Infinite Bloodcore Chapter 220 Discussion

Gu Zhen Ren's definitive soon to be masterpiece. Most of us are here because we love RI and want something more of that level. Well, you all can finally stop looking and loosen up because rest assured, IB is what you're looking for. Mind you though, it is not all like RI, I'd rather say that they are poles apart. Our MC isn't as dense as FY but his subtle life philosophies and high aspirations are there but portrayed from a different angle. I say we come to recognize GZR's this new work apart from his already highly acclaimed novel and see it in a new light and appreciate it off on its own mettle. So now, I'll come to the review.

Cultivation. It is simple. Here we have life levels, ranging from 'Bronze' to 'Legend' and more. Cultivators are separated into 'Magicians' and 'Battle Qi' cultivators. The former are experts at using elementals and ambient world energy around them directly while the latter use the same energy but use their bodies as the medium to combat. But in this, there are intricacies revolving around bloodlines and inherited aptitudes which leads to differences in people who have a more potent bloodline than compared to those who don't. This is what that primarily shapes the societies into hierarchies and we get a comprehensive understanding of the world order and development.

World Building. There are several races in this world and several of their continents, so far only a few are known but we'll come to know more of them later. It follows your usual trope of a fantasy with having humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, giants, beastmen etc. Everyone has their own different and unique traits and quirks. So, this leads to competition and an obvious warfare. This is the premise of the novel as well. Our MC is a knight from the human race's nobility, who follows his 'deities' will' and travels to fight over the lordship of a city on an enemy continent. On the way, his ship wrecks and they crash land on a strange island and we come to know more of his and his companions' circumstances. Everything else I say would be spoiler territory but buckle on, because boy it'll be a journey full of ordeals and scheming, even when there is survival at stake.

Side Characters. If this novel has anything which shines more than most novels, then this would be it. From even a lowly nobody to a major character, everybody has their own feelings and motives which are made known and which affect the story and in the development of the main character at large. There are obvious discrepancies among people with better and bad bloodlines or between people of different races. These are displayed from character interactions and inner monologues which are so heavily implied in the novel.

Main Character. He's an enigma, not because of having a temporary memory loss but for several unimaginable reasons which you'll come to know by the end of book one. He is always on the way to self discovery and introspection throughout the story. The character development starts on a blank slate where MC remembers tidbits of his memories on different intervals and tries to carve himself to be that person accordingly. Then, there's a different element of character development in play which comes afresh and anew due to his current circumstances and which get shaped thanks to the difficult life choices he makes on his quest to surviving. The final result would be the culmination of both. If FY was already a settled person who had reached the apex of his character development, then here, the MC is always coming to terms with his and the world's circumstances and shaping up to be the person who he wants to be. But, as always the case in GZR's writing which we are used to, nothing comes easy and there are always bigger pictures and strong backhands at play. The novel is explicit in showing the dark and hideous nature of humanity. So far we've not reached to the extent of political scenarios but they are hinted to come. Hopefully, they are tame and don't get on the bad side of CCP like RI. sighs

There are twists here and there, now with Webnovel employing a different TL and renaming of the characters into English and GZR re-editing the book 1 but for us readers, the plot is same and strong for the most part. Have fun.