Breaking the Heavens is a long Eastern fantasy novel by web novelist Yao Yuan. It was serialized from 2014 on platforms such as "A Thousand and One Pages" and released simultaneously on QQ Reading, Qidian, and others. It concluded in 2023 with 413 chapters, roughly 1.2553 million Chinese characters (some platforms carry slightly adjusted titles such as Breaking the Heavens Journey). The protagonist, Tang Xuan, is an ordinary young man in a modern city who is swept into another world by a red light and becomes the vessel prepared by Xuan Changkong, the continent's greatest master, for a body-stealing ascent to immortality. Xuan Changkong conspires with Feng Daoren, state preceptor of the Heavenly Capital Kingdom, to refine him by secret arts into a "living dead" who retains vitality but loses all five senses and six consciousnesses—his fate is a pawn's from the very beginning. Beginning with arcs such as "Night of the Heavenly Capital" and "The Broken-Sword Emperor," the work interweaves sect strife, imperial intrigue, and the mystery of the protagonist's origins: how he gradually recovers himself within a life arranged by others, and how an unambitious street youth is forced to grow into a cultivator caught up in the conflicts of the Six Realms, forms the main line; the core thread follows his breakthrough to the Kongming stage, his pursuit of the truth of the heavenly realm, and, through episodes such as "Nirvana Beheads the Dao" and "War of the False Gods," his eventual step onto his own path of "breaking the heavens." It is a typical Eastern fantasy power-fantasy, fast-paced, built on worldbuilding and leveling-up combat, with a multi-tiered stage spanning sects, dynasties, and the heavenly realm.
这是一部“起点式”味道十足的东方玄幻长篇。它的看点不在于文字的雕琢，而在于设定的密度与升级的爽感：开局便是“炉鼎”身份，主角从被炼制、被摆布的活死人起步，天生自带一个必须挣脱的枷锁，“破天”二字既是书名也是全书母题。作者姚远把门派、王朝、天界三层格局搭了起来，从“天都之夜”的都城暗流，到“断剑皇帝”的帝位更迭，再到“涅槃斩道”“伪神之战”的高阶对抗，场面层层放大，读起来有推背感。四百余章、一百二十余万字的体量，是那种适合夜里一口气追几十章的读物。需要提醒的是，本书为网络连载作品，前期铺设定略慢，人物关系与势力名号较多，初读容易被绕；加之网络版本在不同平台存在章节名与书名微调，实体印刷版信息未见公开，购买或借阅时请以平台标注为准。若你偏爱设定清晰、节奏明快、主角一路硬闯的传统玄幻，这本值得一读；若你更在意文笔与人物厚度，则需要调整预期。
《破天》是姚远写的那本吗？
是。《破天》是作家姚远创作的玄幻网络小说，2014 年起连载于“一千零一页”平台，并同步发布于 QQ 阅读、起点中文网等，2023 年完结，共 413 章、约 125.53 万字。
书名相似的《破天》有好几本，怎么区分？
网络文学中同名《破天》不止一部，另有青铜、仓平、梦境神机等人创作的同名或近似书名作品。姚远版以主角唐玄、玄长空、天都国等设定为标志，认准作者与主角名即可区分。
这本小说完结了吗，有多少字？
已完结。全书共四百一十三章，最后一章为《破天之路》，总字数约 125.53 万字，完结时间在 2023 年。
这本书有纸质版或 ISBN 吗？
据目前公开资料，《破天》主要在网络平台连载，未查到正式出版实体书的出版社、出版年与 ISBN 信息，因此本书目数据中相关字段留空，请以实际出版物版权页为准。
阅读顺序上有需要注意的吗？
本书为单本长篇，无分册编号，按章节顺序从头读即可。部分平台存在《破天行》等书名微调版本，内容主体一致，选定一个版本连续阅读即可。
Yao Yuan: publicly available information is limited. His writings center mainly on legal theory, Marxist jurisprudence, and urban questions. The library holds three of his works, including "Struggling for Legal Science: Selected Essays on Legal Theory," "The General Theory of Law and Marxism," and "The Consciousness of the City," classified under law, philosophy, and social science. Judging from the titles and categories, his writing combines theoretical analysis with topical commentary: on the one hand it addresses the methodology of legal science and the intellectual lineage of Marxist jurisprudence, and on the other it turns to practical concerns of urban life, forming a kind of intersection between law and social science. Since his dates, nationality, and biography are not clearly recorded, no speculation is offered here; this sketch is drawn only from the existing bibliography, and readers may consult the above works to learn more about his lines of inquiry and argumentative style.
