Demon Blade

Demon Blade is a long-form Eastern fantasy novel by web author Qingyi Fuwang, first published on Chuangshi Chinese Network. The book runs over 1,300 chapters and roughly 3.8 million characters, and is complete. The story is set against the backdrop of the Heavenly Demon tribe. By tribal custom, youths summon their own battle souls at the sacrificial ceremony, and the quality of a battle soul directly determines one's status and prospects in the tribe. When it is the protagonist Zhou Lu's turn, all he summons is a lone cluster of flame—so pitiful compared with the others that it is almost laughable. In a rage, the grand elder waves a hand and banishes him to the least regarded Eagle Wing Army. The hunters there assume the fat youth foisted upon them is useless, fit only to be a laughingstock dragging them down. Yet in the operations that follow, this fat youth astonishes everyone with his strength—he is absurdly powerful, and at the same time behaves with a shamelessness that makes people blush: he excels at surprise moves, exploiting every opening, and squeezing out every advantage, driving his opponents to fury. The novel's main thread is "turning one's fortunes around against adversity," packing passionate battles and comic episodes into a typical leveling-up framework, driven by sharply contrasting characters: the weakest-looking start, yet step by step he builds his name, gains a foothold amid conflicts within the tribe and with outside forces, and gradually uncovers the secrets of his flame battle soul and his own origins. Fast-paced and dense with satisfying moments, the book suits readers who enjoy lighthearted, passionate fiction and the pleasure of reading.