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Temple of the fallen gods by nightknell
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
22 Nov 2025
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Jin Ling stalks towards the child, distractedly noting that his footsteps don’t produce any noise, and pauses before flopping down beside them with a sigh.
The child startles in surprise and nearly falls off the damn pier. Only a firm hand clamping around their arm saves them from toppling in entirely, and both pairs of eyes swivel to stare down at the point of contact.
Then Jin Ling looks up, and chokes.
“Who are you?” demands an unmistakably younger Jiang Cheng.
When Jiang Cheng's cursed on a night hunt, he falls unconscious -- trapped by memories he can't quite let go of.
A foray into his memories reveals more than Jin Ling was expecting.
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Zhao Yuanzhou is a startlingly normal human child, begging on the streets for food, money, shelter. He has nothing to his name save the clothes on his back, but his smile is bright and his eyes clever, his fingers equally deft at slipping a coin or two out of someone’s pouch.
Zhuo Yichen doesn’t even have to think about it. He gathers Zhao Yuanzhou in his arms and takes him away.
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“Zhuo-daren believes in resurrection, then?” There was no mockery in his voice, only a gentle disbelief. “In reversing the order of heaven and earth –?”
“I believe in carving a path for yourself,” interrupted Zhuo Yichen, voice steady. “No matter what it takes.”
Not the first time that day, Zhao Yuanzhou’s expression morphed into surprise – before giving way to a smile, slow but radiant, like the rising dawn.
“That,” he said softly, wonderingly, “would be beautiful, were it true.”
“Truths are those carved by your own hand, Zhu Yan. Don’t wait around for someone else to do it for you.”
Zhuo Yichen hurtles back in time.
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a tender kiss, goodbyes by nightknell for orchiiii
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
14 Feb 2022
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“Fey pacts are not easily broken,” Mu Qing said softly, his silken voice barely above a whisper. “You should know this.”
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In a moment of carelessness, Feng Xin accidentally makes a bargain with the Fey—or more specifically, with Mu Qing, who eventually decides to let him go.
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Be Considerate, Dammit (like you're any better) by nightknell for orchiiii
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
09 Jan 2022
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“What’s so funny?” he demands.
“Oh, nothing, just the fact that you think you’re being considerate when your conduct is the furthest thing from it,” Mu Qing sneers. “Tell me, how is nearly crashing into other skaters—on more than one occasion—‘considerate’? How is disrupting a figure skater’s practice ‘considerate’? All I see is selfishness and entitlement.”
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Mu Qing and Feng Xin meet at a public rink, where they have to share the ice. Neither are happy about it; a heated conversation results in Mu Qing storming off the rink.
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Picture of the Turning Sphere by omphalos
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
13 May 2021
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Lan Xichen is a broken man no longer able to trust his own judgement. Jiang Wanyin was broken long ago, and he healed... badly. The cultivation world is off-balance, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
In the middle of an icy winter, a comet appears in the sky. Is it a warning? A celestial dragon? Have the gods, weary of waiting for cultivators to sort out their own mess, decided to take action?
Over the course of three seasons, the two sect leaders are forced closer as they attempt to appease the gods and rebalance their land. Perhaps, in the course of their adventures, they will also find a way to rebalance themselves.
TLDR: In which a fiery plot device in the sky forces two lonely, broken men to sort their shit out and find everything they'd been lacking in each other.
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17 Nov 2025
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"So you're begging me," Zhuo Yichen deadpans. He can feel his eyebrow raising—a default state of being when you dealt with Zhao Yuanzhou on a regular basis.
"Well, beg is a strong word," Zhao Yuanzhou says with not a hint of shame in his tone. His sincerity had lasted for all of three sentences before melting away into his usual brand of contrite amusement. Zhuo Yichen hates him, genuinely. "I'd prefer to call it... asking a favour from a close friend?"
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17 Sep 2025
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God fucking dammit finally a college AU after eight months of drought
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pei sijing jie ↦
Can I ask a question about Li Lun?
Feel free not to answer if you don’t feel comfortable.↤ xiao zhuo
I am ready to talk shit about that man at all times ask me anything// The Fangs of Fortune gang work at a law firm. To their horror, Zhao Yuanzhou's universally disliked ex that he can't stay away from is suddenly back in town.
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Jiang Cheng's Least Favorite Look by SilverStark
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
18 Aug 2020
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Jiang Wanyin and Lan Wangji get hit with a curse intended for Wei Wuxian. (Of course Lan Wangji had dived in to defend him. Jiang Wanyin had just….happened to be standing nearby.) The consequence is a mortifying bodyswap. Jiang Wanyin has never worn a more boring outfit, and now he has to rely on Wei Wuxian to fix him (if he has time in between bouts of laughter).
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Point of No Return by fanfictiongreenirises
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
15 Dec 2022
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Wei Ying distantly registers the sound it makes, too busy gaping at the person on the other side. His body is turned a little as if to head back down the steps, but Wei Ying would know that profile anywhere, even if it’s been years since he’s seen it in person.
“Holy shit,” he says, trying his hardest to stop himself from gaping, mouth open and all. “A’Cheng?”
Jiang Cheng shows up at Wei Ying's door out of the blue after years of living overseas with his mother, with nothing on him but presents for his nephews and siblings, asking if he can stay. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that something isn't right.
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25 Apr 2025