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.

Xiao Tian, who suffers from paranoia, is the ace of the Earth Killer Organization and a master who has mastered both internal and external cultivation.

When he was surrounded, he traveled to another world with extremely powerful combat power and became the husband of the empress.

In the eyes of others, Xiao Tian is a mortal with no cultivation and the world's number one gigolo.

The system arrived as promised.

This seems to be a story about an earthling with no cultivation, who relies on the system to make a living in another world.

However... the style of painting suddenly changed!

[You are a creature from the ultra-high dimensional plane Earth! ]

【This system can only be your slave! 】

[Master, please control yourself, you may accidentally wipe out this system! ]

Once he traveled through time, Chen Xing became a little handyman of the Xiuxian family. Exactly Awakening Simplified Panel, one point “ effort ”, one gain. All exercises, spells, and immortality cultivation techniques can be simplified with spiritual stones. Basic skills “ air-drain determination ” is simplified to “ air-breathing ”, and breathing can become stronger; advanced magic “ tree spirit technique ” is simplified to “ blink ”, and strength can be improved as long as you don't sleep; peerless swordsmanship “ Qingyuan sword technique ” is simplified to “ swinging a wooden stick ”, and a wooden stick kills mountains, rivers, sun and moon. . . . . . Not qualified enough, “ understanding ” comes together. Suddenly looking back, Chen Xing found that he had become the Taoist king of all dharmas. This book is also called "I can change by breathing in the world of immortality"

Li Qiannian, a young man with nothing and no money who joined a spiritual practice sect, was busy and bustling about. During a sect mission, he was noticed by an elder of Yifeng and accepted as a registered disciple. That was when the gears of fate began to turn.

It happened that the sect was in danger, and he was involuntarily swept into the torrent.

In order to cultivate immortality, one must humble oneself, flatter, and kill and betray.

How to choose between kindness, righteousness, wealth and honor.

To seize and plunder by any means necessary.

In this cruel and colorful world, positions, interests and the law of the jungle are the mainstream, and the brilliance of human nature, morality and persistence are also worthy of praise.

When the sky is about to fall, should we lend a helping hand or stand idly by?

……

Half-mortal flow, early stage of scheming and development, mid-to-late stage of hegemony, no female protagonist in the early stage and a single female protagonist in the late stage, basically no emotional scenes

A slow-paced, heartwarming story that grows more brilliant the deeper it goes.

Gu Bai transmigrated into the cultivation world.

His talent was mediocre,

but he possessed one gift—

immortality.

The path to immortality is long and lonely.

Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone,

he simply wished to quietly live in this world

and witness its flourishing rise.

Yet as time passed,

he watched his friends and loved ones grow old and die,

while he could do nothing.

So he chose to pursue the Dao of Medicine.

At first, he only hoped to prolong their lives for a few years,

but gradually, he became a renowned master of the medicinal arts.

He lived through the cultivation world’s golden age,

and witnessed its darkest decline at the end of the Dao.

In every era… his shadow remained.

[Mortal flow + no system + slow to warm up + decisive to kill]

The village was massacred and the young man accidentally embarked on the path to immortality.

The world of cultivating immortals is not as beautiful as he imagined. Evil people scheme, intrigue and kill each other for the resources of cultivating immortals.

Where is the final pure land for practitioners?

A young man wanders under the immortal gate, writing an unknown story.

Chen Cuo transmigrate came to the lower realm of the mainland of China. At the beginning, he met the white fox Xianfa. After a year of hard work, he finally awakened the pseudo-immortality talent "True Spirit Immortality"

It turns out that whether Chen Cuo changes his own destiny or that of others intentionally or unintentionally, he can obtain destiny points and turn a skill with full proficiency into his own talent.

True Spirit Undying and Indestructible: True Spirit Undying and Indestructible, jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements, immortal.

Iron Palm Invincibility: Charge the first palm to double the power.

Yimu Immortality: Infinite flesh and blood regeneration, injury recovery speed is accelerated by 30%.

Every talent is the result of Chen Cuo's hard work. In order to carry out the will of immortality to the end and let the pseudo-immortality evolve into the real talent of immortality, Chen Cuo started his own invincible road.

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?"

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!

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