Novels like Returning to Great Ming in Glory
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- 1 The Brocade-Clad Prince 锦衣王侯 A Peking opera performer transmigrates to the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty and becomes a hereditary member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The realm shifts and fortunes rise and fall: who will rule? Drink a cup of fragrant wine in the great hall, and watch the sights of the mortal world. Chew a piece of tiger-skin meat, and listen to the rain beat upon the duckweed. Hum a tune of Riverside Immortal, and follow the rising winds and surging clouds. Cry out, “A true man should be like this!” O 2Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 2 The Brocade-Clad Hero 锦衣豪雄 A Xiuchun saber hangs at my waist, and I wear a flying-fish uniform! I've cut down Japanese pirates and slain northern invaders! I've crossed deserts and battled raging seas! From the Jiajing era to the Wanli era, this Ming has never known peace, and my blood has never run cold! I'm no hero. I'm a Brocade Guard! Heroes roam the martial world, while great men stride across the land! I'll use my fists and all that's within my power to change what can be changed, and live with freedom and flair! In 461Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 3 I, a Brocade-Clad Guard, Shall Protect the Great Ming for Ten Thousand Years 我，锦衣卫，永镇大明一万年 Fang Zheng is completely bewildered! This is a world that feels both familiar and strange. He's in the Great Ming Dynasty. Yet the Great Qin and Great Qing are here too! Three kingdoms stand in a tripartite balance. At court, the Imperial Guards, Dragon Guard Manor, Divine Constabulary, Eastern Depot, Western Depot, and Six Fan Gate keep one another in check. In the martial world, Shaolin and Wudang are revered as the foremost schools, while the Five Great Sword Sects all vie to be number one. T 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Transmigrated into the Greatest Embroidered Uniform Guard, I Make the Old Emperor Weep 穿成最牛锦衣卫，虐哭老朱 From the start, he was the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, serving under the Hongwu Emperor in the Ming dynasty, a ruler known for cruel punishments and harsh rule. So why should he hesitate to investigate embezzlement and arrest corrupt officials? What? He even activated a System? Wasn't he about to take off? Jiang Huai: "Arrest every corrupt official!" Subordinate: "We can't arrest him! He has powerful connections..." Jiang Huai: "What's there to fear? The Hongwu Emperor has my bac 18Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 5 I’m a Captain in the Northern Garrison 我在北镇抚司当千户 Let me say it three times: the male lead isn’t the highlight. The female lead is. The female lead is. The female lead is! She appears a little later, but there’s no way anyone won’t like her. Semi-alternate history + political intrigue + swordsmanship + no harem + no System The Embroidered Uniform Guard is divided into the Southern and Northern Offices of Investigation. He is a Vice Commander in the Northern Office. How much of a stir can one Vice Commander make? Political schemes begin, conflic 2.2kReads5.4Score142Shelves
- 6 The Brocade-Clad Spring and Autumn 锦衣春秋 Steadfast as the earth, deep and unfathomable as a hidden treasury! The Ksitigarbha Scroll appears in the world, and the Golden Phoenix returns to the mortal realm. North and south vie for supremacy beneath layers of dark clouds. Treachery fills the imperial palace, while blood runs across the battlefield. With heaven and earth as the board and all living beings as pieces, heroes and beauties alike take part in an unprecedented game of strategy! 46Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 7 From Refugee to Imperial Guard: I Slay Gods and Claim the Throne in a Martial Arts World 流民变锦衣卫，我在综武斩神称帝 [Xuanhuan] + [Court Politics] + [High Martial] + [Jianghu] + [Crime Solving] + [Imperial Guards] This world has Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, demons, qi-refining cultivators, the lofty imperial court, and the distant Jianghu... Gu Zhao slowly awoke in a refugee camp in Beiliang, teetering between life and death. At the time, his only obsession was to stay alive... Years later, seated upon the imperial throne, Gu Zhao looked back on his past. The people he had known had one by one passed away. 85Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 The Ming Dynasty’s Finest Imperial Guard 大明之极品锦衣卫 Ming Dynasty, the third year of the Wanli reign. The young emperor's rule is uncertain, and undercurrents stir throughout the court and country. A struggle for the position of Grand Secretary, Japanese pirate raids in the southeast, and a crisis in Liaodong loom, while a Little Ice Age draws near. Lu Yi transmigrates into the body of a dismissed Embroidered Uniform Guard confined to his home and is swept up in the turmoil. Thus begins his glorious journey to power in the world of the Embroidered 1.1kReads7.4Score105Shelves
- 9 The Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard 大明之锦衣为王 After transmigrating, Su Chao was reborn in the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty. To his surprise, he became the gang's top enforcer. Thugs aren't scary. What you really have to worry about is a thug with an education. With brains and brawn, a taste for liquor, and a way with women, this nobody's life is about to take off. Watch Su Chao live it up in the Ming Dynasty and carve out a life unlike anyone else's. “I'm Su Chao, though everyone calls me Quickblade Chao.” “Who hasn't heard of the battle 6.7kReads8.6Score672Shelves
- 10 A Long Song of the Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦衣长歌 A true man should carry a three-foot sword, roam the world, and protect the land. Yet Emperor Hongwu gave Chang Ge a dagger. In the year Wushen, under the sixty-year cycle, the sun rose over the newly founded Great Ming. Countless demons lurking in the shadows stirred restlessly. Clad in brocade, Chang Ge became a sharp dagger, slaying evil and protecting the realm. Page by page, the history books recorded the illustrious names Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Liu Bowen. But C 2.4kReads9.0Score201Shelves
- 11 King of the Great Ming: Wielding the Saber to Guard the World 大明王：御刀镇天下 Yang Ling transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becomes a brocade-clad guard, and awakens a golden finger: spatial abilities. But he discovers that the Ming Dynasty here is nothing like the one he remembers. There is the mysterious Ming Emperor, the aloof and beautiful empress, an imperial consort who seems like a ghost at night, a domineering eldest princess, and a crown princess who brings ruin to the realm. Yang Ling cultivates yang energy by day and yin energy by night. Just as he finds his foo 23.8kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
- 12 Wuxia: The Great Ming’s Brocade Guards Rule with an Iron Fist! 武侠：我大明锦衣卫，横行霸道！ After transmigrating into a world where martial arts worlds collide, he becomes a Brocade-Clad Guard and activates the Blade Demon System. With a Xiuchun blade in hand and a flying-fish robe on his back, he shakes the imperial court! He bathes the Northern and Southern Surveillance Bureaus in blood and storms the Dragon Guard Manor! What the Eastern Depot shouldn’t handle, the Western Depot can’t handle either! Corrupt eunuchs meddling in politics must be executed! Princes who usurp the throne m 1.5kReads8.0Score105Shelves
- 13 The Imperial Court's Strongest Hound, Starting as a Brocade-Clad Guard 朝廷最强鹰犬，从锦衣卫开始 After transmigrating into a world where martial strength reigns supreme, Lin Xiao becomes a low-ranking Imperial Guard. By chance, he awakens the strongest Martial Arts System. With its help, he climbs the ranks step by step until he holds absolute power over the realm. At court, he commands authority, and a single word can decide whether any official lives or dies. Across the martial world, his blade dominates the four seas, and every major faction submits to him. 21.9kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
- 14 Ming Dynasty Embroidered Guards: Rewarded for Punishing Evil and Upholding Justice 大明锦衣卫：惩奸除恶奖励万物 I Slay Demons in the Great Ming Dynasty High Martial Arts Ming Dynasty: I Extract Cultivation Without Limit It was the Jiajing era. The emperor revered the immortals, treacherous villains threw the world into chaos, and ordinary people’s lives were worth less than grass. Su Yuan transmigrated to a high-martial-arts version of the Great Ming Dynasty with a Bi An waist token and joined the Imperial Brocade Guard. Dressed in a flying-fish robe and cloud-climbing boots, he wielded a Xiuchun saber, s 14.8kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
- 15 A Carefree Official in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦衣卫里的闲散官 Flying-fish robes, embroidered spring knives. When the brocade-clad guards draw their blades, the court runs red with blood. Traitors who collude with the enemy: execute them! Officials who take bribes: execute them! Those who disrupt the court: execute them! Those who form cliques for personal gain: execute them! In an age of prosperity and splendor, where life drifts like willow fluff, the embroidered spring knife holds the realm in check. He Lu put away his Embroidered Spring Knife, still sta 32.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
- 16 High Martial: The Embroidered Guard's Killer Star, the Emperor Begs Me to Keep Calm 高武：锦衣卫杀星，皇帝求我冷静 [Ruthless and decisive + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + invincible domination + explosive power growth] After transmigrating to a high-martial world teeming with demons and dotted with sects, Ye Beixuan becomes a low-ranking officer in the Dali Imperial Guards. Fortunately, he awakens the Peerless Martial Dao System. All he has to do is sign in each day to instantly gain a year’s worth of power! What’s more, completing the System’s missions earns him all kinds of rewards. The De 44.7kReads7.8Score3kShelves
- 17 EN The Elite Enforcer: Signing In for the Wind God Leg 锦衣卫当差，开局签到风神腿 A short drama adaptation is now available under the title The Brocade Guards Rule the World. [Decisive and ruthless] [The martial world and the imperial court] [Solving crimes through deduction] [Political scheming] He transmigrates to the high-martial Great Chu dynasty and becomes a low-ranking officer in the Brocade Guards. On his first day on the job, he obtains the Crime-Crushing System. Whether he captures great villains of the martial world or solves major cases, he receives rewards such a 39.8kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
- 18 Boundless 无疆 As the Eastern Depot’s second-in-command, Su Mu has crawled out of a mountain of corpses. She’s brimming with bloodlust, sees nothing but the dead, is ruthless in her methods, and has never lost. Until she meets her sworn enemy, Shen Dongzhan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They fight over account books, storm bandit dens, hunt for tribute goods, and quell rebellions. Neither is willing to yield. A broken silver hairpin brings to light a miscarriage of justice from more than twe 960Reads9.0Score121Shelves
- 19 The Capital's Greatest Detective: You Call This a Lackey? 京城第一神捕，你管这叫狗腿子？ After passing the graduate school entrance exam, Xu Qing finally landed the stable government job he had always dreamed of. Only, this job was a little different from what he had imagined. He had transmigrated into the body of a constable who had just died. What's more, a tall, handsome female constable with elegant brows and bright, starry eyes took a liking to him and picked him to serve under her. Xu Qing had intended to refuse. That is, until he saw the female constable casually snap a stone 17.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
- 20 The Embroidered Uniform Guard Solves Cases with Spirit Sight: From the Start, I Get the Lingbo Microstep 锦衣卫通灵破案：开局获凌波微步 47kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves
- 21 From the Start, a Brocade-Clad Guard: I Berate My Superior 开局锦衣卫：怒喷上司 When Shen Mo woke up, he discovered he had become a member of the Imperial Guards and acquired a Mind and Body Happiness System. In his past life, he’d spent his days as a workhorse, meek and submissive. This time, he was going to let loose. Whoever messed with him would get what was coming to them! If someone made him miserable, he’d make sure they suffered too! He’d put personal decorum aside and enjoy a life of going wild. Shen Mo: “If someone insults me, I’ll curse their whole family. If som 28.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
- 22 Embroidered Guard, Fangs Bared 锦衣獠牙 [Adapted into several short dramas and animated dramas. Witty, lighthearted, slice-of-life comedy, ridiculous antics, sly tricks, and absurd humor.] After the old Taoist finished chanting, he shouted, “Begone! Soul, return to your body!” Li Xiaoya’s body jerked inside the coffin. He sat bolt upright, opened his eyes, and asked in confusion, “Where am I?” “(⊙_⊙)” The old Taoist performing the ritual rolled his eyes back and promptly fainted on the spot. Also known as: [Relax, How Many People Have 34.6kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 23 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 Short drama now streaming: As a Brocade Guard, Is There a Problem with My Having Absolute Power? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only differing sides + clear-headed. In short, just sit back and enjoy. Do-gooders, please keep away.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people held martial arts in such high regard that they even sought to become immortals and attain the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called the Chiyan Empire. 23.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
- 24 Dragon-Subduing Divine Constable 降龙神捕 After several years as a police officer, I found myself in a strange and fantastical world. Mountain spirits roam the hills, while vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and zombies appear in endless numbers at night. Though weak as ants, we should still aspire to greatness. Though oppressed, we must forge an unyielding heart. That was all nonsense. I’m just a low-level constable, working for the yamen. Greetings, honored sirs. 80.9kReads9.2Score11kShelves
- 25 EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 49.9kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
- 26 EN Myriad Worlds: Starting by Marrying Palace Mistress Yaoyue 诸天：从迎娶邀月宫主开始 In a comprehensive martial arts world, Song Xuan is a sword-wielding god of slaughter who has killed a million people and can send the emperor to his watery grave at any moment. In a vast immortal-hero world, Song Xuan is the Xuantian Dao Ancestor, who teaches the Dao and keeps the rulers of seven destiny-blessed dynasties so thoroughly suppressed they dare not raise their heads. Across the primordial heavens and universes, Song Xuan splits the myriad worlds with one sword. Mythical Daluo in his 76.9kReads9.0Score5kShelves
- 27 A Hound of the Imperial Court? You’ve Never Faced the Six Fan Gate’s Blades 朝廷鹰犬？没挨过六扇门的刀 Also known as: Six Doors: Confiscating Estates and Wiping Out Clans [Transmigrate into a book + ruthless and decisive + single or no heroine] Reality isn’t a game, nor is it a storybook. Reality has rules, and breaking them brings retribution. My name is Li Jun Su. I paid the price for breaking the rules. After that, I was reborn. Unlike the real world, this world was dominated by martial arts, and the path to immortality flourished. Power mattered more than authority. The Great Qian Dyna 65.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
- 28 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 132.2kReads9.2Score12.9kShelves
