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- 101 Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil: I Can Refine My Martial Arts Without Limit 斩妖除魔：我能无限推演武学 [Immortality] + [Deduction] + [Overwhelming physical strength] In the Great Zhou Dynasty, demons and monsters ravaged the land, and the people lived in misery. Amid this chaotic dynasty, Wang Yan unexpectedly transmigrated with a panel that let him endlessly deduce martial arts by consuming his lifespan. From [Iron Sand Palm] to [Heaven-Burning Creation Palm], from [Fire-Forged Golden Body] to [Indestructible Dragon-Tiger Diamond Body]... Wang Yan possessed the strength to lift mountains and sup 887Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 102 Transmigrating to Become a Daoist God 穿越之道士成神 So, I really did transmigrate? No one objected, so I guess I really did. But why do these clothes make me look like a beggar? I'm way too young, too. What am I supposed to do if I run into a beauty later? Become a Taoist priest? Still better than being a monk, I suppose. Fine, I'll do it. But I should remember one thing from now on: better a fellow cultivator dies than me. My lady, let me help you overcome this romantic tribulation. It's simple: give me a kiss. Don't think I'm trying to fool you 1.3kReads7.6Score—Shelves
- 103 Slay to Steal Fortune, Forge the Great Dao with Fortune 杀生夺运，吾以气运成大道 In the final years of the dynasty, corrupt officials hold power and demons run rampant. Qin Yu possesses the Kill-and-Seize Fortune System. By slaying those weighed down by sin and wicked demons, he can seize all their fortune and improve his martial arts. … [Martial art discovered: Profound Tiger Baleful Qi Art. Can be upgraded. Requires one tael and one mace of white fortune. Upgrade?] [Martial art discovered: Three Lives Saber Scripture. Can be upgraded. Requires two taels and three mace of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 When I Couldn’t Become a Live-in Son-in-Law, I Had to Become a Confucian Sage 当不成赘婿只好去做儒圣了 He transmigrates into a world ruled by Confucian ideals and becomes the son of a duke. Talk about being born at the finish line. The tragedy is that the emperor arranges his marriage, and from the start he has to wed Princess Ning Yue, rumored to “keep male lovers and live a life of debauchery.” Unwilling to become a downtrodden live-in son-in-law, Jiang Han has no choice but to enroll at the academy and earn the rank of scholar. Who knew that he’d end up becoming a Confucian Sage... If the empe 1.5kReads7.6Score139Shelves
- 105 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams, His Achievements Shining Across the Land 农家儿郎科举路，勋名耀山河！ [Imperial Examinations] [A Farmer’s Son Changes His Fate Through the Exams] Zhou Xu opens his eyes and finds himself in another era! Determined to make his mark in this new age, he looks down at his patched trousers and the endless fields stretching to the horizon. Zhou Xu decides he’d better study. Education can change your fate! His eldest aunt spits and says, “A country bumpkin thinks he can study?” Zhou Xu passes the county-level examination. His second aunt says enviously, “That’s as far as 28kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
- 106 The Sole Sage of the Confucian Dao 儒道独尊 What can a poem do? Slay enemies! Slay immortals! Exterminate demons! Subdue devils! Do you really think that plucking the sun and moon and reaching for the stars is just a wild fantasy? It is the Star-Plucking spiritual root of the Star lineage. Do you really think that lifting mountains with strength enough to cover the world is just a metaphor? It is the Mountain spiritual root of the Mountain-Moving lineage. In this world, the hundred schools compete in splendor, yet scholars of the Confucia 367Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 107 The Way of Letters: Chinese Poetry Subdues the Otherworld 文道：华夏诗文镇异界 The Star of Literary Fortune hangs high in the sky, and its power spreads across the Nine Provinces Continent. Thus, scholars can gain the Star of Literary Fortune’s power simply by reading. This power, known as literary energy, allows writers and poets to turn poems and prose from the unreal into the real, slay enemies, and earn glory... Before Yu Xian transmigrated to the Nine Provinces Continent, he was an unknown online writer. Of the ten web novels he wrote, he abandoned six halfway through 3.3kReads7.4Score271Shelves
- 108 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Build an Empire with Poetry 穿越古代，我凭诗词成霸业 After transmigrating to ancient times, everyone else becomes a prince or a crown prince, but he can only be a humble farmer! He takes the imperial examination from the start! Hey! We don't have a golden finger, but that's no problem. After all, I graduated from a top university in my previous life, and one poem, "Ode to Lime," will stun the world! 432Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 109 The Confucian Dao's Young Constable 儒道小捕快 Xu Taiping transmigrates and becomes an utterly ordinary junior constable. But this world is full of dangers. Confucianism and Daoism reign supreme, with Daoist, Buddhist, martial arts, and sword cultivator schools beneath them, while demons and monsters run rampant. As a junior constable, he has no choice but to face the most dangerous and bizarre cases. There's no other way. So, to stay alive, he takes on a secret identity. On the surface, he's still the same utterly ordinary junior constable. 1.5kReads7.3Score184Shelves
- 110 Supreme Master of the Written Way 书道至尊 Reborn on the Shengyuan Continent, a world ravaged by demons where scholars rule all, Tao Zhiqian inexplicably finds a library in his mind. He rises from poverty, and his retelling of Little Red Riding Hood sparks a sensation. His Arabian Nights earns him the title of Zhao Kingdom’s prodigy, with sales breaking Jiangling County’s all-time record. His Investiture of the Gods ushers in an age of mythology on the Shengyuan Continent… Every one of his literary masterpieces sets off a trend, and each 85Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 111 The Great Traitor Is Reborn: What’s the Point of Becoming the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams? 大奸臣重生后，科举当状元算什么 [Alternate Universe] [No Female Lead] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Villain] [Slow Burn] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Early: Imperial Exams] [Middle: Infrastructure] [Late: Political Intrigue] Content warning: There is no female lead, but there is a political marriage. It involves no romantic entanglement, only an alliance of interests, and the person I marry will die. (For details, see the author’s note at the end of Chapter One.) [The blurb is in first person; the 37Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 112 A Treasure-Gathering Basin from the Start, Slay Demons and Gain Immortality 开局聚宝盆，斩妖得长生 [Nonsensical + shameless + lighthearted + funny + joyful cultivation] Qi Chu accidentally transmigrated into a world of cultivation and discovered that slaying demons could extend his lifespan. He had planned to pick off a few little monsters and lie low for a thousand years, but the accursed Treasure-Gathering Basin wanted to drain his lifespan! “Basin, we are sworn enemies!” [Treasure-Gathering Basin activated. A total of 500 years of lifespan invested this time.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, 3.7kReads7.9Score196Shelves
- 113 A Zhuangyuan Emerges from a Farming Family Through the Imperial Exams 科举农门出了个状元郎 After finally making something of himself as an orphan, he opened his eyes in the darkness and found himself a five-year-old idiot in ancient times. From the start, the Husky System tricked him into going deep into the mountains, telling him to be independent and figure out how to survive there alone. To hell with that! I have a home and a family. There’s just one problem: this family is dirt poor! No worries. Getting rich and passing the imperial exams are well within his abilities! This is a s 345Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 114 The Imperial Exams: A Poor Scholar's Journey 科举，寒门读书郎 [Imperial examinations + lighthearted + everyday life + one heroine] Li Chengping transmigrated to Daqian, a strange dynasty. He had planned to live off his family in a scenic spot by the mountains and water, but the backbreaking labor service of ancient times terrified him. If he didn't want to work, he'd have to find another way to live. This is the story of a farmer's son who studies for the imperial examinations. Zhang Erniang: “If you could put in the effort to memorize your books while eat 6Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 115 Reborn: Building My Fortune as a Strongman in the Nightwatch Bureau 重生从靖夜司力士开始发家 When night falls, demons and ghosts reach their claws out of the darkness. They make no distinction between the innocent and the guilty; all they see is flesh and blood. Wu Qingshan believes that, with his mediocre abilities, if he wants to live comfortably in these chaotic times, he must first learn to keep a low profile, and second, find someone powerful to back him! 2.1kReads8.4Score138Shelves
- 116 Mastering a Hundred Schools, Revering Confucianism Above All 法通百家，独尊儒术 After the demon race’s struggle for supremacy and the war between the witches and demons, the human race ruled the world. Once-prosperous Great Yu now teeters on the brink of collapse. The various feudal states eye one another hungrily, each seeking to claim dominion over the world, while the witches and demons lie in wait, plotting to seize control of the continent once more! Jiang Yi is reborn into this age. He contends with the Hundred Schools of Thought and battles witches and demons, determ 2.7kReads7.4Score212Shelves
- 117 The Greatest Sage of Letters 第一文圣 Year 723 of the Great Wei dynasty. Martial arts flourished throughout the realm, and Confucianism was experiencing a revival. But after years of warfare, the nation was weak and the people were destitute. The emperor and empress held power and vigorously promoted Confucianism, educating the people and gradually restoring the nation's strength. At this time, there was no Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang poetry, or Song lyrics! Xu Xiaoyue had read widely before transmigrating here. Through poetry and song, he 84Reads7.7Score109Shelves
- 118 Global Hauntings: My First Talent Is Devouring Evil Spirits 全球诡异：我的第一天赋是食诡 No heroine + humor + countless worlds + a fresh concept (My new book, The Lantern Bearer, is starting too. It's also an eerie martial arts novel, so if you're looking for something to read, give it a try~) In a world of advanced martial arts, the eerie run rampant, occupying countless cities. Humanity ekes out a meager existence in a corner of the world, building a wall of flesh and blood with their own bodies to ensure the survival of their race. Fang Tianhua transmigrates into a small mountain 336Reads6.5Score107Shelves
- 119 I! Slay Enemies with Talent, Turn Poetry into Swords 我！才气杀敌，诗词化剑 [Spiritual qi revival + academy + transmigration + System + showing off] Chu Ge transmigrates to a parallel world where demons have returned and ghosts roam the night. His literary inspiration never runs dry, and neither do the moves at his fingertips! Chu Ge: I ride my sword on the wind, banishing demons from the world! A handsome young Daoist looks utterly confused: Huh… isn’t that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect’s sword-riding technique? Chu Ge: Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Venerable Earth Treas 15Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 120 The Great Calamity of the Human Race: I Guard the Mountains and Rivers with Poetry 人族大劫:我以诗词镇山河 This is a world where other races are merciless and treat humanity like cattle. The root of it all is that humans cannot cultivate. Xia Yan transmigrates into this world and, after completing a System mission, successfully awakens the heart of human poetry. From then on, humanity has its own cultivation system. Poems can slay enemies, lyrics can annihilate armies, and poetry can summon divine generals. A flower or blade of grass, a stone or a tree, can all be used to repel foes. 193Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Become a Confucian Sage by Writing Poetry 我靠吟诗成儒圣 The Great Chu, the tenth year of the Shaoqing reign. Demons and sinister spirits ravaged the mortal world, while Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism stood as the three great powers. Cultivators roamed the land, seeking to seize Heaven and Earth's fortune and find the path to eternal life. Lu Yanqing's soul transmigrated from another world, only to be told he had just one day to live. Then he unexpectedly discovered that the so-called Confucian arts were actually ancient poems! After narrowly 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Heir of Great Xia: From Humble Scholar to Power 大夏世子，从一介书生开始 Jiang Feng transmigrates to the Great Xia dynasty, only to learn as soon as he wakes up that he has been swindled into a marriage. The wife he brought home for ten taels of silver has somehow left him thirty taels in debt! Luckily, he is clever and has modern knowledge, so he manages to sort things out. But looking at the bare-walled house and his delicate young wife, who is sharing his hard life, Jiang Feng rolls up his sleeves. “I thought I could just slack off. Now I’ve got no choice but to w 249Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 123 Starting My Civil Service Exam Journey After Being Kicked Out of My Home 科举从被赶出家门开始 An accident turned Gu Yuan into the third son of the Gu family in ancient Qing Shui Village. His father had died young, and his mother showed him no affection. His family was reasonably well-off, but he didn’t get a single cent of it after being kicked out. Just as he had finally found hope for life, a System suddenly appeared and told him he’d die if he didn’t take the imperial examinations. Fine, then: he’d sit the exams and make a living. Let’s see how he builds a future for himself, one step 240Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 124 The Confucian Sage Rules the World 儒圣天下 This is a world where scholars command the forces of heaven and earth. Legend has it that Cang Jie, with two pupils in each of his four eyes, created the twenty-eight characters. His invention shook the world, gave writing to humanity, and put an end to the old system of knotted cords. From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, when a hundred schools of thought contended and sages emerged one after another, to Confucius, the revered teacher of all ages, who gathered the force of tale 124Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 125 Song Corpses 宋尸 Also known as A True Record of Song Dynasty Zombies Have you ever wondered what it would look like if the virus from Resident Evil broke out in ancient times? What sparks would fly when a million soldiers clashed with a virus from Resident Evil? Could five thousand years of Chinese history really be wiped out by this Western virus? Settle in and read carefully. Zhang He, a transmigrator, will tell you the ultimate answer. Welcome to the Great Song dynasty. 4.3kReads6.7Score488Shelves
- 126 Starting with Stat Points: Cultivating Through Life 从加点开始修行人生 Chapter Eight: The Brain Begins to Be Corrupted As immortal monstrosities writhe in the dark, as rotting evils lurk in shadowy alleys, as maddening Lovecraftian horrors gnaw away at reason in the mind, and as abyssal fiends tear the world apart in their misshapen forms... one man stands proudly above all, looking down on the masses as if they were ants. He is Li Ren. Silver threads wind around his fingers like fate, and every punch smashes this twisted reality to pieces. The world has already 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Entire Court Is Stunned: One Poem Wins the Emperor's Ear! 满朝皆惊：一首诗词动圣听！ [Plagiarism Master + Poetry + Invincible Protagonist + A Golden Age for Confucianism] After transmigrating into a world governed by Confucianism, Su Mo becomes a poor scholar. From the start, he is put on the spot at a poetry gathering. He dips his brush in ink and writes: "The immortal has long since ridden the Yellow Crane away; all that remains here is the Yellow Crane Tower..." In an instant, his literary talent soars three thousand miles into the sky, and the Star of Literature stirs the he 2kReads6.3Score105Shelves
- 128 Cultivation: I Lead My Clan to Greatness 修仙：我带领家族飞 The world is in turmoil, demons and monsters run rampant, and the cultivation world is torn by endless strife. Reborn in this world sixteen years ago, Lin Chen has devoted himself to cultivation in the declining Lin family, reaching the late stage of Qi Refining at just sixteen. His family was once ambushed while fighting for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Its strongest members were injured, its resources severely depleted, and it now teeters on the brink of ruin. A heavy burden falls on th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Laying Low in the Sect, Signing In, and Coasting to Immortality 苟在宗门签到，躺赢成仙了 Bai Risheng transmigrates as the most miserable Nascent Soul cultivator: he looks like a weak Foundation Establishment nobody, but he’s actually a supreme master of playing it safe! Armed with a sign-in System, he hides away in a bamboo hut and idles his way into max-level techniques, only to be forced to take over a bankrupt immortal peak. He only meant to teach his disciples, “If you can’t beat them, throw talismans and shout your master’s name (even though it won’t help).” But then: His eld 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Way of Letters: I Subdue the Ages with Poetry 文道：我以诗词镇万古 Zhao Zheng woke up one day and found he had transmigrated to a world where scholars reigned supreme. Scholars cultivated literary power. Poems could defend a nation, and lyrics could slay its enemies! Songs, odes, and essays could even connect the past and present, from heaven to earth! Armed with all the classics written by the sages of his previous life, Zhao Zheng made his way in this very different Confucian world. Taking the Analects as his foundation and the Song of Righteousness as his gu 29Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 131 In a World of Horror, I Become a Sage of Confucianism and Daoism 恐怖世界，我儒道成圣 Horror returns, strange forces run rampant, and monsters of every kind emerge one after another. People of this age try to fight the uncanny with the uncanny, but only end up poisoning themselves to quench their thirst. As the world lies in darkness, as if plunged into an abyss; as the great edifice teeters on the verge of collapse and the arrival of hell draws near, someone holds up a bright lamp and says: I have a bright lamp, and its name is the Way of the Confucian Sages. May it pierce the e 4.2kReads7.8Score207Shelves
- 132 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子，我转身科举争光 [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 24.6kReads7.2Score2.3kShelves
- 133 My Martial Arts Come from Poetry 我的武功出自诗词 [Wuxia] [Cultivation] [Invincible] How Am I Cultivating in a World of Martial Arts? After transmigrating to another world, Wen You would occasionally find strange cultivation techniques appearing in his mind whenever he recited poetry. Gradually, a legend of the "Demon Sword" arose in the martial world. This is a story about wandering the martial world. With flowers and wine, spring is always here. With neither candle nor lamp, the night lights itself. 1.2kReads8.0Score102Shelves
- 134 Sage of Letters 文圣 This is a world where scholars wield the power of heaven and earth. A scholar can kill with a stroke of his brush! A Master can govern a nation by writing a biography! A Sage's fury can shake demons and fiends! A Literary Saint can destroy ghosts and gods with a single word! Across the land of Zhongzhou, a hundred kingdoms stand side by side, literary giants emerge in droves, and countless schools of thought contend. But just as this age reaches its zenith, the ancient demon race awakens. Crawli 255Reads—Score110Shelves
- 135 The Keyboard Immortal's Path: I Copy Books to Transcend the Mortal World 键盘仙途：我靠抄书超凡入圣 A xianxia take on the Hundred Schools of Thought + lordship + System + unlimited troop production + cross-world warfare + travel between two worlds + multiple heroines Wang Feng, bound to the Two-World Transmigration System, discovers that he's arrived in a cultivation world reminiscent of a mythic version of the Hundred Schools of Thought: Confucian scholars can write to command the cosmos; Legalists speak, and heaven and earth obey; Military strategists can slay saints with a single formation; 72Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 136 I Merged a Billion Martial Arts Techniques and Cleared the World of Demons with One Punch 融合亿点武学我一拳荡清世间妖魔 [Demon World + Transmigration + System + No Harem + Cultivation Technique Fusion + Hand-to-Hand Combat + No Brain-Dead Characters + Simple Stats, Read at Your Own Risk!] Lu Feng unexpectedly transmigrated into an ancient world of mid-level martial arts. This world had not only humans with formidable martial arts skills, but also all kinds of terrifying demons, monsters, and ghosts. Ordinary martial artists stood no chance against them. The Cultivation Technique Fusion Evolution System came wit 164Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 137 The Heavenly Path of Poetry 诗道天途 Shen Yan transmigrated. He became someone looked down on by everyone: a merchant's live-in son-in-law. In this world, poetry isn't an art of refinement. It's power! A single poem can summon wonders from heaven and earth and suppress an entire city! Great families monopolize the path of poetry, leaving the poor with no chance to rise. Everyone thought Shen Yan was just a useless live-in son-in-law. Until that day... He casually recited a single line, and a wonder appeared. Heaven and earth trembl 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 I Studied for a Hundred Years, Then Left as an Earthbound Immortal 我读书百年，出门陆地神仙 [Invincible + feel-good power fantasy + System + Confucian cultivation] In the Great Yu Dynasty, demons and monsters roam alongside immortals and Buddhas. There are sword immortals, Daoist patriarchs, and things beyond comprehension. Ye Han transmigrates to the Great Yu Dynasty. After a hundred years of studying, he finally steps outside, already a terrestrial immortal! His poems and books can become combat techniques. With “Bring in the Wine,” he becomes a sword immortal. I seek Buddha, and Bud 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 I Attain Immortal Godhood Through Merit 我以功德成就仙神果位 After transmigrating to a world of immortal cultivation, I nearly died at the hands of an evil ghost. Fortunately, my golden finger came through, and I began practicing Celestial Master arts, slaying demons and banishing evil as I faced calamity after boundless calamity. Mythology, immortal cultivation. 771Reads8.5Score102Shelves
- 140 The Revival of the Way of Letters: Please Stop Reciting Poems 文道复苏：求求你别再念诗了 Spiritual qi revival. The world is changing. The Eastern civilization has suffered a break in its legacy. With no other choice, Dragon Country has had to use Western culture to create a magical world and fight the apocalypse. Ye Tian transmigrates into this world, bringing countless ancient Eastern traditions with him and unleashing a tidal wave of Confucian sages. With one line, “The Kun is so huge, who knows how many thousand li it spans,” thunder fills the sky, and a ten-thousand-meter Kunpen 46Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 141 Reborn: From Stripped Scholar to High-Ranking Court Official 重生：从除名秀才到位列公卿 [Reborn + imperial examinations + solving cases + farming + daily life + rekindled romance] [An imaginary dynasty] In his previous life, Qin Yunhe angrily divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife. After that, his life took a sharp turn for the worse: his wife and children were gone, his mother died, and his brother passed away. He never recovered. Years later, he finally began to pull himself together with encouragement from an old friend, only to hear that his childhood sweetheart and former 1.6kReads8.8Score174Shelves
- 142 Cultivation: Drawing Vengeful Ghosts to Help Me 修仙，从画厉鬼当帮手开始 There was once an art student who, ever since he transmigrated into a Cultivation Realm plagued by evil gods, found himself surrounded by strange happenings: calamities ran rampant, vengeful ghosts devoured people in broad daylight, prodigies’ spiritual roots vanished overnight, and Golden Core Ancestors were corrupted into abominations while in seclusion… Yet the culprit behind it all was merely someone who had learned to paint with lifelike skill on the Blue Star, allowing him to summon indes 1.2kReads7.7Score103Shelves
- 143 Awakening the Learning System at Three: Study, Take the Imperial Exams, and Become an Official 三岁觉醒学习系统，读书科举做官 [Imperial exams + study System + farm boy + one heroine] (The ratings have only just come in, and the book is still growing. Don’t let them fool you! It’s good, really good, really, really good.) Wang Yuan had just passed the entrance exam for a master’s program at a top university, but before he could bask in the admiration of his whole village, an accident sent him into the womb of a peasant family in ancient times. Fortunately, an earlier transmigrator had established a new dynasty and encour 4.4kReads7.5Score327Shelves
- 144 The Lazy Little One from a Farming Family Takes the Imperial Exams 农门懒娃娃考科举 Dogwa had terrible luck in his previous life. He worked hard all his life and had nothing to show for it. It was all for nothing. In this life, he just wants enough to eat and drink, and to lie flat until the end. Who knew the Lai family already had a layabout: Dogwa's own father. There was no room for a second one. So Dogwa can only be pushed into improving himself and working hard. (Original title: The Lazy Farm Boy Takes the Imperial Examinations) 659Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 145 Transmigrate, Turn the Imperial Exams Around, and Raise a Wife 穿越，科举逆袭养媳妇 [One heroine + imperial examinations + transmigration + alternate history + devoted husband] Zhang Yue feels a sudden wave of dizziness. When he wakes up, he has become the illegitimate son of the Zhang family's second branch. Just thinking about being an illegitimate son gives him a headache, but then he sees his gentle, tender concubine mother and the First Madam, who has always looked after him, and feels like things might just work out after all... Life is hard. Yue sighs!!! 335Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 146 I Break Through by Doing Evil, So I Turn Around and Build an Empire of Sin 作恶就能突破，反手创建罪恶帝国 [Transmigration + no female lead + villain protagonist + scheming + not a saintly do-gooder] The Qin Family Code of Conduct: “Rule one: Never do good deeds. Remember, this is the most important rule. If anyone does a good deed, I'll kill him myself!” “Rule two: If you meet someone who says, ‘Don't look down on a poor young man,’ or ‘We'll settle this in a few years,’ forget about playing fair. Take them out at all costs!” “Rule three: Don't provoke anyone whose background is unclear!” “Rule four 332Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 147 After Transmigrating, I Take the Imperial Exams, and the Emperor Wants to Retire as a Team 穿越后科举，皇帝竟想组队退休 [Imperial examinations, transmigration, an alternate setting. No System, no pocket dimension. Focused on earning a living through the examinations and passing down family values. No harem, no womanizer protagonist.] Just as Xia Wenlou had finally achieved his dream of lying flat, a car accident transported him to ancient times. For the record, he had absolutely no desire to transmigrate. And to make matters worse, it happened just as he'd made a name for himself and was starting to enjoy life. N 4.7kReads8.1Score579Shelves
- 148 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score355Shelves
- 149 The Eagle-Shooting Heroes: A Quanzhen Taoist Who Wields a Hammer 射雕：全真教有个道士使锤的 (Those who insist the plot of The Legend of the Condor Heroes must remain unchanged, please don’t read.) After all, it’s only natural for the plot to change whenever a butterfly flaps its wings. Perhaps in my book, Yang Kang will become a good man of honor and affection. Perhaps in my book, a venerable monk will transform into a thoroughly despicable villain. Anything is possible. If you don’t like it, please don’t complain. “If the world deceives me, slanders me, insults me, mocks me, disdains 24Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 150 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Take the Imperial Exams in a Farming Novel 穿越古代在种田文里考科举 [Rags-to-Riches Reversal + Political Intrigue + No System] He wakes up to find himself the son of a dirt-poor farming family. His parents are counting on him to change their fate through study, while the whole village waits to see him make a fool of himself! Wen You'an says, “What’s there to panic about? A top student is a top student anywhere! A scientific approach to exam prep? Coming right up! Targeted poverty alleviation to improve the family’s lot? Absolutely!” From the county exam to the p 414Reads6.1Score—Shelves
