Reviews of White-Robed Chief
White-Robed Chief
Xiao Shu
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Website : qidian china Views : 3.11million Rating : 9.4(656)(see note) Chapters : 3061 Status : ongoing Word count : 6.55million author level : great No of works : 3 Comments : 15930 Guys I checked qidian side but ratings in qidian changed for almost every novel, so I dunno if you should believe this rating. Also ratings on my other reviews are before ratings changed, so don't blame me if you see high ratings in qidian and low ratings in my stats. Even a novel with 7.6 rating got changed to 8.8 rating, I dunno what qidian is trying to do.
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This is a little different from typical transmigration novels. When we are introduced to MC in the first few chapters, he is already OP with photographic memory, great sword skills and a clear mind skill that allows him to see through others’ muscles, bones and minute movements. He has a bodyguard job that seems a little low level given his prowess. He has encounters with several beautiful women, who are awed by him. Men jealous of him send him challenges to fail miserably. It’s an okay read, but I wanted to see more of MC’s will/ motivation. In essence, I am not convinced by what drives him to do as he does.
So it's a story of particle physicist - a person who study interaction of particles, look like a scientist to me, wonders whether this will a cultivation story where a person uses scientific knowledge to solve his problems, since it's about particle it may be about Qi or its composition or whatever it is, though I think I will give this story a try since it is given in notes that the MC will a cunning person and I'm really looking forward.... **: Rating will change depending on the novel...
Review:- The novel's cultivation system has not been described in detail yet, so I'm not gonna talk about it right now. MC of this novel is cool, calm, likeable and doesn't put on any airs. He is ambitious but not reckless. He seems to be the kind of guy who always takes calculated risk and always keeps a few cards hidden so as to meet exigent cirumstances head on. He is also a decent guy, not like Fang Yuan, etc. He is a scholar before transmigration and after too. He doesn't get any fortuitous encounters or meet any great sage. He reads, understands and draws inferences from scriptures to develop his powers. Other characters in this novel are well etched out too except his rival who is annoying. Female characters don't fall for MC left, right and centre but they are not the kind who are malicious to plot against the MC for no reason either. Maybe such characters might show up in the novel later on, considering the novel is 3000+ chapters long. In other words, this novel has female characters who behave like people in 'real life'. Plot moves at a leisurely pace- which I believe is the reason it's not popular- but doesn't get repetitive, the author explores the various aspects of the world as the novel progresses. The fights are grounded in the current arc but it will get Xianxiaesque in future chapters I suppose. The world is based on feudal China with sects on end of the power balance and the Emperor on the other hand. Overlall this is a really good novel to read, if you are tired of other cliched novels on this site but I gotta warn you that it takes time to hit the spot. If you are looking for a good non-cliched- no arrogant young masters lining up on the death queue, no fortuitous enocunters growing on rooftops, etc- novel, you should probably give this one a try.
TOTAL disappointment! Disappointment due to time spent reading. In chapter 3452, the author got tired of writing: MC quickly killed the BIGEST enemy of all novel and in the next (final) chapter together with 3 wives, returned to the first plane of existence (out of 33) and HEA. WTF?! A bunch of storylines are not closed. What kind of tree and how is it related to the MC? What kind of animal spirit does he cultivate? Asura - we never know where it came from and what to do with it. Do you still remember the MC from the modern Earth? Forget it! It does not affect the MC. Except how to divert lightning, his knowledge is no longer useful. Often the MC is not consistent in his actions and applied skills. Do you know that in each plane of existence there can be different worlds and why the author writes about it and how it helps MC, etc. Out of the 33 plane of existence MC only reached the 5th. After the 3rd read novel was already boring and the author no longer knew where to develop the story and MC. In general, the concept of the work and the MC is fresh and different from other works, it was interesting to read the first half. Only for this 4 stars.
Most inconsistent spelling I have ever seen. Zhao changes to Xhao within one paragraph. Xiao into Siao. Li into Lee. Goddammit, decide on the naming! It's really important in Chinese novels, because two names with the same romanised spelling can sound totally different, so if you can't even get one name correct how can you get more than one?
This has to be one of the worst translations I've read to date, and I've read quite a lot. Couldn't make it past chapter 10, the choice of words alone is an atrocity to the English language. I think I'd rather rub my balls over a cheese grater than read ~3400 chapters of a novel with an intentionally ruined ending.
Great novel so far, Is a nice read, the main character is well design and i love his involvement with government, politics, money and cultivation, the world is well explained not to complicated, ****** but understandable , in esence the cultivation is different from the clasic novels and is really fresh and more when one get tired of the normal cultivation novels and the cliches.