okay so since nobody else jumped to make this, here we go

(there's a 'see results' option for those who did read svsss at the end of the poll btw!)

(also i ask humbly to reblog if this poll caught your fancy. because most of my followers are from danmei fandoms and likely have read svsss)

I Collect Gay Cops and their Boyfriends

Left to right, top to bottom:

Captain Luo Wenzhou and his boyfriend Business President Fei Du (Mo Du)

Chief Zhao Yunlan and his boyfriend Professor Shen Wei (Guardian)

Captain Xie Lanshan and his boyfriend Forensic Sketch Artist and freelance Painter Shen Liufei (In The Dark)

Vice Chief Yan Xie and his boyfriend former Chief Jiang Ting (Poyun)

Officer Xia Yao and his boyfriend Bodyguard and Business Owner Yuan Zong (Advance Bravely)

You should read Little Mushroom

Hey guys! As followers know, I've just finished reading this cnovel and I'm here to do a formal rec of it.

What is Little Mushroom?

It's a chinese danmei (BL) novel by the author Shisi, originally published online, now available in official English translation from Peach Flower House.

What's it about?

This is a post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi novel where the protagonist is a mushroom.

What??

Yeah, he's an actual mushroom. Most of the Earth is a wasteland of radiation and mutated monsters, which means things are WEIRD AS FUCK. He comes from a particularly weird and dangerous place, and somehow he achieves sentience. His spore (child? infant? egg?) is stolen by a human and he finds a dying human called An Ze so he takes this human's form and memories and becomes human-shaped and calls himself An Zhe. Then he goes seeking out more humans to find and save his spore.

Okay, and this is a romance? With a mushroom?

Yes. Though this is honestly one of the danmei I've read that is lightest on the romance. Really the star of the show is the world-building and questions about humanity and ethics.

Characters:

An Zhe: The most adorable mushroom ever. You will love him. Everyone loves him. He's just a little mushroom trying to navigate a weird human world without the humans discovering he's really a "monster."

Lu Feng: The Arbiter, a judge authorized to kill anyone on sight that he suspects of being contaminated with xenogenic (monster) genes. And he does, a lot. Seemingly cold and unfeeling, hated by many if not most of the human population because he, yanno, keeps killing people, even if it's necessary to protect what remains of humanity. He spares An Zhe, though.

Other characters: Well, most of them don't last long. It's a vicious world. There's a lot of death. There are some nice side characters towards the end, though.

Why should I read this?

Look, it's just a really great book, okay? It's a book about a fairly grim future for humanity, and the things humanity is forced to do to survive, and dystopian elements and the struggles that result. It's about big ethical questions and big existential questions about whether humanity deserves to live and what the point of struggling to survive is...whether there is any hope for humanity and whether there's any point to hope at all.

And it's all told through the POV of a mushroom. Come on!

For all that, it's not a dark novel. The first half in particular feels pretty light, mostly because of the POV, granted. It's really funny in a lot of parts, but the undertone, the background is always this fairly grim stuff. Really unique juxtaposition. The second half gets deeper and really digs into the existential questions. And yeah it made me cry towards the end.

Minor spoilers from here on

But it does have a happy ending for the main characters and the romance, and a hopeful if not entirely happy one for humanity as a whole.

The romance is fairly light on the ground in this. An Zhe is a mushroom and he doesn't really understand sex or romance or have much interest in it for most of the book, despite people constantly trying to GET him interested. Lu Feng is clearly in the background developing feelings, but An Zhe is oblivious and just worried about his mushroom concerns, yanno? Eventually there are feelings-realization and they end up together, but it's still doesn't feel like a traditional romance. I'd say it's very ace friendly even if there are hints of sexual off-screen stuff.

Other reasons to read it:

It's short for a cnovel, and it flies by. This was my main vacation reading that I took to the pool and it was perfect. And I FLEW through vol 2 in a couple of sittings.

It's got a very nice translation and you should support this lesser known novel getting an English publication from a publisher that isn't Seven Seas.

Where do I buy it?

Both physical volumes are available from Peach Flower House. Or you can get ebooks from various ebook sellers, including Amazon. (Right now Amazon also has the paperbacks, but when I was buying they didn't.)

More Info.

Prose that makes my brain buzz and crackle:

“One was a torrential stream with nowhere to go, and the other a pond that was all but dried up. They were clearly a perfect match-if only one were to go into the other, the former would no longer churn restlessly with no outlet, and the latter could be filled and watered, parched cracks soon mended. But neither of them would do it, each hiding from the other.” (erha ch. 136 p. 182)

My FTH 2024 Fanbinding Offer

I'm participating in Fandom Trumps Hate's Craft Bazaar again and offer 2 custom-made, casebound books.

There are two options for you to try and win a book:

Raffle ($50, wordcount < ~85k)

Auction (minimum bid $60, wordcount < ~120k)

I'll happily coordinate with your for design ideas etc., but all final decisions will be made by me and are dependent on materials I have or can easily get.

I will bind your own fic or another author's fic, but in that case you must have the author's permission (either by asking them or because they have a blanket permission statement) and are responsible for providing proof of permission.

Fandoms: any except for Harry Potter and Reylo fic from Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.

DNWs: Biological incest, pairings with characters under 15 years in sexual situations, vore, scat.

The raffle is already open for entry, see this post!

The auction will go live on March 5th 7p.m. UTC.

This is a very condensend version of my Craft Bazaar stall post!

Please check this post carefully for all the details of what I offer, what the rules for entry are, and how we will proceed after you've won a book. It's got the links to the Google forms for entry as well!

It's long but that's because I'm very wordy. 😆 I also have to explain two different ways to get a book, so that simply adds up.

Good luck! 🍀

Whatcha reading, Meg?

Qin Su is the dumbest lesbian in the world and I would die for her.

So, I have a question to everyone out there who likes baihe novels. I've been thinking about starting to read one (I only read danmei so far) and I wanted to ask you all about your opinion.

I wanted to start with 'the beauty's blade' since it isn't a really long book and this way I could find out if I like baihe or not (I think I will, since I'm a not really straight girl yk), but I'm afraid to start it and then end up not liking it.

I also thought about reading 'female general and eldest princess' but I heard from a lot of people that it drags on a lot and that the princess is very manipulative and toxic ... I, however, have no idea how much of this is true and what I should do now.

So I would like to beg the baihe fandom for their help😅🥰🥰

Why you should read Mist [Unlimited] if you liked ORV

If you haven't heard of it before, Mist [Unlimited] (薄雾［无限) is an action-adventure sci-fi webnovel of 106 chapters by Chinese author Wei Feng Ji Xu (微风几许) and i'm here to tell you why in my humble opinion you should read it if you liked reading Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (and if you haven't read orv yet. well what are you doing)

Mist follows Ji Yushi, a 25-year-old "Recorder" whose job is to travel in time and record future events so that the present can be prepared for them. He also suffers from "hyperthymesia", a condition in which he remembers... everything. Literally can't forget stuff, which is both a blessing and a curse. He gets transferred to another team led by captain Song Qinlang, a notorious homophobe - or is he? And then they get into situations where they basically have to complete missions or they die etc etc you know how it is. Anyway here's a link to the carrd with more info and link to translations.

And here's how it managed to fill the void in my heart after finishing orv:

Frail-looking MC who turns out to be super cunning and big brained

MC with such a good memory it comes off as almost prophetic knowledge about the world he finds himself in

No literally, he remembers every single detail of everything with the same energy as kim dokja remembering everything that happens in the novel, and uses that to his advantage

Cold and aloof yoo joonghyuk-esque "classic protagonist" ML who seems like he looks down on others and doesn't speak much and acts like he resents the MC...

...but actually turns out to be very kind and soft, especially towards the MC

Mc has known ML for much longer than the other thinks

Absolute power couple when they work together

They have to complete missions Or They Die

Missions involve different kinds of worlds with unique characters and well-crafted settings

Parallel worlds that are interconnected in ways you wouldn't have foreseen

Very clever resolutions to the missions, that really shows the capabilities of our main characters

Strong team-spirit among the main cast of characters!

The missions seem to be set up by a system or existence somehow beyond humanity

A mystery of where the world that they find themselves in actually originates from, which ends up being closer to home than expected

ML has a Tragic Backstory(tm) that seriously reminds me of kim dokja's once it gets revealed, including heavy themes about family

Very similar themes about finding one's place in the world and *gasp* being loved by others, in all senses of the word

I'm trying to say this without spoiling too much but the ending of Mist literally reminds me of orv's epilogue and if you've read to the end of orv you know that's a strong statement but it really did manage to evoke in me the same range of human emotions and also the way it's set up is really similar down to the very time loops and paradoxes!!! I can't tell you any more though!!!!

There's probably more i can't think of right now, please do read Mist it's an absolute delight and an Experience(tm)

Because of Changfengdu, i feel like i need to make a list or introductions of the author's novel (墨书白)

The ML's usually crazily devoted and the FL is crazily competent. I will write some of her historical ones first. (English is not my 1st language, so sorry if there's some mistake)

I'll tag @dangermousie and @mercipourleslivres, maybe you guys can enjoy some of this!

长公主 (The Grand Princess)

This one is a double rebirth story of a princess and her estranged husband. They both died (at age 50's) thinking they killed each other. They born in a time before they married. In their new life they started as friends.

Our FL is Li Rong, is a prideful princess and in the 1 st life married our ML Pei Wen Xuan because he's the most handsome XD. The emotional part of this novel feels so delicate and raw. The longings, remorse, regret, especially from the ML really hook me up. The bloody drama also not only come from the main couple but basically everyone. There's no such a thing as npc chara, everyone have their own purpose. I know many people said Li Rong don't deserve Pei Wen Xuan ( nahh do we read the same novel?) Both are at faults. This one is not for the faint heart. Last time i heard they will adapt this into a drama with Zhao Jinmai and Wang Anyu, i don't want them to touch this.

山河枕 (Mountain river pillow aka the eldest wife is my wife)

This one is a rebirth story. Our FL Chuyu already married the 2nd ML in her 1st life. But her love was wasted and her husband didn't treat her right. After being reborn, she choose to married her supposed to be husband, Wei Jun (the eldest son of a border general). You know what happened to the generals who lives in the border right? Right, scapegoat of the politics in the capital.

Short story, the wei general and his 6 son died (including Chu Yu husband) as a traitor in battlefield leaving the youngest son Wei Yun bring his father and brothers coffin. The real story begin here as Chu yu keep helping Wei Yun to keep the Wei family legacy.

Poor Wei Yun, is all that i can say :p.

From the news i see Song Qian and Ding Yuxi name, please just no :(.

论撩世家子的技巧 (the trick to teasing a noble family son)

This is not the famous one but WORTH READING. Oh and this a crossdressing novel. Our FL Wei Lan is a reborn, but not from your usual world. She came from a matriarcal world, when women is the leader in society and men task is in the backyard. When she came to the her new world, the 1st thing she do is change identity with his brother. Yes you hear me right, Wei lan become the brother and her brother Wei Hua become the sister. Our ML is Xie Zichen, also a reborn. He died being betrayed by the prince that he supported.

This novel is hilarious in the beginning as Wei Lan feels like douchebag,and feels that women is far superior than men. She FLIRT a lot. Because her thoughtfulness, all of these men of course being tempted. Our ML too think like that but reverse. But don't worry there's chara development from everyone, i cried a lot and too be honest my fav chara is one of the FL suitor who end up died.

I change my mind, i'll write her Xianxia and modern too here XD.

琢玉 (Carven Jade)

One of my fav danmei together with Yuwu. Our Gong is Fu ChangLing and Shou is Qin Yan (ma babies). This is a rebirth story. In the 1st life Fu Changling killed Qin Yan out of revenge and hate thinking that he is the one who killed his family and bring demise to the cultuvation world, little did he know that Qin Yan did all of that for him.

After being reborn Fcl did everything to keep Qin Yan safe and sound. I love how devoted they are to each other. All the support characters also great. I really love the parents story too.

剑寻千山 (sword of searching mountain)

This is a broken reunion story. Our FL Qin wanwan and our ML Xie Changji were married. The FL didn't know that our ML cultivated the heart of sword way ( the way of being indifferent, throw away feelings and other desires), she think the ML doesn't love her.

Our ML lives with sadness and trauma for hundred years. Our FL sects also meet a demise around this time and it so so sad. This novels feels emotionally heavy.

Xie ChangJi is up there for me for Crazyily masochist obsessed devoted ML. This one is not my fav but have some really good part. All the support chara also awesome.

余生有涯 (rest of my life)

TW : R&pe, Suicid*

This is a modern setting novel but being the heaviest of the bunch. Definitely not for everyone. This is a realistic novel about our FL Ye Sibei who is getting r*pe after office drinking party. Usually her husband pick her up, but he didn't do it on that day.

This is very hard to read for me, only 39 chapters with knife in it. Felt very real, the one that didn't felt real was her husband Qin Nan (definitely doesn't exist). Do not recomend ro read this when you're feeling down. But very uplifting.

If you read transmigration novels and always, in the back of your mind, think I want someone to have an existential crisis about being a fictional character then you should read: Something's Not Right by Cyan Wings. I initially described it as a transmigration-fueled Truman Show crossed with The Bachelor (in a palace drama setting), and this isn't quite right but it works as a starting point. I was enjoying this from the start because it's both funny and a fun twist on tropes but the more that's revealed about what's really going on, the more it becomes Precisely My Thing.

The full translation (by the excellent E Danglars) is up as of yesterday and I haven't finished it yet but I'm pretty close and I can't wait to see what happens in the end.

ppl said that none of big bro Luo's experiences were universal but...

ahem, this said, hi TGCF fandom. you may remember me from a few silly comics i made to support Huahua in polls. But rn the one who needs help is my number one mxtx blorbo, Binghe: he was knocked out of the lead tonight, and currently his opponent has 1.2% - around 73 votes - on him. We have gotten Huahua out of bigger binds together - twice! - so I hope u can lend a hand and help Binghe out 🥺 Let the real voter fraud be the friends we made along the way!

>> vote Luo Binghe in Hybrid Battle finals! <<

and ofc bonus: the guys who see their husbands happy & are totally fine about it (all their screaming is internal, thats where screaming is supposed to be!)

so you know those fake daughter, real daughter cnovels? switched at birth, one poor family, one rich family, blah blah blah, whatever.

i keep vividly remembering this one qt arc where it's exactly this scenario, in which the 'real daughter' wasn't taken back to the wealthy family because the 'fake daughter' made a fuss about it. eventually, the real daughter dies, and everyone blames the fake daughter for it, because if she had not thrown a tantrum, the real daughter would have been taken back earlier and have received medical treatment on time.

but...

it's not her fault? sure, it was kind of selfish for her to, ah, 'prevent the real daughter from returning', sure -- but she didn't scheme? she just got upset? and OF COURSE she got upset? she was a child? a TEENAGER, at most?

she was a kid. she didn't have any authority in the family, nor was she one of those geniuses who actively sabotaged the other party. she just didn't want another person replacing her. if anyone was at fault at all, shouldn't it be the parents?

the parents are adults, even that older brother who blamed her was an adult, and you're blaming her for a decision you made?

novels like this always BLAME one of the kids. it's always 'the fake child' vs 'the real child'. one of them needs to be evil, one of them needs to be pushed out of place. it's unjust for the 'real child' to intrude, because the 'fake child' has been loved for 15 years and how could you love a stranger; it's unjust for the 'fake child' to be there, because they were never supposed to be there to begin with. 'the real child' is boorish, low quality, and of course they are, because they've been raised outside for 15 years; 'the fake child' is boorish, low quality, and of course they are, because all of that low-class mud running in their veins.

and then at least one of them begins the fight for their parents' attention, because they're afraid that if they don't, only one of them will get any attention at all, and the narrative proves them right.

isn't it wrong to blame the children? shouldn't somebody point it it's the family's fault for treating, or being manipulated into treating, one of their children like shit?

i don't think i've really seen a novel that points this out. maybe they exist, but not among the ones i've read. that qt novel i was thinking of treats the 'fake daughter' the most sympathetically I've seen -- she was just a regular girl that felt bad that she was getting less attention from her family and that boy she liked! she would have gotten over it if people were nice to her! -- and even then, her parents don't fucking let her come home because she reminds them too much of the 'real daughter' dying.

isn't there a novel where they get along? or maybe they fight at first and then their parents sit them down and go "hey guys, fucking quit it" and then, i don't know, they all go to therapy together? why does one of them have to be fucking evil?

i mean come on.

I actually love the Villainess Won’t Let the Main Leads Break Up! for a variety of reasons, chief among them being that Shen Wanqing fucking hates being self-sacrificial and refuses to do it. The System tries to get her to kill herself or the love interest, and she just won’t. System literally has to trick her into offing the love interest, because Wanqing just refuses to do so.

Speaking of the love interest, I love Xie Wuyan. He is so confused. Their first meeting (the meet-cute if you will) is him waking up to find Shen Wanqing sitting on top of him with a knife, trying to kill him. She then stabs into the earth next to his head and says “an ant almost crawled on your face, that was close.”

Xie Wuyan assumes that someone sent her to kill him. At first, he thinks that that person is stupid and underestimating him, but he later begins to think that maybe that person just sent Shen Wanqing to fail on purpose because they don’t like her. She continuously puts her own foot in her mouth and he doesn’t want her to die solely because he wants to see how she’ll accidentally sabotage herself next. He threatens her multiple times and she never reacts that way he expects her to. She is an enigma and a fool but also she’s a bit smart occasionally and he has no idea what she’s going to do and so watches with interest because he thinks it’s funny.

Shen Wanqing has a brother, the male lead of the original novel, Ji Feichen. He really honestly truly loves her like a sister and the female lead, Feng Yaoqing, also comes to love her like a sister as well. But, Ji Feichen’s relationship with Xie Wuyan is funnier, so I’ll discuss it.

When Xie Wuyan and Shen Wanqing come out after everyone thinks they’re dead, and Ji Feichen wants to see his sister and Xie Wuyan won’t let him:

Ji Feichen: “She’s my sister.”

Xie Wuyan: “I’m stronger than you.”

Ji Feichen: “What does that have to do with anything? She’s my sister”

Xie Wuyan: “I’m stronger than you!”

Ji Feichen would like his sister to be happy, yes, but he is so tired. Xie Wuyan really wishes Ji Feichen were dead, but he knows Shen Wanqing would be upset at him if he killed him, so…

Honestly the whole novel is hilarious. It has angst and all that, but I came for the comedy and boy howdy it delivered.

Shen Wanqing accidentally seducing a marquis during the hour that Ji Feichen and Xie Wuyan weren’t there. Ji Feichen comes in and is like “what happened?” but Feng Yaoqing just “idk, I was asleep and when I woke up, this.” Xie Wuyan comes in and they’re worried about the marquis’ life, Feng Yaoqing is like “do you think you could take him?” and Ji Feichen “honestly? Probably not.” They’re like, man, Wanqing is taking forever in the bathroom and Wanqing finally comes back, sees Xie Wuyan who is clearly Not Happy, and turns back around, “I have diarrhea, I’m going back.”

Shen Wanqing doesn’t want a side character to think she’s in love with Ji Feichen, so she says she’s in love with Xie Wuyan, only for Xie Wuyan to come back right as she’s saying that. A side character asks whether or not Xie Wuyan is in a relationship with anyone, and Wanqing says “actually, he’s in love with me” and Xie Wuyan shows up just in time to hear her say he’s clinging to her. The marquis is bugging him, so Xie Wuyan says “actually, Wanwing is in love with me” and Wanqing is like “ugh, do I have to? Fine.” The marquis has dream demons and they go in his dream and he’s dreaming of marrying Wanqing and Xie Wuyan throws a tantrum and Ji Feichen just stands in the corner and watches Wanqing and Xie Wuyan fight. The crew goes to a brothel and Wanqing is interested in the gigolos and Xie Wuyan is less than impressed.

Shen Wanqing is like “You can’t kill this person, he’s too high profile, you’ll be put on a wanted list, you can’t be put on a wanted list. Let Xuanniao do it instead, he can be put on a wanted list.”shen Wanqing asks him to delete pages often enough that when she acts nice to him, Xie Wuyan’s first response is “what page do you want me to delete?”

Shen Wanqing becomes Palace Master and turns the drab palace into a real, uh, place. She bullies absolutely all of her neighbours. She kidnaps multiple demons. She has demon generals, none of whom have any qualifications. She makes a zoo, of which every single animal is one she calls a baby but everyone else calls terrifying. She discovers the place set up for harem members and fills it with only the weirdest looking guys out of spite (despite the fact that nobody has ever actually loved in it before and Xuanniao made it without asking Xie Wuyan if he wanted it). Upon discovering that the demons inside improved themselves so they wouldn’t be forced to leave, Shen Wanqing announces herself the demon lord’s most beloved concubine. She signs her letters as such.

Xie Wuyan acts cold, but he threatens the king of tiger demons with the OP sword of the world until Maomao is nicer to Wanqing. He very politely thanks Feng Yaoqing for spending time with Wanqing and looking after her. He doesn’t want to hurt her and he reads her diary and he gives her a cute dress when she’s upset so she’ll forgive him. He doesn’t make her get rid of her karaoke (non-alcoholic) bar and he takes over the demon realm because she mentioned wanting him to (for a really silly reason) and he steals a flying carriage so she can travel in comfort and when she gets into a fight with someone over one silver tael, he agrees to fight the other woman’s husband. Shen Wanqing is called his feisty cat and honestly, it’s a pretty accurate title.

All in all, good novel. I liked it. Shameless MCs are the only MCs I love, and few are as shameless as Shen Wanqing, who upon making up fake names for them all, gives Xie Wuyan a name equivalent to calling him Rover. 10/10, Xie Wuyan goes through so much and most of it is emotional turmoil.

2ha chapter 129

“What he had felt for Mo Ran before was only love, which could be kept hidden. But right now, this man felt like nothing short of a fire to him, a fire that could too easily set him ablaze like he was mere kindling, sending flames soaring up to scorch the skies. Magma that had lain dormant all this time stirred awake and stretched its limbs in the abyss deep within himself, ready to burst in a violent eruption at any time. It threatened to burn through all the reservations, dignity, and restraint on which he had always prided himself... Threatened to burn it all to ash, until there was nothing left.”

personal review: *whispering* holy shit

C-Novel Reading List

Are you new to the world of Chinese web-novels and don’t know where to start?

Maybe you’ve read a few and don’t know what to read next?

Do you wish there was place that had an interactive collection of c-novels that you can filter by genre and translation status, has information about the novels and links of where to read them?

May I present.... Shen-Daozhang’s C-Novel Reading List

I’m a librarian irl, and I love making lists of media. I also love Chinese web novels, and friends often ask me for recommendations, or for help finding where to read a novel. I also wanted a place for myself where I could remember what I thought about novels that I’d read. But I wanted it to be more than just a long text post list with links. I wanted it to be pretty! And I wanted it to be filterable by genre and translation status, and some other factors too.

So, to that end, I decided to make a interactive libguide list here on tumblr. I then decided that instead of just keeping it to myself and my friends after putting in all that work, it might be a resource that’s helpful to other people! Hence this post!

In addition to the list being filterable by genre, translation status, and whether it’s a good first read or one of my personal favorites, in each novel's description you can easily see how many chapters it is, its genre, if there are any adaptations, a quick summary- and, if I've read it, my thoughts. I have also included a link of where to read it, as well as links to my own tumblr posts and reblogs about the book, because if you're like me you're influenced to pick up a novel by seeing what it seems like through tumblr posts.

This is a perpetual WIP, so if you find any broken links, or think there’s a novel I should include, please let me know! 

 As of right now, the list includes (in no particular order) :

Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong - Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Mo Dao Zushi - Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Tian Guan Ci Fu - Heaven Official’s Blessing Erha He De Bai Mao Shizun - Husky and His White Cat Shizun Yuwu - Remnants of Filth Bing An Ben - Casefile Compendium Qian Qiu - Thousand Autumns Wushuang - Peerless Chenghua Shisi Nian - Fourteenth Year of the Chenghua Emperor / Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty Qi Ye - Lord Seventh Tian Ya Ke - Faraway Wanderers Sha Po Lang Lie Huo Jiao Chuo - Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire Can Ci Pin - The Defectives / Imperfections Liu Yao - The Revitalization of Fu Yao Sect Zhenhuan - Guardian You Fei - Bandits / Legend of Fei Mo Du - Silent Reading Tai Sui Guomen - Through the Strait Gate Wu Wuran, Wu Gonghai - No Pollution, No Public Harm Tong Qian Kan Shi - Copper Coins Hei Yueguang Na Wen BE Ju Ben - Black Moonlight Holds the BE Script Huo Shou Zui - Living to Suffer Zhang Xiang Shou - Til Death Do Us Part Luan Shi Wei Wang - To Rule in a Turbulent World Dinghai Fusheng Lu - Epic of Divinity Light Tianbao Fuyao Lu - Legend of Exorcism Xiao Mogu - Little Mushroom Xiang Mi Chenchen Jin Ru Shuang - Heavy Sweetness, Ash Like Frost / Ashes of Love Lang Ya Bang - Nirvana in Fire Huang Jin Tai - Golden Stage / Golden Terrance Jiang Ye - Eternal Night / Nightfall / Ever Night Wuchang Jie - Impermanence Calamity Nan Chan Qing Yu Nian - Celebrating the Remaining Years / Joy of Life Fu Yao Huanghuo - Empress Fuyao / Legend of Fuyao Huang Quan - Rise of Phoenixes  Jing Wei Qing Shang - Clear and Muddy Loss of Love Nujiangjun He Zhang Gongzhu - Female General and Eldest Princess Bin bian bushi haitang hong - Winter Begonia Duzhu You Bing - The Governor's Illness/There’s Something Wrong With the Governor

Want the same thing with c-dramas? Good news I have one for that too! 

Nothing like reading several cnovels in a row without official translations or adaptations to humble you about the luxury of being a fan of mxtx works qwq

Even the eldest sibling; svsss had leagues more content pre adaptations than any of the novels I've read this past month ToT

(If anyone out there has read "don't pick up boyfriends from the trash bin" or "mistakenly saving the villain" pls hmu 🙏 )