Zither Emperor (琴帝) by Tang Jia San Shao
Synopsis:
Nine harmonic zither chords shook the universe, who dared to not acknowledge the lord?
The curtains on a grand era of Rainbow Magic was raised.
He, the Zither Emperor, brought about heaven-shaking reform to the continent.
An ancient soul, pure and of strong heart, was born as the once in a generation Zither genius quietly by the ocean under clear blue skies.
This individual, a mere pure-hearted youth, gradually ascended to regency as the Zither Emperor of legends, demonstrating an unprecedented strength in musical magic and overcoming the conventional standards of society.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Indigo, and Violet; the colors of the Rainbow served as the ranking system of martial arts and magic.
Because of his profound skill, what was once a useless disregarded vocation became a legendary talent deeply intertwined with his immortal legacy. The legacy of an unparalleled genius who shone so brightly, no one could ignore his brilliance.
Even the acclaimed near-invincible dragon, in front of the Zither Emperor, cannot lift its bowed prideful head, because it was addressing a god. The pioneer of musical magic, responsible for reforming the previous Rainbow ranking system and entering the unknown level of Rainbow Magic, had become the standard measure for all martial arts and magic. Dragons were no longer the unequalled creatures of old.
A godly master of sound, a matchless spiritual mage, he raised this trash vocation to become the most legendary craft on the continent. However, this was all fiction, right?
An ancient soul, pure and of strong heart, was born as the once in a generation Zither genius quietly by the ocean under clear blue skies. This individual, a mere pure-hearted youth, gradually ascended to regency as the Zither Emperor of legends, demonstrating an unprecedented strength in musical magic and overcoming the conventional standards of society. Was he only the Zither Emperor, though?
§Glossary§ 【ZE Spoiler Cheat Sheet ft. Thyaeria — A 70 minute summary rant】
【Ye Yin Zhu as Kiseki imagines him (aka Yang Yang as a Zither Player, Yi Xiao Nai He/Xiao Nai, in the drama adaptation of the novel A Slight Smile is Very Charming)】
Index:
Episode 1 – Zither Mage | |||||
Title | I | II | III | IV | |
1 | Born with Eight Fingers | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 |
2 | The Zither and Bamboo Combination | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 |
3 | Blade of Music | C9 | C10 | C11 | C12 |
4 | Zi’s Power | C13 | C14 | C15 | C16 |
5 | The Price of Kindness | C17 | C18 | C19 | C20 |
6 | The Dragon Cavalry | C21 | C22 | C23 | C24 |
7 | Milan Institution for Magic and Martial Arts | C25 | C26 | C27 | C28 |
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Episode 2 – Milan Institution for Magic and Martial Arts | |||||
Title | I | II | III | IV | |
8 | Registration Crisis | C29 | C30 | C31 | C32 |
9 | The Divine Music Division Treasure Trove | C33 | C34 | C35 | C36 |
10 | The First Match of the Freshman Competition | C37 | C38 | C39 | C40 |
11 | Equal Life Contract | C41 | C42 | C43 | C44 |
12 | Netherworld Snow Spirit | C45 | C46 | C47 | C48 |
13 | Behemoth | C49 | C50 | C51 | C52 |
14 | The Promised Battle | C53 | C54 | C55 | C56 |
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Episode 3 – Violet Bamboo Divine Needle | |||||
Title | I | II | III | IV | |
15 | Advancing to the Finals | C57 | C58 | C59 | C60 |
16 | Floating Orchid Pavilion | C61 | C62 | C63 | C64 |
17 | Violet Bamboo Divine Needle | C65 | C66 | C67 | C68 |
18 | Zither Calls Ming Xue | C69 | C70 | C71 | C72 |
19 | Power Shaking Heavy Cavalry | C73 | C74 | C75 | C76 |
20 | Summon, Zi | C77 | C78 | C79 | C80 |
21 | Eastern Dragon Sect of Painting | C81 | C82 | C83 | C84 |
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Episode 4 – Elf Queen | |||||
Title | I | II | III | IV | |
22 | Battle Painting | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 |
23 | Eternal Substitute Puppet | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 |
24 | Zither of Divinity | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 |
25 | Level 8 Violet Ranked Beauties | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 |
26 | Waterfall of Connecting Pearls Zither’s Power | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 |
27 | The Birth of the Silver Dragon Assassin | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 |
28 | Violet Star Dragon Cavalry Commander | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 |
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Episode 5 – Withered Wood, Dragon’s Roar | |||||
Title | I | II | III | IV | |
29 | A Startling Hunt | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 |
30 | Massacring Sonic Blade | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 |
31 | Gold Behemoth | 121 | 122 | 123 | —— |
32 | The Return of the Five Zithers | 124 | 125 | 126 | —— |
33 | Withered Wood, Dragon’s Roar << Soaring Dragon’s Cry >> | 127 | 128 | 129 | —— |
34 | Hero or Villain? | 130 | 131 | 132 | —— |
35 | Sura’s Story | 133 | 134 | 135 | —— |
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Episode 6 – Lord of Zither City | ||||
Title | I | II | III | |
36 | War of Arcadia | 136 | 137 | 138 |
37 | Zither Healing Behemoths | 139 | 140 | 141 |
38 | Molesting the Princess | 142 | 143 | 144 |
39 | The Summons of the Silver Dragon City | 145 | 146 | 147 |
40 | The Silver Dragon Princess | 148 | 149 | 150 |
41 | The Soul Attachment of a Silver Dragon | 151 | 152 | 153 |
42 | The Forbidden Incantation of Light and Darkness | 154 | 155 | 156 |
Comments 25
Sounds very interesting =). I wonder if I should wait and binge.
i have the urge to read this novel when Thyaeria mention it at TDG…i cant wait for it!!
Musical xianxia? hehehe sound interesting, looking forward reading this 😀
woohoo! another xianxia story! XD
umm..what is your schedule for the chapter release? and do you cut the chapters into parts because the chapters are long?
The chapters were already released in parts and the release pace will be 2-3 chapters a week + sponsored chapters.
Thank you~! I wanted to read this ^^
Interesting ,
why translate in parts instead of whole chapters?
Cause that’s how the chapters were released by TJSS.
5.3 is broken
All Cover of the novel is here:
http://zs.poluoluo.com/d8/201104/135324.html
=D
Are all those covers to this novel? Or are they all different novels?
Author
They’re all covers of ZE, 14 different ones to be exact
I love this novel
Sounds decent…. But why did it have to be a Zither? Banjo Lord FTW!
Does anyone else have the problem of accessing the chapters on their mobile phone? The chapter links are just cut off of the page.
It`s an interesting novel 🙂
I really love this… Since I started reading this 2 days ago I’ve binged read it… It now run out T_T
Is this novel dropped??? Haven’t seen new chapter fora long while.
Author
:< It's been dropped for a while now
Thanks, do you know if someone picked it up? I’d really want to know what happens ^.^ and unfortunately I’m not gifted in learning any other language than english so I don’t really want to start learning chinese xD because it’d propably take 50years and I don’t have that kind of patience :’D
Beautiful Novel!!! Will it be continued by chance?? Thx
Author
I…uh…dropped this a year ago? Not sure if I’m ever going to go back to it…
it’s a pity, i like it a lot. i am an italian girl and i know a little bit of english and i only found this site that translates this novel. if it is resumed i will read it for sure!!! ^^
still no one picking this up? really like it