Seven Seas Licenses Legend of Metempsychosis and 3 More

TL;DR: Seven Seas Entertainment announced four new licenses at its Anime Expo 2026 panel: the danmei novel Legend of Metempsychosis by Fei Tian Ye Xiang, plus three baihe titles, Miss Forensics, My Wandering Spirit Lady, and Matrilocal Marriage, launching the new Seven Seas Baihe imprint.

Key Takeaways

• Seven Seas announced 4 new licenses at Anime Expo 2026: 1 danmei (Legend of Metempsychosis) and 3 baihe titles.
• Legend of Metempsychosis is the third entry in Fei Tian Ye Xiang's Exorcism universe, following Dinghai Fusheng Records and Legend of Exorcism.
• The 3 baihe titles launch Seven Seas Baihe, a new sister imprint to Seven Seas Danmei.
• My Wandering Spirit Lady and Matrilocal Marriage mark author Qing Jun Mo Xiao's English-market debut, after a different publisher's earlier attempt to release two of her other novels fell through.

What Happened With the Legend of Metempsychosis License

Official cover art for Legend of Metempsychosis (清平梦华录), from the Chinese JJWXC serialization.

At its Anime Expo 2026 panel, Seven Seas Entertainment announced four new licenses. Legend of Metempsychosis (清平梦华录, also known as Qingping Dream of Splendor Chronicle), a danmei novel by Fei Tian Ye Xiang, began serialization in 2025 and ran 110 chapters on JJWXC. It follows Xiang Xian, deputy chief of the Song Department of Exorcism, searching for a box containing Heaven's Will, alongside fellow exorcist Xiao Kun, after the two witness a prophecy of impending catastrophe. It's the third chronological entry in Fei Tian Ye Xiang's Exorcism universe, following Dinghai Fusheng Records and Legend of Exorcism, and Seven Seas signaled it may pursue the universe's remaining two entries depending on how this one sells.

The other three titles are baihe (female-female romance), launching a brand-new Seven Seas Baihe imprint alongside the existing Danmei line:

• Miss Forensics (我亲爱的法医小姐) by Jiu Nuan Chun Shen: 144 chapters, serialized from 2019. A forensic-doctor-and-detective suspense thriller with an existing manhua adaptation already readable in English on Webnovel and Webcomicsapp.
• My Wandering Spirit Lady (我的游魂小姐) by Qing Jun Mo Xiao: 74 chapters, serialized from 2020. A romance about a woman who wakes with no memory but an unshakeable emotional pull toward the ghost beside her hospital bed.
• Matrilocal Marriage (入赘) by Qing Jun Mo Xiao: 297 chapters plus 4 extras, serialized from 2020. A time-travel period drama following Yun An after a betrayal sends her volunteering for a research program that strands her in an unrecorded point in history.

Why Legend of Metempsychosis and This License Wave Matter

The Seven Seas Baihe launch is the real headline here. Baihe has had a much rockier path to English print than danmei: the announcement itself references a previous publisher's attempted release of two other Qing Jun Mo Xiao novels, Female General and Eldest Princess and Clear and Muddy Loss of Love, falling through during production. That history makes My Wandering Spirit Lady and Matrilocal Marriage a genuine test case: whether a dedicated Seven Seas Baihe line can succeed where an earlier attempt didn't.

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Miss Forensics also matters for a more straightforward reason: reader demand. The announcement itself notes it's "a beloved series with a devoted fanbase" that had "long seen fan requests" on Seven Seas' own social channels, which makes it a lower-risk pick to help establish the new imprint's foothold, an existing English-readable manhua adaptation and vocal fan base doing some of the audience-building work before the novel even ships.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is Legend of Metempsychosis about? A: Legend of Metempsychosis follows Xiang Xian, deputy chief of the Song Department of Exorcism, tasked with finding a box containing Heaven's Will, and Xiao Kun, a stern fellow exorcist he's forced to work with after they witness a prophecy of impending catastrophe.

Q: Is Legend of Metempsychosis connected to other novels? A: Yes. It's the third chronological entry in Fei Tian Ye Xiang's Exorcism universe, set after Dinghai Fusheng Records and Legend of Exorcism, and the license announcement suggests Seven Seas may pursue the universe's remaining two entries depending on sales.

Q: What is Seven Seas Baihe? A: Seven Seas Baihe is a new sister imprint to Seven Seas Danmei, publishing baihe (female-female romance) novels. Three of the four titles announced in this wave, Miss Forensics, My Wandering Spirit Lady, and Matrilocal Marriage, launch under this new imprint.

Q: Who wrote the other three licensed titles? A: Miss Forensics is by Jiu Nuan Chun Shen (144 chapters, serialized from 2019, with an existing English-readable manhua adaptation). My Wandering Spirit Lady and Matrilocal Marriage are both by Qing Jun Mo Xiao, marking her English-market debut after a previous publisher's attempted release of two other titles fell through.

Q: Where were these novels originally published? A: All four originally serialized on JJWXC (Jinjiang Literature City), the dominant Chinese platform for danmei and baihe web fiction.

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References

[1] DanmeiNews.com: Seven Seas announces four new danmei & baihe licenses [2] Seven Seas Entertainment: official site