Cultivation Begins with Raising Earthworms

Name: Cultivation Begins with Raising Earthworms
Author: Playing in the Water

修仙，从养蚯蚓开始

by Playing in the Water (耍水)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 1.8M Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 1d ago
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Synopsis

Power formula: Advancement = (Total Resources × Plunder Efficiency) + (Information Advantage × Calculation Accuracy) - (Risk Factor × Moral Cost). The “Five Elements Returning to the Spirit” is the extreme application of this formula.

Social structure: A clearly defined class pyramid (Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core) and shifting territorial power dynamics (clans, sects, vassals), with coherent paths to advancement and rules for suppression (such as Hundred-Forged Valley’s “Golden Core Suppression” of its vassals).

Interpersonal rules: Every character is a “rational economic actor.” Their alliances, betrayals, sacrifices, and acts of protection all stem from precise calculations of costs and benefits and expectations of survival.

(Friendly warning: this is a traditional slow-burn mortal cultivation novel. If you like mass-produced, brainless power fantasies, this may not be for you.)

Stats

589Chapters

879Reads · 30 days

75.1kReads · all time

101Shelves

5.9Score

1 ch/weekPace

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