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- 51 A True Hero of Southern Ming 南明大丈夫 In the eyes of his subordinates, he was a brilliant and mighty general. To his colleagues, he was a shrewd, mercenary little landlord. To Li Zicheng, he was an outsider from another province who might prove useful. To the Chongzhen Emperor, he was a bandit who had seized an imperial fief. To Dorgon, he was a shameless southerner. To Zheng Chenggong, he was a trustworthy ally. At this moment, history’s turning points shifted, and the tides of change surged. Welcome to The Great Husband of Souther 0Votes154.8kRecs27.5kFans
- 52 Northern Ming, Never Heading South 北明不南渡 On the third day of the third month in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Ci’s soul transmigrated into the body of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. Facing Li Zicheng and the constant attacks of the Manchus, Zhu Ci shouted, “Come on! Let’s hurt each other! Whoever backs down is a coward!” 0Votes49.7kRecs52.3kFans
- 53 The Giant Bandit’s Counterattack at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末之巨宼逆袭 In the eighth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing dynasty, the Eastern Tartars had occupied more than half of the Central Plains. Sun Kewang sought to recover Huguang from Yunnan and Guizhou, while Zheng Chenggong had also raised the Ming banner in Fujian and Zhejiang. Yet deep in the 0Votes15.7kRecs21.8kFans
- 54 Reborn in the 1970s 重生在70年代 If only life could start over... Wouldn't that be wonderful? Zhang Xingming was reborn. All the memories, regrets, resentments, and affections would come around again. This time, he would change everything. He urgently set out to make money and build his business. He had to establish barriers before foreign capital flooded in. He would acquire companies around the world and complete his plans before foreign investors caught on. He was ruthless toward outsiders and gentle with his own people. Hav 0Votes45.4kRecs55kFans
- 55 I Have Another World 我有一个异世界 “Twenty-five years old, graduated from a third-rate university, worked at an advertising agency for a year and a half, earns 3,500 a month, no car, no house, single...” Chen Yi stopped writing, crumpled up the paper, and threw it into the trash. “What's there to miss about a life like this?” he said resolutely. With that, he activated the ring and transmigrated to an unfamiliar world, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life... 0Votes167.5kRecs136.9kFans
- 56 Reviving the Southern Ming 振南明 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the rebel bandits broke through the capital, and the Son of Heaven hanged himself for his country. Within, rebel chieftains and roving bandits stole the imperial seal; without, the Tartars and barbarians raised a clamor. The realm had fallen, but its mountains and rivers remained... As the whole nation mourned, a modern soul took possession of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. At this critical moment, Zhu Cilang thundered out a call that shook the heavens: 0Votes157.6kRecs144.5kFans
- 57 The Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦医卫 A forensic doctor returns to the Ming Dynasty, takes charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, solves cases and hunts criminals, and judges the living and the dead. With a single hand, he supports the realm of four hundred prefectures and sets sail across ten thousand li of ocean... His eyes shine like lightning, seeing through the underworld. His treasured sword flashes as he slays every demon and fiend! 0Votes255.5kRecs242.2kFans
- 58 The Infinite Way of the Martial Artist 无限武者道 He Rulong was at a loss. He had discovered that he’d entered a place called the Primordial Space. Even worse, his temporary teammates weren’t even from Earth. From what he’d gathered through a few probing questions, they came from a high-martial world. Still, it wasn’t as if he had no advantages. For instance, his original number was 006. That proved he was among the first to enter the Primordial Space. Compared to everyone else, he’d already won at the starting line. But the unacceptable part w 0Votes46.7kRecs71.8kFans
- 59 The Ming Dynasty's Chief Grand Secretary 明王首辅 In the winter of the twelfth year of the Zhengde era, Xu Jin transmigrates into the body of an impoverished Confucian student in Shangrao County, Jiangxi. That year, the Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao is touring the border garrison at Xuanfu. That year, Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning in Jiangxi, is secretly plotting a rebellion. That year, Xu Jin, with nothing but bare walls at home, searches for a way forward and ultimately decides to pursue an official career through the imperial examinations. He conqu 13Votes297.2kRecs241.8kFans
- 60 Fantasy Westward Journey: The Black-Clad Assassin 梦幻西游之黑衣刺客 This isn't about transmigration or being reborn. It isn't a traditional online-game conquest story, and there are no gaming experts armed with a full set of divine artifacts, no endless parade of beauties throwing themselves at the hero, and no brainless enemies you can kill at will. It's simply the author's memories of playing Fantasy Westward Journey in high school: a wonderful recollection of an ordinary person's time in the game. There's passion and youth, the stubbornness to keep a promise 0Votes67.4kRecs25.3kFans
- 61 The Great Tang’s Sage of Agriculture 大唐农圣 A story about how smallholder thinking drives a smallholder economy. 0Votes74.7kRecs96.4kFans
- 62 Traveling Through Time and Space with a System 带着系统穿时空 In 1639, the twelfth year of the Chongzhen reign. That year, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled against the Ming court once more in Gucheng. That year, Li Zicheng emerged from the Shangluo Mountains with several thousand men. That year, Hong Taiji sharpened his blades beyond the pass, intent on sweeping across the Central Plains. That year, the Ming Dynasty, battered by storm and rain, took one step after another toward its doom. And that year, He Xuan transmigrated into this world. With an Emotion System 0Votes109.4kRecs88.8kFans
- 63 Fight, Ancestors! 战斗吧祖先大人 In the year 3018, Han Tang was thawed and released after sleeping for a thousand years in a human cryogenic pod. In an instant, he found himself in a magnificent new era of interstellar civilization. The age on his ID had also changed from twenty-one to one thousand and twenty-one. 0Votes676.3kRecs58.7kFans
- 64 Back in the Ming Dynasty as a Talented Scholar 回到大明当才子 In short, Young Master Zhang really is an exceptionally good man: a perfect gentleman and a true moral paragon of the Great Ming! Of course, no one is so talented that he escapes envy. No matter how good Young Master Zhang, the top scholar Zhang, may be, there will always be narrow-minded, twisted, ill-intentioned, ill-mannered petty rats who slander and defame him at every turn. At the very least, not a single Jurchen or bondservant can stand the sight of Young Master Zhang. Why? Because our Yo 0Votes158.8kRecs215kFans
- 65 Colonizing Otherworlds 殖民异位面 An accident during a trial run of a massive controlled nuclear fusion reactor unexpectedly opened a doorway to a magical plane. And so began a war between technology and magic. Join group 646713733 if you're interested. 0Votes28.7kRecs25.6kFans
- 66 Marching North to Conquer the Qing 北上伐清 In the dust of the barbarians, the people have wept until their tears ran dry; beneath the Han people's knees lies a splendid land. Today, we have gathered three hundred million strong, clapping our hands and boasting of Han robes and caps. Perks for full-book subscribers: 961406930 (send a screenshot of your fan rank when you join) 0Votes111.3kRecs121.4kFans
- 67 The Chongzhen Chat Group 崇祯聊天群 [A shortlisted work for the New Era of History writing contest] Emperor Chongzhen was tricked into hanging himself and losing his empire. But in this book, though the emperor is shut away in the palace, he has a group chat where he can talk to people outside. Could he still be fooled? Oh no, the emperor has transmigrated too! This cheat is so overpowered that even the Earth is trembling! It's over: before long, the Ming dynasty will rule an empire on which the sun never sets! My new book, Beyond 0Votes187.2kRecs168.9kFans
- 68 Force Master 原力宗师 A lightsaber sweeps across the stars, striking awe throughout the cosmos and suppressing countless mighty interstellar empires. The Force is with me! 0Votes65.9kRecs20.4kFans
- 69 Reborn: The Legend of a Commoner 重生之草根神话 Reborn on the day after the college entrance exam, he faces a future he knows all too well. Should he settle for an ordinary life, or dare to take a chance and make his mark? 0Votes21.5kRecs33.9kFans
- 70 Reborn as Emperor of the Ming Dynasty 重生明朝当皇帝 In the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, the late Ming dynasty is in decline. Having possessed Zhu Youxiao, I am gravely ill and clinging to life. Once I recover, I will purge the Donglin faction, wipe out the Shanxi merchants, strengthen imperial authority, and claim the throne. If not me, then who? I will build industry, train a powerful army, and guide the arts. Watch the iron tide roll across the northern frontier, and behold flowers blooming across the lands within the passes. Tears of beau 0Votes82.5kRecs178.3kFans
- 71 The Ming Dynasty: Starting with Caution 大明从慎重开始 In the eleventh year of the Hongzhi era, the Hongzhi Restoration was declining after its period of prosperity. Worthy ministers were retiring in old age, the three members of the Grand Secretariat were growing frail, and despite Emperor Hongzhi’s tireless efforts to govern, he could not lead the Ming Dynasty into an even greater age of peace and prosperity. At that time, in a dilapidated courtyard in the northwest corner of the capital, a scholar was poring over historical records, checking whet 0Votes146.6kRecs158kFans
- 72 Reaping the Dawn 收割黎明 Across myriad worlds and ages, all chase fame and fortune. The road to ascension lies among the stars, where one proves the Dao. Each path takes a different form, but none is easy. This is a bustling star region, the brilliant jewel of the vast universe. Here, civilization kindles its light, while ruins bear silent witness to the past. We have come here on a mission, though every path home is an illusion. We may drown among the stars, or rise up from within them. This is nothing more than a spac 0Votes12.6kRecs6.2kFans
- 73 Wanli 1592 万历1592 There are too many mysteries in this world that remain unsolved, and are destined to stay that way. For instance, Xiao Ruxun has no idea how he traveled back from the apocalypse to the Great Ming dynasty, five hundred years earlier. The twentieth year of the Wanli reign was the best of times and the worst of times. With just sixty years left until the empire falls, the final chance to set things right is within reach. Conquer the northwest, Korea, and Mongolia. The three great campaigns of the W 3Votes167.3kRecs196.2kFans
- 74 The Bright Moon over Song 大宋明月 New book, The Jin Campaign Conquers the World, coming soon. Stay tuned! [Runner-up in the New Historical Era Writing Contest] “Had the world not been blessed with a young lord, all ages would have been shrouded in endless night.”, Yue Fei. With fine horses and costly furs, Zhao Hao, a prince of the Northern Song dynasty, possesses a Merit System. He could have lived a life of carefree luxury, yet he is willing to make the whole world his enemy and vows to contend with Heaven itself. He seeks to 0Votes61.6kRecs49.6kFans
- 75 Dungeon Invader 副本入侵者 When reality becomes a game and dungeons turn real, countless bosses bare their fangs, while endless NPC armies draw their blades and launch an invasion of reality from their dungeons. Jia Nian awakens to a parallel world that is familiar yet strange. Drawing power from a fictional Eastern Han dungeon world, he raises the banner of the Heavenly Strategy and builds an impregnable fortress in the Outer Heaven to protect the home behind him. 0Votes31kRecs45.8kFans
- 76 The All-Round Farmer 全职农夫 Zhang Fan, who works for the city landscaping department, is dismissed for no reason. Disheartened, he returns to his hometown, where he happens to obtain a miraculous Guanyin purification vase while sorting through his family’s belongings. The vase contains a space with a pool of water inside. The pool can accelerate the growth of plants and animals and improve living organisms. With the miraculous vase in his possession, Zhang Fan can still make a name for himself in the countryside, leading t 0Votes109.8kRecs80.8kFans
- 77 Myriad Heavens Dao-Seeking System 诸天问道系统 With a System at his side, he seeks the Dao across the heavens! An ordinary youth carries the System of Dao-Seeking Across the Heavens. He wages war across the heavens and seeks the Dao throughout the myriad worlds, armed with peerless cultivation and accompanied by stunning beauties, watching the winds of change with a smile! 0Votes23kRecs40.2kFans
- 78 Hunting Across the Planes 位面之狩猎万界 The story of Huang Shaohong, who possesses Monster Hunter skills, as he travels through the Myriad Worlds! The author has already completed a 4-million-character novel, The Void Ring: Becoming a God Across the Planes. Their track record is solid. 0Votes262.7kRecs161.3kFans
- 79 A Good Husband in the Ming Dynasty 明朝好丈夫 I know things, I'm cultured, I can heal, and I can kill. I'm passionate, wicked, powerful, and damn impressive. I'm a Brocade Guard, a live-in son-in-law, an imperial bodyguard, and the crown prince's mentor. I'm just me: a good husband and a powerful minister. I made the Zhengde era more colorful and more exciting. 0Votes165.3kRecs317.5kFans
- 80 The All-Purpose Idler 全能闲人 I can do anything, yet I have no grand ambition or scruples about changing the world or saving humanity. All I want is to steal half a day of leisure and enjoy the simple pleasures of life... It's a state of mind, a philosophy of life, a profound discipline... Classmates, take your time and figure it out. Zhou Yi was once the hardworking model student in everyone's eyes. Then he suddenly acquired an All-Around Layabout System, became capable of everything, and gained the absolute right to live l 0Votes180.8kRecs209.9kFans
- 81 The Great Shun 顺明 A discharged soldier arrives in the Ming dynasty. While he was in the military, he was merely a noncommissioned officer. After leaving the service, he became an employee of a financial courier company. What can he do? Will he drift with the currents of history, or defy heaven, change his fate, and alter the destiny of this age... 0Votes562.7kRecs548.4kFans
- 82 The Carefree Marquis 逍遥侯 Li Zhongyi was once the greatest traditional Chinese doctor alive. After a car accident, he found himself in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, inhabiting the body of a good-for-nothing who was too inept to pass the civil service exams or wield a blade! At the time, the child emperor Shi Jingtang had only recently sold the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Meng Chang, ruler of Later Shu, was enjoying himself with Lady Huarui. Li Yu, the last ruler of Southern Tang, was still singing “Song 0Votes246kRecs146.1kFans
- 83 The Ancient Well at My Home Leads to the Martial World 我家古井通武林 Ye Xing returned to his hometown for a matchmaking date. By chance, a thunderstorm struck, and he discovered that the ancient well in the backyard of his ancestral home could take him to a different world, a continent of martial arts. He began traveling back and forth between the two worlds, selling phones and learning martial arts, and embarked on an outrageously awesome life. On the martial arts continent, he was a tycoon. He founded Baiyun Manor, recruited heroes from all corners of the land, 0Votes117.5kRecs388.8kFans
- 84 Days Spent Cultivating with Senior Sister 陪师姐修仙的日子 With the words, “If my heart cannot find peace, how can I bring peace to the world?”, Lin Feng transmigrated. Apparently, he has six senior sisters, each weirder than the last. They’re classic cases of having put their talent points into all the wrong things. Other people cultivate immortality with astonishing talent. When it’s my turn, things get a little awkward. Other people make rapid progress in cultivation. When it’s my turn, I advance half a meter in a thousand days. Sometimes I seriously 0Votes86kRecs146.4kFans
- 85 Returning After a Hundred Years of Cultivation 修真百年归来 Qin Lu, a Golden Core cultivator on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, was ambushed and transmigrated back to Earth, becoming a penniless college student on the verge of losing his job! How does a Golden Core cultivator get by in the city? Buy a mountain and fill it with spirit herbs and fruits. Want to live longer? Everyone will have to come begging me. Buy an island and raise all kinds of demon beasts. I can roam wherever I please, through the skies and seas! General read 0Votes198.3kRecs160.1kFans
- 86 True Martial Arts Across Two Worlds 两界真武 Jiang Zhenwu, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, suddenly gains the ability to travel to the continent of Valoran, the Land of Runes. From then on, he sets out on the path to becoming a powerhouse in both worlds! This is a land of snow and frost, where ferocious beasts roam. This is Freljord, on the continent of Valoran! Here lies the Fields of Justice, here stands the Institute of War, and here are more than a hundred champions... At first, however, Jiang Zhenwu is even weaker than 0Votes193.2kRecs141.5kFans
- 87 Transmigrating Through Film and Television Worlds with a Membership 影视会员大穿越 Unable to put up with the ever-lengthening ads on video sites any longer, Xia Yu decided to buy a cheaper account on a certain shopping site. The moment he finished entering the password and chose to log in, everything changed. I must have bought a fake membership. P.S. My million-word infinite-world novel is complete. 0Votes108.7kRecs240.4kFans
- 88 Treasure Hunting Around the World 寻宝全世界 After narrowly escaping death, Ye Tian discovers that the world before his eyes has changed, shining with dazzling brilliance! Antiques, famous paintings, gold, diamonds, and jewels are everywhere, ready for the taking! The pirate treasure on Cocos Island, gold in the depths of the ocean, Mayan civilization hidden in the jungle, the secrets of King Solomon, the lost Atlantis... None of them are mysterious anymore. Their doors have been thrown wide open, just waiting for Ye Tian to explore and di 1Votes488.8kRecs348.7kFans
- 89 The Directorate of Ceremonial 司礼监 Never look down on a poor young man. My uncle is Wei Zhongxian. A masterpiece from Ao Gu, guaranteed. 1Votes584.3kRecs320.4kFans
- 90 Against the Current: 2004 逆流2004 Back in 2004, Zhou An's first small business took just 4 yuan to start! He begins with the humblest little venture. Four yuan is all it takes to make a fortune! 0Votes215.3kRecs103.1kFans
- 91 Restarting a Glorious Life 重启辉煌人生 Reborn in 2001, Gu Heng has only one simple wish: to amass enough wealth to enjoy life before turning thirty. Then, in his spare time, he can grow flowers, walk the dog, and go fishing, take his parents around the country to see the sights, and give the little girl the best education and a life fit for a princess... So he decides to set himself a modest goal first: make a hundred million! 0Votes125.5kRecs153.5kFans
- 92 Engineer in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末工程师 Li Zhi, an industrial designer, transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. No money? Build a flying-shuttle loom and make a fortune in no time. Can’t stand the filthy conditions of the late Ming? Invent soap and toothpaste to clean up the whole dynasty! Peasant rebellions? Life is cheap in chaotic times? Bastions of concrete will keep you safe! The Manchus are marching south, leaving devastation in their wake? Let’s see who dares say no when they face my rifles! Everything within range of my cannon 11Votes480.1kRecs319.6kFans
- 93 Autumn of the Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen 崇祯十七年秋 In the Jiashen upheaval, the emperor died for his country, and Wu Sangui led Qing troops through the pass. As the realm descended into chaos and the barbarians sought to seize the imperial throne, could the land of Huaxia truly have no loyal subjects? Beneath the walls of Qingzhou, enemy troops laid siege to the city. He Tuo urged Wang Shiheng to surrender: “Wang Shiheng, give in! You’ve fought your hardest, and there’s nothing more you can do!” In the isolated city of Yangzhou, Dodo shot a surr 0Votes114.7kRecs41.4kFans
- 94 Interstellar Tomb Raider 星际盗墓 [A work contracted with Qidian's First Editorial Group] What mystery is hidden within a seven-thousand-year-old tomb? How did the Galactic Superpower undergo such a shocking transformation? Who is the mastermind behind it all? Just how powerful is the ultimate limit of martial cultivators? Yi Shuihan, a small miner from Fengtu Star, encounters Mister Mu in the planetary core and is taken on as his disciple. From then on, he embarks on a journey to explore a series of ancient connected tombs, eng 0Votes672.6kRecs249.7kFans
- 95 Make My Name Known Across the Land 明扬天下 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, the land was truly in chaos: hooves fell like rain, shouts rolled like thunder, and blood poured in torrents. The Central Plains’ mothers grayed with worry; in the spring boudoirs of Jiangnan, women gazed into the distance; in Hunan, children wept through the night. Farewells beneath the willows of their hometowns, generals’ eyes blazing with fury, and war banners snapping in the northern wind. Clouds of dust rose one after another as the land of Huaxi 0Votes463kRecs230.9kFans
- 96 Saving the Ming Dynasty 抢救大明朝 Zhu Cilang is more treacherous than a traitor to the Han, and even better at winning people’s hearts than Li Zicheng!, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, halted at Huyashan and gazed toward the southeast, filled with emotion. This boy Cilang is rebellious, unfilial, treacherous, and vicious. He is practically Cao Cao reborn and Sima Yi returned from the dead. If he becomes emperor, every rebel, treacherous minister, and unruly subject in the world will surely miss me!, The Chongzhen Emperor of the Min 17Votes1.3MRecs536.2kFans
- 97 The Fourth Year of Yongli 永历四年 In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Yongli reign, the Qing army launched an advance campaign against the anti-Qing forces in the Siming Mountains, which stood in mutual support with the Ming forces of Prince Lu entrenched in the Zhoushan Archipelago. After defeating the main local Ming forces, the Qing army carried out a bloody campaign to purge the mountains. From then on, the Siming Mountain region, whose population had once surged because of the ethnic oppression imposed by the Manc 0Votes147.9kRecs67kFans
- 98 The Cultivator Returns to the City 修真归来在都市 Eighty years ago, Yin Xiu set out for the distant shores of the starry skies in pursuit of a higher realm and a breakthrough beyond his limits. Eighty years later, stuck at a bottleneck in his cultivation and realizing that his heart's unfinished business remained, Yin Xiu returned from the world of cultivation beyond the stars to Blue Star. But eighty years had passed, and Blue Star had already undergone earth-shaking changes... 0Votes231.8kRecs357.8kFans
- 99 A Tough Guy in Showbiz 硬汉的娱乐圈 When the entire entertainment industry was dominated by traffic-driven idols and pretty boys, a tough guy appeared. With godlike acting, he conquered the world. 0Votes97.3kRecs99kFans
- 100 The Splendor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐风华路 After transmigrating, Han Yue becomes Li Shimin's illegitimate son, though he has no idea who he really is. He has a wife, a few acres of farmland, and a habit of inventing things in his spare time. Little by little, he builds up a miserable village. Han Yue thinks this life is pretty good. If no one bothered him, he'd be happy to live this way forever. But every man has to grow up, and even a nobody can gradually become somebody. With every gesture, he seems destined to reach the summit. Time i 0Votes781.6kRecs391.4kFans
