Character design and development is too inexperienced and lacking. Shang our MC comes of as an edgy teenager. He wants to be alone and thinks everyone is his enemy. Acts like he has no choice but to be alone, runs from his problems, etc. I understand that the author wants to portray "power is everything" vibes but it just seems cringe when he starts killing his only friends because they doubt his intentions. The world background is amazing but everything about the main character gets worse and worse as the story goes on.
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LIKEHe does not come of as an edgy teenager, he comes of as a person who is forced to adapt to a different world and forced to do things he doesn't want to do, And he is *human* he makes mistakes sometimes. I personally wouldn't like reading a novel where the mc is always right and never makes a mistake.