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- 1 Transmigrating With Baidu 带着百度去穿越 I’m a designer who enjoys tinkering with little inventions in my spare time. My current job brings front-end and back-end design together with production, and I’ve now transmigrated to the Ming dynasty. Using my knowledge, I’ll improve people’s lives and strengthen the Han people. Every invention in this story has been carefully thought through, and the production methods are based on verifiable sources. The processes behind all the inventions are realistic and practical. The story is realistic, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Transmigration: How I Brought Ancient Times into the Modern Age 穿越：看我如何把古代往现代发展 What should you do after transmigrating? Asking online, and I’m in a real hurry! I’ve transmigrated to another time and space, my family has been split up, I have to raise my younger siblings, and I’ve even run into someone from my hometown? A cup of palace jade liquor costs 180 yuan? 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrate to Another World: From Beggar to Tycoon 穿越异世：乞丐变首富 “Begging? Never. I'd rather starve.” A gifted student fed up with reality is living beneath a bridge when a sudden lightning strike sends him transmigrating to another world as a beggar, along with a wife he picked up along the way. Using the knowledge and memories of his past life, he sells fish, meat-stuffed flatbreads, and spicy hot pot, opens a hot pot restaurant, builds a steel mill, and more, turning his life around and ultimately reaching the pinnacle of success. Add the book to your shel 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Shadow Blade: A Guardian Across Time 《影刃：跨越时空的守护》 Shadowblade: A Guardian Across Time 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Only Built Some Buildings, So How Did I Become a Saint? 我就打造建筑而已，怎么就成圣了？ I was just building structures. How did I become a saint? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Fleeing Famine with a Construction Supplies Shop, My Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage 逃荒：基建商城在手，婆婆杀疯了 [Feel-good power fantasy + infrastructure development + System + no male lead + everyday family life] Modern beauty and construction magnate Da Mimi transmigrates into the past as a wicked mother-in-law. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained the Infrastructure Development System!] [Your physical strength has automatically increased tenfold, letting you take on ten people at once!] From the start, she collects scrap to exchange for money with the System, then goes wild buying infrastruct 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Spear Like a Dragon, a Warlord in Troubled Times 枪出如龙，乱世枭雄 Transmigration! Alternate history! Farming! No golden finger! No womanizing! Slow burn! At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, powerful in-laws held sway and eunuchs abused their authority! The Eastern Han Empire was on the brink of collapse, and chaos and conflict could erupt at any moment! Then! The soul of a top soldier from the 21st century transmigrates into this world, destined to stir up a storm of war and reshape the land through gunfire! His spear strikes like a dragon, his horse trampl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Song Dynasty's Final Years: Sweeping Across the World 宋末之席卷天下 Keyboard warrior Deng Yun transmigrates to the end of the Southern Song dynasty. The Song forces are already being driven back at every turn by the Yuan army, and the dynasty’s survival hangs by a thread! With three hundred Imperial Guards as his foundation, Deng Yun kills corrupt officials and seizes the treasury, recruits troops, and lies low in the Wuyi Mountains. He launches surprise raids across a thousand miles, captures military supplies, and extorts the prefectures. At last, he forges a 37Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 9 Alien Star Berserker 异星狂兵 A special forces soldier accepts a generous reward to travel to a distant alien world and check in, but when the starship's landing goes wrong, he is stranded there for eight years on a planet still in the Stone Age. Over those eight years, he starts from nothing, overcomes one challenge after another, and creates miracle after miracle. He reclaims thousands of miles of wilderness, opens trade routes across vast distances, and brings prosperity to the people and strength to the nation. Leading t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Iron-Blooded Great Qi 铁血大齐 Wang Hao accidentally discovers a spatial rift in his hometown’s cellar that lets him transmigrate to ancient times. He uses modern food to make money in the past, exchanges it for gold, then cashes it in back in the present. He steadily builds his power, eventually overwhelming ancient cold weapons with modern firearms and conquering the ancient world. After unifying the ancient Earth, he discovers that it also has spatial rifts leading to a fantastical world of cultivation. Why are there spati 6Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 11 Heavenly Emperor of the Late Ming 明末天帝 (History + Ming dynasty + System + transmigration + invincible) Hong Xuan accidentally transmigrated to the late Ming dynasty, where the local villagers mistook him for an “immortal.” So Hong Xuan went along with their assumption and declared himself the Heavenly Emperor. Under his protection, the villagers found new hope and began to dare to dream bigger. Keep a queue? To hell with the queue. The Qing army? No... They’re free labor. With this Emperor here, all who collude in evil, defy the natu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Late Ming: The Winner Takes All 明末胜者为王 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, war flares across the land. At this critical moment, Lin Yi makes a solemn vow: this is no youthful boast. He will make sure the victor rules! 55Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 13 Great Qin: I Carry an Arsenal with Me 大秦：我随身带着军火库 Officer Lin Fei arrives in the Qin Empire, bringing along a System that can buy weapons. You're a teenage prodigy in the imperial capital? One bullet will teach you a lesson. You're a prince adored by the emperor? The hand grenade has something to say about that. You're an esper who can drive off a hundred thousand troops with a wave of your hand? Rocket launchers, machine guns... precise strikes! In the Great Qin, Lin Fei meets all kinds of people, goes through all kinds of things, and gains al 32Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 14 After I Transmigrated, I Farmed, Built Infrastructure, and Rose to the Top 穿越后，种田基建，登顶称霸 Farming + Infrastructure + Developing a Fief + System After transmigrating, Li Min, a chemical engineering master’s graduate, finds himself in ancient times. See how he works with the System to develop his fief, improve people’s lives through farming, build up industry to create a powerful nation, train troops and develop advanced weapons, expand the borders, train personnel and establish social institutions, grow the market economy, and conduct diplomacy with other countries... bringing new vit 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Build a Modern City in Great Qian! 我在大乾，建立一座现代城市！ After transmigrating to the Great Qian Dynasty, Zheng Guangzong is lucky enough to become a carefree young master! His family owns vast fields, he has endless silver and gold to spend, and maids are always on hand to look after him. But Zheng Guangzong has no intention of lying flat, so he sets out to do a few things. He never imagines that his deeds will shake the entire court. The leading scholar wants to become sworn brothers with him, the princess refuses to marry anyone but him, and the emp 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 From the Start, I Have a 10,000-Ton Destroyer 开局，我有一艘万吨大驱 [Transmigration] [Farming] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Alternate history] The protagonist takes a 10,000-ton destroyer with him as he transmigrates to a parallel world. Using the ship's weapons, he raises an army, is granted a territory, and begins recruiting craftsmen and developing technology. Then he leads his forces to smash Goryeo, kick the Japanese pirates, and trample Northern Yuan, ushering in an age of exploration that spreads Chinese culture across the globe. 234Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Striving in the Late Sui Dynasty 奋斗在隋末 Born under the red flag, we spend our days worrying about everyday necessities, joking and arguing online, and drifting through life in a daze. Yet the history passed down to us is all about emperors and generals, talented scholars and beautiful women. So I decided to write a story about the joys and sorrows of ordinary people struggling to survive in troubled times! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 With the System in Hand, I Handle All the Ancient World's Infrastructure 系统在手，古代基建我全包 [Alternate history + transmigration + System + lighthearted] Lu Yuan, a construction worker from 21st-century Earth, is accidentally transported to the Great Yin Dynasty after being electrocuted. There, he binds to the “Infrastructure Maniac System” and sparks a construction boom across the ancient world! From renovating latrines and building glassworks to hydroelectric power and a new energy revolution, Lu Yuan uses modern engineering knowledge to turn Linchuan County into an ancient-world show 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Journey Through the Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Recruit Taishi Ci 穿梭三国，开局收太史慈 [No System, no pocket dimension, not a wish-fulfillment story, no harem, and no invincible protagonist. The focus is on a lighthearted, realistic approach.] This is an entrepreneurial story disguised as a transmigration tale. Liu Chuan awakened the ability to travel back and forth to the Three Kingdoms era. Who says traveling back and forth on your own is worse than having a System or a pocket dimension? Trading antiques? Transporting gold? The money-making methods that really work may not be wh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Turbulent Spring and Autumn 乱虎春秋 After transmigrating to ancient times, Xia Chenghu is conscripted from the start and hides in the mountains. When he returns home, his sister-in-law is wary of him and his younger brother's wife resents him. To escape the ravages of war, Xia Chenghu leads the villagers as they flee. To rise to power, he wins hearts, conquers heroes from every corner, and builds a naval empire at the southern end of the continent. His devoted, sweet-natured sweetheart eagerly joins the navy. She not only helps Xi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Legend of Yulin’s Heroes 玉林英雄传 He served in the military for more than a decade before leaving the service. Afterward, he led the same dull civil-servant life at the tax bureau, year after year. He thought he would simply see the people who raised him off, raise the people who depended on him to adulthood, and then let his life come to an end. But an unexpected turn of events changed his fate. Time and space shifted, and he transmigrated. He became Zhou Li, eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo in the Great You Dynasty. This imme —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reloaded: Turning the Tables, Starting by Impersonating a County Magistrate 回档：倒反天罡从假冒知县开始 Synopsis: [Farming] + [War] + [Winning People Over with Virtue] I used to be a penniless man who ran a street stall by day and wrote online novels by night. Then I transmigrated to another world, only to get the worst possible start: bandits dragged me up into the mountains and made me a low-ranking lackey. From then on, I had no choice but to go along with the flow, until I died with arrows piercing my heart, ending my five-year transmigration. One star! Heaven finally took pity on me, and I tr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Peninsula in Turmoil, 1635 一六三五半岛风云 Why settle for just enlightenment in Lingao? China's greatest historical regret was missing the Age of Exploration, while the development of the southwest was cut short by the change of dynasties from the Ming to the Qing. Since you've traveled through a wormhole to the 17th century, why not finish what your ancestors left undone? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Late Han Dynasty’s Super Academy 汉末超级书院 Xie Xin is a cultivator and the founding leader of the Carefree Sect. But cultivation is only his side job. His real profession is dean of an academy. Carrying the Three Kingdoms Entrepreneur Online System, he returns to the first year of the Jian Ning era in the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes an illegitimate son of the Xie family of Nanyang. Because he was a little slow to react, he ends up becoming an outstanding educator. He thought being a cultivator would make him powerful, but then he is 7Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 25 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, So What Good Is This Cheat? 穿越古代我要这外挂有何用 After transmigrating, Lin Li found himself among refugees and discovered he had a System that could duplicate anything endlessly. Just as he thought he was the chosen one, destined to build an empire and achieve greatness, someone told him that this was a time of peace and prosperity, and rebellion was a dead end. “Then what’s the point of this cheat?” Lin Li said, flinging the pouch of silver in his hand to the ground. This is a new novel. I hope you’ll show it plenty of support. 253Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 26 Northern Song Dynasty: I Become a Scholar from the Start 北宋：开局成了读书郎 After transmigrating to the late Northern Song Dynasty, Meng Fang becomes a young scholar who enters an academy to pursue an official career. Living in an age when the great dynasty is on the brink of collapse, should he keep to himself or work for the good of all? Meng Fang: I want both the kingdom and the beauty! 51Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 27 I Carry the Banner for the Great Ming 我为大明扛大旗 [The Fifth Year of Hongzhi] Wang Wenming opens a door through time and space and travels from 2022 back to the Ming dynasty. He won't just be a trader, he'll be a righteous little immortal, too. No guns or cannons: he starts with rickshaws and tricycles. See how he recruits soldiers and builds an empire without equal in history: the Little Ming Empire! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Galactic Armament: Bringing a Satellite to the Great Ming 银河武装：带颗卫星到大明 [Transmigration + Sci-Fi + Disaster + Interstellar + No System + No Soul Transmigration] The day after Yinhe, whose parents mysteriously disappeared when he was a child, was fired from his company, he woke up in the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. A mysterious spacecraft had landed in a secluded forest in Hengzhou Prefecture, and a mysterious voice awakened him from his slumber. Yinhe didn't arrive in this world alone with the spacecraft. He also brought a satellite equipped with a supercompute 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Quick Transmigration: The General's Daughter Is a Real Tycoon from the Apocalypse 快穿：将门小姐，末世来的真土豪 [No-brainer power fantasy + adorable kids + city-building + face-slapping villains + love at first sight] Cheng Cheng, the strongest female warrior of the apocalypse, transmigrates with an inexhaustible supply of goods. She also ends up in the body of a young lady whose entire family has been slaughtered. A hellish scenario? A young lady raising a child alone on the road, struggling to survive? No way. The apocalypse’s most luxurious RV is a must. While everyone else flees, I vacation. While eve 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 AI Novel: The Young Lady Loves to Lie Flat AI小说大小姐爱躺平 Join the discussion and share 80% of the royalties! But just as she was about to step onto the stage at the Oscars, she was caught in a terrible explosion. A bomb destroyed her car, blasted her body into the air, and hurled her soul from her body. She looked at her corpse, her blood, everything that had been hers, and felt terror and despair like never before. She wanted to live. She wa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Having an Overpowered Golden Finger Is a Problem Too 金手指太强也是种麻烦 He is the most unhinged crown prince in the Great Zhou, while she is an author who has seen through life and death and cares only about making money. What was meant to be a fatal dose of "Drunken Bone Incense" became the beginning of their contest. "Your Highness, three inches below your left ribs. Press there, and you'll find your inner demon." She turned down the position of empress, yet when he was most isolated and helpless, she purged the entire court for him. Li Xuanyin: "Xie Qi, you kille —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Begin Ruling Another World with an Armory 从军火库开始统治异世 After transmigrating to another world with a Super Empire System, Yunchuan, a penniless adviser, was given an Italian cannon by the System from the start. But just as he was about to shout, “Fire!”, he realized his enemies had already fallen before he could even take aim. While managing his own territory, he also grows closer to a beautiful bandit chief, until Yunchuan discovers that this world is far more complicated than he imagined… 894Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 33 Bringing an Arsenal to the Ming Dynasty 带着军火库到大明 Qin Mu transmigrates! Watch Qin Mu crush the bandits, execute corrupt officials, drive out the Japanese pirates, restore the realm, and revive the might of Huaxia! After all, I’ve got an incredible cheat on my side! 29Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 34 Starting from My Fief, I’ll Rule the World! 从封地开始，称霸全球！ "Alternate World + Fiefdom + Development + System + Army + War + Feel-Good Story + Unify the Globe" Luo Yi, a man from Earth, died in an accident, but his soul transmigrated to another world, where he was reborn! From the start, he became the sixth prince of the Great Shang Kingdom, only to lose the struggle for the throne and be banished to a remote fiefdom. A land ravaged by war, where people are starving, bandits run rampant, and foreign tribes wreak havoc? Don't panic. Watch as Luo Yi, with 2.5kReads8.5Score180Shelves
- 35 Cultivation: Industrial Revolution in Another World 修仙：我在异界搞工业革命 [Transmigration] [Technical] [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Industrial Revolution] [Farming] A 21st-century mechanical engineer dies suddenly and transmigrates, only to become a good-for-nothing apprentice at the third level of Qi Refining in the cultivation world. Yet the sect's junior sister idolizes him, and its genius senior sister favors him?! After awakening the [Eye of All Things' Structure], he can see through objects in 3D, observe the flow of spiritual energy, and reverse-engineer magical tr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Modern Farming, Tech-Driven Cultivation 现代化种田，科技化修仙 Spiritual energy has run dry, and the cultivation world has become stagnant waters. Yuan Shiping is reborn as a village boy with no spiritual root, leaving him little hope of becoming an immortal. He awakens memories of his past life, along with knowledge of agriculture and pharmacology. He can improve spirit herbs and make them rapidly release spiritual energy, turning wasteland into fertile spiritual fields. The medicinal herbs he grows slowly release pure spiritual energy. While others have n —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Infrastructure Maniac Who Transmigrated to Ancient Times 穿越古代的基建狂魔 Xiao Yan was an office worker in the twenty-first century. After transmigrating to the Great Xia Dynasty, he became an earl. The people of Great Xia lived in dire poverty, and those in his territory had already fallen into a nine-to-five grind. With troubled times on the horizon, watch how Xiao Yan builds a haven of peace amid the chaos. 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Back in Ancient Times as a Rich Merchant 回到古代当富商 A college student accidentally transmigrates to ancient times and is reborn as a prime minister’s son, using his father’s authority to line his own pockets. He opens coffee shops and hotel chains, making waves in the food and beverage industry. He starts nightclubs, saunas and hot springs, and an entertainment company, conquering the entertainment world. A humble merchant comes to control the empire’s economic lifeline. When war breaks out, he transforms into a soldier and dominates the battlefi 137Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Transmigrating to 1855: From the Start, I Have 100,000 Soldiers 穿越1855：开局10万兵 (Transmigration into another world's continent) + (land and sea warfare) + (no System) + (no heroine) + (fast-paced) Shi Dakai, a military academy graduate from 2020, unexpectedly transmigrates to another world's continent and becomes the Heavenly Kingdom's Wing King. Shi Dakai steadily advances technology there, ultimately conquering all the great powers. 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 40 The First Book by Manbu Dexuegao 漫步得雪糕的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 41 Transmigrate to the Late Ming Dynasty: I Have a Super System 穿越明末之我有超级系统 In 2062, Lin Yuhao, a genius young man from Huaxia, invented the first space-jump teleporter in human history ready for experimental use. But an accident occurred during the first human space-jump test, causing Lin Yuhao's consciousness to transmigrate to the Tianqi era at the end of the Ming dynasty. From then on, in order to survive, Lin Yuhao took on both the vicious Jurchens and the bandits wreaking havoc everywhere. I'll take them all down. After all, I've got a super System. 969Reads8.4Score104Shelves
- 42 The Tech Revolution: The Great Ming Enters Modern Civilization Overnight 科技革命，大明一夜进入现代文明 A young man determined to change the course of Chinese history transmigrates with an artificial intelligence System. He arrives just as the Chongzhen Emperor has taken the throne. Armed with the foundations of four industrial revolutions, he will help the Ming Dynasty evolve into a modern civilization! While barbarians are still relieving themselves wherever they please, robbing, kidnapping, and swindling... China has already ascended to dominion over the world, sowing the seeds of civilization —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Great Tang: The God-Tier City Lord 大唐：神级城主 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] Young Liu Chu transmigrates to the Tang dynasty and acquires the strongest city in history, one that keeps growing larger. Khan Jieli: “Two hundred thousand men can't take a tiny city? MMP!” Li Shimin: “With the entire nation's army, we still can't take one little Xianyu City?” Empress Zhangsun: “Your Majesty, Lili has been captured by that scoundrel Liu Chu and taken into Xianyu City! He says he wants her to be his lady city lord!” Zhangsun Wuji 274Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 44 Transmigrating to the Great Ming to Develop the Chemical Industry 穿越大明搞化工 Originally titled The Final Ming Dynasty [Meticulous History]+ [Science and Technology for a Strong Nation]+ [Comprehensive Development]+ [Global Hegemony]+ [A Transmigration Guide] [Not a Power Fantasy], [No System], [No Golden Finger], [True Soul Transmigration], [Imperfect Characters]. A popular science influencer with a degree in chemical engineering suddenly transmigrates to the early Hongwu era. But he discovers that transmigration novels and period dramas have lied to him about so much! T 33Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 45 I Transmigrated as a Taoist, and the Ancients Mistook Me for an Immortal 穿越成道士，古人把我当神仙 Zhang Jingzhi, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young Taoist priest in ancient times. By a twist of fate, he ends up living in a brothel. To survive, he uses alchemy as a pretext to make all sorts of things unknown to the era, drawing on his modern knowledge. He only wanted to use modern technology to improve people’s lives, but the ancients mistake him for an immortal! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Star Stirs in Huiran 徽然星动 [Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Beloved by All + Multiple Couples + Completed] Yu Youran transmigrates by accident into the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, and from the start, she marries the Southern Pacification General to whom she was betrothed as a child. Armed with a chip as her cheat, along with high emotional and intellectual intelligence, she begins her journey in another world, making all kinds of discoveries and inventions! She does business, fights wars, establishes sc 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Bandit Emperor 山寨土皇帝 A handsome young man transmigrates to a poor mountain village in an alternate ancient world. Armed with a System that lets him buy anything from his original timeline, he thinks he's the chosen one, destined to unite the land. Then he discovers his ceiling is being the chief of a mountain stronghold… A laid-back farming story with a scheming protagonist and a touch of absurd humor. It's rustic and decidedly unglamorous… 1Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Transmigrating: From Local Rascal to Regional Warlord 穿越，我从二流子混成了一方霸主 [Transmigration + Feel-Good Story + Absurd Comedy + Wild Ideas + Comeback] Yang Li, an engineering student, is hit by a car driven by a drunk while saving a child, and transmigrates to ancient times. What? He’s become a good-for-nothing whom everyone despises? His family is poor, yet he’s been gambling, and now the creditors are at the door, threatening to seize his son and daughter as payment? This is absurd beyond belief. What can he do? He can only hurry up and earn money to pay off his debts 13Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 49 Across Past and Present 纵古横今 A master of ancient martial arts transmigrates to the modern age and joins a mercenary force, embarking on a path to supremacy across the four seas. You ask why he can do it? He is learned in the past and present, and unrivaled in martial arts in this age. 2Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 50 While Everyone Else Is Still Wielding Blades, You’ve Got a Machine Gun 别人还在耍刀，你机关枪都上手了 Wu Fan was a doctor in his previous life. He worked himself to death at the operating table, then, perhaps because the heavens were moved by his sacrifice, he was reborn in the Great Xia Dynasty and obtained a firearms System. With a single Gatling gun, he was even named the God of War of Xia! Someone pulls out a Flying Dagger at a martial arts tournament to choose a husband? I whip out a pair of Colt pistols. The martial arts world holds a tournament to choose its leader? My AK-47 Fire Qilin 50Reads6.5Score—Shelves
