One of the best novel i've ever read.

Its a fantastic fusion of modern system/gates novel with murim. The thing that makes it best is not just one but combination of many things. Some of them are:

• Characters: the characters are well defined and are constantly funny and developing.
• Plot: the plot is not rushed and by taking all the time it needs to properly tell the story.
• Pacing: by looking at the number of chapters you would assume its a slow paced novel where everything is just dragged but that isn't it. The pacing is perfect without any nonsense, providing you lots of comedy while keeping you excited with the progression.

There are many more things which I can't tell you about without spoiling the novel, so if you like protagonist of return of... more>> mount hua sect you are gonna love this. <<less

The idea behind this novel is great but I am disappointed with the MC for being an idiot. Which person, after discovering that a game locks you up, just waits for 3 days and does nothing? And what I find even more annoying is that the MC seems to be well versed in gaming and just follows the script, no exploring, no research of the environment, nothing. At one point during his first imprisonment in the game I couldn't read more than 2 sentences without cursing the MC for being... more>> an idiot. And just at the time that he can't let his decisions be led by emotions he becomes an emotional fool who makes dumb decisions because he is angry despite very well being aware of the position he is in. Why do so many authors make their mc's dysfunctional idiots with extreme personalities? Sure a plain person is not interesting but there is also something like a middle road. The personality of an MC doesn't have to be close to extreme to make for an interesting character.

I hope this will improve because the idea behind the novel is very good. There are a lot of novels that have a rough start and usually the Korean novel characters are not too s*upid for very long. <<less

So far pretty good. I appreciate the MC's decisions that are closer to a normal persons rather than exp/battle hungry maniac. The prologue does a great job setting the tone for the story and creating a certain perception of the Murim system. Really curious to find out the purpose behind it.

I am enjoying this so far, it might have your typical template but it's well written. Will update once there's more chapters

If there's one word to describe this novel, it's "Yapping".

Whether it be the MC, side characters, random mob characters, monsters, or even beings that can't speak, anything that can move drones on and on and on about random sh*t that doesn't matter.

It's not so bad on the modern side, as that's when the plot starts to pick up, but whenever the MC is in Murim, it literally feels like nothing happens for 50 chapters before they're thrust into a boss fight out of nowhere.

The MC will spend anywhere between half... more>> a chapter to 4-5 chapters arguing with random people over nothing. At first, it was rather humorous and gave us a good sense of who the MC was, but now that it's taking up so much time, it's annoying. Because of that, the plot is stretched and stretched and stretched until they get side tracked with a side mission, which further stalls the plot.

Which is a shame, because I actually like almost everything about the story. Despite the MCs rough attitude, I actually like him quite a bit. He feels human, even his racist jabs. It feels like I'm reading about a real person (flaws and all) in a real world with actual emotions. I love the setting, I like the plot (or at least the idea of the plot), the world building is good considering there are 2 worlds, and most things about it are top-tier... if things didn't take so long.

Fight scenes could take up to 20-30 chapters. Dialogue stretches endlessly. New characters keep being introduced while trying to keep the old ones relevant.

The major pitfall of this novel is that the author tries to add and juggle too much. And that he can't get any of the characters to shut up. Every little interaction has to be documented, which makes for some incredibly boring sections.

(I also think that the entire Murim section is holding the novel back. I mean, it feels like 60% of the time there is wasted on how to address each other, clan/elder/leader honor, and classic murim nonsense. That's not even including all the meetings, travel time, random useless bandits and other arbitrary things. If there were less "How dare you address me, an old man, like that!" then it'd be way more enjoyable.)

This novel has "High highs and low lows". If you can look past the lows, you'll enjoy it. If you can't stand the endless yapping, then you'll probably hate it. <<less

I suppose you're here because of the manwa, so let me advice you to stick to it than read the light novel.

Main character: Is unbearably douchebag, solely for the sake of being douchebag, since this is the only form of comedy the author is familiar with. Additionally, he's also an idiot with a massive plot armor.

Plot: Endlessly stretched. Endless talking, fights dragging and when the opportunity arise, pathetically racist.

... more>> System: Not such thing here. Everything about it happen on a whim, no reason or logic and little to no follow-through.

I finally understand why it was never officially translated... <<less