#murim

[bonegiant]

I love Chinese cultivation novels

Most of the are power fantasy nonsense where a generic mc with generic features goes from being the scorned trash to the ever victorious demigod

Those are fine and some of them are even good.

This is not about those

This is about the philosophy of it all

OH HOW I ADORE IT

You cultivated a martial art based on how rivers flow and now your attacks cannot miss since "the river always finds the sea"?

Absolute storytelling gold

Consider this however my nameless shadow movement technique evades your inescapable strike since I am nothing and I have no name. My belief in this is so strong that I have cut off all emotion and even the memories of my past just to gain a greater edge in the endless race towards divinity.

Have I sacrificed everything but my body in this never ending competition? Some would say yes but I have sacrificed so much in the pursuit of power that my very identity and humanity seemed like a small price to pay in return for this power.

The sentence "the river always finds the sea" contains many more truths than just "I can't miss". You could interpret many truths from it. It could also mean that I will always achieve my goal or that life always ends up where it is supposed to.

The whole letting go of who you are could be used to "heal" injuries by disassociating so hard the injuries have nothing to stick to anymore.

You could cultivate the dao of destruction and instead of destroying your enemies you destroy the path their weapon takes to hit you to become the ultimate defender.

My point being that combat isn't about how hard I hit but rather how hard the truth I believe hits or how I approach battles philosophically

I love that shit

[daphnecomics]

smol king vs big snek

Kyrgios is beautiful I love him.

[vantagrapes]

Sketch of a certain golden crow

[lithuea]

[nutler--kleinja]

i refuse to believe that kyrgios and breaking the sky sword saint used to date

these are literally their canon height

they either had to take like a miniaturization and gigantification potion every time they wanted to do it or they were just 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠

[klai-16xoxo]

I have been spelling Murim name wrong this whole time ngl

I thought it was “Ovrio” by how the game wrote it with fancy ass front- I AM SO SORRY MY CHILD, I DID NOT MEAN TO SPELL YOUR NAME WRONGGGGGGG

[insanityisfine]

So, I know I'm late to this party, but in my defense I just got the invitation.

I recently went through Little Goody Two Shoes, and then learnt about the existence of Pocket Mirror, so I went to look that one up too.

Loved how LGTS built upon PM, how it recontextualized COMPLETELY one of, if not THE generally agreed upon, happier endings.

And yet.

Maybe it's because I arrived here late, I haven't seen a lot of mentions of Henri's role in the most gruesome ending of PM (Witching Hour), and how deep Ozzy's manipulation and disregard for his own rules goes.

In the Witching Hour ending, we see Henri casually talk with Ozzy, clearly they know each other well, and I got the feeling Ozzy would eventually take him as an apprentice, or a new "lord", like the crow - Murim, and the snake - Aziel.

And LGTS makes SUCH a big deal of, well, the deal between Ozzy and Elise, with him demanding her first born, and her offering her second born (in one of the rare instances of smarts from Elise), and him agreeing to it.

Thing is: both of them were lying through their teeth.

Elise had no intentions of ever having children, and Ozzy went after BOTH of her children in the end.

Did he know she was trying to trick him, and decided to make sure she had two children, and then take them both, as a punishement? Or did he have no intention of following whatever counter offer Elise made, and take a child of hers regardless?

Did Elise ever had a choice?

In the non-canon endings we see Elise lament that Ozzy took Goldia, meaning she's most likely dead, but given what we see in the Witching Hour ending, Ozzy either has, or will take Henri too.

There's no saving grace, there's no honour among thieves, there's no escape. Ozzy takes what he wants, period.

Hell, the PM ending where Elise didn't take Ozzy's deal, where she apparently never even learnt of his existence, has Goldia finding the shoes, just like she did. He's going after that lineage, no matter what.

Elise's birth, her whole existence is tied to Ozzy and the supernatural, hell, it's basically unnatural, and Ozzy decided to torment her in every way and path possible, including taking both of her children, just to further fuck with her.

Hell, he even went so far as to guide Rozenmarine, who was basically groomed to eventually be a willing sacrifice to something, to Elise, to make sure he got his way.

He's a bitch, but he's a dedicated one.

[giantparfait]

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

On the one hand, it's really great to have a partner who is also interested in wuxia/xianxia. It's pretty niche here in the US, but I can talk about cultivation and jianghu and orthodox vs unorthodox and he knows what I'm saying (though he uses the Korean murim instead of the Chinese jianghu, lol).

On the other hand, he keeps calling Mount Hua "Mount Hoo-a" and it makes me want to stab my eardrums.

[soosthesoul]

[ spoilers for book 2 chapter 102 ; proceed with caution ]

EVERYBODY STAY CALM. IT FINALLY HAPPENED.

Choi Jung Soo, who appeared through the dust, had an awkward smile as he waved to Cale.

“Long time no see.”

For the first time in a long time, Cale could see his team leader, Sui Khan, frowning and rubbing his forehead with his hand.

Anyway, Choi Jung Soo seemed a little shy and awkward towards Cale. He cautiously asked.

“Are you feeling okay?”

summary credit to adar terra (aka angie my saviour)

SOOS IS REAL. SOOS IS BACK. SOOS JUST FUCKING REUNITED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! NINE HUNDRED AND ONE CHAPTERS LATER, IT FINALLY FUCKING HAPPENED.

[yichi-is-a-bitch]

This fucker just got one of the biggest glow-ups I've seen in a looong time! Like he went from average looking to fucking gorgeous in a flash.

I would gladly lay in a pit filled with demonic snakes for 7 years if I will look like that later on cuz like DAMN LOOK AT HIM.

10/10 would smash

[crabcakesartblog]

[mira-gaia]

I'm the process of drawing a sweet moment between tang bo and chung myung cause I love those two lil shits ♥ 🤭🤭

I'm sooooo normal about them 😋😋

[minijeung]

Might be a bit too obsessed over Return of the Mount Hua Sect. Grown Chung Myung… S TIER ✨

[yeonslayjun]

OH MY GOD?!?!?! THE AGUST D?!?!? PLS LMFAOO

I'm losing it rn PFTTT

sauce: Infinite Leveling: Murim - Ep. 43 - Bongnam Geum (1)

[danmeiconfession]

I have read a lot of Danmei and Murim Manwhas for the last 6 years. I still do not understand a single shit about Qi-

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