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    Default Xianxia novels where the MC uses a gun?

    I've been surprised by how fun well written cultivation novels can be. Stuff like Cradle and Buryoku have been a blast. But it's left me wanting something very specific: a cultivation novel where the martial artist chooses the way of the gun. I don't know if it exists, but I really want it too.
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    Default Re: Wuxia cultivation novels where the MC uses a gun?

    It might be both in the case you're asking for, but the most common cultivation subgenre is called xianxia, not wuxia, I think.
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    Default Re: Wuxia cultivation novels where the MC uses a gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by gomipile View Post
    It might be both in the case you're asking for, but the most common cultivation subgenre is called xianxia, not wuxia, I think.
    Ah. Thank you.

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    Default Re: Xianxia novels where the MC uses a gun?

    I don't think it's exactly what you had in mind, but the Ten Realms Series by Michael Chatfield introduces guns as the series progresses. It's LitRPG with "cultivation".

    (Looks like the first book is on Royal Road: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/16745/the-ten-realms .)

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    Default Re: Xianxia novels where the MC uses a gun?

    Quote Originally Posted by moonfly7 View Post
    I've been surprised by how fun well written cultivation novels can be. Stuff like Cradle and Buryoku have been a blast. But it's left me wanting something very specific: a cultivation novel where the martial artist chooses the way of the gun. I don't know if it exists, but I really want it too.
    There might be something among translated works with a gun using MC and you might find it when googling but well written cultivation novels are rare in general and gun using MCs in settings where the MC and others have supernatural powers are not that common either so good luck. If you find anything good I am curious too.

    The closest I can think of has a team mate of MC with a gun but that isn't proper xianxia just litrpg where cultivation is one of the powers you can acquire.

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    Lord of the Mysteries
    - well written: yes
    - xianxia / cultivation: no
    - uses a gun: yes

    I'd say it's a Chinese power fantasy story, more so than a traditional cultivation story. It's a pseudo-Victorian England world with airships, steampunk elements and firearms. The power system draws heavily from Lovecraft's works and horror tropes, such as "things man wasn't mean to know", "death awaits us all", "on a cosmic scale, humanity is puny and weak and meaningless" and so on. The protagonist wakes up in this world, knowing nothing, and soon ends up working as a supernatural cop of sorts - guns are one of the tools they're equipped with.

    It's very well written for a translated Chinese web novel, and with a great translator and editor, I could see it getting published in the West to positive reviews. The translation I read was somewhere between good and alright, and the editing was mostly passable, but it's not quite up to the standards of Cradle.

    Upgrade Specialist in Another World
    - well written: meh
    - xianxia / cultivation: yes
    - uses a gun: yes (sometimes)

    It's a pretty stereotypical xianxia story. A normal nobody dies, has to get revenge for his friendly grandpa, finds out he has a crafting-related cheat, starts traveling to join a crafting sect, eventually gets an opportunity to learn crafting, crafts various items including guns, etc. Guns are one of the weapons he creates once he's already an established crafter, and they're not his primary weapon or his most powerful long-range option, although they are convenient in certain situations.


    40 Millenniums of Cultivation
    - well written: ???
    - xianxia / cultivation: yes
    - uses a gun: ???

    It's a futuristic scifi cultivation mishmash, so guns are a thing. It's not a typical cultivation setting, and I haven't read it. I have heard many people praise it as better than its peers, but I can't tell if it's because it's better, or if it's just that the novel setting makes it stand out.
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