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  • excalipr
    excalipr5d
    Posted

    Read 166 chapters. Starts long arc with no particular importance to the plot. Very little happens with no end in sight. No interesting characters either. Skip it.

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    Cultivate, Sign In, And Be Rewarded Handsomely
    Eastern · Real Estate Magnate
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  • excalipr
    excalipr22d
    Posted

    It’s short and relatively fun. It’s a lowkey main character novel. Most of the plot revolves around him manipulating events while he stays hidden. The worldbuilding is decent until the tail of the novel where it gets a bit convoluted. Suffers from a large cast. Characters get forgotten. They all tend to be one dimensional. Jokes tend to get recycled a bit too much after being overused. The cultivation system makes less sense as time goes on in my opinion but it doesn’t hurt the reading. A bit generic but worth a read.

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    I Stayed At Home For A Century, When I Emerged I Was Invincible
    Eastern · Halfway Breeze
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1mth
    Posted

    Read to chapter 747, got bored. Might finish it one day. Overall I really enjoyed it. I love stories about travelling to new worlds, learning the power system, and using it to create a new one. It also helps that the will of worlds in this story also don’t like transmigrators, so there’s stakes and actions have to be planned carefully. I think the main character is pretty good. He can be a little bland, most of the time he’s just manipulating people to build power, which can be a little uninteresting when you see it in most of these novels. I do think he’s at least a little intelligent. He takes risks, but is careful to not expose his hand too much. He also makes great use of avatars to build up force and make moves without it leading back to his main body. I like the worlds he travels to for the most part. There is interesting background, politics, etc. my big problem with the book is the author tends to repeat wizard worlds and cultivation worlds a bit too much though. Part of why I can’t get to the end is because this world is another wizard/bloodline/god world. Only other issue I have with the book is the first twist is a little random to me but that’s fine. It’s a good read. Give it a try.

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    Fantasy Simulator
    Eastern · Salted Fish Jienan
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1mth
    Posted

    You can skip this one. It’s short, and the quality hovers between absolutely awful and mediocre. So it’s digestible to say the least. The system ability is poorly defined. The MC is entirely lacking in creativity at time and at other times he can come up with good ideas randomly. The characters are bland, junior sisters that are obsessed with the main character should really just disappear. World background is bland, could have been interesting but the story kept taking sharp turns out of nowhere, and then it rushed to a horrible ending. Seriously, you can skip it. Don’t let your fear of not reading every novel on this platform trick you into reading it like mine did.

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    Fantasy: I Can Instantly Comprehend Everything
    Eastern · Vermeil
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  • excalipr
    excalipr3mth
    Posted

    Read 640 chapters then jumped around to the end. Was decent but around chapter 500 the story started to get worse. In part this might be due to the plot formula changing. Instead of being a mix of generic comedy with some exploration and worldbuilding, it devolves into boring action scenes. You will have to read dozens of chapters, and the only reward is a tiny morsel of plot. It started off decently but the stakes ramped up to insane levels and ultimately to an unsatisfying ending. This is not worth the read.

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    Zero To Hero In The Martial Arts Library
    Eastern · Flammable Wood
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  • excalipr
    excalipr4mth
    Posted

    Finished it. No need to read out of fear of missing out. Got tiring to read around chapter 350. The story progression comes to a grinding halt as we go into a 200 chapter arc that overstays its welcome. The drawn out fights are the worst part of this story. The author canon write combat, so dedicating multiple chapters works against them. Common tropes infest every chapter like a plague. Tropes in itself are not bad, but they get employed in uninteresting ways. The main character is a cookie-cutter MC. Supporting characters get pushed aside frequently. World building could have been good but the plot stalled.

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    I Got Stronger By Using Copper Coins Until I Am Invincible
    Eastern · White Foxes Are Not White
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  • excalipr
    excalipr4mth
    Posted

    Read 322 chapters. Translation quality heavily declined after it came back from hiatus. Was pleasantly surprised when it was brought back but maybe that was for the best. Since the main character is immortal, there should exist other methods to defeat him, this way the story could have moments of tension or excitement. That leads to a major problem with the story, lin fan gets abilities to cover up these weaknesses very conveniently. Can he be sealed away? No, he gets immunity to seals. Can the enemy run away? He gets an eye ability that forces them to attack him. This works regardless of the opponent’s cultivation level. This wasn’t always a problem. At the start he’d get weird niche abilities such as being able to catch any blade barehanded, no matter how quick. Even if the story didn’t have action, having a system give very unusual skills could open up doors for comedic events, but the author stopped trying to make interesting skills early on, opting to give lin fan skills that would make him invincible. Had the author invested more time into developing the world or the characters, perhaps the story could still feel interesting. Maybe we come to love a character and they die, which could lead to some emotional moments for the main character. As of the point where I stopped reading, there’s no sign of this occurring. The author invests very little time in side characters, bringing them back only for a couple chapters on very few occasions. Additionally, if they’re in any kind of danger, lin fan saves them in the nick of time. There’s neat worldbuilding sometimes but you have to get through a lot of filler fights that follow the same tropes. Either it’s grunts being eviscerated by lin fan, and he uses the eye when they run. Or a stronger enemy kills him repeatedly, and when they get tired, they try to run away. So he uses the eye to stop them. Cue everyone being impressed and he tries to act humble because he’s not strong enough yet. Basically, the main character sucks but we’re stuck following him all the time. Read any of the author’s book but this one.

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    It's Lonely To Be Invincible
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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  • excalipr
    excalipr5mth
    Posted

    Read 151 chapters. Not a lot of story. At least there’s some worldbuilding in a sense. You do get to learn a bit more about the sects in the dynasty. Mc can be fun but he can also be really off putting. Out of nowhere he can become really creepy towards female characters. The concept is kinda cool but it takes away all stakes from the plot. If you want a character that actually struggles to survive then you won’t like this. Guy gets stronger as easily as breathing.

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    What If I Can't Die?
    Eastern · Infinite Sand
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  • excalipr
    excalipr5mth
    Posted

    Read 68 chapters. Very little substance in terms of a larger plot. You’re just watching him fail to act like an actual psychologist. They tease that there are other cultivators on earth but none have really had a relevant role up til now. Not worth it.

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    Shocking the Whole Internet! You Are Not a Psychologist at All!
    Urban · Netizen 13
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  • excalipr
    excalipr6mth
    Posted

    Worldbuilding was pretty weak. It really only involves two nations. It’s fine but with a war between two countries you would think other nations would be involved. It’s a weak nitpick but the world does feel a little stale like that. A lot of schemes don’t pay off well. Like too much stuff happens that doesn’t pay off in a meaningful way because the real plan was something else entirely. And a lot of stuff gets hyped up like the abyss sword but it goes nowhere. I don’t think the dragon sword gets reforged either. Ending was super rushed. All in all the world feels empty, and the story is confusing and unsatisfying.

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    Signing In At Mount Sword For 100 Years To Become Invincible
    Eastern · swordking
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Commented

    Grayfia

    This book has been deleted.
  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    Story just becomes really boring very quickly. Story quickly devolves into the standard formula. Beat up some disciple then the elders comes so beat them too, etc. The cheat isn’t particularly interesting. Nothing about the world is either. It’s just very bland. I would skip it if it fails to catch your interest.

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    Cultivation: I Inherite The Strongest Account In A Sect Simulator
    Eastern · Manly Kiss
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    Interesting unique cultivation concept. It was a good idea to relate it to discovering about world. It was also cool that the realms had clearly defined evolutions in life level. Story can be repetitive. Characters get shoved aside so it can feel empty. If you like worldbuilding you might enjoy it. It’s pretty good. Try it.

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    Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years
    Eastern · Sole Cloud Flying Cave
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    Aside from the weird racism at the start, translation sucks hard enough to be borderline unreadable. If you get past that it’s a mediocre novel full of standard tropes. Worse is that the entire story is a recycled plotline for like 20 books.

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    The Earth Is My Dantian
    Eastern · Girl in Short Skirt
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    If you like xin feng novels you’l like this but don’t expect anything amazingly different.

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    I Don't Want To Defy The Heavens
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Commented

    Thanks for the chapter. I wonder how seiji will react to knowing shido killed masaomi.

    Ch 6 Chap 6
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    DXD: One charge, Two charge
    Anime & Comics · S1_VA
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Commented

    Glad this novel is back. I like the fact you’re taking time to give the world life. The charge concept is also underused I think.

    Ch 4 Chap 4
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    DXD: One charge, Two charge
    Anime & Comics · S1_VA
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    Fun novel. The main draw would be how the world is slowly revealed to us through the eyes of the protagonist. There’s a diverse cast of characters. They’re all sort of one note but the variety does breathe life into the world. The only issue I can’t hijo of is that the protagonist is beyond overpowered. He’s smart and doesn’t take risks, which is great. But his inaction basically means that he almost never does anything. Plus his system basically lets him divine anything which basically means he can know everything barring some exceptions for plot reasons. It’s a good read if you can dedicate the time into it.

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    Top Tier Providence, Secretly Cultivate for a Thousand Years
    Eastern · Let me laugh
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Commented

    I’d rather no romance in general.

    Ch 5 Let's do business.
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    Test book 3
    Video Games · Editor_kyun
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  • excalipr
    excalipr1yr
    Posted

    Good novel. Main character actually goes through character development. There’s an actual plot later on, which is good since the first half sort of goes nowhere. The last few chapters of the novels are rushed but it doesn’t feel like anything was necessarily left out. All in all it feels complete but a little awkward. Worth a read.

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    Astral Pet Store
    Eastern · Ancient Xi
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