First and foremost, it's a time-waster, and not a good one. It's the same story as any generic isekai/going back in time novel with the mc just curb-stomping all his opponents. MC is 1 of 300 'lords' contending for ownership (lordship?) of a new continent/world Pangea until his archenemy pulled a fast one on him and an ally betrayed him. In the end, he detonates himself (& his base) as he gives his archenemy the middle finger before going back in time due to his unique ability.
At the time, I figured that this deus ex machina intro was just a plotline to set up mc's op skills & foresight and not a foreshadowing of the pulling-things-out-of-his ass trope that the novel would reuse many times over. After returning to 2 months before the event where he and a select few humans are summoned to the Pangea world/continent to either be adventurers (filler people) or lords. These 300 lords are given the chance to be emperor of the entire continent & the top 10 ranked lords are deemed 'overlords', hence the title. The issue is that MC absolutely curb-stomps each & everything in his way, giving the reader no sense of pressure. It's not like ISSTH or Renegade Immortal where the reader laughs, bleeds, or cries with the mc. The writing style is bland and new things/abilities seem to appear whenever the MC has the smallest bit of trouble without any foreshadowing.
Now, I understand that this having an answer for everything is the essence of a going-back-in-time trope, but I (the reader) don't feel attached to what the mc is doing or the events. I don't even have the guilty pleasure of putting myself in the mc's shoes as he crushes the enemies and feeling op with the mc the way I did in my early days reading Martial God Asura.
Without any investment or attachment in the mc, characters, story, or the world of the novel, I start to ask myself: Why am I even doing this? I'm not enjoying it. It's becoming a chore to read the new chapters the way it was a pain to convince myself to keep up with Martial God Asura before the new-ness/uniqueness of an mc that jumps levels to fight wore off.
As of 3/15/2020, I'm giving up on ch.97/355 total. I know all too well that some novels seem boring while they do some world-building in preparation for the good stuff like Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich or Warlock of Magus World, but this ain't it guys. If this novel can't get its sh*t together 1/3 of the way in, it never will. I've invested a significant amount of time to follow the story to 1/3 of its total length and I don't see any light. If you like a dark mc that makes smart choices like not fighting overly strong opponents and keeping his head low, read Warlock of Magus World. You like action & world building, read I Shall Seal the Heavens. This super short novel might be a decent time waster for people new to the Chinese novel/Web novel scene, but it has absolutely no suspense for a veteran that was there since the founding days of Gravity Tales & Wuxiaworld.
First and foremost, it's a time-waster, and not a good one. It's the same story as any generic isekai/going back in time novel with the mc just curb-stomping all his opponents. MC is 1 of 300 'lords' contending for ownership (lordship?) of a new continent/world Pangea until his archenemy pulled a fast one on him and an ally betrayed him. In the end, he detonates himself (& his base) as he gives his archenemy the middle finger before going back in time due to his unique ability.
At the time, I figured that this deus ex machina intro was just a plotline to set up mc's op skills & foresight and not a foreshadowing of the pulling-things-out-of-his ass trope that the novel would reuse many times over. After returning to 2 months before the event where he and a select few humans are summoned to the Pangea world/continent to either be adventurers (filler people) or lords. These 300 lords are given the chance to be emperor of the entire continent & the top 10 ranked lords are deemed 'overlords', hence the title. The issue is that MC absolutely curb-stomps each & everything in his way, giving the reader no sense of pressure. It's not like ISSTH or Renegade Immortal where the reader laughs, bleeds, or cries with the mc. The writing style is bland and new things/abilities seem to appear whenever the MC has the smallest bit of trouble without any foreshadowing.
Now, I understand that this having an answer for everything is the essence of a going-back-in-time trope, but I (the reader) don't feel attached to what the mc is doing or the events. I don't even have the guilty pleasure of putting myself in the mc's shoes as he crushes the enemies and feeling op with the mc the way I did in my early days reading Martial God Asura.
Without any investment or attachment in the mc, characters, story, or the world of the novel, I start to ask myself: Why am I even doing this? I'm not enjoying it. It's becoming a chore to read the new chapters the way it was a pain to convince myself to keep up with Martial God Asura before the new-ness/uniqueness of an mc that jumps levels to fight wore off.
As of 3/15/2020, I'm giving up on ch.97/355 total. I know all too well that some novels seem boring while they do some world-building in preparation for the good stuff like Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich or Warlock of Magus World, but this ain't it guys. If this novel can't get its sh*t together 1/3 of the way in, it never will. I've invested a significant amount of time to follow the story to 1/3 of its total length and I don't see any light. If you like a dark mc that makes smart choices like not fighting overly strong opponents and keeping his head low, read Warlock of Magus World. You like action & world building, read I Shall Seal the Heavens. This super short novel might be a decent time waster for people new to the Chinese novel/Web novel scene, but it has absolutely no suspense for a veteran that was there since the founding days of Gravity Tales & Wuxiaworld.
