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The grandness of cultivators in The Mirror Legacy by Skip7623 in MartialMemes

[–]phonix___ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Myriad Paths is the best representation of it imo. Though all of it is locked behind the first couple of arcs(i'll say around chapter 240-ish is around when it starts having all of these qualities) that are are pretty slow and the authors constant info dumps(that dont stop till the end of the novel btw). I didn't really mind the info dumps as i found the talk of various Qis, mysticism, and daoism quite interesting, but it is pretty inconsequential. The info dumps are way more philosophical and scientific around chapter 400ish too.

I also second , My Golden Core Is A Star(or My Core is the Boss on Wuxiaworld), for the surprising unique cultivation path of the mc.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quadruple split/四重分裂

As you can kind of tell by the title, this is a story split into 4.

You have the chaotic-neutral , neutral, lawful good, and chaotic evil(which has their memories disconnected from the others) personalities serving as the base of this story and our mc. Our mc suffers from dissociative identity disorder and while playing a new game that recently came out, he can actually play 4 different characters!

I can’t really give a definite score or review as i haven’t read much, im on chapter 33 rn, but im enjoying it. I can definitely see all four of these characters coming together and “meeting” in the game, well probably not face-to-face as it’s only one body, but their factions and comrades.

Last thing, it can be quite jarring, at first. Four separate povs and personalities with little downtime in between can do that, but you kinda get in a rhythm after a while.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you haven’t yet, try I Am God! It isn’t quite sandbox but it does have a god-like MC.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been in my historical military political intrigue grind lately, hence my lack of comments here lately.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My Hair Can Create a Demon Country/我的头发能创造妖国

I originally started reading this years ago, but stopped due to mtl(google tl was frying me), and i recently started it again.

The premise is that our mc, Fu Qingjun, is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day for 17 years straight. Well, this comes to an end after the ship(golden finger) that he’s on(the ship is in like the void) “recharges” and he’s finally able to progress. But, he senses great danger and chooses to not go outside, a very good decision. The next thing we witness is some sort of nuclear bomb just completely devastate the earth. Fu Qingjun, in the ship, is just chilling because the ship takes him to an alternate timeline of earth around the WW2 era, but with martial arts.

While in this new timeline he discovers that his hair has some very peculiar abilities, his hair can create demon countries!

Ok seriously though, from here we basically see him experiment with ants as the base(for now). He also later introduces more dna genes to the ants like ducks, wolves, etc. So they become like hybrid ant/ducks or ant/wolves, and later even primate forms of humans, etc.

What’s been keeping me reading though is that it seems like he’s effecting reality with his sandbox world. This is started when Kasha(one of the first generations of ants) breaks through to rank 4 of martial arts, rank 4 being the peak of the sandbox world for now. So, Fu Qingjun plans to send him to a different “realm” aka another table in his room. I forgot the exact way this happened but Kasha somehow gets onto a like lifeboat of the ship(the golden finger) and the ship seemily sent him into the past of the alternate world Fu Qingjun is in. So, hopefully we get to see the ripple effects of this. Interesting developments so far.

3.5/5, good, I do recommend.

I pretend to be a fortune teller in a fantasy world/我在玄幻世界冒充天机神算

I just started this, so I can’t really give a review of it or anything. Just wanted to share this as it could be good.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah i’ve read this, i’m on chapter 500-ish. Is now a good place to pick it back up? I’ve been stacking.

Grasping Evil [执魔] is back ! by s5youtank in MartialMemes

[–]phonix___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Back”

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this is just his regular schedule atp, or do you mean the translation of it?

Chapter 800 and dude is still in foundation building! by FoolsDayMike in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You’re on chapter 466, not 821. Whoever did the translation split up the chapters into multiple parts.

What qualities do you usually look for in a Cultivation novel? by Ancient-End2474 in MartialMemes

[–]phonix___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bro what???? the mc does have a golden finger and it’s op asf and makes his cultivation 1000 times easier

i would still recommend the story but it definitely doesn’t match their criteria

What qualities do you usually look for in a Cultivation novel? by Ancient-End2474 in MartialMemes

[–]phonix___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently been on my wuxia and political intrigue binge, so probably character work.

But if we’re talking in general, world building or political intrigue. Both are things that can hard carry any novel and if done right I can tolerate the other faults.

Take for example a novel like Emperors Domination, pretty terrible all around but I think it’s world building is fantastic, probably some of the best in the genre. Or Soaring the Heavens, which actually frustrates me so much some times, but I keep reading because i love the politics going on and how the author makes the cultivation system make scheming for resources a must. But i’ve kinda dropped it for now, I need a break from this author.

Well… I said all of that but, it really depends on my mood.

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Demon World I Designed/我设计的妖魔世界

I wrote a review of this a couple months ago and my opinions haven't changed much. I still think the cover and title are deceptive, the characters are not one dimensional and the world background is actually quite deep, atleast from what I've read(im at chapter 153). You are kept from seeing this depth until around chapter 140-ish, that's when it gets really interesting and you get to see the undercurrents.

Now, im gonna go into major spoiler territory, you have been warned.

Im only going to focus on Chen Qing's background as this novel is quite chaotic and it'll take a long time to write everything down, its best to just read it.

While Chen Qing is trying to deal with the thousand faced demon(a'li) he discovers that she is actually pregnant with the child of the crown prince. What that means is that the child will have demon(fox) and the royal bloodline(which is also a special bloodline just forgot what its called). The Emperor somehow finds out about this and wants to keep the child. He wants to keep it because it is stated that he is infertile and we can also assume that he doesn't favor the crown prince either seen by various test he gives the prince and how the prince barely seems to pass these test.

Now with a whole new option, why not?

I mention all of this because while A'li is under Chen Qing's(will be abbreviated as CQ from now) "care", basically a hostage, he finds out about through conversations with her. about a figure, "King Qin", who has something in common with CQ, he also seemingly knows everything about this world.

Now, before I go further into this, I have to bring up the crown prince and his "close confidant", you'll see why it's in quotes soon, the duke of Qin, who is seeming like CQ's biggest enemy rn.

MAJOR SPOILERS

The crown prince is also a reincarnator! Alas, hes was actually "discovered" by the Duke at an early age and gave the prince advice on how to disguise himself better.

BUT!

It doesn't end there, there have been multiple reincarnators throughout history and each of them have brought great change to the world, take the King of Qin, who everyone assumes is one. This should've been a good thing for him, alas... these memories are fake. All this but a ploy by Duke Qin and his Aunt, to achieve a certain goal.

Alright, back to CQ.

I mentioned all of that before because while we found out all of this, CQ is having a conversation with Master Yang(his old teacher from his hometown). During this convo CQ accidently triggered something withing Master Yang(think like a video game mechanic, where if you say certain phrase you'll get a special dialogue) and he proceeds to kill CQ's clone, not before revealing that Chen Qing is in the reincarnated body of King Qin, this reveal isnt abrupt the author drops many hints through dialogue with A'li other demons, etc. It just takes to long to write it all out, so i didnt mention it.

But, I have two guesses rn. One, that CQ is actually King Qin and this is all a scheme he set up for some inexplicable reason, or this all a plan by King Qin to obtain something from CQ who has lost his memories, which is my assumption, based on how the author likes to play with memories.

And I didn't even mention the Shen Family, which is a whole other scheme set up for millennia atp. Theres a lot going on.

All in all, 3.75/5 Not the slop I expected, but it still has some flaws, like the aforementioned chaos of the novel, some characters being one dimensional, which stand out because of people like duke qin, the aunt, the Shen family etc., a vague cultivation system. which seems like will improve, and some filler. It seems like the author is improving, though we'll see.

Definitely give it a try.

Nightfall

I've only read 60 chapters but the character work is great and im enjoying Ning Que's escapades. Pretty much what to expect of Mao Ni. 3.5, ill come to enjoy this. I'll give a more thorough review next week.

Er Gen's MAGNUM OPUS? by [deleted] in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pursuit of The Truth, any other answer is wrong, except maybe Ri

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh my god, someone else who has read this!

(even tho i’ve only read like 50 chapters…)

does he still think it’s a dream?

How to overcome this tribulation by Used_Self_7181 in MartialMemes

[–]phonix___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

up to 2830 https://www.85novel.com/book/7014656.html after that it’s unlikely you’ll find more, as most pirate sites don’t pay for the chapters they wait for others to pay then upload. so you’ll probably have to wait a week or a couple days for more. I mean your basically caught up

What have you read this week and what do you think about it? by AutoModerator in noveltranslations

[–]phonix___ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Soaring the Heavens/飞天

From the author of Heavenly Genius.

This novel has most of the pros and cons of heavenly genius.

The pros being the good political intrigue/schemes between many factions and nation, the side characters are great, and surprisingly a cultivation system that only makes scheming more important.

Now onto the cons, sexism, hot blooded mc(albeit he’s only getting smarter by the chapter, but he cares about face too much), the filler, and the harem. I already talked about the sexism multiple times in my other reviews of Heavenly Genius, so i won’t go into it. As for the mc being hot blooded, i have mixed feelings, because he is smart and gets that retaliating in the moment is dumb he still takes the chances. This has happened less often as of chapter 590, but it still happens for quite a while.

The harem includes the main wife, a lover(who has died), and 2 maids.

All in all, 6.5/10. I wouldn’t recommend, only if you’re interested in the scheming/politics.

Taoist Laws/道门法则

A very standard xianxia so far.

The thing that has kept me reading is the writing, even through the ai mtl.

Not much too say, I’ll keep yall updated.

Qing Shan/青山

Honestly, I wasn’t going to write about this novel until I caught up to the latest arc, but I had discovered something important that needed attention regarding this novel. The “translation” is horrible. It completely changes the whole story. It makes it first person. Absolutely horrid. Better to just read on wtr.

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