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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ji Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn’t know was that there really was such a thing as life after death and that the multiverse was a far larger place than he thought.
A lucky twist of fate meant that Ji Ning was reborn into a world of Immortals and monsters, of Ki Refiners and powerful Fiendgods, a world where Dynasties lasted for millions of years. A world which is both greater… and yet also smaller… than he ever could imagine. He would have the opportunity to join them, and in this life, Ji Ning swore to himself, he would never let himself be weak again! The Era he was born into was a Desolate one, but Ji Ning would make it his era.
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One entry per lineJade Sword (official English title of drama and anime version)
Mãng Hoang Kỷ (Man Huang Ji)
Records of Barbarian Ji of the Primeval Era
العصر المقفر
莽荒纪
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03/08/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c18 |
03/08/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c17 |
03/07/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c16 |
03/06/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c15 |
03/06/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c14 |
03/05/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c13 |
03/05/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c12 |
03/04/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c11 |
03/04/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c10 |
03/03/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c9 |
03/03/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c8 |
03/02/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c7 |
03/02/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c6 |
02/28/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c5 |
02/28/15 | World of Watermelons | v1c4 |
The main problem after book 38 is that actually the novel could end up in 3 other books but the author wisely decided that ning had to fail the daomerge, and it could not be a problem if he were not exactly as strong as in book 43 when he actually find a method to reverse the soul shattering. Rly try to read till book 38 and then jump directly to book 43 and u will find that I'm right. The problem is that he actually is very strong but he still take sh*t for actually 6 books cause everyone think that he is a normal daolord. This can be fine if the author wrote this misunderstanding one or two times but he actually do this very, very, very often.
It is an IET novel. When compared to CD, it certainly seems a bit lackluster, the fights aren't as interesting.
The first big enemy takes the first half or quarter of the novel and bores you to no extent, the war between seamless gate versus the natives.
After that, quite a few books are just the MC going hither tither gaining power. The fact that he wants to revive his wife is his excuse as well as saving grace. Currently, the things seem to be picking up but meh.
After seamless gate, nothing life threatening has occured.
A sickly boy (aka MC) dies in modern day china after giving away all his money to help other. After dying was called by a Judge of hell who just happens to be from Earth, just long long ago. The MC was offered to be reborn in the celestial realm (basically where the chinese gods live) but then the path of reincarnation was attacked and he fled into one of them without drinking the soup (makes him forget his previous life) and was reborn as the child of a chief in charge of multiple clans. Being sickly all his previous life, he embarks on the road to become a immortal. But fate isn't as simple as that, for a great storm is brewing and the MC will become a major part of it... Also it doesn't even end there. Pros:
Dedicated MC: (very loyal and selfless to those he holds dear.
in fact the he's entire goal later on is to get back his wife who has died and had her truesoul destroyed. So he cultivates and becomes stronger just so one day he can see her once again. //sheds a tear
Strong willed MC: (while the MC is OP, he gets there through his own willpower and dedication as he overcomes may problems in his path not just a pie falls out of the sky and problem solved.
Amazing MC development: (the MC struggles through hardships, continues even with setbacks, risks everything for he's hearts only desire)
Detailed lore: (very detailed lore since it is mostly based on Chinese mythology for the most part)
Very long: (well, you can never have too much of a good thing now can you? Well, as long as the story makes sense based on it's own world it built.)
Etc (too many to count and type really) Cons (sorta)
Somewhat slow start: (the story starts of rather slowly since he is just a mortal in the beginning, but that quickly changes as he grows in power and soon stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the most famous characters in Chinese mythology like Sun Wu Kong... and then even past them to a new realm of power)
Mediocre side characters: (while most side character do get enough time to differentiate themselves, due to how fast the MC grows, they soon disappear and not many reappears.)
Somewhat lore reliant : (doesn't need to know Chinese mythology, but it sure would help since there is a lot of it. Without knowing Chinese mythology, many of the HOLY sh*t moments have much less impact.)
Very long: (once you start there is a lot to go though. This may scare some readers since it's VERY long. Still not long enough in my opinion though lol) Conclusion:
Desolate Era is by far one of the best cultivation LNs out there and one of my personal favorites. The story is long, but filled with suspense, action, emotional events etc making this one epic story in the making. I can find very few flaws, if you can even call it flaws, in DE due to how well it's written. As a reader you watch him grow, face setbacks, broken hearts, despair etc but also him going beyond them to become even stronger. All of these for just a very simple goal, a very sweet but heaven defyingly hard goal. By far one of the best LNs I have read.