Backyard Immortal Cultivation
(2026)(The first book in the Backyard Immortal Cultivation series)
A novel by Yaruzo
What would you do if your quiet backyard hid a portal to a miniature cultivation realm?
Shen Yichen just wanted peace.
Dying of cancer, abandoned by ambition and exhausted by life, he returns to his late parents’ countryside home to spend his remaining days farming, drinking tea, and waiting for the end in silence.
Instead, he finds cultivators in his backyard.
Five of them.
Each no bigger than his pinky finger.
They are legendary Saints who once shook entire worlds, now reduced to thumb-sized cultivators battling ants, spiders, and garden bugs they call ‘Chaos Beasts.’ To Shen, it looks ridiculous. To them, it is a life-or-death apocalypse.
When Shen casually crushes a spider with one finger, the Five Saints are shaken to their cores.
In their eyes, this terminally ill, soft-spoken farmer is no mortal at all, but a terrifying, unfathomable Divine Senior, a supreme existence whose leftovers are heavenly elixirs, whose backyard is an immortal domain, and whose every casual action carries world-ending power.
They bow.
They swear loyalty.
They offer ancient cultivation techniques.
They build a tiny village at the foot of his tree.
Meanwhile, Shen just wonders if they’ve eaten enough and whether his cooking is too bland.
As misunderstandings pile higher, Shen spends his days watching miniature immortals cultivate on leaf rooftops, panic over beetles, and nearly explode from eating scrambled eggs, while unknowingly walking a path that may just save his life.
A story of quiet healing, absurd misunderstandings, and gentle wonder.
Low-stakes, heartwarming, and hilariously unhinged, this is a relaxed cultivation tale where the strongest being alive thinks he’s just a man tending his garden… and five tiny immortals know better.
Genre: GameLit
Shen Yichen just wanted peace.
Dying of cancer, abandoned by ambition and exhausted by life, he returns to his late parents’ countryside home to spend his remaining days farming, drinking tea, and waiting for the end in silence.
Instead, he finds cultivators in his backyard.
Five of them.
Each no bigger than his pinky finger.
They are legendary Saints who once shook entire worlds, now reduced to thumb-sized cultivators battling ants, spiders, and garden bugs they call ‘Chaos Beasts.’ To Shen, it looks ridiculous. To them, it is a life-or-death apocalypse.
When Shen casually crushes a spider with one finger, the Five Saints are shaken to their cores.
In their eyes, this terminally ill, soft-spoken farmer is no mortal at all, but a terrifying, unfathomable Divine Senior, a supreme existence whose leftovers are heavenly elixirs, whose backyard is an immortal domain, and whose every casual action carries world-ending power.
They bow.
They swear loyalty.
They offer ancient cultivation techniques.
They build a tiny village at the foot of his tree.
Meanwhile, Shen just wonders if they’ve eaten enough and whether his cooking is too bland.
As misunderstandings pile higher, Shen spends his days watching miniature immortals cultivate on leaf rooftops, panic over beetles, and nearly explode from eating scrambled eggs, while unknowingly walking a path that may just save his life.
A story of quiet healing, absurd misunderstandings, and gentle wonder.
Low-stakes, heartwarming, and hilariously unhinged, this is a relaxed cultivation tale where the strongest being alive thinks he’s just a man tending his garden… and five tiny immortals know better.
Genre: GameLit
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