Review Detail of TheManBrownie in Way of the Knights

This story had a decent amount of potential but honestly falls short on a lot of aspects and really only disappoints me in the end. Starting off I was fine with the TDG similarities, if I dropped a novel just because the beginning was similar I wouldn't read half of the novels that I do. Saying that I think the author did a decent job of branching off and implementing his own ideas. That being said the Author fails miserably when it comes to cultivation realms. He changed the the stages 3 times in the time before ascension, and at this point i still cant tell you what the stages are. Upon ascending he introduces new characters at some realm that we have no idea how that ranks compared to the mc or even what mc next realm even is. A glossary would be amazing, but I assume that's too much of an ask. Writing quality:3/5 Not the best but definitely readable, few errors here and there but nothing too bad to make me want to quit Story development:2.5/5 As I said before it had decent potential but fell short on many aspects. The MC claims he spent thousands of years in his past life to try and bring his family back, but when he reincarnates he jumps at the first chance he gets to ascend after barely spending a few years with them (not counting the time he left to train). Then turning into the classic "My only goal is to get stronger" line and splitting up from his friend group and wife when he ascends. Why even bother making the squad of friends if mc never makes an effort to do things with them? It is always him swooping in last minute saving the day by himself. They really don't serve any purpose in the story besides silly banter in between arcs. Don't get me wrong I'm all for the group but it seems the author just abandoned the mcs original goal to strengthen his friends so they can fight together. Finally really tired of the whole Marriage then separate and forget about them for who knows how many years trope. Character design:4/5 I like all the characters introduced and think that they had potential to make an interesting story. Unfortunately like a previously said they are abandoned along with many other characters in the story. Some of the characters pretty much abandoned with barely any development IE his sisters, the fairies, the monkeys, his mount venus, and pretty much most of the characters from the kingdom. World backround:2/5 His original world is so poorly developed that its really hard to even call it a world. The author went the cheap route of just a single kingdom and everything else is just wilderness. He claimed all these deities and gods came from this world but that just seems impossible. He said there were dwarfs, elves, naga, and other races but never mentioned where they lived or if they even existed anymore. If they once existed why not mention old ruins or old civiliztions? Nope nothing just the bare minimum boring "world" All in all this story had the means of saving itself when he left for the divine realm but unfortunately didn't deliver and went the route of severing all development prior and just starting anew with new characters and boring sect stuff.