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PROLOGUE Far beyond the rays of the shining sun, lies a world of unimaginable splendor that stretches beyond the vast depths of the universe. Here, the galaxies expand endlessly, and the pulsating rhythm of exploding stars echoes through the very heart of the cosmos. In this realm, an eternal struggle for supremacy wages on between the Celestial Deva Gods and the Daityas Asura Titans. Two divine tribes, locked in an unyielding conflict, forever seeking to assert their dominance over one another The Devas were the offspring of Aditi, the mother of Celestial gods. They are symbols of integration, unification, harmony, and order. While chaos disorder, separateness, and uncertainty represented the Asuras, children of Diti. Aditi and Diti were two sisters and wives of the great Vedic sage Kasypapa. Together they depict the interactions between order and chaos as it occurs in nature. Neither order nor chaos can arise without dependence on each other. As chaos contains all possibilities both ...

SAMSARA In the depths of my slumber, I have been awakened to the realization that the cycle of life and death is as boundless as the mind. My journey has been ceaseless, much like the infinity of the universe - belonging to no one, beholden to nothing. Uncertainty shrouds my birth, yet the finality of death is certain. However, I have discovered that death is not the end; rather, it is a transition to a new existence in the six realms governed by the past, perhaps even by pasts I cannot fathom. The future once filled me with wonder - who will I become? What will befall me? But now I know that life is woven together by a single thread of existence and that the present is constructed by the karmic choices made in the past. May it be my austere devotion to the Gods, raised upon a world of desires and gifted with countless luxuries. However if one is not cautious of this glorious life, they will be deceived by illusive attachments and neglectful to spiritual development. A luxurious life a...

😸 What is all this WuXia/ Xian Xia stuff ? 😼        Dear readers,      The following story is my attempt in writing a Xiān Xiá fiction containing mythological themes derived from Taoism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Xiān Xiá is a genre often simply translated as "Supernatural fantasy hero", generally containing elements of supernatural beings and troupes such as the concepts of rebirth/ reincarnation and divine realms. However, the nuances of Chinese characters are much more complicated than “Supernatural fantasy heroes”.  To gain a deeper understanding of the genre, we first need to breakdown the semantics of the characters 仙/Xiān and 侠/Xiá.    But before we get into the meaning of Xiān Xiá, there is another genre that you are probably more familiar with, 武侠/Wǔxiá (Martial arts) that is essential to understanding the nuances in this Chinese genre. If you have seen films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Legend of the ...