
by Golden_Noodles
Qiren Lin was once an ordinary man, down on his luck. His medical clinic stood on the brink of closure. He was financially ruined after his wife vanished with half his possessions. Within the same month, his house burned to the ground—and his car was stolen. It was almost absurd. How could one man be this unlucky? Why was misfortune focused so precisely on him? With no road left to walk, he wandered the streets, lost in thought. Then he saw it—a boy crossing the path of a black cat. In that single logical second—no, in that half-millisecond—something shattered. Curses etched into the road revealed themselves. The cat’s shadow stretched, twisting into the silhouette of a tiger that tore the boy from his feet. A homeless man sat beneath a flickering lamppost, unaware of vile spirits gnawing at his shoes, unraveling his socks, stealing the buttons from his coat. In that moment, Qiren perceived a universal truth—one that transcended heaven, earth, and every realm in between. He had been cursed.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Prologue: Physician & the Cursed Brush | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 1: A Thousand Cracking Shells | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 2 : The Thing I Became | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 3 : The Scent of Blood, Death, and Rain | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 4 : A Demon’s Ingenuity, A Mortal’s Despair | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 5 : When Beasts Descend | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 5.2 : The Crimson-Black Doctrine | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 6 : Under Five Silent Moons | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 7 : 140,000 Deadly Strands | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 8: Uphill, Toward a Violet Heartbeat | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 9 : Drafting with The Wind | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 9.2 : Drafting with The Wind (Part Two) | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 10 : Mountain of Burning Scripture | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 11 : Awakening | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 12: Daoist Collision | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 13 : Endless Nether... | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 14 : Obsidian Road | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 15.1 : Sevenfold Calamity Vessel | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 15.2 : Seven Eyes Above the Archipelago | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 16 : Roots and Embers I | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 17 : Roots and Embers II | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 18 : Into the First Layer | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 19: Powerless | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 20 | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 21 : Blood, Soul, and Second Chances | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 22. 1 : A Name Given Freely | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 22.2 : A Name Given Freely II | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 23 : Encounter | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 24 : Bronze Body Furnace | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 25 : Karmic Furnace Awakening | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 26 : The Path Between Death and Revival | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 27 : Broken Void Absence | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 28 : The Flames That Refused to Die | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 29 : Where Ash Takes Root | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 30 : The Chrysalis Garden | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 31 : The Soul Catcher’s Wager | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 32 : The Kindness of a Monster | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 33 : The Night Softness Died | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 34 : Habits of the Dead | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 35 : Reverse Gear | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 36 : The Devil in the Woods | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 37 : Birth of the Mad Jester | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 38 : The Devil in Carnival Paint | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 39 : Through the Lens | 0 |
| 44 | Pre-Chapter 40 Special 🎉🎉 | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 40 : Fear-Tainted Souls | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 42 : Russian Roulette and the Deck of Fate | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 43 : The King’s Card | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 44 : Breaking Her Dry Spell (R18) | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 45 : The Thrill She Asked For (R18) | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 46 : Missy’s Fifteen-Minute Gamble | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 47 : The Prophecy of Twelve | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 48 : The Thrill of Near Death | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 49 : The Mirror Carnival | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 50 : The Devil’s Hand | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 51: The Devil’s Hand (Part 2) | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 52 : A Symphony of Screams | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 53 : The Price of Escape | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 54 : The Night Starlight Fell | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 55 : The Pursuit of Perfect Immortality | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 56 : When Death Wears a Mask | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 57 : What Lurks Between Seconds | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 58 : The Taste of Another Man’s Future | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 59 : Chrono Slash | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 64 :The Conversation That Never Finished | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 61 : The Abyss Accepts Its Tribute | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 62 : A Smile Behind the Storm | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 63 : What is a Mad Jester? | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 64 : Would This Make You Proud? | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 65 : Feast of Shadows | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 66 : A Favor Instead of Punishment | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 67 : Sunhaven (short r18) | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 68 : Four Seconds Remaining | 0 |