I was enjoying this story right up until the MC crippled a young rival's cultivation. It was a cruel trick, since he made the boy beg to save his life, then he turns around and hits him with something FAR WORSE than death. NOTHING can ever justify maiming, castrating or crippling someone. I didn't have a problem with him chopping the other dude's hand off, since that happened during a fight—though in a Land Without Rule of Law, a merciful man will kill those he has maimed, when it is possible. But neutering is such a foul act, that not even neuterers deserve to be neutered, Kill people. Torture people if you're really really pissed. Never Ever Never cripple someone. {If more cultivators would immediately commit seppuku upon having their cultivation crippled, I'd have FAR MORE RESPECT FOR THEM!}