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- 101 Great Ming: Farming from 1641 Onward 大明：种田从1641年开始 In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, modern man Chen Nuo unexpectedly finds himself in this turbulent era. The Central Plains are falling, and bloodshed is everywhere. Within the realm, rebel forces led by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong run rampant; beyond the borders, the Jurchen barbarians look hungrily toward the lands within the passes. The people starve, corpses litter the countryside, and some even resort to cannibalism! If that’s how things are, there’s nothi 26Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 102 The Ultimate Red Envelope 最强红包 One day, just before his college entrance exams, Li Yi suddenly found himself in a chat group called “East-Western Gods Friendship Chat Group.” It was full of mythology-obsessed fans arguing and spamming under the names of Eastern and Western gods, occasionally sending red packets to show off their wealth. But after Li Yi claimed one of the red packets, he discovered that these jokers were actually the real gods! Ding! You claimed Matchmaker Yue Lao’s red packet. “Red Thread of Fate” has been ad 577Reads7.9Score10014d adds
- 103 Your Majesty! The Crown Prince Stole Your Imperial Seal to Rebel 陛下！太子殿下偷您玉玺造反了 [The only perfect imperial system online + peerless schemes + invincible with no System] Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened. The Crown Prince stole your imperial jade seal and declared himself emperor in Lujiang! Your Majesty! The Crown Prince forged an imperial edict to abscond with your hundred-thousand-strong army, and even made off with a million dan of grain. Your Majesty! The Crown Prince confiscated the estates of every prominent family in Lujiang Commandery, including your own 170Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 104 A Lowly Soldier on the Western Liao Frontier 西辽边境一小兵 A border guard accidentally transmigrates to the Western Liao kingdom, where he becomes a garrison soldier on the frontier. He faces: Islamic states all around him, while Khwarazm rises as a new power; a corrupt Western Liao in steady decline; the Mongol army poised to launch a massive westward campaign. Can he defy fate in this era and write a legend of his own? A treasure legend tied to the fall of the Khazar Jewish Khaganate; forty thousand Naiman tents and forty thousand Kereit tents, whose 1.8kReads7.4Score18514d adds
- 105 Reborn in the Southern Song: The Rogue Who Became Emperor 重生南宋，泼皮称帝传 [No System + Tech Tree + Building and Farming + Realism + Ideal for Middle-Aged and Older Readers] Hu Xiang, a modern-day wage slave, is reborn in 1220 AD, during the Southern Song dynasty. Fortunately, he’s the son of a small landowner. Unfortunately, the Mongol cavalry is at the height of its power, brandishing butcher’s knives as it conquers the world. Who dares defy them? Step forward! Hu Xiang steps forward! Do you know Sun Tzu’s Art of War, or the Thirty-Six Stratagems? Or do you have divi 379Reads6.0Score10614d adds
- 106 A Million Armored Men in Troubled Times, and You Call Them Beggars Scrounging for Food? 乱世带甲百万，你说是流民乞食 [War + passion + history + anti-cliché + no System] Qin Tian, a university graduate, transmigrates into a vagrant in a land torn apart by war. From the start, he’s fighting a wild dog over half a piece of bread. No System, no golden finger, and he can’t even understand what people are saying! Bandits want to sell him, soldiers want to arrest him, and the city is full of starving corpses and danger at every turn. While others endure humiliation, he grabs a shard of pottery and fights back; while 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I Took the Pinduoduo Mall and Swept Across the 17th Century 我带着拼夕夕商城，横扫17世纪 [Pinduoduo System + Satisfying Farming Story + Decisive and Ruthless!] After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, the scholar Qin discovers that he has a System. Apart from modern weapons and some oddities, it has just about everything! “What, the Qing have a hundred thousand cavalry? Sorry, I have an invincible army of a hundred thousand off-road motorcycles!” “What, you have plenty of siege weapons? Sorry, I have a siege army made up of giant road rollers, bulldozers, and excavators! 309Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 108 A County from the Start, and I Crowned Myself Emperor on the Spot 开局一个县，我原地称帝 [Historical What-If + Comedy Early On, Building an Enterprise in the Middle, Serious Conquest in the End + Alternate History + Golden Finger] Unlucky Zhao Ming transmigrated and was reborn. The moment he arrived, he was already the crown prince, and his father was the emperor. Zhao Ming: “Father, is this the realm you conquered?” Zhao Kuo: “That's right, my son. What do you think of your father's realm?” Zhao Ming looked at the court officials, all of whom were illiterate, and the dragon robe em 1.1kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 109 Thieves and Seduction in the Realm 江山贼色 The late Tang is in chaos, with warlords running rampant. Never underestimate a young man. Give me three thousand troops at my side, and I dare seize any of the empire's four hundred prefectures. Though the city may be filled with the bones of nobles, I can bring prosperity to every corner of the realm. The land is a painting, and armies thunder across it. Armored cavalry rides forth, while lovely women lend their charm. 299Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 110 Ming Dynasty Border Troops 大明边军 Zhu Wei A transmigrator. A transmigrator with no particular talents. A pawn of the Wanli Emperor. The Tianqi Emperor's teacher. Huang Taiji's father's killer. The Liaodong Prince's lifelong nemesis. Wu Sangui's godfather. A good friend of Prince Gui, Zhu Changying. He had thought he could use his knowledge of the future to stir up the winds of change. But the chaos in the imperial court and the complexity of the situation left Zhu Wei in constant danger. The late Ming... was an era where people 3.9kReads8.5Score33214d adds
- 111 A Hundred Battles 百战 On a battlefield thick with smoke, a group of brothers who grew up together forge an immortal legend with wills of steel. Their bond endures life and death, their loyalty never wavers. They charge into battle with blades drawn, fighting through bloodshed. Wherever their iron hooves tread becomes a glorious road to victory. Dust rises beneath iron hooves; determination is tempered amid clashing blades. This is the stage where heroes shine, and the rousing battle song of real men. 4.3kReads8.7Score45114d adds
- 112 Rejecting the Humiliation of the Crotch: The Great Hua Dynasty of Qin, Chu, and Han 拒绝胯下秦楚汉之大华王朝 [Soul transmigration] [Premium] [History] [War] [Passion] [Inspirational] [Han Xin] [Xiang Yu] [Liu Bang] Han Xin, a student at a top university, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young man in the Great Qin dynasty who has collapsed from hunger while fishing by a river... “Everyone says the times make the hero. I, Han Xin, insist that heroes make the times. If you want to achieve great things, every moment counts!” I'm curious: how did the God of War fish with a bamboo hook? And what 87Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 113 Rebellion? You’re the Ones Who Forced Me Into It 造反，还不是你们逼的 Jiang Fan transmigrates to the General’s Residence of a Great Zhou Dynasty that never existed in history. The Jiang family is one of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s top marquis households. Its descendants are stationed in the southwest and south of Great Zhou, defending against the states of Wu and Wei. But Jiang Fan is the exception. He refuses to join the army, let alone go to the battlefield. His father has beaten him, scolded him, and even had him tied up and taken to the border, but Jiang Fan alwa 5.7kReads8.0Score37914d adds
- 114 Rising to Power in Troubled Times 乱世登龙 History is a book, and I, too, can be the one to write it: through treachery and intrigue, through clashing blades and charging steeds. I will bring this chaotic age to an end, and usher in a golden age of my own! Where the smoke of war rises, an emperor is born! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 At Least I’m an Emperor 好歹也是个皇帝 Transmigrating and becoming an emperor shouldn't be a big deal, but Guo Dongyan thinks there's something odd about being an emperor in his case. His empire is only as large as a village, he has just a few hundred subjects, and even his dog is the Imperial Guard's Grand General... Wasn't becoming an emperor through transmigration supposed to mean fighting for power at court and vying for control of the Nine Provinces? How did it turn into playing house in some remote mountain valley for me? And t 2.8kReads8.1Score12614d adds
- 116 A Frontier Soldier of Great Mu Marches with Blade in Hand 大穆边卒仗刀行 [Light Martial Arts + Pure Fantasy + War and Political Intrigue + Jianghu] The Mu dynasty united the six kingdoms, bringing the world under one rule. Decades later, the flames of war rise once more. A young border soldier from a frontier fortress sets out to conquer the world… Nine-Rank generals, master scholars, grandmasters, great grandmasters… He reins in his horse and rides with blade in hand, sending armies across the land, dominating the Jianghu with martial might, and changing the very or 7.7kReads8.7Score52614d adds
- 117 The Happy Life of a Bandit Dad 山贼奶爸的幸福生活 Successful businessman Shi Jinsheng was terminally ill. He died with a heart full of regret over his family. By chance, he was reborn in the body of a lowly bandit in a parallel world resembling the late Song Dynasty. In this world, northern invaders ran rampant and the Four Great Bandits held sway. This bold bandit had even kidnapped a high-ranking official’s daughter to make her his wife, and they had a lovely daughter together. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Since He 924Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 118 Xuanhuan: I’ll Become an Emperor by Stealing Brides! 玄幻：我靠抢亲证道大帝！ [From the start, one mountain, and every bride you seize makes you stronger] [Bridal Abduction System]? You can grow stronger just by abducting brides? And the more beautiful and powerful the women you bring back to the mountain, the better the rewards? “I’m an upstanding man. How could I do something so awful as breaking up a pair of lovebirds?” Li Guannan says as he barges into the bridal sedan and snatches the bride right out of it. But when he sees the reward for completing the quest, he fal 1.6kReads7.7Score16714d adds
- 119 Reborn in the Huizong Era: Building Military Schools, Developing Industry, and Starting a Revolution 重生徽宗年间办军校搞实业闹革命 Later generations all say the Song dynasty was a benevolent and prosperous age. But Zhang Ji discovered that the Zhao Song dynasty's benevolence extended only to bureaucrats and aristocratic families. Any society without advanced productive forces and relations of production might be wealthy, but that wealth would probably belong only to bureaucrats and landlords. For ordinary people, simply avoiding a time of turmoil was enough to make an age seem prosperous. Born into a prominent family, Zhang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Rise and Fall 兴衰 When a dynasty rises, the people suffer; when a dynasty falls, the people perish. What makes a prince, and what makes the realm? Anyone with ambition is bound to struggle for power. What does it matter if he stands above all as a treacherous hero or a ruthless warlord, when he is both a usurper of the realm and a victim of its wars? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Reclaiming the Entire Territory 全境收复 [War + Multiple Worlds + War + Hundreds of Races + War + Light System Elements + Slow Build] I opened my eyes one night as a refugee. Demons came knocking, guns blazing. While others stockpiled food, I stockpiled guns. Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight! Li Jin, a professional player of a full-immersion war game, transmigrates to a chaotic medieval world of magic. Starting out as a lowly refugee, he eventually becomes the emperor of a human empire. No farming, no harem, no formulaic plot, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Fake Commandant 冒牌校尉 Yang Chen was an ordinary frontier soldier with no power, influence, or connections. Thanks to his extraordinary tolerance for alcohol, his superior temporarily assigned him to pose as an officer at a special banquet. But war broke out without warning. After narrowly escaping death, Yang Chen decided to keep up the act, using his assumed officer identity to raise a force and repel foreign enemies amid the chaos. He earned one distinction after another, and so began Yang Chen's turbulent, legenda 1.1kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 123 From the Start, I Rely on Reading Qi to Unite the Realm 开局落草，我靠望气统一天下 [Historical what-if]+ [Compete for supremacy]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Well-paced wish fulfillment] Zhou Sheng transmigrates into the Great Zhou dynasty, only to be rejected by Heaven itself and doomed to a life of endless calamity! Other transmigrators become lords and ministers. He becomes a bandit and a fugitive. Others enjoy Heaven’s favor and the blessings of fortune. His life is worth less than grass, and each day could be his last. After enduring the chaos for over a decade, just as 73.2kReads8.2Score7.6k14d adds
- 124 From Lake Bandit to Emperor 从湖匪到帝王 (No System, no harem) The protagonist's soul transmigrates to the shores of Dongting Lake at the end of the Ming dynasty. The story starts in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. Even with only half its former territory left, the Southern Ming still exploits the people, while the Manchu iron hooves in the north are trampling the Han people's backbone... Should he eke out a wretched existence or rise up and resist? Lin Fan chooses the hardest path! See how he gradually builds up his stren 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Young Overlord of the Late Ming 明末小霸王 All proceeds from this book will go to charity. I transmigrated to the Ming dynasty? Where’s my golden finger? Where’s my System? At the very least, couldn’t I have transmigrated as the Chongzhen Emperor? But no, you send me to some remote backwater. Let’s see how Wang Jingyue rises to power amid the chaos of the late Ming dynasty! Genghis Khan: Where have all my warriors of the steppe gone? Li Zicheng: Where has my rebel army gone? Hong Taiji: Bandits, thieves, they even snatched women! My belo 12Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 126 In the Year of Jiazi, the Warlords Vie for Supremacy and I Raise the Yellow Turban Banner 岁在甲子，诸侯争霸我插黄巾旗 Knowing how it all ends, why does Zhang Jiao insist on becoming the man who tolls the death knell for the Han Dynasty? Why is Lu Bu cursed as a servant of three masters, yet calls himself a servant of the common people? Why does the commander guarding Jingxing Pass howl and curse in the middle of the night? What answer is young Guo Jia searching for as he travels a thousand miles? Why, on the day Zhuge Kongming proposes marriage, is he asked whether he knows how to turn tricks? … A young man fr 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末逐鹿 Reborn in the final years of the Ming dynasty, he takes the imperial exams, enters government service, quells the Prince of Yan’s rebellion, wipes out the Jurchens, and rises step by step to contend for the realm. 1.4kReads8.5Score11214d adds
- 128 In the Seventh Year of Chongzhen, Players Descend to Sweep Through the Ming Dynasty 崇祯七年，玩家降临扫荡大明 Yang Fan arrives in the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty. With the Later Jin poised to invade, he admits he can’t handle it. Just then, he obtains the Restoration System, which lets real-world players enter this Ming world as if they were playing a game. Watch as Yang Fan and the players shake up the Ming dynasty. 3.1kReads8.5Score21514d adds
- 129 Two Thousand Years of History Through the Eyes of an Immortal 历史永生者的上下两千年 After transmigrating to the final years of King Zhou of Shang, the protagonist finds that his elder brother is E Lai, ancestor of the Qin state, and his younger brother is Ji Sheng, ancestor of the Zhao state. Able to live forever, he heads straight to Mengjin to pledge his loyalty after hearing that King Wu of Zhou has ascended the throne. He slowly builds up his credentials, rising from junior officer to senior officer and then to magistrate, until he has a fief of his own... He accompanied Ki 1.4kReads8.1Score11114d adds
- 130 Weapons Delivered from the Start: I Use Japanese Pirates as Test Subjects 开局送武器，我拿倭寇做实验 On the day I transmigrated, I caught Japanese pirates bullying my sister-in-law. The System popped up: [Option One: Swear brotherhood with the pirates. Reward: Japanese sword-drawing skills after two and a half years of practice] [Option Two: Pretend to be blind and run. Reward: One motorized tricycle] [Option Three: Rescue my sister-in-law. Reward: One pistol] I chose option three and shot a pirate dead. I thought I was on my way to the top of the world from then on... Until I ran into thre 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Jiuzhou: Axe Over All 九州：斧霸天下 Somehow, I ended up in this unfamiliar world. Chen Shanhe never expected he would make it this far. Everything... Every last thing... Anything standing in his way... Was ground to dust beneath the edge of his giant axe! 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 A Rake in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末混球 With transmigration to the late Ming Dynasty becoming all the rage, Yang Menglong, a fine young man from the twenty-first century, the school's king of brawling and a menace in the eyes of street punks, also somehow transmigrated back to that era. And yet... Waving his dog-leg knife, Yang Menglong roared hoarsely, “Which bastard said the late Ming was easy to get by in? Come out here! I promise I won't chop you to death!” 270Reads8.7Score5214d adds
- 133 I Stop Li Yuan from Becoming Emperor and Snatch the Tang Dynasty for Myself 不让李渊称帝，我截胡李唐江山 [Special Forces King Transmigrates + Power Struggles at the End of the Sui Dynasty + Steals the Tang Dynasty from Li Yuan + Rewrites History + Political Scheming and Hegemonic Ambitions + Warlord Rule in a Chaotic Age + Strategy and Tactics + Unifies the Nine Provinces + Crushes All Rivals + No System + Full of Passion] A special forces king transmigrates into the end of the Sui dynasty: Han Zheng arrives in the midst of chaos! The Sui dynasty's fate is sealed. Its lands are shattered, and warlo 7.2kReads6.8Score71414d adds
- 134 A Game of Mountains and Rivers: Schemes in Troubled Times 山河弈：乱世谋 They say poor families produce no great men? Then you haven't met someone truly ruthless. Ling Ce, a graduate student in history, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking official from a poor family on the northern frontier, beaten to death. He has studied the Twenty-Four Histories, witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, and mastered the art of political scheming. As sandstorms rise on the northern frontier, he uses brilliant tactics to defeat his enemies and secure his footing amid mount 44Reads—Score414d adds
- 135 Never Resting 未歇 [Decisive and ruthless] + [Struggle for supremacy] + [Rousing] + [Fictional setting] “Loyal bones lie beneath these green hills. Why should I return wrapped in horsehide?” “The children's voices still linger, as if a lifetime has passed since we let go of old grievances.” Xu Shusheng murmured the words, then finally ran out of strength... 1.3kReads8.9Score10114d adds
- 136 The Han Dynasty 大汉王朝 Across the vast Tengger Grassland, tribes battle by the law of the jungle, with war fires burning and bloodshed everywhere! Tribal warriors, curved sabers and sharp arrows, fine horses and armor: these determine who can enslave others in the chaos of the grasslands, and who will be enslaved in turn. Curved sabers wielded by grassland riders clash with the longswords of noble knights; nomadic warriors swift as the wind face the armies of lords entrenched in their castles. Fire and steel collide, 1.2kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 137 Reborn as the Hegemon King of Chu 重生楚霸王 At the end of the Qin Dynasty, heroes rose up from every direction, each vying for dominion over the land! Reborn as Xiang Yu on the eve of the Battle of Gaixia, he faces a bloodthirsty Liu Bang, a sharpening-his-blades Han Xin, and the covetous Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Liu Jia, and others... Watch Xiang Yu break free from certain death, turn the tables step by step, unite the realm, and establish a prosperous empire! 631Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 138 A Survival Guide to the Eastern Jin Dynasty 东晋求生记 After Liu Kun, who once drove back the enemy with a reed flute, was killed, and Zu Ti, who once swore to reclaim the north by striking the waves, died of illness, the lands of the north were utterly defiled by the stench of the Five Barbarians. Darkness blanketed the land. The fallen people were unwilling to give in, yet had no choice but to place their hopes in the Eastern Jin dynasty, which clung to a corner of the south. During the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, Prince Yan Sima Teng recruite 31.4kReads8.7Score3.1k14d adds
- 139 The Red Flag 赤旗 After Wang Mang usurps the throne, the realm yearns for the Han. A young man from a later age rises from humble beginnings, raising the red flag to rally countless wretched commoners. Alongside Liu Xiu, the Son of the Plane, he vies to rule the realm. 123Reads7.3Score1714d adds
- 140 The Grassroots King of the Late Ming 明末草头王 The late Ming was a time of chaos, with endless natural disasters and man-made calamities. Rebels ran rampant at home, while the Jianzhou Jurchens threatened from beyond the borders. All under heaven suffered, and the lives of commoners were cheap as grass! In an age when a man with a gun could become king, Liu Yi, who had transmigrated into this world, declared: If I'm going to do it, I'll become the biggest warlord under heaven! The Ming has lost its throne, and all the world is scrambling to 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 141 Living in the Three Kingdoms? I’m Really a Loyal Son of the Han Dynasty 日在三国？我真的是汉室忠良啊 Why choose red? Because we're all common folk, or idealists, after all. Millions upon millions of starving commoners, with desperate roars, put an end to the last vestige of sanctity in this Eastern empire. Over the next century, heroes and rogues alike would rise across the land. At fifteen, they were sent to war; at eighty, they finally returned. In the century of the late Han, nine out of every ten households were wiped out. Yet the result of this relentless infighting was the Rebellion of th 341Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 142 The Entire Army, Form Up! 全军列阵 Dragons really do exist in this world. They're also called emperors, wielding power over all under heaven, and every dragon has a scale it can't bear to have touched... Hey! I plucked them all myself. 109Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 143 I, the Northern Prince's Heir, Join My Father in Rebellion! 我，镇北王世子，带上老爹造反！ [Another World, Conquest, and an Invincible Power Trip!] [Please set your brain aside before reading!] I have an incredibly dependable father: the Prince of Zhenbei of the Great Liang, with an army of two hundred thousand under his command, who has held off the Northern Mang for thirty years. My leg is healed, and Dad has stopped being a loyal subject. It looks like he’s planning a rebellion! Prince of Zhenbei: Son, we used to want nothing more than for you to live out the rest of your life in p 6.8kReads7.8Score30714d adds
- 144 I Was a Salt Merchant in Ancient Times 古代我是一个盐贩子 [Transmigration + Cunning + Meticulous + Lighthearted + Farming + Conquest] Wu An is reborn into a chaotic era. An empire beset by internal and external crises is already nearing its end. Natural disasters and human calamities drive the people to rise up. What will he do now...? Amid clashing swords and tender beauty, he gradually loses himself in this era... 690Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 145 Conquering the Great Ming Is Easier Than Passing Its Exams 打进大明，比考进大明容易 The twenty-sixth year of the Jiajing reign, 1547 AD. After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Yan Fuhan spent twenty-six years studying hard. He should have been named the top candidate, but the Daoist Emperor despised his rugged looks and rough appearance. So he was placed last in the palace examination. His family’s savings, his day-and-night studies, and all his hopes for the Ming dynasty vanished in an instant. Yan Fuhan cried out like Huang Chao: “It’s easier to conquer the Ming than to pa 4.1kReads7.6Score22614d adds
- 146 Water Margin: The Di Family Generals 水浒之狄家将 A modern athlete with an elite martial arts ranking accidentally transmigrates into the world of Water Margin and takes over the body of Di Quan, descendant of the great hero Di Qing. Though born into a military family, Di Quan has fallen among the displaced. Upon waking, he encounters Lin Chong, who is about to be ambushed by Lu Yuhou. He helps Lin Chong through the snowy ordeal at the mountain god’s temple, and the two swear brotherhood. That year, in the capital of Dongjing, Emperor Huizong o 632Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 147 I Rebelled and Became Emperor in Ancient Rome 我在古罗马造反当皇帝 Lin Chu, a modern mercenary, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates to ancient Rome, where he becomes an abandoned playboy of the Empire. Moved by the tragic plight of Rome's slaves, Lin Chu decides to lead them in rebellion. With The Art of War, the Eight Trigrams Formation, and merciless slaughter, Lin Chu shows the Romans what ancient warfare from the East looks like. 203Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 148 Defending the Nation: Starting by Saving the Empress 护国：从救下皇后开始 Liu Yi, the elite special forces “Wolf King,” transmigrates into the body of a discarded prince’s guard. Leading three hundred cavalrymen, he rescues the rebel leader Lin Xue and captures the palace. They seal their alliance with blood: “You abandon the throne, and I’ll take it!” In two years, they crush the rich and powerful; in three, they unify the country, then ride beyond the borders of the Han realm. On their wedding night, Lin Xue slips off her phoenix robe. “I don’t want to be empress. I 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 From the Start, I Become a Slave: My Subordinates Force the Yellow Robe on Me 开局成奴隶：被手下黄袍加身 Luo Xia transmigrated to the continent of Calradia with the Mount & Blade System, only to open his eyes and find himself a slave. Survival, rebellion, plunder: the brutal Middle Ages taught Luo Xia how hard it was to live with dignity. He led those who followed him in amassing wealth and searching for a way out. As Luo Xia's followers grew in number, so did their ambitions. He went from bandit chief to mercenary commander to noble lord. Luo Xia cried out, “Who put this imperial robe on me? Who p 3.2kReads9.0Score23914d adds
- 150 Borderland Veteran: I Pick Up a Fallen Empress from the Start 边关悍卒：开局捡个亡国女帝 (The comic adaptation, The Lonely City Shines Across Mountains and Rivers, is now available. Please check it out.) More than a decade after the Yu Dynasty was founded, aristocratic clans dominate the court and govern through civil rule. The border troops go unpaid year after year, and their lives are worth less than grass. Shen Lie was an elite soldier in his previous life. After transmigrating, he becomes a dull-witted frontier soldier whom everyone can bully at Heihe Fort, the foremost outpost 73.6kReads8.6Score5.6k14d adds
