Singing Loud with Sword in Hand

Singing Loud with Sword in Hand is a long xianxia cultivation novel by the web author Ta Xue Zhen Ren. Serialization began on Qidian on March 22, 2011, and concluded on January 17, 2012 with the chapter “Severing the Dao”; the book runs about 553 chapters and 1.85 million characters. According to available information, it has not been formally published. With “wielding the sword to cleave the floating clouds, singing loud to the Milky Way” as its core imagery, the work builds a world of universal cultivation in which “cultivators are as numerous as ants”: cultivation is no longer the secret of a few, and spells are widely used in daily life and the operation of society. Academies, sects, clans, cities, and even interstellar space form a nested order of cultivation, carrying a distinct modern urban flavor and a touch of science fiction. The story follows the protagonist's growth: starting from academy training and the contest for the Hidden Dragon Token, it moves through struggles among factions, flying-sword duels, transformation of the soul, and the revelation of ancient secrets, gradually drawing the protagonist into larger crises—invasion by outside enemies, racial war, and the schemes of the gods. The work blends cultivation progression devices such as the Heavenly Dipper Embryo-Transforming Pill and the Formless Divine Light with elements combining spellcraft and artifacts such as the Golden Crow Battle Robe and the Insect Emperor Armor. It follows the ordinary-protagonist route, with a clear thread and tight pacing, its main line always resting on the four words “proving the Dao with the sword.”