Novels like The Ming Dynasty's Number One Innovator
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ming Dynasty's Number One Innovator, best match first.
- 1 Forging the Godhood Through Nine Tribulations 九劫炼神 The vast and boundless Jiuxiao Continent is divided into nine celestial tiers: the Lower Three Heavens, the Middle Three Heavens, and the Upper Three Heavens. The higher you go, the denser the vital energy and the more powerful the inhabitants. Beyond the continent, legend tells of a divine realm. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms: I Can See Character Profiles 穿越三国：我能看见人物面板 Lin Feng transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty and opens his eyes to corpses strewn everywhere. At death’s door, he awakens a digital panel that lets him see through bandits’ true strength. For the sake of a stale bun, he uses an injured refugee to turn the tables on his pursuers. The first lesson of a chaotic age: survival depends not on strength, but on eyes that can see through everything. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will One Day Crush the Heavenly Gate 百世轮回：我终将踏碎这天阙 The path to immortality is severed, and an age has fallen into ruin. Every cultivator in the world is trapped before the Gate of Ascension, struggling, despairing, and eventually turning to dust. Zhao Lin, a lucky man cursed by fate, bears the [Seal of a Hundred Tribulations and Reincarnations]. Carrying the memories of a hundred lifetimes, he returns again and again amid annihilation. In his first life, he accomplished nothing. After a century without hope of establishing his foundation, he die —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 At the End of Science, There's Boiling Water 科学的尽头就是烧开水 Li Sui, a modern PhD in materials science and engineering, accidentally transmigrates to Yuzhou, a fictional ancient world ravaged by war and poverty. Faced with a brutal reality of corpses strewn across the land and primitive technology, he is astonished to discover that the underlying principles behind many of the core technologies that propelled human civilization forward are remarkably simple. Many of them revolve around boiling water and the energy conversions it makes possible. Armed with 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Restarting the Apocalypse: My Trillion-Dollar Supply Bunker 重启末世：我的万亿物资避难所 In his previous life, Gu Chen struggled to survive for ten years in an Apocalypse where order had collapsed and monsters ran rampant. He witnessed the darkness of human nature and the fragility of life, and ultimately died in a terrifying siege by a zombie horde while protecting several companions. When he opened his eyes again, he was shocked to find he had returned to three months before the Apocalypse began! After the shock came overwhelming elation and crushing pressure. With ten years of me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Transmigrated into Journey to the West and Became the Six-Eared Macaque 穿越西游：我成了六耳猕猴 Lin Feng, a modern young man who died suddenly in an internet café, opens his eyes to find himself turned into the Six-Eared Macaque, trapped beneath Five Elements Mountain and awaiting death after being set up by the Buddha! In the next cell, Sun Wukong is chewing iron pellets. He is the very one destined to kill Lin Feng in the original story. To survive, Lin Feng decides to take a huge gamble: the moment Tang Sanzang removes the seal, he will be the first to kowtow and beg to become his disci 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Back to 1980: Rising to the Top 重回1980：崛起 Zhou Chen, a modern business strategy consultant, wakes up one morning to find himself in 1980, in a remote county town in northern China. He has become another Zhou Chen, a lazy good-for-nothing hated by everyone, even the dogs. The original Zhou Chen was a gluttonous slacker who shirked work and cut corners, a notorious local rascal in the factory district. His family was dirt-poor, his parents were constantly worried, his little sister was gaunt and pale, and the neighbors looked down on them —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Black Ice Platform 黑冰台 In the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shi Huang’s reign, a bizarre murder takes place in Xianyang: Meng Yi, the Censor-in-Chief responsible for burning books and burying scholars alive, is found dead in a sealed chamber. Beside his body lies a Mohist mechanism token. At the same time, a prophecy spreads among the people: “When the Black Ice appears, Qin’s fortune will come to an end.” Chen Wujie, a newly appointed spy for the Black Ice Platform, the Qin dynasty’s secret surveillance agency, is ordered 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Famine Years: My Pocket Dimension Connects to the Modern World 饥荒年代：我的空间连通现代 The moment she opens her eyes, agricultural PhD Su He finds herself reborn in the darkest famine years of ancient times. Her home is bare, her scrawny younger siblings are on the verge of starving to death, and her cold-blooded relatives are sharpening their knives, ready to sell her to a brothel in exchange for food. Just as she is about to despair, she unexpectedly awakens the mysterious space within her ancestral jade pendant. It holds not only ten thousand mu of fertile farmland and a miracu 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Keep Unlimited Save Files Across the Heavens 我在诸天无限存档 The myriad worlds are nothing but my proving ground. Life, death, and rebirth can all become my sustenance. In the Great World of Xuanhuang, spiritual energy has run dry and the Dao has fallen into decline. Lin Ye, a poor-born youth with mediocre talent, has no path to immortality and no way to serve his country. He seems destined for an ordinary life. But an accident in a desperate moment awakens a mysterious ancient jade within him and grants him an unrivaled divine artifact capable of traveli 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn and Married Into a New Family, the Short-Lived Crown Prince Lives to a Hundred 重生换嫁，短命太子他长命百岁了 The short drama of the same name, Reborn to Marry Into Another Family: The Short-Lived Crown Prince Lives to a Hundred, is now available. In her previous life, she spent all her maiden family's wealth to maintain her husband's extravagant lifestyle, only to be imprisoned for the rest of her life while he gave his heart to another woman. Reborn, she wanted nothing more to do with the heartless, unfaithful man. To avoid being exploited for her family's wealth again, Fe 10.3kReads8.0Score6.6k14d adds
- 12 You All Spend Money in the Game, So I'll Just Spend My Lifespan 你们都氪金，那我只好氪命了 [Mecha + Rebellious Male Lead + Physical Body-Snatching + Comedy + Passionate Battles + Slow Burn, Not an Invincible Hero from the Start] After transmigrating to a mecha world, Wang Dang spent eighteen years scavenging garbage before suddenly binding himself to an utterly unreliable System that promised to help him show off and take flight. He thought he was about to rely on the System to reach the peak of his life, but it turned out he awakened his Star Energy Master talent on his own. His extr 15.1kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 13 The Empress Drove Me Away, Only to Discover I'm Invincible 女帝逼走我后，才发现我无敌天下 [Invincible + Max Level from the Start + Lighthearted + Empress + Carefree Wanderer] With a single imperial decree, Empress Nangong casts Yu Qing out of the empire like a dog, barring him from ever returning to the capital. His dantian had been destroyed while helping her seize the throne, but she repays him by banishing him forever. What she doesn't know is that when Yu Qing's dantian was destroyed, he gained an invincible System. Nor does she expect the empire to erupt into chaos after he le 25.3kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 14 The Empress Drives the Tyrant Mad by Reloading Her Save 娘娘靠读档逼疯暴君 [The short drama The Bewitching Consort Captivates Hearts, and the Tyrant Loses Control is now available] Liu Zhiyuan transmigrates into a book. The bad news: the moment she arrives, the tyrant is about to beat her to death with clubs. The good news: she can reload and try again! And so begins the dog emperor’s miserable life. One second he’s bathing and getting dressed; the next, his clothes are gone. One second he’s just fallen asleep; the next, he’s stuffing his face. One second he’s finished 19.9kReads8.1Score3k14d adds
- 15 My Daughter's Words Become Law, and Her Mad Mother Lies Back and Becomes a God 闺女言出法随，癫娘躺赢成神 Qin Youyou has an incomplete soul and is reborn as a good-for-nothing orphan in a fantasy world, with only a farming System to her name. She lives tucked away in a small mountain valley, until one day she returns to her family. She has to care for her deranged mother, feed her good-for-nothing older brother, and support her declining family. She rolls up her sleeves and keeps working hard to grow vegetables and feed her family. Until... Her useless older brother drinks her tea and smashes a hund 13.2kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 16 A First Taste 初次尝鲜 [Sweet romance + both devoted + the male lead falls in love at first sight and becomes obsessed with claiming her] A dignified, secretly passionate corporate tycoon vs. a sweet, beautiful office worker Lin Yuan attends a friend's birthday party and gets drunk. By mistake, she walks into the wrong room and spends the night with a strange man. The next day, she takes one look at him and hurries off, afraid he'll demand she take responsibility. She thinks they'll never meet again, but the very next 176.2kReads8.5Score11.4k14d adds
- 17 To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举 [The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing, 22.8kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 18 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 309.5kReads8.7Score13.8k14d adds
- 19 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 20 I Was Asked to Manage a Class of Good-for-Nothings, So How Did It Become the Martial God Hall? 让你代管废材班，怎么成武神殿了 [Ensemble cast + slow-burn character growth early on + fake enlightenment + comedy + teacher-student bond (it only takes off in the middle and later parts, so don’t read if that’s not your thing)] Three homeroom teachers were driven away in half a month. Class Five, Grade One was full of little tyrants, and every student was a hopeless martial arts talent. Even with the director of academic affairs offering an extremely generous salary, no one would take charge of them. That was when Su Yang act 63.4kReads9.4Score5.1k14d adds
- 21 Everyone Draws Cards to Change Classes, but One Draw Gives Me Max Stats! 全民抽卡转职，我一抽满命！ In this world, gacha rules! When people turn eighteen, they each get one chance to draw a card and change careers. Some poor students draw combat classes and rise to the top overnight. Some top students draw civilian classes and lose any chance of adventure and battle. In this gacha era, drawing a combat class is called pulling a gold. The world rewards you with another draw, and duplicate classes are converted into constellation levels. However, there is no pity system. On the day of his draw, 147.8kReads9.0Score12k14d adds
- 22 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 30.8kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 23 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 97.7kReads9.5Score13.5k14d adds
- 24 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8k14d adds
- 25 EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 401.1kReads9.2Score33.6k14d adds
- 26 I Gave the Mute CEO Talk Therapy, and the Whole Family Was Stunned 我给哑巴总裁做话疗，豪门全懵了 “Chatty Little Sun Heroine × Mute Powerhouse in a High Position, Married First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Daily Life” Sang Lu awakened to the truth. In the original story, she was a vicious sister-in-law from a wealthy family. She despised her mute husband, teamed up with awful relatives to swindle her own family, and did every kind of wicked thing. Her husband ignored her, her younger brothers-in-law slapped her, and she met a tragic end. “Wait, was I the huge idiot all along?” Abs 53.1kReads9.5Score6.7k14d adds
- 27 After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝 [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 93.2kReads9.4Score12.8k14d adds
- 28 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 101.2kReads9.2Score11.2k14d adds
- 29 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4k14d adds
- 30 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds
- 31 EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1k14d adds
- 32 EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 169.8kReads9.5Score17.3k14d adds
- 33 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
- 34 EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 497.6kReads9.7Score72.9k14d adds
- 35 EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
- 36 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 37 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5k14d adds
- 38 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
- 39 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5k14d adds
- 40 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds
- 41 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 42 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
