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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line3270 Chapters (Main Story Complete)
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.“Even if this universe is truly nothing more than a brutal bloody shadowy forest, we Cultivators will burn all that we have just to give off a single weak flickering spark in the darkness!
“No matter how weak each spark is, how short-lived, how small… As long as the sparks flow unabated, then one day one of those sparks will light some tinder, and that tinder shall light some fallen branches, and those branches shall set ablaze each and every last tree of the forest!
“In the end, even the smallest sparks will eventually set the shadowy forest ablaze, and illuminate the whole world!”
In a world teeming with cultivators, Li Yao, who makes his living collecting scrap metal, encounters the soul of a titan powerhouse from forty thousand years in the past.
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FMOC
Forty Thousand Years Of Cultivation
Pertapaan 40 Milenium
Xiuzhen Si Wan Nian
Xiu Zhen Si Wan Nian
Xiu Zhen Siwan Nian
Xiū Zhēn Sì Wàn Nián
修真四万年
修真四萬年內
修真四萬年(《星域四萬年》)
星域四万年
星域四萬年
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01/29/17 | Webnovel | c77 |
01/28/17 | Webnovel | c76 |
01/27/17 | Webnovel | c75 |
01/26/17 | Webnovel | c74 |
01/25/17 | Webnovel | c73 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c39 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c38 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c37 |
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06/25/10 | Webnovel | c35 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c34 |
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06/25/10 | Webnovel | c32 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c31 |
06/25/10 | Webnovel | c30 |
Hello everyone, this is my first review because I don't normally bother writing them but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Cultivation of 40, 000 years (as google translated) being translated so I had to write something.
This probably the most logically backed and imaginative sci-fi Xuanhuan. It even explains some of the doubts like how after meditating in a cave for 10 years will make you stronger even though we can't even stay still for some time without body aches let alone years.
This is recommended for those who like clear novels and not those fuzzy logic ones like drink potion and destroy the universe.
The author has also applied the logic of the critically acclaimed Chinese trilogy Remembrance of the Earths past, specifically the dark forest theory.
So I won't give any spoilers but tell you that it is action packed, science packed, adventure packed and a little bit of romance along with humor packed.
enjoy~~.
- The first volume is a more standard progression, where Li Yao grows from junkyard orphan to a person who has made a name for himself based on his hard work and ability. He faces arrogant rich brats, other similarly talented people who grew up in feeder systems, and other hardened people.
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He grows, experiences major setbacks, but comes back, and declares his vow to exceed something. Things happen, he delivers on what he said, etc., and becomes a major success story.
- Unexpected disastrous situation! He is embroiled in an extremely deep plot to overthrow an entire nation of people. While slowly figuring out the true components of the plan, he uses his multiple talents to execute a resistance, and eventually triumphs.
- As he solves the previous mess, he realizes an even greater, and more nefarious plot. In an effort to combat this, he formulates plans on what to do - but some twists happen, obviously, and things don't go as planned. As he tries to resolves those little kinks, he starts to realize something - there is no true black or white in this world, and the only way to guide himself is his own belief and opinion.
That description was not the best, because I'm not yet able to fully wrap my feelings for this novel into words yet, and so it may make you feel like it's some hero story - I assure you, it is in no way close to that. Here begins the lengthy explanation of its good points :He also meets his girlfriend in this volume
- Our MC is known as The Vulture, and for good reason - his personality can be considered cunning at best, and conniving at worst. His fighting style is exceedingly refreshing - rather than the traditional 'Let me yell my move out before/while I do it so everyone knows I can do this', it's far more realistic, and dirty. This is a futuristic world, with guns, bombs, the like, as well as energy, and he makes full use of it.
- The romance scene here is one of the best, ever, period, full stop. I can't begin to tell you how much I loved it.
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- The plot's here are ridiculously intense. And it's not something like, 'But wait, there's more!?", but actual plots and hidden plots and sub plots and the ilk. I'm talking super, super, super layered plots. Starting in the second arc, there's a basic plot for him to solve, but as he goes through, he starts to find more and more things happening, and by the time push comes to shove, the villains are no longer villains, heroes are actually just big losers, Li Yao was accidentally fighting for the wrong side for a bit, and the best part? THEY ALL HAVE BACKSTORIES. Side characters, main characters, protagonists, antagonists, even the mob characters get story time. And it's all relevant!
- The first arc/volume, there is an enemy, and Li Yao is going heavily against them. Not really a spoiler alert - they're demon beasts. In the second volume/arc, you start to get the feel that things aren't black and white in the second arc, but there's still really a 'main kind of enemy' involved, one that clearly violates your feel of morality. But once we hit the third arc, things are flipped upside down. Major spoiler ahead:
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What happens, chapter by chapter, is that Li Yao realizes the complexity of war, of all the factors involved, the horrors it causes, and its repercussions.
- Lastly, and still importantly, the villains are smart. Very smart. Diabolical at times, but terrifyingly smart. I thought I was good at reading hidden plots, and picking up on possible faults, but I was taking doozy turns on this.
Even now, I feel like I'm missing some important parts, but I'm not a professional novel reviewer, and if I were to go any deeper, I'd just be giving a full on summary. My main point is this - the novel is deep and complicated; maybe not the most thought provoking piece of literature, for sure, but for a web novel, it sure does a fine job. Lastly, there's a theory in here called the 'Dark Forest' theory, and it has something to do with extra-terrestrial life. It's both extremely intriguing, and absolutely terrifying to think of. And worst of all, there's a high chance it could be true. If sci-fi meets Chinese fantasy world is your shtick, this is your shtaff, my dudes.Li Yao's gf is a fighting maniac - she has had similarly traumatic experiences as him, and was at first an elder sister char., who would beat him up / help him with his combat. They would spend time alone just fighting, and he slowly fell in love - they eventually get together, but they're really busy trying to fight and get stronger, so their dates are literally while beating each other up. This is the kind of mood she has - an absolutely individualistic, powerful, show-no-mercy, amazing kind of character. One of my favorite lines she says goes something like 'What do you mean my position as Li Yao's wife will be lost to Li Yao's apprentice? Why should I be worried? B*tch, I'm gonna be known as Ding Lingding, not somebody's wife, and I'm a boss *ss girl". Ooooooh, she is DOPE.*
He comes back to his home region in the third arc (was in a different 'space fragment' in the second arc), but because of a certain problem he brought upon himself unknowingly in the second arc that only blooms now, he is forced to go into the Fiend Clan area. Hoping to stay there till he recovers, and until then, gather some useful intel in hopes of repelling a soon to come horrible calamity, he goes undercover, but starts to discover shocking backstory. The cruelty of human nature (Fiend Clan nature, too) is fully revealed here - no one either can and/or wants to stop a 500 yr long war, and stopping it is the third arc
When it doesn’t terrify me, I actually like the “nationalism” in this story. Partly, that’s because it’s not nationalism: nations are forgotten, and no area of people seems to think it's better than another area. It's actually humanism. And partly, it’s because it’s reasonable for it to exist, and is a major building block of the story. In the setting, humanity has just recently freed itself from its nonhuman overlords, and is still in the shaky process of establishing its territory and beating back the monsters. Of course the Federation will propagandize how humans must stay united against everything else. The result is that civilians are in awe of militants and soldiers who have gotten injured fighting for humanity, while soldiers in turn are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect the civilians. It makes for some emotive and awesome scenes. But it’s also likely that the MC will someday be forced to realize that non-humans aren’t automatically bad, and that humans aren’t necessarily in the right. We’ve had hints of that all along.
a young female author gives him a pair of novels to read. He forces himself to skim through the Shoujo one. Then he turns to the second, realizes that it's BL, starts sweating, and ‘Nope!’s out of there.
That's probably the best description I can think of... and it keeps changing!
Highly recommended for readers who are bored with generic xianxia novels. PREMISE
Logical progression of what happens to a cultivation universe after millennia of advancement. The integration of xianxia with modern culture (kind of like Cultivation Chat Group) is fascinating.
Just because you're a top fighter doesn't make you a good sect leader. The solution... admin-focused cultivators as CEOs for hire!
When your sect has been around thousands of years and you have many critically injured/disabled vets... you get a pension/healthcare problem!
Divided into multiple volumes/arcs.
Vol 1 from c1 to 400, Vol 2 from c400 to 800, Vol 3 from c800 to 1175, Vol 4 from C1175 to ????
Vol 1: MC is still within his star system.
Vol 2: MC is forced out during an epic fight, makes contact with multiple new civ, from space-farers to steampunk.
Vol 3: MC returns to his star system, origin story of demons.
Characters have real depth, MC is not OP (relies on his wits, and his knowledge advantage isn't overblown). No deus-ex machina. Female leads are pretty interesting as well. The stories of many different side characters that MC meets are pretty amazing. Several chapters are devoted to them at times.
His buddy from high school, a non-cultivator, slowly works his way to realize his dreams, and refuses to accept any hand-outs from MC.
A refining-master competitor, doesn't just want to follow the norm of developing his sect, but make his own journey of discovery.
Random cultivators give their lives just to ensure MC/team lives on and carry on the survival of humanity.
A reserve military commander lives through multiple millennia as a disabled robot just to carry on his last mission.
Hardened criminals are not pure evil, black or white. They have relatable shades of grey, maybe not fifty.
- I agree with some reviewers, there's a LOT of unnecessary info-dump and summaries to make up the word count (these can go for whole chapters). A lot of unnecessary complexity added, mostly filler. Like MC's plan A counters Enemy plan B, whose plan C counteracts MC's plan D. Which all ends up being a complete waste of the readers' time. Can be pretty annoying.
Thankfully it's relatively easy to skim through it, not a deal-breaker.
- Lots of ideological clashes, repeated over and over. Again, more filler. OVERALL
Would rate it a 4.5 rather than 5, but don't have the option.
I don't agree with reviewers that blast it after reading less than a dozen chapters, or blasting it after 1000+ chapters. That's pretty decent staying power. It's expected there are inconsistencies and occasional writer's block. These are web authors, not NY Times best selling authors. It's a free online novel, stop whining. Plenty of top novels crashed after a marathon of chapters (think ISSTH, Swallowed Star, Coiling Dragon, etc).
and the competition arc is starting to pick up. Unlike normal Xianxia, 40MC has the protag being looked upon favorably by some major powers, and one of the cliche "I'm better than you, you tr*sh" characters is getting her eyes opened.
The first 900 chapters were really good I give it 4.5/5.
after chapter 1000 the author mastered the art of “ Too-Much-Bulls*ting-but- No-action”. We get alot of explanations and stories form the past. We get alot and alot of pointless conversations. We get way too much details about plots that make no sense. The story became too much complicated and hard to read.
The author is a mere human, so he should have keept it low. He kept talking non sense about illogical things, thus, things got out his hands. I love it when author knows his limit and end his book, not keeping writing nonsense.
When you read the second part of this story, you would think that it is very profound and you’re not smart enough to understand. But the truth is that the author is trying to write as many chapters as he could without any regard to logic or profoundness.
Read but don’t take seriously because you will definitely drop later on.