Desolate Era: Book 26: World Level

Desolate Era #26

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 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 multiverse 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

408 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2018

About the author

Associated Names:
* Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi
* I Eat Tomatoes (English)
* 我吃西红柿 (Chinese)
* หว่อชือซีหงสื้อ (Thai)

Reviews

[Eric Santizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: Every single cultivator had their own special insights into the Dao.
- Thoughts: When compared with before leaving the three realms, this feels like an entirety different xianxia. Even much of it's system fells like retrofitted, Heartforce and swordforce are as much forgotten as Ning's first master. Too much different systems to keep track of I guess.
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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: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 3/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 1/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ×
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): ✓
- Adult (Y/N): ×
- Mystery (Y/N): ×
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ×
- Violence level: Less than usual
- Tech level: Irrelevant
- Religion level: Fictional Daoism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre:
- Point of view: Main character story with occasional interludes
- Best of it: Some interesting scenarios
- Worst of it: Ji Ning never gets really strong, he can stay 2 or 3 books training and making preparations and can even defeat mediocre opponents in higer levels but he's never the strongest in his own level.
- Aftertaste: Bread: not amazing, but you can't live without it
World
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Variety: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 5/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ×
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ×
- Journey (Y/N): ×
- Main scenario: Astral Islands
Characters
- Total amount: scores.
- Points of view: Main Character
- Main characters: Egocentric kid
- Secondary: mostly good characters
- Overall quality: 3/5 stars
- Main: 3/5 stars
- Secondary: 4/5 stars
- Consistency: 3/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 2/5 Stars
- Interactions: 3/5 Stars
- Underworld Crew (✓/×): ×
- Training (✓/×): ✓
- Romance: Nope
- Notable best characters: Kilostar
- Notable worse characters: Bertulu
Setting
- Historical importance: 1/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 3/5 Stars
- Historical score: 1/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 4/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 4/5 Stars
- Tension: 2/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 3/5 Stars
- Classic Supernatural (✓/×): ×
- Superpowers (✓/×): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ✓
- About the setting: Some good, unusual scenarios
Rules
- System: 2/5 stars
- Complexity: 3/5 stars
- System explanation: 2/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 2/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ✓
- Type of Rule: Xianxia
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 4/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 3/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: -/5 stars
- Cultivation phase: 2/5 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
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (✓/×): ×

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Things are still losing steam. The impetus is interesting enough (I.e. get to the place on which he swore his oath). But these roadblocks are less interesting. Feels like filler. Even the cultivation seems completely random. That being said there are cool moments. The fighting tournament is cool and the more mainstream cultivation (I.e. heartforce) is interesting.

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The arc is fun, the scale of the story is a bit insane at this point. Overall, it’s a great story with a lot of filler.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Needs an editor