Hi I don't usually post review but making an exception cause this story has frustrated me a lot. Let's get over with the good parts. No grammar errors and i am thankful of that. Bad grammar is always a plus and the writer does his job in it. Updates daily and maybe twice a day still a plus. Let's pass on world background now. Well here the things start to get a little awkward(at least for me). The mc comes from a small small (maybe to small) of a village and has no idea whatsoever how big the world is. Nothing bad until here. The plot starts and he is in the run cause he has a forbidden realm. And here i lost it cause the mc is being hunted from the academy (for that mainly and for killing some academy mages but that happens later). He get's the training done and it's the typical mc that loves body refinement before the mage training. Lack of patience is seen at all the things that have to do with everything having to do with magic but in those related to body refinement none and are accepted as a rule or whatever (reminds me of the chinese cultivation novels horrible ones). The mc is rash and a lot, does stupid things sometimes and can't seems to find the solution where a logical one is at sight. Ex. at the latest chapters he moves from a valley to another to join the Shadowflame Society and there he participates in the tournament to get a chance to get noticed and the **** hits the fan. Power struggle from the clan that governs that valley(different factions to get the power inside the same clan have different ideas about the future 3 main ones). Confronted with the choices he has to make he gets an all time ''**** hits the fan'' situation by the one he choses. [In my opinion the best outcome the author could make there was to have him move to another valley. Whats the big deal his friend is not with him as a companion anymore and he can go to avoid more troublesome situation. But no the logical way its not the way of the story. At the end what would have cost him? Some more months to get to travel maybe a year but what's a year for the people who are mages and body refiners. They usually train for decades or a century to pass a stage meaning the live for far far to long.] Starting with the story development. I didn't get literally jack **** in this one. Like from all the basic info the mc knows nothing. The problem is he has teachers(albeit temporary ones) and even 2 gods(proclaimed from the 2 people he met no idea is it's true but from their power they seem legit) that confront him about his choice. His enemies seems to duplicate with every new place he visits and i was starting to think this would be another xianxia ****. The characters have their own personality mostly. Enemies are usually described as mobs and the others except the mc only a passing by cause why expand on someone that wont be in the next chapter. The mc however is total .......... (don't know what insult to throw at him anymore). As a mentioned early is totally rushing in situation and when he does think over a situation every damn situation flies away every time a fight starts. When given the chance to practice his realms and body refinement in the prison cell given from one of the self proclaimed gods [golden opportunity study for 100 years and become strong food included a new realm yes no enemies cause they have no idea where you are] what he does? He takes an overdose of ''real opening pills'' (10 or so) and leaves in less than a year cause he couldn't handle the loneliness that the place caused. What does he expect to have power handled in a golden plate here have some of this and this and a sprinkle of that one. Now as the author says taking to many of these ''realm opening pills'' causes you to do booom and all the place is like a red paintball battlefield (basically what happens to normal people on earth when they take to much of something without the booom) and the mc survives. How come ????/ Why???/ Just for plot advancement???/ Seriously it needs and explanation and a good one at that. Finally the fu***** forbidden realm that he is hunted for. Again we know jack **** for that one cause author mentions it like some times in the first chapters 1-2 times near the chapters fifty something and that's it. It has been like more than 100+ chapters don't you think he should look in it or does it even matter overall? Cause what makes the mc different from others is that forbidden realm (which is not as rare as it seems cause apparently tons of others have it). The power of the mc is mediocre at best typical xianxia ones. At a place you are a king with that power at another just a typical commoner or even a servant. 100+ chapters and nothing to wait for and my question is....Might this be the prologue but i didn't know???/ And finally what with the title the paragon??? of destruction??? The mc is nothing no paragon no being of destruction he is slightly above average as if possible. If you like that xianxia thing feel free to read with those fights and dumb mc that get power from just 'cause author want it. Finally i am less frustrated. Peace :D
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LIKEHe's a kid. Early 20s. Lacks patience, and his choices show it. He's not used to thinking in terms of centuries of life. Sees the initial benefits of Body Refinement, because he's used to physical fighting. Eventually sees the benefit of magic, and begins putting more effort into it. Eventually finds out what his forbidden realm is, and how it's helped him so far. Did you want him to go from nothing to a Paragon of Destruction within just a few months, or just a couple years? True advancement takes longer than that.
i dont know havent touched the book after that chapter i left so i cant give any opinion.
That's a loss. I too gave up at first but having come back a year later I picked it up,restarted it and went through all the frustrating things the mc did. And am happy I didn't stop because this book develops in ways you can't comprehend if you read to the current chapter(394) you won't regret it.
You're viewing from your perspective A LOT !!! I was honestly shocked when I read this , you're really dumb enough to think everything from your perspective . You're a coward, yet you think characters in novel should do the same ! What would you say when there really are problems with the novel no matter what perspective is taken, I really look forward to that.
I love how people think that if you dont go and fight and take some time to train u become a coward with a snap of fingers. You can see the age of people when they write :D. Anyway its ur opinion so not gonna interfere.
Might be man but chinese plot where there is always the same bull. gets tiring. If you have any good suggestions i will be happy to look at them.
i didnt want him to go from 0-100 from the start. I just pointed out why doesnt he train before he acts like a little kid. taking fights with people that are absurdly powerful and his teacher gets killed. what would it cost him if he trained out of the curious eyes for 1-2 years than ponder on which place to go without a single outcome.
I am not criticizing that way , it was just an example of how viewing it from only one perspective. I am only complaining based on how the person I complained against is only viewing from only his perspective and complaining. Well , for example goku , he only cares for his training , so putting another person's perspective is dumb. Sometimes , there are illogical problems , I don't think it happens too much in this novel , only the fact mc gets into too many troubles and is also lucky in gaining benefits . Maybe the fact he gets into trouble a lot and reaches pinnacle easily is what it means by paragon of destruction
I am not criticizing that way , it was just an example of how viewing it from only one perspective. I am only complaining based on how the person I complained against is only viewing from only his perspective and complaining. Well , for example goku , he only cares for his training , so putting another person's perspective is dumb. Sometimes , there are illogical problems , I don't think it happens too much in this novel , only the fact mc gets into too many troubles and is also lucky in gaining benefits . Maybe the fact he gets into trouble a lot and reaches pinnacle easily is what it means by paragon of destruction
Yes the perspective has a lot to do. + the time we watched goku we were kids so we believed everything and nothing seemed out of place but now we find faults in nearly everything. What i meant in my review is more or less the following "why be someone chess piece when u can just train a little and not have everyone hunt you and in the period get your closed ones killed when as seen in the world u can just take a few years that in that world seems like a fragment of month or less to us and get a grasp of your abilities" i never wanted him to have a full plot armor from the start but repeated actions of same and same things with exact same outcome gets boring after a while. I have not read more than the time when i last wrote the review so i cant tell what happened later.
True ...what you said is all true ! Sometimes taking action is always good, not good,we don't know . That incident where master zhao told arran to run and come back later when it's safe , was something what you mentioned but he was just beginning to step into the world . Other time he gave away his dragon ruin power to that woman , it's at times like these you need to adjust ....with the mc. Sometimes you really can't adjust , like I said it's an illogical perspective. Arran always has been type of a warrior taking action always , true he can retreat , but sometimes it's always good to take action first .I am just saying this because there were other novels where action doesn't give any excuse for for the mc to keep getting in trouble illogically. Oh yes , if someone recommends you to read Cowling Dragon, worst mistake I ever did believing reviews . The novel is exactly what you mentioned. Anyway we have different opinions , for me you were just thinking in ..., yes let's say , I retreat and grow stronger later, but some other time mc is a battle maniac who just goes and battles ,arran is something between these two. Else , we won't be able to see where he is so focused when training , especially last chapter. /*Anyway end of discussion , what use is there I further arguing , let's just say we have different opinions.*/ NOTE: There are some grammar mistakes as I just gone with the flow and typed , excuse it.
True ...what you said is all true ! Sometimes taking action is always good, not good,we don't know . That incident where master zhao told arran to run and come back later when it's safe , was something what you mentioned but he was just beginning to step into the world . Other time he gave away his dragon ruin power to that woman , it's at times like these you need to adjust ....with the mc. Sometimes you really can't adjust , like I said it's an illogical perspective. Arran always has been type of a warrior taking action always , true he can retreat , but sometimes it's always good to take action first .I am just saying this because there were other novels where action doesn't give any excuse for for the mc to keep getting in trouble illogically. Oh yes , if someone recommends you to read Cowling Dragon, worst mistake I ever did believing reviews . The novel is exactly what you mentioned. Anyway we have different opinions , for me you were just thinking in ..., yes let's say , I retreat and grow stronger later, but some other time mc is a battle maniac who just goes and battles ,arran is something between these two. Else , we won't be able to see where he is so focused when training , especially last chapter. /*Anyway end of discussion , what use is there I further arguing , let's just say we have different opinions.*/ NOTE: There are some grammar mistakes as I just gone with the flow and typed , excuse it.