtains a Heroic Sp 1.2kReads8.4Score114Shelves
34. 234 大 Great Ming: I Keep Dying to Protest, and Even Old Zhu Cracks 大明：天天死谏，老朱都破防了 Great Tree Begonia大树海棠Historical2.0M WordsOngoing [This book spans five thousand years of Chinese history, covering every dynasty and returning to them repeatedly. The stories include, but are not limited to, ministers remonstrating unto death, risking everything to speak up for the people, expanding the borders, and changing the course of history to right past regrets.] Can delivering takeout really move Heaven and Earth, shake the ages, and leave a name in the history books? Believe it? Don’t? Then click in and see for yourself. Yuan Lin, a f 111.1kReads8.3Score10.3kShelves
35. 235 民 Republican Era: Lu Xun Keeps Asking for Updates on My Web Novel 民国：我写网文被鲁迅催更了 Drunk in Dreams of the Mortal World入梦醉红尘Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Literary Plagiarism + Secret Identities] Back in the Republic of China era, Lin Chen decides to use the “golden three chapters” and “cliffhanger merchant” tactics to give this age a taste of the shock value of online fiction. In public, he’s a shrewd bookseller who made a fortune publishing The Legend of the Condor Heroes. In private, he’s a mysterious gentleman whose blade-sharp prose leads the public conversation. His greatest pleasure is using an alternate account to blast the books written 21.6kReads5.9Score4.1kShelves
36. 236 圣 The Sacred Clan Is Too Weak? What Does That Have to Do with My Eternal Emperor Clan! 圣族太弱？关我万古帝族什么事！ The Wind Comes Blowing风涌而至Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Family + System + feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless + genius + ensemble cast + gets better as the story progresses] Lin Xuan, a corporate drone from Blue Star, transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the young master of the Lin family at the age of sixteen. With no powerful backing, no extraordinary talent, and no golden finger, he's a thoroughly ordinary man with none of the usual advantages. He's just about ready to give up and coast through life 25.6kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
37. 237 玄 Fantasy Diary: The Empresses' Personas Have All Fallen Apart! 玄幻日记：女帝们的人设全崩了！ The Cicada Says Nothing知了不言Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines, contrasting personalities, delusional assumptions, lighthearted comedy, the Myriad Worlds, a fresh setting, information gaps, falling for their own imagined versions, overactive imaginations, everyone’s favorite, mastermind behind the scenes, play the pig to eat the tiger, invincible, handsome.] The immortal path has nine realms. Gods and demons stand side by side, and Dao Venerables reign supreme! The nine Heavenly Books shake the cosmos! In one tiny, shattered plane… Ling Q 12kReads8.6Score1kShelves
38. 238 双 Dual Transmigration: From Nobody to Lone Wolf 双穿：屌丝进化成独狼 Bored and Bald无聊秃顶Historical1.4M WordsOngoing A portal connecting two worlds suddenly crashed down on He San, a modern-day corporate drudge. On the other side was a completely unfamiliar ancient world. All he wanted was enough to eat and wear, and a peaceful life. Little did he know that the meager experience and ways of dealing with people he had picked up through the bumps and scrapes of modern society would be woefully out of place in another world. Starting with one setback after another, He San had to keep learning anew: the rules, the 1.4kReads6.4Score133Shelves
39. 239 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves

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    No need for further explanation, hahaha

40. 240 三 Three Kingdoms: Turning the Tide at Red Cliffs 三国：从逆转赤壁开始 Grouper's Essays桂鱼随笔Historical600k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] + [Reborn] + [Power Fantasy] + [Court Intrigue] + [Conquest] Cao Ang is Reborn! He returns to the night in Wancheng that decided his fate. The first thing he does is save Dian Wei and Cao Cao. He takes precautions against Sima Yi’s “wolf-like gaze” and uproots the entire Sima clan. He sees through Huang Gai’s “self-inflicted wounds ploy” and Pang Tong’s “chain ships stratagem.” At the Battle of Red Cliffs, he makes clever use of the east wind, builds imitation warships, and sets 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the Three Kingdoms period, he uses his wisdom and strategy to win, crushing Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, and reversing the Battle of Red Cliffs.

41. 241 儒 The Great Sage of Confucianism: My Literary Aura Can Slay Demons 儒道至圣：我的文气能斩妖 Let's Collect Seashells Together一起捡贝壳Ancient Romance548k WordsCompleted A top modern university student, excelling in both history and physics, transmigrates to a parallel world resembling the Tang and Song dynasties, but inhabited by demons and monsters. In this world, scholars can cultivate “literary aura,” and poetry and prose can channel the power of heaven and earth to slay demons and monsters! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 惊 At the Horror Film Set, I Use Ideological and Political Education to Subdue the Ghost King 惊悚片场，我用思想政治收服鬼王 Let's Collect Seashells Together一起捡贝壳Mystery630k WordsCompleted Chen Mo is well versed in philosophy and acquires the [Film Set Management System]. He travels through numerous horror movie sets, where he can pause and rewind scenes. From the start, he enters The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village, encounters Chu Renmei, Mr. Vampire, and Painted Skin, then establishes an interdimensional labor dispatch company. He recruits ghosts as employees to fight by his side, negotiates with the Ghost King, and rises to become a partner in the underworld! —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 天 Heavenly Court Auditor: The Gods Beg Me to Stop Handing Out Fines 天庭审计师：众神求我别罚单 Let's Collect Seashells Together一起捡贝壳Eastern Fantasy617k WordsCompleted After Zhou Mo is reborn, he awakens the Heavenly Dao Audit System. His first assignment: audit the city's most popular Temple of the God of Wealth. He audits the God of Wealth, the Child-Giving Goddess, the City God, Wenchang Dijun, the Kitchen God, and the other deities of the Celestial Court. He never would have guessed what he would uncover. From then on, Zhou Mo embarks on a campaign to sweep through the gods of the mortal world and build a reputation as the Audit Celestial Venerable. —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 都 Urban Dragon Healer: Demons Slain by Silver Needles 都市龙医：银针斩魔 Grouper's Essays桂鱼随笔Urban436k WordsCompleted Lin Xuan, a great sect master in the cultivation world, is attacked by nine immortal sects while undergoing tribulation. He self-destructs his primordial spirit, and a wisp of his shattered soul transmigrates to a modern city. Adopted by his master as a child, Lin Xuan grew up to become a rural doctor and is bound by nine marriage contracts. Before his master dies, he leaves him with three instructions: “Go down the mountain, break off the engagements, practice medicine, and don’t use immortal a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 侯 The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记 Pi Xiaobai皮小白Historical791k WordsOngoing Just after Feng Yanchu transmigrates, he hears a series of smacks before feeling a stinging pain on his butt. How embarrassing! His pants have been pulled down and he’s being spanked! Then he hears several children wailing. Three other kids are getting beaten nearby, too. Looks like they got into trouble. At least he isn’t the only one being punished, which makes it a little less embarrassing. The male lead transmigrates into the body of an illegitimate son in a marquis’s household. He expects t 70.7kReads8.5Score5.5kShelves

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    A well-written historical novel that avoids clichés and mindless plots; I recommend reading it.

46. 246 祸 A Bewitching Beauty? The Tyrant Can't Stop Eavesdropping and Spoiling Her 祸水红颜？暴君疯狂偷听疯狂宠 A Round of Bright Moonlight一轮明月光Ancient Romance256k WordsOngoing [Tyrant Who Can Read Minds x Easygoing Mission Taker] #Transmigration + Alternate History + System + Winning His Heart and Redemption + 1v1# Ling Xianxian is a college graduate who can't find a job. Aside from a whole assortment of minor quirks, she has no particular talents. Hoping to save enough money to take the civil service exam, she braves the bitter winter wind to deliver food. One moment of carelessness, and a truck hits her. She transmigrates to the mysterious Great Qi Dynasty, becomin 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. The female lead is a procrastinating office worker who transmigrates into a world delivering food and is forced by a system to save a tyrant. The tyrant male lead is a complete contrast. I feel the author's title is a bit underwhelming; the content leans more towards an alternate history, with plenty of court politics and also a significant amount of screen time for ordinary people. [You'll have to think about it carefully.]

47. 247 全 Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始 Cutting the Hanging斩悬Historical3.2M WordsOngoing After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M 8.6kReads8.9Score540Shelves

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    Red Star, Revolutionary Thought

48. 248 隋 Sui-Tang: After the Li Family Broke Off My Engagement, I Stole Guanyin Bi from Them 隋唐：被李家退婚，我截胡观音婢 The Last Wish of Cao Wei曹魏遗志Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [The animated series is out. Search for The Great Sui's Co-King to watch it] [Invincible War God + Broken Engagement + Defects to Yang Guang + Feel-Good Story] Yang Ao transmigrates to the Sui-Tang era and gets engaged to Li Xiuning from the start. Hoping to lie flat after marriage, he uses his advantage as a transmigrator to help the Li family plan its grand ambitions. But he never expects the Lis to ally with the Chais and cast him out with nothing but a letter of divorce, even trying to wipe 14.1kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    It is a good book with rich and varied content.

49. 249 汉 Han Cavalry Tramples the Heavenly Demons 汉骑踏天魔 Leng Zhen棱祯Eastern Fantasy419k WordsOngoing The sands of Hexi ran red with blood. As Huo Qubing’s spear tore through the Xiongnu formation, streaks of light suddenly coiled around its shaft. The twenty-year-old General of the Agile Cavalry first glimpsed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the soul-devouring black mist conjured by an enemy shaman. Just as the mist was about to engulf the Han army, a sharp sword split the sky. Wei Zifu, in flowing white robes and carrying the scent of medicine, arrived. As a bronze mirror revealed —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 红 Dream of the Red Chamber in the Northern and Southern Dynasties: The Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers 红楼南北朝之九牛二虎之力 User55303759用户55303759Historical598k WordsOngoing A long night splits the realm into north and south, Deep within the jade hall, a yellow-maned lion lies. Nine oxen secretly store iron in their spines, Two tigers sink their mountain mists into empty palms. Southern Wu Kingdom Jinling The Ningguo Mansion Deep within the mansion, a few stubborn weeds poke through the cracks between the bluestone slabs. Jia Liao, a name so quiet it is nearly forgotten among the Ningguo Mansion’s collateral branches, stands with his hands at his sides outsi 16Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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