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LucifurMorningstar
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A solid, generic cultuvation fantasy with an unlikely protagonist. The isekai genre has a problem in general with pre-transmigration character building. I have a hard time believing a mentally unstable kid who was abused until he committed a murder suicide is capable of this.It could be argued that his talents were suppressed by circumstance (aka abusive father), and a fresh chance at life in a magical world unlocked his potential. However, all we get are strange dreams with no indication that he has any untapped potential.By spending so little time exploring Darius King, Liam's new life feels like a fever dream. With that said, the story from this point is as good as most on this platform.Maybe I'm just tired of the isekai, transmigration formula. Take a loser, outcast, pitiful existence and allow them to be reborn in glory with a system or talent they didn't have before and bake it in the oven. In reality, a pathetic kid in one life will just be a magical pathetic kid in the next.Writing trauma, and its effects, is difficult but to ignore the impact of murdering your father and then yourself weakens your story . Truckkun exists as a plot device for a reason (clean, unexpected break). If you want a spicier pre-transmigration plot, spend some more time exploring it.

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Born in Blood

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Endless_Voids
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Author, please tell me this MC is a true evil MC where the MC cares only for himself and his goal, not for useless things like friends or family (his mother).

CovidCandy:Why would a mentally unstable kid not do all these things? It's precisely mentally unstable people that win in cultivation worlds mate. You're probably right about your third point. If I had a chance to rewrite this story having learned what I did in the process, I would have put more emphasis on Darius' life. But in truth, that's boring. The first chapter already shows what he wants in life, freedom and power, and it shows that he has the grit and twisted mindset to achieve it.
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Why would a mentally unstable kid not do all these things? It's precisely mentally unstable people that win in cultivation worlds mate. You're probably right about your third point. If I had a chance to rewrite this story having learned what I did in the process, I would have put more emphasis on Darius' life. But in truth, that's boring. The first chapter already shows what he wants in life, freedom and power, and it shows that he has the grit and twisted mindset to achieve it.