The Lord’s Empire

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“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive.

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Lingzhu Zhi Bing Fa Tiaxia
The lord's army conquered the world
TLE
领主之兵伐天下
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drollawake
drollawake rated it
March 19, 2018
Status: c50
The poor man's The World Online.

Both are base-building game system novels with relatively simple main plots of getting strong enough to defeat the antagonist. However, The Lord's Empire seems plain in comparison and is much less engaging.

It's main flaw is being very unfocused. The process of conquering and getting loot feels haphazard and very much like going through the motions because there's not enough world-building and explanation of the game mechanics. The system isn't relevant until it is, so there seems to no sense of how valuable his spoils are... more>> or how optimal his actions are. While some novels make the MC seem powerful with so much praising and face-slapping filler that the pacing is ruined, this novel takes it to the other extreme and fails to evoke the excitement that any good power fantasy novel needs.

Unlike the The World Online, we don't really know the MC's long terms plans besides growing the village for now. What is he prioritising now with his limited resources and why is that important? Each time he gets something new, it seems very underwhelming because we don't know enough about the game mechanics to know why it matters. When he decides on a course of action, we aren't told about alternatives that he has to sacrifice and why his choice will get him past the competition. As a result, the direction of the novel is not very clear and there isn't much of a sense of progress.

There's a good reason why most game system novels use time travel as a crutch; it's hard to be the best when you're playing a game for the first time unless you have the intelligence and/or personality that's extreme enough for it, like say Weed. But we see so little of the MC's thought process and get so little to compare with his accomplishments and loot that it's hard to believe that this MC truly has the chops for conquering the world. Even the advantage of his inheritance fails to inspire much confidence.

In contrast, The World Online takes advantage of its time travel setting to set up things to expect and explain how the MC's decisions relate to the broader world. The MC's knowledge also lets us know that yes, this weapon he got is not only super rare but allowed its previous owner to steamroll others. That kind of goal setting and comparison is much better at keeping the readers interested. <<less
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Kaiser Megami
Kaiser Megami rated it
May 18, 2018
Status: c158
This novel starts out as another world realities with basic kingdom building. It got all the concepts of

-OP Starting Village
-OP Generals + Villages (SSS and S ratings)
-Sudden Gains (Wow a high-grade XXX drop out of nowhere with no difficulty)
-The MC can literally walk around and gain benefits with no problem

-Combat is extremely bad

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Spoiler

Conquering a village with no casualty when the author stated that the enemy is very strong. The author shows that the MC has some brain with strategy but no real statement of how or why or what the f*ck a frontal attack with no injury and death. When he fight against undead skeletons that are clearly not for beginners but the MC still manage to push through without deaths + 2-3 injuries to his troops. Note that the troops are all beginners except the General (SSS) rank.

In the latest chapter a big fight against the City Lord. The MC is at stage 1 cultivation vs a Stage 4 City lord. This is equivalent to the MC 30 levels below the BOSS. Somehow the MC manages to use BULLsh*t rage power and is able to injure + overpowered the BOSS even when the boss uses his ULTIMATE technique combining 100, 000 Stage 1 soldiers with him. This is after the fact that the Author specifically states that the differences between each stage are heaven and earth. But the MC apparently don't give a f*ck. My personal opinion is the author have no f*cking clue on how to make a big fight since all he did previously is BUFF the MC and now just throw a City Lord fight for a dumbass reason.

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-Praise China like his f*cking life depend on it and the author is someone who doesn't even f*cking take a world history class before. Racism is definitely in this novel.

Spoiler

China apparently have the greatest fate ever with their so call 5000 years of history when other countries are all young without any great achievement. When he doesn't even know about the great Mongol Empire, Spanish Empire, British Empire, etc.. Those empires apparently don't have a great legacy to leave behind to their descendant.

Every time some event happens. The author praises China like it is the center of the world. Nothing can beat Great China and the Unification of China is such a great event that no other country can be accomplished in their country. Reading these praises make me want to drop it. I wanted to give more chapters until I make a final decision but it just continues.

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Spoiler

If you really want a time-wasting novel then this is the novel for you. This novel is created by the author for Chinese Audience so do not assume your patriotic view of your country while reading. It will make your reading experience a total shit.

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Overall: I feel like I am reading statements of what the MC did/got.
*ding* the MC obtain XXX drops.
*ding* the MC beat XXX BOSS.
*ding* the MC conquer XXXX Village. <<less
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Stark3
Stark3 rated it
March 20, 2018
Status: c5
I was only able to read until chapter 5 before I had to drop the novel. That's kind of unusual for me because I usually try to stick up to the double digit chapter count before judging anything, and at least up to chapter 100 before I put in a review. But I couldn't help it... I don't know if it's just a translation issue, but everything seems so bland. World building details are glossed over in favor of numerical / game related data. It indicates either laziness or lack... more>> of ability in the author's part to properly describe events - you get the definite feeling that you'd be bombarded with arbitrary numbers and ratings further on instead of any meaningful story.

Also, with the way that it's initially set up (right at the start, MC gets a SSS rated military general, a SS minister, and 2 S level producers and a S level healer), you know that there'd be little to no tension in the conflicts the MC would have. This is in a world where people are rated from SSS to F. F!!!! Any issue that the MC would have would need to be incredibly contrived for him to work up a sweat. Also, if he's that high powered from the start, what ridiculous heights would things have to go to to support 1k plus chapters of progress? <<less
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XXxxxadisxxxXX
XXxxxadisxxxXX rated it
August 21, 2018
Status: c130
I like the novel just as a time waster. There are some obvious things that are just plain dumb and s*upid that most people would think would not even get through editing. The major thing problem I had with this novel is the Chinese supremacist thing. It seems that almost every single novel I read that is Chinese it either ridiculously horrible, the characters have horrible flaws, or the author seems to think every other race should be ens*aved under the Chinese and they don't reserved to breathe the same... more>> air as them. I can ignore that and read it but when its three chapters in a row multiple times where the novel outright says that all other places in the world are not as culturally developed and are some how lesser it starts to get annoying. If you look farther into it it is literally implied that all other races should be ens*aved under the Chinese in a chapter. Most of the time when it is a Chinese novel I will skip over it if actually has anything at all to do with the real world because the author constantly makes racist jokes and themes prevalent in his novel.

Edit : I can't even read this as a time waster anymore. When I read I actually try to understand what I am reading and build a view on the world around the main character but with this novel it is too ridiculous. I gave this a try and I am dropping it. There are to many problems with it I think I am gonna give up on most Chinese novels in general every single one I read ends up being a bust. I enjoy some of them but most of the time it ends being more of a hassle or time waster then anything else. One final note has anyone else noticed how a lot of Chinese authors tend to over detail there story or make the world building so unbelievable that its almost unreadable or is that just me? For example something like The world was formed after the end of the ancient era when gods and demons were plenty but humans were just live stock. As this era came to a end the colossal demons and gods faded away and left behind countless islands and continents made of their dead bodies. Our story begins with a young boy named Shu Feng (I think that is a Chinese name) who found a random maguffin from ancient times that gives him the bloodline of one of the ancient god eyes who conquered most of the ancient eras world. That was just me making up a random opening based off of some of the crazy Chinese novels I have read.

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bodesagaz
bodesagaz rated it
August 13, 2018
Status: c69
This novel is so ret*rded that it's funny hehuehuheu

It's plain tr*sh, but I wanted to see how far can a ret*rded autor go, so I kept reading.

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Spoiler

First, some girl with several bodyguards goes to him ordering that he has to go live in some sort of HQ of his deceased mother's family and do absolutely nothing, just being fattened in a free house with free food, without asking him any questions or having him to do any shit, just eat, play and sleep. And he might die if re refuses.

Second, some dude of his deceased father's family decide that a 20 old orphan kid that quit college to be a neet in the expense of his powerful mother's family is a extreme treat to his several hundred years old legacy family, and therefore put a 60 million dollar bounty on his head, risking having trouble with the evem more powerful family that is protecting him.

Now, a lot more sh*t happened but I will keep the count to three, so here it goes.

Third, in a in-game auction of chap 69 some random little girl immobilizes him, put her hand in his mouth and made a bid saing that he is going to pay. His strong bodyguard just stood there like nothing is happening, and the auctioneer thought that this sh*t was an extremely normal and recurrent matter, and gone like ~alright, this item goes to sir, lets go to the next item.

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Also there is the matter of te autor going nuts about numbers, the MC feed items wort several gold coins to his horse when he was poor and figuring out how to make money, and then bought land, raised a building and opened a restaurant of normal food to make it even wit te profits of the first day working.

I really hope that this novel will be the craziest and most ret*rded novel ever, if you want to see how nuts can a s*upid author go then join me on this journey!

If not, then don't bother giving a f*ck about this novel. <<less
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Dante777
Dante777 rated it
July 30, 2019
Status: 2500
This is a crappy novel no matter how you try to spin it. The logic of the author is simply ret*rded. The MC is simply a hypocritical POS! He goes around raping and stealing any woman he wants regardless of whether or not she is married then tries to act like what he is doing is right.

At one point in the story he forces 12 Light Priestess who were members of his empire to change their affiliation to a Dark God. They do not want to so because they have... more>> been dedicated to their faith since they were children and want to remain faithful. The MC tells them if they do not do so willingly he will force them into prostitution or force them to kill their family members if they do not do so. Some try to kill themselves and instead he ends doing to usual r*pe converting them to the Dark.

He is always saying how once someone is a member of his Empire they will live great lives and they will be his people but, in the end he just turns out to be a POS who will abuse his own people.

At another point in the story he sees some Tauren about to r*pe his brothers wife and he finds it disgusting so he intervenes and injures the Tauren only for him to go and r*pe the woman himself.

Ya, that's the type of ret*rded logic the author keeps putting out and he wants people to see the MC as the so called hero lol

He gets enraged over and over at the actions of his enemies when he himself is carrying out the same actions or even worse but, because it's the MC the author thinks people are s*upid enough to just turn a blind eye to the blatant hypocrisy!

For the first 600+ chapters its pretty obvious that the author is a virg*n who has no idea what it's like to be with a woman. After that he just starts writing to live out his personal NTR Fantasies. It's the same damn plot over and over and the next 1000+ chapters after that. The only thing that changes is the location and names. Why Chinese idiots paid for this is beyond me.

Around 1300 Things go to sh*t and fast! The story then completely shifts away from the main story so that for over 300+ chapters the MC going can go Tribe from Tribe of different animal species yet, do the same damn thing every chapter. He arrives, taunts the leader, beats him and screws their wives/relatives. If you can name an animal then there was a chapter where the MC went to that animal tribe and r*ped it's women. What makes it even more hysterical is he gets enraged and disgusted when he sees some men and woman having an or*y and of course kills them and takes the women.

What's worse is that we get a repeat of the Exotic Beast Arc when he goes on the Spiritual God Arc for another 300+ chapters. He does the exact same thing over and over and over. You can literally just skip over 90% of the arc and you will not miss anything

I actually find myself wishing someone would kidnap and screw some of his wives to give him a little Karma

UPDATE 8/2: LMFAO!!!! THIS NOVEL WAS BANNED IN CHINA!!! HAHAHA <<less
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storybookknight
storybookknight rated it
April 30, 2018
Status: v1c9
This novel is exceptionally dull. The protagonist is a block of wood with the emotional depth of a puddle, the gamelike interface with the 'other world' is unexamined and poorly considered, and the combat between groups is unrealistic and poorly written. I strongly recommend reading something else.
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genkigenki
genkigenki rated it
September 1, 2018
Status: c150
This novel is a train wreck... There are so many plot holes it's ridicules. DBZ like power-ups in fights, so fights take a couple of chapters while some fights are totally avoidable. Example: A young lord kills his people. He becomes wanted in a city and tries to get out. He gets out the city and then is surrounded. 10 chapters before this he finds a teleport scroll that can take him away from the fight. So you might think he would use it is this fight but nooooooo. MC... more>> wants to kill all the guards that are just doing their job. So you get a fight scene where he just keeps doing power ups. Its such a s*upid fight u can just skip 3 of 4 chapters and you wouldn't have missed a thing.

And there is also the clear China is the greatest in the world mentality that you have a like 7 powerful families with a long culture in china, and the rest of the world gets almost nothing. Its worse because Europe get a fictional family (Arthur Pendragon's family). There will be no Ganges khan. No huns. No Greeks. No Persians. No ottomans. We have Caesar and Nobunaga and the everything else is china.

The military part is crap and also unrealistic. He also doesn't have to pay his soldiers or citizens. And of course like every Chinese novel with an op MC there is just to much plot armor. And the nail in the coffin is that the city building is done so poorly. He doesn't have to worry about food. Researching teleportation takes 7 days. You cant invent anything. You have to find blueprints. So how did he research teleportation again...

TLDR: Well I give this Novel a 1. There is to much wrong with it and it doesn't do anything right. If you really like city building novels, you can suspend your disbelieve and are really really bored that maybe you should read this, but I doubt it... <<less
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qull
qull rated it
May 31, 2018
Status: c505
A very slow start, but one thing to note is the MC is very villainous. MC have OP power since start, and he simply go by the flow and grows larger without much obstacle. The real world are more interesting than the game world, because MC in real world is pretty weak and he has to struggle. However, MC turn completely into different person when he is in game world.

You can expect a lot of parody, mainly characters from Ancient Chinese history, Chinese game, etc. You can expect a lot... more>> violent, sexism, heavy Chinese nationalism, etc.

Spoiler

MC will slaughter country after country just to expand his lands. His goal is to dominate the (game) world. On the other hand, he would force the enemy girl from country which he wiped out their entire clan to be his "concubine" just to gain some "game merit". They are treated as lower than s*ave, where they would be imprisoned forever since MC only care about the merits. When one of them tried to revolve, she was stripped naked in front of everyone just for the humiliation.

There will be a lot of netori. Where the MC will force (or clan will force) girls who already have their husbands or lovers to become his "concubine". Even married women with kids. Some of them will give up own husband for MC, since that's how ancient world works (?) when women are up against a tyrant. Later on, MC does "rape" girl casually by using some sort of aphrodisiac finger skill just to get information or make the girl turn into his s*ave.

For instance, there's one scene where he aphrodisiac-r*pe an enemy maidservant, so that the maidservant would let him into a female general house. Then he aphrodisiac-r*pe the female general, so that she would let him into the empress palace. Then he aphrodisiac-r*pe the empress so that she would turn against the emperor and side him (and give him her daughter).

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freezray
freezray rated it
March 27, 2018
Status: c52
Cool Story so far its a lot more laid back in the way everything happens. I actually like that change of pace for once most Chinese novels tend to overexplain even minor details like how the MC acquired a rare plant even though later on it will be pretty much useless. Also, I saw a virtual reality tag and even someone comparing this to another virtual reality novel. Which confused me because this isn't virtual reality the MCs soul is transported to another world he's just able to return to... more>> the real world at will.

All in all, if you're into the Tolkien style of having a profound background for every blade of grass then this story is probably not be for you. Also if you like the grandiose style of some authors were every action is profound and mysterious then this novel is not for you. <<less
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Myumara
Myumara rated it
October 23, 2018
Status: c880
This starts off as a pretty good kingdom building novel, but quickly devolves. After a while you'll ask yourself how this person even accomplishes anything, and the story will devolve into useless s*x and cultivation level that are completely inconsistent. After a while you'll see that everything you liked about this novel is already gone.

The worse of them all is the author forgets 70% of the things he's given the MC, items, skills, pets. Which I can understand because the MC has the thickest plot armor you will ever see.
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gary0044187
gary0044187 rated it
June 20, 2018
Status: c898
Finally had to stop reading this garbage. I tried so hard to soldier through it, great concept. Terribly executed.
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Author uses DBZ style fights every 20-50 chapters to make it not boring. That's great and all, but this is a kingdom building story. So anyone wanting to read kingdom building will naturally be bored with the DBZ fights.

Next is the r*petastic parts of the story. Dude literally captures thousands of women to add to his harem, for reasons. Great excuses and all, but the hundreds that he forces to have s*x with him so that he can refine their ancestral tools is called r*pe. I don't care if "she liked it later", that is still r*pe, if you don't understand that then I don't know, just turn yourself in to your local police department before you assault a woman.

Next is the absolutely ridiculous conflict in this story. First you have players being tricked into fighting him. 10s of millions at a time. Wait, 10s of millions of players are combat classes in a game environment where everyone kinda has no ability to opt out? Sounds like BS to me. I mean, yeah, maybe in all of china there are 10s of millions of combat players, but this author assumes EVERYONE is going to be a combat player. Old people, children, the infirm, everyone. But, that's not unrealistic enough, no somehow we take it a step further and the other legacies can somehow convince 10s of millions of players to attack just one legacy over and over again. Sure if there was no negative, this makes since, but you lose everything in game when you die. EVERYTHING. Especially after MC comes up with ways to KILL YOU IRL if you screw with him.

Finally, they are approaching the point where they will merge soon with the real heaven's awaken world, and all the other legacies are still so blinded that htey are trying to destroy MC in spite of the fact that it could leave them so badly weakened that they won't survive once the merger happens? How s*upid do you expect me to believe these people are? FFS, author, I get it. Its an excuse to make MC look badass once again and to screw over anyone who dared to threaten MC, but its s*upid as hell and noone that had made it this far would be that dumb.

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TL:DR : this story is disjointed, forgets what it is, filled with gratuitous r*pe, and has some of the s*upidest plotlines I have ever freaking read. I want the time I spent reading this back.
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Valtize
Valtize rated it
March 23, 2018
Status: c1
Havn't read much to write a proper review, but it's one of the few chinese Base/Kingdom building Novels, hence im partial towards it. I've been looking for such novels for a looooong time, and this one is pretty decent. It does have a feeling of slightly less tension due to the start (overpowered subordinates, etc), but its still pretty nice if you are looking for a good kingdom builder. I'll probably hold off till chapter 100 or so before I read further, just so I don't get caught in any... more>> cliffhangers. <<less
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HeXie
LoneSoul rated it
March 29, 2018
Status: c55
Too simple. Does not really engage you into the story. MC is potrayed as a cold, intelligent and sharp person but... to be honest it is only the coldness that is seen. His character is too flat. ... more>>
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And what the hell is the problem with Li family? It's like they have no brain or just low IQ. MC's little brother... wants to kill him to the way of his glory? Isn't their places are far from one another... the heaven way world is huge right?

What is the most important point in my mind is, why in the world heaven world details is almost immediately known and shared? It is something that is unexpected right? So suddenly having this detail and that detail posted in the forum? Basing it on the China lands immediately? What in the world man. The story flow is dissonant as well. Like jump to this point without any reason or background. God, I never even criticize other stories that I have read as much as this since while some of the characters are a**holes in their stories, at the very least the story of those characters has better flow and does not make me think of what, how, why. They just let me read without thinking of the logic which is the point of me reading novels! I don't want to think of the logic, I just want to enjoy the story. They never get me to this point.

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Honestly when I read the synopsis, I thought it was not so bad. Typical transmigration with game elements... but... ugh

Fail.

Utter failure.

It's like you want to make similar story like 'the world online' only to fall so far below the mark it is not funny. Sigh, I apologize author and translator, but I don't think I can read this more... and sorry to have been so harsh but I am utterly disappointed. The kingdom building I seek is just... not there. <<less
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float99
float99 rated it
April 7, 2018
Status: c74
Extremely slow start and pacing. The writing is pretty terrible, in that there is no way to understand the viewpoint of the protaganist. MC is put into the world, immediately understands how it works, and just starts doing things. No justification, reasoning, emotional viewpoints, nothing; MC just does things.

Imagine watching a twitch stream of a player who does not talk, plays an MMO you don't know anything about, and is immediately doing the most efficient way to level. It just feels like a long, boring set-up for the "end-game".

Most interesting... more>> parts are what happens outside of the game world, which are very few and far between chapters. <<less
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ayoubreg
ayoubreg rated it
June 9, 2018
Status: c211
I started reading some novels of the same type when I saw this novel just starting; I started reading from the beginning and like it, sometimes it may like details compared to other novels, but it's better, too many details ruin the story, the MC is smart, calm and have an aura of being mysterious, he is not OP but he grows on a fast pace only tanks to his logical and smart decisions with his helpers, its a novel where the story is being built on a good pace... more>> while MC kept his identity from real world, it fun to see how people when he is in the real worlds if thos happens rarely, still no romence until now, well I hope they will be a bit (no harem) , I can't yet make a comparasion with his rivals players as there s still no confrontation with reals other players but looking forwoard too, if you are searching for a simple, well constructed with a bit of strategy novel, this is definetly a good choice. <<less
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Eanovel
Eanovel rated it
April 24, 2018
Status: --
Great novel, hooked me immediately and read through a fair chunk of what has been translated in one sitting. There is a great steady progression and the themes and motifs that have been portrayed are well developed as the plot progresses and definitely shows the authors commitment and skills.

I think this novel is also very good, recommended!

https://www. Novelupdates. Com/series/the-supreme-of-milky-way/
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Monlord
Monlord rated it
April 22, 2018
Status: c103
If you like kingdom building and weak MC (who became strong over time) then you will love this story. The story is different from the rest as it is based on the real world with some kind of thing like gate that transport people in a fantasy world to rule or to be ruled by npc, players, etc.
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Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba rated it
April 24, 2018
Status: c100
Very bland.

There's no emotions in this story. Any issue that possesses depth is wilfully ignored in favour of simple game mechanics. Racial relationships? Of course, it's all sunflower harmony. What of the women? Oh my, the protagonist supposedly is immune to their charm... but really? Why, is he be manipulated by them so easily? Is this the sign of a great man. How wonderful.

This story however is better than counterpart world-building novels because the protagonist doesn't openly preach about morality and righteousness. Apart from that, the average reader can skip... more>> fifty chapters and find that apart from a few female companions, and territory added, there's no difference at all. Nein. All the same.

I truly do regret wasting an hour reading this rubbish. <<less
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sal
sal rated it
March 30, 2018
Status: c58
If you like kingdom building and weak MC then you will love this story. The story is different from the rest as it is based on the real world but the fantasy world is in another dimension (Not virtual reality).
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