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- 51 I'm in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I Really Don't Want to Transmigrate! 人在春秋，我真的不想穿越啊！ Other people are overjoyed when they transmigrate. When it happens to Lou Ling, he can only look miserable. The moment he opens his eyes, Lou finds himself in the middle Spring and Autumn period, more than 2,500 years in the past, in an era when food, drink, and clothing are hard to come by, and anyone who isn’t a noble is treated like an insect. This is an age when gentlemen are as refined as jade and unskilled in deceit, and wars between states are governed by countless rules. Watch how Lou Li 9.2kReads8.6Score691Shelves
- 52 Forging the Golden Realm 筑金瓯 [War, lighthearted, meticulously researched, history, no System] This is the Tang dynasty, a dynasty forged on the edge of a blade. The Tang emperor Xuanzong's dream ends in the Tianbao era, and the banner of the great Tang falls. There can be an Earlier Han and a Later Han. There can also be an Earlier Tang and a Later Tang. If the great Tang is gone, then we will build another great Tang. If the golden age is gone, then we will create another one. Let every child have a home, every elder have 3.4kReads8.2Score269Shelves
- 53 The Great Ming's Lord of the Seas 大明镇海王 [Ming dynasty, soul transmigration, saving the Crown Princess, saving Zhu Ying, saving Zhu Biao, saving Empress Ma, saving Xu Da, saving Lan Yu] Zhang Wuxian transmigrates to the eleventh year of Hongwu. He plans to lie flat and do nothing, but his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder won’t let him tolerate anything “illogical,” so he has to fix it all. Even more absurdly, he has a System in his head that automatically provides solutions and supplies every time his compulsions flare up, and it d 2.3kReads—Score204Shelves
- 54 Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明：开局穿成崇祯，我选择摆烂 (No System!! Not a naive, inexperienced protagonist!! Not a wish-fulfillment story!! If that bothers you, read with caution!! This is a Chongzhen transmigration story rooted in the historical facts of the late Ming!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the bad-faith review-bombing from black PR studios! I've been targeted!) History's dead ends are never rewritten with a casual stroke of a transmigrator's pen. Yuan Chonghuan's crimes and contributions, Sun Chuanting's life and death, Li Zich 1.9kReads6.1Score107Shelves
- 55 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 17.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 56 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Hit Me 我真没想中奖却被10亿大奖砸中了 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Fell into My Lap 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Reborn: I'm a Samurai in Japan's Warring States Period 重生之我在日本战国当武士 Are you tired of Chinese historical novels that all feel the same? Follow the author's writing and step into the world of Japan's Sengoku period! This book does not touch on Ming dynasty politics, nor does it involve invading the Ming dynasty or Korea. Please be a rational patriot. If you don't like it, just move on to another book. Here is the synopsis! Li Shan, a martial arts fanatic from the Celestial Empire and an outdoor survival enthusiast, ventured deep into the Amazon rainforest to film 113kReads9.2Score9.2kShelves
- 58 Master of the Game 神操手 After nine lives, can he escape his shackles? Can cultivating through code create a miracle? A seasoned spirit hunter starts out with a wronged spirit in tow and faces Hell-level difficulty from the start: Should he lie flat, or break free of his shackles? The One-Line Chasm, Soul-Eater Forest, the Inspection Team... The clues to extending his life point to the Guardian of the Abyss, locked away inside a ward. But when he risks his life to reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Clans, he discovers it is 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈：大唐权谋录 Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off 明末：别催了！我这巡抚只想摸鱼 Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive. But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters. Beacon fires blazed acros 725Reads—Score123Shelves
- 61 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 长安禾火之沈禾传奇 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Mortal Realm Martial Venerable: One Punch Shatters Chaos 凡界武尊：一拳碎混沌 Lin Chen, a body-tempering apprentice, is humiliated by a powerful clan and watches as the demon race slaughters his town. At death’s door, he awakens a bronze fragment left behind by his father. From then on, he shatters his constraints with his fists and rises against all odds! He slays demons and seizes treasures in the Black Wind Mountains, then establishes an alliance against the demons in Qingfeng Town. With only his Body Tempering cultivation, he stands against a Grandmaster and unites th 24Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 63 One Meal Kit a Day in a Chaotic World 人在乱世，一天一份拼好饭 [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Everyone stays smart throughout] [The new story doesn't recycle the same plot] [Tomato's fastest updater] [No emperor worship] [Contains personal takes, enter at your own discretion] [Alternate history mash-up] Lin Yuan wakes up after a nap and finds himself transmigrated back to a chaotic age. Just as he's about to starve to death, he suddenly discovers that he can order one combo meal every day. From that moment on, what path will a soul that can never return ho 313.2kReads8.1Score31.7kShelves
- 64 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 47.5kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 65 I Rule the Archives of Life and Death on the Other Shore 我在彼岸执掌生死档案 "Chen Mo, would you be willing to work for the Underworld?" "That lousy place? Not even a dog would go!" "A monthly salary of fifty thousand." "If even dogs won't go, then I'll go!" "Triple overtime pay, and if anything goes wrong on a mission, we'll make sure you get a good next life." "Big Brothers Hei and Bai Wuchang, you can count me as clocked in today." "Lord Yama, you're paying me so much, it's got me worried." 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Record of Raising an Otherworldly Supreme 异界至尊养成记录 In another world, with cards that blot out the sky, speak my true name and my magic knows no bounds. This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who transmigrates to another world, using summoning cards to earn money, raise a child, and stir up all kinds of trouble. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The End of Dayan: Winds Rise in Hanzhou 大衍末路：邯州风起 [Transmigrate to the Late Ming] [Imperial Son-in-Law] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [New Book] In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty, there are no golden fingers, no System, and the story unfolds at a measured pace. Zhao Yanzhi, a modern office worker, transmigrates by accident and becomes the illegitimate son of a landowning family in Handan during the early years of the Chongzhen reign. The realm is on the verge of chaos, bandits roam every 1.1kReads—Score117Shelves
- 68 Revolutionizing the Qing: A Changing Era of Self-Strengthening 革清：自强变局 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! 124.7kReads9.1Score8kShelves
- 69 Gazing Across the Four Seas 观四海 This isn't a conventional web novel. It features multidimensional space, rotating and traversing time sequences, and a diverse world of mutated races (beastfolk, insect races, marine life, and more), with varied narrative styles, interlocking plotlines, major foreshadowing, and tightly closed logical loops. The male lead, Qin Wei, can communicate with marine life and is also the chosen one most trusted by the Insect Queen. He seems to keep awakening as time turns, yet fails again and again. He m 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Abyssal Giant Attacks, and I Grow Ten Centimeters Taller Every Day 深渊巨人来袭，我每天长高十厘米 After transmigrating to a world under attack by giants, Chen Yuan awakens two traits: [Any Body Part Grows Ten Centimeters Every Day] and [Slay Colossal Beings, Gain Divine Powers]. And so begins his long career of hunting giants in the abyss. [Titan-Class Giant] [Strength of a million tons, divine body, one punch can destroy a city] [Title: War Behemoth] [Mountain-and-Sea-Class Giant] [Tall as mountains and seas, reaching up to ten thousand meters, looking down upon the human world] [Title: 16.1kReads6.4Score1.8kShelves
- 71 Rules for Transmigrators: I Become an Online Keyboard Warrior in Great Ming 穿越者守则：我在大明当键盘侠 (Alternate history + no System + no golden finger + imperial examinations and political intrigue + one female lead) Chen Ke, a transmigrator, enters the Jiajing era. From a boy who tended cattle to top scorer in the imperial examinations, from Hanlin compiler to Earl of Jinghai, he cuts a path through one challenge after another, navigating the treacherous court with care at every step. With a brush in his left hand and a sword in his right, he uses modern knowledge to maneuver among the uprigh 4.8kReads8.7Score297Shelves
- 72 Zeng Guofan: A Distinguished Statesman Who Revived the Late Qing 曾国藩：晚清中兴名臣 Written in an accessible style, this book recounts the remarkable life of Zeng Guofan, the foremost statesman of the late Qing revival. It begins with a baby's cries in a farming household in Xiangxiang in 1811, then follows his grueling path through the imperial examinations. He fails four times but keeps studying until, at twenty-seven, he finally enters the Hanlin Academy. As a capital official, he adheres to the principles of self-cultivation and holds fast to his convictions amid court intr 7.9kReads7.9Score355Shelves
- 73 EN This Great Wei Could Also Bear the Xiahou Name 这大魏，亦可姓夏侯 In the late Three Kingdoms period, the realm is divided among three powers. The Wei imperial clan is dwindling, while the great families watch hungrily from the sidelines. Xiahou Xian is reborn as Cao Cao's grandson. As a third-generation official of Wei, he will never let the Sima clan seize the imperial throne in this life. Sima Yi: Even if I wanted to seize power, where are my trusted followers? And where are my sons? Sima Shi: Father, when will I be able to enter government service? Sima 16.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 74 From the Start, I Live-Stream the Great Ming, and Huaxia Civilization Leads by Ages 开局直播大明，华夏文明断层领先 (This book is not intended to disparage the present or glorify the past. The world I've created is fictional, so please don't conflate it with reality. My goal is to work toward China's rise! Nothing else is intended!) My name is Han Bixing, and I transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a fool. Everyone calls me crazy and pelts me with stones because I hold up a battered bronze mirror and talk to the air. They don't know that the other side of the mirror is connected to more than six hundred year 6.7kReads9.3Score633Shelves
- 75 A Hotpot Through the Ages 火锅春秋 The state is founded on its people, and the people put food first. Transmigrating into the turbulent Spring and Autumn period, a master chef stirs up the world. Follow the protagonist across the river of time as, armed with culinary skills and the Zuo Zhuan, he rewrites the course of Chinese civilization and creates an epic “Spring and Autumn of Fine Food”! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 You Call Austria-Hungary a Great Power? 你说，奥匈是列强？ To transmigrate and be born as Karl I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, a “second-generation royal,” is truly wonderful! But since I’ve enjoyed all this glory and honor, I’ll have to find a way to restore the empire’s splendor and save it from collapse, so I can avoid the miserable fate that awaits me! Though I may seem weak right now, my ending is destined to be magnificent! So Karl swore. 66.9kReads8.6Score4.8kShelves
- 77 Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派 At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 13.3kReads8.6Score780Shelves
- 78 The Prosperous Era's Medical Detective 盛世谋医神探 Tang Wei, a top modern forensic pathologist, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ancient criminal's daughter who shares her name. The original Tang Wei's family was confiscated after her father became embroiled in an imperial examination cheating scandal. She was reduced to a government servant and took her own life in despair. When Tang Wei wakes up, she is immediately trapped in a desperate situation: her status as a government servant leaves her as lowly as dust, and the shadow of 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 A Tale of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 戏说魏晋南北朝 Telling history with a touch of humor doesn't mean making things up! It's the bare minimum of respect for the past. The 300 years from the Western Jin to the Sui Dynasty were practically a large-scale, absurdly realistic Game of Thrones. What a remarkable era it was: less than ten years after Sima Yan unified the realm, the foolish emperor and the fierce, ugly empress Jia Nanfeng turned the land into a bloody battlefield during the War of the Eight Princes. Liu Yuan, Shi Le, and others swept int 6kReads7.2Score297Shelves
- 80 I Became the Wanli Emperor's Crown Prince, So Whoever Wants the Red Pill Can Eat It 穿成万历太子，这红丸谁爱吃谁吃 Reborn as an emperor who has only been on the throne for a month, he faces the Palace Coup and the Red Pill Incident, with treacherous officials within and bandits without. From crown prince to emperor, he plans every step. Great Ming, are you ready to welcome your Emperor Taichang? Nurhaci, are you ready to be put through the wringer? 7.9kReads7.2Score583Shelves
- 81 Unparalleled Throughout the Ages 冠古绝今 Spiritual qi revival, mythology descends! Olympus, the gods of India, and deities from every heaven appear in the mortal world to reap their harvest. Whispers from the Old Ones crawl out of the abyss, and unspeakable horrors erode reality. Zhang Guangu, whose fate twists and turns and who endures countless tribulations, eventually discovers that he is the product of an ancient god's leader and the source of Earth's cultivation civilization fused together. He deduces the laws, dismantles divine a 10Reads—Score102Shelves
- 82 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Li Hongzhang: The Plasterer of the Qing Empire 李鸿章：大清帝国的裱糊匠 This is a sweeping historical portrait of Li Hongzhang's life, built around the metaphor of “learning to steer on a broken ship.” Beginning with a newborn's cries in the Li family home in Luzhou in 1823 and ending with his lonely final days at Xianliang Temple in 1901, the book follows the course of time to recreate the turbulent life of this high-ranking official of the late Qing. He was an ambitious scholar pursuing success in the imperial examinations, who honed his character under Zeng Guofa 3.3kReads7.9Score216Shelves
- 85 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: From Tightening Screws to Farming 穿越明末：从打螺丝到种田 Transmigration to the late Ming dynasty + Peasant Rebellion + Resistance against the Ming and Qing! (Respecting history + No cheats + No System + Slow-paced + Not a power fantasy!!) Wang Tie is an ordinary man with no particular skills. By a twist of fate, he transmigrates to the late Ming and early Qing, a chaotic era that is practically a living hell. How will he find a way to survive in this turbulent age?! And once he reaches the pinnacle of power, where will he lead this people and nat 17.3kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
- 87 Shangguan Wan’er: Courtly Intrigue in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝上官婉儿宫廷风云 Shangguan Wan'er was the daughter of a convicted official, yet she became Wu Zetian's right-hand woman. When Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was restored to the throne, she was named Zhaorong and continued overseeing official edicts for both the inner court and the outer government. Later, she attached herself to Princess Taiping. After Emperor Zhongzong's sudden death, Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping drafted an imperial edict naming Li Chongmao crown prince, with Prince Xiang, Li Dan, as regent 2.6kReads7.5Score156Shelves
- 88 The History of the Song Dynasty’s Imperial Court 宋代宫闱史 Drawing on official histories, unofficial accounts, and folk legends, this work offers a profound portrayal of the emperor's emotional world alongside a detailed depiction of life in the palace. It vividly recreates the lives of emperors and empresses in the secluded inner palace, while also offering readers interested in history clues to follow. 2.5kReads9.4Score321Shelves
- 89 Godly Game: High Melee Damage and High Ranged Damage 神明游戏：近战伤害高远程高伤害 [Apocalypse + Game System + Multiple Worlds + Power Fantasy] The further you read, the more exciting this book gets, and the bigger its world becomes! The first world is overrun with zombies; the second is a realm of demons and spirits pursuing cultivation! The Divine Game suddenly descends, and Zhang Wu is forcibly selected to participate. His sole main quest is staring him in the face: [Become a God]. His first stop is a zombie apocalypse. Zhang Wu hunts zombies to accumulate evolution points 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 The White-Robed Emperor 白衣天子 (No System + One Female Lead + Political Scheming and Conquest + Surviving in Troubled Times + Building a Following) “You want to know who I am? Sit down, have some tea, and let me spin you a tale.” In the eyes of the refugees, I'm a living bodhisattva who barely belongs in this world, giving them food and shelter. In the eyes of the noble clans, I'm a mad dog in human skin, mild-mannered most days but ready to wipe out entire households when I make a move. In the histories, I'm the gravedigger 186.6kReads9.0Score22kShelves
- 91 Heshen: Master of Power 和珅：权力的玩家 As a miniature reflection of the power structure during the Qianlong era, Heshen's life was forever entangled in the shadow of absolute imperial authority and the deep-rooted ills of the bureaucracy. From a penniless orphan living under another's roof in Lvrou Hutong to rising to the center of power through his gift for languages and financial acumen, his ascent was shaped by both the banner system and the emperor's political machinations. He was once a capable official who cleaned up the Minist 5.2kReads8.7Score414Shelves
- 92 Reborn, I Won’t Let Anyone Bully My Guard 重生后，谁都不能欺负我的侍卫 After Being Reborn, No One Can Bully My Guard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 71.1kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves
- 94 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 6.2kReads—Score503Shelves
- 95 I, Fan Jin, Am Retiring in Great Ming 老夫范进，在大明退休养老 (Already published under the title Madcap in the World of Scholars) (Third Prize in the “Reviving Ancient Books, Passing Down a Love of Reading” writing contest) Good heavens! I passed! Fan Jin from The Scholars is traveling through the Ming Dynasty. “Would you like to live a different life? Want to avoid thirty years of detours? Step out of The Scholars and begin your own journey.” At seventeen, Fan Jin opened his eyes and found himself fifty-four. The next time he opened them, he was thirty. H 5.3kReads9.5Score520Shelves
- 96 The Cat-Cat Star from Above 天降喵喵星 A Cat Star Falls from the Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 No Offenses Against Jin 不轨于晋 Who in history has never had regrets? Zhang Ao, the King of Zhao in the early Western Han dynasty, originally lived in the shadow of Liu Bang’s purge of kings with different surnames, spending his days in constant fear, never knowing whether he would see the next day. Heaven gave him a second chance to be reborn, in the form of Zhang Gui more than four hundred years later. Unfortunately, he now faced an even darker and more degenerate age of Wei and Jin. And so begins a tale of saving a world wh 747Reads—Score101Shelves
- 98 Whoever Offends the Han, No Matter How Far Away, Must Be Executed 明犯强汉者，虽远必诛 Born into poverty, he survived by begging and borrowing, yet wrote the most defiant declaration in Chinese history. He fought only one battle in his life, but it kept the backbone of an entire people straight for two thousand years. He was a hero and a sinner, a genius and a miser. He forged the words, “Whoever dares to offend the mighty Han will be executed, no matter how far away they are,” yet became a prisoner of his own greed and fate. His name was Chen Tang. Late in the Western Han dynasty 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 The Reservoir of Returning Waters 回流之坝 Does surviving tribulation have to mean facing a lightning tribulation? It could also mean a trial of love! In a world of spiritual energy, every stale cultivation trope is cast aside. A middle-aged man steps into a secret realm in his mortal body, exploring it one step at a time until his soul and body are completely set free. As he investigates the spiritual energy beneath heaven and earth, he uncovers the ultimate truth hidden from the world. 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯：我这一生如履薄冰 (An immersive experience of Zhu Youjian's life and the true nature of the chaos at the end of the Ming dynasty! Not a power fantasy!) At the end of the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, a report that Liaodong postal couriers had frozen to death was being used by a eunuch to prop up a table leg. The rice wasted at banquets by wealthy gentry in Jiangnan was worth more than three years of disaster relief in Shaanxi. Nanmu timber for the construction of the three great halls in the Forbidden Ci 690Reads6.4Score103Shelves
