Celestial Immortal

Desolate Era #17

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, I Eat Tomatoes, 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 universe 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, China

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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]

Pure epicness combined with the emotional scenes. One could not wish for a better fiction. Action and adventure, FTW.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: Those who walk different paths can’t make plans together.
- Thoughts: I'll organize and debate my thoughts about the title being an obvious spoiler for the book:
On one hand yes, it is one. On the other, to announce that what can be taken for certain to happen will indeed happen cannot be called spoiler.
The book is good enough, the story is addictive so I keep reading it, it's actually pretty enjoyable after that bad beginning.
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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: 3/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 2/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 4/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 3/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ×
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): √
- Adult (Y/N): ×
- Mystery (Y/N): ×
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ×
- Violence level: Revenge and murder
- Tech level: irrelevant
- Religion level: fictional daoism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: Shounen, cultivation
- Point of view: main character with interludes
- Aftertaste: curious about it
World
- Originality: 3/5 stars
- Variety: 2/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 2/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ×
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ×
- Journey (Y/N): ×
- Main scenario: Back to Grand Xia (again)
Characters
- Total amount: ~40
- Points of view: 2
- Main characters: Ji ning, bad guys
- Secondary: The usual ones plus one extra
- Ordinary: The ones who die
- Overall quality: 4/5 stars
- Main: 3/5 stars
- Secondary: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 3/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 3/5 Stars
- Interactions: 4/5 Stars
- Romance ( Y/ N): ×
- Underworld Crew (Y/N): ×
- Training (Y/N): √
- Notable best characters: most of the bad guys
- Notable worse characters: most of the good guys
Setting
- Historical importance: 1/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 2/5 Stars
- Historical score: 1/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 2/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 3/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 3/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 3/5 Stars
- Tension: 3/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 2/5 Stars
- Supernatural (Vampires, werewolves) (Y/N): ×
- Superpowers (√/○): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ✓
- Historical relevant period: So old it doesn't matter anymore
Rules
- Devised system: 3/5 stars
- System complexity: 4/5 stars
- System explanation: 2/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ✓
- Type of Rule: Xianxia with extra elements
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 4/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 2/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 2/5 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: 2 /5 stars
- Epicness: 3/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 3/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (√/○): ×

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

I prefer the books that spend more time on the cultivation and advancement. This book has plenty of that and I really enjoyed it. Ning is becoming a bad, bad man. There was a nice unexpected twist at the end.

[Mnoraznan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb storytelling

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot is straight up escalation and power ups. There were however, some parts in this chapter that were especially gripping and well done.

[nat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starting to get fatigued knowing I’m only at 17/45 - seriously worse than coiling dragon it’s like someone narrating a diary rather than actual events at least reverend insanity had good fight scene descriptions this is so mid despite being better than 90% of xianxia I’ve read