Path of Regressor
A.P. Gore
Li Xiao died defending the Azure Phoenix Sect — and the Time Lord sent him back, scarred and stripped of his cultivation but armed with memories from five worlds and knowledge of how it all ends. While others cultivate qi, he absorbs death itself; while they build in daylight, he forges an empire from shadows. Across two volumes he climbs realm by realm — twelve dantians burning, each breakthrough drawing heavier tribulation — from shattered foundation to forbidden techniques, warring with the Golden Crow Sect and defying Heaven itself to raise his new sect above all others. Revenge. Power. Ascension.
Progression: Regressor xianxia cultivation: Li Xiao is sent back in time by the Time Lord with memories of five worlds, stripped of cultivation, and re-climbs realm by realm. Structured advancement centers on classic cultivation pillars — qi cultivation, dantians (twelve dantians by book 2), breakthroughs, escalating heavenly tribulations per breakthrough, and cultivation stages from shattered foundation to forbidden techniques. His divergence is a forbidden death-based path (absorbing death itself) versus orthodox qi cultivation, plus sect-building advancement as he forges a new sect to stand above all others.
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