The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns: An OP Xianxia Returnee LitRPG

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if the pinnacle of a Xianxia Cultivation Story appears in the middle of a post-apocalyptic system and tower climbing setting, without having lost her powers, unrestrained, and invincible?

Murim, a world of Martial Arts, Cultivation, Brutal Violence, Bloodshed, Vengeance, and where Might Makes Right.

Bing Xue spent eleven thousand years in such a world, ascending to become the pinnacle after countless hardships, blood, tears, and sacrificing her own humanity in the process.

However, she was incapable of ascending into the Immemorial Primordial Void Realm; incapable of escaping the Heavenly Will's influence, she gambled it all on a single decision, escaping into the Outer Cosmos with her last remaining energies.

Despite thinking her long journey was coming to an end, a black hole teleports her back to Earth out of nowhere! However, things on her home planet are much different than before.

The Tower now exists, connecting Earth with countless other worlds. Monsters come out of Dimensional Gates, threatening humanity, and awakened people named Players climb the Tower in hopes of saving humanity from destruction.

After learning that her mother and her sister are still alive, Bing Xue will use the overwhelming and supreme might she has cultivated for eleven thousand years to destroy the tower, slay the gods that govern it, and save Earth from its untimely demise.

The System? She will fold it and make a fashionable scarf with it!

The Administrators? They might become her new pets.

The Monsters? Nothing but ants that die immediately by merely touching her Immortal Aura.

The Hunters? If they behave, she might make them her disciples and teach them to cultivate the Heavenly Dao, so they don’t rely too much on the System.

The Hostile Players? Just flies she’ll slap to death with a gentle wave of her hands.

And the Gods? Merely aperitives for her ever-growing Divinity!

What to expect:-NOT a villain story. OP Returnee from a Xianxia World, she doesn't lose any of her powers. Expect little to no stakes, just awesome showcases of power and a main character that constantly breaks all rules established.-An active main character which will be the main focus and point of view. I dislike passive main characters and I won't give focus to random side characters for dozens of chapters like other OP MC stories do. But there will still be a big cast of colorful characters that will give life to the world, or worlds.-She will be a prideful, arrogant, and ruthless cultivator at the beginning, and will slowly mellow down once she gets used to how Earth society works. However, she takes pride on her own strength and her acomplishments. Though, her love for the people important to her is boundless.-Despite being so strong, she still desires to grow stronger. Our main character will continue cultivating and using the new powers she finds to her advantage. Basic LitRPG Progression combined with Cultivation of the Heavenly Dao and all of that.-Lots of God Slaying.-Girls Love, our Main Character will not actively seek girls, but if the opportunity arises, will not shy away from being with one, or even falling in love. There will be occasional slice-of-life and romantic moments if that's your thing.-Polyamorous Relationships between the main character and many girls. However, it will be more of a side dish rather than the main dish, and I will make sure it doesn't become suffocating to read. Action and Progression are the focus. Nonetheless, a fair warning that there IS romance. And in many ways, and not just traditional ones. After all, some love interests will be from different cultures and worlds.-Ultimately, I am writing this story for my own amusement and fun, so please don't feel offended if something happens that you dislike. I am not writing this story for anybody or for any audience.-Chapters almost every day.

My Grammar is not the best, and I am not a native english speaker, so I'm doing my best to improve. I would appreciate anybody pointing out the mistakes.

Copyright © 2023 PancakesWitch. All rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, except for the use of brief quotations in a review.

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: Pancakes Witch

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.8/ 5.0
Followers: 2,396
Views: 1,431,573

Chapters(268 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

JuaniB_18Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Never been good at making general reviews, but it's a nice novel. Good change of pace from other Xianxia in my opinion, cultivation can be fun when done right, and I can always trust Pancakes to make a great system that catches my attention and triggers me neurons. Well, aside from that the MC has a nice personality and characters are easy to get attached to in my opinion
TruNorth FantasyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It has a good charactors so far and great interactions wiht the others, grammer could use work but it easily readable and a fun read! would recommend to check it out if you like op protags. The plot is devloping at a decent pace and the story has elements that keep to reading till there are no chapters left.
Daddy'sboss3Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Captivating from start to finish, this light novel delivers a refreshing blend of compelling characters, seamless flow, and an engaging storyline. Its fluid style keeps readers immersed, while the plot unfolds with satisfying twists. A must-read for fans of the genre, offering a delightful journey through its pages. It's really good guvw it try!
Isekai_SeekerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Cultivation stories have probably been around for as long as webnovels existed they might even precede system novels though they have a reputation of being of "Varying quality" so with pancakes making a novel that involves an ancient cultivator we can expect some fresh breeze to that concept and anyone familiar with pancakes's works is expecting quality just like always and so far we are getting exactly that if there is any complaints i might have is that her Murium manner of speaking is a little annoying at first but you get used to it after a while
jimmithonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I am not good at writing reviews, or anything for that matter so I have no idea what to put here however I do like author and I do like me cultivation / martial arts type novels so I give 5 star. Thank you for reading review even though I not good at writing review
IxtaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story isn't actually tagged as a comedy, but I honestly think it should be. I find it hilarious anyway. The author's "What to expect" section is very accurate. The story features a prideful and arrogant immortal cultivator who is already stronger than all of the gods we've seen mentioned so far. There's no struggle and no real character growth. The MC has decided to save Earth from the System, and her rampage is only just beginning when the System starts sending her funny messages about the Gods having strokes. The MC, and the story in general is incredibly and bombastically over-the-top. If these lines from the author amuse you, then you're definitely in the right place!
The System? She will fold it and make a fashionable scarf with it!
The Administrators? They might become her new pets.
And the Gods? Merely aperitifs for her ever-growing Divinity!
USMCdebrisRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story is just all around good fun. Our badass FMC is just the right amount of merciless. The fact that she only has part of her power, and yet she's stronger than anyone else on the planet, makes me wonder what kind of being she'll be up against when the time comes for her struggle.
OrchaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Definitely a Xianxia cultivation type novel, but the MC acts rather adorable in her attempts to reform her behavior from such while still trampling over gods and adventurers alike. Could use a bit more world building of both the new Earth and Murim, but as it hasn't even hit fifty chapters yet who can say if such is coming.
StuwbinRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Overall
Overall, the novel feels like a pretty satisfying wish-fulfilment story with an OP protagonist with creative powers, a refreshingly fast pace, and also-creative (but quite trope ridden) plot beats. Unfortunately, the quality of the prose, dialogue, and character development are lacking.
Style
The dialogue is does its job and moves the plot forward, but can become quite stiff at times, particularly in family interactions with MC's mother and sister. Lines can get a little cliche (almost like David-kun speech if anyone still remembers that meme), and the back-and-forth flow of conversations can feel unnatural.
Also, like others have said, a lot of narrations which were told probably could've been shown instead. But I feel it's an acceptable level of "telling", since the author keeps up the pace of the story that way.
Grammar
As for grammar, there are a couple errors here and there. Things like some usages of "on" that should be "in", and incorrect pronouns (e.g., "his" instead of "her") might trip you up, but nothing is at the level which would make the novel unreadable.
Story (Minor Spoilers)
The story is an absolute melting pot of System Apocalypse and Xianxia tropes, but there are moments of ingenuity mixed in. In the end, the author has managed to create a sophisticated but not too complicated power system, with a line of creative encounters and plot beats to explore it. There's even some light satire at the tropes.
Seeing Bing Xue casually go from strong to stronger, and the hilarity of her crushing enemies so easily is where most of the entertainment of the novel comes from, I feel. Unlike other stories where the OP protagonists want to hide their power and live the slow life, Bing Xue is loud and proud, and brings sweeping changes to the world in a few days. It's a refreshing change of pace from those stories, and fitting for someone as powerful as her.
As for the romance in the story, as of Ch.23 the MC has only just gotten her first two girlfriends so
j03manRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
This was a fun Over-powered main character story for the first 20 or so chapters not exceptional story telling but I enjoy that premise enough to overlook any minor annoyances. No real stakes were established yet other than reintegrating the main character's warped personality in a less violent society after returning from a darwinian xanxia universe. It was mostly an action/world building story, but In general the character's overpowered nature robs her friends and family of any agency other than how they can influence the main character and make non main characters feel like young children with no control over their life and as the story focused more on those relationships it became less compelling to read.
A significant portion of the story started being devoted to the main character's furry npc harem and the 11,000 year old protagonist is acting like a cringey middle schooler with the power of a god and marrying people and adopting their kids after a one night stand. Under the right circumstances I might be able to enjoy or tolerate that type of development but in this case it took away from what the story was doing well (action and world building) to focus on things the story does poorly (family and romantic relationships)
I noticed no problems with the story's grammar