e.g., Fox Lord/little fox turns out to be the prince of the nine-tailed foxes/fox tribe and his older sister is super OP. She was chained in a place and Qin Mo's the only one who is able to save her just because he happens to be the descendant (or was it reincarnation... or maybe he just received the dude's martial arts, I don't remember) of this guy whom I never really bothered to figure out who the heck he was - because at that point I was just plowing on and stopped trying to understand everything lol. Due to this, she owes him a favor.

I really hoped r*pe wouldn't be used as plot device. I was so, so, so, SO (did I mention SO????????) disappointed. I read Attica's review when I was already around chapter 60 and I nearly dropped it, but I still held on to hopes. But, nope. And not only does he r*pe Qin Mo in a fit of jealousy, he does it several times iirc. He also forces a sort of lovers' binding flower thing on him, where if anyone other than your lover touches you, you get this burning feeling. (Eventually, this becomes significant for something else that happens later on.) I was so upset and felt so bad for Qin Mo that I shed a few actual tears lol. Even when I got up to the part where Lin Zizheng says, "I love you" to Qin Mo, I did not feel moved.

That's only because when Lin Zizheng asks Qin Mo if they could start over, Qin Mo goes, "I forgive you, but I don't think I can ever love you..." To that, Lin Zizheng answers with okay, but he thinks to himself that he has time and one day, Qin Mo will come to love him. Call me whatever, but I was satisfied that Qin Mo doesn't all of a sudden realize he's been hopelessly in love with Lin Zizheng all along. I know in some novels, a lot of hand-wavy stuff happens and everyone's happy at the end, so this ending redeemed some of the disappointment I felt.

Although I did not check the reviews before reading, I had an idea of the plot as I read. I understand that he's a yandere but his disregard of the MC makes him seem more like an antagonist rather than an ML. After they reunited, he was very accomodating to the MC but it was just... too little too late. Also he felt no remorse and takes no responsibility for directly ruining the MC's life.

His original master, his junior sister, that one guy that was held as a medcinal s*ave (who was freed only to be captured by demons), the fox demon pet thing, his second master???? All amazing characters with a great potential back stories, but with the way the plot is developing, it doesnt seem like we'll ever get to see more of them.

Speaking of plot, it seems as though this entire novel is just undermining previous conflicts by heavily focusing on bigger plots. And they keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger. AND THOSE PREVIOUS CONFLICTS NEVER GET RESOLVED. Like what's gonna happen to his old master when he finds out about the plant the MC found for him? How about his poor junior sister? Is she going to blacken or stay on the rightous path but become a common enemy of the cultivation world? What about the mysterious tribe behind the dead s*ave owner?? IS THIS WHAT A PLOT HOLE I SMELL???

And with all of these heavy plots overshadowing each other, I don't understand how the MC hasn't cried himself to sleep or at least blanked out. I get that his character is supposed to be resilient but... even the most determined become tired. It's come to the point where in the middle of a battle, I would wonder when the MC is gonna catch a break.

He deliberately made it seem like MC was a demonic cultivator, causing all the sects and even MC's shifu to turn away from him given the evidence. It's one thing if he was going to clear the charges, but I'm pretty sure ML had no intention of doing so and fully intended on having everyone abandon MC.

I don't understand why the ML chose the demonic path when both paths (Demon and Buddha) will make one become strong. ML said that the demonic path will make him stronger, but if the original plotline was followed, the Buddha path is very compatible with him.

when he framed QM (MC), it was infuriating. Why did he have to frame him??? (Wait, let me answer that question). He frames MC just to show that everyone, except for him (ML) cannot be trusted. ML isn't even that strong to fight the sect leaders.

the MC and ML went to another world. How about the side characters??? What happens to them?

MC and ML went to the demon realm. What happened to the supposed to be revenge???

the MC and ML fell into a lake then went to a new realm. Again. ML was so s*upid for not checking the lake. Like, are they the only ones that got s**ked by the water? How could he not even be curious what's with the lake in his territory? And in this arc, the MC's peers and enemies were also captured by the demon realm, also the fox lord. They were dropped. If MC comes back, are they already dead?

In the Nascent realm, there comes the Black Cavern then the Tomb Palace.

Twist, history isn't changed that much, Lin Zizheng frames Qin Mo for the crimes QM was accused of in the novel so his life is ruined. This is all a plot by LZZ to keep Qin Mo all to himself because he "loves" him. Since Qin Mo is a cinnamon roll to pure and good for this world, reading about Lin Zizheng abusing him and conniving to mu*der his friends & loved ones & even pets is sort of nauseating.