The Daoist's Night Sword

Qinwen ZhijianQidian2022

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1.5M words

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Male-Oriented Fiction Xianxia and Wuxia XianxiaXianxia CultivationCultivationSwordsmanshipClassical XianxiaSword CultivatorDecisive KillerWeb NovelXianxia World

Summary

Lou Jinchen, a young man of contemporary martial arts training, has practiced his family's swordsmanship since childhood, studied the Chinese classics, and loved wine, yearning for a world of blades and adventure. While exploring a cave, he transmigrates into a xianxia world where gods and ghosts coexist. The story opens with him in a ruined temple in the wilderness, where—armed only with a mortal body and an alloy sword—he hunts a cultivator of the Secret Food Sect who has mutated into a demon. Through sheer concentrated will, he channels his intent into the blade and pierces the creature's brow, gravely wounding it, then pursues it into an ancient tomb and finishes it off, earning in exchange a qi-refining method that sets him on the path from martial arts to Dao cultivation. From there he roams mountains and rivers in search of wondrous techniques, gazes at the sea to comprehend the Dao, and dazzles the capital with a single sword. In a human realm where demons and monsters prey on the people and heroes gather, he walks alone with his blade, doing battle with the gods and ghosts of this world. His cultivation and his Dao heart grow ever stronger, until at last he takes part in the ultimate war against "the Heaven Above."

Editor's review

Suited to readers who favor classical immortal-cultivation and strange-tale wandering-swordsman flavor. Its strengths lie in the thoroughly chivalrous lone-daoist premise, an insightful protagonist who comprehends techniques himself, elegant classical prose with distinctive Daoist discourse, and crisp combat and demon-slaying scenes. Weaknesses: the middle-to-late sections voice a great deal of Dao-realization reflection and personal opinions, the pacing drags, some readers report a rushed ending and update problems, and plot logic is relatively thin.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with the opening chapters, from the demon hunt in the ruined temple to becoming a disciple at the Fire Spirit Temple, to see whether you like the style and pacing
  2. The middle-to-late Dao-realization chapters are long; skim the lyrical passages and focus on the main demon-slaying and conflict threads
  3. Read it as a string of strange-tale episodic stories rather than expecting dense level-up satisfaction

About the publisher

Qidian

Qidian is a platform whose catalogue brings together online literature, with about 45,000 titles in the library spanning categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, science fiction, selected fiction and quality web novels. Representative titles include Reincarnation Paradise, War Soldier Leon, The Fairy Is Fierce (also known as Tai Mang), The Expert Is Right Beside Me, Dragon Herder, You Should Cross the Mountains Like a Hero, The Adventures of a Clever Girl and Summoning Heroes of All Ages in Another World, with themes extending from fantasy and xianxia to science fiction and adventure. Representative authors available in the library include Na Yi Zhi Wen Zi, Chi Gua Zi Qun Zhong, Guan Guan Gong Zi, Chenxing LL, Luan, Chen Mo De Ai, Piao Yi Dao Zhang and Dong Tian Bu Leng. Their works mostly appear as serialized web fiction aimed at readers who prefer long genre fiction. Public information on its founding background and scale is limited, so no inferences are made here; the description is based solely on the library's titles and categories.

FAQ

Does this book have a system cheat? There is no system; the protagonist enters the Dao by comprehending techniques himself through his family sword arts and extraordinary insight.
What kind of character is the protagonist? A modern martial artist who transmigrates, a lone daoist who loves wine, carries a sword, and hates evil as his enemy.
Is this book finished? How many words? It was completed on Qidian in July 2023, at about 1.54 million words and 461 chapters.

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About the author

Qinwen Zhijian Author

Qinwen Zhijian is a Chinese web-fiction author. Public information about this writer is limited, and neither birth and death dates nor nationality are clearly recorded. Eleven of the author's works are currently held in the collection, with representative titles including Huang Ting, Baigu Daogong, Zhongmiao zhi Men, Daoshi Ye Zhangjian, Xuanmen Fengshen, Jianzhong, and Renda Jiyuan; Baigu Daogong appears twice, suggesting it holds an important place in the author's body of work. The works are commonly classified under men's fiction, Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, and martial-arts novels, and are often grouped among premium fiction and quality web literature. Judging by subject matter, the author favors Daoist temple imagery and worlds of sword-bearing cultivators; titles frequently feature elements such as the mysterious gate, Daoist priests, and sword seeds, blending traditional xianxia with Eastern fantasy for readers who enjoy classical cultivation settings and martial swordplay.