excalipr

Novel was interesting at the beginning but when the main character becomes a leading figure in the world the story turns into repetitive slop. Every chapter will basically just be: the world of cultivation is merciless but the main character is so benevolent and gave others the opportunity to achieve immortality. Repeat for like 700 chapters. Just skip it honestly.

Besides the bad translation quality, the book has other issues. The book’s premise is interesting, people get transported to other worlds and they have to fight anomalous existences, and to help them survive they get a skill. Unfortunately, the plot spins out of control by adding trying to combine too many concepts. There’s a hub world where you have to climb a tower, which is introduced later on. It doesn’t serve much purpose other than for quick power ups and to give a big plot twist at the end. The danger of the place is also teased a lot but you can’t feel any of the tension. The characters are another issue. Their skills are not nearly as useful so the main character completely outpaces their rate of growth. They eventually become irrelevant, but even when they do appear they say nothing and activate a skill when told to. My last issue is actually with the skill. They try to give it a weakness by saying it can be predicted by strong enough people, and other things but the main character barely changes his strategy at all. It’s a decent book but it’s got flaws.

For reasons unexplained later on, there was a falling out between the upper and lower realm. The immortals forbade cultivating any path other than immortality and they control the number who can ascend, and they can only keep cultivating if they join the immortal court essentially. It's possible to cultivate to new realms in the lower realm but any path other than ascension is forbidden by immortals and you will be persecuted.

Worth a read. Cast is a bit large so side characters don’t get the time they deserve or time to develop. The cheat is interesting. The author tried to make it seem like it had drawbacks but failed to make them seem significant. The regression aspect is interesting but the execution feels lacking. Sets up mysteries but it doesn’t pay off in my opinion. My only big problem with the book is that near the end it gets a little too complicated in regards to the metaphysics You probably won’t hate this book.

It’s unfinished so I don’t recommend it. Characters get forgotten so the main character can power up without being slowed down. The world is not very interesting. Upper realms are just a way to make a world seem like it has scale and depth. But in reality it’s a series of locations without relation that the main character visits to get a power up. The plotline with a higher realm suppressing a lower realm gets used twice as well. Overall a mediocre experience.

Worth a read. Main character is a low key cultivator like in the top tier providence novel. I like him, instead of hogging resources, killing everything in sight, he prefers to dorgive others and let’s them integrate into his orthodoxy. Granted there’s a power incentive, but at least he’s smart in his use of his advantage. To make up for the lack of direct action by the main character theauthor does focus more on the kingdom building aspect. The large cast might get confusing, but it does help that they rotate often, so you don’t get bored. The lore behind the transmigration and everything feels deliberate, and nothing really surprising or unbelievable. I do think the book suffers from the higher realm situation. And the ending is maybe a tad rushed, but not unsatisfying.

It’s decent. Characters only have one defining trait. Common for a comedy novel. The main character is the same. They all try to be low key but it doesn’t work out. That concept gets ditched by the end of the first major arc. The story arcs can be enjoyable. My problem is that the characters with plot armor aren’t nearly as impressive. The main character for the most part is omniscient and predict their every move. You don’t feel like he’s under threat at all. The other big issue is that the immortal world arc drags on for too long. The worldbuilding isn’t interesting in that arc as well, so it’s painful to get through.The author should have trimmed the fat on the novel. It’s not the worst thing I’ve finished. Give it a shot.

Read 166 chapters. Starts long arc with no particular importance to the plot. Very little happens with no end in sight. No interesting characters either. Skip it.

It’s short and relatively fun. It’s a lowkey main character novel. Most of the plot revolves around him manipulating events while he stays hidden. The worldbuilding is decent until the tail of the novel where it gets a bit convoluted. Suffers from a large cast. Characters get forgotten. They all tend to be one dimensional. Jokes tend to get recycled a bit too much after being overused. The cultivation system makes less sense as time goes on in my opinion but it doesn’t hurt the reading. A bit generic but worth a read.

Read to chapter 747, got bored. Might finish it one day. Overall I really enjoyed it. I love stories about travelling to new worlds, learning the power system, and using it to create a new one. It also helps that the will of worlds in this story also don’t like transmigrators, so there’s stakes and actions have to be planned carefully. I think the main character is pretty good. He can be a little bland, most of the time he’s just manipulating people to build power, which can be a little uninteresting when you see it in most of these novels. I do think he’s at least a little intelligent. He takes risks, but is careful to not expose his hand too much. He also makes great use of avatars to build up force and make moves without it leading back to his main body. I like the worlds he travels to for the most part. There is interesting background, politics, etc. my big problem with the book is the author tends to repeat wizard worlds and cultivation worlds a bit too much though. Part of why I can’t get to the end is because this world is another wizard/bloodline/god world. Only other issue I have with the book is the first twist is a little random to me but that’s fine. It’s a good read. Give it a try.