Sacred Gate

Ordinary Old SnailKujiang Network2018

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Male-Oriented Fiction Eastern Fantasy RevengeComebackFast-Paced Fiction

Summary

The Chen family, foremost of the ancient martial clans, is conspired against by six elders who send masked men in black to raid them at night and seize their treasure. The young heir, Chen Mo, swallows a mysterious black sliver; his dantian is destroyed, his crown is struck a heavy blow, his parents are abducted, and his grandfather is gravely wounded. His fiancée, Nangong Ruoxue, publicly breaks off the engagement, and the Qiao family's young master kicks him while he is down. Sent by his grandfather into the army to toughen up, Chen Mo, at the brink of despair, knocks open the forbidden Sacred Gate, rebuilds his foundation, and defies heaven to cultivate anew. He sets out on the path of revenge and the search for his family, vowing to trample beneath his feet, one by one, the schemers and the betrayers.

Editor's review

A typical male-oriented traditional xianxia revenge power fantasy: it opens with the triple whammy of clan extermination, broken engagement, and the protagonist being a loser, with direct pacing and dense conflict—suited to readers chasing the thrill of face-slapping comebacks. The protagonist's growth from waste to rebuilt cultivator is clear, interspersed with hot-blooded and lighthearted passages. The weak points are obvious formulaicism, jumpy early chapter titles, and flat side characters; the long length tends to feel padded, so readers who demand strong prose and logic should proceed with caution.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with the first three chapters to quickly judge whether you accept the classic extermination-and-broken-engagement opening
  2. Focus on the key turning points where the protagonist regains power, and skim the long daily-life transitional chapters
  3. Read the long serial in segments to avoid fatigue from binge-following

About the publisher

Kujiang Network

Kujiang Network is a publishing platform centered on online literature, with 193 titles in its catalog. Its books span common categories such as male-oriented fiction, urban fiction, Eastern fantasy, female-oriented fiction, modern romance, and selected fiction. Representative titles include League of Legends: The King Returns, The War God Rampages, My Cousin Is Too Proud, Battle Dragon of the End Times, Men Should Stand Strong, The Strange Bracelet, and Eternal Martial Emperor. These works range from passionate narratives built around gaming and competitive themes to diverse explorations of urban emotion and Eastern fantasy. Representative authors include Bai Jiahei, Yinian Wangyang, A Hui, Suiyue Yongheng, Yanhui, Zuo'er Tingbujian, Yinenng Zhuanjia, and Huhu Weiwei, forming a certain creative team. As public information on its founding background is limited, this profile presents its publishing direction solely on the basis of the catalog: mainly typed online fiction, serving both male and female readerships.

FAQ

Is this book completed? Yes, it is completed at roughly over 1,700 chapters.
Is the protagonist strong from the start? No. His cultivation is destroyed at the outset, and he later rebuilds his foundation and rises.
Is there a female lead and a romance line? There is a broken-engagement plot with his fiancée; the romance line unfolds around the revenge story.

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About the author

Ordinary Old Snail Author

Pingfan Lao Woniu (Ordinary Old Snail) is a web fiction author; details such as nationality and dates of birth and death are not clearly established in publicly available information. Two works by this author are currently listed: Sheng Men and Shen Tu, both categorized as male-oriented fiction and Eastern fantasy, indicating that the author's writing centers on the Eastern fantasy genre. Based on the existing works, the author builds narratives around fantasy-world settings, with a relatively focused choice of subject matter. Although the number of works is limited, the categorization is clear, making the author worth noting for readers interested in male-oriented fiction and Eastern fantasy. Because public information is limited, no further reliable details about the author's personal background, creative career, or the influence of the works are available for introduction; the author's creative profile must still be understood mainly through these two existing works.