Nan Chan (南禅) by Tang Jiu Qing

Xianxia | 126 + 3 Chapters

🪷 Premise 🐉

After committing a great sin, Jing Lin, once a revered Deity Lord, is thought to be dead by all. In actuality, he survived and is spending his miserable immortal life in seclusion with a brocade carp as a companion. In a near-death experience, the carp, Cang Ji, transforms into a human and fosters a strange urge to devour Jing Lin. As he grows in power, Cang Ji has the potential to evolve into a dragon, but deities and demons alike are hot on their trail, intending to capture Cang Ji. Meanwhile, Jing Lin and Cang Ji tread the mortal realm in pursuit of a divine copper bell that leads them to experience the "eight sufferings" and uncover their forgotten past together.

Recommended if you like:

• a long-winded mystery featuring 2 amnesiacs
• angst balanced with comedy, fluff, and tension
• dragon gong
• a deeply introspective story about what it means to be human
• realistic (and non-realistic) tragedies
• GRIEF
• a red string of fate type romance

Not recommended if you:

• don't like confusing plots
• are put off by noncon/dubcon / prefer a pure love type of romance

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