Battle Through the Heavens

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In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and the weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty, yet also filled with unforeseen danger. Three years ago, Xiao Yan, who had shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly lost everything. His powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?

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Battles Breaks the Skies
BTTH
Fighting to Break the Skies
斗破苍穹
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What Do You Call a Benevolent and Reasonable Person in Xianxia? An Impossibility! (BTTH) (Spin-Off)
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NamesAreRlyHard
NamesAreRlyHard rated it
May 15, 2016
Status: c405
Although it has alot of cliches, like the MC having god defying luck sometimes, this novel does the usual xianxia plot very well while adding great content on top of it. Its a very well written story, with a reasonable and likeable MC and a interesting world, definitely recommend if you like xianxia/xuanhuan. Also, although there are a couple arcs where the story slows down a little bit, the pace always picks up with time.
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craBebe
craBebe rated it
May 13, 2016
Status: --
A very good series with some interesting characters. Some of the arcs tend to drag, but often follow up with some extremely exciting moments (for instance the Misty Cloud/Three Year Reunion arc). I find myself losing interest for a few chapters, then coming back and getting s**ked back into the story. It doesn't keep me eagerly anticipating the following release like some other series do, but it's still a really good read. If you've worked your way through the top 10 on NU, definitely give this one a read. In... more>> fact, everything on WW is worth a read. Check it out! <<less
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rainx
rainx rated it
October 10, 2018
Status: Completed
First, I must say one thing : I read chinese novel directly so I didn't know the translated quality.

The reason I came here to post this comment is to let people realize something.

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    1. The protagonist is a pe*verted guy. Sneaked into a 5~6 y/o girl's bedroom @midnight and hand-raped a little girl everyday for months consecutively and let the girl thinks that he did that to help her massage her body. Xun Er's meridian is suffering from side effect of no.4 fire being transferred into her body. Next, this pe*verted man peeks @girls bathing etc etc...
    1. The author himself got berated a lot when this novel started on qidian. That's why he made the MC a gentleman later in the story. But heck, just thinking of what the MC did made me vomit already.
    1. Ok, we omit out the MC and look at the plot itself. The setting is actually not bad. A lot of people said the MC is too lucky, yes I admit luck is (damn) too much already. But, this work is actually the ancestor of the genre (transmigrated to other world became a waste person) type of novel that you see a LOT these days. For an ancestor (pioneer), it is actually good and you have to say the "female" characters have their own personality and growth which is actually a lot better than what you see in most novels nowadays.
    1. Truth be told, this novel is above average (after taking into account the scum of a protagonist). I mean if read in chinese yeah because if translated into english version will cause lots of reading problems with all those terms and derivatives.
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Now, this is the part I edited. I saw many comments about the characters being plain and undeveloped. Yes, villains are all generic and follows evil young master type but not all female characters though.

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  1. Nalan Yanran- She is one headstrong and stubborn woman. I read many people commenting about her being s*upid. s*upid in what sense? Being s*upid to cancel the marriage? For a fiancee that never thought about her and just hung out with his childhood friend (?) when he's still a genius and then didn't bother or afraid to find her when his talent disappeared? Or she is being s*upid when she accepted the fight 3 years later? Just so you know, her talent is not bad and she definitely trained, albeit proud but she had what it takes to be proud (in Gama Empire). It is just because the MC's protagonist armor is so strong that made her look s*upid in the eyes of the readers. She is a character that insisted on her own path that was forced to bow down only to the so-called plot armor. Character-wise, she is unique. How many woman like her do you see in these type of novels, huh? And I tell you this book was written more than 10 years ago.
  2. Gu Xun'er- I admit her character is too plain, or broken to exact. She was broken from Chapter 1. If you read what I said above, she was sent to Xiao Clan to find the jade and also to rest. Her clan used all ways to transfer the 4th Essence Flame into her body since she was small to help with her cultivation in the future. But her meridian is very weak as she is still small and suffers so her pops let her rest somewhere else while also giving her a task. Now, what did the reincarnated MC do? The pe*verted adult in kid's skin used his hands to touch her body under the pretense of helping her out. Gullible little girl got tricked and fell in love. That's the female MC you got from Chapter 1 onward; broken OP main female character.
  3. Ya Fei-Your typical cunning and enchanting female character. Not much development yeah but she is one that knows how to use what she had to her advantage. If not again for those plot armor of MC that brought trouble to wherever he goes, she is still OK character.
  4. Medusa/Cai Lin- OK. I don't want to comment on her as the author specifically tailored her to be MC's pet. The author just likes to make a character that is praised to be how good, how high and majestic and then bow down to the MC in the end. I hate the author for this, seriously.
  5. Yun Yun- Cool beauty type that could think on her own. She could make her own decision on what to prioritize; her clan or love. At first, I also thought that she was being wishy-washy but she actually did put her clan above love. It's just that she lets MC go thinking that he would know to keep a low profile but you guys know what the fork kind of person the MC is. A selfless hypocrite that always think that he is right and the plot armor will always prove it true.
  6. Xiao Yi Xian- No development seriously? To me, she is the type that had her own ambitions and take it to her own hands. Whether it being the time she decided to use the poison manual and increase her cultivation using her poison body or when she created her own sect. She is one that could do what she wants. Only that the author did not focus on her like usual while setting the focus on the MC creating chaos everywhere.
  7. Han Yue-She is yet another cool and intelligent beauty. She knows what she wants and knows when to retreat. She is a genius admittedly. She is born in a slightly better family in the outer area of Central Plains and had to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining her family clan since she is the eldest child of the Han family leader. She might have the resources but its lacking compared to what those geniuses that came out later had. She had no special bloodline, special cultivating resources or pills. What she had is actually pretty average for those born in the Central Plains. But she could get to the ranks of Dou Huang at her age with those materials already proves that she is a talented hard worker; don't compare with the MC armed with plot armor. Also, she also knows that she is not suitable for the MC and keeps her love bottled up. She is easily one of the characters that is plain and does not get much screen time but stands out just as much.
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Alright, there are lots of female characters that is not listed but I just wanted to say not all female characters are tacky and plain without development. Especially in the front part of the story, the female casts are indeed unique in their own way but did not get shown as the author is too focused on the MC. Try looking from the other person's perspective and you will be able to find out the better parts.

Also, I wanted to say those that say the cultivation levels are s*upid and unbalanced. It's true for the MC but it doesn't seem that bad for others. They said the opponents thrown in the latter parts are OP and strong like MC even after those 'training' he went through.

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The cultivation part that is the hardest earlier is to reach Dou Zhe. To reach Dou Zhe, one needs to keep refining the body for a good foundation. That is why it takes around ten years or more. However, clans that are at the top usually have herbal dresses and solutions for their geniuses. That is to say, the way they advance to Dou Zhe is a lot faster and almost like MC when Yao Lao awakens.

Then, those old clans and sects have inheritance. In case you do not understand, one could transfer the dou qi to others, willingly. Although some will be lost during the process, it is a good way to level up for the younger ones. You might not know if they ranked up this way, right?

Plus, Yao Lao also mentioned that MC's only exceptional part is his base mental strength which is strong only because he reincarnated. He said his cultivation talent is just good in Gama Empire, average in the mainland.

The others also have their own adventure and encounters or enlightenment. Do you seriously think they would just sit in their sect and wait for the MC to come knock up troubles?

Does it make sense now that the others could get better or same level as MC? Or are your brains not working and needs other peoples to spell out each word for you guys? Simply put, MC had his own fortuitous encounters, others too will have the same. Only difference is, the MC is backed by plot armor too much.

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But still, take into account that the MC is a scum that is converted into a gentleman after the author gets too much negative review after the novel is published on Qidian. The biggest evidence is that many authors are mimicking this novel by putting in a new MC and abuse Xiao Yan ~kill him ~ntr him etc etc etc....

. But compared to Douluo Dalu mimic novels, the author generated MC (s) gets along with Tang San.

BIG DIFFERENCE LOL <<less
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afroafro
afroafro rated it
March 24, 2021
Status: Completed
This was one of the first C-novels I read and here I am, 2 years later, writing this review. The 2 stars are for the translator.

Tbh I liked this in the beginning but then it went to shit. Why do you ask? Well, arcs became repetitive, writing got boring and theeeeeen... the useless and despicable MC r*ped my favourite character... like seriously F.U.C.K YOU XIAO YAN!!!! Medusa is a bad-ass QUEEN who's stronger AND BETTER than XY and this s*upid author probably got jealous of her excellence and let her... more>> be violated by this scum!! What made it worse, was that the author wrote for her to "fall in love" with her rapist and have his kid, then continue to be "content to stay by his side" when the FL came into the picture, which BTW is very out of character for her!!!

Puhleeeeease b.i.t.c.h Medusa would've kicked his a.s.s. if it wasn't because the author was biased. It's been 2 damn years and I'm still pissed. Medusa deserves better!! Story would've been so much better if she killed him, claimed his b.i.t.c.h then lived her best life as the real MC!!!!! -_______- <<less
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White Dragon
White Dragon rated it
October 26, 2018
Status: Completed
One of the first few novels I read. I remember only a couple hundred chapters were translated back then. I really loved it at that time, I have even read the first 500 chapters thrice. I decided to complete it this time from zero to last, and I am left with nothing good to say about the story. Monotonous, repetitive and sooo much at that, dragged out, 1 Dimensional villians, horrible romance, rushed ending, just very poorly written the further it goes on.
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Bluestreak
Bluestreak rated it
March 27, 2018
Status: c1648
I'll make this simple. Short summary of the story at the end.

Pros:

Umm... none.

Cons:

  • Deus ex machina galore. This happens in EVERY conflict where the MC isnt present. The authors doesnt even bother to save this unnecessary, bland and overused drama for main conflicts.
  • Overly used luck. The MC probably has 3-5 Chinese novel protagonist worth of luck. This is serious.
  • Talent-less MC. Who needs talent when youre the god of luck? He only gets strong not because of perseverance, handwork, or talent, but because of his god-like luck.
  • Irrational and self-centered MC. He makes a small problem then blows it out of proportions; just like your typical arrogant young masters.
  • and more....
Short Summary of the entire story. SPOILERS

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MC from a small clan. Has a girl cruching on him who is from a mega clan (not revealed till later and this also becomes a driving force for power later).

MC's father's reputation got ruined by his fiance not wanting to marry. Thus, a challenge (Early driving for for power).

MC gets a super grandpa teacher.

Wins challenge against fiance. Unnecessarily makes enemy with a clan. Father captured. Must save father.

Academy life. Outer student conflict. Then inner student conflict.

Wanting to destroy and entire clan to its roots (including innocents), but because of female he only disbands them.

Central Plane, the next level place renowned as a place for experts. Offend faction - Escape - Survive- power up -destroy faction. Rinse and repeat about a dozen times. Along the way makes friends with powerful people.

Win competitions. Famous.

Get a sht ton of inheritance.

A lot of ass pull power-ups for his harem to try and keep them relevant. His harem could have their own Chinese novel just from the amount of ass-pull they get. About 95% of the entire novel his harem is just as strong or even stronger than him cuz of ass-pull.

Finds out his clan was an ancient clan that was declining.

More luck

More luck.....

Becomes a god.

Deus ex machina the final boss. So bad I skimmed through the final boss arch.

His clan is now thriving.

He gets all his harem. Worst harem BTW. It doesnt happen till 95% of the novel was complete. He gets all of his harem literally on the final chapter. Worst part is, dragon girl was forgotten in the epilogue. Dragon girl was even one of the central characters who accompanied the MC through tough times, yet a girl who probably only had a handful of chapters got included in the epilogue..........

Tease a squeal in the epilogue.

The end. 1/5 stars.

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OP_Female_MC
OP_Female_MC
April 22, 2022
Status: c47
Nope.

So sick of these wuxia novels thinking s*xual assuat is funny, seggsy even? So the only way me can fight women is related to seggs? They'll be like a real man could never fight a woman, let me press her down, touch her chest, subdue her- year thats better. Once I "tame her" she will nolonger be able to fight and will fall in love with me!

What BS, let me tell you one thing for free, the result in the real world would either going to jail, you bleeding to... more>> death after getting your manhood chopped into little piceces and probably a woman tramatised do much she might even kill herself. Hmph, stop this foolary in novels, it pathetic and unneccessary, just stick to the martial arts. <<less
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Shut it
Shut it rated it
June 29, 2018
Status: Completed
Disappointed, this novel start of really good but, gradually goes really bad. The arthor keep introducing new characters with a lot of unique character but, just after a while he just through them out like a tr*sh, just what the hell is he even doing!!? And at the few hundred last chapters it getting so freaking annoying just to read it! Comparing the novel to the manha the manha version is far better! I like the manha way way better then this novel version! Xiao Yan in the manha way... more>> more better, he has a lots more friend and more friendly then in the novel, and he don’t just through them away like trust like in novel. Anyway to sums it up, I recommend everyone to read the manha version rather them this novel version, which is only at around 230 chapter today. I’m sure you like it better them the novel version, which is so so bad at the end. <<less
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Lsshin
Lsshin rated it
May 30, 2018
Status: c1648
If I could I would give this novel a 0 star rating. Worse novel in history if you ask me. First 500 chapters were great, but then the story was recycled over and over and over and then some more. It got so bad that chapters seemed the same only with a few names changed here and there. It is beyond generic, and eve though it had great potential the author killed it just like all his other novels. If you are between the ages of 9 and 12 you'll... more>> love it. If you are between 12 and 15, you'll find it okei, but above 15 you will be disgusted by it j less this is your first novel or you have very bad memory. This is not an insult, it is facts.

Bottom line: don't waste your time on this novel <<less
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honorisdead
honorisdead rated it
May 29, 2018
Status: Completed
This novel is one of the worst I've had the misfortune of slogging through. I don't know what the author was doing but the entire last 500+ chapters are such BS I can't help but be pissed off I actually finished it in hopes of a good ending. Nope. The characters become very bland and one sided. MC did not lose a single fight in the entire novel. Each and every time he was either saved or just escaped without any real consequences. He fights these clans that have been... more>> around for thousands of years training while MC plot armor is barely out of his youth when winning every fight. It's like this is a level scaling RPG where as soon as MC ranks up all of a sudden all these high level experts who had never even appeared before suddenly pop up everywhere like weeds. Lets not forget the grand and exaggerated scale of everything thousand mile long energy pillars, destroying hundred thousand feet long swords, once in a thousand year events that just so happen to line up with what the MC needs. To really seal the deal the end is mediocre and leaves so much unanswered I can't help but say it was a waste of time to read this.

I've made an account to tell future visitors that this is absolutely not worth picking up. I've wasted my time reading this and don't think anyone else should suffer the disappointment that is Battle Through the Heavens. <<less
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Anala
Anala rated it
March 29, 2018
Status: c1506
Getting tired of repetitive scenarios, the ever eyes rolling Xun'er, MC's constant 2years "deaths" for each lvl up. Every side characters wait to serve MC.

Some characters, or things get mentioned only once and they disappear into the void~ Never to be seen again~ ??
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Silver Celeste
Silver Celeste rated it
March 25, 2018
Status: Completed
I personally really loved this novel. Being one of the first novels I've ever read on Wuxia, reading this kind of novel was some sort of introduction for me into the so called "world of chinese wuxia novels". Having read the manga first and enjoying it a lot, I quickly turned to the novel after finishing the unfinished manga, and I actually enjoyed it a lot as well!

So what did the novel do well?

First of all, I found the MC mostly likeable. He has most of the classic shounen MC... more>> qualities of being earnest and optimistic and stuff, without being a complete pushover, and I like that. Mostly.

Secondly, the world building was done really well. The world actually felt like a functioning world with a bunch of established cities and an actual population living their day to day lives. That's pretty well done. I've read a few other Wuxia novels (namely I Shall Seal the Heavens), where the world just feels like a giant, near empty barren land filled with the occasional isolated sect that sometimes like to go to war with other isolated sects. Luckily BTTH feels like an actual world with an actual lore and history, with an actual civilisation filled with empires and cities that actually interact with each other.

Thirdly, the side characters are pretty likeable as well. While I like the manga versions better where they are all funny and very quippy with each other, the novel version is not much worse. The villains are also pretty well done, they are a threat that is introduced very, very early into the novel and is developed somewhat well throughout.

Lastly, the pacing, at least from the beginning up to somewhere around the middle, is pretty good. The story never feels boring or too rushed during that area, it feels just right.

Anyways, there are more things I like about the story, but there are also a lot of things I hate. And since I'm a very hateful person, I couldn't wait before listing out the things I hate.

One of the biggest nitpicks I have with novels like this is the romance. The romance between the MC and Xun Er and Cai Lin seem somewhat forced. Especially the former. Sure, they were together a lot during the beginning of the novel, but they never really seem to have much chemistry with each other, the way they talked with each other never implied that they were anything more than brother and sister. The same goes for Cai Lin. She acts very tsun tsun-ish, but the times when she's dere are so few and far between. And even when they do happen it's often very weak and over in like a paragraph or so.

To be clear, this novel isn't devoid of good romance. The best romance in the novel in my opinion is actually between
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Yun Yun and the MC. The both of them honestly have really good chemistry with each other, and the way they act around each other, or at least the way Yun Yun acts towards him, seems very cute and heartwarming, and this could end up being a really good romance if the author decided to develop it more. Sadly the romance goes nowhere and ends without them resolving the feelings Yun Yun has for him or even mentioning it at all after a certain point. Man, that felt really disappointing.

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Onto the relationships in general, the MC meets so many people and starts so many plot points throughout the novel, and yet very few of them get developed and have a nice resolution. Look, I know that your average person in real life is going to meet so many people that they can't possible remember them all after ten years or so, but this is different in a story. If you introduce someone in a story and let them have a relationship with the MC, you're going to have to do something with them and resolve their relationship. Merely mentioning them once or twice towards the end of the novel isn't enough and just leaves the reader hanging and wondering "hey, what happened to character X?" This becomes apparently clear towards the Central Plains section of the novel, especially
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Han Xue and her family, and the person the MC was trying to help get a elder spot back at the pill tower but I can't remember the name of because they were never mentioned again, Nalan Yanran and the Nalan clan, Hai po dong (I liked the manga where they turned him into a child. I liked him better there) e.t.c.

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Speaking of the end of the novel, remember when I said that the pacing was really good up to a certain point? Yeah. Around chapter 900-1000 or so, the pace starts getting abruptly fast, and the MC spends only a few chapters of time climbing the top levels of dou qi, even skipping the entire "half saint" stage. Like what the hell, if you're not going to make the MC climb through it, then don't make the stage in the first place. Ignoring that, it's becoming very clear at around chapter 1000 or so that the author needs to finish the novel soon, hence he starts rushing the whole thing and the pace becomes unnaturally fast, in complete contrast with the gentle pace of the first half of the novel. This shows the importance of having some sort of plan when you're planning on writing these extremely long novels. There are some rules of literature that you probably shouldn't break, namely:

If you're introducing some sort of levelling system (like the dou qi ranks from dou qi zhe to dou di) or something, then by the end of the story the MC must have reach the top.

Clearly the author spent too many chapters having the MC climb through the first the first half of his levelling system, so he rushed the second half. And this leads to the second half having very little downtime for the characters to continue developing and interact, leaving the novel feeling very rushed and unfinished. This is especially evident whenever the author keeps emphasising that the ranks (stars) in between each rank is extremely far apart, so much so that every rank needs about a ten years of training or so, and yet the MC just blazes through them all extremely quickly.

Speaking of rushed, a lot of plot points are clearly recycled over and over and over again, to the point where you can read a chapter and know exactly what's going to happen a few chapters later. The most outrageous repeated plot point is:

  1. Character X (who has some relationship with the MC) and his/her clan or alliance of people are being attacked by the villains again or whatever
  2. Around half to a full chapter is spent showing how the situation is hopeless and how character X is losing and losing hope as well (the reader is losing hope also losing hope, so don't worry, character X)
  3. The villain is about to defeat or kill character X when the MC shows up with a one liner and here to save the day!
Of course, this sort of template kind of has to be used in almost every story about fighting or conflict ever, and it's kinda obvious why. It builds tension, shows how heroic the MC is and stuff like that. But in this novel it's reused over and over and over again, so much so that the tension is removed whenever it happens.

Going back to the MC, I said that I mostly liked the MC. There's this somewhat new trend going on where authors are making their MC's really edgy. Now that might have been happening for a long time, but by "edgy" I mean not hesitating to kill people when they have to. This sort of ruthless at times yet kind MC is pretty popular nowadays in a lot of manga and the wuxia novels, but a lot of times this sorty of MC just comes down as being an unlikeable a**hole. This problem is really obvious in other wuxia novels (looking at you again, I shall seal the heavens. The MC there is a f*cking genocidal maniac), and here the MC gets really close to being a cold, ruthless unlikeable character at times. Luckily these moments are pretty few and far between, so it's not as big of a problem as I'm making it out to be.

Another huge problem that happens all throughout this novel is power creep. Now what is power creep? Basically power creep is when literally everything is getting more powerful all the time. I know I explained it badly, but let me explain it in context. In the story, the MC's rate of growth is constantly being said to be "really f*ckin frightening", and that "usually it would take a thousand billion years to climb to this rank, but he did it in three minutes!" Now I'm not totally against an MC that gets strong very quickly through a ton of Deus Ex Machinas, as I think the only times when Deus Ex Machinas are a problem is when they break my sense of disbelief in the story, but the problem is that almost every other character close to the MC also grows this fast along with him. But wait?! The reader thinks, if the MC only grew this fast because of all the deus ex machinas, then are all the other characters getting sh*t tons of deus ex machinas as well?! And the answer seems to be yes. Xun Er, the fairy doctor, Cai Lin, even Qing Lin and Yun Yun. All of them have some BS deus ex machina power that lets them keep up and sometimes even exceed the MC in strength. I get that you have to have some companionship and someone to fight alongside the MC, but when literally all of this companions are like this you start to think that deus ex machina bullsh*t that helps you refine your strength must be really f*cking common in this world, isn't it?

It isn't just the MC's group though, from the very beginning even Dou Huangs and Dou Zongs were described as "being the top of the continent" and "being so rare". After the MC reaches that stage, suddenly they become as common as weeds. This happens every stage. By the end, I swear there about a million more saints than when the story started. This is especially hard to believe as the author keeps telling us that these stages are extremely difficult to climb towards and break through, and yet almost everyone that the MC knows breaks through them. It's almost as if these rare things that raise your strength aren't as rare as they seem.

Anyways, I've ranted on long enough. I still think this novel was pretty enjoyable despite all its flaws. I had fun and enjoyed reading it, and I do recommend this for anyone getting into Wuxia novels.

3/5 <<less
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Datura
Datura rated it
November 29, 2017
Status: --
Everyone who hate this type of novel, wuxia and xianxia is not for you.

For those who think the author is just dragging the stories, for f**k sake, this is wuxia! The MC need a lot of cultivation and time to grow stronger, if you want to MC go like "Kabooom" Over-powered in a second the you might as well just read some Shoujo Manga or typical OP anime MC with a lot of harem and fan service.

For the "lady-luck whoring", jfc as I said again and again, this is Wuxia,... more>> most of the popular wuxia and xianxia novel got a lot of harem in it. If you don't like just read "I eat tomato" work, it only got one love interest, and if you think the romance is not good enough you might as well watch or read those korean romance with lot of edgy lines. <<less
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Max
Max rated it
May 15, 2016
Status: c406
This novel is awesome. The characters in this novel are likable and well fleshed out. MC is a sly guy who knows how to use his brain (Also not a bloodthirsty mofo like the guy in MGA). The story is compelling and well written. The translation is also excellent, no issues with grammar or terms. The unique Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, etc terms of power classification was a bit confusing at first, but over time I found I liked it more and more. It has a certain... more>> amount of gravitas that standard numerical levels or master/grandmaster terms simply did not have. What can I say? In all areas, this is pretty much what a perfect xianxia novel should be. I can find no faults with it other than there's not enough of it! Alongside ATG and CD, this has quickly become one of my favourite works. If you're fans of either of those two novels, definitely try this out. <<less
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Hornet7
Hornet7 rated it
May 14, 2016
Status: --
Terrific novel! It is true that you know the hero will always win and not die, but in this novel the hero never has it easy. Fortune smiles on him all the time, but that is only after he gives it his all and endures extreme pain and trouble. There are many novels out there where the hero upgrades super fast or becomes overly powerful for his level, but this novel is not that kind. It is a tale of a young man outwitting, out training, and out performing his... more>> enemies at every turn. I will also add that he does not always achieve complete victory. There are multiple times where he gets driven away by his enemies, but then he comes back later and executes his vengeance upon them. <<less
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Theo77
Theo77 rated it
August 15, 2021
Status: c500
  • Honestly I'm tired of how Xiao Yan portrays himself... When he was still with Xun er in the clan, he wasn't as messed up as this...I dont really understand why when he sees a pretty girl for the first time, he eye gropes them, he stares at their legs, their body for an uncomfortable long time causing them to be disgusted with him, Then boom the author makes the girl fancy him in the end bcus of his immense talent.. this is just crap! Like Bro control yourself!

    And another issue I have with this novel is how the author goes into full details for irrelevant nonsenses...''She opens her full red lips and she stares at the man who starts to look handsome'', '' ''Xiao yan's gaze paused on the beautiful curves of Nalan Yanran'a tender body'' Like wtf!.... The fight scenes aren't even as explanatory as this, apart from this it has been kinda interesting
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ARodz
ARodz rated it
May 29, 2021
Status: Completed
I won't say much but if you are someone who can't stand a MC whose IQ is approaching negative digits better stay away.

CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED

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Spoiler

The MC "Xiao Yan" can be easily described in a few words I feel such as PRETENTIOUS, RECKLESS, FORGETFUL, CLUELESS and a WEAKLING (he acts like a weakling all the time for ex. Even he knows someone is going after to kill him he would face the person spout endless bullsh*t then fight him and makes his decision to kill the opponent only to let him escape in end cause after he defeated the opponent he stood by side to wait and let someone rescue the opponent.... Wait what ???? Happens everytime I promise you)

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ZeleniyKrokodil
ZeleniyKrokodil rated it
March 22, 2019
Status: c1648
If I evaluate this work in a nutshell, then I will say: "this is normal". YES. It's just normal. 3/5 and not an ounce more.

This work is definitely not a masterpiece. I will not talk about the pros and cons of this work. I will just talk about two problems that no normal author will create in his works.

First - harmony in the world:

Where is harmony, or at least its appearance? Why is there only a great fire, but there is no water, air,... more>> earth and wood? After all, if only fire exists, then everything there must at least consist of flame. But no. There are other elements there. Then where are all the powerful guys who have other elements? They are not.

These half-hearted "alchemists" can win against any of the same level of power. Why? Because, unlike other ones, they have two ways of development. It is like having two hands instead of one. And only for this they are stronger. If they are stuck on one, they can break through on the other.

And others, poor practitioners: water, earth, air, wood? Where is their strength? And not her. The author simply crossed out 80% of the options of strong people, because he was too lazy to write about it. No, even more! After all, not every fiery practitioner can be an alchemist. Only those that for some reason have a piece of wood. Which they have never practiced since birth, and which, by all possible logic, has already become useless.

Yes, the author may have understood after what sh*t he did. And he began to turn the great flames into other elements: wood (literally fire with an element of wood), earth (increasing body vitality and regeneration), water (ice, as it were, an element of water), air (I don't remember what he did, but he was). But it was late and useless.

You can say that there were strong rivals of the main character who were not alchemists. And I will ask you if they had chances to win under equal conditions? No, and no again.

Well, let's forget about this problem. But the problem will not forget about us!
She will come and say: I brought you a phoenix girlfriend who literally lives in a fire. Take it together, and Naderi ass creeping creatures. And you say: no problem sir, as you wish sir.
Why? Because the dragons are animals slaughtered by the author. Which in his opinion, so much f*cked everything that moves, That they lost all their bloodline.
And I would like to ask the author. Do you think dragons - a bas-relief on the walls so they do not move?
A dragon goes and sees another dragon, and thinks: "what a strange bas-relief, I would f*ck him, only he does not move."

Well, okay, maybe the author never loved reptiles, and so he treated them like that.

Second - Stop touching your father:

Really! The author is simply obsessed with fathers a**holes! 80 Percent of fathers in the piece are a**holes. And these 20 percent of fathers, who are not fools, were added by me only because of personal conscience, and not because they are in the work.
Well, you turned the fathers of the girls of the main character into idiots, the fathers of enemies into idiots, the fathers of friends into idiots. Have pity on the father of your main character, and do not turn him into a jerk.

NOT! Your goal is to turn all the fathers in the world into idiots. And therefore, you are not sparing neither the father nor the teacher of your main character. And turn them into useless crap that only can wave their hand out of the cage and scream "save me!" And when the protagonist rescues him, he does not go even one step, stumbles upon some other idiot father, and shouts to you again: “Save me!”

The author, why, so humiliate your father? Even if you hate him, give him a drop of respect.

Maybe the author wanted to write about parental love? If so, it turned out shit.

This work does not deserve the cult that lined up around it.
There are many works that are not worse than this. They are the best!

I Shall Seal the Heavens
Martial World
The Desolate Era

And many others.

This work does not deserve the cult that lined up around it. <<less
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TheBW
TheBW rated it
December 16, 2018
Status: c50
"Motherf***ker, this master is going to r*pe you today!" -MC, to his cousin

Not going to lie, things he does goes beyond borderline fu*ked up. If even TL has to make excuses for MC, it says a lot. Spoilers: The excuses were lame.

The "Strong, independent MC" turns out to be an as*hole that is no better than the 'mean' people who are bad to him. Also, victim complex is just leaking out of the character to justify whatever shitty thing he is up to next. Rest of things like training and... more>> fights are pretty bland. <<less
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wanzmor
wanzmor rated it
November 25, 2018
Status: Completed
BTTH is my first wuxia novel, so I might be bias here (in fact, I think I am). Of course after reading some others, I realize it is not the best out there, but it is still one of my favorite.

The thing I like most about BTTH is its characters. Since I read the novel after reading the manhwa, I do have some attachment towards the characters more. BTTH might have been a standard harem wuxia novel, but I kinda like how the author designs his cast in this, and... more>> I kinda love their interaction with XY. I also love how the author design XY's power up step by step, and I'm always amazed how he managed to find the names to put on XY's alchemy things.

I think BTTH can be suitable for someone starting wuxia novels. It is fun to read (albeit some alchemy/ cultivation chapters that I do skip lol) and has ok-ish length. Now that I have read some other works from other authors, I do think that BTTH can't be a pinacle of wuxia writing, but I won't say that it is very bad either. <<less
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