Most of the novels I read are about the protagonist who somehow stumbled upon the road of cultivation - gaining special energy/qi (depending on the novel it can be named differently) - and from being a mortal started to transfer into someone powerful who uses magics or special techniques that manifest that energy. Novels which concentrate on chinese folklore use term Immortal to describe that person. Generally the term cultivation is used solely in the novels about immortals but I used it here to describe it as gaining the strength.
Chinese novels are divided among other things into:
- 奇幻: Qihuan, 奇(intriguing, magical) 幻 (fiction), usually refer to novels that set in a western culture background. It usually has kings, noble, knight, magic, elf, dragons, and sometimes heaven, hell, angel, demons and gods.
- 玄幻: Xuanhuan, 玄(abstruse, unreal) 幻 (fiction). This term is use for those fiction set in a eastern culture background(in contrast to 奇幻Qihuan). In Xuanhuan you get five basic element (metal, wood, water, fire and earth), Chinese style gods, powerful animal monster like fox and tiger who can transform to human look, Taoist practice that allow human to become immortal, etc. It's a really general type, and Xianxia is just a subclass of this type.
- 武俠: Wuxia - literally means "Martial Heroes". Fictional stories about regular humans who can achieve supernatural fighting ability through Chinese martial arts training and internal energy cultivation. Themes of chivalry, tragedy, revenge & romance are common.
- 仙侠: Xianxia - literally means "Immortal Heroes". Fictional stories featuring magic, demons, ghosts, immortals, and a great deal of Chinese folklore/mythology. Protagonists (usually) attempt to cultivate to Immortality, seeking eternal life and the pinnacle of strength. Heavily inspired by Daoism.
If you decide to read and find yourself a novel with one of these types, hopefully you will vaguely know what's it about.
I would like to recommend you I Shall Seal The Heavens
Synopsis: The story is about a boy named Meng Hao who have successively failed his imperial exams, his memories about parents are vague, he lived by himself since he was a child because his parents misteriously vanished. After failing another imperial exam, sitting on the mountain top thinking about his life his peace is disturbed and he himself is forcefully recruited into a sect of Immortal cultivators, and so his tale began.
Note: A sect as a clan or guild, a place where someone is cultivating and raising his power.
If you ever get confused with some terms try looking here.
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Hey, nice promoting chinese novels here.
I am a translator too and am releasing my work here.
Do check them out!
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