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.

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When the protagonist, Yu Qingfeng, was an infant, he was captured by the Nascent Soul cultivator Huoying Xianweng for a soul-splitting experiment, intended for possession. After the soul-splitting was successful, the protagonist was possessed by the fusion of the Fire Spirit and the Thunder Spirit. From Qi training, he gradually moves towards an unknown future, fighting to escape his fate of possession. A new work is out! Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you enjoy it. Your interest is my motivation, and I will strive to tell each story well!

Qimen Dunjia is the number one martial art in the world of cultivation since ancient times, surpassing all other martial arts. If one succeeds in practicing it, one can turn a powerful crossbow into ashes with ease. The ancestor of Qimen, a genius of his generation, suddenly appeared and invited all cultivators in the world to witness his journey of ascension together.

After a few years, what kind of realm will his descendant Xiao Feng be in?

Zhu Zhankan traveled to the Ming Dynasty and became the sixth son of the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

A task system was bound.

He wanted to guide the Ming Dynasty to the steam cyber with the help of the system.

Become a saint who will be famous for thousands of years.

Unexpectedly——

[Ding! ]

[Congratulations on obtaining the skill - rejuvenation guidance technique]

Cultivation skills? What kind of industrial revolution is that!

So far, the Ming Dynasty has lost a future industrial saint and gained an old man who cultivates immortality.

Expedition to Mobei, salt and iron commercial taxes, the spirit of national destiny, and the demise of the island country.

Step by step, the Ming Dynasty has built a unique immortal dynasty road since the Yongle Dynasty!

...

Many years later.

The path of cultivation is perfect and the martial arts are everywhere!

Zhu Di: "Shenjiying! Target 30,000 feet, set up the beast core cannon! Fire!"

Zhu Gaochi: "Son, look at the latest elixir? It's not me who wants it, it's your mother who needs it..."

Zhu Gaoxu: "Nephew, when will you let your second uncle go back to cultivate immortality? The sand west of Mobei is too unpalatable."

In response, Zhu Zhankan said: I am just a cultivator out of interest! ...

In the Tianxuan Realm where martial arts are respected, the Three Pure Ones dominate China, the Three Buddhas save the Western Lands, and there are also aristocratic dynasties, heterodox demons, and all fighting for supremacy.

Chu Mu traveled to this world with the Kunlun Mirror, grew up from a proton of the Yuding Sect, reflected the heavens, and walked step by step towards the head of Yuqing and the pinnacle of all paths.

Tentative copies: Ming Dynasty World, Ancient Dragon World, Tang Dynasty World, Fengyun World...

Murdered by my own father, I activated the Myriad Worlds Divine Sword System.

Scrap metal? In my hands, it can be elevated to divine quality!

A broken sword? I can restore its sword spirit with just one glance!

As for the divine sword that protects the country and is regarded as a forbidden delicacy by the emperor and is not allowed to be touched by others?

I hooked my finger in the air, and it shattered the dragon table and flew into my hand impatiently.

The emperor has gone mad and the whole country is looking for me.

Facing an army of billions, I have a forest of divine swords behind me.

I smiled calmly: "Your country's destiny is determined by my sword."

College student Zhao Fan became a supporting character in the girls' simulations. Not only did he receive no rewards for his role, but the memories he was instilled into his already challenging daily life were crushed. For the sake of his life and his sister's, Zhao Fan refused to yield to fate. He wanted to make the girls regret their simulations for the rest of their lives. In the simulations, a displaced swordsman watched his senior brother die for hatred, his resolve now meaningless. An ambitious young woman betrayed her promise to retain a knight, her life embittered. A saint with nothing left to lose slew an evil god to save the world, her heroic legacy vanishing into thin air. Finally, freed from the simulations, Zhao Fan looked around. Wait, what does "the girl is right beside me" mean?

A mysterious movie ticket severed the causal bonds of worldly affairs. From then on, he battled between life and death, climbing the perilous path of seeking the truth. (Original Infinite Flow story, book clubs 100, 490, 340) If you think "Infinite Evil Bone Road" is good, please don't forget to recommend it to your friends on QQ and Weibo!