Ruins

Blurb: My next novel, Gods in the Ruins, starts at the end of April, with daily updates.

Jiang Shan is ill.

After he made a wish on a shooting star, the world became even more deranged.

His childhood friend Chi Ri appeared. "This is my world. The uncanny runs rampant, and humanity has been driven to the brink. Do you like this world?"

...Did he transmigrate?

Jiang Shan asked earnestly, "Don't you have any shelters for the uncanny here? Something like the Ghost Gate or the Underworld?"

[If only there were ten thousand mansions to shelter all the poor scholars under heaven, so they could all smile with joy. Jiang Shan filled in a gap in the world's rules and created a home just for himself: A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains.]

Good news: He created a place of reincarnation.

Bad news: Man, the domineering uncanny is watching you, and your best friend is the most vicious one of all. He's scarier than any uncanny.

Jiang Shan: You've all misunderstood him. Chi Ri isn't a bad person.

If the world is a wasteland, I will build a city of civilization upon its ruins.

From the youth league to the Dark World, from building a home together to imagining the future, everything went so smoothly.

Until the day Jiang Shan unmasked Chi Ri.

The face was not what he expected. Suddenly flustered, he just wanted to be alone and calm down.

"Jiang Shan."

A gloomy voice sounded behind him on the busy street.

"Jiang Shan, are you trying to run away?"

Jiang Shan: ...Damn it, his friend really might be scarier than the uncanny.

P.S.

Mainly from the uke's perspective. They choose each other. The couple is inseparable. Narcissistic romance, narcissistic romance, narcissistic romance (repeated three times for emphasis).

Feel-good power fantasy.

Includes uncanny elements in the "Youth League Arc" and famine, gathering, and hunting elements in the "Dark World Arc."

Daily updates.

In a world where nothing is what it seems, you are the only anchor.

****** Coming Soon: Gods in the Ruins *****

Blurb: (Currently writing. Expected to launch at the end of April.)

Qing Jiu, from a world of phantom beasts, accidentally enters a world shrouded in mist.

With no legal identity, he becomes a marriage-wrecker in exchange for an ID card.

On the day the deal is done, the victim comes knocking.

"Did you know that lady already had a fiance? Me."

The handsome victim, with a ferocious air, glared sidelong at him as his towering shadow slowly engulfed him.

Qing Jiu wanted to run, but the victim grabbed his arm.

[An evil-aligned intelligent life-form has been detected. The Breeding Center is locating... Location confirmed. Fusion at one hundred percent. All-purpose assistant online. Long time no see, dear Master.]

With his golden finger back, Qing Jiu didn't hesitate. He clasped the hand of his future charge and asked, "Do you need a family doctor?"

"?"

"Free. No, at the market rate."

*

A new Breeding Center for Awakened people has opened in District 43. It claims it can cure Disaster Bodies and provide cultivation guidance, but everyone scoffs.

"Don't you know Disaster Bodies are rejected by both gods and men? What a publicity stunt."

"Talent, aptitude, and comprehension are all innate. I've never heard of anyone being able to teach those things."

Everyone waited for a laugh, but Lou Yan walked through the door, and then... he got better. He got stronger.

An advertisement appeared outside the Breeding Center:

Does your talent and circumstances fail to match your hard work?

Come to me.

I'll make up for what you lack by nature and fix what's missing from your training. If there's no path, I'll carve one out for you.

Your professional trainer will be by your side.

*

To Qing Jiu, Lou Yan is an excellent charge. He takes every plan seriously and provides all the financial support he can.

It's just that he always wants to compete with Qing Jiu's work for his attention, grinding his teeth against soft flesh, perpetually unsatisfied.

Hard to appease.

The broken swordsman, the exiled cripple, the slum-dwelling genius... All the world's heroes at the end of their road end up at the Breeding Center.

Fame brings admirers, and everyone is betting on which, or how many, of them the trainer will accept.

Lou Yan climbs through the window in the middle of the night to block his way, then kisses him until he melts.

"They're all bad people. Choose me."

Important content warnings:

1. The blurb is for reference only. The story itself is what counts. It has an old-school flavor, so don't overthink the moral outlook.

2. Feel-good power fantasy, mainly from the uke's perspective, with a devoted one-on-one couple. The process includes multiple admirers with one-sided feelings for the uke, possible uke-bashing, and elements of seduction and competition for his affection.

3. Not a law-abiding society. The main character is adored by everyone, and the whole cast has low moral standards without internal conflict.

4. The comment section belongs to the readers.

5. Daily updates.

Theme: Keep your feet on the ground and live earnestly