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  1. 1 I Launched the Shang Conquest During Pan Geng's Move to Yin 我在盘庚迁殷时发起翦商 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Mid-Shang dynasty + no System + founding a nation] He transmigrates into the Xin clan, an outer vassal state that pays tribute to the Shang dynasty. Beset by internal turmoil, the terrifying Shang dynasty looks for compensation abroad, repeatedly attacking tributary states to plunder slaves, drive out their people, and seize their land. To avoid being sacrificed by King Pangeng, Xin Qu, now the clan leader, decides to strike first! Three hundred years ahead of schedule, he raises the banner and 0Votes11.7kRecs31kFans
  2. 2 Three Kingdoms: The Taiping Sect Leader 三国,太平教主 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Zhou Fan, a student at Nanhua University, was on his way to teach in a mountain village when a white python startled him. He tumbled down a slope, injuring his ankle, and somehow transmigrated to the Eastern Han dynasty, where he ran into the three Zhang brothers. With no other choice, Zhou Fan stayed with the Zhang brothers and recuperated within the Way of Great Peace. At first, all he wanted was to be the cult's scheming advisor, give the followers lessons, and teach them to farm. He planned 0Votes5.2kRecs25.4kFans
  3. 3 EN Naruto: A Young Uchiha General's Spring in Konoha 火影:宇智波小将的木叶之春 Light Novel1.1M WordsCompleted "The shinobi clans are organizing villagers to protest? These aren't ordinary villagers anymore. We have to hit them hard!" "The night of the revolution may have been brief, but its glory will endure for a long time. I, Uchiha Douguang, won't keep that glory to myself." In Konoha Year 57, Uchiha Douguang seizes power in a coup and becomes the Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure. From then on, the sun rises, dispelling the long night that had shrouded Konoha for half a century. Also known as Konoha's 0Votes84.3kRecs399kFans
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  4. 4 Overthrowing the Song and Founding the Ming, Starting with Water Margin 从水浒开始覆宋辟明 Martial Arts875k WordsCompleted Xiao Feng broke an arrow and took his own life outside Yanmen Pass. When he awoke, he had arrived in the world of Water Margin. Adulterers and wicked women? Take a palm strike from Xiao! A cannibal judge? Xiao will not stand for this. Take my palm strike! Robbing travelers on the road? Everyone has their troubles. Take these few taels of silver. Murdering people? I won't let you get away with it! When you see injustice, shout out. When it's time to act, act! Gradually, Xiao Feng realizes that th 0Votes3.1kRecs7kFans
  5. 5 Liu Bei: My Path to the Light-Wu Dynasty 刘备:我的光武之路 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted These are the best of times, and the worst of times. This time, Liu Bei will make up for his past mistakes and ensure tragedy does not repeat itself. This time, Liu Bei will restore the Han dynasty to glory for the third time, forging a mighty Han empire that will make the northern tribes tremble! Yuan Shao: “If Bei was born, why was I born too?” Cao Cao: “I never give up. The harder I’m hit, the stronger I get. I… I sob…” 0Votes8.6kRecs39.7kFans
  6. 6 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Martial Arts1.5M WordsCompleted Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
  7. 7 Three Kingdoms: An Ordinary Man in the Late Han Dynasty 三国:汉末小民 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted It was the sixth year of the Guanghe reign, 183, just months before the Yellow Turban Rebellion would shake the Han dynasty to its foundations! That year, Cao Cao was serving as a Gentleman of the Secretariat in Luoyang; Liu Bei was still roaming around Zhuo County with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei; Sun Shiwàn had only just learned to walk. That same year, a wandering refugee with cropped hair arrived in Xihai County, Langya Commandery, Xuzhou. Standing atop Mount Kui, he asked the dozens of refugees b 0Votes26.9kRecs63.7kFans
  8. 8 Waltz of Steam and Magic 蒸汽与魔法的华尔茨 Western Fantasy505k WordsOngoing [Traditional fantasy + steampunk + sword and sorcery + adventure + classic heroic coming-of-age] As a new order dawns, the treaties of old fall apart, and the collision of two worlds engulfs an entire continent. An advanced civilization powered by the steam revolution. An ancient kingdom built upon magical elements. Pull the trigger, chant a spell. Scorching bullets scrape against icy shields. In the heat of battle, fighters are too busy with their own moves, caught up in an unrestrained waltz: 0Votes4.2kRecs6.9kFans
  9. 9 The Winds Rise in North America, 1625 风起北美1625 Historical4.5M WordsOngoing A group of Chinese people from the future accidentally arrive on the west coast of North America in the seventeenth century. They go on to change the course of world history, embedding the mark of Chinese civilization deep into one land after another. “The entire continent of the New World, the Americas, is the land chosen for us Chinese!” “The vast Pacific Ocean is our Chinese inland sea!” “The Caribbean Sea is our Chinese washbasin!” “The continent of Australia is our Chinese mining ground!” “ 411Votes120.3kRecs105.8kFans
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  10. 10 Mythic Water Margin: Starting by Subduing the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends 神话水浒:从镇压天罡地煞开始 Xianxia1.5M WordsCompleted With a staff as tall as a man, he conquered four hundred military prefectures and made them all bear the surname Zhao. What innate cosmic art did Zhao Kuangyin rely on to found his dynasty? The Way of Primordial Chaos? The one hundred and eight heroes of Liangshan Marsh each corresponded to a star in Heaven. Did they practice both magic and martial arts? Guansheng, wielding a great saber, rode Red Hare and carried a crescent blade. Was his finishing move called the Tyrant’s Infernal King Slash? 0Votes15.9kRecs89.5kFans
  11. 11 The American Revolution: Fully Unlocked 独立战争强力破解版 Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Rong Wenyan transmigrates back to the American colonies of 1770, where he starts a pharmaceutical company and becomes the mayor of a small town. As the independence movement grows ever more intense, he wants neither to help the Continental Congress violently resist taxes nor to act as an accomplice to the British. [History + farming and development + light fantasy + harem] 1Votes9.9kRecs49.8kFans
  12. 12 EN Forge of Ascension 铸命升途 Light Novel1.6M WordsCompleted The world is an immense, empty sea. The world is a tiny mote of dust in that sea. Above the heavens hangs the abyss; beneath the dark moon, beings from beyond covet our world. Ancient life forms hack their way through the brambles, using the candlelight of civilization to illuminate the path to ascension. Martial cultivation, Heart Remnants, and Precepts; natural disasters, immortal insects, and Truth... Danger lurks everywhere, but extraordinary encounters and opportunities are just as abundant 3Votes76.9kRecs118.3kFans
  13. 13 Records of the Fubo 伏波录 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted A “three-no” novel: not a novice-friendly story, not a transmigration story, and not a brainless power fantasy. In the middle of the Ming dynasty, in the Weiyang Tower of Yangzhou Prefecture, an apparently ordinary dispute among martial artists inadvertently opens the curtain on a vast conspiracy. Caught in the vortex of fate and facing sudden upheaval, should you endure humiliation or pursue vengeance? Sacrifice your life for what is right, or cling to life at any cost? Stake everything on one 21Votes47.9kRecs5.5kFans
  14. 14 EN Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙? Xianxia4.4M WordsOngoing The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation 17.7kVotes4MRecs7.2MFans
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  15. 15 EN Then Let Them Offer Their Loyalty! 那就让她们献上忠诚吧! Light Novel4.6M WordsCompleted [A premium hit with 45,000 top-tier subscribers and an average of 27,000 paid subscribers! Guaranteed quality, read with confidence!] After transmigrating to a disaster-ravaged world in chaos, filled with all kinds of uncanny objects, Qiu Tu discovers that he has somehow slept with a powerful figure's mistress... Since he's already been found out, he might as well... go with the flow? He'll grow stronger, build his own power, recruit beautiful... beautiful and powerful subordinates, and steadily 74Votes353.7kRecs2.4MFans
  16. 16 This Knight Is a Little Too Perfect 这个骑士过于完美 Light Novel306k WordsCompleted Rhein transmigrated to a fantasy world inhabited by wizards, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and demon hunters. Mysteries lurked everywhere, and human lives were worth less than grass. Luckily, he was bound to the Knight System. As long as he strictly followed the Eight Knightly Virtues, he would gain different talent bonuses. [Humility (Absolute Focus): By remaining humble, you gain the best abilities for learning and analysis.] [Honesty (Sense of Truth): By remaining honest, you gain the abilit 0Votes14.9kRecs91.2kFans
  17. 17 EN The Witcher: Make Witchers Great Again 巫师:让猎魔人再次伟大 Western Fantasy991k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the world of The Witcher, Lin En becomes a witcher. Witchers may be at the very bottom of the social ladder in this world, but Lin En, with his exclusive witcher status panel, feels he can still manage a few simple tasks. For example, restoring the glory of the witchers is a duty we cannot shirk! Years later, when Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt, leads his army to Kaer Morhen and finds himself surrounded by witcher regiments as far as the eye can see… “This is a trap! Aband 0Votes9.9kRecs39.9kFans
  18. 18 EN The Witcher: The Witcher's Handbook of the Wolf School 猎魔人:狼学派的狩魔手记 Light Novel3.9M WordsOngoing In 1179, Ailin transmigrated to the world of The Witcher. Kaer Morhen's castle was home to more than twenty active witchers and nearly fifty witcher apprentices. However, The undercurrents that would bring the schools down had already begun to stir. Caught in the tide of events, Ailin could hardly stay out of it. Fortunately, he awakened a Witcher Manual. He could grow stronger just by killing monsters. [Ding! First monster defeated: Drowner. Rating: B] [Rewards: 1 vial of Drowner Heart Essence, 161Votes70kRecs234.5kFans
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  19. 19 King of Curses 咒禁之王 Light Novel1.5M WordsOngoing “One who uses spells and incantations to banish evil spirits is known as an Exorcist.” Cen Dongsheng was reborn. His soul came from a future eight years away, an era when ghosts ran rampant and evil gods wreaked havoc, and people known as “Exorcists” ruled modern society. But now, the world was still on the eve of a great upheaval, with undercurrents gathering beneath the surface. He was a cautious sort, well aware of his mediocre talents. The first thing he thought of after being reborn was 5Votes95.6kRecs273.8kFans
  20. 20 Fantasy Mage in a Cthulhu World 克苏鲁世界里的奇幻法师 Western Fantasy768k WordsCompleted (A DND wizard character sheet charging into the Cthulhu Mythos) Jonathan never imagined that one day he would find himself in the Cthulhu Mythos, a world teeming with evil gods. In this perilous world, where the arrival or awakening of an evil god could bring about its destruction at any moment, Jonathan wants only to survive. Luckily, he isn't a helpless investigator. He's an adventurer carrying the Book of All Magic from Dungeons & Dragons. The Spawn of the Nameless One wails beneath Fireball, 0Votes6.8kRecs34.3kFans
  21. 21 From a Cult Family to a Divine Kingdom 密教家族到神国王朝 Light Novel1.6M WordsCompleted 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
  22. 22 Launching a Crusade Against the Pope 向教皇发动十字军 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted Besides having a younger brother named Hong Xiuquan, Jesus the Heavenly Elder Brother also had a brother named Gareth. Jesus took three days to resurrect. Gareth took only three minutes. The Romans pinned Jesus to a cross for six hours. Gareth spent six hours bringing about the de-urbanization of Rome. Jesus said: “The Kingdom of Heaven belongs only to those who share their wealth equally with the poor.” Gareth said: “In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, everything is shared equally, and nothing is 1Votes42.7kRecs132.7kFans
  23. 23 The Taiping Army in the Late Ming Dynasty 太平军在明末 Historical4.0M WordsCompleted A peasant uprising steeped in religious fervor is the most viable way to solve the problems of the late Ming dynasty. The story of Liu Changde, the True Mandate's Heavenly King of the Taiping Way, makes a forceful case for this. To be fair, *manually raises dogeza* 0Votes16.8kRecs34.1kFans
  24. 24 Overthrowing Qin 覆秦 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted 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
  25. 25 EN Shushan: Ancestor of All Demons 蜀山万妖之祖 Xianxia2.6M WordsCompleted The protagonist transmigrates to Mount Shu and becomes a demon dragon guarding the Heavenly Book within Dinghu Peak. 0Votes101.7kRecs252.1kFans
  26. 26 Han Descendants of the Jin Court 晋庭汉裔 Historical3.9M WordsOngoing The mountains we look back on again and again, the sea we never forget. On the day Jiang Wei died in the flames at Chengdu, the last light of the Han Empire vanished for good. The men of Jin stood beside his corpse and picked up a gallbladder as big as a bucket. They stared at one another in bewilderment. The Western Jin Empire was founded on this victory, but the answer to where the future would lead was a terrible one. Forty years later, mourners would fill the land, the Nine Provinces would l 301Votes131.5kRecs144kFans
  27. 27 Western Brightfire 西明离火 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted [New Book: 1644: Sparks Set the Ming Ablaze] 1647, the first year of the Yongli reign; The Qing army enters Sichuan, while Zhang Xianzhong descends into madness! Across the land of Sichuan, bones lie exposed in the wild! A young company political instructor is caught in an accident during a disaster-relief operation and transmigrates to this era where people devour one another... Seeing hands, feet, and heads hanging beneath the eaves like roast meat, does he think he has transmigrated into a de 0Votes34.2kRecs70.1kFans
  28. 28 EN The Fated Embers 天命皆烬 Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted 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
  29. 29 EN Dragon Zang 龙藏 Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Wei Yuan had never harbored great ambitions, but the tide of the times forced him onto the path of conquest and expansion, until he had crossed every mountain pass without ever turning gray. A less serious blurb: Even immortals fear industrialization! This is the story of an Industrial Revolution in a fantasy world. 2.7kVotes2.3MRecs1.5MFans
  30. 30 Knights and Magic Wands 骑士与魔杖 Western Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional fantasy, knights, sword and sorcery (no power-leveling), everyday life in a fief (not farming), slow-paced] Order crumbles amid the chaos that has come, while thundering hooves bring calamities from the old days. A soul that does not belong to this age opens its eyes once more: castles, towers, blades and magic, desire and disaster. The Cards of Neti awaken an ancient destiny, and the end draws silently near… 3Votes166.4kRecs470kFans
  31. 31 Steel, Gunpowder, and Spellcasters 钢铁火药和施法者 Western Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing Is magic really just a wish-granting machine? No. In a universe where magic truly exists, it must be as simple and beautiful as the laws of physics. This is the story of a mass-produced, expendable magic-combat specialist who learns the ultimate nature of magic. But so what? Birds can fly without understanding aerodynamics, and mages can use magic without knowing its true nature. Learning magic's ultimate nature doesn't mean an expendable specialist can suddenly become a great mage, either. But 345Votes676kRecs863kFans
  32. 32 Lord of the Desolate Sands 荒沙主宰 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing Many readers have said that compared with the actual story, this book’s blurb is complete garbage. The author can’t think of how to introduce it either. Anyway, the story’s quality is absolutely guaranteed. That’s it. (Original blurb) A mechanical engineer transmigrates to a world where martial arts reign supreme, gaining control over the powers of fire and sand. Water cutters, hang gliders, firearms, aircraft engines, powered armor, floating cannons... Using the knowledge he has 109Votes124.4kRecs180.4kFans
  33. 33 Twenty-Seven Years 二十七载 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted The world stands at the turbulent turning point between old and new societies, as clashes in politics, economics, ideas, and culture grow ever more intense. Moste Vilak, a photographer from the slums of Zivode City, is reborn two months into the past. Starting by once again posing as the son of a conglomerate, he stirs up everything and turns the world upside down amid rapid industrial growth and wildly expanding ambitions. [This is a fictional world. Please don't compare it to reality.] [The al 4Votes84.8kRecs146.5kFans
  34. 34 The Holy Maiden Comes, and No One Pays Grain 圣女来时不纳粮 Western Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Medieval fantasy + Taiping Heavenly Kingdom + clockpunk + peasant uprising] The Holy Pope, a golden scepter. The Knight King, a silver-embroidered bed. Those who sow the wheat eat the husks; those who weave the cloth have no clothes. While Eve and Adam toil in the fields, do noblemen and gentlemen sit in high halls? You take my wife and seize my home, you butcher my dear parents! Heads roll beyond counting; blood debts must be paid in blood! Slay the priests! Slay the Pope! Slay the knights! Sl 29Votes173.1kRecs443.3kFans
  35. 35 Psychics Don't Die by Gunfire 灵能者不死于枪火 Sci-Fi2.7M WordsCompleted Song Shi, a free bounty hunter and Fourth-Ring psionic, opened his eyes after dying and discovered that he had been reborn twenty years in the past. The megacorporations of the [Corporate Alliance] look down on all living beings, taking even air and sunlight into their hands and quietly putting a price on them. They are turning the idea of a cybernetic nation into reality, greedily eyeing the free markets they have yet to enter. The [Vanpusta Empire] follows a system in which church and state ar 31Votes103.7kRecs407.9kFans
  36. 36 Chancellor 相国 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted For three hundred years, during the upheaval of the Five Barbarians, the remnants changed their names and appearances, hoping to inherit the rightful rule. Yang Jian burned Ye City and destroyed the Sparrow Terrace, wiping out the elegance of the Wei and Jin dynasties in a single stroke; Yang Guang assembled warships and troops, then rode south to Jiangnan, where he lost everything in a hundred days. The powerful enemy sharpened its blades, while the Last Emperor still sang of the Garden of Blos 0Votes56.5kRecs85kFans
  37. 37 Starting as an Island Lord 从海岛领主开始 Western Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted How can someone change a world without the power of magic? Become a farmer and a lord! How can someone rise to become a grand lord in a world where they cannot do so without a noble birth? Marry a princess! “I am the beloved husband of Princess Weilan, the loving father of the next Duke of Weilan, and the current guardian of Weilan’s future!” “Now, I am the Duke of Weilan!” What? There is more than one princess in the world? 0Votes16.6kRecs66.6kFans
  38. 38 EN You Were Told to Farm, But You Became an Emperor? 让你种田,你成帝国皇帝了? Western Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing The Middle Ages, warring knights, dragons, demons, gods, pirates, colossal beasts... Barbaric, ignorant, backward, numb, starvation everywhere, people barely able to survive... Damn it! I'll punch this whole era into submission!! Reclaim wasteland, farm, build bridges, pave roads, mine coal and dig for ore! Grind experience, recruit Apostles, build an army! Raise an army! Sweep across everything! Quack! My steel torrent is invincible in this world! Luo Man: “I am your destiny! Al 0Votes32.8kRecs267.4kFans
  39. 39 The Outcast: You Asked Me to Cultivate Qi, and I Became an Immortal? 一人之下:让你炼气,你成仙了? Light Novel1.3M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the body of Li Muxuan, a young ruffian, he planned to join the Three-One Sect and become an ordinary Qi practitioner. He never expected that, as he continued practicing, he would actually become an immortal. 0Votes78kRecs571.6kFans
  40. 40 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
  41. 41 Building an Age of Benevolence in Faerun 我在费伦开创仁德之世 Western Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Do people change the world, or does the world change people? What is benevolence, and whose benevolence is it? What does it take to realize benevolence, and how can it be done? Is a heart full of passion enough? Is unyielding perseverance enough? No, no, no. That is nowhere near enough! On this continent known as Faerun, cruelty and bloodshed are the foundation of everything. The heroes of enemy races are the foes of my people! To realize the ideals in his heart, he must be more ruthless than de 0Votes6kRecs35.3kFans
  42. 42 EN The Immortal Devourer 食仙主 Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing The mysterious and uncanny swords scattered across the land await swordmasters whose names will shake the world. Who can comprehend the wondrous arts and lost scriptures passed down through the ages? Among the hundred wards of Chang'an, people who can raise fire and swallow the sun lie hidden. In the Central Plains stand vast and decaying thousand-year-old clans. In the north, the silent and battle-hardened barbarians sharpen their blades, while the southern kingdoms revel in song and dance amid 860Votes523.6kRecs874.9kFans
  43. 43 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 Historical1.9M WordsOngoing In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans

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