Coiling Dragon
盘龙 (Pán Lóng)
"The dragon coils not around mountains, but around the very fabric of the world."
Coiling Dragon — Reading Order
📖 Coiling Dragon (Complete)
Read in publication order. 21 books, fully translated on WuxiaWorld.
Should You Read This?
The grandfather of English-translated xianxia. Not the most refined, but the scope is epic and the worldbuilding is unlike anything else. Essential reading for understanding the genre's history.
About Coiling Dragon
Coiling Dragon is the novel that launched Western interest in Chinese web fiction — the first major hit on WuxiaWorld. Linley Baruch discovers a mysterious ring housing the soul of a legendary dragon sculptor, beginning an epic spanning multiple realms and lifetimes. A foundational classic that every xianxia fan should read.
Original title: 盘龙 (Pán Lóng) — translated to English and available for Western readers.
Where to Read Coiling Dragon
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