This novel is the second series in Li Ximin's classic "Tang Town Trilogy," a work of magical realism.... more>>

Every person carries their own unique scent—so do love and fate.

This novel is a mysterious tale where scent takes center stage. A mysterious sorceress using poison magic threads through the entire story; love and destiny emit an eerie aroma; and for everyone involved, living becomes a cruel adventure.

Song Ke, an artist hired to paint portraits of the dead, arrives in Tang Town, only to find that people begin dying one after another. Behind the string of terrifying events, a strange woman appears and vanishes like a shadow—yet Song Ke falls passionately in love with her. Tang Town is drawn into a web of fate: many die from venomous spells, and others are tormented by illness, suffering a fate worse than death.

After surviving life and death on the battlefield, the burly warrior You Wuqiang returns to Tang Town, only to be targeted by the mysterious woman's apprentice, whose unrequited love turns deadly—she decides to kill him with a poison curse.

Where will Tang Town's fate lead? Faced with the threat of death, what kind of complex humanity will its people reveal? <<less

"Acid: A Eunuch's Dream of Being Emperor" uses nightmare-like storytelling, a genre-based structure, and elements of horror to expose the darkness of human nature. It depicts the desire, pursuit, and blind obedience to power among various characters. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty, life in Tang Town is quiet and stagnant, until it descends into a nightmare. This nightmare is triggered by the return of Li Gonggong, who has left the capital palace in retirement. Twisted in mind, he schemes to bring forth a shocking conspiracy in Tang Town, drawing in martial artists with their own hidden agendas. Mysterious deaths multiply, strange incidents unfold one after another, and bloodshed, terror,... more>> and disaster follow in rapid succession. Human obsessions spread like a virus, descending into madness.

The ancient town increasingly resembles a graveyard. A boy named Dong Zi is ensnared by psychological terror he cannot shake; a young girl, Li Hongtang, withers in her search for her missing mother; the kind-hearted dwarf Shangguan Wenqing endures torment that feels like shedding his skin; and a missionary named John, who has journeyed from afar, is faced with a life-and-death decision. How will Tang Town end this unforeseen calamity?

---Book ONE from Tang Town Trilogy---- <<less

In the year 629 AD, during the autumn of the third year of the Zhenguan era, Xuanzang embarked on his journey to the West, secretly... more>> crossing the borders of the desert and entering the Western Regions. At this time, the Western Regions were on the eve of a great upheaval not seen in four hundred years. That same year, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, launched a war to annihilate the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. That year, the Khagan of the Western Turks, Tong Yabghu, was torn between war and peace. That year, the states of the Western Regions contended for dominance over the Silk Road amidst the smoke and flames of war. That year, the ancient Persian Empire collapsed in its war against Byzantium, and Byzantium, along with the Western Turks, besieged Baghdad. In the twilight of the Persian Empire, Emperor Khosrow II devised an unfathomable scheme—to send the legendary David's Jar to Emperor Li Shimin of Tang! Thus, a peak strategic battle that would alter the seventh-century world order began to unfold in the deserts of the Western Regions. In the Western Regions, demons stirred, and the son of Buddha came from the East. This David's Jar, a fusion of legend, magic, and demonic power, ultimately collided with Xuanzang in the Western Regions! The King of Gaochang, the King of Tokhara, two generations of Persian emperors, and four generations of Turkic Khagans—all the kings of the Western Regions met their demise under the curse of David's Jar. As this battle between Buddha and demons drew to a close, Xuanzang realized that he had just stepped into an even more terrifying and eerie journey. <<less