Sepulchral Sun: An Occultivation Story [Eldritch Cultivation Xianxia]

Cultivators who betray their sect have poor life expectancies. Cultivators who betray the White Rivers Sect have none at all.  But compared to the viper’s nest of White Rivers Sect politics, a rivalry with an arrogant ass of a clan heir, and a deranged master, death as a free man sounds like an acceptable risk to Xiao Hao.  If only it was just the one death.  On the brink of advancing to the next cultivation stage, Hao robs his sectmates and escapes west into the nightmarish Dark World. When his advancement goes awry, Hao becomes more than a cultivator: he gains the Dark World’s own eldritch powers, wielding sorceries even the Great Nine Sects fear—resurrection included.  Hao’s first death may have been traumatic. His second distressing. Yet by the third, he understands what death truly is: a weapon he’ll unleash on anyone who stands in his way, be it the White Rivers Sect, the things writhing in the Dark, or his own mistrusting allies… What to expect:  1.  An MC who blends both cultivation and eldritch sorcery (in a way unique to the setting)  2. Resurrective Immortality, which isn't always a good thing when soul-chewing monsters are about  3. Lovecraftian themes in a cultivation setting  4. Intelligent MC who starts out competent  5. Intricate worldbuilding and developed factions If you enjoy Lovecraftian themes, combining power systems, and a protagonist who learns from every death, this is the story for you!