- #1
At first I thought this was yet another overpowered couple who blindly plot armour their way through instance after instance, but I was wrong.While the first arc is cliché, the author slowly builds suspense and mystery with each subsequent arc. Stakes are raised higher and higher as our main characters progress in FoT. Each instance has steady pacing, a fascinatingly creepy premise, and a solid resolution backed by logic. There's also a ton of foreshadowing scattered around, so you never feel like a plot twist is far-fetched.World-building is amazing, and on par with the most popular unlimited flow novels. So many great imageries, whether it's beautiful fantasy landscapes or grotesque images of the paranormal.I'm also intrigued by the fact that we're not dealing with deuteragonists, but tritagonists. Nan Zhou & Jiang Fang are well-developed romantic leads who possess complex backstories that impact their personalities and motivations. Then we also have Li Yinhang, a female main character who's meant to be us readers' reflection in the novel as she provides well-timed commentary and observations. She's self-aware, reasonable, and a comic relief-- the whole package. Together, the three of them build a heartfelt companionship that the best adventure novels are made out of.There isn't much face-slapping either (with a couple of exceptions). Most antagonists aren't unanimously evil, but portrayed as flawed characters who are capable of redemption.All in all, I'm very, very sad that the majority of this novel isn't translated yet. I just wanna binge it in one go so bad. (But also, thank you translators for providing a great translation :'))
