Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

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“Even if this universe is truly nothing more than a brutal bloody shadowy forest, we Cultivators will burn all that we have just to give off a single weak flickering spark in the darkness!

“No matter how weak each spark is, how short-lived, how small… As long as the sparks flow unabated, then one day one of those sparks will light some tinder, and that tinder shall light some fallen branches, and those branches shall set ablaze each and every last tree of the forest!

“In the end, even the smallest sparks will eventually set the shadowy forest ablaze, and illuminate the whole world!”

In a world teeming with cultivators, Li Yao, who makes his living collecting scrap metal, encounters the soul of a titan powerhouse from forty thousand years in the past.

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Cuarenta milenios de cultivación
FMC
FMOC
Forty Thousand Years Of Cultivation
Pertapaan 40 Milenium
Xiuzhen Si Wan Nian
Xiu Zhen Si Wan Nian
Xiu Zhen Siwan Nian
Xiū Zhēn Sì Wàn Nián
修真四万年
修真四萬年內
修真四萬年(《星域四萬年》)
星域四万年
星域四萬年
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Macho
Macho
February 28, 2021
Status: c1253
What a ride.

The 1st volume (1-350 chapters) is a bit overwhelming and mediocre, the 2nd volume kicks up the pace (400-700 chapters), 3rd volume (700-1k chapters) keeps the momentum going whilst adding some philosophical stuff, and finally, now that I've reached 4th volume (1k-1.2k), I can admit: the author is amazing at crafting the world, the backstory for everything, the scientific method, the characters, and most importantly: a coherent system of cultivation.

The main character, Li Yao, is an orphan with a cunning mind and a talent for crafting artifacts, with... more>> a passionate heart for his homeland, The Star Federation, a burgeoning civilization at the borders of the known universe, the Three Thousand Sectors. The story kicks off at a recycling plant, with the young protagonist exhibiting his cunningness and maturity exceeding his peers.

I'll concentrate on the characters, the world, the story, and the style in the following segments.

Characters: The characters are great. I want to highlight the antagonists especially. The reason for that: their realness; their actions aren't purely cookie-cutter evil or out of young master arrogance; rather, their actions have an underlying desire within it, even if it is morally wrong in every way, the characters can justify their deeds and we can understand them, even if, of course, we don't concur.

World: A-grade for a logical world that has an existing history of linguistics which is explored as well, a defined scientific method; for the natural and supernatural alike, with both being interlinked and grasped well. The universe is coherent and logical as is common from this book, with nothing that would particularly draw you out of the story by the sheer cringe. All I can say: the world is logical, magnificent, draws you in, and locks you in place, forcing you to read it for hours on end.

Story: Pretty good for the most part. Overall, the best part of the story is the exploration of the world itself, as the author is amazing at creating an immersive world. Some of the plots are overly long, but they mostly have meaningful action packed into them, rather than simply filling up the word count. Style: This is what I really don't like. The exclamations marks and rallies; too many exclamation marks that just clutter the syntax and make reading exhausting at times, all the while every character, especially when exposition is happening or they're simply speaking of their ideologies, will speak in a manner a politician would when rallying for votes. Though that can be attributed to cultural differences as well, as the pursuit of truth and exploration of the Dao is quite common, so I suppose, they would have developed the habit of introspecting their beliefs and contesting them with others'.

I do really recommend you read this. The main character is a bit of a buffoon at the start, with the overly nationalistic character and all the hot blood in his veins - but he grows out of that, and it was meant to be written like that, and it's not like he is the only one with f*cking massive levels of testosterone, judging from all the roaring, air-punching and overall primate-like actions very common in the first volumes. <<less
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wlitsch
wlitsch rated it
April 20, 2020
Status: c200
When the MC, out of nowhere, decided to try and kill a cultivator in a duel by smashing his face into his brain, I began to grow concerned. When that same MC decided to befriend a wanton and profligate wastrel, a fat, sleazy, and proud rapist, I grew discontent. When shortly thereafter I was treated to two whole chapters of nothing happening except for a lecture on patriotism and nationalist pride that spoke of racist manifest destiny and conquering the universe I had trouble keeping the scowl from off my... more>> face. It's not even a real nation, why would I want to read about this for two whole chapters with zero story progression: a massive impromptu info dump squeezed right onto my face.

Upon getting 200 chapters into the story it's become clear. Only one quarter of the chapters and writing actually advance the story. One quarter is filler of the worst kind, in the tradition of BTTH and The Great Ruler, the infamous rambling anonymous peanut gallery commentary where nothing happens except the mindless opinions of about something that happened, usually something meant to stroke the ego of the MC. Another quarter of the story is a random impromptu techno-babble info-dump that ruins immersion in the story and is typically an in depth explanation of an unpredictable ass pull deux ex machina. The final quarter of the book is reserved for the bleating jingoistic goats of patriots and hero worshippers and blah, blah, blah heroes are awesome our bravery will live forever nonsense platitudes that are used to supposedly justify reckless suicidal and illogical behavior.

Personally, I can handle most of this sort of nonsense if the sliver of the story and the character of the MC is sufficiently good. All the closest moments I came to dropping the novel, though, were the giant and frequent plot holes that kept on plaguing the story. Such as the use of guns that are significantly more advanced than present weaponry in every way, yet the bulk of cultivators are still wandering around using weapons and fists that as described in the story are clearly inferior. Total f*cking nonsense. Make up your mind. Is this a technologically advanced civilization that uses guns or a medieval world based upon pre-industrial weaponry. I'm sorry, you can't have it both ways, especially not after boosting the power of guns by so much. Second, after 180 chapters the MC has refused to learn any sort of magical skills or powers. Why? Oh, he just doesn't feel like it. Also, very few cultivators have use truly magical powers. It's like a low-magic fantasy except it isn't? There is simply no explanation for the dearth of magical techniques that proliferate in every other cultivator type Eastern fantasy novel. Frankly, its boring and unimaginative. There are many other giant, lazy, inconsistencies throughout the novel, but the third most annoying one to me, is that he is an artifact refiner and essentially a blacksmith. Yet the MC never actually pounds, shapes, or crafts parts, ever. They either magically appear through the sleight of hand of the author or we are told he made it when we, the reader, weren't looking. The only actual crafting skill he shows is the ability to put many components together inhumanely swiftly. Why a simple sword, weapon, or artifact has hundreds of parts that need to be assembled like Legos is never properly explained. <<less
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kedar080340119014
kedar080340119014 rated it
April 15, 2017
Status: c97
Whew.... after reading the likes of Martial World, TMW, MGA, ATG etc... kind of similar stories centered around cultivation, I have to say that the author of this LN is more rational. I believe it is too early to pass on any judgement but I will say this. This LN is similar to pretty much all the other cultivation LNs (imo) with only difference being that it is set in a weird techno-cultivation modern setting. That is not to say that there is anything bad with it. I don't think... more>> there is a need to come up with unique story every time. However, one of the main strengths of this LN is a more rational story building. The power ups are not to far and few in between & it is not too fast as well.

Strengths:
1) Rational MC
2) Excelling Pacing
3) Not trying anything new but improving upon current Xianxia trend (which is perfectly acceptable to me)
4) Pretty good translation quality (one of the best I have seen yet. Kudos to translators)

Weakness
1) There is no indication of any over arching story line as of this moment (unlike world of cultivation or TTNH)
2) Weird techo-cultivation concept, while sounds good, imo it does not read good (difficult to visualize or imagine such a world leading to disconnect between author & readers)

Worth a read <<less
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Losdrac
Losdrac rated it
December 18, 2017
Status: c189
I quite liked this novel at first but it went downhill pretty fast.

This is the story of an orphan who grew up in an Artefact garbage dump. He spent his life salvaging and repairing discarded artefacts to survive in this barren place and was so feared among his peers that they named him "The Vulture".

But that's not all, one day he saved an old man who was an Expert refiner who was thrown in the garbage dump (for some unknown reasons that shall not be mentioned) and gave him an... more>> Intelligent Black sword of unknown origin (that shall not be mentioned).

But that's not all, thanks to a last talk with the old man our dear vulture decide to walk the road of Cultivation and follow the dream of becoming a Master Refiner. Then the old man died (and shall not be mentioned).

Spoiler

But that's not all, he then met another old man of unknown origin (that shall not be mentioned) that this time died almost instantly ran over by a train before his very eyes and was incidentally the soul of an incredibly powerful time-travelling master refiner cultivator (that shall not be mentioned and Oooh boy, this one will be mentioned).

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But that's not all !...

Ok, let's stop here.

I kinda like the world where the story takes place, it's dark and unforgiving, even if everything is black and white, you have the good human, The Federation, against the bad Demonic beast and Demon cultivator. The Federation feels like a real organisation with laws and means to enforce them.

I find crazy how often the subject "why those with power must protect the weak" and self-sacrifice for the Federation/Humanity comes back again and again, sometime you even have an entire chapter about that.

I don't really like how the author feels the need to put uninteresting and tedious descriptions/explications everywhere, and paraphrase them most of the time. Doing that doesn't add content, sure the chapters are longer but reading some of them is a real struggle. It made me smile that the author himself said that cultivators tend to speak in a cryptic way to seem cultivator-like. Isn't he doing the same with the SF theme ?

Another black spot for me is the inconsistencies, flowed logic and bad decision making. It's not like they are everywhere, but it happens often enough for me to find it annoying, to each his own maybe you won't mind.

A little example.

Spoiler

at some point he enters a University and you have the usual freshman ranking. Till the last minute of the ranking announcement you have the top 3 students pat themselves on the back saying how glad they are to be here and measure against each other. The MC pass his classes and (like any respectable MC) finish first.

Immediate 180° turn, the 3 former top students start tr*sh talking the MC, I quote "No matter how good he is at learning theory, he is nothing more than a nerd.". What the hell, weren't you looking for a worthy opponent like 30 seconds ago ?

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In the end, I'm sad because there is something and it could've been good, but it wasn't enough for me. <<less
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albreo
albreo rated it
January 9, 2017
Status: c300
A good read with unusual concept. If you like cultivation genre, this one is for you. Plots were laid beautifully, heart string tucking, make sense and a lot of background stories explained. Story progressed steadily. Still, this novel has a bit of flaw. MC is too OP all around, later on can do almost anything. Also unfaithful to the initial concept, later on in the story there is only fighting, MC artificing is only a shore which I don't like it.
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WindyWind
WindyWind rated it
December 21, 2016
Status: c35
A very promising series. The premise is awesome, a sci-fi cultivation world. You could compare this to Swallowed Star.

If you liked that series, then ur absolutely going to love this one, as it's better in every way possible. Specially loving the depth of technology, and the unique part of it in the world. Really got me hooked early on, and couldn't stop reading till the end of translation. Anyway, short story even shorter, this is a definite must read.
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LNFanatic
LNFanatic rated it
December 8, 2016
Status: c28
Honestly loving it so far. The MC is very realistic and believable. Although it's set in the future, it still has a standard feel as a cultivation novel. His first enemy is the typical rich young master but I hope that changes sooner or later. It would be boring if this turned into PMG. Everything is explained via science, or the best sciency explanation possible for futuristic tech/cultivation wise. I'm thoroughly enjoying it and can't wait for more.
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Delirious
Delirious rated it
September 14, 2021
Status: c2711
Let me start by saying: DO NOT LISTEN to any negative review that hasn't at least finished the first "arc/ volume". Which, I think is around 250+. Their opinions are almost irrelevant. That isn't to say they are "wrong", but that the novel completely changes tempo after the first volume. The first volume spends its time with generic fast level ups and generic" if you're a genius everyone else is tr*sh" troupe.

I almost quit reading because I didn't want to read 3000 chapters of "your tr*sh for not being as... more>> awesome as I am, so die". PMG has enough of that in one chapter to sate my cringe itch.

It only progressively gets better with storytelling, plot, characters, and action. Yes, there is a lot of info dumps, which is very unfortunate. Yes, there are plot holes and deus ex machina moments. However, for a Chinese novel, especially a sci-fi one? I can stomach it. Nationalism and Patriotism, things that are usually annoying and disgusting af in these types of novels actually have their purpose and the author isn't blind to their negatives.
Spoiler

One of the biggest arcs in volume 3 is that a patriotic coalition in his home country has gone off the deep end, killing innocent people and framing him, just to continue a war of hatred.

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The over-reaching plot just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Which, is actually a small negative for me
Spoiler

At the end of the second volume, we're shown some genuinely inhuman actions from a sector in space that refers to themselves as "true humans" and if you think Totaltarinsm in our world is bad holy shit. These people are straight-up evil by every definition... However, at the end of the third, another sector is introduced in such a way that says" those true human guys? Pieces of sh*t for sure. However, they're f*cking angels compared to these other guys, join the evil humans if you need to because you're screwed otherwise.

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This continues throughout the novel.

TL;DR - Point is, for a sci-fi Chinese cultivation novel, it's probably the "best" on this site. For every negative, it has a positive. Read it passively, because it is a big ass novel. <<less
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MDNPHANTOM
MDNPHANTOM rated it
May 9, 2021
Status: c1172
Story is a science fiction cultivation type novel where a human from earth reincarnates into a kid born in the federation, living in a dump, harsh environment, where people kill for a bread loaf.

Gains golden opportunity, enters society, starts cultivating, defeats arrogant young masters, gets above everyone, looses his cultivation, gets above everyone again in a short period of time, speaks righteously despite his past, boasts his strength, defeats arrogant elders using schemes, enters a school, defeats more arrogant people and so on.

In the end I find the story monotonous,... more>> nothing too clear about characters cultivation, relationships or their development.

nothing clear about his battlesuit level, he keeps improving it but from a readers point of view it makes no difference, cheap words are used how its more powerful than before but nothing specific given.

No permanent enemies, as our character progresses through the world he beats enemies like flies and those keep popping out of every corner, I understand that enemies like that appear from time to time however from the way I read and interpreted, it seems like our character barely puts in any effort in cultivating and somehow comes out and crushes his enemies using skill because his enemies are mega s*upid and our MC is smart.

No goals, no aspiration (i mean he cultivates and becomes better than everyone only because of his opportunities, if it were a random kid from that world with the same kit as him, chances are he wouldn't be too far behind), lack of description regarding relationships, too many characters with little development which makes them feel empty.

Levels are not clear enough, equipment levels especially.

Lack of Impact, Excitement, culmination for example a display of arguments about who's side is right or better, our MC just kills people because they are described as bad or Evil or get in his way (that can happen to some but not to all), this in turn makes the story feel empty. The author tries to put some effort in this area but it feels fake. The list goes on, the novel would have been good if it was short and sweet, with good world building, clear goals, and showing clear improvements. <<less
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4kcult
4kcult rated it
October 2, 2019
Status: c2000
This is going to sound cliche and I hate it when people say it to me but: You honestly haven't read Forty Millenniums of Cultivation until you reach the beginning of Book 4. The author starts to introduce the elements that make it what it is by Book 2. It's worth it though.

About the Nationalism: it's not around long. In fact, the story is actually mildly anti-nationalist and explicitly criticizes how the Federation reacts to the Demon Race:

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Spoiler

Li Yao has to unite the Humans and the Demons (who are revealed to be merely genetically modified variant of humanity) against the greater threat. In the process, he goes against rogue humans who want to exterminate and/or ens*ave the Demons. The Federation's militarism is actually explicitly criticized as dangerous and a threat to its own liberal democratic values.

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Unlike most of the Xianxia novels on this site, there are actually themes to this story. At it's core, it's about human civilization and a clash of ideologies. But at the same time, it's just a fun (if slow-placed and somewhat unconventional) face-smacking Xianxia-meets-Sci-Fi novel. As the novel says, this story is about forty thousand years of cultivation, or really forty thousand years of human civilization. Just one big example,

Ancient Cultivators vs Immortal Cultivators vs Cultivators:

One of the major themes of the novel is about what it means to be a modern civilization politically. The author contrasts three different "types" of cultivators against each other, symbolizing different notions of civilization.

Ancient Cultivators:

Spoiler

The Ancient Cultivators are represent the feudal civilizations of old. Much like your typical Xianxia novel protagonist, they live in a dog-eat-dog world where you have to kill to live. For the most part, they don't have the notion of doing things for the greater good, just profit. To them like the nobles of ancient times, ordinary people are just pawns in power struggles.

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Immortal Cultivators:

Spoiler

The Immortal Cultivators represent the darker aspects of modern human civilization. Like the Ancient Cultivators they're extremely callous towards ordinary "mortals" who they view as subhumans

(This distinction isn't just one of merit or social status, mortals have no rights in their society:

Spoiler

they literally build supercomputers out of the souls of dead babies.

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However, unlike the Ancients they take these actions because not because they are nihilists but in the name of the greater good of all mankind. They see these actions as the only way to keep humanity alive in a dark and cold universe and view all notions of morality should be abandoned in the struggle to keep humanity alive forever. No matter what atrocities they would have to commit to accomplish that. In Li Yao's eyes, they would turn humanity into an "iron coachroach" (yes, he actually he uses those words more or less), to remain alive.

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Cultivators:

Spoiler

The good guys. The cultivators believe that humanity cannot abandon its morals to live (i.e. Their compassion for their fellow man/alien, their freedom, and their reason) because it's those morals that give human civilization meaning. As long as the embers of human civilization survive ("as long as there are stars in the sky" as one cultivator puts it), there will be "cultivators" who seek to defy the natural anarchy of the universe and join their hands together against evil, even if that defies heaven's will.

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The Plot

Even if you aren't looking for a deep read, honestly, so much stuff happens in this novel that it's worth it. Book 2 is a little weak (there's a pretty forced arc where Li Yao crash lands on a planet; there's a good reason why this arc has to happen, but it unfortunately doesn't fit with the rest of the story. Some of the Bai Xinghe arc also doesn't make a ton of sense) but the story really takes off after that. The Book 3 arcs really display Li Yao's mad genius, without making the other characters look too dumb. The Arc in the Martial Hero Sector is also pretty great; the ending is really satisfying.

He also kills reincarnated space hi*ler. No context. <<less
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tanasinn
tanasinn rated it
May 3, 2019
Status: c1185
This is one of the rare few novels where it gets better as it goes on. So far it has been divided into 3 volumes and I would say the first is definitely the weakest. I stopped reading when the MC inherited some memories early on in volume 1 from an ancient cultivator as I thought it was a really played out trope. Later on I read a brief summary of later chapters so I went back to continue and I am really happy I did. It's definitely one of... more>> the novels I look forward to reading with very little filler (if you don't include worldbuilding as that).

The novel combines science fiction and cultivation tropes in a pretty interesting way. This isn't a novel where everyone is a sociopath intent on looting from each other as only the strongest is king. That trope is not focused here and an alternative society much like our own with laws and orders and patents is in place which means that people work together in quite a few ways. Obviously there is some 40k stuff lifted like chain swords and bolters and even the Horus Heresy somewhat applicable but the Imperium equivalent was much less grimdark being made up of Cultivators (capitalized for a reason) who had their unique beliefs in how the universe should be managed.

What is more interesting is how the novel has used the Dark Forest Theory from Three-Body Problem as a major part of the story. Beliefs play a strong role in the story (as Nascent Souls are powered by their beliefs) and how the MC handles the Dark Forest Theory and zero-sum approaches is relevant. This is also then later approached to he the MC handles the demons that are portrayed as just evil in the first volume. I notice that one of the reviews calls out the blatant nationalism in the beginning which is fair but later on (in volume 3) the author makes sure to show the harm of such a black and white belief.

This was pretty long but this is one of the rare stories where I find myself agreeing with the MC political beliefs and enjoying the fact that it's not just a series of journal entries of a mu*derhobo who likes to kill clans of arrogant young masters. Some other favorites of mine are World of Cultivation (also had a focus on refining instead of pure combat), Sevens (arcs really do help make a story interesting), Lord of the Mysteries (#1 for me right now), Reverend Insanity (an honest mu*derhobo unlike most other MCs), and Kingdom's Bloodlines (poor Thales). <<less
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Klepar
Klepar rated it
February 28, 2019
Status: c186
+ It's mildly entertaining

- The MC, a supposed genius, doesn't seem to think that much. In a world where a lot of information is readily available, he is constantly surprised by simple concepts that he should have looked up long ago, at the very least due to his speciality.

- The cultivation is very boring and badly thought out.

... more>> - The Author is horrible at basic arithmetics.

- The Author seems to hate consistency and instead favours cheap dramaticism. Many facts are changed and/or just blatantly ignored just a few chapters after being mentioned.

- A lot of standard Chinese nationalist mentality. <<less
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WinByDying
WinByDying rated it
February 28, 2018
Status: c227
This novel is mostly great. On NU, that's a 4/5.

Way better than swallowed star IMO, that one is way too dry to read. This one's a little juicier. Even if it's slow.

GOOD:

    • Plotplanning: for example, relatively early on it is mentioned that the love interest has very advanced pet robots in her residence. It is not explicitly explained yet, but conjecturing why isn't difficult given what you discover in later chapters;
    • The romance seems pretty good, great female lead. Well, the little bit we've seen of it. She's a mixture of a few cliches but I really like it;
    • It's a fun world. I really like the setting, and academy type settings are the best for this type of novels, better than pure sect settings.;
    • The characters are not all the classic baddies/evil young masters, better than usual cultivation novels, in this one they don't annoy me to death. Some characters also show some semblance of intelligence, a rare sight.
BAD:

    • I would not really call it filler, but the writing style can come over a bit bloated. Makes it feel slow. Not due to prosaic descriptions (as if you'll find that in cultivation webnovels), but mostly due to the obligatory face smacking and info dumps. Note that it's about to go to 3000 chaps;
    • Talking about info dumps: there's quite a bit of them. Luckily, they are spread out and not very long, so I did not mind them at all;
    • The characters are mostly superficial.
The bad points are can be called part of the worldbuilding, for the more patient readers among us.

You know what, in short, it's been fun!
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clowred
clowred rated it
April 30, 2017
Status: c102
This novel deserves its rating as one of the best novels on this website. Mostly because we finally have a protagonist that delves deeper in the field of forgery. Maybe this in itself wouldn't have stood out too much if it had the same setting as most of the novels around. But the true ace in the sleeve of this novel is the modern cultivation world system. Not a world like ours, but one that evolved from a bonafide ancient cultivation world. Because of this it is hard for me... more>> at least to find a reason to give this novel less than 5 stars. Cliches exist, especially the arrogant antagonist that is sustained by his family, by his talent and looks. The seemingly righteous protagonist that is also a brat. The old man that spits in the elders coffee each day before writing his name with piss on the sect's wall. The mysterious person who sees talent in the poor brat giving him cultivation resources worth enough for him to live like a king for the rest of his life. The "only" friend that is ready to put his meager worthless life at risk to protect the honor of his friend. These are some of the cliches you would see in almost all novels. The interesting part is how a few twists can make even these cliches seem refreshing as they are in a stable balance between the powers that act against the protagonist and the powers that try to protect him. A more outstanding part of the protagonist's world is represented by the existence of the moral rules. In any other novel you would see sects killing anyone who annoys them without giving a shit. But in this world there exists a punishing organization especially for the cultivators that act according to their evil desires. This is a breath of fresh air as the number of protagonist hunted until they are a little more than dog food is by no means small. At this point, after only 102 chapters I can't be sure how good the novel will be in the later stages, or if it will drop the unique parts because they are bothersome to be developed. But, even so, even at its worst it will still be a good novel, and its best, an awesome one. Time and the translation team will prove which one of those. <<less
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Jake-ish
Jake-ish rated it
January 24, 2017
Status: c32
Sci-fi xianxia done right! If you want a futuristic cultivation novel, look no further. This novel is one of very few that I've read that explains everything logically and clearly without creating any plot holes; very refreshing.
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deniya
deniya rated it
November 15, 2020
Status: c163
Way too much fillers imo. Also all those excessive theories and most of the history "lessons" feel like bullsh... Imagine wanting to read something interesting and fun but then reading lots of rough surface study information that isn't even truthful. In a way, reading a brief summary of such chapters would've been better, as it feels.

There's been some chapters which I considered as quite interesting, remembering even one which made my eyes stick to the screen for the whole arc. The idea of the high-tech civilization together with cultivation world... more>> at the same time is quite rare. But otherwise, especially at the very last chapters I've read, was having a constant nagging as to "why am I reading this?.." with the displeasure of skipping lots of paragraphs.

And ofc all those excessive phrases downgrading MC at first from some random not really clever group of people, but then 5 minutes later: "omg, he's a dragon among men!". And why does it happen so often? >.< <<less
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Peniparton
Peniparton rated it
November 12, 2020
Status: c1320
The novel had a good start with world building futuristic trend / psychology/ideology and all but as the story continued it diverted from the beginning faze but it was not the reason I dropped it.. mainly I felt the character development seriously lacking.. the MC doesn't seem to connect emotionally with anyone even with his wife.. only thing going on with his life was war and refining.. so much that I thought that the character only existed for his country and all..I appreciated the Patriotism and all and even loved... more>> the heroic act of the sub plots but the MC made friends due to certain cerumstances but it doesn't show growth I was hoping for... overall it's an average read for me but if someone loves plot/world building with technical information than maybe it's okay for you to give it a try.. it's just that my preference didn't match.. <<less
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sahs228
sahs228 rated it
August 21, 2020
Status: c35
It might be good for teenagers. The story has too much explanation of unrelated stuff and situations, very little happens over each chapter, and the premise of his strength is also very unnatural and random.

Some expert travels in time to the future to die instantly and the rewards goes to our MC, this sentence happened in 2-3 chapters. Nothing special.

Every other character is just a nobody with no character development. They mostly just appear out of nowhere for the sake of continuation of the story.

Another thing about this MC, that... more>> is both funny and dumb: Two old Experts had to die, so the MC became an Expert. (Over the first 30 chapters.) the first old expert was just mentioned casually without no explanation, and the second one also appears magically out of nowhere and dies instantly, so that the plot gives MC the Genius condition.

ALL in all the MC is a insufferable s*upid greedy prick that no one likes. The funny thing is, MC don't even try to become interesting, fun, make a conversation with people, less arrogant or a good person overall. He doesn't have any aspirations to be interesting enough to follow. The story just happens and things just fall to his lap out of nowhere. <<less
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Titan LLS
Titan LLS rated it
November 27, 2018
Status: c1010
Deep... what amazing depth, I was not expecting this at all. from the start, this thing is so well tailored it just takes me by surprise and stems from my expectations all at the same time. when I started reading this thing I thought it was a really nice cross premise of, Earth Reincarnation, Sci-Fi and Cultivation but that was all I was expecting for the first few vol it is good, it was not bad at all heck it even moments it gets your adrenaline up a... more>> bit. That said I was not I was not expecting afterward to witness the philosophical depth this novel comes to challenge. on adverse and complicated issues. Issues such as war, nature of morality, racism are eventually tackled and it really does so in such a seamless manner. that you feel it were natural and not forced at all, issues typically conveyed as though it were dry text. in novels. were engaging and thought provoking. I'm simply astounded, I really am impressed by this one when novels typically begin to grow dull and lackluster, this novel has shown me for the first time in awhile quite the opposite. it simply burns fiercely, with brilliance. I'm very grateful I picked this one up. <<less
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Littleking868
Littleking868 rated it
August 26, 2018
Status: v15c1492
It pains me how much bad reviews this amazing story has by people that only read a few chapters. This is a completely unique and well explained story. Some parts that seem illogical or cliche are explained later on in a unique, refreshing and thought provoking manner. Stick with this story and by the 3rd arc you'd realize its nothing like what it seems at first. I have no more to say since some of the reviews are indeed fair and flush out other great aspects of this webnovel.
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