Immortal Dynasty

Immortal Dynasty is a classical xianxia novel by Pingsheng Weizhihan, a contracted author of Zongheng Chinese Network. Running about 3.89 million characters across more than 1,000 chapters, it was serialized until its completion in May 2022. The book is divided into seven volumes: Evening Glow Gathers, Dust Falls, Flowers in the Mist, The Course of the World, The Other Shore, The Depths of the Cloud Sea, and Dusk Clouds Return, with the final chapter titled Return. The story opens with a line of quiet sorrow: "The sunset over the city of Yingdu is the most beautiful sight under heaven. Too bad I will never see it again. The great house has fallen; I am nothing but an ordinary man." After the fall of Southern Chu, Gu Min, a young man of striking looks and extraordinary talent, leaves the fallen capital of Yingdu to seek the path of cultivation and sets out on a journey of ten thousand li. On the way he meets Luo Xue, a disciple of Dishan, and, relying on his quick wit, travels with her, thus opening the door to the world of cultivation. He later joins Dishan, obtains the sect's supreme treasure, the Candle Roam, and is recognized as the master of the Gengxin Sword, with scarcely a rival in his own realm. The story does not end with one man's ascent to the pinnacle of the sword. As Gu Min grows, he is drawn into the struggles among the great powers, the various states, and the Four Seas; he gradually uncovers his bloodline and origins, and rises from a youth of a fallen kingdom to rebuild a dynasty and pacify the realm, until at last, in the broader world of the Other Shore, he raises his own immortal dynasty against the Middle Heaven Continent—a dynasty to which all immortals come in tribute. With the sword as its backbone and dynastic rise and fall as its pulse, the book brings to life a vivid ensemble including Asang, Luo Xue, Baizhou, Susu, and Liang Zhao, and portrays the choices and costs of cultivators caught in the currents of their age.