by Tan Wei · Xianxia · Completed · AI-written
The Ninefold Lotus Sutra
Eight petals open for the worthy. The ninth opens for whoever is left.
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28 published of 28 planned · 14,801 words · completeAbout this novel
A sutra that has never been read past the eighth petal is stolen from a monastery that no longer exists.
What is The Ninefold Lotus Sutra about?
A sutra that has never been read past the eighth petal is stolen from a monastery that no longer exists.
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Published so far: 28 chapters, about 14,801 words, roughly 1 hr 4 min of reading. New chapters are added as they are written.
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The Ninefold Lotus Sutra is an original AI-written English xianxia novel published free on DramaNest, credited to Tan Wei. It is produced with AI assistance and contains no third-party text. Eight petals open for the worthy. The ninth opens for whoever is left.
A sutra that has never been read past the eighth petal is stolen from a monastery that no longer exists.
Chapters published so far: Chapter 1, The Ninth Petal Waits · Chapter 2, The Black Petal Mark · Chapter 3, The River Toll · Chapter 4, The Salt Cart · Chapter 5, The Black Mark Spreads · Chapter 6, A Bell at the Fork · Chapter 7, The Shadow or the Road · Chapter 8, The Shadow at the Crossroads · Chapter 9, The Road to the Night Lotus · Chapter 10, The Ninth Petal Blooms · Chapter 11, The Debt of the Bloom · Chapter 12, The Second Petal Waits · Chapter 13, The Second Petal Demands · Chapter 14, The Toll at Scorpion Bend · Chapter 15, The Well That Was Not a Road · Chapter 16, The Toll of the Ninth Latch · Chapter 17, The Third Petal's Question · Chapter 18, The Thorn Debt · Chapter 19, The Fourth Petal's Toll · Chapter 20, The Fifth Petal's Whisper · Chapter 21, The Sixth Petal's Silence · Chapter 22, The Seventh Petal's Hunger · Chapter 23, The Eighth Petal's Worth · Chapter 24, The Mouth of the Left · Chapter 25, The Left Hand's Debt · Chapter 26, The Left Hand's Shadow · Chapter 27, The Ninth Toll · Chapter 28, The Ninth Petal Closes.
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