Castle of Black Iron

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After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.

In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.

A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between the humans and monsters on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.

The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!

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Citadel of Black Iron
COBI
黑铁之堡
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imenload
imenload rated it
April 24, 2018
Status: c580
If you can ignore some the vulgarities from starting chapters, then it is a superb novel. As of now, it has nice plot line a good system for power development and as you read along the chapters you won't get bored. Though you may find pace of the story a little slow. As of now about our protagonist, MC seems to be a little naive sometimes but, his temperament changes as he faces some challenges. Most importantly he is not weak willed, he is not a ruthless persona or a... more>> shiny knight who justifies everything, he is the type of protagonist who is a little intelligent as to how he deals to some of his adversary shown in the recent chapters (HE IS ONLY IN HIS TEENS). As it happens with all the protagonist in Chinese novel there is a fortuitous encounter and it is not some overpowered sh*t, he has to tussle and fight to gain the fruits to enhance himself (you can take it literally). Overall, there is a good (world, supporting character) building. Nice plot that keeps you going and most importantly don't mind those reviews. Give this novel a try, for me it is definitely one of the best novel that Qidian is currently translating. <<less
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Ash Satola
Ash Satola rated it
March 25, 2018
Status: --
Man I finally found a novel worth reading even though its ecchi lol. I am totally crying tears of happiness right now as of all the cultivation novels I read this is one of the best written one with an indepth explanation of the world an no s*upid arrogant young masters but ppl who fight for survival with both brawn and brain. People if you can ignore the slimy words in the novel and see its true beauty you will know, as what can we expect in a apokalyptic world... more>> right s@x, gory, death etc etc. I almost didnt read this novel due to the low ratings I almost missed a gem though its still not late ppl dont judge a novel by their reviews haha. <<less
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JustDiededed
JustDiededed rated it
March 5, 2018
Status: c150
This is a really great novel.

As others said, it's somewhat slow paced, as the author is really descriptive of anything and everything. Although I'm not really fond of slow-paced novels, I find it really well done in this one. It's not just fillers to make more chapters, but there's some really interesting reflections and knowledge, as our MC grows from a naive teenager to an experienced and intelligent ruthless person. I like that the MC is really clever most of the time and how he deals with his problems. But,... more>> be warned: THERE IS HAREM. So, if that's not your cup of tea, just don't waste your time in it bringing the rating down.

This is really one of the best written novels I've read. I hope you can give it a chance and enjoy this great novel. <<less
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Jaypallas
Jaypallas rated it
January 16, 2018
Status: c382
Steampunk + Cultivation

Many reviews mention the MCs one track mind. It's true in the beginning of the story, but the MC has character development. After he has a big orgie he isn't that fixated on s*x anymore. The women are still depected as weak and squeamish generally. (But I think that will change aswell, I'm hoping :))

The cultivation system is one of the best out there.

There are 2 different cultivation systems: 1. The normal one who everyone does. Its about activation accupuncture points. 2. The castle of black iron:... more>> Thats a plane/world/sphere in the mind of the MC:

Spoiler

The castle of black iron has a kingdom building aspect. Through raising the energy level by absorbing matter and planting he can raise the stats and power and make up of the black iron castle. With the power he can change plants/ get plants with special powers. Then there is the magic tree which gives him special fruits.

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The world building of this novel is top notch. There are many different countries with different costums and relegions. The MC even takes part in an October Fest :-) in Lederhosen.

I'm at chapter 382 and the MC just travelled to the north. So I'm excited to know what the people in the north are about. <<less
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Reshrim
Reshrim rated it
January 7, 2018
Status: --
Good story, geat potential. However the MC is a bit immature, with how he uses the black castle and is narrow minded with what it can do and its potential tbh its wasteful. Id spam the hell out of research etc and figure out the ins and outs of it.
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wait321
wait321 rated it
December 28, 2017
Status: c363
The premise and story is good but it's 60% filler material. You'll see tons of text about flag design, details in armor, etc that is completely useless information and never referenced again. While I like the story, I find myself skimming most chapters.
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asdf123
asdf123 rated it
October 24, 2017
Status: c304
This novel has the best opening 300 chapters of the ~250 stories I've read. It has a slow start but it is needed for proper character growth, some parts are a little boring but it goes full speed ahead at chapter 50.

I enjoy the story so much because the MC seems real, so many mc's are just blank do gooders with amazing talent. They do the right thing almost all of the time and have great control of their emotions and rarely express them which lets the authors create great... more>> moments when they finally do. Black Iron's MC is different, at first he reacts and acts on instincts with barely any planning, as he experiences more his actions start to change dramatically.

Not that novels need to have s*x but it is human and often becomes a glaring plot hole with most mc's. Black Iron's author embraces it and stuffs the s*x plot hole full of content but it is never a focus (well it was for a while). Basically just enough s*x for character building which did a great job in making the MC seem more genuine along with the recurring bouts of naivety which gradually improve his character. The MC falls on a ton of hard times, almost none of his early accomplishments were easy which mainly stem from inexperience. The time in the fighting club is a great example haha.

Anyway, this is one of the best stories on nu atm 10000% everyone should read it. <<less
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Kyril85
Kyril85 rated it
August 26, 2017
Status: c244
There should be r-18 tag by now for this novel.

This novel is about futuristic setting for place similar to earth but due horrible deed done by humanity, karma struck by changing most of the elements in this world. Therefore previous knowledge about nuclear, explosive and much more are obsolete. Furthermore demon/alien has arrive and devour humanity and now only remnants survive. MC live in business driven rural country and poor. He is like frog in a well and ignorant about the world due to life difficulties.

About MC, this is cultivation... more>> novel and MC has a interesting cheat. By absorb something, he gain access to a field and special tree. Special fruit come out as a result day-to-day event encounter due to karma generate. All good event will produce special fruit that increase MC ability and so on. Plant can be planted at the field and there is much more.

Overall the pace is slow but interesting. Sometimes author did not prolong scene and action feel quicker but sometime there is an event that I think MC speak too much especially when he plotting something. Most importantly I think MC is not s*upid, decisive and not truly annoying.

Chinese supremacy is there in the novel. One interesting to note is that MC is a Chinese that living in a English speaking world. English is common lingua franca.

This is a harem novel that is truly ridiculous. S*x scene is funny as author and translator choice of word to portray the action.

Overall, I truly enjoyed this novel. Did not expect to find another gem. Although not perfect, it feel different than most novel especially the good unexpected karma part. <<less
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Narmi
Narmi rated it
August 22, 2017
Status: c187
It's an interesting story, but suffers from quite a few flaws. The MC being sex-starved 24/7 with a hard-on that just pops up every few hours. I knew it was "ecchi" going in, but there's only so many times you can hear the term "h**ny student" and talk about plump breasts before it starts to get old. Also, the authors writes the MC to be the cleverest person in the room, and for some reason everyone easily believes him. The story tends to drag on, and there's quite a bit... more>> of repetition.

The technology level is a bit inconsistent. They talk about being in the steam age, have steam-powered military SUVs despite, photography, magnesium alloys, but also say how all old technology had been lost. At the beginning they seem to have forgotten all about modern technology, later they are talking about polymers and proteins. There was also some blatant h*mophobia (some kids threw vegetables at a group of guys because they thought they were gay), which was a bit unsettling. Later when the Chinese faction is introduced the author goes into racial superiority/segregation territory.

I do like the story, mostly when the MC is on his own. <<less
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omarct
omarct rated it
August 9, 2017
Status: c214
This novel is very slow, especially the beginning which I kinda speed read because of all the info dump. Another problem is the vulgarity and pe*vertedness which takes some time to get used to. Other than that the translations are lacking, they are generally decent but every now and then the translator gets brain farts, especially when dealing with the cultivation (which can be a bit confusing).

So then why give it 4 stars? Well once the series gets going at around chapter 20, it becomes a very enjoyable progression adventure... more>> and coming of age story. The story has some game element like progression which I always enjoy and the main character becomes more and more interesting over time. <<less
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shuiko
shuiko rated it
July 21, 2017
Status: c40
Loyal follower of Drunken tiger gogogo!

The story is actually well plotted out, and is really funny (it adheres to a specific side of humor though).

There are a cast of characters that are well built and bring a lot to the story, and of course the usual 1-demnsional ones, but no one care about those tbh.

... more>> In all fairness, the story is written more like a LN book, then a web series, so it takes time for certain arcs to get going especially between character growth.

Like usual rated based on actual raw work. <<less
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rdawv
rdawv rated it
April 17, 2017
Status: c51
A very slow burn of a story. Personally I feel the vibe is similar to Undefeated God of War: a good-hearted MC, somewhat naive (about the world), ambitious (has personal goals) but still level-headed (knows the effort needed to get there). Much of the current chapters (50+) are spent on world building: a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world where much of its previous history and technology have been forgotten. The humble MC gets a spatial ability similar to "Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World": he is able to grow crops... more>> according to the limitations set by a virtual AI-type interface. As of the current translation, we have no idea just how powerful or influential this ability is, as the MC is constantly besieged by real world problems: adolescent curiosity about s*x, bullies at school, earning money to help out his family.

Much of the story's 'humor' revolves around the s*xual ignorance of his peers. You know, the old fashioned way before the internet: tell exaggerated stories and spreading hearsay and second-hand, inaccurate knowledge. Some of the phrases don't translate well, 'hit-plane' for example is a Chinese slang for m*sturbation and thus much of the giggles is lost when turned into English.

For those who are annoyed at the slow buildup such as in Tales of the Reincarnated Lord, you should give this one a pass as well because the author is just as meticulous and plodding. In the later chapters (40+) there are hints of a growing crisis but as mentioned, the MC is distracted by immediate and personal problems around him.

Requires patience and chapter stacking. <<less
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Sceptre of Arden
Sceptre of Arden
January 3, 2023
Status: Completed
done reading this on New Year Eve 2023

starts as a good killing time when I'm entered isolation for covid

i don't know why so many rate it at 1 star, I mean chinese author being proud of their race are okay. Not anything excessive, even the MC stood against racism in so many chaps.

I really like how the story going. A real journey from weak to strong. His 'cheat' doesn't make him far too OP, instead it gave him reason, not guiding, but provide a reason on how to live his... more>> life. That's what makes it interesting. Character development are hella slow but I enjoy the journey.

Sometimes gets annoyed for:

- on how MC tried to hide his power when he supposed to make good use of it (which he eventually did).

- first 200 chapters describe male student as 'h**ny'-'lecherous'-'skirt chaser' and no other goal other than make a good score with woman. A blatantly vulgar words which I suspect comes from author worldview, which I do not disagree, just kinda gets annoyed for the repetition though

- THE ENDING. At least it had an ending. Not a particularly good or anything, kinda rushed from chapter 1900-ish.

- Power level are less varied. For 400-500 chapters, only one method of cultivation are provided. Even the enemy practices the same cultivation.

what makes it good:

+ Enemy. The villain are great at it. They are evil enough, yeah demons and devil-in-human-heart are vicious enough to tear apart MC good-natured moral. Some of the lines even depicts grotesque detail on how the enemy (demons) despises human. Their trick and betrayal are surprisingly great, targeting MC, even makes him broken at some parts of the story.

+ Revenge. After a good amount of being victim to the scheme of his enemy. MC give a satisfying beat-back revenge. <<less
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Sad Immortal
Sad Immortal rated it
April 22, 2022
Status: c300
This novel has very bad nationalism problem, It depict China as a supreme race clan that have the most power, knowledge, whatever is china is supreme. There is no racism though, just china being the best in everything, only praise china to the max. No other real nation are mention.

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Spoiler

At chapter 379, I can't endure the hypocrisy of the MC anymore, he said, he want to common people to prepare for the up coming war, because he used to be a commoner, so he help other people leak the info about the war, yet, he did not release the easily made healing potion he made to the public to help the common people, because that was his, and it make him money. There is also many other thing the MC, turning white to black, black to white, as long as it benefit the MC, he doing good deed, if it doesn't, it bad deed. Always said, he don't feel resentment to those who want to kill him because he kill their loved one, but, they died anyways, (Author try to make MC look reasonable that way)

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It has good foundation, with great side character who has personality, and +1point for not having every know character to be either ally or enemy of MC as if the world revolve around MC.

But it ruin by: nationalism, MC being to lustful, willful, and after 300+ chapter, MC start to have enemy everywhere, bet, that soon, his clan will also be his enemy.

Start out great, but, slowly turning into, typical, everyone want to hurt me MC type.

No need to mention sexism, the harem tell everything. <<less
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ARodz
ARodz rated it
April 15, 2021
Status: Completed
The author has good writing style albeit it could be much better if only the author decided not to make the MC the most ret*rded cu*t in the multiverse. I kid you not the MC is the shittiest you will ever see
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Renmaster
Renmaster rated it
March 24, 2021
Status: Completed
I love the adventure, but MC luck is off the chart, probably because karma from helping all the helpless human and animals. He get caught so often but never die and his trump card always useless lol.

anyway I love the story and MC friendship. I think I know why I like castle of black iron & black iron glory. Their friendship from early chapter to last chapter I read really make me happy.
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alexyay
alexyay
October 23, 2020
Status: c562
2/5

Probly gonna stop reading unless this guy can impress me and not just keep getting more op by being reckless and chasing girls

CONS

... more>> -MC feels women should stay at home and depend on their husbands

-No other characters are described in-depth or have decent backstories (characters are there just to react to him)

-Chinese people are better than all other races by farrr and they openly make other races wait in line and serve chinese ppl first in businesses

-Wayy too much wasted time on literally over 100 girls MC has s*x with along with family and every single friend he meets along the way (MC travels back to meet and interact with them after every excursion)

-MC does anything he wants and gets rewarded for it (fights for days and nights, needlessly endangers himself, hangs out with harem and has cultivation breakthroughs while drunk, list goes on...)

-Extremely overpowered advantage which could be exploited so much more (the castle)
-allows him to make as much money as he can dream of (which he doesnt spend on cultivation but rather his enormous harem)

-The book literally just takes away one of it's powers near chap 500 cuz its so op

-The world revolves around this really smart character who's motivated by pleasing girls (literally cries when 4 out of the 100 girls dies whom his only interaction with was screwing for 1 night with 80 other girls)

-Good at everything... (He commands a fight for the first time and all these old strong seniors are stunned at how good he is) hes the fking center of the world. Goddam the more I write the angrier and more I realize how s*upid a lot of sh*t is

-oh yea chinese people are better than all other races by farrr and they openly make other people wait in line and serve chinese ppl first in businesses

PROS

-mystery behind the op af castle

-world building

-smart cunning guy and planner when the book actually gets away from describing big b**bs and asses <<less
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Gigel
Gigel rated it
July 18, 2020
Status: Completed
9/10

This is a rare novel that gets better with time... it's also not a novel for weak ppl. It has disgusting descriptions, racist moments, and questionable morals, but u have to understand that it is a Steampunk world, and all those things build an interesting world, different from what we know.

We get to see a bottom feeder rise slowly, and see how the world affects him, every choice he makes changing a little in his inner soul changing his vision for the future, this lets us see how he... more>> grows in a believable way. This is a huge win for this novel. His "magical encounter" follows the same theme, being more of a support item that helps him grow, while being somewhat in the background.

While the Harem tag is strong in the story the girls do follow the trend, and fall in love somewhat rapidly, they also create trouble for the MC even after they are together, having their own thoughts and actions rather than fitting into some category to make the harem diverse.

The MC has gains and losses, things happen around him regardless, and it feels more like he joins the world rather than the world moving in his story. All of this creates an unique world with a believable MC resulting in an enjoyable story.

Would I recommend this? Yes! The last impression probably counts a lot, but when u are satisfied at the end, few things count. As long as you accept that right and wrong are specific for this world, and you don't impose your own worldview upon it, I'm sure you will have enjoyed it at the end. <<less
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spiritstonz
spiritstonz rated it
June 28, 2020
Status: --
The start was a huge turn off, Don't need no details about anybody s*x life... And this author worships his country too fanatically
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LegendPlayz
LegendPlayz rated it
June 18, 2020
Status: Completed
So in the beginning it was a slow read, you have to have patience after reading for about 50 ish chapters it really intrigued me so I continued reading it. The ending was quite good not like those "overpowered go new universe or a new stage" the ending was satisfactory.
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