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I've tried to continue reading through this till the end but I found myself just gradually disliking this novel over time for various reasons. The only good thing about this novel was the interesting plot of visiting the future and bringing it back to the present but author pushes that out of importance and only starts to use it as a convenient cheat tool to explain how Lu Sheng, the MC, gets so powerful but he never goes into depth regarding this strange ability or explores the future world at all.After the initial hundred or so chapters it starts to show the common faults of Chinese novels. It becomes noticeable when the author starts to write for the sake of filling the word count when most of the chapters consists of fillers that add no substance to the actual story and things feel rather repetitive. For example, it's not uncommon for nearly an entire chapter to literally just consist only of explaining the MC's very cool entrance into a venue, giving wordy nonsensical flourishes, and about how the gawking audience reacts to said MC, further explaining how cool he is.Romance is also a complete dumpster fire. Even though it was heavily implied that a harem is coming from the future biography saying he has multiple wives and also several heroines showing up throughout the story it ends up being completely ruined because the author basically just threw away all of that and instead double downs on creating a rather forced, awkward love. It read like a 3rd grade student was asked to write a romance story. There's basically no substance within the relationship. No real foreshadowing was done nor was there was foundation for a romance to form. Interactions between the two are bare-minimum to say the least, at the level of acquaintances at the same workplace. Hell, he's even been with the other girls for longer than he has with the heroine.The last point I'd like to mention is the MC himself. In this novel, it feels like MC just grows downward into your typical arrogant young master that's also an extreme narcissist. As as reader you're told that everything MC does is right and justified. He beats up everyone and everything that doesn't agree with him. Caution and consequences don't exist in his head. The author repeatedly tells you that he's not a evil guy but that he's a normal guy who does both good and bad but his actions speak otherwise. The author also feels the constant need to state how cool, handsome, perfect the MC is to the point that it's the equivalent of masturbating in front of the mirror to yourself.