Recommendations Reference for Xanxia

[NiQuinn]

Anybody know where I can find a list of martial levels and the like as reference for writing Xanxia?

 

[SailusGebel]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

 

[NotaNuffian]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

 

[NiQuinn]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

 

[FatElf]

Anybody know where I can find a list of martial levels and the like as reference for writing Xanxia?

There's this nice compilation of cultivation stages/abilities regarding Er-Gen cultivation novels.

Wiki Link

 

[Sleds]

Anybody know where I can find a list of martial levels and the like as reference for writing Xanxia?

If you want some references, you can try to read Martial World, be it for the cultivation realms or any other reference such as techniques, soul realm, contracted beasts, forging, inscriptionist, formation master, etc.......

 

[CheertheSecond]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

Asked for something similar to this many months ago. Now I got my answer but from a different thread. Oh well.

 

[GDLiZy]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

Wuxiaworld literally ripped the entire thing from Immortal Mountain. Get the actual OG, not the not!Webnovel copycat.

Glossary of Terms in Wuxia, Xianxia & Xuanhuan Novels

A glossary of terms which commonly appear in Wuxia, Xianxia & Xuanhuan novels. Table of Contents: Novel Categories Cosmology Beings & Creatures World of Martial Arts Martial Arts Cultivatio…

immortalmountain.wordpress.com

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

There is an actual logic? I always thought they are made up on the spot.

 

[Sleds]

There is an actual logic? I always thought they are made up on the spot.

It depend if it's written by chinese authors or not and if it's Xianxia, Wuxia or Xuanhuan.

There a logic behind Xianxia and Wuxia written by chinese authors, the first few realms are often the same and came from their culture often taken from taoism, budhism, and they include traditional chinese medicine in it.

 

[BigBadBoi]

General Glossary of Terms

www.wuxiaworld.com

God how the mighty have fallen. The new chapter system is inconvenient but the real reason I lost interest in wuxiaworld is the amount of shitty novels they pick to license and translate.

 

[SailusGebel]

God how the mighty have fallen. The new chapter system is inconvenient but the real reason I lost interest in wuxiaworld is the amount of shitty novels they pick to license and translate.

The moment they did the first chapter system change I abandoned the site. I don't know what kind of novels they picked up since then.

 

[3guanoff]

Make sure you match your levels and cultivation system to your moves. Western Xianxia cultivation novels are usually hilarious because they mix up different schools without world-building reasons. E.g. you have a Daoist Chan school disciple of the Lord of Primordial Beginning using moves inspired by the Mahāyāna Chan (Zen) school. While they may both be called Chan in English, these are completely different.

Picking the names for your cultivation levels is only the first step. If you are not interested in making it authentic, it is better to just do your own thing and name the levels yourself.