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Do NOT read it if you're looking for regular power fantasies. This novel focuses more on the world around the protagonist rather than his power progression, at least this is the case till the latest translated chapter. Here, the growth of his cultivation is a secondary concern, and author often invests a huge amount of focus on creating an impactful conversation or scene rather than fights or dramatic climaxes.This is a very distinctly different type of xianxia story. Very little of traditional cultivation settings have been borrowed in this story. Rather, the author has gone through much pains to establish a fresh world that feels realistic and unique, sophisticated.The MC is also different from regular CN novel protagonists. He's perhaps the most morally relatable and respectable Chinese protagonist I've seen in this genre so far. But he's not so naive to as to be unbearable either.Overall, I would recommend it if you're not impatient and appreciate it when an author focuses on creating a complex, impactful story rather than cliched wish-fulfillment routes.Criticisms: some fillers, even though they are well written, can annoy the readers sometimes. And often author changes the flow of incidents to appear unpredictable, which rather instills a bad taste in my mouth because the apparent climaxes don't happen. Problems and dangers that we're looking forward to bloom into focus get solved by random chains of incidents and characters beyond the mc's scope of comprehension. It makes for an underwhelming experience if you're used to explosive climaxes that are usually found in this genre.