xianxia

One of the stories your mother told you growing up was that of a mortal, a goddess, and a spirit monkey. Many millennia ago, the world trembled, powerless and afraid. It was a world shrouded in darkness, devoid of knowledge. Those who lived, forever in fear of rebuke from those above the...

The world is vast and varied. To the north are the cold northern nomadic barbarians, moving with their caravans from place to place across the endless winters. To the south are the land of the free, free for all the sand pirates to plunders and wage wars. To the east is the Infinite Oceans. It...

Dark gloom settled upon the imperial Xing Palace as a solemn silence resonated throughout the air. Merely a month ago every corner of the resplendent palace had been filled with a buzzing excitement. Banners had been flown high on every corner with the resplendent crest of the empire...

You have studied the corporate guidelines for many moons and have survived the great trials and tribulations of employee orientation, not everyone managed to do so, but now you have been reward with the honor of becoming a 9th level outer disciple of the mail room. You walk through the great...

Etaja flees, as quickly and subtly as he can, the endless blue patterns of the Way shifting around him as he goes. He doesn't know what's on his tail, precisely: he knows it's an Abidan, because the pursuer attacked him immediately. He knows it's not one of the Abidan Judges, because he didn't...

"Miss Rei Young, we are pleased to inform you that your spirit is potent enough to begin your ascent to reach the heavens themselves. As such, you have been summoned to obtain guidance at the Hogwarts Sect of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The semester starts on the first of September. Enclosed within...

Welcome to the Dao of the Awakened. This quest is my take on the xianxia/cultivation genre. It is inspired by the amazing array of cultivation stories, novels, quests (including the ones on SV), and media. It's likely going to hit a lot of xianxia/cultivation cliches, but I intend to add my own...

As the name attests, this thread is one where you can post your own, personal, homemade/brew Cultivation Methods, in a similar vein to the Legend of Zelda Triune World-as-Self Method. It can be of any setting, (such as the traditional Chinese and Japanese, or something else, like Greek, Roman...

Origin 1.0 The faintest sound of musical chiming gently intruded into the deathly quiet chamber. Within these sealed walls the only sound to be heard for the last decade was its sole occupant's gentle breathing. For those sensitive to such matters the only movement had been the slight rise and...

This is one of the probably better story ideas I've had and written about. Despite all my fears (that I'm sure every artist and content creator gets from the idea of sharing their work), I've decided to get this out to a wider audience than close friends and a few curious strangers on discord...

Introduction The Heavens have been stolen. Across the multiverse the ancient AI known only as the System continues its inexorable advance, stealing species after species, galaxy after galaxy and universe after universe. What is left behind in its wake is a bloodbath of horrific proportions as...

It is the year of our Lord, 1673, and the sun shall never set on the British Empire. For a century, the English Navy and its privateer auxiliaries have fought and defeated every major naval power in Europe at sea. The result of their naval supremacy has led the English to have claimed territory...

It was a beautiful day, the sun was fully visible in the sky -coloring it with an orange tint-, the wind was gently blowing through your hair, the great beasts of the sky were following their instincts and roaring their intents across the sky, melding their voices in a wonderful yet chaotic...

You wake up to pitch-black darkness. A perfect empty void. The moment this registers into your smol monkey brain, you start panicking the fuck out. OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD I'M FALLING WHAT THE FUCK DO i DO OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD Oh wait. I don't feel anything. You wave your arms around...

Foundation 1.1 Deep in the formation-wreathed mountains of the Nine Heavens Celestial Jade Sect, a colossal powerful old monster finished organizing his memories of the tens of thousands of martial techniques and immense store of knowledge he had amassed in his ancient life into a...

They said that Cultivators are the greatest heroes in the land. "HONG-YI! HONG-YI! HONG-YI! HONG-YI!" The villagers chanted in elation, elders, men, women, and children alike celebrating their savior. Their joy was one of genuine relief, having been saved from the Dark Disciple, now free to...

And lastly: I am not native english speaker. So, please excuse my attempt. I welcome corrections, I want to be better. Boring stuff done, Quest begins: <Get up! Get up! Get up!> said a voice inside me. Well, it is the only part of me which didn’t gave up. Yeah, I was laying on the bank of...

Chapter 1: Kitten Part I Edited by megrisvernin The Lightning Mouse looks just like an ordinary long tailed mouse, only its fur is of a color similar to grass and it can use electric shocks to get free of predators or kill prey. Unlike regular mice, a Lightning Mouse can eat anything that...

Five Elements. These are the building blocks of our world. Wood. Fire. Earth. Metal. Water. They make up everything you hold in your arms, and much more. But once, there was nothing besides an endless void, and a pond of pure energy. This energy swelled and spilled into the void, for eons. An...

Inspired by The Path Unending and other cultivation quests. I will be borrowing many of its mechanics, though not the worldbuilding. Mana flows through the very essence of reality. It pervades the world, and everything it touches gains some small touch of the transcendent, the divine. For the...

Conall was bone weary from a long day on the road, pushing the cart through ruts and muck when the ox alone was insufficient. The final stretch hadn’t been as bad once they left the forest and got onto an Imperial Road, but that had just given Conall’s muscles and joints just enough time to...

On that day of red sky, when hordes of bloodborne beasts threatened to overwhelm the world, the sage gathered his four disciples and marched to war. As the various sects and kingdoms of the land fell one by one and all hope was thought lost the sage and his disciples entered the war. His...

The three young masters of the Black Blood Water Sect swam into the deepest part of the ocean near the coast of Eagle Claw Bay. "The Elder Waterfall was discovered, and all of the young seeds of the sect are taken care of. We've went through thirty places they hid during long seclusion. Anyone...

A/N: Greetings! Welcome to The Way and its Power, a Cultivation/RPG Dungeon fusion original Quest. My experience is much more in writing stories and not so much in writing quests, so please forgive any stumbles along the way. Discussion is appreciated and encouraged. Now let's get on with the...

Civilization accretes along the edges where land and water meet, drawn to the oppositional emanations of the qi of Earth and Water. Never has this been more true than when the seven tribes of the Sky Father sought an end to their ceaseless wandering. In a whirlwind of blood and qi, the tribes...