Record of Divine and Demonic Cultivation

Chunmeng de XiaoqinshouFanqie Novel2018

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Word count: 511K words
Chapters: 51

Summary

Su Nian, a youth of the Su family in Qingtong Town, was found to have zero-level talent in the talent assessment three years ago and became the family's disgrace. Three years later, a new talent assessment arrives. He steps onto the assessment platform amid everyone's mockery and meets Hua Yuexuan, the young mistress of the Huajian Sect, who has come to recruit disciples. Before leaving, his second elder brother Su Lun gives him Xuanling Liquid, and one sentence—"You haven't even tried, and you're giving up? Are you willing to accept that?"—wakes him up. Su Nian thus sets out on the path of cultivation. With his demonic flames and crimson eyes, he feels his way to prominence among the Spirit Realm, the ten ancient cultivation systems, and spatial secret arts. Carrying a bloodline of sin, he gradually discovers that there is another secret behind his zero-level talent. In the end, he parts with family and friends and travels through a teleportation array to the Divine Realm to seek the truth about his biological parents.

Editor's review

A brisk traditional xuanhuan power fantasy with a well-practiced face-slapping opening. Supporting characters such as the white cat and the little loli provide much of the comic relief, contrasting with the serious setup of the early chapters. Suitable for readers who like zero-talent comebacks, bloodline-driven stories, and light, snarky narration. The weaknesses are obvious: the author admits to lazy updates and modest performance; the plot leaps about, character motivations are sometimes thin, and the ending is rushed. The worldbuilding is vast but hastily wrapped up.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who like traditional xuanhuan leveling and comeback stories
Readers who prefer light comedy and animal-companion elements
Readers who can accept the author's self-described irregular updates and an open ending

Not a good fit for

Readers who demand rigorous worldbuilding and a complete conclusion
Readers who dislike harem teasing and crude jokes

Reading tips

Focus on the talent assessment and the second brother's gift of the liquid in the first twenty chapters—they quickly establish the protagonist's motivation
Treat the white cat and little loli interactions as light relief; don't sweat the details of the power system
Read the author's afterword as a glimpse into the web-fiction ecosystem, and treat the book as a work in progress rather than a complete long novel

About the publisher

Fanqie Novel

Fanqie Novel is a publisher focused chiefly on online literature, with more than 2,500 titles in its catalogue. Its subjects span such common categories as women's fiction, ancient romance, modern romance, fantasy, and men's fiction, and it also maintains a premium fiction category. Representative titles include The Imperial Son-in-Law Is Too Wild and Too Tea! Shouldn't the Eldest Princess Swap Her Favourite?, After an Unexpected Third Pregnancy, the Richest Husband Comes Knocking, Supreme Martial Soul, The Unrestrained Legitimate Daughter: Entangled with the Wicked Lord of Nine Thousand Years, Seeking Immortality, The Urban Saint Healer, Love Begins with a Thought, and The Good-for-Nothing Sorcerer, covering reading tastes that range from sweet ancient romance and modern relationships to fantasy cultivation and urban supernatural powers. Among its authors, Tangcu Jinli, Xue Feihuan, Xingshi, Qing Qian, 0 Chenluo 0, Nanshan Zhu, Yu Xiaoyu, and Saochen Ju are all represented in the catalogue. Public information on its founding background, country or region, and year is limited, so no inferences are made here; this profile presents only the publishing character shown by the catalogue, namely a emphasis on genre online fiction.

Chapter 1 Talent Assessment
Chapter 2 Second Brother Su Lun
Chapter 3 Gods and Demons
Chapter 4 Su Nian's Origins
Chapter 5 Heaven and Earth Spirit Seed
Chapter 6 Seventh-Grade Cold Qi
Chapter 7 The Silent Space
Chapter 8 Lingyu Dao Manor
Chapter 9 You Saw It Again
Chapter 10 Sacrificing the Little Loli
Chapter 11 Ran Aoxue
Chapter 12 A Dazzling World
Chapter 13 The Truth
Chapter 14 Wangcai
Chapter 15 Something Happened to the Ice-Sealed Spirit Deer
Chapter 16 Feed Me
Chapter 17 The Little Loli Is Badly Injured
Chapter 18 Battle Segment
Chapter 19 The Manor Lord
Chapter 20 The Orphan of the Heavenly Demon
Chapter 21 The Market
Chapter 22 A Change of Position
Chapter 23 Ran Aoxue's Question
Chapter 24 The White Cat's Little Schemes
Chapter 25 Cat-Head Dog-Face Fist
Chapter 26 Killing He Qing
Chapter 27 The He Family Comes
Chapter 28 Seed of Life
Chapter 29 The Person in the Jade Slip
Chapter 30 The Apothecary
Chapter 31 Ancient Road Site
Chapter 32 The Rampaging Red Coral
Chapter 33 Ran Aoxue Transforms Beast Cores
Chapter 34 The Overbearing Flame
Chapter 35 Entrance to the Forbidden Zone
Chapter 36 The Eight-Trigram Killing Formation
Chapter 37 The Legendary Continent
Chapter 38 It Would Be Inappropriate Not to Give You an Opportunity
Chapter 39 Twin Dao Lotuses
Chapter 40 Ran Aoxue's Provocation
Chapter 41 The Fisherman's Profit
Chapter 42 The Demonic Flame First Shows Its Might
Chapter 43 Victory
Chapter 44 Battle Begins
Chapter 45 This Is True Innate Double Pupils
Chapter 46 Taking a Servant
Chapter 47 The Twin Dao Lotuses in Hand
Chapter 48 Love at First Sight
Chapter 49 The Troublemaker
Chapter 50 The Little Loli's Current Situation
Chapter 241 Journey to the Divine Realm

FAQ

Is this book finished?

Yes. It has 243 chapters in total, ending with the journey to the Divine Realm, at about 510,000 words.

What is the protagonist's talent?

He is assessed as having zero-level talent at the start and later begins cultivating with the help of Xuanling Liquid and other means.

Is it suitable for readers new to xuanhuan?

Yes. The setup is fairly conventional and easy to get into.

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About the author

Chunmeng de Xiaoqinshou Author

Chunmeng de Xiaoqinshou is a web-fiction author about whom little public information is available: nationality, dates of birth and death, real name, and personal experience are all unrecorded, and only one work by this author is held in the collection. That work is Shenmo Xiuxing Lu (Record of Cultivation Among Gods and Demons), commonly classified under male-oriented fiction and Eastern fantasy. This suggests the author's general direction: stories of cultivation and gods and demons built on Eastern fantasy conventions and aimed at male readers. With only one work to draw on, it is not yet possible to describe a stable style or a clear body of work, nor to tell whether this subject choice is a one-off or a long-term focus. For now, understanding this author means turning to Shenmo Xiuxing Lu itself—its setting, narration, and reader response—while more biographical and creative information remains to be supplied.