Desolate Era: Book 32: Waveshift Realm

Desolate Era #32

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

183 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

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The scales are completely insane at this point - story is entertaining.

[Eric Santizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

If the post-three realms books, this has been one of the better ones. There were a ton of cool battle scenes. There was some nice progression, too. I’m excited for the next book.

[Anthony Adjei · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.8 Stars

[D · Rating 2 out of 5]

- Quote: "The Dao was neither good nor bad. The good could reach high levels in it, as could the bad."
- Thoughts: One of the worst parts of the story, with dragging fights, useless powers and dao-seals, fights to the death where no one can kill no one.
But for those that got this far keep reading, It'll be better after volume 33 and it'll became really good in Daomerge
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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: 3/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 2/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 2/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 3/5 stars
- Plot twists: 2/5 stars
- Pace: 2/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 2/5 stars
- Holes: 5/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ×
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): ✓
- Adult (Y/N): ×
- Mystery (Y/N): ×
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ✓
- Violence level: Some fights to the death
- Tech level: irrelevant
- Religion level: Fictional Daoism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: Shounen, Manga
- Point of view: Main character story
- Best of it: ---
- Worst of it: The author breaks his own ruleset to create artificially dangerous situations, he should instead make his main character fight against more advanced stages of enemies keeping the ruleset true.
- Aftertaste: Lettuce
World
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Variety: 3/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 3/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Absurdly exagerated dimensions: ✓
- Main scenario: A "realm" left by some old powerful guy
Characters
Every Daolord is sick with greed for the trasure, friendship means nothing in these situations.
- Consistency: 3/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 3/5 Stars
- Interactions: 3/5 Stars
- Cultivation: ✓
- Romance: ×
- Greed: ✓
- Everyone can die as long as I get what I need: ✓
Setting
The scenario has very little lore and very big dimensions. The "Gold Rush" gives it an interesting view, greatly emphasized by the audience since this big treasure is only important for specific cultivation stage
- Setting overall score: 4/5 Stars
- Tension: 4/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 4/5 Stars
- Gold rush fever: ✓
- Big guys as audience: ✓
Rules
- Devised system: 1/5 stars
- System complexity: 1/5 stars
- System explanation: 3/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): Too much
- Type of Rule: Cultivation
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 2/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 3/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 4/5 stars
- Cultivation phase: 1/5 stars
Series Storyline
- Impact of this book in storyline: 3/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 2/5 stars
- Can be read as a standalone (✓/×): ×