Throne of Magical Arcana

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An ordinary young man on earth, Xia Feng, traveled to a world of sword and magic, and took the body of Lucien Evans, another ordinary young man.

Seemingly this was a world of traditional western fantasy, yet he discovered the astonishing similarities between the earth and this world, and between science and the so-called arcane magic…

“Knowledge is power”? Soul, magic, quantum, Theory of Relativity, cognitive world, music and real world……

What was the true nature of that world?

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Arcane Divine Throne
The Throne of Arcane
TMA
Áo Thuật Thần Tọa
ราชันบัลลังก์เวท
奥术神座
아르카나 마법도서관
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Thraximus
Thraximus
January 14, 2024
Status: c90
It was pretty good up to a point. Then the MC just starts doing stuff for no reason.
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Not gonna go into too much detail but he actually gets some people who were basically neutral to him killed, and got some very influential characters vow to kill him one day. He made a lot of hugely powerful enemies for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

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Master10K
Master10K rated it
September 22, 2023
Status: Completed
Throne of Magical Arcana is an Isekai, where Lucien is thrown into a world of Arcane Sorcery & Religious Zealotry. From beginning to end we get to see quite a few of the ideas, the author had, that were later fleshed out in his future novels (LOTM). With Lucien starting from the absolute bottom of society, does indeed make following his rise as a musician and the arduous journey into the circles of sorcery worth it in the end. Where it has spellbinding & thought-provoking fights, between intelligent individuals, who... more>> rarely try to just brute force their way into victory.

But magical battles barely make up a quarter of the story. As apart from classical music, one most have an appreciation of the "Scientific Method" that increasingly has a more important role when peering into common magic principles. This also means the latter half of the story unfortunately focuses more on theoretical scientific papers & arguments and less on the practical applications. Because only when the focus shifts to the practical applications do we get to experience some awe-inspiring spell battles and a technological revolution that scratches my Kingdom Building itch. And though rather anti-climatic, the ending does seem fairly appropriate, by providing a scientific explanation on the nature of the MC's reincarnation. Followed by an extended Epilogue. <<less
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NoLongerTheSame
NoLongerTheSame rated it
September 22, 2023
Status: --
Underwhelming. I usually look forward to when the protagonist is out adventuring, but that's not the case for this novel. It's so weird that I actually looked forward more for when he's just researching and the fiasco around his "discoveries". The application of science to magic wasn't that creative either. And the romance is... average at best. I think this story is highly recommendable to those who are just stepping into the science fantasy genre, but if you're like me who's read a number of them and also the author's... more>> later works, this will seem like a half-decent appetizer. If you are looking for better read of a similar backdrop but without romance, I suggest Mage Adam. <<less
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cosme7
cosme7 rated it
August 25, 2023
Status: Completed
I just finished reading it and I hope this review helps you decide whether to give the book a chance or not :P
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Story ★★★★★ - In terms of World-Building it's very good, but where the story shines is in the magic system, which by far IS THE BEST I've ever read in any LN, the author's creativity to combine IRL knowledge with Magic and how the world " answer" is fantastic.
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Character ★★★★★ - The characters are very charismatic, and very good to follow, the romance goes... more>> on, and the character development happens, which is very rewarding to read.

Spoilers ahead, I recommend it only for those who read it, because it might spoil the surprise XD.
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- I thought Lucien would change s*x, just to get Natasha, Thank God he stayed firm XD, when it was about to happen the first time, I was seriously thinking about dropping the work if he used the belt just for that, because in my opinion it would be a lot of lack of self-love if he accepted such a situation.

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Enjoyment ★★★★★ - There were several moments of enjoyment in WN, especially when it comes to Music, I was even a little upset that the author left it a little aside, but when it was used, it was too beautiful. When it comes to magic itself, you would go crazy when people advanced in this regard, and especially the interactions with the Congress people, in short, this work could have 1k of chapters very easily, but it ended in a good moment, it has some Side Story's, the first one is weak, but the second one is very pleasant to read.

Religion:
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- The Religious footprint in the WN was well done, practically a Catholic + Protestant Church and later an Anglican Church, the base that the author used was very pleasant, of course it is an exaggerated view of religion, but it was in a good footprint, since that the work is very Scientist, the author is forced to give an "extreme" tone to religion, for you to see Sorcerers as "nice", until you read what Sorcerers did at the time of the Empire, and then you think: " There's no way to defend, the guys dug their own grave".

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General ★★★★★ - For those who already read Lord of the Mysteries which is by the same author, this WN is before LOTM, but in my opinion it has a quality as good as LOTM, LOTM goes in the more "Mystical" way, while Throne of Magical Arcana goes in a more "scientific" way, and it is evident how well the author manages to work both themes and fit well in his WN, I recommend reading it to you, it was time well spent.
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If you read this review thank you very much and may God bless you! <<less
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Jaden875
Jaden875 rated it
June 22, 2023
Status: Completed
Very good. As said before, the author is the best there is on this site and his works are all fantastic. The sciency part of this novel is pretty intricate and the characters are all well made. I wish he would go into a bit more detail on some parts of the world as the world building could've been more deeply explored. Ending was decent too

Good.
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bayukencanap
bayukencanap
February 27, 2023
Status: Completed
It was pretty good. It's like your basic Isekai novel with a touch of Classical &modern physics 101, with a little bit of music. It might be boring for some action lovers. My favorite part is when he unraveled the spacetime abnormalities in the planet. It's just that good.
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cpzombie
cpzombie rated it
January 8, 2023
Status: c823
This is pretty good, so long as you are rather interested in classical music and physics / math. It's definitely the weakest by this author that I've read so far, but that still puts it above the majority of novels. My ranking: EaI > LoTM > MAM >> this, but those three are some of my favorite novels.

There's some magic, fights, and romance, but honestly it overall feels like a dramatization of the history of physics with magic thrown in to make it interesting. Experiments that disprove someone's worldview can... more>> literally make their head explode, and there is at least one chapter-long argument about non-Euclidean geometry. I enjoy math and physics so I found it fun, but that's pretty much a requirement in order to make it to the end of the novel. Nothing jumped out at me as particularly wrong except for magic stuff either, which is rare when authors try to use real science.

The beginning has a lot of classical music stuff, so you can either learn it or skip and replace with "wow music, everyone is impressed" and move on. There's too much math / physics for that strategy to work for those parts though (unless you skip like 1/4 the novel), which is why I say it's required to like them.

Overall I'd say it's definitely not for everyone, but it is interesting if you like that kind of thing. I enjoyed it enough to binge 823 chapters, but I'd recommend his other stuff over it any day. They're all very different though; the best is to read them all! <<less
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist
January 2, 2023
Status: c136
This novel is not bad, but the magic system feels very detached from the storyline -- which makes it feel like it's not important. I think that may improve as the story goes along, but I lost my interest pretty early. Maybe it's because the MC is a bit. Hm *thinkingface* I don't think he's unlikeable, I just don't feel like his story is particularly engaging. AHHHHH I dunno, it might be a mood thing. I'll have to come back and reread one day to check if my initial impression... more>> is based on the novel or not. DX I'm pretty distracted rn, so the reason why my interest waned so quickly is because of this. Anyway, for the time being, I'm leaving this unrated. But for the sake of the future me...

Summary: The novel seems like your typical transmigration story at first glance. The MC has none of the original owner's memories, but since the original owner was close to other people, he ended up understanding the world pretty quickly. The only issue is that he also got involved in a pretty sticky situation. More specifically, a witch apprentice was living in the shack next to his own, and because of this, he was put under investigation. On the day that the witch was burned at a stake, he also discovered an anomaly and was forced to confront the world of sorcery without any preparation. This led him to believe that, if he wanted to live in this world, and live in it well, he needed to seek out power for himself. <<less
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samd0001
samd0001
October 26, 2022
Status: Completed
Very well written. Zero to hero, and each step makes sense without any cheap plot devices. Great ending. Extras for closure :) Complete magic system. The characters are very fleshed out, even the side characters. There is mystery. There are answers. No plot holes. This is a rare web novel that does everything right and is absolutely worth a read if you like reincarnation stories with magic elements.
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Aymi
Aymi rated it
July 17, 2022
Status: c680
Don't listen to one star reviews lol, that said, if you don't like brain consuming novels that aren't exactly jam packed with action and fights. This might not be your cup of tea.
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auroraRMC
auroraRMC rated it
May 10, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel... is hard to rate.

I enjoyed it a lot for what it was: a novel with complex characters, detailed world building, one of the best romances that a CN novel could offer, and plenty of imagination. However, it's very easy to get lost in all the arcana BS that's spewed out for probably half the book. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the whole concept and use of arcana, I would just skim over the lengthy explanations of "pseudoscience" when the MC was lecturing. I feel like the author... more>> deliberately made it as confusing as possible, especially at the end in the ultimate arcana explanation. Would have liked to see more of the MC at the end, and the side story about the kids was also quite abrupt. <<less
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lixaxil
lixaxil rated it
January 25, 2022
Status: Completed
It's a decent read. Sometimes too slow-paced, sometimes lacking in logic but TL team did an amazing job imho. I would prefer a more aggressive MC since the one we have is kinda underpowered all the time. He is basically just enough to finish what he started and he mostly reacts to things happenening instead of doing something himself. I would actually say that the generic cliche world around him is better described and more fun to read about than the MC's actions. Out of the ocean of garbage novels... more>> this one stands out but it lacks quite a lot to truly be rated 5 stars. <<less
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DeeJack
DeeJack rated it
January 6, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel is probably the only way for me to enjoy math, physics and chemistry. After reading the novel I always feel like studying more about these subjects as they are explained in a great way, but then I remember how actually boring and difficult they are...
The novel is fun, it contains action, romance and mysteries. It's not the best novel out there but it's still great.
It's fascinating how the author mixes science with magic, creating an unique and original system.
I like that there are so many... more>> mysteries, but the problem is that the author doesn't give enough clues to even try to solve them. You will be completely clueless on his plan and what he's thinking because the author will never give any clues until the matter is already solved, the author doesn't give space for our theories, something I really liked in The Legendary Mechanic.
The translation sadly it's pretty bad, a lot of names are wrong or repeated (like "Lucien told Lucien") a LOT of times, sometimes I can't even understand who was supposed to be talking.
The ending was pretty disappointing, nothing more, nothing less.
All in all, the journey was great, the ending not as much, still an amazing novel.
9/10 <<less
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Colreaper
Colreaper rated it
August 30, 2021
Status: Completed
Absolutely loved the novel. At first I was a bit hesitant as there were a lot of people claiming that it isn’t good and its boring. I just decided to give it a shot and well, looking at the 5 stars above, it was definitely a great read. Some parts definitely lacked but all in all, just give it a shot. You might have to brace through a slow start and some science as well. Also, I too think the ending was rushed but it still ended pretty nice compared... more>> to a lot of CN out there. <<less
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Refox0
Refox0
July 31, 2021
Status: c910
This is one of the good novels with proper story. All characters have depth and good world building. I wish I would I read this before LOTM, author has improved a lot in LOTM. However the story was still good read.
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Juncheng
Juncheng rated it
August 24, 2020
Status: --
This book so far is good but it doesn't tell you a lot of details. As I read the first few chapters there are a lot of mistakes ... more>>
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During the rat attack scene after the MC resolves the problem it suddenly mentions a desk with books on it, this wasn't even talked about in the start of the scene but when the plant got killed they talk about the desk like they knew about its existence the whole time.

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and with the money making scene when the MC got scammed it didn't mention how he even knew those people. At the begging god of the story it clearly states that the MC has none of Lucien's memories but suddenly he just knew who everyone was and what they did

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Gsichtselfmeter
Gsichtselfmeter rated it
June 22, 2020
Status: c736
+3 Magic

+3 Great world-building

+1 Fun to read about music, physics and academia

-2 No story

-1 The "rival" is forgotten

-1 Plot armor -> Everything goes right for the MC

+1 Good romance (no harem)

+1 Very interesting and alive love interest

-2 Really bad fight scenes

Overall: a great story about magic, but without suspense. Nevertheless I read 700+ chapters in around a week. 4*
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NakuyKi
NakuyKi rated it
March 24, 2020
Status: c500
Its rather unfortunate that this novel is being bashed simply because the author wrote another novel that was better (), which was only due to that novel being a later work.

Other complaints I've seen essentially boiled down to "oMg wHy iSn'T tHe MC jUsT fOcUsInG oN mAgIc aNd bEcOmInG gOd?!"

Again its rather unfortunate as we have plenty of other novels that have instant OP MC's in them that they could read instead...

Especially considering that if this novel didn't exist, the author wouldn't have been experienced enough to write Lord of... more>> the Mysteries as good as it was. <<less
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selweron
selweron rated it
September 18, 2019
Status: c470
It is this kind of a novel where fights and conflicts aren't even necessary to bring out a great joy while immersing yourself in the story.

The system of progressing in magic is really unique and I've never seen it in any other 800 novels I've read so far.

The fact that mages can create this kind of friendly environment instead of creating factions and slaughtering each other on every occassion feels fresh as well.

The story develops rather differently compared to others and the world seems to be relatively small from reader's... more>> perspective.

MC's way of handling his identities is also different from other novels. Rarely their true identities gain more notoriety than their fake identities.
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Albeit it's a shame that he drops two of his identities because of that (one he abandons faking death, the other is simply outgrown in power by his main identity so loses its use). They had a good spot in the story and I liked both the great musician and Mr. Professor having an impact on other characters.

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Flaws can be ignored including the not-so-great translation quality (poor or bad choice of selected vocabulary words at times). I'm debating whether it is worth to dig into machine translations and destroy a bit of my pleasant experience as I would love to continue reading.

Didn't expect it to be this good. Totally recommended. At the same time, I can kind of guess now why Lord of the Mysteries from the same author is so popular and given its reviews I bet I can expect even more than of Throne of Magical Arcana. Can't wait!

@edit I love both, the Lord of the Mysteries is definitely better, but Throne of Magical Arcana has things I wouldn't want to part with either. Don't miss them out! The remaining novels of the same author pale in comparison to them as well. <<less
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apaulose
apaulose
August 24, 2017
Status: c105
It's a fun story but despite how much the MC says music is just a cover for him it feels like the story so far focuses more on music than magic. I guess it's just a slow build up though. At some point he'll leave the musical city he's been living in and then it won't be a center point.
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