Novels like The Peerless Son of Heaven
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- 1 God-Slaying Prince: From the Start, I Married a Mad Princess 杀神皇子：开局迎娶疯批郡主 After pretending to be an idiot for eighteen years, the foolish Sixth Prince Chen Sinian is granted an arranged marriage by the emperor. In reality, he is being sent as a hostage to the battle-hardened Prince of Zhenbei. His bride is the prince's second daughter, a Junzhu and one of Great Yu's Four Great Beauties, but also a madwoman with a volatile streak. Chen Sinian is mocked by everyone in the realm: a fool and a lunatic, what a perfect match! But once freed from the shackles of the dynasty, 120Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 2 From the Start, I'm a Disgraced Prince in the Cold Palace 开局冷宫废皇子 Transmigration + history + strategy + cultivation + a golden finger... "What? The useless prince has become an unrivaled god of war!" "The Chen Kingdom, on the verge of destruction, has somehow staged a comeback!" Chen Feng, a civil servant from Blue Star, transmigrates to another world and becomes a prince of a kingdom on the brink of collapse. Fortunately, the Strategic Mastermind System binds itself to him, allowing him to summon civil officials and military generals. Watch as I turn the tide 351Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 3 The Great Zhou's First Tyrant: I'm No Useless Prince 大周第一暴君：我不是废物皇子 Li Yu, the seventeenth prince of the Great Zhou, is a notorious wastrel, known for his absurd behavior, incompetence, and lustfulness. Modern-day Li Yu transmigrates into the body of Li Yu of the Great Zhou. He awakens a naturally gifted physique, only to become a miraculous ingredient for alchemy in the eyes of the Heavenly Mechanism Dao. He strives to improve himself, only to become a thorn in the side of the princes. He only wants to live freely as a carefree prince, but gets swept into the t 964Reads8.2Score11314d adds
- 4 The Good-for-Nothing Prince from the Brothel Has Ascended the Throne! 青楼里的废物皇子，登基了！ He was a prince of the Dacheng Kingdom. But the emperor locked him up in Zongren Temple for ten years! Then, to use him as a counterweight against the crown prince, the emperor let him out. After leaving Zongren Temple, he spent his days at brothels, keeping up a false front and biding his time. Even so, the crown prince still wanted him dead, and several princes had already sided with the crown prince. He had no allies at court, was completely isolated, and faced difficulties at every turn. But 340Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 5 I Am a Peerless Sword Immortal, and the Ten Great Swords Shake the Martial World 我绝世剑仙，十大名剑震江湖 [The Blood of Youth Fan Fiction] + [Swordsmanship] + [Peerless Genius] + [One Heroine] + [One Sword to Enter the Divine Realm] There's a legend in Nan Jue: The Thirteenth Prince of Bei Li entered the Carefree Realm at ten, reached the Divine Realm at sixteen, and at seventeen destroyed the former Nan Jue and overthrew an entire dynasty, wiping out a nation above and purging the court below! Yet this very god of slaughter has a side no one knows about... The Imperial Astronomical Bureau: A lone s 2.5kReads7.6Score18314d adds
- 6 I, the Ninth Prince of Great Shang, Am Invincible from the Start 孤，大商九皇子，开局即无敌 [Fantasy + Overpowered Protagonist + No Heroine + No Excessive Selflessness + Decisive and Ruthless + Mastermind Always Wins] Six years ago, Lin Xuan was the ninth prince of the Great Shang. After malicious advisers provoked the emperor's ire, he was banished to the frontier. Three years ago, after serving in the army for three years and winning remarkable victories, Lin Xuan had become unmatched in prestige among the troops. The emperor grew wary, stripped him of his military rank, sent him bac 3.8kReads8.0Score19514d adds
- 7 The Exiled Prince Builds a Modern Technological Empire 流放皇子，打造现代科技帝国 Synopsis [Alternate history, transmigration, no System, farming, slow burn.] Nothing is more ruthless than the imperial family! In the struggle for the throne, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters turning on each other is commonplace! He is a loser: his father has abandoned him, and his older brother wants him dead! His fief is a living hell, where he must outwit corrupt officials! When you lack power, you can endure humiliation. Once you grow strong, strike decisively! As the saying goes, “A 3.1kReads8.6Score21814d adds
- 8 The Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: Your Majesty, the Third Prince Is Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger! 九龙夺嫡：陛下，三皇子他扮猪吃虎！ He has just transmigrated into the third prince of the Great Chu Dynasty when he is forced into the succession struggle. Xu Hao can only sigh and draw his sword. “I want this world! Who's with me, and who's against me?” 3.5kReads7.3Score12914d adds
- 9 The Fight for the Throne: The Ninth Prince, a Rebel King, Is an Invincible War God 夺嫡：反王九皇子，竟是无敌战神 [Traditional Historical Setting + Passionate Struggle for Supremacy] Mu Chen, the ninth prince of the Dayu Empire, is demoted to the title of Prince Beixuan from the start. He later changes his name to Xiao Chen. After escaping his father and brothers’ pursuit and returning to his fief, he sets the entire imperial continent trembling. The Great Han Emperor: Even sending the princess to marry him off hasn’t satisfied his appetite. What do we do? The Northern Plains Emperor: Hurry and send the 78Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 10 The Strongest Crown Prince 最强大皇子 [Alternate history + wish fulfillment + high energy + political intrigue + no System] Zhao Zheng transmigrated by accident and became the eldest prince of Zhao. He should have been the most privileged heir in the world, living in boundless splendor. But from the start, he became a prisoner. Falsely accused, bullied, powerless, and marked for death! Faced with this miserable predicament... Zhao Zheng's answer was simple: Don't back down. Fight! Since others were plotting so desperately to kill hi 373Reads8.3Score8014d adds
- 11 Back to Ancient Times as a Prince 回到古代当皇子 The greatest weapons expert in the special forces accidentally transmigrates into the body of the Great Han Empire’s ninth prince. Thus begins a legendary rise to power: strong liquor and a spirited steed on the battlefield, while he claims the world’s power, beauty, and pleasures for himself. 102Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 12 The Carefree Prince 逍遥皇子 [A wholly fictional historical setting] Courtly power struggles, open and covert attacks, and deadly traps at every turn. The jianghu is rife with grudges, where flashing blades strike to kill. A powerful minister served as chief censor for twenty years, daring to reject a hundred imperial edicts, only to spend his life paving the way for someone else. A crown prince of the previous dynasty gouged out his own eyes and traded the treasure meant to restore his kingdom for a beauty, willing to betr 4.5kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 13 Three Years in My Fief, and the Useless Prince Shocks the Court 封地三年，废物皇子震惊朝堂大佬 [Alternate history + laid-back daily life + developing a fiefdom + a slight golden finger] Li Su, the useless prince hated by everyone in the capital, is driven from court and sent to Lingnan Prefecture, a desolate backwater, to fend for himself. Once-in-a-century earthquakes cut off the fiefdom from the outside world for three years, leaving Lingnan isolated from the court and the rest of the realm. Three years later~ Emperor Qian graciously permits the various regional princes to come to the 5.3kReads8.6Score30714d adds
- 14 The Discarded Prince Becomes King 废子为王 The people of the entire city have lost all hope of surviving, and the city’s commander has ordered everyone to die fighting when the walls fall. Just then, a tiger’s roar thunders across the sky. One black flag after another appears on the horizon. “B-black flags! It’s the Seventh Prince! The Seventh Prince is here! We’re saved...” Hold Jin’an at all costs, drive out the Japanese pirates, unify the Central Plains, sweep across the land... 1.2kReads8.9Score16214d adds
- 15 The Emperor Wants to Strip Me of My Title at My Coming-of-Age Ceremony? Then I'll Rebel! 父皇要在成人礼废我？那就反了！ Qin Xiao transmigrates to the Nine Heavens Continent and unexpectedly takes the place of the late seventh prince of the Great Qin Dynasty. Who would have thought that three years later, the emperor would try to strip him of his title at his coming-of-age ceremony? Fortunately, three days before the ceremony, he awakened the Myriad Realms Emperor System and even obtained the Six Sword Slaves through a sign-in at the ceremony. If the emperor is this heartless, what am I waiting for? Time to rebel! 4.1kReads8.3Score23414d adds
- 16 The Useless Prince: Once I Got My Fief, I Stopped Playing It Safe 废物皇子：到了封地就不苟了 [No dragging things out, no padding, quickly takes up his fief, thrilling and hilarious] He transmigrated here two and a half years ago. Now that his power has grown immensely, he can no longer keep a low profile, and he can’t stay in the capital either. His only choice is to move to his fief and build his power there. His fief, Jiuzhou, is a province that has been carved up again and again, abandoned by the imperial court. Yet he arrives without hesitation. From that day on, Jiuzhou rises to pr 5.4kReads8.5Score24714d adds
- 17 The Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: From the Start, I Rebel with My Imperial Brother’s Head 九龙夺嫡：开局提皇兄人头造反 After transmigrating into the Great Yan Dynasty, Yan Xun becomes the useless Sixth Prince, a vassal prince of Beiliang Province. From the start, the Fifth Prince marches an army right to his doorstep. With the enemy at his gates, Yan Xun awakens a golden finger and makes a spectacular comeback! He personally kills his Fifth Imperial Brother from the start, launching a rebellion then and there! Taking full control of his fiefdom, Beiliang Province, Yan Xun proceeds cautiously, expands his army, i 4.9kReads—Score33914d adds
- 18 I, the Peerless Prince, Guarded Beiliang for Thirteen Years 我，无双皇子，镇守北凉十三年 [Original Title: I, the Peerless Crown Prince, Guarded Beiliang for Thirteen Years] “First Prince Li Mu, you are unworthy of your position. Proceed to the Beiliang frontier at once. Without an imperial summons, you may never return to Chang’an!” Li Mu transmigrates as the eldest prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but after being framed, an imperial decree banishes him to the frontier to guard the northern border. Then he awakens the Supreme Divine Book System, which lets him summon anything under 4.8kReads6.9Score23914d adds
- 19 Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villainous Prince, I Specialize in Destroying the Chosen Ones of Every Plane 穿书成反派皇子，专灭位面之子 [Villain + Alternate Setting + System + Struggle for the Throne] Yet another member of the Xiao clan has transmigrated. This time, it’s Xiao Jie. He transmigrates into a prince in an alternate-world power fantasy. But he isn’t the protagonist. That’s his elder brother, Xiao Huang, a child of destiny favored by Heaven. He’s just a minor, no-name villain. Luckily, as the saying goes, wherever there’s a villain, there’s a System. There are only underpowered Systems and villains who don’t try hard e 18.3kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 20 What? That Kid Doesn’t Want to Inherit the Throne? 啥！那小子竟然不想继承帝位？ [No System + one heroine + passionate action + no saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless] A harsh, bitter fiefdom? Not a chance! Surrounded by wolves on every side? No, they’re merely whetstones for my blade. The winds of change rise again. With iron resolve and tender heart, watch as I ride the surging tide and protect you for a lifetime! At a single thought, heaven and earth change color. Smoke rises across a thousand miles, and ten thousand horses whinny in unison! 34.4kReads8.6Score52.7k14d adds
- 21 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 12kReads8.6Score78914d adds
- 22 Great Qin: Peerless Prince, Slapping Ying Zheng from the Start 大秦：无双皇子，开局掌掴嬴政 Ying Feiyu transmigrated to the Great Qin dynasty, starting out at just five and a half years old. Luckily, he had a Brat System. As long as he kept causing trouble, he could earn rewards. “What? System, you're saying my father is Qin Shi Huang?” When he learned he was actually Ying Zheng's twenty-fourth son, who had been left behind, Ying Feiyu was stunned. To keep Great Qin from falling after just two generations, and to save his own skin, Ying Feiyu had no choice but to step in and defy fate 2.6kReads8.7Score45914d adds
- 23 A God of Slaughter from the Start: Why Is the Emperor Rebelling? 开局成杀神，陛下为何造反？ Framed, reduced to slave status, and sent off to serve in the army. Fine, fine. So that’s how you want to play? Then what can you do when I pull out my Godslayer System? Why should those high officials in court be allowed to lord it over everyone else? I’ll take up my butcher’s knife and carve my way through this chaotic age! “Host has slain an elite enemy and gained 1,000 experience points.” “Host has achieved the Thousand-Kill milestone and received a reward: Eight Hundred White Snow Dra 32.4kReads8.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 24 The Good-for-Nothing Prince Loves Beauty, Farms, Trains Soldiers, and Conquers the World 废柴皇子爱美人，种田养兵扫天下 The comic adaptation of the same name is now available. Give it a watch! [Comedy] [Power Struggles] [War] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] A medical PhD dies suddenly and unexpectedly transmigrates to Nanfeng, where he becomes a prince. Starting out on the frontier, he pacifies Beiliang, subdues Tianlang, seizes Nanfeng, and outwits Dayuan... until he finally claims the supreme throne that should have been his all along! (This is my first time writing a book, and I made it all by hand. 6.6kReads8.5Score58614d adds
- 25 I Live Freely in My Fief, Yet They Call Me a Worthy Prince 我在封地逍遥，却被称贤王 [Alternate history + laid-back comedy + a real rascal!] As a prince, it's not unreasonable for me to have a fief of my own, is it? It's my fief, so I make the rules. That means I can do whatever I want, right? On my first day in the fief, I visited a brothel. On the second day, I went to a gambling den. Lost money at the casino? Absolutely impossible. Isn't it all my money anyway? Extorting wealthy merchants for protection money was just business as usual. Beggars lining the streets asking for a 33.2kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 26 Great Tang: A Million Private Soldiers, Li Er, Do You Regret It? 大唐：私兵百万，李二你后悔了吗 [Feudal Prince] [System] [Comedy] [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Tang dynasty as Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin, he is framed by Zhangsun Wuji and forced to take up his fief in Yizhou ahead of schedule. His status is awkward, he has no one to rely on, and he is nearly at the end of his rope. At the crucial moment, Li Ke awakens a System that uses fortune to summon civil officials and military generals to fight for him. Faced with the arrogance of the Crown Prince's faction, Li Ke summ 22.8kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 27 Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: The Good-for-Nothing Prince Is Banished to Beiliang from the Start 九子夺嫡：废物皇子开局被贬北凉 After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Li Xun became the unlucky, useless Sixth Prince. In the struggle for the throne among nine princes, he was marked as a loser from the very beginning. He was framed and exiled to the lands of Beiliang, yet his enemies still wouldn't leave him alone. After his golden finger awakened, Li Xun gained control of the Emperor's Support System and obtained terrifying power. Then he launched a powerful counterattack. When his enemies wouldn't let up, he simp 40.3kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 28 Iron Cavalry in a Chaotic World 乱世铁骑 A nation's decline is never caused by foreign peoples; chaos in the court is the true root of a country's troubles. A top special forces soldier from Huaxia dies in a foreign land, only to transmigrate to another world and become the sixth prince of the Great Wu Empire. Yet this illustrious identity makes him the laughingstock of the entire Great Wu dynasty, mocked and ridiculed by all. 10.3kReads8.6Score96214d adds
- 29 The Evil Ninth Prince 妖孽九皇子 Ye Chen transmigrates into the body of the Ninth Prince of Xia. His royal brothers want him dead, the emperor wants him dead, and the powerful nobles at court all want him dead. Ye Chen has had enough. If everyone wants to kill me, then I’ll seize control of the military, train a million elite soldiers, sweep across the land, and claim the throne. 17.3kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 30 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 31.4kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 The Useless Prince: Why Are You Forcing Me to Become Emperor? 废物皇子：为何要逼我做皇帝？ He is the empire’s useless prince! But his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. The crown prince wants him dead. His brothers all want him dead. Even the most beautiful woman under heaven wants him dead! To survive, he trains an invincible army and builds a hidden paradise. He brings the Hundred Schools of Thought to heel, drawing capable ministers, mighty generals, and reclusive masters from every corner of the land to his side. All the beauties under heaven dream of becoming his bride. Ami 83.2kReads9.3Score8.3k14d adds
- 33 The Empire's First Prince Consort 帝国第一驸马 [New book release: The Rebellious Son Is Invincible, the final installment of the Empire Trilogy] Guan Ning transmigrates, hoping to live a carefree life of wine, women, and luxury as a young prince. Instead, he becomes a prince consort whose engagement has been broken off. Rumor has it that no dynasty can last more than 300 years. The Great Kang Dynasty is at that very threshold: a golden age is in turmoil, loyal ministers are being persecuted, and an age of chaos is about to begin. He will top 114kReads9.1Score10.8k14d adds
