Sword Comes (Volumes 22-28)
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Summary
In this vast world, nothing is too strange to exist.
At the center of heaven and earth stands a scholar who once cleaved a waterfall of heavenly river with a single sword, the most celebrated man in the mortal realm.
On the cliffs of the Eastern Sea sits a nameless Daoist who refuses to ascend and meditates atop the peak, wishing only for the breeze on his face.
In the Western Pure Land dwells an old monk who loves to tell people stories and keeps nine heavenly dragons.
In the wild southern borderlands lives a blind painter who commands golden-armored puppets as tall as mountains, moving a hundred thousand great mountains to lay out a splendid picture.
A poor boy growing up in the north one day saw tens of thousands of sword-flying immortals above his head, like a plague of locusts passing over. He wanted to see for himself that scholar the storyteller spoke of, the towering tides of the Eastern Sea, the endless yellow sands of the west, and the towering mountains of the southern wilds.
So one day, the boy slung a wooden sword across his back and headed south.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Serial readers who have read the first twenty-odd volumes of Sword Coming and need to catch up on the middle stretch in one go
- Web-fiction readers who enjoy Eastern fantasy and sword-cultivation themes and can accept the pacing of a long serial
- Readers who prefer ensemble casts and classical atmosphere and are willing to follow a young swordsman's travels and growth
- Series fans who want to advance through several volumes at once in omnibus form and avoid waiting on individual books
Not a good fit for
- Readers who have never encountered the Sword Coming series and want to start from scratch
- Readers of traditional novels who prefer standalone, tightly structured books
- Readers with little patience for very long serials and large casts of secondary characters
Reading tips
- Review the main character relationships and key events of the first twenty volumes before starting this omnibus, to avoid confusing secondary characters
- Read in volume order, and after each volume summarize Chen Ping'an's whereabouts and shifts in mood in a few sentences
- Slow down at passages that switch between ensemble threads, and pay attention to the author's groundwork for worldly affairs and jianghu rules
- After finishing, revisit the swordsman's self-introduction at the opening to appreciate how the boy's travels echo the larger scheme
About the publisher
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House is a Chinese publisher specializing in literary publishing. Judging from the 808 titles in the database, its publishing areas cover world classics, foreign literature, social novels, folk literature and classic works, as well as modern and contemporary literature and prose. Representative titles include foreign literary translations such as Anna Karenina, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, In Praise of Shadows and The Complete Tragedies and Comedies of Shakespeare, alongside classic works by Lao She and Lu Xun such as Camel Xiangzi, Teahouse and Wandering. Its authors and translators include Leo Tolstoy, Cao Ying, Lao She, Yukio Mishima, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and Zhu Shenghao. The press emphasizes the translation and introduction of classic texts and the compilation of native literary works, giving equal weight to Chinese and foreign literature. Owing to limited public information, its specific series and editorial policies are not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 剑来22：愿挽天倾者
- 第一章 鱼游碧水
- 第二章 群山回响
- 第三章 朱敛问拳
- 第四章 等一个人
- 第五章 下城头
- 第六章 开阵
- 第七章 同道中人
- 第八章 立在明月中
- 第九章 高处无人
- 第十章 翻老皇历
- 剑来23：人生梦复梦
- 第一章 居中武夫
- 第二章 去而复还
- 第三章 肩头和心头
- 第四章 天寒加衣
- 第五章 人生梦复梦
- 第六章 承载真名
- 第七章 试试看
- 第八章 俱是远游客
- 第九章 一线之上
- 第十章 何处不问剑
- 剑来24：新酒等旧人
- 第一章 自由和远游
- 第二章 一些个典故
- 第三章 江湖见面道辛苦
- 第四章 年轻人的小故事
- 第五章 少女问拳河神
- 第六章 水未落石未出
- 第七章 最高处的山巅境
- 第八章 破境不需要等的
- 第九章 先问三拳
- 第十章 天下第一人
- 剑来25：天地皆同力
- 第一章 数座天下第十一
- 第二章 又一年五月初五
- 第三章 朱颜敛藏
- 第四章 十四境修士
- 第五章 圆脸姑娘
- 第六章 只驱龙蛇不驱蚊
- 第七章 时来天地皆同力
- 第八章 陈十一
- 第九章 不是剑客心难契
- 第十章 贾生让人失望
- 剑来26：人间最得意
- 第一章 吓天下一大跳
- 第二章 我是东山啊
- 第三章 不能白忙一场
- 第四章 白也去也
- 第五章 饮者留其名
- 第六章 一洲涸泽而渔
- 第七章 白也真剑仙
- 第八章 李花太白虎头帽
- 第九章 徘徊陋巷
- 第十章 问剑商位
- 剑来27：风雪夜归人
- 第一章 逢雪宿芙蓉山
- 第二章 问我春风
- 第三章 春风得意
- 第四章 打更巡夜
- 第五章 山水颠倒风雪夜
- 第六章 夜归人
- 第七章 梦里求真
- 第八章 十一境的拳
- 第九章 无巧不成书
- 第十章 今日无事
- 剑来28：清都山水郎
- 第一章 做客
- 第二章 剑修如云
- 第三章 满座皆故友
- 第四章 递剑接剑与问剑
- 第五章 山不转水转
- 第六章 老了江湖
- 第七章 无边风月
- 第八章 祖师堂内
- 第九章 老子婆娑
- 第十章 压压惊
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About the author
Fenghuo Xi Zhuhou, whose real name is Chen Zhenghua, was born in 1985 in Chun'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He is a member of the China Writers Association and currently serves as chairman of the Zhejiang Network Writers Association. Since 2005 he has been writing online literature on Qidian, and his representative works include The Wicked Life of Chen Ergou, Sword Snow Stride, and Jian Lai, with 48 titles held in the collection. His writing often draws on wuxia and otherworldly-continent themes, weaving together the intrigues of the jianghu and the imperial court with the solitary courage of youthful growth; his style is distinctive and his plotting full of tension. Sword Snow Stride has been adapted into a television drama of the same name starring Zhang Ruoyun and Li Gengxi, and other works have been adapted into animation, giving him wide influence among readers and viewers alike.
