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Monthly Rank: #1372
All Time Rank: #144
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Humans are the spirit of all living beings, Gu* are the essence of heaven and earth.
With his three views* unrighteous, a demon is reborn.
Former days are but an old dream, an identical name is made anew.
The story of a time traveler who keeps on being reborn.
A unique world that nurtures, refines, and uses Gu.
Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor Worm, Great Qi Golden Light Worm, Slender Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu…
And a great demon of the world that acts as his heart pleases!
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu – magical creatures of the world – Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu are legendary venomous insects, often used in black magic practices. They can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms, etc.
Three views = one’s world view, values of worth and philosophy on life.
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One entry per lineDaoist Gu
Gu Daoist Master
Gu Zhen Ren
Master of Gu
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المبجل المجنون
เทพปีศาจหวนคืน (ไม่มีตอนจบ)
蛊真人
蠱真人
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Netheril’s Glory (11)
Recommendation Lists
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09/19/02 | Webnovel | c90 |
11/01/19 | Webnovel | c39 |
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11/01/19 | Webnovel | c37 |
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11/01/19 | Webnovel | c35 |
11/01/19 | Webnovel | c34 |
11/01/19 | Webnovel | c33 |
11/01/19 | Webnovel | c32 |
11/01/19 | Webnovel | c31 |
07/17/17 | Webnovel | c9 |
07/17/17 | Webnovel | c8 |
07/17/17 | Webnovel | c7 |
07/17/17 | Webnovel | c6 |
07/17/17 | Webnovel | c5 |
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the next 200+ chapters were excruciatingly dragged out, with lots of cheap, out-of-the-blue setbacks (like the MC uncharacteristically getting distracted and his one-of-its-kind mythical Gu getting snatched away, etc) that will make you grind your teeth. Most series have plot armour but here the author throws in disasters for the sake of realism, even if they don't grow organically out of the plot and feel like BS.
For now I'd say try to endure the first 100 chapters. The story picks up after the MC gains a bit of strength in his village and finishes his year in the academy. Then the story gets better and here. But if you're like me, you'll probably start to dislike the story after 400
The MC mentions tons of stuff that'll get you excited but it'll shock you how long it takes for the story to get they're and it's all handled in a really disappointing way
This novel went from my top 5 to shit... The Opening 100-150 chaptes
In the opening act of the story we follow Feng Yuan, supposedly a peerless cultivator.
The cultivation system is based on gu (bit like pokemon) that the cultivator uses, they're stored in his inner energy container. They feed on various foods and they can be evolved.
It starts out interesting as Feng Yuan is a scheming and cruel character with a library of memories from his past life and his viciousness grows as time goes on.
He extorts, bends the rules to his own advantage and operates in such a way that he gets the maximum benefits without crossing peoples bottom lines.
However he is still human and makes mistakes and this propels the story forward.
It has this Death Note'esque element and mindgames. IT's FUN!
After the first act The MC experiences a reset. (lvl3->lvl1) Super frustrating. Get used to this.
He relies on his enemy for survival, as he grasps some of his weaknesses. Altho the weakness is actually laughable if you think about it.
The story is still very good. I enjoy this bit because we get to know Bai Ning and his feelings more, we get to observe the the MC from his enemies perspective.
However the story starts showing inconsistencies.
It's basically an entire arc about Feng Yuan showing (teaching) his enemy Bai Ning, how to kill him. s*upid s*upid s*upid.
I enjoyed the Caravan/Battle arena arc as the MC finally catches up with his previous cultivation froom 100 chapters ago, he finally goes ahead instead of backwards.
The culmination of the 2nd act of the story however is confusing as heck and makes very little sense.
The alliance between Bai and Tie Rue Nan makes no logical sense as Tie Ruo Nan knows Bai has the same amount of sins as Fang, does. Namely Slaughtering Tie Clansmen and slaughtering Bai clan and more.
The co-operation to get Feng Trapped, does not wash away any sins. It makes absolutely no sense for Tie clan to let Bai go after.
In other words Bai makes an idiotic move and that basically equates to shooting himself in the foot.
So Yuan snatches a blessed land for himself, a very important one at that as it is the best for soul-stone production (gut stones).
At this point we start to see a major flaw showing up.
At first this is very cute as, he struggles to defend his land, attracts the wrath of elite sects and starts
"farming".
However we get bombarded with a tone of information. It's not tragic at this point, but that will soon change. Thankfully this piling of information stops as the blessed land gets corroded and yuan sets out to find a cure.
This turns out to be quite a journey as he goes to another continent under a disguise and takes part in a war.
Meanwhile he is developing another PATH of cultivation. This leads again to constant dumps of information as various tribes and characters get introduced over and over.
We see less creative scheming.
It feels a bit like a short Total War:Three Kingdoms Campaign.
So the crux of this section, is the exploration of another blessed land in the pursuit of inheritances.
This quickly get's CONFUSING AS FFFFFFFFF, there's too many influences and to many complex relationships.
You see at this point every character is kinda relevant and important and they all have their own backgrounds. The problem is in the fact that we get to learn too much about those characters and the story does not progress.
On top of that there's also a lot of lore, that is being revealed at the same time as well as side-quests so to speak.
AND Top it all off, Fang Yuan get's invaded by a will that messes with his mind.
This tries to emulate "coming together" moment as in 2 previous acts, but it fails.
It's too messy and various characters are running around like headless chicken without rhyme or reason.
At this point I stopped enjoying this novel.
Firstly again in similiar fashion Feng Yuan experiences ANOTHER setback, his cultivation get's frozen as hi turns into an undead.
Undead can't cultivate further.
The novel turns into info dump central and 0 progress.
The story slows down to a crawl as more and more complexity is piled on top.
At this point Feng is studying Refinement, Strength, Dream, Ens*avement, Transformation and god knows what, each requiring ingredients evolution, new characters to trade or to rob.
However to me it feels like a chore.
If I were to speak in an analogy.
It is like eating banana, eating banana to me is enjoyable, when eating appropriate size with each bite.
If I eat a piece that is too large or too small, the experience is not optimal.
The chapters are filled with crap, fragmented into more and more pieces lazy dialogs and repeated content. over and over...
The MAIN point of the story becomes about things that the MC can't do, as opposed about the things that he can do.
He can't do this, he can't do that... he can just sit and wait for other people to get him.
sad