Three Poems on "Exiled Immortal," Presented to (Heavenly Dao Xiao Hua)

Part One

How can worldly affairs be controlled? True Man Guo Zhuang finds solace in lingering joy. Mount Yao holds the legacy of divine creation, its fame chilling the Four Great Continents. Do not say the Heavenly Prison can reshape the world; the Star Moon Divine Spark opened the heavens. Tribulation Thirteen leads to ascension; a hundred chapters of this wondrous book are never tiresome to read.

Part Two

A hundred chapters of this wondrous book are never tiresome to read, with hidden threads connecting for a thousand miles. At times, the intricate plot is astonishingly clear; at others, suspense leaves one yearning for more. The newcomer has returned from beyond the heavens; Xiao Hua's fame in the immortal realm grows. Once one enters the path of cultivating gods, it is as deep as the sea; from then on, there are no other immortal hero novels worth reading.

Part Three

From then on, there are no other immortal hero novels worth reading; thirty million characters shake the heavens. Having endured tribulations and trials, one becomes accustomed to human sentiment; chasing dreams, the True Man returns to the Heavenly Dao. With an unswerving initial heart, how could one falter? Through cultivation, one understands the difficulty of every step. Closing the book, one looks up and sighs in vain, how can worldly affairs be controlled!

Notes:

"Exiled Immortal" comprises four parts, with an estimated completed manuscript of 30 million characters, making it the longest-running Xianxia novel on Qidian. The author, Little Duan Tan Hua, excels at dialogue-driven storytelling, weaving vast conspiracies with just a few lines and background details. Thus, "Exiled Immortal" is renowned for its numerous, large, deep, and deadly plot holes, what fans of the series refer to as "once you enter Exiled Immortal, it's as deep as the sea."

1. True Man Guo Zhuang finds solace in lingering joy. The True Man refers to True Man Xiao, from Xiao Hua's hometown. Xiao Hua began cultivating to ensure his family could live well after his grandmother's passing.

2. Mount Yao holds the legacy of divine creation. Mount Yao refers to the Mount Yao Immortal Mansion, which is the Lingxiao Treasure Hall. Xiao Hua and the Mount Yao Immortal Mansion obtained Primordial Violet Qi and were molded by the Demon Phoenix of the Divine Realm, achieving a demigod physique with immense power and infinite lifespan.

3. Its fame chilling the Four Great Continents. Creation refers to the Gate of Creation. Xiao Hua's Gate of Creation fought the demon realm in the Moon God Ruins, sweeping across the Thousand Demon Sacred Realm and the Hidden Immortal Continent, becoming the foremost iron army of the Four Great Continents.

4. Do not say the Heavenly Prison can reshape the world. Heavenly Prison refers to spatial fragments that fell from the Primordial Divine Realm into the three great continents, from which even immortals could not escape. The Heavenly Prison was a setup by Tan Hua for the Primordial Divine Realm, and its various profound fluctuations are the essence of cultivation in the Primordial Divine Realm. The Heavenly Prison is filled with countless time fragments, which allowed Xiao Hua to travel back billions of years, thus obtaining great opportunities. Additionally: Xiao Hua's repeated escapes were all thanks to the Primordial Violet Qi of the Mount Yao Immortal Mansion and the demigod physique molded by the Demon Phoenix's flesh and blood.

5. The Star Moon Divine Spark opened the heavens. Star Moon refers to the Star Moon Palace, where powerful beings of the Divine Realm debated the Dao aboard the Xuanhong Treasure Ship. By condensing the Divine Spark, they attained divine positions and became gods. The Divine Spark refers to the golden crystal behind Xiao Hua's head. Opening the heavens refers to the meritorious deed of opening the heavens; Xiao Hua saved the world-ending catastrophe of the Happy Heaven Demon in the Primordial Divine Realm of the upper realm, thus earning merit for opening and educating.

6. Tribulation Thirteen leads to ascension. Tribulation Thirteen refers to Chapter Thirteen of Tribulation, which describes Xiao Hua's tribulation. It is considered the pinnacle of Xianxia novel descriptions. Tan Hua used 13 chapters to write about Xiao Hua and his several avatars undergoing tribulation, representing the climax within the climax of True Man Xiao's cultivation journey.

7. The newcomer has returned from beyond the heavens. This is the epilogue of the first volume, where Xiao Hua returns as a god. This is a plot point that "Exiled Immortal" might not resolve for another seven years, as the immortal realm has only just begun, and the Primordial Divine Realm has yet to be written.

8. "Exiled Immortal," the immortal realm and divine realm arcs, are estimated to be around 15 million characters. The four parts of "Exiled Immortal" are estimated to be 30 million characters.

In addition:

Tan Hua's novels can be summarized by five words: New, Proper, Difficult, Grand, and Pitfalls.

New: Tan Hua's novels are distinct from other cultivation novels in their perspective, plot, writing style, and imagination, offering a refreshing reading experience.

Proper: Tan Hua's novels possess profound humanistic care, with his signature motivational insights evident between the lines.

Difficult: Cultivation is difficult, becoming a god is difficult, and maintaining a normal state of mind is difficult. In the novel, Xiao Hua—from an unknown hometown continent (actually the Ruins of Shenzhou)—cultivates to Qi Refining Level Eighteen. Then, due to spatial fluctuations from a teleportation array, he arrives at the Xiaoyu Continent. Because of his demigod physique, he is sealed, and all his cultivation is lost. He is pursued by two Nascent Soul Cultivators on the Xiaoyu Continent and then drifts to other realms. All these events highlight the difficulty of cultivation, and it is precisely this difficulty, unmentioned in other cultivation novels, that makes them refreshing.

Grand: The cultivation system in "Exiled Immortal" is the most expansive among the novels I have encountered. All readers of this book are aware of this, so I will not elaborate further.

Pitfalls: Tan Hua's novels are like hidden lines of a snake, with foreshadowing spanning a thousand miles. Therefore, reading Tan Hua's novels requires considerable mental effort, but it also leaves one wanting more. Compared to other cultivation novels, the plot holes also make Tan Hua's novels refreshing.