Immortal Rogue

Immortal Rogue is a fantasy cultivation novel by the web author “Bu Xiang Dang Cainiao” (often called “A Fan” by readers), serialized on Zongheng Chinese Network (under Baidu Literature) starting May 1, 2013. The book is about 500,000 words long and is complete; a meticulously proofread version circulated online as the Zhixuan Cangshu edition. The story follows a “time travel + cultivation + thief” formula: the protagonist is a “civilized man” from the modern era who, in a cultivation world, takes up robbing and stealing. He believes “fighting and killing is so uncivilized” and is better at using his head, running his mouth, and playing dirty tricks, declaring “rob money and rob beauty” with a straight face and full self-justification—the line in the synopsis, “Men stand on the left, women on the right. Men, strip to your underwear and get lost. Women, strip to your underwear and stay. I repeat! This is a robbery! Please take it seriously!” captures the book’s tone. As the plot advances, the protagonist is drawn into a series of events—the Tianshou Pavilion turmoil, the Tongtian Grand Array, star beast attacks, the True Demon upheaval, the snow-country dragon—cultivating from spirit body and immortal physique through Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, maneuvering among sects, clans, and demon tribes. The work has the conventional skeleton of cultivation advancement, mixed with jianghu-style theft, double-crossing, and marketplace humor; it is one of the representative works of the “sleazy style” in male-oriented cultivation fiction of the early 2010s. It should be noted that this is a purely online serialized work and no official print edition has been seen.