Immortal Sword Body

Immortal Sword Body is the debut Eastern fantasy novel by web author Shi Buxing. Serialized on Qidian from February 27, 2010, and completed on May 20, 2011, it runs about 1,008 chapters and 3.09 million characters. The story is set on the Sword God Continent, where countless sects vie for power: sword cultivators gather sword essence, transform sword qi, condense sword gang, combine sword radiance, and establish sword domains, advancing through the realms of sword body, sword essence, sword soul, sword spirit, and sword heart, while sects are graded into four ranks—Blue Mortal, Golden Heaven, White Spirit, and Purple Emperor—and sword cultivator titles rise from Sword Practitioner all the way to Sword Saint. The protagonist, Lu Qing, comes from a sword-forging family at the foot of Chaoyang Peak in the Zixia Sect; his father, Lu Yun, forges swords for the sect and later feeds himself to the forge to create a peerless divine sword. Inheriting his forebears' sword dao, Lu Qing joins the Zixia Sect, is initially frustrated and humiliated, and with the help of a mysterious master (Elder Ye / Sword Saint Ye Wuxin) practices the Purple Emperor Sword Body Scripture and the Sword Soul Scripture, embarking on the path of dual cultivation of sword and body. Tempered through the lightning tribulation of the Sword Emperor's law, he masters the sword intent of time and space, rising from a small Blue Mortal sect toward higher sects and realms, ultimately receiving the inheritances of the ancient gods and ancient demons, forging the Immortal Sword Body, and reaching the pinnacle of the sword dao. The book blends the setting of five-element sword qi with the two paths of Heaven and Man, and intersperses secret places such as the Sword Pool, Sword Mound, and Sword Tomb along with the arts of forging and wielding swords, making it a representative work of sword-dao fantasy.