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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 he returned to the World of Martial Arts, the game was filled with blood and battles! Chen Kaixin had chased after the footsteps of the one emperor, two empresses, three princes, seven dukes, and thirteen aces for three years, but during the eve of the Sword Among Us tournament in Mount Hua, he was ambushed by evil bastards, and was killed so much that his level dropped to that of a newbie. He completely lost the chance to join the ranks of the powerful players in the game! In great disappointment, Kaixin quit the game and got drunk so that he could forget his sadness, but during that stormy night, Chen Kaixin found that he had actually dreamed for a total of three years, because when he woke up again, he woke up to three years ago, when he was still a student.
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10/31/19 | Webnovel | c153 |
10/30/19 | Webnovel | c152 |
10/30/19 | Webnovel | c151 |
10/29/19 | Webnovel | c150 |
10/29/19 | Webnovel | c149 |
10/28/19 | Webnovel | c148 |
10/28/19 | Webnovel | c147 |
10/27/19 | Webnovel | c146 |
10/27/19 | Webnovel | c145 |
10/26/19 | Webnovel | c144 |
10/26/19 | Webnovel | c143 |
10/25/19 | Webnovel | c142 |
10/25/19 | Webnovel | c141 |
10/24/19 | Webnovel | c140 |
10/24/19 | Webnovel | c139 |
Ok to speed read through, but you'll have to ignore lots of plotholes and dismal characters.
3.5 stars at best, but I'm biased towards wuxia novels so I'm giving it 4 stars.EDIT: Downgrading to 3 stars. MC just straight up abandons his NPC companions in pursuit of better quest rewards, despite raising their affection rating the entire game. Readers are just being strung along. It's the equivalent of maxing out affection rating in RPGs like Dragon Age, then making a ridiculous decision at the end-game that kicks the companions away. And other players in-game actually laud MC for his "decisiveness". Wtf. This is the last straw for me for all the MC's failures. SUMMARYA university student Chen Kaixin somehow time travels to the past 3 years ago, before he was assassinated in a VR game (World of Martial Arts) through various betrayals. And so our protagonists must make use of his future knowledge and skills to rise to the top once more. COMMENTS (1) World building is decent
It's a cross-generational mesh of various famous wuxia novels -- think of the classic RPG game "Heroes of Jin Yong" (1996). Pays homage to various wuxia novels/authors... whether it's Jin Yong, Chen Wentong or Gu Long. - References to wuxia classics are quite accurate. Kinda interesting that author (like most other CN wuxia readers) have their own camps on which wuxia characters they support. In case it wasn't clear, not all Jin Yong novel protagonists and characters are one-dimensional. There are lots of different fan favorites. - No nonsensical builds. The various Qi Realm stages and accompanying skillsets are realistic and fairly balanced.
Players can jump Qi Realm stages to defeat someone above them, but it isn't too absurd like some other CN VR novels.
It's good that there was a long lull period where all players were stuck at Life and Death Qi Realm stage, forcing players to differentiate themselves by skill utilization, technique, experience and equipment. - Ultimate skills are stated to have their own flaws, and learning them whether by cunning or luck-of-the-draw is no guarantee to top martial position. e.g. an all-powerful skill like "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms" is momentum based, requires high qi usage (think mana) and requires long wind-up time. - There are multiple non-martial professions (blacksmith, herbalist, etc) that make the game more equitable and enjoyable for all players of all ages (similar to Legendary Moonlight Sculptor). (2) "Human" characters suck
This really killed the novel.
The MC is a one-dimensional pony. His character doesn't grow from his reincarnation. He's still a semi-naive university kid, and alternates between acting awkward and cringeworthy "suave" when interacting with females... despite having a gf in his past life.
MC gets a chance to be with his first-love but doesn't do jack sh*t and pretends to be aloof.... for no reason. What a d*ck.
MC is constantly emotional and annoyed whenever he meets the people who betrayed him (including his ex-gf), but he doesn't do jack sh*t about them for hundreds of chapters, just a one-time assassination of a bad guy. So the entire revenge plot was basically solved in one chapter.
Author then didn't know what to do with these betrayers, so they pointlessly hung around like a splinter in your skin even way past chapter 600. Ridiculous. MC shows his douchebag-like behavior in other ways too. After keeping this first love at arms-length for over half a year, he randomly shows her attention and jokes about how it's only natural that he would want to be with her. Then goes, "Haha, that's just a joke"... while his ex-gf is present. Literally. Because he still has ambiguous feelings towards his prev life gf that betrayed him. What an as*hole!! Human side characters are one dimensional and completely useless, as @jacobpaige and @selweron alluded to.
MC always comes to save the day since no one else can handle it on their own. The only point of other powerful companions to MC is just placeholder deterrence. Think of it like encampment on a position.
MC defeats baddies -> occupies new resource site -> has his powerful companions camp on it for protection and extraction. Rinse and repeat.
Female side characters are just ornaments and constantly being tr*shed by male martial pugulists. Even the "best female ranked players" are far far behind the top male players.
It's a damn WUXIA in a VR GAME. It's supposed to be more gender equitable. What happened?? The story shines when it goes into "Heavenly Sword Dragon Sabre" phase, but poorly executed. There were hints that the AI might be semi-sentient (esp with various wuxia novel characters) which was fascinating, but eventually nothing progresses and their just revealed to be a little smarter in their responses. Think of all the robocall scams you listened too, and how annoyed you got when you realized you were speaking to a robot. Would have been so much more interesting if MC could truly interact and deviate plotlines from wuxia novels. (3) Signs of pointless nationalism
Author/MC was really waffling on this subject. MC's companions expressed their outrage that "foreign players" were entering China's territory to harvest skills/resources/etc. MC pointed out that their own Chinese players were making incursions to other countries too (Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam) so they shouldn't complain. Within the span of a few chapters, MC turns around and starts being a d*ck and threatening foreign players that he comes across, even though it's repeatedly stated that all opportunities are fair game.
Some Jap player wanted to get martial skills from one of the wuxia characters Xie Xun (Golden Mane Lion) and his quest conflicted with other Chinese player quests. Jap player was strongest until MC arrived. MC threatened to kill him whenever he encroached China territory, before decapitating him.