Qi Peijia
I'm not directly comparing them at all I just want to say that the way it talked about following the traits of the apostle to speed up the permanence reminds me of the acting method in LOTM. it seems like the power system has a bit of nuance but it's yet to see how the relationship between apostle and main body is handled, and if he will even be strong himself. the reason I enjoyed TLM was his gradual increase of strength while balancing not being OP for his grade, but it seems like the plot of this, atleast the earth side will probably be a bit slower since his ability to grow stronger seems to hinge on the astral apostle system. but similar to VR novels there hopefully won't be a lack of action due to the other planes