soup for soul stories
Tang San, an outer sect disciple of the Tang Sect, was deemed unacceptable by the Tang Sect for learning the inner sect’s secret techniques. However, when he leaped off the cliff to show his determination, he discovered he didn’t die. Instead, he arrived in another world with a different identity, a world of Martial Souls, known as Soul Land. Here, there was no magic, no battle qi, no martial arts, but there were the miraculous Martial Souls. Every person in this world, at the age of six, would have their Martial Soul awaken in the Martial Soul Hall. Martial Souls could be animals, plants, or objects, serving to assist people in their daily lives. Yet, some particularly outstanding Martial Souls could be cultivated for combat, and this profession, the Soul Master, was the most powerful and glorious vocation in Soul Land! When the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect arrived in Soul Land, when Tang San's Martial Soul awoke, could he reforge the glory of the Tang Sect in this world of Martial Souls? Could he become the ruler of this world, a God?
Motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen collaborated on the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book, compiling inspirational, true stories they had heard from their audience members. Many of the stories came from members of the audience of their inspirational talks. The book was rejected by major publishers in New York but accepted by a small, self-help publisher in Florida called HCI.[12] After the success of the first book, Canfield and Hansen, with HCI, published additional, similar Chicken Soup for the Soul titles.[13]Later, they published Chicken Soup for the Soulbooks for specific demographics, such as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, which came out in 1997[14] and was a major best-seller.[15] New Chicken Soup for the Soul titles and sequels to existing books have been published on a regular basis since the first book came out in 1993.[13] As of late 2013, the series included more than 200 titles.[16]