Seeking the Demon is a long xianxia novel by web author Er Gen. It began serialization on Qidian on February 17, 2012, and concluded on December 23, 2013, running about 4.59 million characters. The story begins in the Wushan tribe on a savage continent: the orphan Su Ming is adopted by the tribe elder Mosang. Long regarded as a mortal without a savage body, he awakens one on the day of the Savage Awakening thanks to a mysterious black stone shard and receives the legacy left by a powerful fire savage, setting out on the path of savage cultivation. He moves through the West Alliance, South Dawn, and East Wilderness, cultivating from the Blood Condensation realm all the way to Savage Soul and Fate Cultivation, pursuing the truth of the world amid tribal strife, sect infighting, and interstellar warfare. As his cultivation deepens, he discovers that many of the "realities" in his memory are carefully staged illusions; his origins, his growth, and even his family and friends are caught up in a long scheme designed by the immortal clan powerhouse Di Tian with him at its center. What he must do is not become an immortal but break free of the hand that controls fate—the so-called "demon" is not evil but the one who refuses to close his eyes and insists on seeing the world clearly. Written in a suppressed, desolate key, the book portrays a youth's lifelong confrontation with fate, with family, friendship, and love all depicted. Its ending is tragic yet resonant, and many readers regard it as one of Er Gen's most substantial and most emotionally wrenching works.
如果把耳根的“神、魔、妖、鬼、仙”五部曲按创作顺序排，《求魔》是紧接《仙逆》之后的第二部，也是他自己与不少老读者公认的巅峰。它没有走“升级打怪、快意恩仇”的爽文老路，而是从开篇就把主角苏铭按进泥里：一个被认为没有蛮体的孤儿，一个亲手把他养大的阿公，一个看似温情实则处处埋伏的乌山部落。耳根最擅长的“伏笔千里”在这里发挥到极致——前期一句不经意的闲笔，可能要到几十万字后才显出锋刃；读者跟着苏铭一层层剥开记忆，才发现连“自己是谁”都可能是别人写好的剧本。“魔前一叩三千年，回首凡尘不做仙”，这句话之所以被反复引用，正在于它重构了“魔”的含义：不是堕入邪道，而是拒绝闭眼、拒绝被安排。需要提醒的是，这本书基调沉、节奏慢，前期铺垫长，情绪浓度高，读起来并不轻松；但也正因如此，那些关于命运、记忆与选择的追问才真正落地。对想读一部“有筋骨”的仙侠长篇的读者，它值得留出一个完整的长假。
Hubei Children's Press mainly publishes children's literature and art, popular science, early-learning and animation books, as well as supplementary learning materials and electronic and audio-visual publications, with children's literature and art forming an important part of its publishing direction. Only a limited number of its books are held in the collection, and publicly available information is also limited; the only title currently listed is the fine novel Floating Continent by Lanse Shi, which suggests the press's orientation toward original children's fiction—full-length works aimed at young readers and notable for their storytelling. Overall, the press's publishing features center on categories such as children's literature and art and popular science, covering both print books and electronic and audio-visual formats, and seeking to offer young readers diverse reading choices that balance literary quality and knowledge.
《求魔》和《仙逆》是什么关系？
两书同属耳根创作的“神、魔、妖、鬼、仙”五部曲，按创作顺序《求魔》在《仙逆》之后。世界观有互文，苏铭在后续作品《我欲封天》中亦有出场，但两书故事独立，不必按顺序读。
这本书是HE还是BE？
整体基调悲壮。苏铭一生与宿命抗争，结局为救回记忆中的世界耗尽寿元，情绪上偏悲；但故事的落点并非绝望，而是完成与释然，具体情节建议自行阅读体会。
“求魔”的“魔”是指邪恶吗？
不是。书中反复重构“魔”的含义：当所有人都闭着眼时，他睁开了，他就是魔。这里的“魔”指向拒绝被安排、执意看清真相的执着，而非道德意义上的恶。
实体书和网络连载内容一致吗？
实体书由湖北少年儿童出版社等出版，依据网络连载内容整理成册；网络版全文约459万字，实体书按卷分册，篇幅与编排略有差异，阅读时可任选其一。
耳根还有哪些作品值得接着读？
可按五部曲顺序延伸：先《仙逆》，再《我欲封天》《一念永恒》《三寸人间》；另有早期作品《天逆》。风格上《我欲封天》相对明快，适合作为《求魔》之后的情绪缓冲。
