Love the novel
My thoughts after getting through 700 chapters of the storyPros:-Fantasy western-style world of magic, gods, angels, demons, devils, elves, undead, etc with some minor mentions of Chinese cultivations-Does a decent attempt to explain, make fun of and even sometimes subvert typical novel cliches like transmigration, MC’s luck and power progression, plot armor, etc-Decent world building and power scaling descriptions. You won’t be too unfamiliar with how things are and how they work-Some emotional scenes in earlier parts of the novel that will get you involuntarily teary-eyed, even if you’re a cold bastard like me, but these are rare-Beifeng. He’s a side character in the novel. Also ironically the best character in the novel imo. I say ironically since he’s supposed to be the most hated character in-universe. You ever watch the Office? His character’s effect in the show is like Creed. Rarely shown, but when he’s brought up, it’s gonna be good. His character objectively isn’t anything too special, but compared to all of the other characters, he’s the star.Cons:-MC’s power progression is all over the place. He’s powerful then weak then both powerful and weak at the same time (???), he stagnates and improves really slowly then goes back to 0, then stagnates again, goes back to 0, improves slowly, stagnates again, etc. Even in his most powerful moments he still feels like a weakling. Story tries to convince me he was super powerful and fearsome once but still tries to keep him as a goofy weakling the whole time who can only every once-in-a-while manage to scrap out bursts of god-like power to finish opponents who are way out of his league, which are like 90% of his enemies.-MC’s personality is...all over the place, but I would just sum him as pitiful. He’s a contradictory mess of honest heroic dreamer type, evil schemer, mad scientist, and doormat. Mainly doormat though. The guy has no self-respect and it really shows as everyone treats him with no respect, either. The series does make an attempt later on in the story to canonically explain why he’s like this, which kind of makes sense, but once the problem is mostly solved and he’s still the way he is, my goodwill towards this explanation is now mostly gone. This whole thing plays into the “comedy” aspect of the novel which I will mention...now-Comedy. It’s the “everyone hates MC” type, where the MC is the butt of 90% of the jokes. Too bad it’s the same few jokes, that’s repeated multiple times in every single chapter. Really, like every single chapter. Even a great joke gets tiring after hearing it hundreds of times, and these jokes got tiring after chapter 20. More than 700 chapters in, and it’s still the same jokes. Yet again. Ha ha. The humor of the story is kind of like Konosuba, except most of the ridiculing is still aimed towards the male MC than the female companions. I didn’t really like Konosuba much, but I know many people who do, so maybe those people will like the humor? Don’t get me wrong, though. There are some times in the story where the humor is pretty funny. But most of the time it’s like this, so it’s just mostly frustrating.-“Romance”. There isn’t really any “romance” per say, but there is the MC-surrounded-by-girls-who-like-him trope (romantically or otherwise). Expect where other harem series have varied female stereotypes, 90% of the girls are the same profile: strong personalities who constantly ridicule MC while still sticking around him. I would’ve defaulted to “tsundere”, but tsundere personalities tend to be childish or immature, while these girls are not. I won’t put all the blame on them though cause MC likes to say and do stupid shit constantly that’s just asking for him to be ridiculed, but even then, they take it the extra mile and they purposefully antagonize him a lot (of their own volition) which doesn’t make them likable, either. Oh yeah, most of them are more powerful/skilled than him or become moreso later on, so that also doesn’t help matters much for MC since he stays a weakling who takes the brunt of their grievances. There’s only so many times I can read the MC running away from these woman to get respite from this before I just find him sad. But even then, there are at least two specific women around him at all times who he can’t escape from, so he’s just always pitiful. But yet he still ultimately sticks around them, so can I really feel any sympathy for him? Not really. He asks for it and receives triple back. Then comes back for more. Truly pitiful.Overall conclusions:Should you read this novel? Idk. I found myself frustrated with 90% of the characters. The story itself doesn’t compensate for this, so really, if you like the humor, then you might enjoy this story a lot. Otherwise maybe pass this.PS, why the heck are all the women in this story like this? Like, the only somewhat decently-normal woman in the story was previously a man! Is this supposed to be some kind of commentary the author is trying to convey here? That woman are psychos and only a man can be a good woman? The heck kind of semi-incel shit is this?
An interesting story that will keep you from boredom. The characters have depth and I think the plot is really well thought.
A typical face slapping novel.
The one thing that stands out about this novel is the MCs lowkey and steady attitude. He doesn't create big scenes or competes with or offends others. Most of the time he just seems to walk away.
Also definitely no harem with his character.
so far he is a slave of the system
Trash the level of writing is bad the author doesnt know how to make the novel exiting too much filler
One of the worst ending i have encountered yet.
Such a shame because it had an awesome, funny starting, nice MC.
I can easily suggest it to others but only maybe the first half or first 3/4 of it. The rest can be spoilered you would lose nothing, maybe some cringe.
If you want to read a story that slowly builds up tensions, has an actual plot that builds on itself and a powerful world building series that tackles cultivation in a unique way then I would highly recommend this
Overall this was a pleasant read for a change. I can't comment on translation accurate but it was nice for the gender pronouns to be correct!
Ignoring the system itself the main character has to get stronger through cultivation. His real game cheat is simply the ability to acquire cultivation technique pieces(can be made into a whole) and then fusing them.
He's extremely cowardly which makes it rather hilarious if not slower paced. He also doesn't realizes how much he has derailed the world through his own actions. It's the most fun I've had with a novel in quite some time.
Unfortunately you rarely see gems like this chosen. I really do hope it doesn't fall into obscurity. I would love to keep up with this novel especially given how much effort seems to be put into the novel's editing.
Seeing as this is the same author as hvisland, I am expecting big things. i don't much care for Grammer mistakes so long as you can tell what it was trying to say. overall I will be sure to read till the end
I’ve never really written a review before but here goes. Don’t get me wrong this book is good but after chapter 40 the book’s translation just get worse. Like all the chapters you have to unlock, names are forgotten, misuses of gender are all over. So you never know who is a man or female unless its before chapter 40 then you have some clue. The story is good but it just sucks that because of how sloppy the translation gets it makes it a lot harder to read.
I Lord Touch Me, am looking forward to this novel! I am interested to see how he uses his knowledge to conquer the world..
Let us watch as our MC becomes an ultimate warrior!