Cultivation (修仙, Xiūxiān)
Summary
English: The practice of refining body, mind, and spiritual power in pursuit of immortality.
中文： 通过修炼身心、吸纳天地灵气并追求长生成仙的过程。
Definition
English: Cultivation is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. The practice of refining body, mind, and spiritual power in pursuit of immortality. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 修仙（Xiūxiān）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。通过修炼身心、吸纳天地灵气并追求长生成仙的过程。不同作品会有各自设定，但它通常用于解释境界进阶、资源分配、修炼风险或文化想象。
Role in Cultivation
English: Cultivation is the umbrella idea that connects realms, techniques, resources, sects, and ascension.
中文： 修仙是整个题材的总框架，连接境界、功法、资源、宗门和飞升等概念。
In Classic Works
English: In works such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Stellar Travel, and Xian Ni, this concept is usually embedded in a larger system of realms, techniques, sects, and resources.
中文： 在《凡人修仙传》《飘邈之旅》《仙逆》等作品中，这一概念通常与境界、功法、宗门和资源体系共同出现，帮助读者理解角色成长逻辑。
Related Concepts
References
- Baidu Baike entries for 修仙 and 修真
- Taoist inner-alchemy background materials
- Representative cultivation-fiction settings