Time-travel novels refer to one of the hottest genres of current online novels. The basic idea is that the protagonist leaves his/her original time for some reason, travels through time and space, and arrives in another era, where he/she carries out a series of activities. Generally, these novels can be classified according to the dynasty they are set in: Ming Dynasty, Three Kingdoms, Imperial Han, Anti-Qing, Roman, Westernization, Democracy.
The time-space settings include: 1. Ancient China 2. Foreign ancient times 3. Future time-space 4. Fictional time-space etc.
Since Huang Yi's "Journey to the Qin", various time-travel novels have emerged in large numbers. Among so many time-travel novels, the cultural level and writing skills of the authors vary. Here, Poly Hall recommends the top ten time-travel novels worth reading.
Tenth place: Ming Official
An editor from the present returns to the Ming Dynasty after the Jingnan Campaign through an act of bravery.
Under the blue sky of Ming officials, the seemingly peaceful empire hides a shocking conspiracy! How does a man of character win the heart of his beloved with his charm? Watch how the protagonist survives in the dark world of the Ming Dynasty. Recommendation reason: It vividly recreates the darkness of the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of a small official, with average writing skills.
Online reading of Ming History: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=220
Ninth place: Wu Tang Strategy
Author: Fu Tian A new novelist, the protagonist mysteriously returns to the Tang Dynasty but his ideal is not to change the world, not to leave a name in history, and even less to become an emperor. I just want to enjoy being a playboy! But as fate would have it, he becomes the son of an empress, with no way back, so he has to strategize for Wu Tang! Recommendation reason: Compared to ordinary time-travel novels, it better satisfies our desire to travel through time.
Online reading of Wu Tang Strategy: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1707
Eighth place: Drunken Return to '79 as a Farmer
A middle-aged man nearing forty accidentally travels back to 1979 in a drunken dream. This work has no supernatural powers, no fantasy, a little bit of wish-fulfillment, intelligence, and deep affection for this land. A legendary modern Chen Yonggui is about to be born. The work includes the brilliance of rural areas, cities, land, enterprises, and farmers... Recommendation reason: No one has written about the hardships of China in the 1970s before, with excellent writing skills. The author is well-versed in modern history, making it an immersive experience.
Online reading of Drunken Return to '79 as a Farmer: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1575
Seventh place: I am A Dou, I don't need support
"A person can be foolish, can be dumb, but he cannot lose his goals and persistent efforts." - A Dou Three Kingdoms, an era of brilliant stars. Three Kingdoms, an era of dazzling brilliance. Three Kingdoms, an era that makes countless men's blood boil. Three Kingdoms, an era that intoxicates the masses. For three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, five thousand years of Chinese civilization, which period of time could be as colorful as this? The long river of history flows here, suddenly...
Recommendation reason: From the famous figure "A Dou" who was once considered incapable, to the unification of the Three Kingdoms, the novel reaches its climax.
Online reading of I am A Dou, I don't need support: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1718
Sixth place: The Emperor's Disciples in the Song Dynasty
"Monkeys don't compare brains with donkeys, if they insist on comparing whose penis is longer, isn't that nonsense?" - Jiang Zhuliang
Arithmetic genius Jiang Zhuliang returns to the Northern Song Dynasty and gets caught up in the struggle between the Empress Dowager's party and the Emperor's party. Watch him calculate his way through the treacherous court...
Recommendation reason: Intrigue and political struggles within the court, depicted with great depth.
Online reading of The Emperor's Disciples in the Song Dynasty: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1442
Fifth place: Five Barbarian Flames Chronicle
Chinese history, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, through the turbulent Three Kingdoms, through the short-lived Western Jin, quietly at first, then shockingly, suddenly slips into an almost catastrophic abyss.
Barbarian invasions, the Jin royal family's southern migration, ethnic massacres fill the historical river with blood.
Shi Le, the founding emperor of Later Zhao (Jie ethnicity), openly exempted barbarians from punishment for plundering Han scholars, and allowed barbarians to take whatever they needed from ordinary Han people. One can imagine the situation of ordinary Han people at the time.
Envoys from the Cheng state in Shu recorded the horrors along the way: from Chang'an to Luoyang and then to Ye City, trees were filled with Han people who had hanged themselves, city walls hung with Han heads, skeletons were made into terrifying displays to scare the public, tens of thousands of resistance soldiers' bodies were abandoned in the wild to feed beasts...
Bloody massacres and cruel ethnic oppression reduced the northern Han population to six or seven million, creating barren lands for thousands of miles, bringing the Han ethnicity to the brink of extinction for the first time.
History couldn't bear to see the Han ethnicity sink further, so it suddenly dozed off, thus...
Recommendation reason: A fine example of Three Kingdoms literature, with excellent writing skills. The title alone shows the author's strong patriotism. In the Wei-Jin period, the Hu tribes dominated the world, lamenting the setbacks of the times, disliking Confucian robes, preferring to emulate the Northern Army platform of the Han military, worth a read by everyone.
Online reading of Five Barbarian Flames Chronicle: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1153
Fourth place: New Song
A historical fantasy novel, set in the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty (Kong calendar year 1620, AD 1069 onwards). Written by the author when he couldn't answer a question on a test and suddenly got inspired while reading history books. Ranked in the top 50 on Baidu's novel chart.
Recommendation reason: "New Song," written by A Yue, is indeed extraordinary.
Not just the history of a modern angry youth traveling through time,
Not just a story of struggling in unfamiliar territory,
Not just a reform history that builds on past achievements,
Not just a textbook-like Song history,
It's like a scroll of "Qingming Shanghe Tu,"
Outlining all aspects of life for the Chinese people in the 11th century,
In various forms, vividly portrayed in dreams and paintings.
Although updates are slow, we still look forward to the gradual unfolding of the scroll...
Online reading of New Song: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=888
Third place: Mixing in the Three Kingdoms as a Warlord
The setting sun is like blood, the northern wind like a knife, the earth desolate.
By the Zhi River, Ma Yue stands proudly against the wind, his black eyes cold and calm like water, his steel sword raised high, pointing straight to the sky...
Behind Ma Yue, two thousand elite cavalry slowly spread out, their iron armor gleaming, forming a torrent of steel, their spears and blades glinting with the cold flames of death.
...............
Recommendation reason: I think the bloodline in Jianke's Three Kingdoms is evident, the ambition and bloodiness of the characters, many of whom have hearts burning with fiery passion, sacrificing everything for the cause of ruling the world.
It also describes many ethnic minorities such as the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Da Yuezhi, Qiang people, Goryeo, and the various countries of the Western Regions.
Ma Yue, originally a soldier of the Yellow Turbans, quickly rises to become a leader-level figure respected by generals like Zhu Xie and Cao Cao, sweeping across Central Plains with eight hundred bandits to form a regular army. Despite many hardships and difficulties, he has almost no record of failure, enduring them all. Many times, he inspires admiration and evokes a sense of grandeur.
The book has already reached hundreds of chapters, and the protagonist has become a warlord with considerable power. His future ambitions to dominate the world are likely to be quite terrifying. We eagerly await more updates from Brother Jianke.
Online reading of Mixing in the Three Kingdoms as a Warlord: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=1412
Second place: Business in the Three Kingdoms
A businessman who was once a teacher and his three teacher friends, during an exploration trip to Shennongjia, time-travel to the Three Kingdoms era (old cliché, sorry, readers dissatisfied can throw votes at me, -_-). Dissatisfied with the current state of China, they deeply worry about the impending Five Barbarians' invasion. To avoid three hundred years of hardship for the Han ethnicity, they rise in this chaotic world, establishing a nation based on commerce. Using advanced economy and products, they create a society more conducive to economic development, build stronger armies, and promote their unification and colonization plans. Their vision goes beyond the struggles of Central Plains, looking towards distant Rome and Egypt. As for Japan, it is merely a small step in their colonization plan. The book explores social structures, legal systems, official systems, religious concepts, purely wish-fulfillment, hoping readers don't compare or take seriously. Glory belongs to the Han ethnicity, bricks belong to me. Only for readers' amusement. Commerce symbolizes competition, struggle, adventure, pursuit, creation, strategy, the bigger picture, development, means, rules, standards, strength, wealth, interest, value, success and failure, management, talent, transactions, responsibility, collaboration, democracy, freedom, rights, concepts, innovation, decision-making, efficiency, knowledge, technology, information, resources, products, circulation……
Recommendation reason: From a personal perspective, "Business in the Three Kingdoms" is an outstanding novel of returning to the past. Not only does it introduce novelty to an already saturated genre, but its profound reflections on the state and democracy are comparable only to "New Song". The grand portrayal of wars and the depiction of various characters' personalities and dialogues reveal the author Chihu's deep understanding of Three Kingdoms history. What surprised me most is the depiction of the creation of a new religion - the lack of faith has always been a problem for the Chinese.
Online reading of Business in the Three Kingdoms: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=729
First place: Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince
A quick-made nine-generation good person is sent to the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty by the underworld judge. Believing himself to have no special skills and only a superficial knowledge of history, the historically least capable time traveler, Mr. Zheng, luckily encounters the most unemperor-like emperor, Zhu Houzhao, who didn't want to be an emperor but had to be. The fate of the country and individuals is like a small boat in the historical flood, watch how he takes control of the helm.
Recommendation reason: The "Deer and the Cauldron" of the Ming Dynasty == Review of Yuanguan's masterpiece "Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince"
As the plot develops, this feeling grows stronger in my heart. Although compared to Master Jin Yong's imaginative masterpiece "Deer and the Cauldron", Yuanguan's "Prince" lacks some depth. Undeniably, as a Jin fan and a historical novel enthusiast, apart from the non-mainstream name, "Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince" is otherwise very good, the best alternate history novel I've seen in recent years.
Online reading of Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince: http://www.juyit.cn/modules/article/articleinfo.php?id=881