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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.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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黑铁之堡
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Date | Group | Release |
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03/01/17 | Webnovel | c9 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c8 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c7 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c6 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c5 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c4 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c3 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c2 |
03/01/17 | Webnovel | c1 |
MC's mysterious family issues are finally coming to light whooo
A holy war is coming in a few years though! MC's preparing.
Before anything else, a short disclaimer on that note — there was plenty of people complaining about how this novel was crap, and had nothing but s*x, s*x, s*x and a protagonist that collected a Chinese equivalent of Jap s*ave harem. They painted an image of a postapocalyptic world and story similar to that crap novel where some guy had a mansion in zombie apocalypse. Well, fck those people! They made me miss this surprisingly good novel, and they were completely wrong about it (the only thing they got right was the size of the harem lol). Now, ready your butts because this is going to be a long one. Now, I will proceed to say a few words about the setting, the plot, the protagonist, the other characters in general, and translation/editing. The setting. Well, people who hate Chinese nationalism in Chinese novels have a field day on this one — OMg NatiONALisM! Well, nope. The thing is, the planet the action of this novel takes place on is not earth. It's a bigger planet (it's a Pangea continent broken into two and some pieces, more or less, which is one of hints it's not our Earth) with a longer history and different genesis of humanity (it was an interesting part, this one), with apocalypse (which took place almost 900 years before the protagonist was born) ending a modern era that resembled our current Earth. Listen, folks: the Chinese guy who wrote this totally has the right to make the Orient the dominant culture on that planet. He's not flaunting Chinese supremacy, either —if anything, the main character is very open-minded, and not at all just because he has white wives. It's only the "Chinese" people in the novel who are arrogant, but it's merely the same arrogance we, Western white people, had 100 years ago. It's nothing crazy and you all are overreacting. If anything, the story itself started in a place where MC and his family are like Chinese diaspora, so this whole nationalism thing wasn't omnipresent throughout the novel. Well, one part I found weird was that all whites were "Jews, " and Slavic people equivalent was "Siberians." Because the former is more about religion than just ethnicity (you're a Jew only if your mother is, father's ethnicity doesn't count), I think Semites or downright Caucasians would've been much better. Also, the way Slavs were basically Russians with German influences made me a bit mad as a Slav myself (sorry, Russian friends, but you didn't surprise me with your little 2022 special operation at all, and I prefer not to group my people together with yours in any way). This part of the setting aside, I quite like the rest. The author has included a lot of scientific theories and interesting bits (eg. alcohol-fueled plane or space-launched kinetic projectiles) that influenced the protagonist's cultivation and abilities as well as plot itself (and the author does know his shiet, though I think I've seen one or two mistakes in that regard). I think it's extremely interesting. Additionally, there were a lot of Indian concepts, especially karma and karmic merit — and the protagonist wasn't a monk at all. I think the cultivation here is extremely refreshing, though the cultivation realms per se were mostly boring, and few were unique. The plot. This one brings some mixed feelings. For starters, the start is extremely slow. It literally takes up to 100 chapters (actually more like 70-100 I guess) for the novel's real action to start. You have to consider everything before it mere prologue. I almost dropped the novel because of this when I started reading, but I would've made a great mistake had I done that. My advice is: try to stick for 100 or so chapters at the very least. The slow start aside, I have to greatly praise the pacing of the novel. The author is excellent at alternating between fights and slow-paced parts (so it's basically either MC fighting and risking his life and cultivation, or MC chilling, taking a rest, and developing his relationships). Only once after several hundred chapters did I find myself bored due to a longish sequence of peaceful chapters. Anyway, I repeat: the author is excellent at alternating action and peaceful parts. Undisputed number one among Chinese authors, I would say. I won't really go into details about the events of the story, but I'll just say that the plot is generally solid. It actually does follow what MC wants from life (so it isn't just dull cultivation until being numba one), at least as much as he can influence the world (and the stronger he is, the more he can do it). The plot progression and the events were far from the best I've read, but it was interesting enough, and there were quite a few twists that actually caught me off guard. There was proper foreshadowing for some, though, so I could've guessed them. Also, I especially like the ending. Of the last 200 or so chapters, the first 100 was pretty boring, but then there was quite a twist, and it made the rest quite good. As I said, the plot wasn't the boring ImMAculTIVAteUntiLIBecaMeThENuMbahONE, so the ending was much more meaningful and very mature for a Chinese webnovel. Adding the fact that I didn't drop the novel or even take any major break in reading it despite it having 2000 chapters (we all know most Chinese novels go to shiet between chapter 500 and chapter 1000, and rarely only after 1000), I really have to praise this author for doing a good job. One thing about a certain development (spoiler warning) :
In Chinese webnovels (Great Demon King, for example), we often get the protagonist sent into another world, realm, or continent (or whatever) so that he can power up in a place where power levels are higher and which is more dangerous, and so that his loved ones can be in a crisis that he will resolve upon his return. I thought the similar development in this novel would be the same (to my dismay as I generally hate this trope), but it wasn't that bad. The author actually pulled it off well enough.