Do you love Chinese fantasy?

Do you want to understand it better?

Maybe you're a longtime fan who would like a handy reference guide. Maybe you're new to the genre and don't have the time to watch hours of videos to catch up. Or maybe you're an aspiring writer hoping to create authentic cultivation or xianxia content. Regardless, this is the book for you. Here's why.

I took some of the most popular videos in my Chinese Fantasy Novel FAQ YouTube series and put them into written form. 25 chapters, each packed with vital language and cultural information. I've also added examples from existing Chinese fantasy novel translations to make things more interesting, relevant, and understandable.

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If you want to know exactly what content is inside, check out this complete chapter list:

Chapter 1: The Industry and the Genres

Chapter 2: Clans and Sects

Chapter 3: Alcohol and “Wine”

Chapter 4: Harems and Polygamy

Chapter 5: Sworn Brotherhood

Chapter 6: Courting Death

Chapter 7: “Beat You to Death”

Chapter 8: Forms of Address Among Family Members

Chapter 9: Forms of Address in Sects and Other Organizations

Chapter 10: “I, Your Father”

Chapter 11: Confusion About Stars and Planets

Chapter 12: Differences between Daoist Magics, Divine Abilities, and Magical Techniques

Chapter 13: "Devils" and "Demons"

Chapter 14: Clones

Chapter 15: Spirit Stones

Chapter 16: Qi Deviation, Fire Deviation, and Cultivation Deviation, etc.?

Chapter 17: Nascent Souls

Chapter 18: Breakthroughs and Bottlenecks

Chapter 19: Why Immortals aren't "Immortal"

Chapter 20: What is Cultivation?

Chapter 21: The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the Cultivation World

Chapter 22: What is the Jianghu?

Chapter 23: Unheroic Heroes?

Chapter 24: Unrealistic Sizes and Distances

Chapter 25: Why Immortal Cultivators often don’t “act their age”

Appendix 1: List of Chinese terms with pinyin

Appendix 2: References