Sword Shakes the Nine Heavens

Sword Shakes the Nine Heavens is an Eastern fantasy novel by the Qidian master author Gundan Di Fei, serialized on Qidian Chinese Network. The book runs to more than three million characters in 987 chapters and was completed in August 2014. The story takes place in a world called the Xuanqian Continent, where sects abound and powerful figures are countless, martial realms advance layer by layer, and ordinary people who wish to rise can only stake their lives and open the way with the sword. The youth Zhou Heng comes from the remote Yuanshi Town and has an ordinary family background, yet a mysterious black broken sword unexpectedly resides in his dantian. Of unknown origin and unfathomable power, the broken sword is both his opportunity and a secret he must guard alone. After leaving Yuanshi Town, Zhou Heng joins sects, ventures into secret realms, and becomes involved in the open and covert struggles among ancient forces. Again and again, in situations where he is looked down upon, oppressed, and surrounded for killing, he defeats the strong while weak and gradually grows from an unknown youth into a figure who stirs the winds and clouds of the continent. The work's underlying tone is youthful spirit and gratifying revenge: toward the utterly vicious, toward those who insult his relatives and friends, and toward those who block his path, the protagonist always chooses to answer with his sword. "Climb the road to heaven, walk singing, with a sword in hand, be supreme under heaven." The book has a brisk rhythm and dense satisfying moments; it is a typical Eastern fantasy leveling-up long novel, suitable for readers who want a substantial, enjoyable, and undemanding fantasy work to pass the time.