Novels like Late Tang: Ruling the Realm
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- 1 Emperor Qin Wuhuan 秦武桓帝 The Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Two Jin dynasties: a century of chaos that followed the Rebellion of the Eight Princes and gave way to the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Heroes from every corner vied for prominence, and Former Qin, the state most likely to unify the realm, fractured after the Battle of Fei River. When everything returns to the fourth year of Huangshi, what if the young crown prince who defeated Huan Wen at Tong Pass had not died? See whether the ending might change. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Long Song of Lanling: Song of the Battle Formation 兰陵长歌：入阵曲 [Historical intrigue + transmigration + changing fate + father-son bond] Gao Yuanlang, a graduate student in history, transmigrates as Gao Changgong, Prince of Lanling's only son. Knowing the history books, he has just one goal: save his father from execution. With no System and no gunpowder, all he has is the reason of a thousand years' worth of knowledge and a carefully planned strategy. After ten years in hiding, he rises from the shadowy alleys of Yecheng to become ruler of the realm, helpin 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Commandant of Nan Jin 南津校尉 Southern Dynasty, Liang, the final years of the Putong era. The court establishes the Nanjin Commandery, appointing the resolute and upright official Guo Zushen as its first commander. Leading his elite forces, the Nanjin troops, he pits his wits against corrupt nobles and enemy spies. As the court and the country become increasingly devoted to Buddhism, corruption spreads, and the whole nation sinks into decadence, a band of passionate men goes against the tide to defend their homeland and just 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Northern Qi: Passing Myself Off as a Boling Cui 北齐：冒姓博陵崔 “Your Majesty, why are you rebelling?” Amid the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Gao father and son create one historical spectacle after another. Cui Tai transmigrates into this era, and to survive the turbulent times, he pretends to be the son of an aristocratic family and does his best to navigate the Eastern Wei court… 5.9kReads5.7Score1kShelves
- 5 Ashes of the Mountains and Rivers: The Wandering Doctor's Era of Time and Ruin 山河烬：游医时墟纪 A modern man's southward flight to Yongjia, and a forgotten spark of civilization An archaeological accident sends Liu Yun, an archaeologist from the modern era, tumbling into the fading glory of the Western Jin dynasty's Taikang era. The bloody coup by Jia Nanfeng's faction has just ended, and the wine left over from the banquets at Jingu Garden has yet to cool. He thinks he's looking at a vivid “historical specimen,” until the War of the Eight Princes crushes Taikang's fading splendor beneath 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 6 The Book of Gao Cheng 高澄书 Those who mind transmigration or changes to the historical timeline should proceed with caution. The path of a brilliant young prodigy to becoming a powerful minister, and the king of memes at the end of Eastern Wei. He was said to be brilliant, yet also lecherous by nature. He was said to be resourceful, yet far too arrogant and domineering. He lived recklessly, but was too careless, and died at the hands of his own kitchen servant! After “I, I, the emperor, am a dog’s foot!” all that remained 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Empire's Ambitions in the Warring States 战国帝业 A soul from the 21st century transmigrates to the mid-Warring States period and inhabits the body of a noble’s son. The Battle of Changping has already begun. Tian Xiu, in Handan, is at a loss: what should he do next? 746Reads7.1Score106Shelves
- 8 On Transmigrating as Wang Jian's Daughter 关于穿越成为王翦之女这档事 (Original title: By Your Side) [First person (not an omniscient perspective; what you see isn’t necessarily what you think you see) + transmigration + multiple perspectives + two storylines (historical and alternate-history). Not a power fantasy!] During a hectic week of final exams, the heroine was tearing her hair out when she unexpectedly transmigrated to the Qin state at the end of the Warring States period. She even discovered that her father was Wang Jian and her older brother was Wang Ben 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Where the Heart Finds Peace, There Is Home 此心安处是予乡 [Reborn in the Womb + Mutual Firsts + History (All Based on Official Records, Some Speculation) + No System + Heartwarming Daily Life + Ensemble Cast] When she died, Meng Po took pity on her and let her be reborn with her memories. Who could have guessed she would be born in the time of Emperor Wu of Han? On the twenty-first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Jianyuan, rain poured down as egrets circled overhead. A daughter was born to the Shi family, and they named her Yu Lu. The nex 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Farewell, Chen Sheng 再见陈胜 A Diary of Passing the Buck for Plot Holes: Ten chapters into writing about the end of the Qin Dynasty, before Wu Guang and Chen Sheng launch their rebellion, Wu Guang suddenly appears in my dream, dressed in coarse hemp clothes. “Author, I want to attack Yuyang!” I ask, “Why?” “Yuyang is my nightmare. It’s what got me branded a rebel king!” I’m furious. A character has actually awakened on his own! “Here, here, take the pen!” “I want a map of Yuyang’s defenses. We’ll attack Yuyang first!” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Am a Tyrant in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋当暴君 Xu Ling transmigrates to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period and becomes the ruler of a small state. While the other states are still using bronze, Xu Ling smelts iron. While scholars and officials still need five carts to carry their bamboo slips when they travel, Xu Ling develops the first sheet of paper of the Spring and Autumn era. While the Son of Heaven of Zhou eats ant paste every day, Xu Ling has already started eating spicy hot pot. And so, Xu Ling establishes a powerful Spr 819Reads7.6Score101Shelves
- 12 Struggles for Supremacy in the Northern and Southern Dynasties: The Rebel Leader's Second Career 争霸南北朝：叛军头子再就业 After centuries of turmoil, the Northern and Southern Dynasties are approaching their final chapter. In the north, the Northern Wei faces rebellions across the empire. In the south, the Southern Liang appears peaceful and prosperous, but currents of unrest churn beneath the surface. Although only a little over sixty years remain before Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, reunifies China, people of this era have no idea that long-awaited peace is about to return. Wang Ling was an ordinary office drone 939Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 13 A Grand Vision at the End of the Jin Dynasty 晋末雄图 In the final years of the Western Jin, the sound of the hujia and Qiang flutes never ceased, while wolf banners and horse hooves churned up clouds of dust. At such a time, a young man who had transmigrated here poured all his passion into blades of war, fighting through a hundred battles across the yellow sands to rebuild the realm! 3Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 14 The Blue Robe Supports the Heavens 青衫扶苍 [Studying at the Imperial Academy + Farming + Contending for Hegemony + Beauties + Meticulous + Not for Beginners] During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, in the fourteenth year of the Jianyuan era of Former Qin (378 AD), an age of upheaval and crisis, the young scholar Wang Yao, born to a humble family, carries the ideal of “serving the world and bringing peace to its people” as he travels from Huayin in Hongnong to Chang'an's Imperial Academy to study. Underneath the surface, Chang'an seethes with 2.5kReads9.4Score277Shelves
- 15 Reborn as Lanling Wang, My Fortune Defies Heaven and Changes My Fate 重生兰陵王，我气运加身逆天改命 If you'd like to read a story about the Three Kingdoms of the later Northern and Southern Dynasties, featuring Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and the Southern Dynasties, this book will not disappoint. It brings that complex, chaotic era to life in clear, accessible language. This story stays close to the historical record. The author consulted many documents from the period, though some of the vocabulary is modern and the story is told in straightforward language. Please forgive any lack of rigor i 23.3kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
- 16 Great Tang: All My Relatives Are Emperors 大唐，我家亲戚都是皇帝 In the golden age of the Li-Tang dynasty, one man surnamed Wang somehow manages to steal the spotlight. Sure, you're right about everything. Your relatives are all emperors, so naturally everything you say makes sense! With no System and no cheats, watch how the protagonist takes the Tang dynasty by storm. 1.4kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 17 Dreams Shattered in the Dying Tang Dynasty 梦碎残唐 Set against the turbulent reigns of Emperor Xizong and Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, this novel explores the tangled power struggles of the late Tang court: factional strife, rampant eunuch power, and the warlords’ campaigns to suppress rebellions. Through upheavals that shook the realm, including the Huang Chao Rebellion, chaos in Guanzhong, the siege of Fengxiang, and the warlords’ struggle for supremacy, it paints a portrait of a world in turmoil on the eve of the Tang dynasty’s final decline. Th 19Reads—Score115Shelves
- 18 A Survival Guide to the Eastern Jin Dynasty 东晋求生记 After Liu Kun, who once drove back the enemy with a reed flute, was killed, and Zu Ti, who once swore to reclaim the north by striking the waves, died of illness, the lands of the north were utterly defiled by the stench of the Five Barbarians. Darkness blanketed the land. The fallen people were unwilling to give in, yet had no choice but to place their hopes in the Eastern Jin dynasty, which clung to a corner of the south. During the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, Prince Yan Sima Teng recruite 30.7kReads8.7Score3kShelves
- 19 Reborn as King You of Zhou: From the Start, I Killed Bao Si to Consecrate My Banner 重生周幽王，开局杀褒姒祭旗 [A slow-burn tale of farming and development + court intrigue + warlord rivalries + no System + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy] Zhou Chen transmigrates to the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty and becomes the infamous King You of Zhou, Ji Gongsui. He has already been on the throne for six years. The Zhou royal house is in decline, its royal armies have been wiped out, the people are furious, and the feudal lords are ready to make their move. Only five years remain before the Quanrong capture 929Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 20 Tracing the Prince of Lanling 寻迹兰陵王 This novel sets out to investigate a murder: was Gao Cheng, father of the famed Prince of Lanling, Gao Changgong, killed by his own brother Gao Yang? Two of the best-known figures from the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties are Hua Mulan and the Prince of Lanling. The contemporary musician Liu Qingyao's piece "Prince of Lanling Breaks the Enemy Lines" inspired this story. Gao Changgong was the grandson of Gao Huan, the protagonist of "The Chile Song." After the song is sung, a success 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 At the End of the Jin Dynasty, I Raised an Army in Yanzhou 我在晋末，从兖州起兵 A coming-of-age story with a strong historical bent!!! Readers who can immerse themselves in history, especially those who love the history of the Wei, Jin, and Sixteen Kingdoms periods, are welcome! This book unfolds gradually, faithfully recreating historical figures and events. Through the eyes of an ordinary modern-day third-year university student who transmigrates to the mid-Eastern Jin dynasty, it follows his journey from initial wonder, confusion, and culture shock to taking over his fat 2.3kReads7.3Score151Shelves
- 22 The Famous Young Lady of the Southern Dynasty Is Actually Me in Disguise! 传闻中的南朝女公子，我反串的！ The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties: a time both absurd and beautiful. Men were steamed, women were fried. The old and young were made into barbecue. Xiao Ming, a film star, never imagined he would one day transmigrate to the Liu Song period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was an era of cannibalism. From the start, he nearly became a dish made from a famine victim. To stay alive, he had to disguise himself as a woman, beginning with his impersonation of Wang Huiyin, a no 72Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 23 The New Longwu Army of Southern Ming 南明龙武新军 During the reign of the Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming, the Battle of Ganzhou began! Zhang An transmigrated as a general of the Longwu New Army, starting off with a crushing defeat at Meilin. A beautiful woman amid the chaos is my wife. Together with her, I'll wage war and bring order to the realm. The Battle of Ganzhou is brutal. Ordered to escort the Longwu Emperor, Zhang An fails, but saves a princess instead. After Ganzhou falls, Zhang An unites the counties in the mountains of Jiangxi, 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Heavenly Khan of Northern Qi 北齐天可汗 The story of a normal person gradually going mad. [Historical power struggles] [Northern and Southern Dynasties] [Madmen] [Coming-of-age protagonist] Also known as The Strange Tales of Northern Qi, The Prince of Lanling Is My Little Brother, and Why Is There Another Lunatic? My Great Qi Is Doomed. Absurd version: Gao Yin: Father! Uncle is so handsome. I like him so much. Can you peel off his face and give it to me? Gao Yang: The Crown Prince is right! Little brother, you wouldn't be so stingy, w 89.6kReads9.1Score13kShelves
- 25 Cao Cao, Emperor Taizu of Wei: A Transmigration Handbook 曹操，魏太祖穿越手册 #Transmigrate to the Three Kingdoms #A Liberal Arts Graduate’s Rise #No System I’m a PhD in history, and I’ve been reborn as Cao Cao. Click to read how a modern office worker reshapes the Han Empire. 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 With Me on the Throne, How Can You, Zhao, Claim the Throne? 有朕在，你赵大如何黄袍加身 Modern-day Guo Yi unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a nine-year-old boy with the same name in ancient China. It’s the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the third year of Qianyou under the Later Han. This Guo Yi is the eldest legitimate son of Chai Rong, Guo Wei’s adopted son, who is still known as Guo Rong at this point. The boy is called Guo Yige. As a history buff, Guo Yi knows what happens to the young Yige: he will be one of the members of the Guo family condem 8kReads7.7Score701Shelves
- 27 The Princess Who Protects the Nation Prays with Her Left Hand and Wields a Monk's Staff with Her Right 护国公主左手念佛右手禅杖 [Not a feel-good power fantasy, but the heroine is a force to be reckoned with. (The title ought to be: Li Yushan, You're One Tough Woman.) The current title is too refined.] A palace-intrigue ensemble novel about the history of Southern Tang, written for an ancient-text contest. Readers interested in lesser-known history are welcome to give it a try. There is one volume for each of the three emperors, Li Bian, Li Jing, and Li Yu. Li Bian's volume is complete. [Pure historical fiction (no transm 12Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 28 Springtime in the Great Ming 大明春色 In the turbulent early years of the Ming Dynasty, a king destined to lose his reputation and be burned alive must embark on a path of defying Heaven. How will old grudges, love and hatred, merits and failures all play out this time? 86Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 29 The Red-Gate Play 朱门戏 Transmigrating into the eldest legitimate son of a top aristocratic clan? I know this plot! Xie Daolin, a burned-out screenwriter, unexpectedly transmigrates into the eldest legitimate son of the powerful Xie clan In his previous life, he worked from nine to nine, six days a week, just to pay his mortgage. Now he lives behind grand vermilion gates, in silks and luxury, with twin maidservants at his side and even tribute tea to rinse his mouth. This decadent life... is amazing! Now that he has 1.6kReads7.8Score134Shelves
- 30 The Emperors of the Ten Kingdoms 十国帝王 After the Huang Chao Rebellion, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty. Over the next fifty-odd years, the Central Plains saw five ruling houses and thirteen emperors. After arriving, he spent ten years lying low, reading three thousand volumes and honing a sword for the battlefield. He spent ten years at war, spilling blood across three thousand miles of north and south, defeating powerful foes on iron horses with blade in hand. Then he spent ten years governing, devising three thousand policies a da 38Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 31 The Rise of Northern Zhou: Yang Jian, Don't Even Think About Usurping My Throne 北周崛起：杨坚你休想篡朕的皇位 [No System] [Transmigration to the Past] [Farming] [Diligent Governance] [Expansion] The final years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Northern Zhou conquered the Northern Qi, unifying the northern regimes once more! Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, was a brilliant and ambitious ruler, full of vigor. His soldiers were fired up, and their banners snapped in the wind! The Northern Dynasties could march south at any moment to destroy the Southern Chen and recreate the unifying achievements 7kReads8.0Score386Shelves
- 32 Starting in the Pre-Qin Era, I Build a Thousand-Year Clan! 从先秦开始，建立千年世家！ [A thousand-year clan] [Entrusted with regency] [Supporting the king and safeguarding the throne] [Nobles for generations] Wei Chen transmigrates to the State of Qin at the end of the Warring States period. He helps Qin win the Battle of Changping and is enfeoffed as Lord Wuning. From then on, he begins building a thousand-year clan. The history books record: “The Wei clan of the Ying surname, beginning with Wei Chen, has endured for thousands of years, supporting the king and safeguarding the t 1.6kReads7.7Score115Shelves
- 33 The Glory of Southern Tang: I, Li Yu, Am More Than Just a Poet Emperor 南唐荣光：我李煜不止是词帝 I ask the heavens: What is the Great Way? I ask the earth: What is profound virtue? I ask humanity: What is the highest form of holiness? I ask the ghosts: What is base and contemptible? In a daze, Li Yu seemed to hold a brush in his hand, a brush as sharp as a blade. As it swept through the thick fog, human nature, heavenly principles, selfish desires, and public conscience all came clearly into view. The God of History whispered in his ear, “Who are you? Where did you come from? Where are you 1.1kReads7.3Score102Shelves
- 34 Overturning the Warring States: The State of Wei 颠覆战国之魏国 Shen Wei, a lifelong city-dwelling homebody, wakes up to discover that he has become Prince Shen, the crown prince of Wei during the Warring States period. He's already on his way to the Battle of Maling, and his first priority is figuring out how to stay alive. Before long, he finds himself facing a succession of ambitious and talented rulers, including Duke Xiao of Qin, King Huiwen of Qin, King Wei of Chu, and King Wei of Qi, not to mention the top talents serving under them. With his limited 2.2kReads8.6Score158Shelves
- 35 General of the Great Ming 大明奉国将军 In the first year of the Hongguang era of the Southern Ming, Zhu Lianbi, a former special forces soldier, accidentally transmigrates to the outskirts of the fallen capital, carrying a sniper rifle. He is immediately hunted by the Manchu invaders. With no other choice, Zhu Lianbi fights back. Wherever the sun and moon shine, there lies the land of our Great Ming! The Manchu invaders, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, Zhang Xianzhong, the King of the Great Western Kingdom, the pirate leader Zheng Zhilo 1.8kReads8.6Score142Shelves
- 36 The Hunter of the Dying Tang 残唐狩猎人 [Transmigration + Court Intrigue + Decisive and Ruthless + Passionate Campaigns] After the An Lushan Rebellion, eunuchs seized power, regional military governors carved up the realm, and the dynasty’s fortunes began to wane. Li Kan, a graduate student in history, transmigrates into the body of an easygoing prince in the late Tang Dynasty. In a chaotic age of rival warlords and endless schemes, can he turn the tide against historical powerhouses like Huang Chao, Li Keyong, and Zhu Wen? 4.1kReads7.5Score284Shelves
- 37 Great Ming: Got a Problem? Take It Up with My Army 大明：不服气？和朕的大军去说吧 "The Fourth Anti-Ming Alliance Sets Its Sights on Central Asia" "The Navy of the Ming Empire That Never Sets on Its Blood-Soaked Fight Across the Oceans" "Ming India Is Restless" "Unrest Is Brewing in the Vassal States" "The Ming Empire's Global Hegemony Is Teetering on the Brink" But then! "The Ming Empire's Navy Enters the Mediterranean!" "The Ming Army in the Caspian Sea Salutes the Nation!" "His Majesty, the Great Emperor of the Ming, Arrives in His Loyal London!" "The Global Anti-Ming Allia 859Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 38 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: Saving This Ming Dynasty Is Impossible 崇祯十七年，这个大明真难救 Zhu Youzhe, a fourth-year history student, was sheltering from the rain beneath the crooked-neck tree on Longevity Hill when he was struck by lightning and transmigrated to the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, alongside the soul of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. From mutual dislike to working together, the two hold back Li Zicheng’s advancing army and face Dorgon in a decisive battle near the capital, reshaping the Ming dynasty into something entirely different. In this life, the on 670Reads8.6Score112Shelves
- 39 I’ve Transmigrated into Gao Yang: No More Holding Back! 魂穿高洋：我不要藏拙了！ He transmigrates as Gao Yang, the infamous beast of an emperor and madman in history, but fourteen years before the founding of Northern Qi. The Northern Wei has only recently split, and three states stand across the Central Plains. Even the Battle of Xiaoguan between Eastern and Western Wei has yet to begin! Forget becoming emperor. Unless he keeps a low profile and conceals his talents, there may not even be a future for him under the thumb of his older brother, Gao Cheng! He has before him th 21.6kReads7.7Score1.3kShelves
- 40 The Jin Dynasty After the War: Fighting for the Realm, Starting by Reclaiming Yanyun 战后晋，争天下：从夺回燕云开始 A transmigrator defies fate! From the last chancellor of Later Tang to a mighty founding ruler, he uses modern knowledge to break the curse of child emperors! In 936 CE, a history graduate transmigrates into the body of Later Tang’s chancellor and witnesses the national humiliation of Shi Jingtang ceding the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. With the Khitan cavalry bearing down from the south and Central Plains civilization on the verge of collapse, the protagonist, a civil official, stirs the chao 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reforging the Realm: Diary of the Great Ming's Ying Emperor 重铸山河，大明瀛帝日记 The twenty-fifth year of the Wanli reign, the year of the Fire Rooster. That night, Consort Li Jing gave birth to the emperor’s seventh son. Ten days later, consumed by grief, she departed this world, her youth fading at the age of twenty-one. She was murdered, yet no one spoke up for her. On the night she died, someone cried out for her, but his voice was barely louder than a mosquito’s buzz. I am the newborn child whom Consort Li Jing never stopped thinking of as she lay dying, the one who cri 733Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 42 The Great Tang's First Tyrant 大唐第一暴君 A calculating civil servant transmigrates to the late Tang in 904 AD and becomes Li Zhu, the last emperor of the Tang dynasty, Emperor Ai. The Tang dynasty is only three years from its fall. His father, mother, brothers, and he himself are all destined to die at the hands of Zhu Wen. Will he resist, or beg for a chance to cling to life? Will he save the Great Tang, or let it fall? With nowhere left to turn, he ultimately embarks on a difficult path: borrowing another five hundred years of nation 919Reads8.2Score105Shelves
- 43 Great Tang: Starting Out with the Guiyi Army 大唐：从归义军开始 The Guiyi Army! The last fierce army of the late Tang, known to very few, isolated in the northwest yet still devoted to Great Tang! The Guiyi Army! It lit up the late Tang's final moment of glory! But for one reason or another, the Guiyi Army failed to restore Great Tang to its former glory, and gradually faded from history as the Tang Dynasty fell. By chance, modern man Zhang Yansi transmigrated to the late Tang, an era that countless generations had lamented. Zhang Yansi chose to swim against 1.3kReads8.8Score106Shelves
- 44 The Ruthless Hero of Northern Wei 北魏枭雄 The Jin dynasty’s fortunes crumbled, plunging the Central Plains into chaos. The Five Barbarians vied for control of the heartland, and turmoil engulfed the land. Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital and introduced reforms, blending the customs of the Hu and Han peoples in an effort to usher in lasting peace. Yet the reforms sowed trouble. The nobles grew alienated, undercurrents churned at court, and cracks began to form in the foundations of the state. Since ancient times, prosperity and decline 223.2kReads9.1Score25kShelves
- 45 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, Dong Zhuo Wants to Depose the Emperor, and I'm Liu Bian 三国：开局董卓要废帝，我是刘辩 Based on official history, no System, political intrigue Not Romance of the Three Kingdoms! After taking a fall, he discovers he has somehow become Liu Bian! Dong Zhuo is about to arrive... Is he going to be deposed next, then poisoned to death? Will he become another tragic figure in history who barely matters? No! He will not sit idly by and await his fate! They say governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, but with blades already at his throat, how can he save himself? Intrig 3.6kReads8.3Score274Shelves
- 46 I, a Great Ming Art Student Who Failed the Exams, Scared Zhu Yuanzhang Out of His Wits! 我，大明落榜美术生，吓疯老朱！ [Transmigration] + [Reforming the Ming Dynasty] + [Expanding the Borders] + [Lighthearted, Not for History Purists] Su Bai transmigrates to the sixteenth year of the Hongwu reign in the Ming Dynasty. He uses his sketching skills to apply for a position as a court painter, but Zhu Yunwen cuts in and steals the opportunity, leaving him as a failed art student in the Ming Dynasty. To make matters worse, corrupt officials bully him and withhold the court's payment for his work. Furious at the injust 646Reads7.7Score106Shelves
- 47 After a Great Rain, I Return to the Northern and Southern Dynasties to Scrape By 一场大雨后，回到南北朝苟活 Tomato Original. After retiring, Chen Yulou went hiking in western Sichuan. He woke up to find himself transmigrated to the outskirts of Jiankang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. How can he rise to prominence in an era of chaos and competing warlords? Join Chen Yulou as he ventures into this turbulent, spectacular age. 1.3kReads—Score148Shelves
- 48 Great Song: I Will Never Sell My Realm 大宋：朕的江山不卖 Court intrigue and ordinary street folk, bloody warfare and tender romance. A lighthearted, humorous style brings history to life in all its weight. A fresh perspective reveals the extraordinary story of an ordinary person. No godlike protagonist, no high-tech gadgets, no cardboard-cutout cast, and no mindless power fantasy. The author comes to you with heartfelt sincerity and a distinctive style! Sample: After seeing her husband off, Su hurried out as soon as she had a moment to spare. She spot 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Greatest Warlord of the Late Tang 晚唐第一大军阀 If a person cannot leave their name behind in the vast river of history, it is as if they had never come into this world. After transmigrating to the late Tang, an age of upheaval, Qi Shen felt incredibly fortunate. Here, he could behead Huang Chao, wipe out bandits, reclaim Chang'an, and hold the emperor hostage to his heart's content. Here, he could defeat Qin Zongquan, pacify Yang Xingmi, punch Li Keyong and kick Zhu Quanzhong, calmly bringing the warlords to heel. Here, he could repel the Kh 1.9kReads7.7Score104Shelves
- 50 The Little Sixth’s Struggle 小老六的奋斗 A carpenter who doesn’t want to be emperor isn’t a good carpenter. Ma Xigao unexpectedly transmigrates into the past and becomes the son of Ma Yin, the carpenter emperor of Southern Chu. So what if I’m the sixth son? Am I proud of it? Am I boasting about it? The young man secretly murmurs, “With me as the sixth son, the Five Ma sons fight over the trough. What are you all thinking?” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
