I Am the Fated Villain

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Immediately after Gu Changge realized he had transgressed into a fantasy world, the world’s protagonist, and fortune’s chosen, vowed to take revenge on him. Envied by all, he not only has the female lead head over heels for him but he’s also treated as a distinguished guest wherever he goes. Fortunately, Gu Changge’s prestige and power are superior to everyone else’s, so shouldn’t it be easy to trample on a mere fortune’s chosen?

Hold on… There’s a system dedicated to milking and harvesting from the protagonist? Gu Change smirked. “Seems like even fate wants me to fulfill my destiny as the Villain of this world!”

Associated Names
One entry per line
Me! The Heavenly Destined Villain
Ta! Thiên Mệnh Đại Phản Phái
The Villain of Destiny
我!天命大反派
玄幻:我!天命大反派
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76 Reviews


kkgoh
kkgoh
Dec 31, 2021
Status: c275
This. This is the CN novel I've been waiting to read, where an antagonist finally puts down all of those obnoxious, hypocritical CN MCs that we constantly read about.

It's not the most tightly written novel and the inconsistent system mechanics can be more or less ignored.

4 out of 5 stars, just because I enjoy seeing those annoying MCs getting their comeuppance.

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As per @Courting Death, the MC Gu Changge transmigrates into a Chinese Sephiroth (both physically and temperamentally similar). He's typecast into a stereotypical antagonist... the rich and powerful bad guy that oppresses those below him. Realizing his predicament, and having read waaaay too many CN webnovels in the past, Gu Changge must find ways to put down the inevitable Fated Children of Heaven (i.e. prototypical MCs) that will come after him.

COMMENTS

This novel is really about how the various Fated Children of Heaven (prototypical MCs) are rightfully portrayed.

You have your usual downtrodden, pitiful MCs (from their own perspective) that constantly feel wronged, but somehow because of plot-armor-no-jutsu (aka Fate/author), they luck their way out and beat out their peers despite a lack of talent. Most CN novels ignore the fact that their MCs have very problematic personalities:

-- your usual pe*verts,

-- hypocrites that oppress others the moment they power up,

-- hypocrites that don't hesitate to betray random strangers but expects everyone else to do them good by them (i.e your usual self-entitled MCs),

-- despicably selfish/greedy people who are just as underhanded when screwing over other innocent bystanders,

-- whiney individuals who don't work hard but instead complain all day about social injustice and how unfair the world is (i.e. your usual Welfare MCs),

-- self-righteous pricks who, even after being properly compensated for earlier injustices, constantly have a chip in their shoulder and make trouble for those they perceive as having wronged them (i.e. anti-establishment MCs),

-- douchebags that emotionally blackmail FLs to help them out when in a dire situation,

-- your usual r*pey pe*verts.

In this novel, these personality flaws are highlighted for what they are and is really satisfying to read.

Enter Gu Changge, a character born with a platinum spoon, has good looks, talent, etc. There's a genuinely interesting background that caused the MC to be typecast as a villain, and he must now find a way to dig himself out of this hole, all while using his status and privilege.
Spoiler

MC was born with a demonic heart, that caused him to lead a different life with split-personality when he was younger. By the time his Systemic power starts up and he regains his own consciousness, he's already in his 20s and stuck in a villain role.

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Gu Changge is diabolical and cunningly manipulative, embracing his role as a villain to the fullest. His schemes against the Fated Children are quite interesting. It's kinda meta, but he often exploits their personality flaws, behaviors, thought processes, etc against them since he has a good understanding of how they think based on previous CN webnovels. Sure, he manipulates the women around these MCs, but it's often by creating situations where they truly see these MCs for who they really are.

That said, Changge has his own moral code and doesn't screw over anyone/everyone just because he can (i.e. he's not a psychopath like other CN villains).

Although there's a large cast of women around him, the focus of this novel isn't really romance. He feels some affection for the women around him but is still motivated by his own ambition to climb to (and stay at) the top.

EDIT (as of c275) :

MC Gu Changge's latest target of manipulation Jiang Chu Chu, the Holy Priestess of the Church of the Human Messiah (my own lousy translation) is kind of hit-or-miss. This is around c200-275, and led to some reviewers mentioning Stockholm Syndrome, etc. I definitely agree it could have been done better.

Spoiler

Gu Changge was plotting after the Human Messiah, a reincarnative entity that descended whenever an Absolute Negative Sky (my own lousy translation) Calamity also descended. They effectively represent absolute "good" and "evil" respectively. These two forces have battled through the ages, and the MC is after them both.

As part of his scheme, he captures and manipulates Jiang Chu Chu to reveal the whereabouts of both these entities. There's r*ape involved, which is disappointing and very pointless. The only lame defense Gu Changge makes to Jiang Chu Chu is that he's "just trying to survive, like everyone else", because Human Messiahs have always exterminated Demonic Art Successors like him.

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In AD&D speak, MC Gu Changge is effectively a Lawful Evil character.

Spoiler

Lawful Evil: These characters believe in using society and its laws to benefit themselves. Structure and organization elevate those who deserve to rule as well as provide a clearly defined hierarchy between master and servant. To this end, lawful evil characters support laws and societies that protect their own concerns. If someone is hurt or suffers because of a law that benefits lawful evil characters, too bad. Lawful evil characters obey laws out of fear of punishment. Because they may be forced to honor an unfavorable contract or oath they have made, lawful evil characters are usually very careful about giving their word. Once given, they break their word only if they can find a way to do it legally, within the laws of the society. An iron-fisted tyrant and a devious, greedy merchant are examples of lawful evil beings.

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On the other hand, his hidden status as the Demonic Art Successor is effectively a Chaotic Evil character and fundamentally different. It's also why that status is so hated by the rest of the world since it relies on consuming others to power oneself (which for a xianxia novel really isn't a big deal).

Spoiler

Chaotic Evil: These characters are the bane of all that is good and organized. Chaotic evil characters are motivated by the desire for personal gain and pleasure. They see absolutely nothing wrong with taking whatever they want by whatever means possible. Laws and government are the tools of weaklings unable to fend for themselves. The strong have the right to take what they want, and the weak are there to be exploited. When chaotic evil characters band together, they are not motivated by a desire to cooperate, but rather to oppose powerful enemies. Such a group can be held together only by a strong leader capable of bullying his underlings into obedience. Since leadership is based on raw power, a leader is likely to be replaced at the first sign of weakness by anyone who can take his position away from him by any method. Bloodthirsty buccaneers and monsters of low Intelligence are find examples of chaotic evil personalities.

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Gu Changge could've explained himself to Jiang Chu Chu and others about the difference, and she could have been easily swayed. After all, surely a certain amount of bad is allowable for the greater good? He's not out to ruin the entire universe as per what his Demonic Art Successor persona is wont to do.

At the end of the day, she's indoctrinated as a Holy Priestess. As long as the Absolute Negative Sky was destroyed, who gives a sh*t about the Human Messiah??! Instead the plot takes a weird ambiguous turn where she's confused about her feelings for her captor (i.e. Stockholm Syndrome).

Still keeping my 4 star rating, but just wanted to point out to readers in case they have the same misgivings about that particular plotline. <<less
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Courting Death
Courting Dea
Dec 17, 2021
Status: c741
I Am The Fated Villain tells the story of how Chinese Sephiroth uses the power of Stockholm Syndrome to cuck obnoxious cultivation protagonists.

One of the novel's features is the scheming as it quickly evolves past simple cat and mouse. In order to become the invincible ruler the world, our protagonist Gu Changge plays the impostor in a big game of Among Us against the cultivation world. Since the story has a good level of logical consistency, reading through Gu Changge's plots will provide an ample supply of big brain moments.

Unusual... more>> for a cultivation novel, I Am The Fated Villain has great characterization. There are a lot of very memorable side characters; personalities are distinct, motives are clearly explained, and interesting character development is common. How these characters react to Gu Changge's actions is the novel's main source of tension and payoff.

The novel does have flaws that stick out to me. The exposition is sometimes repetitive. The power system is utterly one-note. Gu Changge feels too perfect. The novel is far from perfect - I could go on.

Still, for me, the good outweighs the bad. I appreciate the strong feeling of schadenfreude I get from reading this novel. <<less
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MasterMania89076
MasterMania8
Jan 11, 2022
Status: c270
I really liked this novel. The MC thrashes Stereotypical protagonists and steals their luck and beauties, well he's a badass who is calculative and scheming with no useless emotional attachment. Great... But later on, female characters come into play.

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Spoiler

1st is mc's fiance, she's a female protagonist from the future, well I kind of understand why MC doesn't kill this one because she has use and really loves him.

NOW 2nd female character is mc's cousin who, mind you MC DUG OUT HER BONES. MC just talks to her and she's yeah he's kinda not bad. It's only later on that MC digs out the bone and gives it back to her like its a f*cking glove. Well, now one more girl in the harem I guess.

Then there is 3rd girl, this one is a f*cking masterpiece. She goes to meet MC and finds out his greatest secret well maybe 2nd greatest since 1st secret is his system. Just happens that she's dumb enough to go into mc's house and meet him openly even though she suspected something might be really wrong with MC. What did she expect? Well now MC has her in his grasp and can kill her whenever... but he needs information about a new son of luck. How? you may ask; well according to MC by taking to her and using his CHARM (hmmm... reminds me of EVERY protagonist ever) Later on its revealed that 1st girl already knew about the new son of luck and MC knows she knows... then why keep the 3rd girl alive since she's dangerous and if she reveal mc's secret the world is gonna be against him you may ask....i don't know go ask author ¯_ (ツ) _/¯. So when MC effortlessly kills son of luck who is revealed to be THE HUMAN ANCESTOR (REN ZU) he guess what.... he releases the 3rd girl and lets her go in the world with his secret and says that she won't reveal it because he's confident of his "effect" on her. (spoken like a true protagonist with his charm as a whole plot armor in itself) . Behold a new harem girl.

And btw why are every male characters depicted to be s*upid and idiotic? Even the human ancestor is like -100 iq. Like he's supposed to have reincarnated soooo many times and be the most ancient one.... did he not f*cking learn anything all these year.

In this novel all female characters are harem material and never killed and all male characters are potential food for MC.

Well I dropped and gave this novel a new chance 3 times now, this time I think I'm done with this novel.

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Sorry for all this rant but I hope you can understand my sheer disappointment with this novel. It's an MC whose premise is to crush the stereotypical protagonist but in the end, he acts like one himself. If I misunderstood something please kindly let me know. Thanks for reading. <<less
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A ruined world
A ruined wor
Dec 10, 2021
Status: c858
It's one of the few good Xianxia novels I have read with a decent plot and character development. All the female characters also get their fair share of character development and they are not all one dimensional loving the MC just because he is the main character. The MC character is ruthless to the extreme and he meticulously plans his moves and takes down his enemies. All in all it was a good read.
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JembudCenayang
JembudCenaya
Apr 08, 2022
Status: c124
How do I say this... I expect an exciting battle of wits and abilities between MC against the children of heaven but what I got instead is low quality dogsh*t. It is quite enjoyable at the start since MC only fight against a lucky beggar so I could accept his enemy's overly ret*rd bearings but as the story advances the flaws become more prevalent.

The problematic flaw is that all confrontation from MC against all of the so called 'sons of heavens' are more like the confrontation of an adult against... more>> toddlers. All sons of heavens are pretty much irredeemable ret*rds that incapable of logical thinking, all they could do is to act according to their g**itals. Even their allies or 'brothers' are similar at the aspect of having fully functional brain but choose to think with their g**ital nevertheless. You can't expect any logic from these brainless ret*rds.

These daughters of heavens are even more of a joke, all of them always have HUGE good wills toward MC no matter how they loathe MC to the bones currently. They always refuse to do something harmful to MC for some bullsh*t reason no matter how illogical that is. I only see one moment when ONE of them did something harmful to the MC and that one moment is not even intentional at all. You can't believe how I cringed at her insta-regret like, "WHY WOULD YOU REGRET HURTING HIM HAAAHH??? SHOULDN'T YOU HATE HIM TO DEATH??? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??"

Last but not least, his cheat system, the biggest joke of this story. This story makes fun of the so called "children of heavens" because of their OP cheat but I never see anyone with bigger cheat than the MC's. "Oh, you need cultivation technique?? here Supreme Emperor Godly Peerless Heavenly Demonic Divine Super Hyper level technique that you could insta-learn without any repercussion." "Oh, you need cultivation level?? here Insta-cultivation level up that is so cheap you could break through the very limit of the f*cking universe for the price of a fried chicken." "Oh you need some broken items?? Here some extremely broken items that could break the balance of universe that come from who knows where with cheap price and some more of even more extremely broken items you get for stomping some 'toddler of heavens' to death".

In conclusion, the premise is a gigantic freaking lie as I don't see any child beloved by the heavens other than MC. He always get what he wants without any hindrance or obstructions, all of his enemies are braindead no matter how good their background is and all females will always submissive to him no matter how much they loathe him. It is insulting how this story is supposed to be "MC fight against the world" kind of story, yet MC is the one most loved by the world. <<less
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AaronValacirca
AaronValacir
Oct 02, 2022
Status: --
The story is about a villain putting down all the hypocritical xianxia protagonists... while acting like a hypocritical xianxia protagonist.

... kinda defeats the point, don't you think?

Instead of a reincarnation, regressor, or super-special-artifact-finding hypocritical xianxia protagonist, we get a LITRPG villain system hypocritical xianxia protagonist, just as self-righteous (self-villainous?), and with his head just as far up his own ass as the rest of them.

I'm not sure if the author was trying to make a point, or make some kind of commentary on the xianxia genre, but the premise just... more>> doesn't do it for me if the MC isn't going to act above the people he constantly face-slaps. <<less
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masterpotato
masterpotato
Dec 21, 2021
Status: c858
A really great xianxia villain novel, with a good mix and scheming, mystery, and intrigue. I read a lot of other villain novels before this one, both urban and xianxia, and they really pale in comparison. The main character is very evil, but he still has a touch of humanity, and treats the people close to him very well. The interactions with the heroines was also very well done, and they serve a real purpose outside of having had some connection to the protagonists. Overall I would rate this a... more>> 5/5 and recommend this to everyone. (Really the only villain novel you need to read imo) <<less
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Babybeels
Babybeels
Dec 21, 2022
Status: c896
I've read thousand chapters of this novel in mtl and this f*cker hasn't killed a single women no matter if she's a heaven's chosen or not. While devouring origin of male characters. If he devoured origin of female characters as well he would have progressed much quickly. Now it more feels like a wish fulfilment novel by some beta chinese who got bullied his entire life and later joined feminist camp after getting castrated.
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Veresta
Veresta
Nov 06, 2022
Status: c429
I'm apalled by these reviews criticizing this novel saying "it's cliche, it's repetitive, MC is too op". If you go into McDonalds, you dont expect michelin star cuisine. That's the same if you read Xuanhuan/Xianxia webnovels. Why are you expecting magnus opus level literature? They are tr*shy but I dig that tr*sh.

Our MC, Gu Changge is reincarnated in a world where it follow cliche tropes. Using his knowledge of cliche tropes, he can somewhat predict events and use that to crush his enemies. He reminds me of Gu Yue Fang... more>> Yuan from Reverend Insanity. The only difference is Changge has a harem while Fang Yuan does not. And while Fang Yuan is public enemy number 1, Changge is pretending to be an ally of justice while framing up his enemies. If you like a ruthless and op MC who crushes sons of heaven while collecting beautiful women then this novel is for you. <<less
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MyriadBooks
MyriadBooks
Feb 22, 2022
Status: c1188
Basically Li Qiye but evil.

People Will like/dislike this novel mostly because same reason:

1. Overpowered, seriously hes way too powerful ... more>>
Spoiler

his true identity is a true ancestor from the source world (the Strongest and highest world) his transmigration and the system is an arrangement by his true body, his ultimate Goal is to swallow the other 2 true ancestor and surpass his current cultivation

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2. Near-omniscient, as hes an ancient old existence (like Li Qiye), his knowledge is extremely high that he looks omniscient.

3. Almost never had serious dificulty when reaching his goal, thanks to his power and knowledge.

If you like character like Li Qiye but prefer him to be evil, manipulating and seeing everything as chess pieces, then this novel is good for you. <<less
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Eskinos
Eskinos
Jan 19, 2022
Status: c60
The novel is pretty good, although the villain's behaviour is sometimes a bit exaggerated.

Spoiler

He orders a whole sect to be destructed because one guy from there didn't want to reveal the info he needed.

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What is truly amazing though is the translator. He publishes 2/3 chapters a day, which are of premium quality and goes way and beyond to explain concepts of the cultivation world that some could be confused about and sometimes even some of the more advanced vocabulary. Props to you, Vilfic!
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f0Ri5
f0Ri5
Feb 07, 2022
Status: --
Having read hundreds of chapters of MTL, I can tell you guys that unfortunately this novel struggles just as much as other cultivation novels to keep things interesting. The whole selling point of this 'sons of luck' become basically nonexistent as every son of luck is no different from characters in other generic cultivation novels.

The premise is interesting, but the author didn't have the skill or creativity to make this truly different and interesting, so he fell back on all the cultivation tropes that make us roll our eyes by... more>> now. <<less
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supermop2525
supermop2525
Jul 17, 2022
Status: c110
3 stars at best, its like a significantly worse version of Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God.

You can't go memeing "children of heaven" and "MCs with lots of destiny" when you're the same thing. The author tries to make MC really evil/smart but honestly he feels more useless than anything. He just rides his system and uses non existent logic to make random "beauties" fall for him. Its has a similar vide to those books where the author tries to make the MC sound like they are really righteous... more>> and everyone else is just some hypocrite? But the MC is also a hypocrite? Same thing here but hypocrite is replaced by "heaven's chosen".

My main issue is MC is more or less nothing without his System. Doesn't show anything beyond an average level of thinking. No different from another useless MC except he has a system that targets those same "useless MCs". Seems like they became what they hated

Female leads are also pretty useless, author tries to force them into the plot. Or just have them around.

I will say it does have some mildly humorous moments.

Its a mediocre time pass but that's about it. Perhaps it gets better further in

Overall decent read, just the MC is nothing special and girls and "harem" tag is complete cr*p, other things are minor. While this is a negative review, always remember that this is still much better than most of the cultivation novels eg. MGA, ATG, etc <<less
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Vossoch
Vossoch
Jun 09, 2022
Status: c182
It's a great story, I don't really understand why everybody else who reviews this novel seems to dislike it so much, It's not like they're capable of creating a 'Genius' protag.

It works, You don't really need to explain his whole thought process because that dampens the whole 'Genius' thing, And it's nigh impossible to explain how a Genius would think without being one, And that honour belongs to a very, very select few individuals.

I'd Recommend it, It's written well, I don't have anything to complain about, If you like Novels... more>> with Villains who curb-stomp their opponents with Brain And Brawn, without losing their 'Villainous' personality, This is a Novel for you. <<less
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HellboyMc
HellboyMc
Sep 14, 2022
Status: c1000
I really like this novel and I have read a sh*t load of novels.

MC here is a villain but as the story progresses you will come to know that things are not what they initially seem.

MC even himself is not simply a villain but a more terrifying existence.

Most of the low ratings reviewers only give reasons like MC is evil he is way op. These people should know by the title that MC is a villain he will be evil yet they give low ratings just because this story is... more>> not up to their preferences.

I honestly loathe people like these who doesn't like story just because of their personal preferences (like MC being op because they are f*ckers who like seeing MC beat up or MC being evil because they are now righteous people and MC having harem because they are pathetic single virg*ns and think other should remain same too etc)

If you give some solid reasons for hating the story I get that but upper mentioned reasons are just foolish so stop giving low ratings just because this novel is not your cup of tea. <<less
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LichtSama
LichtSama
Jan 28, 2022
Status: c49
At first, I like him because he just target the son of heaven or sth. And favors women. And then thing become more apparent that this MC is just pe*verted hypocrite lol. He is lying to himself that he is not following his d*ck lol. He doesn’t dare to harm girls but absolutely massacre an entire city of the guy who barely offend him lol. Fckin hypocrite
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AkodoRyu
AkodoRyu
Feb 19, 2023
Status: c402
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It's a fun read until around mid 300s. Before that, it feels like every leek is just an obnoxious good-for-nothing or something along those lines, so whenever they are played to death, it just feels like they got what they deserved.

But in the arcs that start around ch.340 MC is just pure evil menacing decent people, and it starts to feel pretty uncomfortable, with lighthearted writing vs the unsettling content. I skimmed through mid 500s when one of those arcs end, and the ending is just completely miserable.

Hopefully, this is just an outlier, because I really don't want more arcs when I feel bad for a poor, constantly bullied leek.

And it would also be nice if MC sometimes faced any kind of setback, even the tiniest one. Because we've reached a point where he can say any lie, even the most far-fetched one, and no one even dares to question him. He doesn't even need scheming, because he can tell people to look another way, kill someone, and when they turn back tell them the guy killed himself and no one would questions him about it.

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arifureta
arifureta
Dec 26, 2021
Status: c165
Using MTL I read ahead so I feel like I've read enough to review the novel

The plot

You know those s*upid, arrogant, egotistical, pieces of tr*sh that are usually the stars of cultivation novels like the protagonist in martial peak? Well the MC's goal is to either kill them or take them down a peg. Overall it's just him repeatedly face slapping stereotypical tr*sh cultivation protagonists there's no ultimate villain and the MC is not progressing with any goal in mind you get what you came here for. The pace of... more>> the plot is kinda unsteady and it can go from extremely fast to a snails pace it depends what protagonist he is facing at the time. The MC

He is a ridiculously OP calculative and manipulative individual who seems to not give a f*ck about anyone around him he treats everyone like chess pieces. The MC is a complete scumbag who doesn't possess an ounce of kindness he definitely fits the role of villain. Overall he's a really interesting protagonist and you won't get board with him although he can be frustrating at times. The harem

Honestly it's not a harem per se like I said he doesn't really treat people as humans as such he doesn't really engage in romantic matters. The saint girl he stole had been MIA for over 80 chapters and I'm convinced the author forgot about her. I honestly can't see him ending up with anyone romantically at all. At best the woman at objects to him even though he does Cuck several people he never keeps them as wives or concubines.

World building

Not much to say so far there are multiple realms and although we get the names of several powers we never get information about the world itself just think of it as a world where multiple cultivation stories BS protagonist can coexist without anyone questioning the timeline of events. Other characters

All the sons/ daughters of fate have annoying personality traits some are delusional and s*upid like Ye Chen others are just crazy like the second protagonist he encounters if you've read cultivation stories you know what to expect from these people. The girls he steals while smarter than other people are kinda bland despite being beautiful they lack anything that makes them unique which is to be expected from heroines of cultivation stories. The side characters are as usual just brainless idiots that make comments on everything the protagonists or villains do. my rating for this novel

4/5

It's unique with an interesting MC I started reading this because of the harem which left me disappointed considering the MC probably won't end up with anyone but I'm staying for the plot at this point. If your tired of seeing dumb protagonists like the protagonist from martial peak ab*se their plot armor give this a read it should ease some of your frustration. <<less
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promet
promet
Jul 05, 2023
Status: c432
Good start, then it gets worse, and part of it is about the TL.

It's basically a villain MC novel where we have a real villain (he's not half-assed like some) in a cultivation world where all kinds of transmigrators, reincarnators and cheat protagonists appear, and he fights them and schemes a lot. It's pretty standard.

The execution was good. Love interests are a bit boring, but it kind of fits the theme to have less focus on relationships.

The plot gets stale by the time MC joins academy (not the first school,... more>> but the one after). I think it was somewhere since chapter 250-350? And it has already gotten boring in the 200s a bit.

Part of it is due to decreasing quality of translation (at FWO). It started decent, with a TL that was invested, translated jokes well, and explained a lot of things. It was enjpyable. Then, somewhere around ch150-200 the TL was quietly replaced, and was meh, failed to translate most jokes (or jokes stopped appearing, but I wouldn't believe that), and made more mistakes. Then, the TL got replaced again somewhere in the 200s (probably around 220-250) and got even worse, with all kinds of mistakes.

Other two translations seem no better, have fewer chapters, and numbering is weird - if you try to read chapter 220 by three different sites, you will get three completely different chapters.

Pity. It seemed like a good story. <<less
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Seregosa
Seregosa
Jun 16, 2023
Status: c226
Hello everyone, I have to say that this novel is a special one. I really liked the first 150 chapters, after which I dropped it and the reason for this is of vital importance for the english reading audience and I'll discuss it towards the end, it simply can't be left out of the review despite not directly being related to the source work.

The protagonist, gu changge, exists in an universe where favored daughters and sons of heaven show up everywhere, protected by the grace of the heavens, doted upon... more>> with countless opportunities and inexplicable luck. Here, he takes the role of the supreme heavenly villain who is an abnormality outside of the whole fortune of heavens thing, so he has neither good nor bad luck, but with his system he can absorb the luck of people with high fortune after ruining them step by step or, in the case of the daughters of heaven, seducing them.

He's a rare protagonist in that he's evil for the sake of being evil. He has no particular trauma, experience or reason to be evil other than his body previously being dominated by a devil heart and his transmigration memories where he hates run of the mill lucky protagonists. Everything he does is as if it's for the sake of being evil, or rather to enhance his own might and he loves playing evil by bullying people. Basically, he's tr*sh in a way and he's more blessed than even all other protagonists, never having to strive for much as it all falls into his lap, he simply spends his days being calculating and plotting. But this is what we're here for, right?

That's the crux of the issue, to like this novel, you probably have to read a lot of other chinese cultivation novels first so you can get familiar with their plots and character stereotypes. Hell, the author literally copies some stories altogether, the first guy we meet is that guy from battle through the heavens in almost every way with slightly altered plot like his master being female, later on we find the genderbent guy from perfect world (with a slash of tales of herding gods) who is now the little sister of the MC who he stole the bone from. Then we have protagonists from the future and corpse possessing dudes, you know, everything we already know.

Now, if you ever found yourself thinking "hey, I hate this kind of dude", maybe you tired of the tropes after a while or some of their ridiculous luck or actions rubbed you the wrong way, in this novel you can fulfill your desires as he cuckolds and kills the males and conquers the females. That's the entire shtick and where all the fun comes from, he's morally bankrupt in every way.

By the way, be ready for him never killing any female daughters of heaven. He actually kills non-favored females, but the ones that are important he'll never kill. All the males will die though. There's some s*x but it's just at the level of "they tossed under the sheets" and boom, done, no big deal. Also, while he doesn't kill the favored daughters of heaven, I can somewhat get behind that because he shows no real affection for them other than as tools, they can provide him continuous amounts of fortune as they keep on generating and "sharing" it with him. The author tries to make sure we know that he "doesn't think with his D" and that he's not like other protagonists... Oh, and be ready for many kind of moronic "even though she's female" and "I know so much about women, they're all like this" kind of comments since the author thinks women aren't the same race as men and have very specific thought processes that men don't have.

Anyway, that's it. Nothing much more to say about it. It's a fairly fun read... until chapter 150. I really feel that this needs to be mentioned, but I'll put it in a bubble since it's not related to the source material, just the material we, as english readers, can consume.

Spoiler

The problem is the translation. I don't know what the f* happened over the years or why there are so many translation groups for this, nor do I know why not even a single one of them manages to do the job right all the way. But let's just pretend there are only the three translations displayed on novelupdates, demonic translations, divine dao library and fantasy world online. I don't know much about demonic translations, because they didn't translate that many chapters so I wouldn't read their translations.

What I read after comparing chapter 1 of divine dao library (DDL from now on) and fantasy world online (FWO from now on), was FWO's translation. It read pretty decently and was fun and energetic enough, while not being that great in grammar all the time, it wasn't bad enough to be an eyesore either. It was translated good enough to be worthy of being called a translation without throwing sh*t at the original, names and translations were clearly relatively accurate. After chapter 150, however, that changed. The translator stopped and someone else there picked it up, suddenly the quality did a huge nose dive and after checking much later chapters, the old translator never returned. Suddenly, the dialogue felt weird, flowed badly, had worse grammar and completely lacked the "energy" and "liveliness" a novel like this should have. I still felt like giving it a shot because I like the novel, and for 50 or so chapters after 150 it read good enough, but after that it got way worse. The quality became very irregular, sometimes good enough to read but for most chapters it was horrible, as if the editor just up and spontaneously disappeared.

Very bad flow, huge grammar issues and clear mistranslations, titles started to often seem like machine translations as soon as the quality got horrible (which happened at chapter 200 that had the title "Husband ab*ses her for a while as she chase her husband's crematorium, I completely misunderstood him", which makes absolutely zero sense, haha. Makes you wonder if some girl chased a building with body incineration furnaces) and the chapter content's translation wasn't much better, some examples would be "Gu Changge personally explained what happened back then, and even dug up the bones to return the sister, no matter what happened in between, so that Gu Xian'er could not raise her hatred for him", "Gu Xian'er smiled sweetly, revealing a pair of shallow pear eddies", "if zhao tianxing's father had not interceded this zhao tianxing would have been beaten badly, and it would have been difficult for him to get off the ground for several months", "In any case, they came to escort, even if there was no credit, they still spent a lot of time and energy. But it was not to get a good look from the other side.", "You still have a chance to leave here while I am not angry right now", "This woman was beautiful to the extreme. such empty valleys and orchids, clear fog in the forest, very dusty, there was a quiet and moving beauty". So, I dropped the novel knowing it would just be a waste of time and energy to read more after 26 more chapters of horrible quality and fluctuating garbage quality which showed signs of getting even worse (checked 10 chapters ahead of that point and it was even crappier). They butcher the fun of reading it with such crappy english, too bad because a transmigrator female that also talks about chapters and clichés was just about to appear and it would've likely been very fun to read about.

Then I checked DDL's version at that chapter and after trying a few chapters, I once again confirmed just how utterly worthless their translations are and that it's a persistent issue all the way through. They systematically change almost every single ability and location name, sometimes even conjuring up nonsensical names with no basis (that might not even be english at all, chuunibyou much?), they also actively censor words or entire paragraphs, making the work very stale and lifeless. They practically parody the entire story by changing things actively, to the point where you question if they have any respect at all for the source work or author. Last time I checked, a translator needs to keep to the original meaning and story, just adapting some things slightly to mean exactly the same thing in english and make it easier to understand. But they change things to the extent that the story changes and it reads like crap. They have a, at first glance, good level of english, but the english they use doesn't fit a novel format at all as they often use rarely used or out of place english that would be more at home in education essays than a novel format, sadly the grammar and flow is nowhere close to being worthy of higher education either, it has tons of issues even if it looks decent at first glance. This fixation on "fancy" yet often inaccurate and out of place english instead makes it lifeless, flawed and dull to read, it barely even reads as a novel. It feels like they're tooting their own horns by trying to show off their english knowledge even though they're clearly not that good in the first place and the level of editing is not at the level of liberal but just not even correct anymore on any level. I really despise their translation, so sadly there wasn't any other options but to drop this otherwise pretty good novel so early, it really makes me sad.

Who the hell translates destiny points/value as "fatum", fortune points/value as "fortuity", black as "onyx", golden crow clan (which is a very typical race in this kind of story) to golden raven clan, daoist immortal palace to skyward schloss, transcendent bones as absolute detachment bones, leaving out various parts of names like "black heavenly eagle clan" becoming "black hawk family" or "ancient immortal gu clan" becoming "immortal gu family". Then we have wonderful sentences like instead of writing "Damn it! How dare you come to our territory and kill our people! You are courting death!", they write "curses! how insufferable of him to kill people in our territory!". They also changed "they roared with anger and hatred since even their own clansmen were here! The dead must be avenged" into several sentences of completely made up text, namely "they yelled vexedly as if they were growing insane. Some of them were even letting out deafening shrieks. Given how there were members of the victims' clans and factions around, the dead would definitely be avenged." See how incredibly awkward it reads? Not only do they conjure up fake content, it's also extremely cringeworthy to read. It flows choppily and the english used is ill-fit for the purpose. As translators they should respect the author and their work and they should also have the awareness that they suck at writing dialogue and descriptions, so how about sticking to the script? This isn't some theater improv. The worst part is that they do this several times a chapter at least, you see why they're probably one of the worst "translators" out there? Even the new translator at fwo after chapter 150 still translates things pretty accurately and doesn't change things randomly. Oh, I gotta mention this one as well, just to show how bad their translation can get. They translated "Once these two ancestors are under my control, the entire black heavenly eagle clan will effortlessly fall into my hands." as "Once I gain control of these two ancestors, the Black Hawk Family will all be mine. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.". It almost made me god damn cry how moronic that sounded, they changed his entire personality for a lame joke as he's not the kind of guy who would say crap like that, not to mention he didn't even say "easy" or anything close to it, they just made it up. Go write your own damn novel if you want to write whatever you feel like and make things up.

Also, not sure what the f* FWO is thinking, but their site is a hot mess, utter garbage from a design standpoint. I say this after having taken many game design and art design classes over several years with a player (user) -centric standpoint. It's a mess to use, it's as if they've done everything in their might to restrict and bother their readers, which is simply counterproductive. I had to get an addon just to be able to right click and have my mouse cursor change depending on where I hover it, but even then their text is locked behind idiotic code that makes it impossible to select it, not that I care much about selecting text, I just hate sites that disable right click and other options. They made any interaction with the site impossible without modifying the code or getting addons. Changing cosmetic things like color, font etc is also very difficult thanks to this. As if that wasn't enough, they cram in various floating buttons and when you scroll down, you get a huge banner of "next" "previous" and other sh*t options, but at the bottom and top of the page you find these options anyway. Also disruptive yellow boxes before the "next chapter button" in every chapter about donations and so on, which gets really annoying to repeatedly see. I had to use an adblocker to remove all the bothersome elements. One of the worst sites I've ever seen, but at least usable if you block the crappy elements.

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