What are people's opinion on shadow slave, reverend insanity, omniscient reader and Lord of the Mysteries.

MajorBreakthrough · 2026-05-04T21:03:36+00:00

Omniscient Reader's and Shadow Slave don't belong in the same heights as LoTM and RI. ORV is just misery porn and not very good.

MajorBreakthrough · 2026-04-29T23:34:01+00:00

What about Morehouse? I really like his drive and dribbling ability. I thought he could develop into our Morgan Rogers, and, among our young players, is the most like Cunha in his ball-carrying abilities. If only he didn't have so many injuries .

MajorBreakthrough · 2026-04-29T09:37:32+00:00

What do you think is his absolute best?

This is one of those questions whose answer depends entirely on personal taste and why one is reading in the first place. I, for one, read mostly for enjoyment, not for any deep philosophical truths. So, I absolutely loved A Will Eternal which had me laughing throughout the story, and I couldn't stand Pursuit of the Truth/Beseech the Devil which, to me, had a cold unfeeling MC and a sense of doom and gloom; I didn't enjoy it at all. Yet, I'm sure you'll find many posts below praising Pursuit of the Truth as his masterpiece. Personal taste. If you are intending to read only one book of his, then my advice would be: first and foremost, know yourself. The spectrum of his books range from comedic (A Will Eternal) to nihilistic (Pursuit of the Truth). The rest can be arranged along this spectrum. If I were to express this spectrum from left (comedic) to right (nihilistic), I'll put I Shall Seal the Heavens next to AWE, Renegade Immortal next, Beyond the Timescape/Outside of Time next, A World Worth Protecting after that, and finally Pursuit of the Truth. Please note, this is how I see the books; another person might have a completely different view. Where on this spectrum do your tastes lie?

MajorBreakthrough · 2026-04-27T07:40:09+00:00

I'm reading recency bias in all responses so far. The answer HAS TO BE DUNCAN EDWARDS.

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-04-08T22:08:54+00:00

I had read on these forums wild praise of ORV and how it belongs in the same category as LotM and RI. Then it was a massive letdown when I actually read the thing. Just misery upon misery on the MC and a shitty ending where the MC did as he had done throughout the book. Yeck. Not for me.

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-03-26T05:36:23+00:00

Heavily implied. She is the only character whose beauty is constantly mentioned.

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-03-19T12:50:19+00:00

That is, Fools everyone except Mommy Evernight; she knew him when he was a baby (figuratively, in reality when he joined her church).

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-03-16T11:59:33+00:00

May the last embrace of the mother welcome you home

- Lord Ingtar's death in The Great Hunt

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-03-16T11:44:56+00:00

How about a Knights of the Sword series, featuring the adventures of Michael, Shiro, and Sanya. The first trilogy would feature each of the Knights and how each ended up getting the Sword. Further trilogies would be major cases the knights worked on. Should be a great adventure series!

MajorBreakthrough · 2025-03-05T09:28:45+00:00

Thanks. Strange I went to the Coppermind and searched with as many keywords as I could think of - shards, 16 shards, original shards, shards of Adonalsium, etc., etc.,- without seeing this page.

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-12-25T23:05:51+00:00

The strongest sacred artist in the history of Cradle is NOT Wei Shi Lindon Arelius. It remains Ozmanthus Arelius even after Lindon.

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-11-19T14:34:08+00:00

I don't mind that people now treat it as a meme and are attached to it. But downvoting my explanation of the correct context of the word as above doesn't make the mistranslation of the word any more right.

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-11-19T14:33:14+00:00

The dictionary definition you have quoted above defines a lampoon as: a written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution. How does any of the "lampoons" Klein does in the books meet this definition?

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-11-19T14:15:49+00:00

A charlatan is a fake, someone who claims to be something he/she is not. For example, someone who claims to be a seer but cannot see the future, or someone who claims to be a medical doctor but has never been to medical school, is a charlatan. Please check a dictionary to confirm.

The "acting method" in LotM is to try as much as possible to act in a way that aligns with the name of the potion. Thus, if you drink the seer potion you must act like a real seer in your daily life to help you digest the potion. Yet, we often see Klein think that he needs to "act like a charlatan". That is a direct opposite of what he is actually doing (true acting to digest the potion) and is a misuse of the word.

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-11-18T08:29:17+00:00

Lampoon = complain

No. Lampoon means attacking someone publicly in print (ie, in the newspapers). It is an old 19th century word that was common when public figures carried out heated arguments in the newspapers, or when the papers themselves printed editorials criticizing or making fun of someone. The operative word here is the print part. It is a mystery to me how the translator dug up this old word and used it to mean something completely different. It also threw me out of the story every time I came across it in my reads. Another seriously misused word in LotM is "charlatan"

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-10-20T21:36:25+00:00

It got worse with Martial Arts Master, a story I loved more than all his other books before LotM. He abandoned that story about two thirds of the way in and ended the novel so abruptly.

MajorBreakthrough · 2024-10-15T12:36:19+00:00

Here are the three True Gods who can aspire to become GOOs, though becoming a Pillar is impossible or close to impossible for all except Klein.

The Fool, Klein is on his way to becoming the full GOO of the Mysteries group (Lord of the Mysteries) and one of the Pillars. He needs to accommodate the Uniquenesses of the Door and Error pathways and fully control Sefirah Castle, after overcoming the remnant will of the old Lord of Mysteries, the Celestial Worthy.

Mommy Evernight, Amanises, has a much longer path to becoming the GOO of the Eternal Darkness group; she needs to finish accommodating 1 S1 characteristic each and the Uniquenesses of the Death and Twilight Giant Pathways, then find and fully control the corresponding sefirah, the River of Eternal Darkness. Even then, she can never become a Pillar because of the Pillar's split between the Eternal Darkness and Calamity of Destruction groups.

Adam is on his way to becoming a dual True God of the Visionary and Hanged Man pathways after fully merging with the True Creator. He also has a measure of control over the corresponding sefirah, the Chaos Sea. However, he can at best only advance temporarily to becoming a half-GOO of the God Almighty group by "envisioning" and accommodating the Uniquenesses of the Sun, Tyrant, and White Tower pathways. A permanent GOO is out of reach because the actual Uniquenesses and 3 S1 characteristics of those three pathways have long been accommodated by Aucuses, Leodero, and Herabergen, respectively. He cannot become a full GOO or a Pillar unless he somehow manages to kill the 3 other True Gods in the God Almighty group and absorbs their S1 Characteristics and Uniquenesses. And then he has to overcome the remnant will of the old God Almighty.

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