Cultivation Fantasy Male Lead Martial Arts Progression Fantasy Supernatural Wuxia

Sky Pride

Name: Sky Pride
Rating: 4.81 (4122 reviews)
Author: Warby Picus

Warby Picus

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Synopsis

What does it take to climb out of the trash and into the sky?

The very heavens had decreed his death. He should have died in the womb. Or in infancy. Or when his family was murdered. Or when the house burned around him. Or when he woke up in the dump suffering from innumerable diseases and missing fingers. Even the magic ring with a ghostly grandpa trapped inside of it was sabotaged. A reasonable person would roll over and die. Tian isn’t that reasonable. And as it happens, neither is Grandpa Jun. In a world where immortality can be cultivated, miracles are things you make for yourself. A broken boy will defy the heavens, and soar.

What to expect:

-1 chapter a day M-F. Volume 3 is already complete.

-2k words per chapter (aprox, some run long) with a longer first chapter.

-No Harem

-Earned power growth

-An MC who isn’t a goodie two shoes OR an edge-lord psychopath

-A power system based on actual Daoism

-Sects, giant monsters, natural treasures, flying swords, spells, talismans, secret arts, and a gentle sprinkling of young masters whose face need rearranging.

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