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Throne of Magical Arcana #1
Throne of Magical Arcana Volume 1
Chapters 1-100
“Knowledge is power.”
“The so-called God, is but merely a little bit stronger Arcanist.”
Carrying a bunch of knowledge, Xia Feng crossed over.
“Knowledge is power.”
“The so-called God, is but merely a little bit stronger Arcanist.”
Carrying a bunch of knowledge, Xia Feng crossed over.
- GenresFantasyLight Novel
ebook
Published January 1, 2017
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About the author
Ai Qianshui de Wuzei
261 books164 followersAssociated Names:
* 爱潜水的乌贼 (Simplified Chinese) / 愛潛水的烏賊 (Traditional Chinese)
* Ai Qianshui de Wuzei / Cuttlefish That Loves Diving (English)
* อ้ายเชียนสุ่ยเตออูเจ๋ย (Thai)
* 爱潜水的乌贼 (Simplified Chinese) / 愛潛水的烏賊 (Traditional Chinese)
* Ai Qianshui de Wuzei / Cuttlefish That Loves Diving (English)
* อ้ายเชียนสุ่ยเตออูเจ๋ย (Thai)
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July 21, 2021
3 star translated novel, 2 stars in general
Really bad when compared to the novel Lord of the Mysteries from this author. It's pretty subpar regardless. This protagonist:
Has such unrealistic fast growth that everything he sets his mind to succeeds at godly revolutionary levels that everyone (except minor antagonists that he can face slap) raves about.
His very suspicious activities (and personality changes) aren't suspected by anyone (except minor antagonists that he can face slap) despite being a stranger in this world and taking over another persons body but not memories.
Has such deep emotions and trust for people that I can't even fathom what's going on. He doesn't know the original bodies friends but grows extremely attached to them to the point of doing almost anything for them.
Doesn't have the same depth or level of maturity as Klein in LotM. What he does is often inexplicable and is never explained by the author. It's like the author wants him to scheme and be a deep planner but forgets that he actually has to have an internal narration in order to do so. Lucien also promotes caution but hypocritically acts very recklessly. Why did he need to be so famous, why did he need to create a new instrument, why did he have to name it the 'correct' name, why did he need to write an expert symphony for his teacher when he is just a novice, why did he take the blame as the professor for leading the church into a trap? Why do so many things that risk his safety and invite suspicion? Don't ask the author, he never says.
The main point is that this is clearly a predecessor to LotM, with very similar themes. It just lacks the same depth and skill. More over, it borrows lackluster tropes like an excessive reliance on plot armor and a overpowered and reckless hero protagonist. I wouldn't have any hope that this gets better if not for the fact that I know that the author eventually gets better. For now, I'm temporarily dropping this.
- Dropped Ch 123
Really bad when compared to the novel Lord of the Mysteries from this author. It's pretty subpar regardless. This protagonist:
Has such unrealistic fast growth that everything he sets his mind to succeeds at godly revolutionary levels that everyone (except minor antagonists that he can face slap) raves about.
His very suspicious activities (and personality changes) aren't suspected by anyone (except minor antagonists that he can face slap) despite being a stranger in this world and taking over another persons body but not memories.
Has such deep emotions and trust for people that I can't even fathom what's going on. He doesn't know the original bodies friends but grows extremely attached to them to the point of doing almost anything for them.
Doesn't have the same depth or level of maturity as Klein in LotM. What he does is often inexplicable and is never explained by the author. It's like the author wants him to scheme and be a deep planner but forgets that he actually has to have an internal narration in order to do so. Lucien also promotes caution but hypocritically acts very recklessly. Why did he need to be so famous, why did he need to create a new instrument, why did he have to name it the 'correct' name, why did he need to write an expert symphony for his teacher when he is just a novice, why did he take the blame as the professor for leading the church into a trap? Why do so many things that risk his safety and invite suspicion? Don't ask the author, he never says.
The main point is that this is clearly a predecessor to LotM, with very similar themes. It just lacks the same depth and skill. More over, it borrows lackluster tropes like an excessive reliance on plot armor and a overpowered and reckless hero protagonist. I wouldn't have any hope that this gets better if not for the fact that I know that the author eventually gets better. For now, I'm temporarily dropping this.
- Dropped Ch 123
June 27, 2018
Nice story,, wonderfull balance in music, magic, and sword. The MC is a cunning and clever, I love the combination of magic and modern science,, this novel is a hard and heavy novel but wonderfull. Actions in this novel are good enough, romance is hinted there but just a sub-plot, and the most entertaining was implementation of modern knowledge in the story
February 9, 2022
music, magic, mathematics, physics, chemistry, romance, comedy - this novel has a lot of stuffs going on and they're all really well mixed together
an especially good novel if you're a music fan or a science fan
though, the ending is quite rushed, and often the explanations of (real life) science and magic are very long-winded.
a good read nonetheless
an especially good novel if you're a music fan or a science fan
though, the ending is quite rushed, and often the explanations of (real life) science and magic are very long-winded.
a good read nonetheless
August 13, 2022
After this book, I became interested in my high school and uni physics, chemistry, and math books. You might be reading this post by a future Nobel laureate, thanks to cuttlefish that loves diving.
December 9, 2023
Top tier, amazingly well written although there are some shabby parts, the world building, consistency and intellect is a real eye opener. The way cuttlefish cooks goes crazy.
January 9, 2025
The science stuff messed with my mind but it was enjoyable
September 6, 2022
I started this book because I absolutely loved Lord of the Mysteries by the same author and wanted a novel where there was some sort of mystery in the world that was slowly explored. This book has a bit of that, but there were so many things that irritated me and brought my enjoyment down. I think because I had high expectations from this book because of LotM, I was even more pissed off and so my review might be a bit harsh.
First of all, I don't know if this was the author's fault (since this was one of his first books) or the translator's fault, but the dialogue between characters was so meh. I feel so taken out of the story when I see some older member of the royalty say "Oh, that's so awesome." or say something that I expect to come out of the mouth of a young person. And this happens throughout the story. It's so jarring and irksome.
Secondly, there is a massive infodump near the beginning of the book, which was kind of meh.
Third, one of the things I was most looking forward to was the unique magic system. I like that the rules and laws of the magic are being explored. But part of the fun is when you introduce rules for the magic and then have the protagonist use them in clever ways. That way, the reader really enjoys the experience, because the knowledge that allowed the protagonist to do what they did was also available to the reader. However, here, we see that Lucien reads books but we don't always know what he learns. So when he suddenly pulls out Spell X or Spell Y to deal with a situation, there is no sense of satisfaction, because we as the reader did not know he had access to those spells.
Finally, the rate at which Lucien grows seems a bit far-fetched. For a random university student to suddenly get so good at playing, so quickly, does not seem likely. I understand that the author stresses upon the hard work involved, but even then, it takes far longer than a few weeks to get good when you start from scratch. There is a certain thing that happens , after which it makes more sense. But before then, it felt far-fetched to me that became so good so quickly. Speaking of which,
Also, how is this random university student suddenly so ok with doing things that most people are not ok with, in particular . Honestly, the ease with which he does it is insane. At least if there was more of a build up to that one scene , I might understand. But he does it and then sleeps easy. Is this guy a random university student or some veteran of war or something.
I was thinking about giving up on this series, but I realize that if I lower my expectations and accept all the things I was being irked by, maybe I can enjoy the story being told and still gain something from my time with these books. Let's see.
First of all, I don't know if this was the author's fault (since this was one of his first books) or the translator's fault, but the dialogue between characters was so meh. I feel so taken out of the story when I see some older member of the royalty say "Oh, that's so awesome." or say something that I expect to come out of the mouth of a young person. And this happens throughout the story. It's so jarring and irksome.
Secondly, there is a massive infodump near the beginning of the book, which was kind of meh.
Third, one of the things I was most looking forward to was the unique magic system. I like that the rules and laws of the magic are being explored. But part of the fun is when you introduce rules for the magic and then have the protagonist use them in clever ways. That way, the reader really enjoys the experience, because the knowledge that allowed the protagonist to do what they did was also available to the reader. However, here, we see that Lucien reads books but we don't always know what he learns. So when he suddenly pulls out Spell X or Spell Y to deal with a situation, there is no sense of satisfaction, because we as the reader did not know he had access to those spells.
Finally, the rate at which Lucien grows seems a bit far-fetched. For a random university student to suddenly get so good at playing, so quickly, does not seem likely. I understand that the author stresses upon the hard work involved, but even then, it takes far longer than a few weeks to get good when you start from scratch. There is a certain thing that happens , after which it makes more sense. But before then, it felt far-fetched to me that became so good so quickly. Speaking of which,
Also, how is this random university student suddenly so ok with doing things that most people are not ok with, in particular . Honestly, the ease with which he does it is insane. At least if there was more of a build up to that one scene , I might understand. But he does it and then sleeps easy. Is this guy a random university student or some veteran of war or something.
I was thinking about giving up on this series, but I realize that if I lower my expectations and accept all the things I was being irked by, maybe I can enjoy the story being told and still gain something from my time with these books. Let's see.
July 9, 2024
This is supposed to be an "Asian-like-web-novel-series" but it's not. Main character is reincarnated from another world into a dystopian/hell-like-place. No cultivation, no alchemy, no progression (game-like-system-and-interface), no martial arts training.
I feel the author is not Asian (Chinese) at all. Feels Russian to me. Everything is about gangsters taking advantage/bullying of the weak and the poor. I feel that the story isn't going anywhere, doesn't have a real purpose. I have noticed contradictions: For instance, Lucien, main character (isekai-ed/reincarnated to this other world), doesn't know how to write the language/read the local language(s), but speaks it fluently and understands it fluently too??
Author is trying to "rediscover the archaic magic" (old-forgotten-ancient-magic) from another world. Main character Lucien, isn't capable in anything, but seems to have been gifted with magical potential in this other world. Because it's a magic-based-theme, Lucien is not strong, nor has he received any martial arts training in this new world or in his last life. Author doesn't really go into his old life at all. (So, there really isn't a point to making an isekai/reincarnation of a nobody in his last life that can't do anything in this "new"-life now???
The story is slow moving. Because author doesn't create enough World Building (describing the conditions and systems in place in the previous world/or this dystopian-hell-like-other-world) Government, political, economic, religious, social, geographical, etc. to have the reader invested in the story and this new world. It's a long, long story, but it's day in the life of somebody that is not interesting.
I do not recommend the author or this series.
I feel the author is not Asian (Chinese) at all. Feels Russian to me. Everything is about gangsters taking advantage/bullying of the weak and the poor. I feel that the story isn't going anywhere, doesn't have a real purpose. I have noticed contradictions: For instance, Lucien, main character (isekai-ed/reincarnated to this other world), doesn't know how to write the language/read the local language(s), but speaks it fluently and understands it fluently too??
Author is trying to "rediscover the archaic magic" (old-forgotten-ancient-magic) from another world. Main character Lucien, isn't capable in anything, but seems to have been gifted with magical potential in this other world. Because it's a magic-based-theme, Lucien is not strong, nor has he received any martial arts training in this new world or in his last life. Author doesn't really go into his old life at all. (So, there really isn't a point to making an isekai/reincarnation of a nobody in his last life that can't do anything in this "new"-life now???
The story is slow moving. Because author doesn't create enough World Building (describing the conditions and systems in place in the previous world/or this dystopian-hell-like-other-world) Government, political, economic, religious, social, geographical, etc. to have the reader invested in the story and this new world. It's a long, long story, but it's day in the life of somebody that is not interesting.
I do not recommend the author or this series.
December 24, 2020
I don't know enough physics to know how accurate he was. But I know enough to appreciate his attempt greatly.
I'm always a fan of such attempts to integrate physics into fiction. Authors have to stay updated in the field of science to draw inspiration from and use in storytelling.
This book tells the story of Lucien and his pursuit of the truth in a different world. He transmigrates with a an actual library of knowledge from modern Earth and he appears in a different world set in medical times.
The magicians there form cognitive models in their mind based on their belief of how the world works. It's great how all of them believe in empiricism. Their heads can explode if shown a model that goes against the beliefs their mind is based on. Really innovative plot point.
Towards the end I liked how the author at least touched on the topic of plagiarism and how Lucien stole the ideas of many geniuses from Earth to reach where he got. Since he accelerated progress by publishing groundbreaking papers one after another.
Natasha is an interesting female lead who is very masculine and maybe bisexual. Not something you often see in these novels.
The ending was a bit rushed and not as satisfying or this book might get a 4 stars. But they did explain everything and I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes physics and fantasy.
I'm always a fan of such attempts to integrate physics into fiction. Authors have to stay updated in the field of science to draw inspiration from and use in storytelling.
This book tells the story of Lucien and his pursuit of the truth in a different world. He transmigrates with a an actual library of knowledge from modern Earth and he appears in a different world set in medical times.
The magicians there form cognitive models in their mind based on their belief of how the world works. It's great how all of them believe in empiricism. Their heads can explode if shown a model that goes against the beliefs their mind is based on. Really innovative plot point.
Towards the end I liked how the author at least touched on the topic of plagiarism and how Lucien stole the ideas of many geniuses from Earth to reach where he got. Since he accelerated progress by publishing groundbreaking papers one after another.
Natasha is an interesting female lead who is very masculine and maybe bisexual. Not something you often see in these novels.
The ending was a bit rushed and not as satisfying or this book might get a 4 stars. But they did explain everything and I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes physics and fantasy.
July 5, 2025
Overall interesting story, I loved the physics-based magic system, the overall interesting world building and the fight against the religion of this world. The protagonist is nice and above all not an idiot, which is rare in an "isekai" maybe during the story he becomes a bit too perfect but we forgive him for that. Just a hint of love story, not invasive and not annoying, with an atypical female character for the genre; thank God no harem. The ending is perhaps a bit rushed considering how long the whole story is, the author could have done better, but in any case nothing that ruins the work; happy to have discovered it
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September 21, 2020Goodread is a sh*t! No sample to read! F*ck U Goodread!
I saw good reviews so i interested. But I am not convinced whether I should buy it or not. How could I judge if I could not read a sample. I can't waste my money because of reviews if I have no right to decide whether its worth buying. At least provide a sample for readers to follow their hearts to buy a book or not. Moreover, Goodread Shows links of buying option. Total Scam!
I saw good reviews so i interested. But I am not convinced whether I should buy it or not. How could I judge if I could not read a sample. I can't waste my money because of reviews if I have no right to decide whether its worth buying. At least provide a sample for readers to follow their hearts to buy a book or not. Moreover, Goodread Shows links of buying option. Total Scam!
December 31, 2025
Honestly I’d give this a 3.5, the concept was great, magic being tied to science but the power system for the knights is very vague. Also Lucien feels like a insert character.
But I can but all this aside because what pisses me off the most is the whole plagiarism thing with the music. If Lucien wants to do that’s fine with me, but way the hell does this guy suddenly think he’s some musical genius now. It really ruined the immersion.
But I can but all this aside because what pisses me off the most is the whole plagiarism thing with the music. If Lucien wants to do that’s fine with me, but way the hell does this guy suddenly think he’s some musical genius now. It really ruined the immersion.
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December 22, 2025
I tend to like novels with the themes of science, magic+analytics. Not a bad read but the science is usually high level and can be a bit off. Not the best of his work but better than your average slop. Atleast I finished it.
January 31, 2019
Not my favorite of CWLD's work. Strong start, but I'm not enjoying the current dwarf arc due to the MC's deceit.
March 27, 2021
Yet, another web novel in which MC(and everyone else) is a complete and utter idiot. Do not lose your time. Negative one star.
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October 1, 2021Got to chapter 34. Just like The Void Wolf, this book is too mentally taxing at the moment.
October 3, 2024
Mashallah
May 18, 2025
The translation? uhhh wtf?
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