Old review:
Banger of a read.
In the entirety of wuxiaworld, this is the only other novel I would give a 10/10 besides star gate.
The rarest and most unique aspect of this novel is that despite it being a wuxia (martial art's) world, the romance is done extremely well, a singular trope (not going to say which) is used extremely, and I mean extremely well to build the connection between the 2 characters, in a way reminiscent of the soul land 2 series (hint). I couldn't believe how invested I was on the subtle interactions and thoughts they had, at certain moments I even clapped like a teenage girl reading a romcom.
More on the novel itself, if anyone read, or at least ATTEMPTED to read dao of the bizzare immortal, but couldn't get hooked and kept dropping it like me, this novel in my opinion, is able to use the premise a lot better.
A dream to transmigration.
The cultivation system is well-explained, and could be considered standard, the classic external + internal cultivation technique's but the author doesn't shit on external ones, acknowledges the strengths of both, explains the difference AND states the fact that all true masters should practice both and doesn't treat it like some grand reveal only the mc can do. Which I greatly appreciate.
Another very unique thing about this novel is, the mc doesn't have a cheat system per say, instead he recieved a tarro card divination, hinting at 3 items he needs to acquire. The entire premise is very interesting and it relies on the mc on whether or not he can get them, 30 chapters in, it's still shrouded in mystery as to whether or not what happens if he rejects them or doesn't find them, however it definitely doesn't give the mc cheats, the mc has to use his brain and calculate his martial arts without being overly-reliant on some bs system that solves everything for him.
The chapters are long,
And the translation is excellent.
(New)Update (chaps 70-90):
90 chapters in, I would no longer consider the novel a 10/10 more like an 8.5/10, as usual as the plot progresses, it went further from adventure and uncertainty and more towards a traditional chinese historical romance with contrived reasons for women falling in love with the mc, 90 chapters in theres 4 potential lovers, with which only 1 is tolerable. I understand harem's are common in these sorts of novels but even considering the plot 90 chapters in, there should at most be 2 lovers, the other 2 are just there for contrived reasons and their dialogues just take up word space uselessly with corny flirting at EVERY interaction.
Another issue is that despite there being massive cultivation jumps, 90 chapters in, the mc is still at the fourth realm of the most basic level, where as most of the enemies and mysterious antagonists are an unknown number of levels above him, in a completely different ranking. I normally like a slow-cultivation progression novel with some deeper intracacies, but the issue is, the cultivation system in this novel is very bland, cultivate enough qi, break through, done. So there isn't much of a reason for the progression of the mc to be so slow, though it is considered rapid in the eyes of side-characters.
Ever since chapter 50 the plot hasn't been that interesting honestly, the remaining 40 chapters can be summariesed into 3 bullet points:
-add the "most beautiful women he ever saw" x2 into his harem
-kill hundreds of side-characters with an op weapon and op internal qi art
-mid political intrigue, we don't really care about the empire and the exposition on the power structure of the wider world hasn't been well developed yet so its quite boring.
2nd update (chapter 100+):
Oh god the romance in this novel sucks ass now, its like reading a redditors fantasy about how he can collect as many beautiful women as he can, and them all being okay with the mc sleeping with others.
The power structure also sucks ass, what is everyone strong in the novel doing? It's like every time the mc levels up his opponents are only 1 level higher than him nowadays.
I'll read for another 50 chapters, and if there's no improvements from thai generic garble then I'm changing to a down-vote.
Current rating 6.5/10
Old review:
Banger of a read.
In the entirety of wuxiaworld, this is the only other novel I would give a 10/10 besides star gate.
The rarest and most unique aspect of this novel is that despite it being a wuxia (martial art's) world, the romance is done extremely well, a singular trope (not going to say which) is used extremely, and I mean extremely well to build the connection between the 2 characters, in a way reminiscent of the soul land 2 series (hint). I couldn't believe how invested I was on the subtle interactions and thoughts they had, at certain moments I even clapped like a teenage girl reading a romcom.
More on the novel itself, if anyone read, or at least ATTEMPTED to read dao of the bizzare immortal, but couldn't get hooked and kept dropping it like me, this novel in my opinion, is able to use the premise a lot better.
A dream to transmigration.
The cultivation system is well-explained, and could be considered standard, the classic external + internal cultivation technique's but the author doesn't shit on external ones, acknowledges the strengths of both, explains the difference AND states the fact that all true masters should practice both and doesn't treat it like some grand reveal only the mc can do. Which I greatly appreciate.
Another very unique thing about this novel is, the mc doesn't have a cheat system per say, instead he recieved a tarro card divination, hinting at 3 items he needs to acquire. The entire premise is very interesting and it relies on the mc on whether or not he can get them, 30 chapters in, it's still shrouded in mystery as to whether or not what happens if he rejects them or doesn't find them, however it definitely doesn't give the mc cheats, the mc has to use his brain and calculate his martial arts without being overly-reliant on some bs system that solves everything for him.
The chapters are long,
And the translation is excellent.
(New)Update (chaps 70-90):
90 chapters in, I would no longer consider the novel a 10/10 more like an 8.5/10, as usual as the plot progresses, it went further from adventure and uncertainty and more towards a traditional chinese historical romance with contrived reasons for women falling in love with the mc, 90 chapters in theres 4 potential lovers, with which only 1 is tolerable. I understand harem's are common in these sorts of novels but even considering the plot 90 chapters in, there should at most be 2 lovers, the other 2 are just there for contrived reasons and their dialogues just take up word space uselessly with corny flirting at EVERY interaction.
Another issue is that despite there being massive cultivation jumps, 90 chapters in, the mc is still at the fourth realm of the most basic level, where as most of the enemies and mysterious antagonists are an unknown number of levels above him, in a completely different ranking. I normally like a slow-cultivation progression novel with some deeper intracacies, but the issue is, the cultivation system in this novel is very bland, cultivate enough qi, break through, done. So there isn't much of a reason for the progression of the mc to be so slow, though it is considered rapid in the eyes of side-characters.
Ever since chapter 50 the plot hasn't been that interesting honestly, the remaining 40 chapters can be summariesed into 3 bullet points:
-add the "most beautiful women he ever saw" x2 into his harem
-kill hundreds of side-characters with an op weapon and op internal qi art
-mid political intrigue, we don't really care about the empire and the exposition on the power structure of the wider world hasn't been well developed yet so its quite boring.
2nd update (chapter 100+):
Oh god the romance in this novel sucks ass now, its like reading a redditors fantasy about how he can collect as many beautiful women as he can, and them all being okay with the mc sleeping with others.
The power structure also sucks ass, what is everyone strong in the novel doing? It's like every time the mc levels up his opponents are only 1 level higher than him nowadays.
I'll read for another 50 chapters, and if there's no improvements from thai generic garble then I'm changing to a down-vote.
Current rating 6.5/10
