The Divine Empyrean Palace

Xue Man Linzhong

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Word count: 1M words
Chapters: 32

Summary

The Divine Empyrean Palace is an Eastern divine-path xianxia novel by the web author Xueman Linzhong, built around incense-offering power and fortune. It is set in a world where Buddhism, Daoism, the Religion of Light, Zoroastrianism, and the Crescent Faith coexist on equal footing. One hundred fifty years earlier, the Tufa people of the Hanbei grasslands swept south and took possession of Shenzhou, becoming masters of the Central Plains. Since then, every ten years each faith travels to the capital to contest the dharma and carve out its sphere of influence in the lower realm. Confucianism has been suppressed; after the Tiancong Khan entered the passes, horsemen trampled Confucian temples and arrows were loosed at Confucian masters, and the new order seemed unshakable. Only one hundred fifty years later does the protagonist Liu Buyi descend upon this world with the Divine Empyrean Palace, and the whole arrangement begins to loosen. In his previous life Liu Buyi died unjustly in prison; reborn into this unfamiliar world of cultivation, he is gravely wounded and rescued by Qingyang Zi, a Daoist of the Qingyang Sect, who takes him as a disciple and bestows upon him the Qingyang Spirit Lamp and the sect's highest art, The Great Way of Sevenfold Spirit Light. From there he starts out from a broken temple in Yunlai Village, gathering incense-offering vow-power, refining the systems of divine offices and talismans, and contending with many factions, including Song Yuanzi and masters of the Zoroastrian faith. He is also drawn into the clan and imperial-lineage struggles of the Nanyang Liu. With incense vow-power, divine office, and fortune as its core design, the novel fuses divine-path cultivation with the gamesmanship of mortal sects and dynastic powers. It is regarded as one of the representative works of the variant xianxia and divine-path fortune genres, and was completed at roughly one million characters.

Editor's review

如果把网文里的“神道流”排一条谱系，雪满林中属于少数长期专攻这一路的作者，《神霄天宫》正是他中期较有代表性的一本。它不写只靠拳头打天下的仙侠，而是把“香火愿力”当成稀缺资源来经营：信徒虔诚程度决定神力质量，村子人心浮动，神像上的愿力就跟着打折。这种从零开始聚拢信仰、扩张祠庙的种田感，是全书最实在也最好玩的部分。世界设定也颇有新意。秃发人入主中原、诸教十年一次上京斗法、儒家被压制，仙界与人间政权彼此勾连，读起来能看出一层元代背景的影子，异族统治下的教派格局比一般仙侠更复杂。主角刘不已一边靠青阳教传承修行，一边与拜火教、心术不正的同门、地方宗族周旋，节奏轻快，吐槽也接得住。需要提醒的是，这本书属于典型的快节奏爽文，中后期铺垫略显失控，作者自认没来得及把大纲立稳，因此结尾收束较仓促。想读东方神道流、又愿意接受“开头精彩、后段略散”的老书，它值得一试；若你追求严整结构与细腻文笔，建议降低预期。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢东方神道、香火成神、气运流设定的仙侠读者
对“异族入主中原＋诸教斗法”式世界设定感兴趣的读者
能接受快节奏爽文和后期略崩的网文老书虫
正在梳理雪满林中作品序列、想补齐其代表作的书友

Not a good fit for

要求世界观严整、伏笔全部收束的“设定党”完美主义者
排斥男频网络小说套路、节奏和白话文风的读者
只读严肃文学或古典武侠、对抗性不高的读者

Reading tips

先读前十章，摸清香火愿力与神位符箓的规则，再判断是否继续追读。
可把它与《香火成神道》《道果》对读，比较神道流的几套不同解法。
中后期节奏偏赶，遇到觉得跳跃的段落，不必纠结细节，顺着主线看即可。
读完可延伸读作者的《神道符召》《六朝时空神仙传》，体会其一贯的神道趣味。

Chapter 1 The Qingyang Sect
Chapter 2 The Divine Empyrean Palace
Chapter 3 A Son of the Confucian Gate
Chapter 4 Ambush and Kill
Chapter 5 Assault
Chapter 6 Zhang Wuya
Chapter 7 Killing Officials and Rebelling
Chapter 8 On Misty Wave Lake
Chapter 9 A Disciple of Qingyang
Chapter 10 The Wondrous Uses of Qingyang
Chapter 11 Yunlai Village
Chapter 12 Confucian Divine Path
Chapter 13 The Qingyang Spirit Lamp
Chapter 14 Incense Vow-Power
Chapter 15 The Lamp of Wishes
Chapter 16 Song Yuanzi
Chapter 17 Training
Chapter 18 The Fish Monster
Chapter 19 Meat Delivered to the Door
Chapter 20 Suspicion and Paranoia
Chapter 21 The Yuanxu Abbey Register
Chapter 22 A Great Tonic!
Chapter 23 Taking the Initiative
Chapter 24 The Old House and the Old Books
Chapter 25 The Way of the Mind-Confucians
Chapter 26 Master Huang
Chapter 27 The Crooked Song Yuanzi
Chapter 28 Undercurrents
Chapter 29 Song Yuanzi Walks into the Net
Chapter 30 A Zoroastrian Master
Chapter 31 The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper, the Kingdom of Light
Chapter 32 The Orthodox Qingyang

FAQ

《神霄天宫》是哪个作者写的，完结了吗？

作者是雪满林中，这是一本在起点中文网发布的仙侠类网络小说，已完结，全书约一百万字左右，曾获得过万级收藏与十数万推荐。

这本书属于什么流派？

属于东方神道、香火气运流仙侠，也常被归类为“变种仙侠无限流”。核心设定是香火愿力—神位—气运的循环，主角从破庙起家经营信仰。

故事讲的是什么背景？

一百五十年前秃发人入据神州，佛、道、光明、拜火、新月诸教每十年上京斗法划定势力，儒家受压制。主角刘不已携带神霄天宫降临此界，在诸教夹缝中成长。

主角有什么金手指？

书名中的“神霄天宫”即其核心依仗，加之前世记忆与青阳教传承的青阳神灯、《七元神光大道》心法，使他在神道修行与香火经营上比旁人更快。

和其他神道流小说比有什么特点？

特色在于香火愿力质量取决于信徒虔诚度的细节设定，以及类似元代的异族统治和教派斗法格局，比一般神道文多了文明碰撞与宗族政治的味道。

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About the author

Xue Man Linzhong Author

Xue Man Linzhong is a web-fiction author about whom little public information is available; no confirmed records exist regarding birth and death dates, nationality, or personal background. Judging from the 25 works held in the library, his writing is aimed mainly at male readers and centers on Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, and alternate-history fiction. Representative titles include The Taoist of the Steam Age, Legends of Immortals in the Six Dynasties, Divine Daoist Talisman Summons, Planting a Lotus in My Heart, Immortal Among Shamans, and There Are Immortals in the Broken Temple. The Taoist of the Steam Age places Taoist elements against a steampunk backdrop, showing the author's attempt to blend different settings within a fantasy framework, while Legends of Immortals in the Six Dynasties draws on the Six Dynasties period to weave tales of immortals, combining history and xianxia. Overall, his works fall into the categories of fine fiction and quality web literature and are recognizable among readers of these genres, yet the author himself keeps a low public profile, leaving very limited verifiable material.