Although the story was nothing too unique, it worked. Right up until the MC decide to ascend to a higher plane. You see, that’s when the author decided to blatantly plagiarize ”The Most Generous Master” without even trying to hide it. It’s literally a chapter-by-chapter ripoff that changes the names, tweaks a few observations about the MC’s System, and introduces a few grammatical errors. The author also forgot how to capitalize proper nouns, the pronoun “I” and a few other annoyances. Other than these truly minor changes, it’s the same exact story. The “new” story has literally nothing to do with the first arc aside from a couple brief mentions of his former disciples. In short, don’t bother. Just read The Most Generous Master.

Here’a hoping he finds a way to save his aunt before she dies, if only so the original host—or the memory of him, at least—doesn’t lose even more. He had a truly lamentable fate. If not him saving her, then at least one of his followers. The idea that a random arrow will quickly kill off powerful people just seems kind of…trope-ish and contrived. Hello aunt, goodbye aunt, now the MC has to deal with another loss.

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I mean, there’s no question that Ryu’s actions hurt her emotionally. He fully accepted her, they merged their souls together, and then he killer himself a few hours later. Even if she recognizes the necessity, it would still hurt. He killed himself, and she woke up to discover his corpse. Plus, he refrained from completing their union for centuries because he felt inferior and knew he would die. She loved a version of Ryu that Ryu himself couldn’t even recognize because of his own pain. How could either one of those have not caused Elena immense emotional pain? I don’t see Elena as rejecting Ryu. She’s got a lot of emotional baggage, and needs to heal. They both do.

Well, I guess this was somewhat better. After, of course, literally burying her in a shallow grave and sticking a rock on top. That part seemed a tad...insensitive.

He could have just given her a pill and sealed himself up in his cave or just walked away. I get the idea of him trying to avoid any sense of trouble, but it can be taken to an extreme that makes him seem...kind of brainless at times. After all, refusing to help or even dragging the woman around the jungle are actions that can bring about future trouble. I can't imagine she'd be happy about either one. In the name of avoiding trouble, he created the opportunity for future trouble. This is a common issue with a lot of stories with low-key protagonists. They overthink things and take their desire to avoid thd limelight to such an extreme that their behavior eventually leads to the very outcomes they wanted to avoid.

Honestly, abandoning her--even after what her grandfather tried to do to him--would very much seem a betrayal of Ryu's core personality. The value of his word, and the importance he places on family, is present everywhere in almost every chapter of the novel. Even if he hasn't developed feelings for her, the fact that she's his fiancee is enough. If he was willing to compromise his principles, he never would have acknowledged her in the first place. And judging by how his own family overwhelmingly supported him despite his inability to cultivate, I can't help but think they'd be immensely disappointed in Ryu if he did in fact abandon her. Finally, claiming that karmic ties to the Loom clan were severed--coupled with the City Lord's attack--could be seen as a method of protecting them. And her. Given how thoroughly enraged the core clans are because of Ryu, the Loom clan would almost certainly risk destruction. Either to lure Ryu out, or just as a means of venting some of their anger.

I wonder if the Zu clan leadership will eventually learn just how great a price they'd have to pay for killing Ryu's grandfather. Though the odds of Ryu ever passing along the Zu clan's inheritance jade were effectively nonexistent, I hope they'll eventually learn about how the ruined that slim possibility. If only for that moment of intense, soul-rending regret. Trope though it may be, it can give off a sense of catharsis. So thoroughly destroying that opportunity can be even worse than witnessing the destruction of the clan.

I'm guessing it's related to his Phoenix foundation somehow. Here's hoping things turn around quickly; I can't imagine these events extending to many chapters, given the danger of his current situation.

Fair enough, though I kind of figured they'd all wind up coming together at some point as he goes about finding those he's been separated from.

I hope Lin Meifen and Fen Yung can still get together in the end. She deserves some happiness, especially after her idiot brother tried to ruin it.