Novels like The Great Tang's Ill-Fated Men
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Great Tang's Ill-Fated Men, best match first.
- 1 Bad Guys: From the Start, I Had Qingguo and Qingcheng 不良人：开局倾国倾城 [Fanfiction]+ [System]+ [Comedy]+ [Slice of Life]+ [Anime]+ [Invincible]+ [Transmigration] A die-hard fan of The Outcast, I’m here to make up for my regrets. I transmigrate into The Outcast and get claimed by Qingguo and Qingcheng from the start. After getting screwed over by that damn System, I become sworn brothers with Yuan Tiangang and eventually serve as Li Xingyun’s guardian. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Great Tang: Li Xingyun Won't Take the Throne? Then I Will! 大唐：李星云不愿登基？朕来！ [Related works: The Legend of Qin, Battle Through the Heavens, Super God Academy, the Primordial World.] Li Tianyang transmigrates into The Bad Kids and is saved by Yuan Tiangang. As a stand-in for Li Xingyun, he refuses to follow the old path laid out in the script, where he is used and then mercilessly cast aside. So, he will... become emperor! End the wars, win the people's trust, expand the borders, and bring the realm under his rule! Using the Bad Men as his foundation, Li Tianyang ushers i 294Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 3 The Unaffiliated: Dark Warriors 不良人之玄冥小兵 Zhuo Lingyun was watching The Outcast in his dorm room when he accidentally got electrocuted. He thought he was going to die, but instead, a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion appeared. Inside, someone named Hao said he would send Zhuo Lingyun to transmigrate to the world of The Outcast, where he would have a mission to carry out. But what was the mission? Hao wouldn’t say, only telling him, “Heaven’s secrets cannot be revealed.” If you won’t even tell me what the mission is, I’ll just assume there isn’ 8Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 4 Bad Guys: Into the Game 不良人，入局 (No female lead, no romance) If you don’t like romance, give this a try. (This story adds material set in Raojiang and the Central Plains, and makes many changes to the Central Plains.) (This isn’t an invincible-protagonist story. The author’s writing is still rough, so please bear with me if it doesn’t suit your taste.) (The protagonist enters the story in the later episodes of Season 3. Since the Heavenly Astral Ode and Li Maozhen of Qi are involved, they get more detailed coverage. I hope rea 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrating into Bad Guys: I Was Picked Up by Jiang Chen from the Start 穿越不良人：开局被将臣捡回家 I’m Luo Tian. For reasons unknown, I transmigrated into the world of The Outcast, and by sheer coincidence crashed into the home where the Corpse Ancestor, Jiang Chen, was living in seclusion. Somehow, I ended up involved with her, and so the story begins. 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Bad Guys: I Lay Low for Decades with the Eight Arcane Arts from the Start 不良人：八奇技开局宅了几十年 Mo Wen transmigrates into the world of The Outcast, but decades before the story begins. How is he supposed to manage that? Luckily, he has the Eight Extraordinary Techniques as his golden finger. Now he just needs to lie low and grow stronger. When the time comes, he’ll be able to take on the Three Kings and kick the Tiangang around. Wouldn’t that make him invincible? 1.5kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 The Bad Guys: From the Start, I Became Yang Shuzi's Senior Disciple 不良人：开局成了阳叔子大弟子 Mu Jin'an arrives in the world of The Outcast after an accident. The land is torn by war, with warlords battling for supremacy and countless sects standing side by side. As a devoted fan of The Outcast, Mu Jin'an knows every major and minor event in the animated series like the back of his hand. Watch as he stirs up a storm... 40Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 8 The White Tiger Star Lord of The Uncanny Counter 不良人之白虎星君 Wang Hen, an orphan raised in an orphanage, finds himself in the world of The Bad Guys after another freak accident. The Bad Marshal Yuan Tiangang divines that he is the White Tiger Star Lord, destined to assist the Ziwei Star, and lays a scheme to have the Four Corpse Ancestors raise him. Could anyone raised by four lunatics possibly turn out normal? And what kind of story will Wang Hen, a nobody in his previous life, have in a world like this? Steal someone’s ship? Wang Hen would never do that 237Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 9 The Bad Guys: I Kissed Jiang Chen from the Start, and Shock Makes Me Stronger 不良人：开局强吻降臣，震惊就能变强 Xiang Jun transmigrates into the world of "Bu Liang Ren" and becomes a low-ranking Bu Liang Ren disciple hiding out in Qingshan Village. To conceal their identity, the previous owner of the body had chosen to disguise himself as a woman, so Xiang Jun has been living in Qingshan Village as a woman ever since. But only six months later, Fengqi issues an order for government-arranged marriages to boost the population: men aged eighteen and up and women aged sixteen and up must marry. Those who defy 188Reads—Score1214d adds
- 10 The Unmatched: I Just Want to Take It Easy! 不良人：我只是想摆烂啊！ (The female leads are Ji Ruxue, Lu Linxuan, Empress Song Yunji, Chi Meng, Jiang Chen, and Ying Gou. This is an invincible-lead story, though the male protagonist focuses more on inner growth.) I transmigrated into The Outcast, only to become a little kid. Having had enough of the 996 work schedule in my previous life, I just want to slack off this time around. But then I got an Effort System. Pan Zhen: Do all your Systems force people to complete tasks? System: Only you. Pan Zhen: ... (This is 231Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 11 The Bad Guys: From the Start, I Play the Fake Li Xingyun 不良人：开局扮演假李星云 War fires blazed across the land. The country was in chaos, and the people were suffering. Li Xingyun, you are unworthy of being emperor of the Great Tang, unworthy of being a descendant of the Li clan. If you don't want the throne, then I'll take it! So what if it's Yuan Tiangang? So what if it's Li Chunfeng? I'll shoulder both the benevolent and the tyrannical paths of kingship. Li Siyuan, Li Maozhen, you rebels and traitors deserve to die. This realm and its throne are not yours to claim. 627Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 12 Across the Heavens: Becoming a Sword God in The Outcast 诸天，从不良人开始当剑神 New novel: My Swordsmanship Reaches the Divine in All Heavens, Starting with The Outcast. In the world of The Outcast, he once fought Yuan Tiangang in a battle between heaven and man at Jiaolan Hall, established an immortal dynasty, then shattered the void and departed, leaving countless legends behind. In the Soul Beast world, he awakens twin martial souls, becomes the Pope's disciple, and grows up alongside the Saintess as a childhood sweetheart, only to discover that he has suddenly acquired 3Reads7.4Score214d adds
- 13 The Unworthy: My Martial Arts Were Destroyed by the Unworthy Commander from the Start 不良人：开局被不良帅废了武功 This is a fanfiction about the Underworld Emperor from The Outcast. Unfortunately, the transmigration happens at an awkward time: after the Underworld Emperor, Zhu Yougui, has his martial arts crippled by the Bad Shuai and kills himself at the end of Season 1. See how the protagonist changes his fate in such a hostile situation. Readers are used to Li Xingyun and the Bad Shuai, so seeing things from a villain’s perspective for a change can be quite interesting. There is no System in this story. 103Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 14 The Unbending: The Tang Dynasty Rises Again 不良人：大唐重现 In the waning years of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen led his army to seize Chang'an, bringing the dynasty to an end. Yuan Tiangang, commander of the Bad People, ordered them to go into hiding and await the signal to restore the Tang Dynasty. After transmigrating as Li Xingyun, a direct descendant of Emperor Taizong, and binding himself to the Emperor System, he is determined to rebuild the Tang Dynasty's golden age, unify the lands, and bring all nations to pay tribute. 728Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 15 The Uncanny Counter: The World Returns to Qi 不良人：天下归岐 In the final years of the Tang dynasty, Yuan Tiangang of the Unmatched Ones was away in Miaojiang rather than in the capital. At that time, Zhu Wen rebelled, killed Emperor Zhaozong, Li Ye, and proclaimed himself emperor. The several-hundred-year-old Tang dynasty fell apart. The old monster Yuan Tiangang could not bear to see the Tang vanish just like that, so he began laying plans to restore its former glory. But, to his utter surprise, an unforeseen variable threw all his plans into disarray. 178Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 16 Ruling the Land from the Shadows [Starting Reward: The Bad Marshal!] 低调争霸【开局奖励不良帅！】 [Summoning] [System] [The Outcast] [Darkside] [Yuan Tiangang] [Conquest] [Keeping a Low Profile] Once an Outcast, always an Outcast! Close the gates! Leave no one alive! With Zhang Wulang’s furious roar, a new chapter begins! Li Xingyun jolts awake, memories of his past life returning, and binds himself to the Outcast Legacy System. He gets a beginner’s gift pack from the start. The Outcast Commander Yuan Tiangang, the Empress of Illusion Sound Workshop, Li Siyuan of Tongwen Hall, Yelv Zhiw 4.8kReads8.3Score28614d adds
- 17 Immortal! The Tang Dynasty’s Imperial Tutor, Forever Guarding the Realm for Emperor Taizong 永生！大唐帝师，替太宗永镇山河 Deng Hong accidentally transmigrates to the early Tang dynasty and befriends Yuan Tiangang, the great diviner. During the Battle of Hulao Pass, Deng Hong uses medicinal pills to avert a crisis for the Tang army and earns Li Shimin’s favor. He enters government service as a result. He becomes close friends with Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and Qin Qiong, and earns the Tang Emperor Taizong’s deep trust. Alongside such renowned Tang generals as Li Jing, Li Ji, and Su Dingfang, he campaigns north aga 4.1kReads8.7Score24414d adds
- 18 Li Shimin: You Brat, Just How Many Daughters-in-Law Do I Have? 李世民：逆子，朕究竟有多少儿媳 He transmigrates into Li Ke, Prince of Shu. The moment he opens his eyes, the Crown Prince frames him, leaving him in bed with Li Jing’s daughter. Li Jing reports the matter, and Li Shimin prepares to beat Li Ke to death and feed him to the dogs. Just as everyone settles in to watch the drama unfold, Li Ke activates the Strongest Backing Unlock System. It assigns him a mission: marry Li Jing’s daughter, make Li Shimin cry, and rub salt in Li Jing’s wounds. To complete the mission, Li Ke lets loo 35.2kReads8.8Score3.6k14d adds
- 19 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明：从书童到最强锦衣卫 Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.1kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
- 20 Father, Get a Clue! I Really Don’t Want to Rebel! 父皇：你懂点事，我真不想造反！ Animated comic: I Don't Want to Rebel Ning Fan transmigrates and becomes the Second Prince of the Dayu Dynasty. In this world, kingdoms battle one another, barbarians bring chaos, feudal lords rise up, and powerful warlords carve out their own territories. From the start, he awakens the Supreme Emperor System! [Ding! System mission issued: Build the Supreme Imperial Dynasty!] From the start, Ning Fan summons Dian Wei, reforms the military, establishes the Embroidered Guard and the Underworld, an 59.3kReads9.0Score4.5k14d adds
- 21 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 68.4kReads8.9Score5.1k14d adds
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