This may be the fault of the English translation but this novel was almost unreadable. We're talking wattpad-level bad writing! Characters that are so one dimensional, unlikeable, and aren't fleshed out enough so that you know anything about them or their motives. All of them are annoying and just boring characters. To the point you have to scratch your head and say, is this supposed to be the hero of the novel? Or the villain? Or just a side character? When you realize you have started skimming through the story, don't care about any of the characters and don't really care how it ends it's difficult to push through. But I did cause I hate not finishing something once I started. But dang, this is one time I should have gone with my instinct and said fuck it all lets go reread Si Jin! IMHO!