Ancient Godly Monarch

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In the Province of the Nine Skies, far above the heavens, there exists Nine Galaxies of Astral Rivers made up of countless constellations interwoven together.

For Martial Cultivators, they could form an innate link with one of the constellations, awaken their Astral Soul, and transform into a Stellar Martial Cultivator.

Legend has it that, the strongest cultivators in the Province of the Nine Skies, were beings that could open an astral gate every time they advanced into a new realm. Their talent in cultivation was such that they could even establish innate links with constellations that existed in a layer higher than the Nine Layers of Heavens, eventually transforming into the heaven-defying and earth-shattering power known as the War God of the Nine Heavens.

Qin Wentian is the MC of this story. How could a guy, with a broken set of meridians, successfully cultivate? There were countless Stellar Martial Cultivators, as there were countless constellations in the vast starry skies. What he wanted to be, was the brightest constellation of all, shining dazzlingly in the vast starry skies.

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AGM
God of Lost Fantasy
Swire God
Thái Cổ Thần Vương
太古神王
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DarkPresent
DarkPresent rated it
July 3, 2018
Status: c1100
At the begining I loved this novel and story. Characters seemed okay, MC had godly luck (like usual in such novels) but at least it we could see that he was working hard, it was not like bam, eaten phoenix egg and gained 20 powerlevels like in some cases.

Sadly it was becoming more and more repetitive with every chapter.

Can author at least try to use some other "troublemaking" troupes instead of 2:

-My sect brother insulted you for no reason, MC beat him up and then whole sect/family/clan/world is chasing MC... more>> (who is genius above geniuses rarely seen in gazillion of years) instead of ever trying to realise how op MC is and mediate the problem before it escalates beyond redemption

-My sect brother fancies your girls/lovers and obviously according to his bird brain as long as he kills you they will fall in love with him, there is no way the girls would hate him for that or commit su*cide out of desperation...

At least half of the current enemies are made simply because how "otherwordly beautifull" MCs girls are and everyone thinks he is not worth them. Not a single person smart enough to actually ask concerned party (girls) if they love him. It was okay when it happened once, twice, three times, but after n'th time it just became boring. It's as if everyone in the universe is pursuing girls when they are supposed to be trying to get to the cultivation peak, strongest power ever etc. <<less
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Anonymousse
Anonymousse rated it
June 30, 2017
Status: c570
I cant believe I read this tr*sh till recent chapters...

This novel is all about EGO!!!

MC so arrogant and s*upid beyond redemption.

Heres some fact to prove it:

    1. Everyone is stronger and wants to kill mc? He just walk straight to their base without any disguise or plans
    2. Enemies make a deadlytrap and tell MC to prove hes not a coward? He walk straight into their trap without any plans or backup.
    3. Theres a suredeath situation ? He just walk straight to it bcoz he have an extra life in other place.
    4. MC act ignorant with his gf without care bout anything else and when ppl use that as chance to speak ill bout em, MC kills them all. Even when he absolutely knows its a plot scheme.
    5. and lots else inside that you gonna find inside this novel.
The author use competition/arena plot most of the time. Some chapters even use drum battle competition.

Seriously... not worth of my time. The author just repeat his failure on PMG to this one.
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Karvo
Karvo rated it
September 12, 2016
Status: --
Even if someone tortured me I wouldn't have believed that this is by the same author as PMG. The difference between the two novels is astounding. AGH's closely knitted writing is a lot more fluid (although it might be the difference between translators), with a likeable MC and allies, although it still suffers from brainless villains with no redeeming factors. AGM is nowhere as interesting as works like ISSTH nor is it as blood pumping as ATG, but it is still quite an enjoyable LN to read.
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zaoh
zaoh rated it
June 30, 2016
Status: c66
I dont know what this authors problem is but in both PMG and AGM the villains just all target the MC for s*upid reasons and dont make sense as to why they are targeting the MC even though they might die. I would say that this is slightly better than PMG and the MC does not start killing people randomly and offending people.
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Saiyademon22
Saiyademon22 rated it
June 25, 2016
Status: c30
HELLO!!!! :3

I'll be the most recent review *yeah!!!*

Okay, for some clarifications for those have only started reading Xuanhuan, Wuxia and Xianxia Novels this story might be quite generic (which is mostly all translated stories are), so don't get taken by those bad reviews given in this thread... as far as I am reading through it I would like to say 5 pointers that should be clarified:
1) Yes, Its generic, same MC that has a tr*sh cultivation but eventually become strong due to various reasons (such as a former relic,... more>> amazing cultivation method, sealed power and even reincarnation turned for a better path of cultivation)
Cons: It is still very entertaining, though the synopsis is quite vague, the MC has good temperament, good constitution and also amazing cultivation (hint: the title). His not as cunning because he started as a naive character but he has the talent and determination to get to his dream...
2) IT IS SLOW PHASED, the story started with the very beginning like in most LN (Martial Emperor Reborn, ISSTH, PME, Martial God Asura and Limitless Sword God) ; thus you have to be really patient because the story is slowly unfolding and its not like other LN/WN that relies on fast cultivation, strength, awesome fighting scenes showcasing their battle poweress (which I love)
Cons: You, as a reader can learn the true character of the MC, and grow to love them as they grow and become amazing characters (too cheezy <3 <3)
3) and Yes it not as unique as what some reviews cater it to be. It has the same cultivation method as Supreme Arrow God, which uses the stars but on different Description; in here, they specialized Cultivation and talent based on the "Astral soul" one condenses and links to and then grow from them on until they can fully utilized its power (still vague from this point)
Cons:It is a fresh read aside from reading other trilling Chinese novels, most of which I read are very fast phase and usually involves A LOT of fighting and A LOT of cultivation breakthroughs (the best I read that involves this : ISSTH, THNH & Martial God Asura). this LN is really more on the "Let walk on the park and leisurely stroll" kind of vibe that is why it is considered mildly slow phased.
4) The translation is very good!!! (thanks to Gravitytales; please support them they translated one of my most favorite LNs which are True Martial World, Demon Dairy and BTTH).
Cons: there is none, the translation is smooth and the wordings are better than most :)
5) This is newly translated Web Novel, so there aren't much chapters, GravityTales only started translating it this April so please be patient on reading this
Cons: It is really Okay as of now, the story is linear, the plot is generic, the characters are still on the "I like stage" for me, but,.....

IT IS WORTH READING!! Do not give up on novels based on reviews, really, if not for the fact that I had skim the reviews and thought that its quite faulty I would not have written this review..... Please this novel needs Justice!!! <<less
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yijunding
yijunding rated it
May 16, 2016
Status: c48
Unique cultivation method, MC is smart and doesn't blindly rush into situations. Sidekick is also funny as hell. Amazing read so far!
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OutRange
OutRange rated it
March 23, 2021
Status: c89
Reading every chapter feels as if I was slapping myself in the face

Seriously what's going on with the writing? For whatever reason everyone and their mother hates the MC, most people will either betray him or create trouble for him, Wentian's cultivation is fast but cultivation "geniuses" seem to be as common as cabbages around him, he's winning a fight? Guess what, the young master has multiple hidden "trump cards", he's about to kill the generic young master who tried to kill him after countering all 14 trump cards? "Junior,... more>> stay your hand!" (this already happened 4 or 5 times) and obviously these generic young masters who court death and get killed by Wentian always have godly clans behind them, at this point he has like 3 full clans chasing him around trying to kill him, and this is only 70 chapters in! (I've been skimming through some of those garbage chapters filled with young masters tr*sh talking the MC behind the scenes, why even bother writing chapters like those? What a joke)

Right now the novel is complete tr*sh, but I will give it 100 more chapters because I can see some character development going on, hopefully this tr*sh of "the MC vs the world" goes away soon, if not.. Hehe..

Edit chapter 86: HAHAHA, this idiot MC just "died" and without the pressure of the 50 clans who want him dead, had the chance to get the f*ck out of the country and cultivate, then come back for revenge, but what does he do? He INSTANTLY goes back to the academy and forges a 3rd grade sword almost announcing: "I'M HERE, I'M ALIVE! COME KILL ME FOR REAL THIS TIME!", and now he's kowtowing to that jade beauty who almost got him killed..

What a pain in the ass man

1 STAR for baiting me into thinking that the author wasn't a f*cking idiot. <<less
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HatersDoHate
HatersDoHate rated it
January 18, 2020
Status: --
I would really like to rate this novel a 4 stars but the stupdity of the MC or rather the stupdty of the author ruined this. Seriously? The MC here was so fcking reckless, just a bit of injustice and he would immediately retaliate even if the background of the one who mistreat him was so fcking strong. Seriously? You seek justice in a world where law of the jungle prevails? What a stupdty. Man, where is the patience and forbearance that the MC have when he was still a... more>> crippled back then? Man, after he became a cultivator, just a slight anger and he would immediately errupt. He doesnt even have self-confrol or forbearance. Fck that!! Then the MC was also narrow-minded. He just acts without thinking and he did not even considered the consequences and the trouble that he would gather if he acts recklessly. Sigh!!! His friends and family already warn him so fcking many times that being lowkey and becoming was necessary but the MC was still fcking reckless.

The MC knew that he needed to be low-key but he would still act reckless and seek trouble, the MC was going to a place but he would not even try to gain some knowledge about that place. The MC knew that the background of the person that was annoying him was strong but he would still fight. No patience, forbearance, stpd, narrow-minded, naive. What a 'great' MC that our 'great' author created.

Why I said that the author was stupd? Because he created many characters in this novel that was smart but he chose a character with an intelligence that was beyond stupd as an MC. Seriously, there were many characters who have patience, cunning, good attitude that was deserving in becoming MC in this novel, but this stpd author still chose a stpd MC. Man, I really hated this kind of author who likes to make an stupd MC. Why? It is because a novel that has stupd MC would surely have many fcking unbreakable plot armor. Fck, like in this novel, there were many fcking plot armor in this novel because of the stpdy of the MC and author. As an author, did he not know that too much plot armor ruin a novel? And thats what happens here. What a stpdty. I would accept a stupd MC and too much plotamors if one of the main focus of the novel was comedy but here? This novel was a mature and slightly dark novel but you chose a stupd MC? What a stpdty.

And the way the MC still having trouble to defeat a 'genius'at the same cultivation level as him even though he have Astral Souls from 5th layer, OP bloodline, OP cultivation Arts really disappointed me. Man the purity of his astral energy was purer than his opponent, his cultivation arts was also stronger, his bloodline was also much stronger, and he still having trouble defeating a genius from a transcendent power. Sighh

And the MC was also a hypocrite and became increasingly arrogant. He doesnt want others to disrespect others that he care for, but he disrespect others just because of slight misunderstanding. Man, what is he? A child? A slight arguement and he would immediately lash out. He was also arrogant, seriously? The others that he defeated was called tr*sh, but he did not even think that his friends and family was even weaker than his opponent. So his friends and family was worse than tr*sh? Ha!!! Fck this author.

And the way that MC was too fcking honest. Fck that sht man. Okay here goes the stupdty of our 'great' author. Our MC here was betrayed by his beloved, but still easily trust someone. Like " Hey, I want you to be my master because I believe in your future" and our stpd MC was like "Okay, I believe you, follow me to Capital". Wow what a 'smart' MC or author. There was also this stranger, "Hey lets be brothers, lets go together and hunt demon beasts" and our stpd MC that knew that he has a high chance being assassinated was like "Okay, lets go together, I will leave my back on you". There was also this sht, "Hey, I like your attitude so lets get drunk together" and our stpd MC really get drunk with his guard wide open. There were many more stpdness here. Like this sht "Hey lets discuss our enlightenment about divine inscription" and our MC totally said all of his interpretation and knowledge to a girl that he only knew a short while, and in the end, the MC was the only one sharing his findings. Seriously author? You fcking idiot, he already knew how treacherous a human heart can be, and he was still like that. This stpd author like to create a naive MC in a world that was ruled by power and schemes. Wow what a great idea. Pure stpdness. Dont ask yourself why your novels ratings was low, because you deserve it. Stpd!!!

Edit:

Man, I edited my last review here. I want to rate this novel, 1 star.
Man, the more I read this novel, the more s*upid and hypocrite the MC, no, the author, became. Seriously, the more the MC become stronger, the more he become arrogant and reckless. Why did I say that the author was hypocrite?

First, the MC hated and felt really wronged when someone stronger than him disregarded or disdained and treated him poorly, even though its normal because he was in the world where the strong preyed the weak. In fact, the MC was even worse than them, because he really disgarded those weaker than him and if that person did something that he did not like, even if its just a smallest of the small thing, he would immediately teach that person a lesson. So whats the difference between them author?

Second- There was also this time that someone schemed a little to our hypocrite MC. And what happened? Our MC literally crippled that person. Man, seriously? He was just schemed a little, in fact it was not even life threatening, and he immediately crippled him? Whats the fcking difference between the MC and those that disdained him? He was even worst. What a hypocrite MC. And Im sure this author was hypocrite too.

Third- Every time that something bad happens to the MC or his friends and family. Our MC would say that it was his fault because he was not strong enough. Fck that shit!! Yeah itts his fault, not because he was not strong enough, but because he's so fcking arrogant, beyond stupd, and reckless. He knew that he did not have a major power behind him but he still stirred up trouble. Yeah, those people was the one who started it, but is it really necessary to retaliate to those person even though he knew that it means an endless trouble? He already knew that those people have major power behind them, but he still retaliated. Man, this MC did not even have a slightest forbearance. Just a slight annoyance, and he would immediately errupt. He did not even think that his friends may be affected if he stirred up trouble. Fck this MC.

Fourth- In summary, our author created an MC who was arrogant, has an intelligence which was beyond stupd, hypocrite, so reckless, a character that was not different or maybe even worse than those typical arrogant young master side characters in other novels.. Man, only stpd author would create or choose an MC like that, and you're one of them. Seriously? He hated those others who abused their powers, but he himself abused his power too. Why? If someone annoyed this stpd MC even if its a little, then this stpd MC would immediately flared up, even if that character have a major backing. And when they were in dangerous situation because of his recklessness, he would blame himself for not being strong enough. Seriously? If you're not strong enough, then learn how to endure, learn the word "low-key". And the most funny thing about this author was he always said in this novel that the MC was extremely cautious. Wow!! CAUTIOUSNESS? SERIOUSLY? HE'S CAUTIOUS IN WHAT SENSE? HE'S CAUTIOUS BECAUSE HE'S FCKING RECKLESS, ALWAYS OFFENDING DIFFERENT POWERS? HE'S CAUTIOUS BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS BEING HUNTED BY TRANSCENDED POWERS, HE DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO WEAR MASK OR SOMETHING OR EVEN USE HIS DISGUISE TECHNIQUE BUT CLEARLY SHOW HIS FACE WHEN HE WAS HIDING IN A FAMOUS SWORD COUNTRY? SERIOUSLY? MAN, ARE YOU REALLY AN AUTHOR? YOU DID NOT EVEN KNOW THE MEANING OF THE FCKING WORD 'CAUTIOUS'. STUPD!!

There was a time that Qing'er said fhat he must not have tell others that he have an art to create a second body, but what did the do? He told it to others. Man, seriously? The MC did not even try to keep this secret from his friends, and told them this secret. He did not even think that Qing'er paid a great price to acquire this, and still told others about this secret. Fck this MC!!!

Man, I admit that you have a talent as an author, but man, the degree of your stpdty was beyond my imagination. You create an MC thaf was even worse than the sidecharacfers of other novels. What is the feeling when others use your work as something to tr*shtalk you. Like "As expected of the writer of the PMG, his novel was surely tr*sh". Seriously, you could already know that there was something wrong with your writing. Man, you always have face-slapping situations every few chapters, hot blooded characters, arrogant characters, stupd characters, beyond stpd characters, and the MC also have this qualities. Fck!!! Seriously author, if you did not even change your way of thinking, please stop writing novels, many could not stand your stpdness. <<less
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paperjack
paperjack rated it
August 9, 2017
Status: c635
This starts out pretty good but around chap 500 it becomes insanely boring and repetitive. I dropped this at chapter 635.

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Basically, there are no more interesting happenings, just a repeating cycle of "powerful but arrogant random person scorns MC for no reason, MC is insanely powerful and beats his ass with no problem later on, repeat". The author repeatedly asspulls the same kinds of enemies and reasons to fight. The plot is going in circles.

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thevongolax
thevongolax rated it
April 5, 2017
Status: c420
AGM is really good novel. You will read the story of MC (Qin Wentian) who has to face truly intense and crazy struggles fighting his enemies. Although it has Harem tag, the best thing is the MC is not h**ny man like Yun Che ATG, the romance is also quite cute. Dont be fooled by other reviewers who tell that this novel is like PMG just because it's written by same author. Man, the quality is very different. AGM is far far better than PMG. My advices: keep many chapters... more>> and do binge reading. Right now I stop at c420 and wait till there are more chapters. Damn, the latest chapters about demon sword is really awesome and crazy. <<less
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StarDoubter rated it
May 1, 2016
Status: --
It’s a novel for reading besides other novels, or for people that don’t like it too deep. The Characters and the story isn’t really deep but that’s actually what makes the novel a nice read! It’s an “easy” read, the translation is good, the story has a nice flow, its nothing more, but also nothing less! What I forgot is that there is actually a “semi”-new cultivation system what makes it even a little bit more interesting.
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Heller
Heller rated it
February 20, 2019
Status: c500
Simply the existence of MC triggers the hate of 95% of people on this novel period

MC is arrogant, egoistic, s*upid sometimes, just an average guy. Every 2-3 chapters result in brawling I dunno why people rate this novel high :/

well if u like fighting every time between chapters well this novel is for you
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lnreader95
lnreader95 rated it
December 13, 2017
Status: Completed
Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. One of the best WebNovels that I have read. It has an amazing plot. Great world building, and doesn't drop any plots. I absolutely loved it. It took everythig that was amazing in PMG and built on it. I used MTL to finish reading, but you can see the growth of the author in this book compared to PMG. ALL IN ALL 5/5. Give AGM a chance!
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LastChancellor
LastChancellor rated it
October 27, 2017
Status: c341
Okay I literally made my account to write a review of this because other readers must be warned.

This series has a really interesting and unique system of cultivating and fighting, something that I really like. The political maneuvers and schemes are pretty neat at first but become basic “muh sect” later on. These good points are counterbalanced by just how crappy the novel becomes later on. Literally nobody has no beliefs & loyalty except for the select few who will be close to the MC, everyone else is and will... more>> be two faced at a moments notice over and over again. The MC is ridiculously weak for so long and literally only survives and wins because of dues ex machina events happening over and over again. There is little satisfaction for anything because he never truly does anything thanks to his own power despite the novel beating us over the head that that’s the only way to rise up. He always has divine intervention on his side, he’s too weak to win so he’ll have some plot tumor save him last second and let him be triumphant. After the 100th time this happened I had to quit and just walk away. <<less
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kalp456
kalp456 rated it
January 31, 2017
Status: c434
Much better than PMG but still sucks nonetheless. Themes are presented in a too messy manner to the point it doesn't make sense anymore, one dimensional characters, even the main character, and currently average plot. Enjoyable, though.

Edit: It became much worse than PMG due to the revelation in chapter 420-something. Although it was already hinted, it was just used in a lazy way, aka plot armor. One might praise it such that at least the plot armor was not that bad since there were still consequences, aka, (SPOILER) MC... more>> becoming a roc, etc. But nah. It is still bad. The setting created in the beginning made it bad. The reason why the plot armor exists is bad. So, basically, it became worse. Furthermore, it appears to me that the consequences are easily solved, or at least (SPOILER) MC becoming a human again. For the other consequences, I'm pretty sure it'll be just as easy. <<less
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UsernameJ
UsernameJ rated it
January 1, 2017
Status: c281
This story has really picked up in the past 50 chaps or so. So much so that I now actually look forward to chap updates instead of before where it was just "Oh this has an update, I'll read it after I read all the other good stuff first."

I don't remember enough about the beginning to comment on whether it was good or not, but obviously it was good enough for me to stick with it thus far unlike garbage like Sovereign of the Three Realms or whatever.

Story is good,... more>> cultivation method is creative, characters are decent. MC of course gets all the beauties to fall for him but he's pretty dead-set on his main girl so far. It has that touch of mystery (What's going to happen in the long-run?) to keep it going, which is never a bad thing.

All in all worth reading. <<less
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Espinasse
Espinasse rated it
August 5, 2016
Status: c720
I like the idea of every time you go to hıgher realm you get a new astral soul but thats it astral souls aren't that interesting. First astral soul comes from 5th layer. I find it very low. I explained it in spoilers (its about last paragraph)

Spoilers starts from last translated chapters to 700ish chapters

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Spoiler

First of all I found his third astral soul choice is very bad

He can go to 6th layer but he thinks just because he communicate little bit he choose it from 5th layer after that except for turning half monster (this isn't come from astral soul it comes from technique that king cang left not related to this astral soul) he uses its special tecnique (summoning the beast) few times.

Then for fourth astral soul he goes to 6th layer then he sees a sword he never used sword before (maybe used few times?) but he makes his fourth soul a sword then he goes to learn sword. His talent for swords is very good he learns swordmanship will (when you learn something very well you got will of it. İTs like you use fire after you breakthough to yuanfu realm you can start to learn fire will) after he learns all these he stops using sword he goes to halberd he uses sword techiniques with halberd he uses his sword soul with halberd after 400ish chapter to 650ish chapter I didn't see him using sword even when his life in danger (Note: at the 650ish chapter he takes a demonic sword. I assumed that he will use sword from now on there is hıgh chance that he may not be using even after 650 700 ish chapter).

For his fifth soul he goes to 7th layer and make one of the souls in there his the problem is there are few people makes their fifth soul from 7th layer. He who comes from immortal realm (or someting like this) has same level astral soul as someone from this world for their fifth soul like ı said from top he should never start with 5 th layer he should strat with 6 then 6 7 7 and for the fifth soul 8th layer or starts with 5 then 6 7 7 again for fifth soul 8th layer. İT shouldn't have happened like how its right now.

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Phaos
Phaos rated it
May 24, 2016
Status: c49
The novel starts off strong it also introduce lots of hateable characters. Then it gets chaotic with plenty of good fights then a few really questionable and confusing situation. Then its starts getting disinteresting but it picks up again. This novel is a real rollercoaster but overall I still enjoy it.
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Dedition
Dedition rated it
October 9, 2021
Status: c1954
Stopped reading this novel at around 1600 chapters a few years ago. This is going to be my first review on this site since 2016/17. Minor spoilers will be present.

Please only read this novel if you enjoy the generic emotional and harem Wuxia novel where the MC falls in "genuine" love with multiple "women of unparalleled beauty that the world has never seen... until we see another woman or unparalleled beauty that the world has never seen.... until we...".

I recently returned to this novel since I'm currently doing something incredibly... more>> intense and time-consuming in my life therefore leaving me no mood to play games or socialise in my spare time. I initially had no memory of why I never finished this novel. The chapters I read from 1600+ were decent for the first few tens of chapters. I'm going to try listing the things I want to talk about.

The MC:
I swiftly remembered why I dropped this novel. This MC has no real aspirations. He just wants to get to the top to avenge his mother and father (both which he's never met and even knew the names of). I would say his worst aspect is that he is EXTREMELY bound to his emotions.

He is willing to discard and lose his whole life over an illusion... this is after him acknowledging that it's an illusion. The author keeps describing him as "extremely cautious" but he is LITERALLY the most reckless person I've ever read. He'll cause others around him to get into random, unnecessary life-threatening situations based on the s*upidest of reasons.

To give you an overview of what lead to me deciding to vent my feelings on here; at chapter 1800 and something. He's had his identity revealed to some extremely top level clans of his universe who can currently wipe him out with a flick of the wrist. Instead of laying low and cultivating (which he understands he should do), he goes gallivanting to see friends and family. It causes his family to end up under extreme persecution and forces him to have to flee for his life. He nearly ends up dead and is saved by some strangers who didn't know his identity.

The second he wakes up, he finds out he's under protection due to ~reasons~ and instead of self-reflecting on what lead him to his current situation, he immediately sends a message to said family members who immediately speed over. Due to that, he gets into a new repetitive conflict.

The villains:

These are one of the worst villains I've read in a long time. They're ALL able to survive 20 times before finally dying to the MC. This is the kind of novel where the MC will do the finishing blow on an enemy, just for the enemy to take out a treasure and flee. The next encounter, the enemy will get stronger and the MC will defeat him again and as the killing blow is about to happen, the villain will somehow still survive and flee. This will happen numerous times until they finally die. This is despite not being that interesting.

One of the worst main villains in this novel comes towards the end. The villain is first introduced as being incredibly lowkey, calculating and patient. When the MC doesn't claim his glory, the main villain decides to usurp this glory instead to make everyone praise him instead. This works and he gets an incredible amount of glory. The MC didn't want the glory due to wanting to be low-key.

Win-win, right?

Well, no. The main villain immediately targets the MC due to a "suspicion" that the MC was the real winner. He arrogantly blows this matter out of proportion and turns it into a life-or-death feud.

This was the worst reason for a life or death rivalry I've read. The villain does everything he can to provoke the MC until the MC admits the truth to the world and then the villain acts all furious that the MC admitted it. What the hell? What was the point of provoking him then?

The plot:

It's s*upid. Following the MCs journey is braindead in the latter half of this novel. If you like artificial drama and characters becoming INCREDIBLY clairvoyant so that they can progress the plot, then you'll like this.

To give an example: the MC is in a secret dimension with a lot of experts. After the dimension closes, the MC pretends to stay behind to stay safe from the experts who all want him dead. Which makes perfect sense. One villain, however thinks, "Hm.... what if the MC has a key that'll let him enter and exit this dimension that no one has ever had access to for the billions of years its been around? We should check"

But wait, it gets worse.

The author then goes on to say in a later chapter, "the MC and his peer were about to leave the dimension. They left through a very tiny gap in space that opened and closed so quickly that you would've had to been staring at that EXACT spot which was very high, very hard to ever see them."

Can you guess what happens next? Some low-tier cultivator somehow spots them and informs everyone. Lol.

The harem:

I won't talk much about this. I generally dislike harems since they decrease the quality of writing and this is no different. Only two members of his harem are treated nicely. Others are cast aside and not cared about. If harem are your main interest for novels like this, then you'll not feel satisfied by the end unless you only care about the two of them.

The hype factor (build-up) :

If you're anything like me, you love moments in novels where the MC can make you feel goosebumps. Where you may even yell out in excitement due to something amazing finally happening.

The author absolutely sucks at this in the latter part of the novel. The closer you get to the end, the less hype there is too. Everything feels so formulaic and predictable towards the end that you almost feel like you have no choice but to either skim chapters or skip through them completely. There was no moment where you would want to say, "YES!" in triumph. I can remember reading 'I Shall Seal The Heavens' all those years ago and feeling hyped as hell towards the end when the MC finally achieves his ultimate form. In comparison, this novel is severely lacking. Even when this MC finally achieved his dao, you feel almost nothing.

The side characters (last) :

The side characters are easily the best part of this novel. They're written well and the talent of the author really shines through when he starts using them. The characters all feel like they have their own distinct personality and it's pretty refreshing. This is mainly for the males though. Most of the females in this novel are all "ice-cold impossible beauties who no one will ever see a smile from (except the MC for some reason) " or "a warm, smiling otherworldly beauty who's smile makes everyone feel like they're in an illusion". There's no middle ground either, unfortunately.

The females in this novel are one of the most boring and cliche you'll ever read. They have zero variety and the only genuine reason you'll like them is because 1) you like harem and 2) The author told you that you do. Other than that, there's no reason you do.

To conclude:
This author is king of artificial drama.

Everything this MC does is bound by "deep emotion" and he brings everyone around him into trouble then wonders why trouble always finds them.

To give you a better example; at one of the later chapters the MC is targeted by what is seemingly the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD. He's safe inside his dimension and as long as he cultivates, he'd be able to break free from this issue. One of his friends daughter with a pathetically weak cultivation level wants to go out to play in the outer world. The MC knowing that the whole universe is seemingly trying to target him and his friends actually allows it.

The daughter gets captured.

SHOCK! HORROR!! UNEXPECTEDNESS!!!

This author is absolutely terrible. I was desperate to finish this novel but it was testing my patience. (Edited this bit after I finally completed the novel)

Please don't read this.

EDIT: Finally just about finished the last 50 or so chapters. The whole ending of this novel left me unsatisfied and skipping through almost every single part of it. Which was incredibly ironic as up till this point I hadn't skipped or speed-read a single chapter.

The ending can be summarised with this line from one of the last chapters:

"At this moment, it was like everyone in the world wanted Qin Wentian to pull himself together, hoping for him to fight. Even though the calamities might fall on them, they were willing to endure it."


Infer from that what you will.

DOUBLE EDIT:

I saw this authors note and couldn't help but to share. Helped me feel comforted knowing that even the Chinese readers were annoyed.

"I saw many people cursing me. In truth, I could have ended this book right here but I would still take the time to write a few more chapters to properly wrap things up. Many people might feel that these 'extra chapters' are nonsense since the main storyline has concluded. Hence, I suggest that for readers who don't wish to read on, you can treat this chapter as the end. These are words of truth from me, if you cannot read it without constant unconstructive criticism, you don't have to force yourself to continue reading it. I will still continue to write something more because there are many friends and readers who wish to see more epilogue. Everyone can also suggest and let me know what you all want to read. <<less
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January 25, 2020
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One of the most stpd author I ever know. Yeah, I felt the passion and talent of the author in his novels. BUT!!! His stpdy ruined it. Seriously, which author in a right mind would create a tr*sh MC in his novels. But our author created one. Man, seriously? Theres not even a fcking good in this MC. He's so fcking arrogant, so fcking reckless, so fcking stpd, he's even worse than the worst character in some novels. The MC aint no fearless, remember when he was in a nightmare... more>> trial? When his loved ones was slaughtered in that nightmare. When the MC survived, he did not even tried to avenge them, but rather holed up somewhere and tried to forget everything. And when he was discovered by his enemies, he chose to kill himself. Man, seriously? What a coward!! Man, I would accept it if he chose to kill himself after he tried to avenge his loved ones, but he did not even tried. He just ran away, and tried to forget everything. Seriously? You created an MC like that? Man, you're so fcking stpd author. Your stupdty exceeds your talent and passion in writing thats why your novels was tr*sh.

And there were many scenarios that does not make any sense for me. For example, the MC helping a stranger to the point of even offending a power which was stronger than his opponents in the past. Or accepting a new foster father which he only knew for a short period of time. Seriously? First, he only knew that person in a short time, REALLY SHORT TIME. Second, he did not owe that person anything, but rather, that person owed him for his life. SO WHATS THE FCKING POINT OF MAKING THAT PERSON HIS FOSTER FATHER. WHY WOULD THE MC NEEDED TO TREAT THAT PERSON AS A FATHER IF HE DID NOT EVEN NEEDED TO, IF WE CONSIDERED EVERYTHING, THAT PERSON SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO PAY HIS RESPECT TO THE MC BECAUSE THE MC WAS THE ONE WHO SAVE HIS LIFE. SERIOUSLY AUTHOR? YOU ARE SO FCKING STUPD!!! FREAKING STPD!!! FCK YOU MAN!!

And the romance here was too fcking tr*sh. I dont even know how the heck the love between the MC and his girl took root. I just know that the girl felt guilty to the MC because she misunderstood him, EVEN THOUGH SHE SAVED HIM. And everytime that they interacted in front of many people, the MC would always have to prove to others that he was worthy of her. Man, seriously? Everytime, its always like that, Chu City, Pill Emperor Hall, Medicine Sovereign Sect, he always needed to prove himself. Man, seriously?

And I pitied this Mu Feng character. This Mu Feng was even more deserving to be MC than the tr*sh Qin Wentian. When the family of Mu Fen was slaughtered, he even travelled thousands of miles even though he was a cripple to avenge his family. But what about our great MC? He chose to ran away and forget everything when he was in that nightmare trial. Yeah its just a nightmare, but for the MC at that time, it was a reality for him. So we could already see how cowardly our MC was. This stpd author made the loved ones of this Mu Feng character die, so just he could become the shadow of this tr*sh MC.

For me, the MC of this novel was undeserving. Why? In terms of personality, Fan Le was more interesting than him. In terms of intelligence, many characters here greatly exceeded the MC. In terms of diligence and hard work, Chu Mang exceeded thIs tr*sh MC. In terms of character and story, Mu Feng exceeded the MC. Guys, there were not remarkable traits in this MC except that he was too arrogant, too stpd, and too reckless.

For me, this novel was good. But the stpdty of the author ruined this!!!! <<less
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