KarmaKitten



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    The rules are clear, and also written directly onto the cliff face.

    You genuinely cannot miss them.

    So Wangji says, “You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen, but I am required to punish you.”
    And then realizes exactly what it is that seems to have gone wrong.
    -
    Or right, when you consider the cosmic implications of running into your soulmate at sixteen years old and immediately threatening to have them spanked for breaking the rules.

    (An AU in which you cannot lie in the presence of your soulmate. And this may or may not give Wei Ying hives.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,894
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    293
    Kudos:
    5,974
    Bookmarks:
    1,004
    Hits:
    31,870

    21 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Having come to a decision, he took hold of the ghost and hoisted him onto his shoulder like a very large, very tall sack of rice. The ghost sucked in an unnecessary, shaky breath.

    or

    Xie Lian sets out to capture a ghost, and succeeds. It's just... a different ghost than the one he was after.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,169
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    2
    Comments:
    273
    Kudos:
    2,359
    Bookmarks:
    407
    Hits:
    12,972

    17 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 49

    Tags
    Summary

    When Honghong-er’s bullies ridicule him for ruining the Shangyuan Heavenly Ceremonial Procession, an eavesdropping Xie Lian receives confirmation of the bandaged boy’s identity.

    This time, he doesn’t break the rules to speak to Honghong-er—he breaks the rules to appear before him.

    Or, Honghong-er gets a hug.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,070
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    23
    Kudos:
    272
    Bookmarks:
    49
    Hits:
    965

    17 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    "His Highness may call me anything he wishes."

    Xie Lian doesn't have the imaginative energy to conjure up anything meaningful for this stranger, so he says, "In that case, you might as well be Wu Ming."

    The ghost bows his head further. His shoulders sink slightly, less slumping and more settling into himself. It's like he likes the dehumanizing name.

    He says, "'Wu Ming' is perfect."

    Xie Lian's frown deepens. He tells him, "Pick a different one soon."

    _

    After Xie Lian is tortured in his own temple, he wakes up in the care of a freshly-formed wrath ghost. "Wu Ming" follows him home and, with his carpentry experience, medical knowledge, street smarts, and fighting skills, makes himself indispensable to Xie Lian's family.

    To protect Xie Lian from Bai Wuxiang, Wu Ming swears that he'll do whatever he must to get stronger, all the while becoming one more person that Xie Lian couldn't bear to lose.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    41,999
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Collections:
    2
    Comments:
    305
    Kudos:
    1,323
    Bookmarks:
    391
    Hits:
    15,372

    15 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Xie Lian's last believer is so fervently devoted to him that he seems to think mostly in the form of prayer. That is a terrifying prospect. Xie Lian has never heard of such a case before, not even in hypotheticals, and he finds himself hoping, for his believer's sake, that there is some other explanation for this phenomenon.

    Whatever the reason, a low stream of his believer's thoughts hum in the back of Xie Lian's consciousness.

    His believer does not seem to be aware of it.

    _

    When Xie Lian ascends for the third time, he is welcomed back to godhood with prayers that he hadn't expected: an ongoing stream of thought from his sole remaining believer. He gathers quickly that this believer is very old, very powerful, and very, very much in love with him.

    For his believer's sake, Xie Lian can cast a spell to shut the prayers out—but only if he has access to spiritual energy.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    18,993
    Chapters:
    2/?
    Comments:
    480
    Kudos:
    2,271
    Bookmarks:
    684
    Hits:
    18,950

    14 Mar 2026