Imagine an entire world of Marty Stus. Now imagine somebody *so* Marty Stu that even the inhabitants of that world spit out their coffee and go "What the hell kind of Marty Stu is this?" This is literally the explicit premise of the xianxia genre of Chinese light novels.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky
That sounds amazing. Is there an entry point for English speakers to sample this genre?
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Replying to @percival_krusen
https://www.webnovel.com/book/6838665402001705/Forty-Millenniums-of-Cultivation … <-- not typical, unusually good. https://www.webnovel.com/book/6831850602000905/Library-of-Heaven's-Path … <-- more typical, but less bad than usual while still exemplifying the genre. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/martial-god-asura/ … <-- completely typical, god have mercy on your soul, not recommended.
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