Novels like A Total War Gone Wrong
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- 1 Sweeping Away the Ming 扫明 War and smoke engulf Liaodong. Cities change hands again and again, and corpses pile up for miles. Five provinces are engulfed in chaos as bands of rebels swarm forth and sweep across the Central Plains. In the south, streams wind beneath little bridges, while songs and dances fill the pavilions and scholars and beauties laugh and chat. Amid the internal strife and foreign threats of the Ming dynasty's final years, Wang Zheng, a vete 0Votes19.8kRecs24.3kFans
- 2 He Changed the Ming Dynasty 他改变了大明 Has My Cheat Power Finally Come Online? Then let’s make some big news first! And help him achieve one more small goal: make the Ming the king of all dogs. 0Votes24.4kRecs14kFans
- 3 The Chongzhen Emperor's First Powerful Minister 大明崇祯第一权臣 Zhang Bin unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young county magistrate in the late Ming Dynasty. Unwilling to become a subject of a fallen state, he resolves to save the Ming Dynasty. But for a county magistrate, saving the Ming seems incredibly difficult. After all, he has too little power, and nobody pays him any attention. How can he rise quickly and seize power in the late Ming? According to the historical records, the easiest way is to brag. Follow the example of Yuan Chonghuan and 0Votes60.1kRecs96.2kFans
- 4 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
- 5 Li Dapao's Years of Resistance 李大炮的抗战岁月 When a butterfly spreads its wings, a storm arises... Otaku Li Siwei unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes a low-ranking soldier on the Songhu battlefield, beginning his years of resistance against the Japanese... P.S. New book, The Flames of War: A young man seeking to live on his own terms transmigrates into a chaotic alternate world and embarks on a war-torn path to becoming an emperor... 0Votes48.9kRecs62.5kFans
- 6 The Ideal Son-in-Law of the Late Ming 明末好女婿 “Chongzhen, don't rush to hang yourself. Just give me your daughter, and I'll fight my way out of Beijing with you!” “Li Zicheng, I'll leave this city of Beijing to you. Take care of yourself!” “Dorgon, one day I'll, Chen Yue, march into the Northeast and drive you Manchus all the way to the Arctic Ocean, where you'll live beside the Eskimos!” He transmigrates to the final years of the Chongzhen reign and meets Chongzhen's daughter, Princess Kunxing. He falls for a girl, but ends up shouldering 0Votes155.1kRecs130.6kFans
- 7 Three Kingdoms: Summoning the Water Margin Heroes 三国之召唤水浒 Water Margin: East: the 108 Liangshan Stars. South: the Four Great Marshals, Eight Great Heavenly Kings, and Twelve Divine Generals. West: one supreme general, two fierce champions, and the Five Tiger Generals. North: the Thirteen Guardians. The Liao Dynasty: the Eleven Luminaries Generals and the Twenty-Eight Constellation Generals. The Song Dynasty: the Ten Military Governors, the Eight Regional Inspectors, and the Four Great Villains. The Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department and eigh 0Votes19.4kRecs32.9kFans
- 8 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
- 9 Reborn in India as a Tycoon 重生印度做大亨 What would happen if a purchasing agent at a machinery factory were reborn as an Indian Kshatriya of high caste? Stay tuned and find out. 0Votes17.7kRecs33.3kFans
- 10 The Game Descends into Another World 游戏降临异世界 This is a wild and chaotic world, a world teetering on the brink of apocalypse. The earth is dying, the laws of nature have long since fallen into disarray, the gods have fallen, and all living things struggle to survive, refusing to perish. Zhang Li arrives in this despairing place with an entire game world in tow. New book: My Home Has a World of Immortal Heroes 0Votes47.3kRecs52.1kFans
- 11 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
- 12 I’m a Duke in the Ming Dynasty 我在明朝当国公 0Votes493.3kRecs205.3kFans
- 13 Conquering the Warring States 战国霸天下 Bai Qi emerged like a thunderbolt, outshining all the other famed generals beneath heaven. The strategists Zhang Yi, Su Qin, and Gongsun Yan could make the feudal lords tremble with a single burst of anger, and bring peace to the world simply by living in comfort. When a soul from a later age transmigrates to the Warring States period, the seven great powers change: Wei becomes Wei, and there are still seven powers. But with the difference of a single character, the wheels of history turn in a n 0Votes48.9kRecs33.7kFans
- 14 Cultivating Divinity Through Cells 细胞修神 Cells as dantians, and cell nuclei as golden cores. Infinite dantians, infinite golden cores. Infinite division, infinite avatars. Every dantian is a world! Every golden core is a planet. When all the worlds merge, that is the universe. 0Votes34.2kRecs65.9kFans
- 15 EN My Empire of Clones 我的分身帝国 He unexpectedly gains the ability to split himself apart. One clone after another infiltrates society, and a series of monopolistic trusts emerge around the world. A colossal conglomerate that nearly monopolizes every industry on Earth appears on this blue planet. People are born in hospitals across the globe under the Titan Medical banner, grow up eating food from Titan Agriculture at Titan Education schools, and find employment with Titan Mining, whose reach extends into the stars. When they g 0Votes127.5kRecs66.7kFans
- 16 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
- 17 The Autocrat of the Ming Dynasty 独断大明 The protagonist is the sixth son of the Ming Emperor Guangzong. He decides he can't let the future Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, ascend the throne. So he shouts in the Forbidden City: I want to be emperor! New novel: Song Dynasty's Elegant Years. 1Votes527.2kRecs459.7kFans
- 18 Myth Made Reality 神话现实 Flowers bloom in profusion, beasts roar in unison, and heaven and earth undergo a great transformation. The civilizations of China, ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt… ancient civilizations awaken one after another, and emperors from history arrive in this new age! Myths become reality, as Eastern and Western mythologies clash. The world keeps growing larger. The immortal sects reopen, myths begin anew, and after a long evolution, the world finally enters the Mythic Age. A farming-themed fantasy nov 0Votes93.5kRecs57.2kFans
- 19 The Clan Leader Has a Lot on His Plate 族长压力大 Some debts always have to be repaid. The sins committed by the first generation of transmigrators, for instance, can only be borne by the second. Gui Chongyang, a second-generation transmigrator, returns to Mu Family Village and sets out on the path to becoming clan head. Where are the legendary main and collateral branches, the clan elders, and the clan lands? There is a house: three thatched rooms. There is land: two mu of saline-alkali flats. And there are people: a houseful of old and young, 0Votes231.4kRecs86.8kFans
- 20 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
- 21 The Yu-Song Dynasty 余宋 Let’s try a new blurb, one that’s easier to understand. This is a story about a local boy, Little Gao Yanei, who gets a golden finger and runs riot in the final years of the Northern Song. It’s all one person’s wish fulfillment. If you like it, come explore the world with me. If you don’t, do whatever you want. You can even say I’ve run out of ideas. I’m no banknote, after all. That’ll do. Writing a blurb is exhausting… 0Votes138.8kRecs55.8kFans
- 22 Fan Jin's Ordinary Life 范进的平凡生活 Transported into the world of The Scholars, I become Fan Jin in his younger days. Ha, I passed! 0Votes151.9kRecs83kFans
- 23 A Good Uncle in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝好舅子 The Tang dynasty is a poem, and Chang'an is a painting of beauty. A struggling writer transmigrates to the Tang dynasty. In this age of prosperity, the Tang gains one more country bumpkin, a little nobody who will make the world tremble. The civilization of the Tang shines like the sun upon every land beneath its light. 0Votes172.9kRecs159.9kFans
- 24 Bright Moon Over the Warring States 战国明月 The sun and moon rush onward, never lingering; spring and autumn take their turns. Time turned back, and a minor civil servant was reborn in the Warring States period as Zhao, the Lord of Chang’an. As the queen dowager’s favorite, he could have enjoyed a life of luxury, tinkered with little inventions, and chatted merrily with the Hundred Schools 1Votes202.6kRecs148.6kFans
- 25 Inheriting Twenty Trillion 继承两万亿 Bai Xiaosheng, an ordinary wage-earner, inherits a world-class conglomerate worth two trillion! According to the will, he has to start at the bottom and work his way up through the ranks. As he unlocks more and more System support features and access to vast sums of money, he makes his way through the many subsidiary companies and industries under Zongheng Group, living life to the fullest. “Let me tell you a secret. I may be an employee, but I’m actually your boss!” 2Votes596.8kRecs533.1kFans
- 26 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
- 27 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
- 28 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
- 29 Lost in 1629 迷失在一六二九 You! Yes, you. Take a look at yourself. What can you do? What do you know how to do? If you were dropped into the year 1629, the second year of the Chongzhen reign in the Ming dynasty, in the age of Li Zicheng and Hong Taiji, could you survive? Without a golden finger, without a protagonist’s destiny, relying entirely on your own skills and knowledge, could you survive? The one stroke of luck is that you wouldn’t be fighting alone. Behind you would be a group, a community of modern people. Come 4Votes884.7kRecs229.8kFans
- 30 Ruler of Tomorrow 明日支配者 Fang Ziyu gets a magical notebook from the future... a computer. With this computer, Fang Ziyu can not only see glimpses of the future, but also buy items that exist in the future. From then on, Fang Ziyu is one step closer to reaching the future. VIP group: 587128644 (Join if you have purchased all of The Night Is Coming or have reached Steward rank or higher in Tomorrow's Ruler). 0Votes206.4kRecs139.1kFans
- 31 The Eagle of Humble Origins 寒门枭士 Splendor is about to take its final bow, while a poor-born youth quietly rises. Striding across time and space, a brilliant strategist plots for the realm. 0Votes1.1MRecs270.4kFans
- 32 Crowned Above the New Han Dynasty 冠绝新汉朝 Of all the talent under heaven, Chen Zhi claims eight tenths, leaving the other two tenths for everyone else. He transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms, served the Liu clan, swept away the warlords, and had the tide of events firmly in hand. With the restoration of the Han just around the corner, he died. Fortunately, Chen Zhi was armed with the finest teachings of a hundred schools and all manner of extraordinary objects. Nearly a century after his death, he was reborn. But this time, he faced an 0Votes258kRecs126.6kFans
- 33 The Empress’s Chief Eunuch 女帝的大内总管 As a lover of the occult, Zhou An had always believed that immortals existed in this world. He had practiced qigong, studied magic, bought several pounds of secret manuals from a street stall for thirteen yuan and fifty cents, and even scoured antique markets for alchemy recipes, using a microwave to refine pills. So he died! He was poisoned to death by the “supreme-grade Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill” he had refined himself! When Zhou An opened his eyes again, he confirmed two things. First 0Votes296.4kRecs286.8kFans
- 34 The Dawn of Lingao 临高启明 They transmigrate to an age of chaos by choice, not because they were struck by lightning. Some want to become kings and conquer the land. Some want to rescue the people from their misery. Others want to use their own strength to stop the final conquest of civilization by barbarism, and thereby rewrite the history of the Chinese people. Of course, some only want to enjoy the extremely decadent life they can’t have in the present day, with three wives and four concubines. This group of ordinary p 94Votes2.5MRecs552.6kFans
- 35 Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant 回到明朝当暴君 I am the Son of Heaven, appointed by Heaven itself. I command the universe, carry forward the founding emperor’s legacy, and wield the Son of Heaven’s sword to crush all who refuse to submit. Let this be proclaimed to all under heaven: beneath the sky, all is the emperor’s land; within the borders, all are his subjects. Barbarians and foreign nations alike shall be servants of the Han. P.S. The audiobook version is now available on Ximalaya. Give it a listen and subscribe! General group number: 1Votes626.6kRecs731.8kFans
- 36 The Son of Heaven at the End of the Han Dynasty 汉末天子 He travels through time and space, returning in spirit to the end of the Han Dynasty. Waking up as an emperor sounds pretty good, except his circumstances are nothing like what he was promised. Outside, warlords have carved up the realm, and the land lies in ruins. Inside, treacherous ministers hold him hostage, leaving him no freedom. Liu Xie feels the pressure. To change his tragic fate and enjoy the 0Votes349.9kRecs234.8kFans
- 37 The Portal Between Movie Worlds 电影世界穿梭门 That day, a bolt of lightning struck. Wang Xu didn’t transmigrate; his front door did. Movies, TV dramas, anime, novels, ancient myths: this place is filled with endless worlds, and with them, endless possibilities… VIP group: Open to members with 2,000 fan points. Screenshot required. 0Votes401.8kRecs447.3kFans
- 38 The Han Legacy and the Noble Houses 汉祚高门 Shen Zhezhi arrives in the early Eastern Jin dynasty and takes over the body of a son from a powerful family in Jiangnan. He has ten thousand mu of fertile land, a fortune in wealth, and servants by the dozen. It’s an exceptionally privileged start for someone who transmigrates, but unfortunately, his father is a habitual rebel. The aristocracy flees south, the Five Barbarians wreak havoc across China: a dirge for the land of Hua Xia, a lament for the Han dynasty. The great clans can’t be truste 0Votes825.6kRecs424.6kFans
- 39 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
- 40 The Southern Ming Continues 续南明 “The Great Ming has unified the four seas, surpassed the Three Dynasties and outshone the Han and Tang. Its reach extends to the ends of the earth, and all under Heaven bow as its subjects...” In the sixth year of the Xuande era, Zheng He set sail on his seventh voyage to the Western Ocean. He proudly proclaimed these words on the Stele of the Heavenly Consort’s Divine Manifestations. At the time, the might of the Ming dynasty was at its height. But by the end of the Chongzhen era, the great edi 2Votes722.2kRecs228.1kFans
- 41 I Am the President of a Virtual Reality Game Company 我是虚拟现实游戏公司总裁 During an interview with reporters from around the world, Li Ang spoke freely: “When I’m out of money, of course I have to make something. If I don’t, I won’t have any money to spend.” “Getting financing? No way. I’ll never do that in this lifetime.” “I don’t know how to go public and cash out, so I can only make this stuff (games) to scrape by. That’s how it is.” “Today’s players are all talented, and they’re so nice to talk to. I love making games for them.” “Going to the game forums feels jus 0Votes274.3kRecs184.3kFans
- 42 I Am the System's Daughter: An Empress Cultivation Plan 我是系统之女帝养成计划 There are so many System novels out there, but not many with the System as the protagonist, right? The author couldn’t find one, so this book came about. “Binding confirmed…” “Miss, keep resisting and I’ll erase you in no time… What’s a System? I am the System!” “What did you redeem? Who told you to upgrade that…” As a flashy System that can only bind to girls, Zhang Nan has a simple goal: his female Hosts will conquer the world. This book will not be abandoned. The new book, I’m Not Number Two, 0Votes319.1kRecs232.4kFans
- 43 My Little Kingdom 我的小人国 Synopsis: After Xiao Yu gained access to a tiny kingdom, he used his size and high-tech gear to throw his weight around there. Then he suddenly realized that, with the kingdom’s rare wonders and supernatural knowledge at his disposal, he had already led the real world astray... P.S. There are no supernatural beings in the real world. The protagonist alone practices the Dao and wields its powers. P.S. A new behind-the-scenes mastermind story in the “only I practice the Dao” vein, From Fishing Ent 1Votes879.4kRecs381.1kFans
- 44 Splendid Tang 天唐锦绣 Transmigration can be a lot of fun, but when Fang Jun transmigrated into the body of his Tang dynasty namesake, a man practically glowing green from head to toe, he felt like his whole life had gone wrong... 23Votes1.4MRecs761kFans
- 45 The Child Emperor 孺子帝 Three emperors died one after another, and a prince whom no one had ever paid any attention to inexplicably ascended the throne, finding himself surrounded by danger. The Empress Dowager disliked him and was always looking for a younger, more obedient boy to install as the new emperor. His half-brothers disliked him, believing he had stolen the throne that belonged to them. The eunuchs and palace maids disliked him too, thinking he didn’t seem like a real emperor… The Young Emperor could only sa 11Votes972.1kRecs607.6kFans
- 46 The Demon Inn 有妖气客栈 A System with a supernatural air, a shopkeeper with a supernatural air, and an inn with a supernatural air. Raise the seven-star stove, boil the waters of three rivers in a copper pot. Set out the Eight Immortals’ table and welcome guests from every direction. Gladly welcome visitors from the four seas, with two supernatural mouths ready to serve. Share a smile upon meeting, and trade white robes for red. When the guest leaves, the cup is still warm, and a donkey lies drunk beside the table. 0Votes375.3kRecs330.6kFans
- 47 Bringing a Warehouse to the Great Ming 带着仓库到大明 Fang Xing transmigrated, bringing two warehouses with him! Other people transmigrate with an aura of supreme dominance, but all Fang Xing wants is to farm! “I just want to live a leisurely life in this era!” He owns a grand mansion and teaches a few disciples on the side, doing his best to help them climb the ranks so they can become his backing! But who could have guessed his disciples would be so unreliable? They actually turned out to 6Votes3.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 48 Disciplining the Song Dynasty 调教大宋 In the sixth year of Qingli, the Zhao Song dynasty was awash in song and dance. Then a madman arrived… He saw with his own eyes the Great Song's splendor, grace, and warmth. At first, Tang Yi just wanted to enjoy this era. The Jingkang Incident, the Mongol cavalry, none of it had anything to do with him. History would follow its own course, no matter how much he meddled. A thousand years later, China would still be China! It couldn't fall! But when an old man, worried for his country and its 2Votes1.2MRecs990.3kFans
- 49 I Rule in the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋我为王 Reborn in the Spring and Autumn period as an illegitimate son of a noble clan, I was sent to live with the cattle and horses in the stables. Little did anyone know that this would lay the foundation for my hegemony. What does the partition of Jin matter? Watch as my Zhao clan takes its place! Laozi rides west on an ox, Confucius is full of ambition, and Wu and 7Votes688.3kRecs389.2kFans
- 50 I Want to Become a Powerful Clan 我要做门阀 In the middle of the Western Han dynasty, the people were struggling to make ends meet, and the nation was in decline. Countless celebrated scholars cried out: "If Zhang Sheng does not emerge, what will become of the world?!" And so the saying went: "Zhang and Liu share the realm." 0Votes1.3MRecs474.3kFans
