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- 1 After Reincarnating as Liu Shan, I, Zhu Houzhao, Became Terrifyingly Powerful 魂穿刘禅后，我朱厚照强的可怕 [Based on official history, not Romance of the Three Kingdoms + no System + Ming dynasty technology + pro-Cao and pro-Wei] (No blatant glorification; sometimes there's criticism, too.) In the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang rallies his troops for the Northern Expeditions and stations them in Hanzhong. Meanwhile, the timid and incompetent Later Lord of Shu Han, residing in his Chengdu palace, has quietly had his soul replaced. It is Zhu Houzhao, the Ming emperor, whose soul has traveled acros 3.2kReads8.7Score27614d adds
- 2 Reborn in Ma Su's Body, I Rebuild the Han Dynasty 魂穿马谡，再造大汉 After police officer Chen Fan sacrificed his life, his soul transmigrated into the body of Ma Su, the famous Three Kingdoms-era armchair strategist. Starting at Jieting, he would rewrite both history and his own fate! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Zhuge Liang: Fine, I’ll Come Clean: I’ve Been Reborn! 诸葛亮：不装了摊牌了我重生了！ At Wuzhang Plains, before the Seven Stars Altar, Zhuge Liang prayed to the stars for blessings, but the will of Heaven could not be denied. In a thatched cottage in a village near Nanyang, Kongming slowly awoke, startled as if from a dream of another life. Was it a dream or an illusion? He could not say. The events in the dream had been bewildering, yet each one came true. Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, and an emperor wandered through Huaxu. Truth and falsehood are hard to tell apart, s 2.8kReads8.1Score26114d adds
- 4 Reborn Strategist: I Change Liu Bei's Fate in Xuzhou 重生军师：我在徐州给刘备改命 Zhuge Liang, who died of illness at Wuzhang Plains, opens his eyes and finds himself back in the first year of Jian'an. He is thirteen years old, and Liu Bei has just captured Xu Province. In his previous life, Liu Bei lost Xu Province, spent half his life wandering, and ended up trapped in a corner of Yizhou. In this life, Zhuge Liang will help him hold on to this land surrounded by enemies on all sides. But there's a problem: he's just a thirteen-year-old boy, with no reputation, no status, an 14.8kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 5 I, Liu Shan, Transmigrated to the Modern Era to Become a Celestial Master 我刘禅，穿越现代做天师 [Urban Supernatural, No System, An Overpowered Protagonist, Witty Sayings] The Holy Lord Guan is my actual second uncle. The Great Inspector of the Three Realms is my actual third uncle. Mount Tai King of the Ten Courts of Hell is my vassal. Lord Guan gives me a blade, Lord Zhang gives me a demon beast, and Mount Tai King gives me the Yan Lord's Command. Hounded by ten thousand ghosts, I hide in a Zhao Yun temple. Now, you vicious ghosts are about to witness the strongest crowd-clearing skill of 2.9kReads8.5Score36714d adds
- 6 The Three Kingdoms’ Greatest Logistics Master: What Can Xiao He Even Do? 三国第一后勤大师，萧何算什么？ When dynasties rise, the people suffer. When they fall, the people suffer. Gu Nanxing transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty with the protagonist's special status: both his parents are dead. But no System activates for him. He thinks he'll have to rely on his past-life knowledge as a veterinarian to scrape by in this chaotic age, but then he encounters Liu Bei, one of the Three Kingdoms' chosen heroes. Some call Liu Bei a hypocrite. Others say he has great ambitions, or that he is an unpara 1.2kReads7.6Score10014d adds
- 7 Peerless Poisonous Strategist: I Advise Liu Bei to Marry Lady Wu from the Start 无双毒士，开局劝刘备迎取吴国太 [Restore the Han dynasty, starting with Liu Bei and me marrying into a family in Jiangdong!] In the fifth year of Jian'an, the Belt Edict affair was exposed, and Cao Cao marched east to Xuzhou. Liu Bei lost his troops and was separated from his sworn brothers, but a handsome young man saved him. Wu Ming: "I can see the signs of an emperor in you, Uncle. You are destined for greatness!" Liu Bei: "My troops are few and my generals scarce. I've suffered defeat after defeat for years. Can someone li 2.1kReads8.8Score16714d adds
- 8 A Supporting Female Character? She’s the Female Lead’s Spouse! 女配？就是女主的配偶！ Female supporting character? She's the female lead's spouse! 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Three Kingdoms: Ma Youchang, Who Wants Nothing More Than to Die 三国：一心求死马幼常 The body of Ma Su is taken over by a failed web novelist from a later age, who returns to the time before the Battle of Jieting. He unexpectedly receives a reward: if someone kills him, he will get ten billion and return to the future. For the sake of that ten billion, Ma Su pulls out every outrageous trick in the book. He faces Zhang He alone on horseback. “Three-surnamed slave, surrender at once!” He takes charge of Longyou. “Just look at Longyou today: it is all under the red flag!” As Ma Su 508Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 10 Reforging the Mighty Han of the Three Kingdoms 三国之雄汉重铸 In the contest for supremacy among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei has pride, Shu Han has romance, and Eastern Wu has a bunch of cowards. Zhuge Liang made six campaigns against Mount Qi, then at last his star fell in the autumn winds over Wuzhang Plains. Zhuge Liang: “Vast heavens above, why have you treated me so cruelly?” Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun: one by one, they died with regrets... Shu Han’s romantic ideal was cruelly shut out of reality by the eight-hundred-li-wide Qin River, 12.4kReads8.7Score89014d adds
- 11 Liu Chan's Upbringing Plan: The Succubus Princess Battles the Three Kingdoms! 刘婵养成计划，魅魔公主战三国！ [Gender Swap] [Comedy] [Wild Imagination] [A "Late-Night" Read] [Farming] [Climbing the Tech Tree] [Steel Flood] [Modern Netizens Support the Northern Expedition] "I, Cao Cao, pay my respects to the princess! I am willing to brave fire and water for the Liu family for generations to come!" The young Liu Chan recalled the first time she met Cao Cao. He came riding in a carriage. He bowed respectfully. Liu Chan's head was splitting with pain. She forced herself to say: "There's no time to ex 1.7kReads8.4Score20314d adds
- 12 I, General Pan Feng: First I’ll Slay Hua Xiong, Then Conquer the World 我上将潘凤：先斩华雄再平天下 “I have the mighty general Pan Feng, who can slay Hua Xiong!” I transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms era as Pan Feng, and from the start, I heard my death sentence. Everyone thought I was doomed, but I slew Hua Xiong with one swing of my axe and shocked the warlords across the land… A man who sells straw sandals, a butcher, and a fugitive. And me, the “Peerless General” mocked by history for a thousand years. We vowed to restore the Han dynasty and bring peace to the land. Everyone laughed and 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Journey to the West: Liu Bei Reborn as Tang Sanzang 西游：刘备魂穿唐三藏 [Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Liu Bei, Xuanzang, dual male leads, debating the Dao, ensemble cast, subduing demons.] The soul of Emperor Zhaolie has forced its way into my body. With no other choice, we set off west to fetch the scriptures, two souls sharing one body. I uphold the Buddhist precepts, show compassion, and save all living beings. He follows the benevolent path of a king, helping those in danger and punishing the wicked. The demon kings became my disciples, and his brothers 38.9kReads9.5Score4.5k14d adds
- 14 A Succubus in the Apocalypse, Making Yuri Movies in the Wasteland 变身魅魔，在末世废土演百合电影 No System, no cheat abilities, a cinematic road-trip adventure. A succubus has arrived in the post-apocalyptic wasteland! Her greatest wish is to make yuri short films with pretty girls! But what kind of wasteland is this? Radiation! The Metro! The Dark Zone! The Waterworld! This wasteland is such a ridiculous mashup! And... why is there Lovecraftian horror too? 258Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reincarnated as a Succubus, Captured by Goblins from the Start 转生魅魔，开局被抓进哥布林洞穴 Transformed in Another World! No System! No Cheats! Alice has transmigrated! From a blissfully overworked 996 wage slave into an unfortunate soul in a goblin cave! 2.3kReads8.1Score15114d adds
- 16 A Han Dynasty Kinsman in the Three Kingdoms 三国之汉室宗亲 No System, transmigration, passion, political intrigue... The protagonist transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes a member of the imperial Liu clan. He arrives in a time of chaos, when the Han dynasty's authority flickers like a candle in the wind, on the verge of going out. Just then, the Han dynasty's Qilin emerges, restoring the court, steadying the people's hearts, driving back the barbarians, bringing peace to a chaotic age, and restoring the Han dynasty to glory. T 15.2kReads8.0Score91014d adds
- 17 Three Kingdoms: The Prodigal Son of Shu Han Sets Wolong Ridge Ablaze from the Start 三国：蜀汉败家子，开局火烧卧龙岗 Liu Mang was reborn as Liu Bei's eldest son, and the veteran transmigrator was overjoyed. After transmigrating ten times, he could return to the modern era and gain immortality. Just as Liu Bei was making his third visit to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage, Liu Mang decided to stop the Crouching Dragon from joining him and finish his "death mission" as soon as possible. Liu Bei: "Only the virtuous and worthy can win the people's allegiance." Liu Mang: "Man is an animal that is selfish by nature, a 3kReads8.8Score28514d adds
- 18 Three Kingdoms: Becoming Liu Bei's Kinsman and Brother 三国：成为刘备同宗兄弟 [Fantasy Elements + Romance-of-the-Three-Kingdoms Style + Official History as a Reference + Supporting Liu Bei + Multiple Heroines] This was a glorious age, and an age of regrets. There was the lament of wasting one's years while one's thighs grew soft, the unwavering loyalty of those who would rather die than yield, the resolve that ten thousand miles of territory were nothing to cling to, and the helpless cry: “Vast heavens, why are you so cruel to me?” “Since I've come here, I will change thi 475Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 19 Zhuge Liang Calls the Rebellious Son of Shu Han a Total Monster 蜀汉逆子诸葛亮直呼太妖孽 Autumn winds sweep across Wuzhang Plains, and a star of the Han falls. For so many later romantics who love Shu Han and dream of its restoration, this became an unshakable regret in their hearts. Yet in the final moments of Zhuge Liang's life, he met a kindred spirit from a younger generation, long overdue. A mere brat, yet born with a rebellious streak. His words made even Zhuge Liang question his own life, leaving him feeling diminished. And yet, a deathless light flared in his aging eyes. "Th 738Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 20 Back to the Three Kingdoms as Liu Shan 回到三国做刘禅 He transmigrates into Liu Shan, just as the stars of the Five Zhang Plains fall and Zhuge Liang dies of illness with regrets. Not one of the Five Tiger Generals remains! What kind of hellish start is this? Who says Adou can’t be helped? Who says Adou has no ambition? May every place touched by the sun and moon, and reached by rivers and streams, be Han territory! 4.4kReads8.7Score37714d adds
- 21 Three Kingdoms: A Hellish Start, Turning the Tide from Xinye 三国：地狱开局，从新野逆转天下 (No System + political intrigue + serving Liu Bei + ruthless, calculating strategist + neither whitewashing nor vilification + decisive and ruthless + political maneuvering + ensemble cast + not for saintly protagonists) Qiu Heng transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era, originally planning to assist Cao Cao in unifying the land as soon as possible. But in Cao Cao's already powerful army, an unknown man has no chance to rise through the ranks. Then, at Bowang Slope, Xiahou Dun crushes Qiu Heng's 2.6kReads8.7Score13614d adds
- 22 Shitposters Come to the Rescue in the Northern Expedition 沙雕网友援北伐 According to incomplete statistics, the supplies that netizens from later generations wanted to send to support Zhuge Liang’s northern campaigns included, but were not limited to, instant noodles, KFC, pork trotter rice, Shaquille O’Neal, a Tyrannosaurus rex, a Star Destroyer, college students, the Five Tiger Generals at their peak, Sun Wukong, Li Shimin, a hundred heavy machin 4.9kReads9.3Score47414d adds
- 23 Peach Garden Seals the Three Kingdoms 桃园定三国 This is the story of an ordinary modern person who, completely unprepared and for no apparent reason, transmigrates into the body of the young Jian Yong in the late Eastern Han. Armed with a little knowledge of Three Kingdoms history, he gets drunk and swears brotherhood with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in the Peach Garden. From then on, he joins them in striving to fulfill their vow: “To work together as one, rescue the distressed and aid the endangered; serve the nation above, and bring pe 551Reads—Score10114d adds
- 24 Assisting King Chu Liu Feng in the Three Kingdoms 三国之辅佐楚王刘封 (Carefully researched + told from Liu Feng's first-person perspective + a middle-aged intellectual transmigrates + follows the historical timeline + creates fifteen civil and military retainers) The transmigrated intellectual, known as the Scriptwriter, is a figure much like Wang Meng. He only wants to serve the pitiful man from history. He thought he could turn the tide at Xiangfan or repel the White-Clad Crossing of the River, but he never expected he would be unable to change Liu Bei's crushi 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Three Kingdoms: Reborn as Zhao Yun, with Diao Chan Sharpening My Spear 三国：重生赵云，貂蝉为我磨枪 “You wretch! Your master's wife is pregnant. Was it you...?” “Impossible! I didn't! It wasn't me! I absolutely did not do it!” His soul transmigrates into Zhao Yun. He steals Liu Bei's second and third brothers, then takes Yuan Shao's two trusted generals. He forms an oath of brotherhood with five men in the Peach Garden, and begins his quest to conquer the land in Youzhou, plotting out the whole board. With the help of the noblewoman Empress He, his fortunes soar from then on, and he rises stea 15.8kReads8.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 26 The Three Kingdoms of Water Margin: Liangshan of the Illustrious Lord 三分水浒之昭烈梁山 The last man of the mighty Han dynasties, Liu Xuande, whose virtue shone bright and whose deeds were heroic, arrives in the Northern Song. The last glimmer of the Han dynasty shines over the final years of the Northern Song. Liangshan, Emperor Huizong, Fang La, the Jin Kingdom. Watch as Emperor Zhaolie rebuilds the Han dynasty. 8.8kReads9.2Score84314d adds
- 27 The Revival of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms 三国之蜀汉中兴 After the Three Kingdoms had split into three, Lu Meng crossed the river in white disguises and launched a surprise attack on Jingzhou. What would have happened if Guan Yu had been rescued? Liu Feng, who had transmigrated into this chaotic era, still wasn't used to crouching atop a galloping warhorse as he raced through the night toward Maicheng! 8.6kReads8.7Score73514d adds
- 28 EN One Piece: Offering Loyalty to the Fleet Admiral 海贼：向元帅大人献上忠诚 [A coup from the start + invincible, pure wish fulfillment + the ultimate siren of the pirate world] After transmigrating into the world of One Piece and spending six years successfully seizing the position of Fleet Admiral, Xia Yu stands proudly in the plaza at Marineford. Before him stand the Navy’s three Admirals, the headquarters Vice Admirals, Rear Admirals, and Commodores led by Gion, along with 100,000 soldiers, all in perfect formation. Sakazuki: “All troops, salute the Fleet Admiral!” “ 25.5kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 29 Unify the Han 并汉 From the start, he wakes up lying in a coffin, then is reborn as the illegitimate grandson of a local Han Dynasty strongman, with the Eye of the Ice Mirror. “Let’s see how this young upstart turns the tide.” Watch how Dong Xian and his companions embark on a new journey and build a new world. 615Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 Prime Minister Zhuge's Northern Expedition, Liu Shan Leads Wei Yan in a Surprise Attack on Chang'an 相父北伐，刘禅率魏延奇袭长安 A purple-gold crown binds his hair. He wears a red brocade robe embroidered with flowers from Xichuan, armor linked with beast-faced plates, and a beautifully crafted lion-patterned belt. In his hand is a gleaming gold, tiger-headed spiked club, and beneath him is a Fire Dragon steed. And you're telling me this is Liu Shan? Liu Shan: “For internal affairs, ask Imperial Father. For external affairs, ask the Chancellor. If there's anything else we can't decide, ask Wolong!” Zhuge Liang: “Your Maje 6.1kReads8.7Score51314d adds
- 34 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
- 35 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
- 36 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
- 37 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
