True God

Desolate Era #22

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, China, Asian Literature

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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

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: “Get some rest, everyone. We will keep waiting. Soon…the Endwar will come soon…”
- Thoughts: This is another "filler" book, as it doesn't really have any progression in the main storyline other than the rise in the Main Character social status among the Daofathers.
Besides that, it's a good book with a nice pacing and great battles
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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: 4/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 3/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 4/5 stars
- Smartness: 1/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 2/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Ending: 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: only some kills and slavery
- Tech level: irrelevant
- Religion level: fictional daoism and Buddhism
- Main genre: xianxia
- Subgenre: Shounen
- Point of view: Main Character
- Aftertaste: good Arch, I'm enjoying it
World
- Originality: 4/5 stars
- Variety: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 3/5 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: Primordial Ruunworld
Characters
- Total amount: bot too many in this one
- Points of view: Main Character wirh interludes
- Main characters: Ji Ning
- Secondary: those whose power level is strong enough that Ji Ning still gives a $#!¥
- Ordinary: Some extras to increase death count
- Overall quality: 4/5 stars
- Main: 3/5 stars
- Secondary: 4/5 stars
- Consistency: 4/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 2/5 Stars
- Interactions: 3/5 Stars
- Underworld Crew (✓/×): ×
- Training (✓/×): ✓
- Romance: ×
- Notable best characters: ---
- Notable worse characters: Ji Ning
Setting
- Historical importance: 5/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 3/5 Stars
- Historical score: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 2/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 3/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 2/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 3/5 Stars
- Tension: 2/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 2/5 Stars
- Classic Supernatural (✓/×): ×
- Superpowers (✓/×): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ✓
- About the setting: very crude worldbuilding skills with a bad tendency to overcompensate with stupid measures, by now it's already accepted as part of the story
Rules
- Devised system: 3/5 stars
- System complexity: 3/5 stars
- System explanation: 3/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): × ( not in this book)
- Type of Rule: Xianxia
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 5/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 5/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 1/5 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: 1/5 stars
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 3/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 2/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 3/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 4/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (✓/×): ×

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book focused on space battles but it turned out really well. The battles were cool and there was still a good amount of advancement. I feel like new terms of advancement were introduced in this book. This has happened before and will probably happen again but sometimes the terms are confusing. I wish there was a table somewhere.

[Mnoraznan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly Mesmerizing.