Pre-release notices for historical romance novels Ten Hu of Gold and Luring the Spring Light: see my profile or the end of this page. Please add them to your shelves~
Tao Yao and her younger sister dangled in midair. Before them stood an imposing army, and below them glinted a forest of deadly arrows.
The enemy forces roared in despair: "Retreat, or we'll drop them to their deaths!"
Chu Li looked toward her. The blue scales of his armor gleamed coldly, making him seem like a god.
He refused.
Tao Yao comforted herself: The kingdom comes first, but he'll surely save me. He can do it. He loves only me.
As she fell, she saw Chu Li charging through layer upon layer of heavy armor at a frenzied speed, catching her younger sister.
Tao Yao's hatred sank to the marrow. She refused Meng Po's soup and would not cross the Bridge of No Return. She would wait for him, just to ask why.
When the ninety-ninth Soul-Calming Needle was driven in, he came, but he was now the Immortal Venerable Chu Li.
The pain that had tormented her for a hundred years was nothing more than an insignificant speck from his mortal life.
Chu Li's face was impassive. "I'll teach you to cultivate and give you back your life."
"Once I ascend, I'll kill you!"
Tao Yao was Chu Li's wife during his mortal tribulation. Their bond was like the morning sun and the dew, a brief connection that lasted only an instant.
But whenever he thought of her, a faint pain pricked his heart.
Unable to understand why, Chu Li brought her back to Tianyu Mountain, to help her cross over and save himself as well.
He thought he was bringing back a vengeful spirit. He never imagined he was bringing back the legendary Demon God, who could destroy heaven and earth.
Even less did he expect that he would betray his master and ancestors and slaughter his way through the Six Realms for this Demon God.
Ghosts and gods wailed as mountains of bones piled high. Her younger sister begged for forgiveness, sobbing in anguish.
Standing atop countless corpses, Tao Yao sliced strips of flesh from her sister, then looked at Chu Li, kneeling among the deadly arrows. "Pleading for your junior sister?"
"No..." he begged. "Don't drink the River of Forgetfulness's water. Don't forget me!"
Tao Yao leisurely swirled the wine in her cup. As you wish, I've chosen to let go. But why are you crying?
Reading notice [The early human-world arc puts the heroine through heartbreak; the later cultivation arc puts the hero through heartbreak. The heroine grows over time. The hero must win her back. The male lead does not change. Happy ending. Classic melodramatic tropes. Don't read if you dislike them. Enjoy!]
Pre-release notice: Reborn in Ten Hu of Gold
After her widowed mother remarried, Jiang Chan went from a merchant's daughter to a daughter of an official. Her stepfather treated her well, but demanded that she obey the Zhao family's rules and never go out in public to do business.
Jiang Chan became a dutiful daughter of the Zhao family, believing her future would be peaceful and smooth. Who could have guessed that her mother would die under mysterious circumstances, her stepfather would seize their vast fortune, and she would be thrown out onto the street? When she died, only the little stable boy who had once served her was by her side.
Reborn, she had just sold her shops and dismissed the servants, and was about to head to the capital to reunite with her mother.
Jiang Chan tossed the Zhao Family Precepts her stepfather had given her into a brazier and went straight to the stables.
Snow fell softly. The young man leaned lazily against the wall, carefree with a touch of swagger. "Going to the capital? Boss, I want more than just one shop."
Later, the Zhao family sharpened their knives, only to find every blade turned against them.
Looking at the Jiang family's businesses spread across the empire, the Zhao family was so jealous they could burst. "Enjoy your success while it lasts. No tycoon ever ends well. Once the people above you fatten you up, they'll slaughter you."
Later still, they watched in horror as Wei Yaochen, the former stable boy hailed as a business prodigy, dressed in a prince's robes and carefully carried Jiang Chan into a carriage!
And Jiang Chan finally understood that all he had ever wanted was her.
P.S. [The male lead doesn't know his own background. Alternate universe. One-on-one romance. Sweet and satisfying.]
Luring the Spring Light
A distant cousin came to stay at the Duke's residence. Beautiful, clever, and graceful, she captivated the heir, who insisted on marrying her.
The Duchess couldn't help complaining to her younger brother. "How could a lowborn illegitimate daughter possibly be good enough for my son?"
Xie Jingming replied casually, "That's easy. Just find someone to marry her off to as soon as possible."
As he went out, he ran into Gu Chunhe, who had come to pay her respects. The young woman lowered her head gently. "Good day, Uncle."
She stood like a willow in the spring breeze, graceful and shy.
At that moment, Xie Jingming wanted nothing more than to hide that springtime beauty in the courtyard, where no one else could see her.
Gu Chunhe knew her status was awkward. She was careful in every way at the Duke's residence and never dreamed of marrying into a higher family. She only hoped her father would come take her home soon.
She had managed to avoid the heir and the crown prince, but failed to avoid the regent.
Deep within the curtains, Chunhe sobbed and begged, "Uncle... please stop, all right?"
Xie Jingming tenderly kissed away her tears. "Not a chance!"
From the day they first met, he had been unable to stop himself.
[Dangerously clever nobleman x graceful beauty. One-on-one romance. Sweet and doting. The leads are not blood-related and are not relatives.]
Theme: Don't let others dictate your happiness
After reading the whole article, I think my wife's idea is very good.
The article is well foreshadowed, the writing is elegant and sophisticated, and the setting is complete and unobtrusive.
The article was originally supposed to be excellent, but unfortunately my wife didn't grasp the rhythm well enough in some parts.
The first is the second life, that is, the mortal life. The emotions are in place, but the process is a bit cliché.
It's not that my wife's writing is bad, it's just that there are many alternative crematoriums in Jinjiang. The plot itself is not outstanding. The readers actually have a basic idea of the subsequent plot development, so it is easy to abandon the article.
Now comes the third life. The biggest problem in the third life is that when Taoyao first enters the mountain gate, the readers are obviously there to see the emotional entanglement between the two protagonists, but the plot goes all the way to the fairy upgrade flow.
I also have to admit that I didn't feel the pleasure of being slapped in the face while watching Tao Yao cultivating immortals. I just wanted to watch her get along with Chu Li.
But the interaction between the two people was the least interesting. It was basically one-sided. Chu Li regretted Chu Li's compensation for Tao Yao's rejection.
There may be an error here. The audience for the upgraded fairy tale and the crematorium emotional flow are actually different.
If Taoyao, Xiangru, and Jun Qianzi were on the set of the upgraded streaming film, I would definitely be willing to watch it, but with the tragic love story of the second-generation king Chu Li and princess Taoyao ahead, I only care about how the two people will develop in the second life.
Finally, there is the first life as a foreshadowing. My personal favorite is the first life, not only because the foreshadowing in the whole text is coherent, but also in just a few chapters, the innocent Taoyao and the gentle and persistent Chu Li are portrayed very three-dimensionally.
Especially the story of the two people. The kind-hearted dragon left the red lotus in the palm of the Buddha due to his selfish thoughts, which led to the subsequent collapse of the situation. The two people were driven by fate to tragedy, which has a sense of fate.
In fact, after reading the entire article, I don't think Chu Li was tortured enough at all.
His characters are consistent. Whether it is the ruthless king Chu Li or the gentle dragon king Chu Li, they are both gods who look down on all living beings from a high place. They are indecisive. No matter whether they are kings, immortals or gods, he always wants too much and cannot give up.
It was his inability to give up and his greed that made the whole story begin
The same goes for Tao Yao. She was born with a blank slate. She either loves purely or hates truly. It is difficult for her to control her own life, so she wants to be wild and gain some freedom for herself.
The protagonists are not perfect characters. Of course, if they were perfect characters, this would not be a story about chasing a wife in the crematorium.
When I read this book, I didn't understand why it only had a few thousand collections.
I thought about it carefully and understood the reasons why other readers abandoned the article.
The first is that the painting style of Taoyao when she went up the mountain in the previous article was off-kilter. I didn't read that part carefully, so I just skipped over it, just to get a rough idea of what happened.
The second is that the torture of Chu Li in the following article was not satisfying enough. When I say not pleasant enough here, I don't mean that Chu Li's torture was not cruel enough. He tortured him too cruelly. But why do we want to see Chu Chuli, because we want to see him change, and we want to see Taoyao become better because he was abused.
But no, he was mistreated, but he was still indecisive, and his communication with Taoyao was still inconsistent.
As for Taoyao, Chu Li's self-abuse was not good for her. On the contrary, she had been suffering because of other people during that time, because the Emperor of Heaven had even separated her relatives and friends because of Sanskrit.
Compared with Taoyao's pain, Chu Li's pain was more like a kind of self-comfort, because Taoyao didn't get a chance to breathe mentally.
Third, the character's stance is too one-sided
I'm not saying that my wife's characters are not profound. On the contrary, in addition to Fanyin and other tool villains, there are a few people who impressed me deeply, including Moro, Xiangru, and Jun Suizi.
Especially the part about Xiangru impressed me deeply. She was not a bad girl originally, and Jun Suizi was not a bad person originally.
I was quite moved by the part where Jun Suizi chose Ling Dong and Xiang Ru blessed them.
But my wife later made the two of them into villains. I felt sad when I watched it. Xiangru can understand that she is not a girl with strong opinions of her own.
But Jun Suizi, who chose the demon, will eventually accompany Xiaohong to kill Taoyao.
Taoyao's best friend on her way to immortality ended up getting separated from her.
This is the issue I just mentioned. At the end of this article, except for Mo Luo, no one is in the same position as Chu Li Taoyao.
Their former friends want to kill them, their subordinates Shen Yin, and everyone else in the demon world except Xia is deliberately taking advantage of them.
This is so sad. Although the reversal of positions between Jun Suizi and Xiang Ru can be said to be justified, to me, they can no longer be regarded as friends from the moment they left.
In the end, Taoyao didn't have a single friend except Mo Luo, and Xiaolang was also one of Chu Li's souls.
She was isolated and helpless, so that in the later stage, Chu Li's actions and his efforts seemed even less worth mentioning.
Because Taoyao's tragedy no longer lies in love, I even think that she will no longer have deep feelings for Chu Li, because her pain tolerance threshold has reached a very high limit.
I think what my wife probably wanted to write at first was just a story about chasing his wife in the crematorium.
But the cool thing about Chasing Wife Crematorium is that it suppresses first and then improves. The protagonist will get back all the love, career and status he lost later.
But my wife gave this story a very wonderful and complete setting. If this was a story about cultivating immortals and upgrading, it would be very complete. The red lotus in front of the Buddha attained the great truth after experiencing many adversities.
It's a pity that the two conflicted. We waited for Taoyao to get back everything that belonged to her after cultivating immortality, but when she went through suffering and gave up and returned to the palm of the Buddha, she was not compensated.
After writing so much, I feel that my wife has the ability to write excellent works. A book is just a trial and error in the past. If my wife adjusts her direction, she will definitely be able to write better works.
Looking forward to seeing your work on the gold list next time!
Fortunately, it's BE. The male protagonist is really disgusting. From the beginning, it was because of his selfishness that he prevented the heroine from returning. Later, he repeatedly cheated on the heroine while claiming to be good for the heroine. I was really angry. Fortunately, he got better in the end. This kind of rubbish that likes to be moved by himself should not be able to get what he asks for in his self-moved mind.
Stop at the end of the chapter and pretend that this is a happy ending. If you take the role of the heroine, you just want to tear this idiot apart with your hands if you get the chance. The only reason you can let go of your hatred is to let yourself go. I hope that the dog will be more soulless than the hero, and the little wolf's remnant soul will be reincarnated and reunite with the heroine.
Sorry, this scumbag is still unworthy. This kind of male protagonist is just here to disgust people.
The heroine has never practiced the path of ruthlessness. The title is a lie. In the end, it didn't say why the second-generation hero chose to save others instead of saving the heroine. It's weird. There must be a reason. This part of the whole story is extremely unreasonable.
The male protagonist chose one of the two and failed to save the female protagonist. Doesn't it prove that he loves others more? Then how could he love the heroine again? If the heroine had reincarnated and was no longer in the underworld, wouldn't the two of them have nothing to say to each other? Everything now is forced by the heroine. Don't you think it's very contradictory? The male protagonist has never been in love before, but now he loves her desperately. It's so funny and completely incomprehensible. So why did he save others at that time? Wasn't it because he had deeper feelings for others than the female protagonist? Isn't this a paradox?
Am I the only one who still feels that I haven't tortured the male protagonist enough? But the author's writing style is really great. I love it.
What kind of ruthless path does the female major have? When did she ascend?
Buddha talked about great love. Most people are just ordinary people, and everyone has loves, hates, angers and delusions. I always feel a little sorry.
After reading the whole article, I think my wife's idea is very good. The article is well foreshadowed, the writing is elegant and sophisticated, and the setting is complete and unobtrusive. The article was originally supposed to be excellent, but unfortunately my wife didn't grasp the rhythm well enough in some parts. The first is the second life, that is, the mortal life. The emotions are in place, but the process is a bit cliché. It's not that my wife's writing is bad, it's just that there are many alternative crematoriums in Jinjiang. The plot itself is not outstanding. The readers actually have a basic idea of the subsequent plot development, so it is easy to abandon the article. Now comes the third life. The biggest problem in the third life is that when Taoyao first enters the mountain gate, the readers are obviously there to see the emotional entanglement between the two protagonists, but the plot goes all the way to the fairy upgrade flow. I also have to admit that I didn't feel the pleasure of being slapped in the face while watching Tao Yao cultivating immortals. I just wanted to watch her get along with Chu Li. But the interaction between the two people was the least interesting. It was basically one-sided. Chu Li regretted Chu Li's compensation for Tao Yao's rejection. There may be an error here. The audience for the upgraded fairy tale and the crematorium emotional flow are actually different. If Taoyao, Xiangru, and Jun Qianzi were on the set of the upgraded streaming film, I would definitely be willing to watch it, but with the tragic love story of the second-generation king Chu Li and princess Taoyao ahead, I only care about how the two people will develop in the second life. Finally, there is the first life as a foreshadowing. My personal favorite is the first life, not only because the foreshadowing in the whole text is coherent, but also in just a few chapters, the innocent Taoyao and the gentle and persistent Chu Li are portrayed very three-dimensionally. Especially the story of the two people. The kind-hearted dragon left the red lotus in the palm of the Buddha due to his selfish thoughts, which led to the subsequent collapse of the situation. The two people were driven by fate to tragedy, which has a sense of fate. In fact, after reading the entire article, I don't think Chu Li was tortured enough at all. His characters are consistent. Whether it is the ruthless king Chu Li or the gentle dragon king Chu Li, they are both gods who look down on all living beings from a high place. They are indecisive. No matter whether they are kings, immortals or gods, he always wants too much and cannot give up. It was his inability to give up and his greed that made the whole story begin The same goes for Tao Yao. She was born with a blank slate. She either loves purely or hates truly. It is difficult for her to control her own life, so she wants to be wild and gain some freedom for herself. The protagonists are not perfect characters. Of course, if they were perfect characters, this would not be a story about chasing a wife in the crematorium. When I read this book, I didn't understand why it only had a few thousand collections. I thought about it carefully and understood the reasons why other readers abandoned the article. The first is that the painting style of Taoyao when she went up the mountain in the previous article was off-kilter. I didn't read that part carefully, so I just skipped over it, just to get a rough idea of what happened. The second is that the torture of Chu Li in the following article was not satisfying enough. When I say not pleasant enough here, I don't mean that Chu Li's torture was not cruel enough. He tortured him too cruelly. But why do we want to see Chu Chuli, because we want to see him change, and we want to see Taoyao become better because he was abused. But no, he was mistreated, but he was still indecisive, and his communication with Taoyao was still inconsistent. As for Taoyao, Chu Li's self-abuse was not good for her. On the contrary, she had been suffering because of other people during that time, because the Emperor of Heaven had even separated her relatives and friends because of Sanskrit. Compared with Taoyao's pain, Chu Li's pain was more like a kind of self-comfort, because Taoyao didn't get a chance to breathe mentally. Third, the character's stance is too one-sided I'm not saying that my wife's characters are not profound. On the contrary, in addition to Fanyin and other tool villains, there are a few people who impressed me deeply, including Moro, Xiangru, and Jun Suizi. Especially the part about Xiangru impressed me deeply. She was not a bad girl originally, and Jun Suizi was not a bad person originally. I was quite moved by the part where Jun Suizi chose Ling Dong and Xiang Ru blessed them. But my wife later made the two of them into villains. I felt sad when I watched it. Xiangru can understand that she is not a girl with strong opinions of her own. But Jun Suizi, who chose the demon, will eventually accompany Xiaohong to kill Taoyao. Taoyao's best friend on her way to immortality ended up getting separated from her. This is the issue I just mentioned. At the end of this article, except for Mo Luo, no one is in the same position as Chu Li Taoyao. Their former friends want to kill them, their subordinates Shen Yin, and everyone else in the demon world except Xia is deliberately taking advantage of them. This is so sad. Although the reversal of positions between Jun Suizi and Xiang Ru can be said to be justified, to me, they can no longer be regarded as friends from the moment they left. In the end, Taoyao didn't have a single friend except Mo Luo, and Xiaolang was also one of Chu Li's souls. She was isolated and helpless, so that in the later stage, Chu Li's actions and his efforts seemed even less worth mentioning. Because Taoyao's tragedy no longer lies in love, I even think that she will no longer have deep feelings for Chu Li, because her pain tolerance threshold has reached a very high limit. I think what my wife probably wanted to write at first was just a story about chasing his wife in the crematorium. But the cool thing about Chasing Wife Crematorium is that it suppresses first and then improves. The protagonist will get back all the love, career and status he lost later. But my wife gave this story a very wonderful and complete setting. If this was a story about cultivating immortals and upgrading, it would be very complete. The red lotus in front of the Buddha attained the great truth after experiencing many adversities. It's a pity that the two conflicted. We waited for Taoyao to get back everything that belonged to her after cultivating immortality, but when she went through suffering and gave up and returned to the palm of the Buddha, she was not compensated. After writing so much, I feel that my wife has the ability to write excellent works. A book is just a trial and error in the past. If my wife adjusts her direction, she will definitely be able to write better works. Looking forward to seeing your work on the gold list next time!
Fortunately, it's BE. The male protagonist is really disgusting. From the beginning, it was because of his selfishness that he prevented the heroine from returning. Later, he repeatedly cheated on the heroine while claiming to be good for the heroine. I was really angry. Fortunately, he got better in the end. This kind of rubbish that likes to be moved by himself should not be able to get what he asks for in his self-moved mind.
Stop at the end of the chapter and pretend that this is a happy ending. If you take the role of the heroine, you just want to tear this idiot apart with your hands if you get the chance. The only reason you can let go of your hatred is to let yourself go. I hope that the dog will be more soulless than the hero, and the little wolf's remnant soul will be reincarnated and reunite with the heroine.
Sorry, this scumbag is still unworthy. This kind of male protagonist is just here to disgust people.
The heroine has never practiced the path of ruthlessness. The title is a lie. In the end, it didn't say why the second-generation hero chose to save others instead of saving the heroine. It's weird. There must be a reason. This part of the whole story is extremely unreasonable.
The male protagonist chose one of the two and failed to save the female protagonist. Doesn't it prove that he loves others more? Then how could he love the heroine again? If the heroine had reincarnated and was no longer in the underworld, wouldn't the two of them have nothing to say to each other? Everything now is forced by the heroine. Don't you think it's very contradictory? The male protagonist has never been in love before, but now he loves her desperately. It's so funny and completely incomprehensible. So why did he save others at that time? Wasn't it because he had deeper feelings for others than the female protagonist? Isn't this a paradox?
Am I the only one who still feels that I haven't tortured the male protagonist enough? But the author's writing style is really great. I love it.
What kind of ruthless path does the female major have? When did she ascend?
Buddha talked about great love. Most people are just ordinary people, and everyone has loves, hates, angers and delusions. I always feel a little sorry.
Oh, it's actually be Good review!