Nine Dragons Immortal King

Fallen Black Swan

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Summary

Ling Fan dies in a modern-day wedding under artillery fire and is reborn into the body of a young man who shares his name. The original owner had offended the Ning family's daughter, Ning Xueqi, leading to the annihilation of the Ling family of Qingyue City overnight. A lingering soul binds him with a blood oath, demanding that Ling Fan avenge the massacre, and he has no choice but to agree. Rescued by his disfigured fiancée, Tang Yiyao, he takes shelter in an ancestral house outside the city. Known for his blocked meridians, he attempts to cultivate anew and later enters a cultivation academy, growing step by step amid the feuds among Qingyue City's various factions and the Hao and Ning families, unraveling the mystery of the Nine Dragons Meridian Lock, and ultimately advancing toward the path of the Immortal King.

Editor's review

A typical useless-figure reincarnation revenge xianxia power fantasy; the opening massacre, blood oath, and fiancée rescue move quickly, suited to readers seeking the thrill of leveling and face-slapping. The protagonist starts as a wastrel despised by all, and the identity contrast brings immersion; the cultivation line intertwines with the family revenge line, balancing academy strife and jianghu training. Weaknesses are that the setting heavily overlaps with conventional xianxia formulas, the later plot drags somewhat, the prose is plain, and readers seeking novelty may find it dull.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who like useless-figure counterattack and revenge power fantasies
Readers who prefer traditional xianxia cultivation systems
Readers used to long male-oriented leveling stories
Readers who can accept academy and family strife passages

Not a good fit for

Readers who seek literary quality and novel settings
Readers who dislike formulaic revenge openings and face-slapping
Readers who prefer short, fast-paced works

Reading tips

Read the first few chapters to clarify the blood oath, the remnant soul, and the original body's feud before entering the academy arc
Follow the Nine Dragons Meridian Lock and the Nine Dragons Art ability-growth line, the core setting of the protagonist's leveling
Later battle and sect-layout passages are information-heavy; skim minor-character dialogue to keep the mainline coherent

FAQ

Is this book completed?

Yes; search results mostly show it as completed, with about 471 chapters of main text.

Can the protagonist cultivate at first?

No; the original body was born with blocked meridians and initially tries to draw qi again using the Spirit Stone.

Who is the female lead?

Tang Yiyao is the original body's fiancée; she saves Ling Fan at the start and has a substantial role.

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About the author

Fallen Black Swan Author

Fallen Black Swan is a web-novel author, also known by the English name Fallen Black Swan. Publicly available information is limited: details such as nationality, birth and death years, and other personal particulars are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds two of the author's works, Nine Dragons Immortal King and Proud Heaven Martial God, both of which fall into the category of male-oriented fiction and are classified under xianxia/wuxia and Eastern fantasy. Judging from the titles and categories, the author's writing leans toward Eastern fantasy and xianxia themes, often centering on cultivation systems, the growth of powerful figures, and conflicts in the martial world, aimed at male readers who enjoy passionate power progression and martial-arts imagination. Because verifiable information about the author is scarce, any discussion of the author's writing career and style can currently be based only on the thematic orientation shown in these two works.