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KnightSky
KnightSkyLv143yr
2021-08-08 18:18

This story is a true hidden gem, how this is ranked so low is beyond my imagination. Describing this story in one statement, "an Easter fantasy for readers who have grown out of the Eastern fantasy stories" There's few things that could be kept on mind while reading the first 50 chapters. 1. our mc is a frog in a well, really just a country bumpkin, his true journey begins at chapter 49 when he obtains a Master. 2. He obtains a ring very early in the story, the ring is powerful artifact and it wants to mold our mc into a worthy successor. 3. Despite his initial limited vision the mc can come up with decent workable(barely) solutions to his problems. 4. After he obtains his ring his first goal is to buy back his confiscated property, ( a true frog in the well ). Admirable but underwhelming but not beyond reason, he is after all merely a frog in a well. The story really starts opening after chapter 50. As long as the reader keep in mind the above mentioned points it's an endearing read.

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_Scarlett_Dawn
_Scarlett_DawnLv4

You answered your own question, it is a "hidden gem". Emphasis on "hidden".

CreatorOfTheVoid
CreatorOfTheVoidLv15

i mean different people different taste

Blinddesire
BlinddesireLv4

the rankings for webnovel are a bit weird. you get trash like my vampire system be stupidly popular, yet other better written stories don't get as much exposure. i know it comes down to personal preference but writing quality isn't really a personal preference.

KhunMisaki
KhunMisakiLv13

because most novels here were already completed, and some novels are just mtls waiting to be translated. The ones you see in the rankings were basically new aspiring writters from all over the world. Or some old freaks from china who can write masterpiece after masterpiece.

Blinddesire:the rankings for webnovel are a bit weird. you get trash like my vampire system be stupidly popular, yet other better written stories don't get as much exposure. i know it comes down to personal preference but writing quality isn't really a personal preference.
Gabus_Deux
Gabus_DeuxLv15

there's a few with stupid names but amazing substance. such as: blood warlock, succubus partner in the apocalypse. or, reincarnated as an energy with a system. I never read them till recently cuz they sounded so dumb or cliche but when I finally succumbed I found amazing books

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Chepi_1
Chepi_1Lv4

after getting a human body does he stay and only uses it for the energy systems wn didn't like that part

Gabus_Deux:there's a few with stupid names but amazing substance. such as: blood warlock, succubus partner in the apocalypse. or, reincarnated as an energy with a system. I never read them till recently cuz they sounded so dumb or cliche but when I finally succumbed I found amazing books
Immortal_Locus
Immortal_LocusLv2

some old freaks, I love that! XD

KhunMisaki:because most novels here were already completed, and some novels are just mtls waiting to be translated. The ones you see in the rankings were basically new aspiring writters from all over the world. Or some old freaks from china who can write masterpiece after masterpiece.
Terry_Bourne
Terry_BourneLv4

Like the book is really good. It's currently top 5 among the books I am currently reading and I can't wait to keep following Lin Mu's adventure across the worlds

Kamog
KamogLv15

Worlds as in lower realm and upper realm or he travels from one world to the other?

Terry_Bourne:Like the book is really good. It's currently top 5 among the books I am currently reading and I can't wait to keep following Lin Mu's adventure across the worlds
Terry_Bourne
Terry_BourneLv4

a little bit of both

Kamog:Worlds as in lower realm and upper realm or he travels from one world to the other?
super_galactik
super_galactikLv1

actually my vampire system had a good start , but later the author fed ruined it really bad

Blinddesire:the rankings for webnovel are a bit weird. you get trash like my vampire system be stupidly popular, yet other better written stories don't get as much exposure. i know it comes down to personal preference but writing quality isn't really a personal preference.
Blinddesire
BlinddesireLv4

if that was considered a good start and got worse... i am speechless

super_galactik:actually my vampire system had a good start , but later the author fed ruined it really bad
The_Fool12
The_Fool12Lv13

I dropped reincarnated as an energy with a system after prolly like 500-700chapters when he goes to the summoning world. I just thought it's too repetitive. Goes to a planet maxes power system of that world goes to another and so on

Gabus_Deux:there's a few with stupid names but amazing substance. such as: blood warlock, succubus partner in the apocalypse. or, reincarnated as an energy with a system. I never read them till recently cuz they sounded so dumb or cliche but when I finally succumbed I found amazing books
The_Fool12
The_Fool12Lv13

Ionno man I quite enjoyed it although tbh it was my first or second novel and I was in 7th grade so it might explain it

Blinddesire:if that was considered a good start and got worse... i am speechless
Gabus_Deux
Gabus_DeuxLv15

yeah i feel you i dropped after a while too. check out shadow slave, or the innkeeper

The_Fool12:I dropped reincarnated as an energy with a system after prolly like 500-700chapters when he goes to the summoning world. I just thought it's too repetitive. Goes to a planet maxes power system of that world goes to another and so on
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asdasdssf
asdasdssfLv1

Story is actually written very well as in grammar, flow and characters, plot when considered individually. But big problem is how mc and plot connects, or should I say doesn't connect. Mc just doesn't have much agency and there's not much internal motivations in story form mc to do what he does. It seems like author develops some interesting plot, and then mc is made to flow trough that plot like puppet, mc just doesn't seem to have agency. There's also the problem of mc being constantly bailed out by his ring when stuff gets even slightly hard, it's always some magical thing that bails him out, not his own intellect, skill or perseverance. This again reduces mc's agency, it's just very lame. It would not matter if it was just sometimes, but both of this things happen constantly. Good example is whole thing happening in mc's village, he was already ready to go, he didn't have any reason to stay, no friends or family, no lure of great rewards, and again he was planning to leave. But then author made the plot happen, which I do agree is great when considered in isolation, but mc just started to participate in solving this mystery and helping around and we have absolutely no idea why, and there's no internal reason in story that tells us why. He just does like some zombie because the plot is there so obviously he should somehow participate in it. He even wanted to see Lord of Hei dudes, but again, there was just no reason for that, he just wanted to because story required him to. There was no mention of potential rewards or anything that would help mc, if anything seeing mysterious strong person is just an huge threat. I would really like to give this better review, but I just can't because story till 150 has been mostly just about boat(mc) being pushed around by waves, and every time boat is about to crash into huge rock, another wave just comes in and pushes the boat to the side. I would like that boat to have some oars, sails and actual person directing it.

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