Pursuit of the Martial Dao, these five words best summarise the novel so far. The main character reminds me of Wu Yuan from YA, just a martial artist striving to reach his limits. Rational, generous, kind, but ruthless and driven where it counts, he's a well rounded character. The world is interesting, and already we seem to see some sort of conflict between different paths of cultivation, much like in Star Gate. The novel takes place in a civilised world, cultivators are still beholden to laws, so no idiocy such as arrogant young masters demanding others mutilate themselves etc... of course, just as in the real world, there exists an underworld, and if a crime can be hidden, the laws don't matter much. The social game ever present in xianxia exists, but not solely to disadvantage the MC, as he uses it to his advantage as well, using his connection to settle minor matters and not allowing them to dominate the plot much. Looking forward to reading more about this world!
The translation is good, but some paragraphs leave me unsure about what message was actually intended to be conveyed.
Pursuit of the Martial Dao, these five words best summarise the novel so far. The main character reminds me of Wu Yuan from YA, just a martial artist striving to reach his limits. Rational, generous, kind, but ruthless and driven where it counts, he's a well rounded character. The world is interesting, and already we seem to see some sort of conflict between different paths of cultivation, much like in Star Gate. The novel takes place in a civilised world, cultivators are still beholden to laws, so no idiocy such as arrogant young masters demanding others mutilate themselves etc... of course, just as in the real world, there exists an underworld, and if a crime can be hidden, the laws don't matter much. The social game ever present in xianxia exists, but not solely to disadvantage the MC, as he uses it to his advantage as well, using his connection to settle minor matters and not allowing them to dominate the plot much. Looking forward to reading more about this world!
The translation is good, but some paragraphs leave me unsure about what message was actually intended to be conveyed.
