Art of Doubt

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• Afterlife "Beforedeath" by the_anomalous_moon

  Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Modao Zushi - Moxiang Tongxiu & Related Fandoms, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  26 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • Xiao Xingchen
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Post-Canon
  • POV Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei-centric
  • Blind Xiao Xingchen
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Angst
  • Heavy Angst
  • Hope
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • Post-Canon Fix-It
  • Fix-It of Sorts
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei Being Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei is Bad at Feelings
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei Deserves Better
  • Canonical Child Abuse
  • Childhood Trauma
  • POV Xiao Xingchen
  • POV Multiple
  • Past Violence
  • Red String of Fate elements in here (loosely)
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Dubious Morality
  • Xiao Xingchen Deserves Better
  • Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei Has Complicated Feelings
  • Out of Character Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • potentially
  • I mean he's learning
  • Out of Character Xiao Xingchen
  • also potentially
  • They're both trying their best alright?
  • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
  • Self-Reflection
  • Past Lives
  • I don't know why I missed that tag before
  • speaking of which
  • I also missed
  • Dead Xiao Xingchen
  • Dead Xue Yang | Xue Chengmei
  • Tags are out of order now oops
  • Angst and Feels
  • Comfort/Angst
  • Self-Hatred
  • Self-Worth Issues

  Summary

  The last thing he remembered was dying.
  No. The last thing he remembered… was not dying. It wasn’t even just one thing. It couldn’t be just one thing. How could it be just one thing?
  Was he dead? If he was thinking, how could he be dead? What sort of afterlife was this, that he could think? Wasn’t being dead devoid of thought?
  

  Series

  • Part 1 of Art of Doubt

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,464

  Chapters:

  3/5

  Kudos:

  7

  Bookmarks:

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