Slay the Heavens

Chen Jianqi, a young man from the Great Qing Kingdom, was born into a family that had stumbled upon a great opportunity at Sword Gate Pass a hundred years earlier, acquiring an unparalleled sword manual. A century later, word of it spread, attracting the envy and greed of Lingxiao Sect, a prestigious orthodox sect in Great Qing. They hired a band of horse thieves at the Early Martial Realm to slaughter Chen Jianqi's family and silence them. Chen Jianqi was fated to survive, and escaped with the sword manual. He fled all the way to the desert in the north, but the horse thieves relentlessly pursued him, catching up with him after just two days. Three hundred li from Sword Gate Pass, a spear pierced his chest. Chen Jianqi was born in the four-hundredth year of Great Qing, under the sign of the Dragon, and his birth date clashed with that day's calendar. By Taoist principles of fate, this meant a disaster involving bloodshed. The Vast Heavenly Dao discovered that his old friend, Ancestor Qingfeng, had suddenly passed away, and then happened to learn that Zhang San, Qingfeng's eldest disciple, was practicing heretical arts that ran counter to the principles he had laid down and were not the path of the orthodox Heavenly Dao. So he insisted that Zhang San was responsible for Qingfeng's death. Trapped in the Realm of Karma, Zhang San pondered endlessly but could not break through his shackles, so he decided to try a different path. The Heavenly Dao would not tolerate this, and prepared to seize him and cast him into reincarnation. But then...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.