The Dark River, capable of assassinating royalty and nobility in the court and wiping out powerful sects in the wild, is the most feared organization of assassins in the martial world. However, the Patriarch, the leader of the Dark River, is aging and gradually losing control over the organization. During a mission to kill the Second Master of the Tang Clan, the Patriarch is severely injured. Several faction leaders within the Dark River send out assassins, attempting to kill the Patriarch, while the Patriarch seeks out physicians to prolong his life. This race against time, concerning life and death and the future of the assassin organization, begins. Fate brings two young men, who crawled out... more>> of the piles of corpses and share a deep bond, to stand on opposite sides...

This is also a prequel novel but is set after Shao Nian Bai Ma, approximately 8 years before the start of Shao Nian Ge Xing. <<less

"Here they come, Cinderella and Prince Charming."... more>>

"Cinderella"? You'd never say that if you knew the truth.

This bride, who has raised her status by finding a good husband, is actually a spy who has been sent to spy on the prince, while this man, called the Idiot Prince, is a genius sorcerer of untold prowess.

The two are united under false pretences, and the deception begins!

"How can we make our prince look even more foolish?"

The Spy, who started admiring the prince once she was able to get past the surveillance.

" I think I just want to love her."

The prince falls in love with a woman he shouldn't love.

Their dangerous honeymoon begins! <<less

"Just you wait. I'll become a nightmare and visit your nights."... more>>

The empire’s margrave, the Valiant Brown Lion, the owner of the famed sword, Ascaron.
And the lord of the territory, ‘Genevu’, located at the empire’s borders and in the Atlas Mountains, which touched the skies.

‘Marquis Balt Haustein Friedrich Morenheitz.’

In order to save the lives of a woman and two children he had never seen before, he had to cut the legs of his beloved horse and pierced a sword into its throat.

"Bring the children's father. I will hold him accountable for the price of the horse's life."
"I don’t have a husband."

Blue eyes, resembling the still spring waters of the deep mountains, stared back at Balt.

"If there's anything I can do to repay you with a woman's body… I'll do it."
"Anything?"

Filled only with confusion and instinctual desire, Balt embraces Claire, a widow and a mother of three.

But that night, he realises that he is her first man.

"Why did you lie to me? Explain yourself immediately."
"Just leave me alone. Because there isn’t anything I want."
"What are you actually afraid of?"

The east wind, carrying the cold air of Atlas, blew through Genevu as spring arrived.

"Am I unable to make you the Marchioness? Or perhaps, I’ll actually make it happen?"

An icy, blue-eyed woman, whom he was unable to abandon, and unwilling to forsake. Before these two, an unfathomable and cruel fate unfolds. <<less

This is a world where intellectuals wield the power of heaven and earth. With literary talent, poetry can defeat enemies, lyrics can destroy armies, and articles can stabilize the world. The scholar writes on paper, discussing military strategy; the jinshi kills enemies with words, and the jinshi’s fury can pierce like a sword. When the sage arrives, he can censure with his mouth and criticize with his pen, punishing individuals and even the emperor for wrongdoing, single-handedly opposing entire nations.... more>>

At this time, the holy academy controls the literary field, while the monarchs hold official positions. Ten kingdoms fight for supremacy, while barbarians and demons create chaos. In this era, there are no flourishing Tang poems, no magnificent Song lyrics, and no new innovative literature.

A young man from a humble background, who was once beaten and left for dead, carries on the legacy of classic poetry and literature, and embarks on the path of becoming a sage. <<less

(Marriage first and love later, sweet pampering ~~) After crossing over, the macho man turned into a ger, and was divorced by his husband, Lin... more>> Xuewen, due to being childless. This grievance could not be tolerated. Wen Jinyu received the divorce letter, packed up, and found his ex-husband’s uncle, Lin Jinghuan, the current prime minister of the court. He took out a yellowed marriage certificate and confidently said to the man: “Marry me.” The man looked at him, frowned, and looked amused. Soon after, Wen Jinyu entered the Prime Minister’s Mansion in a grand wedding sedan. The abandoned wife of the Lin family returned and became his ex-husband’s uncle. Wen Jinyu: “Who bullied me in the first place?” Lin family members:… Keywords for The Return of the Abandoned Wife from Time Travel: Return of the Wasted Wife from Time Travel, Sprouting Green Beans, Rebirth, Home Drama, Rich Family, Ancient Style, Cool Writing <<less

By the time Da Xuan was passed down to the seventh Emperor Xiao Wen, it had long since declined from its original state. After Emperor Xiao Wen’s passing, Emperor De Jia succeeded the throne. Ignorant yet arrogant, with harsh and demanding taxation—the citizens of Da Xuan had no way to survive, causing unceasing rebellions all over the country.... more>>

After ten years of his reign, Emperor De Jia met his demise. Subsequently, the Crown Prince Su Yuanan succeeded the throne. The title, Emperor De Xi, left its mark in history as the last emperor.

The Dynasty had reached an end, with no path for retreat.

There was limited information recorded in official history regarding this emperor; his five years of reign were both ludicrous and tyrannical. After the rebel army appeared, he was immediately defeated, captured with death by su*cide.

However…

There was such a woman, who stood amidst the whirlpool. She witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty, the love and hate of this emperor.

What was righteous?

What was evil?

Who can say for sure?

With a stroke from the vermilion brush, the scribe could only follow the intentions of those in power. However, she felt that she could not allow him to follow in the footsteps of those who are already dust in history. <<less

Qin Zheng transmigrated into the role of the Princess Consort,... more>>

but Qin Zheng, an engineer dispatched to a foreign country, didn't get the script for a palace drama, nor did she have the chance to experience the luxurious life of a Princess Consort.

Because, the nation had perished.

A eunuch held three feet of white silk and said, "Your Highness, the city has fallen. Please leave with dignity."

Qin Zheng: "..."

What kind of beginning was this?

In order to avoid being forced to commit su*cide, Qin Zheng had no choice but to go to the bed of her half-dead husband, the Crown Prince, and pretend to be deeply affectionate, shedding a few tears to delay time.

Emperor Chu Chengji, founder of the Great Chu Dynasty, was valiant and skilled in warfare.

He conquered the northern barbarians and drove out the southern savages, ushering in the prosperous era of Xuan Chu.

He spent his entire life in battles, without a wife or concubines.

Consequently, after his premature death, only a young scion from a collateral branch was selected to succeed him.

He departed during the peak of his prosperous reign, only to open his eyes and find himself at the time of his nation's demise!

He was reincarnated as the current Crown Prince, his own nephew of many generations.

Learning that the territory he had opened up in the past was directly lost, the Emperor of the founding dynasty couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

How useless were these descendants?

Back then, he could establish this long-standing empire single-handedly, and today, he could rebuild it!

As for this stunningly beautiful Princess Consort, who cried so pitifully in front of him, the Emperor of the founding dynasty was extremely disdainful:

"Women would only hinder his speed of restoration!"

Later, the Emperor of the founding dynasty would knock on the door of the Pepper Room every night and ask, "Azhen, can I come back to sleep?" <<less

“Please, let go. Don’t make me hate you any more than I already do.”... more>>

Adelaide had risked her life in exchange for playing the role of the Duchess, but she never had any intention of loving Klaus.

He was a Northern noble with an elegant facade, yet lacking in any true nobility. Dealing with such a Duke was always a source of embarrassment for Adelaide, who had lived her whole life as a noble lady.

They were merely using each other. So there was no way that this could be love, just something as insignificant as that.

“You mean something to me.”

The more she fell for him, the deeper she fell, everything became a mess. Like an uncontrollable fire.

“Do you have any value other than yourself?”

Klaus sharply rebuked her with his lips against her throat.

“I want everything from you, even your very breath. How is this not love?”

“You’re completely insane…”

In the worst possible way, you made me realize. The fact that all we have left between us is nothing but hatred. <<less

[Finished Masterpiece, Thrilling from Start to Finish]... more>>

When he walked out of prison, the whole world would tremble!

He harbored blood-deep vengeance and would stir up a storm of bloodshed and violence!

Those who deceived me, betrayed me, hurt me - are you afraid?

Don't be afraid...

I will not let any of you off easy!!! <<less

Erdene, the heir to the belligerent Hirshstein Empire, the next owner of the throne, the iron-blooded princess. What awaited her, who had returned victorious from a long war, was the position of queen of the Kingdom of Vetor, a kingdom she had never held a grudge against.... more>>

"This cannot be! How can Your Majesty do this to Her Highness the Princess!"

Erdene, who had to accept everything that was changing without her being able to do anything about it, and a life that she had never thought would be her future.

And the king who came to meet her, Arkan, a king who hated 'violence' and loved peace and reading.

The moment Erdene met him, she thought.

'This man is not right for me.'

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"All I had to do was say 'I'm sorry', but you're making it sound like a serious confession, that's why."

"This is ridiculous. So in the Empire, do you just hit someone and say 'Oops, sorry?' and move on?"

"It's the other way around. Do you think our people are some kind of back-alley thugs?"

"Who said that?"

The woman with jet-black hair pulled back roughly frowned her white and fair face and said.

"If you hit us once, we'll hit you back twice. That's how we apologize, Your Majesty."

Then, a man who looked as gentle as a large dog glared and slammed his fist on the table.

"What kind of apology is that! What country calls that an apology?"

"Our country."

The woman sneered.

The man, who had been looking at her with an expression of disbelief, also burst out laughing and turned his head away.

Turning their backs on each other like sulky children, the two people, ironically, were thinking the same thing.

'What the hell is this!' <<less

Ten miles out of Langluo, there was an academy governed by Confucian sages, and under them were nine gentlemen and three hundred scholars. It was a place that epitomized literary aura. All disciples of the academy, once appointed a gentleman, will cry out “one sentence” to become his life’s maxim and will forever strive towards this maxim. This maxim became known as “Jun You Yun” (A Gentleman Says). Su Baiyi, Feng Zuojun, and Xie Yuling were disciples of the Academy, all working hard to one day become a gentleman…... more>>

(Note: the story in this novel is not connected to the Shao Nian series but is set in the same universe a few hundred years before Shao Nian.) <<less

Kaela, who was neglected by her husband who loves another woman, and was miserably killed in a war with the emperor, who is her husband’s stepfather and uncle.... more>>

She was rather happy to die and willingly died, but when she opened her eyes, she went back to before she got married.

This time, she desperately ran away to avoid death, but she ended up marrying her husband again and went to the cold north again.

Let’s just give up everything.

Now, she has no regrets and is only waiting for a chance to die, but strangely, her husband protects, guards, and loves her dearly.

It’s useless. Only death will bring her rest, so she decides to die properly this time.

For someone, it’s a life without regrets and tedious, but for someone else, it’s a desperate confession.

The couple who should be together are misaligned, the wife sees death, and the husband only looks at his wife.

In the end, one side was destined to go crazy with madness. <<less

In an imposing mortal world where the Divine Nine and Terrestrial Ten immortal sects exist…... more>>

The world is beautiful and full of temptations, but cultivators ignore them and happily work toward becoming immortals.

When Chu Liang opened his eyes, he found he had become a disciple of the Mount Shu Sect and even possessed a wondrous treasured pagoda… Henceforth, he embarked on a path that he had never envisioned before.

As the morning mist rises over Mount Shu’s thirty-six peaks, what’s Chu Liang doing?

He’s slaying dragons eight thousand li away!

…

“Please, young noble, slay the monsters!” <<less

At least three years had passed.
Isabelle stayed alive during the time they were apart.
The one thing she really couldn’t do was die.
Because she had a lover that promised to marry her, Arno.... more>>

So she lived. She gritted her teeth and lived.
Even if she was made fun of or slapped by the King of the enemy country, she lived.
After arduous struggles, she finally met Arno,

“Isabelle, I hate you.”

The person she loved so much hated her.

With the same tongue that kissed his mistress, Arno uttered countless invectives.
Even so, Isabelle was still unable to stop loving him.

But her love was not infinite.
The more she looked at Arno, the more she crumbled.

By the time Isabelle could no longer ignore it,

"If I told you that I’d even risked my life for you, would you believe me, Isabelle?"

Arno’s love began once more. <<less

Marie, a useless maid who had always been bullied for being not good at anything, experienced something incredible. ... more>>

“I want to pray for you. Is there anything you wish of?”

A miracle came to Marie, after caring for a dying prisoner.

“I want to be a capable person.”

From that day on, she began to have mysterious dreams!

Perfect maid! The best sculptor! Genius Musician!

Through dreaming, she acquires the abilities of the person she’s dreaming of! The story of the maid Marie, who is a capable maid, starts now. <<less

“This is the system? This is my trump card? Why did you only give it to me after I died?” Lu Qing crossed over to the cultivation world and spent 200 years to become a Golden Core cultivator. He married, had children, and created a clan. He only activated the “Clan Development System” after he died from serious injuries.... more>>

[Spiritual Root Enhancement], [Resource Scouting], [Pure-yang Body]… Which option do you want? I’ll give it all to you! I truly am your ancestor. Listen to me and I’ll take you to the skies! <<less

Wearing the identity of the legitimate eldest daughter of the Shen family, she entered the palace and was immediately bestowed the title of first rank... more>> Consort Shu, just one step away from the position of Empress. However, Shen Moyun said that this "one step" took her a full twenty-five years. <<less

The demon who looked like an angel, Duke Valafar, was discriminated by other demons due to his appearance, causing him to become a shut-in in... more>> his castle. The only one by his side was an incubus subordinate. One day, when a blood-stained angel fell in his territory, he met Archangel Uriel. Kidnapped by Uriel, the fate of Valafar who was added to the harem is…!? <<less

Where am I? So many zombies! What happened to me? What happened to this world?... more>>

"Ding! Divine Pick-Up System activated!"

"Ding! Picking up done! Obtained Power attribute*10!"

"Ding! Picking up done! Obtained Dominating World Lv1!"

"Ding! Picking up done! Obtained the Spatial Talent!"

After crossing over to the doomsday, Long Chen found out he could actually enhance himself by picking up the attributes that dropped by others. That's too amazing and incredible!

Strength can be picked up, speed can be picked up, defense can be picked up, even supernatural abilities, techniques, and martial skills can be picked up. Even the girls...

Haha, the girls still shall be pursued by himself. Anyway, it's impossible for him to go cultivate, impossible in the rest of his whole life. Only by picking up attributes can support his life.

How to survival in this doomsday? Whatever, I will become invincible by picking up. <<less

Transmigrated as a widow and live a noble life?... more>>

That’s nice. Just teach the children, drink some wine, listen to operas, and even sneak a few little wolf dogs when you’re free.

Gee, don’t be too unrestrained.

Lu Jinxi’s golden abacus rattled loudly, but who would have guessed that human’s calculations were not as good as heaven’s calculations?

At first glance, the man in the picture was a painted skin demon. He wished he could tear her apart and swallow her whole. He finally ran out of tricks and asked her to remarry. The crippled concubine-born son was actually the former crown prince who was secretive and coveted the mother.

What’s even more terrifying was…

The deceased husband who had died in the battlefield for six years came back from the dead. <<less

Everyone knew that Master Qiao Si stood for the word “ruthless” in City S.... more>>

No one dared to call him by name,

Even Master Qiao Si himself seemed to have forgotten his actual name.

At this point of life, Master Qiao Si thought he was capable of seeing through anything in the world,

Except for his half brother –

He’s willing to exchange anything he could afford for a look from Qiao Che.

Duan Heng, who came to serve him ten years ago,

A future star under his patronage and one of his pets,

Was also one of the “tributes” to Qiao Che.

However, this young man was like a loyal and handsome large puppy for him.

His bold love was almost addictive.

Momentary happiness, though it might be illusory, was nonetheless happiness.

Those feelings that should have been long forgotten started to come back…… <<less

[…But when I slowly blinked my eyes, I could see only one thing ahead of me.... more>>

Yes. That place would surely be my hell.

But at the same time, it would be that bastard’s hell, too.

For that fateful day where I’d get to run into that bastard once more, I chose to willingly throw myself into the Survival Game.] <<less

Liu Xin met Dong Xian through an accidental encounter in a bamboo forest; by a twist of fate, the two became teacher and student.
Just great.
How dare Liu Xin, nephew to the emperor, accept defeat?... more>>

Liu Xin tried everything, from studying history [endlessly debating], to respecting social rank [making trouble], to critiquing his work [provoking him], yet he failed to reveal a single of Dong Xian’s flaws…
However, Liu Xin’s heart gradually changed with time.

In a moment of passion, the two men crossed a line and committed a taboo.
Can this play of spy-vs-spy come to such a simple end?

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Jovial Records of the Bamboo Beauty by Asuka T陶子 recounts the life of Liu Xin, Emperor Xiao’ai of Han, and his legendary love for Dong Xian, his male favorite.

Liu Xin and Dong Xian coined the idiom, passion of the cut sleeve, that avid danmei readers might’ve come across.
In Chinese culture, the term ‘cut sleeve’ has been a euphemism for homosexuality for over two tousand years; ever since Liu Xin refused to wake the sleeping Dong Xian and cut off his own sleeve to attend court in time. <<less

“A Scenario Full of Depressing Twists. Heroines Die Easily. High Difficulty. Unsatisfying Even with 100% Completion. – A young man, frustrated by playing the crappy game known as 【Cry.StrayLife】, one day inexplicably finds himself reincarnated in that very world. However, not as the protagonist or any of the major characters, but as one of the most tragic villains in the story – Nefarious Terra Arium.... more>>

“Seriously? Am I locked into a bad ending…”

Presented with a path full of thorns, and with his body and spirit worn down, Nefarious is ultimately manipulated by his own life to meet his end.

“No… I won’t give up. Even if I have to make enemies of the entire world… I will avoid every bad ending!”

This is not the story of a villainous noble descending into darkness. No, it’s the story of a man who, arrogantly, seeks to save everything.

At the end of his selfishness… a perfect ending awaits.”

“I leveled up.” <<less

At the age of nineteen, when Qi Yan returned to the Qi family, the rumor mill spun eight hundred tragic tales about his past. Soon, people noticed that he had a bodyguard by his side, accompanying him everywhere.... more>>

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At a banquet, someone saw Lu Fenghan standing next to the Supreme Commander, drawing a circle of admirers around him.

"This young general looks familiar..."

"He looks a lot like the former bodyguard of the young master of the Qi family!"

"How could General Lu stoop to being someone's bodyguard? Ridiculous!" <<less