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    Xie Lian's banishment ends in death. His death begins with becoming a Ghost King.

    Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Realm, Jun Wu has been replaced by a new Heavenly Emperor. Xie Lian does not know the details, but surely it had nothing to do with him.

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    11 Apr 2026

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    Hua-chengzhu has sacrificed his well-being for that of the bright center of his personal universe.

    Yin Yu can deal with that.

    Said unwitting center will not stand for this and immediately wants to rescue him.

    Yin Yu's happy to hear it.

    Unfortunately, His Highness's apparent issues with memory and direction strike.

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    29 Dec 2025

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    “You thought I had betrayed you,” she said, and then, because it was true, “I had - lied and betrayed you.”
    Tianlang-jun fell silent. Su Xiyan couldn’t tell what he was thinking. His arms were steady around her. She thought that he might have already forgiven her, which was itself terrifying. Part of what had been so exhilarating about their relationship at first was how he had taken delight in every thing she did, always following, always laughing, always matching her. It had been exciting, in the way that being in freefall was exciting. It was hard to believe that she hadn’t yet hit the ground.

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    02 Dec 2025

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    Crown prince Xie Lian, at ten years old, finds himself in the middle of a kidnapping ploy, and that is only scratching the surface...

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    29 Nov 2025

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    “Dianxia!”

    “Ah, the lack of sleep recently must really be getting to me,” Xie Lian remarks out loud to Ruoye, curled around his wrist. “That or you’ve suddenly learned how to talk.”

    Ruoye wiggles but doesn’t answer beyond that because it’s a silk band and obviously it hasn’t really learned how to talk.

    “Right,” Xie Lian sighs. He kneels down by the river he’s been walking along and reaches out to splash some water on his face to wake himself up…which is when he sees it. Looking up at him from the water is a mask so familiar it hurts: a white, wooden mask with a carved smile. 

    He’s so startled he nearly falls in. “Wu Ming?”

    Nearly a century after he lost Wu Ming, Xie Lian encounters a creature wearing his face

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    15 Nov 2025