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- 1 Another Interpretation of Water Margin 水浒的另一种解读 A new work is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Water Margin: A Bowl From the Start 水浒：开局一个碗 (System + transmigrate + comedy + wild imagination + partly fictional setting) Yang Chao is struck by lightning and accidentally lands in the world of Water Margin. With only a bowl to his name from the start, he has no choice but to beg on the streets to make ends meet. The System activates, he awakens supernatural abilities, and he spends his free time drawing rewards. What are these things? “Super Goji Berries,” “Detoxifying Bamboo Shoots,” “Beauty Cornbread”... And best of all, the summoned 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Water Margin: The White-Robed Overlord Conquers the World 水浒：白衣霸天下 Modern programmer Wang Lun transmigrates into the world of Water Margin and takes over the body of Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshan, becoming another “Scholar in White.” To avoid the gruesome death he suffered in the original and turn around the tragic fate of everyone at Liangshan, Wang Lun relies on his knowledge of Water Margin’s plot and his grasp of modern ideas. He abandons the surrender route and focuses on building Liangshan’s strength, joining the struggle for supremacy amid the chaos 5.9kReads5.9Score38914d adds
- 4 Water Margin: I’m the Drill Instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards 水浒之我是八十万禁军教头 By a twist of fate, Lin Chong, a twenty-first-century white-collar wage slave, transmigrates into the world of Water Margin and takes over the body of his namesake, the Leopard Head Lin Chong. Fortunately, Heaven is on his side. Lin Chong has yet to reach the end of his rope, so since fate has given him this chance, he might as well defy the heavens and change his destiny. From this day on, the timid Lin Chong is gone. A new soul takes command of a powerful body and begins writing a new legend. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Water Margin: King of Huaixi 水浒之淮西为王 A young man from the modern era travels back a thousand years. With a world-shaking calamity looming in just over a decade, Wang Qing decides to fight back! Liangshan? Just a band of outlaws in the marshes. True heroes there can be counted on one hand! Fang La? There are some problems with your uprising’s platform. Let me teach you! The imperial court? Corrupt sycophants everywhere, and loyal officials few and far between! For the sake of all the people, the court must die! The Liao? Its sun is 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Transmigrating into Water Margin: Chao Gai’s Record of Blocking the Way and Taking Control 穿越水浒：晁盖的拦路操盘录 A struggle for power and dominance: Chao Gai and Song Jiang each lead in their own way. One lays the foundations of Liangshan, while the other pursues a career in officialdom. Together, they work in the open and behind the scenes to reshape the Water Margin’s ideals of loyalty and righteousness! A modern man transmigrates into Chao Gai and awakens the [Roadblock Powerbroker System]. He builds up Liangshan while pulling the strings from behind the scenes. Song Jiang advances in officialdom, risin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Water Margin: I Transmigrated into Ximen Qing, Starting with the Demon-Subduing Kasaya Skill 水浒：魂穿西门庆开局袈裟伏魔功 Who is the toughest fighter in the Northern Song? Obviously Ximen Qing! Who did you think, me, Wu Song? Wu Song My soul transmigrates into Ximen Qing, and from the start I obtain the Kasaya-Suppressing Demon Skill. Pan Jinlian hasn't married Wu Dalang yet. Wait… I've transmigrated to the Northern Song, and you think I care about Pan Jinlian? Raise the imperial dragon banner!!! Zhao Ji, I may not write as well as you, but as an emperor, you're no match for me! I'll lead the Northern Song's iron c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Turning the Northern Song Dynasty Around: I Took Pan Jinlian as My Concubine from the Start 逆转北宋，开局收下潘金莲 In the final years of the Northern Song, the emperor was incompetent, treacherous ministers held sway, officials neglected their duties, and the people lived in misery. Within the realm, the four great bandit leaders, Song Jiang, Fang La, and others, set the land ablaze with rebellion. Beyond its borders, Western Xia, the Liao, and the Jin watched like hungry tigers. At this critical moment, a soul from a later age quietly arrived. Holding the power of the realm by day, sleeping in the arms of b 753Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 9 Water Margin: A Warlord in Troubled Times 水浒之乱世枭雄 Chao Gai accidentally transmigrates into the world of Water Margin, only to discover that he has become the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. He also unexpectedly acquires the Overlord's Heart Method, and from then on sets out to build a mighty empire. Relying on his formidable strength, he travels far and wide. Watch as he sweeps across the land! 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Transmigrating into Water Margin with My Girlfriend 带女朋友穿越水浒传 This book approaches Water Margin from a philosophical perspective. It had to reach the required word count before it could be recommended. So the author expanded another field he excelled in: military formations. Beyond the main plot, the stories of Tian Hu, Fang La, and Wang Qing began to take shape, gradually enriching the details of the original work. More people saw it. Then the author returned to the main plot and wrote about philosophy again. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Transmigrating into Water Margin as Wu Song, I Married Pan Jinlian from the Start 穿越水浒成武松，开局娶了潘金莲 (This book is for mature men and women, preferably older readers who enjoy traditional fiction. If you're looking for brainless, fluffy stories, please don't read this. Thank you!) Synopsis: A car accident sends Wang Er, a food delivery guy, into the world of Water Margin, where he is reborn as the war god Wu Song. Thinking of the tragic fate awaiting the 108 heroes, Wang Er vows to defy fate and change their ending. The first thing he plans to do is claim the top seat on Liangshan. From the sta 169Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Heaven’s Mandate: Water Margin, Taking Lin Chong as My Lackey from the Start 天命水浒：开局收林冲当小弟 Li Yun, a history major who stayed up all night working on his thesis, opened his eyes to find himself a lowly jailer in the Kaifeng Prefecture prison of the Great Song. [Ding! A fated hero detected.] [Character: Lin Chong, the Panther Head!] [Martial prowess: 96] [Command: 84] [Intelligence: 69] [Politics: 28] [Original tragic fate: Nearly dies in the Wild Boar Forest, is framed at the fodder depot, and endures the snowstorm at the Mountain God Temple. His life is plagued by humiliation and bet 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Water Margin's Hundred Victories General 水浒百胜将 A reimbursement form left unsubmitted, and office worker Shen Cang dies in a car accident, only to transmigrate into Han Tao, the "Ever-Victorious General" of Water Margin. Before he can figure out what is happening, withheld military pay and mutinous soldiers drive him to the edge of a cliff. When his fated campaign against Liangshan begins, will this very different "Ever-Victorious General" submit to destiny, or topple the whole board of heavenly stars and earthly fiends? Water Margin + Dang K 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Exterminate the Demons!! 诛魔！！ The world underwent a cataclysmic change. Demons and monsters ran rampant. Chao Ran was an ordinary office worker until he chanced upon an immortal who enlightened him, restoring his memories from a past life. He then embarked on a path to vanquish evil and uphold justice, all to bring peace to the world. The heroes of Liangshan and 108 demons: all are in my hands. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn as Song Jiang of Water Margin: I'm Going to Be Emperor 重生水浒宋江：我要当皇帝 Reborn as Song Jiang in Water Margin: I’m Going to Be Emperor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After I Transmigrated into Pan Jinlian, I Found True Love with Wu Song 穿越成潘金莲后和武松修成正果 “Uncle, please behave yourself. I’m your sister-in-law.” “Please believe me, sister-in-law. In this life, Song respects only my brother, and I’ll protect only you.” Zhang Wanying, a PhD specializing in Water Margin studies, wakes up to find she has transmigrated into Pan Jinlian, newly married to Wu Dalang! Faced with a deadly transmigration-into-a-book plot that ends with her heart torn out, her reputation ruined, and her dead, Zhang Wanying makes a snap decision: keep her head down, save money 18Reads—Score214d adds
- 17 Water Margin: Lin Chong Is a Coward? He Dares to Attack Dongjing with 800 Men 水浒：林冲怂？八百人他敢打东京 Kill Gao Qiu! Avenge our blood feud! Why be petty highwaymen? Loot the Gao mansion clean, and the brothers will have enough food and clothes for decades! In this life, I absolutely refuse to be Water Margin's biggest pushover. With a roar from me, Lin Chong, the Great Song trembles! The Five Tiger Generals and Eight Cavalry Generals are scared witless by me, Lin Chong! The greatest warrior under heaven, Lu Junyi, fell to my spear! The invincible Liangshan army was routed beneath Erlong Mountain, 2.2kReads6.3Score15114d adds
- 18 Water Margin: A Super General's Soul Is Bound to Me from the Start 水浒：开局绑定超级将魂 Wang Lun awakens the Sui-Tang Heroes' Spirit System. Li Yuanba smashes Lin Chong flying with a single hammer, while Yuwen Chengdu takes on Chao Gai and his six sworn brothers alone! When Song Jiang arrives at the mountain with the Heavenly Book, the White-Clad Scholar has Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong standing behind him. "Clerk Song, you call this serving justice on Heaven's behalf?" Li Kui looks at the pair of axes Pei Yuanqing smashed to pieces and drops to his knees with a thud. "Brother, your ol 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Water Margin: I’m Wu Erlang, the Song Dynasty’s Greatest Warlord 水浒：我武二郎，大宋第一军阀 [No System] + [Ruthless, Cunning Antihero] + [Decisive and Merciless] + [A Fight for Supremacy] I transmigrated into Wu Erlang, the naturally mighty man from Qinghe County! From the start, I got drunk and beat up an important figure, ended up accused of murder, and was about to flee for my life? Wu Song gave a cold laugh. “Whoever wants to be this downtrodden outlaw hero can have the job!” He cast aside the so-called fate awaiting him and fled overnight with his honest, down-to-earth brother, Wu 126Reads6.8Score11214d adds
- 20 Water Margin: I Snatched Every Liangshan Hero for Myself 水浒：我截胡了所有梁山好汉 After I transmigrate into Water Margin, I run straight into Gao Yanei harassing Lin Niangzi. As a low-ranking imperial guard officer with no knowledge of internal cultivation techniques, how can I face Gao Qiu's deadly trap? Sorry, in my previous life, I was a special forces soldier. Killing with martial arts is just brute force. Killing with my brain is my specialty! With a few words that strike straight to the heart, I make Lin Chong, the Leopard Head, see the truth and tear apart his “ 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Water Margin: I Am the Star of Heavenly Plunder, Ruling Over Heroes 水浒：在下天夺星，称霸收豪英 [Light System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Water Margin]+ [Strikes out on his own midway through]+ [A hero who grows over time] Note: This book is based on the original Water Margin and draws on both old and new TV adaptations. The original novel is the main reference for character strength, though the author has added personal interpretations, mythology, fate, and magic. Discussion is welcome. The male lead has flaws early on and grows gradually. If that’s not for you, please don’t read. In the late No 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in Water Margin: Jinlian, I've Gone Crazy Waiting for the System 魂穿水浒：金莲，我等系统等疯了 Outlandish ideas, an alternate world, farming, cunning protagonist, comeback, conquest, no saintly do-gooder, political intrigue Overworked history buff Wu Zhi dies after pulling an all-nighter and wrecking his health writing Water Margin fanfiction. When he opens his eyes, he’s transmigrated into Wu Dalang! At this point, Wu Dalang has just married Pan Jinlian. Pan Jinlian hasn’t met Ximen Qing yet. But when Wu Dalang looks at his short, stubby frame, he’s overcome with despair. Even wors 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Water Margin: A Transmigrator’s Deadly Game 水浒：穿越者的生死局 After a car accident, Zhang Heng’s lingering consciousness transmigrates to the Northern Song Dynasty, where he becomes Wen Shun, the lowest-ranking lackey on Liangshan. Longing to return to the modern world, he is plunged into a deadly plot amid Liangshan’s power struggles, using his keen eye and ingenuity to defuse one crisis after another. When Lin Chong turns against Wang Lun, two leaders of Liangshan’s naval strongholds defect to Jizhou Prefecture, becoming a deadly blade hanging over Lian —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I'm Wu Dalang, and I Caught Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian in the Act from the Start 我，武大郎开局撞破西门庆潘金莲 Office worker Lu Yujia wakes up to find himself as the biggest sucker in Water Margin: Wu Dalang! Staring at the short, stocky figure in the mirror, barely four and a half feet tall, and hearing Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian flirting in the next room, he’s had enough! [Ding! The All-Purpose Quality Inspection System has been bound! At a glance, you can see whether an item is good or bad, and whether a person is loyal or treacherous!] All right! Substandard flatbreads? Upgrade them and sell out acro 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Great Song Water Margin: Qi Tongwei Draws a Hidden Hero from the Start 大宋水浒祁同伟开局抽到隐藏英雄 Song dynasty: capturing imperial princesses, destroying the Jin, conquering the Liao, political intrigue, and a struggle for world domination. At Solitary Eagle Ridge, he nearly beat fate at its own game. Qi Tongwei is gone. He never fired a shot, not even at the very end. Where did the first great hero of Water Margin go? That will forever remain a mystery! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Water Margin: I, Chai Rong, Rebuild the Later Zhou 水浒：我柴荣，从铸后周 Before Chai Rong died, he entrusted his son to Zhao Kuangyin. Little did he expect to be reborn as a descendant named Chai Jin. “Hmph, Zhao Kuangyin, that man with the honest-looking face, actually stole the empire I built!” “Zhao Kuangyin, you dared to bully my eight-year-old son.” “Then don’t blame me for bullying your grandchildren, who are over twenty.” “You took it from me, so I’ll take it back the same way.” Watch me lead a band of heroes to unify the land and personally reclaim the Sixtee 178Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 27 Immortal Martial Water Margin: Building the Strongest Liangshan Marsh 仙武水浒，打造最强水泊梁山 Reborn into the world of Water Margin, where true immortals are unseen, demons and monsters run rampant, martial arts reach the divine, and the mortal body can become holy! In this life, I am a descendant of Chai Rong of the Later Zhou royal house. Since it is fate for the 108 heroes to gather at Liangshan Marsh, then I shall take command of the eight-hundred-li Liangshan Marsh, separate the wheat from the chaff, and build the strongest Liangshan Marsh! Destroy Tian Hu, crush Wang Qing, conquer 28Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 28 The New Legend of Li Yunlong: Crushing Water Margin 李云龙新传：踏碎水浒 Recast the classical martial world through the spirit of a modern soldier, using the “spirit of drawing one's sword” to fight against the decaying doctrine of predestination. The protagonist doesn't rely on magic or immortal arts. Instead, with military thinking, organizational skills, strategic vision, and charisma far ahead of his time, he unites the true heroes of the Water Margin world, breaks the tragic cycle of “accepting amnesty, then destruction,” and builds a new order where everyone ca 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Water Margin: I, Chen Jingji, Will Join Liangshan 水浒，我陈敬济要上梁山 He indulges in evil every step of the way, rising from the useless son-in-law of the Ximen household to become the ruler of Liangshan Marsh. The moment he sets his sights on a woman, he gets stronger and fitter. As soon as he declares, “Let’s kill and loot,” he can take down formidable foes. He cons the heroes into a stupor, and the System immediately kowtows to him. He goes up to Liangshan and leads its 108 heroes astray. The more he steers them off course, the more astonishingly, he ends up sa 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 In Water Margin: Wu Yong Is Not Useless 人在水浒：吴用不无用 Wu Yong, a graduate student at Dahua University, was reading Water Margin by the lake when he missed a step and fell. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to Cangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. From the start, he runs into Gao Qiu. When Gao Qiu gives him a hard time, Wu Yong saves himself by exposing, in front of everyone, Gao Qiu's dark history of seizing people's homes, pocketing military pay, and burying witnesses alive... Gao Qiu's investigations, attempts to buy him off, and threats com 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Water Margin: I Transmigrated as Pan Jinlian and Took the 108 Heroes by Storm 水浒：穿越潘金莲，玩转108将 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 31Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 32 A Group Transmigrates to the Northern Song: Building the Strongest Liangshan Stronghold 群穿北宋：打造最强梁山泊 I’m a good young man of the new era, and now I’m Wang Lun. Lin Chong wants to join my band. What should I do? I’m the roommate of that guy from just now, and now I’m Lin Chong. Why is this Wang Lun nothing like he is in the book? Secret passphrase! Secret passphrase! Odd numbers change, even numbers stay the same... Anyone who isn’t one of us gets taken out. Watch these good young men of the new era build Liangshan into the strongest gang around, grow it into a major force, and take it global... 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Water Margin: I Lead Liangshan to Crush the Jingkang Crisis 水浒：我带梁山打穿靖康 Song Ming, a top history student at A University, opens his eyes to find he has taken over Song Jiang’s body in Water Margin. The emperor is inept, obsessed with art, calligraphy, painting, and unusual rocks for the “Flower Rock Gang,” while neglecting state affairs. Corrupt officials rule the court: Gao Qiu and Cai Jing seize power and persecute loyal ministers. The original story’s amnesty? I, Song Ming, won’t be a spineless “Timely Rain”! Modern technology + superior tactics + knowledge of hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Water Margin Meets Dream of the Red Chamber: I Raise an Army and Storm the Capital from the Start 水浒融汇红楼，开局举兵踏破京城 Liangshan's blades breach Tokyo, and Dream of the Red Chamber enters the imperial household. Chao Zhenguan transmigrates as the younger brother of Chao Gai, diligently working to overthrow the dynasty at Liangshan Marsh. Only after breaching the capital does he discover that this world has not only Water Margin, but Dream of the Red Chamber as well. To make it in this world, you need plenty of brothers, but you also need plenty of clothes. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Why Marry a Divorced Woman Instead of One Who Has Lived with Someone? 为什么宁娶离婚女人，不娶有同居史女人？ Why marry a divorced woman instead of a woman who has lived with a partner? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Republican Era: The Moon Sets Over Guanshan, but the Men Have Yet to Return 民国：关山落月人未还 Republican Era: The Moon Sets Over Guanshan, Yet He Has Not Returned 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Campus Beauty Next Door Keeps Blocking My Way, but I Just Want to Study 隔壁校花总来堵我，我真的只想刷题 The Campus Belle Next Door Keeps Showing Up to Block My Way, but I Just Want to Do Practice Problems —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Youth on Campus: Borrowed Light 青春校园：借光 Youth on Campus: Borrowed Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Youth on Campus: The Summer Breeze Never Reached Your Eyes 青春校园：夏风未及你眉眼 Youth on Campus: The Summer Breeze Has Yet to Reach Your Eyes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Youth on Campus: The South Wind Knows My Heart 青春校园：南风知我意 Youth on Campus: The South Wind Knows My Heart 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn, I Dumped the Campus Beauty and Chased a 300-Pound Girl Instead 重生后我踹了校花，转身狂追三百斤的胖妞 After I Was Reborn, I Dumped the Campus Belle and Turned Around to Pursue a 150-Kilo Chubby Girl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn, I Dumped the Campus Beauty and Insisted on Marrying the Tomboy in My Class 重生后我甩了校花，非要娶班里的男人婆 After I Was Reborn, I Dumped the Campus Belle and Insisted on Marrying the Tomboy in My Class —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Republican Era: Reborn from the Ashes 民国：烬土重生 Reborn in the Republican Era: From Ashes to New Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in 1970: A Rugged Man's Journey to Cherish His Wife and Raise His Daughter 重生70年：糙汉的疼妻养女路 Reborn in 1970: A Tough Man’s Journey to Cherish His Wife and Raise His Daughter —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Water Margin: My Reborn Liangshan Rises Again! 水浒重生传：我的梁山卷土归来！ [The Gods Descend] [Ancients Reborn] [Fast-Paced, Over-the-Top Power Fantasy] [Passionate Battles and Ruthless Combat] After Song Gongming and the others gathered at Liao'erwa, thousands of years flowed by like water, washing history clean. Yet the 108 heroes' resentment, sorrow, shame, regret, and longing still lingered beneath the vast sky. The moment they were reborn, the mortal world, the heavenly realm, and hell itself trembled. A storm of blood and tears was inevitable! But they had no ide —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Water Margin: The Heroes Pledge Their Loyalty, and the Emperor Begs Me to Take Charge of His Harem 水浒：好汉归心，皇帝求我掌后宫 An unexpected transmigration takes him straight into the world of Water Margin. With his life hanging by a thread, he is saved by Li Shishi, the capital's most celebrated courtesan. Li Shishi takes him for her destined one and does everything he says. On her recommendation, he heads to Yanggu County to take up an official post. With Li Shishi's backing and his own brains, he rises through the ranks from then on. Until he holds the entire Song Empire in his hands... Emperor Huizong: “Dear b 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Water Margin: I, Wu Song, Cultivate Both Literature and Martial Arts 水浒：我，武松，文武双修 After transmigrating to the Song Dynasty, Wu Song, the tiger-slaying hero, refuses to follow the usual path. Instead of mastering weapons, he takes up the pen and changes his fate through the imperial examinations. He hopes to focus on his studies, but then his elder brother sends Pan Jinlian to him... With turmoil and destiny closing in, Wu Song resolves to wield his pen like a blade and break through the chaos with sheer force, writing his own legend in a troubled age! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A New Chronicle of Quelling Bandits 结荡寇新志 The Liangshan heroes were brutally killed by thirty-nine Thunder Generals who had secretly descended to the mortal world, including Chen Xizhen and Yun Tianbiao. Another thirty-six, including Song Jiang and Lu Junyi, were escorted to Bianliang to face execution. Fortunately, the Jade Emperor sent down the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and the Eleven Star Radiances to capture the Thunder Generals. The New Chronicle of Quelling the Bandits is also known as The Liangshan Saga, The New Water Margin, a 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Bound to Hellish Instances, I Became Water Margin's Strongest Underdog 绑定地狱副本，我成水浒最强老六 Bound to Hell Dungeons, I Become Water Margin's Strongest Old Six —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, Unlock the Mountain Stronghold System from the Start 水浒：我王伦，开局解锁山寨系统 Wang Lun, a top modern history student, transmigrates into Liangshan and becomes the White-Clad Scholar who is about to be killed by Lin Chong. By chance, he activates a stronghold-management System. Refusing to demand a pledge of loyalty, he welcomes Lin Chong, defeats the government’s siege, builds an intelligence network, and develops agriculture and industry, rising to power with the System and his star-force abilities. From uniting the stronghold to taking on Song Jiang and the imperial cou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
