Renegade Immortal
Er Gen
Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents, shunned by relatives yet held to high hopes of greatness. Granted a chance to walk the path of an immortal despite mediocre talent at best, he breaks through lack of talent and pursues true immortality. Spanning 2,088 chapters across 13 Goodreads volume splits (Ch.1-64 to Ch.2003-2088), the epic follows Wang Lin from Qi Condensation through Foundation, Core, Nascent Soul and far beyond, across the Suzaku Star, Alliance Star System, Inner Realm and Immortal Astral Continent, as he seeks the peak of cultivation.
Progression: Strict xianxia cultivation ladder central to the narrative. Mortal → Qi Condensation (15 layers) → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul → Soul Formation → Soul Transformation → Ascendant (Incarnation) → Illusory Yin & Illusory Yang → Nirvana Scryer/Cleanser/Shatterer → Heavenly Completion → Nirvana Shatterer peak → Step 2 (Nirvana Void, etc.) → Step 3 (Void Tribulant etc.) culminating in Step 4 Transcendence. Each of the 13 volumes marks explicit realm breakthroughs and chapter milestones (e.g., Vol.1 Ch.1-64 Qi Condensation, Vol.4 Ch.201-395 Foundation/Core, Vol.9 Ch.1141-1478 Cloud Sea peak, Vol.13 Ch.2003-2088 Light of Coming End). Progression is quantified via cultivation base, domain, and celestial energy, verified via Goodreads series 185190 and author Er Gen's wuxia.world pathway documentation and Goodreads shelves cultivation/xianxia.
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