Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains《蜀山劍俠傳》by Huanzhu Louzhu 還珠樓主 (lit. Master of Returning Pearl Loft) was published between 1932 and 1948 and is one of the most influential wuxia novels of all time. Many of the elements in this novel became standard tropes of the wuxia genre. It is also the forefather of the modern xianxia cultivation novel. Huanzhu’s cultivation system became the standard, fusing the Daoist quest for transcendence with the Buddhist reincarnation cycle and tribulation system, as well as the Confucian virtue of humaneness 仁 and the chivalrous xia 俠 archetype. At over 4.1 million Chinese characters, it is also one of the longest wuxia novels, though it remains unfinished due to the civil war in China. So the first cultivation novel was also eunuched—rather fitting.

The story follows multiple protagonists as they gradually gather together, fighting heretical sects and spirit elementals on their way to founding the Mount Emei Sect. Most outstanding among these protagonists is Li Yingqiong, who begins the novel as a girl with no martial arts abilities, and through the course of the novel cultivates to become a transcendent (aka immortal).

In this novel, plants, animals, and monsters can all become human and cultivate to transcendence, or lose their primordial spirit (aka nascent soul) and have to start all over, or be obliterated completely after failing their tribulation. Grotto-heavens and magic treasures abound, and we see the beginning of sects as major organizations in wuxia novels with important roles in the plot, such as Emei, Qingcheng, Mount Hua, Wudang, Mount Huang, Snowy Mountain, Kongtong, Kunlun, and Wutai, as well as the emergence of what would later become the archetypal eccentric beggar character. There are miraculous drugs, sword kinesis, and battles between mythical beasts, and heretic cultivators trying to cheat their way to a faster transcendence. In short, pretty much all of the elements one normally sees in the typical xianxia cultivation webnovel.

Li Qi traveled to a turbulent world of high-level martial arts. He was originally a gangster, living at the bottom of society and having a hard time surviving.

After activating the [Supreme Martial Arts System], you can gain potential points by killing targets, and the potential points can be used to strengthen your martial arts skills!

With this strength, Li Qi made rapid progress, defeated all powerful enemies along the way, and carved out a way to survive in the chaotic world.

Consume 30 points of potential, upgrade [Iron Body] to perfection, and comprehend the special physique [Iron Body]!

Consuming 50 points of potential, [Crane Dancing with Sword in the Clouds] was upgraded to minor success, and the strength broke through to the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm!

By consuming 10,000 potential points, the [Seven Elements Return to Profound Scripture] was upgraded to the Great Perfection, and the strength broke through to the level of a land immortal!

Li Qi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is this a land immortal?"

Everyone knows that becoming a land immortal is the end of martial arts, but Li Qi seems to have made a different discovery.

"It seems there are new realms of martial arts to come..."

"Continue to try to improve?"

Good news, I'm reborn! Bad news, I'm a villain!

Reborn as a villain, Chen Qing decided to give up and live his life peacefully, no matter what the fate script was. He would never provoke the protagonist.

Who would have thought that he would be accidentally bound to the wife-loving system, and would have to conquer the Destined Empress and marry her?

That was the protagonist's favorite girl, so of course Chen Qing refused.

However, he found out that the protagonist still had to stay in seclusion and sign in for another thirty years, and it turned out that he had been reborn first!

Faced with the temptation of massive rewards from the system, Chen Qing said: I'm sorry, protagonist, I... made a mistake.

Wang Yi came to a martial arts world and became a Jinyiwei of the Daming Dynasty!

Martial arts flourish here, and the strongest can break through the void!

Wang Yi obtained the [Supreme Martial Arts System], which made him indestructible at the beginning. He cultivated an invincible body, and with every punch he made, he embarked on the road of sweeping the world!

Shattered the Shaolin Vajra Demon Subduing Formation with one punch and comprehended the "Black Buddha Yi Jin Jing"!

Defeat the Wudang Zhenwu Seven-Section Formation with one palm and comprehend the "Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram"!

Kill the aliens and destroy Japan!

Kill gods if they stand in your way; kill Buddhas if they stand in your way!

Invincible body, pushing forward all the way!

......

In the dark world, he is the world's number one killer: Shadow Killer!

If the shadow tells you to die at three o'clock in the morning, you won't live until five o'clock!

......

[Invincible Pure Power Fantasy, No CP, Female Lead Stands Alone, No Angst, Female Lead Fully Aware of Her Strength]

Starting off with a Sect Development System.

As long as she recruits disciples to expand the sect and boosts its reputation, she grows stronger.

Just as Tang Yue is ready to go all out, she passively signs contracts with two more systems.

A Check-In System and a Return System.

The two systems are fiercely competitive.

The Check-In System even activates an auto-check-in feature.

The Return System also enables an auto-gift-and-return function.

Forcing the Sect Development System to pull out all the stops, terrified of being uninstalled and replaced.

From then on, the three systems engage in a mad internal competition.

One night later, Tang Yue becomes invincible, and her wealth is beyond measure.

The original name of "Shuangwen" is "I pay money, you pay life, we are both crazy" and "The peerless little enemy"

Someone has set up a dead end for me and I am now deserted by everyone.

"It's okay, I have a system..." Luo Yinyou comforted himself, "Although the system is a piece of crap!"

The world pattern changed drastically, luck was redistributed, and countless geniuses emerged. Among them, the most dazzling one was Young Master Ye Ci from Dragon Island, who was hailed as the number one in the world of spirit and soul today!

"Ye Ci? That wasn't when I was a kid..."

Luo Yinyou's eyes sparkled, and he said with a smile, "Hello everyone, my name is Ye Ci."

…………

This book is also known as "After I became successful in the cultivation world under the name of the male protagonist" and "The good news is that I am famous all over the world. The bad news is that I used the name of the male protagonist to make him famous all over the world."

…………

——"Have you heard of the Nine Clans of God?"

Luo Yinyou: "No, I just know that I want to kill all the Nine Ghost Sects."

——"Have you ever bathed in the holy light of Shinto and known that Chaoge is always bright and the ghost realm is always dark?"

Luo Yinyou: "No, but I know that when judgment comes, gods and demons will give way!"

A Chinese medicine student who stayed up late to cultivate immortality fell to the ground, and when he woke up, he was already in the early Tang Dynasty!

He found that this was not the Tang Dynasty in the history textbook, nor the mythical Tang Dynasty in Journey to the West.

However, an unexpected trip to the Rat Kingdom opened the mysterious veil of the path of cultivation.

Li Dandao, who aspired to become a member of the Tang Dynasty immortals, began a journey to become a Taoist doctor.

He inherited a small medicine shop at the beginning! Becoming an immortal is not a dream.

What? Your name is Lv Yan? What? You are Zhongli Quan?

How can the Eight Immortals of Shangdong not include me, Li Dandao?

Bai Mudan, a famous prostitute in the capital! Zhong Kui, a ghost-swallowing scholar.

Li Bai, the Green Lotus Sword Immortal!

A romantic figure in the Tang Dynasty! How can I be missing?

Wine! Sword! Poetry!

Sword Saint inheritance, heaven-defying skills, roaming the alien world. Thief stealth? That won't work, in front of the wind step, not even dust can be eaten. Magic mirror image? Can it kill people? No? Then what are you talking about, my mirror image clone has reached a high level, and even the original body can't beat it. What? You said you have a fighting spirit burst? Can it increase your strength several times? No? My fatal blow can destroy everything in the world. You said you have a forbidden spell? I don't even dare to use my blade storm, it's too devastating.

What would you do if you had heaven-defying enlightenment? Do

business and become the richest man in the world.

Study and become a high-ranking official, second only to one person and above ten thousand people.

Or...

Lin Changqing lived a new life and had heaven-defying enlightenment. He could learn any skill at once, draw inferences from one example, and surpass his teacher. But he did not want to be one of the common people and sink in the mundane world.

He created the visualization practice method to cultivate the power of the mind and sublimate the soul.

He created the martial arts practice method to cultivate the power of martial arts and transcend the flesh.

In this life, the only thing he wanted was to ask for immortality.

[Invincible and refreshing story + no heroine + pet evolution + data flow + decisive killing]

In this world, ferocious beasts invade and the strong are respected!

Su Bai traveled through time and space, and awakened the [Beast Tamer] profession at the beginning, but was told that he couldn’t play at all without money?

Just at this moment.

An infinite evolution system emerges.

One evolution point per second, and the benefits will increase as the level increases.

You can evolve your own Beastmaster by consuming evolution points. Even the lowest level Black Iron Beastmaster can be evolved all the way to the highest level.

Evolve from [Void Worm] to [Sky Behemoth]!

Evolve from [Cat] to [Giant Star Cat]!

Evolve from [Black Python] to [Star-Forging Dragon God]!

Evolve from [Mantis] to [God-killing Mantis]!

Evolve from [Elf] to [God of Nature]!

Evolve from [Pen Boy] to [World Pen Boy]!

......

Several years later, the devil descended upon the earth, but was easily suppressed by countless supreme gods.

Su Bai:

"Where do all these gods come from? They are just my pets!"