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    I'm nobody! Who are you?
    Are you nobody, too?
    Then there's a pair of us- don't tell!
    They'd banish us, you know.
    -Emily Dickinson

    A series exploring one potential outcome of Xie Lian discovering Wuming as a fractured ghost flame after he was banished for the second time.

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    30 Jul 2025

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    When Xie Lian gets out of the coffin, he has a dream. He dreams of a boy, strangely familiar and lovely, and just for a moment, he's happy. But dreams don't last, and when he wakes up and realises that he is alone, Xie Lian breaks just a little bit. Unable to face reality on his own, he imagines San Lang beside him, accompanying him on his travels. Gradually, he forgets that San Lang isn't real.

    Then, Xie Lian ascends for the third time, and San Lang starts acting a little strange.

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    23 Jul 2025

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    Mei Nianqing is still proud of his former pupil—and why SHOULDN’T he be? Despite 800 years and, ahem, a little rebellious phase, Xie Lian still had all the qualities of the perfect student: diligent, intelligent, celibate—yes, CELIBATE! Surely he was still celibate, even after running off with that no-good ghost king, right? After all, he's Xie Lian! He wouldn’t break his principles, especially not over someone like that.

    But, over the course of a prolonged stay at paradise manor, the evidence starts building up...and to his horror, Guoshi is beginning to suspect that...his star pupil, his pure snow-white lotus...His Highness the Crown Prince...

    ...IS SECRETLY TEACHING HUA CHENG CALLIGRAPHY!!!

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    02 Jun 2025

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    Hua Cheng has no interest in gaining an animal companion, but when a mortal drags an old and filthy dog into the Gambler's Den he can't bring himself to leave it to a life of familiar abuse.

    Xie Lian, meanwhile, is having a much more pleasant time as a dog now that a mysterious ghost has brought him home.

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    24 May 2025

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    [Spoilers for All 5 Books]

    “Don’t leave me,” Xie Lian begs, “San Lang, stay. Please.”


    After the final battle, Hua Cheng stays with Xie Lian. It should be good. Xie Lian should be grateful. He should be happy.

    Instead, he's terrified. Maybe it would have been easier for Xie Lian to believe in something he couldn't see than to trust in the strength of a silent, flickering ghost fire.

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    22 May 2025