Fights Break Spheres （Hanzi：《斗破苍穹》 Pinyin: Dòupò Cāngqióng; lit. 'Fight Through The Sky'）is a fantasy online novel by Chinese writer Tiancan Tudou. Published on Qidian, it has received over 140 million hits on the site—the first work on Qidian to have more than 100 million views. An animated adaptation began serialization on April 14, 2009, and its final episode was released on July 20, 2011. In 2012, Fights Break Spheres was adapted into a comic book, co-written and drawn by Zhou Hongbin and cartoonist Ren Xiang.
The novel was initially serialized on several literary platforms such as QQ Reader and Start Chinese website under the ReadWrite Group, and so far it has received 10 billion hits across the internet. The novel has also won literary awards. In 2016, it was listed on the "China IP Value List - Network Literature Top 10" of China's Pan-Entertainment Index Ceremony, and in 2017, it topped the "Cat Film - Hurun Original Literature IP Value List".
In January 2017, the filming of the TV series was announced. The series premiered on Hunan Satellite TV on September 3, 2018. Tencent Video updated simultaneously with satellite TV.
Contents
Plot
Xiao Yan was once a talented young man of the Xiao family, and he was engaged to Nalan Yanran of the Yunlan Sect before he was born. When Xiao Yan was eleven years old, his fighting spirit suddenly regressed for three years. The reason was that the soul sleeping in Xiao Yan's ring. Yao Lao, the former number one alchemist in the mainland, absorbed Xiao Yan's fighting spirit and revived himself. Xiao Yan was called a useless person, and Nalan Yanran came to break off the engagement. Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to challenge the Yunlan Sect three years later. Yao Lao wakes up, and Xiao Yan worships Yao Lao as his teacher. Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a technique called Burning Jue that he had obtained in the ancient cave. With the help of Burning Jue, he could master multiple kinds of strange fires at the same time, and the level of Burning Jue would increase with the increase in possession of flames.
Xiao Yan and his childhood sweetheart Xun'er were admitted to Canaan College. Xiao Yan dropped out of school and went to the Warcraft Mountains for training, where he met the little medical fairy and the fighting emperor Yunzhi. After that, Xiao Yan went to the Tagore Desert and met Qinglin, the descendant of Snake Man and Man. While Queen Medusa and Dan Wang Furukawa were fighting for Qinglian's Earth Fire, Xiao Yan captured Qinglian's Earth Fire and was followed by Queen Medusa. Xiao Yan later helped Dou Huang Hai Bodong regain his strength and gain his protection. At the Alchemist Trading Market in the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan bought a jade piece containing the Three Mysteries of Heavenly Fire. The Burning Technique, the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, and the Strange Fire allow Xiao Yan to cross borders and defeat strong men.
After three years, Xiao Yan came to Yunlan Sect and easily defeated Nalan Yanran. Yunlan Sect elder Yun Leng summoned the previous sect leader Douzong Yunshan in an attempt to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan had Hai Bodong and the mysterious Dou Huang. Under the protection of Ling Ying and Douzong-level Medusa, he was finally let go. Yun Leng, the elder of the Yunlan Sect, attacked the Xiao family, leaving Xiao Yan's father Xiao Zhan missing. The angry Xiao Yan went to Yunlan Sect again and discovered that the former Dou Huang Yunzhi was Yun Yun, the leader of Yunlan Sect. Yun Leng said that Xiao Zhan was not taken away by him, but disappeared mysteriously. Xiao Yan took action directly, but this time he was defeated by the opponent. Xiao Yan was hunted down but was eventually let go by Yun Yun.
Xiao Yan went to the Black Corner Domain and entered Canaan College. In the academy, Xiao Yan met Zi Yan, a magical beast who transformed into a little girl, and others, and established a powerful clan. Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao family was once again attacked by the Yunlan Sect, and that behind it was the support of the Soul Palace, the strongest dark force in the mainland. Their purpose was to obtain the Xiao family's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade. Later, the Fallen Heart Flame in the Tianfen Qi Refining Tower changed, and Xiao Yan was swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame. He slept at the bottom of the tower for a year and finally conquered the Fallen Heart Flame. After waking up, Xiao Yan was promoted to the Nine-Star Fighting King and defeated Han Feng. Xiao Yan united with the major forces of the Gama Empire to attack the Yunlan Sect. Yunshan admitted that he had colluded with the Soul Palace and that Xiao Yan's father was taken away by the Soul Palace. Xiao Yan killed Yunshan, Yao Lao was captured by the Bird Guardian of the Soul Palace, and Yun Yun disbanded the Yunlan Sect.
Novel Plot Setting
The worldview setting of Fights Break Spheres is a world that focuses on the cultivation of Dou Qi. In this world, all people cultivate Dou Qi for a living, and the strength of Dou Qi directly determines the strength and status of an individual. The Dou Qi continent has a strict hierarchical division based on the breakthrough of Dou Qi, starting from the Dou Qi and reaching the Dou Di, each stage is further divided into nine levels, and the cultivation process is extremely time-consuming. For example, Xiao Yan had spent a considerable amount of time upgrading from a Dou Shi to the ninth level of a Dou Shi. At each level stage, the cultivator could obtain different abilities, such as the Dou Qi armor of a Da Dou Shi and the Dou Qi condensation of a Dou Ling, etc., and these abilities gradually unfolded as the cultivator's level increased.
In the worldview of the Fights Break Spheres, strength is honored as a core principle. Cultivators with strong strength can gain the admiration of the crowd and even be able to extend their lifespan. Battles and growth among cultivators are the main threads of the story, and through constant cultivation and battles, the protagonist Xiao Yan eventually becomes a Dou Di and reaches the peak of this world.
In addition, the worldview of Fights Break Spheres involves the distribution and struggle of various forces, including clans, sects, alliances, etc., and the relationships between these forces are intricate and complex, constituting the power network on the Dou Qi continent. Xiao Yan, on his way to becoming a Dou Di, not only improved his own strength, but also established and controlled several forces, such as the Pan Gate, the Xiao Gate, the Yan League, the Starfall Pavilion, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and the Endless Fire Domain, etc., which together constitute a powerful force on the Dou Qi Continent.
world setting
Dou Qi continent, this is the world belonging to the Dou Qi. The Ancient Clan, the Soul Clan, the Yan Clan, the Medicine Clan, the Stone Clan, the Spirit Clan, the Thunder Clan, and the Xiao Clan, the eight clans (of which the Xiao Clan has fallen). The eastern part of the Dou Qi continent, the Gama Empire, the city of Utan, everything starts from here.
Fighting Strength Setting
Dou ZhiQi, Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, Dou Wang, Dou Huang, Dou Zong, Dou Zun, Dou Sheng, Dou Di
Flame Type
The foreign fires in Fights Break Spheres are rare flames nurtured by heaven and earth, and each is unique, making it difficult to find a second similar flame between heaven and earth. The energy of the fire is very violent and powerful, and it is hard to be tamed. Below are all twenty-three types of foreign fires in Fights Break Spheres, in the order they are ranked:
Ranking: First
Color: Colorful, the fusion of twenty-two different kinds of fire.
That is, the Doshe Ancient Emperor, which encountered the “Burning Decree” when it was spiritually intelligent, mutated, and continuously devoured the foreign fire to become a Dou Di, and named himself Emperor Yan, and then cultivated again for a thousand years before breaking out of the world, and was honored as the “Doshe Ancient Emperor.
Another righteousness is twenty-two kinds of foreign fire unity of the flame is emperor inflammation. Regardless of the original ranking of the different fires, as long as the remaining twenty-one different fires are devoured, it is the first ranked Emperor Flame.
Ranking: 2nd
Color: Black
The second in the list of foreign fire, this fire was born in the void, no phase can be found, invisible can be grasped, is a rather strange existence, nothingness swallowing inflammation, known as swallowing the sky and devouring the earth, has the ability to devour everything, between heaven and earth, only a few things, only to be able to counteract that devouring ability. It has devoured the last patriarch of the Spirit Swallowing Clan so that the bloodline of the Spirit Clan can continue. He is intelligent, and has the appearance of a middle-aged man in black. His strength is a nine-star Dou Sheng. He was once defeated by Gu Yuan and devoured by the Soul Heavenly Emperor, but was not completely refined and later helped Xiao Yan defeat the Soul Heavenly Emperor.
Ranking: Third
Color: Milky white, pink when extremely dense
Tianding Ranking
Similar to the Different Fire Ranking, there is also a Heavenly Cauldron Ranking in the alchemy world. As the name suggests, the list of outstanding medicine cauldrons is recorded in the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.There are thirteen cauldrons in the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and each of them has magical powers that attract countless alchemists.
The pill cauldrons that appear in the novels: the Black Demon Cauldron, the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, and the Mountain Melting Cauldron, the rest of the novels are not mentioned, and the other ones circulating on the internet are all cottage versions. The seventh-ranked Holy Yew Cauldron appears in The Legend of Medicine Old Man.
Game
"Fights Break Spheres: The Strange Fire Reignited"
Fights Break Spheres: The Strange Fire Reignited is a large-scale immersive 3D MMORPG crafted and published by China's Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Limited.Developed by the TiMi Studio Group . The game was officially launched on January 10, 2020, for public beta testing.
Game Support Platform : Android, IOS, PC Emulator
The game received very hot attention upon its release, with the same plot as the novel, and has many followers in China's Baidu posting forums who actively discuss the game's content. It has also received high ratings for its gaming experience in the Apple Store.
Reception
Wang Gaixia, associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages of Neijiang Normal University, wrote an article stating that in the novel Fights Break the Sky (English version), Xiao Yan is the main character and uses a "growing brave" as his character image, which is in line with the expectations of readers at home and abroad. The structure of the novel is "Dou Qi Continent" which is a combination of Chinese and Western cultures. Its English version is not only conducive to the spread of Chinese culture but also conducive to the development of Chinese culture represented by popular literature represented by online novels.