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- 1 Tale of the Dark River: The Lone Swan’s Shadow 暗河传：孤鸿影 - Tales of the Dark River: The Lone Goose’s Shadow Everyone’s darling / breaks up the canon pairing / adored by all / a touch of ensemble cast / original female lead - “I offer my shadow as a sacrifice to the martial world.” “A lone goose cannot fly in formation. When the shadow departs, hearts break.” “He is the sharpest blade in the martial world, and the most pitiful prisoner of loyalty and affection.” - Written by Xilege Guazi ooc warning: reposting, plagiarism, and idea theft are prohibited 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Dark River: Young Song Fanfic, Wings Spread in Flight 暗河少歌同人之鸢飞翼展 [A Tale of the Dark River + The Blood of Youth fanfiction, the second installment in the A Tale of the Dark River series, now full of transmigrators] I grew up with my mother, and thought my father was a short-lived man. Later, I met him, only to discover he was a faithless, cold-hearted death god! Just as I was treating him like dirt and even trying to demand child support, I suddenly found out that he was actually the hapless man my mother had abandoned after having a child with him!!! [Jing Y 17.2kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 3 Tales of the Dark River Fanfiction: Whispers of the Dark River Between Su Muyu and Bai Hehuai 暗河传同人：苏暮雨与白鹤淮的暗河絮语 Dark River Tales fanfiction: Whispers from the Dark River, between Su Muyu and Bai Hehuai 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Tales of the Dark River: Winning Over the Sweet-Talking Heroine 暗河传：绿茶女主攻略中 [Young Master Bai + Dark River + The Song of a Young Hero] [Su Changhe + Original Female Lead] A crazy, scheming tea-green princess × a sly, wolfish assassin She appears sweet, soft, and innocent, but has reached the seventeenth realm and can subdue an entire street with a single sword. To everyone else, he is the fearsome head of the Dark River, but around her, he only wants to be a well-behaved puppy. “If my pretty toy doesn’t behave, I might just throw it away.” “Sure. Whatever you say, my q 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Tales of the Dark River Fanfiction: Mu Yumuo and Tang Lianyue's Shadowy Game 暗河传同人：慕雨墨与唐怜月的暗河弈局 Tales of the Dark River Fan Fiction: Mu Yumo and Tang Lianyue's Game in the Dark River 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Above the Dark River: A Faint Glow 暗河之上：漾漾微光 [All pairings + beloved heroine + watch-along story + love rivals] The heroine may be an original character or someone from the original story. After watching The Blood of Youth trilogy, I was completely hooked, so I started writing fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it. Volume One: Jintang (Tales of the Dark River) Jintang: “What I want has always been in my own hands.” So what if she was a discarded child of the imperial palace? She would turn the waters of the Dark River into life-giving rain and p 1.1kReads—Score10714d adds
- 7 Tales of the Dark River: The Other Shore 暗河传之彼岸 After watching The Tale of the Dark River, I was left in tears. They’re all so miserable. I wanted to find a sweet story to read, but it seemed there wasn’t one I wanted. So I decided to write one myself. The main idea is to face your own hardships, and the story should be much like The Tale of the Dark River, except there’s one more person to heal all those regrets, before they join hands and journey toward the other shore. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Tales of the Dark River: First Light 暗河传曙色 A lover thought lost suddenly returns. A former assassin organization yearns for the light, while a shocking conspiracy that could upend the martial world has quietly begun. Between blades and heartfelt devotion, they must fight their way to survival. “The Dark River will no longer be dark when we can all walk in the light.” Tales of the Dark River: First Light 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Dark River Reversal: Even Assassins Have to Compete 暗河转：暗河杀手也要内卷 Dark River: Even Assassins Have to Keep Up with the Rat Race 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Young Blood and the Dark River: Reborn as the Strongest Under Heaven 少白暗河：重生后我成了天下第一 Derivative work + no romance + reborn female protagonist + wuxia + political intrigue + woman disguised as a man + ensemble cast Beginning in Tianqi, she is the junior martial uncle of the Eight Young Masters of Beili, the number one swordswoman in the realm who inherits the sword and protects the Dao after Li Changsheng, and Ye Dingzhi's friend and “elder.” She also becomes close friends with the Umbrella Ghost and the Funeral Master of the Dark River... In her previous life, she was the younge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Tale of the Dark River: Crossing to the Other Shore 暗河传：蘅渡彼岸 On an immortal mountain overseas, Yu Heng, a nineteen-year-old prodigy of the Free-and-Easy Heavenly Realm, is ordered by her master to venture into the mortal world. There, she is bound by fate to Su Changhe, the head of the Dark River Clan, who is struggling in a blood-soaked mire. Like a sudden beam of light, she shines into his world of schemes and slaughter. To help the one she loves, Yu Heng joins forces with Su Changhe and Su Muyu, wielding the power of her heavenly destiny to stand again 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Empress’s Retirement World Has Become a Dark River 女帝养老位面成暗河了 [Strong Female Lead] [System] [Couple: Su Changhe] [An Underworld River Story Fanfiction] · Who is Beili's moonlight? The former City Lord of Kapok City, Her Highness Princess Xiao Lingyun, Beili's Tenth Princess, who died eleven years ago. Now she's crawled out of her grave, determined to reclaim everything she once lost. Including her rightful throne! The funeral master has someone he cherishes in his heart. But that person has someone else in her heart. Then she died, and her corpse came bac 332Reads—Score14414d adds
- 13 Su Changhe: The Happy Little Evil Beagle 苏昌河：开心的邪恶小比格 I only got the idea from one line and wanted to write about it. Su Changhe: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could settle down in Nan’an City?” Su Zhe: “I can choose that, and Su Muyu can choose it too, but you don’t get to choose.” It all comes down to the fact that people from the Dark River have no one to back them up, doesn’t it? Then I’ll give him someone to back him up! [Power-up buff. Original elements included, and I won’t follow the original plot exactly. I just want little Changhe to be happ 461Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Xuyue Crosses the Chang River 胥月渡昌河 He is the undertaker of the Dark River, the solitary moon of Yunxiu Manor. He doesn't know how to love, yet he's very good at loving others; He longs to be loved, yet always ends up losing it; Their meeting was fate, and a bond between them. From two lonely hearts, a sunflower bloomed. 395Reads—Score10314d adds
- 15 Tales of the Dark River: Slay the Wolf 暗河传，杀破狼 Tales of the Dark River, Wolf Killing 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Tales of the Dark River: Head of the Family, Look! It's a Pineapple! 暗河传：大家长你看，真是菠萝！ Jelly Trio: Pineapple Edition Pineapple Chuixue lives by the West Gate, so people also call him West Gate Chuixue. He's lecherous and greedy, with just a hint of cuteness mixed in with his sleaziness. At least, that's what Su Changhe thinks! 777Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 17 The Head of the Family's Little Mutt 大家长的小土狗 Fan Yunfei x Su Changhe. The Dark River transforms from an organization of killing tools into one that serves the light, while Su Changhe, its coldhearted leader, learns to love and trust. Fan Yunfei grows from a timid prince into a courageous bridge between people. The two meet by chance, are drawn together by their similarities, and complement each other through their differences. In the end, they build a bright future of their own. 320Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Tales of the Dark River: Butterfly's Shadow, Butterfly's Sorrow 暗河传之蝶影蝶殇 The female lead, Shi Ping'an, dies suddenly from overexcitement after staying up late to dig through archaeological posts on Weibo. She is born into the Miao village of Tales of the Hidden River before its destruction, nine years before the massacre. What kind of ripples will this little butterfly, who has suddenly appeared, stir up in the jianghu of the future? Stay tuned. 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Tales of the Dark River: The Ghost Sword Immortal Invites You All to Die 暗河传：鬼剑仙请诸位赴死 Born with double pupils, Mu Tong was the most outstanding genius the Dark River had seen in a century. He once had a bright future ahead of him, but at the age of ten, his mother’s death drove him to launch a rebellion in a fit of rage. The Patriarch and the heads of the three families joined forces to suppress him. After the rebellion failed, he was imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and left to fend for himself. Ten years later, a great upheaval struck the Dark River, and Mu Tong final 20.4kReads6.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 20 Su Changhe Fanfic: A Voiceless Heart 苏昌河同人文：哑声 Silent He is Su Changhe, patriarch of the Dark River and the most dangerous shadow in the martial world. Gravely wounded and left unable to speak, he falls into a mountain village, where he is saved by the orphan Yue Xing’er. His voice has long since returned, but he chooses to keep playing the mute “Su He,” savoring the rare peace of not having to pretend and quietly watching her innocence. During their three months living in the mountains, she comes to see him as her only family. Her unguard 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Tales of the Dark River: Drink Tonight, and Get Drunk Tonight 暗河传：今宵有酒今宵醉 I got so hooked on Tales of the Dark River that I read a pile of fanfics, but it still wasn’t enough, so I decided to write one myself. An overworked office drone transmigrates as a little beggar and is taken into the Dark River to become an assassin. Xie Jinxiao has never seen Tales of the Dark River and thinks she’s transmigrated into a wuxia world. Using martial arts techniques she picked up from short videos in her previous life, she trains herself into an expert with the blade. Many years l 5.6kReads8.1Score45114d adds
- 22 Tales of the Dark River: I Use Jin Yong’s Martial Arts to Subdue the Martial World 暗河传：我以金庸武功镇江湖 [One male and one female lead] [Personally, I think the The Blood of Youth arc is better than the Tales of the Dark River arc. Later on, the story won't follow the original as closely as Tales of the Dark River does, and will have its own original plot. After The Blood of Youth ends, there's also the [Immortals Beyond the Border arc], but it doesn't start as a separate volume, so just keep reading after The Blood of Youth.] [Tales of the Dark River arc: complete, Chapters 1–138] [The Blood of Yo 3.5kReads6.3Score15614d adds
- 23 Film and TV Crossover: The Moonlight Falls into My Arms 综影视：明月入我怀 I write a lot about the Young and White series, the Dark River series, and the Song of Youth trilogy, with the occasional crossover with other dramas, like The Lost Tomb and Story of Minglan... It all depends on inspiration. Sweet romance. The female lead is the best in the world. If you have a favorite couple, feel free to mention them in the comments. There won't be any golden finger. The author is the female lead's biggest source of support. The characters will definitely be out of character, 1.5kReads—Score11514d adds
- 24 Tales of the Dark River: Su Changhe 暗河传：苏昌河 [Su Changhe pairing + mostly no pairing changes (Tang Lianyue and Mu Yumo's pairings change in every world) + currently only writing Su Changhe] Black Xiangling VS Su Changhe: What happens when a Ye Luoli fairy meets the head of the Dark River? Su Zhiyou VS Su Changhe: When a happy-go-lucky college girl from the 21st century who thinks she's useless meets a funeral master plotting a rebellion, of course she joins him! Cui Lingyu VS Su Changhe: Cui Lingyu, the Cui family's eldest legitimate daugh 2.7kReads—Score13814d adds
- 25 Su Changhe's Life Belongs to the Dark River, but His Heart Belongs to Su Muyu 苏昌河的命是暗河的，他的心是苏暮雨的 Su Changhe’s life belongs to the Dark River, but his heart belongs to Su Muyu 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Where the Evening Rain Returns Is Changhe 暮雨归处是昌河 Where the Evening Rain Returns Is Changhe 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Lord of the Dark River: Su Huaiyu 《暗河之主：苏淮雨》 Lord of the Dark River: Su Huaiyu 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Film and TV Crossover: A Guide to Surviving the Love Triangle 综影视：修罗场自救指南 Female lead: Yan Xi [Everyone’s favorite + forced love + a toxic female lead + a touch of Mary Sue + a battlefield of competing suitors] Not a traditional strong female lead; may include characters turning evil. “Blood River”: A poison girl adored by everyone; Mu Bai from “Dark River” gender-swapped. “Dashing Youth”: Taking the whole cast. “The Blood of Youth”: The many temples cherish Xing, the immortal maiden Ye Xi... 702Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Film and TV Crossover: My Little Sister Has Been Kidnapped Again! 综影视：妹妹又被拐跑了！ In every world, she is heaven’s beloved, the precious younger sister whom the most powerful figures in the martial world and the imperial court protect with all their hearts. Her brothers are decisive killers or wield power over all. No one dares cross them, and their lifelong mission is to keep their little sister safe and innocent, untouched by hardship and far from evil people. But who could have imagined that, no matter how carefully they guarded her, they still couldn’t keep out the “prett 4.6kReads—Score19914d adds
- 30 Tales of the Dark River: Regrets of Youth 暗河传：年少遗憾 [Su Changhe pairing] [Young Blood + Dark River] I’ve taken everyone’s advice and changed the earlier chapters to third-person narration. I’m still revising them bit by bit. The Situ family has a lively second daughter, born with a martial meridian. Clear-headed and aloof, she seems impossible to ruffle. She entered the Sword Immortal realm at thirteen and the Spirit Wandering Profound Realm at fifteen, becoming the greatest in the world. Yet she is a born big-sister fanatic, following Situ Xue’s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Surviving the Dark River: After Su Muyu Was Forced to Marry, the Whole Martial World Went Mad 暗河求生：苏暮雨被迫成亲后全江湖都疯了 Surviving in the Dark River: The Whole Martial World Goes Crazy After Su Muyu Is Forced to Marry 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Legend of the Dark River: Deep as Ink 暗河传：墨色情浓 982Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Under the Silent River: Twin Souls, Twilight Rain Knows Changhe 暗河双生：暮雨知昌河 Based on the TV drama The Dark River, this story focuses on the bond between Su Changhe and Su Muyu. To outsiders, Su Changhe is a sinister, unhinged, scheming, and vengeful master. With Su Muyu, however, he is possessive and fixated, always pretending to be fragile and acting like a needy little green tea. He has long known that he is in love. Su Muyu appears gentle, aloof, kind, and principled, but hides an exceptionally strong possessive streak. At first, he sees Su Changhe as family; later, 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Tales of the Dark River: Reach the Other Shore and Welcome the Light 暗河传，到达彼岸，迎来光明 Note: The heroine is an original character, and this story changes the original course of the Dark River. (I haven't read the novel, only watched the TV series.) Xiao Ruoli is the most unusual princess in Tianqi City. She has no interest in courtly banquets and is far from perfectly docile. Her quiet rebellious streak is expressed in her intense curiosity about the jianghu. To her, that world hidden in the shadows is a more tempting mystery than the rules of the royal family. Su Changhe rules th 13Reads—Score214d adds
- 35 Dark River: Reborn, I Won’t Give Up on You Again! 暗河：重生后，我不会再放弃你！ Dark River: Reborn, I’ll Never Give Up on You Again! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Su Muyu Takes Changhe Along: A Killer's Ordinary Life 苏暮雨带昌河，杀手过平常生活 Su Muyu takes Changhe along as an assassin living an ordinary life 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Tales of the Dark River: Zhaoyun Crosses the Dark River 暗河传：昭云渡暗河 Mu Yunzhao thinks Su Changhe is vicious and a real bastard. She kindly saved his life, but he wanted her to be the Dark River’s “free doctor.” Su Changhe thinks he was incredibly lucky to meet Mu Yunzhao, and to find a clue to the path that could lead the Dark River to the other shore. This may be out of character, and the plot may differ from what you’ve seen. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Film and TV Crossover: A Player Slays Their Way Through the Instance 综影视：观影玩家杀穿副本 Warning: Both the heroine and others transmigrate between worlds. Couples may be split up, but the heroine isn't the one breaking them apart: side characters from different worlds are paired with other side characters or protagonists. The heroine mainly ships couples. She's a dungeon player, not a god, though she has powerful backing and becomes a god in some worlds. “Linjiang Xian: Kidnapping People” Fu Wei vs. Xuantian Envoy “Journey to the Sea of Mountains: You're Rebelling? Count Me In!” Wu 230Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Dream of Qinghe: An Under the Silent River Fanfiction 暗河传同人之清河梦里 Who am I? Who are you! You fell for my looks at first sight. Shouldn't you take responsibility for me? All right, Su Changhe, I admit I was attracted to your looks! So what? Hmph!!! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 What? The Dark River Clan Leader and I Switched Bodies 什么？我和暗河家主互穿了 [Soul swap + hilarious martial world + two overpowered leads (not really) + adorable contrast] One morning, Su Muyu, the Dark River’s top assassin, wakes up in the body of Shen Wan, the delicate headliner at the Zuoyue Brothel. Meanwhile, Shen Wan, who knows nothing but dancing, has ended up in Su Muyu’s body! And just like that, the martial world takes a turn for the bizarre: At Dark River headquarters, “Su Muyu,” who used to kill without batting an eye, clings to the leg of the family head, Su 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I Emptied the Underworld Pawnshop and Led the Dark River in Revolt 搬空黄泉当铺，带领暗河反了 [An He Zhuan fan fiction + The Blood of Youth + Su Changhe doting on his daughter + Chang-Mu pairing + mischievous child] This book is complete! Su Li continues her quick transmigration journey. This time, she becomes the villain in An He Zhuan, Su Changhe’s daughter (actually his niece). Through her constant brainwashing and persuasion, she claims the Sleeping Dragon Sword and becomes the new head of the Dark River. To keep the Dark River from being bullied by the righteous sects again, she res 347Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Tales of the Dark River: I Overhear Their Thoughts, and the Heroines Lose It 暗河传：偷听心声，女侠们破防了 [Wish fulfillment + invincible protagonist + no power-level suppression + Dashing Youth and The Blood of Youth] Mu Chen transmigrates into the Dark River world and becomes the adopted son of the head of the Dark River family, known as its number one spoiled young master. After obtaining the Mind-Reading System, Mu Chen can hear the protagonist's thoughts. What he doesn't expect is that every female heroine can hear his thoughts too. [What? The head of the family wants to pass the Sleeping Dragon 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Tales of the Dark River: Call Me the Lotus Sword Immortal 暗河传，叫我莲花剑仙 A transmigrator awakens the System from the start, inheriting Li Lianhua's memories and the poison known as Bicha. He is rescued by Xin Baicao and Bai Hehuai of Medicine King Valley. Five years later, he completes the System's mission and earns his reward. The poison is completely purged, and he finally leaves the valley to enjoy a carefree life in this very different world! 2.8kReads5.9Score19214d adds
- 44 Film and TV Crossover: Starting by Buying Wujian City 综影视：从买下无剑城开始 After staying up all night watching a show, 21st-century college student Mu Jinghong wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated into the world of Tales of the Dark River. There, she struggles amid the shifting currents of the Dark River, wanting to escape but unable to... 721Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 When the Head of Dark River and the Su Family Patriarch Had a Daughter Together 当暗河大家长和苏家主有了亲闺女 Could you please rate this for me, everyone? Thank you 🥰🥰🥰 When Su Changhe, the future head of the Dark River, and the Su family head have a darling daughter named Le You, blessed with nine-tenths of Heaven’s fortune in the Daoist tradition, Le You’s arrival brings change and hope to the Dark River’s future. Su Changhe: “Who gets it, living the lie-flat life thanks to his daughter? This is the life!” 545Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Film and TV Crossover: Snatching People Is My Specialty 综影视：抢人我是专业的 [Villainess + Chaotic Pairings + Ensemble Cast] The villainess rises to power. The heroine is no good person. Good women earn a reputation. Bad women get everything. I'll fight and claw my way to having it all! Anyone who isn't ruthless enough to their enemies won't survive. I intend to show everyone just how much I'm willing to sacrifice for my ambition. Su Changhe has a secret crush on Mu Yumo, and Qian Jun finds out. Qian Jun: “Well, I like this little beagle. I'm stealing him!” "Young Blood" 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Dark River: A Collection of Wild Ideas 暗河传之脑洞文合集 (This is all wild imagination! Wild imagination! Wild imagination! It will probably be very out of character! If that's not your thing, don't read!) Some ideas and imaginings inspired by reading Dark River Chronicles, mainly here to record them. The installments will be very short. Su Muyu's official pairing is Bai Hehuai, and none of the stories will break up the canon pairing. 1. I was turned into a medicine puppet, then reborn during the Dark River civil strife 2. Taking a System into Swordle 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Tales of the Dark River: The Bright Moon Rests in Your Arms 暗河传：明月入君怀 Original female lead × Su Changhe “Undertaker of the Dark River, how about a deal?” A gentle yet commanding woman’s voice comes from within a plain, unadorned carriage. Su Changhe raises an eyebrow and toys with his inch-finger sword. “Oh? May I ask your name, and what gives you the nerve to make a deal with the Dark River?” The person in the carriage falls silent for a moment before answering. “My surname is Xiao.” Su Changhe pauses, then asks tentatively, “Xiao? Could you be from the imperial 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Young Blood: Of the Thirty-Six Strategies, Laying Low Is Best 少白：三十六计，苟为上计 The moment Lin Zhaowan regains consciousness, a splitting headache nearly knocks her out again. Countless fragments of unfamiliar memories rush into her mind like floodwaters bursting through a dam. Her name is now Su Yunwan. She is fifteen years old, and a stand-in for a low-ranking assassin in the Dark River, the most mysterious and feared assassin organization in the martial world. The original Su Yunwan recently “died” on a mission. She was killed in a failed assassination targeting Young M 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Tales of the Dark River: Burying the Netherworld 暗河传之送葬幽冥 The Undertaker vs. the Netherworld Ghost [Su Changhe × Original Female Lead + No transmigration, no rebirth, no System] Apologies for any out-of-character moments The first time they met, Su Manzhu found Su Changhe’s Inch Finger Sword pointed straight at her throat as he demanded to know why she was skulking outside Su Muyue’s room. Su Manzhu’s lashes quivered, a glimmer of tears in her eyes. “You’ve got it wrong…” Later, Su Changhe had a bone fan custom-made for her. She named it “Other Shore 1.1kReads6.8Score10214d adds
