First 50 or so chapters were great. After that it is one boring arc after another. Now every arc feels the same: new characters introduced, some are waifu while others are trash that need to get killed off, rinse and repeat. Honeslty, I'd be able to eat that stuff up easily if at least the MC spent some meaningful time with any of them. Unfortunately that isn't the case at all. Now if maybe you think that the author thinks the only "meaningful" time the mc could spend with the new female characters should be put in the side stories, then again you would be disappointed because that novel hasn't followed this book since chapter 48 and we are nearing chapter 300 now! Even considering just the basics, there hasn't been ANY mention of peaceful teatime with his disciples since before that mind-numbing character shrink arc at his hometown. This novel has turned into one separation arc after another! In the last 200 chapters, we could fill maybe 25 whole chapters with actual interactions between MC and his disciples. I'm losing my mind reading these chapters that are completely devoid of content to point that it's become a chore to read them. How hard is it to stick to what got this novel its traction? Apparently impossible for this author. These chapters don't even have a stable release nowadays and what they contain is mostly drivel and jargon. For example, the last chapter I read was about a spell caster summoning wraiths to possess some enemies and create a mild disturbance to buy some time. The spell wasn't that interesting, there aren't any relatable explanations, just "didn't know she could do something like that, cool". The last 10-15 chapters have been exactly like this, small bite size pieces of information stretched out with explanations that will serve zero purpose later on (for example the re-explaining of the difference between spell casters and quarks cultivators) and the detailed demise of their enemies (like spending 3 monitor screens on how the possessed were affecting the battle when it shouldn't have taken more than a few sentences). Details are great but it's painfully obvious that these aren't details, these are filler. There was once a time where I'd not skim a single sentence in worry that I'd miss something funny or important, nowadays the novel is so predictable and interesting I can't even be asked to skim. TL;DR: I'd not mind shorter chapters if he'd cut the fat.
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