Spankz

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10 months ago

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Not recommended

100 chapters in:

I can't upvote this anymore, started alright, went downhill pretty quick. Sometimes it's just dumb, other times there's too much filler. Anyway, you might like this if there are a lot of chapters available and you can turn your brain off, otherwise, it's pretty torturous.

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55 Chapters in:

The amount of typical chinese tropes is getting a bit ridiculous, it's like a game of how many can we fit in one novel... It's still a somewhat enjoyable read as well, even if I find myself wanting to skip over bits. Also, the author seems to have started to drag things out more than earlier on in the novel. It's on the border of a bad review at this point, but i'll give it a chance as long as it doesn't just turn into the usual 10 chapters to describe every fight/interaction.

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Update as of 20 chapters in:

The quality hasn't dropped, there isn't anything particularly new and there are too many of the usual tropes already to list. However, without spoiling anything, the author is moving the story along nicely so far, there are 1 or 2 moments where the plot is forced along with some dumb writing, but for now I'm still giving this a thumbs up.

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Not much happened within the first 2 chapter so will update this as more gets released but here's the gist i'm getting so far (Minor spoilers):

Fairly usual chinese cultivation story so far, MC gets reincarnated with a mysterious treasure into a useless young master, someone has tried to kill him already and he has an arranged marriage (with someone who appears to dislike him very much) which I wouldn't be surprised if it gets anulled in the upcoming chapters. So yeah, already full of the usual tropes, although it's advancing at a somewhat decent pace for 2 chapters. Whether that's due to being early on in the story or a sign of things to come we'll have to see.

Thumbs up for now though, we'll see how it goes.

felix_xb

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9 months ago

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Not recommended

This novel uses the formula of Immortal reincarnates into westrel. Translation is okey and pace is okey, but that's about it. TLDR version is: read this if you want to read junk food and turn off your brain.

The writing has a lot of problems. A LOT of problems.

1) Every single character is either loyal devoted higher saint OR is insuferable bandit ready to murder, steal and burn orphanages for the smallest benefit. It's hilarious how exageraged "villanous" the antagonists are. Characters also seem to flip flop between these two "modes of thinking" to the point it's hard to care for anyone much. What is character if it changes with the weather.

2) Everyone hates the main character like he pissed over their family hairloom or something. It makes no sense.

3) The main character behaves nothing like a "Immortal Emperor", he doesn't have the mentality of one, the poise of one, the planning of one, etc. There have been quite of a few of these by now, so it's very clear how "done correctly" looks like, so I'd expect comperable or better. In most situations you'll find the main character pick the "hopefully nobody else but me has trump cards" route, which is just dumb. He also has zero sense of keeping his abilities hidden. Fortunately everyone else is conveniently stupid, even when he tramples several of them, they're still hopelessly ignorant he's capable.

4) The main character has a lot of "knowledge" to the point, just because he's immortal empror, he also somehow knows BETTER then the locals what good local art and local culture is, including knowing better historical figures (of no more then 100 years prior) from neighbouring cities and their habbits! guess being a immortal emperor comes with omniscience. It's pretty hilarious how shameless the writing can be at times.

5) The main character comes off as a immortal murder hobo a bit. There's no real goal other then to go back murdering everything along the way. If this is somehting you like, close your mind and enjoy. Just dont expect much of anything in terms of development.

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In terms of everything else:

a) Cultivation system is so-so. Its sadly one of those writing styles that takes any awe and magic out of the cultivation system so it comes off as pretty boring and lackluster. Main character also breezes though them so fast the cultivation system doesnt matter much.

b) The world isn't very well fleshed out. It has some cohesion but otherwise is very clearly just randomly stiched togheter, however is most convenient. It's not the worst, but sometimes comes off as silly: a few people die and suddenly the entire army of the country is "suffering a big loss", yet at the same time they have thoughsands of studens in the academies.

c) The culture and people are... I don't think this author knows what that is. The society portrayed in this novel is better used as some grimdark setting, since the level of lawlessness is at the point where normal constructs like money, shops, etc, shouldnt really be able to function when robing and killing people off the streets is just "who cares"

Gleam14

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10 months ago

Not recommended

This will probably be enjoyable enough for some people, but others will probably hate it. 20 or so chapters in and this is one of the more generic CN novels I've tried. If you can think of a reincarnated powerhouse trope, this probably has it. If that's your cup of tea, go for it, if not, then probably pass this one up.

A decent translation, and two chapters a day will at least give you something to read. Personally, I find it hard to recommend, and feel of this probably doesn't deserve a 100%. You'll probably be able to tell very early on if this is for you or not.

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