Seeking Immortality

He BuyuChuangshi Chinese Network2016

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Word count: 4.6M words
Chapters: 40
Series: The Silent Immortal Trilogy

Summary

Seeking Immortality is a xianxia cultivation novel by He Buyu and the concluding work of his "Silent Immortal Trilogy" (Seeking the Immortal Path, The Immortal-God Exchange, Seeking Immortality). It began serialization on Chuangshi Chinese Network in September 2013 and was later serialized simultaneously on Qidian Chinese Network. The book runs about 4.62 million characters; Chapter 1600, "Grand Finale: The Threefold Heavenly Court," concluded it in February 2016, and no print edition has yet been published. Opening with the line "Vast and distant the path of seeking immortality, long and deep the heart that asks the Way," the novel tells of a dream-chasing youth who is neither a loser nor a genius. With a mysterious bronze mirror, he arrives in another world and begins at the Kuanglu Mountains, where he enters the Opening Light stage, takes a master, and learns talismans. He goes on to undergo trials at the Tianshan immortal sect and the underground tomb city, pursuing the Way with perseverance amid alternating adventures and crises. The book uses its own system of cultivation realms: the first realm, "Cultivation," is divided into Opening Light, Qi Channels, Spirit Roaming (Foundation Building), Dharma Form, and True Body; the second realm comprises Primordial Spirit, Spirit Body, Great Vehicle, and Tribulation Crossing; the third extends to Jade Immortal, Upper Immortal, Great Immortal, and even Golden Immortal and Heavenly Immortal, forming a complete progression from the human world to the spirit world and the immortal world. The secret of the bronze mirror and the "Scripture of Defying Immortality" run through the whole book and are the core clues to the protagonist's origins and cultivation fortunes. The pacing mainly follows the ordinary-person style of fighting monsters and leveling up, supplemented by cultivation details such as talismans, magic treasures, and restrictions, making it suitable for readers who prefer steady, step-by-step progression xianxia.

Editor's review

在“凡人流”仙侠扎堆的年代，《觅仙》算是一部写得稳、铺得开的收官之作。它没有一开场就天赋异禀、神功盖世，主角只是带着一面铜镜落入异界的普通少年，从灵窍初开、画符拜师、攒灵石换功法的琐碎细节写起，把修真生活的“算计感”写得很扎实。何不语为本书另起了一套境界体系，开光、气脉、神游、法相、真身层层递进，后接元神、渡劫直到金仙、道仙，人界、灵界、仙界三界格局清晰，追更时不容易被设定绕晕。全书四百六十余万字、一千六百章完结，故事有始有终，不必担心断更烂尾。“铜镜之秘”与《逆仙诀》两条悬念贯穿始终，首尾呼应。若你是享受长线升级、慢慢看主角从底层摸爬滚打的读者，这本书值得排进书单；若偏好浓缩快节奏，建议先读前六十九章“匡庐四圣”卷再决定是否投入。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢凡人流、稳扎稳打升级路线的仙侠读者
习惯追长篇网络小说、能接受数万字铺垫的读者
对符箓、法宝、禁制等修真细节设定感兴趣的读者
读过《觅仙路》《仙神易》、想补齐三部曲的书友

Not a good fit for

偏好快节奏、开局即强大爽文的读者
不接受网络小说章节化叙事与传统文学差异的读者
习惯读已出版纸质书、介意无实体版本的读者

Reading tips

先读完第一卷“匡庐四圣”，熟悉开光、气脉等境界设定后再决定投入。
注意记录各种符箓、法宝与宗门名称，长篇升级流细节容易混淆。
把“铜镜之秘”“逆仙诀”当作两条主线悬念，阅读时留意伏笔回收。
可与其他凡人流作品对照阅读，体会不同作者的境界体系设计。

About the publisher

Chuangshi Chinese Network

Chuangshi Chinese Network focuses on publishing online literature, with about 3,710 titles in the collection across quality novels, alternate history, premium web fiction, male-oriented fiction, urban fiction and youth literature. Representative works include Tang Can, Otherworld Development System, The High Official, Rebirth: God-Level Top Student, White Bone Taoist Temple and Domineering Immortal Path, spanning historical, fantasy, urban and youth coming-of-age themes. Authors associated with the site include Mao Pi, Miao Yao Dawang, Sanjie Dashi, Zhiniao Cun, Ye Duzui, Qinwen Zhijian and Wuse Ding, whose works mainly target online readers and genre-fiction audiences. Public information about the site's founding background is limited; this introduction is based on the books and authors in the collection and highlights its genre-oriented web-fiction publishing profile.

Volume 1: Four Sages of Kuanglu
Chapter 1: The Opening Light Talisman
Chapter 2: The Literary Duel
Chapter 3: Talisman Patterns in the Mirror
Chapter 4: Opening Light
Chapter 5: The Divine Light Transformation
Chapter 6: The Auditing Disciple
Chapter 7: The Three Great Realms of Cultivation
Chapter 8: The Three Great Spirit Apertures
Chapter 9: The Primordial Qi Talisman
Chapter 10: Daoist Zixia
Chapter 11: Taking a Master
Chapter 12: Demonic Clan Techniques
Chapter 13: Eyes Opened Wide
Chapter 14: Making and Selling Talismans
Chapter 15: Practicing Spells
Chapter 16: Spirit Wine
Chapter 17: Night Journey
Chapter 18: Stealing Scriptures
Chapter 19: Night Concealment Technique
Chapter 20: The Secret of the Bronze Mirror
Chapter 21: The Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror
Chapter 22: The Testament
Chapter 23: Confusion Incense and Waking Incense
Chapter 24: Severing the Mortal World
Chapter 25: Exposure
Chapter 26: The Soul Curse Talisman
Chapter 27: The Bottleneck
Chapter 28: Old Man Guo
Chapter 29: Singing and Dancing
Chapter 30: The Millennium Spirit Herb
Chapter 31: The Talisman Formation
Chapter 32: Essence
Chapter 33: Breakthrough
Chapter 34: The Invitation
Chapter 35: The Underground Tomb City
Chapter 36: The Sword-Forging Pavilion
Chapter 37: Flying Phoenix
Chapter 38: Nightshade Grass
Chapter 39: Walking into the Trap

FAQ

《觅仙》出版过实体书吗？

据百科资料，本书2016年2月完结时暂未出版实体书，主要阅读渠道是创世中文网与起点中文网等网络平台，如有新的出版信息请以出版社官方公布为准。

《觅仙》和《觅仙路》是同一本书吗？

不是。《觅仙路》是2009年起连载、约355万字的前作；《觅仙》是2013年开始连载的三部曲收官之作，约462万字、1600章，两本书主角与设定各不相同。

全书篇幅有多长、完结了吗？

起点中文网显示全书约462.59万字，共1600章，最后一章为《大结局之三道天庭》，2016年2月7日更新完结，故事有完整收束。

本书的境界体系与常见仙侠有何不同？

它未采用练气、筑基、金丹、元婴的常见划分，而是分三大境：开光、气脉、神游（筑基）、法相、真身；元神、灵身、大乘、渡劫；以及玉仙、上仙、金仙、天仙等。

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About the author

He Buyu Author

He Buyu is an online-fiction author about whom limited public information is available. Nine of his works are included in the library, with representative titles such as The Road to Immortality, The Supreme Sword Immortal, Seeking Immortality, and The Change of Immortals and Gods. Judging from how the works are categorized, his writing centers on fiction for male readers and spans genres such as xianxia, wuxia, and Eastern fantasy. Several titles are listed among premium and high-quality web novels, suggesting a certain level of reader recognition in these areas. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality, and personal background are not clearly recorded, biographical details cannot be given; the available clues come mainly from the works themselves, which indicate a preference for cultivation and sword-cultivation settings and show a distinct Eastern-fantasy flavor built around themes of immortal paths and sword immortals. Readers wishing to understand his writing may begin with the representative works mentioned above.