XIAOxBAI: A Romance Tale in the Martial World
After a millennium of strife between the Demonic Cult led by the Heavenly Demon, and the Righteous Faction led by the Heavenly Murim Alliance, something once thought impossible occurred.
The newly appointed leader of the Demonic Cult, the Heavenly Demon, asked for peace.
Now twenty years later, a generation of children on the Central Plains grew up only ever hearing of the bloody battles between the Demonic Cult and the Righteous Faction in scary bedtime stories told by their parents.
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Han Xiao Mo was known for being the good-for-nothing Third Young Master and son of the Heavenly Murim Alliance Leader. Nevertheless, he was content with living his life as carefree as he wanted regardless of what the outside world thinks of him, however, that all changed when his father and older brother suddenly informed him that he was going to get married.
But what was worse for him was that his fiancée was the daughter of the Leader of the Demonic Cult, the Heavenly Murim Alliance's enemy!
"So what if my marriage is for the greater good of the Central Plains? I still refuse!"
Xiao Mo immediately refused to get married, even going on a hunger strike. But under his father and older brother's persistence, he suddenly agreed to the two's surprise.
But, unbeknownst to the excited father and son, the youngest of the family was concocting a plot to avoid his marriage for good!
However, in the midst of carrying out this grand plan, Xiao Mo stumbled upon an unexpected... bump?
"Ah! What the...
"This is...
"You're actually a...!"
It's been two months, so I think it's about time I write a review. Now, what should I write? Should it be about the characters? The story itself? Maybe about my inspiration for the story? Hmmmm, I don't wanna bore you, so I'll just give some brief details about the book. Firstly, I've read over a thousand, maybe more, bl manga/anime so I got this down to a science. However, I've also read a similar number of cultivation novels, so this book is a combination of those things. So far, I'd say I've done a pretty good job at blending both aspects. The progression of romance between the two male leads, as well as martial arts/action scenes. There's also the addition of political scheming and whatnot. All and all, it's a very mix blend of romance, coming of age, action, comedy (mostly the side characters), drama, and lastly, some r18+ scenes (I'd like to say I'm good at not making these scenes cringe/awkward, but that's just my opinion. Feel free to judge me). Ironically, I haven't read bl novels before as I've always had the misconception they'll always be focused on romance. I have no problem if the story is short and focuses solely on those aspects, but when its several hundred chapters long, romance is too light of a topic to bare the weight of the story. That is to say, while romance is the core of this story, it's done in such a way that the action and other aspects can support the story when the romance is not at the forefront. Though, that's not to say the romance will ever fully be absent, it's the core after all. The core of the action, the core of the coming-of-age aspect, and especially the core of the drama in the story. Whew, that was longer than expected. Anywho, if the title, book cover, or synopsis hasn't convinced you to give this book a try, hopefully, this long rant has. Seriously, go read it!
1. I got a dig bick 2. You that read wrong 3 You read that wrong too 4. Are you checking again? 5. You smiled 7. You are wandering you're still reading this 8. You saw that mistake, right? 8. But did you see I skipped 4? 10. You checked, twice 11. And saw you that I doubled 8 and skipped 9? 12. It's "saw you" not you saw :) 12. I also skipped 5 14. you got tricked, again 15. I'm very much wasting your time, but if you were entertained leave a comment and happy reading[img=recommend] 16. This was somewhat copied from one of my fav author, your glad to try it ;) 17. But did you see what I did with the missing 13? :)