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  • A Thousand Li: The First Step

  • A Xianxia Cultivation Series, Book 1
  • By: Tao Wong
  • Narrated by: Travis Baldree
  • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,247 ratings)

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A Thousand Li: The First Step

By: Tao Wong
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
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Publisher's summary

Given a chance at immortality, can Wu Ying grasp the fleeting opportunity? Long Wu Ying never expected to join a Sect or become a real cultivator. His days were spent studying, planting rice on the family farm and spending time with his friends. Fate, however, has different plans for Wu Ying and when the army arrives at his village, he and many other members of the village are conscripted.

Given the opportunity to join the Verdant Green Waters Sect, Wu Ying must decide between his pedestrian, common life and the exciting, blood soaked life of a cultivator. Join Wu Ying as he takes his first step on his Thousand Li journey to become an immortal cultivator. The First Step is the first novel in A Thousand Li series, a book on cultivation, immortals, wondrous martial art styles and spirit beasts and will be loved by wuxia and xianxia fans. The First Step is written by Tao Wong, the bestselling scifi and fantasy LitRPG author of the System Apocalypse, Adventures on Brad and the Hidden Wishes.

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Critic reviews

“A Thousand Li is one of the best English-language cultivation series out there, written with obvious love for the genre. If you’ve heard about cultivation but don’t know where to begin, this is a great place to start.” —Will Wight, New York Times Best-Selling Author of the Cradle series

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I really enjoyed it

A good story. There is the tell tale formula but the story and execution don’t let you get bogged down with it

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Stick with it

It moves a bit fast in the beginning but gets better I am interested to see what is happy.

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I know I'm late to the party...

This was really good! hooked me pretty early, I am pretty sure it took me maybe 2 sessions and I finished it. If you are a fan of cultivation books this should be very high on your list for sure! Good characters but I do wish there was a bit more development. It seemed as if they all fast became friends without actually knowing anything about each other, and that didn't change after they were apart of the book.

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Great book!

Love the book just wish it was a little longer. Can’t wait to read the next one.

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Great start

I bought this because Travis Baldree is my favorite narrator. Overall I was very good start to a series.

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Really good!

I was impressed with the detail of training and the characters progression. I was skeptical at first with many cultivation books popping up, but this one was a great one. I'm anxious for the next.

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Good Cultivation Fantasy

This is one of the better cultivation novels I have read, I picked this series up because of the narrator, he is fantastic but I enjoyed this story very much.

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good book to recommend

please don't stop here I'm looking forward to more like this. hope the next book comes out soon

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I love this book

was waiting for audio on this one since the moment i read it, is an aswome cultivation fantasy i strongly recomand

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it was fun

It was a fun story. It felt like Crouching tiger hidden Dragon. if you like that type of stories you will enjoy this one.
happy reading....

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