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I very much enjoyed this novel, it's in some parts similar to Mao Ni's works in that there's a lot of plotting and scheming going on. The first book is kind of confusing and the MC is almost a side character until the end of book 1.The only real complaint I have about this book is that the cultivation stages, what happens at each stage and how you rise to the next level, aren't really explained. At some point it's explained what happens in the first 4-5 tiers of martial arts cultivation but how am I supposed to remember that when it actually happens a hundred chapters later? The cultivation aspect is the weakest part of this cultivation novel and there's different kinds of cultivation as well; Martial Arts, Qi (the normal kind) and spiritual (dieties etc), I think? Does Daoism and Confucianism have their own cultivation levels? Almost 400 chapters in and I don't knowThe best part for me is the adventure, seeing different things in the world, and meeting new characters, and the interactions between them and the MC. Seeing what kind of nefarious plots they stumble across, or are the target of, on their adventures is great. The characters are all fleshed out and have their own quirks and views on the world which are well explained.Personally I love all the exposition and explanations that don't serve a real purpose, but I can see other's not enjoying it.
