The Starved: The Compassionate Prince of Late Ming

May all living beings be freed from illness and suffering. This is called “the elimination of all living beings’ suffering.” Chen Chen, who has been plagued by illness since childhood, leads a life free of desires and ambitions. He rents a Taoist temple to cultivate his nature, hoping to live a little longer. [Joy]

His body undergoes an unknown change. In a daze, he seems to see a being with a thousand hands and a hundred eyes waving a sheaf of wheat at him, a stalk heavy with grain. But the changes are a good thing, so he accepts them. [Delight]

A strange sunflower doctor, a secretive Green Hawk Moth Daoist brother, and the odd “people” who appear in the temple give him quite a headache.

For some reason, the well behind the temple seems to lead to other places, but Chen Chen doesn’t care about that.

There is bad news, though. Why has he ended up in a world of drought-stricken earth, dried-up rivers, rampant plagues, and people who eat each other? Chen Chen doesn’t like this world. Maybe he should do something about it. [Anger]

There are fun things in this world, too. A girl who dislikes him has a voice that seems strangely familiar, as if he might lose a pair of limbs any second. Still, the girl doesn’t like him. [Sorrow]

Warning! If you came looking for a famine-and-death story, don’t read this! I picked the wrong title! This is a Gensokyo story! The famine-and-death setting is just a transitional world! The first sixty chapters are just a transition! It’s only about taking Qiong Hua and Man Sui out of the famine-and-death world! I’ll say it again: the content has absolutely nothing to do with the title! It’s a scam!