Novels like Great Qin: Who Upset My Frail, Ailing Worthy Minister?
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- 101 Great Qin: I’m a Teacher 大秦：我是个教书先生 This story is entirely fictional. [History buffs, read at your own risk.] Alternate history (fictional) + no female lead + First Emperor Ying Zheng + completed Try not to take it too seriously, or you'll only make yourself angry... Zhang Yu transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and obtains a Dao-preaching System, helping Qin Shi Huang build a prosperous empire of Qin unlike anything the world has ever seen. Lao Zhao: “Look over there.” Zhang Yu: “What is it?” “That’s my empire.” “...” Zhang Yu turned 2.1kReads9.2Score23714d adds
- 102 A Rookie Forensic Doctor Cracks Major Cases, and Bigwigs Line Up to Back Me 小法医破大案，大佬排队给我撑腰 Shen Ming, a forensic pathologist who has just joined the criminal investigation unit after graduating, discovers that his eyes can always spot details others overlook. At crime scenes, important clues always appear in his vision with strange red borders. So here’s the question: if something is boxed in, do you take the shot? My name is Shen Ming, a forensic pathologist with a cheat ability who walks alongside the dead. 294.8kReads9.1Score44.2k14d adds
- 103 The Frail Villain: I Cough Up Blood, So Why Are You Crying? 病弱反派：我吐血，你们哭什么？ [Modern cultivation] + [frail] + [Villain] + [no romance] In his previous life, Jiang Shubai dragged his sickly body through a lifetime of hard work, only to fall beneath the destined protagonist's sword in the end. In this life, Jiang Shubai gained a System. As long as he struck at other people's consciences, he could earn Conscience Points. The System said that with enough Conscience Points, he could do whatever he wanted... Jiang Shubai's eyes lit up. He silently spat out a mouthful of blood, 4.3kReads9.3Score42414d adds
- 104 I Became Qin Shi Huang’s Dog 我穿成了秦始皇的狗 Original title: I Was Reincarnated as Qin Shi Huang’s Dog [No romance, a real pet, can hear thoughts, can talk] Web novelist Ying Bai has just finished writing the ending to a novel. Before she can even send it out, she slumps over her computer. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become a dog. The good news: she’s landed in the great Qin, home of her fascinating ancestor! The bad news: she’s become a dog?! Ying Bai curses the heavens with everything she’s got. In 221 BCE, Ying Zheng successi 11.1kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 105 I’m the Mischievous Prince of Great Qin, and I’m Governing the Empire at Eight 我大秦熊孩子，八岁监国 The 36th year of King Zheng of Qin! Ying Changsheng accidentally transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and becomes the youngest son of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Ages. The First Emperor is now on his sixth tour of the eastern provinces. According to history, he will die next year, after which Qin Er Shi, Hu Hai, will take the throne and slaughter his siblings. That means Ying Changsheng doesn’t have long to live. Transmigrating only to die from the start: this is a downright hellish open 2kReads8.5Score20014d adds
- 106 EN Jujutsu Kaisen: Pain for Points? That's Seriously Twisted! 咒回：疼痛换积分？太阴间了吧！ [No CP] [The protagonist is a super narcissist + a bit of a troublemaker + loves acting + a little unhinged] [Yan Si is fundamentally the kind of person Sukuna is] The unlucky student Yan Si met an untimely death after a "banana attack" from some divine being sent him sprawling face-first into the ground. After dying, he transmigrates into the Jujutsu Kaisen world and begins a delightful life of getting stronger through self-harm and looking for fun. As long as he feels pain, he earns points tha 17.5kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 107 Father, Don't Be Angry. Your Son Knows He Was Wrong 父皇别凶，儿臣知错了 (The entire novel is complete, so jump in and enjoy!) [Father-Son Bond + Ancient-Style Political Intrigue + Crown Prince's Upbringing + Physical and Emotional Torture, Followed by a Groveling Redemption] He drinks the poisoned wine his mother gives him, becoming the sharpest blade of Great Qi. His proud spirit is broken bit by bit, and he becomes the empire's most loyal, solitary subject. He thinks that as long as he endures and obeys, he can eventually earn a little of his father's affection. B 16.6kReads7.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 108 Cultivation on the Sky Screen: Emperor Shi Huang, Your Daughter Is Unbeatable 天幕修仙：始皇帝，你女儿无敌 [No romance + ensemble cast + woman disguised as a man + playing dumb to catch the tiger + multiple secret identities] Zhao Tinglan has the worst luck: after dying, she gets bound to a System that collects the worship of the people. In her second life, she diligently cultivates immortality for hundreds of years, only to fail to ascend and have her body and soul annihilated by heavenly lightning. The System finally springs back to life and says it can let Zhao Tinglan live again. In her third lif 17.8kReads7.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 109 Great Qin: I'll Come Clean, I'm Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng 大秦：我摊牌了，我是始皇嬴政 [Grand Tutor of the Qin Dynasty + Lecture-Focused + History Buffs + Hundred Schools of Thought] In the tenth year of King Zheng’s reign, the immortal Xu Shang met a young noble from the Guanzhong region in an abandoned place, and won his protection… From then on, Xu Shang began teaching him the Way and answering his questions. “Master, what’s the core framework behind Confucianism on the outside and Legalism within?” “Master, the details of the Qin dynasty’s system of rule and its legal principl 2.1kReads9.0Score18214d adds
- 110 After Clearing Her Name, the Sickly Beauty Becomes Everyone’s Favorite 洗白后，病美人成了团宠 [Dual Male Leads + Reborn + (Slight) Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Sickly Bottom] Everyone thinks Wen Zhuo is a scheming illegitimate son, a domineering bully who terrorizes his schoolmates and is rotten to the core. No one knows he’s actually the one who has suffered the most. Just after he was accepted back into his wealthy biological father’s family, his father died. His only relative, his older brother, wants nothing to do with him. His friends betray him, and his adoptive parents abuse and exp 6.5kReads8.9Score47714d adds
- 111 The Frailest One in F4 Gets Doted on by Everyone F4里最病弱的那个，被团宠了 A cultivation tribulation gone wrong = a short-lived wealthy-family drama plot + a forced vicious persona? Bai Ci was on the verge of tears. Rabbits are gentle by nature; being vicious is really asking too much of one. Thankfully, he had the beginner System Xiao Qi to bail him out, though the System was a little unreliable. He gritted his teeth and went around picking fights with people, hoping to stay alive. Instead, his charm went out of control. The aloof big shot and his scheming older b 82.2kReads8.1Score10.2k14d adds
- 112 I Accidentally Entered a Manga and Kept Dying in Front of the Protagonist 误穿漫画，在主角面前反复去世 [Female-oriented friendship, male lead, no romance + comic transmigration + ensemble cast + fake angst + a little forum content, plot-focused, traveling between two worlds] (Warning: The forum and some supporting characters discuss shipping couples. Skip if that is not your thing.) An accident sends Jiang Taiyan, an ordinary sophomore, tumbling into the comic world drawn by his roommate, He Luochuan. There, he gets saddled with a teary-eyed world consciousness and becomes what it calls an “Obse 19.4kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds
- 113 You Want a Platonic Relationship? Don't Make Your Big Brother Laugh 想搞柏拉图？别逗你哥笑了 (Not a power fantasy with a strong female lead. A funny, meme-filled story set in a CEO romance. Complete.) [Academic workhorse x love-struck assistant who throws herself at him] Age gap / comedy and memes / happy ending Wen Xing suspected she was the second female lead in a CEO romance. The heroine was her best friend. Her friend’s family fell on hard times, and the CEO swept in to marry her by contract. Her friend twisted her ankle, and the CEO appeared in a flash, wrapping an arm around her w 136.7kReads9.3Score22.6k14d adds
- 114 The Day My Love Returned Home, a Powerful Man Snatched Them Away 心上人回国第一天，被大佬劫走了 [Powerful families, a sickly beauty, sweet romance, transmigration into a book, two male leads, devoted to one another] Jiang Xunzhou is the novel's male lead's white moonlight, an NPC who exists solely to provide a plausible reason for the substitute to appear. His role is to return to the country and compete with the substitute for the male lead's affections, revealing his own wicked nature so the male lead and his substitute can get together as a matter of course. Jiang Xunzhou: “Hah! This NP 3.6kReads8.8Score38314d adds
- 115 Great Qin: Old Zhao, I’m Really Not an Immortal 大秦：老赵，我真的不是仙人 After Zhao Sheng transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and opens a clinic, his medical-student expertise quickly earns him a reputation as a miracle doctor throughout the empire. One day, the First Emperor, the legendary Ancestor Dragon, and the Marquis Wang Jian arrive at his clinic in disguise as Old Zhao and Old Wang, seeking treatment... 661Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 116 Infinite Escape: Song of Blood and Death 【无限逃杀】血与死之歌 [The rating will rise once it’s released] [Gore, unconventional Infinite Flow + a touch of horror + battle royale + no romance + thrills + an original, unusual world + ensemble cast] [Not a power fantasy]+ [A gloomy, inhuman protagonist] “Anyone online? I think I’m the only thing in this battle royale that can’t die. What do I do...?” High school senior Fu Sheng and his entire class are transported to the Boxed World. Unfortunately, every one of them dies. After inexplicably waking up reborn, he 16.7kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds
- 117 I Woke Up to Find Humanity's IQ Had Dropped a Thousandfold! 一觉醒来，人类智商下降千倍！ [Feel-good power fantasy + plot-driven + absurdist + requires just a little bit of brainpower] (Trust me, it’s definitely interesting. If you’re unsure, you can check out the reviews first.) After being expelled from school, Jiang Chen had resigned himself to hauling bricks at a construction site. But then, the world suddenly changed. An ordinary high school student became the most intelligent person in the world. And so… Cambridge Professor Norman: “In fact, Dr. Jiang Chen is the only person al 59.2kReads9.0Score6.3k14d adds
- 118 Pollution Has Arrived? I Studied to Purify the World! 污染降临？我学的就是净化世界！ [No romance, no System, delusions of grandeur, comedy, invincible, ensemble cast] “I’m here because I’m sick, not because I’m stupid.” Strange dreams descend, and the door to a new world slowly opens for Zhang Fan. A wealthy academy that comes knocking on its own is brimming with an air of unreliability. Your first lesson as a new student: this is offense, this is defense. Got it? Great, you're ready to take on strange pollution all by yourself. Go defeat them! Stone figures awaken at a manor de 11.7kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 119 Aloof, Masked Assassin? No, a Softhearted Savior 高冷覆面刺客？不，是心软救世主 [Starts with a leveling-up arc, then becomes invincible][Straight-laced male protagonist, a little like a male power fantasy, often speechless at the gay men around him, no romance] “Hello, Mr. Xie Qing. As one of China's six S-rank Hunters and the world's only White Dragon Druid, you're a powerhouse who also serves as a bard, assassin, swordsman, berserker, priest, and more...” Time was precious. The reporter flipped through the interview outline and had to skip the lengthy introduction to get 11.1kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 120 The Frail Beauty Is Actually a Brutal, Bloodthirsty Regent 病弱美人竟是残暴嗜血的摄政王 It took Xiahou Xi ten years to go from a fallen prince to a regent with power over all under heaven. It took only one month to go from regent to a gravely ill, amnesiac loner with nothing left. His heart turned to ashes. All he wanted was to be a couch potato, living off what he had until he died. But nobody would agree. They all came looking for him, each more enthusiastic than the last. The young and handsome Prince of Zhennan said, “Ziyuan, don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you. Let’s see who dar 2.5kReads8.9Score31114d adds
- 121 Beast Taming: I Have a Magic Eye That Sees Everything 御兽：我有一只洞悉万物的魔眼 [Beast Taming for Everyone + Bargain Hunting + Absurdity + Bizarre Curiosities + Apocalypse + Everyday Life + Growth Story + Realistic Fiction + Not a Power Fantasy + Straightforward Readers, Stay Away] Spiritual qi revival swept the world. One after another, animals evolved, becoming savage and brutal and plunging people into misery. A new profession emerged: Beast Tamer. On the day spiritual qi revived, a strange seed burrowed into Qi Xu’s empty eye socket and transformed into a demonic eye. W 3.6kReads8.1Score39014d adds
- 122 When I Saw the Comments, My First Love Returned to the Country 看见弹幕时白月光回国了 (The animated series is now available. Fans who only want the heroine’s perspective, readers who want exceptionally chaste characters, and highly sensitive readers, please don’t read. Multiple POVs, fast-paced romance.) A scheming, obsessive, dark second male lead VS a gentle, idealized first love Wen Yining had always been the moon in everyone’s eyes: gentle, beautiful, and considerate. In high school, countless students crowded into the hallway after class just to catch a distant glimpse of he 35.1kReads9.2Score29.4k14d adds
- 123 Great Qin: On the Ancestral Dragon's Birthday, I Present Six-Flavored Emperor Pills 大秦：祖龙诞辰，我献六味帝皇丸 [Political intrigue] + [passionate] + [struggle for supremacy] + [ruthless] + [no System] Ying Zifeng, a graduate student in medicine, transmigrated to the Qin Empire and became the First Emperor’s fifteenth son. To avoid dying when the Qin Empire fell, Ying Zifeng decided to cling to the First Emperor’s coattails. On the First Emperor’s birthday, Ying Zifeng presented him with Six-Flavor Emperor Pills. Ying Zifeng: “This immortal elixir is called the Six-Flavor Emperor Pills. The six flavors re 9.4kReads8.6Score86514d adds
- 124 Ten Thousand Years of Great Qin: Who Let Him Teach the First Emperor? 大秦万年，谁让他当始皇老师的？ At the end of the Warring States period, amid one of the greatest upheavals in Chinese history, Jiang Wang arrives in this era. He studies under Guiguzi, plunges into this turbulent age, and personally sets in motion the fall of the six kingdoms and the unification of the realm. The First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng, calls him his teacher. Unifying the written language and measurements, establishing academies, and enlightening the people: one groundbreaking initiative after another takes shape un 7.6kReads8.9Score44814d adds
- 125 From the Start, I Freeze the First Emperor and Build an Immortal Qin Dynasty 开局冰封始皇帝，打造不朽仙秦 Qin Feng transmigrated into the Qin Empire and obtained a System that let him spend lives to draw cards. Spend other people's lives to draw his own cards! With the System and his knowledge of history, he rose through the ranks at Ying Zheng's side and even founded the Embroidered Uniform Guard! His happy life should have continued until the Qin Empire's iron hooves conquered the entire world. But... in the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor's reign, Ying Zheng was dying! Now the commander 1.3kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 126 I Play a Tragic, Beautiful, and Powerful Secret Identity and Make Manga Readers Cry 扮演美强惨马甲的我虐哭漫画读者 [Female-oriented, male protagonist + no official couples, all romantic tension + multiple secret identities + immersive roleplay + forum posts + founding an organization + characters misinterpreting things as grand schemes + chuunibyou] Yu Chiling is a game planner who works from six in the morning until ten at night, racking his brains over plots and character profiles every day. After his proposal was rejected for the 10,086th time, someone claiming to be a System showed up: “Go to a comics wo 53.5kReads8.9Score11.1k14d adds
- 127 I Am Qin Shi Huang, and Great Qin Shall Last Ten Thousand Years 我是秦始皇，大秦万年 [First-person historical fiction | No transmigration, no female lead] I united the Six Kingdoms, brought all under Heaven under one rule, built the Great Wall, and guarded the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces to defend my Great Qin and protect my realm. In the name of the First Emperor, I swear: As long as I live, I shall defend and expand our borders, pacify the four barbarians, and lay the foundations of Great Qin. Even in death, I shall become a dragon spirit to protect Huaxia, so that it m 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Chinese Class Broadcast on the Sky Screen, and the Ancients Are Losing It 天幕直播语文课，古人破防了 Ancestors, do you realize you’ve been “eating people”? The first text, “Blessing,” shows how feudal ethics devoured Xianglin Sao. The second text, “Kong Yiji,” shows how the feudal imperial examination system devoured Kong Yiji. The texts coming up next include: “An Ode to Epang Palace”: The Qin dynasty fell in the reign of its second emperor. Qin Shi Huang utterly lost it, and we’ll explore the cycle of rise and fall shared by every dynasty in Chinese history. Let all the emperors lose it t 69.9kReads9.1Score6k14d adds
- 129 You Brats, Are You All Incorrigible? 小屁孩，你们都学不乖是吧？ [Dual Male Leads + Brotherhood + Family Bonds + A Sickly Eldest Brother + Angst Before Romance + Reconciliation + Beloved by All + Mutual Devotion + Ensemble Cast + Happy Ending] Orphaned, their family in decline, and the brothers scattered, they had no one to rely on. As the eldest, Xiao Jingchen rebuilt his family’s power despite his illness, doing everything he could to find his five younger brothers. But when the clues finally came together, fate played a cruel joke on him: the brothers who 14.8kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 130 Espionage: This Doctor Is Hiding Too Much 谍战：这个医生藏得太深了 [Espionage]+ [The System Is Just Support]+ [No Harem, No Romance]+ [Surgeon]+ [Red] A thoracic surgeon transmigrates to the Republican era. From the start, his superior dies right before his eyes, leaving him like a kite with its string cut. By constantly obtaining intelligence through the System, he stirs up a storm in Shanghai. 329.7kReads9.1Score42k14d adds
- 131 Wuxia Game: The Villain Is the Era’s Beloved White Moonlight 武侠游戏：恶毒反派是时代白月光 [Ensemble cast, all male leads + villain redemption System + court intrigue + jianghu adventures + martial arts sects + villains become the cherished beloved + perfect for multishippers, ship whoever you like] Qin Yu awakens to the truth: he's a wicked villain in a martial arts MMO from the future. Though he's a classmate of the protagonist's group at Bailu Academy, he becomes a high-ranking official in the separatist state of Northern Yan. He hunts down the protagonist's group and, under the 9.1kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 132 Journey to the West: Liu Bei Reborn as Tang Sanzang 西游：刘备魂穿唐三藏 [Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Liu Bei, Xuanzang, dual male leads, debating the Dao, ensemble cast, subduing demons.] The soul of Emperor Zhaolie has forced its way into my body. With no other choice, we set off west to fetch the scriptures, two souls sharing one body. I uphold the Buddhist precepts, show compassion, and save all living beings. He follows the benevolent path of a king, helping those in danger and punishing the wicked. The demon kings became my disciples, and his brothers 39.2kReads9.5Score4.6k14d adds
- 133 Sky Screen Projection: I Am Qin the Third 天幕投影：我是秦三世 During the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, a huge clap of thunder suddenly rang through the sky after the rain. The heavens had collapsed!! Ying Yan, the nineteenth son of Qin Shi Huang, was immediately identified by the sky screen as someone who would rebel against the Qin Dynasty. Ying Yan: “???” Is Heaven trying to destroy me?? Thankfully, he later learned that he was rebelling against the man who would establish the Qin Dynasty’s Second Empire. The First Emperor withdrew his anger. “If you c 19.2kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 134 Brother and Sister Bound to the Wrong System! My Brother Competes for Favor While I Give Away Fortune and Go Viral 兄妹绑错系统！哥争宠我散财爆红 [The comic adaptation is now streaming] This story has dual male and female leads, and everyone is focused on building their careers. [Delusional misunderstandings + adored by everyone + siblings get each other's Systems + reverse wealth-building + female lead has no romance] [The brother has a close confidant and best friend + fanfiction extras, please check the warnings first] Gu Mingyue, a female CEO, and her older brother Gu Mingli transmigrate into the children of the Great Yong dynasty's n 182.9kReads9.3Score21.1k14d adds
- 135 Great Qin: The Inner Thoughts Ying Zheng Stole from Me from the Start 大秦开局被嬴政偷的心声 I transmigrate to the Great Qin dynasty and get a sign-in System. The First Emperor can hear my thoughts. I accidentally eat the Ancestral Dragon's blood essence, linking my life to the First Emperor's. If the Ancestral Dragon falls, I perish too. To keep the Ancestral Dragon alive, I really have to rack my brains. 1.9kReads8.5Score16414d adds
- 136 I Went on a Rampage After Summoning the Gods, but the State Wants Me on Its Roster 请神后杀疯了，国家却让我入编 [Mild horror + no System + not a power fantasy + folk supernatural tales + episodic stories + dark revenge in the middle and later arcs] [The later plot went in an unexpected direction, so straight men, beware. Sigh!] [It started as a story about brotherhood with no female lead, but later it seems to have shifted toward two male leads. Though not entirely. Sigh, I don't even know what I've written. Whatever!!!] Lin Fan was a dead-end wage slave. On the night he had nowhere else to turn, he knelt 20.3kReads8.7Score3.2k14d adds
- 137 My Trainee Class Became Top of the School, and Now the Parents Want a New Homeroom Teacher 实习教出金牌班，家长要换班主任 [Wild ideas + System + no pent-up frustration + buffs + cards + traits + wish-fulfillment novel] After graduating, Lu Qian becomes the intern homeroom teacher of Senior Two, Class Seven. On his first day at work, he awakens the [Strongest Teacher System], which gives students buffs to improve their learning efficiency and talent. What other students learn in a day, the students of Class Seven learn in an hour. While other students grow tired from studying, the students of Class Seven remain ener 507.8kReads9.2Score50.5k14d adds
- 138 There Are Clearly Three Sins, So Why Am I Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic?! 明明是三罪，我却是美强惨！ Just launched! Manga forum, a misunderstood tragic hero, handsome and powerful male lead, no romance Bo Xing accidentally transmigrates into a manga and gets bound to a popularity-collection System. It tells him he can only stay alive by collecting popularity. A disastrous start? No problem, he knows how to keep his head down. Someone tests him? No problem, he puts on a good act. She runs, he chases? No problem, he's a fast runner. Still, he's a little puzzled. Why do people keep looking at 22.2kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 139 Great Qin: After Eighteen Years of Patience, the Good-for-Nothing Prince Goes on a Rampage 大秦：隐忍十八年，废柴皇子杀疯了 [Great Qin] [Satisfying historical fiction] [Court intrigue and power plays] [Decisive and ruthless] [Clever characters] Zhao Ling transmigrates into the body of Qin Shi Huang's second son. To stay alive, he has kept a low profile for years, secretly building up his forces while waiting for Hu Hai and Zhao Gao to throw Qin into chaos. But Ying Zheng suddenly fakes his death, hoping to test Fusu's abilities and clear away future obstacles for him. Who could have guessed that Zhao Ling would emerg 7.9kReads8.5Score79314d adds
- 140 The Aloof, Reclusive Strategist Refuses to Fall in Love 孤僻高冷谋士拒绝谈恋爱 [Main story complete] [Everyone is flirtatious, but there's no official couple. Their comradeship and collegial bonds are moving enough to make you cry. The protagonist is a hopelessly straight, thick-headed man, yet he charms men and women, young and old. The world is vast and the protagonist doesn't suffer, but some of the worldbuilding is a little unusual... The more I write, the more it feels like ABO.] Zhuge Cong is a man who has lived through three lifetimes. In his first life, he finally 7.3kReads9.4Score91814d adds
- 141 The Whole Sect Are Villainous Bootlickers, But He’s Her Long-Dead White Moonlight 全宗反派舔狗，但他早死白月光 [Two male leads + younger love interest + one-on-one romance + on-screen comments] Bai Xingyan is a sickly man who takes medicine like meals, yet he single-handedly keeps his dilapidated sect afloat and raises his three junior brothers. Just as he’s preparing to meet his end in peace, lines of text drift across his vision. [So this is the eldest senior brother who dies early at the hands of the villains. Why is he still around?] [What villains? They’re just stepping stones for our male lead!] He 119.2kReads9.2Score30.6k14d adds
- 142 The Tragic Author Is Forced to Ship Couples in a Comic Book World 悲情作者被迫在漫画世界炒cp Follow the ongoing story, and you might become a forum NPC in the novel [Main story has no official couple / chaotic pairing buffet / the protagonist has a ton of secret identities / leans toward indulgent, feel-good fanservice / a little forum-style narration / beautiful but tragic characters / includes some dark fan content, but they suffer physically, not emotionally] Gu Wujin is a web-novel author with dismal traffic, partly because he adores tragic scenarios. His characters die, and then th 33.4kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 143 Spirit Power Returns to Qin: I Help the First Emperor Forge a Path to Heaven 灵力归秦：我支援始皇帝伐天路 “Season Two is out now!” Spiritual qi revival sweeps the world, and strange phenomena descend everywhere. Everyone scrambles for spiritual energy and yearns for immortality, not knowing this is no gift from heaven. It is the heroic spirits of the Great Qin returning through tears of blood. The ancient Heavenly Court monopolized the path to immortality, sealed off the mortal realm’s road to ascension, and enslaved all living beings as food. The Shang attacked Heaven and fell. The Zhou attacked He 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Reborn as a Princess of Qin: The Sky Screen Reveals My Future 穿成大秦公主，天幕剧透我未来 [No CP + sky screen rankings + strong heroine + career-minded + feel-good power fantasy + Qin Shi Huang] [The heroine plays the fool to fool her enemies, hoping to outlive her father, the First Emperor. But then…] She is born into the Qin dynasty as the daughter of Qin Shi Huang, the historically unrecorded Sixth Princess, Ying Qingyue. She looks at the throne at the height of the empire, then at her kindhearted but hopelessly unsuited eldest brother, Fusu, and the useless Hu Hai, and falls into 27.1kReads8.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 145 After a Heartthrob Appeared, the White-Moonlight Senior Brother Emerged from Seclusion 万人迷出现后白月光大师兄出关了 (The rating has only just appeared. It'll go up later.) The beloved junior disciple Song Lianzhou is adored by the whole sect, and just when he thinks he can finally start winning everyone over… The dead senior brother, Lu Ling, has emerged from seclusion. Frailer than a sickly flower and coughing blood, he needs only a single glance to reclaim every bit of their affection. The aloof master doesn't even bother to spare Song Lianzhou a glance. “I raised Ling'er myself, so of course it's only natu 8kReads8.6Score44914d adds
- 146 The Hated Villainous Young Master Transforms into the Beloved Moonlight 团厌反派少爷爆改团宠白月光 [All-male cast, friendship-focused, ship anyone you like, so it's great for multishippers + Funny supernatural mysteries + Metaphysics investigation team + Ensemble cast redemption + Sickly, battle-worn, beautiful, tragic, powerful protagonist + Folk horror, Cthulhu, underground palace adventures, murder-mystery games + From hated villain to beloved group favorite] Gu Ji, young master of the Gu family of Sucheng's metaphysical world, wakes up in a sea of sand only to be forced straight into an 49.7kReads9.3Score6.5k14d adds
- 147 I Don’t Want to Hear It 哀家不想听 Young Empress Dowager x Powerful Eunuch A burned-out office worker transmigrates as the Empress Dowager, and Yu Qixiang wants to retire early. Anyone who tries to persuade her to rule from behind the curtain gets a tearful breakdown they'll never forget. But the chief eunuch, who looks adorable despite his cold expression, takes a dislike to her and insists on hauling her to her post to work like a pack mule. Fine. I worked myself to death in my last life. You think I can't work you to death to 23.6kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 148 I Worked My Way to the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams, and Now You Say I Have a Powerful Identity 拼命科举成状元，你才说我有身份 (A cathartic power fantasy: the protagonist never takes anything lying down, and never lets a grudge wait until tomorrow!) No romance + nation-building + imperial examinations + farming + alternate history + court intrigue A no-holds-barred power fantasy, with a decisive, ruthless protagonist!! If there's no justice in this world, then I'll carve it out with blood! If the great clans leave everyone with nowhere to turn, then I'll cut a path through them. The county magistrate's son toys with peo 32.6kReads9.0Score3.9k14d adds
- 149 Great Qin: Reincarnated as Fusu's Wife, I Choose to Fight 大秦：穿成扶苏的妻，我选择开打 [Not Entirely Faithful to History + Lighthearted Comedy + Farming + Food + System] Meng Yin never dreamed that, as a die-hard critic of Fusu, she would one day transmigrate to the Qin Dynasty and become his doomed fiancée. Her father is Meng Yi, her uncle is Meng Tian, and her wedding is only three days away. She wakes in the middle of the night and curses: “What is this? Is transmigration broken or something?” Thinking of her charming ancestor, she realizes she can only become part of the famil 8.7kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 150 The Han Dynasty's Lone Light: My Life as Its Beacon 汉室孤光以此身 (Ensemble cast, farming, historically grounded, political intrigue, war) In the first year of Yuanguang, as storms gather over the Han Dynasty, an ordinary modern man unexpectedly transmigrates to Pingyang in the Western Han Dynasty and becomes Huo Guang, still an infant. The glorious era of Emperor Wu of Han is about to begin. But he arrives with no System, no extraordinary stroke of fortune, and only the memories of a man from the future. Revealing his intelligence too early would bring disas 42Reads—Score514d adds
