Cultivating Earth

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Description

Zhao Gang, after hundreds of thousands of years cultivating, has finally reached the penultimate threshold. He is ready to ascend to the level of True Immortal.

Driven by the need for a place his enemies won't find him, Zhao Gang puts together an audacious plan. He has developed a revolutionary new formation which will allow him to ascend while on even the lowest planes. To avoid drawing attention, he has to choose a plane that is relatively desolate, however.

He chooses Earth. Fast forward three thousand years. Zhao Gang discovers what his work has wrought - a cultivation-free culture that has delved the deep mysteries of creation - he can't help but think how this tiny little planet devoid of natural energy could affect the course of all creation.

There's only one problem. For that to happen, he has to succeed in cultivating Earth.

Notes: Chinese names should be ignored in the social context - they don'tmeananything. Sorry for slaughtering such a beautiful tradition.

This novel starts off slower than most. If the slow-roll isn't your thing, you might want to give this a pass. If it's not for you, I understand. Also, releases may be broken up into smaller chunks. The goal is 5k words, but definitely more than 4k. If you see a short release, be aware that more is probably coming.

I'll be honest and say that I'm struggling with each new scene, if only because I want to balance the scope of vision with good pacing. I hope the work I put into it is worthwhile.

Update: Back for more!

The long hiatus is over. For those who expressed support and interest while I was gone, thank you all so much. You have inspired me to continue this project. I can't currently commit to an update schedule, but my goal for the moment is updates at least once a week, with those updates in the 6-8k range. As in the past, if there's a 'short' update then you might want to stick around, since it's likely that I'll be posting more than one scene (I'll try to denote that by using a (1/X) notation in the author's note).

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2019
Author: Cromethus

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 2,149
Views: 383,829

Chapters(31 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

octonusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Our protagonists are attempting to build a wuxia style sect on modern Earth, but intend to do this without using violence or significantly infringing on cultural norms. The self-imposed limitations provide a challenge for them to overcome, while simultaneously providing a lot of characterization. This is an extremely well thought out premise that can easily carry a story.
Writing is excellent. (Not just "Royal-Road Excellent", but actually good writing.)
I am looking forward to reading more chapters as they come.
Icecold543Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
love it so far. Feel lucky to have found it. Keep it up! Please don’t drop
JazehiahRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story begins with a character reaching a very high level of power at the expense of most of the cultivation energy of Earth. To repay the population of Earth, he begins the process of replenishing said power and starting a school of cultivation.
Unlike a lot of Wuxia/Xianxia fictoins, the protaganist does not employ a "might makes right" strategy. Instead, he follows Earth bureaucracy and (most) mortal laws to acomplish this. Cultivation and technology are shown to not only be on fairly even footing, but complementary in nature.
The sect, and its problems are the result of attempting to merge the two worlds. Perspectives bounce between Zhao Gang and his disciples as the new sect (and its problems) grow. At it's heart, this is a bit of a "kingdom building" novel with a cultivation theme.
As of chapter 19 (the most recent chapter as of this review), the author has dodged or handled every cliche of the genre I can think of in a believable manner. There is no genocide. No cases of technology magically failing to work because of the existence of magic. No super-harems. There are no cases of constantly escalating "you killed my friend" or "you looked at a pretty girl the wrong way" conflicts. Actions have realistic consequences.
I highly recommend reading this story. It can feel a bit heavy on the exposition while light on descriptions, but that's okay. The more important parts are the decisions made, the rationalle behind them, and what the characters learn from the consequences.
Lord VitorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A wonderful novel, mixing the wonders of the regular cultivarion world in a day-to-day scenario of living in modern world
Waffle(est)Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I cannot believe it, a cultivation story where there is actual plot.. and slaughter is not the one and only answer to any slight slight ?! GLORIOUS, have my stars!
ZalphaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love everything about this story and hope it continues on to the end. I hope it doesn't rush into the epicness but keeps it a steady stream of progression. I would enjoy this very much if it focused a slice of life in the story. The premises of the story are just great.
ZirRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
only 100 pages in and im completely hooked, it would be incredibly frustrating if this dosent go on for 1000s of pages >.<
1HP_and_a_dreamRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If you like to binge on a story, this here is for you.
chakforRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The writing is quality. The pace (while too slow for some) I'm finding quite enjoyable. Regular updates. Fresh perspective on the cultivation genre. Not to mention the premise can be explored a billion different ways. I'm hooked.
Hands down one of the best stories on the site right now.
antikangarooRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
I'd like to offer an opposing point of view to the previous enthusiastic reviews by other readers.
I think the story is interesting, but I also think Cromethus has no idea where they're going with it. The story meanders around randomly. It could follow the kids in the academy, or the teachers, or whatever. Currently it does all of these and more and the result is not as good as it could be.
Most recently there were three chapters detailing how Zhao Gang reveals cultivators to the headmaster... a complete waste of words, there was no dramatic tension and it didn't even serve as exposition for the reader as all the info was already known.
This doesn't prevent the story from having good moments in addition to the interesting concept, but I predict it'll end up abandoned, becuase a clear vision is what moves a story forward once the autor runs out of cute anecdotes.