Novels like Return to Song Times
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Return to Song Times, best match first.
- 1 The Immortal Path of Tianhai 天海仙途 [Mortal's Journey] [Epic-Length Novel] (Plot-driven. It went from a hundred first-month subscriptions to over ten thousand peak subscriptions, and the story only gets better as it goes.) After an unexpected accident, a soul from another world begins its journey in pursuit of eternal life. Bearing a mysterious spirit pearl, he struggles at every step to pursue the Great Dao amid the sweeping changes engulfing heaven and earth. Every plan he makes is for the sake of becoming an immortal. 161Votes167.7kRecs373.3kFans
- 2 The Embroidered Uniform Guard Becomes King 锦衣为王 The Ming dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard, the earliest and most formidable secret police force. The protagonist rises from an ordinary guardsman to commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, is granted a princely title despite having no royal blood, and eventually wields power over the entire empire. 0Votes100.8kRecs66.4kFans
- 3 The Heroic Ming Dynasty 大明豪雄 During the Wanli reign, the land was at peace. Liu Jin, a young man from the countryside of western Henan, had a touch of ambition. The curiosity, arrogance, and obsessions of a modern person had brought him to this era. “Anping Liu Jin delights in chaos and takes pleasure in disaster.”, Ming dynasty, Anonymous 256Votes16.9kRecs31.3kFans
- 4 The Inquisition 宗教裁判所 The Rothschild family motto is a fascinating thing. This ancient family has an unwritten rule: before dying, each head of the family may leave one final saying for their descendants. The current head's father said this on his deathbed: “My descendants, pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth: these seven deadly sins. If you commit three or four of them, do not come to Heaven to see me. Go to Hell instead. If you commit all of them, well, I admit that you are my descendant, and I wil 0Votes471.5kRecs86.4kFans
- 5 Welcome to the Lost World 欢迎来到失落世界 [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart or an idiot. Read at your own discretion.] Chu Feng enters the Lost Ark by accident. The dead, wandering between life and death, will one day return from the fires of purgatory as avengers who set the world ablaze. The Ark carries humanity’s hopes as it journeys through countless strange and wondrous lost worlds. In the dark cosmos, the shadows of gods and demons shimmer. Welcome to the Lost Ark. 0Votes158.5kRecs9.5kFans
- 6 Where Are the Magical Plants? 神奇植物在哪里？ [Transmigrate and Farm], [Plants vs. Zombies] As an idealistic transmigrated engineer who is not exactly overflowing with morality, Dai Lin chooses to face every challenge in this otherworld with plants and fungi! The bashful Ancient Tree of Wisdom said, "Stop staring at my flowers all the time! You're making me embarrassed..." 0Votes68.7kRecs134.4kFans
- 7 Along the River During the Qingming Festival 清明上河图 “The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged; when will the hatred of a subject be wiped away? Shen Tuo, a senior official of the Republic, finds himself in the body of the captured Emperor Qinzong of Song. Watch him turn the tide, reclaim the lost lands, revive the Song Dynasty, and restore the prosperous age depicted in Along the River During the Qingming Festival.” 0Votes269.8kRecs238.2kFans
- 8 The Broken Rifle Beneath a Horse's Hooves 马蹄下的断枪 In the Dark Ages, a man either dies on the battlefield or endures hardship in the countryside. Some rise to rule, while others remain unknown. Beneath the thunder of iron hooves, no one can stand apart. This is... the fate of men! In another world, a legend is told of the iron cross on the crown of the Holy Father King. His life is an immortal legend! (This is an alternate history set in a foreign land; everythin 0Votes10.2kRecs18.4kFans
- 9 The Vast Demonic Fortune 魔运苍茫 What secret does the exiled noble who has returned carry? The turbulent currents and hidden tides sweeping across the vast, chaotic continent draw Comer in. His battered heart has grown weary of emotional entanglements. Will he pursue the worldly power that everyone covets, or seek the endless magical truth hidden in the dark world? Which path will he choose? A weakling rises to power. Orcs, mages, undead, dragons, and barbarians take the stage in turn. Who will rule the age? 0Votes746kRecs90kFans
- 10 Blood of Taiping 太平血 0Votes36.3kRecs25.9kFans
- 11 Assassinate the Ming 刺明 Transmigrated back to the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, with no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and no roof over my head. I've had enough! Time to rebel! Down with Chongzhen! Down with Hong Taiji! Down with the Japanese! Down with the Western powers! Down with anyone who gets on my nerves! Lend me three thousand fierce warriors, and I'll restore our mighty China! 0Votes181.7kRecs158.4kFans
- 12 The Great Wuyi 大武夷 I spent my whole life living as a lowly nobody. How could I continue being miserable after being reborn? Showing off is only momentary, but shamelessness is eternal. Even if I am a worthless nobody in my next life, I will still work hard to block other people's paths. If that does not work, then even as a dog, I will bite them until they have nowhere to go and fall into a well... I firmly refuse to be the kind of person who kicks others when they are down. I must extend a helping hand to thos 0Votes6.1kRecs2Fans
- 13 The Immortal and Demon of Fate 宿命之仙魔 According to prophecy, the Holy Son of the Immortal Realm and the Demon Prince of the Demon Realm will break through space and time and descend into the world together... The Demon Prince will destroy the world! The Holy Son will save it! The struggle between immortals and demons, the battle between good and evil, begins now... This is fate, and it will also send them traveling through time and space, into the past and the future... 0Votes2.5kRecs0Fans
- 14 Money-Making Master in the City of Flowers 炒钱高手在花都 A young man cast aside by the tide of the times and stranded on life's muddy shore accidentally seized a small opportunity in an era of rapid growth, riding from the trough of the tide to its crest. He thought a colorful, carefree road lay ahead, but it turned out to be no more than a ticket into a “hunting ground for fame and fortune.” Through one bitter and sweet trial after another, one clash of wits and bloody struggle after another, he pressed on through storms and rainbows... 0Votes1.1MRecs107.2kFans
- 15 The Tiger of the Late Ming 明末之虎 In the summer of the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, after the Later Jin annexed Jinzhou in southern Liaoning, a modern university student named Li Xiao transmigrated into the body of an ordinary country hunter in Jinzhou. Penniless and without a System, a pocket dimension, or any special golden finger, how will the commoner Li Xiao find a path to survival and prosperity in the chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty? He will fight in western Liaoning, campaign in Xuanfu, seize Shandong, build 0Votes41.7kRecs89.9kFans
- 16 Usurping the Qing 篡清 This is a pretty satisfying alternate-history novel... Well, it should be, anyway. 0Votes836.7kRecs938.3kFans
- 17 Song Shixing 宋时行 In the sixth year of the Xuanhe era, he arrived in Tokyo, the city of Bianliang! With two years still to go before the Jingkang Incident, Yu Yin stood by the Wuzhang River, bewildered and at a loss. Was the splendor of Tokyo real, or just an illusion? As the great empire tottered on the brink of collapse, people drowned themselves in pleasure, while the streets brimmed with prosperity... Yu Yin stumbled through this world on the verge of ruin. When he suddenly looked back, he discovered that his 0Votes536.6kRecs278kFans
- 18 The Han Dynasty’s Divine Archer 大汉箭神 When the young are strong, the Han will be strong! This is an age of chivalry and soaring ambition. A steed beneath him, a treasured bow in his hands: he charges alone against the Xiongnu and settles the fate of the Tianshan with three arrows. Glory must be won on horseback, and the might of the Han shall resound across the land. 0Votes105.5kRecs55.6kFans
- 19 Spring in the Great Ming 大明春 For thirty years, dukes and marquises held their sway; Even in dreams, one lived a life of style. Now fallen on hard times on Handan Road, I turn to you, sir, and ask to borrow your pillow. This is the story of a homebody who transmigrates to the Ming dynasty during the Wanli era and makes his mark. 0Votes379.4kRecs113.4kFans
- 20 The Divine Child's Homecoming 神子回乡记 Witness the second prince of the Divine Realm, Wudi, as he stars in an unconventional, invincible, laugh-out-loud urban cultivation story. Quotes from the Second Prince: “What are the Apocalypse Realm, the Sage Realm, and the Ancestral Return Realm? What are the Ghost King, Ghost Emperor, and Ghost Saint? So what if the heavens are packed with gods and Buddhas? What difference does it make if demons roam everywhere? In my eyes, there are only three kinds: those who can take one slap from me, tho 0Votes995.9kRecs45Fans
- 21 The Great Ming Geomancer 大明地师 The year was 1589, the seventeenth year of the Wanli Emperor’s reign in the Ming dynasty. Zhang Juzheng, the powerful minister, was dead. Qi Jiguang, who loved to wage war, was dead. Hai Rui, who loved to give the nobility a hard time, was dead too. The Wanli Emperor had grown tired of arguing with his ministers and shut himself away in the palace, no longer holding court. Thus began the bizarre era of “thirty years without imperial sacrifices, hunting trips, or court audiences.” Time continued 0Votes87.2kRecs76.4kFans
- 22 Heroes of the Ages Storm the Three Kingdoms 千古群雄闯三国 “I am Liu Bei.” “I am Guan Yu.” “I am Zhang Fei.” “I am Qin Qiong.” “I am Xu Da.” “I am Xue Li.” “I am Yue Fei.” “Though the seven of us are not related by blood, now that we have sworn brotherhood, we shall unite as one and aid the helpless in times of need. We shall serve our country above and bring peace to its people below. We do not ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, only to die on the same day, month, and year. Heaven and Earth bear witness to our vow. If we betray our brothe 0Votes1.2MRecs42.1kFans
- 23 The Empire Rises Again 帝国再起 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, smoke from war rose across the northern lands, while the south basked in song and dance. In the East, maritime trade flourished, and the first shoots of mercantilism broke through the soil beneath mountains of silver. The Jiashen Catastrophe came, and the Qing army broke through the passes, tearing China apart. Wherever their iron hooves trod, misty pavilions and towers all turned to ash. The future of the Huaxia people sank through darkness and bloodshed. 1Votes192.6kRecs43.5kFans
- 24 The Ming Dynasty’s Black Sails 大明黑帆 That year, European civilization, laden with silver, silk, and gunpowder, collided in a blaze of passion amid the black tides and monsoon winds. That year, after the disastrous defeat at Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty saw two emperors die in quick succession, leaving the empire battered by storms. For the world, this was the golden age of exploration. For the Ming, it was a golden age of factional strife. In this age of great upheaval, Lin Qian quietly arrived in the Ming Dynasty and became a pirate. W 1.3kVotes104.7kRecs384.8kFans
- 25 The Path to Becoming a Movie Star 影帝之路 It was an era of entertainment for everyone: variety shows were at their peak, idol dramas were just beginning to take shape, and the music scene was in its final days of glory. It was a true golden age of entertainment. As a classmate of the S sisters, how will Du Hanwen usher in an era of his own? The Seven Fairies of Taiwan, Black and White, F4, Guess Guess Guess, Super Sunday, the Four Little Divas. They’ll shine in this g 0Votes43.6kRecs36.6kFans
- 26 Wreaking Havoc in the Great Qing 祸害大清 Lu Yifeng is the greatest scourge of the Great Qing! If I don't kill this villain, may I cease to be a man! So said a certain pockmarked lad, who claimed to have shot 318 rabbits in a single day and was hailed as the Rabbit Terminator. Lu Yifeng is a terrible menace! Until this menace is eliminated, our Great Qing will never know peace. So said the bondservants and die-hard Han traitors. Lu Yifeng is the archetypal treacherous minister, a scourge upon the nation and its people. He eats the Great 0Votes164.2kRecs87.6kFans
- 27 I Awakened the Naruto World 我让火影世界觉醒 Naruto × Reincarnation Paradise: A Mixed-Blood Fanfiction There are two kinds of Hokage worlds: one is the fake world of anime, and the other is a real world of supernatural powers. When the fates of transmigrators and contractors converge; When the System and the Paradise clash across higher dimensions; When the native world and the derivative world merge; When the characters from the story fully awaken! Is this finally the Hokage world you wanted? 0Votes13.7kRecs6.7kFans
- 28 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial economy and smallholder farming economy that coexisted under the dynasty were both struck by deflation. The effects of the Little Ice Age piled on, and one domino after another fell into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, roving rebels crossed south over the Mianc 789Votes375.3kRecs378.2kFans
- 29 Ten Dragons Vie for the Throne 十龙夺嫡 I transmigrated, and it turns out to be the Qing dynasty. Of all people I could have become, I ended up as the sixth prince, Yinzhuo. Fight for the throne? Too dangerous! Become emperor? Too exhausting! After going to all this trouble to transmigrate, I'd be happy just to live quietly as a prince. But life is full of surprises, and even being a peaceful prince isn't easy. You need money, and you need power. Get too much of either, and you can't remain a prince. So then... I might as well become 0Votes282.1kRecs179.2kFans
- 30 Wasteland 废土 When it comes to the virus, you can fear it and retreat, but the only result will be infection and transformation into a monster. If you cast life and death aside, you will discover that the virus can also submit to your will. It will make you stronger, enable you to devour everything, control everything, master everything, and become a true god. 0Votes171.1kRecs189.2kFans
- 31 Tang Cavalry 唐骑 The gale rages, sweeping across ten thousand miles. Wherever the horses’ hooves tread, there lies the Great Tang! 0Votes401.3kRecs211.1kFans
- 32 Setting Sail Across the Seas in 1640 1640四海扬帆 History is more exciting than fiction. That’s why I gathered a mountain of source material and wrote a military history of the Southern Ming. 0Votes104.4kRecs31.2kFans
- 33 The Rise of Chenxing 辰星崛起 Somewhere in the vast universe lies another world, a continent known as the Shendou Continent. It has existed for countless years. Historical records tell of more than eight hundred nations rising and falling there, but only the Shendou Empire ever managed to unite them all. After the empire collapsed, years of warfare followed. Now the continent is divided between eight great empires and the Church, and its era bears many similarities to the Song and Ming dynasties of Huaxia. In the twenty-seve 0Votes230.6kRecs0Fans
- 34 The Sinister Hero of the Late Sui Dynasty 隋末阴雄 The son of a Sui dynasty merchant wore his legs out traveling to buy stock and shouted himself hoarse selling goods. He ran into officials and bandits while doing business, and after losing money gambling, got beaten until he regretted it. He tried the honest path and walked the crooked one. Since this damned world wouldn’t let him get ahead, he would conquer it and usher in an age of chaos. From then on, he was calculating and dark-hearted, a master of schemes who killed without hesitation: a s 0Votes123.8kRecs150.3kFans
- 35 The Immortal Mansion’s Fate 仙府之缘 Ye Chen is an ordinary young man from the Wu Kingdom. By chance, he obtains an ancient painting scroll called Immortal Abode and sets out on the path to immortality. Within this wondrous Immortal Abode are a little blue fox, a wooden cabin, a plot of medicinal herbs, an alchemy pavilion, a crafting pavilion... The world changes with the passage of time, but what never changes is the heart devoted to seeking the Immortal Dao, and a destined thread of romance. 0Votes664.8kRecs145.1kFans
- 36 Rampant and Unrestrained 横行霸道 The Six Paths surge, gods and ghosts rage, The Nine Heavens tremble, wind and thunder clash. I hold fast to my true heart, free from worry, doubt, and fear. I stride across the Nine Heavens and reign supreme over the Six Paths. The author has completed three novels: Online Gaming: Nerve Disorder, Infinite Killing Road, and Wielding a Sword, Singing High. Rest assured, you can count on the author. 0Votes244.8kRecs89.4kFans
- 37 Destroying the Ming Dynasty 诛明 His surname is Zhu. He lives during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. He thinks this is a peaceful era. He is wrong. He discovers that the only thing he can rely on is the blade in his hand. 0Votes245.3kRecs75.8kFans
- 38 EN The Metaverse of Infinite Flow 无限流的元宇宙 Original title: Fu Qinghai Battles Everything This is mainly the story of a male protagonist from the Warhammer 40K universe who steamrolls all sorts of monsters and villains. Xenomorphs battle Death Eaters, Jedi Knights battle mutants, Deep Ones battle Anna Belle, Titan Beasts battle Jaegers, Ringwraiths battle symbiotes... Until, in the end, it becomes Fu Qinghai Battles Everything. Titles the protagonist has earned or will earn: Qingshan Stark, Belisarius Qingshan, Qingshan Khan, Darth Qingsh 225Votes1.7MRecs505.1kFans
- 39 The Prestigious Clan 名门 This is a Tang Empire that has taken a wrong turn, with imperial power in decline and the empire nearing its end. It is also an age when the empire and the great clans coexist. Fifteen years ago, the An Lushan Rebellion was finally put down. But the Uyghurs, seeing the Tang’s weakness, eyed the Central Plains, bringing their horses to its rivers and laying waste to its people. As the empire teetered on the brink, seven great clans joined forces to drive out the northern invaders and restore the 0Votes424.8kRecs363.5kFans
- 40 Small Fry 杂鱼 In the year 3000, humanity had entered the age of the Milky Way. But limited technology and finite lifespans still kept humanity trapped in the prisons of time and space, making life fundamentally no different from that of the ancient Earth era. As resources ran dry, the thousand-year Golden Age finally neared its end. The powerful and aggressive German legions once again bared th 0Votes125.3kRecs46.6kFans
- 41 The World 天下 Return to the Tang dynasty and contend for supremacy. In the fifth year of the Tianbao era, the Tang dynasty had been established for more than a century. After decades of governing the country, Li Longji, now an old man who had lived long enough to know the will of Heaven, had grown weary. Ever since he made Yang his noble consort, his attention had gradually drifted away from the dull, tedious affairs of state. “Music and dancing fill the air, and the emperor can never get enough of the show.” 0Votes447.2kRecs454.9kFans
- 42 Ming Dynasty 1630 大明1630 Heroes rise from humble beginnings, turn the tide when all seems lost, shore up a tottering realm, and save the people from disaster. 0Votes155.2kRecs56.4kFans
- 43 A Handbook for Getting By in the Ming Dynasty 明朝谋生手册 With over a hundred mu of good farmland, the family is comfortably well-off by small landowner standards. But at just fourteen, he suddenly finds himself being called “Father.” The title of Xiucai he has only just earned looks set to slip away again, and young scholar Wang Fulin is feeling the pressure. The first rule of the Wang family teachings: “Of all evils, lust is the worst; of all virtues, filial piety comes first.” In the years between the Longqing and Wanli reigns, society is extravagan 0Votes528.7kRecs122kFans
- 44 The Power 权柄 A man among men, through a joke played by fate, is transformed into a young hostage prince, thus raising the curtain on an imperial saga of conquest and glory: Countless loyal ministers and brilliant generals perform a stirring tale worthy of song and tears; Many beautiful women, bound by deep affection, complete a poignant and entwined romance; A measure of pure-hearted innocence preserves a magnificent celestial dynasty! To ensure everyone's reading enjoyment, I solemnly promise: 2Votes231kRecs692.4kFans
- 45 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
- 46 A Martial Guide to the Tang Dynasty 武唐攻略 Damn you, Heavens! You actually made me Wu Zetian's son! Bah! I've got a strategy guide, so why should I fear the Wu-Tang dynasty? Reclining in drunken abandon, I sing aloud, laughing as I admire beauties with their red sleeves. How many heroes of the age have all fallen into my trap? Fine horses and robes worth a thousand gold: all I ask is to scheme at Zhangtai and drink my fill, sword in hand as I point toward the distant Penglai Palace. 0Votes247.7kRecs57.3kFans
- 47 Northern Tang 北唐 A dark age where people devour one another. An unlucky transmigrator. A new era in human history. The tale of the Regent King of Beitang, a story of struggle, legends, and dreams at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 13Votes279kRecs85.6kFans
- 48 The Greatest Sect Leader in History 史上第一掌门 I transmigrated, and even became the leader of a sect! It seems pretty good, except this sect is a little too weak, and there are a few too few people... “Senior Brother, Master said the task of revitalizing our sect is now yours!” my only fellow disciple, a junior sister, said with an annoyed look. “If you can't do it, hurry up and hand the sect leader's position over to me!” 0Votes381.5kRecs228.5kFans
- 49 Thunderclap 惊雷 “The world of espionage is fraught with danger. We must hear the thunderclap in the silence.” Yu Jingque, code-named Thunderclap, is like a spring thunderclap exploding in the ears of countless people on Ice City’s smokeless battlefield. He is a thorn in the enemy’s heart, stabbing them painfully from time to time while remaining nearly impossible to remove. When thunder shatters the pillars, heaven and earth change color. In the darkness that watches over the dawn, the thunder sounds first. 0Votes103.8kRecs92.5kFans
- 50 A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵 In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th 16Votes656.2kRecs585kFans
