tReading The Path of Heaven
by Tiger Rollercoaster Productions
Treading The Path of Heaven is a literary podcast where we share our favorite books! Generally, they’re translated from Chinese, Korean, or Japanese, but we talk about everything! From traditional Chinese xianxia novels to isekai (trapped in another world) novels to mind-bending sci-fi to classic western fantasy settings, we read everything! Let us share your new favorite novel with you! Find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tigercoaster
Episodes
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Leaving Closed Door Cultivation
This week, the boys: talk about finally leaving closed door cultivation after a long, chaotic break (complete with broken legs and hospital trips); gab about the current "golden age" of anime and donghua while dropping a ton of recommendations; argue over the messy ending and unresolved threads…
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Beyond the Timescape
This week, the boys: talk about how "gruish" the survival/eldritch horror elements are; gab about the surprising amounts of humor peppered in between the brutality of the novel; and ruminate on the quality of the localization/translation done by Deathblade. Link to the book:...
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Damn Reincarnation
This week, the boys: talk about how different the Protagonist is from other Korean novels; gab about the use of western fantasy tropes; and ruminate on the surprising brutality in Damn Reincarnation Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/damn-reincarnation Tweet Richard @Dgengod or…
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NIGHTS: Desolate Era
This week, the boys: talk about Sword Fingers/Starseizing hands; gab about Daomerges; and ruminate on IEATTomatoes detailed worldbuilding Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/desolate-era https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Swallow-Mountain-Book-Desolate-ebook/dp/B0927MRZHN Tweet us...
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Reverend Insanity (Daoist Gu)
This week, the boys: talk about pragmatic main characters; gab about the depth of this story's world/character building and why it may have led to it being banned; ruminate on the application of Gu/the cultivation system; and listen to Richard struggle to explain it coherently without spoiling…
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Beware of Chicken
This week, the boys: talk about the profundities of farming and raising spirit beasts on mistake; gab about western takes on cultivation novels; ruminate on the more direct approach to romance in this novel Link to the book…
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Soul Land II - The Unrivaled Tang Sect (Douluo Dalu 2)
This week, the boys: talk spirit beasts; discuss the connection to the first Soul Land; gab about Magitech & Hidden weapons; and generally gush about this novel/show. Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/the-unrivaled-tang-sect...
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Super Gene
This week, the boys: talk about unfocused writing; gab about the problems with forced alter egos; ruminate on science fiction cultivation; and generally realize Rich didn't enjoy this book the way he tried to. Link to the book: https://www.webnovel.com/book/super-gene_8022472105002805...
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Hell: Above your Head
This episode, the boys: winge about the conflicting genres; complain about the scattered plot points; and speculate on what will happen in the parts of the novel they refuse to read. This show continues in memory of our brothers that have ascended to the next realm. We will miss you Bill & Seth,...
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I Alone Level-Up (Solo Leveling)
This episode, the boys talk about Korean webnovel tropes; compare Solo Leveling to Seoul Station Necromancer; and genuinely complain about the way korean novels tend to end. Link to the book: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/solo-leveling/ https://lightnovel.site/novel/i-alone-level-up/ Tweet…
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Overgeared: NIGHTS
This week, the boys: talk about the god of gear. Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/VUpYvuH This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Second Coming of Gluttony
This episode: the boys talk about one of Richard's favorites, and one of the more active channels on our discord server, Second Coming of Gluttony! Sorry for the delay- things have been wild around the sect grounds lately- we're developing a video game! Keep up with us at @catvatican on twitter!...
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Stellar Transformations
This week, the boys talk about an amazing artisan when chatting about Stellar Transformations! Hope you're all holding up okay during this little tribulation! Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/stellar-transformations Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at...
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Nights: King's Avatar
This week, the boys discuss King's Avatar up until the end of the Challenger League- so spoilers for up until there in the book, and until the end of the first season of the show, watchable on Netflix! Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] Join our Discord!...
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Release That Witch!
This week the boys talk about Release That Witch, a Korean book where a smart dude gets isekai'd, but this time it's Witches! Link to the book: *http://novelfull.com/release-that-witch.html Join our discord, we're in there a lot! https://discord.gg/mFzC6h Consider joining our patreon!...
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Isaac
This week, the boys talk about a terrifying business major and the effect he has on a world he gets thrown into. It gets... capitalistic? Link to the book: https://lightnovelbastion.com/novel/isaac/volume-1/isaac-1/ Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] Join...
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Grimgar
This week, the boys talk about the crazy brutal world of Grimgar. It's another game-system book, but hot damn it's a great example of the genre. Enjoy! Link to the book: (this one you have to buy!!!) https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/grimgar-of-fantasy-and-ash-light-novel/ Tweet us...
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Sage Monarch
This week, the boys talk about the crazy brutal world of Grimgar. It's another game-system book, but hot damn it's a great example of the genre. Enjoy! Link to the book: (this one you have to buy!!!) https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/grimgar-of-fantasy-and-ash-light-novel/ Tweet us...
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Doulou Dalu: NIGHTS
Spoilers! This episode is a NIGHTS episode, so we're not holding back, AT ALL on spoilers. You've been warned! (You can listen to our first Douluo Dalu episode here, if you want the standard discussion) This week, the boys do a deep, deep dive into the story of Tang San and the Shrek 7 Devils. We...
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Purgatory: Absolute Choice
This week, the boys talk about Absolute Choice- a book that was promising, but got cut short before it could really go off. Link to the book; https://www.webnovel.com/book/7834212105001605/Absolute-Choice Patrons got this episode a week ago! Consider joining our sect and get access to early...
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NIGHTS: Praise The Orc
This week, the boys SPOIL THE SHIT out of Praise The Orc. Seriously, if you haven't read it and want to, this is not the episode for you. If you're prepared, however... Bul'tar! Link to the book: there's not really a good one at the moment- please try and find it on your own! Patreon subscribers...
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NIGHTS: Everyone Else is a Returnee
New episode time! We talk about Yu Il-Han and his way, way OP ability. And how he got it. And most of the spoilers for this book, so like, don't listen if you don't want that spoiled. Link to the book: https://kobatochan.com/korean-novels/everyone-else-is-a-returnee/ Tweet us @tigercoaster or…
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Overgeared
This week, the boys know God Grid, and ruminate on the effects of Kimchi on esports. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING US ON PATREON! IT'LL HELP US RELEASE EPISODES MORE REGULARLY! www.patreon.com/tigercoaster Link to the book: Overgeared https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared Join us on discord...
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Nine Star Hegemon Body Art
This week, the boys talk about a book in which nobody gets left behind and discuss the logistics of a all-baritone barbershop quartet. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING US ON PATREON! IT'LL HELP US RELEASE EPISODES MORE REGULARLY! www.patreon.com/tigercoaster Link to the book: Nine Star Hegemon Body Art...
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Treading the Path of Heaven Enlightenment: Pyrenose (The Tutorial is Too Hard!)
This week, the boys talk to Pyrenose, the former editor of The Tutorial is Too Hard! and get the goods. The reaaaaaal goods. Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] Here's the link to those chapters.... shhh don't tell anybody....
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Live from Podcon 2: Everyone Else is a Returnee
This week, Seth and Kinney visit Podcon and record a fairly loose episode about a book Seth read a few months ago. You can watch this episode here! Read the book here: https://m.wuxiaworld.co/Everyone-Else-is-a-Returnee/all.html Join our discord! https://discord.gg/VUpYvuH Tweet us @tigercoaster…
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New Year's Breakthrough
This month, the boys: Talk about novels they've been reading, discuss plant copulation, comment on webnovels becoming anime & partially review them, and touch on Qidian. Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] Visit our website https://tigercoaster.com This...
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The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time
This month, the boys: Discuss the use of Death Magic in refrigeration & Pasteurization; Listen to Richard try and fail to explain the story without spoilers; and Discuss the Gods of the Death mage Universe. Link to the book: English: https://lightnovelbastion.com/project.php?p=248 Japanese Raw...
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Martial God Asura
This week, the boys: Discuss strange and inappropriate battleplans; debunk memes; discuss character growth, lucky chances, and formula. Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/martial-god-asura Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] This podcast is...
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The Tutorial Is Too Hard
This week, Seth evolves into a Host; The boys Learn the value of an eSports mindset; Learn just how painful solitude can be; Experience becoming a raid boss. Link to the book: https://lightnovelbastion.com/project.php?p=285 Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at…
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Martial World
This week the boys forget to introduce themselves, apologize for the hiatus, talk about a Chinese novel, and talk about the future of the show. Link to the book: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/martial-world Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] This podcast...
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Hell: Road to Kingdom
This week, the boys: talk about awesome worldbuilding and weird sex scenes. Sorry we missed a week! Link to the book: https://lightnovelstranslations.com/road-to-kingdom/ Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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The King's Avatar
This week, Richard is REALLY EXCITED about King's Avatar. You can read The King's Avatar here http://gravitytales.com/novel/the-kings-avatar/ Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at [email protected] This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Just-a-Bill #1 The Bells of Aberdeen
A new show about improvising characters and the worlds around them. Releases every Friday. https://media.zencast.fm/just-a-bill/episodes/1 And until we get it up on iTunes and the others, our RSS: https://media.zencast.fm/just-a-bill/rss Tweet us @tigercoaster or send us an email at...
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The Book Eating Magician
This week, the boys: talk about a very western setting and the all the trappings that come with; accidentally play trope bingo before we even make boards; discuss dragons and demons and world trees (oh my!); try to figure out what book versions of the seven deadly sins would be trying to do; and...
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High School DxD
This week, the boys: talk about devils, fallen angels, and boobs; gab about the pitfalls of ordinary Japanese MCs and boobs; ruminate on why this show is a tokusatsu show with boobs, discover how lust is the strongest power and boobs, learn about rating games aka DEVIL CHESS and boobs. This book...
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Douluo Dalu
This week, the boys talk about: baby ninjas and cuddly green ogres; the worst plant and the best tool; rainbow pagodas and lewd sausage incatations; and some truly wacky-ass weapons. You can read the book here: https://bluesilvertranslations.wordpress.com/category/douluo-dalu/ Tweet us...
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Praise the Orc!
This week, the boys: sing the eternal praises of Rainbow Turtle, regale you with the tales of a praiseworthy orc and an Elder Lord, learn why orcs are "the creator's mistake" but why they kick all the ass, blow your mind with a crazy high assimilation rate, and tell you the stuff they didn't even...
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Hell: Arifureta
This week the boys: start a new type of episode, question how Richard read as far as he did, get frustrated at the 400 year old vampire who OF COURSE looks like a 12 year old loli, and join Richard in his joy over not reading more of this series. Welcome to the first episode of tReading the Path…
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Against the Gods
This week, the boys: Explain what exactly's been going on with us the past month and talk about podcast business in general; gab way too much about Douluo Dalu for an episode not about Douluo Dalu (though I seriously can't belive the manwa skipped Slaughter City); define and immediately defend a...
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Status Update
This week we learn that hard drives have life spans, windows 10 hates old DAWs , and just how communicable the flu can be. Against the Gods out later this week, Arifureta back on schedule. Happy New Years from the Tiger Rollercoaster crew.
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Breakers
This week we talk about the Korean novel Breakers. You can read Breakers at www.wuxiaworld.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Enlightenment: Deathblade
Welcome to a new format of tReading the Path of Heaven, the Enlightenment series! Enlightenment will be a series of interviews with translators, community leaders, and (hopefully) authors themselves. We are very pleased to bring you our first Enlightenment episode, where we interview Deathblade-...
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Nights: Coiling Dragon
# Seriously, if you haven't read Coiling Dragon, you probably shouldn't be listening to this episode. But, if you're aware of all the spoilers that are about to follow, listen on! Tweet us @tigercoaster if you have any questions for our Deathblade interview next episode! Also, you can email us at...
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Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
This week, our hosts: break through to a new level of cultivation; warn you away from (and urge you towards) the inescapable sinkhole that is TVTropes; discuss the spread of isekai and its omnipresence in the modern Anime world; somehow end up back on Kumo Desu Ga; revel in the fact that so many...
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Emperor's Domination
Yikes! We're late this week! Blame it on Richard's Birthday. We'll make it up to you somehow... wink This week, your favorite boys: start to review Cultivation Chat Group and decide not to because of some nonsense; choose to review a listener request instead (thanks, redmagesummoner!); imagine…
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The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor
This week, our intrepid hosts: homebrew some D&D bullshit; revisit the trope of all the characters being important and coming back; trace the history of the excellent translation of the beginning of this 50 volume epic; prove that Lee Hyun is incredibly hard-working, self sacrificing, and the...
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Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka?
This week the boys confront Seth about his "secret" reading; discuss translations issues with the early parts of the series and the heroes who solved them; get creeped out by the birth of hundreds of spiders; consider whether life or pride is more important in this world; touch on the system's...
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I Shall Seal the Heavens
This week, our intrepid hosts: explain to Seth again that Dao doesn't necessarily just mean "the Way"; discover a new species called Hangy Boys; learn that mean nicknames are a sign of love; chart genealogy using poultry; expose a most embarrassing laugh by explaining how truly shameless Meng Hao...
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Seoul Station's Necromancer
This week, our heroes: chronicle the world's first Dungeon Break and how the whole world went to shit as a result; discover our world kinda sucks and that's why it's a target; learn all the fun puns that can be made with Roused as a base; reveal our MC's true kindness in that he offers to let you...
About this show
Treading The Path of Heaven is a literary podcast where we share our favorite books! Generally, they’re translated from Chinese, Korean, or Japanese, but we talk about everything! From traditional Chinese xianxia novels to isekai (trapped in another world) novels to mind-bending sci-fi to classic western fantasy settings, we read everything! Let us share your new favorite novel with you! Find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tigercoaster
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Tiger Rollercoaster Productions