Zhu Xian II is Xiao Ding's official sequel to Zhu Xian. It began serialization on Motie Chinese Network on April 1, 2012, and was published by Beijing United Publishing Company in June of the same year, totaling four volumes and one hundred and twenty-four chapters. It should be noted that in 2011 Xiao Ding had serialized a sequel titled Zhu Xian: Reincarnation on Motie, featuring the young Shao Jing as protagonist; because the story gradually drifted from the author's original intent, he suspended and withdrew it, overturning and rewriting the more than two hundred thousand words already written to form the present work. This book and Zhu Xian: Reincarnation are therefore two independent stories. The book is set many years after the ending of Zhu Xian. In those years the Demonic Sect caused chaos twice and the beast demons of the southern frontier rose; the orthodox factions led by Qingyun Sect fought bloody battles to quell the great calamity. Thereafter the Demonic Sect declined and the beast demons were defeated, but Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley fell sharply, and Qingyun Sect too was gravely weakened. As the old great houses declined, newly risen cultivation clans rapidly emerged to rival Qingyun Sect; beyond the Central Plains, the Penglai Immortal Sect in the eastern sea and the Heavenly Dragon Hall deep in the northern snow plains also quietly appeared, further complicating the realm's balance of power. The story follows Wang Zongjing, a son of the Wang family of Dragon Lake, as he enters Qingyun Sect and takes part in the Qingyun Trials, unfolding the growth of a new generation of cultivators and the strife among sects. After Xiao Yicai takes charge of Qingyun Sect he presses forward vigorously, secretly laying plans against the Demonic Sect; previous characters such as Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, and Zeng Shushu reappear in new roles, and their son Zhang Xiaoding also enters the stage. Old threads and new growth intertwine as currents of good and evil surge beneath a calm surface. After its serialization began, the work has long been on hiatus, so the story stops midway.
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. is a publisher known for its literature and history titles, with 2,065 books in the collection. Its publishing covers foreign literature, contemporary Chinese prose and essays, history, folk literature, and cultural books. Its list ranges from Sima Qian's complete edition of the Records of the Grand Historian to foreign classics such as The Book of Disquiet, All Quiet on the Western Front, Snow Country, The Stranger, and Jean-Christophe, as well as modern Chinese works including Teahouse and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. Its authors and translators include Yasunari Kawabata, Fernando Pessoa, Erich Maria Remarque, Jin Xinyi, Zhou Miao, and Chen Chao. Public information is limited, but its catalogue reflects a balance between Chinese and foreign literary classics and historical and cultural works.
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