Novels like My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang
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- 151 Ning Yan: When Women Rule the Roost 宁兖，牝鸡司晨 [Ensemble political intrigue + entrusted heir + factional strife + expansion of the realm + redressing an old injustice] [Wronged powerful minister male lead x emperor female lead disguised as a man] Also known as "After I Blundered into the Imperial Family, I Discovered I Was the Imperial Family" On a winter night in the seventh year of Chengxu, Emperor Zhao Ning Fu suddenly went mad. Wearing the robes of his favorite consort, Yan, he climbed the bell tower and rang the funeral bell before fall 189Reads—Score10414d adds
- 152 Eerie: I Became the PM for Every Unscientific Project 诡异：我成了所有不科学项目PM From philosophical questions to the fate of civilization: Is humanity worth saving? Mu Shiyu's answer: That isn't for one person to decide. It's worth finding out together. In 2056, humanity collectively admitted something for the first time: this world no longer played by the rules. It all began thirty-two years earlier. One ordinary morning in 2024, a door appeared out of nowhere at an intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. It wasn't a metaphor or an art installation. It was a real door, floating in 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score11314d adds
- 154 The Young Imperial Guard 少年金吾卫 This is a martial arts novel set in an alternate history. A mysterious jade pendant leads to the founding of a brand-new princely residence. The protagonists are a group of sunny, cheerful young people. They have no blood feud over a father’s murder, nor any grudge over the destruction of their families. All they have is passionate conviction and the courage to root out traitors and drive away evil. After one drinking session, the heir sells himself to the crown prince. From then on, ruler and s 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Is It Really This Easy to Get By in Another World? 异界也太好混了吧？ Ma Liu, the only heir to the wealthy Xinghua Group, is dismissed as a useless young master because he’s obsessed with gaming. At an auction, he acquires a divine ancient cauldron and accidentally triggers its seal, sending him to another world. There, he begins a carefree life of effortless wins like a capybara.. 978Reads8.3Score10514d adds
- 156 Fall in Love and Die: The Heir and I Defy Heaven 动情即殒命，我与世子逆苍天 Shen Qingyan unexpectedly spends a night entangled with Xiao Jinyuan, a ruthless and cold-blooded heir to a noble title. A high monk tells them, "Only by joining body and soul forty-nine times can you break the heavenly punishment that has haunted you for three lifetimes." But the curse's shackles remain: the moment they fall in love and commit to each other, both will die. She runs, he pursues. There is no escape from fate. She is a goddess undergoing tribulation. Reborn across three lifetimes, 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Star River's Abandoned Young Master 星河弃少 Su Mo was once a core disciple of the Star Evolution Dao Sect in the Star River Star Domain. When the sect was besieged and destroyed by extraterrestrial demons, he carried its supreme Star Core treasure, tore through the planes, and fell onto Blue Star. He was reborn as the despised, disowned young master of the Su family in Jiangcheng, Huaxia. A marriage contract was torn up in public by Cheng Chuchu, the heiress of a top-tier family. She publicly humiliated him, saying he came from a lowly ba 16.5kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 158 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 331Reads—Score514d adds
- 159 The Rivers and Mountains Trilogy 山河故人三部曲 A small town in Jiangnan, Mudanjiang in the northeast, and the ancient city of Xi'an. Different places, the same vision. Beautiful China! Jiangnan's bridges and flowing streams, the northeast's ice and snow, Xi'an's lamb paomo. Beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers, and even more beautiful people. The scenery is written through its people, and the people are reflected in the scenery! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Rain Canon 雨典 When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 163 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 164 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 [Beautiful and Alluring Young Bride] In this day and age, people still marry off brides to bring good fortune to the dying? A bride sent to bring good fortune, and a husband on the brink of death. Hu Juan raised her head and met her mother-in-law's eyes. "Mom, how about you discuss it with the village chief?" Li Xiuying's expression changed instantly. "The village chief? What are you getting at?" Hu Juan didn't flinch. "Mom, I know everything. About that night." Li Xiuying's face turned from red 5.5kReads7.9Score45614d adds
- 166 I Gave My Wife 800,000 to Open a Shop, and She Labeled Her Summer Hire a Perpetual Motion Machine 我出80万给老婆开店，她给暑假工备注永动机 I gave my wife 800,000 yuan to open a shop, and she labeled the summer hire “perpetual motion machine” 397Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 My Little Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Died 我妹福宝，死了老公之后 My Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Dies 3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 170 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, A Lonely Road to Immortality 修真文明指南——序章2，仙途陌路 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, The Immortal Path Diverges 768Reads—Score10514d adds
- 171 Madness Is Great: I'm a Medicine Vessel from the Start! 癫点好啊：开局就是药人圣体！ [Fantasy Brainstorming] [Unhinged] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Shameless] While everyone else transmigrates and gets to be a genius from the start, he transmigrates into the cultivation world's biggest pyramid scheme: the Myriad Medicine Sect. Here, every disciple is short-lived, the elders are leading the charge in going crazy, and the slogan is, "Cultivate with pills, reach the top of the world." Just as he's about to grab his bucket and run, the System awakens. He sw 221Reads—Score15314d adds
- 172 Hehuan Sect: Deep Blue Lets Me Add Points Until I Become the Demonic Path's Leader 合欢宗：深蓝加点被逼成魔道魁首 Everyone condemns those who practice the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art as depraved and lecherous. But no one knows that I was born less gifted than others, and can only sustain my life through the union of yin and yang. As a disciple of the Hehuan Hall of the Hehuan Sect, I awakened a Deep Blue enhancement panel. The righteous sects close in, my fellow disciples turn on one another, and the ambitious Gu Yue Fang Yuan waits for his chance to strike. To find a chance at survival, I travel far to Q 1.3kReads—Score6914d adds
- 173 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.8kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 174 I Lie Flat in the Wuxia Crossover, So Ladies, Please Behave! 我在综武躺平，女侠们请自重！ [Daily Life]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Wuxia Adventure] The Jiuzhou Continent is home to countless martial arts sects and imperial courts. Chen Ping'an, a transmigrator, had hoped to use his knowledge to give this impoverished world a little jolt. But he soon discovered that this world wasn't quite what he had imagined. A little beggar offered to work as his cook. Her name was Huang Rong. The silver-clad Sword Immortal Li Hanyi showed up at his home and asked to rent a room. The tragic ending of the Xia 50.1kReads8.5Score3.2k14d adds
- 175 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The History of an Embroidered Bed 绣榻野史 “The Embroidered Couch” alludes to the secrets hidden deep within women's quarters and behind brocade curtains, while “Unofficial History” signals that this book recounts court intrigues and street-side tales absent from the official record, passed around by the common folk. Through the case of an honest family in Jiangnan forced into prostitution, the novel lays bare the dark picture of the Jiajing era of the Great Ming, where officials and merchants collude, corruption runs rampant, and the pe 1.6kReads—Score13614d adds
- 177 Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber: Zhang Wuji, the Adoptive Father, Crushes Duan Ziyu 倚天屠龙：义父张无忌狂虐段子羽 From the start, he became Zhang Wuji's disciple. In the Kunlun Mountains, he met Duan Ziyu's first wife, Zhang Yuzhen, and got her pregnant in one encounter, making martial arts alliance leader Duan Ziyu a father. The Ming Cult returned, leaving Duan Ziyu's Six Meridian Divine Sword and Dugu Nine Swords with no chance to shine. To defeat Zhang Wuji, Duan Ziyu had to endure his wife's repeated betrayals and one defeat after another. He castrated himself with his own blade and created the Sunflowe 4.4kReads8.0Score40114d adds
- 178 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.8kReads—Score50814d adds
- 179 The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典，雾典，双生纪 “The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.” 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Godhood for All: There's Something Off About My Divine Realm 全民神祇：我的神域有点不对劲 [Godhood for All] [Farming] [Mutation] [No CP] [Multiple Cultivation Systems] [An Increasingly Unhinged Zoo] In the era of divine domains for all, everyone awakens their own divine domain in high school. Tang Shi awakens an A-rank talent: [A Wild, Chaotic Explosion of Growth]. Its effect is simple: the plants and animals in his divine domain mutate at random. The good news is, they might get stronger. The bad news is, they might grow in all the wrong ways. Luckily, he also has a special building 175.3kReads8.3Score24.8k14d adds
- 181 My Strange Neighbor 我的诡异邻居 My Eerie Neighbor 260Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 10Reads—Score314d adds
- 183 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性！只要她还在这座小镇就活着 You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Transmigrate as Song Qingshu and Build the Mightiest Ming Dynasty 穿越宋青书创最强大明 Following Jin Yong's framework without being bound by the original, this story features two male leads, Song Qingshu and Zhang Wuji, and one heroine, Zhou Zhiruo. It makes up for the regrets of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, weaving together the martial arts of Jin Yong's Heroes of the Marshes and assembling the strongest heroes. The Twin Fiends of Hejian, the secret history of Abbess Miejue, the grand scheme left behind by Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and the heroes of the realm all come togeth 1.2kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 186 King of Peach Blossom Island 桃花岛上我称王 Orphan Cao Jianping, a retired Marine, accidentally arrives on a deserted island while traveling. It is practically a paradise! From then on, his life is on easy mode, bringing him wealth and luxury! 13.5kReads7.9Score51814d adds
- 187 Push: The First Time I Got Pushed, I Hit Back! 推——第一次被推就打回去！ Push Back! The First Time Someone Pushes You, Hit Them Right Back! 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 188 A Female Player Transmigrates and Catches the Eye of the Cold Crown Prince 女海王穿越，被清冷太子盯上了 [Bold, formidable heroine x clingy, snake-like hero | Secret identities everywhere | Devoted to each other alone] "Do you know A Yu or not?" Yun Zhaohe stared at the little white snake in her arms and finally asked the question she had been holding in for so long. The little white snake shook its head, but its shifty eyes gave away its guilty conscience. Yun Zhaohe, a top modern investigator, died in an explosion and transmigrated as the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of Great Qin 311Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Frontier 朔北龙吟 Transmigrated into a frontier army scout, he found himself facing tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry from the start. A series of covert battles and mysteries unfolds around a royal secret: twenty years ago, someone tried to force the Grand Princess into marriage. The emperor enters the game himself, pitting his wits against all the powers at play. Schemes within schemes, plots within plots, each conspiracy linked to the next. See how the protagonist faces this treacherous crisis, growing from a 16.9kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 190 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 3.9kReads8.4Score35314d adds
- 191 A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面 Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua 470Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat] [Political Intrigue] [Slow Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Mind Games] [A Mix of Classical and Vernacular Chinese Style, Not for Everyone] (Revised through Chapter 38 of Volume Two. Later chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics exists in this book. You cannot regenerate your mana forever. Any method of increasing one's power will gradually be discovered by others over time. The returns will diminish, and eventually fall to zero. 48.8kReads9.5Score8.7k14d adds
- 193 Wuxia Crossover: Starting as Dong Tianbao, I Become a Ruthless King 综武：开局董天宝，成为一代狠王 [This book is wild] + [Ruthless] + [Wulin] + [Court politics] + [Struggle for supremacy] + [Doesn't grovel to women] + [Schemer] + [Wuxia Crossover] Zhang Fan takes over Dong Tianbao's body from Tai Chi Master from the start. As luck would have it, he is reborn just as Zhang Sanfeng creates Taiji. Fortunately, he awakens the Ruthless King System. As long as he's ruthless enough, he can keep earning benefits from the System. [Ding! Host, you're ruthless enough. You killed y 26.1kReads8.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 194 Dreams of the Golden Vase 金瓶梦迷 The moon over Linqing shines on the Customs House sails Whose romance does the Qing River hide at night? Cooking smoke drifts over Zishi Street, through centuries gone by Who still awaits that unfinished fate? Embroidered shoes shatter the bluestone path The wine's fragrance has intoxicated countless eyes Lights flicker atop Lion Tower, like the passing years Who, behind the curtain, secretly clicks the abacus? Plum blossoms in a golden vase, who pities the ill-fated beauty? A pot of springtime 2.3kReads—Score16614d adds
- 195 Yaoyue, Since When Did I Have a Husband? 邀月，我什么时候有夫君了？ The lands of Jiuzhou are divided among many rival nations. Li Changfeng transmigrates to Snowmoon City, a border town between several nations, and becomes the owner of the Yue Lai Inn. As it happens, the Six Great Sects are about to attack Bright Peak. Juejue: Two taels of silver for one night? Why not just rob us? Kongzhi: You're trying to fleece us. Li Changfeng: What did you think I was doing? Everyone: ... Ding Minjun: Do you know who we are? This will scare you to death: we're the Six Great 11kReads8.5Score65614d adds
- 196 A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦 One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Royal Family Forced Me Into a Political Marriage, Unaware the Northern Yue Emperor Was My Secret Fiance 皇室绑我去和亲，却不知北越帝是我民间未婚夫 The royal family forced me into a political marriage, unaware that the Northern Yue Emperor is my secret fiancé. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Reborn, I Drove the God of War Marquis Wild with Desire 重生后，我撩疯了战神侯爷 [The new book has only just received its initial rating, so the sample size is small. The score will gradually rise over time.] In her previous life, Shen Li was blind to the truth and foolishly devoted, mistaking her benefactor for someone else and marrying Pei Zhaoyan. After five years of giving him her whole heart, she was left with a child dead, her own life lost, and her family destroyed. Only as she lay dying did she finally realize that the person who had silently protected her and risk 6.4kReads6.7Score54814d adds
- 199 Whoever Dares Force Him to His Death Will Fall First 谁敢逼他赴死，谁就得先倒下 This is not a story about a noble, righteous hero. Han Yan is an utterly ordinary man who transmigrated to another world. Other people transmigrate with a System, a wise old mentor, or a golden finger. He got nothing at all and had to claw his way forward on his own. He is cautious by nature and lives by the principle that self-interest comes first. Morality? What is that, can you eat it? When it comes to enemies, if he can fight, he won't waste time talking. If he needs to kill, he won't he 4kReads—Score28814d adds
- 200 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score12714d adds
