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Deathly Parting Outshines New WedlockThree years after her death, Shen Yiyao's ghost is still drifting and cannot be reborn. Pei Jizhi, the husband who was distant with her while she lived and who had no interest in advancing himself, has spent those three years in mourning for her. The mourning has earned him a good name, and he has done well out of it, with promotion at his post.
She cannot let that stand and sets out to make trouble for him as a ghost. He can see her now, and he gets the better of her. The two of them stay tangled up, needling and quarrelling, and in the middle of it the things she had wrong about him while she was alive start to come apart.
The Ruthless Minister Comes to My Arms"He died on our wedding night.
Only after his death did I realize he had loved me deeply and protected me all along.
In this rebirth, I will take the initiative to come to you."
Fleeting EternityShirley, dubbed the 'Jinx,' returns to Kingsford for an arranged marriage to Finn Wilson, the second son of the Wilsons. Finn, once a heroic figure now paralyzed from enemy poisoning, planned to end the engagement until he encountered Shirley, leading to a change of heart.
The Sealed Beauty and the EmperorSealed for her breathtaking beauty and abandoned by her fiancé,she never imagined she would soon meet a mysterious great emperor.
My Prince Husband, Submit to Me"The girl travels through time and becomes a cannon-fodder princess consort.
Faced with endless frame-ups, she beats anyone who annoys her.
She successfully wins over her cold-faced husband, enjoying a satisfying all-the-way 爽文 plot, leaving the scheming women and biased parents in tears."
Love Ties with My LordAfter ten years of pursuing Shen Lüchu end in a contemptuous rejection, Jiang Shiyuan accepts her family’s arranged marriage. She expects an idle Pei grandson and instead meets Pei Che, a formidable, aloof official whose devotion overturns both her assumptions and her old attachment.
The Late Wife Returns Darkened"I died a long time ago, killed by my own husband.
Reborn, it’s time for me to turn dark and settle all scores.
But why is there a handsome stranger in my bed?"
Reborn to Be Princess ConsortIn her past life, the legitimate daughter was betrayed by her husband, and her entire family died tragically.
After rebirth, she decides to marry the frail prince to escape her fate.
But in reality, the prince is the one who truly holds all the power.
Bride Chooses Again"My scumbag fiancé wants to take a concubine?
Sorry, I’m marrying my childhood sweetheart instead—
and this royal prince dotes on me like crazy."
Demon Fairy’s Vengeful HomecomingMy only goal in this rebirth is revenge. Why are the gods cowering in terror?
The Untouchable Divine Doctor PrincessYou shouldn’t just pick up random men off the street.
But sleeping with him? That’s totally fine, right?
Became the Princess, Ex Regrets ItAfter being betrayed by the crown prince, she took her fortune of ten thousand taels of gold and married the prince—only to be doted on endlessly by her new husband.
Lady By Day, Plaything By NightBy day, she is an unmarried young lady in the mansion; by night, she is the emperor’s lover in his bed. But she has had enough of such a life.
Reborn to Marry the Powerful MinisterReborn, she flings herself into the arms of the powerful minister who loves her and weeps. He says "no" with his mouth, but his body blazes with heat.
He Cried Mad After Killing MeShen Wan secretly falls in love with Pei Jingheng, the son of her family's enemy, only to learn before their wedding that his tenderness was part of a revenge scheme. In despair, she names him the father of her unborn child and throws herself into a raging current. When Pei Jingheng believes she is dead and regrets everything, he later sees the emperor's new favorite consort—and she has Shen Wan's face.System Glitch BrideGrace Moon, a Temporal Authority intern, is sent into a novel as the doomed villainess. She plans to die on her wedding night to finish her mission, but a system glitch reveals her thoughts, making every prediction come true. As her new family uncovers hidden plots, Grace must choose between returning home and staying.
Obsessed Night with the EmperorThe emperor accidentally discovered an enchanting feminine scent lingering on his brother—by following this fragrance, he found the woman he’d shared a passionate night with three months prior.
This Time: Princess Won’t Wed YouPrincess Liang Mingzhao of the Liang State loved Shen Yanqing with all her heart in her past life. She defied all objections to make him her royal consort, only to be left with his faked death and a lifetime of lonely widowhood in an empty boudoir.
Reborn, she swears never to repeat the mistake—
Her true heart? Only for the one who deserves it.
Disguised Emperor & His Warrior BrideXiao Heng, emperor of the Great Xiao, comes home from a victorious campaign to find that factions formed in the capital while he was gone, that the administration has been carved up among them, and that his old teacher was driven to his death in the middle of it. He says nothing publicly. He builds a case, moves quietly, and clears the corrupt officials out of the court. Reports from Jianghuai in the south keep saying the same thing about hunger and flooding, and he does not trust the men writing them, so he puts on plain clothes and goes to look himself. On the road he meets Su Wanqing, a swordswoman good enough to make his escort unnecessary. They travel the region together, arresting magistrates who have been selling relief, opening the grain stores that were being held back, and getting the river dikes repaired before the season turns. The work takes months and puts them in danger more than once, and somewhere in it they stop being strangers. When it is finished Xiao Heng takes her back to the capital with him.
The Hidden TyrantSu Yu's mother was murdered when he was five years old, and he knew who did it: the senior lady of the Northern Pacification Marquis's household. To stay alive he spent the next fifteen years playing the useless rich son.
Fifteen years on, the emperor announces a martial tournament to pick a husband for his only daughter. Envoys from three foreign kingdoms enter their princes and mock the court while they are at it. The emperor orders his top warrior, Qin Wu, to sift the young contenders. Su Yu puts Qin Wu on the ground with one punch, badly hurting him, and is let into the tournament. In the arena, once the three princes have beaten everyone else, he goes in and finishes them with another punch. He is named the princess's husband. From inside the palace he works on getting close to the emperor and, with help from his old teacher, starts bringing the chief minister's plots into the open, along with what was done to his mother.
Undone by Her Stunning GraceThe moment she fell into his arms, even the snowflakes grieved for them! Fortunately, they were given a second chance.
The Bastard Who Shook OlympusArion, mocked as a powerless bastard, enters brutal trials at the Athenian Military Academy, only for his mentors to reveal themselves as gods who chose him. When Hades' warlord kidnaps his mother, Arion must awaken Ares' blood within 20 days to save her and defeat a god-blessed warrior.
Captured, Then CrownedCaptured with displaced women after Daqing falls, Trent Lynn awakens a system that rewards him for increasing the population under his protection. He turns the survivors into the core of a settlement and army capable of resisting the Northmen. Every person who joins strengthens his new nation while making it a larger target.
Song of SunbirdSanxingdui had priests who read omens as the voice of Heaven, and a curse that reaches forward in time. Kinsley Shaw arrives in China and begins dreaming of the place. She learns she is bound to the curse. One dream shows the end of the settlement, and the ancestors pull her into the past so that the disaster can be avoided. Zhai Xiaoyuan, who speaks for Heaven, cannot read the signs of the disasters, and Kinsley's arrival splits the priesthood over whether she is deliverance or ruin. The water source dries up. Kinsley, Zhai Xiaoyuan and the King set out to find new land. They reach a place of abundance, guarded by the divine Shenshou, who sets them a test.
Trapped In Enemy Capital, I Fight BackA defeated monarch is imprisoned and brutally pressured by powerful enemies in their capital. Stripped of all dignity and facing mortal danger, he awakens ruthless imperial tactics. Leveraging hidden intelligence networks, he fights relentless political battles to defend his homeland’s territory and plot a desperate escape.
Last Blade of the DesertBetrayed, hunted, and outnumbered, a lone female warrior flees into the desert with the last prince. Facing ten thousand soldiers and four legendary weapons wielded by her former lover, she unsheathes the sword that seals her fate, and chooses to cut through the impossible or die standing.
Epic Time Travel Heals Historical RegretsA host uses futuristic tech to travel back and meet ancient heroes. He shows holograms of modern jets, rockets, and massive infrastructure to emperors and generals, healing their deepest regrets about their empire's future. It's an emotional and epic tribute to the eternal Chinese spirit.
The Genius Behind the EmperorA tavern keeper gives candid political advice to a customer who is secretly the emperor. Transported from the modern world, he proposes reforms and military innovations that threaten a senior official colluding with foreign enemies. Their unlikely friendship turns his small business into the target of a court conspiracy.
Blade Or Bride?A massacre over a legendary golden burial suit leaves Diego Rios with one jade fragment and a vow to avenge his father. He later marries the woman who once stabbed him, never recognizing her after her face was changed. When their identities surface, Diego turns his sword on his wife—until the true architect of both tragedies arrives and forces them to fight side by side.
Started in a Shed, Ended on a Throne!He is the crown prince, but he is betrayed by his fiancée and his brother. They stab him and push him off a cliff. He becomes a mute beggar. Luckily, a woman saves him. They go through hard times together and get married in a small woodshed. Faced with a life of poverty, can he still turn everything around?
Fake Heir, Real MastermindA modern history expert and military streamer is transported to a brutal ancient war era. To survive a ruthless military supervisor's execution order, he pretends to be a noble heir and uses astronomical knowledge to fabricate a lucky omen, catching a royal lord's attention...
He Raised My Enemy's Son, I Raised a King!An emperor discovers his brother and noble concubine have an illegitimate son. He hides the truth for twenty-two years, naming the boy crown prince while secretly raising his own heir. On the coronation day, he unveils all secrets to crush the rebels. Will his hidden heir help him purge corrupt officials and secure the realm?
Dumb for 20 Years, King for Life!His father was murdered. For twenty years he played the fool. When a foreign prince humiliates the empire, he executes the traitor, then uncovers another serpent stealing military funds. Going undercover, he lures the usurper into a trap and sweeps the court clean. Can a king who wore a fool's mask ever trust the throne?
People Suffer, Emperor Goes Undercover!The emperor of Dacang has a daughter he lost years ago, and an empress who has not seen her since. An assassination attempt on him at Dingguo Temple brings out something else: from the man who attacked him he learns that in Nanzhou, where he is from, officials are grinding the population down.
He travels there in disguise. People take him for nobody and treat him accordingly. In Nanzhou he finds bribery, offices being sold, and ordinary abuse of the people, so he declares who he is and puts the governor Wei Qin on trial. In Liangzhou three brothers of the Tao family have been keeping civilians in servitude. He gathers evidence against them and sentences them to death. Somewhere along the road he comes across the missing daughter and sends her back to the empress. What he has seen of his officials decides him on clearing out the court.
They Sold Me Out, I Command Demons!The kingdom he had defended for a hundred years would not keep him. He spent the whole of his cultivation holding the demon army off it, and in that time his mother was pushed off the throne, his brother took it, and the woman he was engaged to went over to them. The people he had been shielding cursed his name.
He cuts his ties with the kingdom and leaves it to itself. The court's own decisions open the capital to the demon army, the city burns, and the country goes down with it. He takes the power off the men who did this to him and makes them immortal, then leaves them in the ruins where the pain does not stop and there is no way out of it. After that he goes at the heavenly order that had been draining human beings, breaks its body apart, and puts his weight behind the empress of a neighbouring realm as she rises to godhood.
Rake to WarlordDamon Giles was framed by Princess Rachel but he turned the tables and won the emperor's favor. He then recruited a team and married a duke's daughter. He exposed treason and rebellion, then led the army and finally became a marquis with many wives.
The Girl They MisjudgedMistaken for a Grant family member, Lily Bennett faces rejection from Lucas Grant but finds love and acceptance with the Bennetts. As academy rivals challenge her, James Bennett supports her. When her true identity as Nina Grant is revealed, Lily embraces both families and becomes the beloved daughter of two homes.
Outcast Prince Guards the SeasForeign invaders launch sudden attacks on the empire’s coastal territories, throwing the imperial court into chaos while all ministers remain helpless. The widely belittled young lord of the coastal fief sets off to war. Possessing unparalleled strength, he stabilizes the perilous frontier. Stripping away luxurious vanity, he rises against public disdain with unwavering loyalty. Will his burning devotion safeguard every inch of the homeland?
Rise of the Fallen: Conquest!Jasper was once invincible War God, then he fell from grace overnight, reduced to a blind, despised wreck. But the fire in his heart never dimmed. Now he has clawed his way back, forging new strength from mortal flesh, ready to defy fate itself for his country. Can he pull it off?Becoming Lady WyndhamWhen her older sister runs away on her wedding day, Elizabeth Fenwick is forced to marry the powerful Earl of Wyndham to save her family from ruin. Thrust into a world of scandal, ruthless aristocrats, and her husband's disapproving family, Elizabeth struggles to find her place. But when Edward's former love returns determined to destroy their marriage, the reluctant newlyweds must stand together—or risk losing the unexpected love growing between them.
Scapegoat? He's the Top Scholar!Fang Qingxue takes Lin Yi's side when he is accused of stealing dark arts. He has just arrived in the Da Yan dynasty, a world where the literary way rules over everything, and he has been made the scapegoat for the theft. He answers the charge with poems he learned in his previous life. Reciting them wakes a literary power in him, and with Fang Qingxue's help the accusation is dropped and he is admitted to Pingzhou Academy.
At the academy a crisis over sorcery breaks out, and Lin Yi ends up in a contest of wits with Zhong Zizheng. He gets the better of his rivals there and moves on to the imperial examination. During the examination he picks up signs of a plot inside the court. He works with the emperor to bring the corrupt officials to account and sets his sights on first place. He also begins pushing for changes to how the literary system is run.
I Time-Traveled to Destroy Her Empire!Modern Gu Chen transmigrates as a general condemned by Empress Qin Wushuang. Refusing to die, he marches to the capital, breaks ties with his sister Gu Qianxue, and challenges the empress through staged tricks, exposing her manipulation and transforming from pawn to power holder.
The Fool Prince Shocks the EmpireShen Hui wants the throne his father sat on, and he wants the two people who poisoned his father to answer for it. Fifteen years ago the chancellor Lu Chengdao and Lu Meiniang poisoned the old emperor, and Lu has held power at court since then. So Shen Hui plays the dissolute, worthless prince, while in secret he founds the Wind-Filled Pavilion and builds it into a power of its own.
When he judges the time right he drops the act. He enters the martial tournament, beats the champions of three states, and is named crown prince. Lu has been cheating on the army's grain supply, and Shen Hui gets the evidence with help from Yan Rushuang. Lu's answer is a plan to poison the regent, Shen Conglin, and lay the blame on Shen Hui. The poison reaches the regent, and a mourning hall is set up for him. Shen Hui and Yan Rushuang turn the funeral into a trap so that the plot to kill the ruler comes out in the open, with Lu's soldiers already surrounding the palace.
I Rule With a Bowl of Porridge!Transported into a famine-ravaged frontier as a disgraced county magistrate, a man acquires a system that produces unlimited plain porridge. In a starving land, each bowl wins the loyalty of refugees, laborers, warriors, and strategist Bai Fengshuang, giving him the foundation for an independent realm. He defeats invading tribes and imperial armies on his way to unifying the country, but Bai's sacrifice at Falling Phoenix Slope exacts the price of his imperial road—and a strange reincarnation promises their unfinished bonds will meet again in the modern world.
From Ruin to Ruler: My Modern Secret!A modern man travels back in time and becomes a groom about to marry into a general's family. On his wedding day, the family is raided and arrested. But he suddenly awakens a system. With the system and his modern knowledge, can he turn the situation around?
The Sleeping God Awakens for Revenge!Two thousand years ago, he was humanity's greatest champion. Now, he's a forgotten myth sleeping in a tomb while his people are hunted to extinction. A saintess bleeds to wake him. He rises, and gods begin to fall. But when the true enemy hides in the heavens, can a mortal fury ever burn high enough to set the sky on fire?
From Saint to Demon LordChuyi was born with demon bones, which under sect law is a sentence rather than a condition. Her brother Xie Wuwang, the sword sect's finest, went looking for something that would let her live. While he was away the sect's goddess Lin Wan cut the demon bones out of the girl and killed her with lightning. He came back to a soul lamp already going out. His hair turned white, he went over to the demon path, he put the sect that raised him to the sword, and then he spent a hundred years walking the world looking for a sister who was supposed to be dead. She has been reborn as Jiuyou, saintess of the demon clan, with none of it remembered. The people around her feed her a version of the past in which her brother is the man who murdered her, and she believes it enough to drive a poisoned blade into him. He does not stop her, because taking the wound is the only way she will see the rest. The truth surfaces while he is dying, and she is left holding her own origin blood and a decision about what to spend it on.
Reborn: Sugar Made Me a Legend!A modern soul wakes up as a notorious wastrel in an ancient realm. He invents refined sugar to rescue his family from trouble, earns great wealth and royal recognition. Using his wisdom, will he keep forging extraordinary achievements across the land?
The Cowherd Can't Be This OverpoweredA rich playboy escapes an arranged marriage by fleeing into an immortal sect, only to get demoted to a cowherd. Then he stumbles upon a heaven-defying power, a secret realm cultivation system. Now he's the laziest cowherd and the deadliest cultivator. Not a bad trade-off, huh?
Wait, His Majesty Can Hear Me?I traveled back to an ancient dynasty and found myself inhabiting the body of a simple-minded prince. Fortunately, I was granted a system. As long as I kept a low profile and did nothing every day, I could quietly accumulate points. But one day, I suddenly found that His Majesty could hear my inner thoughts…
She's Not Easy to Mess With Anymore"A girl who has long been bullied by her family accidentally saves a highly skilled martial artist.
To her surprise, they end up sharing one body and one life.
From then on, whenever she is picked on, he fights back for her.
Together, they take on the wealthy and powerful family and set things right.
But now she has fallen for someone else.
What will become of him?"
A Divine Healer Hidden in JailThe magistrate of Ping'an County has a daughter who needs a doctor. Ye Changqing refuses to treat her and says in public that she is pregnant and unmarried, and for that he is sentenced to death. In prison he shares a cell with another prisoner, who is the emperor Xiao Qian travelling in disguise to find a cure. At the execution ground the empress steps in and stops it. Xiao Qian asks him to come to the capital and take a post, and Ye Changqing turns it down and goes travelling instead. On the road he works out who poisoned the prince's wife, deals with an epidemic in a border town by testing the treatment on himself, and uncovers a network of spies. The crown prince of Da Liao fakes his own death as part of a plot, and Ye Changqing exposes it. The emperor gives him the title of imperial physician of the realm. He leaves a letter behind and goes back to treating ordinary people.
This Marshal Is Not One to Mess WithXiao Changfeng commanded the armies of Da Chang and put down the rebellion in the Northern Territory. The empress gave him the title of Grand Marshal of Heavenly Might when he returned, and one of the princes took his rise badly. He went home for his father's birthday without announcing the rank. Murong Yunyan, the woman he was engaged to, broke off the engagement there because he held no title, and set up a martial contest to choose a husband instead. Fighters from Nan Mang came to the contest to challenge Da Chang, and Xiao Changfeng beat them on the platform and let his identity be known. He then found that the Lü family had been dealing with Nan Mang, and that they had taken the compensation money owed to dead soldiers and tried to pull down the hall raised in those soldiers' memory. The prince moved for the throne while this was going on. Xiao Changfeng rode back to the capital and broke the revolt, then dealt with Nan Mang in the south. He married Murong Yunyan and stayed on guarding the country.
Guide for the Chief Wife"You will go to hell, one by one.
That is the very reason I was reborn."
The Emperor Goes Undercover!The emperor thought the world was peaceful, until an official risked his life to warn him about corruption among the officials. He decides to travel south in disguise. He then finds proof that the corrupt officials are planning a rebellion. Can he go undercover among them and stop their plans? And how can he solve the corruption problem?
The Real Prince Was Targeted!Falsely blaming his father, Elias faked his death and hid for eight years. Brought back to the palace, he was brutally tortured by the fake prince John. Saved by the emperor, he exposed the conspiracy and defeated the rebels. Will he reclaim his throne and lead the Azure Realm to glory?
Your Highness, the Child Is Yours"The royal princess, imprisoned for five years, has not only undergone a drastic change of temperament but also given birth to a son.
Only now does the prince realize his regret."
The Plot Beneath theath the Petals"She will take the villain’s path, leaving them with nowhere to go.
A noble lady was killed by her husband and stepsister in her past life.
After rebirth, she will make them pay with blood."
Old Dreams of the Realm"Once a beloved princess, she was abandoned after a political marriage.
When she returns with her unborn child, all her former lovers kneel before her.
This time, she wants no old dreams — only the throne."
Throne of Retribution: Her Second Life, Their Last BreathAt the hunting grounds the princes wrote the names of the capital's noble daughters on targets and shot at them, under the rule that a prince would take as his consort whichever name he hit. All five princes hit Shen Yuetan.
Shen Yuetan chose the Crown Prince, Gu Ming, whom she had wanted since childhood. On the night of the wedding Gu Ming put her older half-sister Shen Mingzhu in the bride's place, and Shen Yuetan was made a servant in the house and laughed at by everyone who heard. The other princes dropped their manners with her after that. The shooting game had been staged by the five of them from the start, with Shen Mingzhu as the point of it. They broke her arms and legs and threw her into a dry well.
She opened her eyes on the day the princes came to the Shen house to ask for her. She chose the Crown Prince again, and the household waited to see her humiliated a second time. The day before the wedding the Emperor issued a decree naming a new Empress. The princes went to the palace to offer their congratulations and found Shen Yuetan in the Emperor's arms.