Sword of Chaos and Return to the Origin

Feng YaoTadu Literature Network2021

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Male-Oriented Fiction Eastern Fantasy XianxiaRevengeHot-Blooded LevelingRebirthLeveling Up

Summary

Protagonist Fang Chen, surrounded by masters of the immortal, demon, and beast races in the Land of the Utmost Heaven and struck by the Absolute Heaven Powder while the aura of the Chaos Heavenly Tome leaks out, stabs his own dantian to destroy the supreme treasure and die with his enemies—only to be reborn at sixteen, carrying the Chaos Heavenly Tome. Back at the Sword Sect's Hidden Sword Peak, he consumes the Chongling Pill, has the Chaos Heavenly Tome's artifact spirit acknowledge him as master, and breaks through several cultivation realms in a row. Drawing on his past-life experience, he redoubles his sword training, vowing to win a slot in the Seven Peaks Tournament to enter the Sword Tomb, and to venture deep into the Demon Pool, undergo the immortal race's baptism, and devour the beast race's blood, so that the three races will never rise again.

Editor's review

A typical traditional fantasy rebirth-and-revenge power fantasy, briskly paced: the opening is death in battle, rebirth, and a cheat artifact acknowledging its master, and arcs like the Seven Peaks Tournament and the Sword Tomb treasure hunt move with force. It suits veteran readers who like sword-path leveling and revenge comebacks. Its weaknesses are that the setup and formulas are fairly common, the three-race feud and leveling line feel somewhat by the numbers, and romance and ensemble characterization are thin.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the first thirty chapters first to see whether you like the rebirth-plus-sword-sect narrative rhythm.
  2. Treat the Seven Peaks Tournament and Sword Tomb arcs as the first climactic stretch and read them closely.
  3. It is long; follow it in segments keyed to realm breakthroughs.

About the publisher

Tadu Literature Network

Tadu Literature Network is a publishing platform focused on online literature. Publicly available information is limited, and its founding background and location remain unclear. Judging from the 79 titles in the collection, its publishing emphasis is on genre fiction: male-oriented works cover urban fiction and Eastern fantasy, such as Liang Qishao's The Soldier King of Huadu, Hei Pangzi's The Extraordinary Hero, and titles like The Sword of Chaos and Origin, The Eternal Golden Body, and Peerless Battle Soul. In the romance category, there are works such as Married First, Love Later: Darling, Be Gentle. Common categories include premium fiction, male-oriented fiction, urban fiction, Eastern fantasy, romance fiction, and fantasy fiction. Besides Liang Qishao and Hei Pangzi, representative authors include Feng Yao, Panda Pengpeng, and Chulongshen. Overall, the publisher presents a catalog oriented toward online readers and dominated by serialized genre fiction.

FAQ

What is this book mainly about? Fang Chen is reborn as a youth and, with the Chaos Heavenly Tome, cultivates the sword path, vowing revenge on the three races.
Is there a single female lead? There is very little romance in the early main text; the focus is revenge and leveling.
Is it suitable for newcomers to fantasy? Yes, the formulas are clear, but it is long and requires patience.

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About the author

Feng Yao Author

Feng Yao is an author with limited publicly available information. The only confirmed details are the Chinese name "Feng Yao" and its English rendering, while nationality and dates of birth and death are not found in public sources. According to current bibliographic records, Feng Yao has only one work to date, titled Chaos Returns to the Origin Sword. The book is categorized as male-oriented fiction and Eastern fantasy, a common genre that typically builds an imagined world around cultivation, personal growth and adventure. Because verifiable information about the author is scarce, a full picture of the writing style is difficult to summarize. Judging from the title and category of Chaos Returns to the Origin Sword, however, the work tends to construct its worldview with classical metaphysical imagery such as "chaos" and "returning to the origin," with the sword serving as one of its central threads. Beyond this, there are no reliable records of the author's creative career, other works or influence, so readers can only rely on this single existing work for further understanding.