Why Are You Still Writing When Your Book Is Flopping? 扑街了你为什么还在写?
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
798
-
751
Taiyi of the Daoist Sect: I Should Never Have Descended to the Mortal Realm 道门太乙：本座就不该下凡
Absolutely no AI content, conceived entirely by a human mind. No System, no naive protagonist, pure Taoist tradition. A serious heads-up: This is a traditional, carefully written story with a somewhat slow start. It picks up after eight chapters. Pingdan, a beggar of unknown origins, unexpectedly encounters a member of the Three Purities sect. To repay his master’s kindness, he travels thousands of miles, keeps his promise, and honors the dead. Who could have known his complicated past would co
553Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
752
The Icy Snow of That Winter 那年冬天冰凉的雪
A childhood crush that blossoms into a slow-burning, heartbreaking love. For a long time, I thought that in the glow of youth, I had let myself down in countless ways, but had never owed him a thing. I never imagined that the delicate boy with the exquisitely handsome features had spent his entire youth loving me. Each of us loved the other in the way we thought was right, yet we never asked whether that was the kind of love the other wanted. Perhaps the saddest thing about love is that its endi
2Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
753
Love Debt: Will You Pay It Back? 情债，你还不还
[A tough-talking but soft-hearted male lead + misunderstanding after misunderstanding + reunited after a breakup + devoted couple + healing] Xu Zhiyun woke up one morning to find herself in the same bed as her boyfriend's younger brother! She tried to explain, but her germaphobic boyfriend, Ling Zhou, challenged her: "Are you that desperate?" He was angry, but still used an employment arrangement as an excuse to keep her living with him. Xu Zhiyun thought Ling Zhou was doing it to get back at h
8Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
754
When the Blue Moon Shines 蓝月闪烁之时
[No System / Business / Farming / Development / Female Lead Appears Later] At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a blue moon suddenly appears in the sky, throwing the world into upheaval. The next two hundred years are marked by a turbulent history full of disasters. Zhang Zhenxing, a chief engineer at a tech company, transmigrates into the body of Zhuang Jiafeng, a boy with an intellectual disability. He discovers that the dynasties after the Eastern Jin have diverged completely from the hist
7Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
755
The Annals of Qin 秦本纪事
[Ensemble cast] [No female lead] A moment of enlightenment: the aura of the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi flows, and the River Chart and Luo Book suddenly transform the world. A step of exploration: the Empress Wa’s formation inadvertently brings forth gods, demons, and beasts, and the world comes to hold four races, yin and yang inseparable. A clash: humanity and the gods break apart. A great formation is forged to subdue the Nine Provinces, dividing the world into inner and outer realms. Beyond the Ni
11Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
756
MapleStory: Master of All Arts 冒险岛：万法同修
This book breaks free of the game's rigid numerical framework, reimagining its classes, skills, potions, monsters, equipment, and items in a realistic way. Set in the vast world of the classic game MapleStory, it builds a richly textured, vivid adventure world with complete internal logic. Even readers who have never played the original game can easily immerse themselves in the story.
1.1kReads—Score160Shelves
Reader note
-
757
Love That Runs Deep 情，一往而深
A sequel to Debts of Love: Will You Ever Pay Them? [Devoted CEO who's like a loyal dog + Gorgeous, clear-eyed secretary + Both leads' first time + Rekindled romance + Husband chases wife to win her back + Healing each other] - On the day Ling Feng starts his new job, Mu Yiyao “overhears” that he's the second son of the Ling family and the younger brother of Ling Zhou, chairman of the Ling Group. She gets “ideas” and deliberately approaches him, drawn by his status as a “young master of the Ling
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
758
I Eloped with the Young Master of a Wealthy Family, and Now His Brothers Are Looking Everywhere for Us 带着豪门小少爷私奔，哥哥找找找
/The heroine is not a virgin/ Luo Xue was drugged and ended up sleeping with some man. Who knew he would turn out to be the young master of the Duan family? The young master's older brother, Duan Chengyi, was a doting brother. Anyone who touched his younger brother was asking to die. Duan Chengyi caught her and demanded that within a month, she help his younger brother get over the trauma of that night and bring back the innocent, adorable boy he used to be. At first, Luo Xue only wanted to teas
16Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
759
The Fallen Star’s Path 殒星之路
[Two Powerful Leads + Life-or-Death Competition + Memory Loss and Recovery + Multiple Identities + Academy] The Fallen Star Competition has opened once again, but this time it has undergone sweeping changes compared to previous editions. The contestants now possess “phantom power,” something past competitors never had, and the live broadcast System, which had been cut off, has resumed. “The winner of the Fallen Star Competition can have everything.” In every world where the broadcast can be watc
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
760
I'm Crazy, So Do Whatever You Want! 我疯了，你随意！
[Infinite Levels + System-Type Nonhuman Protagonist + Light Cosmic Horror] "Have you ever had a fantasy like this?" "You have to escape the cage." "No matter what it takes." My name is Cai Fengyan. Everyone says I'm crazy. My name is A Cai. Everyone says I'm right. Don't be afraid. I'll help you. As the world turns into instances, the line between overseers and their kind grows blurred. Can you escape the all-seeing prison and the gaze of others? Instance One, "Fami
4Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
761
After Falling for the General, I Decided to Become the Crown Prince 喜欢上将军后，决定去当太子
[Two male leads + political intrigue + a touch of ensemble cast + bittersweet coming-of-age? Slow burn] [Young, ruthless general Le x precocious, prickly prince Zhao] Story blurb: “Zhaozhao, don't tell me that after a trip to Shu, you've started liking men? You're a prince. You'll have to marry and have children someday.” “I...” Zishu Zhao had no way to argue back. The only person who saw through him was Jiang Yushu. That day, she told him he could ask the emperor for a fief in Shu. Otherwise, a
1Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
762
I Make a Fortune by Controlling Dreams 我靠控梦赚大钱
Lin Zhouyue was an easygoing office worker who just wanted to lie flat. She had no lofty ambitions and didn't care about promotions or raises. But one day, she woke up to discover she could bring things from her dreams into the real world. Soon, she realized she could control her dreams and make all sorts of things happen. Before long, she became a high-paid success who made money hand over fist. Just as life was going swimmingly, the unexpected happened...
6Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
763
She Transmigrated into a Man: A Scumbag Who Spoils His Wife and Daughter 女穿男：她是渣男？但宠老婆女儿
[Female-to-Male Transmigration + Period Setting + Alternate World + Raising Kids and Doting on His Wife + Joining the Army on an Island + Redeeming His First Wife + Everyday Family Life + The Golden Finger Belongs to His Daughter] Gu Zhengzheng transmigrates into Gu Zheng. The good news: they have the same name, except his is missing one character. The good news: they’re different genders, and his body comes with an extra little water flask. Even better, he has an honest, hardworking country wif
3.6kReads6.0Score386Shelves
-
764
Betrayed by an Ally, I Rose from Nothing! 遭遇背刺，我从微末中崛起！
Three years ago, my cultivation inexplicably regressed, turning me from a genius into a laughingstock and a topic for people to gossip about after meals. Those I once knew saw me as a burden, then stabbed me in the back and schemed to kill me! I laughed! I am Jiang Xu, with an ancient immortal-demon body hidden in my flesh and blood, and a supreme Burning Heaven Fire Phoenix residing in my soul. My missing parents are both peerless powerhouses, with terrifying, unfathomable backgrounds. Bein
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
765
Don't Flirt with Me: Your Big Brother's Wanted You for Ages 别撩我【哥哥觊觎你很久了】
Not-quite-siblings, cool and aloof little sister × gentle, scheming older brother A long-planned romance, with both hearts reaching for each other Five years later, Shi Mu saw the person she'd thought about day and night again. She feared that she might make him worry. He was the person she loved most. “Thank you for never giving up on me.” Five years later, Xu Zhifan saw Shi Mu again, and his heart, never once at rest, surged wildly. Through all the days and nights she was gone, he had done his
287Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
766
Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某
There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they?
1.4kReads9.2Score101Shelves
Reader note
-
767
Who Falls for Whom? 谁为谁心动
(Main story and alternate IF storyline complete; parallel-world worldbuilding in progress) [Coercive relationship + win-her-back-after-the-breakup + clashing personalities + sharp tongues + hypnosis + secret identity used to get close on purpose + a broken mirror that cannot be mended / both die in the ending] "Who promised you heaven on earth, then shared with you a love as deep as the sea of hate?" Seven years ago, a misunderstanding led to Meng Qi being confined by his lover. After enduring t
27Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
768
Sunken in the Deep: My Boyfriend Hides the Stars 深海沉舟：我的男友藏着星辰
(Just got a rating, please show your support) (Tragic, Powerful CEO vs. Self-Reliant Streamer) (Underworld and official circles + patriotism and revenge + happy ending + pure and devoted + sweet romance) [Shen Yuzhou: "Zi'er, may I have my meal tonight?" She suddenly understood his implication, and her face flushed all the way to her ears.] He was the orphan of a fallen hero from a naval family. From the day his family acknowledged him, people told him: She isn't good enough for you. You must
187Reads8.8Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
769
Reborn: The Legitimate Daughter Topples Her Hypocritical Family and Rules the World 嫡女重生：掀翻伪善家族权倾天下
In her previous life, she was the stupidest legitimate daughter in the Marquis of Zhenguo’s household. She believed in her father’s “kindness,” her elder brother’s “protection,” and her stepmother’s “virtue.” She even mistook a promise from her fiancé for salvation. Only when her dowry was stripped away and her identity stolen, when she was tossed aside like a useless chess piece and given to a brutal general, did she finally understand, on the day she died in a bloody battlefield: Her younger h
2Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
770
My Wife Is a Fairy, and Everything She Says Is Right 夫人是仙女她说的都对
(The dazzling, carefree, flirtatious eldest daughter of a Duke's household ✖️ a humble, restrained, handsome young man who refuses to take the bait and has a remarkable background) He had been surrounded by bloodshed since childhood, a man who had clawed his way out of the mud. Covered in filth, how could he ever presume to dream of the bright moon hanging high in the sky? Even reaching out to touch its reflection in the water felt like sacrilege. She had always been a free-spirited breeze, soar
13Reads8.9Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
771
I’m a Hero! Transform! 我是英雄！变身吧！
The awakening of Earth's consciousness! The appearance of monsters! Will they bring destruction or salvation? For the chance to try again, fight, Armor Warriors! A hot-blooded high schooler and a genius girl: the world's greatest mind and a symbol of freedom. Hawks or doves? Will salvation come, or will merciless destruction reign? Chosen by the will of Earth, these people embark on a path called salvation and atonement!
33Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
772
Across Time and Lands, a Mixed-Blood Legacy 古今中外，混血遗脉
A Western mixed-blood girl transmigrates into the ancient East + finds treasures for the imperial family + everyone is of mixed heritage = every plot twist is wild Lin Yue is eighteen. Is her menstrual syndrome actually a werewolf’s full-moon syndrome? Lin Yue transmigrates, and her ancestor turns out to need her help? Lin Yue goes into business, and her merchandise has to be handed over to the empress? Lin Yue meets Shangguan Wan’er, and Wan’er ends up entrusting her child to Lin Yue? Lin Yue i
1Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
773
After Quick Transmigration Through Angsty Novels: I Face-Slap Everyone 快穿虐文后：我啪啪打脸所有人
[No romance, no logic, just pure wish fulfillment from start to finish!] Do not read this as a reflection of real life! Fu Moning died when a flowerpot thrown by a bickering couple upstairs in her apartment complex fell and crushed her... Then she transmigrated into the novel she had recently been reading, "Mr. Lu, Stop Torturing Me! Your Wife Wants a Divorce!" The heroine, Xiao Ruochu, was a complete pushover. Even after her scumbag husband and his true love started acting all lovey-dovey, she
4Reads—Score—Shelves
-
774
Girl Warrior: Victory Is Justice 少女斗士：胜利即正义
(Lovably flawed heroine + women's martial arts + alternate modern setting + surreal + intense fights + comedy + ensemble cast) What? The world's strongest mixed-species fighting league, Ultimate Combat, has finally lifted its gender restrictions and invited female fighters from around the world to compete for the title of the strongest woman on Earth? How could I, the great He Miaomiao, possibly miss such a golden opportunity to bring glory to Chinese martial arts and steal the spotlight! You to
96Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
775
After the Demon Slayer's Love-Struck Heart Was Rejected by the Demon King, She Turned Dark 除魔师恋爱脑被妖王拒绝后黑化了
Original title: Demons Run Amok There are two kinds of demons in this world. One kind is formed from resentment, miasma, and vital energy; the other is a people who have lived for years in the Abyssal Demon Realm, commonly known as the demon race. Tens of thousands of years ago, the mortal world and the Demon Realm were one, and humans and demons lived side by side. Humans cultivated by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while demons grew stronger by devouring the world’s balefu
20Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
776
A Liquor Saleswoman? No, She's the Apple of a Big Shot's Eye 卖酒女？不不不，她是大佬心尖宠
[Kept woman + substitute + sugar daddy + high-ranking official's family + not mutually exclusive first love + dark redemption] She is a lowly hostess at a nightclub, like a rag anyone can trample underfoot. He is notorious among the powerful as an indulged young master. Rumor has it he is also the lover of a high-ranking official's wife. The two should never have crossed paths, yet she unexpectedly became a plaything in his game of chance. That night, she was held down on a table and beaten, her
409Reads—Score119Shelves
Reader note
-
777
The Sword Shines Across the Universe 剑耀寰宇
[No System, traditional fantasy, the Myriad Worlds, a golden age, bloodline rivalries, and battles of physiques.] When an ultimate taboo being descended upon the world from the Land of Heavenly Punishment, Heavenly Venerables bled, and Great Emperors lay dead. Sages were ants, and kings were blades of grass. As the eternal age neared its end, Qin Yu stood before the people, raised his sword, and looked up at the heavens. “Changing the heavens isn’t hard.”
192Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
778
Beneath Your Grace, My Fussy Wife Is Always Trying to Run Away 承君恩，作精娘子总想逃
[A Quirky Little Trouble-Maker + A Cold-Faced Minister Who Kills Without a Second Thought] [Face-slapping + Twists + Household Intrigue + Palace Intrigue + Political Scheming + Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Angsty Love + Multiple Couples…] Female lead: Shen Shuyuan (Shen Jianjian) Male lead: Liu Qi (Liu Ziji) Female supporting characters: Shen Shuqing, He Yanxi, Lin Feng… Male supporting characters: Liu Yi, Liu Xuan, Meng Xiuwen… “How old are you?” “Ten, fourteen!” “You’re only
7Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
779
How to Win Over My Tsundere Childhood Friend 攻略傲娇竹马
How to Win Over My Tsundere Childhood Friend
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
780
Echoes of Fate: A Promise Among the Stars 宿命回响：星之约定
**To bring his beloved back to life, he became a god and destroyed the world.** After losing the one he loved, Gu Yue Xiongjie ascended to godhood and obsessively followed a cold divine oracle: **Kill the Chosen One, and your beloved can be resurrected.** To that end, he unleashed a crimson miasma that twisted the world. Savage beasts ran rampant, humanity “awakened” talents that burned away their lives, and civilization collapsed. Everything he did was for one purpose: to find the one sacrific
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
781
The Foolish Teacher 笨蛋教师
I, Eikichi Onizuka, am twenty-two years old. If I put my life story on a résumé, it would probably look something like this: “Former leader of the Shonan region’s strongest biker gang, the Oni Baku: skilled in team management and extreme sports, meaning street racing.” “Karate, tenth dan, self-proclaimed: proven in real combat to be able to dismantle a motorcycle with his bare hands.” “Expert in appreciating beautiful women: sharp-eyed enough to accurately identify a beauty’s measurements from a
2Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
782
The Ming Dynasty's First Deposed Empress 大明第一废后
This is a historical romance and a tale of legend. Why was Hu Shanxiang, the renowned virtuous empress of the Ming Dynasty, deposed? Did Zhu Zhanji truly not love her? And how did Sun, later condemned as “an evil empress of her age,” still manage to seize power and become empress? When time returns to the night Zhu Di captured Nanjing, how many people and stories left unrecorded in history are still waiting for later generations to imagine and uncover...? But a novel is only a novel, entirely fi
81Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
783
Triple Personality: The Murderous Roommate I Split Off 三重人格:我分裂出的杀人室友
Triple Personality: The Murderous Roommate I Split Off
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
784
Who Understands? Being the Senior Brother Is Really Hard When You're Trying to Keep a Low Profile 谁懂啊，身为大师兄真的很难低调
[No System + No Transmigration + No Rebirth] [Slow burn + Plot-driven + Lighthearted + Passionate + Ensemble Cast] A young man rides out in fine clothes and high spirits, laughing through one brush with death after another. A proper fantasy martial-arts world The eldest disciple of the Tingxue Sect had been living a carefree life in northern Mang. Then his master, who had a habit of getting his disciples into trouble, sent him down the mountain. On the way, Shen Wen was attacked by assassins. He
1.3kReads8.2Score112Shelves
Reader note
-
785
My Precious Son Got Arrested, So I Was Forced into the Tiger’s Den to Feed Myself to a Demon 好大儿被抓，我被迫羊入虎口，以身饲魔
My grown son got captured, so I was forced to walk into the tiger’s den and offer myself to the demon.
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
786
The Great Demon Lord Has No Will to Survive 大魔头没有求生欲
An unpredictable, overwhelmingly powerful woman X a clingy, calculating man with a split personality In the twenty-first year of the Jing An era, the only son of Liu Tingfeng, the Breezewind Swordsman, died suddenly. The three members of the Mirror Pavilion were ordered to investigate. After uncovering the truth, they were on their way back to the Mirror Pavilion to report when a mysterious young man tricked them into falling into a trap set by Hua Wuqiu, a notorious demon of the martial world.
50Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
787
Please Spare Me in This Instance 我在副本里求放过
When Yan Wan, an author of sweet romance novels, dies suddenly after getting writer’s block, she opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a “useful extra” who never existed in her own story: a goddess who was kicked down to the mortal realm by the Star Lord of Fate to undergo a tribulation. In the imperial palace, the empress says disturbing things, while the heroine’s fiancé, the Imperial Preceptor, hides scheming intentions behind his smile. Even cannon fodder who should have been written
3Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
788
The Vampire Lord and His Blood Hunter Consultant 血猎顾问与他的吸血鬼领主
Two male leads + vampire x vampire hunter + sweet romance + happy ending + fast-paced + lighthearted comedy + friendship across species + mystery and adventure + reincarnation + ahem~ (Can I even say that?) First Life: Blood Hunter Consultant and His Vampire Lord (two male leads) [The strongest blood hunter × a reformist lord | A powerful duo unravels the mystery] They swore a blood pact of reincarnation, promising to meet, understand, and love each other for all eternity. Now, follow them throu
25Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
789
Blood Hunter and Vampire: A Dual Male Lead Story 血猎+吸血鬼（双男主）
Blood hunter + vampire (two male leads)
135Reads—Score—Shelves
-
790
The Villainess Is Done! Now the Crown Prince Is Panicking 恶毒女配不干了！太子他急了
The Villainess Is Done Playing Along! The Crown Prince Is Panicking
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
791
King of the Zombie Apocalypse Through Livestream Donations 丧尸末世，我靠直播打赏称王
The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies roam everywhere. My neighbors laugh at me, Chen Dalei, talking to a black-screen phone, calling me a lunatic. They don't know the phone connects to the world as it was a year ago, and I can directly claim the supplies viewers send as livestream gifts! When wicked neighbors steal resources and cowardly men and treacherous women stab me in the back, the cans and weapons that rain down from above become their nightmare. With support from my livestream, I sta
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
792
Longevity System: I Added Stats and Lived to the End of Time 长生系统加点，我活到了时间尽头
[No tragic twists + not a power fantasy + no formulaic tropes + no brainless plot + lighthearted and witty] > The protagonist has longevity, yet somehow can't keep his head down. He charges ahead full of enthusiasm, only to run into a Nascent Soul ancestor. He thinks it's a lucky chance, but nearly gets himself killed. Even going outside means running into a powerful Golden Core cultivator. This is downright terrifying! > “I, Su Chen, am clearly just a lowly Qi Refining cultivator. How could I p
194Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
793
One of the Nine Heavens Immortals: The Peerless Immortal Venerable 九天仙绝之一代仙尊
There’s a typo in the title because it can’t be changed after signing the contract. I also have another novel, but I no longer update that account, so this isn’t plagiarism. Please keep your eyes open and judge for yourselves.
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
794
I'm a Villain, and All I Have Left Is Money 反派的我，只剩钞能力了
[Villain + multiple female leads + maximum satisfaction + CS male lead + unscrupulous tactics + tycoon + money talks] “I love the way you can't stand me, but can't do a thing about it.” Think this is a modern-day tycoon novel? No, it's a slaughterhouse for the chosen ones of fortune. Wang Hao just has a little money, a little free time, and a few... little hobbies. But those reborn, those who transmigrate into books, and those who transmigrate from other worlds all insist on making trouble for h
378Reads6.5Score835Shelves
Reader note
-
795
The Ninth Book by Xishan Youyue 溪山有月的第9本书
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
176Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
796
[ABO] Divine King, Your War God Is Drop-Dead Gorgeous 【ABO】神王，你家战神帅爆了
[Cultured but Vicious God King × Composed, No-Nonsense God of War] During a demon invasion, Charles the God of War and Eurymus the God King were ambushed at the same time. Their souls were swept into a temporal rift and transmigrated to an ABO world. The God of War became the real young master, despised by his entire family. A System accidentally bound itself to him and kept pushing him to complete a comeback quest. He could only return to his original world after earning enough points. System:
7Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
797
What?! The Max-Level Expert Is Being Forced into Marriage! 惊！满级大佬她被逼婚！
New book, the rating just came out, and it has already been signed. [One-on-one romance, groveling pursuit, another world, magic, large age gap] This story has a little cathartic satisfaction, a mix of angst and sweetness, and a bit of comedy, but is mostly sweet. (The main characters are immortal, so you can ignore the age gap.) If you think some of the tags haven't shown up yet, please don't rush! The groveling pursuit and all the rest are coming. It's all in the outline! The male lead is a do
44Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
798
1987, Before Spring Arrives 一九八七，春未至
This is a novel you won’t forget, especially its heroine, Li Shan! [No System, no pocket space, no transmigration, no rebirth] Period-setting comeback story + single mother builds a career Li Shan joyfully brings her college acceptance letter home, only for her parents to tell her the family has no money and she can’t go. Through her brother-in-law’s connections, she gets a job as a textile factory worker and works her way into the office as a translator. Then the factory goes bankrupt. Her pare
99Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
Other lists with Taiyi of the Daoist Sect: I Should Never Have Descended to the Mortal Realm