Tl:DR "meh". Solid C-.Let me preface this review by stating the obvious: "THIS NOVEL DESPERATELY NEEDS AN EDITOR". now that that is out of the way I will continue.The bad: poor grammar, poor capitalisation / punctuation (often none, at all) and comically long run on sentences (I think I saw one paragraph long sentence with 6 "and"s in it back around chapter 10). The author is overly reliant on Autocowrong and it shows. How the novel flows would suggest that the author is not a native English speaker, and if that is the case then kudos for your effort friend, but you need an editor.There is a gaming term called Ludonarrative Dissonance, which describes the disconnect between a games narrative (the story) and the gameplay. In this work the author creates a similar dissonance by introducing a "genius scientist" which is overly reliant on his system and fails to have a single original thought. The overly ****** dialogue compounds this. It is hard to convince readers that your MC is a genius when he speaks in either short and choppy or long run on sentences.The meh: what could be fantastic fight chapters and power gains are glossed over instead of expanded on. The lack of detail transforms the elements which this genre typically does best into fluff; glossed over and quickly forgotten.The good: all the things which make this genre great are present; there is a solid foundation to build on.Closing thoughts: please, please... find an editor.
Overall, it's a pretty good take on a system cultivation novel that's very interesting with a likeable main character.The MC is a genius prince who, after being killed, returns to the past with memories intact, and he gains a cultivation support system to help him change his fate. He's capable of learning from past mistakes and using the information he brought back from the future to achieve his goals as well as his revenge on those who took part in killing him. Also, since he's written as an anti-hero, or you could say cunning/ruthless, he is capable of making decisions without being overly concerned about people and things that have nothing to do with achieving his goals. Also, he's not the type of character to simply return kindness that was given to him. In fact, he seems slightly cynical and distrusting towards others, believing they have their own motives and plans behind their actions. Which is understandable considering his position as a prince and his experiences from his past.The main things that can be considered an issue would be lack of supporting characters for now, since the MC is currently too weak to let his intentions to be known and his general distrust toward others. It would be great to see him gain some loyal friends or subordinates in the future. However this can also be considered a boon if you don't like stories where the MC simply gains loyal followers by just walking around.Another negative would be that the world setting isn't explained enough. For example, there were mentions of different levels of spiritual energy within the world, but there is no mention about the difference between them and how it effects the power scaling of the world.For example, the MC is currently in a place with a lower concentration of spiritual qi, but there is no mention about how strong the cultivators are in this area in comparison to the MC's current strength.It also doesn't explain the cultivation realms very well. Currently, all we know is that the first major realm is Qi-Refining then Qi-Stabilization. It's also inferred that there are 10 stages within each realm, seeing how the MC broke through to Qi-Stabilization realm from level 9 of Qi-Refining realm. However there isn't any mention of the sequence that comes after Qi-Stabilization. There is mention of Half-saints and saints but that should be a much higher realm than the current MC. I feel like there should be an explanation even if it ends up turning a chapter into an info dump.
yeah yeah i know ... this novel deserves more than 3 star but if you have read Trafford's Trading Club then you will realize that this novel is just a cheap imitation of it with some chapter not making anysense at all
I find all these reviews hilarious. Though I agree with what most are saying, I don’t think it’s right to criticize the novel just because you’re a little butt hurt that the novel you wanted didn’t get voted. Even though I also don’t like hentai novels, I wouldn’t call it garbage, a novel is still a novel and maybe there are people who will like it.Personally, I think it’s ***** to think the novel is bad before reading at least 50-100 chapters.All said in less, I’m disappointed that most reviews didn’t give me a clear understanding of what I was going to read. Calling a novel ‘trash’ or ‘garbage’, makes you sound like a 3 year old that didn’t get the candy they wanted. When writing a review, give a clear view of you’re perspective on the novel without unneeded insults.Looking at these reviews, I’d say this website is more fill with children then hentai’s. If you are reading this, try out this novel; if you like it, then that’s great; if you don’t, then leave it at that. Don’t listen to reviews that have insults trying to lower the value of the novel, just cause they are butt hurt.
This novel is so terrible, I don’t even know where I should start. Some reviews have mentioned the terrible translation. That’s definitely true. However, I don’t think the story would improve much even if Webnovel hired a real translator. Yes, the story is that bad. The pacing is all over the place. Important details are left out that makes the story confusing. It reads like the author has a lot of ideas but doesn’t understand the first thing about writing a story.
Too much monologue decrease the interest in reading. also the explanation of various things are really vague. MC is more of a passive types with no flirting skills just want to f**k girls,
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