Novels like Great Tang: From the Start, I Marry Empress Wu Meiniang
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- 1 Great Tang: My Mother Is Wu Zetian 大唐：我妈是武则天 After transmigrating, Li Xiao also got a System, but the pressure was enormous. System main quest: Build a business empire and become the Tang Dynasty’s richest man. With no power, connections, or capital, becoming the Tang Dynasty’s richest man seemed as impossible as dancing on the edge of a blade. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, no matter how recklessly he acted or how many shady tricks he pulled, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian indulged him and granted his every wish. Even the prot 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn as an Emperor: Sign-In for Zhao Zilong from the Start 重生为帝：开局签到赵子龙 This is a world where imperial power reigns supreme and divine authority is only just emerging. Qin Xian transmigrates into this world and becomes the emperor of the Great Qin Empire. But powerful ministers hold sway, and imperial authority has fallen into their hands. He binds himself to the Rule the World System, gaining famous ministers, mighty generals, and miraculous pills through sign-in rewards. From then on, he reclaims imperial power, gathers the world's fortune, creates a supreme divin 1Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 3 System: I Am Yang Kang, Becoming the Worst Emperor 系统:我是杨康成为最坏皇帝 Reborn as Yang Kang, the Crown Prince of the Jin Kingdom, I bind myself to the Martial Power Defeat System. I rise all the way to the top of Mount Hua, looking down on the world!!! [System + scheming + crown prince + ruthless decisiveness + fan fiction + history + transmigrate and rebirth + wuxia] 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Ultimate Emperor Summoning System 最强帝王召唤系统 Lin Qi, a young man from Earth, has his soul transported to another world. With a System at his disposal, he summons legendary heroes from China's ancient history and countless mythic spirits! Guan Yu, Lu Bu, Li Yuanba: they're all under my command! What, you say you can cultivate immortality? Sorry, my System can summon the entire Immortal Realm! From then on, Lin Qi sets out to sweep all beneath the heavens! P.S. All you guys who love summoning stories, jump in now! 394Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 5 My Imperial Sister Was Sent to Marry Abroad, and I Went on a Killing Spree in the Enemy Nation 皇姐和亲，我在敌国杀疯了 [Xuanhuan + System + transmigration] Liu Ce, an ordinary young man, transmigrates to another world and becomes the emperor of the Great Han. He obtains the strongest Emperor System! Civil officials and military generals, summoned with a wave of his hand; gods and Buddhas across the heavens, heed his command. Wherever his gaze falls, there his armies advance. Wherever the sun and moon shine and rivers flow, all shall be Han territory. 308Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 6 Apocalypse: My Fortress Soldiers Work Nine to Five 末世：我要塞小兵，朝九晚五 Hilarious + System + spiritual qi revival + the protagonist doesn’t build a harem “Why did you enlist?” “My life is missing a rich older woman.” “Aren’t you afraid of dying?” “Aren’t you?” “I am.” “Then why ask!” 1kReads8.3Score116Shelves
- 7 Great Tang: Changle, I Really Don't Have Any Secret Stash 大唐：长乐，为夫真没有私房钱了 During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, in the reign of Emperor Taizong, Liu Sheng transmigrated. More importantly, he became the husband of Princess Changle. He also got bound to a thoroughly ordinary System. Liu Sheng had planned to keep living an ordinary life and stay under the radar. But one day, Princess Changle discovered a large pile of property deeds, gold, silver, and jewels in their room. Princess Changle: Husband, what else have you been hiding? Liu Sheng: My dear, let me explain. 6.9kReads7.9Score446Shelves
- 8 The Radiant Prince of Great Tang 大唐煌亲王 Li Tianhua transmigrated to the seventh year of the Wude era. He became Li Yuan’s illegitimate son, but couldn’t accept his difficult circumstances. So Li Tianhua used his wits to escape from the imperial palace and Chang’an, then vanished without a trace. All that remained was the legend: “An immortal touched my crown and granted me eternal life when I came of age.” As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of martial arts, and wherever there is such a world, conflict foll 2.2kReads8.5Score134Shelves
- 9 Great Qin: From the Start, I Annihilate One Hundred Thousand Xiongnu 大秦：开局覆灭十万匈奴 Zhao Chen was reborn in the Qin Dynasty. After activating the Sign-In System, he guarded the ancestral lands of Great Qin for fifteen years, starting at the age of three! “First year of sign-in: received the Peerless Inheritance!” “Second year of sign-in: received Yuhuatian and three thousand members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!” “Third year of sign-in: received five thousand Imperial Guards!” “...” Fifteen years later, with the Imperial Guards spread across the land, an imperial decree sum 782Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 10 Great Tang: I Captured Li Er’s Eldest Princess and Made Her My Maid from the Start 大唐：开局抓了李二大公主当丫鬟 During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, natural disasters are rampant and the people are suffering. Lin Fan, a modern college student, transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and gains a System. He builds a manor, hoping to live a leisurely life as a landlord. One winter's day, a woman fleeing an arranged marriage is caught outside his manor. He kindly takes her in as a maid. Her biological father comes looking for her, and after one conversation, trouble keeps coming. That fellow surnamed Li sho 5.1kReads8.0Score417Shelves
- 11 Great Tang: I Broke Off the Engagement from the Start, Became a Poet Immortal, and Now You're Crying? 大唐：开局悔婚，我成诗仙你哭啥 Scheming + sharp-tongued + internet troll + princess killer + hilarious + absurd + father-in-law and son-in-law devotion + love and hate After waking up to find the world changed, Fang Jun is horrified to discover that he has transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty and become Fang Yiai, the most cuckolded man in history! The most cuckolded man in history? Not a chance! When Fang Jun tricks Li Shimin into personally going to the princess's residence to catch them in the act, he sends the entire circle 18kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 12 I Saved the Empress from the Start, and Now I Rule the World! 开局救皇后，我统御天下！ The peerlessly beautiful Empress Changsun and Yang Hua, a lowly protagonist. They should never have had anything to do with each other, but fate brought them together by chance. For various reasons, wicked thoughts arose in Yang Hua’s heart, and he humiliated Empress Changsun. Li Shimin, the emperor of the ages, flew into a rage when he learned what had happened. He swore to exterminate Yang Hua’s entire clan! But I have a System. What can you do to me, Li Shimin? 3.6kReads8.1Score283Shelves
- 13 Your Majesty, Stop! You’ve Destroyed Ten Kingdoms in Two Months on the Throne 陛下收手吧，您登基两月灭了十国 [Overpowered Tang Dynasty adventure + no groveling to Li Er + absurd laugh-out-loud comedy] He transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and becomes the unfortunate son Li Er fathered during a pleasure-seeking visit to a brothel. He receives the “God-Tier Nation-Wrecking System” and, from the start, forces Li Er to abdicate and tears up the “Treaty of the Wei River,” provoking an army of 200,000 Turks to surround Chang’an... Li Er questions everything: “Every move this rebellious son makes should destro 331Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 14 The Strongest Imperial Grandson of the Tang Dynasty 大唐之最强皇太孙 [System] + [Political Schemes] + [Power Struggles] + [Naval Warfare] + [Mass Recruitment] + [Colonialism] Li Xiang transmigrated, becoming the most powerful third-generation official in the Tang Dynasty. His grandfather was the reigning emperor, Li Shimin, and his father was Crown Prince Li Chengqian. The Tang was powerful during the Zhenguan era, but Li Xiang didn't think it was powerful enough. With the System at his side, Li Xiang, whose ambition was to rule the world, personally led hundreds 6.7kReads8.7Score851Shelves
- 15 The Tang Dynasty's Immortal King: I Saved Princess Dongyang from the Start 大唐仙王：开局救了东阳公主 [Become an Immortal Realm Emperor, beginning in the Tang Dynasty; fantasy + history] [This is a historical cultivation novel. If you’re a stickler for historical accuracy, don’t read it!] The unlucky Li Yun transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and, from the start, rescues Princess Dongyang, who is only eight years old. The story begins there. He can cultivate immortality, invent and create, and ride into battle to expand the Tang Dynasty’s borders, earning one great military achievement after anoth 19.3kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 16 Great Tang: I Slapped the Crown Prince from the Start and Betrayed the Imperial Family 大唐：开局扇太子，我叛出皇室 He transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty and became Li Ke, the son Li Er liked least. The enormous Prince of Shu's residence didn't even have decent furniture, and he was being bullied by wicked servants? Remembering what history had recorded, Li Ke killed the wicked servants in a fit of rage, severed ties with the emperor, and left the imperial family! A month later... “Your Majesty, Li Ke has monopolized the ice!” “Your Majesty, Li Ke has monopolized the rice paper!” “Your Majesty, Li Ke has monop 12.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 17 Great Tang: This Crown Prince Is Way Too Wicked! 大唐：这个太子太妖孽！ [Alternate History + Lighthearted + Funny + Scheming + Goofy] This is a leisurely slice-of-life story meant to entertain. If you don’t like it, please don’t flame the author! He woke up to find he’d transmigrated into the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty! Right after transmigrating, his golden finger was about to leave him? [Ding!] [The randomly transmigrated Host has a powerful enough background. System automatically disengaging…] What the heck? Hey, don’t you dare! System, I urge you to be a 1.6kReads8.9Score100Shelves
- 18 My Grandfather Is Emperor Wu of Han 我祖父是汉武帝 My Grandfather Is Emperor Wu of Han Synopsis: I am of imperial blood, the rightful heir of the Great Han. My grandfather is Emperor Wu of Han. The god of war Wei Qing is my granduncle, Huo Qubing is my uncle, and Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Bingyi, is my unborn son. I transmigrate and am reborn as the eldest grandson of the Han Dynasty. I will change my fate of being murdered, and change the fate of the Han Dynasty entering into another marriage alliance with the Xiongnu. See how Liu Jin restores t 1.4kReads9.0Score142Shelves
- 19 From the Start in the Tang Dynasty, I Asked Li Shimin to Break Off Our Engagement 大唐开局找李世民退婚 He transmigrates to the Zhenguan era and becomes the infamous cuckold king, Fang Yiai. He swears to change his fate. Fang Yiai shouts, “Li Er, I’m calling off the engagement!” Emperor Li Shimin: “How dare you call off the engagement! Bring me my saber!” Fang Yiai: “Then… could I have a different princess?” Princess Jinyang smiles sweetly. “Why not me?” Li Shimin: … His most beloved little darling has turned out to be a leaky quilt. From then on, Fang Yiai follows a very different path in life. H 27.5kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 20 Great Tang: After Seven Years of Sign-In Rewards, I Was Exposed by Empress Zhangsun 大唐：签到七年，被长孙皇后曝光 After transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, Li Hong becomes the chief of a mountain stronghold on Luohuang Mountain. He binds himself to a Divine Sign-In System. As long as he signs in at the stronghold, he receives a different reward. Sign in at the mountain gate and receive [Divine Medical Skills]! Sign in in the study and receive [Peerless Calligraphy]! Sign in at the armory and receive [Overlord’s Strength]! From then on, Li Hong keeps signing in at the stronghold for seven years. One day, Emp 37.7kReads7.4Score2.1kShelves
- 21 The Strongest Dragon-Slaying System 最强屠龙系统 On the Dragon Continent, giant dragons stood above all creation and ruled with an iron fist, holding the power of life and death over humanity. A young crime boss from Earth was betrayed by his men and had his soul transported into Ning Qi, the thirteenth son of the Champion Marquis in the Qin-Tang Empire. He also activated the strongest Dragon-Slaying System, changing his fate from that moment on. With a Dragon-Slaying Saber on his shoulder and the Sword of the Gods in hand, he vanquished his e 4.3kReads8.4Score416Shelves
- 22 The Great Tang Prince: Sent to His Fiefdom from the Start by Li Shimin 大唐皇子：开局被李世民赶去封地 After transmigrating to the Tang dynasty, Li You became Li Shimin's fifth son. Since Li You was always talking back to Li Shimin, the emperor sent him to Qi Zhou as its governor. Li You was overjoyed. Not only had he transmigrated into the body of a prince of noble birth, but he had also been sent to his fief from the start. Now no one would be there to keep an eye on him! This was an absolutely perfect opening! As for Li Shimin not giving him any money, was that really a problem? How could he f 12.3kReads8.6Score796Shelves
- 23 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 485Reads8.7Score124Shelves
- 24 The Great Xia Empire's Number One Tyrant 大夏第一暴君 He transmigrated to Great Xia and became emperor, only to face one crisis after another: powerful ministers held sway, the treasury was empty, and foreign tribes watched hungrily from the borders. Qin Yun had no choice but to raise his butcher’s knife and become a tyrant for the ages! Those who follow me prosper. Those who defy me perish! 1.4kReads8.8Score200Shelves
- 25 Great Tang: From the Start, I Gained Lu Bu's Triple Combat Power 大唐：开局融合三倍吕布战力 After transmigrating, he became Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty! It was the ninth year of Wude. As the throne changed hands, the Turks took advantage of the chaos and marched south, burning, killing, and looting. Everywhere they passed was left in ruins. “Ding! Mission: Repel the Turks and defend the Tang Dynasty!” That very day, Li Chengqian left a letter behind and rode out of Chang'an. “The Son of Heaven guards the nation's borders; the ruler dies for his realm.” “Blood debts m 14.9kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 26 Great Xia Summons: I Begin to Rule the Heavens After Ascending the Throne 大夏召唤：登基后开始称霸诸天 [From the start + founding an empire + summoning + System + conquest + the Myriad Worlds + emperor] Everything under Heaven is the king’s land, and everyone within its borders is the king’s subject! Liu Hao transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent and is made emperor from the start. From there, he launches into a relentless campaign of conquest. Whether you’re a sect prodigy, an imperial princess, or an emperor of the Myriad Worlds, those who submit will prosper, and those who resist will perish! 26.1kReads7.8Score1.4kShelves
- 27 Myriad Worlds: Starting My Check-In Journey in the Soul Beast World 诸天：从魂兽世界开始打卡 Yun Feng obtains the Myriad Heavens Dao Master System. By changing the course of events in different worlds, he can gain opportunities and treasures. In the Holy Soul Village world, he is an imperial prince, slaying enemies with his soul rings, peerless in white; in the xianxia world, he is a recluse from overseas, breaking through the Immortal-Slaying Formation with his sword atop Tongtian Peak; in the Primordial World, he is a human race's sacred physique, defying the Dao to become an immortal 3kReads7.7Score208Shelves
- 28 I Have a God-Tier Modifier 我有神级修改器 When Qin Hao entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he learned that in his next life he’d be an anonymous nobody with no looks, no background, and no talent. That was when he activated the Success Rate Modification System. “Then… shall I change my background first? I shouldn’t be too greedy. A little family influence will do.” Qin Hao quietly looked toward the most dazzling halo. “Ding! Modification success rate: 100%. You will be reborn as the son of a holy lord.” “Let’s change my face too. 2.4kReads8.7Score321Shelves
- 29 The Tang Dynasty's Super Arms Merchant 大唐之超级军火商 An eighth-grade fitter is reborn in the Tang Dynasty with a tool System. See how the protagonist takes the Tang Dynasty by storm. The Type 54, Type Zhongzheng, and Type 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, steamships, helicopters: he's got it all! Li Shimin says, “Anzhi, how about we...” 43.7kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
- 30 Great Tang: Stop Pretending, You’re a Peerless Master 大唐：别装了，您就是绝世高人 Su Yu transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, awakens a System, and builds a secluded paradise where he can be a carefree young master, living off others and waiting to die. In the first year of the Zhenguan era, a noblewoman trespasses into his estate and is caught red-handed by Su Yu. The noblewoman is shocked: “Everyone is starving. Why does your Ah Huang get meat to eat?” “The Turks are causing trouble and the emperor has suffered humiliation. What’s your plan?” “The great clans hold the governme 28.5kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 31 The Founder of the Great Zhou 大周缔造者 Synopsis: Great Warlord + Crushing the Foreign Powers + System + Raising an Army + Conquering the World [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn the fully organized German Fourth Panzer Army.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn an Iowa-class battleship!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn a Super Arsenal, capable of producing Cold War equipment.] Ma Jin was a modern man who happened to transmigrate to another world: the Great 22.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 32 Great Tang: Only Defying the Emperor's Order Makes You Stronger 大唐：抗旨才能变强 He transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and gets a frustrating System: the only way to grow stronger is to defy imperial orders. It's like dancing on the edge of a blade, constantly courting death. Yet, against everyone's expectations, no matter how recklessly he acts, Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun dote on him and indulge his every whim. Even the protagonist himself has no idea why. As it turns out, he is the first child Li Shimin and Zhangsun had together, a poor little boy wh 109.6kReads8.8Score13.3kShelves
- 33 The Sun and Moon Dual Cultivation Art 日月双修功 At the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor Jing Chengxuan was killed by the Nine Profound Female Immortal Emperor. His soul was reborn in the body of the mortal Jing Chengxuan, who had his dantian destroyed by his bride on their wedding night. Jing Chengxuan cultivates supreme immortal arts, defies fate, and takes revenge on his enemies, making Yun Yiran regret her actions for the rest of her life. He rises step by step, fights his way back to the Immortal Realm, and takes his r 2.8kReads6.2Score336Shelves
- 34 Great Tang: From the Start, I Used the Imperial Jade Seal to Crack Walnuts 大唐：开局传国玉玺砸核桃 [Great Tang] [System] [Mischievous Kid] [Sign-In] [Funny, Hilarious] After transmigrating to the Great Tang, Li Ke becomes an eight-year-old boy. He has been signing in for eight years from the start and has received countless rewards! One day, Li Ke uses the Imperial Jade Seal to crack walnuts. Li Shimin: TAT Ke'er, don't, don't smash it! Li Ke: Come on, Father. Give me a dog’s bark! Li Shimin: Ah!!! I am the emperor, and you want me to bark like a dog? Li Ke: If not, then how about letting me 17.4kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 35 Sign-In from the Start for Half-Saint Cultivation, Summoning Two Great Gods and Demons 开局签到半圣修为，召唤两大神魔 He transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the weakest prince of the dynasty. Xuan Ming plans to give up the fight for the throne and live out his days as a carefree prince. But the late emperor needs to fake his death for a while as he practices a forbidden divine-demon technique. To make it easier to reclaim the throne, he deliberately passes it to the weakest son. The news shocks the court, setting the dynasty in turmoil as undercurrents stir across the land. Just then, the Myriad Realms 46.2kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
- 36 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.8kReads7.2Score173Shelves
- 37 Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐：李世民求我造反 Li Ke transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty. He plans to use his skills as a motivational speaker to brainwash a loyal crew and keep his head down as an unremarkable prince. But eight years after transmigrating, he discovers that he brought along an entire national strategic reserve warehouse. So Li Ke throws caution to the wind. If he’s going to be a prince, he might as well be one who fears nothing and lives as freely as he pleases! First, he starts a newspaper to build his rep 156.4kReads9.5Score16.9kShelves
