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Way of Choices

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Way of Choices	comment	Way of Choices (Ze Tian Ji) is a massive (1251 chapters!) Chinese web serial xianxia/xuahhuan novel. It has sometimes been called "Chinese DBZ."A golden dragon descends from the heavens to consume a most delicious smelling infant floating in a basket, before being driven off by Daoist Ji, a wise healer and hermit. Daoist Ji adopts the baby boy as his disciple, naming him Chen Changsheng.Ten years later (fourteen in the TV adaptation), Chen is gathering herbs on the mountainside when he begins exuding a strange odor that causes all the wildlife to raise a ruckus, and makes his brother disciple's mouth water. Daoist Ji diagnoses these symptoms as a condition causing certain death when Chen turns twenty, something no medicine can help with. His only options for survival are to either change his fate (supposed to be impossible—and while at least three people have done it anyways, they aren't around to explain how) or to cultivate through at least five stages of ascending enlightenment and become a divine being beyond both death and fate (at least theoretically possible, but the wisest and purest take centuries to achieve this, and his qi meridians are too messed up to make this realistic) within ten years (five years in the TV adaptation).So Chen sets out to do both: attempting to purify himself towards divinity while pursuing knowledge on how to change fate.The story has also been adapted into a live-action TV show, called Fighter of the Destiny. There is no complete translation available, but you can read up to chapter 982 in English here. Currently being made into an ebook series.
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Way of Choices / int_12628662	type	The Call Knows Where You Live
Way of Choices / int_12628662	comment	The Call Knows Where You Live: Chen must either quest to save his life, or resign himself to certain death.
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Way of Choices / int_1c3423d6	type	The Quest
Way of Choices / int_1c3423d6	comment	The Quest: To change fate and save Chen's life.
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Way of Choices / int_1fb440a6	type	Voluntary Shapeshifting
Way of Choices / int_1fb440a6	comment	Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Yao Fei Beastmen are people who can take the shape of animals at will, or possibly animals who can take the shape of people.
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Way of Choices / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Way of Choices / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Intentionally invoked in a Crowning Moment of Funny: in a moment of childish playfulness, Tang 36 runs around the Orthodox Academy hiding the legendary swords Chen retrieved from the Sword pool in unlikely places, just on the off chance that in a hundred years someone will stumble across one and start a legend. Chen later ends up using the swords himself.
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Way of Choices / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Way of Choices / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Tang 36 brings this up every time someone tells him that he's breaking the rules.
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Way of Choices / int_2f226fee	type	You Didn't Ask
Way of Choices / int_2f226fee	comment	You Didn't Ask: Novel only: Yuren surprised a lot of people when they discovered that he could talk. It's just that no one ever asked him to speak and he never saw a need to speak. In the animation, it was made clear that he could talk from episode 1.
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Way of Choices / int_3126c34a	type	Insufferable Genius
Way of Choices / int_3126c34a	comment	Insufferable Genius: Tang 36. Who considers Chen this, at least a little.
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Way of Choices / int_3441859b	type	Rank Scales with Asskicking
Way of Choices / int_3441859b	comment	Rank Scales with Asskicking: The Empress herself is the strongest person alive, and is the only one to have reached the legendary Concealing Divinity stage necessary to change fate.
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Way of Choices / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
Way of Choices / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Tang 36 swears profusely.
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Way of Choices / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
Way of Choices / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: Demons, though later chapters seem to indicate this may not always be so
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Way of Choices / int_4f88342a	type	Smug Super
Way of Choices / int_4f88342a	comment	Smug Super: Su Li, at every opportunity possible. Every compliment he gives to anyone will end with self-praise.
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Way of Choices / int_578f794	type	Iron Woobie
Way of Choices / int_578f794	comment	Iron Woobie: Chen has grown up knowing he will die young but he never lets it get to him. Perhaps because of this no matter what he faces, he never stays down for long. Negative emotions are bad for your health he says. So the few times he does get upset or sad really stand out.
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Way of Choices / int_581f6468	type	Hero of Another Story
Way of Choices / int_581f6468	comment	Hero of Another Story: Qiu Shan Jun has numerous offscreen adventures, sometimes with Xu Yourong.
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Way of Choices / int_58b42f3d	type	Trickster Mentor
Way of Choices / int_58b42f3d	comment	Trickster Mentor: Daoist Ji has definite shades of this in the show.
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Way of Choices / int_5939ac65	type	"Inescapable" Prison Easily Escaped
Way of Choices / int_5939ac65	comment	"Inescapable" Prison Easily Escaped: The Tong Palace. The only ways out are to be released, to break out with the awesome power of a semi-divine Saint, or to walk out past the dragon. Guess which way Chen takes.
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Way of Choices / int_59e5940e	type	AnimalMotif
Way of Choices / int_59e5940e	comment	Animal Motif: The Phoenix for Xu Yourong, the Dragon for Qiu Shan Jun, the cicada for Chen, the peacock for Nanke.
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Way of Choices / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Way of Choices / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: 'Changsheng' is Chinese for "live long". Pretty on-the-nose for someone who has to go on an epic quest to escape an early death. Tang 36, who renamed himself after placing only 36th (of a class of 148) on the Qingshin Honor Roll.
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Way of Choices / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
Way of Choices / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: Played With, fate can be changed, but it's difficult enough that just ascending to godhood is considered an easier way of escaping fate.
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Way of Choices / int_77b009ea	type	Phrase Catcher
Way of Choices / int_77b009ea	comment	Phrase Catcher: Whenever an important character meets CCS for the first time, they will invariably ask "You are Chen Changsheng?"
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Way of Choices / int_7913eb6f	type	Healing Hands
Way of Choices / int_7913eb6f	comment	Healing Hands: It may be easier to list the characters who don't display healing powers at some point. Most literally when Chen massages illness right out of Luoluo. Chen Changsheng is by far the best at it even aside from his skills as a doctor even compared to his master.
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Way of Choices / int_7d561d58	type	Too Awesome to Use
Way of Choices / int_7d561d58	comment	Too Awesome to Use: The Thousand Li Button can be used once to teleport anyone to anywhere. However, it is so extremely rare and valuable that some people who own one would rather die than use it to escape danger.
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Way of Choices / int_820ac351	type	It Amused Me
Way of Choices / int_820ac351	comment	It Amused Me: Against all opposition and threats to make him change his mind, the Pope revealed that he appointed Chen as his successor simply because he wanted to. Nothing more.
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Way of Choices / int_8e971de4	type	Tournament Arc
Way of Choices / int_8e971de4	comment	Tournament Arc: Early in the story, to win access to an area of the capital with a scroll that might contain a hint as to how to change fate.
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Way of Choices / int_906ed7b4	type	Apocalypse Maiden
Way of Choices / int_906ed7b4	comment	Apocalypse Maiden: Very very late spoiler. In the wrong hands, Chen's unique constitution can be used as a sacrifice to bring forth the apocalypse.
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Way of Choices / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Way of Choices / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: A few instances, most notably Bai Hai, who attacks and captures Xu Yourong when she's wounded, poisoned and weak, so he can drink her blood and steal her power. He dies from the poison in her blood. A positive example when the Cinnabar Pills, originally made by Chen to save others, ultimately saved his life.
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Way of Choices / int_b45cdfd9	type	EnlightenmentSuperpower
Way of Choices / int_b45cdfd9	comment	Enlightenment Superpower: An integral part of the setting, with five stages of enlightenment before one ascends to divinity. Regular mortal > Purification > Meditation > Heartseeking/Ethereal Opening > Star Condensation > Saint and two more divine levels.
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Way of Choices / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
Way of Choices / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Qiu Shan Jun, prize pupil of the Li Shan Academy and the man who demons fear.
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Way of Choices / int_c3478f1d	type	Badass Bookworm
Way of Choices / int_c3478f1d	comment	Badass Bookworm: Chen is one of only three known youths to have read all 3,000 Scrolls of the Way, a vast collection of the history and philosophy of cultivation. As such, he breezes through even the hardest of written examinations, and his bookishness and intelligence are frequently commented upon.
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Way of Choices / int_c948fd40	type	Ki Manipulation
Way of Choices / int_c948fd40	comment	Ki Manipulation: Cultivation leads to someone having far more ki, or Essence depending on the translation, than anyone could normally accumulate.
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Way of Choices / int_cdad4b25	type	Toxic Friend Influence
Way of Choices / int_cdad4b25	comment	Toxic Friend Influence: Chen finally learned to curse and swear due to being around Tang 36 for a long time.
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Way of Choices / int_ce75a983	type	Screw Destiny
Way of Choices / int_ce75a983	comment	Screw Destiny: Chen's entire quest is to do this.
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Way of Choices / int_d4871dd	type	Love Letter
Way of Choices / int_d4871dd	comment	Love Letter: Chen is engaged to marry Xu Yourong ever since they were both children, and Daoist Ji saved her father's life. They write to each other often.
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Way of Choices / int_d53d0080	type	Vampiric Draining
Way of Choices / int_d53d0080	comment	Vampiric Draining: Bai Hai attempts this on Xu Yourong in the Garden of Zhou arc. It doesn't end well.
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Way of Choices / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
Way of Choices / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Black Robe, a human traitor and strategist serving the Demon armies never fails.
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Way of Choices / int_d8573ef9	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
Way of Choices / int_d8573ef9	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: As Chen grows used to his new position as the next Pope, he becomes very comfortable using up his position to screw the rules or authorities.
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Way of Choices / int_dc1761bd	type	A God Am I
Way of Choices / int_dc1761bd	comment	A God Am I: Most of the cultivators who have reached the Divinity stage look upon the rest of humanity as ants.
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Way of Choices / int_de9047ac	type	Gambit Pileup
Way of Choices / int_de9047ac	comment	Gambit Pileup: Chen has a knack for getting caught up in these pileups by other masterminds, and often provides the final push to swing the scales for one mastermind over the other.
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Way of Choices / int_e0c00a95	type	Absurdly Sharp Blade
Way of Choices / int_e0c00a95	comment	Absurdly Sharp Blade: Chen's sword, Stainless. In the TV adaptation it's called the Purity Sword.
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Way of Choices / int_e3226029	type	Bag of Holding
Way of Choices / int_e3226029	comment	Bag of Holding: The scabbard for Chen's Sword is one of these. In the show, it is called Blade-Hidden, or the Vault Sheath in the book.
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Way of Choices / int_ee9877ea	type	Too Good for This Sinful Earth
Way of Choices / int_ee9877ea	comment	Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Many people think of Chen as a "good person", and unless he changes his fate, he will die within a few years.
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