The Ancient God King

The Ancient God King is an Oriental fantasy novel by web novelist Jing Wuhen following The Peerless Martial God. It was first released simultaneously on Chuangshi Chinese Network and Qidian Chinese Network on March 25, 2015, and concluded on October 31, 2017, with more than two thousand chapters and a total of roughly 6.3 million characters. The story takes place on the Nine Heavens Continent. Above the sky are nine star rivers, woven from billions of stars, collectively called the Nine Heavens. The continent reveres martial arts; from childhood people meditate to perceive the vital energy of heaven and earth, refine qi and nourish the body, and cultivate techniques to become martial cultivators. Those with outstanding perception can sense the nine star rivers, absorb star power, and even communicate with one of the stars to condense a star soul, becoming revered martial fate cultivators; the more exceptional open a star gate with each realm breakthrough, connecting to stars in a higher heaven, until all nine heavens hold their own martial fate stars and they become an all-powerful "Ancient God King." The protagonist Qin Wentian is an adopted son of the Qin household, born with shattered meridians and regarded as a waste unable to cultivate. With the help of a black stone left by his father, he restores his meridians and awakens his star soul, but is humiliated when the Bai family breaks their agreement and Bai Qiuxue turns to Ye Wuque, the genius of the Ye family; he then leaves his homeland, enters an academy, builds strength through repeated pursuits and contests, makes close friends and loves, advances from the Qingxuan Immortal Realm to the Upper Realm Heaven, gradually crosses swords with the great factions and divine kings, and finally surpasses existing realms, gathers the will of all beings to open heaven and earth, and is titled "Ancient God King." The book opens with broken meridians and counterattack, advances along the star soul—star gate—immortal realm—god king progression, and is dense with plotting, foreshadowing, battles and hegemony; it is one of the representative grassroots-rise fantasy novels of the mid-to-late 2010s.