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If I had to summaries this story, it would be mediocre yet addictive. Other reviews have brought up the issue of the repetitive nature of the MC getting into conflicts, which is very true, but for me the primary flaw in this story is that the author writes in a way that is incredibly contrived. He doesn't understand the world he has built and repeatedly ignores the logical sequence of actions that would result. If you are like me and very nit picky about things not making sense, then this story is basically guaranteed to annoy you. A few examples;Spoiler
The author goes on to compound the s*upidity of this point by establishing a "Radiant Saint Organisation", which is a continent wide superpower established for the express purpose of protecting and aiding Radiant Saint Masters. AKA, by this point in the story (about ch 200) the MC could literally have just gone home to his family after enrolling in this organisation and no one would have been able to touch him (he originally on the run from offending a sect in his home nation, trying to gain enough to return home).
But as with all these spoilers, the author either completely fails to realise the basic logical consequences of what he has written, or he just intentionally ignores them because it's inconvenient to the way he wants the plot to go - which is a sign of an author who hasn't planned anything out and is just forcing the story in one direction rather than letting it flow naturally. As a result completely s*upid things like this happen over and over again. [collapse]The second event I'll mention is when Jian Chen ambushes this group of elite soldiers, in order to steal their cargo of monster cores and artillery cannons, which he does because they're going to fight his country with them. The fight itself is fine, but afterwards one of the commanders escapes and reports back to the King all the events, and then there's a nationwide hunt for Jian Chen - who was disguised during his attack, so the only thing they have to identify him is a lame portrait with no details and which only really describes the persons height. MC overhears the guards complaining about how impossible it would be to recognize the perpetrator based on those details, and indeed they let him through the checkpoint. In the absence of any other details, this all seems to make sense; except, as a reader would know, and as the author of all people ought to have been able to deduce, Jian Chen is actually eminently recognizable even without seeing his face. Even if he disguises himself, there's no way to disguise his Saint weapon, which has been repeatedly emphasized to be unique and remarkable looking throughout the entire story, and which the escaped commander clearly saw (it was used to mu*der all of his friends in front of him). Not only that, but Jian Chen is totally famous in one of their class 2 cities by this point, having rescued the entire city from a monster invasion, and everyone knows what his sword looks like - it's literally one of the key details people use to identify him. But apparently no one in the kingdom could work out this most basic of facts when it came to recognizing him after he destroyed one of their elite soldier contingents, which made the entire kingdom furious. Like the other point, it's as if the author wrote a series of events which seemed to tentatively make sense, but then were utterly broken by other things he had written - and then he either didn't realize or intentionally ignored that this makes no sense and just proceeded on with the story.Having said all of that, overall the story is hard to put down - I don't really know why. It's a mountain of xianxia cliche's and plotholes, but I'm going to keep reading it to see what happens; if nothing else there is a lot of translated chapters done. His family situation intrigues me as well, and the fights aren't terrible, albeit they can be mostly simplified down to "Jian Chen was incredibly fast, and the enemies throat got stabbed before they knew it!". Worth a read if you're bored and don't take it too seriously I guess. Just don't expect any of the following; complicated relationships/characters, consistent MC, logical consistency, or strong plot direction.
Jian Chen discovers he has the ability to use Radiant Saint force, which is like a light attribute that can be used to heal himself or others. He then instantly decides, for reasons that amounted to "I don't want to attract attention", that he ought to hide this from literally everyone he knows, even to the extent at one point of paying an absolute arsehole a small fortune (500 purple coins) in order to heal his friends, just so he can avoid revealing his ability. The problem with this? By the point he pays this guy, he is already completely and utterly famous/infamous among all the people he's hiding this ability from. How can you not want to attract attention, right after saving the entire kingdom, establishing a huge mercenary band, being a personal guest of the city lord, and singlehandedly wiping out 3 different major sects in broad daylight - events which every common citizen knows about?
The author goes on to compound the s*upidity of this point by establishing a "Radiant Saint Organisation", which is a continent wide superpower established for the express purpose of protecting and aiding Radiant Saint Masters. AKA, by this point in the story (about ch 200) the MC could literally have just gone home to his family after enrolling in this organisation and no one would have been able to touch him (he originally on the run from offending a sect in his home nation, trying to gain enough to return home).
But as with all these spoilers, the author either completely fails to realise the basic logical consequences of what he has written, or he just intentionally ignores them because it's inconvenient to the way he wants the plot to go - which is a sign of an author who hasn't planned anything out and is just forcing the story in one direction rather than letting it flow naturally. As a result completely s*upid things like this happen over and over again. [collapse]The second event I'll mention is when Jian Chen ambushes this group of elite soldiers, in order to steal their cargo of monster cores and artillery cannons, which he does because they're going to fight his country with them. The fight itself is fine, but afterwards one of the commanders escapes and reports back to the King all the events, and then there's a nationwide hunt for Jian Chen - who was disguised during his attack, so the only thing they have to identify him is a lame portrait with no details and which only really describes the persons height. MC overhears the guards complaining about how impossible it would be to recognize the perpetrator based on those details, and indeed they let him through the checkpoint. In the absence of any other details, this all seems to make sense; except, as a reader would know, and as the author of all people ought to have been able to deduce, Jian Chen is actually eminently recognizable even without seeing his face. Even if he disguises himself, there's no way to disguise his Saint weapon, which has been repeatedly emphasized to be unique and remarkable looking throughout the entire story, and which the escaped commander clearly saw (it was used to mu*der all of his friends in front of him). Not only that, but Jian Chen is totally famous in one of their class 2 cities by this point, having rescued the entire city from a monster invasion, and everyone knows what his sword looks like - it's literally one of the key details people use to identify him. But apparently no one in the kingdom could work out this most basic of facts when it came to recognizing him after he destroyed one of their elite soldier contingents, which made the entire kingdom furious. Like the other point, it's as if the author wrote a series of events which seemed to tentatively make sense, but then were utterly broken by other things he had written - and then he either didn't realize or intentionally ignored that this makes no sense and just proceeded on with the story.Having said all of that, overall the story is hard to put down - I don't really know why. It's a mountain of xianxia cliche's and plotholes, but I'm going to keep reading it to see what happens; if nothing else there is a lot of translated chapters done. His family situation intrigues me as well, and the fights aren't terrible, albeit they can be mostly simplified down to "Jian Chen was incredibly fast, and the enemies throat got stabbed before they knew it!". Worth a read if you're bored and don't take it too seriously I guess. Just don't expect any of the following; complicated relationships/characters, consistent MC, logical consistency, or strong plot direction.