Plots and Prose: A Reading List (Including Abandoned Novels) 剧情+文笔书单（含太监小说）

3 从 Starting with the Gu Huo Bird 从姑获鸟开始 It Can't Be Helped活儿该Infinite Myriad Worlds1.9M WordsOngoing The body is as light as a goose feather, life as fragile as wild grass. I have witnessed the darkest night, so the blazing, brilliant flame in my heart has never wavered. The physical edition of From the Gu Huo Bird's Beginning (Volume One) is now available. Search for the title on Dangdang, JD.com, Taobao, Douyin, and other platforms, or purchase it from a physical bookstore. Thank you all for your support. 82Votes2.5MRecs2.4MFans

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Our bodies are as light as a feather, our lives as fragile as wild grass. Having witnessed the darkest night, the burning, bright flame in my heart never wavers. The physical copy of "Starting from the Guhuoniao" (Volume 1) is now available. You can search for the book title on platforms such as Dangdang, JD.com, Taobao, and Douyin to purchase it, or buy it at physical bookstores. Thank you for your support.

5 降 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 Book-Eating Goblin吃书妖Light Novel423k WordsOngoing When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans

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When I pulled the book containing forbidden knowledge from the city library shelf, I felt lost, helpless, and terrified, watching helplessly as my life suddenly embarked on another railway line filled with insane ramblings. Along the way, they also ran over some trash that were trying to stop a chariot with their bare hands.

8 塞 The Blade of the Siren 塞壬之刃 Book-Eating Goblin吃书妖Light Novel1.2M WordsCompleted After five years, I've finally returned to my hometown of Liucheng. My parents asked what I'd been so busy with all this time. I couldn't bring myself to tell them I'd been busy getting cozy with monster girls, and had even been caught. 0Votes92.8kRecs277.6kFans

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Five years later, I finally returned to my hometown, Liucheng. My parents asked me what I'd been up to for so long, but I was too embarrassed to tell them that I'd been busy getting close to monster girls and had even gotten caught.

9 山 The Eight Wilds of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海八荒录 Luo Shui洛水Xianxia1.2M WordsOngoing Among the dwindling tribes of the ancient wilderness, a young man quietly inherits a forbidden Zhuyou curse lost for millennia. He joins one of the great houses of the Great Jin and stirs up the winds of change across the Eight Wilds. Make a straw doll and curse your enemy to death. Shed your shell like a golden cicada. Unleash the Flying Immortal Slaying Knife. Buddhists and Daoists vie for supremacy, great houses scheme against one another, sects wage fierce battles, and every race seeks domin 11Votes412.4kRecs152.3kFans

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In a declining, barbaric witch clan, a young boy quietly inherits a long-lost incantation and enters a powerful family in the Great Jin Dynasty, stirring up a storm across the land. Make a straw effigy, curse your enemy to death, shed your skin like a cicada, and wield a flying dagger to slay immortals. Buddhism and Taoism clashed, powerful families engaged in covert struggles, sects fought fiercely, and various races vied for supremacy. (All poems in this book are original.) A literary version of the synopsis: Life is so lonely, and on this lonely road, our lonely selves intersect. From then on, one person's footsteps echo the voice of another.