3 stars as in mediocre.

Why?

Here's a thing, it has "kinda" good story, good start, some interesting things going on, bu*t the author can't just help to put too much.. And I mean TOOOO MUCHHH *with extra characters* of unnecessary info dump, well I get it that MC in academy "arc" bu*t I don't need to know the details of dissecting mouse in novel, I need more interesting things going on, like magical mouse, magical tools, magical books, magical whatever in a MAGIC Academy, not details about BASIC science IRL that... more>> we already know *well some of us*, you can just skimp thru those with just surface no need to get into details too much for IRL science, we read MAGICAL story for the "magic" part not science study.

Just saying.

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What can you do with accelerated healing? Fellow daoist, walk with me along the path of consuming copious amounts of poisons, drugs, narcotics and elixirs. Why? Because the potions that don't kill you, make you stronger!

What does this story contain? Videogame stat leveling system complete with stat points and exp, identify skill perk, photographic memory cheat, and a physical 'i cant die unless my hp reaches zero but my hp regen keeps increasing' body-cheat. Set in a fantasy world that has multiple cultivation systems including body cultivation, alchemy, magic... more>> and possibly some kind of hybrid system custom tailored to the mc's special cheats that is only briefly mentioned because its practiced in a different continent and therefore unavailable but might be relevant later! 50 chapters in and there have been basically zero fights, face slapping, or any kind of drama. MC is breezing through life and having a good time. He has his jade faced beauty and no young master dares court death. The government is benevolant and the citizens are kind. This is a chinese slow life isekai story similar to the japanese ones. It's not terrible, and some of the weirdness might be the translator's fault rather than the author's as this is clearly MTL, edited by ai. Who calls Hp levels, blood levels? Robots. Who ends a chapter with "Is this closer to the style and context you're looking for?"? Robots. But don't let that stop you from enjoying this fun little story. <<less

It's decent, I guess. The MC is a bit too childish, if I remember correctly. My immersion is somewhat ruined by the cliche and very convenient circumstances that appear in the story. It still has potential to be fairly good, but there have already been signs of some tr*shy forced romance appearing, which makes me worried. If romance does appear in the novel, I will edit this review to inform fellow readers with good taste that this isn't worth checking out. Also, please note, the MC is a good guy... more>> and I don't see him turning evil. <<less

Surprisingly interesting so far. The writing style doesn't really fit my preferences, but it's not bad. I'm interested to see how the MC will grow in the future.

compared to the group's other projects that are just there to pump their portfolio here while also having shoddy editing (which is basically none if what the reviews from all the projects that i've looked at would show) ; a barest minimal effort on MTL->copy-paste->1% editing->post the "chapter.

but this, they seem to care by 1% more. less glaring errors from the editing (because someone is actually editing it? not just the straight copy-paste?)

starting at 20+ though, the editing "quality" has started to break a bit; either it's their "editor"... more>> or the machine/program they're using is going haywire.

but the ONE thing that really hit me the most here, and it is the chopping of the chapters to really fluff the submissions here.

i had the same gripes with the handling of "man picked up by the gods (reboot) "; VERY unnecessary fragmenation of the chapters to inflate said "chapters" (to be clear, it's the group handling it and NOT the novel itself)

i can understand this if they wanted to offload what is already done to what is not, but why not postpone the postings so you can submit a full one later. these mini-chapters doesn't even deserve their "chapter" moniker.

AND from evidences from all their projects, it is very likely that there is NO human element involved, just MTL, so why are they segmented like this??? it's that clicks, baby!! and the subscribe so you can read more ahead. but what's ahead is just the same chapter because it got chopped to pieces, call it a "chapter", and end a successfull day for them.

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+this is a small, yet frustrating "1st world" problem, proper (hyper) links. it seems that chapter 30 onwards, links from their own site doesn't work properly; either by design or neglect, we'll never know. but from the series of evidences from the group and how they handled things across all "works" they've "done", "translated properly", and "edited" correctly... we actually do know, so... a play to increase the clicks either here or around in their site.

coming back though, these little frustrations can AND will build up, where the initial curiousity and tiny enjoyment is just gone. will they ever fix it? when team USA wins the next World Cup, sure, they'll "eventually fix it.

Did it become too picky? rant-y? less critiquing? Maybe. Did the multitude of negative points get across though? yeah. yeah it did. <<less

The story has very interesting worldbuilding, with novel focus on alchemy and how to use it in different ways. A well structured magic system and how it blends with society.

The main character has his rpg like cheat but isn't completely OP and is very careful in how he uses it, without overly relying on it to succeed.

Later the setting changes from medieval to magic steampunk that is almost at modern technology levels.

And it's nice to see a dedicated relationship with no signs of harem or drama.