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- The Tale of Qian Nu 倩女传 A political conspiracy leaves her entire family, young and old, slaughtered. With only her personal maid by her side, she struggles to survive and clear her family's name. After learning schemes from a master of the imperial harem, she infiltrates a grand estate tangled in power and influence. Beyond the storm-tossed harem, imperial authority is in decline, and ruthless methods abound... She swallows her anger and advances cautiously, step by step. From a pampered young lady of the Zhuo family, 1.1MClicks363Favorites2.2kRecs
- My Journey to the Ming Dynasty 我的明朝之旅 The Ox-Head and Horse-Face messengers of the underworld mistakenly took the soul of a top student down to the netherworld. In the end, they sent him to the Ming Dynasty, where his journey began… 106.4kClicks1.5kFavorites22.5kRecs
- The Hooligan Heir 流氓世子爷 After transmigrating into the legitimate son of a first-rank Duke Who Guards the Nation, Xie Xun thinks he'll have endless wealth, pretty maids all around him, and an inherited title, so he can live the life of a carefree wastrel. Then an imperial edict turns him into a court favorite. Princes vie for his support, and princesses throw themselves at him. But he has no idea that danger is already at his door... 77.8kClicks79Favorites43Recs
- Spring's Chill in the Deep Purple Tenuity Palace 紫微宫深春意凉 A daughter born to a concubine in a family of military officials, she has endured the bitter infighting between legitimate and concubine-born siblings. With no interest in the imperial selection, she nonetheless becomes a prince's principal consort. A wicked prince seizes power and stages a palace coup. Her husband unexpectedly ascends the throne, and while she flees a plague because she is pregnant, assassins pursue her to the ends of the earth. Amid clashing swords and warhorses, troops assemb 62.2kClicks346Favorites721Recs
- Three Taels of Defiance 逆骨三两 I heard my mother laugh as she said that when I was born, I weighed five taels: one tael of skin, one tael of flesh, and three taels of rebellious bone. Because my mother was born of low status, the family treated me like trash, and my relatives despised me like a stray dog. But I will use those three taels of rebellious bone to cut my way through the official ranks, slay the mighty, shatter the imperial throne, and look down upon the Nine Provinces! 35.3kClicks21Favorites65Recs
- Reborn as Emperor Ling: The Heroes of the Three Kingdoms Are All My Underlings 重生灵帝：三国英豪皆小弟 A modern war god is reborn as the 14-year-old Emperor Ling of Han. The moment he wakes, he faces a brutal struggle between the ministers and the eunuchs! The ministers plot to murder the emperor, while the empress dowager is powerless. The young Emperor Ling adapts to every twist, turns defeat into victory, and seizes power. He gradually brings the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, including Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, under his command, becoming a great emperor in a parallel universe. 25.8kClicks88Favorites406Recs
- The Empire's Number One Houseboy 帝国第一家丁 Li Feng, a young culinary prodigy who had unexpectedly lost his sense of taste, transmigrated to the Great Qian Empire and regained it. True to his original aspirations, Li Feng only wanted to be a tourist, quietly be a handsome man in the kitchen, and sample every delicacy under the sun. Who could have expected one complication after another to drag him into feuds between powerful families, court factional strife, and conflicts among the martial world? With nothing but his kitchen knife, Li Fen 24.8kClicks50Favorites88Recs
- Warring States: Building a Hot-Air Balloon from the Start and Astonishing the King of Zhao 战国：开局造热气球惊呆赵王 “I just want to be a chubby, lazy parasite. I don’t want to lead troops into battle!” the invincible God of War Zhao Jingyu lamented. “I want to be the Warring States’ number-one playboy. I don’t want to waste my time governing a country!” the powerful minister of a great kingdom, Zhao Jingyu, wailed. “I hate working overtime to read memorials. I truly don’t want to inherit the throne!” Zhao Jingyu, the overlord who made the other kingdoms tremble, let out a long sigh. … The emperor of the ages, 24.2kClicks25Favorites754Recs
- From the Start, a Disgraced Crown Prince, and I Can't Keep Laying Low 开局被废太子，我苟不住了 I transmigrated, and from the start I was stripped of my position as crown prince? How could I simply hand over this splendid realm and imperial dominion? I can't hold back anymore! 20.5kClicks82Favorites0Recs
- The Ape and Crane Listen as I Play the Qin Again 猿鹤听我再抚琴 Also known as The Immortal Heart of Heaven and Earth: The Strongest Qin Master of All Time Once a young general, he became an unparalleled master of the qin through a fateful turn of events. On his journey to immortality, he saves all living beings, ultimately grasping the true meaning of being an immortal. Heir to the Guigu lineage, with brilliant schemes to pacify the realm; a master qin player whose music moves the world. You protect all living beings, and I will protect you. Without you, wha 19.1kClicks132Favorites148Recs
- You Hunt Lions and Tigers, Slaughter Wolves and Bears, and Call Yourself an Ordinary Scholar? 猎狮虎，宰狼熊，你说是普通书生？ With both parents dead and his elder brother killed while hunting, Liu Qi transmigrates to ancient times as an impoverished scholar from a poor family. His home is bare, leaving only two newlywed women who have yet to share his bed: his wife and his sister-in-law, sisters who are both beauties. The sisters are deeply attached and cannot bear to part, but when the village chief demands one of them, Liu Qi boldly talks back. I'll marry them both! Taking up his hunting bow and strapping on his hunt 18kClicks14Favorites0Recs
- I Only Wanted to Enjoy Music at the Brothel, So Why Force Me to Become Emperor? 我只想勾栏听曲，为何逼我当皇帝 Qin Feng transmigrates as the eldest prince of the Chu Kingdom, only to face the oppression and schemes of his many royal brothers. With his siblings closing in on him at every turn, he refuses to accept his fate and decides to play the game himself. Starting by taking charge of the Imperial Music Bureau, he lays plans across the capital, dominates the court, and looks down on the world. Emperor of Chu: Eldest, it seems you’re the only one fit to take the throne! Officials: We beg the eldest pri 15.4kClicks60Favorites1Recs
- My Thoughts Drift to You 清清悠吾思 He says, "A Qing, will you stay with me? Until we reach hell..." He says, "A Qing, look at me. Your heart and body can belong to no one but me." He says, "A Qing, I'll be good and do as you say. Please don't leave me." Once someone gets under your skin, nothing else is up to you. 13.6kClicks34Favorites0Recs
- The Great Qian's Finest Young Master 大乾极品公子 After transmigrating to the Great Qian Dynasty, I was lucky enough to become a carefree young master! My family has vast fields and more gold and silver than I could spend, and maids waiting on me at every turn. But Zheng Guangzong didn't want to lie flat, so he went and did a few things. He never imagined that his deeds would shake the entire court. The revered leader of the literati wants to become sworn brothers with him, the princess refuses to marry anyone else, and the emperor grants him 12.7kClicks11Favorites91Recs
- Great Song: I, Wu Dalang, Reject Pan Jinlian from the Start 大宋：我，武大郎，开局拒绝潘金莲 Wu Zhi transmigrated into the world of Water Margin and awakened the God-Tier Rejection System. Reject things to grow stronger! Ding! Congratulations, Host, on refusing to marry Pan Jinlian. Rewards: [God-Tier Flatbread-Making Skills], [Invincible Meow-Meow Fist], [Strength to Lift a Massive Ding]; Ding! Congratulations, Host, on refusing Luo Tianren’s offer to join him. Reward: [Heaven-Banning Art]; Ding! Congratulations, Host, on refusing to take the Green-Faced Beast Yang Zhi as your underlin 11.8kClicks35Favorites43Recs
- The Tear-Burning Sword 泪灼剑 Falling does not necessarily mean vanishing forever. Being reborn does not mean becoming stronger than before. Waiting may mean endless, illusory emptiness. Fate reveals the ugliness of human nature once you break free. If the world has no place for me, then I will remake it. A meteor falls, and heaven and earth are transformed. With tears scorching my sword, I will remake the world. 10.9kClicks139Favorites1.3kRecs
- The Tsundere Consort Captivates the Emperor's Heart 傲娇宠妃惑君心 Everyone wants a love that belongs to them alone, but in ancient times, that was a pipe dream, especially when your beloved is the emperor. How did the scheming women famous in history come to be? How did the emperor she adored give his heart to another? In the end, was it love or not? A dancer down on her luck is rejected at an audition, then experiences an unexpected romance. The man who woos her is none other than the creator of the Kaiyuan Golden Age. Though his harem is filled with three th 10.5kClicks30Favorites699Recs
- I Sell Newspapers in the Great Song 我在大宋卖报纸 Huang Yunhe, a news director at a modern Fortune 500 company, suddenly transmigrates to the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song and takes over a printing house on the verge of bankruptcy. To save it from collapse, he launches the Kaifeng Daily and holds a series of contests, including the Kaifeng Beauty Pageant. As the newspaper grows, Huang Yunhe is summoned to the palace by imperial decree and sent to Liangshan Marsh to interview Song Jiang. He establishes a military intelligence bureau and joins 8.8kClicks4Favorites0Recs
- I Am Not Prince of Lanling 我不是兰陵王 Uncle said, "Xiao Gong, I believe in you. The future of Northern Qi is in your hands." Sister Lanlan said, "When you go to the front, be a man, okay? No more crying." Xiao Xiaomi said, "Brother Chang Gong, I can fold the little paper cranes you taught me really beautifully now. After you leave, I'll fold one every day, and when you come back, I'll give them all to you." Once he put on his armor and mask, he became the mighty and invincible Prince of Lanling. He was no longer the orphan who had d 7.6kClicks8Favorites9Recs
- Never Say the Dragon Walks 莫道龙行 In Mingzhou, a hidden dragon stirs beneath the springtime south of the Yangtze. A fish leaps across the Southern Seas, treading the Seven Stars. Do not say the dragon's journey comes too late at dusk. Amid the mist and rain of the Nine Provinces, defy fate and turn the world upside down. Chosen by heaven, the young man walks the path of destiny. Since you have already given your all to press forward, do not stop when the dragon makes its journey! 7.2kClicks7Favorites447Recs
- The Carefree Village Head 逍遥小里正 He only wanted to conquer a mountain. He never expected to meet a woman unlike any other. What's more, she immediately became his chosen wife! He couldn't refuse even if he wanted to! After transmigrating as a lowly village head, the lowest-ranking official in the realm, he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the former dynasty's bloodline. What a difficult task. Was it difficult? Not at all. Watch as Wu Hao advises the realm and wins the beauty's heart! 6kClicks5Favorites0Recs
- The Shame of the Nobility 贵族之耻 On the Tianyu Continent, the sun, moon, and stars shine together. The land is as picturesque as a painting. Great heroes compete for power, each dominating their era for centuries at a time. 5.5kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Twin Dragon Jade Pendant: The Heaven-Defying Heroic Art 双龙玉佩：英雄逆天决 The shattering of the ancient artifact known as the Twin Dragon Jade Pendants throws time and space into disarray, entangling the forces of good and evil. Those who obtain half of a pendant are drawn into each other's worlds. As they search for the complete pendant, they uncover the plot of an ancient demon god. The Twin Dragon Jade Pendants appear in the world, Dragon roars and tiger howls shake the nine heavens. Mountains and rivers are shattered, the winds and clouds transform, A calamity en 5.3kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- The Lily Dynasty 百合花王朝 On the ancient continent of Elysia, the gods blessed the emperor, and the empire forged a thousand years of glory with iron hooves and spears. Its fame spread from the oceans in the west to the deserts in the east, and from the frozen wastes in the north to the mountains in the south. Everyone knew of it. The tides of fortune shifted, and times changed. In the blink of an eye, the thousand-year-old empire collapsed. The land fell into chaos, warlords carved up the territory, barbarians trampled 3.4kClicks5Favorites0Recs
- My Ancestor Was an Executioner, but I Became the Pillar of My Clan Through the Imperial Exams 祖上刽子手，我靠科举成九族靠山 Xu Qingliu, a boy of low status in the Great Liang dynasty, is ostracized because his ancestors were executioners. Just as a malicious neighbor shoves him into a river and he drowns, a modern prodigy with dual degrees in engineering and Chinese literature transmigrates into his body. The seven-year-old child survives against all odds, with a mind far beyond his years. Using peerless wit, he deftly foils the clan elders' attempts to bully him. Without drawing a blade, he makes the neighbor who se 2.6kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- Rejecting the Imperial Pardon: Starting by Tricking Song Gongming 拒绝招安从忽悠宋公明开始 To every soul unwilling to be toyed with by fate, Fast-paced, high-pressure, defying destiny, with modern thinking delivering an overwhelming blow to feudal order. After transmigrating to the waning years of the Northern Song, Tian Wen arrives at the eight-hundred-mile marsh, facing the Liangshan heroes as they approach their doom. Knowing that surrender means being discarded once their usefulness is over and meeting a grim end by poisoned wine, he resolves to defy fate and change their destiny. 2.3kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- Your Generations Have Wielded Blades, So How Did You Become a Sage of Letters? 世代提刀，你怎么成文圣了 I had just transmigrated into the heir of the Mighty Marquis when my father held a blade to my neck. I nearly died. The Zhao family had wielded blades for generations, and my father hated civil officials most of all. Yet, through a twist of fate, my predecessor had bought himself a fourth-rank position as Junior Grand Secretary! My own father chased me for three whole streets with a beheading saber! The whole city was waiting to see my head roll. The First Prince laid a trap, the Prime Minister' 2.2kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- Record of Sword-Seeking Heroes 问剑英雄录 Some say the jianghu is a cage where beasts fight, or a jar where poisonous creatures are raised to devour one another. In my eyes, though, the jianghu is no more than tea in a pot and wine in a cup. The heroes and their chivalrous deeds are the splashes of wine, while all the stories, large and small, are just tea leaves drifting and sinking. The jianghu has its own paths and its own people. This is simply a brand-new jianghu tale, and just one page of it. 1.9kClicks7Favorites0Recs
- This Meaning, in the Mortal World 此意人世间 To fight the world's principles for what your heart desires: that is what it means to be human. 1.8kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Domain of the Black King 黑王之域 When morning comes, where will the first ray of sunlight fall? Will it be on a young man's journey to rise, or the Black King's path to redemption? As time flows on, will it fall upon the darkness that has struggled in vain for thousands of years, or the pain that cannot be healed along the path to adulthood? What truths lie buried on the war-torn continent of Leviathan? What are the powerful figures plotting in the shadows? How did the Human Empire rise from nothing? Is this an end, or a new be 1.8kClicks9Favorites76Recs
- Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Eunuch 回到大明当太监 Wei Rengui transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a eunuch. “Eunuch Wei, someone reported that you’ve been flirting with the concubines in the imperial harem.” “Eunuch Wei, someone leaked that you’re a Grandmaster.” “Eunuch Wei, someone exposed that you’re not only the head of the Eastern Depot, but also the leader of the Great Ming Guard, the Confucian Academy, the Imperial Observatory, and the Overthrow Ming Sect.” “Eunuch Wei, someone informed on you, saying all the masters beyond the 1.7kClicks7Favorites0Recs
- Reborn: I Am the Emperor of the Great Ming 重生之我在大明当皇帝 He was addicted to online games, and after staying up all night for three days straight, he suddenly died. A flash of golden light passed before his eyes. Everyone was smiling at him. Then he looked at himself and realized he had become a baby. At the time, all he knew was that he had been born in ancient times. It wasn't until he was seven that he learned his name. His father had named him Zhu Di. 1.7kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- Transmigrating to the Apocalypse: The End Times Return 穿越之末世再临 Jiang Li doesn't know why she keeps dreaming of that apocalyptic catastrophe. Every time she wakes from the dream, her heart pounds with fear. That's why she can't help following every piece of news about the 2072 doomsday disaster. She can't explain why the dream always seems so strange, but she just can't figure out what is wrong. It isn't until she arrives in 2072, meets a man she has never seen before yet somehow already knows, and realizes that she is drawing closer and closer to the day of 1.6kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- Transmigration: The World's Number One Young Page 穿越：天下第一小书童 That year, Ning Qi transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty. After going hungry for two days, he made a bold decision! Live off a woman! As it happened, the beautiful Princess An Qin took him into her chambers... ahem... under her wing. He thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of life. But the princess was desperately poor, and the emperor was nearly unable to put food on the table. Somehow, the entire palace had to depend on him for its upkeep! [A story about a nobody making his fo 1.6kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- Yuanmou 元谋 From beggar to ruler above all, from the mainland to lands overseas: through hardship and toil, through love and hate, he will forge a legend for the ages! 1.5kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Transmigrate: I'm a Hopeless NEET 穿越之我是死废宅 After being beaten down by the twenty-first century, Ye Jiwen became a hopeless shut-in, supporting his whole family by grinding in games. After an accident, he transmigrated to a parallel Earth, where the ancient world still thrived with the imperial examinations and classical poetry, but Li Bai and Du Fu had never existed. The years he spent reading Tang and Song poetry with his children have finally come in handy. 1.4kClicks1Favorites2Recs
- His Majesty's Growth Plan 万岁爷的成长计划 The night before, he was still a high school student. The next morning, he woke up seated on the imperial throne, about to be enthroned as the second emperor. The plot is that outrageous: one day, he was an utterly ordinary high school student; the next, he was a ruler high above everyone else. What opportunities and trials will the long river of history bring this "lucky one"? This story will reveal all, one step at a time... ... 1.3kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Reborn in Great Ming: Two Souls 重生大明之双魂 After inexplicably transmigrating, I arrived in the Ming Dynasty, but this Ming Dynasty is nothing like the one in the history books. And Nanjian feels like there's another soul inside his body. Which one of us is the real me? 1.1kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- The Journey to Save Baby Su 拯救苏宝宝之旅 Just after graduating from university, Su Xi was carrying out a System mission in the Tianshan Mountains when he accidentally fell into a bottomless ravine. To save Su Xi, the System spirit Su Baobao spent a tremendous amount of dimensional energy to send him to another plane. This caused the System to collapse and fall into a dormant "crashed" state. With the faint hope of returning to his original world, Su Xi set out on a journey through another world to save Su Baobao... But will things real 1.1kClicks2Favorites14Recs
- I Just Want to Be a Hands-Off Manager 我只想当个甩手掌柜 Why is your sword different from mine? Because I know martial arts. How can you not understand something so simple? Wait, I know martial arts too. Why can't I do that...? How did you know she was thinking about you??? You reap what you sow. Everything follows a pattern. I thought she was thinking about me, so I thought about her. It works the other way around too: because I was thinking about her, she was thinking about me. Huh? How did the emperor become my brother-in-law? Oh, he rebelled and w 1.1kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Reborn as a Bandit, So What Am I Afraid Of? 重生之我是山贼我怕谁 Want to know how the heroine was reborn as a bandit, and how she pursues a handsome guy? Follow me to discover more new stories! 1kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- Chronicles of the Frontier's Expansion 拓疆风云录 A family upheaval left the Ji clan, one of the nine noble families of the Qianye Dynasty, beset by troubles both within and without. Little did they know that a storm was rising, ushering in a brand-new era. 802Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- In the Late Han, I Survived in a Doomed Faction and Became Its Overlord 汉末我在必死势力苟成霸主 Original ending: The clan is wiped out, its members die and their names are forgotten, vanishing without a trace amid the chaos of the age when Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan vie for supremacy. All because I was born to a weak-willed father, our mighty clan is doomed to be executed to the last. But I refuse to sit back and await my fate. Since I know what the future holds, I'll carve out a way to survive, even if I have to turn the world upside down. Unify the realm? Build an empire? No! Right n 743Clicks1Favorites0Recs
- Otherworldly Owl Minister 异界枭臣 He never liked killing, but for the sake of revenge, he was willing to walk a path of darkness and slaughter, even if it was a road with no return! Through all those years of killing, he learned that the only things that could ever let him control his own fate were the dagger in his hand and the power he wielded. Now fate has given him another chance. In this otherworld, he will become the one person who controls his own destiny, and protect what he once lost! 720Clicks4Favorites0Recs
- The Long Ballad: Lost Shenzhou 长歌行：失落的神州 Beyond the Divine Land, mist stretches as far as the eye can see, shrouding the entire region. Heaven and earth are cut off from each other, and all living things look up but cannot see the sky. The mist contains many rare resources from across the Divine Land. But it is also teeming with evil creatures. No one knows what they are or where they came from. All they know is that the mist has existed for a thousand years. Countless dynasties stand within the Divine Land. Only rulers chosen by Heave 680Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Battling for Supremacy in Chixian 赤县逐鹿 Above the land of Chixian Shenzhou, five realms coexist. Ever since Emperor Qin's death, the realm has descended into chaos. The feudal lords harbor treasonous thoughts and are poised to act. The Qin has lost the deer, and all under heaven will chase after it! In an age like this, who can rise to greatness and write a new chapter in history? 623Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Zhang Jiao: The Azure Heaven Is Dead, the Yellow Heaven Shall Rise 张角：苍天已死，黄天永立 The Han has lost its deer, and all under heaven give chase. Everyone says Zhang Jiao is a rebel of the Yellow Turbans, but they do not know that the heavens have long since rotted. How could talisman water save the nation? When the dust of history settles, only the iron hand and benevolent rule of a transmigrator can reshape these shattered lands. Make the people's will a blade, and cut down every injustice in the world; Build upon the nation's destiny, and raise a peaceful heavenly realm. 620Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Qin Capital 秦都 A city delivery guy accidentally transmigrates to an era of warring states, a time of conflict between nations whose history is unknown. Where's the promised System? The golden finger? There's nothing! He can only rely on himself to... 540Clicks2Favorites0Recs
- Stealing the Dragon Throne 窃国龙庭 People only know that the Great Yan was founded a thousand years ago. Few realize that these past centuries have been a scheme to steal the throne, plotted by seven states. Those seated high in the Zichen Palace are all puppets; the fertile lands of the Nine Provinces have all become grazing grounds. Shen Yan, a Hanlin scholar, was once a lone official guarding the archives. But amid blood and fire, he finally understood: What he had been protecting all along was not this prison called Great 465Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- Scheming to Rule the Realm 谋御江山 Do not laugh at the dreams of the young. Who among us, as a youth, never dreamed of ruling an empire? We spoke of the changing tides of power with smiles, feather fans in hand and silk scarves on our heads, young men dressed in white, peerlessly beautiful... 107Clicks1Favorites0Recs
