History’s Number 1 Founder

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He transmigrated and got a system but Lin Feng’s pressure is as big as a mountain.

System main quest: Lin Feng creates a school, establishing history’s number 1 sect, Lin Feng himself becoming the number 1 founder.

And so to become history’s number 1 founder Lin Feng started to work hard.

“Your name is Shi Tianhao? Natural born supreme king but it was stolen by your cousin. Now being raised in a little village your father placed you in? Come come come, come with master, we’ll let those people know that justice that is owed must be returned!”

“Your name is Xiao Yan? A genius in the past, now a loser. Your fiance even came over and humiliated you by breaking off the engagement? Come come come, come with master, we’ll let that brat know the meaning of don’t bully a youngster because he’s poor!”

“Your name is Zhu Yi? The bastard son of a marquis, suppressed by your father. Your mother was the previous saint but she was killed? Come come come, come with master, we’ll let your dad know the meaning of the world is big, fists are… no, reason is the biggest!”

Associated Names
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HN1F
Shishang di yi zu shiye
The First Ancestor in History
史上第一祖师爷
Related Series
History’s Strongest Senior Brother (Same Franchise)
Recommendations
History’s Strongest Senior Brother (15)
Library of Heaven’s Path (14)
My Disciple Died Yet Again (5)
The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich (3)
Running Away From The Hero! (3)
The Strongest Sect of All Times (3)
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12/21/16 JustATranslator c107
12/21/16 JustATranslator c106
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08/29/16 Sylver Translations c99
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08/22/16 Sylver Translations c97
08/21/16 Sylver Translations c96
08/18/16 Sylver Translations c95
08/12/16 Sylver Translations c94
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ydim
ydim rated it
August 12, 2019
Status: c1000
The story is good and fun, but it suffers from the same ill as many other webnovels: repetition. It is simply infuriating to have the novel drag its feet and read the same thing over and over again. This gets worse as the story progresses. Of each chapter, only 10-20% actually matters, the rest is either repetitious garbage or "tell rather than show", irrelevant infodump. You absolutely must skim read to preserve your sanity. It's truly sad how many novels all of the above applies, including "History's Strongest Senior Brother"... more>> as well.

tl;dr: Brevity may be the soul of wit, but word padding is what pays the bills, I guess... <<less
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Mou
Mou rated it
June 27, 2017
Status: c121
This is one of my all time favorites. It's right up there with "My disciple died once again". Our future NO 1 founder may be a little sly but he has yet to harm someone who has not tried to harm him first. He acts more like a person with brain function befitting that of a modern day person than the protagonists of other novels of similar genre, where the hero ends up acting worse than the main villain, eventually. Although some villains do deserve those treatments. But I like... more>> the way LF does things better. Well that's just my opinion. All I'm trying to say is, though I don't know how this novel will end up, right now I LOVE THIS NOVEL. <<less
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Lazybum0
Lazybum0 rated it
September 10, 2016
Status: c100
This is Gold. A funny interesting story.

The MC, Ling Feng is this shameless guy who has this crazy quest and to succeed in this quest he will have to con even his disciples haha.
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Tobi
Tobi rated it
January 28, 2021
Status: Completed
Absolutely wonderful, I am simply writing this review after a long time being absent just because this novel is a master class.

It started out as a simple Oh this is a funny parody of other popular novels, this will probably not be good. Oh how wrong my friends, it is a venture on how a simple man can change the current of the world with his mere presence.

It truly did start out extremely simple, it's basic, he's collecting his disciples to build a sect. Oh he's playing off his power... more>> like he's some kind of powerful cultivator even though he's not. Non non, after some time it became slightly different, then slightly more different, until the sheer amount of lore and fantastical battle took place.

Lin Feng is different, albeit him being a bit of a funny guy, as the story progress you can see that his personality develops into that of someone who is vastly experienced compared to others. Oh, he still has that funny personality, but he completely matured to someone who has the responsibility of an entire sect. He loves his disciples, all of them, including the thousands of different 2nd gen, 3rd gen, everyone of them is his godsons and goddaughters. As the saying goes in the novel If you find trouble with your generation, beat them up! If the elders comes, then I will beat them up for you!

All the characters have their own personality, especially the four different MCs from different novels that came under Lin Feng's tutelage. I have to say, they are still amazing here, all of them develop their own lore and stories to tell the audience. Every enemy has personality, not all antagonists are evil, not all good guys are good.

It has a very satisfying ending. It's an ending that made me go blank for quite some time.
I will miss all of them, all of the characters, Xiao Yan, Wang Lin, Zhu Yi, Shi Tianho, Yang Qing, Yue Hongyan, Li Yuenfang, Li Yuanfang, Luo Qingwu. And especially Lin Feng. Thank you! <<less
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omgitsaray
omgitsaray rated it
September 18, 2018
Status: c267
Just like History's Strongest Senior Brother, this novel is all about info dumps and people thinking, feeling, talking, contemplating etc etc. Then ocassionally some fights mixed into it. It's really too tiresome for me to read and instead of being entertained, I feel like it has become a chore to read.

Instead of focusing on his cultivation especially when his disciples are catching up to him, the internal game system inside his mind forces him to complete certain quests. Off he goes on excursions dealing with his disciple's personal issues in... more>> order to fulfill said quests. It's fine and all if it were entertaining but then we all know what's in store for the readers - massive info dump of history and thoughts we don't care about of every place he walks by. On some ocassions when a fight takes place, instead of describing the fight scene, you get a bunch of background info dump once again.

Zhao Yan gathers his energy and performs X special move against Xiao Budian as a last resort!

"X special move was once created by Y and then modified by Z, but it wasn't to L's liking so he searched all over for a piece of plant to upgrade it. The new X special move has achieved balance with both fire and ice elements which cause space-time to fluctuate when it's ultimate form has been activated. Unfortunately, Z heard about it and there was a big disturbance when those two people brought in other sects into the chaos by making up random rumors to damage the reputation of their Sect Leader's wife's cousin's dog..."

In summary, it's chapters upon chapters of filler trying to digusise itself as interesting content. If you liked HSSB, then you'll like this work of his as well. <<less
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BillionJellyfish
BillionJellyfish rated it
November 5, 2017
Status: c313
  1. MC is from another world with a game system to fulfill certain quests so as not to die. The MC is extremely hilarious at times while being clever and adapts to situations in a humorous way. Rarely any "comedy" genres can actually make me laugh out loud, but this MC/author did a great job!
  2. The plot is very funny with MC trying to recruit disciples, so the storyline smoothly moves along. There are times when the story gets serious, but overall, it is a light novel.
  3. The interactions between the MC and the side characters is gold! If nothing else, read for the feels! This is the first novel I read outside of the "romance" genres cause I got sick of all those transmigration clichés and this novel is a gem!
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UnknownSaint171
UnknownSaint171 rated it
March 4, 2017
Status: c107
I can't help but grin every chapter. The ideas are brilliant. Its like "Transfer Student Storm Bringer". Unfortunately the writing really lacks though.. It gives a headache just trying to understand. I wish the MC had more OP tricks and bigger misunderstandings. We don't even see enough big reactions from Characters but just easily accepted. I fear that they'll all find out the MC been lying to them.. The way things are going maybe. I hope it ends with no one finding out like "Transfer Student Storm Bringer". And end... more>> with him having the image of a "Legendary Monster OP".
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(From what I heard the Characters believed MC was a clone thus weaker then the original. That would explains a lot and its such a perfect lie. How MC takes out a lot of drugs and OP skills and how MC is called weak or fake. Could just say the other clones got em.

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I wish there was more... Sigh. Its not being used to its full potential.
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Even when his enemies find out MC a clown or a fake, MC wins but there's really no OP turn around. Its a headache because there's not much from the Characters. They are not fleshed out well. It pisses me off how these arrogant villains like Long Ye and Void Palace or pretty much all females are arrogant and are not put in their proper place by MC. {From what I heard MC actually does become super OP Skills but is no longer a honey tongue and conniving guy. Its sucks that the script changes since its because of him being a con man and trickster that I fell in love with this novel. But its not a bad change I guess}

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I'm only giving it 4 stars because I admire the premise. We need more Novels like this (but written better). I only wish it had Romance. His disciples get the pretty girls when MC doesn't.. <<less
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Diogenes
Diogenes rated it
November 29, 2016
Status: c105
This is a very enjoyable novel which plays on tropes pretty well. Its written in the perspective of a person who finds himself tasked with many quests leading up to him creating the number 1 sect in history. Its comical and witty, you should read it.

Unfortunately the pace of translation is quite slow (just look at the dates). This does not complement the pacing of the novel. Ill recommend catching up to the current chapter and stockpiling.
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Kalione
Kalione rated it
July 9, 2016
Status: --
The best novel i've read in a while! Basically this is a parody of your common xianxia plot elements, MC is not particulary strong but uses his brains to get out from most of his situations.
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Kezmark
Kezmark rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: c984
So, f*ck this novel. I was going to come back to it after a long break, having forgotten why I dropped it but holy shit, the writing is filled with disgusting padding and repetitive word vomit, just to pad the word count.

Its true it was interesting at the start, but the longer it went on the worse it got with the ridiculous long names, repeated every paragraph and just bullsh*t exposition.

I can't believe I actually got so far in to it back when I read it, but holy shit, just... more>> take a look at these examples :

"Right after that, the Light Dust Spell-Manifesting Formation, which swallowed the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, sunk into the Black Nightmare Saint-Trapping Formation at the very bottom. Nothing happened afterwards. The Black Nightmare Saint-Trapping Formation was still quiet, but it became evidently more dangerous."

two lines down from it :

"However, Li Yuanfang’s Black Nightmare Saint-Trapping Formation now contained another, extremely complicated spell formation: The Light Dust Spell-Manifesting Formation."

just look at these long ass names :

"There’s one Undying Demon Soul First Level Six-Horned Divine Monkey, one Undying Demon Soul Second Level wolf and the rest are all in their Demonic Lord Stage."

Like what the f*ck ? This isn't even nitpicking, just random examples from the last page, this is just nonsense. It doesn't paint a picture, just diarrhea of names of enemies and techniques and what people think in the moment and it just puts you to sleep. It is a massive chore to read, I struggled to finish a chapter, my god what a disappointment this turned out to be. <<less
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q00u
q00u rated it
June 17, 2018
Status: c180
"The Xuanming Primordial Water was the coldest water water in the water."

That's an actual sentence that appears in the Qidian translation.

Things change between singular and plural. Characters change gender. People, empires, techniques, etc change names from chapter to chapter. There's no consistency, which makes it difficult to follow.

... more>> Then there are the mechanical problems. Spelling, grammar, punctuation errors. Missing quotation marks, extra quotation marks, different characters all speaking in the same paragraph, sentences attributed to the wrong characters, etc.

Why does a character call another 'senpai'? That's definitely not in the original Chinese. It really takes you out of the moment.

So the translation is not ideal. Let's talk about the story.

The early (pre-Qidian) chapters are GREAT. Funny, suspenseful, intriguing. When you can't overpower your enemies and have to outsmart them. The best.

From there, things decline. Characters and resources are acquired and then forgotten, never to be mentioned again. There doesn't seem to be a PLAN, only the end-goal and the path meandering vaguely toward its direction. The pace slows down and the joys of the early chapters fade into distant memories.

If the later translation were better, it might remain a pleasure to read. As it currently is, it's a mental drain to read, like trying to understand something machine-translated. You can get the gist, but it's exhausting and eventually not worth the effort. <<less
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Anonymousse
Anonymousse rated it
September 13, 2017
Status: c80
"History number one troller" is a better title for this fanfic. Yes! This novels is categorized by me as fanfic. Because the author just using four different MC from other authors novels to make his story goes. Luckily those four MC are either from utter tr*sh under average novel (*cough* btth), or lack readers unpopular novel (*cough* xian ni) otherwise all their fans will gonna go looking for this author n spit him to dead...

Summary: LF (the MC) is a scammer who rob other mc's op item and scam... more>> those foolish young naive little MC to become his s*aves disciples (gonna pitied those four little MC whose gonna be drag down by their mediocre teacher's speed of cultivation just like four bunnies walk in line up behind a turtle)

The gaming theme itself (mission, lottery, reward, etc) made this novel genre vague, neither xianxia or xuanhuan are fit to describe it.

Overall, just view this as an average fanfic to waste some time.

Action: mostly troll

Storyline: absolutely fanfic, takes all kidnapped disciples background, mixed it a bit and goes from that.

Romance: none so far

Character growth: read the original novel for the four disciples, slow progress growth for LF (the mc).

Future reading potential: a bit, not expecting much. <<less
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alexfilia
alexfilia rated it
August 12, 2017
Status: c107
The MC has a mission from his system to build a sect so he picks up other novel mc's and he becomes their master... its funny cause he is in the same level as them but they cant see it

the novel has a lot of funny moments especially when the MC pretends to be cool and strong in order to show off to his students :D
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AmethystSc
AmethystSc rated it
February 8, 2022
Status: --
ONE OF MY FAVE NOVELS. I won't exaggerate its plot or originality since we all know how often chinese authors recycle tropes and concepts in their novels. All I can say is I enjoyed this novel A LOT and I didn't have to turn off my brain while reading this book. The MC is OP and he solves all of his problems by hook or by crook. Very sly and cunning but he's also compassionate towards the weak without being a Saint Sue. I liked his disciples a lot especially... more>> Xiao Budian🤭. Anyway, despite the novel's imperfections and flaws, I really enjoyed it and reading it brought me top-class entertainment so I'm rating it a 5. I won't go into detail about the pros and cons of this novel since I mostly read it for fun and it did not disappoint. Highly recommended for readers who like OP characters and well developed side characters who are not characterized as s*upid just to make the MC look smart. Our MC Lin Feng is a cunning motherf*cker and his inner monologues can be very entertaining to read AHAHAHAH. <<less
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linhliz
linhliz rated it
August 26, 2021
Status: c478
Damn I know I just start reading this and C163 is just the beginning, but I have to write a review. (May edit this if I ever continue reading).

Okay it starts great, funny and interesting. But after just 100 chapters, I actually skipped a lot of paragraphs, and by a lot I mean at least 50%. The fighting scenes (apart from the MC and his direct / 1st gen disciples) are super boring, and long, and dry, it's so hard to read those fighting scenes. As for when the MC... more>> fights, he face-slapped his enemies so yeah it's bearable.

I usually read whole day and night (okay maybe not 24hrs but maybe 10hrs) when I find new novels. But I can't find the fire in me to switch tabs and read this novel. Somehow I find it troublesome just seeing the reading tab being there.

So yeah, I'll probably skipped half of each chapter if this continue. I'll edit this on a later date.

UPDATE REVIEW UPTO C478

Okay so the plot is a little more interesting, huge fights here and there. More characters appear (not more, a huge load) which you don't need to remember their name.

At this point I believe that this novel includes way more guys with a story (a guy who reincarnated has appeared. MC snatching is legit).

I still skim/fast read chapters, and these days I actually skip 90% of one chapter. Too many unnecessary information. And all I look for now is what our MC obtains from his loot <<less
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Kirisaki_Linari
Kirisaki_Linari rated it
October 30, 2020
Status: c251
I'm just pretty annoyed how inconsistent the translations are. It seems like the translators are confused of who is who. Also confused if she is he or he is she wtf.

It did appeal good to me at the start but that's it. I was sometimes disappointed by how downplayed the scene I was really expectant was. I also had troubles remembering names or their techniques. And it didn't have the same vibes that ttnh has which made me straight out read it everytime.
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Mr.Skink
Mr.Skink rated it
October 13, 2020
Status: c56
I've only gotten to c56 so don't have to take my words seriously.

I think cultivation novels are pretty good for the most part, this one is not. Why you may ask? Well it's because

Translation quality: 2.5/5 (not included in my rating, just my opinion)

... more>> It could be that it wasn't the translator but the author themselves but I don't think a writer would be this grammatically incorrect.

Plot: 4/5

I do like the idea that the author is going for here, it seems that the author understands wuxia novel cliches and does them, but in a funny way where it's enjoyable to read.

Satisfying to read: 1/5

The most confusing and frustrating to read is when the author introduces new things for us readers to remember. Honestly, I think the author completely overdid themselves with this when it came to naming sense and the description of new things being added like new techniques, cultivation ranks, pills, fighting techniques, etc. This was what made me drop this book because this is all it's about. I get a headache every time I read this because there are so many times where they introduce a new "heavenly defying" thing.

Overall review: Good idea but bad execution.

P.S I suggest trying it out yourself before you decide not to read it, because I think it can be a good book still. <<less
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LAFORGUS
LAFORGUS rated it
February 21, 2020
Status: c930
Ok I will let it rest for a while. if I try to force myself to keep reading this after 900 chapter I will drop Novels as a whole. I even stopped reading novels for two weeks.

Reason? This novel!

I hate to quit after starting to read something, but this novel became boring and uninteresting FAST! It started very good, nice premise, but then the MC was OP, too OP where you see nothing will happens to him or his Sect, author recycles the same "Danger" about a big sect trying... more>> to prove MC's set or destroy/trap/lure, etc. but they fail all the time, and there comes a moment you wont feel pressure at all, and lose interest on reading.

Too many names to remember, glad to have a Novel with 5 Main Broken OP Protagonist (MC+4 Disciples) but they are too strong, so the novelty fades. even when they switch POV the peril MC's Disciples faces is too tame.

After 700 Chapters Everything is set. so we mostly see what happens after the end of another novel, when MC is the strongest, and his disciples start to grow. With the Problem that there are still 800+ chapters and I wonder what is going on with these chapters, when you try to read them, they are boring word counts filler garbage.

I stopped reading and started to do other things, I even started to create head-cannon on my own to think in a better outcome for the novel, so I could just drop it and get a satisfactory ending, but I hate to quit.

Once again I repeat, this novel starts good, I loved it, but the author made the mistake of rushing the MC to get disciples and do thing by a system that disappears for hundreds of chapters, so the Author had no remedy than to get it tame but MC was already filled by strong disciples, then everything becomes a "Sect Simulator" Game where the player uses Cheat Engine... ALWAYS.

I will just put it on hold for a long time, and read another Novel. <<less
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ZhypherMU
ZhypherMU
October 24, 2019
Status: --
So, I am going to start my long term review:

Chapter 20:

It's entertaining to see MCs of different novel in a perspective of an audience. Specially if you have read the corresponding novels ~ I'm spectating more of other disciples he will take in and also how the author will combine and build the world with taking them as disciples ~

... more>> Kudos for the renovating and new idea that the author made.

Chapter 231

Wow.. just wow, even after reaching this far the author never failed to show me something new and amusing. I'm also espectating on how the story is going to progress if the MC is that strong in the 200+ chapters ~ Is it another continent? A higher heaven? New Quest? I can't wait ~

Amazingly well written on how the story is going to progress. Love it.

Chapter 523

Oh damn, this is getting exciting ~ how will the author play his plots? Will it be a success or failure? Will it ruin the story or not? Who knows, but I can see that this is getting more interesting.

In the first place the story is for the MC to be the number '1' founder. For him to achieve this he surely will clash against the top power house. Lately the author have placed many plots and I am expecting it on how he will manage it execute it without destroying the world building (I also like on how the MC isn't just someone who follows the system like an A.I.)

Expectations on how the plot is going to unravel

Chapter 704

Woaahh... I am really amazed on how the author can make the time skip make sense unlike others that can make the story broken. I also like how consistent the long term mission the system provides that makes the MC really do what he wants and not be at the bidding of it. And tadaahh.. the author have introduced us to the NEW REALM ~ called 'Realm above the Heavens' which I am betting that 'Wu Qingrue' is from there... Or maybe not? But one thing is for sure, this continent is not the end. There is also how the author's habit to not mention the use of system (Shops, Gamble, Trade, etc) that can make us neglect it which has its pros and cons because this novel isn't titled 'System for Being Number 1 Founder'

Waiting on how the author is going to portray the new land. <<less
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auroraRMC
PiCrazy31415 rated it
June 4, 2018
Status: c100
Sigh, I really wanted to enjoy this story, especially since it seems like it'll be a really fun light novel. However, given that I am a big fan of clever, shameless, and at least relatively OP MCs, the total weakness of the MC and the massive amount of much stronger enemies that he manages to aggro through his disciples gives me an uncomfortable and unnecessary amount of discomfort and frustration that keeps me from seriously enjoying the fun moments of this story. He always barely manages to scr*pe through with... more>> some sort of item, but the desperation and constant near-death experiences with basically no assurance of survival (except knowing that there's more chapters) is really grating on my nerves. I do enjoy all of the 4 disciples though, and the system is also a trope that I frequently like in these types of stories. The concept of the MC being a teacher/sect leader instead of a student is also new and amusing, though the MC is likely one of the worst ones ever, which just increases my irritation. Perhaps when my continual preference for OP MCs and less stressful stories is over, I'll come back to this. <<less
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