The Little Phoenix Conquers the Three Realms with Alchemy

Another ongoing novel: The Little Top Scholar Can't Farm (This novel will switch to paid chapters starting January 9)

Gu Tuan is the youngest prince in the Celestial Realm. Sent down to the mortal world to undergo a trial, his destiny is assigned incorrectly, and he turns into a tiny bald sparrow.

Everyone in the Celestial Realm assumes the poor little sparrow must be going hungry and cold in the mortal world, struggling every day just to get by.

What they don't expect is that Gu Tuan gains three pounds within just a few days of arriving below.

A burly, fierce-looking clan leader helps build him a house, his clumsy grandfather sews clothes for him through the night, and his cool, handsome older brother makes him soup. His life is so comfortable he could fly.

To repay the villagers below for taking care of him, Gu Tuan grabs a little hoe and insists on trying his hand at farming.

He says he's growing ginseng, but what comes up is a giant radish.

The clan leader comforts him kindly: "Tuan Tuan, it's okay. Even if it's fake, we still like it!"

Someone nearby objects indignantly: "Clan leader!!! This is thousand-year-old ginseng! What radish?"

Surrounded and berated by the villagers, the clan leader says, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

While Gu Tuan is happily farming, he meets Gu Changjue, who is absolutely terrifying and radiates an aura of slaughter.

Gu Changjue has all sorts of treasures and gives Gu Tuan pretty flowers and lovely stones every day.

Perhaps it's because seeing beautiful things puts him in a good mood, but Gu Tuan notices that feathers are beginning to grow on his bald tail. He is thrilled.

For the sake of his beautiful tail, Gu Tuan agrees to marry the fierce Gu Changjue.

When Gu Tuan's trial ends and his lifespan runs out, he returns to the Celestial Realm, only to suddenly hear that the demons are invading.

He falls asleep in fear and dreams that all the plants he grew in the mortal world are gone.

Gu Tuan immediately smacks his ex-husband on the forehead with a little milk pot. "Hey, you scoundrel! If you've got the guts, pick on me! What kind of hero picks on the treasures I grew?"

The next day, the battle between immortals and demons begins.

The Demon Realm's God of War storms straight into Gu Tuan's palace, smashes the little milk pot the young prince uses to cook porridge, then grabs him by the collar and carries him out.

The immortals locked in battle cry angrily, "Let our young prince go!"

The little dumpling looks at the immortals, then at the Demon Realm's God of War, and finally covers his head and says quietly, "This is... a personal grudge. You probably won't believe me, but... um... he's my ex-husband."

A few days later, the demon clan arrives too, claiming they have come to help the Celestial Realm.

Gu Tuan takes a closer look. Wait! Why do these demons look so much like the villagers back home?

The Little Top Scholar Can't Farm

Gu Ran is a young scholar from Little Creek Village. He's been frail since childhood, weak as a kitten, and even walking is a struggle, let alone working in the fields.

Everyone in the village says Gu Ran was sent by Heaven to collect a debt, and that the Gu family is doomed with him around.

His parents have gone gray from worrying over him, and his older brother has put off getting married for years because of him.

But Gu Ran refuses to believe it.

Looking at his utterly destitute family, he vows to farm properly and support his parents.

On the first day, he drags a hoe out to the fields and faints from weakness in less than half an hour.

On the second day, he goes to pull weeds and uproots the rice plants instead. On the third day...

His father says, "Son, just focus on your studies! I'm begging you."

His older brother says, "Little brother, you're too frail. Don't go to the fields and make more work for us."

Gu Ran says, "The last few days were just accidents. I'll definitely manage this time." And that day, he doesn't faint or pull up the wrong plants.

But... he brings home a mute man. Aside from being handsome, he's completely useless.

The villagers say, "The Gu family really is finished. Now they've got two more burdens to support."

Unexpectedly, the man may be unable to speak, but he's hardworking. He hunts in the mountains, farms the fields, and can do just about anything. Later, he even brings a few helpers home, and their life becomes more prosperous by the day.

Gu Ran's parents put on weight, and his older brother gets married.

Though the little mute can't speak, he treats Gu Ran wonderfully. Of course, with the little mute around, Gu Ran's farming ambitions become even harder to pursue!

Gu Ran says, "I seem to be completely useless now. Forget it, I'll just study hard!"

He progresses from child licentiate to licentiate, provincial scholar, provincial first-place candidate, metropolitan examination graduate, and finally top scholar.

A little bonus scene:

On the day of the palace examination, Gu Ran looks at the emperor on the throne. The more he looks, the more the emperor resembles his own mute husband.

The prince standing beside him looks like his husband's troublesome younger brother, too.

And the great general in charge of guarding the palace... Why does he look like their household's long-term servant?

The Little Husband Depends on Farming to Support His Foolish Husband

Sheng Yu is transported into a farming novel as a doomed supporting character, a universally despised husband who causes trouble at every turn.

He throws his scholar husband down the stairs, leaving him an idiot, gives his sister-in-law to another man as a concubine, and angers his mother-in-law so badly that she dies with her eyes open. In the end, he is sentenced to be sliced to death by a thousand cuts.

To avoid that fate, Sheng Yu decides to behave himself and stop causing trouble. He clings to the male lead's leg and enjoys the good life.

The first step to raising the male lead's affection: open a little general store, help the Shen family grow prosperous, and make the male lead someone worth clinging to!

The villagers are all snobs. When they hear that a husband wants to open a shop, they laugh themselves silly.

Sheng Yu doesn't care. He runs a little shop in the ancient world, selling instant noodles, fizzy drinks, and fried chicken. He fills his pockets with money and buys fields and land and builds houses in the village.

He buys new clothes for the little fool, gold bracelets for his mother-in-law, and pretty hair ornaments for his sister-in-law.

The villagers all envy them. This... isn't just a husband they've married. He's a walking god of wealth!

Sheng Yu works hard every day, raises affection, and slaves away for the System, expanding his little store all the way to the gates of the capital.

Thanks to his shrewdness and shamelessness, Sheng Yu not only becomes an imperial merchant, but also wins over the capital's powerful families.

The ordinary old man lining up to buy river snail rice noodles is actually the fastidious Minister of Rites.

The ordinary old lady who loves stocking up on crunchy noodles is actually the Empress Dowager, whose teeth aren't what they used to be.

The strawberry lollipops are always tucked away in the cool and aloof prime minister's bag.

Sheng Yu: I don't want to make money either, but they insist on giving it to me, so what can I do?

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A little bonus scene:

When they were little, Sheng Yu bribed the other children with lollipops so his young husband wouldn't get bullied.

The children trembled as they held their lollipops. You mean you didn't see your little fool beating people up?

When they grew up, Sheng Yu thought his husband was wooden and couldn't talk, so he gave his colleagues hot pot base.

His colleagues were speechless. You don't know your husband made an envoy from an enemy country spit blood with his words? And you still say he can't talk? Still, this hot pot base really is delicious.

After Shen Zishu smiled and saw Sheng Yu off, he collected every last packet of hot pot base, then said with a false smile, "Want some? Get in line and buy it yourself!"

Theme: World peace.