Entering the Immortal Estate

Desolate Era #10

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿

Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn’t know was that there really was such a thing as life after death, and that the multiverse was a far larger place than he thought.

A lucky twist of fate (one of the few in Ning’s life) meant that Ning was reborn into a world of Immortals and monsters, of Ki Refiners and powerful Fiendgods, a world where Dynasties lasted for millions of years. A world which is both greater…and yet also smaller…than he ever could imagine. He would have the opportunity to join them, and in this life, Ning swore to himself, he would never let himself be weak again! The Era he was born into was a Desolate one, but Ning would make it his era.

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novel, Asian Literature, Novels, Martial Arts, China

202 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

Associated Names:
* Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi
* I Eat Tomatoes (English)
* 我吃西红柿 (Chinese)
* หว่อชือซีหงสื้อ (Thai)

Reviews

[Lazybee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting plot. Major change in the pace. Awesome fights. Fiendgods are awesome.

[Mnoraznan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thrilling developments.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: Don’t think that just because you helped him out that you’ll have much of a relationship; that’s just a favor, nothing more.”
“When a favor is used up, it’s gone. But a relationship is long-lasting!”
- Thoughts: This was very better than the previous books, with Ji Ning's ego not being the center of the story, Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi let's his main character falls to a secondary role during a great part of the adventure. This is a welcome refreshing change.
Also we finally see some big bad guys, something we last really saw around book 3
Ji Ning's solution in the end of the book also proves to be a smart move. So yeah, I'll rate this one a 5 🌟
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These are my personal opinions, you may discord, my final rating of the book is not necessarily linked to this system and may diverge from it.
Book Storyline
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Development: 5/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 3/5 stars
- Smartness: 4/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 5/5 stars
- Plot twists: 4/5 stars
- Pace: 5/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 4/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Ending: 5/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 2/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ○
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): √
- Adult (Y/N): ○
- Mystery (Y/N): ○
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): √
- Violence level: Yeah
- Tech level: Irrelevant
- Religion level: Fictional Daoism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: something that remembers Dragon Ball Z
- Point of view: Main Character perspective, some ocasional interludes
- Aftertaste: Good!
World
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Variety: 2/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 5/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ○
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ○
- Journey (Y/N): ○
- Main scenario: Immortal State
Characters
- Total amount: lots, plus 30k+ dao soldiers
- Points of view: mainly from the secondary character
- Main characters: Youngflame Nong, Xiangliu Fang
- Secondary: Ji Ning, Ninelotus, some others
- Ordinary: some hundreds, plus 30k+ dao soldiers
- Overall quality: 5/5 stars
- Main: 5/5 stars
- Secondary: 3/5 stars
- Consistency: 4/5 stars
- Connection: 4/5 stars
- Dialogs: 2/5 Stars
- Interactions: 4/5 Stars
- Romance ( Y/ N): ○
- Underworld Crew (Y/N): ○
- Training (Y/N): ○
- Notable best characters: Xiangliu Fang
- Notable worse characters: Xue Hongyi
Setting
- Historical importance: 4/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 4/5 Stars
- Historical score: 3/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 2/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 3/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 3/5 Stars
- Tension: 4/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 4/5 Stars
- Supernatural (Vampires, werewolves) (Y/N): ○
- Superpowers (√/○): √
- Non-human races (Y/N): √
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ○
- Monsters (Y/N): √
- Historical relevant period: Thousands of years ago
Rules
- Devised system: 4/5 stars
- System complexity: 5/5 stars
- System explanation: 3/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ○
- Type of Rule: Xianxia
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 3/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 2/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 4/5 stars
- Cultivation phase: 1/5 stars
Series Storyline
These are scored based on the series up to the end of this book:
- Impact of this book in storyline: 4/5 stars
- Originality: 3/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 2/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 3/5 stars
- Pace: 3/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 2/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 2/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (√/○): ○

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is getting really good and finally we get to see sudden escalation of stakes that IET’s books are known for.

[Eric Santizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the advancement that Ning demonstrated. The revenge plot line was fun. The Youngflame plot line started to drag on a bit but I liked the direction that it was going in the end.

[Stephen Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series

Only issue I have is some time you either remove or don't have the next book available but really good book