Immortal Cultivation: Chronicles of the Divine Realm
Chapter 8

[Cultivation God Big Reveal 2]What impact does skipping the first two parts and directly watching the third part of the Immortal Realm have (Heavenly Dao Xiao Hua)

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Exiled Immortal is a grandly structured, complex cultivation system, epic series of Xianxia novels. Due to its origins on Qidian, the first part, "Forgetting Each Other in the Jianghu," the first volume of the second part, "Light Escape: Xiaoyu Continent," and the second volume of the second part, "Light Escape: Four Great Continents," totaling 16 million characters, were placed on a single bookshelf by the author over seven years. The content, exceeding 5,000 chapters, has deterred many readers from starting. Naturally, many new readers ask in the review section: Does reading the third part directly, without the first 16 million characters, have any impact? Or is the first 16 million characters worth reading? This article will provide a general overview of both.

I. Synopsis of Exiled Immortal

Exiled Immortal is a series of novels divided into four parts, with the completed work estimated to be around 30 million characters.

The first part, "Forgetting Each Other in the Jianghu," is a wuxia story about the protagonist Zhang Xiao Hua (who is Xiao Hua, True Person Xiao, in the second part) entering the mortal world, beginning his martial arts journey, and finding his proof of godhood.

The first volume of the second part, "Light Escape: Xiaoyu Continent," tells the story of Xiao Hua crossing realms to the Xiaoyu Continent, a discarded land of Dao cultivators, where he cultivates to the early Golden Core stage. The Feathered Immortal Convention and the Sword Dao Grand Formation within this volume are the absolute climaxes of the book. As a side note: In the first volume, Xiao Hua cultivates the Upper Dantian, while in the second part, he cultivates the Middle Dantian.

The second volume of the second part, "Light Escape: Four Great Continents," details Xiao Hua becoming the supreme human of the Three Great Continents, Moon God Ruins, Ruins of Shenzhou, and Myriad Monster Realm. He leads the Gate of Creation's iron army in demon subjugation, opening heaven and educating all beings, and saving the world. Within this volume, Xiao Hua's battle with Bei Xian'er, the Gate of Creation's purge of the Xuanhuang Ranking, the opportunities within the Star Moon Palace, and his ascension tribulation are all climaxes within climaxes.

The third part, "Immortal Realm," depicts Xiao Hua at the seventh level of Soul Forging. The space behind his head upgrades to realms such as the Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, Dragon Domain, Demon Marsh, Monster Alliance, Buddha Kingdom, Heavenly Court, and the Underworld, all of which are upper realms similar to the Immortal Realm. The Immortal Realm is merely the starting point of Xiao Hua's journey to godhood and has just been released on Qidian.

The fourth part, "Primordial Divine Realm," has had many elements laid out in the first three parts but has not yet been written.

II. How is it to read the second part directly without reading the first part?

The second part begins with "a small sect with three and a half disciples." It chronicles Xiao Hua's cultivation journey on the alien continent of Xiaoyu Continent, from the first level of Qi Refining to the early Golden Core stage. It is also a completely new story, so reading the first part has no impact.

However, if you read the first part and then the second part, you must pay attention. After the end of "Outsider" in the first part, you should read the "Exiled Immortal Extra Chapters." The extra chapters explain how Zhang Xiao Hua's teleportation formed a space behind his head, the Panruo Heavy Sword, the loss of Little Yellow and Little Black, and how Xiao Hua, in the Demon Subduing Valley on the Xiaoyu Continent, due to his Demigod Body, lost his memory after a soul search. His master then renamed him Xiao Hua. If you don't read these, you'll think the protagonist has changed between the first and second volumes.

III. How is it to read "Immortal Realm" directly without reading the first two parts?

Reading "Immortal Realm" directly without reading the first two parts actually doesn't have a significant impact. "Immortal Realm" is also a new story. However, you might feel a little confused by a suddenly appearing name, as this name has appeared in the previous two parts.

IV. What will you miss if you don't read the first two parts?

1. If you don't read the first part, you won't understand Zhang Xiao Hua's stone bracelet, how it attracted extraterrestrial starlight with life force, how Zhang Xiao Hua obtained the Primordial Violet Qi in the Mount Yao Immortal Mansion, or the Heavenly Phoenix Body Sculpting within the Demon Refining Pot. Therefore, when reading the second part, "Light Escape," you won't understand why Xiao Hua's entire body transformed into 132 million tiny dots during his Light Escape, nor why, after passing through three immortal formations at the bottom of the sea, Xiao Hua's lifespan is even more formidable than a Nascent Soul's. You also won't understand why Xiao Hua has a space behind his head that expands infinitely with his cultivation, eventually becoming the Great World of Living Beings.

2. If you don't read the second part, you won't understand the major powers in the Immortal Realm or the background of the Great Star Domain Investiture of Gods. You also won't understand why Xiao Hua finds himself in his hometown from billions of years ago, nor the origin of Xiao Hua's crystalline Divine Spark, nor how the Star Moon Palace obtained its greatest opportunity since his cultivation began. Furthermore, you might not understand why Xiao Hua was chased after ascending to the Immortal Realm, leaving only a bare Nascent Soul.

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