Sword Knocking on the Gate of Heaven

Sword Knocking on the Gate of Heaven is a 1.31 million-character long xianxia novel, comprising 10 volumes and 320 chapters. It tells the story of a youth with crippled spiritual roots, Shen Mo, who accidentally inherits the legacy of an ancient sword venerable. Trapped in a body at the Qi Refining stage with a thousand years of cognition, he embarks on a path to defy heaven. The golden finger, the 'Ten Thousand Remnant Sword Scroll,' combines three elements: the Eye of Sword Intent, the Remnant Sword Space, and the Remnant Will of the Sword Elder. The story begins with Shen Mo sweeping the library, then unfolds through sect infighting, turmoil across the four domains, and the annihilation of the heaven's 'raising gu' law. It progresses to the upper realm's four continents, where he slays the avatars of heaven one by one, and finally ventures beyond the heavens to replace the heavenly dao with his 'defense' sword law. In the end, Shen Mo merges with the heavenly dao, becoming an eternal will, and a new generation of crippled spiritual root youth enters the sword hut to learn swordsmanship, bringing the story full circle. The novel integrates Taoist culture, emphasizing an emotional rhythm of 'suppression → release → climax,' with hidden power in a crippled body, and a single sword strike to knock on the gate of heaven. — Description from novelcodex.org