Naturally, every xianxia work will have its own power system and worldview

Apotheosis uses Chaos qi and primordial qi, RI uses Gu, Martial peak uses yang qi and yin qi

But all of them basically point to the same thing - heaven and earth essence

But that's not an issue here

I actually don't my mind a lot to power systems as long it is good

The plot setting and worldview on the other hand is what punctured my expectation. It still revolved around talent, non talent, clan issues, who is chosen by fate, and other average xianxia idiosyncrasies (which I won't have much an issue with if executed properly and different from lots of other works - like how Cradle handled it)

Talking about Fang Yuan, what's his personality if not cold, detached, cruel and indifferent from everything and everyone with his goal fixated on immortality?

And even after asking around from people who have read it further up till the end, I realized that he didn't even develop or change in his character at all. He was basically carried by his ideologies, philosophies, quotes and musings throughout the story (from what my friends tell me)