I can't help but give it 5 stars. Just finished reading it and I don't know what to feel. It's been such a long and fulfilling ride reading this book I feel that bit of emptiness when you finish a really good book. Like every Xianxia, it has its great moments, and its relatively boring moments. But the overall feeling of it is unparallel. This 100% a tragedy, where the MC is dragged through painful experience after painful experience as he grows and loves. Amazing character development and introspection for both the MC and the supportive cast. As some of my fellow readers (and the author) have said, there's a part in the middle you might have to power through. But it has some really great moments that make it all worth it in my opinion.

stopped on the same chapters for the same reasons XD

also, as other people have said, they lack of female characters is so surprising I cheered every time one appeared, even if only for a second.

ACTUAL REVIEW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS READ 775 CHAPTERS: The novel itself is ok, I don't dislike it necessarily. The MC is quite cool, the power progression is ok, side characters are funny, the world background is ok. There's one main issue for this novel: the repetition. After reading for a while, you'll start noticing that the same things happen over and over again. Like the MC always coming at the last second to help his allies. It always happens, and nothing ever goes wrong. The novel becomes so... expected. It's sad because I really like all the power-ups he gets, his OPness, and all things relating to his progression in his cultivation. The thing with these types of stories, and there a lot of them, is that it needs a few things to work: - A good character power progression (which this novel has) - An interesting world building (check) - Side-characters that can make me feel things (not really here) - An interesting MC (I like Mafa so I'll say yes) - An over-arching plot that continues through the story (check) - Lots of fun episodes that take us through the novel (0/10, they're very repetitive) So yeah, it's a fun novel, but you might get bored of it at some point like I did. There are other isekai novels out there that I prefer, feel free to ask me with some details of what you like and I might be able to recommend something better.