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Tales of the Floating World

Tales of the Floating World

Title: 浮生物语

Also Known As: Fu Sheng Wu Yu; Float Life Chronicles; Floating Life Stories

Author: 裟椤双树 (Sha Luo Shuang Shu) 

Genre: Wuxia, Romance, Fantasy

Country of Origin: China

Synopsis:

Thousands of years ago, she was a tiny tree demon who fell in love with the Water God. After experiencing a heartbreaking love that ended in disillusionment, she survived alone into the modern era and became the landlady of the "Bu Ting" (Non-Stop) dessert shop. She brews a special tea called Fu Sheng (Float Life), and her shop receives many strange guests.


Every customer drinks her tea and shares their story with her—soul-stirring tales of love, hatred, and passion among demons and monsters: a handsome young cat demon in love with a fish, a glamorous visual-kei fox guarding the Oracle Flower, a golden lion roaring at the heavens to save his lover, a night-butterfly samurai bearing a strange origin while slaying demons... Every guest who visits the dessert shop carries a story of their own. Like the Fu Sheng tea itself, do these tales carry bitterness and sweetness through a hundred twists and turns?


The tree demon landlady is the listener to these stories, as well as a seeker quietly navigating her own existence. Her life holds Zi Miao, Jiu Jue, Ao Chi, Fat-guy, Thin-guy... In the end, where will their paths lead them?

Chapter List:

Prologue 

Longevity

Prologue

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Epilogue

Fish Love

Prologue

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Epilogue 

Lion Hunting

Prologue

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Epilogue

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