The Man Who Chases the Sun

Name: The Man Who Chases the Sun
Author: Zhuang Bi

追逐太阳之人

by Zhuang Bi (庄笔)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 120k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban Cultivation
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

(A slice-of-life feel, lots of romance, a dark edge, one heroine, and a good-hearted protagonist. Half based on ancient cultivation traditions, with the focus on worldbuilding and the cultivation system.)

Essence, energy, and spirit: essence is the source of life, energy its force, and spirit its form. Together, they are also known as innate qi.

Cultivation is all about form and intent.

The first step toward becoming an immortal is to reshape the body with innate qi. This is form, the immortal's form. But human strength has its limits, and one's innate qi is finite...

Qi-eating arts, internal alchemy, external alchemy, bedchamber arts, severing the Three Corpses, corpse liberation and immortality...

Heavenly Immortals, Divine Immortals, Earth Immortals, Human Immortals, Ghost Immortals.

Phoenix Dawn, Heart of the Zither, Cloud Ascension, Sun Radiance, Qianyuan, Formless, Supreme Clarity.

Yi Xiaofeng had been living the ordinary life of an overworked office drone. Then, in a single night, his world became a realm of immortals and demons running amok.

He, too, embarked on the path of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. But having long since outgrown his chuunibyou phase, he wasn't sure he could still summon the words to sound passionate.

Slaying demons and vanquishing evil, upholding justice: that was once my dream, and now it is my duty.

What kind of nonsense is it to say that because the world is dark, you should plunge into the darkness?

What kind of nonsense is it to say that because there are so many bad people, you might as well stop being good?

Who came up with that garbage? Has no one ever told you?

This is my turf! I’m going to be the light that breaks through the darkness, whether you like it or not!

(There’s a lot of worldbuilding, drawing on various ancient cultivation theories. Naturally, there are major differences, which will be explored in detail throughout the book.)

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