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An interesting and pretty damn good novel so far, I'd say. It's a Xianxia story written by a Korean author, and to be honest, I prefer it. Instead of the usual cardboard cutout perfect and arrogant MC you see in most of the genre, here we have an MC with emotions, somebody who hesitates to take his first human life because, well, he's never done anything like that before, although that doesn't mean he won't do so if forced. And despite the whining of some people who say it's bad writing that the MC doesn't make every perfect decision, the MC here is capable of actually making mistakes—a novel concept, I know, right?The general story is about the MC and 6 of his co-workers being transported to the cultivation world, only for 5 of them to be kidnapped by cultivators after they were found to have mythical talents, and the remaining one setting out on his own arduous journey after discovering he has talent in martial arts. The MC, however, finds he has none; in fact, his talent is in the negative. The story begins with the MC dying of old age after his first life and figuring out he has the ability to regress, and you join him as he gains more wisdom and martial arts/cultivation experience with each regression, along with lots of lifelong trauma. The story also has an overarching background mystery about why the original 7 transmigrators, including the MC, were even brought to this world/ universe in the first place, which includes some underlying cosmic horror elements that are interesting. The author is also a machine who cranks out a chapter daily, barely ever missing a day, sometimes even releasing multiple. On top of that, the chapters tend to be on the longer side; the author started in 2023, and at the time of writing this review, there are 378 raws out, so yeah, that could be a plus or a minus depending on if he burns out or not, but at least you can't deny his passion for this story.Anyways, if any of the above sounds interesting to you, definitely check it out, but let's be honest, unless you're new to the genre, you'll read any scraps of even a slightly interesting web-novel to sate your hunger, so get to it.