I'll be frank, I skipped a large part of the story, especially when the MC jumps into each of the 'games' or missions. This novel was off to a good start, world building and working within the rules which the novel set for itself. The MC has 48 hours, which only kicks in at 12 midnight. He still needs to eat, sleep during such times. He just trains harder than everyone else, since he has more time.... more>>

The author follows a set of games - you jump in one game, finish that stage, then move on. I especially liked the scene where after completing one game, the MC heads out to camping with his university friends, and there was a moment where there was potential for character development. This included an outing where we are introduced to Shen Xixi, the pseudo female lead - and the possibility for a bit of romance.

Instead, the author hurriedly skips pass character development, resolving the tension point in the said Camping arc, and hurriedly moves the MC along to go to another 'game'.

I kept reading around chapter 700, hoping for there to be development between the characters in the real world. It's hard to feel connected to the game 'NPC' players, since you know they're going to vanish right after the end of the game.

Lo and behold, the novel started introducing Proxy Wars, where each game participant would not compete with other players (i.e. players in the real world, and not the game world).

But then the author suddenly introduces characters which pissed me off to no ends. 

Dumbledore, the Jedi Order etc. What the heck? It feels like lazy writing, with the author was piggyback ridding off established characters from other novels. And its not like Terror Infinity, where the author has already set up the premises for the novel to piggyback off other well-established franchises. The introduction of Dumbledore, the Jedi Order did not move the plot forward. It could have been an alien robot, and the effect would have been the same. There was no world immersion, and had the opposite effect and made me stop reading the novel.

The author tried to introduce gods as well (Apollo giving powers of time to MC, Roman goddess Justitia trying to obtain Shen Xixi as her proxy etc.), but the attempt feels half-arsed and the effect falls flat.

The Author also doesn't resolve the questions of how the MC got his powers, nor why are there game-like elements even after reading 700 chapters into the novel. There is a mysterious old man, and that's about it.

Good start, poorly developed. I wouldn't to go so far as to say I felt sad spending time reading this novel, but it definitely left me with a bad aftertaste.  <<less

Interesting premises where the MC doesn't leave his cultivation cave mostly. Not much character development though, despite the interesting take on the usual 'MC has... more>> to venture out to level up' trope. <<less

Fantastic novel, but the ending feels unsatisfying as the antagonist was not developed, resulting in a disconnect when rooting for the MC. ... more>>

Also lots of plot points introduced but not developed towards the end <<less