The Task System of Immortal Cultivation

The Task System of Immortal Cultivation is a xianxia web novel by Longgu Zhou, serialized on platforms under China Literature since 2014. The main text runs about 1.15 million Chinese characters across more than 300 chapters. The protagonist, Chen Yao, is a transmigrator who wants nothing more than to become a cultivator, but he unexpectedly binds himself to a "task system" that issues quests and grants rewards—complete a task and earn attribute points, experience, and skills, making his growth in the cultivation world as visible as leveling up in a game. The work centers on the system-flow premise: from early comedic tasks like digging sweet potatoes and drinking milk to quest chains, dungeon challenges, and skill-tree unlocks, Chen Yao completes tasks and builds his strength, passing through trials such as the gu duel in the dense forest, the underground arena, the Endless Corridor, and the Cangyue Mountains, while befriending companions like Jiang Bo and Yue'er and forming a team. The later story shifts to a grand war against demons: the Demon Emperor ascends the throne and attempts to become an immortal by sacrificing humans. Chen Yao leads the Hanqing Sect into the demon lair and duels the Demon Emperor by the Lake of Heaven and Man, ultimately resolving the crisis through "the unity of Dao and self" and reaching the so-called "pinnacle of the world." The early book is light and humorous with brisk pacing, while the later sections are tragic, passionate, and explore human nature and the Great Dao, making it a fairly representative work of system-flow cultivation fiction.