Reforged from Ruin [Eldritch Xianxia Cultivation]
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Raika, a resilient cultivator crippled by an Imperial Cultivator, delves into madness to seek power in a world of eldritch-punk technology and cosmic horror, defying gods and reality itself. Join her journey of transformation, alliances, and facing...
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<div><br/><div><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left"><strong>[BOOK ONE STUBBED! CHECK IT OUT <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B0G7MLSCHV" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">OVER HERE</a> IF YOU'D LIKE EXTRA CONTENT AND TO SUPPORT THE WORK!]</strong><br/><br/>Raika used to be a Cultivator</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">. She lived in a sect, fought in tournaments, and cultivated to spite the heavens, as a cultivator should. While she was never the strongest, fastest or wisest, she held it in her heart to never, ever give up, and to stand for her ideals.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">And then an Imperial Cultivator destroyed her soul organs and left her crippled.<br/><br/></span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">In a world with a sun made of flaming serpents, reality-defying entities running amok, and a timeless, all-knowing Emperor ruling all through the power of his Blades and the constant advances and experiments of his Divisions, Raika is less than worthless, unable to see and feel the blood of reality- but when it's surrender or madness, she chooses madness. Embarking on a new path, Raika will find strange secrets, hidden paths to transformation, and abandon humanity, sanity, and the rule of the Empire to become something far stranger and far more powerful than she ever thought possible. <br/><br/></span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">In a world replete with enslaved Daemons used as WMDs, reality-bending powers, eldritch-punk technology, and strange pathways of cultivation and magic, she</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">'ll have to find allies, confront gods and monster, and defy the Heavens</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">, her own body</span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">, and common sense to find a way to become something new. </span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">Facing a millenia-old Empire rife with corruption and unknown plans, impossible horrors from the edges of the world, Daemons, Witches, and her own broken soul, </span><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-align: left">she won't stop until she's become truly free- but what will it cost, and can her insanity match the madness of the reality itself?<br/><br/></span></div><br><div><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong><span style="font-style: inherit">What to expect</span><span style="font-style: inherit">:<br/></span></strong></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">Slowburn power progression</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"><br/></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">Expansive worldbuilding and complex story<br/></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">Weak to Extremely strong protagonist with a unique powerset<br/></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">Complex villains and characters<br/>A raging bisexual of a protagonist<br/>Mutants</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, madness and mayhem</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, oh my</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">!</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"> </span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"> <br/></span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"><br/>This story is designed to add lovecraftian cosmic horror and weirdness to a Xianxia setting.</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"> If you like some biohorror</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, self</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">-modification</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, well written violence and geopolitics</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit"> under the eyes of ancient</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, alien beings</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, this is the one for you</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">, darlings</span><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit">!</span></div><br/></br></br></br></br></div>