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Sage Monarch
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Rating(3.5 / 5.0, 524 votes)
5 | 40% (210 votes) |
4 | 18% (96 votes) |
3 | 9% (47 votes) |
2 | 12% (62 votes) |
1 | 21% (109 votes) |
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
1601 Chapters (Complete)
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Completely Translated
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Weekly Rank: #4782Monthly Rank: #7766
All Time Rank: #181
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On 4735 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #710
All Time Rank: #1504
Description
Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Yang Qi was the son of the patriarch of a wealthy family from a small town.
Believing himself to be in love, he stole a pill for his lover, only to have the girl betray him, by taking the pill and leaving him behind.
Caught, his dantian was crippled and left to die under the lightning.
This lightning helped him to recover his lost martial arts and also helped him gain a new, divine-like cultivation technique.
After this second chance, he gains more power as he sought revenge and also to find about his missing mother….
Associated Names
One entry per lineSage Emperor
Sheng Wang
SM
Thánh Vương
圣王
Sheng Wang
SM
Thánh Vương
圣王
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Recommendation Lists
Date | Group | Release |
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04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c6 |
10/26/15 | Dark Translations | c6 |
09/28/15 | Dark Translations | c5 |
04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c5 |
04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c4 |
08/17/15 | Dark Translations | c4 |
04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c3 |
08/03/15 | Dark Translations | c3 |
07/27/15 | Dark Translations | c2 |
04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c2 |
04/24/19 | Wuxiaworld | c1 |
07/10/15 | Dark Translations | c1 |
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- Tropes:
Firstly this novel predates a lot of the translated cultivation novels. Secondly, It's crazy how much cultivation tropes this novel trivialises and does right, including but not limited to the copy and paste sect to sect "junior generation" conflicts that fill even highly praised cultivation novels. Amusingly, these conflicts are thought of as 'tempering' for the MC; the more pressure they're under, the more they advance (asspulls).... more>>- Less snorts - Less face slapping - Less tournaments - Less auctions - Less pill shenanigans - Less lecherous fiends - Less chapters needed to leave home world - Less peanut gallery moments - Less moral speeches to justify MCs ruthlessness - Less nail-biting moments (moments MC could end it quickly) - Less escalated forced conflicts (MC not dealing with the opponent early, letting it escalate before a climatic fight (often after his friends die or suffer)) - MC isn't passive. Anyone is doomed to die or be subjugated by him (MC isn't reactive like other MCs, so less chapters of schemes by his enemies) - MC crushes most schemes in their infancy - MC knows when to not escalate things - MC doesn't need his family and friends to be killed or held hostage for him to release power above his limit - MC knows when to retreat - MC would not sacrifice his power and life for his friends and his family when he knows he's weaker than the other party, because he is under the belief that at the peak of power, he would be able to revive them (unlike other MCs that charge into sects to save their friends and their asspull victory is ignored by fans because of their desperation and emotions) - No romance - Lastly, MC is a chad with a huge winning streak :) Cons: - Lack of most of the above that is typical for cultivation novels - Lacks significant side character development
Our MC, Yang Qi, is the 3rd son of the leader of the pretty much most powerful and wealty clan in their city, he's recognised as a promising individual and his father cherishes him greatly, so the obvious action he takes is to try and... escape. Why, you may ask? Well, because of a girl who told him to steal one of those great-dragon-great-power-great-giving-great pills, which is in the possession of the biggest dude around and of course he not only agrees, but also manages to do it. How? Well, take a look at that quote:
"Yang Qi was very well aware of what a Latent Dragon Pill could do. It was a first-class medicinal pill that was supposedly refined from the blood of dragons. After consuming it, one's blood would gain traces of dragon power, which would increase both physical strength and lifespan.
The city magistrate had originally possessed two. One of them he had used to break into the Master of Energy level, and the other he had kept locked up in a private chamber. Yang Qi had somehow bribed the guards to gain access to the chamber, stolen the pill, and then given it to Yun Hailan. Of course, his attempt to win her over was a complete failure, as she betrayed him."
For people who are into Xuanhuan it may be more than 1, but to the people like me, who are fed up with all that repetitive sh*t (seriously, if I read the word "cultivation" a few more times, I will be the one to transcend into divinity) don't read it.
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- For social readers like myself, it benefits from a very active comments section, getting a minimum of 20-30 comments and frequently reaching closer to 60-70. And still going strong; chapter 145 had 71 comments. The full novel has 1600 chapters, so I'm looking forward to seeing it grow in popularity.
Negatives:-
- Cliches. To be completely fair, I actually had to list "cliches" under negatives, but cliches are a staple of the cultivation genre. Yes, it's the same basic start as novels like WDQK and BTTH and Invincible and ATG, where the MC is crippled but finds an OP secret item/cultivation technique and proceeds to rapidly cultivate and slap the faces of scheming fellow clan members. And yes, people constantly arrogantly pick fights with him. And yes, there's a high-handed ex-fiance-like character who he's targeting for revenge. And yes, his mother has a mysterious past and was forced to disappear when he was little. If you really dislike these tropes, don't read this novel! It feels like 90% of the negative reviews here amount to "*gasp* It's a power fantasy that utilizes a lot of cliches!" Well, I can respect that some people legitimately hate that, but the rest of you, just admit it, power fantasies are the reason you read cultivation novels.
Anyway, I highly recommend checking this out. If you love well-translated novels and don't mind orthodox style stories, you're missing out if you skip Sage Monarch. Sorry for the wall of text, by the way, that's just how I roll. Update 2019/9/1 (C152->C348) : The story has steadily improved, with a lot of solid worldbuilding, politics, and intrigue that made me much more emotionally engaged in the story. The first major arc just concluded, and it was extremely satisfying--the comments sections were on fire. The MC Yang Qi has solidified his personality as a guy who faces powerful enemies with a cold, sarcastic, and imperious bearing. He's used to being schemed against, and while he never hesitate to kill villains, he still properly considers the consequences of his actions. His realm is lower than his enemies, but his insights are so profound that they're usually unable to effectively ambush him or cause him to misjudge the fight, and his energy arts are so diverse and powerful that only overwhelming qualitative and quantitative power is a serious existential threat to him. Of course, he has to protect his family and friends and has various other objectives, so merely surviving isn't acceptable to him. The next arc is off to an interesting start as well, with a clever scheme by an enemy faction that caught most readers by surprise.