Novels like Wanwu Houdao's First Book
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Wanwu Houdao's First Book, best match first.
- 1 A Qing-Dynasty Crossover: Divine Weapons Descend! I Fight the Foreigners and Overthrow the Qing 综清穿：神兵天降！我灭洋反清 Lin Wen unexpectedly transmigrates to the late Qing Dynasty, and activates an invincible System from the start. At a time when the country is growing ever weaker, he has only one thing on his mind: kill! Kill the invaders, and kill every rotten soul! From that day on, he becomes a terrifying God of War. One astonishing machine and piece of equipment after another makes its debut, leaving the world stunned... 9.7kReads7.0Score1.2kShelves
- 2 Dreaming Back to 1895 梦回一八九五 During a mission, special forces soldier Lin Feng unexpectedly returns to 1895 in a parallel universe. This world shares the same history as the one he came from, but with his arrival, a whole new chapter begins. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Transmigrated to the Late Qing and Became a Boxer 穿越清末我是义和团 Wang Ersha, a modern entrepreneur, transmigrates into the world of a late-Qing novel. Ersha becomes Shier, and under the name of Shier's Divine Whip, he begins his journey in another world. The Eight-Nation Alliance is about to invade! Dagu Port is in danger! Tianjin is in danger! Beijing is in danger! The Chinese people are in danger! Everyone, roll up your sleeves and get to work! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Traveling Between Two Worlds: From the Start, I Rule the Golden Triangle as a Tusi 两界互穿开局金三角当土司 At the end of the Shuiqing era, when you can transmigrate back and forth between parallel worlds, what would you do? Support the Qing and drive out the foreigners? Give me a break. I don’t want to wear a long queue braid. Raise an army against the Qing? What a hassle. People die in wars, you know. The right way to get started is to become an imperialist power yourself and join the great wave of colonization. First, take the Great Qing Empire for a spin, then wipe out the Japanese, and finally 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrate to the Late Qing: A Warlord Rises in Troubled Times 穿越晚清之乱世枭雄 Luo Xu, an elite special forces soldier, is thrown into a game world set in the late Qing era. Watch the protagonist turn the tide, rally righteous forces, build factories, crush Japanese commanders, and resist the great powers. Whether he lives, he will live a world-shaking life; whether he kills, he will carve out a bright and peaceful world. An immortal empire! 5Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 6 Lady Fu Hao of Xin 妣辛妇好 (No romance, no System, and painstaking historical research. This isn't a power fantasy, so feel free to read it as a travelogue.) A modern man awakens in the body of a woman from the Shang Dynasty. Through her body and his perspective, he explores the world of the middle and late Shang, encounters people and events recorded or unrecorded in history, and experiences a brief, secret, and brilliant era in the long history of Huaxia. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Republican Era: Winds Rise Across Guanlong 民国：风起关陇 [Warlords] [Republican Era] [System] [Slow Build] [Not Mindless] The Republican Era is a time of chaos, with warlords battling within the country and foreign powers eyeing it from beyond its borders. The people are suffering, and the nation teeters on the brink of collapse. In the fifteenth year of the Republican Era, Zhao Ziming, a young man from the modern age, transmigrates to the western reaches of Guanzhong. He organizes a militia, builds industry, wipes out bandits, and improves people's l 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Chinese Empire in Turmoil 风云中华帝国 If you take what's mine, I'll take back twice as much. If you eat what's mine, you'll spit out twice as much. If you steal from me, you'll bring it back to me yourself. What? You won't? Then I'll beat you until you're more than willing! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Transmigrate to the Late Qing: The Tiger Warriors of Troubled Times 穿越晚清之乱世虎贲 Yuan Xiao transmigrates once again, this time to Changbai Mountain on the eve of the First Sino-Japanese War, where a twist of fate makes him the mountain chief. So what if he’s a mountain chief? A hero’s origins don’t matter. With the land shattered, China fallen, and the great powers bullying the nation, I, a mere mountain chief, will rewrite this humiliating chapter of history! A sweeping heroic saga of outlaws in a chaotic age and peerless warriors! 3Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 10 The Rise of China in 1870 1870之中华再起 Li Jingze transmigrates unexpectedly as Li Hongzhang's son, a minister of the Beiyang government. In this era of survival of the fittest, watch Li Jingze maneuver across the political stage, rescue a collapsing situation, and prop up a nation on the brink of ruin! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Great Ming Power Minister: Starting as a Page in the Zhang Household 大明权相：从张府书童开始 [Imperial Examinations + Officialdom + Jiajing Era] Gu Ming, an ordinary twenty-year-old college student, left the world before his time by a twist of fate. Then he transmigrated. The good news: he was now a ten-year-old boy. The bad news: he had been kidnapped and sold by human traffickers. The worse news: he was about to starve to death. Luckily, a woman bought him to serve as a young master’s page. Gu Ming had planned to keep his head down and get by as a lowly servant, but then he realized t 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A New Dawn for the Huaming Longhan 重起华明龙汉 See how Zhang Kaiping, a young man from the modern era, rises to the very top after returning to a world where people prey on one another. Discover how he uses his memories and abilities to rebuild Longhan, and how a new-generation youth clashes with people from the old society to spark fresh ideas. Are new ways of thinking better, or is change itself the answer? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Reviving China in 1910 重振中华1910 Reborn on the eve of great upheaval, he rises from a destitute Chinese beggar to a hidden tycoon, then a general who dominates his corner of the world, and finally the ruler of a mighty nation. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Jianghu Emperor of the Republic of China Era 民国之江湖皇帝 The underworld isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and the ways of the world. But Lin Zhiyuan doesn't see it that way. He believes that fists are power! With his fists, what are the three tycoons Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, and Zhang Xiaolin to him? With iron fists and a fish-killing knife, he carves out a fearsome reputation as the Emperor of the Underworld! It's just a fish-killing knife, yet it holds the underworld of Republican-era Shanghai in its grip for decade 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Great Qing: I Will Never Be a Puppet Emperor Again! 大清：朕不会再做傀儡皇帝！ Top-tier political intrigue + historical comeback + no golden finger + no System + not a feel-good power fantasy Japanese pirates invade our land. We will slaughter them all! The great powers humiliate us. We will punish them, no matter how far away they are! Modernization and reform: carry them out without fail! Rule from behind the curtain? Sorry, that violates ancestral law! See how the most timid and humiliated emperor in modern history turns his fortunes around in a crumbling, corrupt feu 6Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 16 The Rebel's Tale 反贼传 Qi This ancient dynasty, which has lasted nearly three hundred years and seen seventeen emperors, is on the verge of collapse... The rebellion in the south has sounded the dynasty's death knell... And yet, for some people, this is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... In times of chaos, everyone is an insignificant pawn, and everyone can be the protagonist. This is an age of brilliant ministers and brilliant generals, and the beginning of a century of strife... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Republic-Era Arms Industry: From Making Guns to Crushing the Great Powers 民国军工：从造枪开始横扫列强 [Republican-era warlords + high-tech System + unstoppable power fantasy] After waking up, Lu Xiao, a top military industry expert from the 21st century, finds himself the good-for-nothing son of Republican-era warlord Lu Yongxiang. In his previous life, he mastered firearms and military tactics. In this one, he’s forced to play the part of a spoiled young man just back from studying abroad. Then his private train is attacked, and the Civilization Arsenal System awakens amid the bloodshed 98k ri 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Rising to Power on Sakhalin Island in the Late Qing Dynasty 清末崛起库页岛 I woke up to find myself in the late Qing era! Now that I’m here, I can’t let my transmigrator status go to waste. Tanks, planes, warships: once they roll out, the great powers will cry, “How is this possible?” —Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 19 A Prince's Son from the Start: Become Emperor and Rule the World 开局王爷儿子，做皇帝，称霸世界 Ye Fei transmigrates to a parallel world with a Qing Dynasty just like the one in history, becoming the son of Prince Li. An orphan in his previous life, Ye Fei is cherished by everyone in this one. He had planned to coast through life, but after hearing of the Qing Dynasty’s crushing defeat in the Opium War, he finally decides to do what he can for his country and change the tragic fate of its people. Just then, the System activates. It’s a sign-in system: sign in every day, and once enough 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Starting from Scratch: The Navy and the Road to Revival 从零开始的海军和复兴之路 (Development) + (Naval warfare) + (A partial golden finger, no resources) + (Shipbuilding) + (Slow burn) My name is Wang Yu. I transmigrated to a parallel world, into a country called Zhonghua. Everything it is going through now resembles the modern history of my homeland that I studied on Earth. Can I use what I learned on Earth to help Zhonghua break free of the Great Powers' oppression and forge its own path to revival? 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Raising the Song 扬宋 I dream of the Great Song, reclaiming ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; I journey through the world to a breathtaking feast, to witness the splendor of a flourishing age. 429Reads8.4Score107Shelves
- 22 Transmigrating to the Late Qing Dynasty as a Peddler 穿越清末当小贩 (I write every word by hand. No AI-written drivel for my dear readers!) Chen Qiusheng, a modern logistics manager, unexpectedly transmigrates to a small town in the late Qing dynasty in 1903. He has a “spatial warehouse” with him. With chaos looming, all he wants is a quiet, stable life. Starting as a peddler at Wuhe Wharf, he works his way up step by step. The Qing court, Germans, Japanese, Beiyang warlords, and bandits: is it really so hard to make a quiet living as a peddler? 6.1kReads7.4Score443Shelves
- 23 The Greatest Landlord of the Late Qing Dynasty 清末之最强大地主 My future does not lie among the stars, but across vast expanses of land. There is no problem that cannot be solved by staking out a plot of land. If one plot is not enough, stake out another. “I stake out land, and I’m happy.” These are the musings of a transmigrator from an agrarian civilization about planets and the earth. 397Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 1852: The Raging Sea Topples the Qing 一八五二：怒海覆清 He transmigrated to 1852. After a brief pause, he strode boldly toward history! 1.1kReads6.8Score100Shelves
- 25 Where the Man Called Jinu Once Lived 人道寄奴曾住 [History] + [Military] + [Liu Yu] + [Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties] + [Hilarious] + [China] + [The First Emperor of the Southern Dynasty] Among sloping sunlight, grassy trees, and ordinary lanes, there appeared a man who took down [six emperors], a true [six-emperor slayer]! This man, who seemed as mighty as if he’d eaten a dinosaur’s penis, was Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of Song, a ruler destined to quell chaos and establish a new dynasty. He is well worth your anticipation. A brief pau —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn in 1836: The Silver War 重生1836之白银战争 (No System, no technology from the future, not a power fantasy. Diplomacy and political intrigue take precedence over war. Foreign enemies and domestic traitors are of normal intelligence. Read at your own discretion if this bothers you.) The century of humiliation begins in 1836. A young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of the Daoguang Emperor. Can he wash away a century of shame? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 An Age in Flames 燃烧的时代 (Farming, war, hardcore, requires thinking, not a wish-fulfillment story) Hey, friend, I can sense your faith wavering. Why not come in and take a look? (Everything in this story is fictional. Please don't relate it to reality. Any similarities are purely coincidental.) 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Tang Dynasty Is Doomed? Sorry, I Held It Together 大唐要崩？不好意思我绷住了 [History + Alternate World + Political Intrigue + Struggle for Supremacy + War + Scheming + No System + Ensemble Cast + Management] In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, Tong Pass fell, and an age of prosperity collapsed. Prince Guangping Li Chu fainted from hunger on the road as he fled. When he woke, he found a set of memories in his mind that didn't belong to this era. Before he could figure out whether he was a modern man or an ancient one, he discovered that the chancellor's son was trying to i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Great Ming: I, Li Shi, Son of Li Dingguo, Strike Back and Destroy the Qing 大明，我李定国之子李适反攻灭清 I was a fencing champion who read the history of the Southern Ming and got so furious I coughed up blood and died. When I woke up, I was Li Shi, the third son of Li Dingguo. At that moment, the last emperor of the Ming had been captured by Wu Sangui and imprisoned in Kunming; my father, Li Dingguo, was bedridden, coughing blood and on the brink of death; three hundred thousand Ming soldiers and civilians were leaderless, being hunted by Qing forces along the Yunnan-Burma border. In another month 144Reads—Score134Shelves
- 30 I Hijacked the Late Qing: You Can Leave, but Leave Your Money! 截胡晚清，人可以走，钱留下！ Transmigration + history + treasure appraisal + scheming protagonist + patriotism Your Qing dynasty is doomed. I know! But transferring your assets overseas? That’s a bit hard to justify, isn’t it? Gold and silver, antiques, documents, and all those resources… My lords and princes… You can leave, but the money stays! Thieves who raid people’s homes get their backs broken! This story is entirely fictional, an artistic work based on a historical setting, with no political allegory intended. 8Reads—Score115Shelves
- 31 Late Qing Dynasty: I Lead the Boxer Rebellion in Crushing the Great Powers 清末我带义和团虐列强 Pu Ye transmigrates from a dream into a parallel world at the end of the queue-haired dynasty, taking over the body of a Boxer Rebellion junior leader... [Transmigration + Total Domination + Weapons + No Female Lead + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The male lead makes his entrance... 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Great Sui: Li Shimin and I Fight for the World 大隋，我和李世民争天下 [Conquest of the Central Plains] [The Sage of War] [Rising to Power by Fighting the Turks] [A Career-Focused Story] [Conquest at the End of the Sui Dynasty] Li Ce, a modern military strategist, finds his soul transported into the chaotic final years of the Sui dynasty. Armed with the ultimate wisdom of The Art of War and On Protracted War, he raises the banner of "win before fighting" and practices the art of "subduing others through diplomacy and strategy." Rising from humble beginnings, he rec 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Turbulence in the Far East at the Dawn of the Qing: The Rise of China 明末清初远东风云之中华再起 In the twentieth year of the Kangxi reign, 1681, Shi Lang, the Qing admiral of the Fujian navy, led his forces in an attack on Penghu, annihilating the main naval force of the Zheng regime. With his army now aimed at Taiwan itself, the news reached the Duke's residence. By then, Zheng Jing, the second ruler of the Zheng family and a capable ruler, had died of illness. His son, Zheng Keshuang, had seized the throne through infighting, but the Zheng regime had already been thoroughly corrupted by 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Late Qing: Deceiving the Emperor and Rebelling to Save China 晚清：欺君造反救华夏 Set in the second year of Xianfeng, during the Taiping Rebellion. The protagonist, born a bandit, impersonates a county magistrate and takes up the post, planning to make a quick buck and run. But life is a drama, and somehow he just keeps climbing the official ranks… I eat the Qing’s food and wear the Qing’s clothes, yet I’m also going to rebel against the Qing. Watch me drive out the Tartars and rebuild China! 264Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 35 The Qing Dynasty Is Gone, but China Has Become Earth's Hegemon 大清没了，但华夏成了地球霸主 A government clerk dies suddenly from overwork and wakes up as an emperor. The System in his head has an interface that looks exactly like the government intranet OA portal. [Pending task: Reform the Customs Service] Used to write reports → Now writes imperial edicts Used to balance competing interests → Now collects vassal states Used to get chewed out by the boss → Now gets surrounded by British and French fleets Not much difference. 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Women History Left Behind 那些被历史掩盖的女子 *No romance, historical what-if; the final volume has a romance Don't read Volume 7, don't read Volume 7, don't read Volume 7 Across the long river of history, there has been a group of women who shone with a unique light like stars hidden in the night sky, only to be buried beneath the dust of mainstream historical narratives. With a delicate touch, this book unveils the extraordinary lives of many remarkable women. They came from different eras and places, working in diverse fields such as tec 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Guide to the South, Book One: The Setting Sun 指南录①斜阳卷 Resisting foreign invaders has never been one person’s duty alone. Just as Wen Tianxiang led his troops in a fierce battle against the Yuan army, the pirate Fang Kui and Su Zhe, a powerful local from Liuqiu (Taiwan), came forward to sound him out. Wen Tianxiang had looked down on these rebel forces, but under the influence of Wen Zhong’s memories, he accepted the Su and Fang families’ offer of mutual support. On the newly reclaimed lands, local notables doubted how long the Fujian Governor-Gener 53Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 38 Something’s Definitely Wrong With This Star 这个明星指定有点毛病 Whether you're a guy or a girl, you've probably played video games. Have you ever known a guy who played as a girl? That's exactly what our protagonist does. One ordinary day, a game called I'm a Superstar suddenly appears on Liu Fei's computer, so he decides to give it a try. While playing, he creates a female character, customizing her face and background. Liu Fei is a guy, but he makes a female character with the proportions of a female celebrity. Who could have guessed that this would crash —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Black Flag Army of the Republican Era 民国黑旗军 September 1912, Qinzhou, Guangxi. Tian Mengxue says to Liu Yongfu, “Mr. Di hopes to build an army and recover the lands the Qing lost in the north: Outer Northeast, Outer Northwest, and Taiwan. Its banner will be a black flag. He wants the world to know that the Black Flag Army has not perished and will once again reclaim its former glory!” Di Xiong, a modern man, transmigrates to Beijing in 1912. Using modern knowledge, he goes into business, builds factories, and organizes an armed force. His 3Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 40 The Lost History of Northern Wei 北魏遗史 Yang Zhongju, a modern company boss accustomed to a life of luxury, finds himself in the chaotic world of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties. What greets him is bloodshed everywhere, a living hell, deceit and treachery, and a world where people devour one another. Ritual, benevolence, honor, shame, ethics, and morality: none of it matters. There is only one thing that matters: staying alive… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Romantic Little Tyrant of Troubled Times 乱世多情小霸王 No System! This is a genuine transmigration story: no bragging, no mindless wish fulfillment, just a realistic tale of transmigration, taking one solid step at a time! There is danger, love and hate, and plenty of bluffing. Its sole guiding principle is passion, patriotism, and romance. A historical fantasy novel. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Iron-Blooded Salt Merchant: From Qinghai to the Bering Sea 铁血盐商：从青海到白令 Xiao Ce, a modern expert in the military-industrial supply chain, wakes up to find himself in the body of a destitute refugee on the verge of freezing to death beside Qinghai's salt lake. He has also transmigrated with a cold, mechanical [Myriad Worlds Trading System]. Finished guns and cannons cost a fortune in the System, but individual gun barrels, firing pins, and barrels of smokeless powder are cheap enough to be priced by the ton. Xiao Ce grins. He knows these rules all too well. So while 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 What Do You Mean, You Introduced the 36 Rifle During the Guangxu Era? 什么叫你在光绪，点出36步枪？ Transmigrate to a parallel world. Rise from 1889, then start flipping the table in 1895. Flip it, flip it, flip it. I want this world to never again be able to hide the truth from people like us. A power fantasy. 3.4kReads7.3Score106Shelves
- 44 Republican Era: I Made a Name for Myself by Writing Books 民国：我靠写书名扬天下 After transmigrating to a parallel timeline in the Republican era, Yu Heng was immediately saddled with a massive debt of thirty silver dollars. Facing his adoptive mother and younger sister, he felt just how hard life could be. But since he was already here, he might as well make the most of it and plan ahead. As a liberal arts graduate, Yu Heng couldn’t possibly develop technology, so he could only put his strengths to use and write. 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Late Qing: My Arsenal Guards Sweep Away the Japanese Invaders 晚清：我兵工厂的护卫队横扫倭奴 Alternate-history twists + mighty cannons and battleships + a modern army + war + farming + political intrigue A parallel Blue Star world Back from the South Seas, Liu Zhenhua starts from the start with smokeless powder! He builds an arsenal, expands his guard force, and takes on the diminutive Wa with a modern army! The Maxim gun knows no tears. Battleships always inspire awe! Friends are welcomed with fine wine, enemies with shotguns! In this life, everything must change!!! 197Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Stirring Up Trouble Starting in 1845 从1845年开始搞事情 In 1845, the weather is fair and the harvests are good. But an unexpected visitor from a later age gradually begins to shatter the peace... 7.5kReads8.2Score447Shelves
- 47 Can't Modernize the Nation? The System Helps Me Turn Over a New Leaf! 洋务带不动？系统助我换新篇！ Don’t rebel in the Qing dynasty, and don’t put chrysanthemums on a power drill. The protagonist, Qi Xiaoqiang, transmigrates to the late Qing dynasty in 1883. Using the System to purchase technology, equipment, and personnel, he establishes an armed regime, overthrows the Qing dynasty, founds an empire, and conquers the world. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Colonial Warlord 殖民大军阀 Yang Yun is a modern-day mercenary who unexpectedly transmigrates to the body of a young man on a ship bound for South America during the late Ming Dynasty. Thus begins his new life, one that will reshape the tides of an era. 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 49 Xianfeng's Reign Begins: After Helping the Qing Crush a Rebellion, I Turn Around and Destroy It 咸丰开局：帮清平叛后我反手灭清 From a fallen tribal chieftain to the governor-general of a province, he fought his way up and took command of a hundred thousand troops. The Qing court saw him as a lackey, the rebel forces saw him as a formidable foe, and no one in the land knew what he was plotting. Once the fighting in western Yunnan was quelled, the court issued an edict demanding the five-hundred-year-old tribal seal, intent on stripping him of his foundations and seizing his troops. He had endured all he could. There was 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Late Qing Dynasty: Let This Great Qing Fall, for All I Care 清末，这大清不保也罢 A baby's cry rang through the skies at the Li residence in 1854. Twenty-seven-year-old Li Hongzhang said excitedly, “I have a child!” He named him Li Jingxiao. Who could have known the child was a transmigrator from 21st-century Earth? At five years old, he acquired a Talent System. After years of scheming, he seized power from his own father, Li Hongzhang. Li Jingxiao said, “Father, you're old. You can't protect this Qing Empire. Look at your subordinates: they're all my people. Hand over your 28Reads8.6Score—Shelves
