I don't think that the grandchildren were forgotten by the author. The world often has clans related to each other in the upper and lower realms. Each has an origin caused by family members separating. Not everyone can become strong enough to ascend, and the Xiao descendants no longer receive constant support from their ascended relatives. Additionally, most of the powers related to the MC in the lower realms needed heirs. Those few abandoned grandchildren are just right to revitalise those families. I think it's also possible that the author may have had most of them ascend sooner or later, but found a good stopping point before having to kill some of the descendants off.

I think that my biggest regret is that the secrets of the MC's body cultivation method were never fully explored. There was potential for more plot along that route. I also feel like the special trees could have had more to them, considering that the tree of life was once sentient and friends with another of the trees.

MC died for real and everything in the plot is his personal heaven.
1. Plot Armor/Wish Fulfilment would become reasonable

2. Jade Pendant really had no powers, but is how the MC can rationalise everything going so well in a cultivation setting (he even dripped blood on it before he died)

3. First thing he got waking up were things he didn't get to have before his death (male wife, children, special powers, etc)

4. He read enough cultivation novels to have this kind of world be generated from his deepest desires.

Author at one point has the main cast as almost side line characters. Mu Yun x Qui Yun story become the main storyline with the annoying Xie Warren. Even Mu Yun said he had suspension about the whole drug incident but does nothing "waiting" yearsfor qui yun to come back ?_?.

I wished they had MuYun investigates Xie warren right off the bat after the Qui Yun and his grandfather incident and chased after "Qui Yun" years earlier so they can investigate together and develop feelings then get revenge and/or save the grandpa while our main cast can still get involved teach them cooking, help resolve the poison, and have some sweet moments. Sry im rewriting the story. Dunno that part was totally poorly written and boring. The author does get back to the main characters after deiving off the road for a while.

Another issue the timeline. At the beginning time skip was few months to a year. Then when it started the massive time skips things started to not make sense or forgotten about. Maybe take the 0 off 10 year 20 year 50 years. I guess I was suppose to feel those timeskip are nothing bc its a cultivation novel. But what about the side line characters then? Are we suppose to assume the grandkids kept up with their cultivation and not die off? I read the mtl so wasnt sure what happen to the grandkids, the brother family?

I did want more development, story, and sweet moments for the

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• MC brother and his family (i hope they were moved to higher planes too.)
• xiaodong, xiaofan and xiaojin & their husbands.
• xiaodong, xiaofan, and xiaojinn interaction with the their babies
• MCxML with grandbabies
• plus a wedding. They never show the kids wedding. I imagine their small only family wedding would have been touching and sweet.
• The other half of the story, Xiaodong and Xiaofan didnt have any screen time. Even Xiaojin didnt really have much. Family dynamic at the beginning
  was so good. I wish the author coninuted it in the other half of the story too.
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