Peerless Prodigy

Peerless Prodigy is a Western fantasy novel by Dancing, a platinum author on Qidian Chinese Network. It is regarded as a sequel and continuation of his representative work The Demonic Law, carrying on the previous work's worldview, with the story set on the Roland Continent after the earlier events. The protagonist, Chen Daolin, is an ordinary 24-year-old who stayed on at his university as a counselor after graduation; while working part-time as a supermarket manager during the summer vacation, he accidentally discovers a "Tulip Gate" leading to another world and thus begins his journey across worlds. After arriving on the Roland Continent, he starts out as a down-and-out stranger, meets the descendants of the Tulip family, receives the magical inheritance of Lady Stone, and embarks on the path of all-element magic cultivation; he makes a deal with the mysterious figure Chris on Demon Island, obtains the Daoist inheritance of Old Dou, the Dream Daoist, on the Druid Holy Island, and founds the Peerless Holy Martial Cult in Nulin Province, gradually growing from a commoner into a figure who influences the continent's balance of power. The work blends magic, secret treasures, naval warfare, and alchemy, writing about power struggles and factional rivalry in a light, humorous tone, and unfolds around the idea that "there is never a dead end, there is always a choice, there is always hope." The book was serialized on Qidian Chinese Network from March 2013 and completed in April 2015, with more than five hundred chapters; the print edition was released by Shandong Pictorial Publishing House.