I Became a Star Across the Galaxy with My Tattoos

[Top POV]

[An outwardly gentle but truly cold and career-minded top x a vicious, violent, fanatical bottom]

One day, after staying up late drawing designs, renowned tattoo artist Xie Qingzhou pushed himself too hard and transmigrated into the body of a snake beastman on an unregulated planet.

This was a world where humans and other species lived together, where the strong preyed on the weak and only the fittest survived.

And Xie Qingzhou had nothing but his tattooing skills.

What, was he supposed to conquer the interstellar world with tattoos?

Xie Qingzhou: ...😑

With nothing to his name from the start, he decided to fall back on his old trade. He rented a tiny basement and opened a tattoo shop, serving the drifters of the unregulated planet.

From insect tattoos and beast tattoos to ability tattoos, Xie Qingzhou drew on his clients' experiences to recreate the vivid patterns that had once clung to their skin and brought them glory. He never realized he was working miracles.

An alien general whose insect tattoo had been ruined by his brother's betrayal saw its totem reappear on his back. His poison-shriveled insect wings unfurled once more, and he led his legion back to the capital planet.

A beastman whose faded beast tattoo had lost its color after his first love betrayed him and left him unable to fight got a new design on his arm. He never expected his fighting strength to return, or his beast form to evolve a second time, elevating him to the rank of saint.

A human hero who had been rejected after his abilities backfired was now as down and out as a stray dog. His legs had atrophied, and he could barely walk. Yet after visiting the tattoo shop, he stood on his own feet again...

More and more people came to the little basement shop, hoping the young, mysterious snake shopkeeper would accept their commissions.

The hornet general blushed. "Boss, I'm tough-skinned and thick-bodied. I'll play with whatever little toys you like."

The deer saint's eyes shone. "If you want, I can use our sacred tree to hatch snake babies for you."

The ability-user monarch coughed softly. "This empire was united because of you. I'm willing to offer you my crown and power."

Behind the curtain, a bony tail silently coiled an iron rod into the shape of an incense coil.

Xie Qingzhou: "I have too many customers. I just need someone to help out."

The powerful men: "What about me? I'll work for free!"

Xie Qingzhou: "Sorry, someone's already been chosen."

As he spoke, a bony tail that clearly revealed its owner's nonhuman identity quietly wound around the shopkeeper's wrist, overflowing with possessiveness.

The powerful men: "Damn! It's that fiend!"

*

When Xie Qingzhou first opened his shop, he posted his hand-drawn designs on the StarNet platform to attract customers.

One day, someone replied to his quiet account with a moving photo.

Two dead Kandila giant pythons intertwined to form the outline of a scepter. The blue heart of a Ronka whale throbbed inlaid at its center. Interlocking thorns and a wash of blood formed a vast, eerily beautiful image.

It was bloody and brutally direct, impossible to look away from.

Xie Qingzhou recognized it as the first tattoo design he'd ever posted.

From then on, the shopkeeper had a powerful, fanatical fan. The fan recreated all of his designs in a different form, and the raw wildness behind the works sparked even more inspiration in Xie Qingzhou.

Later, Xie Qingzhou began an online relationship with his fan.

Later still, his fan crossed light-years to meet him in person.

And later still, the fan's bony tail accidentally wrapped around the shopkeeper's wrist when desire overtook him.

Xie Qingzhou shivered at the icy touch.

Asel restrained the urge to rub his bony tail all over Xie Qingzhou and begged hoarsely, "Don't be afraid. You can bind all of me..."

Including my body and desires.

Xie Qingzhou smiled, his lips flushed from kissing, and brushed them against the bony tail, leaving a damp mark.

He had personally let the beast out of its cage.

[Please note]

1. Top POV, mutually devoted, happy ending. Xie Qingzhou x Asai'er.

2. Both leads are nonhuman. I made up all the species.

3. This story contains tattoos, but the author does not encourage readers to get tattoos without careful thought.

4. More to come.

[Blurb recorded: 2023.9.2]

Theme: Build your career through your own efforts