Immortal Arbiter

Immortal Arbiter is a long wuxia-xianxia novel by the web author Meizijiu. It was first serialized on 17K.com and later ran on multiple online reading platforms. The story follows Ye Linfeng: a youth dismissed as worthless who chances upon an ancient stele from beyond the heavens, enters the Dao through the stele, forges his true body of the Dao Seal, and masters arts such as the Deceitful Ghost Eye—setting out on a path of cultivation against heaven's will. The opening finds Ji Shiqi and his junior disciple Ye Linfeng ambushed by forces of Jiuhua Palace at Kutu Temple; amid thunder and wild winds, various factions quietly fix their eyes on the Chaos-Origin Immortal Essence within Ye Linfeng. The plot then unfolds through chapters whose titles are poetic or playfully wry: a osmanthus-wood sword sweeps all before it, the Green Emperor's lotus cycles through incarnations, the Heaven-Splitting Halberd slays immortals and gods, the ancient stele suppresses demons in all ten directions, the Azure Coffin roams the void, and dragon scales stir up storms across the eight directions. Two threads interweave at the novel's core. The first is the Mystery of Longevity: a heavenly stele descends, the eight directions are stirred, and people set out in pursuit of immortality while schemes nest within schemes—some lay the board, others believe themselves the players. The second is Judgment: Ye Linfeng grows from a youth into a powerful figure who wields the Ruler of Judgment, moving from the declaration "I do not fear death, yet I do not wish to die; I seek longevity, but I will not live on ignobly" toward the grand vision of "in the name of Judgment, judging all the great immortals under heaven." The writing blends wuxia brushwork, xianxia architecture, and the hot-bloodedness of fantasy; the language often carries a streetwise swagger alongside its poetry, with a brisk pace and a broad canvas—typical male-oriented cultivation power fantasy, a completed long serial.