Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains《蜀山劍俠傳》by Huanzhu Louzhu 還珠樓主 (lit. Master of Returning Pearl Loft) was published between 1932 and 1948 and is one of the most influential wuxia novels of all time. Many of the elements in this novel became standard tropes of the wuxia genre. It is also the forefather of the modern xianxia cultivation novel. Huanzhu’s cultivation system became the standard, fusing the Daoist quest for transcendence with the Buddhist reincarnation cycle and tribulation system, as well as the Confucian virtue of humaneness 仁 and the chivalrous xia 俠 archetype. At over 4.1 million Chinese characters, it is also one of the longest wuxia novels, though it remains unfinished due to the... more>> civil war in China. So the first cultivation novel was also eunuched—rather fitting.

The story follows multiple protagonists as they gradually gather together, fighting heretical sects and spirit elementals on their way to founding the Mount Emei Sect. Most outstanding among these protagonists is Li Yingqiong, who begins the novel as a girl with no martial arts abilities, and through the course of the novel cultivates to become a transcendent (aka immortal).

In this novel, plants, animals, and monsters can all become human and cultivate to transcendence, or lose their primordial spirit (aka nascent soul) and have to start all over, or be obliterated completely after failing their tribulation. Grotto-heavens and magic treasures abound, and we see the beginning of sects as major organizations in wuxia novels with important roles in the plot, such as Emei, Qingcheng, Mount Hua, Wudang, Mount Huang, Snowy Mountain, Kongtong, Kunlun, and Wutai, as well as the emergence of what would later become the archetypal eccentric beggar character. There are miraculous drugs, sword kinesis, and battles between mythical beasts, and heretic cultivators trying to cheat their way to a faster transcendence. In short, pretty much all of the elements one normally sees in the typical xianxia cultivation webnovel. <<less

A fox who became a nine-tailed fox after receiving a curse.... more>>

I only need to receive human energy 100 times, but I haven’t become a human for a thousand years due to many interruptions.

The God of Heaven locked the nine-tailed fox in a romance novel in which love blooms even if it is overturned.

“If you can’t become a human being there, you’ll live as a fox for the rest of your life!”

Asking me to possess, I’m asking you, what will get better if a small fox, without any penny, get inside a novel!?

But why fox is a cunning animal?

If I couldn’t be possessed.

“I’ll be you, Roselia Fellua.”

If I take away the female lead role, that’s it!

Please grow old together with the male lead, the true love of the female lead.

I will grow 100 days together with the Grand Duke who’s a villain but has a lot of money!

But.

“We should do what we have to do between husband and wife.”

What do you mean by finally doing what the couple had to do the first night!

“It’s a contract. I’ll divorce you in one year.”

To think it’s a divorce contract! This is a fraudulent marriage, you know!

To make matters worse, the Villainous Grand Duke’s heart was already filled with someone, but…!

No! Can’t you kiss me just once so that I can get the fox beads back? <<less

Tang Cheng Cheng is the sole breadwinner of the family. After almost drowning in the lake, she woke up and everyone started to treat her with fear and respect. A familiar girl sat in front of her. ... more>>

Oh My God, why is she looking at HERSELF?

"My son, are you alright?" Young Master Li's mother said to her. This cannot be true... How can she turn into YOUNG MASTER LI??? Why is Young Master Li a demon fox???

After the soul exchange, Master Demon Fox lost all his mana. He said that he could only recover his mana by sleeping with me? Is he kidding me, I will protect my body so that he doesn't take away my v**ginity!! Damn it... why does the master have so many enemies?! I'm going to die.

Master, come on quick and possess me!! <<less