- #1
Lin Du, our MC, is a once-in-a-thousand-years genius, unmatched in both talent and sickliness. Coupled with a tragic backstory along with a pair of incomplete lungs, a shattered glass heart, and one year left to live, she's really favored and despised by the heavens. Of course, she knows she'll survive if she completes the system's tasks, but the people that care about her don't. As a result, she's usually regarded with pity/sorrow (or disdain, for antagonists), while she doesn't give a second thought about it. She's the kind of person that you wouldn't know whether to envy or for feel bad for in real life.As for her personality, it's pretty fitting that her spiritual root thing is a pure ice-type. I have to say that her personality in the summary is a bit misleading; it makes her seem a bit more... cheerful? than she really is. She's not necessarily cold, but there's always a sense of distance between her and the rest of the world, even when she's smiling with her fellow disciples. She's pretty close with everyone in the sect, and they all like her too. I enjoy her dynamic with her Master, who's also an ice type; they have a playful dynamic where she's not polite with him at all and he pretends to be a cruel mentor that enjoys making things harder for her, all while caring for each other deeply (which they'll never admit, being the people that they are).Other than that, though, the translation could use some work. Mainly the pronouns are extremely inconsistent. Because the MC looks androgynous, other characters refer to her as a male, but it's clear she's a girl. However, this isn't really the case for other characters. Sometimes they're introduced as a male, but in later chapters or even in following paragraphs, he turns into a she. I think I've mostly figured out everyone's genders by now, but when characters are first introduced, it's quite difficult to tell. The translation can also be confusing in that some sentences don't really match up with the one before it. I'll be reading a paragraph just fine and then the next line will have me wondering if I've skipped something. It's a problem that's not helped by the whole pronouns issue, either.All in all, still readable, if a bit disjointed. Definitely worth the effort. Good story, amazing MC, cute and lovable sect members. 5/5 for me.