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5 | 62% (194 votes) |
4 | 11% (33 votes) |
3 | 9% (29 votes) |
2 | 7% (22 votes) |
1 | 11% (34 votes) |
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line-lotcg: 3 Volumes / 5213 Chapters (Completed)
-Extra: 3 Volumes / 117 Chapters (Completed)
-lotcg Immortal realm/revival of the gods: 4 Volumes / 5287 Chapters (Completed)
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Weekly Rank: #2000Monthly Rank: #13292
All Time Rank: #3068
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On 3597 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #3045
All Time Rank: #2285
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.When gods gather, lightning will strike and the earth will move. Immortals! Which of the numerous way to immortality should one follow? Immortals are hard to seek, but why should immortals hide? Heaven has no mercy, but humans have emotions, and these emotions hinder the road to longevity!
Train the inner self to stay calm, train the external body to be resistant, then cross the three continents and four seas alone, and fight valiantly with demons and devils! With the heavenly baton in hand, raid the devils and demons without any resistance! Take one step to cross nine stars and chase the sword in the dreams! Traverse a thousand li of river and mountains in a single day! The exceptional beings do not mix with the ordinary! Within the universe, where can one find an obstacle! Moving like a dragon, with talent like a phoenix! The heavenly Daos and stars will guide one’s way!
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One entry per lineXiu shen wai zhuan
修神外传
修神外传仙界篇 (immortal realm)
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1. It had an incredibly slow pace which I usually dodge since most of the novels I have read that had a slow start ended up being pointless or boring
2. It had multiple povs... which I absolutely DISLIKE with a PASSION.... but LOTCG is different. For one thing I wouldn't call it slow paced. The reason why we probably think it's so slow is due to all the novels that have dragon proud sky MC, or simply the MCs that become OP and get covered in plot armor. Since they're all oh so awesome and blessed with luck and geniousness of course the story is fast paced. With LOTCG however, I would say that instead of it having a slow pace, if we compare it to other cliche cultivation novels - this one is tad more realistic. It starts off with the mc's everyday life where we get immersed in his personality and the world he lives in. This gives us a chance to in a sense, grow with the MC as we see his world views changing due to various events. Not only do we get to grow with MC, the author also introduces the jianghu (in different povs) where he then starts setting up the stage for the future of the mc's world as well as foreshadowing what his martial path could be. p.s... so he might have a small cheat, which may or may not ruin all the slow building and non dragon proud sky MC we have right now, but going from how the author is building everything up, it seems like everything will turn out A - Okay in the end. tldr, please just read it. If you aren't into the everyday life (which you are going to get for the first 20 chapters or so) then fear not, because the author switches to POVs of various cultivators whose names you will remember as there isn't a whole heap of them (POV switches are only about 1-3 in 1st person and the rest are in 3rd person)
After reading LoCG you may find that other novels is too plain, lack of characters and story build up unlike LoCG.
But somehow this all doesn't feel boring (to me), as you are that much more informed about the ongoings in the world as the story develops. Giving you a solid background.
I imagine that after all the world building, the plot will start to develop faster. To me it is clear that the Main Character (MC) is the youngest boy of the family "Zhang Xiaohua". However he doesn't get that much 'airplay' at all (at first), as the author is exploring a lot of ground around his family. Which may give cause to some confusion. If you're looking for something fast-paced this story clearly isn't for you. However unlike most martial arts/xianxia stories, this one clearly develops the characters, which gives you more to relate to whatever happens to them.
And since it describes other characters outside of the MC's direct daily life, you feel much more familiar with them when they make a reappearance in the story (and come into contact with the MC later on). Another reason it may feel like a slow story, are all the 'realistic' interactions between the characters. It doesn't feel rushed at all. It's actually well-done compared to many other Xianxia. All the extra background/information given to you, is one of the solid powers of this novel. Since you don't have weird sudden appearances of strange characters that provide a quick plot armor or fix to the story. So far everything has been build up well. I would like to see more action goes, it's still rather rare and far inbetween. It's pretty much sticking to the occasional happening, while focusing on life itself. I'm giving it 5 stars, simply because I find myself wanting to read more. Which I deem a good sign. At chapter 48 the MC is still not following a martial path, but there has been some foreshadowing. It's more of a slice-of-life feeling thus far. He gets settled into a new place at around chapter 70, where he gets more into contact with martial arts.
At Chapter 118, Zhang Xiaohua is pretty well settled into his current 'role'. He's been getting more and more 'airplay' (as I put it) and you feel at ease reading about his daily life. (updated the review a few times)
other novels write something like this nn cultivation: "MC picks a book, he is excited about it. He learns it, within a month, he gains (large) success". [All of that in one sentence] This novel, however; the same sentence is divided into >9000 chapters (its that slow) [just for the same effect]. ===========
This has to be the most roundabout style of storytelling I've seen in a Xianxia story there is. There is a Cantonese saying that goes "talk about Jesus to Holland" (literally saying, going such an extreme roundabout way to narrate / explain something, and never straight to the point). This story's storytelling is exactly that. As of chapter 107 the story is still explicating on its world and surrounding events without actually laying the punchline how those events directly affect the main story, so at this point it does feel like as if sidestories' developments have outnumbered and outpaced the main story line. Although mentions of cultivation have been earlier, the author's just teasing to just explicate how the MC absorbs his fundamentals/foundation on external and internal cultivation (which is again, so roundabout) However: cheat item: check
cultivation advantage: check
deus ex machina: check The only thing is you've got to pick up the small, significant details because the author only mentions these details vaguely, or in a passing sentence so you'll probably need to figure out 'so what's the catch' about.
That beings said, sometimes the MC is pretty frustrating. He vacillates between being a genius and an idiot. For now, that can be excused since he's still a child but hopefully that will lessen as he grows. What I appreciate is that the story feels more human than most of the web/light chinese novels i've come across so far. There MC doesn't discard his humanity at the first opportunity and even even strives to be something better. A refreshing read compared to the dozens of other stories where the MC just starts mu*dering people because they are in the way or some other nonsense excuse. I'm looking forward to read the rest of the translation.
EDIT (c2155) : *vent mode* It seriously pisses me off how much sh*t the MC has to go through just because he for some reason wants to hide his cultivation boundary. You get chapters on chapters where his master would scold him endlessly on his lack of progress, even though in actuality he has way surpassed his master. You get chapters where his junior fellow apprentice openly disrespects him for the same reason. So on and so forth. Readers be warned, it will tax your patience at times.
EDIT: Lowering my overall rating of the novel to 4, primarily due to the story structure after Volume 1. Basically, the 2nd volume does a complete reset, wiping out all context of the 1st volume. This results in a new round of worldbuilding, which is a lot more forced : where before everything was unfolded gracefully, now we have massive info dumps every now and then. Also... it's starting to devolve into your usual xianxia: encounters with arrogant sect / family members, kind of forced situations where the MC is looked down on (with the obvious turn around later), constant treasure hunts. I miss the 1st volume where it's much more focused on the story : (
Currently at c1281. I really enjoyed the novel so far, it's an actual story with memorable characters instead of just a bunch of powerups strung together like in most novels in this genre.
One thing I'm not sure about is the transition to volume 2. Volume 1 ended with a bang, with a massive plot twist that sets you up for more action. Volume 2, the MC apparently has amnesia, and he's in a different world with different characters. All of the character building in the first volume is basically thrown out the window. He also gets to start from scratch in his cultivation! It's such a jarring transition, it's like we're reading a different novel. I'm sure that the author will manage to relate it to the 1st part somehow, combine it with a bombshell of a twist, but right now I'm missing the previous set of supporting characters.
Finally finished to binge read all 5215 chapters! All I can say is, the ending sucks like heck. The author spent the last 14 chapters describing the process how the MC and his doppelgangers ascended to a higher realm... doing nothing to address some of the most important questions in the novel (does MC get back to his original family? Are there any more tie ins to the MCs original / childhood world?) nor fulfill foreshadowing that's been there for the longest while (does MC become a god? - It's in the title for heaven's sake!), while adding even more questions. It's like the author ended it in a way that would require a sequel novel. *sigh*