I cant give any higher praise than that. return null; The book is well edited and the writing is easy to read and follow. I actually thought it was just going to be about farming and land cultivation.but I was wrong! Some are innately magical and simply grow stronger over time, while others must . Thanks for the recommendation Hege! Perhaps its greatest influence is with another emerging subgenre of fantasy called progression fantasy, which follows the core themes of Xianxia. For example, getting to the third level of the early stage could grant them a reinforced body or magical sight. I hate reading cultivation novels where everybody is stabbing each other in the back or trying to suppress somebody Is really quite delightful to read a book written by an author that understands not everybody wants to stab someone else in the back in order to get ahead. [2] This genre is also a staple of Chinese television shows, films, manhua (comics), donghua (animation), and games. It's like all those, 'slow life but secretly not really' stories in manga and light novels but done better and with humour, plus a bit of deconstructing the xianxia genre. I thought the zodiac (Chinese years) was great. A Thousand Li: The Third Realm: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel However, when he turned thirteen years old, he discovered that his body has spiritual roots. It kind of meandered seemingly without a clear destination. Its like describing Jekyll and Hyde as a progressiong fantasy because Dr. Jekyll gets stronger when he turns into Mr. Hyde; totally misses the main point of the classic. for(var i=0; i