Su Chen needs one letter to get through the academy gates. Before he can reach it, his sponsor collapses and two strangers begin discussing what the police should find.
Left to clear away a class barbecue, Shu Feng discovers a power far beyond his classmates’ imaginations. His first problem is surviving the discovery. His next is working out what any of it costs.
Tu Xiao’an asks for a chance to stay with his grieving family and receives a snake’s body. Returning home is easy. Being recognized, finding dinner and surviving the backyard are considerably harder.
A fox spirit repays the scholar next door with wonderful meals. Unfortunately, the food belongs to a hungry young hunter. His discovery of supernatural rewards offers a way out, provided he can survive being useful.
Ning Zheng wants a safe income after years of hiding among ghosts. A server offering eager otherworldly blacksmiths sounds ideal. Unfortunately, he knows almost nothing about the people who regard his dangerous world as entertainment.
A reluctant protector faces corporate eavesdroppers and a much harder opponent: an employer with a scorecard. Tea, stolen breakfast, and an expanding rulebook give the opening its broad comic rhythm.
A hungry fighter accepts a fake-boyfriend job and keeps making it larger than anyone intended. A disastrous background check and a rusty bicycle provide the best laughs in this broad urban action comedy.
A deleted game save becomes a dangerous world, and a determined mage keeps turning its emergencies into cards. The cleverest tension lies between a student’s examination plan and his follower’s promise to a friend.
Li Xu inherits a respected clinic and its empty waiting room. A daily clue can help, but convincing the neighborhood requires a reputation he does not yet possess.
Opening review · Based on complete story chapters 1–8.
Song Changsheng has unusual comprehension and a privileged place in his clan. A request for a child’s protective charm makes him consider what that place means to relatives whose futures are much less secure.
Shen Bai’s pawnshop has supplied an old Daoist with the wooden sword he came to reclaim. When the same request returns after news of the customer’s death, a routine transaction acquires a very different meaning.
Hu Qi wakes with both legs in casts, someone else’s memories and a generous cousin bringing lunch. His old game modifier offers a remarkable second chance, but it does not pay the martial-arts club’s registration fee.
Yang Chan has a second life, a modest cultivation panel and a body already worked beyond its limits. Before he can dream about immortality, he must survive the institution offering him a future.
Li Chang’an wants to live forever, but his immediate problem is a mining assignment that could ruin the life he already has. A nightly forecast gives him an advantage worth more than a dramatic sword technique: a reason to stay home.
Rejected by his family’s young dragon, Raylo is sent north with an unenthusiastic retinue. Secret intelligence offers a way forward, but the most enjoyable early company arrives quietly at the edge of his campfire.
Chen Yu can see injuries other doctors cannot, but professional basketball has no vacant job waiting for him. His first chance to matter begins after an unsuccessful interview, in a corridor on the wrong side of the arena.
Li Xin would rather take his little sister for sweets than attract official attention. A troublesome relic, a hungry monster and a policeman nearing retirement make that modest ambition surprisingly difficult.
Gu Xi wanted an impressive first undead. Imprisonment leaves him grateful for something more useful: a companion who can notice trouble, search a body and act before he finishes explaining.
Shi Feiyang arrives with overwhelming gifts, but his first task has a wonderfully tangible complication: the injured man he must rescue is still on his back. Snowbound danger and extravagant swordplay introduce a blunt heroic fantasy.
Gao Gong knows this cyberpunk world's future. Unfortunately, his borrowed body is bleeding in a wrecked car, and knowing the rules doesn't make pain optional.
Opening review · Source story chapters 1–8 · catalogue entries 5–14; entries 1–4 are supplementary panels
Lin Li has spent seven years failing to become a cultivator. His new secret might change that—once he has finished helping a friend with her blocked kitchen drain.
Feng Shan inherits an enormous frozen estate, but his most important luggage is a troublesome cat. A bus cabin, a radio and an approaching winter give him reasons to start living again.