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Rouedkaross
RouedkarossLv53yr
2022-01-14 14:21

Usually a big fan of IET. Xianxia and VR are my two favorites genre of webnovel but as much as it kills me to say it, IET managed to make this perfect mix (for me) into something incredibly boring (at least thus far)

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AJ_
AJ_Lv11

most IET novel is actually like that, either you hook up from the first read or get a little bit bored because a little bit slow plot. but if you can get through a couple of chapter i believe you can get hook up too.

Oto
OtoLv14

I’m over 40 chapters in and still its the same slow burn. The background is well developed, the character development is in progress but… It’s just boring.

AJ_:most IET novel is actually like that, either you hook up from the first read or get a little bit bored because a little bit slow plot. but if you can get through a couple of chapter i believe you can get hook up too.
AJ_
AJ_Lv11

just keep reading till 60 or 80. you will get addicted by it. i read mtl raws yet i still think it's great

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SleepDeprivation
SleepDeprivationLv6

Standard IET stuff. Honestly all his books are the same and reading one means you read them all. I see no difference between Ji Ning, Qin Yu, Xu Jingming, etc are all literally the same character. But thats fine, people who are reading IET for the first time will get something that isnt straight garbage but I have a big problem with this particular novel. I can *feel* the nationalism when I read this. IET wasnt making it subtle whatsoever here. China #1 can be felt throughout my first 100 or so chapters, lemme explain. So the entire world is given VR technology and when they go online they can practice martial arts. After a while a ranking ranking is made with the strongest at the top and guess which nationality 2 of the top 3 are? Thats right folks, its granddaddy China with the other from Botswana. It just seems like China is naturally more talented than every other country by a wide margin. Lets not even get into the comments from the live streaming in VR, its constantly about oh man, these expert martial artists from [other country] are strong, but China is still better. I think the funniest example is in chapter 148 when the strongest from Korea is made out to be an arrogant mf who is going around challenging the top 3 just to get more views on his live stream. I feel like IET's recent novels have lost the magic from Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, COILING DRAGON, Stellar Transformation, etc and part of that is the nationalism here, while in the other recent novels its been a lot more logical. In his earlier works the MC got super lucky at the start and then had to muddle through the entire universe just to be the best and in recent time the MCs dont get lucky, they were just naturally talented and got some benefits here and there that make sense. My problem is that making sense doesnt carry the same *brilliance* of a moment like in Desolate Era where Ji Ning gets the inheritance and starts his journey or when Lou Feng died fighting the Gold Dragon.

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