Versatile Mage: Volume I - The Old World is a New World

by Chaos

He woke up in a familiar world, which had vastly changed. His usual school had become a place that taught magic, encouraging everyone to become a mighty magician, and outside the city, many wandering magical beasts and monsters attacked and preyed on humans. The world of advanced science that Mo Fan knew so well suddenly turned into one that praised magic. Despite this, his social status remained the same; one of the dregs of the society with a struggling father and a disabled step-sister who couldn’t walk. One thing had changed, however. This was a world of magic, and his ambition now burned bright with the knowledge that he could be something far beyond what his former world would ever have allowed him! From the lowly dregs of the street, one day he would fly under his own power! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Versatile Mage is a direct transmigration/world-hopping novel of the “magical student” kind. The twist is that the main character comes from a world of science, and suddenly his world changes to one based on magic instead of science, without changing what he has already learned! So he goes to school and instead of literature, history, math, and biology, they are teaching proper magical incantations, astronomy, magical theory, and talking about magical beasts as if they are real. However, he quickly realizes that this kind of world is built on individual power, not just wealth and influence, and it doesn't matter that he's a discredited kid from the lowest levels of society with a lousy record in school. He realizes his life can be totally turned around if only he can become a magician! Also, he could learn to fly… He throws off his slacker past and dives whole-hog into the reality of becoming a true Magician, the likes of which the posing natives of this universe have never seen!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, China, Light Novel

368 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2018

Reviews

[Shivansh Shukla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes, All you seek is an Overpowered Main character smashing through opponents and winning every time.

Coupled to an outstanding magic world established in most of the manhuas out there. Soul cultivation. Eleemntal Magic. Undead. and so on.

Read : easy
Pacing : slow
World building : magnificent
Nonsense at times: Yes
but you need power mc. so go for it.

[Leathen Tapp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great story, but needs work

The characters are great and it's easy to relate to the different types of people. The magic dynamics are inspired and well defined. The story is unique in a way that is easily addicting.. However it needs a English editor to run through it a few times. As an native English speaking person I found the grammar and sentence structure atrocious. I wish I hadn't spent 4 dollars on something with worse grammar than a junior high book report.

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dropped 3/4 through chapter one (which was admittedly long). Really dense stupid dialogue and mc. Hard to read and the comedy didn’t make sense. Things like math/literature being fake didn’t make sense when they were reading a textbook and had to have a number of people in class. The author was trying too hard imo. Or I’m taking things to seriously (probably this?). Anyway, other reviews and ratings are likely more accurate than mine since they would have almost definitely read further than me.

- Dropped Ch 1

[David Anthony Beard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how this is going...

Lately I have been reading a lot of books about reincarnation and the like. This is not a reincarnation but the mc finds himself in new world however there is a twist. He is the same world with the same people but with one major difference. Its a world ran on magic and not science. It was a interesting twist and I want to read more. ok

[Andy Bigwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

If Hogwarts was in china

An interesting book, not only good fantasy, but also a window on the normal cultural underpinning of chinese/buddist culture and school life. There are one or two concepts that don't quite translate...but thats fine...for instance the word 'cultivation' is key to the book and seems to have a slightly different meaning than in UK.

[RavenT · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some issues with the English translation of this world hopping adventure novel, but the plot and action aare better than the average light novel. Some cliches, but also some original elements.
Story is here:
https://novelfull.com/versatile-mage....

[Dwight · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad

Just bad. I think the majority is just a repeat of previous sentences. The book maybe t or y chapters long if they removed repetitive sentences.

[John Ford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

A good start to the book series, I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book released.

[Nomad nimrod · Rating 2 out of 5]

Same old story. Nothing new.

[Oracle404]

The book is just wow, the characters are superb

[Victor Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all 3200 chapters of this Xianxia.

[Godspower]

Nice

[Thomas]

good read

[Winter ❄️ Luminary 🌬️ 🌨️ DCM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[George Yee · Rating 2 out of 5]

So far on chapter 44, compare to other Isekai light novel this one is so so and the Translator at end of each chapter is really annoying.

[Shad Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical

This story was your basic story for this genre with some notable differences. The future may change but I would recommend this to anyone who wants to turn your mind off and just enjoy the novel for what it is. The editor's notes were sometimes funny. I would recommend it for people interested in this genre.