Saint_Debby idk. maybe because i'm too aware on how easily life can end with my experiences in the past. we're here right now but a hundred years from today, we'd all be dust and bones. so dreaming/fantasizing about the life of immortals excites me. i just love how they seem so infallible. or at least the mcs. hahaha. xianxia till the end. cheers! _

      Saint_Debby Everything, as long as the story is good. I especially liked Jin Yong's novels. For cultivation novels whether they are xianxia or xuanhuan I only knew about them recently. I was amazed at first. Wow, this kind of novel exists? Although I am not really new to them, thanks to Journey to The West.

      For what kind of story I thought is good, for me it is the story that made me immersed reading them. Also better if they were intriguing and not plain farming log book. Enemies that always run to come back again is also annoying for me. What, mc let an enemy escape again? What, this enemy came back again while became stronger than mc? How can he rival mc that got cheat every few chapters? Other than those novels, everything else is good.

          StarOfDawn well, I can watch some movies that are xianxia like journey to the west but I can't bring myself to read their novels.

              It's just me who, whenever I see the legend of Sun Wukong, (Journey to the West) being mentioned, think:

              Why travel west? And why is he a monkey?

              The romance is made by people who inhabit the east. I am not trying to antagonize anything, but I feel that there is great prejudice here. It seems clear that it is mentioned that in the west it is the place of "monkeys".

                Silently1305 Because Nirvana is supposed to be in the west, according to Buddhist beliefs. It has more to do with Buddhism coming from India, which is in the west of China, than Europe.

                Also, the goal of the journey is to get the original Buddhist holy scriptures from India.

                    Tomoyuki
                    Very interesting.
                    I had seen this in a novel I read before, I think it was in "The First Order", where someone with a team comes up and claims to be the reincarnation of Sun Wukong and he is constantly talking about looking for Buddhist scriptures. Now I understand.

                    Thanks for clarifying me!

                        yaoyueyi All are Jin Yong's novels! 😂 I found a kindred spirit. Instead from watching drama or reading the novel, I first knew about Smiling Proud Wanderer from reading the manga. I was really amazed with Du Gu Jiu Jian. Jin Yong also can write really good romance and it's conflict.

                            Nothing tops xianxia. The potential is unlimited. Anything and everything is possible when it comes to xianxia. It is the ultimate fantasy.

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