I Am No Beauty, Nor Do I Have a Madman's Bones

Coming soon: The Immortal Venerable Is a Snow-Capped Flower on the Surface and Ghost Code Compilation [Infinite]. Blurbs below. +++ Recommending my friend's novel, Fierce Little Chubby Bird, Explodes Online, by He Shanshan. See the author's note after Chapter 1 for the blurb. "Golden chains cannot bind my bones, and heavenly tribulations cannot crush my soul. I will hold a sword to my chest, clear my name, and make evil ghosts kneel and face their sentence. I will ride out to crush bandits, climb over corpses to claim my place, and bring peace to the world. And I want to keep that wild wolf from the northern frontier by my side, so he bows and pledges himself to me alone." Ruthless, scheming, mad-beauty prince bottom (Jiang Yu) x overwhelmingly powerful, fate-defying, devoted general top (Xiao Xiangling). Bittersweet romance, with both plot and romance, set in an alternate world, happy ending. 1. Alternate world. The author's history knowledge is at a middle-school level, with fantastical elements. 2. The main story and romance are both prominent, with a focus on court politics. My Sword Companion Tore My Clothes No one had lived a more wretched life in their previous life than Cheng Que. His hand cramped from practicing swordplay, and he barely reached Foundation Establishment after half a lifetime. He couldn't even get a serving of big-plate chicken before it was gone. His only wish was for Xuanyi to look at him a little more while he practiced swordplay. But even as he was hunted down and killed by the immortal sects for practicing heretical arts, the master he had yearned for never once looked him in the eye. The other man was radiant and impeccable, while Cheng Que was covered in infamy, his heart dead as ashes. But eight years later, he was reborn as a good-for-nothing disciple of a neighboring sect. The martial world was in chaos. Over a mysterious incident from eight years ago, people were launching a bloody rampage and slaughtering their way through the immortal mountains. The one who started it all was none other than Xuanyi, the world's number-one swordsman, who had always treated people with courtesy and disliked conflict. Cheng Que had long since lost interest in the martial world's disputes. He planned to slip away amid the chaos and live in seclusion in the mountains. But Xuanyi suddenly fought his way out of the melee like a madman and blocked him on the mountain road with a single sword strike. His blade dripped scarlet, and his eyes gleamed with bloodlust. All traces of his former ethereal grace were gone. "Cheng Que, didn't you want me to look at you?" Xuanyi gasped, gritting his teeth. "From now on, if anyone else dares to look at you for even a moment, I'll gouge out their eyes." He can wield a sword and pluck flowers with graceful ease, but he is also willing to fall into the mud and sink with me. Heretical cultivator of the righteous path, capable of anything; world-class at pretending to be weak and playing the victim; obedient disciple Cheng Que (bottom) Cool, ascetic, lofty flower; mad, manipulative, and the world's greatest jealous lover; wonderful master Xuanyi Master is the top. Don't switch them. Ghost Code Compilation [Infinite] Shi Yi discovers that the code making up the world has broken. In a lawless jungle with no logic, he sees the bloodied, severed limbs of a dog randomly grafted onto a headless zombie's neck; In the absurd, eerie gap between dimensions, he realizes that his teammates, just one wall away, are experiencing completely different timelines; In the collapsed, out-of-control code program, he hears his teammates repeat the same sentence in an ominous tone, while his communications device receives no messages, as if it were isolated... Shi Yi is just one of many experimental robots. His only mission is to blow up the world's central server and kill the programmer who wrote the world's code. The day before he enters the dungeon, the legendary all-win god-tier player suddenly appears before everyone. He ignores the frenzied invitations from all the teams, but under the astonished and fearful gazes of the crowd, he reaches out to Shi Yi with the casual familiarity of an old friend. "Nice to meet you. I'm Qin Jing, also an experimental robot." * On the day the central server is blown up, the force of the shockwave is enough to smash someone to pieces. Shi Yi feels Qin Jing's breath, tinged with blood, brush against the side of his neck, hot and dangerous. "Hey, little robot, you hacked the central System I worked so hard to write. Pick one," he says softly. "Are you going to fall for me on your own, or should I alter your emotional database?" #TheProgrammerIWantToKillIsLyingInWaitRightBesideMe!# Qin Jing's boyfriend was left in a vegetative state by an explosion. He won't wake up, and his brain still thinks he's a robot. The doctor recommends consciousness-guided therapy, but there are no successful cases so far. Qin Jing spends three years using code to create a world, all to bring one person home. Genius IQ; knocks the System's head off with one hand; aloof powerhouse Shi Yi (bottom) Ruthless and talkative; protects his boyfriend without conditions; domineering powerhouse Qin Jing Theme: A ruler should embrace worthy ministers, keep petty men at a distance, worry for the world, and rejoice with the world.