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Essentially a HighFantasy version of Wuxia, it usually features a Taoist or Buddhist protagonist (or FantasyCounterpartReligion version) mixing in FullContactMagic with his martial arts, and fantastic elements being overt rather than subtle and in the background. It is an emerging genre whose precise boundaries are in flux, with a number of popular {{Web Serial Novel}}s having brought it to prominence.
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Essentially a HighFantasy version of Wuxia, {{Wuxia}}, it usually features a Taoist or Buddhist protagonist (or FantasyCounterpartReligion version) mixing in FullContactMagic with his martial arts, and fantastic elements being overt rather than subtle and in the background. It is an emerging genre whose precise boundaries are in flux, with a number of popular {{Web Serial Novel}}s having brought it to prominence.
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* ''Painted Skin'' and its sequel, ''Painted Skin: The Resurrection'', are based off the 1740 Chinese short story ''The Painted Skin'' and star Xiaowei, a [[{{Kitsune}} fox-demon]] who cultivated supernatural powers and maintains her youthful human form by devouring human hearts. In the first film Xiaowei falls in love with a human [[spoiler:and sacrifices her cultivated powers to resurrect him and his wife]]. In the sequel, Xiaowei is imprisoned in a glacier for 500 years for having done so, and after being broken free by the bird-demon Que'er, she tries to find a human willing to give her their heart so she can become human herself -- instigating a love-triangle between herself, a general, and a princess [[spoiler:before sacrificing herself so the general and the princess can be together]].
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* ''VideoGame/ImmortalTaoists'' is an IdleGame about cultivating spiritual energy to become immortal.
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* ''Literature/NiineStarHegemonBodyArt''
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* ''Literature/ErHaHeTaTeBaiMaoShiZun:'' Emperor of the cultivation world Mo Weiyu finds himself back when he was a young disciple after taking his own life. He finds out that many things that he thought were true weren't, most shocking that the hated Shizun he had tormented in his past life was secretly protecting him....
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* ''Literature/MistakenlySavingTheVillain''
* ''Literature/MistakenlySavingTheVillain''
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* ''Film/JadeDynasty''
* ''Film/OnceUponATime2017''
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* ''Series/AshesOfLove''
* ''Series/HuaXuYinCityOfDesperateLove''
* ''Series/IceFantasy''
* ''Series/{{Immortality}}''
* ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower''
* ''Series/TheLegendOfChusen''
* ''Series/LostLoveInTimes''
* ''Series/LoveAndDestiny''
* ''Series/NovolandTheCastleInTheSky''
* ''Series/NovolandEagleFlag''
* ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms''
* ''Series/TribesAndEmpiresStormOfProphecy''
* ''Series/TheUntamed''
* ''Series/WordOfHonor''
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* ''Animation/NewGodsNezhaReborn2021'' serves as a {{cyberpunk}} take on the genre, being a sequel to the story of Nezha where the various gods of Chinese mythology have been reincarnated as humans. Li Yunxiang discovering that he is the reincarnation of Nezha and that he must awaken his dormant divinity when he discovers the Dragon Clan is looking to settle their 3000-year-old grudge against him.
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* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The narrative serves as a prequel to the classic Chinese fable ''Legend of the White Snake '', and the protagonist Xiao Bai/Blanca and the other members of her clan are snakes that have managed to cultivate enough spiritual energy to become demons, with Xiao Bai/Blanca and her sister Xiao Qing/Verta in particular seeking to become Immortals. The General is a Taoist warrior who seeks to absorb their energy for his own malicious purposes, with his apprentice being called the "Little Daoist".
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* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The narrative serves as a prequel to the classic Chinese fable ''Legend of the White Snake '', Snake'', and the protagonist Xiao Bai/Blanca and the other members of her clan are snakes that have managed to cultivate enough spiritual energy to become demons, with Xiao Bai/Blanca and her sister Xiao Qing/Verta in particular seeking to become Immortals. The General is a Taoist warrior who seeks to absorb their energy for his own malicious purposes, with his apprentice being called the "Little Daoist".
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* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The narrative serves as a prequel to the classic Chinese fable ''Legend of the White Snake '', and the protagonist Xiao Bai/Blanca and the other members of her clan are snakes that have managed to cultivate enough spiritual energy to become demons, with Xiao Bai/Blanca and her sister Xiao Qing/Verta in particular seeking to become Immortals. The General is a Taoist warrior who seeks to absorb their energy for his own malicious purposes, with his apprentice being called the "Little Daoist".
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If seeking immortality is not the central point of the story and there are loads of non-Eastern elements alongside qi cultivation and martial artistry, it may in fact be a further subgenre known as ''Xuanhuan'' ("Mysterious fantasy").
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* ''Literature/TianGuanCiFu''''Literature/TianGuanCiFu'': Xie Lian was once a darling prince who managed to cultivate his way into godhood. 800 years later he's mocked as a trash god and considered an utter joke when he ascends for the third time.
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* ''Literature/TheDistinguishedCuteMaster'': A double [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. The heroine is reborn as the final boss in a cultivator world and is killed by the hero. She is reborn years ago as his master and resolves to raise him to be loyal, but instead he turns out a {{jerkass}}.
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* ''Literature/TheDistinguishedCuteMaster'': A double [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. The heroine is reborn as the final boss in a cultivator world and is killed by the hero. She is reborn years ago young again,she decides to take the hero in as his master her disciple and resolves to raise him to be loyal, but instead he turns out a {{jerkass}}.
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I haven't read them enough to summarize but I know that they are here.
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* ''Literature/TianGuanCiFu''
* ''Literature/ZhenHun''
* ''Literature/ZhenHun''
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* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Wei Wuxian, the greatest cultivator to ever live died thirteen years ago. Mo Xuanyu, a much weaker cultivator, summons Wei Wuxian into his body to seek revenge on his abusive family.
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* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Wei Wuxian, the greatest cultivator founder of the demonic path and scourge of the cultivation world, returns to ever live died life thirteen years ago. Mo Xuanyu, a much weaker cultivator, summons Wei Wuxian after his violent demise. He's soon drawn into a mysterious plot involving unfinished business from before his body to seek revenge on his abusive family.death and conspiracies spun in the years afterwards, unexpectedly working alongside a righteous hero he has history with.
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* ''Animation/JiangZiya'' is loosely based on the classic Chinese novel ''[[Literature/FengshenYanyi Investiture of the Gods]]'', and focuses on the Immortal warrior Jiang Ziya, who was exiled from the heavenly Jingxu Hall for his failure to execute the [[{{Kitsune}} Fox Devil]] Nine-Tailed, as he seeks to help Xiao Jiu -- an amnesiac young woman with fox-ears -- regain her memories and uncover her sinister connection to Nine-Tailed.
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* DeityOfHumanOrigin: High-level cultivators often develop immortality -- hence the title of the genre -- and display godlike abilities, sometimes even undergoing apotheosis to join the ranks of the gods.
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* PowerLevels: Levels of Cultivation are often present in these stories, and are often seperated into 2 categories between ones {{Ki}} and Physical Body. In fact, they may very well be the UrExample, as this type of Power System is the main influence for the various Fathers of modern Shonen FightingSeries like Manga/DragonBall and Manga/FistofTheNorthStar.
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* ''Animation/JiangZiya'' is loosely based on the classic Chinese novel ''[[Literature/FengshenYanyi Investiture of the Gods]]'', and focuses on the Immortal warrior Jiang Ziya, who was exiled from the heavenly Jingxu Hall for his failure to execute the [[{{Kitsune}} Fox Devil]] Nine-Tailed, as he seeks to help Xiao Jiu -- an amnesiac young woman with fox-ears -- regain her memories and uncover her sinister connection to Nine-Tailed.
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* ''Animation/NeZha'' is loosely based on the classic Chinese novel ''[[Literature/FengshenYanyi Investiture of the Gods]]'', and focuses on the the Taoist immortals Taiyi Zhenren and rival Shen Gongbao vying to become a DeityOfHumanOrigin by training the demon-in-human form Ne Zha and the dragon prince Ao Bing respectively.
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* ''Animation/NeZha'' is loosely based on the classic Chinese novel ''[[Literature/FengshenYanyi Investiture of the Gods]]'', and focuses on the the Taoist immortals Taiyi Zhenren and rival Shen Gongbao vying to become a DeityOfHumanOrigin by training the demon-in-human form Ne Zha and the dragon prince Ao Bing respectively.
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* ''Literature/ErHaHeTaTeBaiMaoShiZun:'' Emperor of the cultivation world Mo Weiyu finds himself back when he was a young disciple after taking his own life. He finds out that many things that he thought were true weren't, most shocking that the hated Shizun he had tormented in his past life was secretly protecting him....
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* ''Literature/BewareOfChicken'': A nameless man dies and [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reincarnates]] into the body of Jin Rou, a young cultivator. He decides that the cultivator lifestyle is too violent and stressful for him, so he becomes a farmer in a backwater village. This story deconstructs and [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] and many common Xianxia tropes.
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* ''Literature/CultivationChatGroup'': A satire where a man stumbles upon an online chat group for cultivators, despite having no knowledge of the supernatural himself.
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* ''Literature/CultivationChatGroup'': A satire comedy manhwa where a man stumbles upon modern student is accidentally invited into an online chat group for cultivators, despite having no knowledge of the supernatural himself.
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* ''Literature/RenZhaFanPaiZiJiuXiTong'': Shen Yuan dies of food poisoning after raging against the terrible ending of the harem xianxia web novel, ''Proud Immortal Demon Way.'' And finds himself [[MediaTransmigration transmigrating]] to the SadistTeacher StarterVillain Shen Qingqiu. A satire of Xianxia male-power fantasy novels.
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Also known as ''Xianxia'' ("Immortal Hero"), a '''Spirit Cultivation''' story is about characters with the ability to improve their own power through meditation and training, all with {{Wuxia}}-themed abilities and settings. Expect lots of SupernaturalMartialArts.
Essentially a HighFantasy version of Wuxia, it usually features a Taoist or Buddhist protagonist (or FantasyCounterpartReligion version) mixing in FullContactMagic with his martial arts, and fantastic elements being overt rather than subtle and in the background. It is an emerging genre whose precise boundaries are in flux, with a number of popular {{Web Serial Novel}}s having brought it to prominence.
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianxia_(genre) The Other Wiki's article on the genre.]]
!!Common tropes include:
* {{Ki}}: Some sort of LifeEnergy is typically the key to the entire magic system. Names vary (both between real-life variants like qi and chi or a new fantasy version), but it inevitably requires meditating and refining the energy to make yourself more powerful.
* PhlebotinumPills: There are usually a variety of magical medicines (from potions and elixirs to actual pills) that help improve cultivation.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Almost universal. Typically everyone with training will have it, but occasionally only the protagonist will.
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* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Literally everyone is a sacred artist, meaning they practice cultivation. Lindon is the weakest in Sacred Valley due to being an UnSorcerer, but he is the one who discovers that his home is going to be destroyed in thirty years. He needs to become one of the strongest beings in the world in an impossibly short timeframe to stand a chance of saving everyone.
* ''Literature/CultivationChatGroup'': A satire where a man stumbles upon an online chat group for cultivators, despite having no knowledge of the supernatural himself.
* ''Literature/DesolateEra'': An [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. Ji Ning dies and is reborn in a world of immortals and demigods, and resolves to gain power and fame that he was always denied in his first life.
* ''Literature/TheDistinguishedCuteMaster'': A double [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. The heroine is reborn as the final boss in a cultivator world and is killed by the hero. She is reborn years ago as his master and resolves to raise him to be loyal, but instead he turns out a {{jerkass}}.
* ''Literature/DouluoDalu'' takes place in a world where soul masters are everpresent in both daily life and world politics. By killing spirit beasts and taking their soul rings, soul masters aspire to become closer and closer to godhood.
* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Wei Wuxian, the greatest cultivator to ever live died thirteen years ago. Mo Xuanyu, a much weaker cultivator, summons Wei Wuxian into his body to seek revenge on his abusive family.
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Essentially a HighFantasy version of Wuxia, it usually features a Taoist or Buddhist protagonist (or FantasyCounterpartReligion version) mixing in FullContactMagic with his martial arts, and fantastic elements being overt rather than subtle and in the background. It is an emerging genre whose precise boundaries are in flux, with a number of popular {{Web Serial Novel}}s having brought it to prominence.
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianxia_(genre) The Other Wiki's article on the genre.]]
!!Common tropes include:
* {{Ki}}: Some sort of LifeEnergy is typically the key to the entire magic system. Names vary (both between real-life variants like qi and chi or a new fantasy version), but it inevitably requires meditating and refining the energy to make yourself more powerful.
* PhlebotinumPills: There are usually a variety of magical medicines (from potions and elixirs to actual pills) that help improve cultivation.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Almost universal. Typically everyone with training will have it, but occasionally only the protagonist will.
!!Examples:
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* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Literally everyone is a sacred artist, meaning they practice cultivation. Lindon is the weakest in Sacred Valley due to being an UnSorcerer, but he is the one who discovers that his home is going to be destroyed in thirty years. He needs to become one of the strongest beings in the world in an impossibly short timeframe to stand a chance of saving everyone.
* ''Literature/CultivationChatGroup'': A satire where a man stumbles upon an online chat group for cultivators, despite having no knowledge of the supernatural himself.
* ''Literature/DesolateEra'': An [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. Ji Ning dies and is reborn in a world of immortals and demigods, and resolves to gain power and fame that he was always denied in his first life.
* ''Literature/TheDistinguishedCuteMaster'': A double [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld isekai]] cultivator story. The heroine is reborn as the final boss in a cultivator world and is killed by the hero. She is reborn years ago as his master and resolves to raise him to be loyal, but instead he turns out a {{jerkass}}.
* ''Literature/DouluoDalu'' takes place in a world where soul masters are everpresent in both daily life and world politics. By killing spirit beasts and taking their soul rings, soul masters aspire to become closer and closer to godhood.
* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Wei Wuxian, the greatest cultivator to ever live died thirteen years ago. Mo Xuanyu, a much weaker cultivator, summons Wei Wuxian into his body to seek revenge on his abusive family.
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