Reincarnation (轮回, Lúnhuí)
Summary
English: The cycle of death, rebirth, and returning lives.
中文： 生死循环和转世重生的观念。
Definition
English: Reincarnation is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. The cycle of death, rebirth, and returning lives. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 轮回（Lúnhuí）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。生死循环和转世重生的观念。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: Reincarnation supports past-life karma, rebirth, destined ties, and identity mysteries.
中文： 轮回为前世因果、重生、转世身和宿命纠葛提供设定基础。
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