Art of Creation [Eco-Cultivation Prototype]
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Devor is unlike any other cultivator.
He doesn’t rely on extraordinary powers or shortcuts to greatness. His only advantage is a mysterious system that grants him the ability of Ultimate Synthesis—a tool that allows him to slowly, but steadily, understand and strengthen himself.
Joining the Azure Sky Sect is just the beginning of his long and difficult journey. In a world filled with fierce competition and ambitious rivals, Devor forges his own path, not with brute strength, but with the wisdom gained through his unique bond with Spiritual Plants.
As he tends to the Spiritual Garden each day, Devor unknowingly cultivates the seeds of true power. What others might dismiss as insignificant, he sees as key to unlocking deeper truths—a quiet yet persistent edge that will eventually let him surpass even the most formidable opponents.
But this journey is shrouded in mystery, and it will take time. Devor must find a way to endure the slow process, uncovering the hidden secrets within the Spiritual Plants—before everything he’s worked for slips away.
What to Expect:
— Slow Progression
— Focus on the Spiritual Farmer profession and its progression
— Weak to strong character development
— Late Romance (no harem)
These are the things I can promise to deliver in my story. As for other aspects, like having a smart or highly competent main character, I can’t make any guarantees—but feel free to judge for yourself.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2025
- Author
- Legends BlueBlue
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- 3.8/ 5.0
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- 1,175
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- 547,917
Chapters(155 total)
- Chapter 153 - When Nature YieldsAug 15, 2025
- Chapter 152 - Chains Upon the SkyAug 9, 2025
- Chapter 151 - Carriers of a Broken HeavenAug 5, 2025
- Chapter 150 - Rooted in HimAug 3, 2025
- Chapter 149 - The Shape of NatureJul 31, 2025
- New Story Announcement - Cycle of SoilJul 29, 2025
- AnnouncementJun 26, 2025
- Chapter 148 - Whispers in the Exchange HallJun 22, 2025
- Chapter 147 - Between Heaven and IdentityJun 19, 2025
- Chapter 146 - Ascent to the Sky CityJun 15, 2025
- Chapter 145 - The Tyrant GardenerJun 13, 2025
- Chapter 144 - The Garden and the ForgeJun 11, 2025
- Chapter 143 - The Depths Between WorldsJun 10, 2025
- Chapter 142 - The Storm and the SeedJun 8, 2025
- Chapter 141 -Let Them See What You've BuiltJun 7, 2025
- Chapter 140 - Between Nature and ControlJun 4, 2025
- Chapter 139 - Garden of WarJun 3, 2025
- 138 - Nature-ShiftingJun 3, 2025
- Chapter 137 - The Architecture of DomainMay 31, 2025
- Chapter 136 - Insight Etched in LightMay 31, 2025
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Community Reviews(10)
- drandreasRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5I like the sect, the little I have seen of the world and the MC. Progress happens over realistic time periods which is great. The plot is enough to keep me interested. The only thing I can really criticize is the quality of the writing. There are times where the wording/scene feels off or doesn’t flow very well and could be improved. Not a punctuation thing so much as word choice and structure. Overall a minor thing that only improves with time and more writing. Keep fighting the good fight. I look forward to more. -update. The writing has continued to get better as the story has progressed. Stick with it and it will reward you
- Geronimo0o92Royal Road★★★★ 4.0It is a very fast paced xianxia novel centered more on the profession/gardening part which is refreshing when you ve read a lot of xianxia. I do find the vocabulary to be on the simple side and sometimes a bit redundant which is why I won’t rate it higher but definitely a good start.
- FaithlessGirlRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0I really like this story. It really did concentrate on the farmer aspect in the beginning. I didn‘t even mind the time skips. I thought they were appropriate at some points but a little summary of the time gone by would have been nice.
On the other hand it really shows the MC character with all his patience and dedication but also his naivety. I really love how his goals never really changed. They adapted to they situation he found himself in, but he never lost his sight of his spiritual plants and his wish to push forward and to learn as much as possible.
The thing that I never really understood is why he isn‘t reading more. If I understand his system right the more knowledge he has the easier his experiments will become. But he has been in the sect for nearly a decade now and his book count has barely increased. Is there a difference between speed reading a book or really studying the contents? I never really got that part of his powers and I feel it has been overlooked or forgotten a bit.
In the end this is still an cultivation novel. So conflict was unavoidable. I was not totally happy how the author went about introducing it but stuck it out since I really like the writing style. It is consistent and really easy to immerse yourself in.
And in the end I am really happy I did too. Because it all makes some kind of sense with the third arc. That was cleverly done and put my slight reservations quickly to rest.
I really like this novel, thank you for sharing it with us! - vkg313Royal Road★★★★ 3.5I like the overall story, but Book 2 really starts to dive into all of the experimental stuff. Like, it's numerous chapters of him experimenting and growing with a lot less plot. It's a bit disappointing, but I how the author will pick up a storyline soon, or do some sort of time skip.
- MrCoconutRoyal Road★★★★ 3.5It reads like it was written by chatgpt. There are repeating phrases and way too many descriptors.
Aside from that, the concept is good. I enjoyed the beginning, but after a while I felt like the story was going in the wrong direction.
I'll stop reading here, but if the story gets a rewrite, which I think it needs, I will pick it back up. - CatgurlRoyal Road★★★ 2.5Liked it a lot at first, but gradually losing me. Stretched out story and prose with too much filler, very difficult to like most characters, find myself skimming as too much repitition and pointless boring bits that do not add to or advance the story - but sure fill up those chapters. Sadly, this felt like a lot of AI generated filler ruining another possibly good tale. I liked the concept, but feel the author chose easy instead of effort. Too bad as what actual content there is was good. Just no.
- sagegoldfishRoyal Road★★★ 2.5Starting off the story is well wrote as a slow pace slice of life about farming to the top, but that slowly changes and the story gets Perry'd.
Just like in phineas and ferb, with the main plot slowly turning to more of a supporting role to the sub plot with Perry and doctor D, that is what happens to farming in this story.
The plot changes from farming to fighting and politics after about 20 to 25 chapters, and it's not a slow progression or natural in any way. The plot feels forced, and there is minimal to no explanation.
The farming, one of the main draws of the story, is wrote either with multiple slightly different repeats or time skipped, from chapter one to 34 about five years pass.
The sect, falls into all the worst "righteous" sect tropes as well. The writing, while good and low on grammar problems, strays from the style it's trying to be in unnatural ways, with incompetent poeple and self harming rules in the sect making it a wounder that it is still standing or as strong as it supposed to be.
The sect has a lot more plot hole then plot tried to it as well, there are multiple cases where the MC is made to look stuiped for not knowing basic things about both the sect and cultivation things. While seemingly a guinus at plants, and the cultivation technique to progress, nothing gets explanation, no classes, no teaching other then a few other disciples doing the bear minimum, you get told what cultivation technique you can use then everything else is on you find out or ask for.
The mc being reincarnated so far has absolutely no impact or importance, and the litrpg following the same. All could be done in a different manner with in world techniques or something. None of which are ground breaking.
The second biggest problem other then the farming being placed in the back seat, is the progression with no explanation and the stroy seemingly outpacing what is wrote.
My recommendation would be a rewrite, slow the pace down, explain why thing are happening explore th - DarkwoodRoyal Road★★ 1.5The first 18 chapters of the story are exactly what the title and the description say the story is. And they are genuinely interesting and set up a decent plot. If the rest of the story had even tried to build on this it would have been great.
And then the whole thing gets thrown out of the window. Rather than a slow build spirit farming novel there is generic ‘righteous’ sect bs where you would just prefer them to be outright evil than the blatant hypocrites they are. The MC spends the next 14 chapters being punished for nothing and learning all the wrong lessons from it whilst the sect knows he is innocent and who set him up. And then nothing, no recrimination, no explanation, the sect leadership don’t even try to make it up to him. And then he gets sent off on an intersect tournament. No mention of closing out the punishment arc with a conclusion that is satisfying or makes sense. - MoinMoinRoyal Road★★ 1.5I have to agree with many other in regards to this novel, a promising start that sticks to both the titlel and description of the novel, until he gets framed and it changes to your run of the mill xianxia story.
Edit: i read up to the 40s in chp count and skimmed the rest, needed to be clarified.
The MC gets framed for the destruction of his own a large amount of the sects spiritual herb fields, the elders knew he was innocent but couldnt do anything due to arbitrarly added rules.
So he is exiled to some bad/prison place for a year where he get the revelation that he needs power to protect what it his and so, he trains and learns from others at that place...
Thing is, he doesnt go back to farming, he may have gotten a new field but its only mentioned to us like once, but whatnwe do get to see is him in a combat tournament and adventuring outside the sect with barely any if no farming at all, simply turning into a generic xianxi novel. Probably doesnt help that the author has an habbit of time skipping and with spirit farming beeing already a has a rather small presence by its nature beeing rather boring and thus hard(er) to write about.
This, in my eyes, marks both the title and the description as false and misleading, smth i hate, especially when it comes to originally farming/alchemy/smithing focused stories (they are favorites of mine).
Yes this entirely was a very bad way to get the MC some character growth in a forced and rushed manner.
The Author also mentioned that it will help him in book 2 greatly, meaning this is probably going to turn into an even more generic/unorginal xianxia novel. - rastilin45Royal Road★ 1.0It's only about farming for the first dozen or so chapters. Then it goes completely off the rails into grimdark nonsense. The sect is supposed to be filled with good people, but they basically act like a demon cult where disciples do whatever they want and punishments are effectively only for being weak. The world-building also contradicts itself in several other places, but by that point it's the smallest issue with the story.