Essence [Original/Collection] 'Tianxia Bachang Works Collection' Author: Tianxia Bachang

Updated on February 19, 2013. Added new books "River God · Ghost Water Tales" and "Ghost Does Not Speak" — the Xian Dun Ghost Wail section, and rearranged the table of contents for "My Neighbor is a Monster."
Tian Xia Ba Chang, the pioneer of Chinese online tomb-raiding novels. This e-book collects his eight published works. Previously, they were mostly published individually; this compilation is for readers who prefer collections.
Author Introduction:
In the vast expanse of time, how many ancient secrets exist, deep and silent, existing in the "dead corners" untouched by the mind, in the darkness beyond the reach of sight? The journey to explore these "mysteries" may be exceptionally difficult and dangerous, but the moment you truly touch them, you will "see the essence of reality, rise above the mundane, and experience the ultimate greatness."
Tian Xia Ba Chang, real name Zhang Muye, is from Tianjin. He is the most imaginative writer in China, and his creation of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series has swept the Chinese-speaking world. It is the most widely disseminated novel among Chinese people since martial arts works like Jin Yong's. Tian Xia Ba Chang's writing merges Eastern mystical culture with elements of global popular culture, leaving a distinct Chinese imprint on the genre fiction.
His adventure novels always focus on human thought and action in environments full of the unknown. With dramatic stories, ancient traditions, mysterious relics, brotherhood, the uncertainty of life and death, along with succinct humor, and rich and diverse folk culture, his writing constructs another kind of "jianghu" (martial world).
Major Works:
"Ghost Blows Out the Light," "Ghost Blows Out the Light II," "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Muye Strange Matters," "Lost Kunlun Ruins," "Thief Cat," "The Mysterious Country," "Death Loop," "My Neighbor is a Monster."
Content Summary:
Ghost Blows Out the Light
Three contemporary tomb-raiding masters use feng shui techniques to interpret the pulse of the mountains and rivers of the world, searching for the lost dragon towers and treasures scattered across the land. Deserts, snow-capped mountains, forests, canyons, rapids, grasslands, little-known mysterious flora and fauna, traps at every turn, stepping cautiously, linking challenge after challenge, testing the limits of imagination and endurance.
The story is triggered by a fragment of a master's notes inherited at home, spanning thousands of miles in search of dragons, enduring hardships and dangers. After all, the dragons that lie in hiding, those actions that lift the heavens and earth, overturn the seas, are far from ordinary.The Nine-Story Demon Tower under the great glacier of the Kunlun Mountains, the secret fortress of the Kwantung Army in the Wildman Valley on the China-Mongolia border, the vanished ancient city of Jijing lost in the Taklamakan Black Desert, the corpse-fragrant devil yam flowers in the bottomless cave of the sacred mountains, the insect valley demon coffin in the jungles of Yunnan, the headless cave of the Guge Kingdom in the Karakoram Mountains of Tibet, the Longling Maze Cave in Shaanxi… In the bizarre and eerie underground world, layers of ancient mysteries are revealed.\u000A\u000AGhost Blows Out the Light II\u000A Guided by a family heirloom of a secretary's fragment, it tells the story of three contemporary grave-robbing tomb raiders, who, to unravel the ancient mystery of a vanished tribe, use secret feng shui techniques, interpret the pulses of the world's mountains and rivers, and search for lost dragon palaces and treasure halls buried deep in the earth. After all, those dragon-shaped, tiger-hidden, sky-lifting, earth-pulling, ocean-flipping feats are far from ordinary, and in this bizarre and eerie underground world, the mysterious veils of history are being unveiled layer by layer…\u000AGhost Blows Out the Light: Strange Tales of the Pastoral Fields\u000A This book is an important part of completing the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series, revealing many doubts of interest to readers and is of great significance to the entire series. It can be said that this book can provide good explanations for many unresolved issues, making it a perfect milestone and a summary for the series.\u000ALost in the Kunlun Ruins\u000A Do I suffer from “dark syndrome,” or am I truly traveling between dreams and reality?\u000A The house I live in, in a sense, should be considered a “haunted house.” Not because anyone died here or there was a murder, but because in this surrounding area, inexplicable strange incidents frequently occur, such as disappearances, car accidents, UFO sightings, ghost radio signals with no source…\u000A It seems cursed, as misfortune constantly entangles the residents of this area…\u000A\u000AThief Cat\u000A At the end of the Qing Dynasty, during the chaos of the Taiping forces, an orphan named Zhang Xiaobian mistakenly entered the neglected tomb of a former consort, encountering mysterious people, obtaining rare books, facing dangers, and learning a secret method of judging cats and dogs.\u000A Originally only seeking wealth and fortune, Zhang Xiaobian was hence drawn into the tumultuous tides of history, the mystery of XX “creating livestock,” and led the “Wild Goose Camp” in battles against the Taiping forces… Each time facing danger, a spiritual cat would assist him.These secretly cunning thief cats, as their owner 'Old Ghost in the Woods' claims, can indeed push Zhang Xiaobian toward immense wealth and grandeur, or is there a huge unforeseen conspiracy hidden behind the scenes?

**The Land of Mystery**
A mysterious organization, an impossible mission.
Wonder: the ghost highway reappears; eeriness: unmanned planes circle the valley; danger: man-eating leeches trap and kill the team members.
In the dense forest, how will you overcome fear and change fate? The truth is buried underground, the mystery hidden in the fog. Who is really closest to heaven?

**The Death Loop**
A few friends drive out, get caught in heavy rain and lost at night. Out of boredom, they each recount some strange tales, yet no one anticipated that the truly suffocating adventure would only begin at this very moment—
Ominous and eerie signs, tunnels leading to the abyss, deserted ancient villages, endless highways, all conceal shocking secrets...
Is the root of this never-ending nightmare a time-swallowing black hole? Or the narrow boundary between life and death?

**My Neighbor is a Monster**
A collection of the finest elements from "Ghost Blows Out the Light": yin and yang, aura, feng shui, fortune.
Bizarre and extraordinary plots, humorous and witty writing, with dramatic narrative twists.
Tianxia Bachang decodes Chinese mysterious culture for the first time, sharing his own experiences of strange events.
With the tone of a storyteller and a strong Tianjin flavor, he takes you on a journey through obscure legends in Chinese folk culture.

**River God: Ghost Water Tales**
You ask me, why are there monsters at Wei Family's Grave? Why is Liangfang Shop Alley considered a haunted house? How eerie is Grave No. 209? Why does the old owner of Bai's Coffin Shop say his house hides a deadly treasure? This all starts with the 'monster under the bridge.'
A small water thief once set a deadly net at the Sancha River mouth and accidentally uncovered a child's corpse. Masters of the 'Iron Triangle'—Master Guo, Ding Mao, and Li Daleng—after many twists, finally captured the true culprit with double pupils in the 'Golden-headed Centipede Cave.' From then on, Master Guo earned the title 'River God.'
One day, the picture of the Kitchen God in Master Guo's house was destroyed. According to Zhang the Half-Sage, this broke the feng shui, bringing misfortune. The image immediately became an ominous hexagram, pointing directly north.In the north, there is a haunted granary store alley, a coffin shop of the Bai family with a sealed door, and the creepiest of all is the legendary 'terrible thing' suppressed inside the Bai family's coffin shop. Once it comes out, it is said it would flood the world, but exactly what it is, even the diviner Zhang Banxian could not figure out...\n\nGhosts Do Not Speak\n\nTianxia Bachang's latest series of tomb-raiding novels uses the mysterious ancient Chinese Nuo cult culture as a starting point to introduce a twisted and thrilling tomb-raiding story.\n\nThe protagonist begins with legends passed down orally from his ancestors, journeying through the Northeast, entering Central China, and going to the Southwest. In order to find the rumored rare treasures and uncover the secrets behind the mysterious mask, he experiences dangers that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Moving murals in the ancient tombs, giant fish in the Yellow River resembling barges, and mysterious blood trees on Tongtian Ridge reveal a bizarre underground world that overturns all imaginations about tomb raiding!