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- 1 In Late Qing, I'm the Grand Protector of the Nation 人在晚清，是大护国公 [Transmigration] [Anti-Qing] [No Romance] [Defy Fate] [Resist Foreign Aggression] After transmigrating to the late Qing Dynasty, he claws his way up step by step to the very top. With one hand, he holds back the foreign powers; with the other, he builds industry to strengthen the nation. He had hoped to turn the tide and save this shattered land. But when he is ordered to surround the rebels, they publicly tear away his disguise of hesitation and caution: “Your factories can’t save four hundred 102Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 2 Great Song: The Great Yuan Never Expected Me to Still Be Alive 大宋：大元没想到吧，我还活着 [Multiple Protagonists] “What did you say? We’ve conquered Ryukyu, and the Great Song still hasn’t fallen?” Kublai asked Zhang Hongfan in astonishment. “They’ve built another Eastern Song in the south,” Zhang Hongfan replied bitterly. “You mean the Song dynasty still hasn’t fallen?” Zhu Di asked Zheng He in surprise. “Not only that, they’re doing even better in the Southern Seas.” The Great Song: Heh, bet you didn’t see that coming. 1.2kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 3 The Nations' Contest: From a Tiny Border Kingdom to the Supreme Emperor 万国争霸：从边陲小国到无上帝尊 Wei Li transmigrates to an age of great rivalry, where countless nations stand side by side! There is the Great Qin that unified the Six Kingdoms, the Great Tang of the Zhenguan Golden Age, the early Ming dynasty, as well as Byzantium, Rome, Carthage, Babylon, Macedonia, and countless other foreign lands! The splendor of nations from East and West all gathered in one place! Transmigrating into such a golden age, Wei Li is the heir to a minor kingdom. He is determined to lead Huaxia in swallowing 442Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 4 EN Warhammer: I’m Really Not a Warp Daemon 战锤：我真不是亚空间邪神 I'm Liu Zhipeng, a textbook corporate drone and a Warhammer fan who loves a good laugh. All because I got drunk and ran my mouth, shouting at that golden, shining “divine being,” “Holy crap, that's one huge yellow rat!” And then? Then I got sent packing. When I opened my eyes again, I'd become a round, chubby Nurgling, grinning like an idiot forever: the least impressive happy little bean in the Warp. Thankfully, I awakened the [Eternal Reincarnation System]. Death isn't the end. It's the start 6.4kReads8.2Score54814d adds
- 5 Mount & Blade: The Ambitious Hero of the Great Jin 骑砍：大晋枭雄 [Power Struggle] [System] [Political Intrigue] [Mount & Blade: Dynasty Warriors] Waking up one day, Wang Jin discovers that he has arrived in a country called Great Jin. The dynasty is nearing its end, with powerful ministers ruling the court, aristocratic clans carving up the land, and local gentry seizing farmland. The people are destitute, while foreign tribes wait like vultures for Great Jin to fall so they can devour its remains. Watch as Wang Jin climbs step by step to the top of Great Jin 1.8kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 6 Building a Dynasty: Rising to Power After Being Sent to the Fiefdom 运朝：从就蕃后开始崛起 [Fantasy · System · Summoning · Imperial dynasty building · Conquest · Emperor] Ying Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the sixth prince of the Great Qin Dynasty... At the age of eighteen, the princes of the Great Qin Dynasty must leave the capital to govern their own fiefs. Fortunately, the System awakens just days before Ying Chen is due to depart... “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Eternal Divine Emperor Art!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained o 21.4kReads7.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 7 With No Judge of the Dead in This World, I Become Yama 世间无判官，我身化阎罗 Half a Book of Life and Death; A Pen of Reincarnation. When they appeared, the world was rife with crime, online abuse, bullying and slander, right and wrong turned upside down, the powerful beyond the reach of the law, resentment filling the skies, and ghosts and monsters multiplying... "I shall set right what Heaven cannot, and judge what black and white cannot." As Mu Yi holds the Book of Life and Death and murmurs in his heart, divine thunder fills the sky, and the entire planet Yan Hua trem 1.2kReads8.4Score10014d adds
- 8 Containing Anomalies, Starting with a Bankrupt Pharmaceutical Company 收容异常从破产药企开始 [Behind-the-scenes organization + building a power base + super soldiers + contained anomalies + technological dominance + arming the world] After transmigrating to the United States, Li Wei inherits a pharmaceutical company on the verge of bankruptcy, only to find himself in a desperate situation where his life is at risk. Stranger still, this parallel Earth, so much like our own, is quietly spawning countless terrifying anomalies! At the critical moment, the System activates! To protect himsel 6.4kReads8.7Score50614d adds
- 9 Great Xia Summons: I Begin to Rule the Heavens After Ascending the Throne 大夏召唤：登基后开始称霸诸天 [From the start + founding an empire + summoning + System + conquest + the Myriad Worlds + emperor] Everything under Heaven is the king’s land, and everyone within its borders is the king’s subject! Liu Hao transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent and is made emperor from the start. From there, he launches into a relentless campaign of conquest. Whether you’re a sect prodigy, an imperial princess, or an emperor of the Myriad Worlds, those who submit will prosper, and those who resist will perish! 26kReads7.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 10 King of the Middle East 中东之王 A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.4kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 11 A Zhao Zilong as a Starting Reward 开局奖励一个赵子龙 [The 2023 luck-and-farming novel: follow the journey of building a power from scratch] [Fortune + Farming + System + Conquest] [P.S. This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy; the story moves at a slower pace.] [Become emperor, not a eunuch. If that bothers you, don't read this.] Qin Tianzong: “The Divine Race bullies us, the Demon Race humiliates us. Our human race must rise! Yanhuang shall never perish, and Huaxia shall never fall!” Ying Zheng: “Great Wall Legion, slaughter the jackal tribe! They 12.9kReads8.7Score76514d adds
- 12 Galactic Conflict: I Recreated Humanity's Glory 银河纷争：我重现人类荣光 In the dark galaxy, humanity, once powerful, has become the slave of countless alien races, until a soul from another world arrives. An Emperor-class Titan fights alongside an AT-AT walker. A Gloriana-class battleship fights alongside the Executor. The Astra Militarum advances in coordination with the Stormtroopers. The Primarchs fight alongside the Jedi. All of this is in the book. Humanity First, with no female lead. (Warhammer, Star Wars, Stellaris, Halo, and more) Note: The author is a fan o 12.7kReads9.1Score87914d adds
- 13 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty with an Imperial Era System 穿越大明之朕有帝国时代系统 Synopsis: Great Ming + Emperor + Political Intrigue + Age of Empires System [At its peak, this novel had 600,000 readers. Its comic-drama adaptation, The Carpenter's Empire, is now updating on multiple platforms. Read with confidence!] The Taichang Emperor is on his deathbed. The Great Ming court is in turmoil, three major cases have erupted at once, treacherous ministers are plotting to force a palace move, vassal states are turning away, the borders are in revolt, and powerful nations are clos 110kReads8.4Score7.2k14d adds
- 14 The King of Britain 不列颠之王 Lin Li wakes up in postwar Britain, having crossed into another world. No money? No problem. Raise oil prices by five points. No land? North America is the backyard. No people? Ever heard of specialized security forces? Watch Lin Li stir up the world and carve his path to becoming Britain's greatest ruler. 13.1kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 15 Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝 When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops, 1.9kReads—Score24114d adds
- 16 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Nation's Destiny at Stake: Great Qin's Heavy Industry Stuns the World 国运争霸：我大秦重工，震惊世界 [National destiny + lordly conquest + Qin heavy industry + War God mechs + armored legions + passionate battles and ruthless killing] Also known as: Starships and armored mechs can settle any argument, so the great powers are actually me?; It's not that the Six Kingdoms didn't try, it's that Great Qin had technology; How can a planet-busting ship not count as a sword? A mysterious forbidden realm from beyond the stars descends upon Blue Star, and the trial of national destiny begins. Su Yang, wh 8.2kReads8.8Score82214d adds
- 18 The Rise of an Empire: I Extend the Ming Dynasty by Seven Hundred Years! 帝国崛起：我为大明续命七百年！ [System + alternate-history Ming Dynasty + decisive and ruthless + iron-blooded emperor + farming] The Ming Empire is growing weaker by the day. Shen Yu, whose soul has transmigrated into this world, becomes the ninth prince. Let’s see how he makes the Ming realm shine brighter than ever. 29.7kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 19 Mutating from the Shadows 从影子开始变异 In this era, fearsome, savage monsters run rampant. To fight them, humanity pushes its mind to the limit, breaks through its boundaries, and forges a whole new path, mastering all kinds of supernatural powers. Some command wind and thunder. Some can shatter mountains and rivers with their fists. Others unleash countless flying blades with a single thought, wiping out hordes of ferocious monsters. These people are known as the Gifted. Eighteen-year-old Luo Jie learns he can never become one of th 15.7kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 20 Who Let Him Become a Police Officer? 谁让他当警察的？ Xu Lai transmigrates to a parallel world, becomes a police officer, and unexpectedly awakens a god-tier detective System. Whenever he catches a criminal or solves a case, he receives a random reward from the System. The only problem is that the System’s rewards aren’t quite what he expected... “I’m a cop. Why the heck did you give me the skill to counterfeit money?” Xu Lai is initially close to breaking down. But on the very day he reports for duty, he runs into the leader of a counterfeit-money 25.9kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 21 EN Transmigrating to a Small Country and Developing Its GDP to Number One 穿越小国，发展GDP到第一 [Transmigration + Farming + Development + War + Ensemble Cast + Ideals] To borrow Sankara's words: What was the Republic of Bujinia like before he took over? Its national GDP was just 7.26 billion dollars. Its land area was a pitiful 274,000 square kilometers. Its entire armed forces numbered fewer than 100,000! The navy? What's a navy? Can a landlocked country even have one? And what was Bujinia like after he took over? Its GDP surpassed that of the United States Federation, accounting for 40% 30.1kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 22 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.2kReads—Score13114d adds
- 23 A Magic Mecha War? No, an Iron Tide! 魔法机甲战争？不，钢铁洪流！ In a world of magic and battle auras, the goblin race rises to power with colossal combat mechs! Every race rushes to follow suit, and war rages without end! But the natives of this otherworld have been blinded by the aesthetics of violence! Now and in the future, let me teach you what kind of mecha embodies a man's romance! Let me teach you what kind of propulsion brings a flood of steel! Let me teach you what kind of weapon delivers the deterrence of nuclear peace! Let me teach you what a full 17.3kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 24 The Strongest Golden Finger: Nurturing a Trillion Immortal Emperors Every Day 最强金手指，每天蕴育万亿仙帝 [Tyrant + endless troops + conquest + countless beauties + ultimate thrills] Qin Zheng transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the emperor of Great Qin. He obtains a reincarnation pool for attribute-based troops, which can nurture a million soldiers every day with attributes such as destruction, time, space, curses, souls, and light and shadow! [Destruction-attribute troops are like walking bolts of divine destruction. Wherever they pass, the heavens collapse and the earth is shattered!] 30.6kReads9.0Score2.4k14d adds
- 25 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score10614d adds
- 26 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.7kReads—Score14414d adds
- 27 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.2kReads5.7Score18714d adds
- 28 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 45.1kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 29 Mecha Girl Era: All My Mecha Girls Are World-Class 机娘纪元：我的机娘都是世界级 [Mecha Girls] + [Racing] + [Sweet Romance and Growth] + [Tomato’s only top-tier star racing novel] Once highly sought after by racing clubs, the top mecha girl is now ignored by everyone at the scrapyard. No one is willing to bond with her, even if she offers herself for free. She’s an “assassin race car” with unbeatable acceleration but terrible handling. Su Nian, a top racing driver from Earth, had hoped to make his mark in a world where racing technology lagged behind and success depended ent 21.5kReads9.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 30 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5k14d adds
- 31 EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 77kReads9.3Score6.4k14d adds
- 32 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 33 EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
- 34 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds
