Above the Sky

Above the Sky is a classical xianxia novel by Guan Qi, a writer from Yangzhou, Jiangsu, following his works Immortal and Everlasting and Eternal Immortal Dome. It was first serialized on 17K.com on May 19, 2017, runs about 3.6286 million Chinese characters, and is complete; an audio version is available on Dragonfly FM. The protagonist, Wang Xiong, is the reincarnation of a mighty tiger-clan figure. A treasure, the Immortal-Binding Rope, preserves his soul and lets him escape the riddle of reincarnation, but he spends seventeen years in a daze, mocked and framed to death. After rebirth he awakens his past-life memories, carries half shadow-clan bloodline, and possesses the innate talent Shadow Clone. He cultivates past-life techniques such as the White Tiger Refining Yang Diagram, theTrue Dragon Diagram of Dominion, and the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, and with his ninth-grade Heavenly Eye and the Immortal-Binding Rope retakes control of the Eastern Prince's mansion, purges traitors, and inherits the Eastern throne. Set against a world order of the Great Qin Immortal Court, the four-direction kingdoms, the Yehe Tiger Clan, and various immortal courts, the novel unfolds layer by layer around Wang Xiong's struggles with Ying Sheng, the Sword God Sect, the Life Elixir Holy Land, and the Wilderness Immortal Court, running from "Eastern Wang Xiong" and "Eloquence in the Divine Capital" to "Unifying the East" and on to "The Fengshan Grand Ceremony" and "East Emperor Taiyi." Along the way he travels through ancient times via the Wheel of Fate, assuming identities such as East Emperor Taiyi and East Hua Emperor to pursue the truth of past and present, and founds the Eastern Qin Immortal Court. The work continues Guan Qi's signature setup-and-resolution plotting and dynastic-luck cultivation setting, weaving together intrigue, warfare, and reincarnation mysteries in one of the grandest-scoped entries in the author's xianxia world.