Unseen Cultivator

Long ago, the old world crumbled before the destructive fury of the demon plague. Demonic cultivators betrayed the Dao and cast down once mighty sects, leaving only ruined wastelands behind. The few survivors took refuge in hidden lands, pocket spaces created by distortions of spatial dao. There, in secret, they strove to regain the strength necessary to reclaim the world from its terrible new masters. Now, twenty-five hundred years later, the vagaries of the infinite may have finally delivered hope at last. Qing Liao never dreamed of being a cultivator, but when mandatory testing discovers his potential, he becomes part of the Celestial Origin Sect. As he trains to wield the mighty power of stellar qi, he learns that he possesses an unusual quirk that puts him at the center of the war between the demonic and the orthodox. Now the trapper's son must navigate waters far deeper than he ever imagined and struggle to stay alive long enough to claim a destiny he never expected. Grand Elder Itinay has schemed for two and a half millennia, waiting for the day when opportunity will arise. Finding it at last, she will stop at nothing to forge it into the tool she needs to achieve victory over her ancient enemies. Yet even she may balk at the full scope of the sacrifices she must make to shatter the status quo.  Scoria Scorn, once a cultivator of no consequence, chose the demons over humanity and never looked back. Now, seeking to claim the eternal dominion she sees as hers by right, she will hunt down and destroy all remaining fragments of human existence, one by one, until ultimate power rests in her hands. A careful follower of the plague's deeply hidden true nature, her path is set to lead right to the door of the Celestial Origin Sect. As immortals collide, one cultivator waits unseen, an arrow cloaked in shadow. Unseen Cultivator is a Xianxia tale with slight but significant twists to classic tropes set in a post-apocalyptic setting. Volume One: Body Refining (105k words) has now been fully posted. Volume Two: Vitality Annealing is complete in draft form and has begun posting. Volume Three: Thought Weaving is in production. Updates Mon-Wed-Fri