The Iron Throne

The Iron Throne is the breakout work of web novelist Fengyue. Serialized on Qidian from July 4, 2011, to its conclusion on September 14, 2012, it runs to roughly 2.58 million Chinese characters and belongs to the infinite-flow school of fiction under the "myriad worlds" category (it circulates as a complete TXT in curated libraries such as Zhixuan Cangshu). The protagonist, Bai Shuo, begins as an ordinary blind man who has scraped by at the bottom of society for years, developing an extraordinary instinct for survival. A chance accident lands him in the "Infinite Space": like many other reincarnators, he is dispatched into mission worlds modeled on films, anime, and games, where he must not only complete tasks by the rules but also survive the scheming and slaughter of teammates and rival reincarnation teams. The first volume, HELLSING, has Bai Shuo survive a battlefield swarming with zombies and vampires, and introduces Chen Jingmo, the girl who transforms into gauntlets to support him in combat; the second volume, Dynasty Warriors, moves the battlefield into the Yellow Turban Rebellion and gradually unfolds core concepts such as battle groups and runes. Subsequent volumes pass through the Dark Age, Blood Night, Demigod, Ruination, Karma Fire, and Kingship arcs, with the power system continually reinvented and the maneuvering between teams growing ever more intricate. Bai Shuo does not follow the spellcaster's path: he cultivates the Buddha Sutra of the Strongman Moving Mountains and acquires the barrier art "Six Realms," becoming a "muscle mage" who fights up close with flesh and fists; he also fuses powers from different worlds into one through the rune "Sacred Stigmata" and Buddhist bone relics. The author focuses on how power is understood and borrowed, letting different systems collide head-on rather than simply piling up numbers—which is why the book stands out among its peers. The whole work follows the throughline of "a throne forged in iron and blood" and ends only when the protagonist confronts the final will and ascends as king of a new world.