Earth's First Sword

Earth's First Sword is a xianxia web novel by Yan Gui Zheng Zhuan, a platinum author of China Literature. It was serialized on Qidian Chinese Network from February 9, 2019, and completed on February 2, 2021, with about 2.6466 million characters and 798 chapters. The story is introduced by several moon-landing journeys of the Great Hua Nation: the projection of the moon palace appears in the world, an incorruptible immortal corpse and the Six Stele Immortal Formula are unearthed, and the secret of the world's vitality being cut off for a thousand years is thus revealed. The prosperous present world cannot escape demon turmoil, and immortals beyond the sky make fortune and disaster hard to predict. The protagonist, Wang Sheng, started too late in his previous life: at thirty-one he had achieved nothing, became cannon fodder in a melee between two immortal factions, and could not even see clearly who killed him. When he opens his eyes, he has returned to the summer vacation on the eve of the great change of heaven and earth, seventeen years old and still in time to prepare. Without wild joy, he resolves to go to Wudang to seek a master and change his fate; by chance he becomes a disciple of a big shot who was unreachable in his previous life, and also gains a senior sister of pure heart. From then on he advances through foundation building, breath condensation, spirit gathering, and embryo formation, cultivates the Pure Yang Immortal Formula, forges the Purple Star Heaven Sword, slays demons and sweeps away evil, never faltering in a hundred battles, his sword roaring through the star river. The setting—in which the government leads the process of spiritual energy revival, cultivation sects form an alliance under its jurisdiction, and the military cultivates to protect the nation—constructs a modern cultivation world with clear layers and a strong sense of order.