The Invincible Spear

The Invincible Spear is a fantasy novel set in an otherworldly continent, written by Xiafei Shuangjia for Qidian, where it was first serialized; the book is complete. The story takes place in a world of swords and magic: the orphan Zhao Lei suffers discrimination and hardship because of his black hair and yellow skin, which mark him as an Easterner. Just then, the soul of Zhao Yun, the spear god of the Three Kingdoms period, crosses time and space and possesses him. Under Zhao Yun's personal guidance, Zhao Lei practices Chinese martial arts and spear techniques, his skills advancing by leaps and bounds, rising from a lowly foreign youth to a spearman capable of contending with mighty beings such as dragons and Titans. The novel juxtaposes two systems, Eastern martial arts and Western magic: Zhao Lei defeats enemies with the spear techniques Zhao Yun teaches him, deals with the Angel Alliance using Chinese military strategy, fights demon legions with Yanhuang battle methods, and astonishes dwarves and goblins with inventions worthy of Xuanyuan. Otherworldly adventure, racial conflict, political scheming, and light daily life are interwoven, with many female characters such as princesses and elves appearing in turn, and passionate battles running alongside humorous passages. The book has more than three hundred chapters and about 2.47 million characters, in the typical style of a male-oriented power fantasy: the fall is harsh enough, the turnaround fast enough, and the payoffs dense, making it quite popular among otherworldly continent novels of its time.