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Two martial artists are brutally killed by a team of assassins, leaving their wards, a young boy and girl, defenseless. A martial arts master dispatches of the assassins, sparing their lives, and decides to take them in. He raises them and teaches them martial arts.

The story takes place at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the situation was turbulent and people were in panic both in the court and among the people. The mysterious organization “Bad People” affiliated with the government has lost all traces, and the priceless treasure of the treasury is also missing. According to legend, all the secrets are hidden in the Longquan Sword. Those who get the Longquan Sword have the ability to control the world. Li Xingyun lost his parents and became an orphan since he was a child. He was adopted by the kind hermit Yang Shuzi and followed him to practice martial arts. In a blink of an eye, many years have passed. Li Xingyun has grown into a high-spirited teenager. He and his fellow apprentice Lu Linxuan went down the mountain to improve their martial arts, and met Ji Ruxue and Zhang Zifan. By chance, Li Xingyun actually got the Longquan Sword. The news spread like wildfire, which aroused the vigilance of the major sects. They sent assassins to track Li Xingyun and his group in an attempt to snatch the Longquan Sword.

In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty, yet also filled with unforeseen danger. Three years ago, Xiao Yan, who had shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly lost everything. His powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?

(Source: wuxiaworld.com)

Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹) is a popular Chinese web novel written by Heavenly Silkworm Potato (Tian Can Tu Dou). It belongs to the Xianxia and Eastern Fantasy genres and has been adapted into a manhua (comic), an anime, and even live-action shows. The story is renowned for its blend of action, adventure, cultivation, and drama. Here’s a breakdown:

Story Overview

The story is set in a mystical world where martial arts, alchemy, and cultivation determine one’s power and status. It follows Xiao Yan, a once-prodigy whose cultivation abilities mysteriously disappear, leading to humiliation and abandonment. He vows to reclaim his honor and strength, embarking on a journey filled with battles, friendships, betrayals, and love.

Plot Highlights

1. Xiao Yan’s Downfall: At the start, Xiao Yan is a genius in cultivation. However, his powers vanish, and his family and fiancée look down on him.
2. The Mystery of the Ring: Xiao Yan discovers that his loss of power is connected to a mysterious ring he inherited from his mother. The ring houses the spirit of a powerful alchemist, Yao Lao (Medicine Elder), who becomes his mentor.
3. Training and Growth: With Yao Lao’s guidance, Xiao Yan embarks on a path of rigorous training, eventually surpassing his peers and earning respect.
4. Alchemy Mastery: The story places significant emphasis on alchemy—refining pills and elixirs. Xiao Yan becomes a skilled alchemist, gaining fame and wealth.
5. Enemies and Challenges: Throughout the story, Xiao Yan faces numerous enemies, from arrogant young masters to powerful sects and ancient clans. His journey is filled with battles and near-death experiences.
6. Friendships and Love: He forms strong bonds with allies and encounters various love interests, most notably Xun Er, who has her own mysterious background.
7. Unveiling Secrets: Xiao Yan uncovers the truth about his mother’s death, Yao Lao’s past, and the forces that conspired against him.
8. Climbing to the Peak: The story follows Xiao Yan’s journey to reclaim his position as a top-tier cultivator and avenge the wrongs done to him and his family.

Key Themes

• Resilience: Xiao Yan’s determination to overcome his downfall.
• Growth: Physical, mental, and spiritual development through challenges.
• Alchemy: The art of refining pills, a core element of the world.
• Power Struggle: Battles between clans, sects, and nations.

Adaptations

1. Manhua (Comic): The story is beautifully illustrated, capturing key moments in Xiao Yan’s journey.
2. Donghua (Anime): An animated series that adapts the novel, providing dynamic fight scenes and vivid world-building.
3. Live-Action: A Chinese drama adaptation featuring real actors.

Battle Through the Heavens is a quintessential underdog story with a deep focus on character development, thrilling battles, and a richly woven world of cultivation. It appeals to fans of action-packed fantasy tales with elements of strategy, growth, and perseverance.

At the age of seven, the very short-lived child prodigy, who was growing too fast, returned to the immortal world to prevent his abnormal growing. From then on, with his gifted brain and wisdom he obtained from earth, he walked in path immortality to became the legendary god to return his normal life…

(Source: MU)

Fang Han, a humble family slave, held the belief since childhood that “I would rather be a beggar than a slave”, and traversed the world by himself. With an unyielding stubbornness, he broke through the mystery of supernatural powers and forged his body into an immortal body. Work hard to step into the fairyland step by step, and eventually become the peak king.

(Source: bilibili)

Based on the Chinese manhua. Requiem Street, where evil spirits are attracted to in order to destroy them. A place where spirits and humans co-exist, not all humans can enter Requiem Street. Only those rare-soul users with guardian spirits can enter. Xia Ling was just a normal university intern, but a meeting by chance changes her ordinary life… In this world full of evil spirits, can you cooperate with your guardian spirit in order to survive?

(Source: MU)

Soul Land 2: The Peerless Tang Clan

A strange continent in another world.

No magic, no battle qi, no martial arts, only martial spirits. Ten thousand years after the Tang clan was founded on the Douluo continent, the Tang clan has declined to the verge of extinction.

A whole new generation of proud talents has been born. Will the new generation of the Seven monsters of Shrek be able to reestablish the Tang Clan and compose a new tale of greatness for the unrivaled Tang Clan?

(Source: IMDB)

Tang San is one of Tang Sect martial art clan’s most prestigious disciples and peerless in the use of hidden weapons. With high expectations, the sect’s elders believe his future will be bright; yet Tang chooses to forsake this life at the cost of obtaining the sect’s forbidden lore—an action punishable by death. Tang, now content with his ascension of knowledge, sees no reason to keep on living and jumps from Hell’s Peak, but little did he know that that would not be the end of his existence.

In Douluo Continent, the strong prevail and the weak perish. Each person possesses an innate spirit, some of which can be cultivated and strengthened, bestowing its user with various benefits. Those who were born with such spirits can become Spirit Masters, a profession regarded as one of the continent’s most noble.

Tang, reincarnated into this strange world, knows only the life of a blacksmith’s son. At the age of six, he takes part in the Spirit Master ceremony, and discovers his spirit is Blue Silver Grass—supposedly the world’s most useless spirit. In contrast, however, he possesses strong spirit power. Now, aided by the memories of his previous life as well, Tang’s future as a Spirit Master is in no way bleak.

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Synopsis
Ten thousand years ago, the immortal king Muyun was conspired by others for holding the Zhu Xiantu. After ten thousand years of sleep, his remnant soul awakened on the famous “Trash Muyun” of the Southern Cloud Empire of the Heavenly Fate continent.

(Source: LM ANIME)

Background
Supreme God Emperor is adapted from a web novel of the same name written by Woniu Kuang Ben.

In his previous life, the protagonist Su Yi was the respected XuanJun Sword Master in Dahuang. In order to pursue supreme swordsmanship, he chose to reincarnate and retrain. After reincarnation, Su Yi’s new identity is the servant of the Su family in zhou Yujing’s kingdom. But, he bravely ran away from home at the age of fourteen and went to Qinghe Sword House to practice. Never thought that three years later, when Su Yi would become the core disciple of Qinghe Sword House, he suddenly lost his cultivation level overnight and became a paralyzed person, thus becoming an abandoned disciple of Qinghe Sword House. Su Yi, who fell into a slump, was forced to accept the Su family’s power arrangement and became the son-in-law of the Wen family, one of the three major clans in the remote town. His wife, Wen Lingzhao, is the most beautiful woman in Guangling City. She rejected this marriage in her heart, never admitted that Su Yi was her husband, and desperately wanted to dissolve the marriage. As for Su Yi, one year after he became a son-in-law, he evoked memories of his past life, and finally realized that in his past life, he was the famous Xuanjun Sword Master. in Dahuang Jiuzhou! Su Yi embarked on the road to rise. Like his wife Wen Lingzhao, he also wanted to dissolve the marriage. Moreover, in order to know the truth of his mother’s death, he began to fight with the power of the Su family. When these grievances are resolved, Su Yi will return to Dahuang Jiuzhou to find the disciples who betrayed him one by one and end his grievances.‎

(Source: v.qq.com)

One day, an unknown RR virus appeared on earth, and the world fell into disaster. Infected animals mutate into frightening and massively attacking monsters. When humans face destruction, they build walls and build base cities as the last bastion of man. The trials experienced by mankind during this period of time are called the “Period of Nirvana.” In extreme living environments, human power is also gradually advancing and evolving, and martial arts are emerging, and human power is qualitatively increasing compared to before. And the best of them is called the Warriors. Luo Feng, 18, also aspires to be one of them. Currently, she will take the college entrance exam and face a choice at a crossroads in her life, but suddenly a monster attack affects the trajectory of her life. Under the threat of powerful monsters, the inhabitants of the city are in danger, but the military is powerless. Only one soldier stood up and maintained the security of the base city. Luo Feng is infected by a warrior force, and secretly he decides to become a fighter to protect his loved ones. This is the beginning of everything, the starting point of Luo Feng’s journey as a martial artist, and also the beginning of his legendary life. Luo Feng aspires to be a martial artist, but the road ahead is not smooth. The first thing he has to deal with is the influence of the outside environment that is not visible to him. Luo Feng’s family’s condition was alarming and life was difficult, his parents could not provide more help and could only rely on his own efforts. Ultimately, under constant hard work, Luo Feng continues to explore his own potential and is recognized by his increased abilities and self-improvement. Not only that, Luo Feng not only shouldered the burden of supporting the family, but also joined other justice fighters to face evil monsters to protect the homeland of mankind and for the better survival and development of mankind. In a desperate doomsday situation, can Luo Feng and the other soldiers drive away the monsters and successfully protect the human world?

(Source: Animexin)

On this day, Lin Feng was condensing his martial soul in the Lin Mansion. He didn’t want to, he had just cultivated his sword martial soul into a prototype, and his fiancee Ji Manyao took the opportunity to take away his martial soul, causing him to vomit blood and die. At the same time, Lin Feng’s spirit entered the place where the gods were buried. The mysterious woman in the place told Lin Feng that he could gain huge martial arts power and knowledge by destroying the ancient gods buried here. In the real world, Lin Feng, who was originally the eldest young master of the Lin family, was no longer respected by his servants because he lost his sword spirit. It was not until Lin Feng used the power obtained from the place of burial to defeat Lin Yuhong, the powerhouse of Huangjie Wuhun, that the Lin family’s attitude towards Lin Feng changed. On the other hand, Lin Feng killed Qin Xiao who was fighting with him because he couldn’t control the newly acquired power well. Qin Xiao is the grandson of the first elder of the Qin family, and has always been favored by the elders. Now that Qin Xiao was killed, the elders of the Qin family were unwilling.

(Source: Tencent Video)

Meng Chuan witnessed his mother being killed right in front of him. Therefore, he trained very hard, hoping that one day he could avenge his mother’s death. However, his peaceful life is shattered when his engagement is called off. An invasion by foreign troops, a sanctuary that fell to the enemy… In order to protect the people of Ning City, he drew his sword and vowed to become the strongest. It is a heavy responsibility and a long journey…

The story takes place twenty years before Shaonian Ge Xing. Baili Dongjun, who later became the number one in the world, was still the only grandson of Zhenxihou's mansion who was loved by thousands of people. Although he has a father with peerless kung fu and a mother who is the daughter of the head of the Wen family, he is not good at martial arts and prefers to brew wine. Ten years later, the best wine can be brewed. Finally, he stole a land deed from his home and ran hundreds of miles to Chaisang City to open a wine shop. But a long street is already full of evil stars. Only he is really a young boy who is serious about making wine. Because of this, he was inexplicably involved in the disputes between the two families. On the way, he accidentally met Sikong Changfeng, a vagabond wandering around the rivers and lakes without father and mother, and Lei Mengsha, the son of Zhuo Mo, who rushed from Tianqi City, because they were grateful to each other. He decided to help Lei Mengsha rescue his good brother, Gu Jianmen, the son of Lingyun, who was trapped in his mansion. This is an era in which young talents come forth in large numbers, and no era can surpass it. Xie Xuan, who later became Confucian Sword Immortal, Yan Zhantian, who became Nujian Immortal, and Luo Qingyang, who became Lone Sword Immortal, were all still unknown at this time. They were waiting for the day when they would meet each other and then become famous all over the world.

(Source: Bangumi, translated)