Novels like The Nine Bestowments
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- 1 From the Start, I Was Asked to Compile the Hongwu Canon, and the Emperor Could Not Be More Delighted 开局请编洪武大典，老朱乐崩了 (New book out now: Dad, When It Comes to Governing the Country, You Really Don’t Measure Up) Xiao Han transmigrates into the chaotic final years of the Yuan dynasty and is taken in by Zhu Yuanzhang. Still a young man, he joins Zhu Yuanzhang’s staff and offers countless plans and suggestions. After the Ming dynasty is founded, the Hongwu Emperor rewards his followers according to their achievements, making Xiao Han a marquis and ranking him second among the marquises. The youngest of the founding 0Votes3.9kRecs132.3kFans
- 2 The Han Crown Prince 大汉储君 Emperor Gaozu of Han raised a three-foot sword, slew the White Serpent, swept away the Qin and Chu, and unified the land. As the crown prince, all I have to do is hope my father becomes a dragon. 0Votes33.2kRecs242.3kFans
- 3 Saving the Eldest Grandson of the Ming Dynasty 大明从挽救嫡长孙开始 What sparks will fly when a veteran Ming-dynasty hater transmigrates to the first year of Hongwu and meets Zhu Yuanzhang? After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, he only wants to lie flat and live out his days in peace. Who knew he’d be swept up in the tide of the times? If you won’t let me live, don’t blame me for flipping the table. The eldest imperial grandson, Zhu Xiongying, is criticall 1Votes48.3kRecs510.9kFans
- 4 My 5,000-Year Background 我的背景五千年 “Our world is incomplete. No, no, not geographically incomplete, but incomplete in its dimensions.” “I’m certain our world has undergone at least one dimensional strike, falling from a higher dimension into the third.” “Yes, the myths may have been real. It’s just that all the supernatural knowledge and methods were lost in the dimensional collapse.” “To recover that knowledge, we need a ladder that can connect us to higher dimensions.” “It’s time! It’s civilization!” “Ancient artifacts that bea 0Votes43.5kRecs246.4kFans
- 5 Overthrowing Qin 覆秦 In the final years of the Qin Dynasty, the empire was exhausted. The land was rife with the people’s anguish and resentment, while the remnants of the Six Kingdoms plotted against Qin. At this moment, heroes rose up in rebellion and rallied the people. “The realm has suffered under Qin for too long!” “Strike down the unjust and destroy the tyrannical Qin!” “Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?” 0Votes48.7kRecs153kFans
- 6 The Nightless Marquis of Lin'an 临安不夜侯 “Yang Yuan requests that Chancellor Qin die!” “What evidence do you have to accuse me of a crime?” “None whatsoever!” Yang Yuan of Youqiu Media accidentally wanders into Lin’an during the Southern Song dynasty. He intends to return to his old line of work and become the first crisis PR expert in ancient times. Instead, he ends up expanding the empire, uniting Xia and Jin, and making waves across the realm. I shall be the Son of Heaven! 33Votes1.1MRecs836.6kFans
- 7 Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福 The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin 0Votes112.6kRecs224.2kFans
- 8 From a Cult Family to a Divine Kingdom 密教家族到神国王朝 When Carl awakens, he discovers that he has become a crippled evil god, confined to a bottle. By chance, the Fischer family becomes his vassal, bound together by a shared destiny passed down through their bloodline for generations. They establish secret cults, infiltrate nations, manipulate wars, and climb the long road to godhood, fighting for their family's glory and future. They are assassins lurking in the shadows, scholars beloved by the people, revered priests, powerful dukes, and legends 0Votes54.4kRecs256.7kFans
- 9 Seizing the Qing: My First Love Was Empress Dowager Cixi 篡清：我初恋是慈禧 The WeChat group admin transmigrated to the Qing dynasty with his tablet, and we guided him in seizing power and taking the throne. He died! I transmigrated into his body, became the new group admin, and took over everything he had. That year, my first loves, Cixi and Ci'an, were both young and beautiful, and my sister-in-law was a peerless beauty. With guidance from the group members, I embarked on a scoundrel’s path to overthrow the Qing dynasty. My back is killing me! 0Votes127.3kRecs420.1kFans
- 10 Transmigrating to the Northern Song Dynasty with Them 我和她们穿越到北宋 This book was originally titled I Transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty with Five Gorgeous Women, and is also known as The Best Hunters Often Appear as Their Prey and I Pretend to Be a Local in Front of the Five Gorgeous Women Who Transmigrated with Me. Zhang Chუნ, a top creator in the field of history; Li Lin, a leading military commentator; Ye Shiyun, a top financial news host; Ma Xiaojiao, the tech world’s queen of mediocrity; and Yuan Qingcheng, a goddess of agricultural grafting and se 0Votes115.7kRecs445.2kFans
- 11 The Top Scholar 状元郎 A man may rise from a farm boy in the morning to the emperor’s court by night. But when the emperor is away, he spends every night in the Leopard Room. Tang Yin: My adoptive father saved me. Wang Shouren: If he hadn’t saved me, the Embroidered Uniform Guard would have killed me on the way. Yang Shen: Since there is Yu, why must there be Liang? I think he stole my top scholar title and my wife... Yan Song: My adoptive father taught me how to be an official and saved my career. Zhu Shou: Fa 898Votes597.2kRecs694.8kFans
- 12 A Vast Immortal Realm 仙寥 The quest for the Dao burns like a flame, and life is its fuel. One's nature is the kindling, never to be extinguished. A treatise titled The Master of Nurturing Life brings Zhou Qing into a fantastical world of immortals and chivalry. From then on, he seeks only to escape the Three Realms and the Five Elements, becoming a being free from every shackle. 0Votes75.6kRecs540.8kFans
- 13 I Transmigrated into a Cute Girl, but I Just Want to Have Fun 穿越成萌妹的我只想当乐子人 A troublemaking heroine who loves to stir things up, raised step by step until she becomes a perfect goddess. A feel-good power fantasy with no romance. If you like this kind of story, dive right in 0Votes105.5kRecs194.9kFans
- 14 I’m a Teacher in Tokyo! 我在东京当老师！ Chen Zhen transmigrated and became a teacher at a Japanese school named Yoshizakigawa. At first, he thought everything seemed normal. Then he discovered that the girl who’d been bullied by the previous owner of his body and came to collect the rent every month was named Kayako. There was also a student named Tomie in his university class who kept making eyes at him. And his neighbor was an autistic girl named Shirai who didn’t like people calling her by name. Then there was a transfer student na 0Votes65.6kRecs347.6kFans
- 15 The Great Song Dynasty's Great Detectives 大宋神探志 After transmigrating to the early years of Emperor Renzong’s reign in the Northern Song, before the luminaries from his language textbooks had made their mark, he was preparing to take the imperial examinations and hopefully become one of the era’s shining stars when he heard about the young Bao Zheng’s crime-solving exploits. A few casual words could clear up a mystery? Some inexplicable urge could make me keep searching? … Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce: one familiar stranger after another a 4Votes168.4kRecs327.7kFans
- 16 EN My Immortal Dad 仙父 “I transmigrated, and so did my dad.” Li Ping'an had already arranged everything. He'd secured a solid livelihood for his old man back in the mortal world and pulled strings to get himself into an immortal sect. Then he planned to dedicate himself to the path of immortality and stake everything on his chance to become an immortal. But on the day he went for an aptitude test in the mortal world, everything changed... [A lighthearted xianxia comedy with an everyday-life feel. The author has comple 5Votes438.2kRecs1.6MFans
- 17 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 18 I Roam the Ancient Dragon World as a Woman 我以女儿身闯荡古龙江湖 The world is like a tide, and people like water. I can only wonder how many who enter the jianghu ever make it back. Gu Changsheng was suddenly thrown headfirst into the jianghu, and not just any jianghu: this was one set to nightmare difficulty. The Twelve Zodiac Beasts had been wreaking havoc for years, half the Ten Great Villains were roaming outside Villain’s Valley, a whole nest of Yellowflower Bees had taken over the Yangtze, and most escort agency chiefs had banditry as a side gig… G 11Votes93.8kRecs272kFans
- 19 EN Blade of Reckoning 泼刀行 Martial arts, folk customs, strange tales, taboos, the imperial court, the martial world, grandmasters, magical duels, journeys to the underworld, spirit mediums, invoking gods, Nuo opera, esoteric sects, immortality… The martial world is a winding road, filled with all kinds of people and schools. Within the arcane tradition, folk legends and strange tales come in countless forms. This is a turbulent age, one where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Li Yan strides forth with his blade in h 98Votes425.9kRecs708.7kFans
- 20 I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业 On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His 129Votes518.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 21 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 22 I Descended into the Myriad Worlds 我降临于诸天世界 New book: You're Cultivating Immortality All Wrong has started serializing! Welcome, readers! Lately, rumors have been spreading through the myriad worlds that I, Chen Chushi, am devious and treacherous, cruel in my methods, and willing to do anything to get what I want... Slander! I'm an upright man who stands up to bullies and helps the weak! The Descent of Kui, The Curse, The First Rule, Seven Days After the Zombie Rebirth, The Great Zombie Era, The Tag-Along, The Haunted School, The Ten Curs 1Votes147.2kRecs758.7kFans
- 23 EN The Fated Embers 天命皆烬 Tread the path to heaven, defy the road of fate. In a murky, benighted age, one sword reduces all to ashes! Elements: Martial chaos, cyberpunk cultivation, a portal between two worlds Completed works totaling 15 million words and reaching one million paid subscribers: Soul of Burning Steel, Monsters Die When They’re Killed, and Above the Firmament 286Votes537.1kRecs906.5kFans
- 24 True Lord, Please Calm Your Anger 真君请息怒 The military path is a way of engaging with the world: refining baleful energy to temper the body, drilling formations to rout bandits, slaying demons and vanquishing evil, and defending one's home and borders. But those who do not cultivate both body and spirit will live no longer than a hundred years. Wang Xuan's soul transmigrated into the cultivation world, but he has alr 0Votes201.8kRecs406.4kFans
- 25 Splendor Across the Tang Dynasty 满唐华彩 The Tang Dynasty flourishes in all its splendor, but a cataclysmic upheaval is imminent. In the fifth year of Tianbao, he opens his eyes to the majestic prosperity of “radiant Tang, favored by Heaven, with all nations beneath its sway.” Famous generals abound, its borders stretch far and wide; capable ministers are plentiful, its granaries overflowing; poetry shines brilliantly, its culture dazzles; beauties take your breath away, and song and dance fill the land. He also sees a court utterly in 39Votes987.8kRecs2.5MFans
- 26 EN Myth: Spiritual Dominator 神话：灵性支配者 Just as primordial Chaos was taking shape, a soul from another world arrived in the desolate void. As the first soul in the world of Chaos, Ryan automatically became the God of Spirituality. However, gods draw their power from divinity, and spirituality was of little importance, so the newly born Ryan was terribly weak. With no other choice, and unwilling to be swept away by the tides of fate, Ryan had to fend for himself. He opened a realm and brought forth life unique to the spiritual world. H 5Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
- 27 Shadow of the Eclipse 日食之影 Hello, everyone. My name is Ji Yun. I'm trapped on the day I went to school ten years ago. I know that in 30 seconds, a soccer ball will come flying in. It'll hit the mushroom-haired girl in the corner of the classroom. She and I grew up together. She hasn't grown into herself yet: she's a little spacey and timid, and nobody in class pays her any attention. But I'm the only one who knows that ten years from now, she'll become a classical beauty and a superstar. Under the banyan tree in five minu 14Votes183kRecs825.9kFans
- 28 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 29 EN Glitch Utopia 故障乌托邦 Metal prosthetics, AI girlfriends, neural networks inside your head, cyberspace. This is a world of ultra-advanced technology, where all kinds of tech can change your life like magic. The terminal cancers that once plagued people are nothing in the face of nanomedical robots. But new levels of technology bring new problems and new troubles, including a new kind of… cyberpsychosis. “What is capitalism, anyway?” Sun Jieke said, hands on his hips, leaning back. 75Votes632kRecs1.6MFans
- 30 I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 我在现代留过学 The Son of Heaven is born of Heaven and Earth, and is Heaven’s own son! Some say the Son of Heaven is the father and mother of the people, and rules the world as its king! And I was once the Son of Heaven! I inherited the legacy of six generations and carried forward the late emperor’s ambitions. I punished the western rebels and put the old faction in its place. Whatever I set out to do, I accomplished; whoever I attacked, I defeated. I swept away a century of accumulated ills in the Great Song 152Votes553.1kRecs961.2kFans
- 31 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 32 The Genius Club 天才俱乐部 [A work with 100,000 paid subscribers, winner of the 35th Galaxy Award for Chinese Science Fiction] “Ever since I was born, I've had the same dream every day. The same day keeps repeating itself in my dreams.” “What do you do in your dreams?” “Rob banks, blow up buildings, pick up girls, play Grand Theft Auto... They're dreams, after all, so I do all kinds of outrageous things.” “Tell me what you did last night.” “Last night was more interesting. I've been having these dreams for so long, but it 223Votes638.1kRecs5MFans
- 33 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 34 EN Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材 Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl 577Votes1.8MRecs4.7MFans
- 35 EN Building a Thousand-Year Dynasty: From King Wu’s Conquest of Shang 从武王伐纣开始建立千年世家 Ji Zhao transmigrated and found himself in the Zhou dynasty, three thousand years in the past. His elder brother, King Wu Ji Fa, had just overthrown the Shang dynasty and was now gravely ill, on the brink of death. Ji Zhao was enfeoffed as a marquis and tasked with assisting the young ruler. Looking at the eight-year-old Son of Heaven and the eight hundred feudal lords of the Ji and Jiang clans, Ji Zhao was full of ambition. Through hardship, he would open up the wilderness and usher in a new ag 1Votes604.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 36 A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南 If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach. 55Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 37 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 38 EN Realm Walker 灵境行者 The animation of "The Spiritual Realm Walker" will stream exclusively across the entire internet on Tencent Video every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. starting September 3. Everyone is welcome to watch~ From ancient times to the present, legends speak of a spiritual realm existing in the world. Throughout the dynasties, famous people and refined scholars offered many different views of the spiritual realm. A poem records: "From Qi to Tang, this mountain grew desolate, the spiritual realm was silent, and 641Votes6.5MRecs26.7MFans
- 39 EN I Never Intended to Become an Immortal 我本无意成仙 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. I am a stranger in this land, with no intention of becoming an immortal. After twenty years of cultivating the Dao in the mountains, Song You's master sends him down the mountain to witness demons and monsters, the many faces of life, and the famous mountains and rivers, and to seek out the immortals of legend. He says that is what true cultivation is. Who would have thought that after traveling the length and breadth 192Votes1.2MRecs4.1MFans
- 40 EN Ashes of the Deep Sea 深海余烬 On that day, dense fog sealed everything away. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the dense fog and confronted a world that had been utterly overturned and shattered. The order of old had vanished without a trace, bizarre phenomena ruled the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets challenging the ocean had become the last lights remaining in the civilized world, while the shadows of ancient days still stirred rest 307Votes5.9MRecs16.4MFans
- 41 The Great Wei Palace 大魏宫廷 New book, Zhao's Tiger Son. Born a prince of Great Wei, I would rather be an idle lord in an age of peace. My ambitions lie in wine, women, and song, but my heart holds the fate of my country and its people. If my elder brother is worthy, if my younger brother is wise, you can rule while I take it easy. But if you cannot make the nation strong, then I’ll ascend the throne and become emperor! Hongrun, You Can’t Do It, So I’ll Take Over 1Votes2.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 42 Han Village 汉乡 We inherited the legacy of our ancestors, and it made China glorious for thousands of years. We accepted it all with complete peace of mind, never once considering returning to that age when they struggled desperately to find a way forward through slash-and-burn cultivation. Repaying our suffering ancestors and finding the true meaning of home through them: that is the story this book will tell. The web series “Tang Brick,” starring Zhang Jianing and Wang Tianchen, will be exclusively streamed a 9Votes9.5MRecs3.4MFans
- 43 EN The Top Student's Black Tech System 学霸的黑科技系统 “System, can I exchange points for money?” “No.” “Damn, then what use are you to me?” “I can make you a top student.” - From mathematical conjectures to controlled nuclear fusion, from a single blackboard to the boundless starry sky. This is a story about a top student. 31Votes6.6MRecs3MFans
