![One Gaze, Ten Thousand Flaws [Xianxia; Progression Fantasy]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F181582-one-gaze-ten-thousand-flaws-xianxia-progression.jpg%3Ftime%3D1784547738&w=640&q=75)
by Drew Royston
To a master blacksmith, everything has a breaking point. Even the heavens. Tie Zhen was born to hammer metal, not defy the gods. An uncanny gift for seeing hidden flaws made him a skillful craftsman. He never dreamed he could use it to fight. Saving a dying cultivation master from an oppressive Order hurls Zhen into a world of flying swords and ancient bloodlines. As the Order's assassins and young masters come for him, his talent might just give him the edge he needs to survive. Guided by that eccentric master and accompanied by his surprisingly intelligent horse, Zhen must use his gift to forge his own cultivation path and flee the Order that is hunting him. One gaze. Ten thousand flaws. Let's see who breaks first. Book 1 complete No harem c. 2,000-word chapters Updates M-W-F Tournaments, crafting, young masters, secret master, BBEG, OP skills
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ch 1: "This was a true cultivator" | 2,308 |
| 2 | Ch 2: "The whims of cultivators were the stuff of legend" | 2,401 |
| 3 | Ch 3: "If you’re not a cultivator then what, exactly, are you?" | 2,400 |
| 4 | Ch 4: "I'm still not your master" | 1,938 |
| 5 | Ch 5: "The difficulty is the point!" | 2,299 |
| 6 | Ch 6: "Now you learn what real pain is" | 2,078 |
| 7 | Ch 7: "Something deep in the structure of his being had fractured" | 2,201 |
| 8 | Ch 8: "We agreed to keep it a secret" | 2,189 |
| 9 | Ch 9: "Do you really think you escaped?" | 2,103 |
| 10 | Ch 10: "He'll burn a thousand villages like this one" | 2,058 |
| 11 | Ch 11: "Whatever you do, this ends the same way" | 0 |
| 12 | Ch 12: "Then a low, rumbling growl came from one side" | 0 |
| 13 | Ch 13: "Rich? This isn't rich" | 0 |
| 14 | Ch 14: "If anything happens to him, there's no hole deep enough that I won't find you in it" | 0 |
| 15 | Ch 15: "The arrogance of youth" | 0 |
| 16 | Ch 16: "Did that turtle knock all the sense from your skull?" | 0 |
| 17 | Ch 17: "The water closed over his head again as his muscles locked up" | 0 |
| 18 | Ch 18: "He was going to have to turn his body into an anvil" | 0 |
| 19 | Ch 19: "A haze of pain and progress" | 0 |
| 20 | Ch 20: "The two of you did terribly" | 0 |
| 21 | Ch 21: "You've got some nerve showing your wrinkly face" | 0 |
| 22 | Ch 22: "Did you really think it would be as easy as that?" | 0 |
| 23 | Ch 23: "Take comfort in the thought that there was nothing you could do" | 0 |
| 24 | Ch 24: "If you're not guided, you may step onto a path that will end in tragedy" | 0 |
| 25 | Ch 25: "Prepare to face the tribulation" | 0 |
| 26 | Ch 26: "You always were confidently wrong, weren't you?" | 0 |
| 27 | Ch 27: "Beautiful, but completely wrong" | 0 |
| 28 | Ch 28: "Whether you intended to or not, you created a problem for me" | — |
| 29 | Ch 29: "That requires you to deliver" | — |
| 30 | Ch 30: "I have no idea why Lady Zie wants you dead" | — |
| 31 | Ch 31: "Close meant nothing when you ended up with a claw to your neck" | — |
| 32 | Ch 32: "You may just be the one to save these peaks" | — |
| 33 | Ch 33: "You've not even started the Ordeal. You've earned the right to attempt it." | — |
| 34 | Ch 34: "Why don't we spice this up a little bit?" | — |
| 35 | Ch 35: "To return, Tie Zhen, you must get past us all" | — |
| 36 | Ch 36: "It's just us now" | — |
| 37 | Ch 37: "Are you actually challenging me?" | — |
| 38 | Ch 38: "Face me with honor!" | — |
| 39 | Ch 39: "He was the only one who could save them" | — |
| 40 | Ch 40: "We can't beat it" | — |
| 41 | Ch 41: "We not the ones with daggers at our throats, yes?" | — |
| 42 | Ch 42: "Dense, almost overwhelming, qi saturated his body" | — |
| 43 | Ch 43: "It was only a matter of time before he was discovered" | — |
| 44 | Ch 44: "The pain lessened, but the danger didn't" | — |
| 45 | Ch 45: "He had never been good at giving up" | — |
