God Obliterating Vajra [Sword-and-Talisman Dark Xianxia]

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Updates every WEDNESDAY, on 10:08 PM UTC +08:00 On a late monsoon evening underneath a Sword Moon, a beautiful amnesiac with the body of a sword-sage awoke in the holy medicinal waters of the Lazuli Omniscient. Shorn of all hard-earned cultivation, it was a kindness to die and a violence to return. Without an answer, they walk into the savage night. Helped by The Devil-Witch and the River Dragon Prince, the Heaven Dancer struggles against bandits, demons, warlocks, uncertainty, doubt, and martial arts mercenaries hired by Heaven in their quest for answers and vengeance. All in an effort to recultivate the body that once slaughtered the very Gods. A peerless tale of martial struggle, violent compassion, and mass struggle against the momentum of history:GOD OBLITERATING VAJRA is a sword-and-talisman dark fantasy xianxia that reveals how people must first be destroyed by the world to overcome it. WHAT TO EXPECT [✓] Disco Elysium + The Raid + Ip Man + RWBY + Final Fantasy Tactics + Southeast Asian Esoterica + Buddhist Metaphysics [✓] A wuxia-xianxia world with more Southeast Asian inspired aesthetics than the pseudo-Chinese, and also 1900s Revolutionary Asia period. [✓] Slow Burn Wuxia in an immersive Post-Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy world inspired by Revolutionary Asia, Southeast Asian Mysticism, and Asian Horror. [✓] Brutal and kinetic martial art action interlaced with heavy philosophy, horrific monsters, dark situations, and intricate sociopolitics. [✓] Fucked up relationships and coping mechanisms. [✓] Horror. Weirdness. Some Opt-In Spicy Content. ABOUT HINGSAJAGRA HINGSAJAGRA is the Mystic Dark Fantasy Realist world of God Obliterating Vajra, part of the universe of Whorl. Inspired by Southeast Asian Esoterica, Dialectical Materialism, and early 20th Century Asia. Mysticmeans inspired by Buddhist, Gnostic, Mystic, and other esoteric practices. The metaphysics, aesthetics, and spirit lore of Buddhist societies. Punk because this is a world choked by dark powers: by devil chakravartins, capitalist emperors, and amoral anti-human spirits... and the teachings of all the buddhas provide refuge from Suffering. Dark Fantasybecause this a dead world. A Grand Flood covered the entire planet. The only landmass that exists is the tallest mountain that pierces the atmosphere, and the Utter Islands: a set of islands that is in truth the corpse of a Primeval God. Ruins pock the land, ghosts and demon and skeletons--freed from the hells--roam the land. Empires crumble. The Latter Day of the Law means the Law of the Buddhas is slowly dissipating, and with it, the integrity of the world. Suffering is intensified. Realistbecause it takes inspiration from reality. Suffuses quantum mechanics with Sunyata metaphysics. The world is primed for a World Revolution by its proletariat, which works even as the world-corpse festers around it. Even as the Sun's very raysbleachthe corpseland. Gun mystics duel with charnel saints. Dead gods power karmic skyships. Revolution billows through streets and rivers lit by fulgent karma. Giant cats turned into apartment complexes, ghost horse steeds that tire not, walking giant mechanical armors turned into public transportation, charnel wizards summoning the long-dead, witches wielding the Pureflame of Creation, the Machine God beginning its slick advance into forever progress... the Age of Furor is upon us.The Latter Day of the Law.The Termagant Buddha watches closely.

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: tagamantra

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 698
Views: 97,192

Chapters(120 total)

What readers say about God Obliterating Vajra [Sword-and-Talisman Dark Xianxia]

“Amazing storytelling. The prose reminds me a bit of Earthsea. It is a relatively difficult read compared to almost everything on this site but that's a good thing. It does mean I'm reading it much slower than I normally would which makes it hard to keep up…”
RuleCascadiaRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“You read the description, you know that this isn't going to be an average story. Close your eyes and imagine a mystical landscape: where naked sorceress fly free in the sky. Where monks meditate still in freezing, nearly unearthly, mountains. Where snakes c…”
PxanRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(8)

RuleCascadiaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Amazing storytelling. The prose reminds me a bit of Earthsea. It is a relatively difficult read compared to almost everything on this site but that's a good thing. It does mean I'm reading it much slower than I normally would which makes it hard to keep up lol.
The setting is a breath of fresh air compared to all the Chinese style wuxia here. The author clearly knows a lot about the kind of story being told.
PxanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
You read the description, you know that this isn't going to be an average story.
Close your eyes and imagine a mystical landscape: where naked sorceress fly free in the sky. Where monks meditate still in freezing, nearly unearthly, mountains. Where snakes constantly flip between being dangerous animals and wise teachers. Where wrathfull buddhas tame demons and make them protectors of the people. Where bird like girls sing in the forests. Where ascetic diligently practice and refine both body and mind for the benefict of all beings. And giant dwarfs will punch you if you try to pick up their treasures. A land in which the monster population far outnumbers the human one and whose variety and races are pages upon pages long.
Now hold this mystical landscape close to your heart.
Because it has never been put into writting.
Despite the popularity of, often dubious, mystical biographies and cultivation novels on the other. The world of esoteric buddhism has never been truly explored in an epic fashion. Sure, one could point out at Journey to the West and at similar works, homewer they take place in chinese mythology. And even then, the standards have dropped so low, and the setting strayed so much, that it can be said that really few works actually capture the chinese mythology and philosophy (or atleast go close to it).
How much worse is the shape of esoteric buddhism in fiction!
Especially because there is a will, a desire easily supported by many, to just hide the supernatural and fantastic. To let this vibrant world of lama-sorcerers and gods, just be relegated to some academic dry book. To let those practices not to be understood in their totality.
But the epic saga is there, just waiting for someone to draw from this deep wheel. With folklore and myths just begging to be adapted and transformed into novels and games.
Now imagine my joy when I found out that someone had just not written an esoteric buddhist novel, but one with eastern asian folklore elements to boot
TungstenBerryliumRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I come here after finishing the epub.
Vajrapoet has blessed us with a story like no other. It is beyond easy to get lost in their prose as you follow Raxri's journey and catch glimpses of a well thought-out incredible yet mythical world they forged.
Easy five stars and here's to book two. Can't wait.
Marco The GuitaristRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have just finished reading Book One: The Knight Vagrant, and I have so much praise to give towards this novel. I'm relatively new to the world of Wuxia and Xianxia, but from the few that I've seen, seeing a very Buddhist Xianxia Novel inspired by the cultures of Southeast Asia has been a treat to read through, especially with a protagonist like Raxri Uttara. If you love slow-burn progression stories with action packed fight scenes based on real martial arts moves (I say so as a practitioner of Arnis myself) combined with Naruto-esque Hand Sign Combat and incantations/spells in the form of Hindu-Buddhist Mantras, then this novel is for you! Honestly, some may not like slow-burn stories, but I do! God Obliterating Vajra is about a cloud-headed amnesiac who learns more and more about the post-apocalyptic world they suddenly found themself on. It's a journey about discovering one's self, or rather the lackthereof. A story that not only uses Buddhism as an aesthetic but also as a means of teaching its values but at the same time, not completely allowing itself to be bound by canon and explores a more esoteric side of it in a fantastical way. A true to life story (ironic enough, since it's a fantasy) where the journey truly does focus on Raxri's life, as characters come, go, and come back again. It's a world filled to the brim with detail upon detail, upon detail, a violent world that explores violence in a very nuanced and Buddhist point of view, violence with compassion, and it didn't feel shallow, it felt so... real. It's just... it's so good you guys, I don't know how else to describe it. Read it for yourselves and experience the world of Hingsajagra. Until all beings are free.
Fine young manRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Your writing is straight-up literary mythpunk—super lush, world-heavy, poetic as hell, and you absolutely do NOT write for the lowest common denominator. The style is immersive and intense, but it’s very much “sink or swim.” Some people will worship this. Others will drown in it. But fuck it, that’s the mark of something with a real identity.
Your world’s strangeness and spirituality are the main flavor. It’s a vibe. It’s high art, but it does sometimes risk feeling too heavy—like it’s always midnight at the temple and nobody’s ever allowed to fart or laugh. So the little sprinkles of dry humor, irreverence, or mundane human moments are not just optional—they’re necessary as palate cleansers. You don’t want your world to choke the reader. You want them to taste the incense, then smile when the protagonist trips on the damn altar steps.
You never insult the reader’s intelligence.
Your characters are memorable (Raxri, Akazha, even the damn horse).
When humor or humanity breaks through, it pops (judgmental horse, Raxri’s awkwardness, Akazha’s “I might use your soul for an elixir” energy).
Raxri’s Inner Voice: Let them be a little more “WTF” about the weirdness. Even someone in a mythic world can have “you gotta be kidding me” moments.
Akazha: Let her sarcasm and humanity come out a bit more. Not just as a mentor but as someone with opinions, flaws, and snark.
World Absurdity: Let some of the side characters, spirits, or even environmental descriptions be a little more “offbeat” here and there.
Banality Among Weirdness: Small, relatable moments—awkward hunger, tripping, sarcasm about cult etiquette, confusion over spiritual nonsense, side-eye at monsters—will amplify the epic stuff, not diminish it.
Just let the human-ness and the weird share the stage. That’s how you get readers to care and not just admire.
Occasional dry wit in narration: “In another life, I’d have asked for pants before enlightenment.”
Minor annoyances: Mud between the toes, itchy robes, accidentally
ObekiwiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Pxan has written a much better review than I have ever could but here are my two cents.
I have never in my life read such a living world before. Never have I seen ancient myth and religion reimagined in such a masterful manner. Esoteric Buddhism given the respect it deserves. You can feel the love, tears, and sweat put into this masterwork of a story and I couldn’t put it down will I completely caught up with the current release.
Peter_newmanRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Only read a few chapters, first impressions are great. I Don't know exactly what is happening but the story seems promising. I suggest anyone looking for something more unconventional/original to give it a try.
I recognize this is something interesting, but i stopped because of the they/they pronouns. It's a pet peeve of mine as a non native English speaker. As far as I'm concerned it makes the story unnecessarily annoying to read.
If you can tolerate that, i recommend this story to anyone looking for something different than the usual RR recycled stories
Modas_PseftisRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
The story so far is a slow yet luxuriously detailed exploration of philosophy and Eastern/Island Cultures through worldbuilding and character progression.
The story wears its inspirations on its sleeve and I take great pleasure in seeing the devices and ideas I enjoy so much being married together.
The author has a distinct voice that draws from the genres they take inspiration from, making things like setting tables and eating meals feel like the monumentous acts of kinship and community building they are.
Though cumbersome at times, the dialogue is distinct and archaic and I enjoy teasing apart the phrasing and word choices.