Novels like The Ultimate Prodigal Son
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ultimate Prodigal Son, best match first.
- 1 Great Tang: Sending Princess Jinyang to Marry for Peace from the Start, I Berate Li Er 大唐：开局送晋阳公主和亲，我怒怼李二 Ten years ago, Li Senlin died of an illness and transmigrated to the end of the Sui dynasty, at the dawn of the Tang. Ever since arriving in this world, he has lived alone in this house. With help from his companion Sign-In System, his life has been more or less comfortable. Over the past ten years, Li Senlin has received plenty of benefits from the System. For instance, he just got the plans for an upgraded Zhuge repeating crossbow. If he built one and sold it to the army, he’d make a fortune! 1.2kReads5.3Score—Shelves
- 2 The Prince of Zhenbei: A Warlord Who Rose from a Pile of Corpses 镇北王之死人堆爬出来的乱世枭雄 Transmigration + no System + dynastic struggles for supremacy + Prince of the North I command a vast army, with well over a million men under my banner. At my word, tens of thousands of heads will fall. My word is proof enough: he colluded with the Northern Xiongnu, betrayed his country, and deserves death. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Carefree Prince of the Tang Dynasty 大唐逍遥王 Who is the one person in the Tang dynasty you should never offend? Of course, it's Prince Xiaoyao! Life and death don't matter. If you have a problem, fight it out! This is a history full of intrigue and uncertainty, yet also one of grandeur and sweeping change! Reborn in the Tang dynasty, he lives freely and rules as a king! 1kReads7.9Score100Shelves
- 4 The Strongest Consort in History 万古最强驸马 After being reborn in another world, Chu Tianshu finds himself taking part in a wedding ceremony. To his shock, his bride is the current emperor’s princess! To make matters worse, all the wedding guests seem to want this good-for-nothing dead as soon as possible! Faced with disdainful stares, a scheming step-grandmother, and oppression from the powerful, Chu Tianshu, armed with his golden finger, wants to say: “You’re all insignificant ants!” Blessed by fate, carrying priceless treasures, cultiv 646Reads8.7Score248Shelves
- 5 Great Tang: Empress Zhangsun Has Taken a Liking to Me 大唐：我被长孙皇后看上了 After transmigrating to the Great Tang, with the System still inactive, Su Mu spent his days eating and drinking for free at the Jiaofang Bureau. In just a few days, he reached the level of Liu Yong, the king of freeloaders. He also drank a hundred cups of wine and composed a hundred poems, stunning all of Chang'an. “The steward of the Duke of Zhao’s residence, here to propose marriage on behalf of my young lady. She is both beautiful and talented.” “I’m the steward of the Prince of Rengcheng’s 15.6kReads8.3Score1kShelves
- 6 The Anxi Army of the Great Tang 大唐安西军 Wang Cheng, an experienced outdoor adventurer, had his soul transported into the body of Wang Chen, a cavalry captain in the Tang army stationed in Anxi. It was September of the third year of the Dali era under Emperor Daizong of Tang. The Tang was being attacked from four directions by the Tibetan Empire and could barely hold on. Even the Uyghurs, who had always bowed to the Tang, were beginning to harbor rebellious designs. The Three Garrisons of Hebei were also on the verge of revolt, plottin 7.9kReads9.0Score632Shelves
- 7 Great Tang: From the Start, I Eloped with Li Shimin’s Daughter 大唐：开局拐走李世民女儿 Zhao Chen transmigrates to the Tang dynasty and unexpectedly meets a stunning beauty, whom he tricks into leaving with him to live in seclusion. Two years later, Li Shimin tracks them down and comes looking for them in a fury... only to be completely dumbfounded. Li Shimin: “What is this? How much does it yield per mu?” “Potatoes. Over a thousand jin per mu, I’d say.” Li Shimin looks in shock at the strange machine beside him. “And what is that?” “Oh, a steam engine I just finished developing.” 24.6kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
- 8 Starting as a Foot Soldier 从小兵开始 Qiao Lie, a young thug who spent every day brawling, got hit on the head with a brick. When he came to, he discovered that he had become a foot soldier on a battlefield. In a dynasty that had never existed in history, the uneducated Qiao Lie begins as a lowly soldier and embarks on a carefree, colorful life in ancient times... 12.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 9 Great Tang: From the Start, I Married Princess Changle 大唐：开局娶了长乐公主 After transmigrating to the Tang dynasty, Yang Fei lives a life of luxury on the fortune his ancestors left him. One day, while out on an excursion, he rescues a young woman. To his surprise, she insists on marrying him that very night. But just after their wedding night, his father-in-law arrives with a massive army. The young woman turns out to be the emperor's legitimate princess, and his father-in-law is none other than Li Shimin! With no choice but to become the princess's consort, Yang Fei 485Reads8.7Score122Shelves
- 10 I Open a Supermarket in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐开超市 Lin Shen transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and gets bound to a divine-level supermarket System. He opens a supermarket in Chang’an, and his very first customer is Princess Changle. With the System’s help, Lin Shen quickly makes a name for himself in the Tang Dynasty. Princess Changle: “Boss, I’ll take all the lipstick you have. You can give the matches to my father.” Princess Chengyang: “If I call you a good big brother, will you give me a few boxes of chocolate?” Li Er: “I’l 6.9kReads8.5Score476Shelves
- 11 The Rise of the Late Ming: A Reborn Man’s Celebration 明末崛起：重生者的狂欢 What should you do after arriving in the late Ming dynasty? The last unified feudal dynasty founded by the Han people was already nearing its end. Productivity was low, there was no industry, most people couldn't even read, and there was a severe imbalance between men and women. The only solution was to give the people land so they could eat their fill, then build schools where children could learn to read and do arithmetic. Next, establish a system that could be continuously improved, rebuild p 786Reads8.0Score109Shelves
- 12 The Debauched Prodigal Son 风流败家子 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Vote Contest] Wang Kang, a university student from the twenty-first century, finds his soul in ancient times and becomes the wastrel young master of an earl’s household. He was too poor in his previous life, so in this one he wants nothing more than a beautiful wife, a life of wine and dreams, and the easy existence of a wastrel who can coast through life. But he never expected his family to be surrounded by crises and troubles to keep piling up from outside... 18.9kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 13 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
- 14 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始 [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 26.9kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
- 15 Your Highness, Go to Your Death! 请皇兄，赴死！ Zhou Che is reborn as the sixth prince of Great Xia, but his five elder brothers keep closing in on him. They want to strip me of my claim to the throne! They want to confiscate what little my family has left! They want to take the woman I love and kill me! If that’s how it is “If you, my brothers, can kill your own kin, why can’t I?” “If you can fight for the realm, why can’t I?” “You all think yourselves capable. What makes me any less so?!” Zhou Che rises with his sword drawn. “Your sixth bro 31.3kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
- 16 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 571Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Water Margin: Reborn, Who'd Still Accept an Imperial Pardon? 水浒：都重生了，谁还招安啊！ Trade height for insight from the start! Ren Yuan transmigrates into a minor character in Water Margin, determined to forge his own legend in the martial world at the end of the Northern Song dynasty! Wherever the banners of the Liangshan army fly, the land belongs to the Han people! I’ll save the people the Great Song won’t save, and fight the enemies the Great Song won’t dare to fight! Jin Wushu: Ren Yuan, stay away from me! 66.9kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
- 18 Three Kingdoms: Liu Feng's Comeback from Cannon Fodder 三国：炮灰刘封逆袭之路 [This book is being published. Stay tuned.] (Conquest, strategy, iron-blooded heroics, beauties, System) After transmigrating as Liu Feng, Liu Bei's adopted son, he knew the fate that awaited him: losing favor, being marginalized, becoming a pawn to be discarded, and ultimately falling into a deadly trap. In this life, he chose to endure and bide his time, then turn the tables when all seemed lost! From the start, he risked his life to save Liu Shan at Changban Slope, earning a reputation across 72.4kReads9.6Score7.3kShelves
- 19 EN From Death Row to a King’s Equal: Slashing My Way Out of a Nightmare Start 天崩开局，从死囚营砍到并肩王 [Reborn + invincible + ruthless + the ultimate path] Li Dao is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty as a third-rank earl. During a palace banquet, he accidentally gets drunk and stumbles into a palace. Just then, his memories of his previous life return, and between the memory confusion and the alcohol, he ruins the virtue of the palace's mistress. In a rage, the emperor sends Li Dao to a death-row camp on the frontier, hoping he'll die beyond the border. Instead, he unexpectedly awakens a “gain sta 155kReads9.0Score14.1kShelves
- 20 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3kShelves
