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This novel is a bit of a mixed bag for me. The writing is good, story is good, character design is alright at best (not sure why everyone is constantly gender-confused, its kinda funny now and again but crazily overused here, also I thought robes/wuxia outfits/etc. Were pretty clear on gender), but the motivation and behavior of the MC and other characters is so erratic and odd it made reading this get frustrating after a while.Litany of grievances below:MC is crazily OP, but hides it at every opportunity, has a demonstrably bad master/sect who/that he is nevertheless fairly loyal to, is really smart, but behaves as though he's half his age, he apparently cultivated super-dilligently for decades, yet half-asses everything for at least 40 chapters, plus the whole premise of his leaving is to 'retire', and yet he doesn't renounce his position in the sect or leave far enough to be remote, it's just a bundle of obvious contradictions, which don't shake out to a realistic personality. (Which I feel to be the same for the other characters to a lesser degree) Spoiler
and chooses to serve the emperor for a easy 'retirement', but can't be bothered to do his job competently which jeopardizes retirement in any position
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