Traditional xianxia + mortal cultivation + decisive and ruthless.
Zhuang Ning'er did not enter the cycle of reincarnation on Earth, a low-grade planet cut off from the Three Thousand Worlds, where spiritual energy had dried up.
Instead, for some unknown reason, she entered the Underworld that governed the Three Thousand Worlds. There, she happened upon the Nine-Turn Mystic Box and was reborn into a xianxia world.
Sword cultivators in the cultivation world sharpen their edge in the early stages, progressing through three tiers: "Light Condensation," "Edge Manifestation," and "Void Shattering." Once they can project sword energy beyond their bodies, they enter the sword cultivation realm: Sword Energy, Sword Aura, Sword Domain, Sword Soul, and Sword Ruins.
Spear cultivators progress through: Edge-Breaking, Mountain-Shaking, Prairie-Blazing, Starfall, and Boundless.
But Zhuang Ning unexpectedly endured the Three-Burn Calamity and embarked on the path of a pure fire-element spear cultivator: Edge-Breaking, Sky-Incinerating, Ashen Ruins, Nirvana Flame, and Primordial Beginning.
Cultivation: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Deification → Void Refinement → Integration → Great Ascension (those who reach the peak of Great Ascension must undergo tribulation and ascend).
The whole story is a traditional immortal cultivation novel with some of my own ideas and settings. The plot in the front is quite normal and becomes more interesting starting from the secret realm. The overall atmosphere of tension, fear and crisis in the secret realm is very well done. From the time when I get the golden elixir and practice corpse training, the atmosphere changes into the atmosphere of ordinary experience. Later, I also get the opportunity to end the previous crisis. There is also a lot of foreshadowing in the article that may foreshadow future crises or opportunities. However, sometimes the story of supporting characters is suddenly written in the article. I don't know whether the author is writing it for fun or to foreshadow the following content (if I remember correctly, there should be two or three such stories). Anyway, I had a bad impression when I read it. There are many typos or wrong words in the article. It would be much better if we could use AI to check for ourselves (Tomato's typo correction is rubbish) Overall, it's pretty good. I hope those foreshadowings will be recycled and not too cheap in the middle.
Author: Does this book have a male protagonist? Is there any?