Even tho the MC might appear overpowered at first that is not at all the case in the grand sheme of things.
Ayo this is fire, You need cook up more chapters my g. Noboru is too hard man. This just keep terminating them weak elite knights the cronus.
Pretty same Tone . The storyline is no doubt good but all chapter sounds same although this changes but the initial similar starting is misleading love the professor he is truly well made getting manipulative vibes from him . If it's orgins then I guess it will take time to come to main storyline
I recently read The Primordial Record and I must say that it was an amazing experience. The story revolves around Rowan Kuranes, who wakes up in a new world inside the body of a dying prince. His new body contains terrifying secrets that he must protect, as it holds the key to eternity. Rowan must learn to harness his new abilities and fight against enemies who will stop at nothing to deprive him of his powers. The novel is a perfect blend of fantasy, action, and suspense, and I found myself completely engrossed in the story from the very beginning. The characters are well-developed and the plot is well-paced, making it a truly enjoyable read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy novels. Overall, I would give The Primordial Record a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
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I needed three approaches till i finally managed to enjoy the story, but then i really did. So let me explain why:
(I've read 206 chapters at the point of this review)
First of all, i'm quite sensible with sad stuff. I don't like it if girls suffer and i just want everyone end up happily together as "family". And when i started to read i hated the mc. I felt terrible for the girls and really disliked everything about the mc.
I've talked about the novel with a "friend" of mine, after the author recommended it in my forum thread and he started and continued reading it as well. Later he approached me again and urged me to give the novel another try to at least read till chapter ~25, or maybe even ~80, because in those parts there would come really huge character developments. And and tried to give the novel another chance.
He was right, after the start i really enjoyed the novel more and more. The characters are interesting, the romance is partly really super fluffy and after the start and the character development i really started to accept the mc as well.
I still had some "problems" with the twisted relationships some girls have/had before. And i still can't totally forgive the mc what he's done to some girls. But the romance and harem overall is so fluffy and lovable, that i really enjoyed it a lot. The romance itself turned into something with deep feelings (and not only ***) with the characters really caring for each other. And the harem setting hasn't much unnecessary drama but shows how much they love each other. It's also nice to see, that not everything only depend on the mc but that the girls will also be part of the work/solution.
So if you are like me, bad with sad stuff and mostly here for the fluffy harem: Try to read past chapter 30. The story and the characters will change and it will be a fluffy and caring relationship. And many of those dark things the mc did may not be as dark as it seems and/or get a good ending.
the story is annoying. so if he cultivates he loses strength etc but if he lazes or smokes he gets stronger and the dumbest so far is if he eats he gets hungrier..... so don't eat and you stay full? makes no sense. at the start he has a teacher that rides him kicks him out if class but then makes him come back and forces him to move in with him. story is a waste.
This "synopsis" will kill charm of this novel. This novel is pleasent supprise for me. After years of reading webnovels I could guss basic story of novel just by reading title or synopsis. But this one suprise me by fresh feeling while reading .let me tell you first few chapters is very let down but after that you will never knew how your time spent until you need to pay 40 th chapter. I strongly suggest this novel to all readers. wish you a happy reading.
From Chapter 1-152~
To describe this novel, I would use an analogy. Reverend Insanity is a novel that is like the Death Metal Genre within music where you either hate it till your guts or love it till your lives is at stakes. Haters would deem death metal music to be nonsense and noisy while Lovers would treat death metal music like they worshiped it. I stand at the positive side for Reverend Insanity while many falls into that hater mindset.
Reverend Insanity is a novel that goes beyond any novel I have ever read. If you liked Warlock of the Magus World's Main Character, both MC is similar in their method. Although, I can say for certain that Reverend Insanity is even more evil and "insane" than what we seen of the WMW MC. Basically if you can stomach/withstand the evilness of Linley's action, you may take a step upward to the next level which is Reverend Insanity. Reverend Insanity is undoubtedly what the novel title say, he is not the good moral MC that treats family/clans/animals/women as if they are everything in his life, rather he would insanely extract the most benefit out of every person even if it requires their death to occur. The scene can get gory with very questionable scenes. My warning to fellow peaceful readers, the expectation sets for the darkest novel you may find on Qidian and stay away from it unless you want to turn into a psycho.
Story Development: 4.4 stars Reverend Insanity starts off with a reincarnated MC that seemingly falls into the same loop as other traditional cultivation MC where he speedily power-up, receiving "fortunate" encounters that he knows of and beating up enemies. The twist here is, the MC himself is the villain. Have you ever wondered how a villain in other novels would be like with actual intelligence and what's the action performed by him are? Reverend Insanity's story have a fresh take on the Wuxia genre where he is not a "martial hero" but a "martial anti-hero". Story Progression is moderately pace with some repetitions of details. The details addressing plot-holes is seen and the life teachings given by MC somehow adds flavor to the story even when it does not truly applies to the modern earth thinking.
Character Design: 4.7 stars. I have mention MC here and MC there which shows how impactful he was to the whole novel. The author have the intention to design the MC to be a final villain boss type character and just from his starting point, I can envision how he would appear as one. His personality are twisted by our standards where if he does exist in reality, he would be a professional murderer/criminal. Despite that, by contemplating deeply, he would not be in the wrong and our standards should not be applied at all because he live in a world where the strong literally preyed on the weak. It is an all out survival. His disposition is cold, general attitude to people around him is disregard and alignment leans toward chaotic evil. With the 500 years of experience and journey, the world shaped him to be a loner. A quote of his are " I would rather let the world down, than be let down by the world!!!" The personality is written accurately and I hope the author maintain the progress of his character in the later chapters. Reverend Insanity is a clear look into 'a cunning and intelligent villain' and 'a reincarnated main character that can back that claims'.
Side Characters have well defined & believable personality, making them substantial and remembered. An example would be the author having designed a single family member of MC to be the embodiment of Wuxia novel where he is justice, love and compassionate which highly contrast with MC. Every character in Reverend Insanity plays a significant role and just so you know, there is no romance(from what I know of).
World Background: 4.1 It could be that because the MC hoard much of the spotlight. The world background is less appreciated since the world design are generally similar to other Wuxia novel. The starting premise displays the same direction as a reincarnated novel would, 'born with the memories but weak talent restricting the body, so need to power-up and survive'. The high rating is attributed to the unique cultivation system. At first, I have a tough time imagining and understanding the whole system due to the lack of good explanation. Then, after 100+ chapter did I develop some understanding of the system. Basically, the person have a spiritual region that contain add-on "GU" required for the user to perform skills such as invisibility and etc. The "GU" is the unique and fascinating aspects.
Translation Quality: 4.5 stars I have heard that the previous translator was terrible and the standard is almost worse than machine translated version. The current translator have placed much more effort than the previous translator and I salute to you. Although there are some parts that I have a tougher time in understanding, the consistency in grammar and translation is high. Thank you Translator and Editors!!
Stability of Updates: I am not exactly sure of how stable the current translation at the time of making this review. From the translator notes and the readers comments, the updates is not the most stable out there. I will still support the translator and appreciate his work.
Overall, 4.43 stars Excellent novel to pick up on after crossing over the barriers. Read it with a pinch of salt. Recommended for those that read many novels out there and searching for an interesting novel. Remember kids, avoid Fang Yuan and bring all your family,friends,love,wealth,gu,clans away from him because your close ones may end up in the stomach of a bear. *evil smirk*
This is fking stupid. He goes from beginner to peak of the universe in months . And im not talking about Legendary. It is couple of stages above that.
Why do you keep it in Trial read only to remove it? It was the most supported book yet it was not picked and you guys picked some shitty novels. I really am thinking of leaving this platform...... Why just can't you pick this book?
Disclaimer: review up to chapter 168.
First for those impatient: Is it worth reading? Fuck yes.
Now onto the review. This as far as I can understand from the text is a MTL of a chinese pokemon fanfic. The mc is a reincarnator from Earth who got reborn back in time after dying shortly after he reached e4 level. So, in essence it's his 3rd try at life. While this is explained in early chapters the TL is pretty hard to understand. Mc also has a cheat - the AI chip like one Leylin from Warlock of the Magus World has. The fic is a "realistic pokemon world" Type, and it really gets it with all the politics, brutality of the underworld and nepotism. The MC is a villain so if you hate that you probably won't like the fic.
Now onto the pros:
The mc is a Rocket. Not the Jessie James kind, more Hunter J kind.
The MC is smart. He likes to plan ahead.
The author managed to combine and adapt the vrmmorpg item rarity system and nutrition into a believable IRL equivalent of IV/EVs from the games in aptitudes and pokeblocks.
Coherent and consistent worldbuilding. The explanation why Team Rocket mainly uses dark types, and their standard sets of mons just makes sense.
MC's team isn't the standard cliché of 5 pseudo-legendaries and a Mega like in most fics.
168 chapters in we're almost 2/3rd into 1st arc. This seems like a good 3-5k chapter behemoth.
Now onto the cons:
It's MTL. Pokemon names, attacks and character names don't translate half of the time. For pokemon species there are edits like ghost=gastly, but for characters I'm still wondering who Nazi is.
The MC is arrogant when he really has no right to.
Deus ex AI chip
The whole Rocket contribution points and **** reeks of cultivation novels.
This is most likely a 3-5 k chapter behemoth
Overall I'd rate it within top 5 "realistic pokemon world" Novels including ffn ones. I love it and recommend you to at least try reading it.