Lord of Mysteries / Guǐ Mì Zhī Zhǔ
aka: Lord of the Mysteries
Lord of Mysteries (Chinese: Guǐ Mì Zhī Zhǔ) is a Chinese web novel written by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Yuan Ye. Serialized on Qidian from 2018 to 2020, the story blends steampunk, Lovecraftian horror, and Xuanhuan elements in a Victorian era-inspired world.
Plot: The story begins in the year 1349 of the Epoch Calendar. Zhou Mingrui, a Chinese youth transmigrates into the body of a university graduate, Klein Moretti, after the latter’s questionable suicide.
Finding himself in a world reminiscent of late Victoria era England with mystical powers, Zhou Mingrui (now Klein Moretti) searches for a way to go home. After reproducing a ritual that presumably was the catalyst of his transmigration, he masquerades as a god-like entity and forms an organization known as the ‘Tarot Club’. After becoming an official Beyonder (Those with supernatural abilities), he tries to find out what happened with Klein’s suicide while growing his power to eventually return home.
