Everyone in the Land Is Begging the Crown Prince Not to Die!

[A little preview of my upcoming novel, Weird Cultivation, Starting from Inside a Monster's Belly.

Xiao Zhichu, the Crown Prince of Great Wei, was a notorious invalid.

Born prematurely, he was frail from birth and suffered from asthma. Before he was even a month old, the imperial physician diagnosed him: "He likely won't live past his first birthday."

The Emperor of Great Wei refused to believe it. He would not accept that his own child might not live to see one!

He held his less-than-a-month-old baby in his arms. The wound on his abdomen still throbbed faintly, but he barely noticed it. His whole attention was fixed on the child in his arms, who was only about the size of his palm and breathing so faintly he seemed on the verge of disappearing...

At the thought, the Emperor's heart began to ache. He rubbed his face against the baby's warm, soft cheek and decided that from that day on, he would stay by the child's side without leaving for even a moment.

Perhaps he understood deep down that the child might not survive, and wanted to spend every moment he had left with him.

But the Emperor of Great Wei had no idea that the child he had named Xiao Zhichu had transmigrated from the Wasteland, and that in his previous life, Xiao Zhichu had excelled at one thing above all: staying alive.

The Emperor of Great Wei had killed his elder brother and imprisoned his father to seize the throne, trampling over his own flesh and blood along the way. The officials spent every day on tenterhooks. After all, this was a man who would not spare even his own family, so when they knelt before him at court, they hardly dared to breathe.

When they learned that the palace had a young master and that the Emperor doted on him, they were relieved. At last, His Majesty had a weakness. Their hearts, which had been held in suspense, finally eased a little.

But they soon realized they had relaxed too soon.

The young master's health was frail because he had been born prematurely, and the imperial physician had declared he would not live to be one!

For them, this was truly the worst possible news!

Everyone had seen how unhinged the Emperor was before the young master came along. They could not even begin to imagine how much worse he might become if the young master suddenly stopped breathing!

So every day, the first thing the officials did was find out whether the young master was still breathing.

[Upcoming novel]

[Strange Tales of Cultivation, Starting from Inside a Monster's Belly]

Ever since becoming a "player," Jiang Zhan had felt he was going insane.

The world had become a hell of flesh and blood. He wanted to escape, only to find his feet buried deep inside it, impossible to pull free no matter what he did.

The flesh churned like waves, one layer surging after another, until it swallowed him whole.

The moment the flesh engulfed him, his consciousness sank into darkness. When he awoke again, he was in a new world.

Jiang Zhan could feel himself growing. Starting as a tiny embryo, he slowly developed a head, a body, arms, and legs...

When his ears had finished growing, he discovered he could hear sounds from outside. After openly eavesdropping for a while, he finally learned what situation he was in.

Jiang Zhan had never been so speechless. This piece-of-crap game had assigned him a male monster as his mother!

"…"

Honestly, did he even have a chance of being born alive?

Jiang Zhan was born in the end. He looked at the monster who had given birth to him. There was something inhuman about it, but it was breathtakingly beautiful.

White hair fell over its shoulders. Its features were exquisite and alluring, but its black eyes were unnaturally cold, like an abyss: endless, untouchable, and certain death to anyone who came too close...

He could not help being afraid of the monster who had given birth to him. But when he realized how indulgent it was toward him, Jiang Zhan began testing its limits. Step by step, he discovered that it had none where he was concerned...

This made him suspect that he had probably obtained some extraordinary golden finger.

Jiang Zhan showed how curious he was about the other world. His monster mama did not hide anything from him in that regard, and gave him plenty of information about it.

Jiang Zhan put all that information to use, earning himself a considerable fortune. He could even say he had achieved financial freedom. Life was fantastic when he no longer had to slave away like a beast of burden.

But his good days did not last long. He discovered that people in the real world were suddenly dying in large numbers for no apparent reason. An authoritative player on the forum said that monsters from another world were beginning to revive in reality. Jiang Zhan was stunned. Unlike the other players, who had plenty of skills, his status panel had only one ability: Switch Identity.

He knew better than anyone how weak he was in his identity as a monster's child. How could anyone else understand?

Still, Jiang Zhan decided he had nothing to lose by trying. When a monster invaded his apartment, he immediately switched identities and became a monster's child.

But that damn monster saw how weak he was and tried to devour him!

Jiang Zhan was not afraid at all. He looked at it and smiled, because he had noticed that a skill that had always been dark on his monster-child status panel had lit up.

[Mom, help!]

[Note: Call out loudly, "Mom, help!" Your mother will come and tear apart anyone or any monster who bullies you!]

He might not be able to beat this monster, but his mom could!

Never underestimate any monster child out on their own. They are sure to have a powerful mom silently watching over them!

The only problem was that the monster mom who came to the real world because of his skill was a little too curious and liked putting everything in her mouth.

Every time Jiang Zhan saw his monster mom unable to resist stuffing someone into her mouth, he would hug her leg and shout, "Mom! You can't eat that! You can't eat it! Spit them out, quick!"

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Content warnings:

1. The protagonist, Xiao Zhichu, has no romantic pairing, but his father has a male partner, and the story includes male pregnancy.

2. The main plot is about raising a child, with little political intrigue.

3. This is a feel-good, beloved-by-everyone story with a coming-of-age arc.

Please read the content warnings before deciding whether to read. Thank you.

Theme: Keep holding on. The day you've been hoping for will come at last!