(This book is the first volume of Xiao Lou’s Three Rivers Trilogy, titled Ask the Eastward Flowing Water)... more>>

“Since ancient times, all things flow eastward like the river; Where do they go, and where do they come from; Pondering brings little clarity.”

Li Qingluo, a young girl from the Celestial Empire who grew up in the mountains of Jingnan, becomes separated from her family due to the chaos of war. To find her father’s whereabouts, she disguises herself as a man and joins the Celestial Empire’s army. By a twist of fate, she becomes acquainted with General Xiao Shensi and the army medic, Lin Guiyuan, forming a deep bond of friendship.

During their journey to find Qingluo’s father, both Xiao Shensi and Lin Guiyuan gradually uncover her true identity as a woman, and feelings of affection naturally arise. However, the unpredictability of life unravels a web of mysteries as the they travel from the northern deserts, to the bustling capital, and then to the remote villages of Miaoxi:

What is Lin Guiyuan’s connection to the Yan Emperor?

What memories has Xiao Shensi lost over the years?

And what secrets are hidden within Qingluo’s increasingly enigmatic background?

Though seemingly unrelated, these threads draw the three of them closer together as if woven by fate.

Yet, from the royal bloodbath of a past dynasty, to the emotional entanglements of the disciples of Sword Valley twenty years ago, and the palace intrigues of the Celestial Empire sixteen years ago…

Deep-rooted desires, entangled love and hate— where will they lead? Please ask the eastward flowing river — in the face of such parting emotions, which lasts longer, which fades away? <<less

In this final volume, the characters must come to terms with everything they’ve endured—both the pain they caused and the pain they carry. With subtle... more>> growth and careful distance, the story moves toward a quiet, hard-earned resolution. Featuring new short stories and glimpses into the lives of beloved characters, this volume offers closure without forgetting the past. A gentle, emotionally resonant finale to the COLD series, where healing, love, and accountability come full circle. <<less

Yoonshin is a lawyer who does not hesitate to defend the weak and powerless for free. Sehun uses underhanded methods to gain the upper hand and come out a winner.... more>>

They end up working as partners. But they don’t fit. They’re like fire and water. Yoonshin doesn’t agree with Sehun’s ways, and Sehun seems to doubt Yoonshin’s competence to get the job done.

But perhaps working together is just what they need to learn more about themselves and overcome each other’s differences. And when they do, Sehun finds himself opening up to Yoonshin. <<less

A genius schemer, creating an emperor!... more>>

“Only when your brother is happy can you be happy.”

She committed all kinds of evil deeds to make him Emperor. However, Artezia’s devotion was repaid with betrayal. It was the Grand Duke Cedric, a righteous enemy, that gave her a hand of salvation at the threshold of death.

“Devise a plan.”
“…”
“I can’t think of anyone but you who can reverse this situation. Marquess Rosan.”
“…”
“Lend me your strength.”

There is no plan that can reverse the already declining power and save the fallen empire. However, there is a method. To turn back time before everything went wrong.

With tears of blood she sacrificed her body to an ancient magic. This time, she will not fall.

Artezia, who returned to the age of 18 before death, resolved to become a villainess for the Grand Duke Cedric.

“Please give me your hand in marriage. I’ll make you emperor.”

In exchange for kneeling to the devil, the devil shall dirty her hands for you. <<less

Dylan returns to his family’s home after leaving the house three years ago in an attempt to quell his romantic infatuation with his older brother’s wife.... more>>

When he comes back home, he finds his throbbing heart longing for her deeply once more.

Through his bitter struggle, he hears rumors of his older brother’s close relationship with the housemaid Anna, which enrages him into vowing to do everything in his power to kick the housemaid out of the household for his sister-in-law’s sake, thus beginning the constant harassment toward Anna.

As their relationship tangles, it evolves into a deeper bond—one that he didn’t expect.

Then, Anna finds out his reasoning for approaching her in the first place… <<less

Wei Jiajia opened her eyes and found herself in the early 1950s, just after the People’s Republic of China was founded. She blinked her bright eyes, pinched herself hard—yes, it was real… The original owner fainted from shock after losing both parents in an accident, and when she woke up, Wei Jiajia had taken her place… Looking at her caring family and finally experiencing the affection she had longed for, her guilty heart stirred! In this era where survival depended on connections, and with an imminent famine approaching, she glanced at her children at home and turned to look at her future husband behind her. Wei Jiajia: “I feel like crying…”... more>>

Male lead: Qiao Haoyu had known since childhood about his arranged marriage, but he had always been indifferent about it. He thought if he didn’t find someone he liked, marrying her wouldn’t be a bad idea, especially since his mother approved! But upon seeing Wei Jiajia for the first time, he understood what it meant to fall in love at first sight. “It's so fragrant…” <<less

The fragile balance between Kusuda and Akizawa is tested when trust begins to unravel. Set against the backdrop of a foreign city, this installment explores... more>> the limits of love, obsession, and personal boundaries. Tense and emotionally raw, it asks what remains when connection is pushed to the breaking point—and whether healing is even possible. <<less

Shen Xiling was once like a golden thread grass clinging to Qi Jingchen for survival. He gave her life, education, and even love.... more>>

Shen Xiling once thought this man was omnipotent, until one day disaster struck, and she watched helplessly as Qi Jingchen fell from the clouds into the mire. Even at that moment, he was still trying every means to protect her, eventually sending her under someone else’s wings.

Ten years later when they met again, shattered mountains and rivers and tangled marriages stood between them, creating countless barriers. This time, it was finally Shen Xiling’s turn to hold up the lotus leaf, sheltering the man who always cherished her like a treasure from wind and rain.

When the mountains and rivers are stabilized, let us watch the lotuses rise together in the wind.

[New releases every Monday] <<less

Wu Jin, as a trainee from a certain entertainment company, had a peerless, stunning face. He was qualified to debut as a lead performer even if he just sat there and did nothing.... more>>

After signing up for a certain talent show, the shining path to stardom beckoned to him––

Wu Jin: Hold on, why is this show different from what we agreed on? Wasn’t it supposed to be about jumping around, dancing, and singing songs? Why do you have to send me out into the wilderness…

Program Producer: You’re a once-in-a-century high appearance value competitor! We’re relying on you to save the program’s ratings!

Wu Jin: … I seem to be on the wrong show. Wait a minute, this isn’t an idol show, it’s a fighting survival reality show ahhh!!

Ten months later, the little cutie who had been thrown into the show––

Turned into a human weapon.

Powering up through various instances, slight entertainment circle elements.

Extremely overpowered gong x little cutie who grows to become an overpowered shou. <<less

As the grandmaster of demonic cultivation, Wei Wuxian roamed the world, hated by millions for committing acts of necromancy. Overthrown by the powerful clans he had attempted to subjugate, Wei Wuxian is supposedly killed by his shidi in order to save the cultivation world. ... more>>

Restored to life in the body of Mo Xuanyu, the local cut-sleeve lunatic, in order to exact revenge on his abusive relatives, Wei Wuxian quickly finds himself spiralling back into his old life when he’s taken away by the cold-hearted, stern, and ultimately quite boring Lan Wangji – who might be harbouring warmer feelings than contempt. Perhaps of the…romantic kind?

But despite his new beginning, Wei Wuxian begins to unravel a decade and a half long mystery that is set to undo the very fabric of the cultivation world as they know it.

A mysterious, action-packed thriller of a ride, this is a journey you won’t want to miss! <<less

Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA). ... more>>

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before. <<less

Lu Yiman was recommended a book by an advertisement, and the more he read, the more unsettled he felt.... more>>

The protagonist in the book was ordered by a powerful figure not to meet with anyone else, required to return home on time every day, could only see him, could only have him in his heart, and had to think about him for twenty-five hours a day out of twenty-four.

The protagonist felt tormented and longed to return to his “white moonlight.” So, he ran, the other chased, but escape was impossible.

The entire story was filled with criticism of the powerful figure’s forced love and the hope that the “white moonlight” would save the protagonist from such misery.

Lu Yiman didn’t do anything, but like a chosen one, a prompt suddenly appeared on his screen asking if he was willing to save the protagonist. After hesitating for a moment, he chose “yes,” and thus, he became the protagonist’s “white moonlight.”

A long time later, everyone was concerned about whether the protagonist had escaped from the powerful figure’s grasp.

Lu Yiman: “Thank you all, the powerful figure is now with me.”

*************

Gentle, refined and strategic top × cold, silent, and flawed bottom

One-sentence summary: A match made in heaven.

Theme: The hope in your heart is the lighthouse that lights up your life. <<less

What happens to ordinary people when they face the end of the world? With no power, nothing but their good looks?... more>>

Of course their fate it’s either life or death.

Xu Yang couldn’t remember how many years she had been a zombie. She wandered in the last days, self-conscious but unable to evolve.

Being a zombie didn’t bring her any change than when she was stil a human.

——What is unfair?

But the world is never fair.

When her head was cut off and the crystal nucleus in her head was removed, Xu Yang’s experience was clearly performed again in her mind, is this the rotating lantern? ——No.

She was reborn.

She is going to survive.

Xu Yang: Lu Huixue that Mother…

Lu Huixue: ??? I’m really not a Mother! <<less

I became a ghost in the horror game [Mystery Exploration Club ~Summer Vacation Nightmare~]. Give me back my body.... more>>

Translator’s summary:

Han Yoo-hee is an unlucky man who fell into the world of a horror game and became the tutorial boss.

Now, wanting to go back, he will guide the protagonist and her group through the game and achieve the ending, confronting many different monsters and finding more about the truth of this world. <<less

Xing Bolin died in the living room of his own home.... more>>

His older brother, Xing Baichuan, who was abroad, rushed back. The first person he met was his younger brother’s boyfriend, Li Jiangluo.

In order to confirm the cause of his brother's death, Xing Baichuan stayed at Li Jiangluo's house. Unexpectedly, he found himself gradually drawn to this quiet and reserved man who seemed to be hiding some secrets.

However, falling in love with his younger brother's lover was something Xing Baichuan found difficult to face.

—

Mature and gentle Gong x Quiet and gentle Shou <<less

Baldo is the strongest swordsmanship that cuts enemies by converting the frictional force generated when the sword is pulled out of the scabbard into kinetic energy.... more>>

'I will accept the rebuttal only in a duel, not in words.' <<less

Do you ever ponder the existence of myriad parallel universes, each mirroring your own reality?... more>>

Clearly, it’s the same person. However, while she may be an unrivaled wealthy heiress in this universe, in another, she could just be a penniless working girl.

Theoretically, these realms never cross paths. Yet, one fateful day, the affluent Jiang Xiaoyuan finds herself thrust into a meticulously orchestrated mishap, becoming another version of herself in a different realm.

Stripped of her family background, education, looks, and wealth, what remains as the essence of oneself? What truly defines the self?

This story takes the concept of X-Change[1] and will be written in a dimensional version.

[1] 变形计: refers to a Chinese reality TV show where teenagers from vastly different backgrounds temporarily swap lives—often wealthy urban teens switching places with poor rural teens. The show explores themes of identity, privilege, and personal growth. <<less

“Until the day humanity falls.”... more>>

In the year 2020, Earth’s magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases.

In the Abyss, home to the mutated xenogenics, there lived a sentient little mushroom. Because it had been nourished by the blood and flesh of the deceased human An Ze, not only did it take on a similar-looking human form, but a similar name as well: An Zhe.

An Zhe is determined to go to the human base to search for his spore, which had been harvested by humans. Once there, however, he faces the omnipresent risk of discovery and certain death as he tries to keep his non-human nature hidden from the Judges, whose responsibility is to inspect for and eliminate xenogenics like himself. And of all the Judges, Colonel Lu Feng is the most perceptive and merciless—as soon as he determines that someone is a xenogenic, he will execute that person on the spot.

But An Zhe’s mutation goes undetected by Lu Feng’s eyes, and so a tale of humans and xenogenics unfolds…

Silver Award winner at the 12th Chinese Nebula Awards for Chinese Science Fiction. <<less

Since ancient times, a Regas has been a being that exists to tame the king who inherits the power of the dragon.... more>>

Abel, who received training to become Regas from his master, meets the prince who will become the future king.

“Wow, it’s the first time our eyes have met. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Abel, Your Highness.”

The young prince, who was ab*sed and hurt by his mother, did not open his heart to anyone. Until then, no Regas had been able to endure him.

However.

“Since Your Highness looks so frightened, I feel I should stay by your side.”

Only Abel was able to open the prince’s heart.

“As long as I’m alive, I will stay by Your Highness’ side.”

“…Abel.”

However, due to the scheming of the ‘King’s Heart’ which had effectively controlled the king and produced the king’s Regas, Abel eventually dies.

* * *

And after 12 years have passed.

In the meantime, the once young prince has become an adult and ascended to the throne as the emperor, unifying the continent through wars, but the ‘King’s Heart’ still remains intact.

Abel, who has gained a new life, and the prince who became an emperor.

Can these two people recognize the changes in each other and destroy the ‘King’s Heart’? <<less

Noboru and Mikako, both junior high school students, were close classmates — until the summer of their third year, when Mikako was chosen to join the UN Space Army’s elite team. Separated between Earth and space, the only thing connecting them now is text messages sent via their mobile phones…... more>>

But as Mikako’s spaceship travels farther from Earth, the time it takes for her messages to reach Noboru grows longer. Though separated by vast time and distance, their feelings for each other remain — and slowly begin to change… <<less

Every woman probably goes through a period like this: ordinary, obedient, well-behaved, an anonymous person in the eyes of strangers, a dim star who is neither here nor there in his life.... more>>

But that’s just a phase. Later, she shines like the sun—dazzling, brilliant—but she no longer loves you.

Standing in the icy snow of the northern lands, Luan Nian’s hair and eyebrows are frosted with cold. His breath turns into vapor as he speaks: “Shang Zhitao, let’s start over from scratch? From the moment we first met.”

(A Part of the Early Spring Trilogy) <<less

To love someone deeply is to wish to imprison them with a golden lock.... more>>

When Duan Yelin first saw Xu Hang, he wanted to lock him up and hide his beauty in the golden house—in fact, he did so.

If he seized him by force, he is a robber; if he is being patient and indifferent, he will be meat in someone else's chopsticks.

Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There were still many things he had not done, so he finally entered Xiaotong Guan.

It's a long-standing battle.

Even after four years of entanglement, Xu Hang always seemed like a bowl of freshly brewed medicine, with a faint aroma, but only after drinking it could one know whether it was poison or antidote.

It was a long time later that Duan Yelin realized that what he had locked up was not a cold and arrogant golden sparrow but a cold and sharp golden hairpin. <<less

I possessed an extra rabbit in a Rofan novel, so I decided to be the guardian of ‘Kyle Roden’, a black hearted man abandoned in the polar region.... more>>

Kyle tried to kill the male lead who took away the female lead he loved.

He was a wolf banished to the polar region and was the villain of the original novel.

“I’ll give you whatever you want, so take me home with you.”

However, when he went to the female lead, he was abandoned and eventually died at the hands of the male lead.

I couldn’t let my favorite end up like that.

“I will be your guardian, so come with me instead.”

I honestly didn’t intend to be the lover of Kyle.

It’s just about opening his eyes to the presence of other people not just the female protagonist.

The goal was to make him let go of his obsession with the female lead and deviate from the original ending.

But despite all my efforts, I couldn’t change his mind.

In the end, I gave up and tried to leave his side..

“You’re leaving me?”

There was something strange about Kyle’s appearance when he came to see me. He stood in front of me and spoke with cool eyes shining.

“You can’t lure someone and then get rid of them like this.” <<less

“Did you approach me on purpose from the beginning?”... more>>

"...... yes."

“Must have been hard pretending to love the enemy’s daughter.”

Annette, of royal blood and the only daughter of a military general.

After two years of passionate love, she married her father's loyal subordinate, Heiner.

The happiness she thought would last forever with her wonderful and loving husband.

Everything was perfect.
Everything seemed perfect.
Until her husband's treachery caused the downfall of her family.

"I'm divorcing you, Heiner.”

"It is not granted."

“Do you still have any use left for me? My parents are dead, the monarchy has fallen. I have nothing. Your revenge is over."

“Madam, where do you intend to go to be happy?"

“...... there is nowhere I can be happy.”

Heiner stretched the corners of his mouth and smiled.

“If that's the case anyway, you'll be unhappy by my side for the rest of your life.”

Annette suddenly realized that his revenge was not over.

And that she had to break off this sickening toxic relationship with her own hands. <<less

In stories, when all beings are in dire straits, there will always be a suddenly appearing powerful hero to rescue them, and this is called “deus ex machina.”... more>>

Although life is not a story, who wouldn’t hope for the appearance of a dazzling and god-like figure?

He will come eventually.

Yang Jin: Yes, yes, that’s me.

The novel is a pseudo-science fiction with an older gong age setting, filled with mysteries. The author is a pretentious maniac without a proper perspective. <<less