War God Emperor

War God Emperor is an Eastern fantasy novel by the web author Dugu Xiaodu, first serialized on 17K.com. It runs about 1.88 million Chinese characters across 917 chapters and twenty-one volumes, and is now complete. The protagonist, Ye Tian, is born into a military family but, with his bloodline sealed and his meridians crippled, is regarded as a good-for-nothing who can never cultivate, and he grows up amid the mockery of his clan and the world. After a fall from a cliff, he meets a mysterious master; the hundred-life seal within his body is broken, his seven elemental crippled meridians are unlocked one by one, and he inherits the supreme technique Record of the Martial God, setting him on the path of cultivation. The book is built around a battle-qi cultivation system, with realms rising from Martial Warrior, Martial Attendant and Martial Spirit all the way to Martial Emperor, Martial Sage, Martial God, God King, God Venerable and God Emperor, and above the God Emperor lie even higher tiers of Controllers. Ye Tian undergoes trials of the fire crippled meridian, devours a dragon soul, refines his body through nine revolutions and tempers his mind through a hundred, ventures into the Demon Realm, enters the Five Elements Secret Realm and explores ancient ruins, clashes with mighty forces such as the Ethereal Illusion Palace and the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, makes allies and sworn enemies, and gradually uncovers the continent's hidden ancient secrets and the mystery of his own origins. The work is distinguished by its "hot-blooded, very hot-blooded, extremely hot-blooded" power-fantasy pacing, blending reincarnation, spirit-beast encounters and sect intrigue, and closes with Ye Tian ascending to the position of God Emperor and confronting the very source of the world's laws.