Song of Defiance

Song of Defiance is a long fantasy novel by the web author Qi Mayi Kuangbiao, serialized mainly on Zongheng Chinese and also circulated among online readers as a proofread complete edition, with sites such as Zhixuan Cangshu also listing the book. Running to over four million characters, it unfolds in volumes such as the Separation Volume and the Fringe Volume. The story begins in the northern district of a city called Xincheng: in a local orphanage, a group of children reach their coming-of-age ceremony, after which they must make their own way in the world. The protagonist, Yi Tian, is one of them. Raised in the orphanage since childhood, he is stubborn and refuses to bow his head; on the day of the ceremony, he still bears the wounds left by a provocation the night before. After leaving the orphanage, he and his companion Bai Lian step into the outside world and are immediately drawn into a series of dangers—assassination attempts, night raids, mutations—and in the process unexpectedly obtain a certain inheritance, after which his life's trajectory changes completely. As the plot advances, elements such as the Dragon Group, superhumans, and underground factions appear around Yi Tian, and he gradually grows from a lowly orphan, learning to control his own power and contend with various forces. The core thread of the work can be summed up as I was a good man, but fate forced me: a youth who only wanted to live a quiet life is pushed by fate onto the defiant path of slaying gods and destroying anyone who stands in his way. Set against an urban backdrop and blending superhuman abilities, cultivation, and otherworldly elements, the book moves at a fast pace with dense conflict, a typical male-oriented fantasy web novel centered on a young man's growth and rise.