Jindan Upgrade

Desolate Era #20

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]

Wow. Fight on. Ji ning on steroids. Massive power up. And so many plot twists. Loved it.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: If he was to remain alive but be like an emotionless walking zombie, life would be worse than death.
- Thoughts: Another good volume, the story got split in 2 different parallel lines, I'm really curious to see how they'll be merged again, also, now the main character can be 32 times more selfish, self centered and snobbish...
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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: 5/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 5/5 stars
- Plot twists: 3/5 stars
- Pace: 5/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 5/5 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: Less than usually in the series
- Tech level: irrelevant
- Religion level: fictional daoism and Buddhism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: Chinese web novel, Shounen, Cultivation
- Point of view: main character
- Aftertaste: Good
World
- Originality: 3/5 stars
- Variety: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 4/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ×
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ×
- Journey (Y/N): ×
- Main scenario: A trial region
Characters
- Total amount: 32, the rest don't matter
- Points of view: Ji Ning, we can now follow him from 32 different perspectives.
- Main characters: Ji Ning
- Secondary: no one else matters in this volume
- Ordinary: everyone besides the main
- Overall quality: 3/5 stars
- Main: 3/5 stars
- Secondary: 3/5 stars
- Consistency: 4/5 stars
- Connection: 2/5 stars
- Dialogs: 2/5 Stars
- Interactions: 3/5 Stars
- Underworld Crew (✓/×): ×
- Training (✓/×): ✓
- Romance: ---
- Notable best characters: ---
- Notable worse characters: ---
Setting
- Historical importance: 5/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 5/5 Stars
- Historical score: 5/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 5/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 4/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 4/5 Stars
- Tension: 3/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 3/5 Stars
- Classic Supernatural (✓/×): ×
- Superpowers (✓/×): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ✓
- About the setting: there's a little tidbit of a greater world out there starting to take form, also some pressure about what's happening outside the trial since it took so long.
Rules
- Devised system: 3/5 stars
- System complexity: 3/5 stars
- System explanation: 3/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 3/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): Y (but not much in this volume)
- Type of Rule: Ki cultivation, Fiendgod body cultivation, heartforce cultivation, swordforce cultivation, taijiforce cultivation, infiniforce cultivation, crapforce ciltivation...
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 4/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 3/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 3/5 stars
- Cultivation phase: 4/5 stars
Series Storyline
These are scored based on the series up to the end of this book:
- Impact of this book in storyline: 3/5 stars
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 3/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 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
- Can be read as a standalone (✓/×): ×

[M Hamed · Rating 4 out of 5]

fucking aliens and fucking hiveminds ,FUCKING ALIENS AND FUCKING HIVEMINDS

[Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.8

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another really great addition to the series. I enjoyed the the story line and a lot of power progress was made through this book. I’m excited to see where things go in the next book.

[Sammi J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm absolutely loving this book, just like all the other books in the series. I always think it reached the climax part of the story, yet it seems to be forever out of reach. Ji Ning keeps on surprising me by the way he defeats his opponents and how he overcome all his obstacles. I just really hope the translator translates the book faster, because each chapter is almost a legit cliff-hanger. I can't wait to read the next book.