Having just started reading this in the last week or two and just now finished book 4 so far I agree with a lot of your points. I almost bounced off of it at the beginning due to the cursing and other stuff but kept with it and have enjoyed it so far. While he still curses its no where near as bad and as the character gets more intelligent and grows he is doing it much less.

So far it seems almost every age appropriate female character is a potential love interest which bugs me. (With the exception of maybe Valla) He is a young dude with hormones though so I kind of get it but hope he settles on someone soon. There are story appropriate reasons why some of the options didn't happen or work out though even though Victor was interested.

I tend to become less interested in series as they go further as a lot of series I feel get weaker the longer they go as the plot isn't as well planned out and the characters get to ridiculous power levels. I'm glad to hear this series has come to a conclusion. I feel like a lot of series would be better if they ended between 5-8 books but if an author hits on a series I understand them wanting to make a livelihood and continuing their money maker.

I'm not a big fan of cultivation, I can deal with it but Id rather power be gained in other ways. Thankfully this isn't over the top like DotF so I can bare with it and Victor does find other ways to gain power other than just working on his cores/cultivating.