I will update this review as I read, usually in a 50 chapter basis. UPDATED as of 985 Chapters:
Latest:
I have seen recent reviews complaining that this novel is too 'verbose' or has 'too many chinese words', that make it hard to understand. Honestly, it is true that the novel is verbose and has indeed too many chinese words at some point. What I can say: the massive info dumps ended around chapter 400. The novel is currently at a good point, and has no arc that I believe is bad, so far. Plus sides: there are around 900ish chapters, but most arcs dont last much more than 200 chapters, and the novel is very good at handling progression, both of the MC and of his companion. The power system is detailed, at least more than your usual novel, as I state below, however it is not as detailed as Desolate Era, which is what it pretends to be at the beginning.
There are some points where I was wrong below, mainly about info dumping. The novel has a deep focus on the power system, but the main character is in no way overpowered as of current chapters. Also has to be said: the novel is not focused on fights, killing and whatnot. While it does follow along that margin, this novel is more about the rise of the MC through the Daoists Order in a more political sense than powerful sense, where he is, even as of chap 732, still a Pawn in someone else's hands, although he has his own amount of power by now. Now don't get me wrong, the MC is alot stronger than in the beggining, but not like Xu Qing for ex that could move mountains by the same chapter. Current MC is strong enough to kill people and maaaybe screw up some buildings while at it.
As of chapter 100 this novel shows up with 4 major things that separate it from the rest of the novels currently present at WW:
1 - It is full of poetry and actual depth, not like First Immortal of the Sword or Tome of Troubled times, and instead a lot like the old Desolate Era.
2 - The Power scale is detailed(chap 100: not as well as I'd hope, however I still think it might get better as the novel goes on), at least way more than the average cultivation novel that is something like: oh I have 9000 more QI now I'll change from golden banana to blue pineapple, and instead at least has some explanation to it's power level.
3 - There is no indirect info dumping. What do I mean? See: in most other cultivation novels(usually the bad ones or the harem ones) the character is a nobody and for some reason has no context of the world, even down to the basics of what is cultivation, so they introduce some random character to explain the whole cultivation system in one go, which usually comes off as boring or makes the power system extremely limited. In this novel, the world itself is being gradually expanded into a full picture, little by little. There are entire sections that are dedicated to explaining some things, but instead of coming off as annoying dialog(for further understanding: I'm talking about AR, and literally all harem novels in this website), they usually use a journal-like method of explaining that is very direct, and usually very short. chap 100: About this point... honestly I still stand by this, however there are some people who might think that the actual direct info dumping the author does is bad. I quite enjoy it., to be honest
4 - This translator is brave. They dare to use new formatting instead of just plain text and it honestly makes a huge difference in the readability and immersion of the story. I had a small beef with the color purple(some of you might've seen it) but otherwise this translator is out here doing god's work and I hope to see more novels from them. If you wanna know what I'm talking about, look no further than chapter 1, or if you really want to understand what I mean, look at chapter 27. chapter 100: still 100% stand by this
edit no 3: minor spoiler, but based on something that might be interesting to know. Even though the novel is Chinese, chapter 50 seems to imply that the world is divided not only in factions but also cultures, and one of those factions is very clearly modeled as the Catholic Church, even going as far as mentioning 'the Devil' and vampires......
edit no. 1: I'm hopeful. However I don't dare be too hopeful. this is a review currently at just 30 chapters, and honestly martial gods ascension (the 4000 chapters horrible paced novel) was pretty cool at 30 chapters. I'll wait and see before I turn it into a full blown good review.
I will update this review as I read, usually in a 50 chapter basis. UPDATED as of 985 Chapters:
Latest:
I have seen recent reviews complaining that this novel is too 'verbose' or has 'too many chinese words', that make it hard to understand. Honestly, it is true that the novel is verbose and has indeed too many chinese words at some point. What I can say: the massive info dumps ended around chapter 400. The novel is currently at a good point, and has no arc that I believe is bad, so far. Plus sides: there are around 900ish chapters, but most arcs dont last much more than 200 chapters, and the novel is very good at handling progression, both of the MC and of his companion. The power system is detailed, at least more than your usual novel, as I state below, however it is not as detailed as Desolate Era, which is what it pretends to be at the beginning.
There are some points where I was wrong below, mainly about info dumping. The novel has a deep focus on the power system, but the main character is in no way overpowered as of current chapters. Also has to be said: the novel is not focused on fights, killing and whatnot. While it does follow along that margin, this novel is more about the rise of the MC through the Daoists Order in a more political sense than powerful sense, where he is, even as of chap 732, still a Pawn in someone else's hands, although he has his own amount of power by now. Now don't get me wrong, the MC is alot stronger than in the beggining, but not like Xu Qing for ex that could move mountains by the same chapter. Current MC is strong enough to kill people and maaaybe screw up some buildings while at it.
As of chapter 100 this novel shows up with 4 major things that separate it from the rest of the novels currently present at WW:
1 - It is full of poetry and actual depth, not like First Immortal of the Sword or Tome of Troubled times, and instead a lot like the old Desolate Era.
2 - The Power scale is detailed(chap 100: not as well as I'd hope, however I still think it might get better as the novel goes on), at least way more than the average cultivation novel that is something like: oh I have 9000 more QI now I'll change from golden banana to blue pineapple, and instead at least has some explanation to it's power level.
3 - There is no indirect info dumping. What do I mean? See: in most other cultivation novels(usually the bad ones or the harem ones) the character is a nobody and for some reason has no context of the world, even down to the basics of what is cultivation, so they introduce some random character to explain the whole cultivation system in one go, which usually comes off as boring or makes the power system extremely limited. In this novel, the world itself is being gradually expanded into a full picture, little by little. There are entire sections that are dedicated to explaining some things, but instead of coming off as annoying dialog(for further understanding: I'm talking about AR, and literally all harem novels in this website), they usually use a journal-like method of explaining that is very direct, and usually very short. chap 100: About this point... honestly I still stand by this, however there are some people who might think that the actual direct info dumping the author does is bad. I quite enjoy it., to be honest
4 - This translator is brave. They dare to use new formatting instead of just plain text and it honestly makes a huge difference in the readability and immersion of the story. I had a small beef with the color purple(some of you might've seen it) but otherwise this translator is out here doing god's work and I hope to see more novels from them. If you wanna know what I'm talking about, look no further than chapter 1, or if you really want to understand what I mean, look at chapter 27. chapter 100: still 100% stand by this
edit no 3: minor spoiler, but based on something that might be interesting to know. Even though the novel is Chinese, chapter 50 seems to imply that the world is divided not only in factions but also cultures, and one of those factions is very clearly modeled as the Catholic Church, even going as far as mentioning 'the Devil' and vampires......
edit no. 1: I'm hopeful. However I don't dare be too hopeful. this is a review currently at just 30 chapters, and honestly martial gods ascension (the 4000 chapters horrible paced novel) was pretty cool at 30 chapters. I'll wait and see before I turn it into a full blown good review.
