Zhu Xian Lu 1

Author: Zhu Mo
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: A fantasy masterpiece surpassing the era of Zhu Xian, a new masterwork of fantasy martial arts, featuring half-human, half-beast characters in a realm of wild and chaotic adventures. A turbulent world filled with injustice, a perilous cultivation world, and strange "beastmen" brimming with animalistic instincts. Yang Qiang: The descendant of a loyal family, he undergoes a dramatic transformation overnight, becoming a monster with a "human face and beast body": tiger bones, python tendons, eagle eyes, bear hearts, leopard courage, wolf lungs, and shark livers—except for his brain, his body has been radically altered. Yet, precisely because of this extraordinary physique, the structure of the mortal world begins to undergo earth-shattering changes. At this moment, a mysterious cultivation world is stirring.
Beast-Scribe: Living in a secluded "Eden" in the center of the sea, he possesses astonishing medical skills and unimaginable magical abilities, capable of reshaping the heavens and earth, reviving the dead, yet weary of the mortal world. He remains with over a dozen ethereal-looking wives, enjoying the divine fate of immortality.
Phoenix: A crow yearning to become the king of all birds, miraculously transformed by the Beast-Scribe, not only acquiring the legendary appearance of a phoenix but also speaking eloquently with a parrot-like tongue, earning the title of "divine bird" from the world. Accompanied by Yang Qiang, the phoenix reenters the mortal world, stirring up bloodshed and igniting a fierce clash between the mortal realm and the cultivation world.
Ancient legend holds that the higher an animal's intelligence, the less it should be eaten. Due to the indelible beast instincts within them, consuming their flesh would inevitably affect the eater. Yang Qiang, a descendant of a fallen military family, possesses great abilities but suffers from the lack of a chance to serve his country. When the court faces invasion from foreign enemies, Yang Qiang joins the army as an ordinary soldier. During a naval battle against the enemy, the commanding general's arrogance and overconfidence lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Yet, Yang Qiang is not destined for death. At the brink of life and death, he is saved by the Beast-Scribe, who specializes in the Cao Gang Book by Hua Tuo. However, this rescue transforms him into a monster—a human-beast hybrid—with most of his organs derived from beasts: bear heart, leopard courage, wolf lungs, tiger bones, and python tendons. After his body is restored, Yang Qiang returns to the battlefield with the divine phoenix, sweeping through armies and achieving numerous feats with his unparalleled beast-like physique. He gains the favor of the incompetent king and later the attention of the princess of the court. Yet, the dazzling Yang Qiang becomes the target of jealousy from the powerful elite. Not only is his fiancée killed, but even an immortal swordsman, indifferent to the world, joins the pursuit. Meanwhile, a terrifying hidden danger emerges within Yang Qiang—the beast instincts from his organs gradually manifest, and disaster looms.