LIU YAO
六爻

the revitalisation of fuyao sect
priest

plot summary

”The first form, ‘the Roc’s Long Flight.’ The mettled youths, their ideals held high, would reach the moon in the sky."

A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.

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What does it mean to seek immortality? Those who have ascended were human once, but do they ever stop yearning for the world they once roamed?In the age of immortals and would be immortals, ten year old Cheng Qian leaves his family to apprentice under the Sect Leader of the obscure Fuyao Mountain Sect. What follows next is a hundred year long tale of blood and sweat, tears and heartbreak, but also love and laughter, joy and triumph, and most importantly, a journey of finding that sometimes, a home isn’t always a place, but the beloved family that you make for yourself along the way.

Status
109 chapters + 3 extras (completed)
Xianxia, Drama, Found Family

content warnings

in addition to genre-typical (xianxia) tropes, please also be advised of

  • character deaths

  • violence

  • gore and body horror

  • insects and small creatures

  • main CP ~5 years age difference at start, romance begins when much older

  • CH 67: gore, torture, rape (not explicit, not to main characters)

main characters

”In a person’s lifetime, wasn’t it natural to wish that when they came home at the end of the day, worn out from the hardships of life, there would be someone to open the door for them, scolding ‘Where have you gone this time?’”Main CP: MingQian

Cheng Qian

  • MC

  • the ‘meanie ’

  • witty and sarcastic, but extremely loyal to his loved ones

  • third shidi! the middle child in Fuyao sect seniority (~10 at start)

  • nicknamed ‘Tong Qian’ (copper coin) from YZM

  • cool as ice and as pretty as a jade statue

Yan Zhengming

  • ML

  • the ‘narcissist’

  • richer and prettier than you and he knows it

  • often compared to a peacock

  • dashixiong! the eldest in Fuyao sect seniority (~15 at start)

  • absolutely stunning character growth from beginning to end

side characters

”The second form, ‘Seek and Pursue’. Endless progress and pain lay in the firm, masculine sword moves.”Disciples of Fuyao Mountain Sect

Li Yun

  • the ‘troublemaker’

  • second shixiong/second eldest in sect seniority

  • resident mad scientist and frog enthusiast

  • an annoyance (affectionate)

Han Yuan

  • the ‘idiot’

  • 4th and youngest shidi

  • evolves from gremlin into edgelord

  • our fav -1 braincell kiddo

Han ‘Shuikeng’ Tan

  • the ‘wimpy kid’

  • youngest shimei in fuyao seniority

  • nicknamed ‘puddle’

  • half girl half bird full babey

  • feathers are the height of fashion

other characters

  • Han Muchun: The weasel-like, current Sect Leader of Fuyao Mountain

  • Lord Beiming: A powerful demonic cultivator with apparent ties to Fuyao Sect

  • Jiang Ping: A demonic cultivator

  • Tang Wanqiu: A cultivator of Mulan Mountain, currently associated with Azure Dragon Island

novel and adaptations

”The third form, ‘Backfire’. Though one gets everything he pursues, he remains an ant on this vast land; whatever seems solid will eventually be destroyed like the sand castle being destroyed by waves.”

Novel (ENG TL)

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