Updated May 9, 2024 by testing

Lemme start off by explaining what Manhwa and Manhua are for those who are not true weebs and don’t know what they are. Manhwa is basically a manga, but written, produced, and released in Korea.. Oh and did you know that some Manhwa even got their own anime? Say for instance, Tower of God!

Tower Of God is like one of the best manhwa out there! Maaaan, I wished Solo Leveling had its own anime, it would been sooo cooool!

Anyways, it is the same with Manhua. Manhua are manga but they have been written or established by a Chinese author. Quick question. Don’t you just love it when an OP MC builds his own kingdom?

Waitt! Don’t tell me you don’t… My man! If you don’t, then you are missing out A LOT in your life, trust me. I got too carried away lmao, let’s start with today’s topic—Top 15 Best Manhwa/Manhua Where MC Builds a Kingdom.

 

KINGDOM-BUILDING CHINESE COMICS AND KOREAN WEBTOONS (RECOMMENDATIONS)

 

15. Bug Player

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
12/20	8/10	7/10	8/10	35/50

Imagine yourself for a second, you are teleported into your favorite game and the best part is, you know all the cheats and bugs that can help you advance through the world 100x faster. That would be the best!

Bug Player follows the story of our MC, Taepung Shin. Taepung Shin was an ordinary guy as always, until one day, he got transported into his favorite game that goes by the name Paradiso.

He became the character, Jared, in the game, which was one of the most useless characters in the game. But! It is our MC’s favorite game we are talking about… obviously he knows a lot of stuff about the game, especially BUGS.

I think we all know how OP bugs can get in a game!

 

14. Seoul Station’s Necromancer

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
13/20	7/10	8/10	8/10	36/50

Kang Woojin is a normal teenager who one day, got mysteriously teleported into another world. This new world was called Alphen. He now must survive in this world at all cost, dodging any danger that he could.

Why? Well if he doesn’t, he will simply be killed like a fly. But don’t worry, soon enough, he learns how powerful he is, and that he is actually immortal. Yes! He became immortal. Hence eventually, he builds his own kingdom in that world.

But just when he thought that his life is finally all good, he gets transported back to earth where he has no power. To make matters worse, some enemies of his are after him. Kang Woojin now also has to find ways to survive on earth.

 

13. Doomed To Be A King

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	7/10	7/10	6/10	36/50

Who doesn’t like time-traveling? I mean, time-traveling is just so cool! If you don’t love time-traveling, then I don’t think you are a true weeb!

Doomed To Be A King follows the story of our MC, who has the abilities to time-travel. You know how most of the time, the MCs are supposed to be strong, and brave? Well, the MC of this manhwa was weak and was not brave.

One day, he decides to climb a WHOLE mountain. That is just reckless, you may say that, but trust me… this mountain climbing of the MC literally changed his whole life! As he was at the top, he gave himself a name.

“King Of The Mountain”, and started to build his own kingdom slowly. As time passed, more and more people started to join his kingdom and soon, it became one of the best and most advanced countries in our MC’s world.

 

12. Trash Of The Count’s Family

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
14/20	7/10	8/10	8/10	37/50

Trash Of The Count’s Family revolves around our MC, Kim Rok Soo. One day, while reading a novel that goes by the name of “The Birth Of A Hero”, he suddenly gets transported inside the novel.

The book he was reading was about the birth of a hero, so he should be born as a hero! Right? Well, no. He was born as one of the WORST characters in this novel, this character went by the name of Cale.

This world isn’t normal though, as this world contains monsters that Rok Soo will have to fight, and obviously use magic. Just before Rok Soo was transported to this world, this Cale character was beaten up by someone called Choi Chan, who is another person who got transported into this world.

 

11. Dawn Empire

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	7/10	7/10	8/10	37/50

What will you do if you suddenly wake up one day and find some kind of mysterious portal in your room that can let you travel to another world? Something similar to our MC.

Dawn Empire follows the story of our MC, Jiang Cheng, who was a university student and he and his family were having a hard time because they had barely any money to pass by. One day, Jiang finds some kind of portal in his room.

He enters it and finds himself in another world. Jiang Cheng came up with an idea, what if he uses his modern knowledge to earn money in this new world that can possibly help his family in his original world.

 

10. Max Level Hero Has Returned

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	7/10	7/10	8/10	38/50

This one was bound to be on this list!

Max Level Hero Has Returned revolves around our MC that goes by the name of Davey. Davey is actually the prince of some kind of kingdom, who is supposedly really weak. Due to that, everyone ignores his country and thinks that it is just in the way.

One day, our MC, Davey, suddenly goes into a coma. When he was in his coma, his very own soul traveled to some kind of a place that looked like an old temple. This temple isn’t one bit normal, this temple is actually a place where the souls of literal heroes once trained.

Yes! Those heroes that protect the world from evil monsters. For the next 1000 years, Davey started to train there. And soon, he woke up from his deep coma. This time around, he is SUPER STRONG, and he wants to rebuild his kingdom.

Why? So that he can take revenge on those who called his kingdom worthless!

 

9. Duke Pendragon

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	8/10	8/10	8/10	39/50

Raven Varte is the MC of this manhwa. 

Raven Varte, let’s just say, wasn’t having a good life. First, he was falsely accused of doing some kind of a rebellion, thus he was sent to the Demon Corps to become a scout. Unlucky for him, there’s actually rumors that everyone in the demon corps survives for only a year.

But for some reason, Raven Varte was able to survive not 1, not 2 but 10 whole years there. That’s just crazy! He then became a guard of the Pendragon Household. As he thought his life would finally be good, it became worse.

He was killed in a battle, but it is our MC we are talking about. He gets reincarnated around 7 years in the past, and in the body of none other than Alan Pendragon! He then used that opportunity to start building his own kingdom!

 

8. Reborn As An Emperor

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	8/10	9/10	7/10	39/50

Betrayal sucks, doesn’t it? Getting betrayed by someone you know is bad, but what if you were betrayed by none other than your own lover? That would suckkkkkk!

Our MC, Zhao Dongting, had a really sad and unexpected death. One day, he was suddenly betrayed by none other than his own lover. Yes, he was betrayed by his own lover. He was devastated and sad at the same time.

Zhao Dongting reincarnated into another world and this time around, he wanted to become strong enough so that nobody else could betray him. He decided to build his own kingdom and soon, he became the Supreme Emperor.

 

7. Record of the Mightiest Lord

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	8/10	8/10	8/10	40/50

Richard is the name of the MC of this masterpiece!

Richard has a really crazy and powerful ability that allows his soul to possess multiple bodies. The kingdom he lives in is in huge danger as monsters like Goblins are attacking the kingdom day after day.

Our MC, with the help of his modern knowledge and his skills, reaches out to the Dwarves. He asks the Dwarves to make him materials and other stuff that can help him strengthen the kingdom. We all know how good Dwarves are when it comes to craftsmanship.

Richard then goes on a journey to become one of the BEST LORD out there!

 

6. Hail The King

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
18/20	7/10	7/10	8/10	40/50

Hail The King has a really interesting story!

This manhwa follows the story of our MC that goes by the name of Sun Fie. Sun Fie was a normal teenager who one day, mysteriously got teleported into another world. He then actually became a king of a small, developing country.

Sun Fie was then given the nickname of Alexander, and with the help of his modern knowledge, he started to rebuild the kingdom!

 

5. Release The Witch

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
17/20	8/10	9/10	7/10	41/50

I have a question, what do you think of Witches? Most would probably say that they are evil beings who want nothing but power and destruction. In my opinion, I guess both. They can sometimes be useful and sometimes, they can cause mass destruction.

Release The Witch follows the story of our MC, Cheng Ya, who gets transported into another world as not a normal human or a peasant, but as a prince in his kingdom. He went by the name Roland.

This kingdom has witches too that are seen as evil beings that are not useful at all, and all they want is destruction. But! Our MC didn’t think of the witches that way. You see, this world where our MC was transported in has magic.

And it’s common sense that witches are really good at magic. So with the help of his knowledge from previous life, he decided to use the witches’ help to improve his kingdom to the next level and make it super strong.

 

4. The Greatest Estate Builder

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	9/10	9/10	8/10	42/50

This one is magnificent, trust me!

The Greatest Estate Builder follows the story of our MC, Kim Suho. One day, Suho suddenly gets transported into another world where he was born as a noble in the Frontera family. Specifically, he was carrying on with the name Baron Lloyed Frontera.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I think that noble names are sometimes too confusing. Anywayssss, don’t ya think our MC is lucky? I mean! He was born in a noble family, they got money and all that stuff, right?

Well! Lloyd Frontera, is someone who drinks far too much and is in a lot of debt, by a lot I mean A LOOOOT! Sure, he has an estate, but it’s not exactly doing so well. In simple words, his estate was a waste of time and effort. 

Our MC, who now possesses Lloyd’s body, has no choice but to use his engineering skills to build up his own kingdom so that he can save his new family. And talk about luck, our MC is not alone on this journey. He got his friends, a knight and a hamster!

This hamster is not normal, he is a GIANT!

 

3. It Starts With A Mountain

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	9/10	9/10	8/10	42/50

What will you do if you are playing your favorite game as usual, and suddenly you faint and find yourself inside the game? I would freak out! 

It Starts With A Mountain follows the story of Cheng Li Dae, a 18-year old guy who was playing a game that goes by the name of Hearts Of The Mountain Bandit. While he was playing the game, he somehow faints and finds himself in a completely different place.

For some reason, he’s suddenly inside of the game that he was playing moments ago. He was even the leader of some kind of a bandit group, but because others thought that Cheng Li was too young to lead them, most of the members chose to leave.

There were 2 final members left that were just about to leave when Cheng Li started to beg them to stay. They had no choice so they ended up staying. Slowly by slowly, Cheng Li got stronger and stronger and even started to build his own kingdom!

 

2. Return of The Mount Hua Sect

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
17/20	8/10	9/10	9/10	43/50

Return Of The Mount Hua Sect follows the story of our MC, who was part of Mount Hua Sect, one of the greatest Sects in the whole world. Our MC went by the name of Chun Myung, he was one of the top swordsmen in the world.

Chun Myung also adapted the name, Plum Blossom Sword Master, who was feared by other sects, until one day, his whole life changed as he fell victim to someone and fell asleep. 100 years later, he wakes up only to find himself in someone else’s body, this body that the MC is in is part of the Beggars Union Sect.

Chun Myung quickly goes to another beggar and asks him about the Mount Hua Sect. The other beggar said that he never heard of this Sect before. Chun Myung tells the beggar how it is supposed to be one of the greatest sects. 

But sadly, the beggar told Chun Myung that this Sect doesn’t exist and isn’t even in the top Sects. Our MC is now on a journey to revive the Mount Hua Sect and regain his nickname, Plum Blossom Sword Master.

 

1. Dungeon Reset

Kingdom Building	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
17/20	9/10	9/10	9/10	44/50

The MC of this manhwa goes by the name of Jeong Dawoon, who was an ordinary teenager who one day gets transported into another world. In this world there are dungeons filled with dangerous monsters and our MC must fight these monsters in order to survive.When he got transported into this world, he met a rabbit that explained all the rules. Oh! I almost forgot to mention, this so-called rabbit is not fluffy at all. And most certainly, not the cute rabbit that we all wished we had.

Jeong Dawoon had no skills in this world and was really weak, so he came up with an idea! Why not just team up with strong players? Well, he did, but what happened was that he was left to die.

As he was about to die, a glitch in the system made him survive and gave him INSANE power and skills. He became so strong that he decided to build up his own kingdom, not on land but inside of the dungeon!

 

Conclusion

I know, some of you are probably triggered and saying “Is this guy trying to say that this manhwa is better than the other?” If you are saying that, then you are wrong! All of the manhwa/manhua mentioned on this list are AMAZING in their own way!

Have a nice and amazing day :D!