Who was the founder of cultivation novels?

There was a lot of controversy about the creator of cultivation novels, but it was generally believed that he was the author of books such as "Introduction to Cultivation" and "The Legend of the Ancient Sword of Cultivators". These books all described cultivation, talismans, formations, and so on. They were considered the forerunners of cultivation novels. However, the development of cultivation novels wasn't just because many other authors had started to write similar novels, so the founder of cultivation novels wasn't a specific person.

The ancestor of cultivation novels was Journey to the West.

The ancestor of cultivation novels was Tao Te Ching.

The ancestor of cultivation novels was Tao Te Ching. Tao Te Ching was a philosophical classic in ancient China and was considered one of the representative works of Taoism. It elaborated on the core concepts of Taoism, including Dao, De, Wuwei, Nature, etc. It advocated the goal of transcending the secular world through self-cultivation. Cultivation novels usually combined the ideas of the Tao Te Ching with the mysterious powers and cultivation techniques in the novel into literary works that expressed human nature and explored the meaning of life.

The creator of modern cultivation novels was controversial, but it was generally believed to be the author, Heavenly Silkworm Potato. In 2008, he wrote a fantasy novel with cultivation as the background, Battle Through the Heavens, which became the most popular online novel in the mainland of China. His novel had led the trend of modern cultivation novels with its imaginative plots, unique writing style, and strong reader base.

The founder of modern fiction can be traced back to the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment in Europe. The most famous of them is probably Daniel Defoe. Defoe was a British novelist and explorer whose works covered many adventures, geographical adventures, and historical stories. His works were regarded as one of the pioneers of modern novels, creating the narrative mode and theme of modern novels. In addition to Defoe, there were many other outstanding novelists and storytellers, such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Orwell, who had a profound influence on modern literature.

The founder of Zhang Hui novels was the Ming Dynasty novelist Wu Chengen. He created the novel Journey to the West and other chapter novels, which became one of the important milestone in the history of Chinese literature.

The ancestor of detective novels was Agatha Christie.

The ancestor of Chinese novels was the Tang Dynasty novelist Li Rong's Song of Everlasting Sorrow. This novel was based on the love story of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. It combined history, politics, love, conspiracy and other elements to become a classic in the history of Chinese novels. Its appearance marked the beginning of the Chinese novel's pluralistic and long narrative direction.

The ancestor of the prehistoric novels was the Romance of the Gods. The Romance of the Gods was an ancient Chinese myth. It told the story of King Wu of Zhou, the son of King Wen of Zhou, conquering King Zhou after the end of the Shang Dynasty and the early Zhou Dynasty. In the novel, there were many characters from the prehistoric times, such as the Three Royals and Five Emperors, and the immortals on the Investiture of the Gods. The stories of these characters and the legends of the prehistoric times gradually combined to form the foundation of the prehistoric novels. Later, the development of prehistoric novels gradually flourished, and many famous works appeared, such as Journey to the West, Water Margins, Dream of the Red Chamber, and so on.