In an age where the polar ice caps have melted, ushering in an era of vast oceans, Captain Yoon Muhwa finds himself on a pirate island. Recovering consciousness after a surprise attack by an unidentified vessel, he meets 'Number 8,' a boy who claims Yoon Muhwa as his ‘spoils.’... more>>

"Don't die.

…You're the first living thing I've ever claimed."

With small hands, more delicate than ferns, and eyes that gleamed brighter than the buttons on Yoon Muhwa's uniform, the boy clung desperately to Yoon Muhwa's fading life. He unwittingly unleashes a tempest in Yoon Muhwa's otherwise arid existence.

"From now on, I'll call you Haero."

Nine years have passed since their escape from the island together. Their unique relationship, once that of captor and spoils, transforms - from 'Number 8' to Haero, from spoils to little brother. However, hidden beneath the surface lies a secret...

"Don't worry. It's not like it's the first time we've dealt with rumors, right?"

Yoon Muhwa keeps Haero sheltered under his wing, content to perpetuate this comfortable status quo. But...

"I like you, hyung."

Haero, oblivious to fear and driven by his burgeoning feelings, decides to shatter their carefully constructed facade. He will claim complete ownership of Yoon Muhwa, who was always meant to be his.

“I don’t admire you, hyung. 

I don’t dream about having s*x with someone I admire.” <<less

Biking home after another day at college, the protagonist witnesses a terrible accident: a young girl crossing the street is hit and killed by a... more>> truck. However, to his horror and amazement, the girl's friend calmly puts away the game she had been playing before rushing to the lifeless body of her companion. He leaves the scene thoroughly shaken, having no idea about the true significance of this event and what this strange girl has in store for her unsuspecting witness. <<less

In a beautiful and happy fairy tale, the prince has no need for intense hatred, anger, or sorrow. Such emotions are reserved for people like you and me, who exist outside the story—complex, worldly feelings. Even in stories that delve deeply into human emotions rather than fairy tales, the characters only feel the hatred, anger, and sorrow predetermined by the narrative. They are like beautifully crafted dolls… But wouldn’t such a life be much happier?... more>>

A prince cursed by an evil wizard, destined to fall into a hundred-year slumber on his twenty-seventh birthday after pricking his finger on a sharp needle.

But on the morning of his twenty-seventh birthday, the prince suddenly realizes he has lived the same life countless times, repeating it over and over. When the wizard appears to enforce the curse, the prince fiercely resists, and his twenty-seventh birthday passes… Because the prince defies his fate, the world begins to collapse, and monsters that devour human hearts emerge. Taking responsibility, the prince decides to journey with the wizard to “Omphalos” to mend the torn world.

A perilous journey to Omphalos with his companions. Along the way, the wizard showers the prince with unusually devoted affection. Though the prince initially distrusts him, he gradually comes to rely on the wizard, feeling an inexplicable sense of stability and affection…

“…And then, at some point, I realized. There is no birth, no death. Not for me, nor for this world. Only the same petrified century, endlessly repeating, from the moment I wake on my birthday morning until I am kissed awake by the princess.” <<less

Even now, numerous supernatural things from old stories wander around this world. They say that people, who fell victim to supernatural, come to the divine... more>> fox yokai of the traditional shop Banwoldang to seek help. This is a bizarre story told by the highschool student Yu Dan, who can see ghosts, the fox yokai Baek Ran, who commands army of dokkaebi and Banwoldang’s yokai clerks. <<less

A young and talented sea hero, Vice Admiral Chastan. Known as an outstanding individual in the navy, he suddenly receives a summons from the capital one day.... more>>

What awaited him was a divorce trial, filed by his wife, the guilty spouse, as he followed the summons to the capital. However, there was a much deeper political aim that went beyond his wife’s infidelity… From then on, he gets caught up in a whirlwind of unexpected conspiracies and events. <<less

At my joke, he squinted his eyes and smiled prettily. Then he slipped his hands under both my arms and hugged my shoulders tightly. Our lower bodies, still connected, pressed even closer together. There was nowhere to escape from the two eyes looking straight at me from close range.... more>>

"We're dating, right?"

"......"

"I'm hyung's boyfriend now, right?"

He didn't whine or wheedle. His pleasant, calm voice was quiet like a whisper. I tried to hide my expression by brushing around my lips with the back of my hand, then hesitantly reached out to his arm that was holding me.

"We're both... past the age where we need to say such things out loud."

"But I want to hear it this badly. Can't you just endure being embarrassed for a moment?"

"......"

"Tell me clearly."

This time I could feel slight trembling in his voice. It wasn't a confident and bold demand, but closer to a plea filled with entreaty. His voice now rustled like dry fallen leaves.

In the past, I couldn't hold him to prevent my emotions from exploding. But now it was different. We were living in the same city, and unless major changes struck, this time we wouldn't be constrained by space. There was no need to forcibly deceive my heart.

With the hand that had been stroking his arm, I traced up his shoulder and neck. Feeling embarrassed, I playfully pressed his cheeks and deliberately teased his handsome face.

"I thought you were more mature than your age. But seeing you like this, my boyfriend really is younger than me after all." <<less

“Go Yohan, you really are a terrible bastard.”... more>>

“I can’t help it. Bullying is more fun than being bullied.”

Despite his outer appearance of a kind model student, Kang Jun was filled to the brim with an inferiority complex.

As he advanced into his second year, he grew closer to Go Yohan, who was in the same class as him.

“I’ll treat you especially different.”

At some point, as if it were only natural, Go Yohan claimed his seat at the very summit of the pyramid inside the school.

He, whose second nature seemed to be ignoring and suppressing others, showed interest in Kang Jun.

Kang Jun, who was subtly ignored by his friends for being weak, didn’t dislike Go Yohan’s interest, but…

Eighteen, the period where one’s pride took the lead and held fear of crossing the line.

Kang Jun had to make a choice to survive.

A very wise choice. <<less

Captain Edajima Gorō, a seasoned captain who has visited the various countries of the Special Region on a research mission, and master cook Petty Officer, 1st Class Tokushima Hajime were given a special mission: rescue an American journalist kidnapped in the Special Region!... more>>

Aboard an Oyashio-class attack submarine, they set out onto the seas of the Special Region, but little did they know their mission would lead them headfirst into a whirlpool of petty rulers and pirates vying for control in the Blue Sea... <<less

A few years ago, her daughter said.... more>>

“If mother ever lives again, don’t give birth to me.”
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
"You don't have to give birth to me. Meet someone better than Dad. You said you had a first love. If you live again, confess. Who knows? Maybe it will work out?"

The mother and daughter giggled together.
And Lihen Copland woke up. As a nineteen-year-old.

Living again didn't change her life much. But she can make her daughter a little happier. To do so, she had to marry her husband again.
But that resolve soon began to waver.

After meeting her first love, Sir Schudermel Laft. <<less

Five years ago, a fateful encounter left Tianxiang Pavilion’s courtesan Liu Qi shattered in both body and spirit.... more>>

Five years later, he returned to that man’s side under a new name and identity—

just to make him taste the agony of losing everything.

Yan Yuque, always cold and arrogant, driven solely by self-interest,never imagined the day would come when a crack would form in his heart. Liu Qi, the delicate embroiderer skilled in weaving blossoms into fabric, gentle and warm in front of others, yet sultry and bewitching in private.

Then there’s Lian Wu, the fabric house steward sent by Lian Yulou,who claims they had once met before…

The princess’s dowry, the empress dowager’s ceremonial gown—one entanglement after another slowly uncovers a conspiracy years in the making.

Just when Yan Yuque thought it was all behind him, he realizes what lies ahead… is still another trap.

“Yan Yuque! Is there room in your heart for anyone or anything besides yourself?”

“Sometimes I wonder… If that year I had let my father keep Yulou behind, what would have happened…” <<less

This novel is the second series in Li Ximin's classic "Tang Town Trilogy," a work of magical realism.... more>>

Every person carries their own unique scent—so do love and fate.

This novel is a mysterious tale where scent takes center stage. A mysterious sorceress using poison magic threads through the entire story; love and destiny emit an eerie aroma; and for everyone involved, living becomes a cruel adventure.

Song Ke, an artist hired to paint portraits of the dead, arrives in Tang Town, only to find that people begin dying one after another. Behind the string of terrifying events, a strange woman appears and vanishes like a shadow—yet Song Ke falls passionately in love with her. Tang Town is drawn into a web of fate: many die from venomous spells, and others are tormented by illness, suffering a fate worse than death.

After surviving life and death on the battlefield, the burly warrior You Wuqiang returns to Tang Town, only to be targeted by the mysterious woman's apprentice, whose unrequited love turns deadly—she decides to kill him with a poison curse.

Where will Tang Town's fate lead? Faced with the threat of death, what kind of complex humanity will its people reveal? <<less

Attention!! Actually, Book 1 of Floating Life has 3 extra volumes, namely:... more>>

1. Extra: Prequel-Tree Yaokai,

2. Extra: Water Festival, and

3. Extra: Wangchuan.

But Hellowyellow, as the translator, got a special edition entitled Floating Life: A Prequel—Fulong, which contains all 3 extra volumes from the first book of the Floating Life series plus new chapters written by the author. This special edition consists of 70 chapters + a 1-chapter appendix, for a total of 71 chapters.

Based on this, Hellowyellow, as the translator, decided not to translate the 3 extra volumes from the first book of Floating Life and replaced it with a special edition of Floating Life: A Prequel—Fulong with book contents that are certainly more interesting than just an extra volume, where the special edition becomes a separate, independent book. <<less

I possessed the physical healer in an R-rated dark reverse harem game known as the most hellish game of all time.... more>>

But the game completion conditions are…?

Achieve 100% affection from all male protagonists, using my body to do so?

The pure-crying Knight Commander, the Crown Prince with apparent mysophobia, the unhinged Guild Master who threatens to destroy what he cannot possess, and the Tower Master whose silence makes him even more terrifying – four deranged male leads in total.

‘Could this truly be reality?’

I wasn’t afforded the luxury of contemplating further.

[Event occurred! The first main quest “Heal ?? ????” has arrived.]

****

The Knight Commander, who once treated her like a beast, now appears at her bedroom door nightly.

Even the suspicious Crown Prince slips into her bedroom, demanding she settle her debt.

The openly deranged Guild Master, controller of the continent’s finances, speaks utter madness.

And the Tower Master, surely the game’s hidden villain concealing enormous secrets, joins their ranks….

“Ah, anh! W-wait. This contradicts our agreement…!”

“Then cry a little more.”

Who knows. My mind might change.

Upon hearing those words, Evelyn instinctively understood, along with the foreboding sense that she might never escape this game. <<less

They were inseparable at first—just childhood playmates. After a long separation, has time changed them? Falling in love with her, she’s willing to work hard... more>> to become better, because there’s only one “her” in this world. From friendship to love, the two finally confess their feelings. As they continue to grow, will their hearts remain the same? Is it heartbreak… or destiny? <<less

Haewon, a violinist, is a nonchalant person who neither blocks the ones who come into his life nor holds onto those who leave. One day, his only friend, Taeshin, commits su*cide, and after failing to speak to Taeshin, who called him several times shortly before his death, Haewon is haunted by his death, even though he doesn't have much of an attachment to human relationships. Then, he inevitably runs into Woojin, the man Taeshin had a crush on, and Haewon indifferently crumples up the business card Woojin hands him.... more>>

One day, Haewon, forced into an unwanted relationship, becomes entangled in an assault case, but thanks to the business card given to him, he receives help from Woojin, who's a prosecutor. Haewon feels uncomfortably guilty and tries to keep him at arm's length, but Woojin is comfortable enough to take a few extra steps. <<less

Qin Juan—known as the Qi Gongzi, the ruler of Qianhuang Pavilion.... more>>

With a face that could bring kingdoms to ruin and a mind sharper than any blade, he was a legend in Jianghu. Yet, who truly knew the price he had paid for it all?

Everything he possessed had been built upon the sacrifice of his own elder brother's dignity and happiness.

But when the one he loved turned out to be the only light in his brother´s world, what could he do? What should he do?

When his brother´s happiness and hers could not coexist, even the brilliant and calculating Qi Gongzi found himself caught in an impossible dilemma. <<less

— I translated this novel as a tribute to the amazing novelist “Qiong Yao” by Hellowyellow.... more>>

In 1986, the novel was adapted into a Taiwanese romantic drama called Many Enchanting Nights. The drama was directed by Liu Lili and also starred famous Hong Kong actress Liu Xue Hua, Taiwanese actor Chin Han, and Lee Tien Chu.

Hellowyellow comment about the story: 5-10 out of 100 people must have experienced something like this. Maybe everyone who has experienced it has almost the same story framework, even though not all the details are the same… When old wounds are almost healed by time, life gives a test by sending acid rain on the wounds, which ultimately destroys faith and belief… When the body can no longer withstand the torture, the heart becomes cold and dead, hopes and dreams are destroyed by the cruelty of reality… Then, where should this self go?? To whom should this heart complain? And to whom is this hope anchored? —- Cruel?? regret? sad? hate?? ... Sigh, but life is always like that. <<less

This novel has the original title “Shenzhou Qixia” which lit. means Extraordinary Heroes of Divine Land saga, and is a wuxia novel written by Wen Ruian, created in the mid-1970s. It is the most complete series among Wen Rui´an´s works to date, and has been adapted into a Wuxia drama titled “Go to the Mountains and Seas” or “Fu Shan Hai”, with a 40-episode format on the original network: iQiyi and Tencent Video. This Wuxia drama is enlivened by famous Chinese actors Chengyi and Gulnezer Bextiyar.... more>>

This story tells the journey of four friends Xiao Qiushui, Zuoqiu Chaoran, Tang Rou, and Deng Yuhan in search of the meaning of life and upholding truth and justice.

Shenzhou Qixia itself consisting of eight main novels:

1. “Sword Aura Along the Yangtze River,”
2. Leaping Horses Over Wu River (Actually this is a separate work, but here, hellowyellow insert it into the list of 8 main novels and make it the 2nd novel)
3. “Heroes of Guangdong and Guangxi,”
4. “Rivers and Mountains Like a Painting,”
5. “Legend of the Gallant Heroes”
6. “Wandering the Jianghu,”
7. ” Unrivaled in Shenzhou,”
8. “The Lonely Master,”
9. “Snow Across the World.”

Additionally, there is a sequel:

1. The Legend of the Great Hero, a spinoff titled Blood River Cart (which includes The Grandmaster, Carefree Travels, The Master of Life, and The Mortal Realm),

2. And a separate side story, The Battle of Tang Fang. <<less

Seo Eunwoo, the only Beta in a high society dominated by Alphas and Omegas.... more>>

She dared to marry dominant Alpha Cha Taehyuk while having a body that could not give birth to Alpha children.

“She'll remain celibate for the rest of her life. That’s a Beta, not a woman.”

Taehyuk didn’t hide his disgust towards her for pushing for this unwanted marriage.

But starting with their first night, he is swept away by rut. He takes her and grudgingly admits to himself.

She’s a Beta that dared to insert herself into his life, but her body was addicting and very much his type.

The punishment for coveting him torments Eun-woo every night.

“I’ll show you. What an Alpha is, what rut is, and what pheromones are.”

Until she, a Beta, conceives an Alpha’s child. <<less

To combat the collective villainy of the Evil Coalition, the New Righteous Association, symbol of the orthodox jianghu, has formed a secret corps known as the Twelve Phantoms. ... more>>

Yet even among these twelve martial masters, one man stands unrivaled—Agent Crimson Tiger.

“While we kill our own children for the sake of world domination… he fights the world for the sake of his child. Isn’t it ironic?”

Amid the fierce succession war between the First Young Lord and the Third Young Lady of the Association, one man’s fight to protect his precious daughter begins!

“I swear, if you lay a finger on my daughter… something unimaginable will befall you.” <<less

A mysterious carriage roams the night, leaving death in its wake. The driver’s face is unsettling, marked by horrible spots, but whoever this person is, they possess formidable martial arts skills. The robberies and mu*ders are committed wherever this carriage goes, wreaking havoc and sparking outrage within the martial arts world.... more>>

Chi Yun, also known as ‘The Heavenly Cloud,’ traces this ominous carriage to an abandoned temple and crosses paths with other martial artists who are also investigating the case. Chi Yun introduces them to a mysterious young gentleman, Tang Lici, who carries a baby with him for some unknown reason.

All in all, they find Tang Lici well-mannered and refined man, a nearly flawless embodiment of all human virtues. The only odd thing about him is that he takes medicine every day for a mysterious illness the nature of which he refuses to disclose. <<less

Kang Jihoon was a perfectly ordinary high schooler. But upon dying in a car accident and finding himself in the Nether Realm, he learns that he is actually Elquiness, the Spirit King of Water, who had been mistakenly born as a human.... more>>

“Create water spirits? How do I do that?”

Follow Elquiness, the Spirit King of Water who had accidentally been born human, on his adventurous—and tumultuous—tale! <<less

Bi Ryu-yeon, an eccentric young man in his early twenties.... more>>

He encounters the world of martial arts when he meets his master at the age of ten after becoming an orphan.

His destiny soon changes upon a chance meeting with the students of Heavenly Martial Academy.

Riding on the ‘fragrances’ of a ‘Black Zither’ and ‘Flying Lightning’, ‘Bi Ryu-yeon’ and his ‘eccentric master’ emerge in the martial world.

It’s an adventure of unpredictable ultimate martial arts and extraordinary exploits until the very last moment. <<less

“It’s easy, isn’t it? To dare to bear someone else’s b*stard child.”... more>>

She ran away to protect the child in her womb, but eventually he caught up with her.

“You thought you could escape so easily by having someone else’s child?”

***

It was a contract marriage for two years.
During this time, Ah-yeon was nothing more than an invisible person to him.

“Ah-yeon, you belong to me until you die.”
“…..”
“Neither you nor your child can escape me.”

His piercing gaze fell on her belly. Ah-yeon instinctively covered it with trembling hands.
“Next time, bear my child.”
“…..”
“Then you can atone by staying by my side. It’s better for loose women like you.”
“I’m already carrying someone else’s child, but why are you still doing this…”

Ki Joo’s mocking laughter echoed. His cold eyes looked even more menacing.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make it so confusing that even you won’t know whose child it is. <<less

That day, a fleeting glance left Tang Yin with a lasting impression.... more>>

An unspoken fluttering of the heart blooms again in the summer.

The reserved and adorable Lu Chi is like a soft, chewy candy,

Quietly blending into her otherwise ordinary youth.

Tang Yin, with clear intentions, approaches him, teases him,

But unexpectedly stumbles upon the cracks within his heart.

A disharmonious family, cold and warm by turns since childhood—

He remains clear and pure, striving forward through the mire.

That hidden pain of growth is also a badge of maturity.

Lu Chi silently watches over her with a burning original aspiration,

Until Tang Yin walks resolutely toward him—

This time, haitang flowers as a pledge, they plan a beautiful future together. <<less