Wu Ji Tian Xia is a long Eastern fantasy novel by the web novelist Niucanlide Niu (Cocoon Cow), a platinum author at Yuewen Group. It was serialized on Qidian from September 18, 2012, to August 27, 2015, with a main text of about 6.7 million Chinese characters, plus an afterword, Wu Ji Hou Zhuan (Sequel to Wu Ji). The story is set on the Tianyan Continent, where cultivation methods are tightly guarded by the sects and core martial arts are never taught outside them. The boy Lin Ming has only above-average talent, yet he is determined to enter the holy land of the Martial House and pursue the pinnacle of martial arts. Neither the fiercely competitive entrance examination nor the bullying of noble-family scions, who use their connections to pressure others, can stop his rise. By chance he obtains a "magic cube" from the Divine Realm, which contains god-level cultivation methods and an alternative path of cultivation rarely seen in the lower realms. Around this cube, Lin Ming takes up the spear and advances from standing out in the Martial House to leaving his country and roaming the Holy Realm, then ascending to the Divine Realm and striving for the realm of the True God, step by step closing the gap of "innate talent" through hard training, insight, and life-and-death combat. The book is built on hot-blooded duels and competition among geniuses; its main line is a youth's counterattack to become a powerhouse, and it also depicts the schemes and grudges among sects, noble families, dynasties, and the powers of the Divine Realm. Fast-paced and packed with satisfying payoffs, it is one of the representative "leveling-up" Chinese web fantasies of the 2010s. It was adapted into a mobile game of the same name in 2015 and won "Best Super-Long Novel" at the 1st Flint Literature Awards in 2017. Note that some online sources say the book was published in five volumes between 2014 and 2015, but the specific volume information and contents have not been authoritatively verified; this entry follows the edition from Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House, whose publication information can be verified.
这是一部“教科书式”的升级流玄幻：主角林铭不靠系统、不靠随身老爷爷，金手指只是一枚提供功法与资源的魔方，真正的台阶全靠日复一日的苦修与一场接一场的硬仗堆出来。作者蚕茧里的牛是理工科出身，行文逻辑清楚，境界划分、功法体系、势力格局都搭得相当规整，读起来不会出现前后矛盾、战力崩坏的尴尬。对爽点的把控是本书最突出的长处：比武、考核、秘境、夺宝一环扣一环，主角杀伐果断不拖泥带水，读者很少被长时间吊着憋气。当然，它的短板也很明显——六百多万字的体量，中后期换地图频繁，反派与桥段难免有似曾相识之感，对读惯玄幻的老读者来说“套路感”会逐渐上来。所以这本书的正确打开方式是：把它当成一顿管饱的硬菜，而不是需要细品的宴席。适合在通勤、睡前、周末一口气追更，享受那种“一拳打穿一层天”的痛快。对刚接触网络玄幻的读者，它也是相当友好的入门书：设定清晰、主线明确、没有太多阅读门槛。
Founded in 1984, Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House is a professional art publisher in Heilongjiang Province. Its publishing scope covers art theory, technique textbooks, calligraphy and seal carving, art albums, photography, as well as comic books and children's cartoon readers, with books on art college entrance examination techniques as its signature brand. Its library contains 75 titles, which, in addition to art, also involve applied psychology, foreign literature, modern romance, youth literature, and time-travel fantasy. Representative books include Children's Educational Psychology, Have You Seen a Dragon? The Talking Kind, Maugham's Writing Notes, You're Sweet Even When Silent, Smitten with Him Millions of Times a Day, and White Snow and Green Lotus, while its authors include Alfred Adler, W. Somerset Maugham, Chen Guoxing, Zhang Junxian, Su Xing'an, Senmu Daoyu, Chunbai, and Shiwan Yueguang. Public information is limited, and the above is summarized mainly from the books in the library.
