Demon? Then Wash the Ninth Heaven with Blood

The Tomato Fantasy Zone produces tens of thousands of "waste counterattack" works every year, but "Devil?" The opening chapter of "The Bloody Nine Heavens" made me realize one thing: this is not a "cool novel", but an existential fable dressed in the garb of a refreshing novel. The author Xun Meng Xing shows rare restraint in writing. The smell of swill in the prison, the coolness of snow melting in the palms of hands, Dongfang Kaishuang's farewell letter that combines parallel and prose - these details are not used to build up the atmosphere, but to anchor a painful texture. In this track that pursues "starting in seconds," the author dares to let the protagonist have his meridians cut off in the first ten chapters, with only one month left to live, and betrayed by his closest relatives. This is an almost arrogant self-confidence: I believe you can withstand this depression, because the reward I will give you later is worthy of this patience. When it comes to "betrayal", I have to single out the character Ran Huizhong. In most similar works, the plot of "senior sister changes her mind" will be reversed within thirty chapters to "it turns out she has her own difficulties", and then the main and supporting characters hold each other's arms, cry, and work together to fight against the enemy. But the author made it clear: she does not whitewash her innocence. The value of this choice cannot be overstated—it meant that Ran Huizhong's betrayal was real, active, and of his own will. She is not a coerced pawn or an affectionate undercover, she is a person who chooses herself at the moment of life and death. This makes the moral undertone of the entire book instantly hard and sharp: The enemy Shitou has to face is not only the hypocrites of Taiyi Palace, but also the nihility on the existential level that "everything I once believed in is false." As a result, the weight of the words "bloodbath in the nine heavens" has completely changed. It is not a slogan-like catharsis, but the process of a teenager who has been deprived of all faith redefining "what is real" on the ruins. What the stone washes with blood is not the common people, but the hypocritical order above the common people - he wants to use his actions to prove another possibility in a world where everyone tells him that "selfishness is the way to survive." The author's self-created "Hue Sect/Diaozha/Xinghua" cultivation system is not a decoration either. As the ultimate fear of all monks, "transformation" is essentially a metaphor for the truth that "existence will perish." The Hue sect teaches people to "delay the formation", just like in the real world we use consumption, entertainment, and social interaction to delay anxiety about death and nothingness. The path chosen by the stone - "bloodbath in the nine heavens" - is a more radical existential response: since everything will dissipate, then I must at least tear down that hypocritical temple with my own hands before it dissipates. Of course, this work is not without barriers. Nearly thirty names appear in the first ten chapters, the information density is extremely high, and the scenes switch rapidly in the five-dimensional space, requiring readers to have a certain amount of patience and memory. But if you can survive this "cognitive load period", you will find that every foreshadowing is preparing for the storm ahead. Finally, I would like to say something to the readers who are still watching: This is not a book that will make you "pleased", this is a book that will make you "painful". But if you are willing to bear the pain, it will give you a more complete release than any cool article. Recommended for the following people: Readers who are tired of the formulaic routine of "a loser awakening + being slapped in the face and collecting a harem" Readers who can accept that the protagonist is weak for a long time and relies on his mind rather than force to overcome the situation. Readers who like the "Online Writing + Philosophical Core" style of "Jianlai" but think it is too long Curious people who want to know "Can serious literature grow from tomatoes?" Not recommended for: Those who just want to read "Chapter 1 Awakening and Chapter 3 Invincibility" Readers who are impatient with high density of names The CP party who is looking forward to the male and female protagonists spreading sugar as soon as possible - this sugar will most likely be bitter. Rating: ★★★★☆ (Four stars, one star deducted because the length is still short and the world view only reveals the tip of the iceberg. Whether it can ultimately fulfill its early ambitions remains to be seen.) One word of Amway: If the Tomato Fantasy Zone is an assembly line factory, then this book is the craftsman who burns his own kiln in the corner - slow, but with warmth in every cut.