Luck

Luck is a long web novel blending urban and cultivation elements by the online author Anran Xiaohun, serialized from 2009 on platforms such as Xiaoxiang OLD, comprising 500 chapters in total and concluding with the final chapter "11034 Invincible (End)." The protagonist, Lin Li, is an ordinary young man whose fate changes abruptly when he accidentally obtains a treasure called the "Heaven and Earth Fortune Chart." The treasure is in fact an experimental product of the Heavenly Court Group's Royal Research Institute, and comes with an absurd disclaimer: "Untested; no responsibility accepted for any accidents." This sets the book's blackly comic tone. With the fortune chart, Lin Li can perceive and change his own and others' fortunes—from averting disasters and turning ill luck into good, to maneuvering among various factions in the city—unlocking the chart's functions level by level, from level one to level six and even earthly fortune. Trouble follows: a star lord of the Heavenly Court descends to the mortal world without authorization, determined to reclaim the lost treasure, and the conflict between gods and mortals begins, with episodes such as "Good Luck to You," "Crashing the Party," "Divination Showdowns," "Gambling Den," and "Business and Officialdom Power Struggles" unfolding in succession. Set against a modern city, the novel blends mythic deities, cultivation contests and worldly intrigue, using a light, bantering tone to depict the absurdity and bustle of an ordinary man turning his life around through luck. This entry corresponds to the completed web serialization, not a print publication.