A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 202 Discussion

Have you seen those shitty Chinese cultivation novels that just never seem to end? That has a convoluted power system with 200 different stages that the MC has to go through while obtaining a harem in the process?

This novel is basically a case of that being executed perfectly.

Definitely in my top 10 favorite novels of all time, maybe even top 5.

I'd say this novel operates on a 'carrot and stick' system. It progresses in stages you see. The MC would work on something for a few chapters, and just when you're starting to get bored, either the author introduces something new and interesting that turns the story on its head and pulls you back in, or the MC finishes whatever it is he's working on and you get an extremely satisfying payoff.

Here's an example:

So the MC doesn't do cultivation at the start of the story. He needs to work up to being able to do it. This takes quite a while and the story starts getting pretty old. Just as I started to entertain even the slightest idea dropping the novel, the MC gets to cultivating and I couldn't stop reading for the next few dozen chapters.

The power system that would be convoluted in other novels is explained perfectly in this one. Occasionally, this novel will go off on a tangent about how the power system works. It's all explained really well and I beg of you, DON'T IGNORE THEM. If you do, you'll end up like the washed up losers who left 1 star reviews. (Someone might end up writing a negative review that makes sense later on but as of 9 Feb 2024 all the 1 star reviews are ret*rded af) Not only do we see how he obtained the power-up, we also know the intricacies of how the power-up works and it all comes together later to make one of if not the best novel power systems I've ever seen.

Everything in this novel seems to have a cause and effect including the characters and their thinking processes and its all just extremely satisfying.

The sad moments in this novel are also done extremely well. Some of them even drive me almost to tears. It's probably the most consistently emotional novel I've ever read. I'm not really into emotional tragedy novels though so that doesn't really mean much.

Now onto the cons.

There's really not much if you pay attention when reading. Sometimes the tragedy aspect can pile up and get a bit annoying but it's nothing unbearable.

Some parts of the story can drag slightly but that just usually means something massive is about to happen.

Uhhhhh that's about it really see ya

Edit 1: So I saw a complaint about one of the regressions that I forgot about and I just wanna clarify. The arc with the disciples is pretty annoying to get through. It's probably because it's the author's first time writing something emotional but I assure you it gets better later on.

Edit 2: So this is absolutely gonna be a deranged rant that has little to do with the novel but I'm gonna be picking apart user Konstantin's review. Not only because it's mostly wrong but also because he comes across as a massive as*hole when writing it.

MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT;

Firstly, the part about him predicting things....

This tells you everything you need to know about the level of intelligence Konstantin used in writing his review.

My good sir. He has INFINITE REGRESSIONS. He can just live through it. Not only that, as someone who read till chapter 200, MC has very little information as of chapter 35 (where Konstantin read to), there was barely anything he could 'predict' that isn't an asspull and that would benefit him in a major way later on.

Then Konstantin goes on nitpicking minute plot holes which I'm not gonna try to debunk because

1. It's not worth my time and

2. Some of them actually makes sense but news flash 'how long MC takes to learn a language' barely qualifies as a plot hole

The 3rd quarter of the review goes on to further demonstrate how little attention Konstantin paid, with him saying 'MC's friend easily killed a Foundation Building cultivator' (he didn't), 'MC's friend didn't give a sh*t about him in his first life' (It's clearly implied MC's friend died early in MC's 1st life), ' the locations names are too hard to remember' (there's like 5 relevant ones as of chapter 35 and most are classic Chinese city names), 'MC wasted time when he could've killed the emperor early by himself' (he couldn't), 'MC ended up killing the emperor anyway' (you mean the heavily injured, recently resurrected one?), and finally, the titular 'the moves are uninspired' (he didn't read until the cultivation part+it's a xianxia novel, were you expecting stand abilities?)

Finally, the last quarter of the review is just Konstantin stroking his own c***, going 'mE smARt, aUtHOR No sMarT, iF U sMArt lIke me, dROp nOvEl'

If you're gonna write a negative review about a novel called 'A Regressor's Tale of Cultivation', please get to the cultivation part.

Actually, scratch that, not everyone has that kind of time. Just make sure you paid even the SLIGHTEST bit of attention to the novel.