Novels like The First Man After Bai Qi: I Built a Thousand-Year Clan
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- 101 Cultivating in Another World, Showing Off in Reality 异界修炼，现实装逼 A single jade drop brings life to all things. The fall of a titan marks a new beginning. Watch an ordinary man take one step at a time into a new chapter. Breathing techniques and cultivation methods are both ways to protect the path to the future. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Emperor Chat Group: Extend the First Emperor's Life by Ten Years from the Start 皇帝聊天群，开局为祖龙续命十年 2.6kReads8.9Score22914d adds
- 103 King of the Middle East 中东之王 A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.4kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 104 Dawn Clouds, Evening Snow 朝云暮雪 I am the only heir to the Northern Frontier King. Twelve sword meridians run through my body, and the half tiger tally I carry can command thirty thousand iron cavalry. They call me the son of a rebel king, destined to be buried on the frontier. Only when I beheaded a Finger-Profound master with a single stroke did the world realize: The Dragon-Charging Cavalry is not dead. I, Li Chaoyun, will claim these ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, and cover them all in frost and snow! The day I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Murong Clan: A Legend of Yan 慕容世家之燕国传奇 Drawing on the historical legacy of the five Yan states of Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan, Southern Yan, and Northern Yan during the era of the Five Barbarians ravaging China, this epic tells the story of Murong Xuan, a descendant of the Yan people, and Lin Wanqing as they work together to promote peace and trade. The story begins in the northern deserts, where the two lead a Eurasian alliance to pacify the Hephthalite wars and break up an encirclement by Central Asian tribes. Throughout, th 47Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 107 Water Margin: Reborn in Zhu Biao, I Came Home to Find My Entire Family Slaughtered 水浒：魂穿祝彪，出门被屠灭满门 Zhang Yu was a new office worker who didn’t even dare talk back to his team leader. One cup of coffee during overtime sent him into the world of Water Margin. When he woke up, he was galloping on horseback through a rainstorm in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Behind him were Liangshan Marsh’s pursuers. He carried Zhu Biao’s wounds, and his mind was filled with the bloody images from the massacre of the Zhu family estate: people hoisted into the air on spears, hacked into three pieces by battle- 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 A God of Slaughter from the Start: Why Is the Emperor Rebelling? 开局成杀神，陛下为何造反？ Framed, reduced to slave status, and sent off to serve in the army. Fine, fine. So that’s how you want to play? Then what can you do when I pull out my Godslayer System? Why should those high officials in court be allowed to lord it over everyone else? I’ll take up my butcher’s knife and carve my way through this chaotic age! “Host has slain an elite enemy and gained 1,000 experience points.” “Host has achieved the Thousand-Kill milestone and received a reward: Eight Hundred White Snow Dra 32.4kReads8.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 109 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
- 110 Unofficial History Isn't Necessarily False 野史未必假 [The full-cast audio edition is now available. Give it a listen!] From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the Ming and Qing dynasties, discover the truth behind popular unofficial histories! This book examines 22 popular historical tales from China’s earliest dynasties through the Ming and Qing, using vivid reconstructions, close study of historical sources, and logical analysis to uncover the truth behind them. Was Qin Shi Huang’s biological father Lü Buwei? Did Emperor Taizong of Song m 30.6kReads9.6Score5.3k14d adds
- 111 The Sky Screen Shows Modern History in the Last Century 天幕，在上世纪，放映近现代历史 From 1937 to 1938, a sky screen appeared all over the world, continuously showing the history of World War II. Many people in Longguo, who had been deeply pessimistic about the war, were utterly shocked to see their country rank among the Big Four. By contrast, the people of Faguo, who had been brimming with confidence before the war, watched in disbelief as their country was swiftly defeated, and wept bitterly. During the Hongwu era, Zhu Yuanzhang was asked how many years after Qin Sh 33.7kReads8.2Score89214d adds
- 112 The Chronicles of Later Zhao, Volume One: The Biography of Shi Le 后赵演义第一卷石勒传 Shi Le (274–333) was the only person in Chinese history to rise from slavery to the throne. Born into the lower ranks of the Jie people, he was once sold into slavery. He later rose to prominence with a band of “eighteen horsemen,” unified much of northern China, and founded the Later Zhao regime. During his rule, he introduced a number of reforms: he established the Imperial Academy, reduced taxes and corvée labor, and appointed the Han official Zhang Bin to high office. He also created a “thre 481Reads—Score1914d adds
- 113 I Am the King of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋当楚王 I've started a new book, Family Cultivation: The Qin Clan's Immortal Path. I hope you'll support it. This is a dazzling age: King Fuchai of Wu marches north to vie for supremacy, King Goujian of Yue endures humiliation and annexes Wu, the Three Clans divide Jin, and the Tian clan replaces Qi. But I, King Xiong Zhang of Chu, am the brightest star of this era. 6.4kReads8.6Score36214d adds
- 114 The Sharp-Tongued Sky Screen: Nothing but Scandalous Past Secrets 嘴毒天幕：专讲黑历史 Su Jin has no idea that the short videos he watches are being broadcast to audiences throughout the ages. As a result, countless emperors, scholar-officials, officials, scholars, and commoners from the ancient past, the Shang and Zhou, Qin and Han, Wei and Jin, Sui and Tang, and Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties come to treat the sky screen, which plays at the same time every day, as a teacher for learning or as entertainment over tea. It brings about many changes across the dynasties that ot 15kReads8.4Score52414d adds
- 115 Lying Flat and Slacking Off in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐躺平摆烂 Li Tan transmigrated into the body of Li Longji's grandson. Kept under close watch, he had no choice but to act like a spoiled, reckless wastrel so no one would suspect a thing. When the An Lushan Rebellion broke out, Li Tan used the prestige he had earned defending Tong Pass to enter Chang'an and force Li Longji to appoint him Supreme Commander of the Imperial Guard. Thus began the Tang dynasty's game of power. A scheming and ruthless emperor followed the same path as Li Shimin and ascended the 11.2kReads8.8Score79214d adds
- 116 Have You Forgotten Me? 忘记我了？ Have you forgotten me? 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 I Switched Sides to Zhang Han and Rebuilt Great Qin, Leaving Liu Bang in Tears 我转投章邯再建大秦，刘邦哭麻了 Zhao Long transmigrates to the end of the Qin dynasty and joins Xiang Yu’s eight thousand Jiangdong troops. When Xiang Yu insults him after he offers a strategy, Zhao Long switches sides to Liu Bang and renders outstanding service. After the fiefdoms are assigned in Xianyang, Liu Bang is dissatisfied with the division of power. Secretly wary of Zhao Long’s achievements and suspicious of his identity, he angrily drives Zhao Long away and plots to kill him. Xiang Yu looks down on him, and Liu Bang 22.2kReads8.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 118 How to Save Germany 如何拯救德意志 After transmigrating to 1901, Han Si unwittingly saves Wilhelm II, the last emperor of the German Empire. Since he's accidentally gotten involved with the Kaiser, he'll have to find a way to save Germany in order to avoid a miserable fate later on. 2.5kReads9.0Score12914d adds
- 119 At High Noon V 午时到五 Wushi Daowu 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 At High Noon 午时到 It's noon 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Longevity: I Was Picked Up by Xu Da in the Ming Dynasty 长生：我在大明被徐达捡回家 [Longevity] [Healing] [Feel-good power fantasy] In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Yang Xuan met Xu Da, who had returned from a failed northern campaign. To fill his belly, Yang Xuan agreed to become Xu Da’s disciple, beginning his years in the Great Ming dynasty. He lived through the bloodshed of the Hongwu era, witnessed the nations paying court during the Yongle era, and saw the prosperity of the Ren and Xuan reigns. He was Zhu Biao’s close friend and confidant. He was the person Zhu Di t 20.6kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 122 War of Resistance: A Jungle of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉丛林 [War of Resistance + Home and Country + Blood and Iron] The island invaders ravaged our land, bringing misery to western Yunnan. Who among us lacks courage? How could we abandon the frontier? Our valiant soldiers feared neither danger nor hardship, charging into battle ten times and prevailing every time, ready to die as gladly as they would drink. Their remains lie here, their names engraved on a monument. Their awe-inspiring righteousness will shine for generations to come. 3.1kReads9.1Score29714d adds
- 123 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Tell Liu Bei I’m a Transmigrator! 三国：开局告诉刘备我是穿越者！ He transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Just as he is about to starve to death, Liu Bei’s men happen to rescue him! They saved his life, so he’ll repay them many times over! And so, he becomes Liu Bei’s chief strategist. With more than two thousand years of history committed to memory, could he really let his lord stumble into a trap? Helping Liu Bei conquer the realm shouldn’t be too much to ask! 6.7kReads9.1Score50114d adds
- 124 Conquering the World in Turbulent Times 乱世之征伐天下 He spent his life waging wars. The world only ever called him a warmonger, bloodthirsty and fond of slaughter. How could they know what he truly thought? Fighting war with war may not be the best strategy, but it is the fastest way... 124Reads—Score1014d adds
- 125 Heavenly Dao, Prove Yourself 天道，请自证 You saved them, but he was the one enshrined in gold. After he has basked in the incense of countless worshippers, even your name will be erased without a trace. Su Yan is determined to tear down that golden statue. He tempers his bones with the dust of monuments, opens a realm with an old inkstone, and reveals the truth through white stone. Carrying fragments of masterworks, he uses evidence to break divine powers and strips away, layer by layer, the merit stolen by the powerful. From reclaimin 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Rise of the Late Ming: A Reborn Man’s Celebration 明末崛起：重生者的狂欢 What should you do after arriving in the late Ming dynasty? The last unified feudal dynasty founded by the Han people was already nearing its end. Productivity was low, there was no industry, most people couldn't even read, and there was a severe imbalance between men and women. The only solution was to give the people land so they could eat their fill, then build schools where children could learn to read and do arithmetic. Next, establish a system that could be continuously improved, rebuild p 786Reads8.0Score10914d adds
- 127 The Mysterious Textile Mill 神秘纺织厂 The Mysterious Textile Factory 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 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
- 129 Bright Sword: The Iron-Blooded Expedition in the War Against Japan 亮剑：抗日之铁血远征 Napoleon once said: “When the lion is asleep, even flies dare to land on its face and buzz. China is a sleeping lion. Once awakened, it will shake the world.” In Chu Xiong’s eyes, the Japanese pirates were those foolhardy flies. They were the ones who woke the sleeping lion of the East! This is a story about the War of Resistance that has no System and no Li Yunlong. The resistance was the work of millions of people. There is no System or Li Yunlong here, and I hope everyone will still show this 18.7kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 130 A Thousand Years for All the People 万民成岁 Can nine sacks of seeds topple a dynasty? With 117 living people written into the death registers, Xin Ye flees into the White Salt Wasteland and takes up the path of cultivation through farming once more. By farming with his own hands, he glimpses the earth's ley lines. When many people farm together, the furrows become an array. He wants the iron cavalry coming to collect grain to see that the ridges beneath their feet can trap an army, the hundred wells in the village can suspend rivers, and 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 131 I Love You, Ice-Cold CEO, Like a Mouse Loves Rice 冰山女总裁我爱你就像老鼠爱大米 I Love You, Ice-Cold CEO, Like a Mouse Loves Rice 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Great Qin: I Reveal from the Start That I Transmigrated, Leaving Ying Zheng Stunned 大秦：开局自曝穿越者，嬴政麻了 Good news: It’s finally my turn to transmigrate! Bad news: I’ve transmigrated to the end of the Qin dynasty. In five years, the First Emperor will die, and the realm will descend into chaos as heroes vie for supremacy. Good news: Five years is plenty of time to build up my strength and lie low while I grow. Bad news: The Black Ice Terrace has burst through my door. “Chen Qing, your case has come to light!” Good news: Your Majesty, I’m a transmigrator from the year 2200! I know the future of Grea 16.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 133 Great Ming: I Transmigrated into the Founder's Portrait 大明：我穿越成了太祖画像 (History + Ming Dynasty + System + transmigration) After showing off on a whim, Li Chen transmigrated to the end of the Ming Dynasty. He became a portrait of the Great Ancestor, Zhu Yuanzhang, and was bound to the fate of the Great Ming! It was the first year of the Chongzhen reign, and Zhu Youjian had only recently ascended the throne. To stay alive, and to make up for the regrets of the Ming Dynasty’s final years, Li Chen decided to do everything he could to extend the Great Ming for another t 8kReads9.2Score59014d adds
- 134 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.2kReads—Score13114d adds
- 135 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score10614d adds
- 136 The Smoke of War Rises: The Dragon Roars Across the World 烽烟起之龙啸天下 Heaven is not benevolent; all things are but straw dogs. War fires rage across the land, and heroes rise in droves. The king is weak, while treacherous ministers hold power. Flames fill the skies, and the capital falls. Warlords scheme against one another. The emperor rises up, his roar shaking the realm. A seal of office in his left hand, a beauty leaning against him. A sword in his right, as he sweeps across the six directions. An eastern emperor, a western sovereign, and a central royal cou 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Livestreaming to the World: My Immortal Qin Empire Has Been Exposed 全球直播，我的仙秦帝国被曝光了 On the day of the national college entrance exam, Qin Tian transmigrates to a desolate, alternate world shrouded in mist. Fortunately, he awakens the Age of Empires System. With the System's help, he recruits talented people, expands his territory, and establishes the Great Qin Empire, to which all nations pay homage. Ten years later, the Black Dragon Banner flies over every inch of the continent. But just then, a joint expedition team formed by the nations of Blue Star arrives by ship. Only the 11.4kReads8.2Score88514d adds
- 138 The Siheyuan Is Just the Beginning 四合院只是开始 (This is not a slice-of-life story set in a Beijing courtyard. The courtyard is only part of the early plot, and the female characters get much less screen time once they leave their original storylines. The pacing is fast. The protagonist is a womanizer, there is no female lead, but there are female supporting characters. Don't read if that bothers you.) [Ding! Dear Host Lin Yu, congratulations on successfully activating the Apocalypse Survival System. In this perilous apocalypse, where resourc 2.7kReads5.5Score16914d adds
- 139 Join the Army and Get a Wife? I Marry Eighteen Women in a Rage 当兵就发媳妇？我怒娶十八房老婆 “What? You can get a wife for free if you enlist? Then I’m joining the army!” Li Wannian is reborn into the declining Li Tang imperial family. He proceeds carefully, extending the Li Tang Dynasty's life by three hundred years! 27.8kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 140 Northern Song: What a Coincidence, I'm a Spoiled Noble Too 北宋：好巧我也是纨绔 The first story's pacing is a little slow and it's hard to revise, so just take your time reading! The Great Song: This is a subtle power fantasy, not an obvious one. It might leave you itching for more! You can learn history while reading the novel, as the Yang clan's descendants rise to prominence again. Women: Li Qingzhao, Li Shishi, Pan Jinlian, Chen Miaochang, and Meng Chan. Men: Su Shi, Fan Chunren, Zhe Keshi, Zhong Shidao, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Yu Yunwen. This is the brilliant splend 1.9kReads8.0Score23414d adds
- 141 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.7kReads—Score14414d adds
- 142 The Dragon Rises in Jinling: Reviving the Tang Dynasty for Five Hundred Years 龙起金陵，再续大唐五百年 “The emperor in Chang’an, the army of the Wei residence.” The Wei residence’s household troops had become a thing of the past beneath the executioner’s blade, while the emperor in Chang’an lived in constant fear amid troubles both within and without. Does an emperor have some special birthright? Whoever commands the strongest troops and finest horses becomes emperor! Flames raged everywhere. Looking across the land, the Tang was now divided among rival regional warlords: Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Yang 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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
- 144 Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝 When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops, 1.9kReads—Score24114d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.3kReads8.4Score61214d adds
- 146 History Livestream: Randomly Taking Out an Ancestor 历史直播间：随机创死一位老祖宗 Tang Xinxin graduated with a history degree only to find herself unemployed. She decides to travel and livestream history lessons, never imagining that her broadcasts would reach across all of history, where the ancestors themselves could watch. [Today we're visiting Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum!] Qin Shi Huang: “My mausoleum!” *faints.jpg* [Come on, Li Erfeng, the Young Master of Taiyuan: here's the stone carving of a steed that was stolen!] Emperor Taizong: “My Zhaoling steed, Sa Lu Zi!! Mobilize 33.1kReads8.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 147 The Fist Beneath the Mountain 山下的拳 Fists Beneath the Mountain 16Reads—Score314d adds
- 148 1937: My Players Are the Fourth Calamity! 1937：我的玩家是第四天灾！ [Fourth-dimensional disaster + ensemble cast + resistance against Japan + nation-building + detailed] Xu Yanqing transmigrated to 1937. Just as he was preparing to join the forces and defend his country, he suddenly discovered he could summon people from the future Earth to this time period. In the enemy's eyes: “Nan-ni? Why are the enemies back again?” “They're a bunch of devils, completely unafraid of death!” “Who are they? If they're so well educated, why are they fighting on the front l 72.7kReads9.1Score6.5k14d adds
- 149 The Beggar God Emerges 丐神出世 The Beggar God Emerges 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Great Qin: I Became a Butcher, and the First Emperor Begged Me to Stop Killing 大秦：化身人屠，祖龙求我别杀了 [Conquering new lands] [Improving people’s livelihoods and technology] [Ruthless and decisive] After transmigrating to the time when Ying Zheng had just ascended the throne, E Fu discovered that his strength increased dramatically once every year. Thus, the Great Qin gained a god of slaughter even more ruthless than Bai Qi, the Lord of Wu’an! He killed Lao Ai, wiped out Lü Buwei, and swept across the Six Kingdoms, always charging at the very front! Known as Great Qin’s honey badger, he spent eve 859Reads8.8Score22414d adds
