There are good aspects of this novel and then there are bad as well, though the bad will start to heavily tilt the balance of the scale after a few hundred chapters. The writing quality and/ or translation is the highlight of this novel, the author has taken the time to pack in information, as well as constant world building into the story in addition to the lengthy chapters. The author is also a little more creative with the cultivation system and while, it does not venture off too much from your typical system, the author is more in-depth with explanations as well as giving each minor realm its own unique, innovative touch. Each minor realm of the cultivation system has a reason to exist and slowly, but surely builds a logical foundation over time that ties into the power the cultivation system grants each character. There are also unique elements to the story that I find creative and fun, such as the various side characters that are parodies of your typical Xiaxia protagonist or the constant countdown towards the MC's doom that pushes his cultivation vs. the typical "I want power over my own fate" trope. If I had to summarize the bad, it would have to be that the novel is directionless, slow pacing and in relation to that, too much filler. The author has, without a doubt, thought out their power system. After that though, is where the novel loses a lot of readers because it gives the feeling that the author had a great idea for the power system but didn't have much in terms of story and plotting, constructing a weak and mediocre story around a solid foundation. There is too much filler and you end up reading thick, convoluted chapters that does not push the needle forward much in the grand scheme of things, spending upward of 30 to 50 chapters to stretch stuff out. There is not much progress with the MC in terms of cultivation and while the beginning of the novel makes you believe that you know what kind of character he is, he will then later mellow out and become quite generic and quite frankly, cowardly. I would argue that this novel is more about the MC building up a faction + kingdom building in all honesty, which isn't something I was expecting this novel to turn into if you were to compare the beginning of the novel to now.
I like it but I give most stories five stars so mu review means literally nothing so meh? Anyways its kind of cool with a good plot and interesting characters keep it up I like it and will read.
Finally found a great story after a long time. Powerful and interesting protagonist. The author also gives many surprise. Like how a friend got a in heritage instead of the protagonist.
The characters are totally unrealistic. I mean, every single one. MC saw his power used in the most sensible and correct way, decides to use it in the most silly way. Female lead hates murder and even seeing people hurt. The MC comes along, kidnaps her and forces her to kill people. She went along with the whole situation like nothing happened and even falls head over heels for him.... His parents are also uses, it would have been better if he was an orphan; seeing as they had no presence and were totally useless. Author also places dialogue wrongly; therefore the whole story flow is bad ( He would put it before a long set of actions, so the dialogue just feels out of place, while the reading what happens later is already ruined because you already created an image of what you thought happened.)
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