About the author

Wangyu is a fairly representative author of xianxia and fantasy in Chinese online literature. Public information about him is limited, and his nationality and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded; 22 of his works are held in the collection. He is noted among readers for a "mortal-flow" style. His representative works, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and its sequel, center on the growth of an ordinary cultivator, emphasizing resource accumulation, cautious choices, and step-by-step survival logic, which distinguishes them from the common narrative of innate talent and lucky encounters. Works such as The Devil's Records also continue the themes of Eastern fantasy and otherworldly continents. His writing pays attention to cultivation systems and pacing, and his works are commonly classified under xianxia and wuxia, Eastern fantasy, male-oriented fiction, and quality online literature, exerting a certain influence on later xianxia writing.

Written (22)

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality cover
Rating 3.7
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is a long xianxia novel by the web author Wang Yu, serialized on Qidian starting around 2007 and complet…
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is the representative work of the web novelist Wang Yu and the founding novel of the "mortal stream" of …
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Forging the Sword Wangyu Qidian · 2020 In the Fuyou Mountain area of Tanzhou in the Great Jin, strange events suddenly erupt: tens of thousands of commoners are reduced to withered bones in…
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Master of the Great Dream Wangyu Qidian · 2020 Shen Luo, the son of a wealthy merchant, has been frail and sickly since childhood and is now possessed by an evil spirit, his life hanging by a threa…
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Rating 4.2
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm Wangyu Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm is the sequel Wang Yu wrote after A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. It bega…
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Rating 3.3
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal World Wangyu Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal World is the sequel Wang Yu wrote after A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Seriali…
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Rating 3.3
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal World Arc Wangyu Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal World Arc is the sequel Wang Yu released after A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality a…
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A Record of a Mortal's Cultivation: The Immortal Realm Wangyu Qidian · 2017 The sequel to A Record of a Mortal's Cultivation. Han Li ascends with the Heaven-Holding Bottle to the North Cold Immortal Domain of the Immortal Real…
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Immortal Realm Wangyu Qidian · 2017 The Immortal Realm sequel to A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Han Li, born in a mountain village and tempered by life-and-death trials, …
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Gate of the Mystic Realm Wangyu Qidian · 2015 Shi Mu, a youth from a fishing village in Quanzhou, State of Qi, on the Eastern Continent, has depended on his mother since childhood—until illness to…
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Rating 3.1
The Devil's Records Wangyu Nanjing University Press · 2014 The Devil's Records is a xianxia epic by Wang Yu, written after A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Serialization on Qidian began in Novemb…
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The Devil's Records Wangyu Nanjing University Press · 2014 The Devil's Records is a long-form cultivation novel by Wang Yu, a platinum author on Qidian Chinese Network, written after A Record of the Mortal's C…
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Record of the Magic Heaven Wangyu Qidian · 2013 Young Liu Ming grows up on a brutal island where thugs run rampant. After escaping, he is mistaken by the Bai family's servants for their deceased you…
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Rating 3.7
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2010 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is a long classical xianxia novel by the web author Wang Yu, serialized on Qidian from 2007 and complete…
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Rating 3.7
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2010 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is the signature work of the web novelist Wang Yu and is regarded as the founding text of the "mortal-fl…
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality cover
Rating 3.7
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2010 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is a long xianxia novel by the web author Wang Yu, serialized on Qidian from 2007 and completed in 2013,…
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2010 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is a long-running xianxia novel by the web author Wang Yu (real name Ding Lingtao), serialized on Qidian…
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wangyu Qidian · 2008 Han Li, a village youth from a poor family with mediocre aptitude, is recommended by his third uncle to enter the Seven Mysteries Sect and take the in…
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Rating 3.1
The Six Traces: Palace of Nightmares Wangyu The Six Traces: Palace of Nightmares is the second work in the "Six Traces" shared universe, written by Wang Yu, author of A Record of a Mortal's Jour…
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Gate of the Mystic Realm Wangyu Gate of the Mystic Realm is the third full-length fantasy cultivation novel by the web novelist Wang Yu, following A Record of a Mortal's Journey to I…

Publishers

Nanjing University PressTaibai Literature and Art Publishing HouseAnhui Literature and Art Publishing HouseZhejiang Literature and Art Publishing HouseQidian