Immortal (仙人, Xiānrén)
Summary
English: A transcendent being who has escaped ordinary mortality and gained supernatural power.
中文： 修炼有成、脱离凡俗寿命限制并具备超凡能力的人。
Definition
English: Immortal is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. A transcendent being who has escaped ordinary mortality and gained supernatural power. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 仙人（Xiānrén）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。修炼有成、脱离凡俗寿命限制并具备超凡能力的人。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: The immortal embodies the goal of cultivation and connects fiction with mythic imagination.
中文： 仙人是修仙目标的具象化，也承接中国神话和道教想象。
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