Dream of the Red Chamber: Buddhist and Daoist Inner Arts, Dual Cultivation to Break the Golden Hairpins' Fate

Su Zhe transmigrates into a world of Honglou where martial arts flourish, becoming the eldest legitimate son of a hereditary hundred-household commander in Liaodong. After his father is ambushed and killed by the Han family, he is gravely wounded and merges with a parallel counterpart, awakening inner arts that combine Buddhism and Daoism. Cultivating with the hairpins can temper his martial arts and break the chains of fate.

When the Han family arrives to provoke him, bringing along a fifth-rank expert, he kneels before his father's spirit tablet and clenches his fists. Uncle Jingang casually breaks a stone pillar in half and pierces a stone slab with one finger. Martial arts in this world can actually reach the point of splitting stone and shattering boulders. Han Li publicly mocks Su Zhe on the training grounds, saying he only survived because his father took the blow for him. Su Zhe closes his eyes and regulates his breathing as a golden-blue aura of intertwined Buddhist and Daoist power rises in his dantian.

As Han Li sneers and swings his blade down, Su Zhe slams a palm into the green bricks, then grabs his opponent's wrist with his other hand. "The last lesson my father taught me: a scholar's fist can kill just as well." Buddhist light from Donglin Temple and Daoist qi burst forth from his palm. Han Li's tiger's mouth splits open, and his long blade falls from his hand.

In the deathly silence, Old Madam Jia sends a secret letter: As long as the Jia family stands, the Su family will survive.

Su Zhe looks up at the vast dusk sky over Liaodong and says calmly, "Next, the entire Han family is in my sights."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.