Sword Against the Sky

Sword Against the Sky is a long-form cultivation fantasy web novel by Wangluo Qishi, serialized on Qidian from March 2017 and completed on October 1, 2018, comprising roughly 1,068 chapters and 2.4034 million Chinese characters, with no print edition. The story takes place in Yiguang Shenzhou, a land dense with cave heavens and blessed lands, where cultivators pluck stars and command winds, and geniuses emerge in every generation. The protagonist, Lin Yang, is an outer-sect disciple of the small Raoyun Sword Sect; his origin is "sword" and his rank only second grade, which by sect rules makes entry into the inner sect nearly impossible. Attacked while visiting his family, he kills a man who calls himself a "transmigrator" by relying on his Undying Sword Body and devours his soul, thereby gaining the "Xuanyuan Space System." In that space he meets Feng Jian, grand steward of the Zichen Hall, and from then on rises by breaking through obstacles with his sword. The book unfolds through the Zichen legacy, struggles over spiritual veins, sect conflicts, exploration of overseas cave heavens, and star-realm wars, with pivotal moments such as the "Immortal-Slaying Battle" and the "Fuxi Zither Illusion" linking the protagonist's growth from an outer-sect reject to a force that reshapes the order of two continents, combining system-based tropes with traditional cultivation narrative for a blend of hot-blooded rivalry and satisfying management-building. (This page is compiled from publicly available serialization information.)