Immortal Arts (仙术, Xiānshù)
Summary
English: High-level supernatural arts used by advanced cultivators or immortals.
中文： 高阶修士或仙人施展的神通术法。
Definition
English: Immortal Arts is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. High-level supernatural arts used by advanced cultivators or immortals. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 仙术（Xiānshù）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。高阶修士或仙人施展的神通术法。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: Immortal arts often involve space, transformation, lightning, object control, and laws.
中文： 仙术常表现为空间、变化、雷法、御物和法则操控等能力。
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