Overlord of Blood and Iron
Completed

Overlord of Blood and Iron

58%
86 Reviews
Author:
Dam Hwa Gong (담화공)
Translator:
Marumaru & inyourgalaxy
Official Synopsis: Overlord Kang Chul-in. The man who lost only because he was too powerful. He will go back to the past in order to succeed in his conquest to total control of the Pangaea continent. Will he be able to defeat the nine other Overlords and finally become the sole owner of the Pangaea continent?
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Chapters
355 Chapters
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MSTORYHUB

Details

License: ⓒ Hwagong / MSTORYHUB

Editor: Cupsize

Schedule: 1 Chapter/day 

Leyy's Synopsis: This is a story on a man who was too powerful, and was betrayed. Kang Chul-In will now return to the past, fighting endless perils on achieving his dream; becoming the sole ruler of Pangaea.

Raws: 355 Chapters (Completed) 

(Little bit of Isekai mixed in)

Reviews
58%
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trinitymage
5 years ago
Recommended
I am going to go ahead and rate this as I was able to read farther into the story before it came to wuxiaworld. This is a great story, in my opinion, I will be short into the point as to why I think so. Also, this review may change after the story evolves farther than where I have read up to.

Plot: Though it has the overused dying and reviving in the past trope the rest of the plot and storyline, in general, is unique and enjoyable. Also, the trope is done in a different way that makes it a bit refreshing.

Characters: The main character is cool and very interesting to read. As far as side characters are concerned I can't say there are many unique and well fleshed out ones at this point in time. I say this not because they are written badly but because they as of yet do not have much importance to the story. Most are mentioned or show up here and there but not always part of the story. Though I will say the one guard that is good at tieing up people is a funny character to read about. I feel though that as the story progresses the characters will be further fleshed out and will be more enjoyable to read and they will become memorable.

Translation: At least on this site, the translation is pretty good, though the chapters I read on the other site could use a bit more proofreading though they are still pretty easy to read.

Villains: So far there are not many if any stupid bad guys with dumb reason to antagonize the mc. Though saying that in retrospect there are not many characters that can be targeted as bad guys. The main villain is there but he is not very relevant as of yet. Most likely for a while, he will be off in the shadows, known but not relevant.

Love interest: At the moment I am not sure if there will be a harem or not, the lords can have up to 7 wives. But I am not sure if he is interested in worrying about women atm. Though there are few interested in him. Thankfully he is not an idiot when it comes to this but as of now, he is just pushing it aside.

Worldbuilding: So far I would say it is pretty decent it's not the best but it does have a pretty good start so far. I would like to see even more in the future chapters but overall I am happy with what it has so far.

Overall the story is pretty great, I am not the best when it comes to reviews so hopefully, this one helps those interested in reading this story. If I had to give it a rating out of 5 stars. I would give it a solid 4.5 stars as of now. I really can't wait for this story to update on this site and to be able to read past what I have read elsewhere.

Dunekoon
4 years ago
Not recommended
Pro: Fun to read. I consider novels like these junk food. its not good for you but you like it anyways.

Con: Horrifically racist and tone def. "Yellow Monkey Jap" like 3 chapters in.

"Oily-Arab" ch 144. This villain is literally the leader of IS. Its like if Fox News wrote Wuxia. He claims hes the reincarnation of God and forces his other dimension territory citizens to convert.

EVERY Antagonist is a racist stereotypical foil of other races.

I mean dont get me wrong MC is a POS and he knows it so hes not saying Koreans are angels but jeeze.

JohnDoe
5 years ago
Not recommended
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.

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