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Rivers, Mountains, and the Altar of Grain

山河稷 · 姬叉

by Ji Cha

☯ Xianxia / Cultivation

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⏱ ≈ 380h read 👥 5.4M

Heaven and earth are a furnace, all things are its copper — one day, the flame forging this world will be mine.

A sweeping xiuxian epic about seizing the cosmic smelting-fire itself: the protagonist climbs a path where sects, dynasties and the mandalas of heaven are raw metal in a great crucible, and he intends to be the one holding the bellows. From Ji Cha, master of philosophical cultivation fiction.

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