Martial Shatters the Desolate Realm

Jin LiangZhulang Novel Network2018

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2.5M words

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Male-Oriented Fiction Eastern Fantasy Nine Deaths One LifeHegemonyComplex HumanityPatriotismPsychological InsightIllustrated Guide

Summary

Yi Chen, a talented youth of the Yi family in Silent City, has already reached the Great War Master realm at a young age. His father Yi Feng entrusts him with the Heaven-Burning Jade, which the family ancestor risked his life to bring back from the forbidden zone of the Desolate Realm; the jade flashes and recognizes him as its destined owner. That night, the three grand elders of the Void Moon Holy Hall come to demand the jade. When a ninth-grade divine fruit fails as a lure, they attack without hesitation. The Yi family is massacred; Yi Chen is pushed into a secret passage by his father and escapes, his cultivation destroyed and his engagement to Leng Qianqian broken off. In despair he encounters the carefree Daoist of the Sky-Shielding Great Sect, who transmits alchemy, artifact, formation, and cultivation methods to him. With the Heaven-Burning Jade he walks an unprecedented path of cultivation, passing through chapters such as the Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm contest, being crowned the Supreme Emperor, and the war against heaven, before finally setting out toward an unknown world.

Editor's review

A typical traditional Eastern fantasy counterattack novel. The opening moves very quickly through annihilation of the clan and breaking off an engagement; the family jade pendant and the three arts of alchemy, artifacts, and formations give it some distinctiveness, and the leveling-up satisfaction is ample with dense fighting, making it suitable for serial-following readers who want brisk stress relief. The weaknesses are that characterization is rather stereotyped, villain motivations are one-dimensional, the middle and later sections repeat formulas and run long, and the writing has flaws; readers who seek literary quality and character depth may grow impatient.

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Reading tips

  1. The first two chapters are deliberately fast; read patiently until the protagonist receives the carefree Daoist's inheritance, then decide
  2. Follow the main line in segments—massacre, escape, inheritance, secret-realm contest, war against heaven—rather than forcing through a million words at once
  3. Watch the three side threads of alchemy, artifacts, and formations and the Heaven-Burning Jade foreshadowing to better understand the protagonist's unique growth path

About the publisher

Zhulang Novel Network

Zhulang Novel Network is a fiction platform focused on publishing online literature; publicly available information is limited, and details about its founding background and scale are not yet clear. Judging from the 137 titles in the collection, its publishing output centers on male-oriented fiction, fantasy, supernatural and mystery fiction, and suspense and detective stories, while also including selected quality novels and premium web fiction. Representative titles include Ghost's Left Eye, The Cultivator in Another World, The Immortal Emperor in the City, and Ten Thousand Daos of Divine Martial Arts, as well as works aimed at female readers such as Portable Space: The Unruly Farm Wife, Bad Wife: Eight Husbands at Home, and CEO Husband, Dote on Me to the Sky, covering themes of cultivation, urban supernatural powers, fantasy, and romance. Among its authors are Yuwen Wuji, Yu Feng, Shuang Shengzi, Nian Potian, Grapefruit Youyou, Honda Toru, Mei Congcong, and Xiumu Kediao, who are signed or collaborating writers. Overall, its publishing character is defined by genre-driven web fiction, balancing male and female readerships and emphasizing readability and serialized storytelling.

FAQ

Is this book finished? How many words? Completed, about 2.5 million characters in over 1,100 chapters.
Is the protagonist very miserable at first? Yes—the opening brings massacre, destroyed cultivation, and a broken engagement, followed by his comeback.
What genre is this novel? Traditional Eastern fantasy, centered on massacre revenge and leveling comebacks.

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About the author

Jin Liang Author

Jin Liang, whose Chinese name is written as 劲凉, is an author in the field of Chinese web literature. Publicly available information about him, including his nationality and dates of birth and death, is currently limited and cannot be confirmed. According to existing records, only one work is listed under his name: Wu Sui Huang Yu. The novel belongs to the male-oriented Eastern fantasy category, a genre typically built around an imagined continent, martial cultivation, and breakthroughs between realms, with plots centering on the protagonist's growth and adventures. Because verifiable information about the author is scarce, his writing style and future creative direction are difficult to describe fully; readers seeking further understanding should mainly refer to this work. Overall, Jin Liang remains an author with a small number of works whose profile awaits more information.