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1. 1 全 My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍 Uncle Jianghe江河大爷Historical2.2M WordsOngoing After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an 277.5kReads9.2Score32kShelves

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   Trickery! Don't be brainless and cool

2. 2 七 Save the Ming Dynasty in Seven Days? I'd Rather Hang Myself 七天拯救大明？我还是上吊吧 An Illiterate Writes a Novel文盲写小说Historical2.8M WordsCompleted [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 60.2kReads9.3Score7kShelves
3. 3 公 Prince Fusu, You’re Really Not Going to Rebel? 公子扶苏，你真的不反？ Auspicious Souls of Mountains and Seas山海吉人Historical591k WordsCompleted History graduate student Xiao Han transmigrates to the Qin Empire, becoming a retainer of Fusu. Tyranny is on the rise, resentment simmers among the people, and history is on the verge of collapse. The eldest prince, Fusu, is demoted to the frontier, Meng Tian is sent away, and Zhao Gao secretly installs Hu Hai as heir. The court is in turmoil and danger lurks everywhere. The Great Qin Empire teeters on the brink. Xiao Han gives a cold laugh and swears: Since I have come to this age of chaos, I’ 6Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   Travel through historical themes, but strictly respect historical facts!

4. 4 黛 Daiyu Has a Younger Brother, and the Red Chamber Is in Chaos 黛玉有弟红楼乱 Gu Lala顾拉拉Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Lin Jingyan, the eldest son of the Lin family, returned to the age of three. After lying unconscious in bed for two years, he woke just before his elder sister left for the Rongguo Mansion. In his previous life, after he died, he stayed by his sister’s side and shared her entire life. He saw that even the Lin family’s immense wealth could not keep their only daughter safe. So this time, I’ll do it myself! But don’t cry, Sis. My head hurts. 37.7kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves

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   All love in my heart

5. 5 乱 Warring for Supremacy: Giving the Three Kingdoms a Taste of Female-Led Shock and Awe 乱世争霸：给三国亿点大女主震撼 Handsome Er You帅气的二油Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing (Also known as: The Female Overlord of a Chaotic Age) [Strong female lead + Three Kingdoms + no System + traditional empire-building + ensemble cast] Liu Yi, a female engineering PhD, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and grows up as a boy. She develops water conservancy, conducts research, and improves life for the people of her region. Just as the various factions are trying to win her over, she reveals herself as a woman and establishes her own power base, 47.1kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
6. 6 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.6kShelves
7. 7 主 My Lord, Are You a Woman? 主公，你是女子？ Nan Wanxu南婉徐Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 67kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
8. 8 被 Demoted, I Rose Through the Ranks with Metaphysics 被贬后我靠玄学一路升官 Li Hua璃华Ancient Romance926k WordsCompleted Originally titled The Official Has Been Demoted Again On the day the Left Chancellor's daughter was to be married, she was dismembered inside her bridal sedan in full view of the crowd. Everyone said the crime had to be beyond human capability. So the most famous Master He in Chang'an was thrown into jail. He Jingxin: ...But I'm not really a master of the occult! I'm just a con artist! He Jingxin couldn't tell fortunes. She'd never read the Book of Changes and didn't know how to read faces. Song 25.4kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
9. 9 大 Great Doctor: I Became an Academician in Four Countries Before the System Arrived 大医：系统没来我已成四国院士 Red Rice and Pumpkin Soup红米饭南瓜汤Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Back to the 1990s, and he's operating right out of the gate? Xiao Chenguang: No need to panic. As a champion overachiever, he can handle all kinds of patients with ease, sorting them out in no time. He had originally planned to lie flat for the rest of his life, enjoying a peaceful and carefree existence. Illness: No, you didn't. An elderly man with a massive hernia, postpartum hemorrhage, a black briefcase, pillars of the nation, national heroes... One heartbreaking case after another. With not 10.3kReads9.2Score997Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrated into an Ancient Apocalypse, I Use My Family Fortune to Build Infrastructure 穿进古代末世，靠着家底搞基建 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine + Natural Disasters + Zombies + Infrastructure Building + No Superpowers + No CP] Wei Xiyin transmigrates, born into a noble family as its legitimate daughter. She thought she'd been handed the script for a family power struggle, but who could have expected a zombie outbreak on the way back to her hometown? Then plants and animals begin to mutate, and extreme weather sets in. Her entire worldview collapses in an instant. There are no cars, no canned food, no high-tech weapons, an 14kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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