Reverend Insanity

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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.

Note :

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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Cổ Chân Nhân
Daoist Gu
Gu Daoist Master
Gu Zhen Ren
Master of Gu
RI
المبجل المجنون
เทพปีศาจหวนคืน (ไม่มีตอนจบ)
蛊真人
蠱真人
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milkywayhamster
milkywayhamster rated it
June 4, 2018
Status: c93
Story is pretty cool, there is not much dumb luck that happens in it like a lot of novels (It kinda has but the explanation doesn't feel really BS, because in the story the MC has being ''reborn'' by going back in time so he actually know where treasures are and good shit, so he doesn't stumble upon them, for me at least it's feels way better the story with intern logic).
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AjayTV
AjayTV rated it
December 21, 2017
Status: c132
If there is one thing that certainly speaks for this novel then it is the clever thoughts of our MC. He views everything from above and makes smart choices. Additionally I personally enjoy the story of Ren Zu (Human Ancestor) what gives flavor to some decisions made by specific characters.

Personally I really love reading Novels with Evil MCs an if you're the same (basically if you like WMW) than you're in the right place! Also their cultivation system is cool and unique.
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SayMrrp
SayMrrp rated it
August 26, 2017
Status: c47
Good story!

It's written well enough so that it doesn't feel flat. No one has been a true idiot yet. Some antagonists can do dumb stuff, but it's okay since it matches their character. The characters feel realistic. They might not be extremely interesting, but at least they're real.

MC's not exactly evil for the sake of being evil. It's just that he does what he needs to do and that includes some evil acts. He's probably going to be OP in the future, but his strength is slowly progressing now. He's... more>> got a cheat, but it's not absolutely broken.

The story isn't that dark so far. Sure, there's been mu*der and...
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a mushy corpse

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, but it's overall not too dark. Got a bit for sure though. There's been a couple of funny moments, but it's not unnatural.

Interesting cultivation. Cultivate through raising gu, which are usually magical bugs or stuff. <<less
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YoungMaster1666
YoungMaster1666 rated it
October 15, 2022
Status: c2226
Reverend Insanity (RI) is one of the few cultivation light novel masterpieces. We have an excellent, amoral, and scheming MC. It becomes really difficult to suspend your disbelief for other novels that claim the MC has "centuries of experience" and transmigrated, yet still has the cognitive abilities of a 12 year old. Fang Yuan is the only protagonist of the transmigration genre whom I can believe has 500 years of experience.

His actions are unpredictable and he uses his knowledge of the future to masterful extents. One underrated aspect of Reverend... more>> Insanity is that there's true conflict in the story. Not everything goes to plan, sometimes even our MC makes a mistake.

The real highlight of Reverend Insanity for me were the fables from The Legend of Ren Zu. Honestly, they themselves can be adapted into a children's novel. Definitely one of the must-reads if you're new to this genre.

My only warning is that there are some graphic scenes which can be disturbing:

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Shoving two little kids into a furnace and burning them to death in order to refine a treasure

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Foolish Mysteries
Foolish Mysteries
March 28, 2022
Status: --
I'm gonna make this clear. The MC is not a kind person and is definitely a demonic cultivator. He's scheming, cunning, vicious, ruthless, despicable, atrocious, all the crimes he committed, you name it. He doesn't hesitate to kill, have no conscience, no mercy, no morals or whatsoever, and only cares for himself. But this is where I liked this novel, cause he was very open about his evil intention to himself, he was decisive and clever. In short, he was the MC that makes you hate, but also like his... more>> frankness to his own demon. In my opinion, I like the MC because he wasn't hypocritical to his own nature, he do what he want and don't deny his wicked side like other typical MC. I suggest that if you can't handle cruelty or villain acts, don't read this. <<less
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Shosha
Shosha rated it
August 23, 2021
Status: c2234
This novel is amazing a 5 star review is not enough to convey that. Hands down my favourite Chinese novel.

The power level and system is perfect. After I finished reading it till the end, I can still go to any point in time in the story and it will still be balanced. What I mean is, usually when the MC is weak writers often tend to exaggerate the power of people stronger than him to give more tension. Only for him to reach their level and it turns out it... more>> was not that amazing. This never happened in Reverend Insanity. In fact many times the prospective changes from the MC to weaker characters and you wouldn't get the sense of it being off or too small to care about. That is how much the author got the power levels on point. Also, strong characters existed all around the MC right from the start. It was not the usual, oh after defeating the bad guy an even stronger bad guy appears out of nowhere.

When the main character is in a weak level, he is weak and not special at all. A look from a higher ranked person will get him killed as easily as stepping on an ant. This rule does not change just because he is the MC it applies to him just like the rest of the world.

MC of this novel is very unique. I don't like him but that doesn't prevent me from admitting how greatly written he is. I really liked the fact that he always learns from the mistakes that he made being as meticulous as he is

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Like when he was betrayed by bia ning bing, and Manipulated by Blazing heaven and heavenly will

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After these events you can notice the change of behaviour he had regarding Similar Encounters.

I like how all the people in this world have a story, to the point where changing the MC to any of them will work. The world by itself is very through no matter who you place in it it will manege to make you interested. Changing the story to the past also works because even history was well thought about.

If leaved alone, this geek can write pages of praise no problem at all. Thus for the sake of the world I shall stop here. Give this a try and Good bye <<less
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oxyfoxy
oxyfoxy rated it
August 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Beautiful.
Some people might not like it as they feel it is too dark, but it's really not compared to say Warlock of the Magnus World.

It's definitely my all-time favorite. I cannot recommend it enough.
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shlok
shlok rated it
August 12, 2021
Status: --
Everything thing about this novel is best. I can say that this is the best novel. Ican find a better one than this. All anime, novel, manga says at first MC doesn't care about girls but end up protecting them like he is some kind of hero thinking of girls and everything leaving behind rational decision but In this novel MC is pure rational person. He doesn't care about girls nor he care about friend and sh.. Stuff he only care about himself. Not like fool MC like "my dear... more>> I will protect you, even if I have to sacrifice myself" 🤣🤣. This kinda MC I really hate means girl only like you coz you have strength. I may like it if girl helped when she thinks he is tr*sh but they only help when these girls know MC is very talented. And in other novel MC always takes irrational decisions. Everytime thinking about protecting someone who can't help in in anyway being like a god of kindness 🤢. I don't like these kinda MC too the f.., if he is protecting his family then there is no problem but family doesn't include him having wife. Anyway it feel good sharing my opinion <<less
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Luminescent
Luminescent rated it
August 1, 2021
Status: c2334
Amazing. It isn't perfect, but it is the closest you can get to it in a webnovel. I wish the author was able to complete this but sadly he was forced to stop. I'll probably check out Infinite Blood Core since Reverend Insanity was so good. No matter who you are I recommend trying out this novel. It seriously is better than the rest. A flaw for getting into it is that it isn't completed and probably never will be (also ends at a really interesting part ;c), but I... more>> still think it is absolutely worth a read. The only reason why I can think of the rating being so low is because this novel is different than most and a lot of people don't like the way it is written. If you are new to webnovels or are one of those harem loving people or whatever, I would recommend waiting until your taste improves before you start reading. Oh also this is imo the best webnovel. Not many other novels that compare but LOTM apparently comes close so if you like dark fantasy try that out as well. <<less
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Erthatau
Erthatau rated it
July 24, 2021
Status: c2334
There are some works of fiction that leave especially deep impression over time while searching through sea of good, bad but mostly mediocre self published (or not) novels. Most of highly popular chinese and korean fantasy; martial arts works are mediocre at best but from time to time I could find some pretty interesting examples that keept me in Sisyphean work-like state of searching for THE defining work about world of cultivation and martial arts to one day be able to say "that is it! This one is definition of... more>> good wuxia/xianxia". It's hard. But after reading Reverend Insanity I speculate that maybe my way of defining xianxia (as it's not wuxia - that genre is hard to find in recent years) is wrong. Because Reverend Insanity is different from other works in it's genre and that's actually it's strong point.

Let's start with small introduction, that is main protagonist (or rather antagonist) of the story - Fang Yuan. He is quite a subversive type. He fits perfectly into society while necessary but also ignores all social norms when they are no longer needed. He is manipulative and double-faced yet always true to himself. In too many novels main protagonist while factually morally flawed is depicted as "good guy" (especially visible in "no forgiveness for being against me" type of characters - they are quite psychopatic) and that's further strengthened by opinions of his comrades. Not in this one. Author does not want to make excuses for main character actions and they too often are morally questionable or stright unhumane to the point where we as readers are quickly reminded of the fact that Fang Yuan indeed is an Evil character. Reading further into the novel created quite a lot of guilty concience. Because I did want to see him succeed. I didn't like Fang Yuan's way of doing things and I wouldn't trust him one bit. But I indeed wanted to see him achieve his goal. From that point I can say that the way antagonist main character is depicted in reverend insanity is done well.

There is more good to say about rest of the characters. They are comparatively smart. We rarely see any rash decisions made especially as story progresses (representing the fact that with higher cultivation comes bigger shrewdness). One really important and good point are female characters. There are WAY TOO MANY chinese and korean novels where female characters are background to main character's "manliness" (as long as you are 14 year old you can delude yourself that it's cool) and while being cultivators they are just his tail (his so called harem). In Reverend Insanity on the contrary they are treated like normal human beings (from third person perspective - main character treats other humans life in low esteem equally with no distinction on gender) and not some tool to satisfy some pubescent boy self insert into protagonist role fantasy. Also, no romance at all which is good as it avoids most of the problems above.

World building is quite deep and completly different compared with other cultivation novels. Whole idea of "gu" may seem complicated and alien at first but it quickly becomes clear that it's great system. Whole world of gu is precisely defined as novel progresses and gu itself are integral part of it. I myself quickly adopted to it and I think that it's a great aproach in creating something unique and complete. Story quickly becomes quite grand and epic. Fang Yuan cannot and does not win every confrontation which makes fights much more interesting and unpredictable.

There is a flaw in the work that I have to speak of. That is writing style (tightly connected with chapter-release serialization and author's experience with writing). It's not that big part of the text is useless, it could just be condensed better with no loss of context. Whole of novel would need big editorial work to make it truly good.

Conclusion: Reverend Insanity is very good xianxia type novel with many unique elements, good characters and deep storybuilding. Main character is quite evil and was not written to be symphatised with, but it's definitely interesting to see him on the way to achieve his ultimate goal.

As we know novel was banned in china (sadly - it's not easy to put thougths on paper there as one wish) and (despite author as well as his fans hoping it will be possible in the future) we may never see the conclusion of the story. Despite that I still recommend reading it as it clearly stands out in a good way.

Score: 9/10

(PS. In case of grammar or similar errors, excuse me as english isn't my primary language. You can correct me in a private message). <<less
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Mikufanboy
Mikufanboy rated it
July 21, 2021
Status: Completed
I have never read a novel with a beginning so perfect in my 28 years. As jaded as I am, this novel brought fourth passion like my first console as a child. The novel peaks around the four digit mark of chapters, it slows down a fair bit and minor details get lost unfortunately in the presence of higher stakes in the final half of the novel. Nonetheless, a fantastic read for those looking to find a protagonist that brings everything to the table without tropes most novels are plagued... more>> with. A ruthless, cunning, and careful protagonist that doesn't indulge in typical psychopathic behavior common in revenge, harem novels or protagonists with lesser ambitions. The story doesn't always let him have his way with predictable moments having surprises, which keeps things fresh and mysterious. I wish more novels would see these examples. <<less
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PhoneBinder
PhoneBinder rated it
June 10, 2021
Status: c1
*This post will hate on other novels*

Overall, I believe that the book is a great novel.

The power system is unique unlike other xianxia novels.

... more>> The characters aren't bland! It's nearly impossible to find good novels with other characters that don't develop.

Although Fang Yuan is apathetic and amoral, do you see any other novel with an evil protagonist?

He is true to his beliefs and his desire making him a good character.

He is slightly bland in some cases but the journey is quite enjoyable.

I believe that the purpose of the novel is to make fun of the morality of other novels with main characters that act self-righteous and are the definition of perfect. Those protagonists suddenly find a rare item that even people who lived for millions of years can't find.

Reverend Insanity is a novel with schemes and a calculating characters unlike other books with a super arrogant old master that lived for a million years.

Is Fang Yuan perfect?

No

Nobody is perfect.

His will and desire was tempered with the experience of his past life unlike other main characters where they suddenly have a strong will making them invincible at the beginning.

People should remember that Fang Yuan is over 500 years old unlike us. His experience towards life has changed these years.

What is good? What is evil?

That is for you to decide

BTW I know that there's too much filler but what else can the author do. If the author tries to use less filler, then he would get thousands of complaints about the novel getting inconsistent or something like that. <<less
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This is actually an amazing novel.

the world building and in Depth description is amazing

... more>> the sovereign immortal aperature slightly small relative to the value of the gu worm (rank 9) however due to fusing with multiple grotto heavens and the non conflicting dao marks is fine

each of the characters if isolated could become the protagonist of their story. Unlike in most novels all of the characters have a backstory, well explained motive and normally very smart and rational.

the translation quality is superb and the power system is very unique and possibly genius <<less
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Yuri1993
Yuri1993 rated it
February 5, 2021
Status: c190
Wasted my time reading this. I thought it was good but it isn't my cup of tea. I've read much action fantasy and cultivation novels but I think this is the most boring one, only a few chapters got my interest. The plot is good but the way it was narrated and the flow of story was really boring and felt like it was being dragged. I was bored most of the time while reading this and didn't really get the hype. I've tried to finish this but I really... more>> can't, to the point that I'm not even curious with the ending so I dropped it. I tried reading this due to the good reviews. But, I think it was overhyped. <<less
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its a tea pot
its a tea pot rated it
January 25, 2021
Status: c1737
I love this novel, this is one of my favorite novels. The MC is interesting and it isn't boring to have him as the MC, thank you, author, for making such a wonderful book. It's hard to get bored of it even though everything gets repetitive at times, The characters are interesting, the plot is wonderful, the writing is great, I totally recommend reading it. I like the zombie arc and the blackmailing arcs. The MC is kinda messed up? But that's what's enjoyable about it, would be better... more>> if the MC can get angrier at times and show more reactions to things. <<less
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Vanhellsing
Vanhellsing rated it
October 29, 2020
Status: --
This is the rarest of THE rarest comment section on this whole novelupdates their so much positivity and the novel itself is good too but due to the dumb readers (I don't give a damn) it actually didn't get much attention.

Nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I didn't even know why I kept this novel on hold for 3 years.

4 stars cuz it gets somewhat repetitive.
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abcas2
abcas2 rated it
September 10, 2020
Status: c165
I just don't agree with some of his plans. While reading, I kept on thinking that it only takes 1 person to disregarding everything and just kill him outright.

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    • He leans heavily on how the system works and plays around it and even does it in a very provocative manner.
        • Extorting his classmate
            • Really with 500 years of experience and this is the best you can do.
            • He keeps on saying that the strong make the rules but at the same time they are tied with moral rules.. Whut!!!!
        • Not joining to any team and etc.
    • He constantly try to tell the reader the faults of the system too much that I sometimes feel he is trying consoling himself that what he is doing is the right way.
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Update: C783

I still want some character development for the MC (in terms of his values and views about the world) unfortunately the way this novel was made the MC already have fix beliefs from his past experience.

Reading this novel made me realize I'm not into villainous MC and it was hard for me to root for him even if the plot is really well thought of.
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sungjinwoo
sungjinwoo rated it
July 12, 2020
Status: c50
God Tier Novel!!!!!!!!!!!×100000

In Ancient Chinese there are words " Ancient Chinese use their heart to think and brain to feel the feelings...." But in this novel its the opposite.

More like this " Ancient Chinese use their brain to think and heart to store the feelings...".

Anyway, as long as you guys is a realitis, and selfish. This novel is great impression of yours all. And also a great improvement for those who have a " weak personality and kind of naive thingking ". Anyway, I just began to read this novel,... more>> so its not much to say. All that I get is. " Its make you more mature and think about worst and good possibility, that will happen in your life ". <<less
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ecIipse9
ecIipse9 rated it
February 21, 2020
Status: c1440
Its a change from the usual whimpy main character who thinks they can save everybody. He's ruthless in his decisions, something I like.

So antihero main character: check.

You know how some novels from focusing on action and adventure then immediately does a 180 and becomes fully focused on romance? Ya this novel isn't one of those.

Basically should only pick this novel up if you're looking for a pure action adventure novel with a ruthless MC.
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walang16
walang16 rated it
January 26, 2020
Status: --
(rated it 4.5 stars rounded down)

you know this is good when this gets banned in china.

the only reason I didn't give this a 5 star, unfortunately, is the inconsistencies both of the story/minor details and grammar. and that is me being nitpicky. a developed pet peeve of mine after reading these novels throughout the years

like many others have said, MC is not evil. he is not doing whatever he is doing or will do for the sake of "evil"; it just comes out like that because doing anything... more>> else is inefficient and deviating to the plan at hand. well, from my point of view, that is what it looks like he's doing...

which is where the inconsistency comes into play. not of the MC, but the story/world around him that helps/nags/throws him throughout the journey <<less
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