[Cultivation + Farming + Daily Life + Abundant Resources without Pressure on the Protagonist]
Li Ye, who traveled to the world of cultivation, obtained a five-color binding panel, which allowed him to bind spirit beasts and spirit plants, and the bound parties could share each other's specialness.
He could also get small gifts from spirit plants and spirit beasts, obtain spiritual energy, evolutionary spells, obtain rare spirit materials and treasures... and even harvest luck!
Since then, he has embarked on the path of farming and cultivation:
binding the withered silver moon grass and the dying flint crystal worm, the yin attribute spirit plants and the yang attribute spirit insects coexist harmoniously, and gradually the yin and yang are reconciled;
binding the golden horn ant and the spirit vein willow, the underground ore can be purified without digging!
Binding the leaf green grass and the swallowing carp can turn the polluted rivers and mountains back to their original appearance! Fill the sea and create land by the way!
...
As time went on, he found that he didn't know why... not only did the spirit beasts and spirit plants become more friendly to him, his perception of nature became smoother, and even the way of heaven liked him more and more.
In a time of dynastic chaos, monsters roamed freely, and the people suffered immensely.
Su Yu lost his parents at a young age and studied hard for twelve years to become a doctor. He wanted to live up to the expectations of his childhood sweetheart who had taken good care of him.
Unexpectedly, Su Yu's kindness in saving people was repaid with enmity by the old man, who attracted demons and brought disaster upon Qingmei!
From this day forward, I will abandon my medical skills and take up a butcher's knife! To slay all the demons under heaven!
Practice the supreme technique! Slay demons, absorb demonic energy, and open up a world within your dantian!
Upon reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, one is enveloped by the power of thirty million universes, capable of transforming the world in an instant!
It is itself the second myriad worlds!
"Human suffering! Transcendence on the other shore! With my sword, I will send you to heaven and to the other shore!"
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.
In the Heavenly Martial Continent, powerful beings are as numerous as clouds, and sects stand tall like forests.
When a strong person is enraged, they can burn the heavens and boil the seas; with a flip of their hand, they can destroy the sky, and with a snap of their fingers, they can change the colour of the sun and moon.
Chu Ming, a martial arts grandmaster from China, carrying the Sword God System, accidentally arrives in this world.
He becomes an outer disciple of the Azure Yang Sect, with monstrous comprehension ability and photographic memory. He can roam the Purple Microcosm, traverse the starry river, and wage battles across the myriad heavens.
A sword cultivator must be pure.
Love must be exclusive.
One sword by my side, one love for a lifetime.
No matter the mountains and rivers, no matter the realm—slaying immortals, vanquishing demons, killing gods, cleaving the heavens—I will only follow my path, and I will only search for her, my one true love...
A beauty with the face of an Arctic fox, with her two blades, Xiudong (Winter Embroidery) and Chunlei (Spring Thunder), strives to be number one under the heavens.
An ancient prisoner at the bottom of the lake, loves to eat meat.
An old servant with missing front teeth, on his back a box of swords.
A youthful sect elder riding a mythical Si (Elasmotherium), dares not go down the mountain.
A not-too-cold-hearted assassin maiden riding a panda, a sunflower slung over her shoulder.
In this Jianghu, where traveling nobles care more about fashion, wandering heroines care more about popularity, and sects care more about currying favor with the imperial court.
Our main character, with blade in hand, got this Jianghu and made utter mincemeat.
[The mystical light shines as the long night ends, the sword's shadow illuminates the nine heavens in autumn.]
Legend has it that the ancient demonic sword Xuanming is sealed deep within the Nine Abyss. Whoever obtains this sword will be feared by ghosts and gods and will become the ruler of the world.
Blade & Soul: This is a rumor; I am unaware of it.
Leaders from all sides: Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. I'll try acknowledging God first.
Sword Spirit died.
When she opened her eyes again, she had become a wood spirit, changed her name to Ling Jun, and embarked on a thrilling cultivation path that was both complementary and contradictory to herself.
The true nature of the Demon Sword: You are the Demon Sword, destruction is your mission, and slaughter is your hymn.
Wood Spirit Nature: You are a divine tree, creation is your pursuit, and life is your greatest love.
Ling Jun: ...This is so hard for me.
#In the end, he carried it all alone#
P.S.: No romantic pairing. I can't tolerate someone else snoring beside my bed!
(Ordinary flow, no system)
The wind and thunder are silent in the box, and the sun and moon appear when the sword rises.
This immortal world has been flourishing for who knows how many years, with numerous sects and demons emerging.
However, in today's world of immortal cultivation, pure sword cultivators have disappeared without a trace.
When the young man first set out on the path to immortality, he happened to obtain a two-colored stone bead.
From then on, a mysterious swordsman appeared in the world of immortal cultivation, searching everywhere for a strange flying sword...
The immortal way is revived, and the world is in great contention!
Before the White Jade Capital, a host of heroes arrived, a mighty army descended, banners covering the sky.
Xu Li looked at him coldly, pointed his sword, and a sword came from the west, the sword light darkening the sun:
"Can this sword cut off your immortality?"
then……
Ten thousand soldiers died, and all the heroes passed away!
The boundless universe was filled with all sorts of wonders.
I, Chen *Ping An, only have one sword, to move mountains, turn the seas upside down, suppress demons, deal with gods, pluck stars, break rivers, destroy cities, and open the heavenly abode!
My name is Chen Ping An, Ping An* of Peace, and I am a swordsman.
The Midland world was full of wonders.
In the center of the world, there was a scholar who had once used a sword to slash out a waterfall of the Milky Way. This was the person he was the most proud of.
At the edge of the East Sea’s cliffs, there was a nameless Daoist who was unwilling to ascend to the peak of a mountain. He only wished for a cool breeze to brush against his face.
In the Western Pure Land, there was an old monk who liked to treat people to chicken soup and tell stories.
In the southern border of the Wilderness, there was a blind painter who controlled golden-armored puppets that were as tall as mountains to move the hundred thousand mountains, creating an embroidered picture.
An impoverished youth who grew up in the north. One day, he saw tens of thousands of Sword Kinesis Immortals above him, like a swarm of locusts crossing the border.
He wanted to see for himself the scholar that the storyteller had mentioned, the surging tides of the East Sea, the vast swamps of sand in the west, and the majestic mountains of the Southern Wasteland.
Thus, one day, the youth picked up the wooden sword and began to descend south.
Notes:
* Ping An means peace
** The four directions here are just the four sides of the map of China and the earth. As for the World of Righteousness, it was only one of the four “World”.