Chronophage

  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Author: Ihlex
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  • Status: Ongoing

  • Rating(4.3 / 5.0)

In a gaslit city where time is currency and memories are traded like coins, Linden Hawthorn, a reclusive archivist, inherits a broken pocket watch and a blood-stained journal after his father vanishes. The watch doesn’t tick—it feeds. With every cryptic vision it offers, it devours fragments of Linden’s past: the scent of his father’s pipe smoke, his sister’s voice, even the reason he began his search.

The journal leads him to a drowned barge filled with corpses clutching coins from the future, a porcelain doll that whispers of a faceless figure called the Woundless Man, and a hidden underworld where aristocrats trade seconds of life and cultists worship gears instead of gods.
As Linden uncovers his father’s sins—a legacy of stolen time and mechanized horrors—he must decide what he’s willing to lose: his memories, his morality, or his very soul. But the watch hungers, and the shadowy Tockmen who pull its strings demand payment in blood.

Time is running out. And it’s taking Linden with it.

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  1. AnikaSilverheartyhM
    The whole point of this novel is that the mc is OP but he doesn't know it and thinks that he is weak because he didn't cultivate/learn combat arts, while everybody else is afraid of or respectful to him because he can freely use the power of 'rules'. Nobody mentions him being OP while in his presence because they think he wants to experience the life of a mortal, thus develops the misunderstanding that the whole novel is based on.
  1. spinjitsufan
    spinjitsufan rated it
    Read the raws, really fun fights and situations waiting for us. Just hate that we have to wait. Hope they translate really fast. Do u hear me qidian i am talking to you?
  1. Draekai
    Draekai rated it
    I love this book and have been a great fan of it for a while now , if you are into Fantasy and ripple effect storylines then this is A recommendation.
  1. HopelessRomantic32op
    It had a good start with a good background story and development but in the middle of the story the author decided to add more bullish to the story.For example the author will talk about a side character which just appeared for 2 whole characters (his family- experience - sect -third aunt husband who's is a city lord - bla bla bla) and in the third chapter he will anger the mc and they start fighting and the author will use this chance to waste one or two more chapters by just describing the side character movement or sword and when the author thinks he wasted enough time the side character will die be one hit.So 4 chapters with no point or plot and this happens a lot of the time and it's no wonder the novel has 4k chapters
  1. Tsukasa0pBp
    Tsukasa0pBp rated it
    Stopped on chapter 15, this novel is extremely creative and is good at having you wonder about the world/mc, however, it is hard to immerse yourself in due to its serious need of an editor. If English isn’t your first language it might be your cup of tea. Had to give world building a 3/5 as not really anything has been explained as of yet. Gave character building a 4/5 because the side characters are decently fleshed out thus far except for a few minor details. I believe with an editor both issues can be easily recitfied.
  1. Ravenwrites
    Ravenwrites rated it
    I'm admiring the story and plot... The characters are comprehensive for the story. This story just makes me wanna wriggle and feel tingly within.If you don't mind, please read my web novel and don't forget to give a review:- Let Me Choose You- Who Are You- Facing Into The SkyThanks🤍🤍🤍
  1. Ranzik
    Ranzik rated it
    Before thinking whether to read the novel or not just read the first chapter on author thought.The storyline and plot is surprisingly detailed and the author managed to write a story where the world doesn't revolve around MC but it's not a multiple POV type story. (Good for me)All major encounters with other characters are logical and they don't just pop out of nowhere just because the plot demands it...they are always given a little background which makes them alive and believable.... except MC's mother side of family. but I guess that will be revealed later. Side characters appear and leave logically and not because of random plot.The story has  2-3 cliche parts but the execution and results are very different from the normal...(*spoiler- there is tournaments and mc finding rare spirit beast and a young master goes after the MC for he talked to his supposed wife/girl...but in a totally different way*)Otherwise this story is kingdom building in a poor abandoned land...mc has his OP inheritance but doesn't use hack techniques to improve his land but simply expensive very scarce resources which any normal lord will spend only on himself. In short the kingdom building is realistic too, compared to other novels where mc is either reincarnation from future or from earth...Another thing in novel you will find interesting is the cultivation system and the structure of cultivation world in general. the difference between different states of cultivation is not insurmountable and those in the same stages is even more so... atleast in the starting and mid stages...this makes it interesting as just having higher cultivation doesn't mean sure victory..it comes down to how good their techniques are and thier teamwork....This is refreshing after reading so many one man army MCs...The world-building in general is great the noble families, the commoners they act differently than the stereotype established in other novels...like nobles are oppressive and common men are miserable and only the mc saves them and they will grateful to eternity.well that's it ..I ranted a lot .... author keep up the good work, I generally don't start reading new novels unless they have 300+ chapters coz this site has given me many heartbreaks but I changed my mind after reading your first chapter so don't you dare disappoint me by dropping it.
  1. RobinsonGichimu
    RobinsonGichimu rated it
    He could not stop the inevitable.

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