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- 101 Three Kingdoms: I Save Cai Wenji from the Start 三国：开局救了蔡文姬 [Fierce Struggle for Supremacy + Defying Fate + Upending the Three Kingdoms + Multiple Heroines] “Sister-in-law, don’t be afraid. In this chaotic age, I’ll win the realm for you!”… After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms, he finds himself the younger brother of Wei Zhongdao, a gifted scholar destined to die young. His sister-in-law, Cai Wenji, is widowed before their marriage is even consummated, and the family faces crises on all sides, surrounded by powerful enemies! At the brink of life an 8.3kReads8.5Score87314d adds
- 102 Lord of Shanhe City: From Office Drone to Online Game Emperor 山河城主：从社畜到网游帝王 [Online Game + Lord + Famous Generals from Every Dynasty + Farming + Leveling Up + Conquest + Nation Wars] Lin Chen, an unemployed office worker, is laid off in an age of cutthroat competition. Disheartened, he enters the full-dive online game Eternal Mountains and Rivers. Starting from a desolate village, he recruits soldiers, builds up his strength, and fights off enemies. When an arrogant villain leads an army to slaughter everyone in his territory, and the crowd thinks Lin Chen is doomed, a 103Reads5.9Score24014d adds
- 103 Three Kingdoms: While You Battle for Supremacy, I Focus on Production 三国争霸，你却埋头搞生产 Liu Yu transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty and obtains a trillion-output System. By increasing his territory’s output, he can exchange it for all kinds of technology. He upgrades steelmaking, and production skyrockets. Every soldier in Youzhou is equipped with finely forged steel weapons. They crush all opposition, and the nomadic tribes flee at the mere sight of them. Liu Bei runs around in tears, covering his face. “Why was Liu Yu born in the same age as me?” Output passes a hundred 6.3kReads9.0Score46814d adds
- 104 Genderbent Three Kingdoms: I Take Them All 性反三国，我大小通吃 [Female-Led Three Kingdoms] + [Founding a Nation] + [Strategy] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Gender Reversal] The story takes place in a parallel world where the Three Kingdoms era is dominated by women. A food delivery driver with the same name transmigrates into Lü Bu, only to discover that women are strong and men are weak, and all the rules have been reversed. The familiar figures from the Three Kingdoms have all had their genders flipped, too. The male protagonist is first forced into marriage b 3Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 105 Three Kingdoms: I Can’t Help It If I’m Given So Many Wives 三国：娶妻给的太多我也没办法 Qin Yu transmigrates to the late Han dynasty and becomes the leader of a band of mountain bandits. He binds himself to the More Children, More Blessings System and the Strongest Clan System. There are some things that are better left unsaid here. Read on and treasure every moment. 25.2kReads8.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 106 Have You Forgotten Me? 忘记我了？ Have you forgotten me? 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Online Game: Three Kingdoms and a Carefree Life 网游三国之快男人生 [Humor] [Three Kingdoms] [Lord] [Online Game] Lin Ci is an ordinary, dim-witted young man. On a whim, he buys a gaming pod for Spirit Motion and embarks on a ridiculous adventure through the Three Kingdoms! Beautiful women, generals, and wandering heroes: the road to unifying the Three Kingdoms has romance, warfare, and the martial world! The early chapters lean toward game stats and mechanics, while the later ones take more of a historical transmigration approach. Feel free to skip ahead and ch 602Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 108 At High Noon V 午时到五 Wushi Daowu 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Scheming in the Three Kingdoms 谋算三国 [Political Intrigue] + [Passionate Action] + [No System] In a chaotic age, the world is a game of chess, and every move hides a blade! The battlefield runs red with blood while schemes churn behind the scenes. From within the command tent, strategies unfold, and with a laugh, enemy ships are reduced to ashes. The highest form of warfare is to defeat an enemy through strategy, without spilling blood. But if anyone dares defy me, I’ll leave them strewn across the land, with rivers of blood flowing 998Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 110 At High Noon 午时到 It's noon 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Mysterious Textile Mill 神秘纺织厂 The Mysterious Textile Factory 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Nobody in the Fantasy Realm 小人物在幻界 Lin Fan, an ordinary security guard, is caught up in an accident and his soul falls into a low-magic world. After three years of brutal trials, he grows from a frail attendant into a battle-hardened veteran, returning covered in scars with a will tempered by hardship. Only one night has passed in the real world, yet he has become a completely different person. Hidden abilities, memories of another world, and entanglements in reality intertwine. As the veil over the world lifts once more, he alre 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 My Three Kingdoms Is a Little Wild 我的三国有点猛 Liu Kun, a burned-out office drone working 996, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty. With no System or golden finger, he relies solely on his understanding of people and his strategic skill, from sparking a civil war among the Southern Xiongnu to establishing himself in the Hetao region and rising to power. He forces Dong Zhuo to his death in Chang’an and rebuilds the Han court. Just as he leads his elite troops in sweeping aside the warlords with the speed of a thunderbolt, he discovers tha 2.4kReads7.6Score12314d adds
- 114 Three Kingdoms: My Wife’s Surname Is Liu, and Her Dowry Includes Guan and Zhang 三国：家妻姓刘，嫁妆有关张 [Three Kingdoms] [Wild Imagination] [Apocalyptic Crisis] [Does Not Support Liu Bei] [Liu Bei Supports Me] [Does Not Restore the Han] [Historical Generals] [One Heroine] Yang Chen, a young man from Earth, transmigrates into the Hongnong Yang clan in the year 162. When he awakens the wisdom of his past life at age six, he discovers that this world is entirely different from the one he knew. A century earlier, a white horse carried scriptures here, but they were not Buddhist teachings. They were th 309Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Three Kingdoms: The Female Warlord of a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世女枭雄 (Also known as: The Female Overlord of a Chaotic Age) [Strong female lead + Three Kingdoms + no System + traditional empire-building + ensemble cast] Liu Yi, a female engineering PhD, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and grows up as a boy. She develops water conservancy, conducts research, and improves life for the people of her region. Just as the various factions are trying to win her over, she reveals herself as a woman and establishes her own power base, 55.6kReads9.3Score8.2k14d adds
- 116 The Three Kingdoms: Forging a Heavenly Court from the Bronze Sparrow Terrace 三国之铜雀铸天庭 [Feel-Good Fiction] [Historical Beauties] [Generals] [Conquest] [From the Start] [Infinite Flow] [Invincible] Set against the historical cultures of various nations, Dynasty became a special online game in an era of upheaval. From the moment Lin Han obtained the Bronze Sparrow Terrace, the course of Dynasty changed. Zhang Jiao: “The Azure Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven shall rise. I can see that you have an extraordinary bearing and the makings of a hidden dragon. Would you be willing to beco 35.5kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 117 Reborn into Liu, Guan, and Zhang, I Leave the Warlords Stunned 魂穿刘关张，诸侯们被整麻了 [Absurd Three Kingdoms, the wildest unofficial history, pure comedy, and unhinged nonsense] In this world, famous generals all have special martial skills. Guan Yu’s Green Dragon Slash can cleave through city walls. Zhang Fei’s battle roar can make his enemies tremble with fear. Zhao Yun has infinite stamina, charging into enemy ranks and taking heads amid a thousand troops. The late Eastern Han dynasty is in chaos. The shameless Liu Bei, cautious Guan Yu, and righteous Zhang Fei join the eighte 120.3kReads8.2Score12.1k14d adds
- 118 Three Kingdoms: The Son of Heaven? The Strongest Army Wins! 三国：天子？兵强马壮者为之！ [Martial warrior] [Feel-good read] [No System] [Commoner origins] [Warlord] [Overbearing] [General Who Shakes the Heavens] At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs and imperial in-laws fought endlessly, and powerful local clans and wealthy families seized land. The rich owned fields stretching to the horizon, while the poor had nowhere to plant a foot. Commoners had no way to serve their country. Starving and desperate, they had only one choice: take up a bl 30.4kReads8.6Score2k14d adds
- 119 Three Kingdoms: I Snatch Guan Yu from the Start and Carve Out My Own Domain 三国：开局截胡关羽，割据一方 (Struggle for supremacy. Unification. Feel-good. Harem. Overwhelming dominance) He transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era as a down-and-out member of the Han imperial clan. From the start, he gets to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei first and swears brotherhood with them. To survive in these turbulent times, he enlists in the army. He endures countless hardships, overcomes every obstacle, puts down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and is ennobled and appointed as a general. He carves out a domain of his own, 59.3kReads8.6Score4.6k14d adds
- 120 No Three Kingdoms After the Han 汉后无三国 Liu Xia transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty, but refuses to become emperor or king. With fifty cavalrymen, he slaughters five thousand Xiongnu. Beneath Xiapi, one strike of his halberd leaves Lu Bu crippled. He casually tosses aside the Imperial Jade Seal: "Just a broken stone. Can it put food on the people's tables?" His motto is: "Whoever dares threaten our mighty Han, no matter how far away, must be destroyed!" "The people are the true masters of the Han. The Son of Heaven is just the 10.6kReads9.4Score86514d adds
- 121 My Father Is Guan Yunchang 家父关云长 (No System + One Female Lead + Rousing Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters) A criminal investigator from the future transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes Guan Xing, Guan Yu’s second son. It is the winter of Jian’an 24. Guan Yu has just been defeated at Maicheng and is about to retreat to Linju, where Lu Meng will surround him. At this moment of mortal peril, Guan Xing proposes a switch-home strategy, advising Guan Yu to head east against the current and raid Jianye, trading cities wit 16.6kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 122 A'Dou on His Second Run: Reciting the Memorial on the Northern Campaign to Liu Bei from the Start 二周目阿斗，开局给刘备念出师表 [Liu Shan, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, ensemble cast, strategy, passion, romance, slow pace] In 271 AD, Liu Shan, Duke of Anle under the Jin dynasty, died with a heart full of regrets. Yet his soul did not fade away. It drifted through the river of time, witnessing the extinction of his descendants and the Upheaval of Yongjia. Then, carrying the memories of his previous life, he returned to the year he had just been born. In 207 AD, his whole family looked on with delight at the newborn baby boy! Liu 31.4kReads9.5Score4k14d adds
- 123 Three Kingdoms: My Laid-Back Strategist 三国：我的咸鱼军师 [Three Kingdoms] + [Farming] + [No Harem] Li You, a history student, transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms and unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with Guo Jia. Serving Liu Bei and waging war across the land, watch how this cunning student creates a legend unlike any other in the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang: “Li Bochuan is a heaven-gifted genius. I am no match for him.” Cao Cao: “If only I had known Bochuan's talent sooner. Things would never have come to this.” Guo Jia: “All that talk about Li B 30.5kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 124 The Han Empire: Emperor Liu Hong 大汉帝国之大帝刘宏 Emperor Ling of Han was the last emperor of the Han Dynasty to wield real power. Though he could have changed the course of history, he instead became the root cause of the Han Dynasty's downfall. By a twist of fate, a modern-day top history student is reborn at the end of the Han Dynasty as Emperor Liu Hong. Watch as he gathers the greatest talents of the era and builds an unparalleled legacy. 19.9kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 125 Starting with Growing Sweet Potatoes 从种红薯开始 Can you transmigrate just by riding a high-speed train through a tunnel? From then on, he grows sweet potatoes, produces grain, and stores provisions; gathers refugees and trains elite troops; breaks the Three Strategists, recruits the Five Dragons, and subdues the Ten Tigers. Thus begins the struggle to unite the Three Kingdoms… 72Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 126 Zhuge Village Fool, You're Scheming Against Me Again 诸葛村夫，你又算计我 [No System + Not Invincible + Aiding Liu Bei + Neither Glorifying nor Denigrating + Early-Round Conquest + Mid-Round Farming + Late-Round Sainthood] The first three chapters show the protagonist testing Liu Bei with his words. Pay attention to the title: his advice is supposedly offered, but it’s all fake. Fake advice. Volume One: Head north to save Xu Shu’s mother... Volume Two: Infiltrate Xiangyang to recruit talent for Liu Bei... Volume Three: Make early plans for Yi Province... Volume F 19.7kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 127 I Am Zhang Liang, Descendant of the Marquis of Liu 在下张梁，乃留侯之后 “Yellow Turbans at the End of the Han,” “Collecting Famous Generals,” “Reborn and Transmigrate,” “Weak System,” “From North to South” Zhang Liang transmigrates to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, recruits Zhao Yun, saves Guan Yu, and establishes himself at Xiaquyang, building a strong base in Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army takes to the sea, subdues Goguryeo in the north, recruits the Fuyu, attacks the Xianbei, and wipes out the Wuhuan. It then heads south to Rinan Commandery, occupies Jiaozhou, col 447Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 128 Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao Overheard My Inner Thoughts, Though I Was Just Trying to Keep My Head Down 三国：苟神的我被曹操偷听了心声 [System] + [cautious survival] + [laid-back] + [farming] + [dual protagonists] + [comedy] My name is Xiahou Zhe, Xiahou Dun’s younger brother. From the start, I became a low-ranking civil official in Cao Cao’s camp and awakened the power of Xiang Yu. But fighting battles is a high-risk job. What’s the difference between having only a 98 percent chance of winning and throwing your life away? My goal in life is to keep my head down, stay safe, and be a lazy fish by Cao Cao’s side, enjoying a quiet 15.4kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 129 Three Kingdoms: Yuan Shao's Rebellious Son Smashes the Imperial Seal from the Start 三国：袁家逆子，开局摔玉玺 He transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes Yuan Yao, son of Yuan Gonglu, a dead man walking in his own coffin. With a father who’s dead set on rebelling and becoming emperor, Yuan Yao immediately sees no future for himself. If he wants to survive, he must stop his father, Yuan Shu, from repeating history. He’ll have to oppose him at every turn. “Sun Ce wants to trade the Imperial Seal for Father’s elite troops? I’ll smash the seal myself and see how he plans to make that trade!” 54kReads8.7Score5.2k14d adds
- 130 Three Kingdoms: Liu Feng's Comeback from Cannon Fodder 三国：炮灰刘封逆袭之路 [This book is being published. Stay tuned.] (Conquest, strategy, iron-blooded heroics, beauties, System) After transmigrating as Liu Feng, Liu Bei's adopted son, he knew the fate that awaited him: losing favor, being marginalized, becoming a pawn to be discarded, and ultimately falling into a deadly trap. In this life, he chose to endure and bide his time, then turn the tables when all seemed lost! From the start, he risked his life to save Liu Shan at Changban Slope, earning a reputation across 73.1kReads9.6Score7.3k14d adds
- 131 Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Faster, and Diao Chan Says I’m Too Fast 三国：十倍速度，貂蝉说我太快了 After transmigrating to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Duan Yu opens his eyes to find that he has been taken in by Diao Chan, the most beautiful woman of the Three Kingdoms. Looking at the humble home and the beautiful woman, Duan Yu awakens the [Tenfold Speed] trait and decides to repay her with everything he has. [Ding! System notification: You have awakened the [Tenfold Speed] trait. Everything you do is now ten times faster!] [Ding! After diligently farming ten times, you have obtained 53.8kReads9.0Score6.9k14d adds
- 132 I Transmigrated and Saw the Han Dynasty Fighting the Tang Dynasty 我一穿越就看见汉朝在打唐朝 “A great general is born bold and brave, an autumn-water saber at his waist. I was a famous general of the Tang dynasty, so why am I fighting for the Han?” When Zhang Chuanyue first transmigrated, he thought he had arrived at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. But the more he saw, the more he realized something was wrong. Why were there so many people from the Tang dynasty here too? Before long, he was watching Guan Yu fight Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng duel Zhao Yun, Lu Bu battle Li Yuanba, and Zhuge 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Three Kingdoms: Xiao Qiao, Call Your Sister In 三国：小乔，把你姐叫进来 Zhou Ye transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes the governor’s son, gaining the Strongest Life-or-Death System. While others spend money, I spend my life! All he has to do is recruit famous generals, strategists, and other renowned figures to earn more lifespan. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have recruited the first-rate warrior Zhao Yun. Complete a history-making mission and receive five hundred days of lifespan...” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have recruited th 33.5kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 134 Three Kingdoms: He Can Punch with Ten Thousand Jin of Force, and You Call Him a Civil Official? 三国：一拳万斤力你管他叫文官？ [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Hilarious] [Farming] [Schemer] He transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era as an officer under Dong Zhuo and awakens with the strength to lift ten thousand jin from the start. He only wanted to survive the troubled times, but his mindset changes. A true man lives between Heaven and Earth. How can he remain beneath others forever? When eighteen warlords unite to campaign against Dong Zhuo, Su Yun decides to stop keeping a low profile. With a hundred cavalrymen, he 42.3kReads9.2Score3.8k14d adds
- 135 Three Kingdoms: I Am the True Imperial Uncle, Reviving the Han Dynasty for Three Generations 三国：我，真皇叔，三兴大汉 [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Warring for supremacy] [The real imperial uncle] [System] Do all dynasties perish because they grow weak, while the Han alone falls because it is strong? After four hundred years, beacons of war burn across the land. Everything lies in ruin, and the people wail in misery. Thirteen provinces are strewn with bones, so numerous that even the fertile fields beside the roads cannot contain them. Some maneuver through the world of politics, while others roam as heroes wi 42.1kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
- 136 Three Kingdoms: My Brother Is Dian Wei, and I Take on Lü Bu from the Start 三国：家兄典韦，开局硬刚吕布 Dian Mo transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes Dian Wei's younger brother. To join Cao Cao's camp, Dian Mo sends a letter that leaves Cao Cao stunned. Cao Cao: “Find the person who wrote this letter, no matter what. This must be the peerless genius I've been looking for!” While the whole camp launches a search, Dian Mo comes to Cao Cao of his own accord and begins his career as a strategist. Yuan Shao: “The Dian brothers are one a civil genius, the other a military geniu 45.6kReads9.6Score4.5k14d adds
- 137 Growing Strong with the Help of Beautiful Women 成长之红颜助我 Beauty helped me succeed, and I repaid her with ten thousand taels of gold… 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Exiled from the Start, I Changed My Fate by Grinding for Experience 开局被流放，我靠肝经验逆天改命 From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier: I Defy Fate by Grinding Experience Lu Chen was a top student in the modern world, but after waking from a nap, he found himself reincarnated as a disgraced heir in a world of immortal cultivation. Exiled to the frontier from the start, with his spiritual roots destroyed, he was also saddled with a frail fiancée and a fallen family. He smiled calmly. “Perfect. Let me show you what scientific cultivation looks like.” While others were still struggling throug 2.8kReads—Score24614d adds
