Heaven, Earth, and Man: The Killing Intent

Heaven and Earth Slay is a long-form fantasy novel by Ni Nan, an internet author from Yichun, Jiangxi. Serialized on Qidian and now complete at roughly 956,500 characters, it is a VIP contracted work. The novel opens with an ancient saying: "When Heaven stirs its killing intent, a corner of Heaven collapses; when Earth stirs its killing intent, a region of Earth sinks; when Man stirs his killing intent, Heaven and Earth are overturned." The story is set after the winter solstice of 2012, when the "myriad heavens descended" and the world entered a twilight age of cultivation: at the height of prosperity, Heaven and Earth converge, and where the Way lies for those who cultivate it becomes the question that runs through the entire book. On the winter solstice of 2032, the youth Fang Sheng leaves his hometown for Haizhou to fulfill a vow to "accumulate ten billion in wealth in ten years," only to be swept into a vortex of power struggles among the mighty and the killing intent of Heaven and Earth. Born with a crippled meridian constitution, Fang Sheng is physically limited, yet through tempering his body with a dragon pearl and obtaining a dragon vein, he gradually opens the six roots of the human body—the root of strength, the root of spirit, the root of intent, the root of consciousness, the root of vitality, and the root of wisdom—ultimately breaking through to the Six Penetrations realm and ascending step by step to the pinnacle of humanity. Weaving together the virtual game Xuanwu Chronicle, urban supernatural powers, explorations of hidden realms, and maneuvering among multiple factions, the novel unfolds across three progressive volumes—"Super Player," "Super School," and "Super Son-in-Law"—to reveal a fantastical world of modern-day remnants of ancient lineages and the sole disciple of an immortal sect who turns Heaven and Earth upside down. Readers drawn to meticulously constructed cultivation systems and the philosophical notion of "killing intent" will find this a solidly designed, briskly paced Eastern fantasy epic for a male readership.