My Shadow Wants to Fly Solo

In this world, anything can be cultivated. Some cultivate the sword, some cultivate elixirs, but Chen Ping cultivates his own shadow.

His shadow has thoughts, a personality, and even a dream of making its debut as a solo star.

While others fight to the death for magical treasures in secret realms, Chen Ping earnestly pleads with his shadow: “Please, Ancestor, just use that ‘Shadow Godblade’ move once, okay? I’ll buy you the latest Celestial Beauty Illustrated after the fight!”

When enemies come knocking, full of menace, Chen Ping’s shadow simply sprawls on the ground and gives up: “I’m tired. Let’s just end it all. I’m in a bad mood today. Don’t bother me.”

To get this “lazybones” shadow moving, Chen Ping is forced to go from an upright young man to a master of slick persuasion and cons, an expert in shadow psychology, and the Three Realms’ number-one “agent.”

This is a hilarious tale of a young man struggling to survive in the cultivation world alongside his shadow, who is “lazy, greedy, afraid of death, hopelessly narcissistic, and only interested in becoming famous.”

Reader recommendation:

“The most original premise of the year! The protagonist’s golden finger is actually a ‘useless teammate’? When cultivation turns into managing an entertainer and fighting turns into negotiating, the hardest part isn’t ascending to immortality, it’s getting your own shadow under control! Come see how the protagonist talks his aspiring solo-star shadow into becoming number one under heaven!”