Emotion Immortal Arts

杨铭17K Novel Network

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Word count
49K words
Chapters
13

Tags

Male-Oriented Fiction Eastern Fantasy Xianxia CultivationSpiritual PracticeSocial ObservationOrphanNegative EmotionsIllustrated GuidePractical GuideYouth

Summary

The story unfolds in a world where magic is cast through emotions: negative feelings accumulate elemental forces—irritation breeds darkness, sorrow turns to ice, and self-doubt summons light. Shangguan Liuyan, an orphaned youth studying physical martial arts at the Academy of Propriety, becomes embroiled in a series of troubles after his friend Xia Yu shoots and wounds a rainbow bird. A conflict with Li Fei, the county magistrate's son, reveals his latent talent for thunder magic, leading a robed Daoist to take him as a disciple. He receives an ancient divine brush capable of writing spells and follows his master, along with the aloof senior disciple Chen Sixue, into a valley for training. Murong Ziqing, a prodigy of the Murong clan, is assigned to teach him calligraphy to enhance his spell power. Once their training is complete, the three leave the valley to make their way in the world, only to be drawn into the Murong family's succession struggle and sectarian conflicts.

Editor's review

The setting is fresh: emotions are used directly as fuel for spells, plus a magic-tool system based on writing charms with a brush, making for a small but coherent world. The protagonist is glib and fond of clever tricks, and the academy daily life and interactions with the senior sister are light and amusing. At only thirteen chapters, the pacing is fast; many plot points are conveyed by narration or simply skipped, and the ending is hastily tied up. It reads more like a writing exercise or short experimental piece, suited to readers who want creative worldbuilding without committing to a long saga.

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Reading tips

  1. First accept that this is a short writing exercise, and don't read it expecting a full-length novel.
  2. Focus on savoring the conceptual ideas: emotion-based spellcasting, written charms, and musical incantations.
  3. When the ending skips large stretches of plot, you can refer back to earlier character threads and fill in the gaps yourself.

About the publisher

17K Novel Network

17K Novel Network (17K小说网) is a publishing platform centred on online literature, with 10,912 titles in its catalogue; publicly available information is limited, and its founding background and country or region are not confirmed. Judging from the existing titles, its publishing scope covers common categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, urban fiction, female-oriented fiction, time-travel and alternate-history stories, and selected fiction, spanning male-oriented cultivation and urban-life themes as well as female-oriented time-travel and quick-transmigration narratives. Representative titles include Deities: Recruiting Earth Players from the Start, Rebirth of the Nine-Tailed Superstar, Quick Transmigration: When a Max-Level Boss Becomes a Toxic Dad, Supreme Pill King, My Beautiful Wife, Chaos Tang, Wind Howling through the Jianghu, and Great Qin: My Inner Thoughts Overheard by the Ancestral Dragon from the Start, most of which unfold with the length and pacing of online serialization. Representative authors include Yang Zhizhi, Yuyi Tingbing, Xuanyuan Lvedan, Zhenyong, Manyu, Wuweijiu, Meng Qingxuan and Tianyan Junran, reflecting a publishing approach built on contracted online authors and organized by genre.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: First Encounter with the Divine Brush
  2. Chapter 2: Our Kind of Elegance
  3. Chapter 3: Conspiracies Stir in the Dark
  4. Chapter 4: Entering the Heavenly Dao and the Strange Town
  5. Chapter 5: Consuming Fire Essence
  6. Chapter 6: Breaking Willow at This Village
  7. Chapter 7: Sect Trial
  8. Chapter 8: Tales of the Southern Kingdom
  9. Chapter 9: Causes and Consequences
  10. Chapter 10: Leaving the Sword Sect
  11. Chapter 11: Households in Mist and Water
  12. Chapter 12: Beast-Taming Sect (Part One)
  13. Chapter 13: Beast-Taming Sect (Part Two) and the Grand Finale

FAQ

Is this book finished? Yes, it is complete at thirteen chapters, with Chapter Thirteen serving as the grand finale.
What is the protagonist's cheat power? An ancient divine brush that can transform into a weapon and can replace spoken incantations with writing.
Is it suitable for reading as a serial? No. It is very short, so it's best read in one go.

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About the author

杨铭 Author

Yang Ming is an author about whom limited public information is available; details of his life, such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background, have not been clearly recorded, so his writing focus can only be understood from the works held in the collection. There are seven works in total, mainly including the Veritable Records of the Zhengtong Campaign, the Veritable Records of the Zhengtong Northern Expedition, and Wang Yangming and a Draft History of Peace. In terms of subject matter, the first two deal with historical events of the Zhengtong period of the Ming dynasty and have the character of historical source compilation and narrative, while the latter turns to a discussion of Wang Yangming's thought and the issue of peace, showing an interest in both historical documents and Eastern philosophy. The common classifications place Yang Ming's works under Eastern philosophy, miscellaneous prose, classic works, and philosophical reading, indicating that beyond historical narrative his writing also has an intellectual and readable quality. Overall, Yang Ming is an author concerned with Ming history and Wang Yangming studies, and because public information is limited, the details of his life and the full range of his writing remain to be further verified.