Review Detail of excalipr in It's Lonely To Be Invincible

Read 322 chapters. Translation quality heavily declined after it came back from hiatus. Was pleasantly surprised when it was brought back but maybe that was for the best. Since the main character is immortal, there should exist other methods to defeat him, this way the story could have moments of tension or excitement. That leads to a major problem with the story, lin fan gets abilities to cover up these weaknesses very conveniently. Can he be sealed away? No, he gets immunity to seals. Can the enemy run away? He gets an eye ability that forces them to attack him. This works regardless of the opponent’s cultivation level. This wasn’t always a problem. At the start he’d get weird niche abilities such as being able to catch any blade barehanded, no matter how quick. Even if the story didn’t have action, having a system give very unusual skills could open up doors for comedic events, but the author stopped trying to make interesting skills early on, opting to give lin fan skills that would make him invincible. Had the author invested more time into developing the world or the characters, perhaps the story could still feel interesting. Maybe we come to love a character and they die, which could lead to some emotional moments for the main character. As of the point where I stopped reading, there’s no sign of this occurring. The author invests very little time in side characters, bringing them back only for a couple chapters on very few occasions. Additionally, if they’re in any kind of danger, lin fan saves them in the nick of time. There’s neat worldbuilding sometimes but you have to get through a lot of filler fights that follow the same tropes. Either it’s grunts being eviscerated by lin fan, and he uses the eye when they run. Or a stronger enemy kills him repeatedly, and when they get tired, they try to run away. So he uses the eye to stop them. Cue everyone being impressed and he tries to act humble because he’s not strong enough yet. Basically, the main character sucks but we’re stuck following him all the time. Read any of the author’s book but this one.