Reddit mentions of Sundered Soul: A Wuxia/Xianxia Cultivation Novel

Hey guys!

Sundered Soul is finally released on Amazon. Blurb and link are below. My thanks in advance for checking it out!

Cheers,

Rick

Not all fates are created equal...

Kenji’s only dream in life is to become a great rebirther like his father. But with no talent for the mystic arts, the age-old tradition of cultivating essence by returning things to their newborn state, to grow a second and third time, is far beyond his grasp.


Worse still, he is yet to be rebirthed himself and stands a dullard of a giant among his diminutive peers. Relegated to working the orchards as a common laborer, Kenji settles into a life of lowered expectations; with no chance for advancement and no chance of pursuing the woman he loves.


But when a mystic warrior from a distant land enters his village, pursued by a powerful demon, Kenji discovers a truth about himself that will not only question who he is, but perhaps everything he can become.


With a chance to make his dreams come true, Kenji must choose between following the fate laid out before him…or defying the heavens to forge his own path.


Doing so will mean finding a way to cultivate and fighting powerful enemies to protect the ones he loves, but failure could mean the very fall of the heavens themselves.


Join Kenji as he uncovers the fate of the Sundered Soul…


Sundered Soul is book one in the new Wuxia/Xianxia series by bestselling LitRPG author Rick Scott. If you’re a fan of Asian cultivation stories like the Cradle Series, martial arts fantasy and Japanese style Xianxia such as Princess Mononoke, Samurai Shodown and Sekiro, then this is the book for you!


Read Sundered Soul today!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V79B79G

> There are an infinite amount of different aspects to mana, and the type that you cultivate will determine many of your abilities. There's the classics like fire, air, shadow, etc. but also more abstract types like gravity, energy, life, existence.

Like this a lot!

> The parts I have plotted out will take place on the Island of Paradise, an island rich in ambient mana but nearly unknown to the outside world, and the region of Gavel, a subcontinent defined by the constant war between the resident colonies of powerful kingdoms sent there to establish a hold on the land.

Cool!

> Kiro: a member of the lowest class on the island of paradise, he is one of the few people on the entire planet forbidden from using mana. Though he has above-average latent talent, a mishap in the test he was given has left him, in a practical sense, crippled.

Mm. You mentioned this being similar to Cradle already, and it is. It's just a super common xianxia trope in general, though. Sundered Soul, Hollow Core...you get the idea. It's turning into a really common trope, both in western xianxia and Chinese originals.

> Ok I just realized that he kinda sounds like a copy-paste of Lindon from Will Wight's cradle, but trust me he goes a completely different direction.

If a part of the premise or hero sounds so similar to a famous book that you feel like you need to defend it before you even write it, it's probably going to come across as too similar to readers as well. This doesn't mean you can't draw inspiration from other books - everyone does that - but you may want to have elements that you use to distinguish the story before you get into the tropes that feel similar to the existing books.

> Sera: born on the same day as Kiro, they were thought to be destined rivals. She grows up the prodigy of her generation, using wit and charm and overwhelming force to race up the ranks at record pace. And, instead of rivals, she grows up Kiro's closest friend. Lately, she has been training as a sect apprentice, hoping to gain even more insight on the path of immortality.

I like rivals, but you may want to change the name. This is the same name as the sister from Arcane Ascension and sounds very similar.

> Aetna: a long-forgotten saint of storms and wisdom, she has been slumbering for so long that she has fallen several levels of power. Still, she retains her immortality and hopes to find some treasures that will restore her to her former glory. Some new, not-dead-in-a-thousand-year-old-tomb followers also wouldn't go amiss...

Please just don't make her a thousand year old anime loli. Thanks in advance.

Overall, this book concept sounds cool, and I wish you luck with writing it!

[Cradle]
[Mother of Learning]
[Sufficiently Advanced Magic]
[Street Cultivation]
[The Land]
[The Divine Dungeon]
[The Dark Herbalist]
[Ascend Online]
[The Way of the Shaman]
[The Wheel of Time] (Low Quality)
[I Shall Seal the Heavens]
[A Will Eternal]
[Coiling Dragon]
[Patrick Rothfuss] (Author)
[The Thousand Li]
[Savage Divinity] (Low Quality)
[The Dao of Magic]
[Dante's Immortality]
[Forge of Destiny]
[Veilverse]
[Way of the Immortals]
[Sundered Soul]
[Edge of Eons]
[Soulship]
[The Wandering Inn]
[Delvers LLC]
[Dodge Tank]
[World Tree Online]
[Life Reset]
[Viridian Gate Online]
[The Crafting of Chess]
[Reverend Insanity]
[I Eat Tomatoes] (Author)
[Er Gen] (Author)
[The King's Avatar]
[Against the Gods]
[Martial World]
[Dragon Heart]
[Purple Days]