Novels like I Am Going to Be Emperor
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- 1 A Peach Blossom Spring for Homebodies 宅居桃花源 After struggling for several years in the city and suffering setbacks in both love and career, the orphan Tao Yuan began yearning for a quiet life in the countryside. He quit his job and returned to Taohua Village, the abandoned home of his childhood, to spend the rest of his days alone. Living by himself in a deserted, overgrown village, he spent his time growing flowers and vegetables, fishing, and the like. Free of the worries of the outside world, he found himself feeling much happier. “Pick 0Votes2.2kRecs4kFans
- 2 After Being Reborn, I Developed a Split Personality 重生后我精分了 On a university campus, beneath the cherry blossoms. A beautiful girl stepped in front of a handsome young man. “Chen Mo, why are you pretending not to know me? Did you take advantage of me and then refuse to take responsibility?” The young man stared at her in bewilderment. “Who are you? I really don’t know you!” “You bastard!” The girl slapped him, then ran off in tears. Clutching his stinging cheek, the young man watched her go. “...Who the hell did I offend?” One day, on a campus path, h 0Votes10.4kRecs31.7kFans
- 3 The Kangxi-Qianlong Golden Age Is as Good as Mine! 康乾盛世,我吃定了! Kangxi: “I ruled the empire for sixty-one years, diligently tending to affairs of state. The economy flourished, and the nation grew strong. Would you call that a golden age?” Zhu Yijiong: “Well said. Someone, grant Emperor Kangxi the posthumous title Shundi as well!” Kangxi: “?” 0Votes11.8kRecs67.7kFans
- 4 The Money-Spending Martial Saint 氪金武圣 Five Qi Returning to the Origin Fist: Beginner+ Energy: 1 (Recharge with grain, meat, medicinal herbs, and other items to gain energy points) After transmigrating into a chaotic age plagued by war, Qin Yi grits his teeth and heads up a mountain to become a Daoist priest just to stay alive. Life is hard, but fortunately, with his peerless talent and strenuous efforts, Qin Yi grows stronger step by step and eventually reaches the pinnacle of martial sainthood! 0Votes38.2kRecs133kFans
- 5 Back to 2006 回到2006 Back in the height of summer in 2006, he sent a long-overdue message to seven people. His life took a different turn as a result. 0Votes34.5kRecs75.8kFans
- 6 The Tycoon Begins with a Self-Discipline Challenge 神豪从自律挑战开始 Zhong Yun, a wage slave, obtains a self-discipline challenge System. No more cola. Stay disciplined for one day, earn fifty yuan. No more dating. Stay disciplined for one day, earn one hundred yuan. After one full month, the rewards double. Overjoyed, Zhong Yun plans to quit his job and go home to lie flat. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that claiming those rewards won’t be so easy. All kinds of temptations and trials begin appearing in his life. “Want to try cola chicken wings?” One da 0Votes20.9kRecs86.9kFans
- 7 EN Longevity: Fortifying the Five Viscera and Six Bowels 长生从强化五脏六腑开始 New release: Deriving All Laws: From Rickshaw Puller to Great Dao Lord The five viscera are the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. The six bowels are the small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, bladder, and triple burner. The five viscera and six bowels complement one another, storing essence and energy. They are the foundation of the human body and the basis of cultivation. Zhao Ya transmigrated into a chaotic age with an attribute panel. He also had outline diagrams of t 0Votes21.9kRecs266.4kFans
- 8 I Have a Clone in a World of Demonic Beasts 我在妖兽世界有具分身 The book was originally titled Cultivation: My Clones Are Primordial Behemoths Yun He transmigrated, and what's more, his soul transmigrated into two bodies at once! In the cultivation world, he was an obscure spirit-bee farmer. In the world of demonic beasts, he was nothing more than an ordinary turtle. All he wanted was to cultivate in peace and quiet. But after painstakingly cultivating in seclusion for a thousand years, when he looked back, he had already carved out a domain for himself 0Votes24.6kRecs117.8kFans
- 9 The Sword Rises in the Stars, Poison Leads the Way 剑出星宿毒为锋 On arriving in this new world, the Old Immortal of the Constellation Sect fires poisonous flames! Racing against time, a sales director breaks through a crisis! The strong prey on the weak, and fellow disciples tear each other apart like insects in a jar! Born with a venomous constitution, he follows a scientific plan to master divine arts! With high-minded principles and soaring ambition, he has brothers at 2Votes40.7kRecs70.5kFans
- 10 Reborn, Starting with Marrying a Female Educated Youth 重生从娶女知青开始 Reborn in the past, Ji Yuanhai carried the memories of two lifetimes. This time, he would strive to live a better life and make himself proud. The first thing he would do was marry the most beautiful educated youth in the village! 0Votes84.9kRecs474.7kFans
- 11 The Azure River Demon Master 青河魔师 Huang Sixi transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty and unexpectedly gained the ability to devour martial arts. From then on, he embarked on a journey through the martial world to collect the supreme arts of a hundred schools. The road through the martial world is long, but he must still advance courageously with sword in hand, assassinate the Tatar chieftain amid armies of soldiers an 0Votes35.9kRecs82.4kFans
- 12 Demon Emperor 妖天子 Ruan Hu turned into a demon. He became a ridge beast atop a palace, glaring down at mortals all day long. On the first day, he watched the Son of Heaven listen to poetry in the imperial garden. On the second day, he watched the Son of Heaven enjoy dances and music in the palace hall. One beautiful woman after another came and went at the emperor’s side, as music and revelry filled every night. With a single word, he could decide who lived or died, taking whatever he pleased. On the fourth day, R 0Votes30.2kRecs99.7kFans
- 13 I Have an Immortal Dao World 我有一个仙道世界 Beneath the Daoist pagoda on Mount Laojun. There is a painting of Laozi departing west through Hangu Pass. This painting connects to another world. Jiang Xuan does not know that world's name, so he forcibly named it: the Hangu Realm. P.S.: This novel is also known as The Immortal Path Through Hangu Pass. 1Votes21.1kRecs60.8kFans
- 14 I Became the Heavenly Emperor in Ancient Times 我在上古做天帝 In the beginning of time, who passed down the Dao? In antiquity, he was the Celestial Emperor worshipped by all living beings. In the modern age, he is the most powerful transcendent. 0Votes29.6kRecs74.7kFans
- 15 Grinding My Way to Mastery, Starting with the One Qi Art 从一气决开始肝进度 "Hmm? There is a status panel? Then I'll grind it to the limit!" This is the story of a transmigrator who becomes a menial worker at a martial arts school and begins cultivating with the One Qi Formula. 0Votes26.2kRecs122.8kFans
- 16 EN The Scripture of Crossing Souls 我有一卷度人经 Immortals and Buddhas receive incense from the living. I alone fulfill the wishes of the dead. I walk the mortal world, but I do not relieve suffering, avert calamity, or save people from disasters wrought by nature or man. I only ease hearts unwilling to accept their fate, settle grievances that cannot be laid to rest, and fulfill wishes left ungranted. I ferry all beings across and establish the cycle of reincarnation anew. In Weishui, Great Xia, a boy who watches over graves happens upon a st 0Votes52.1kRecs461kFans
- 17 The Crown Prince of Chongzhen 崇祯太子 The Yangzhou Massacre shattered the resolve of everyone in the Southern Ming. The Hongguang Emperor fled Yingtian overnight without making any preparations. At this moment of crisis, the people of Yingtian spontaneously broke the so-called “fake crown prince” out of prison… With human nature at its most complex, fierce internal strife, a calculating mind, and an identity no one would acknowledge, can Zhu Cilang seize this golden opportunity? 0Votes16.8kRecs70.2kFans
- 18 They Conquer the World for Me 她们为我打天下 A Compilation of Anecdotes from the New Dynasty [The Gaozu Emperor's Love of Beautiful Women] Empress Mi was originally married to Lu, Duke of Yu. After he was convicted of a crime and cast out, she happened to meet the Gaozu Emperor during his obscure early years, and the two became husband and wife. Lady Li was the consort of the former ruler. After being captured by the Gaozu Emperor, she became his favorite. Soon afterward, the Gaozu Emperor went west on a campaign and destroyed Zhao, taking 1Votes90.8kRecs206.2kFans
- 19 The Carefree Mountain Lord 逍遥山君 Study books and learn to read, cultivate virtue and nurture the spirit, claim a mountain as king, and refine qi into spirit. This is not a traditional monster-slaying, level-up story. There is no clearly defined cultivation system, and the focus is more on everyday life. 0Votes27.1kRecs65.7kFans
- 20 Now That We're Reborn, Who Wouldn't Raise a Little Sister? 都重生了谁还不养个妹妹 A father who’s gone, a mother who disappeared, and a girl whose life has fallen apart. Why does this plot sound so familiar? Xu Mingyuan looks at the tearful little Yangzhi. Well, serves you right for deceiving me in your past life. Seeing how miserable you are now, I can finally relax. 2Votes62.1kRecs277.1kFans
- 21 Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting in Liaodong 红楼从辽东开始 After transmigrating into A Dream of Red Mansions, Tang Qing'an becomes an orphan adopted by the Xue family. He travels by boat from Yangzhou to the capital with Daiyu, and, thanks to his uncle Wu Jinxiao, gains entry into the Jia household. He could have lived a life of comfort and abundance, simply enjoying himself. But he still chose another path. Starting as a minor military officer, he guards one region and keeps it peaceful! Five million people in Liaodong finally welcome the peace they ha 0Votes24.1kRecs171.4kFans
- 22 Cultivating Immortality and Longevity, Starting as a Fisherman 从钓鱼佬开始修仙长生 The mastermind behind the cultivation world, and the only one with supernatural powers in the real world! After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Su Ping diligently cultivated for twenty years. Trapped by his poor aptitude and unable to see any hope of establishing his foundation, he decided to lie flat and live as a wealthy landowner. Luckily, he activated the Fishing Enthusiast Game System. It let him obtain game items, strange fish, and a pocket dimension through a fishing game, none of 1Votes51.3kRecs233.9kFans
- 23 I, Murong Fu, Only Want to Cultivate Immortality! 我慕容复,只想修仙! What? There are only four retainers and two maids in the family, and you expect me to revive the Yan dynasty? If you’d had even a single peanut to eat, you wouldn’t be this drunk! To hell with reviving the Yan dynasty! I, Murong Fu, just want to stay home and cultivate immortality! Right, I’m a transmigrator, and now I’m Murong Fu. I don’t know what I hit while transmigrating, but after I arrived, a cultivation technique somehow appeared in my mind. It follows the path of Qi Refining, Foundation 0Votes31.8kRecs288.5kFans
- 24 EN Cautious Cultivation in an Eerie World 我在诡异世界谨慎修仙 With scarce resources and demons lurking everywhere, Chen Lin transmigrated into a bizarre world. Cultivators, who should have stood high above the rest, had become prey for monsters and demons here, struggling to survive. Faced with such a situation, Chen Lin could only proceed with caution, taking every step as if his life depended on it. Gradually, he discovered that this world was far more mysterious and vast than it seemed. The deeper he delved, the more complicated it became. Strange and w 220Votes274.7kRecs391.9kFans
- 25 The Last Building on Earth 地球上最后一幢楼 Wang Xuan entered Longmao Plaza and became trapped inside. By the time he finally managed to get out, he discovered that... It was the last building left on Earth. I've completed seven novels. Feel free to check them out if you're interested. 0Votes104.8kRecs482kFans
- 26 Hold On, Let Me Start a Game First 别急,容我先开一局游戏 After Lin Qianxing transmigrated to another world, he discovered that both his gaming platform and cheat platform had come along for the ride. Beating a game earns him a character template and its abilities. In Ascending Mount Shu, he used the [Midair Footwork] cheat to beat the game and gained the ability to jump endlessly. “Kid, even if you had wings, you couldn’t escape today.” “I don’t have wings, but I should be able to fly anyway.” In Flying Daggers, he obtained the [Hidden Blades] cheat: 0Votes30.7kRecs201.1kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Come at Me, You Wicked Witch! 妖女看招 When he was six, Su Zhen, frail and frequently ill, adopted the village’s old banyan tree as his godmother and prayed for her protection. The next day, the tree, which had lived from the Qing dynasty to the present, mysteriously withered and died. “How do you know about that?” Ten years later, Su Zhen, now a high school student, hears someone recount the strange incident. “I’m your godmother.” The ghostly young woman smiles at him. In October 2000, unprecedented torrential rain sweeps across 39Votes111.9kRecs171.4kFans
- 29 EN The Anomalous World: My Body Suppresses All 诡异世界,我以肉身镇万物 The bizarre runs rampant, demons and monsters wreak havoc, and the people suffer beyond measure. Corrupt officials treat human lives as worthless, while powerful clans wreak havoc across the land. Chen Mo arrives in this world carrying the Mortal Shedding Pearl, which lets him continually remake himself and improve his physical body without limit. To protect himself in this world, he has no choice but to walk a path of using his body to suppress the bizarre and sweep all evils from the land. 0Votes31.6kRecs367.5kFans
- 30 Mutated Martial Arts 异化武道 In the final years of the Great Zhou dynasty, regional military governors and warlords carved up the realm, while natural and man-made disasters followed one after another, leaving the common people unable to make a living. The great sects also emerged from seclusion and entered the world. Grandmasters of both the righteous and evil paths mutated into strange an 1Votes70.5kRecs409.7kFans
- 31 1635: The Han Wind Rises Again 1635汉风再起 A soul from the future merges with the mind of a young man from the late Ming dynasty. Leading a band of scattered pirates, he washes up in Australia and makes it his base, building a brand-new world and sending the spirit of Han culture sweeping across the globe once more. 0Votes105.6kRecs155kFans
- 32 Wanli Protects the Ming 万历佑明 Zhu Yijun: I am the Wanli Emperor. In this life, I have decided not to neglect the affairs of state! I will safeguard the Great Ming, live up to my teacher, and prove worthy of the formidable imperial authority entrusted to me! 1Votes45.9kRecs222kFans
- 33 EN Love Purification Protocol 恋爱净化协议 “The three essentials for an easy life are extraordinary good looks, exceptional intelligence, and a healthy, strong body. And I’ve got all three.” Reborn in a parallel world, Yan Huan, a disciplined and ambitious university student, was all set to welcome his golden years. But... more than a decade after his reincarnation, five girls with all sorts of bizarre golden fingers had set their sights on him. “...We should all stay positive.” Faced with the girls watching him like hawks and sharpening 35Votes254.9kRecs712.9kFans
- 34 Starting a Business in Late Tang 创业在晚唐 Two hundred and fifty-seven years after the Mandate of Heaven passed to the Li clan. The once-glorious Great Tang, to which all nations had paid homage, stumbled into the winter of the first year of the Qianfu era. That winter, only three months remained before Wang and Huang raised their banners, and just thirty-three years before the fall of the Tang. That same winter, Chang’an’s nobles remained lost in the fading glow of a golden age, while in the southwest of the empire, the petty kingdom of 697Votes162.9kRecs411.9kFans
- 35 EN Unlocking Human Limits 从解除人体限制开始 Break the limits of the human body and enter an endless world. Surpass yourself, surpass dimensions, surpass light and darkness... 0Votes103.9kRecs240.4kFans
- 36 EN Leveling Up in the Real World 我在现实世界加点修行 Chen Jue, 27 and newly unemployed, was feeling a little lost. Then he accidentally awakened a real-world cheat that let him add points, and realized that the money, career, love, and social status he'd cared about before were all fleeting compared to the evolution of life. Cultivation chat group: 298662232 (mischievous) 0Votes149.1kRecs641.9kFans
- 37 Farming and Training in Martial Arts to Pacify the World 种田练武平天下 The world is harsh, and all the family has is three acres of poor farmland. Yet Chi Qiaosong manages to cultivate a brilliant world from it. A new story for 2022, painstakingly conceived by Bai Yuhan. Please enjoy. 2Votes154kRecs330.1kFans
- 38 My Little Mountain Kingdom 山林王国 Farm, live well, farm, live well, live well, live well, live well... From a house and a patch of land to a city and a nation, build a mountain kingdom of your own. 0Votes57.2kRecs214.4kFans
- 39 Shi Potian Transmigrates into Linghu Chong 石破天穿越令狐冲 Shi Potian, who had just sworn brotherhood with Zhang San and Li Si, woke up one morning to discover that he had become Linghu Chong, the Huashan Sect's senior disciple. And so... [Scene One] Yue Buqun: “If you aren't Linghu Chong, then who are you?” Shi Potian: “I am Dog Bastard.” Yue Buqun: “???” [Scene Two] Yu Canghai: “Do you mean that, in your eyes, all the disciples under my command are useless? That you could kill every one of them without lifting a finger?” Shi Potian: “No, no, how could 2Votes129.3kRecs332.2kFans
- 40 I'm the Lone Star of Misfortune, but I Love Making Friends 我,天煞孤星,爱好交友 Hey, how dare you slander my good name and call me a jinx? So I attended the Dragon Gate Tournament, and a few candidates died. Then I became the only candidate left, and suddenly I’m a bringer of bad luck. And what’s that about everyone who had a grudge against me ending up dead? How could that possibly have anything to do with me? I don’t know how they died, either. I’m just a lowly constable. Congratulations, Host! Your master died a gruesome death. Cultivation +10,000! 0Votes178.2kRecs351.3kFans
- 41 Living Forever in Great Yu 我在大虞长生 Starting from humble beginnings, how many lifetimes would it take to scheme your way into ruling a nation? Through endless ages, mountains shift and rivers change, seas become mulberry fields, yet I alone remain unchanged. … Note: This book does not follow the traditional immortal-cultivation path to longevity. There will be no journey from the mortal world to the cultivation world. This is a different kind of immortality, offering readers a different kind of experience. 0Votes108.5kRecs669.2kFans
- 42 A New Rule Every Month for the Whole World 全球每月一个新规则 “Blue Star Version 4.0 will begin its uninterrupted update at 12:00 a.m. on April 1. The main additions and adjustments are as follows.” “New rule for this month, ‘Social Butterfly’: All players must speak 1,000 sentences with other people every day...” When a sudden prompt rang in the ears of everyone on Blue Star, the world underwent a baptism. With every monthly version update, a new rule descends for that month, and all players must obey it. Chen Yi, who had struck it rich just before th 0Votes50.5kRecs613.7kFans
- 43 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 44 EN Just Became a Celestial God, and My Descendants Beg Me to Leave the Mountain 刚成仙神,子孙求我出山 Reborn as the first crown prince of the Jing Dynasty, Jiang Changsheng was switched at birth by a villain and sent to a monastery, where he became an ordinary young Daoist. From crown prince to an obscure Daoist, his life had taken a sharp turn for the worse. Fortunately, Jiang Changsheng awakened a Survival System with an unlimited lifespan. As long as he survived the trials of life, he would receive survival rewards. He nearly died when a senior disciple accidentally struck him while practicin 0Votes236.3kRecs1.2MFans
- 45 EN Super-Dimensional Player 超维度玩家 [Capturing a Human Avatar] [Infiltrating the reality universe...] [Infringing upon the root laws of the world!... Detecting higher-dimensional life forms!... No life forms from other dimensions detected...] [Loading human avatar!] You are a player who can transmigrate beyond all dimensions, wielding authority almost like God's illegitimate child. You have countless identities: beggar, lowborn, pirate, gladiator, ranger, northern dragon, infernal executioner, interstellar wanderer, monster hunter 3Votes295.6kRecs705.7kFans
- 46 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
- 47 Fantasy Simulator 玄幻模拟器 Behold the tree amid the raging waves, and save the great edifice from collapse... Spiritual qi revival, a battle for supremacy across myriad worlds... Martial arts, immortal cultivation, supernatural powers: who can dominate them all? It all begins with a little simulator. The Wizarding World, the Immortal Cultivation World, the Demon Hunter World, the World of the Gods... 1Votes145.4kRecs399.6kFans
- 48 Conquering Three Thousand Worlds 横推三千世界 You spend Source Power to fuse the Sea-Subduing Palm, Skyhawk Claw, Void Fist… The world’s first supreme martial art is born at your hands. You spend Source Power to deduce and complete the fragmentary Marrow-Washing Scripture. Your vitality surges and your yang energy blazes, like a furnace beneath the blazing sun. Ghosts and monsters melt away like frost beneath your fists. You spend Source Power to upgrade your talent, [Damage Negation], into [Chaos-Hole Physique]. From then on, anything that 0Votes147.1kRecs231.3kFans
- 49 EN God Simulator 神明模拟器 Lu Yao accidentally stumbles into a pixel game in which he plays a deity, only to discover that the game is connected to worlds in different dimensions. The game's [sacrifices] can enter reality, while the [blessings] he grants can also reach the game world. As an apprentice deity, there is not much he can do beyond creating various natural disasters. Until he grits his teeth and revives a supermodel apostle. The rules of the game undergo a slight change... (The new book, "Wasteland Development 15Votes215.3kRecs932.1kFans
- 50 The Han Dynasty's Founding Emperor 汉世祖 Transmigrate into Liu Chengyou, the Hidden Emperor of the Later Han, and assist in founding the dynasty. Thereafter, while still young, inherit the newly established enterprise, preserve the fortune of its great expansion, and guard its unshakable foundation. P.S. If his father and elder brothers had not died so young, he might have become a Li Er reborn. 1Votes323.7kRecs267.2kFans

















































