Awrion

5 years ago

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Recommended

FELLOW CULTIVATORS!

This may be the legendary NECROMANCER of the cultivator world!!!

Now on to the review

So... in the interest of a potentially good book (necromancer guys, NECROMANCER) I am reviewing this based on my impression from the first 10chapters. I enjoy the concept of tombraiding and Necromancy think it has a LOT of potential despite its rather slow start and esoteric info dumps. although I personally think Feng shui is BS, the tomb raiding stuff is super interesting) I doubt that it would be be like typical cultivation novels where it’s; kill one arrogant dude, kill his brother, kill their master, kill the sect master, kill the old sect ancestor who’s father/teacher is a saints on of another sect yada yada. First ten chapters have a lot of kinda supernatural shit so I think those may be the enemies as opposed to stupid sects.

A ruined world that’s sealed off from cultivating and tomb raiding to find legacies sounds very interesting, like rebuilding after a great sundering. Only issue is the cliche erectile dysfunction that everyone knows eventually gets cured. (Why is that a trope guys?)

In summary, continue this novel for our dream of the great necromancer in the cultivator world!

Method T

VIP

5 years ago

Recommended

Purchased

After now officially reading 97 Chapters as of this review, I believe I can wholeheartedly say that Necropolis Immortal is a read worth your time.

The information below may dip very slightly into spoiler territory, so here is a quick tl;dr.

Regular Tomb Raider reincarnated into Xianxia Necromancer seeks to use Feng-Shui/Formations to raid Ancient Tombs in his new life. Would Recommend.

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Delving into a world that holds less focus on the idea of tiered cultivation levels like most Xianxia novels go (Tiers exist, they just hold less importance), and more on the ideology that the Occult tends to exist outside the realm of the Norm. Necropolis Immortal is a wonderful series that scratches an itch I've yet to find other novels cover.

Our MC is not a strong character, as his talents/strengths and techniques as of the moment all exist through his allies and the knowledge he retains from his previous life. As far as Main characters go in these novels, Lu Yun is definitely one of my favorites.

Feng-shui is a heavily used theme in this novel and ties directly into the use of Formations. It's a nice change of pace which gives every Immortal Formation a secondary purpose, and oft allows for some fun solutions that aren't simply just 'Break the Formation with pure strength', like you'll often see in most novels.

At the time of this review, the story's world-building is still gradually fleshing out the lands beyond the MC's home domain, with a mysterious overarching plot now taking place in a world filled with Ancient Tombs that define the very foundation of the cultivation world.

Last but certainly not least, the series Translator, Etvolare, is a veteran on the site and the quality of the translations alongside the personal touch at the end of each chapter easily attests to her professionalism.

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In short, I'd recommend this novel to anyone who wants to read a Xianxia story with some occult elements, or if they wish to have an MC more intelligent than the average, without being an absolute genius like Su Chen from Divine Throne of Primordial Blood.

spiderman100

4 years ago

Recommended

Looking for a new novel to read? Tired of cockroach villains that take hundreds of chapters to die? Hate endless fillers? Well you should definitely give Necropolis Immortal a try. You also get to learn bits about feng shui and tomb raiding. Definitely different from the same old cultivation novels and we learn about the world right along with the MC. Bits of comedy and face slapping sprinkled in as well. The translation team is also top notch! The Translation Fairy Etvolare and her team bring high quality work and their thoughts at the end of chapters are a delightful bonus.

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