Library of Heaven’s Path

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Traversing into another world, Zhang Xuan finds himself becoming an honorable teacher.

Along with his transcension, a mysterious library appears in his mind.

As long as it is something he has seen, regardless of whether it is a human or an object, a book on its weaknesses will be automatically compiled in the library.

Thus, he becomes formidable.

“Emperor Zhuoyang, why do you detest wearing your underwear so much? As an emperor, can’t you pay a little more attention to your image?”

“Fairy Linglong, you can always look for me if you find yourself unable to sleep at night. I am skilled in lullabies!”

“And you, Demon Lord Qiankun! Can you cut down on the garlic? Are you trying to kill me with that stench?”

This is an incredible story about teachers and students, grooming and guiding the greatest experts in the world!

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LOHP
Thiên Đạo Đồ Thư Quán
Tian Dao Tu Shu Guan
天道图书馆
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roekenny
roekenny rated it
August 9, 2017
Status: c233
Novel using a tired trope but that's part the parcel nowadays and while worth noting not effecting score. The MC seems to suffer the same condition many JP MC's have in godly powerful but mind-numbingly dense and not just because he's from another world.

If want a taster what entire novel is like this quote pretty sums him up “To think that one of them is a librarian and an expert while the other one is a reputable and popular teacher... Pui! To be unable to match up to a transcender... more>> like me, they are truly lacking in knowledge!” He then takes this knowledge for granted and thinks people who spent their lives and reputation ain't worth s*** because the answers don't smack them in the face (quite literary they just appearer in his head.)

I Would call this a poor mans Emperor’s Domination as the premise is similar and MC both are ungodly knowledgeable, arrogant and insufferable ***** but one has character and motivation and justification the other has get goals seem to be step 1. Get strong 2. Acquire knowledge 3. ????? 4. Profit? <<less
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Shangori
Shangori rated it
July 30, 2017
Status: c220
I don't know how to start this review.. So, I'll just speak my mind directly.

This story is a very typical 'face-slapping' story. The MC has a cheat that pops up at the most convenient times to humiliate his opponents. His opponents are as one-dimensional as they come. People who wallow in pride and are jealous at the MC and stick around just long enough to show the MC's superiority. They spend decades reaching their position and the MC just steamrolls over them, without the MC exerting any effort.

The MC has... more>> one true character trait: he is a teacher (yes, I count that as a character trait in this story). He seemingly truly cares for his students... Although I already see the signs that'll change in time. Already there are hints of a growing group of women that adore him, including fellow teachers (which starts off another jealousy-filled 'arc') and students (one in particular - that grows ever more perfect and beautiful each chapter)

It's a power-trip story. But any power-trip story hangs on you being able to identify yourself as the MC. Seeing he stumbles into power, rather than really having to work for it, that becomes really hard to do so.

So why am I still reading this? The students. There is 'some' character development and 'some' effort done by them and I'm a sucker for the 'growing protagonist'; even if they aren't the protagonists here. Making me wonder where they'll end up. They can become the saving graces of the story. But don't count on it.

The translation is fine. The story can be followed just fine... Well, most of the time. There are even some chuckles here and there. But other than that, it's just a very one-dimensional story. <<less
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Demintika
Demintika rated it
July 8, 2017
Status: c577
Don't mind my rating, I just really like it.

A repetitive novel with various repetitive face-slapping moments. Every 10 chapters, this happens:

    • MC knows nothing about a subject OR his apparent level about the subject is very low despite he is actually a genius in said subject because he didn't take the exam to get the promotion.
    • Everyone looks down on the MC due to the reason above without giving him chance to explain, mostly due to coincidence or the MC being "humble".
    • No one can solve a problem about said subject.
    • MC easily solve the problem above, amazing / face-slapping everyone. Repeat.
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Hamsta
Hamsta rated it
June 29, 2017
Status: c916
5/5 (as of c176)

4/5 (as of c916, machine translation.) Edit: Reduced score since it's getting repetitive while his opponents are getting dumber rather than smarter (the entire point of higher rank famed masters is that they're much more smarter, stronger, cunning, older, etc but his opponents are even dumber.)

Refreshing and humorous take on the stale Xianxia genre.

I'm not sure why several reviewers don't like how "easily" the MC acquires more power since the MC powers up about as fast as other typical xianxia MCs but has more limitations*... more>> (see below) & is more upfront about it (instead of claiming the be hard working but only being strong due to some heaven defying dildo). The main difference is that MC fully acknowledges that he can only rely on his OP appraisal ability to keep his advantage. I also don't see how this novel is more repetitive than other Xianxia novels, at least every encounter so far has been unique & doesn't feel like the MC is literally fighting the same villains with different names. (*cough ED cough ATG cough IISTH cough*). Another good point of Library of Heaven's Path is much less fluff than typical Xianxia novels, things move along at an extremely fast pace.

*Limitations such as:

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1) Needs to physically get his hands on books to actually get stronger, otherwise is just an appraisal ability on steroids. (The library apparently can't make knowledge out of nothing but it can tell everything about what the MC encounters & if knowledge is "true.")
2) Can only rely on his OP skill (literally had no cultivation or training when he entered the world) & works extremely hard to power his currently only (OP) advantage but also determined to help his students out as well.... speaking of which.
3) Seems that the library of Heaven's Path either encourages or induces some sort of mental compulsion almost forcing the MC to become an ideal teacher. In exchange, it rewards him with other features of the library (golden book)
4) His determination to keep his original body's dream going & raising his students to become the best. He doesn't really need to give them watered down versions of his perfect cultivation techs & abilities, he could just give abandon his identity as schoolteacher, forge another one as a master teacher then enjoy the luxurious life without all the baggage.

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eseul
eseul rated it
June 27, 2017
Status: c172
The protagonist has an OP skill. But the thought process, reasoning, and episodes are hilarious. His OP skill takes away the boring grinding of the story. He doesn't need to sit down and meditate a million hours and I'm very thankful to read a story without this for once. I don't hate it, but every story has the same process and descriptions and I'm so over it already. His leveling up adventure is new and I love all the side episodes and main plot. I'm excited to read every chapter~
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falcon010
falcon010 rated it
June 24, 2017
Status: c210
Kind of repetitive and easily predicted, but somehow still make me want to continue reading it.

MC is kind of amusing, the character are very developed.

Although the depiction of the world is not that good, the story and plot are good.

The way MC reacts to things always make me baffled and amused.

6/10 from me.
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kari
kari rated it
June 23, 2017
Status: c655
Different and Fun! Unexpectedly, it turned out to be really good.

Pros: it's Humorous, due to the MC having low EQ which causes ambiguity in his speech and ppl getting constantly shocked :'D

Thankfully there's no humor due to idiocy/naivety... So it saves ur braincells!

... more>> No evil villains constantly picking a fight with the MC.

It's a good change of pace from the normal xianxia tropes

OP OP OP! MC is really OP in an interesting way.

Knowledge is power and he is totally the example of that! (Literally every students dream power lol)

Cons: Repetetiveness might bug ppl at some point.

I recommed that u definitely give it a try... U can always drop it later...

Also, the manhua is lacking compared to the novel... So I recommend the novel! <<less
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Desired397
Desired397 rated it
June 16, 2017
Status: c161
Though I can't say at this point (chapter 161) that this is some literary masterpiece, it is definitely one of the most enjoyable novels I've read in a while. The MC is comically OP and its constant moments where all these old men who have been training for years almost sh!t their pants after seeing how easy the MC picks up new techniques.

While the MC is a teacher, they way he has gone so far is to first power himself up by learning many many new skills, then combines everything... more>> into a slightly watered down version which he passes on to his student, so far though the students basically the main focus of yhe novel (in concept) but it's a bit like "hey, so an so needs some special medicine, let me go on an adventure without them for 20-30 chapters to go get it" and this is basically the layout for most of the MCs adventures to far.

All that aside def 5/5 would love if the TL speed was a bit faster but just makes me appreciate a new chapter more. <<less
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Tusker
Tusker rated it
December 31, 2016
Status: c15
So far so good. The translation is good and the novel itself is awesome. This novel is a light read. I like it that way because I don't have to think about the injustice in the world, any moral issues or deep philosophy. I just have a pleasant time reading it. The comedic scenes are well written. MC's shamelessness has the potential to be one of the top. The downside is that I wish I had waited for more chapters before reading it.
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Tras
Tras rated it
January 18, 2023
Status: Completed
Imagine someone with severe cognitive impairment becoming the smartest guy ever, only he's still just as s*upid. It's sort of like a moron controlling a smart person. That's basically the premise and not in a Rain Man kind of way, more of a 13 year old finding the cheat codes to the universe-kind of way.

I quite enjoyed the Master Teacher-continent and as soon as they left everything else just felt hollow, which is always the case when main characters "advance" to a higher world in these types of stories. In... more>> the early story there's several interesting occupations that the people there master, with everything between painting, black smithing and cultivation with the Master Teachers basically being teachers who's the master of several occupations as well as cultivation and teaching. However as soon as they leave the first world, nothing but cultivation matters except for a few exceptions.

Should've ended about halfway through and the earlier parts could've been shortened by at least 50% almost exclusively by removing repeating sentences where several characters as well as the narrator says almost the exact same thing. Seems like the author had planned to end it earlier but wanted to milk it for a thousand or so extra chapters.

I wanted to quit so many times, especially towards the end and god was it unfulfilling.

I wish I didn't hate not finishing books so much. <<less
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Yonachii
Yonachii rated it
July 31, 2022
Status: c1
  • [I DIDNT KNOW THAT THERE HAREM GENRE IN NOVEL.I ONLY READ IT ON MANHUA AND THERE'S NO HAREM TAG SO I THOUGH THIS GONNA BE SINGLE MC OR HAVE ONLY 1 WIFE.]
Its entertaining, he's too op because of the cheat but what I hate about this novel is his partner at the end. I expect too much, and end up dropping

around 1187 because it becomes bland for me especially the romance that already starting to arouse. I dont like the girl and I expect him to be single all... more>> around after story dropping girl per arc scene he solve and also because of his cold personality but then suddenly author put some romance. I already accept that he's gonna have only one wife but then.

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I learn from some spoiler that he got a wife at the end named Luo Ruoxi then after the finale there's a side story where zhang xuan married his fvxking student named Luo Qiqi. Which is the girl (the past zx Destined to arrange marriage with, before the MC reborn to zx body) he treat her as his student then boom on side story. He got married to her. It becomes like an harem troupe, where MC always Destined to have 2 wife than being loyal. I got huge expectation that MC gonna be single or have 1 wife because he's a teacher and yet he still married his student on that side story even though he rejected him in the past which annoyed me that's why I rate it 1 and not interested to the story anymore. The 1000+ below chapter about cultivating and eliminating and his power is too op and then on 9th vol which is a different scene because he's a Saint and of course there's romance involvement example of this is the marriage dilemma. Hes involved with the teacher luo rouxi and his student luo qiqi and MC end up getting them both as his wife. I'll rate this as 3.5 out of 10.

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AboveTheHeavens
AboveTheHeavens
April 18, 2022
Status: c2181
Look, it was extremely repetitive, a lot of the tropes were bullshit/stereotypical. But this was the only time I read a novel as a "comfort novel" instead of as a serious read and I loved it. It lacks in seriousness and actual immersive plot, but there were a few times it got serious and I loved each of those times.

It follows the simple pattern of new city-->bottom of the totem pole-->grow in strength-->face slap. Honestly, if you like face slapping comedy, you'll like this.

It is mostly comedy all the way... more>> through and the MC is made to become OP and master everything. And I love that about it, it does it well, it made me laugh, even when it was flawed.

It's funny to me. Give it a read as a comfort novel. The beginning chapters felt slow because they took place over like one day, but it quickly picks up. Loved it.

4 stars. <<less
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Winter2150
Winter2150 rated it
November 23, 2021
Status: c1050
While I do like this novel and plan on reading it all, it really only qualifies as a time killer, and is nothing special.

There is a few tense moments here and there, but for the most part it's always smooth sailing for the MC, which is not necessarily a bad thing, if you just want a relaxing story without any big tragedies or anxious moments, but if you dislike overpowered MCs, you should definitely avoid this novel.

I think the strongest point of this novel is that there's a lot of... more>> funny moments and if you like the good old "face slapping" then this is definitely the novel for you, because that's what MC does almost 24/7, when he's not busy making miracles happen.

If you're mostly here for romance or the harem tag then you should probably also avoid this novel, because while there is some romance moments, they are pretty scarce and mostly very innocent and not very fleshed out. Lets just say that there's probably elementary school romances that are more spicy than this :P

As for the harem aspect, there is a lot of potential heroine candidates, but MC pretty much only really goes for one woman in particular and the "harem"
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only amounts to that one women for the most part and one more, which seemed a bit of an afterthought later on :')

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One thing that really bothered me about this novel is that, you can almost physically feel that this novel was written by a teacher, by how much the author deifies them and keeps preaching about how great they are, while lamenting that teachers nowadays are not respected anymore etc :')

Also while it's good to do world building, it's pretty annoying that the story flow stops every few sentences, to explain everything in detail, often even the same thing multiple times over and over...

At this point I'm not sure, whether the author just wants to stretch the word count with his overbearing explanations all the time or if it's just because of his disposition as a teacher. It's probably both :P <<less
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NoobyWonders
NoobyWonders rated it
April 19, 2021
Status: Completed
I remembered this being an insanely funny story in the first arc, which was why I was surprised to see the ratings so low. But while there are some really funny parts afterwards, almost 80% of the content is literally the EXACT SAME formula of him walking into an examination with zero knowledge, telling them he wants to read books and pass in an hour, them insulting him, then he performs better than the guild master.

Edit: 500 -> completed

He does eventually stop constantly taking examinations, but the story isn't very... more>> funny past that point anyways. It does move to some more "epic" plots and twists, but honestly they're kind of dumb and infuriating anyways. First ~300 chapters are the best part. Would not recommend reading past the second kingdom arc. <<less
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Dollaaaa
Dollaaaa rated it
January 8, 2021
Status: Completed
Loved it for the first 250~ chapters. The idea was fresh as I had never read a story about with a teacher MC. Turns out MC doesn't actually put in effort to teach his students and his interactions with them take up a very small amount of the novel. Interactions are basically like this

Student: Yo teacher I'm a specialist in ___ techniques

Mc: Oh? *Transfers technique into their mind*

... more>> Student after understanding the technique without any help: Wow you've solved my problem. *Proceeds to praise MC for the next few hundred chapters*

The majority of the novel is face slapping. It was funny and entertaining at the start. Flash forward hundreds of chapters, and it's still happening. Even other novels aren't so blatant about their repetitiveness. Author reuses the exact same template over and over, down to the expressions people make. MC wants to take a test for a profession, the people at the testing site mock him, MC reads some books and shocks the testers while maybe breaking a record. After this happened about 6-7 times I started skimming those parts. After maybe 1.3k chapters the face slapping simmers down though.

Side characters are usually written one of two ways

1. Loyal complimenters of MC from the start

2. People who mock the MC but then start complimenting him after he face slaps them

There are maybe 5-10 truly interesting side characters in the story out of the 100+ introduced.

Other than the enjoyable start, what made me give this 2 stars instead of 1 is

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The part around chapters 1400-1600 when MC was being hunted by a lot of powerful people. Mc's students (now in some of the most prestigious positions on the continent) come and protect him 1 by 1. It was satisfying seeing all of them come and reveal that he's their teacher to everyone.

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Also the ending was eh

Spoiler

After defeating the final boss MC meets the most powerful cultivator. Guy basically reveals he caused the MC to come to this world and that there are more powerful people out there. He says he once tried to see more powerful people but got swatted down. Mc's basically like ok whatever. So at the end of the story MC is the most powerful of the normal guys but there's still more powerful people out there. His romantic partners are elaborated on in a side story (there are 2)

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If you want to read something more enjoyable with teaching and MC learning abilities quickly through a cheat, I'd suggest absolute great teacher instead of this. <<less
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TubeAlloys
TubeAlloys rated it
October 14, 2020
Status: c282
It would get two and a half to three and a half stars except for how f*cking annoying the writing style is. Author literally repeats every bit of dialogue right after the person says it. Example:

"While I don't intend to harm anyone through poison, I can avoid being harmed by others with this knowledge!"
While he didn't intend to kill anyone with poison, he had to be careful to not allow anyone to obtain a chance of poisoning him.

This sh*t has been driving me up the wall to the point... more>> that I'm about to drop it.

Other than that the plot is very standard for a cultivation novel - MC needs something, MC finds thing (or clues to thing) two paragraphs later. But with a heavy emphasis on that whole "you've just played yourself" thing that Chinese authors seem to love so much. Plot is entirely cyclical, everything he does in the first arc is repeated but at a tier of power and social standing higher, over and over.

Read if you can get past the redundant writing style and are just looking for a tr*shy, don't think too much about it style cultivation novel to pass the time. Don't read if you want plot or character growth or any of the stuff that makes a compelling narrative. <<less
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NovReds
NovReds rated it
October 7, 2020
Status: c2268
Finally, I finished it! Wow, it's a really good novel. Of course, there are some pros as well as cons in here like any other novel, but hell, nobody's perfect!

Pros:
a) Very interesting and funny story (Especially the monologues of the side characters who got humble-bragged by the MC)
b) MC is clever and cunning enough to outwit and scam his strong enemies.
c) Knowledge is given utmost priority in this novel.
d) Everything is covered up in the novel.
e) The plot has shown the growth and improvement... more>> of MC and side-characters as well.
f) The "Feerless" Sun Qiang (:P)

Cons:
a) Romance is a disaster.
b) Luo clan marriage arc was s*upid.
c) MC's way of information collection is sub-standard or more like s*upid.
d) The library acted as the matchmaker in the romance. (LOL)
e) Unlike the arcs in Master-teacher continent, Azure and Firmament are completely lacking and less detailed.
f) MC's eye of insight level was never mentioned after sanctum of sages arc.

Overall, not a bad novel! You will definitely enjoy it! Just ignore the romance part though... <<less
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castrix
castrix rated it
September 28, 2020
Status: Completed
Many people gives low rating about this novel, so I have to defend it as someone who already finished this.

What I like about his novel is that the character development is just sooo great. At the earlier chapters I have really low expectation about this novel, because the MC is just... a bit tr*sh. But as the story progressed he becomes better and better, especially as a teacher. Many scenes moved my heart and made me emotional.

"A teacher a day, a parent for lifetime"

I recommend this novel to you who... more>> like an emotional story. <<less
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AncientElf2020
AncientElf2020
September 3, 2020
Status: --
I liked the novel even though it's repetitive but I stopped reading after he changed his purpose of getting stronger because of a woman. He is too infatuated with the woman.
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ouwais
ouwais rated it
July 17, 2020
Status: c1776
It was a meh story, but I continued on becuase I thought it would improve but no. The MC for some f*cking reason is obssessed with a girl who he barely interacted with. She f*cking hides her identity and steals a treasure he should of rightfully aquired. To top it all of he still simps her ffs.
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