Celestial

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Seok Mun-pyeong, the 3rd Team Leader of the Soul-Slaying Unit—one of the most peripheral posts in the entire Demonic Cult—didn’t think much of it when the War of the Demonic Dragons, the contest to select the cult’s next successor, was suddenly canceled. Even the outlandish news that the Cult Leader, a figure revered as the sky above the sky, had accomplished Rejuvenation was just a distant rumor to him.

He never imagined that this monumental event would become a fire dropped squarely on his own feet.

“Naturally, I’m not asking you to perform the standard duties of a Majeong. As you well know, you are not suited for such work. The role I have for you is something different. I want you to be His shadow, and at the same time, His tail.”

‘No way… when he says ‘Him,’ does he mean the ‘Him’ I’m thinking of?’

Seok Mun-pyeong was thrown into confusion. It sounded like madness, but the official’s expression was dead serious. A chill began to creep down his spine.

‘So, a Demonic Shadow is ‘His’ shadow, and I’m supposed to be both the shadow and the tail? A ‘tail’ means to track and report on His movements… Is he really ordering me to spy on the supreme Cult Leader?!’

“…Me?”

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천추세인
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Recommendation Lists
  1. want to read 8
  2. Things I'm reading PART TWO
  3. Want to read
  4. (KR) Historical Non-European BL
  5. Great plot, great translation

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Date Group Release
06/28/25 Alkale c13-23
06/28/25 Alkale c1-12
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Mendokuse
New Mendokuse rated it
July 12, 2025
Status: Completed
This is the first time I've felt the need to write a review for a novel in my many years of reading. This is gonna be a long one!

I took was swayed by the less than 4 star rating (att of this post) but the description was tempting and the short number of chapters gave me faith to try it. Unexpectedly each chapter is quite long and thought it's 22 chapters, the novel is actually 8 volumes.

Some people who don't like smut tags shouldn't be swayed to not read it... more>> because contrary to the pretext the synopsis sets up, this is a very plot heavy novel that yes, has intimate moments and some comedic elements, there is a major plot throughout the novel that extends thoroughly. However, those who do enjoy some spice will not be disappointed.

Psa for the r*pe tag — yes it starts off with non-consensual for their first time but MP (bottom) consents soon after and throughout the novel ML and Bot communicate.

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The r*pe tag actually focuses a lot on ML backstory which is really complex and a heartbreaking read.

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Another thing about this novel is that though there are typical cliche moments, there were also some moments that genuinely made my jaw drop from shock at the plot twist and that's always really exciting for me as a reader.

The other reviewer also mentions this novel includes MANY wuxia elements which is surprising for a korean novel. As someone who has read many danmeis and watched many wuxia cdramas, it's quite accurate and sometimes I'd get swept up in the story and it really feels like a chinese novel. As the other reviewer also mentions, the authors thorough research into the geography is evident. The world building is really instricate and I, someone who sometimes finds world building boring, was thoroughly s**ked in.

The reason I'm writing this review is because I genuinely think the ratings don't do this novel justice. I am SO THANKFUL I decided to just try a "quick read" and now I've been glued to my screen for the last 2 days. Please give it a try.

ML may seem irritating at first but his backstory gives explanation so trust the process! He is a very devoted lover and really holds his grudges on those who wrong MC.

MC is not weak and helpless either. He has his moments where he gets saved yes, but he knows his limits and areas he's confident in and it's really refreshing seeing a self-aware and as the novel states, a very normal MC. If you're sick of always seeing the most handsome men in the world as MC and ML then MC is the one for you.

Happy reading!

(this is one of those series that would really do amazing as a manhwa adaptation! Manifesting)

UPDATE: just checked there is a manhwa adaptation!!! <<less
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earlgreyt
New earlgreyt rated it
July 5, 2025
Status: Completed
Not a bad story.

Despite being a KR novel, all of the locations, places, and characters take place in the Central Plains and have commonly seen Wuxia names and titles (eg. Drunken kungfu), and are pretty specific to Chinese Wuxia novels.

There's a lot of dissonance where the ChatGPT sometimes uses the Chinese name instead of the Korean one or vice versa (eg. Gangho -> Jianghu), on top of flipped pronouns for the characters.

That said, I'm surprised this was Korean instead of being originally written in Chinese, then translated to Korean. Author... more>> must've done a lot of research as the geography and historical events all felt very realistic. Though I wish ChatGPT was able to keep the character names to their Chinese source. It was kind of weird that the main characters had Korean names despite being solidly from the fictional China.

Lots of drama and battles in the Jianghu. And quite a bit of smut scenes as well.

It was interesting that the main character was "such a normal person" vibes. Like those cannon-fodder novels. He doesn't get any more special throughout the rest of the story, but because he is

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the lover of the supreme leader, he ends up embroiled in a ton of epic events and also getting into classic protagonist luck events, like accidentally discovering an ancient ruin/treasure after being almost killed by the enemy.

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Lots of classics like face-changing, identity mismatch, and so on, has all of the cliches so very fun read. Not a dark novel, despite some of the events (mass mu*der, children kidnapping etc.). A lot of comedy interspersed because ML is the most OP thing in existence. So if you're looking for something more classic Wuxia, this is not it.

This is like a Wuxia straddling Xianxia - a little bit in the middle. Otherwise, it was pretty enjoyable for me. <<less
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