(Currently on chapter 48)
World building/Power system:
The premise of the story has unlimited potential, but has gone in an unexpected direction so far (more on this later). Originally, I expected the novel to take a more 'serious' approach and focus on world building with a clearer power system, however there are too many name drops from seemingly out of nowhere (for techniques, locations, power system, etc.) and although the translator has said it is only temporary, it is still a bit offputting. This might also be a consequence of lots of the techniques and 'powers' possibly being inherited from Taoism and other Chinese philosophies, as one of the readers helpfully comments about, thus requiring contextual knowledge to fully understand. Furthermore, so far the world building potential does not seem to have been explored properly, even though the MC is still on the 'Earth' equivalent, most descriptions are shallow and lack meaning. Personally, I would like the weapons and tech to have more descriptions and lore.
Characters:
Readers can get a general overview of the characters in the story from their interactions, however something feels off in that the author doesn't really describe any apperances or outfits? So far, I have gained a general idea of what the MC and other characters' personalities are like, although the interactions and descriptions make them somewhat one dimensional. This may be the effect of introducing too many characters without properly fleshing any of them out.
Translation:
For the most part, the translation is amazing, however there are many small typos and inconsistencies with names (wrong names in the context, Xuan Wang -> Wang Xuan, New Moon?) in particular that readers have pointed out, which could be easily fixed with an editor on the team. There seems to be some kind of issue with the spacing in some paragraphs, not sure if its just a visual bug or an problem with formatting.
Conclusion:
- There is a lot of unused potential in this world setting, currently lacks clarity
- The power system feels kind of random (my personal preference would be a system with more 'order' to it)
- Characters are not developed that well (so far), too many characters, too much jumping around ig
- Translation issues have a simple fix
- In general, the vibe is not what I expected, action scenes interlaced with comedic scenes. I expected it to be similar to 40 milleniums of cultivation, but some scenes feel more like they come from Keyboard immortal? (idk how else to describe it).
- I'll still give it a positive review since this novel is only in its early stages and has a lot of potential
(Currently on chapter 48)
World building/Power system:
The premise of the story has unlimited potential, but has gone in an unexpected direction so far (more on this later). Originally, I expected the novel to take a more 'serious' approach and focus on world building with a clearer power system, however there are too many name drops from seemingly out of nowhere (for techniques, locations, power system, etc.) and although the translator has said it is only temporary, it is still a bit offputting. This might also be a consequence of lots of the techniques and 'powers' possibly being inherited from Taoism and other Chinese philosophies, as one of the readers helpfully comments about, thus requiring contextual knowledge to fully understand. Furthermore, so far the world building potential does not seem to have been explored properly, even though the MC is still on the 'Earth' equivalent, most descriptions are shallow and lack meaning. Personally, I would like the weapons and tech to have more descriptions and lore.
Characters:
Readers can get a general overview of the characters in the story from their interactions, however something feels off in that the author doesn't really describe any apperances or outfits? So far, I have gained a general idea of what the MC and other characters' personalities are like, although the interactions and descriptions make them somewhat one dimensional. This may be the effect of introducing too many characters without properly fleshing any of them out.
Translation:
For the most part, the translation is amazing, however there are many small typos and inconsistencies with names (wrong names in the context, Xuan Wang -> Wang Xuan, New Moon?) in particular that readers have pointed out, which could be easily fixed with an editor on the team. There seems to be some kind of issue with the spacing in some paragraphs, not sure if its just a visual bug or an problem with formatting.
Conclusion:
- There is a lot of unused potential in this world setting, currently lacks clarity
- The power system feels kind of random (my personal preference would be a system with more 'order' to it)
- Characters are not developed that well (so far), too many characters, too much jumping around ig
- Translation issues have a simple fix
- In general, the vibe is not what I expected, action scenes interlaced with comedic scenes. I expected it to be similar to 40 milleniums of cultivation, but some scenes feel more like they come from Keyboard immortal? (idk how else to describe it).
- I'll still give it a positive review since this novel is only in its early stages and has a lot of potential
