X Dragon Era

Yun Tiankong

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Word count: 1.6M words
Chapters: 40

Summary

X-Long Era is a long fantasy novel set in a parallel-continent world, written by the web author Yun Tiankong. Serialized on Qidian Chinese Network, it concluded on March 8, 2010, totaling approximately 1.56 million Chinese characters across 595 chapters. The protagonist, Xin Yun, is a modern urban homebody who unexpectedly transmigrates into a dragon-centric otherworld. On first arriving, his indulgence in lust and lack of ambition cause him to squander the chance to grow strong, wasting years in stagnation. Later, he witnesses a cataclysmic battle among the nine mightiest Dragon King-tier powers fighting over the Dragon Pearl. Filled with unwillingness and regret, he resolves to die, yet miraculously rebirths from the energy released by the clash of the nine masters, returning to the very moment he first crossed over and first met the young girl Yiluo Xiang. Armed with memories and hard lessons from his past life, Xin Yun resolves to seize this second chance. Starting from surviving in a dried-up well and befriending Yiluo Xiang, he gradually accumulates wealth, trains in combat techniques, refines Dragon Diamonds, enters the Dragon Fighting Academy, and carves out a new path to power in the law-of-the-jungle dragon world. Centered on rebirth and fate-changing, with strength progression as its throughline, the book blends dragon lore, academy growth, and commercial trading elements. It is one of the representative early Qidian otherworld fantasy works and has since been adapted into a manhua and an animated series.

Editor's review

一个“重来一次”的穿越故事，能写成什么模样？云天空在《X一龙时代》里给出了属于自己的答案：不是一路顺风顺水的开挂，而是先让主角把错误犯尽、把后悔尝透，再把他扔回起点。辛云前世的失败写得并不体面——贪恋女色、不思进取、蹉跎岁月，正因为这份不体面，重生后的每一步选择才有分量。作者以“龙”为世界基石，铺开从龙钻、龙灵到斗龙学院的完整体系，境界划分清晰，成长线可追踪；同时又给主角加了一门“会做生意”的本事，易宝大会、惊天交易等段落让升级之外多了几分算计与博弈的乐趣。全书近156万字、近六百章，节奏明快、高潮密集，是典型的商业化网文写法，读起来不费脑但很容易上头。它并非文学意义上的精雕之作，却是那个年代异界爽文的鲜活样本，也因其鲜明的设定被改编为漫画和动画。对于想回望早期中文网络玄幻风貌的读者，这本书值得放进书架；对于第一次阅读的朋友，把它当作一段轻松的异世界冒险即可。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢异界大陆、穿越重生设定的网络小说读者
偏爱节奏明快、升级线清晰的爽文体读者
对龙族体系、学院成长题材感兴趣的读者
想了解早期起点玄幻代表作与网文发展脉络的读者

Not a good fit for

偏好严肃文学、讲究文字锤炼与叙事实验的读者
对后宫、暧昧桥段和套路化升级较敏感的读者
不习惯数百万字长篇、希望短篇阅读的读者

Reading tips

先把前二十章读完，主角的重生动机与世界观基础都在这一段铺开。
可按“枯井—易宝大会—斗龙学院”三段式阅读，每段都有相对完整的小高潮。
遇到交易、龙钻炼化等设定密集处，不妨慢读，这些细节是后续实力的伏笔。
全书近六百章，建议分卷推进并适度跳读重复的修炼描写，保持阅读节奏。

Chapter 1: The Grand Gathering of Ten Thousand Dragons
Chapter 2: The Nine Great Masters
Chapter 3: Yesterday Once More
Chapter 4: Surviving at the Bottom of the Well
Chapter 5: Drawing the Blueprint
Chapter 6: Meeting Yi Luo
Chapter 7: Striking Out in Anger
Chapter 8: Fortune and Misfortune Unpredictable
Chapter 9: Depending on Each Other
Chapter 10: Sharing Adversity
Chapter 11: Self-Sacrifice for Others
Chapter 12: Mutual Aid in Blood
Chapter 13: Finally Out of the Dry Well
Chapter 14: The Spotted Pig Dragon
Chapter 15: The Four States of Dragons
Chapter 16: Come with Me
Chapter 17: Incitement and Persuasion
Chapter 18: Setting Out on the Journey
Chapter 19: Wisdom and Wit
Chapter 20: The Azure Sea
Chapter 21: The Purple Dragon Diamond
Chapter 22: Means of Amassing Wealth
Chapter 23: The Wealthy
Chapter 24: Tashan Mega-City
Chapter 25: The Refined Gold Mining Shovel
Chapter 26: Quick Wits in Crisis
Chapter 27: Finally Obtained
Chapter 28: Refining the Dragon Diamond
Chapter 29: The Five-Claw Enigma
Chapter 30: Probing Claws in the Void
Chapter 31: The True Dragon Appears
Chapter 32: Clash of Viewpoints
Chapter 33: The Purple Dragon Diamond
Chapter 34: The Word Love
Chapter 35: Prelude to the Treasure Exchange
Chapter 36: The Treasure Exchange Convention
Chapter 37: Great Wisdom Appears as Folly
Chapter 38: The Patterned Hairpin
Chapter 39: Such a Treasure
Chapter 40: The Crazy Transaction

FAQ

《X一龙时代》的“X”是什么意思？

书名中的“X”并不指某个具体事物，更多是当时网文命名的风格化符号，与正文中“龙”的世界观形成呼应。网络流传中也常写作“X-龙时代”。

这本书出版过纸质版吗？

据可查资料，本作为起点中文网连载的网络小说，2010年3月8日完结，未见正式纸质出版信息；市面流传的多为电子精校文本，另有改编漫画单行本与动画。

全书字数和章数是多少？

据百度百科条目，全书约156.09万字，共595章，含“大结局”一章，于2010年3月8日完结。

没看过原著能直接看漫画或动画吗？

可以。改编漫画与2023年上线的动画都对剧情做了简化处理，主线仍是辛云重生、守护依萝香并逐步变强，独立观看不影响理解。

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About the author

Yun Tiankong Author

Yun Tiankong is one of the more prolific authors in Chinese online literature, with 20 works held in the collection. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his nationality and dates of birth and death remain unclear. Judging from the available works, his writing is mainly aimed at male readers and spans Eastern fantasy, xuanhuan fiction, and xianxia/wuxia. His representative works include Ling Jian Zun, The Undying Hades, Online Game: Dream Reality, Dual-Soul Summoner, The Writer's Romance, and X-One Dragon Era. Many of these titles are regarded as quality web novels, covering fantasy worlds, the blending of games and reality, and summoning settings, which shows the author's sustained experimentation with genre storytelling.