The Overlord of Blood and Iron

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The Overlord, Kang Chul-In. The man who was so strong that he had to be defeated. Having lost, he must now go back in time to take up the challenge of becoming The Emperor in the Continent of Pangaea. Will Kang Chul-In be able to overcome the 9 other Overlords in order to grasp the Continent of Pangaea within his hands?

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Tiger5445
Tiger5445 rated it
November 16, 2020
Status: c335
There have been hella reviews stating things like it's bad bc its racist. I agree that's true, but it doesn't make the story bad. The plot and MC are amazing. Love the world building and territorial growth making the MC into an emperor. MC may be a little s*upid at times but that's wat makes the story interesting. I just wanna say: This is a good read. Dont give up on it just cuz some ret*rds and morons didnt like the fact it was a little racist. Read it urself... more>> and find out if u liked it as reviews are wat each individual felt after reading it. <<less
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Novice Warrior
Novice Warrior rated it
July 4, 2020
Status: c97
very bad

the novel is decent in SOME things other than that its just too terrible.

the MC has a horrible personality and sometimes does some minor decent things at best.

all the stuff other people wrote is correct I can vouch for it, other than the nationalist patriotic bullsh*t I didn't see that anywhere. He did diss japanese people to provoke a japanese lord but I don't think thats enough to say that he is a nationalist or patriotic. Because he isn't a patriotic person he is just a narcissist who doesn't... more>> give a sh*t about other people. When someone attacks him he acts like they are arrogant people who don't act responsible by starting wars but he himself starts wars like a madman one after another without stopping at all.

WORST PART

he doesn't differentiate between people who attack him or whom he attacks. He treats them both similarly and thinks it is his birth right to kill anyone he wishes to and everyone should kneel to him or die.

while it suits the name and what one would normally expect from this novel it is too simplistic in this. Everyone follows him loyally because of his CHARISMA which is invisible to every single reader.

if a lord is incompetent he thinks they don't deserve to be lords and crushes or kills them and if a lord is competent he kills them anyway because his soldiers died (in a battle which he orders his soldiers to fight). <<less
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kjpo34
kjpo34 rated it
March 11, 2020
Status: c94
There are so many low ratings that I wanted to balance it out. This is a really interesting novel. If you like a protagonist who is a true military leader and lord in every sense of the word, and watch him as he navigates military conquests, territory management, revenge, personal relationships, in a fascinating new world, please give this a try. I started today and was so hooked I read all the available translations, and truly think it’s a fun read. Just love this main character for his code of... more>> ethics and righteousness <<less
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Rangle
Rangle rated it
October 8, 2017
Status: c23
It's a pretty generic fantasy redo story. It makes a decent read while you're waiting for other good novels to update. While I'm not going to be as harsh as some other reviewers, I do agree with their observations tho'. The MC acted tough but he's really soft at heart. He promised himself that he would change and crush his enemies but he ended up breaking that promise early on. A soft merciful guy that likes to act tough. I don't see anything wrong with that. Not all MCs can... more>> be bloodthirsty warriors. <<less
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Subline Act
Subline Act rated it
September 14, 2020
Status: c180
Meh/Good -. (1.5* star) Although the World is Unique amongst my list and enough to pique my interest as well as yours, the writing isn't which in turn make this novel somewhat disappointing. Most of the chapters per row/line is just dialogue between characters like;

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Yeah. Almost most novel I read is DETAILED on actions, places and mood but despite all of it, I'll recommend this to new and liked fast paced story and on point Novel readers.

My Status:... more>> c.180 Update: --- You know what I'll drop this novel It's annoying me with the characters especially when they're conversing

“I thought I told you that I’ve already learned it.”
“Y-You... don’t tell me you forcefully increased the capacity of your brain by... ?”
“Of course I did.”
“But, the aftereffects... ”
“Who cares.”
“...!”
“I think I’d be able to sell my soul if that let me beat you up.”
“T-That much... ?”
“Get ready.”

I mean seriously?!?! come on, the world premise itself is unique and interesting but with the way its story telling does. I can't help but pity this novel, such diamond at its rough <<less
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Tresdin
Tresdin rated it
May 26, 2020
Status: c170
Overlord of Blood and Iron is a refreshing take on typical Korean novel plot. The fantasy world is basically a feudal society with cool stuff like dragons, magic, demihumans, etc, so it's a nice setting for some adventure or battles. The strength of the novel its speed. While the premise is strange the author gets straight to the good stuff: the conquest.

OBI is a slightly shallow but very fun story about becoming the top dog. Watching Kang Chul-in meet tough opponents and beat the odds every time is pretty satisfying,... more>> and watching the cast of characters interact with each other is cool too. Anyway, I recommend you give it a read so you can judge for yourself. Also the people crying 'racism' are probably JP weebs who are buttblasted because KCI dropped 'the bomb' on a certain somebody: I would ignore them. <<less
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gazelle
gazelle rated it
March 18, 2020
Status: c100
I feel that this novel is better than most of korean novels here in novelupdates. It has army/kingdom building, conquest, adventure and harem. The MC isnt a p**sy. I rated this novel because I feel like I need to balance the rating. It got rated 1-2 because the MC spare a sovereign life which is not related to the most of the story. The spared sovereign is already disqualified which isnt a threat anymore. I dont get it why that viewer always want to kill. Being a cold-blooded and mu*derer... more>> makes a character a tyrant which is prone to betrayal and being deserted by anyone which is always depicted in our history. Reading cultivation novel that always like to kill makes it viewers ret*rded just like the virus that this novel's country spread, harm to everyone. <<less
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Mahesvara_
Mahesvara_ rated it
July 30, 2023
Status: c78
This story might be enjoyable if you're tired of Calm and Cold type of MC. The MC here is hotblooded, irritable, arrogant, mostly reasonable but sometimes makes an over the top decisions. An Antihero protagonist with an actual antihero personality. I actually like this kind of MC and I would like to continue reading if I still enjoy the story but the plot really ruined it for me. Although it has an interesting start, it's going downhill as I read more, I don't like the fact that author forcing the... more>> idea that MC is actually some kind of Reincarnation of some emperor from ancient times. It's hard to relate and made me dislike the MC's story because of this. This is one of the main problems in korean webnovels, most of their characters started at the bottom of the chain and then climb up but as they climb up it turns out they're actually some kind of reincarnation of a great person from the past or like child of some important family. Why can't the MC just be a normal guy who climb the top of the food chain without any of these Past Lives bullshit, all the MC's struggles and hardwork felt like it only happen because of some "Fate" bullsh*t and not because of his hardwork.

It also has some serious harem problems. Unlikable romantic candidates! Their way of falling in love with the MC is forced and written with cheap logic. If you dislike harem then don't even try this, because this is way worse than most harem story. It's not just shallow, it's also uncomfortable because the author is forcibly converting the feeling of "Respect" and "Gratitude" of the women here into a "Romantic" feeling making them fall for the MC. Although the MC is ignoring the women, the author will create scenarios where MC get closer to them making the MC "uncomfortable". It's a harem written in a half-ass way.

Chapter 77 sealed it for me. I'm dropping this because of how shitty it becomes. I tried liking it and even force myself to like it but I can't. This author is masochistic and keeps creating scenarios that MC would hate. It would've been fine if MC just "indifferent" about those things but MC is clearly either "Mad", " Angry" and "Uncomfortable" but still continues to let those things he didn't like to happen. Story: 2/5
Style: 3/5
Concept: 3/5
Characters: 2/5
Overall: 2.5/5 <<less
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LehmD
LehmD rated it
May 7, 2022
Status: Completed
Amazing novel 4.5/5 rounded to 4

Overall I got really hooked on this one from the start and finished it in a few days.

Novel starts with MC going back to the past, we have seen this in a lot of novels but the whole Lord/kingdom building Puts an interesting spin on it.

I really enjoyed the territory Management aspect. The Main Focus is still war and Personal strength while economy and politics are less in Focus which is ideal in my opinion since I got bored of the World online really quickly... more>> since it Focused too much on administrative work.

I really liked that both reincarnation and the whole lord system/summoning got explained towards the end. I dislike it when authors finish the novel without doing so.

MCs character is interesting. He seems like quiet a psychopath when he ruthlessly beats up people but he treats his people really well which makes him likeable. MC also relies on other people a lot and gets their advice so it doesn't feel like he does everything himself even when he is as strong as an entire army.

China Bad, North kr bad, Japan bad, it's a bit annoying especially since it's just randomly thrown in there in the last chapters as if it was mandatory to have it there and does not influence the Story in any way.

Harem: political marriage makes sense since he is a lord and all that but its a bit unrealistic when they all fall in love at first sight. Would have been more interesting if it slowly developed after marriage. <<less
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Sp3ctralThi3f
Sp3ctralThi3f rated it
December 5, 2020
Status: Completed
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Macrendil Ysmir
Macrendil Ysmir rated it
November 22, 2020
Status: c343
It is very similar to other Korean novels with a levelling & otherworld setting. Along with the MC having his own quirks (just like other KR MC's). The MC is never truly challenged, but in my opinion that's not what many of these KR novels are about. Its about the satisfaction of seeing the MC stomp on arrogant people, laughing at the protagonist-windfalls and in general enjoying a light read.

If you want drama, read a transmigrated villainess, 2nd chance celebrity or what have you. This is lighthearted, comedic and satisfying... more>> curbstomping. <<less
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Grynthax
Grynthax rated it
April 11, 2020
Status: Completed
This novel is very good in my opinion. I think it has a very interesting concept that focuses more on kingdom growth + tactics rather than it does with raw power. I will start out with what I like and then roll into what I dislike. I enjoy a lot of Korean novels (Such as Overgeared, Ranker's Return, Reader, Second Coming of Gluttony, the list goes on) as most korean novels follow the same general concept with unique twists or interpretations of it. In my experience, I haven't seen novels... more>> that focused on kingdom growth with the exception of late into Overlord (my favorite all time novel but it's Japanese if I'm not mistaken). I enjoy the protagonist because he seems very wise in the ways of being a Lord (Because he has been one for 10 years, this isn't spoilers, it's in the prologue.) however I feel slightly off about the novel as the protagonist can be and often is very arrogant. Additionally, the harem which exists is also another dislike of mine. However, I justify continuing to read this novel because I can justify the dislikes. The protagonist is arrogant, this is true. However he has been No. 1 for a very long period of that time. If you are at the peak then confidence or arrogance is bound to come about. The harem is annoying as it tends to be a staple. I ultimately have no justification for this other than the acceptance that it is a staple of this sort of story.

Edit: As this novel is now complete I decided to come back and update my review. And I can fairly safely say that the majority of what was said in the original review is still somewhat accurate. It was an enjoyable read that included kingdom building, character growth although not a lot so don't get your hopes up, and an overpowered MC. All in all I would say that this was a great read. It's not a groundbreaking novel or anything like that but I quite liked it.

TL:DR - Give it a try. My rule is 10 chapters. Always try to give it at least 10 chapters. <<less
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Juslin
Juslin rated it
April 4, 2020
Status: c118
It's only okay. I would recommend you try a few chapters, and if you got heavily annoyed by the MC's arrogance, hypocrisy etc. then drop this novel. If you didn't, then well, here's basically a filler novel to read while waiting for good novels to be translated. I'll admit that it was decently interesting at the start, but it got pretty stale at around where I'm at since the MC's personality is so garbage and the dude has like no character development. Plus, the MC is way too overpowered. Now,... more>> I'm all for power trip fantasies, I mean, I really enjoyed reading One Man Army (a really extreme power trip novel, MC can curb stomp everyone even when his stats are reduced by 30% lol) and even re-read it multiple times, but this novel handles it really poorly. Like if you are going to make a novel about a guy going back in time and becoming overpowered, I would have expected him to abuse it more... If you wanted to write a story about going back in time but you don't want to become a novel that goes like "oh I know this will happen" "oh now I will collect this super OP hidden item" x100 then you could have done something like Second Coming of Gluttony, where the MC doesn't remember much about his past life but retained all his emotions and some of his experiences. Well, my review may be kind of biased because, to be honest, I dislike the MC's personality. Like I can tolerate it, but I don't like it at all. It makes the novel way harder to read. <<less
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Sekrit
Sekrit rated it
July 30, 2021
Status: Completed
This is a good story. Yeah, it's generic but it's up to the reader if he/she wants to read it. The story is at least solid and not prolonged. And the MC is of course OP. We have a little bit of romance, a tiny bit.

Overall, it's good and decent if you're looking for something to read to pass time.
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Vulcan Hajin
Vulcan Hajin rated it
January 28, 2021
Status: epilogue
Skyhighxx review is hilarous..

MC doesn't have friends, he only has subjects. Seriously, how many times did he consider someone as his equal? For his harem of course, those are HIS women, so it's ok.

Chose to reflect on himself? That's quite the joke.. He went from ' I'm going to get anything by killing left and right! ' To ' I'm going to get anything by killing left and right! And make money too! Money is important!! After all, I'm still a Super overlord! Lol '

Talking about revenge.. Lmao that took... more>> a veryyyy long time, for such ' hatred ' shown in the beginning, he wasn't in a hurry ahaha

Treating all genders the same? Well yeah, though with all the races in his territory, and knowing he mainly had undead/monsters in his territory before regressing, it's just logic.. Looking down on women for a race where women have power would be.. :) MC isn't dumb, he's simply childish, a narcissist that always considers himself the son of heaven. He should use 'Zhen' when he speaks his thoughts.

Read this novel if you like 'Son of heaven' type MC. Because I'm sure you could find a side story where he gets worshipped by some followers for defecating well <<less
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Graboid_42
Graboid_42 rated it
December 26, 2020
Status: c177
No consistency outside of being consistently poorly written. Rampant with overly used tropes. Things just randomly appear in the plot out of nowhere for the sake of convenience.

... more>>
Spoiler

i.e. In one area all of a sudden out nowhere the other overlords have the ability to just open up dungeons all over the place. Throughout this whole pile of used toilet paper masquerading as a 'novel' this has never even been close to being a thing and this is 170 some odd chapters in.

[collapse]

The 'author' should be flogged and jailed for the crime of bringing this abysmal POS into existence and subjecting reality to the abject horror that is reading any part of this garbage. <<less
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fangyuan
fangyuan rated it
December 14, 2020
Status: Completed
This novel seems like a young fan's first attempt to write a novel based on his favorite KR novels. MC is kinda cringy, bone-headed, and not likeable, at least for me. I have read many novels with anti-hero and 'good boy' MC but this MC is just a messy mix of everything. Plot holes are everywhere and some villains were surprisingly able to cause difficulties to MC despite him levelling up way ahead of his cohort. The harem is also a shoddy job. Despite all the negative aspects, I would... more>> still recommend it as a starter webnovel as you can read it with little to no expectation. It is also an easy-to-read novel for those who are out of novels to read. <<less
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Celes
Celes rated it
December 5, 2020
Status: Completed
This is novel has a good character development and also the kingdom building. Mc's past life he was portrait as warmonger even on his second life (current timeline). The MC is decisive and has clear goal since he was reincarnated with his memories (till he died in his past life) that is why you could understand his character development. I can't deny that the MC is too arrogant and being a racist (well I don't really mind about these things, after all he was an Overlord on his previous life.)... more>>

-About his Harem

MC's had 7 wives by the of the novel. I like Lee Chae-Rin the most. She is very useful to MC and also Ninetails. I don't like Han Ye-Sun (/brynhildr) She keep fighting against the MC without investigating the truth (she is capable to that but she didn't), and that is why she is very s*upid. Also it was not mention what happen to her Father and MC (I'd like to know what happen because her father don't like the MC when he is a nobody, she become MC 4th wife lol). Hecate (6th wife) I like her personality, just like the MC and also Lucia (7th wife) I though MC forgot her but not.

-Lily Sephardi sadly she was not part of the harem. She was married to someone. I was hoping she would be together with MC.

I rate this novel 5/5

I like this novel, the character development, kingdom building. I understand what the MC worries at the epilogue. I feel the 355 chapters is enough and finished off the story well also concluded all major questions, while leaving room for more possible adventures in the future.

To Summarize

I recommended this novel, if you're looking for a antihero MC, decisive, ruthless and cunning.

I'd like to Thanks the Author and the Translation team for this wonderful novel. Its worth your time. <<less
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Leinyl
Leinyl rated it
June 1, 2020
Status: c90
It's entertaining enough to read but probably something you'll forget about after a couple of days.

The Main Character has enough intelligence and good decision making skills for the most part and that should be expected considering he has an abundant amount of experience from his previous life. However he is a conqueror which means he is arrogant, prideful and self-centered which could get quite annoying at times. Another problem I have with the MC is that he is already complete and no further development seems to be expected from him... more>> other than getting new allies, getting stronger in battle or finding new utilities in his territories which makes the story even duller in my opinion since it just makes me expect him to bulldoze through his enemies since he is already so strong and his territory already so versatile. Every time it was mentioned that the MC changed from his previous self feels like a half-assed attempt at character development since he still gets quite angry with the smallest of things. What's more it is already evident that most of the MCs ideology is flawed but the story/author is trying to make it seem like his methods are always the right one when in reality some of his methods seem rash and reckless. He at least knows how to deal with annoying characters (well except for that one arrogant prick at the start... really don't know why he spared him) so there's that thing to enjoy.

The story needs a lot to be desired. It is simple tale of the MC trying to conquer the continent but we barely know anything the world other than from the MC recalling his past life and what is happening around them so it just makes the situation dull. Every time a new character was introduced, we know it is just some cannon fodder or some potential ally of the MC so there is no anticipation to be felt from upcoming events when the outcome is narrowed down that much. Though it is entertaining to read when the focus is entirely on the MC or when there is at least a decent enemy he is facing.

Regarding the world-building.... At times it was decent and at times it just skims over things and forgets to mention important things. For example: the situation in the territory of an allied lord to the MC (Dorado) was explained quite well and answered how it went into that bad condition but then we were barely informed of anything about that territory right after dealing with its enemies.

And the translation, though not as bad as MTL not by a long shot, it still has numerous errors and some of those might even make you stop for a few seconds to process that sentence. Also, not sure if its like this in a raws or because of the translation but it gets confusing who talks when since despite having 2 sentences each enclosed in a set of quotation marks, it is still the same character talking. For example:

"[The MC is talking]"

"[Still the MC talking]"

Overall Rating: 5/10 <<less
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LordGrim102 rated it
February 12, 2019
Status: --
"Revenge is a dish that is best served cold" that was the best way to do things if you are making a story of betrayal. There other ways too that is not including bloodshed but a half hearted story will not do even if you are making a "no bloodshed route". I instantly hate the MC for being immature and indecisive. He is not an ideal or minimum passable typical MC, he is worst.
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