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- 101 Riding the Tide of History, I Lead an Army to Unite the World 历史风口，我率领军队统一全球 A hugely satisfying story. If you’re not satisfied, come complain anytime! Zhang Jiao transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that its history is exactly the same as the history of his original world. He arrives in 1964, according to the original timeline, when independence movements are sweeping across countries around the globe. So why not seize the opportunity and claim a territory for himself? 43Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 102 Rise of a Great Empire 崛起：伟大帝国 Transmigration + System + World War II + warlords + competition for supremacy Li Yunfei unexpectedly transmigrates to another world on the eve of World War II. With the System’s help, he starts out in the northwest. Watch as he makes a decaying empire great again. 174Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 103 The South Asian Empire 南亚帝国 Reborn at the end of World War II, he uses his golden finger to found a country in Southeast Asia. He keeps a low profile and steadily builds strength amid the rival powers, step by step making his way onto the world stage. Once his nation has risen, he helps China rise as well, and the two support each other. 1.2kReads5.5Score10914d adds
- 104 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Commanded a Security Regiment and Held a Survival System 抗战：开局保安团，手握生存系统 [Transmigrated from the start, into My Chief, My Regiment. Build an independent force, join the expeditionary army, and begin expanding by taking over the kidney-trading country.] The road from a local defense corps to a world power. Li Weiguo has a survival shop at his disposal. The System refreshes its stock of weapons and supplies, and he can exchange top-ups for equipment. [Build a tank corps, an invincible army.] The perfect counter to every Japanese soldier. 3.7kReads6.7Score14414d adds
- 105 Conquering the South Seas: Starting with a Routed Army 征服南洋：从溃兵开始 Yang Wenliang transmigrated into the body of a defeated soldier in 1926, only to discover that he was nothing more than cannon fodder in a warlord army! (The early chapters include some domestic storylines, but there are fewer after chapter 20.) He fled straight back to his home province of Yunnan, gathered funds from every source he could find, and formed a force of several hundred men to advance into Southeast Asia. There, he promoted immigration and development, reclaimed wasteland, built up 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The War of Resistance: Blood and Tears of Haitang 抗战之海棠血泪 This great war was about far more than military hardware from the very beginning. It reached into medicine, agriculture, people’s livelihoods, education, the industrial base, military industry, geopolitics, and the shaping of the whole world... The mission and means of the Chinese people have always been to break through the vast net their adversaries wove from 1640 to 1940 to bind this Eastern dragon, repaying them in kind and bringing all under the rule of the great way. Come and see how Lu Ru 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Great Xia Empire Where the Sun Never Sets 大夏日不落帝国 [System-powered conquest fantasy + unifying the world in the early stages + conquering other worlds in the middle and later stages + emperor + immortality + games like Hearts of Iron IV] Xia Xuan transmigrates to the Blue Star, a world resembling the Republic of China era from his previous life. By then, the Great Zhou Empire has long since fallen apart. With the help of his System, Xia Xuan starts from Qiongya and gradually unifies the Blue Star. Just as he settles into the glow of victory, he 236Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 108 I Just Ascended the Throne! World War II Broke Out? 我刚登基称帝！二战爆发了？ After waking up, wage slave Lin Mo discovers that he has somehow become the last emperor of a dynasty called the Great Xia Kingdom. He hasn't even had time to warm the dragon throne when a shrill air-raid siren sounds outside the Hall of Golden Chimes! [Global National Destiny Battlefield loading complete!] [Civilization competition begins! Every country will be randomly deployed to a vast continent, recreating the territories and armies from the height of its history!] [Modern technology is fro 16kReads5.3Score1k14d adds
- 109 Transported to South America in 1630, We Build a Superpower 1630群穿南美，打造超级帝国 Ensemble cast transported en masse, no golden finger, rational worldbuilding, industrial development, and infrastructure building. In 1630, after a strange aurora appeared, the luxury cruise ship Star of Hope, carrying over a thousand modern Chinese people, did not sink. Instead, the ship, its passengers, and its crew all transmigrated through time and space, running aground on the completely unfamiliar eastern coast of South America. There would be no rescue. Instead, they faced a savage new wo 3.5kReads6.4Score24514d adds
- 110 Late Ming: Chongzhen's Heaven-Defying Fate Reversal 明末：崇祯的逆天改命 After transmigrating into Zhu Youjian, he obtains an information System, builds guns and cannons, kills corrupt officials, destroys the Donglin faction, executes landlords, abolishes the imperial clans, and unifies the Ming Empire. He crushes the Jurchens and continues expanding the empire's borders, reclaiming lost territory in the north and occupying the Indochinese Peninsula in the south. He wipes out all the forces in the South Seas, deals a crushing blow to the Western barbarians, and final 845Reads8.4Score11214d adds
- 111 The Rise of Australia 澳洲的崛起 This is an Australian novel by a debut author. Over the course of 50 years, the protagonist rises from humble beginnings through various opportunities and major events. It’s a slow-burn novel... —Reads—Score114d adds
- 112 A New Huaxia in Latin America 拉美新华夏 In 1836, four years before the Opium War. As the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, Britain was about to enter the most glorious era of the Victorian age. Meanwhile, the United States was eyeing the lands of the West with greed. At this crossroads in humanity’s fate, would the old empire cast its last rays of sunset, or be blasted to pieces by ironclad warships? An aircraft from the twenty-first century accidentally strays into this world... [A group-transmigration story, with a nation as the 8Reads8.7Score314d adds
- 113 The Burmese Warlord of 1933: Conquering Southeast Asia 1933缅北土司，横扫南洋 He transmigrates to a remote tribal chiefdom in the wilderness of northern Myanmar, with no System and no golden finger. He clears land and farms, opens mines and builds industries, gathers millions of refugees, and establishes a powerful independent force. He outmaneuvers the great powers to seize resources, trains an army of a million, campaigns south into Southeast Asia and the South Seas, and heads north to resist foreign aggression. From a small frontier chiefdom, he expands through Southea 293Reads—Score10414d adds
- 114 Republican Era: Stealing My Sister-in-Law, More Children, More Blessings from the Start 民国：截胡大嫂，开局多子多福 In an age of war and chaos, as rival powers battle for supremacy, a young man bearing a mysterious System keeps his ambitions hidden. He capitalizes on the tides of the era to amass wealth, establish industries, and train elite troops. Rising step by step amid the turmoil, he reshapes the fate of the realm and forges an earthshaking empire. 8.4kReads—Score84814d adds
- 115 The Storms of Lanfang 兰芳风云 In another, similar world, it is once again the tenth year of the Guangxu era. Yang Yun transmigrates into the body of Luo Xiangyun, the thirteenth-ranked young master of the Luo family, during the final glorious days of the Lan Fang Republic in Southeast Asia. He rises through internal family struggles and political games against the court's scheming officials, then takes up the unyielding fight against colonial rule. He leads the Chinese people in rebuilding their power, restoring Lan Mang to 830Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 116 The Third Pole: Starting in Nanyang, 1943 第三极：从1943南洋开始 [Founding a nation overseas, technological development, immigration, Cold War, global rivalry, no System, modern history] Chen Mo, a 21st-century college student, transmigrates to Nanyang in 1943. Using the memories in his mind, he plans step by step and seizes every opportunity. With the island nation’s surrender in World War II, he strips its industry bare, builds up his own power, and writes a new chapter overseas. 2.1kReads7.8Score10514d adds
- 117 A Modern Empire in the Burmese Jungle 缅甸丛林的现代帝国 Lu Yuan transmigrates to Burma during World War II and begins his rise from humble beginnings. Drawing on modern knowledge, pragmatism, and a cautious approach, he rallies the Chinese community, builds up a power base, and establishes a nation. At his side are the gentle Qi Yue and the clever Lin Wan. He then drives the development of the military and technology, and his country’s strength continues to grow. By the middle of the story, his nation dominates Southeast Asia, crushing India and the 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 118 1949: I Lead the Guangxi Army on a Southern Campaign into Southeast Asia 1949，我率桂军南征东南亚 With a lone army as his brush and burning passion as his ink, he writes the wildest legend of China in a foreign land! With a lone army as his brush and burning passion as his ink, he writes the wildest legend of China in a foreign land!!! 22kReads6.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 119 Stirring Up Trouble Starting in 1845 从1845年开始搞事情 In 1845, the weather is fair and the harvests are good. But an unexpected visitor from a later age gradually begins to shatter the peace... 7.8kReads8.2Score47114d adds
- 120 Rebuilding the Roman Empire from the 19th Century 从19世纪重建罗马帝国 In 1453, in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, Basileus Constantine XI seized upon an uncanny omen to send a child out of the city. No one could have imagined that the child’s descendants would rebuild the Roman Empire in the 19th century and forge an immortal legend. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 After Being Deceived into Northern Myanmar, I Summon an Armored Combined-Arms Brigade 被骗缅北后，我召唤重装合成旅 [Nation-Building + Power Struggles + Military + International Affairs + Geopolitics + Mass Recruitment] Lin Beichen is tricked into going to northern Myanmar, where he awakens the System. From a local warlord to a regional power, from a regional power to a superpower, and from a superpower to interstellar development, he takes it one step at a time... 7kReads6.7Score35314d adds
- 122 From Lowly Recruit to Marshal: I Take on the Underworld 从壮丁混成大帅，我和地府杠上了 Xu Zhen is reborn into a supernatural Republican-era world. It is 1924, and a war has broken out in Jiangxi Province to drive out the Beiyang warlord Cai Chenxun. A poor country boy, Xu Zhen is unlucky enough to be pressed into service by unruly soldiers as soon as he is reborn here, becoming cannon fodder in a siege. Fortunately, he possesses the [Life and Death Seal], which he can use to steal guns and ammunition, seize food, money, and treasure, train and cultivate loyal followers, and secure 3.9kReads—Score50814d adds
- 123 Kill Enemies for Silver Dollars: Starting by Gunning Down the Japanese Ambassador 杀敌爆银元：开局毙了东洋大使 Chen Chuanzong transmigrates into another world as the son of a warlord, only to be beaten half to death by Japanese soldiers from the start. The moment he wakes, his killing intent ignites! Anyone who dares to humiliate my countrymen will pay in blood! When the Myriad Worlds Exchange System awakens, cannon fire lights up the night sky over the Magic City. His father stares in shock. “Son, I never knew you were this good. That was your first time commanding a battle, and you wiped out the entire 5kReads7.4Score38014d adds
- 124 A Steel-Strong Russia, and You Call It Flabby? 铁打的俄国，你说是虚胖？ I am the legitimate son of one of the Russian Empire’s most powerful aristocratic families. In my previous life, I watched the First World War erupt, the Romanov dynasty fall, and my homeland collapse, until I met a tragic end. Fortune gave me another chance before the war. Armed with memories of the future, I cut through the corruption and chaos at court, reformed the country’s ills, and put the army in order. I plan carefully at every turn, doing everything I can to avert disaster, save Rus 22Reads—Score11814d adds
- 125 Rise of the Maritime Frontier 崛起海疆 Luzon, 1624. The Spanish colonists have sharpened their knives, and the next massacre of Chinese people is imminent! Lin Jingtao, a double PhD in materials and mechanical engineering, opens his eyes and finds himself in a deadly predicament. No System, no special powers, only a notebook filled with industrial knowledge and a mind packed with expertise across the entire industrial chain. From the start, he breaks the deadlock by preventing disease with boiled water, wins people over with homemade 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Bright Sword: From the Start, I Empty Taiyuan Arsenal 亮剑：开局搬空太原兵工厂 [A more realistic transmigration story set during the War of Resistance, grounded in common sense and not just a wish-fulfillment tale.] [Note: In the real world, greater ability does not always mean greater power. It means greater responsibility.] The protagonist, Wang Zhenhua, transmigrates with a System, armed with a head full of knowledge. He packs up the Taiyuan Arsenal and heads to the Eighth Route Army's base to make his mark. Reality promptly gives him a brutal beating. In the end, he ac 185Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 127 Warlord Rivalry: From Militia Commander to Emperor 军阀争霸：从民团团长到帝国皇帝 After unexpectedly transmigrating to another world, Zhu Jilong discovers that he has become the commander of a local militia in a small county town. After awakening a sign-in System, he can obtain all kinds of weapons and equipment from it through one sign-in each day. Thanks to the System's early rewards, the protagonist's forces expand step by step: from a single regiment from the start to a division, then from a division to an army of hundreds of thousands! As his army grows, the protagonist' 225Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 128 The War Against Japan: From the Shanghai Battlefield to Tokyo 抗日之从淞沪战场到东京 [A transmigration historical novel set against the main battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japan] Lu Wei, a top student at a military academy, transmigrates to the Battle of Songhu, known as “purgatory,” and becomes a company commander in the Sichuan Army’s 20th Corps. With outstanding military skills and formidable combat prowess, he leads the elite squad he trained through blood and fire on the battlefield against Japan. On one side is a merciless struggle of blood and fire; on the o 9Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 129 Hearts of Iron: Defeating Japan and Dominating Southeast Asia 钢铁雄心抗日称霸东南亚 [Hearts of Iron] + [Resistance Against Japan] + [My Chief and My Regiment] Zhang Yi transmigrates into the body of Zhang Yi, a major and logistics staff officer in the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in April 1942. With a Hearts of Iron System, he becomes separated from the main force, then uses the System to successfully rescue the people of Southeast Asia from Japanese brutality. 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 From Bandit to Nation-Builder in Southeast Asia 从土匪到东南亚建国 [Build a Nation Overseas] + [Master of Grand Promises] + [Ruthless] + [Farming] + [Industry] + [No System] Wang Meng: Brothers, let’s kidnap Young Master Wu. He’s got money and guns. We’ll head up the mountain and become kings! Wang Wen: I’m with Brother Meng. We’ll eat well and drink our fill! Wang Meng: Take down the Frenchmen, and we’ll divide up the land, houses, and women! Wang Wen: Follow the commander, and we’ll get land, houses, and wives! 30.4kReads7.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 131 Conquering Baekje from the Start, I Carve Out a Domain and Found a Nation! 开局攻破百济，割据一方立国！ [Alternate History] + [National Destiny System] + [Transmigration] + [Building a Nation Beyond the Frontier] Chu Feng was an overworked office drone on Blue Star, stuck in the 996 grind. On his way home from work, he was hit by a “lucky truck” while trying to save someone, then transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out scion of a family in a parallel world. In this parallel world, Great Feng is as powerful as the Tang Dynasty was in 649: it has the largest territory and a flourishing economy 1.1kReads5.8Score10314d adds
- 132 Reborn in the Late Qing, I Rise to Be King 重生清末当称王 Reborn in Northeast China during the late Qing dynasty, I find myself surrounded by bandits, rogue soldiers, Japanese invaders, and Russian troops, with wars breaking out one after another. As someone reborn, I have no System or supernatural powers. All I can do is rely on what I learned in my previous life to survive and build a future. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Livestream: Are You Crazy? Buying an Island in the Pacific to Build a Nation? 直播：疯了吧，太平洋买岛建国？ [Building a Nation Live + Celebrity Entertainment + Technological Dominance] “Build a nation? Are you crazy, streamer?” “Crazy? He's practically trying to stomp on his viewers' intelligence!” “I've seen bold people, but never anyone charging straight to their death. Here's a bracelet set as a reward.” “Streamer, you're awesome. You'll do anything for views.” … The viewers scoff at his challenge to build a nation and mercilessly mock the new streamer! Who could have guessed that a month later, t —Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 134 Starting as Commander-in-Chief: Building a Future-Tech Empire 开局当总司令，打造未来科技帝国 Nation-building + technology + conquest + military industry + overseas expansion + stirring up trouble + development. For some unknown reason, Chen Wu transmigrates to a parallel world much like our own. In An Nam, Chen Wu holds absolute power. This is practically a perfect start. He also activates a System, and the beginner's gift pack rewards him with an elite force. His first mission is to become the ruler of a nation. What other start could possibly compare? Before long, Chen Wu becomes the 9kReads7.1Score37414d adds
- 135 Young Marshal from the Start: I'm Heading to Nanyang 开局少帅：我要下南洋 [Parallel world; historical events later on are the same] Back in 1949, Long Shaohua becomes the legitimate son of Long Wenzhang, the King of the Southwest. With the Northern Army on the verge of breaking through the city of Jinling, Long Wenzhang represents the Guo government in negotiations. On the way there, his plane crashes, and Long Wenzhang is killed. Long Shaohua takes control and immediately sends troops south to protect himself. 255Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 136 1910: Blood and Iron in Yunnan, Nearly Starved to Death from the Start 1910铁血滇云，开局差点饿死 [Warlords of the Republic of China + Building his own power + A military-industrial tycoon transmigrates + Yunnan Army] After waking up, military-industrial tycoon Tang Qi finds himself transmigrated to the early years of the Republic of China. Using the Yunnan Army as his foundation, he establishes a Southwestern United Government and develops at breakneck speed between the two great powers of the foreign nations and the Beiyang Government. A Republic-era warlord story unlike any other. 2.4kReads6.0Score11014d adds
- 137 A Century-Old Tusi: Transmigrate to Lead a New Revolutionary Journey 百年土司：穿越引领革命新征程 In 2025, university professor Tian Jiansong encounters a mysterious fog while hiking and transmigrates to Sizhou, Guizhou, at the end of the Qing dynasty. He becomes the thirteen-year-old son of the Tian clan’s chieftain. Drawing on modern knowledge, he resolves to change the fate of this land. Starting with improving agricultural tools, he goes on to develop mining and build smelting workshops, gradually establishing an industrial system of his own. Along the way, he meets Mu Wenjing, who excel 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 So This Is Where Our Fate Ends, Book 15 原来缘尽啊第15本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 475Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 139 Ruling Southeast Asia from Burma, 1928 1928从缅甸开始称霸南洋 Chen Guoping transmigrates into a small Chinese family in Mandalay, Burma. Starting in 1928, he begins laying the groundwork to dominate Southeast Asia and the Nanyang. When an uprising breaks out in southern Burma, he raises the banner of revolt and founds a country in northern Burma... 2.2kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 140 Another Possibility for Germany 德意志的另一种可能 205Reads6.6Score30614d adds
- 141 The Great Tycoon of the Republican Era 民国大财阀 [Alternate History + Tycoon + Military + Political Intrigue + Factions + Beauties + No System + This novel is entirely fictional. Please don't read into it!] Behind vermilion gates, wine and meat rot; by the roadside, the frozen poor die. This is a dark age, where countless people struggle just to survive. This is no longer a land of brilliant civilization, but a hell rife with crime and twisted humanity. Some call it an age when man devours man! Others say it is a world abandoned by God! Here, 901Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Stranded on a Deserted Island from the Start, and You Expect Me to Make Sense? 开局流落荒岛你让我怎么荔枝 [No System + Not Stupid + Ruthless + Farming + Comedy + Nation-Building + War!] My name is Wang Miao. I’m a programmer, and two and a half years on the job have left me in terrible shape. My gold-digging ex-girlfriend drained me dry, then coldly dumped me. I went traveling with my best friend and accidentally got stranded on a mysterious island. Starting with absolutely nothing and a body weakened by kidney deficiency, watch me lead everyone to build a thriving community! We’ll open up countless 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Reborn as a Warlord in the Late Qing Dynasty 重生晚清做军阀 In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, the Gengzi Incident erupted. The Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi fled, and the Qing dynasty was stripped bare. I opened my eyes and found myself the spoiled eldest son of a wealthy family in Tai’an, Shandong. First, I shot the county magistrate’s only son at the Zuixian Tower. Then, before I knew it, my whole family, all thirty-eight of us, were being hunted as we fled north. We hadn’t even crossed the Shandong border when my pare 6.7kReads—Score40314d adds
- 144 Red Alert: Founding a Nation and Becoming Emperor in Southeast Asia 红警：建国称帝从南洋开始 [Red Alert + Warlords + Overseas Resistance War + Fresh Premise + Rivalry Among the Great Powers] [Building from Scratch + World War II + Founding a New Nation + Establishing an Overseas Empire] Wang Wei transmigrated to the South Seas during the Japanese occupation and bound himself to the Red Alert System. As long as he had enough resources, he could recruit more than a hundred types of Red Alert troops at his base. Mining was not the only way to obtain resources: completing nation-building mi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Republican Era: Building a New World from 1900 民国：从1900打造新世界 Chen Wanchuan woke up to find himself in a parallel world in the year 1900. Looking at the hellscape of starving corpses and foreign powers running rampant, he laughed. The imperial court? The great powers? All worthless! This rotten dynasty must be overthrown! This chaotic, broken age must be smashed! He would shatter this old world that devoured its people and build a new one where everyone had food to eat, clothes to wear, and dignity. 28Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 146 Transmigrating to 1930: From the Delta to the King of Nanyang 穿越1930从三角洲到南洋之王 Mercenary king Zhu Ying was betrayed by his teammates, and a single bullet sent him into the body of the 19th-generation descendant of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor. In 1930, China was in the throes of warlord conflict, while the Nanyang region was also within the French colonial sphere. Everything was still up in the air: no one knew who would come out on top. Watch Zhu Ying forge a bright new future for the Chinese people! I’m not good at writing introductions, so please head straight to 85Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 147 The Winds Rise in 1628 风起1628 [Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Nation-Building + Age of Discovery + Late Ming + System] Jiang Ning transmigrates to Perth, Australia, in 1628. Just as she and her nephew are anxiously wondering what to do, a high-tech System appears. From that moment, the whole world changes. People of the Ming Dynasty: “Such bizarre contraptions! How can a ship move without sails?” Europeans: “Oh, God! How do the people of this barren southern continent have so much steel? How can their cannons fire so far?” La 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 1640: I Began Colonizing the Americas 1640，我从美洲大陆开始殖民 Zhu Ming accidentally transmigrated to the American continent in the seventeenth century and became the servant of a white plantation owner. Just when he thought he was doomed to live out a miserable life, the System suddenly appeared from the heavens... 5Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 149 The Rise of a Great General 一将崛起 Zhou Jianfeng glared coldly at the reporters from various countries below the stage, his eyes brimming with murderous intent. “Today, the South Seas belong to the descendants of Yan and Huang! Anyone who dares to bully our people will be killed!”... The air was thick with murderous intent. The reporters from every country were drenched in cold sweat, especially the reporter from Sakura Country. 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 150 From the Start, I Become Emperor of Australia: Tremble, Great Powers! 开局澳洲当皇帝，列强们，颤抖吧 Power struggles, revenge, mighty battleships, colonization, aerial warfare, naval warfare. Qin Chuan’s soul transmigrates into a parallel world resembling the 1930s. He becomes the emperor of the Great Qian Empire. But more than a decade later, Qin Chuan falls along with the empire. Soon after, Qin Chuan is reborn. He also unlocks a golden finger. A second chance. See how Qin Chuan, living a third life, avenges the wrongs of his previous one. Qin Chuan swears he will set this world in turmoil an 2.6kReads6.8Score10114d adds
