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I totally agree with mja and Fluffums. The world & history of this novel are pretty intriguing, but it's really the characters that drags this novel down in my opinion. I've only read 50+ chapters rn, but the main character is really starting to annoy me.MC started off interesting, as someone with an inferiority complex who turned to evil and destroyed everything & everyone, only to regret it as he was dying, so now he tries to be nice in his new life but his foul mouth and anger issues still get him in trouble. A nice redemption story. In fights & confrontations, he has a spine and can stand for himself. BUT, his attitude and general behavior is really starting to annoy me. Despite being a fully grown & mature adult on the inside, he behaves like a total buffoon. Examples: always asking the same question 10-30 times when he's surprised by a piece of news or bored (think of "aRe wE tHEre yEt" or "what? I must've heard that incorrectly. Repeat that?" ×10), always being in denial with sudden circumstances, fainting from shock when he accidentally gets a convenient power-up by absorbing an artefact's qi, always thinking that ppl from his past life are the exact same today, etc.The ways MC gets power-ups are also too convenient to my taste and feel very unearned so far. I would've much preferred he have less qi and stay "weak" for another 50ish chapters while defeating stronger opponents with his wits & battle experience, but by chapter 52 he already has more qi than his 2-year older sister and a genius (older than him) from another clan. And to reach his current qi level, he went through 2 major power-ups, both of which he was totally unconscious during and unintentionally received.The love interests are also fairly simple and 1 dimensional. 1 genius girl is into MC cuz he doesn't stink like other ppl (*cough* Cha Hae-in in SL), 1 is madly in love with him cuz he has sharp facial features unlike other men in her life, and 1 acts like a toddler that's extremely attached to MC as she always looks for food and follows him around.Honestly, I'm not too bothered by the 1 dimensional girls. I'm used to characters like this in other novels, mangas/hwas, etc. The girls are usually just in the story for MC to win over. But them being fairy stereotypical AND our main character being annoying really doesn't help the novel for me.The worst part is that I actually quite like many of the support characters. MC's oldest sister is the source of MC's inferiority complex yet she still cares for him cuz he's her little brother, and she promised MC's mom (they have different mothers) she'd protect him. But MC tries to push her away, so all she can do is show tough love and force her way into his personal space. Overall, I quite enjoy her headstrong yet caring personality. MC's second sister is also very interesting. She hates MC because he's the heir of the clan despite being talentless and having a terrible personality just cuz he's a boy. She believes that their oldest sister should become lord instead, and blames MC for how unjust the situation is. But she also pities him for having no talent and losing his mother.The sisters are the most interesting characters so far, and the other characters are fairly inoffensive for me, EXCEPT FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER.I will continue reading the novel for now since it has a good rating and many people are loving it, but if the author doesn't fix MC's attitude soon, I will probably drop this novel.