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The Legendary Master’s Wife
After an explosion, You XiaoMo finds that he is now a probationary disciple of the TianXin sect. However, he is one with dubious potential, so just when he starts to adapt to his new circumstances, he receives a piece of bad news. If he is unable to produce the required result after half a year to become an official disciple of the TianXin sect, he would be driven out of the sect.
While You XiaoMo is going all out to make medicines and earn money, he runs into Ling Xiao. To his horror, he later discovers that Ling Xiao is really someone cloaked in human skin.
While You XiaoMo is going all out to make medicines and earn money, he runs into Ling Xiao. To his horror, he later discovers that Ling Xiao is really someone cloaked in human skin.
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April 12, 2025
Adventure fantasy with an alchemy focus but also cultivation, magic beasts, leveling up and a found family/crew/team ❤️ This is a LONG story but perfect if you like the tropes I’ve listed! I will admit this is not for everyone but please give it a try!
🔵Academies, competitions, and battles
🔵MC- naive, inexperienced but talented and teachable
🔵ML- powerful, smart, kind of a bully? But also protective and jealous in a cute kind of way
🔵Transmigration
🔵Historical fantasy setting
🔵Cultivation
🔵Alchemy with focus on magic pills and the recipes
🔵Leveling up
🔵Some 🌶️
🔵Amazing plot and world building but still low angst. The way I stressed about the spiritual water lake!
Things I didn’t like…
🔴Some misogyny- do not look forward to liking any female character in this novel and know that the terms wife and daughter-in-law are associated with being weak, submissive, inferior, etc
🔴Bully romance *light*- mostly verbal and it’s just the one word I cannot stand “stupid”. I looked up the Chinese character and there are some words I would have preferred: silly, muddleheaded, foolish, etc. “stupid” is just too harsh IMO.
Things I loved…
🟢LX (the ML) is def a villain so it’s best to just accept that early and move on haha
🟢The Qiu team!!
🟢Mary sue male version. This didn’t bother me AT ALL because it was exactly what I needed in this read. I never felt stressed but enjoyed everything.
🟢Relationship gets better balanced over time- I initially struggled with XM being “bullied” but LX definitely took care of him
Review at 50% mark
This is the longest book I’ve ever tackled at around 1,618,487 words, 731 chapters, and 5,413 pages. Thankfully at the halfway point, I am still very much in love with and invested in the story and the characters🥰. Very engaging, not super complicated plot that focuses more on alchemy than wuxia.
So far it’s low angst, very entertaining with lots of humor throughout. I’ve been doing a combo of reading ebook and listening and it’s been easy to keep up with what’s going on even with breaks to read other books.
🔵MC- naive, inexperienced but talented and teachable
🔵ML- powerful, smart, kind of a bully? But also protective and jealous in a cute kind of way
🔵Transmigration
🔵Historical fantasy setting
🔵Cultivation
🔵Leveling up
🔵Some 🌶️
🔵Academies, competitions, and battles
🔵MC- naive, inexperienced but talented and teachable
🔵ML- powerful, smart, kind of a bully? But also protective and jealous in a cute kind of way
🔵Transmigration
🔵Historical fantasy setting
🔵Cultivation
🔵Alchemy with focus on magic pills and the recipes
🔵Leveling up
🔵Some 🌶️
🔵Amazing plot and world building but still low angst. The way I stressed about the spiritual water lake!
Things I didn’t like…
🔴Some misogyny- do not look forward to liking any female character in this novel and know that the terms wife and daughter-in-law are associated with being weak, submissive, inferior, etc
🔴Bully romance *light*- mostly verbal and it’s just the one word I cannot stand “stupid”. I looked up the Chinese character and there are some words I would have preferred: silly, muddleheaded, foolish, etc. “stupid” is just too harsh IMO.
Things I loved…
🟢LX (the ML) is def a villain so it’s best to just accept that early and move on haha
🟢The Qiu team!!
🟢Mary sue male version. This didn’t bother me AT ALL because it was exactly what I needed in this read. I never felt stressed but enjoyed everything.
🟢Relationship gets better balanced over time- I initially struggled with XM being “bullied” but LX definitely took care of him
Review at 50% mark
This is the longest book I’ve ever tackled at around 1,618,487 words, 731 chapters, and 5,413 pages. Thankfully at the halfway point, I am still very much in love with and invested in the story and the characters🥰. Very engaging, not super complicated plot that focuses more on alchemy than wuxia.
So far it’s low angst, very entertaining with lots of humor throughout. I’ve been doing a combo of reading ebook and listening and it’s been easy to keep up with what’s going on even with breaks to read other books.
🔵MC- naive, inexperienced but talented and teachable
🔵ML- powerful, smart, kind of a bully? But also protective and jealous in a cute kind of way
🔵Transmigration
🔵Historical fantasy setting
🔵Cultivation
🔵Leveling up
🔵Some 🌶️
September 28, 2019
This might be one of the longest novel I've spent my time on reading. I do not regret it. It might come off as a weird and an immoral read due to violence, but I am insensitive to those, so I quite enjoy the well-rounded plot (you'll be surprised, all the plot holes are covered and it's a treat to know what happened to unsolved 'side-missions' as I am similar to You XiaoMo in terms of intelligence.) I also quite enjoy the lengthiness because it gives me a relaxed reading session where I don't have to think of what I should choose to read next as I get hung up on a novel. Also, it held giving my dreams some content to base off and it was wonderful for a person who uses books and dreams to escape life.
January 13, 2022
I'm pretty sure this wins the award for longest story I have ever read. It took me the whole month of September to get through and I think, somewhere around chapter 400, I was persisting out of sheer bloody mindedness. I would not be defeated by this book. I was going to finish it or die trying. I may have shed an actual tear when I reached the last word.
All that being said, I cannot say I liked it. It was okay. I have a lot of complaints, especially in terms of the repetitiousness of the story, and a severe imbalance in the main relationship that made me far more interested in the side character relationships (no lie, I would suffer through more of this story for some of those other pairings), but there was something about the book that kept me going chapter after chapter. Was Ling Xiao stupidly overpowered for the first, like 500-600 chapters? Sure, but the mystery of "what the fuck is he?" carried me through the first 350 or so. At this point, I had a pretty good idea of the cycles this story was going to go through, so that's about where i picked up the "finish it or die" mindset.
Cons:
Ridiculously long
An excessive amount of cannon fodder
Misogynistic af
Magical schools that are not schools and become more and more pointless
So many contests
So many times I wondered if the author even knew where they were going with this
So much dub/non-con in the main relationship
I wanted more of the side characters and less talk about magical herbs and academies that didn't teach anything
Pros:
Weirdly readable
Ling Xiao would be a villain in any other book (he was, unfortunately, my favorite character, despite being ridiculously OP and also a Bad Seme--I just liked what an unrepentant asshole he was to literally everyone, although sometimes it was frustrating how verbally mean he was to You XiaoMo)
Overall, would not rec to anyone, probably, but I'm glad I finished it.
All that being said, I cannot say I liked it. It was okay. I have a lot of complaints, especially in terms of the repetitiousness of the story, and a severe imbalance in the main relationship that made me far more interested in the side character relationships (no lie, I would suffer through more of this story for some of those other pairings), but there was something about the book that kept me going chapter after chapter. Was Ling Xiao stupidly overpowered for the first, like 500-600 chapters? Sure, but the mystery of "what the fuck is he?" carried me through the first 350 or so. At this point, I had a pretty good idea of the cycles this story was going to go through, so that's about where i picked up the "finish it or die" mindset.
Cons:
Ridiculously long
An excessive amount of cannon fodder
Misogynistic af
Magical schools that are not schools and become more and more pointless
So many contests
So many times I wondered if the author even knew where they were going with this
So much dub/non-con in the main relationship
I wanted more of the side characters and less talk about magical herbs and academies that didn't teach anything
Pros:
Weirdly readable
Ling Xiao would be a villain in any other book (he was, unfortunately, my favorite character, despite being ridiculously OP and also a Bad Seme--I just liked what an unrepentant asshole he was to literally everyone, although sometimes it was frustrating how verbally mean he was to You XiaoMo)
Overall, would not rec to anyone, probably, but I'm glad I finished it.
June 27, 2024
➺
4/5 🌟
Even after finishing all 731 chapters of this novel, I still can't get enough! I seriously want more of their interactions! I'm already satisfied with how the main story ended but what I want is more extra chapters with all the qiu team and the in laws together staying in the modern world.
Seeing the MC grew from being an underestimated, naive and weak character to being the most powerful mage in the whole realm is very gratifying to see. It's not in 'just a snap of a finger' kind of way but you can see his gradual growth that you couldn't help but also root for him and it's very entertaining to witness. I personally enjoy the whole journey of the main couple from the start until the end, it's very consistent. This has a massive world with a massive amount of characters and thinking back to the first few chapters, this novel is really a ride.
This has some problems as well and I'm not going to brush that off. But if we're talking about entertainment level with some great slapping moments, this definitely gave me so much satisfaction. But since there are a lot of characters, I just wished we got a more solid conclusion to them. I have a lot of side characters that I liked and I was hoping to see them more, but unfortunately the author just focused the ending on the main couple. But still a solid and satisfying ending.
This might be a danmei, but to the readers who love cultivation novels, this is right up your alley, as this is quite heavy in that aspect. Just take note that whoever decided to start this novel because of the cultivation theme, there are also a lot of explicit scenes between the main couple so be warned.
Even after finishing all 731 chapters of this novel, I still can't get enough! I seriously want more of their interactions! I'm already satisfied with how the main story ended but what I want is more extra chapters with all the qiu team and the in laws together staying in the modern world.
Seeing the MC grew from being an underestimated, naive and weak character to being the most powerful mage in the whole realm is very gratifying to see. It's not in 'just a snap of a finger' kind of way but you can see his gradual growth that you couldn't help but also root for him and it's very entertaining to witness. I personally enjoy the whole journey of the main couple from the start until the end, it's very consistent. This has a massive world with a massive amount of characters and thinking back to the first few chapters, this novel is really a ride.
This has some problems as well and I'm not going to brush that off. But if we're talking about entertainment level with some great slapping moments, this definitely gave me so much satisfaction. But since there are a lot of characters, I just wished we got a more solid conclusion to them. I have a lot of side characters that I liked and I was hoping to see them more, but unfortunately the author just focused the ending on the main couple. But still a solid and satisfying ending.
This might be a danmei, but to the readers who love cultivation novels, this is right up your alley, as this is quite heavy in that aspect. Just take note that whoever decided to start this novel because of the cultivation theme, there are also a lot of explicit scenes between the main couple so be warned.
November 14, 2020
Tengo mucho que decir sobre este libro, y puede contener pequeños spoilers, así que guerra avisada, no mata gente.
Quiero separar las cosas que no me gustaron de las que me gustaron, empezaré con las primeras:
No me gustó:
- Si bien las novelas de este tipo son largas... Bueno, esta se fue de encuentro. Es demasiado larga, llegando a ser un poco repetitiva... Ya se que Ling es el más fuerte, ya se que Momo milagrosamente ganara todos los primeros puestos y avanzará siempre que quiera a tiempo y tendrá éxito con sus píldoras. Gracias, vuelva pronto... FUE MUY OBVIO. Punto a favor es que te cuentan los 7 años que estuvieron juntos, y ver el crecimiento de Momo en especial, fue genial, así como de su relación. Me hubiera gustado unos te amo, pero bueno... A veces no me gustaba (casi siempre) como Ling trataba a Momo, pero a la vez sabes que Momo es la luz de los ojos de Ling y es su forma rara de mostrar amor.
- NUNCA HE LEÍDO UNA NOVELA TAN MISOGINA🙃🙃... O sea, LITERALMENTE, todas las mujeres en esta novela son unas desgraciadas e impresentables. Si eso no es suficiente, Ling y Momo y otro cualquier otro personaje (en especial Momo), insulta a las mujeres muy repetitivamente y de forma muy muy agresiva... O sea entiendo que la odies y que sea una maldita pero un poquito de POR FAVOR JAJA. Esta gracia es mi estrella menos. Por favor, personas de cristal, abstenerse porque es probable que odien este libro solo por eso.
- Siento que muchas escenas de "cultivacion dual" fueron muy mmm... Agresivas (?) o... Como decirlo... Ling manipula mucho a Momo... Así que me molestaron un poco, nada que no me deje dormir.
- Este es un punto medio, que me gustó y no me gustó... TODOS SON GAYS, o sea.. Entiendo unas 2 parejas pero aquí hay como 5 y hay otros hetero curiosos que pronto se descubrirán jajaja. Siento que el/la autor/ar exageró un poquito. Hay hijos gays, padres gays, amigos gays, serpientes gays, etc gay. Así de gay jajajaja. No me malentiendan, una agradece el fanservice... Pero siempre con moderación. La única pareja hetero son los padres de Momo (en ambos mundos 😂)
Puntos que me gustaron:
- Ling, me encantó que fuera el villano... Asesinatos, desapariciones forzadas, maltrato psicológico a Momo Cof Cof esposa Cof Cof... Pues lo hace un muy buen personaje la verdad. Me sorprendió que fuera el "malo" pero obviamente los malos se vuelven buenos y tratan de serlo, y ahí es donde Momo lo influencia (un poquito, el hombre tiene una vena sádica 😂). Pero a pesar de todo, siempre cumple los caprichos de Momo, si este quiere una hierba, su hombre lo encuentra, si quiere un caldero, su hombre lo compra (con el dinero de Momo, por supuesto).
- Momo, muy aparte de sus repetidos insultos misoginos y blabla, el personaje de Momo me encantó. Muy inteligente pero cuando está con Ling se le derrite el cerebro 😂. Muy gracioso y muy fiel. También resalto mucho su perseverancia, que nace también de tratar de sobrevivir a un mundo que no es suyo y encontrándose con Ling y siempre siendo engañado por él.
- You JunQi, ese padre ped*filo y pegajoso, me encantó la verdad. O sea, era muy gracioso y en cuanto tuvo la oportunidad, apoyó mucho a Momo.
- La people de la academia del Norte, me gustó mucho porque son las personas con las que Momo hace más lazos, incluido su maestro , que era una hermosa persona. Me hubiera gustado verlos relacionarse más.
- El equipo Qiu, ME ENCANTARON, las bestias demoníacas tienen un lugar especial en mi corazón. Lo que no me gustó fue que hacia la mitad dejaron de aparecer, porque debían "crecer" pero igual, me dolió el corazón. Yo quería un extra do de Momo cocinara para todos y ver como actuaba la serpiente y el leopardo negro (era leopardo no?). Además quería ver más de Pollito y la pequeña tortuga cuando crecieran. Lástima que no me dieron más 😭.
Si bien siento que no es el mejor libro del mundo, he quedado satisfecha con el mismo. Me he reído mucho y me he enganchado con la historia y el mundo. Como comenté, me hubiera gustado mucho leer más de todos cuando crecieran e incluso leer a Momo ukeando a Ling con más pildora que le dio su maestro jajaja pero bueno, espero que la autora se anime un día a escribirlo. Creo que 200 caps están demás, pero no niego que he disfrutado la historia muchísimo, en especial, las partes en las que Ling y Momo interactuaban como el matrimonio que son, cenando, limpiando, sembrando, bromeando, abrazándose... Soy una romántica de corazón.
Recomiendo mucho esta novela, espero que te animes a leerla y si quieres fangirlear, mis mensajes están abiertos a todos 😝.
Quiero separar las cosas que no me gustaron de las que me gustaron, empezaré con las primeras:
No me gustó:
- Si bien las novelas de este tipo son largas... Bueno, esta se fue de encuentro. Es demasiado larga, llegando a ser un poco repetitiva... Ya se que Ling es el más fuerte, ya se que Momo milagrosamente ganara todos los primeros puestos y avanzará siempre que quiera a tiempo y tendrá éxito con sus píldoras. Gracias, vuelva pronto... FUE MUY OBVIO. Punto a favor es que te cuentan los 7 años que estuvieron juntos, y ver el crecimiento de Momo en especial, fue genial, así como de su relación. Me hubiera gustado unos te amo, pero bueno... A veces no me gustaba (casi siempre) como Ling trataba a Momo, pero a la vez sabes que Momo es la luz de los ojos de Ling y es su forma rara de mostrar amor.
- NUNCA HE LEÍDO UNA NOVELA TAN MISOGINA🙃🙃... O sea, LITERALMENTE, todas las mujeres en esta novela son unas desgraciadas e impresentables. Si eso no es suficiente, Ling y Momo y otro cualquier otro personaje (en especial Momo), insulta a las mujeres muy repetitivamente y de forma muy muy agresiva... O sea entiendo que la odies y que sea una maldita pero un poquito de POR FAVOR JAJA. Esta gracia es mi estrella menos. Por favor, personas de cristal, abstenerse porque es probable que odien este libro solo por eso.
- Siento que muchas escenas de "cultivacion dual" fueron muy mmm... Agresivas (?) o... Como decirlo... Ling manipula mucho a Momo... Así que me molestaron un poco, nada que no me deje dormir.
- Este es un punto medio, que me gustó y no me gustó... TODOS SON GAYS, o sea.. Entiendo unas 2 parejas pero aquí hay como 5 y hay otros hetero curiosos que pronto se descubrirán jajaja. Siento que el/la autor/ar exageró un poquito. Hay hijos gays, padres gays, amigos gays, serpientes gays, etc gay. Así de gay jajajaja. No me malentiendan, una agradece el fanservice... Pero siempre con moderación. La única pareja hetero son los padres de Momo (en ambos mundos 😂)
Puntos que me gustaron:
- Ling, me encantó que fuera el villano... Asesinatos, desapariciones forzadas, maltrato psicológico a Momo Cof Cof esposa Cof Cof... Pues lo hace un muy buen personaje la verdad. Me sorprendió que fuera el "malo" pero obviamente los malos se vuelven buenos y tratan de serlo, y ahí es donde Momo lo influencia (un poquito, el hombre tiene una vena sádica 😂). Pero a pesar de todo, siempre cumple los caprichos de Momo, si este quiere una hierba, su hombre lo encuentra, si quiere un caldero, su hombre lo compra (con el dinero de Momo, por supuesto).
- Momo, muy aparte de sus repetidos insultos misoginos y blabla, el personaje de Momo me encantó. Muy inteligente pero cuando está con Ling se le derrite el cerebro 😂. Muy gracioso y muy fiel. También resalto mucho su perseverancia, que nace también de tratar de sobrevivir a un mundo que no es suyo y encontrándose con Ling y siempre siendo engañado por él.
- You JunQi, ese padre ped*filo y pegajoso, me encantó la verdad. O sea, era muy gracioso y en cuanto tuvo la oportunidad, apoyó mucho a Momo.
- La people de la academia del Norte, me gustó mucho porque son las personas con las que Momo hace más lazos, incluido su maestro , que era una hermosa persona. Me hubiera gustado verlos relacionarse más.
- El equipo Qiu, ME ENCANTARON, las bestias demoníacas tienen un lugar especial en mi corazón. Lo que no me gustó fue que hacia la mitad dejaron de aparecer, porque debían "crecer" pero igual, me dolió el corazón. Yo quería un extra do de Momo cocinara para todos y ver como actuaba la serpiente y el leopardo negro (era leopardo no?). Además quería ver más de Pollito y la pequeña tortuga cuando crecieran. Lástima que no me dieron más 😭.
Si bien siento que no es el mejor libro del mundo, he quedado satisfecha con el mismo. Me he reído mucho y me he enganchado con la historia y el mundo. Como comenté, me hubiera gustado mucho leer más de todos cuando crecieran e incluso leer a Momo ukeando a Ling con más pildora que le dio su maestro jajaja pero bueno, espero que la autora se anime un día a escribirlo. Creo que 200 caps están demás, pero no niego que he disfrutado la historia muchísimo, en especial, las partes en las que Ling y Momo interactuaban como el matrimonio que son, cenando, limpiando, sembrando, bromeando, abrazándose... Soy una romántica de corazón.
Recomiendo mucho esta novela, espero que te animes a leerla y si quieres fangirlear, mis mensajes están abiertos a todos 😝.
October 21, 2019
Long long time ago
I can still remember...
I was into that game where you had to build cities and fight with other countries. But i did not like to fight, I liked to build, so i had those "keys" and everytime enemies came to my territory, I would press the button and - voila! - all their soldiers were dead and I could continue building my cities. Generally speaking I was cheating, and naturally i got bored very soon and stopped playing this game.
That was the exact feeling I had when I was reading this novel. This was total Marty Sue! And all the time when there were some sex or almost sex scenes it felt like MC was raped, and it was a dubious consent and forcing at the very least!
Sometime around chapter 150 (and there are more than 700 in total. 700 chapters, Carl!) I started skipping some chapters. Sometime around the death of (chapter 200 or smth) i realised i cannot do it anymore.
But i could not give up that easily, i decided to at least read last chapters (those happenned to be extra chapters 720smth). I couldn't believe in what the author had led the plot into, I was eyerolling all the time because of the stupidness, lack of logic and consistency of what was happening, i was terribly irritated due to MC being called a "wife" all the time and actually responding to it (no, really, wtf?!). I could not finish even those last chapters and at last gave up completely. That was total waste of time.
And I cannot unsee manhua pictures - in the book MC is 17-18, not a child, i'd say, but in manhua he looks like 13 yo, and even looking at the manhua feels like pedophilia.
P.S.: 700+ chapters of this stupidness, Carl!
I can still remember...
I was into that game where you had to build cities and fight with other countries. But i did not like to fight, I liked to build, so i had those "keys" and everytime enemies came to my territory, I would press the button and - voila! - all their soldiers were dead and I could continue building my cities. Generally speaking I was cheating, and naturally i got bored very soon and stopped playing this game.
That was the exact feeling I had when I was reading this novel. This was total Marty Sue! And all the time when there were some sex or almost sex scenes it felt like MC was raped, and it was a dubious consent and forcing at the very least!
Sometime around chapter 150 (and there are more than 700 in total. 700 chapters, Carl!) I started skipping some chapters. Sometime around the death of (chapter 200 or smth) i realised i cannot do it anymore.
But i could not give up that easily, i decided to at least read last chapters (those happenned to be extra chapters 720smth). I couldn't believe in what the author had led the plot into, I was eyerolling all the time because of the stupidness, lack of logic and consistency of what was happening, i was terribly irritated due to MC being called a "wife" all the time and actually responding to it (no, really, wtf?!). I could not finish even those last chapters and at last gave up completely. That was total waste of time.
And I cannot unsee manhua pictures - in the book MC is 17-18, not a child, i'd say, but in manhua he looks like 13 yo, and even looking at the manhua feels like pedophilia.
P.S.: 700+ chapters of this stupidness, Carl!
June 2, 2019
Strong warning: trigger for abusive relationship, rape, etc... It's full of it and it's sold as a love story. You need to forget everything about equality and healthy relationships and consent. Otherways you are going to want to burn the internet just to ensure this book disappears with it. Not the worst I've read, to be fair. Not the worst by a loong mile. But it's there and it needs to be said.
Some parts are just too long. And I will never endorse a relationship where one is clearly played as weaker and so "the wife".
But... I still read the whole thing and had a good time because I liked all the parts about the magical system.
Some parts are just too long. And I will never endorse a relationship where one is clearly played as weaker and so "the wife".
But... I still read the whole thing and had a good time because I liked all the parts about the magical system.
September 16, 2020
It's not perfectly written. But hey, it's goddamned entertaining. This is actually my second round of reading it. I enjoy the chemistry between the leads. The love interest is perfectly imperfect. He is smart and ridiculously OP as hell, and on top of that, he is such a cunning fellow and a total bad guy. He is no saint, and he taught his would-be-wife well on how to be badass like him.
The MC started off being pretty naive and a good boy, but that didn't last long with his bad boy love interest strong influence. At least, he is much wiser now, and it's refreshing to us readers that the MC ain't perfect and boringly upright all the time. I had so much fun watching this naughty and cheeky pair going around wreaking havoc at their enemies expense. How satisfying. Besides that, there are tons of comedic moments surrounding their antics, especially with the silliness of the uke.
Since the seme is such a bad boy, he has the MC under his thumb and around his fingers 24/7. The MC is powerless against his seme's wittiness and dominance, and soon he got used to being dissed by him at every chance. There aren't much of lovey-dovey scenes although smuts are at a satisfactory level. Yet, you will feel their closeness and intimacy by the way they interacted with each other. I welcome this type of affection in the romance between a book's central couple. Cos, it's fun, interesting and in a way, realistic.
Another thing I liked about the story is the fun of watching the MC and his hubby levelling up with each quest and encounters they had along their cultivation journey. Although the seme is already pretty OP from the start, it wasn't so for the uke. He had to work himself up to the peak of cultivation.
I first read this book back in May last year (2019). I didn't get around to review it until now. I might have forgotten to do so back then. Aha, things like this happen from time to time.
*Reviewed on September 16, 2020 (Read the Chinese RAWS via TTS)
March 3, 2024
4.5 ⭐
I'm probably going to sound crazy because the novel was pretty long, but I wanted it to be longer...I felt that many side characters deserved a happy ending and some of their stories were barely mentioned 😔. Such a waste of great characters.
In general, the story was good but not the best-written or the most original. I admit that against all odds I enjoyed it very much. That's why I'm giving a high rate. Fair warning though, there are a few plot holes and things can get repetitive if this type of novel is not what you usually read. Also, some comments about women may be a little bit misogynistic. I didn't feel uncomfortable reading them because a lot of meanings get lost with translation and it was a character speaking from his subjective and complicated experience with women in the past. Either way, you have been cautioned.
I'm probably going to sound crazy because the novel was pretty long, but I wanted it to be longer...I felt that many side characters deserved a happy ending and some of their stories were barely mentioned 😔. Such a waste of great characters.
In general, the story was good but not the best-written or the most original. I admit that against all odds I enjoyed it very much. That's why I'm giving a high rate. Fair warning though, there are a few plot holes and things can get repetitive if this type of novel is not what you usually read. Also, some comments about women may be a little bit misogynistic. I didn't feel uncomfortable reading them because a lot of meanings get lost with translation and it was a character speaking from his subjective and complicated experience with women in the past. Either way, you have been cautioned.
dnf
December 25, 2025Empecé 2025 con este libro en el 54% y voy a despedir 2025 con este libro en el 54%. Mi propósito de año era o bien acabarlo, o bien dejarlo ir para siempre y no forzarme con esta cosa tan horrible y tediosa. Ganó el último, como ven.
May 21, 2020
So it has been quite a few months since I've read this certain novel, and a few months for me to rethink of what my opinion of this novel and I have finally come to a conclusion. This is novel is... meh. Certainly not the best novel I've ever read, and it will never be.
First of all, it's quite repetitive. The idioms, names, plot, arcs and sometimes even the characters are repetitive. Take for example: female characters. Most female characters are what you'd find in every yaoi/danmei works. Annoying, vain, one-dimensional and just altogether annoying. I get it that the author wants to put in some sort of love conflict or to put in a rival for the MC but at the same time what's the point of doing so when your novel has shown that the main characters will always end up on top?
Also addressing the issue of the main characters winning, I hATE it. There should be some type of struggle that the main characters will have. At first it's quite entertaining to read but as time passes it gets old. Very old very quickly. You may say, 'oh but they put in hard work to get to another level!' No. No they don't. Almost EVERYTHING is handed to You XiaMo (I'll be referring to him a YXM). From birth, he's a rainbow colored mage. He has a pocket dimension for his own convenience. He has a man who is basically unbeatable. Heck, the only battle Ling Xiao (LX) suffered is him versus his one character I never remembered, and he STILL didn't suffer any severe repercussions. YXM also has spiritual beasts. Lots of them. Heck, one could debate that said spiritual bests are way more interesting than both main characters.
Speaking of characters, the MCs are also... meh. YXM is boring. As the story goes on, he actually GROWS a personality, but that's mostly because of LX's influence on him. His background is just a sob-story that could be utilized to make the reader more sympathetic and ignore the god-awful character that were facing. Yes, his past is sad and I feel sorry for anyone who goes through neglect like that but with YXM's character, and the way the author tells his backstory is just the most ineffective thing and I find it ABNORMALLY hard to sympathize with YXM's experience.
LX on the other hand is a different story. Though I don't mean to compare LX is like dollar store version of Hua Cheng. They are both powerful, influential, charismatic, and good-looking. They are both quite neutral characters. They only act based up on their own interest and yet Hua Cheng is somehow more endearing and interesting than him. Why? Because Hua Cheng has more personality, his struggles are relatable and you could tell he could feel the pain from the things that happened in his past. LX on the other hand also has some struggles but he has the same problem as YXM, but albeit you could find some (unintentional) undertones of his past affecting him. He is still an asshole though, and not the good kind. He comes off as too.. hard. I could barely feel the love he his for YXM. The only time you could tell that he truly loves YXM is in an arc (that I forgot) where you could tell he became quite cold and forced himself to level up for YXM.
The other characters are bland. I never felt anything from them and sometimes I found them way too annoying than I should. But, some of them do stand out, sometimes way more than the MCs themselves. The magical beasts are an incredible crew. They make the book quite entertaining to read. XiaoHei and SheQiu are my favorites. SheQiu is a sarcastic sassy little snake and XiaoHei is an edgy teenager. I love them both. OG!YXM's dad is a comedic character and I get extreme awkward dad vibes from LX's dad.
The thing that I am most irked with is the plot. The characters kept winning again and again without having to face real struggle. Their actions receive no backlash and they face no consequences. There is no emotion. They just react to their surroundings and that's it.
On the bright side, this IS a novel probably meant to be light-hearted. The comedy was good, I was quite entertained and the characters show some level of admirable sass. The ending though. I HATED the ending. It wasn't satisfying. But the world that surrounds the main characters have to be one of the most interesting worlds I've ever seen. Sometimes I was even more invested into the world than the characters themselves.
Finally, would I recommend this novel for you first read on Cnovels? No. Not at all. I recommend starting with something short and simple but still decent like MXTX's first work, Scum Villain's Self-Saving System. I only recommend reading this novel after reading an emotionally and mentally draining work since this novel is quite a light read, but would I recommend this novel as a good one? Nope. But still, quite an enjoyable read if you have the patience for it and you don't mind the repetitiveness.
(P.S. My apologies for my bad grammar and any grammatical/spelling mistakes. English is not my native language and I can't think properly right now.)
First of all, it's quite repetitive. The idioms, names, plot, arcs and sometimes even the characters are repetitive. Take for example: female characters. Most female characters are what you'd find in every yaoi/danmei works. Annoying, vain, one-dimensional and just altogether annoying. I get it that the author wants to put in some sort of love conflict or to put in a rival for the MC but at the same time what's the point of doing so when your novel has shown that the main characters will always end up on top?
Also addressing the issue of the main characters winning, I hATE it. There should be some type of struggle that the main characters will have. At first it's quite entertaining to read but as time passes it gets old. Very old very quickly. You may say, 'oh but they put in hard work to get to another level!' No. No they don't. Almost EVERYTHING is handed to You XiaMo (I'll be referring to him a YXM). From birth, he's a rainbow colored mage. He has a pocket dimension for his own convenience. He has a man who is basically unbeatable. Heck, the only battle Ling Xiao (LX) suffered is him versus his one character I never remembered, and he STILL didn't suffer any severe repercussions. YXM also has spiritual beasts. Lots of them. Heck, one could debate that said spiritual bests are way more interesting than both main characters.
Speaking of characters, the MCs are also... meh. YXM is boring. As the story goes on, he actually GROWS a personality, but that's mostly because of LX's influence on him. His background is just a sob-story that could be utilized to make the reader more sympathetic and ignore the god-awful character that were facing. Yes, his past is sad and I feel sorry for anyone who goes through neglect like that but with YXM's character, and the way the author tells his backstory is just the most ineffective thing and I find it ABNORMALLY hard to sympathize with YXM's experience.
LX on the other hand is a different story. Though I don't mean to compare LX is like dollar store version of Hua Cheng. They are both powerful, influential, charismatic, and good-looking. They are both quite neutral characters. They only act based up on their own interest and yet Hua Cheng is somehow more endearing and interesting than him. Why? Because Hua Cheng has more personality, his struggles are relatable and you could tell he could feel the pain from the things that happened in his past. LX on the other hand also has some struggles but he has the same problem as YXM, but albeit you could find some (unintentional) undertones of his past affecting him. He is still an asshole though, and not the good kind. He comes off as too.. hard. I could barely feel the love he his for YXM. The only time you could tell that he truly loves YXM is in an arc (that I forgot) where you could tell he became quite cold and forced himself to level up for YXM.
The other characters are bland. I never felt anything from them and sometimes I found them way too annoying than I should. But, some of them do stand out, sometimes way more than the MCs themselves. The magical beasts are an incredible crew. They make the book quite entertaining to read. XiaoHei and SheQiu are my favorites. SheQiu is a sarcastic sassy little snake and XiaoHei is an edgy teenager. I love them both. OG!YXM's dad is a comedic character and I get extreme awkward dad vibes from LX's dad.
The thing that I am most irked with is the plot. The characters kept winning again and again without having to face real struggle. Their actions receive no backlash and they face no consequences. There is no emotion. They just react to their surroundings and that's it.
On the bright side, this IS a novel probably meant to be light-hearted. The comedy was good, I was quite entertained and the characters show some level of admirable sass. The ending though. I HATED the ending. It wasn't satisfying. But the world that surrounds the main characters have to be one of the most interesting worlds I've ever seen. Sometimes I was even more invested into the world than the characters themselves.
Finally, would I recommend this novel for you first read on Cnovels? No. Not at all. I recommend starting with something short and simple but still decent like MXTX's first work, Scum Villain's Self-Saving System. I only recommend reading this novel after reading an emotionally and mentally draining work since this novel is quite a light read, but would I recommend this novel as a good one? Nope. But still, quite an enjoyable read if you have the patience for it and you don't mind the repetitiveness.
(P.S. My apologies for my bad grammar and any grammatical/spelling mistakes. English is not my native language and I can't think properly right now.)
January 3, 2019
This novel reminds me of a primitive arcade video game - "Super Mario", and the like. You know, where your character is constantly running in a straight line, jumping over obstacles and killing its enemies with one blow. Only here you're also using a cheat for god-mode. Surrounded by bad guys? One killer move sends them all to hell. Need money? Ka-ching! Congrats, you're a millionaire. Rules and limitations? Don't worry, they don't apply to you. Looking for something extremely rare that no one saw in centuries? Only today, especially for you... It gets old pretty soon.
Also, the writing style is far from perfect - too many repetitions, an abundance of boring and useless details which have no particular bearing on the plot, lack of character development. Apart from the detailed account of his daily routine and rather predictable changes in his abilities, we don't really get to know You XiaoMo any better as a person.
And how many times can one use a word 'Xiao' anyway? Both main characters already have 'Xiao' in their names, but there has been half a dozen (or more) other 'Xiaos' in the 190 chapters I've read so far. Something tells me, there's more to come. While they might look different in written Chinese, they still sound the same. It would be like having several Johns, a Johnson, a Jonah and so on in the same book.
Constantly recurring idioms about brewing tea, burning jocksticks and giving away brides are as entertaining as recurring jokes about low IQ (IQ in ancient China, seriously?).
I'm on Chapter 190, a lot of stuff happened, including some big bada-booms, and none of it really impressed me. God-mode, remember? It kills any culmination point along with the numerous enemies.
Overall, this book is not the worst choice if you have a lot of spare time on your hands. Just like those games, though primitive, it's somewhat captivating. I'll probably finish it. But if you're looking for something that would leave a lasting impression, this is not it.
Also, the writing style is far from perfect - too many repetitions, an abundance of boring and useless details which have no particular bearing on the plot, lack of character development. Apart from the detailed account of his daily routine and rather predictable changes in his abilities, we don't really get to know You XiaoMo any better as a person.
And how many times can one use a word 'Xiao' anyway? Both main characters already have 'Xiao' in their names, but there has been half a dozen (or more) other 'Xiaos' in the 190 chapters I've read so far. Something tells me, there's more to come. While they might look different in written Chinese, they still sound the same. It would be like having several Johns, a Johnson, a Jonah and so on in the same book.
Constantly recurring idioms about brewing tea, burning jocksticks and giving away brides are as entertaining as recurring jokes about low IQ (IQ in ancient China, seriously?).
I'm on Chapter 190, a lot of stuff happened, including some big bada-booms, and none of it really impressed me. God-mode, remember? It kills any culmination point along with the numerous enemies.
Overall, this book is not the worst choice if you have a lot of spare time on your hands. Just like those games, though primitive, it's somewhat captivating. I'll probably finish it. But if you're looking for something that would leave a lasting impression, this is not it.
March 8, 2021
5⭐
¡Más de 5.000 páginas! ¡713 capítulos más extras!
Es que es imposible que escriba en esta reseña todo lo que me ha hecho vivir esta historia. Simplemente no puedo.
Solo sé que le di cinco estrellas porque disfruté muchísimo de la lectura. No la leí de seguido, de hecho la terminé en un año justamente por eso. La leía más bien como un break de mis otras lecturas, y déjenme decir que disfrutaba muchísimo de esos breaks.
Leer las aventuras de You XiaoMo (Mi Momo💗💞💘💝💓) y el tsundere de Ling Xiao me daba vida.
Hay muchas cosas que de seguro no están bien en esta novela, no lo dudo. ¡Como los fallidos cálculos matemáticos de la autora! Pero, realmente nunca me importaron demasiado.
Saben ese sentimiento de ver 'Friends' y saber que no es tan bueno, ni nada especial, pero aun así sientes que disfrutas mucho viéndolo. Pues así mismo.
No descarto volver a leerla, entre mis otras lecturas, de nuevo.
Me encantó.
¡Más de 5.000 páginas! ¡713 capítulos más extras!
Es que es imposible que escriba en esta reseña todo lo que me ha hecho vivir esta historia. Simplemente no puedo.
Solo sé que le di cinco estrellas porque disfruté muchísimo de la lectura. No la leí de seguido, de hecho la terminé en un año justamente por eso. La leía más bien como un break de mis otras lecturas, y déjenme decir que disfrutaba muchísimo de esos breaks.
Leer las aventuras de You XiaoMo (Mi Momo💗💞💘💝💓) y el tsundere de Ling Xiao me daba vida.
Hay muchas cosas que de seguro no están bien en esta novela, no lo dudo. ¡Como los fallidos cálculos matemáticos de la autora! Pero, realmente nunca me importaron demasiado.
Saben ese sentimiento de ver 'Friends' y saber que no es tan bueno, ni nada especial, pero aun así sientes que disfrutas mucho viéndolo. Pues así mismo.
No descarto volver a leerla, entre mis otras lecturas, de nuevo.
Me encantó.
August 22, 2022
okay I did not realize how long this book was until I came here to find it but it was worth every second of the last 2 weeks it took me to read it. Like it was so funny, it really made me feel good, both You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had me crying so many times because of how funny they were and the way they interact is priceless. I very much recommend, don't let the sheer number of pages scare you!
March 4, 2022
04 Mar 2022
Webnovel; DNF @C39 + Skimming
1. Transmigrator is now in the body of a pill-making apprentice in a magic sect. He's got a can-do work ethic and an extraplanar space with magic water to help him on his quest to be a successful mage. Too bad he almost immediately finds himself in the crosshairs of a clearly inhuman doppleganger who's replaced his senior martial sibling.
2. Okay so technically, this could have been a three star story. Kinda. Maybe. I do like alchemy-like stories, and I'm not opposed to weak to strong narratives and those are normally enough to carry me through a considerable number of other weird tropes. Also, Ling Xiao is a malicious asshole and I have deep and abiding soft spot for those. But I could ALREADY tell at chapter 40 that this book was going to rely a LOT on repetitive plot points. Also, it was clearly setting itself up for an m/m relationship both toxic (which is not a dealbreaker) and aggressively gendered (which is).
3. I know there may be an argument to be made about how the uke-seme/shou-gong system means gendered m/m relationships are a natural offshoot of the BL genre, but I've read enough of the things to disagree with that. Stories like Mo Dao Zu Shi, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, and Sha Po Lang all manage to conform to the shou/gong system while making both characters in a relationship fully realized characters with their own strengths and weaknesses. And I didn't even like Sha Po Lang.
4. The Legendary Master's Wife, on the other hand, leans really hard into the "wife" bit. This was particularly evident in all the skimming I did. This is not a healthy romantic relationship, and not even in a fun way. This is just a way to be misogynistic without actually being misogynistic. Although I suspect there was plenty of garden variety misogyny around too. Everything is a sausage fest.
5. It wasn't actually all that bad. The MC's internal screaming at being singled out by the asshole was fun. The asshole himself was fun. And like mentioned before, I do like the alchemy bits. But the skimming told me it was gonna keep going the same way for 5000-odd pages. Which... yikes. No thank you.
6. It's sad really. I've seen this recced so many times that I was hoping to like it. Ah well.
Webnovel; DNF @C39 + Skimming
1. Transmigrator is now in the body of a pill-making apprentice in a magic sect. He's got a can-do work ethic and an extraplanar space with magic water to help him on his quest to be a successful mage. Too bad he almost immediately finds himself in the crosshairs of a clearly inhuman doppleganger who's replaced his senior martial sibling.
2. Okay so technically, this could have been a three star story. Kinda. Maybe. I do like alchemy-like stories, and I'm not opposed to weak to strong narratives and those are normally enough to carry me through a considerable number of other weird tropes. Also, Ling Xiao is a malicious asshole and I have deep and abiding soft spot for those. But I could ALREADY tell at chapter 40 that this book was going to rely a LOT on repetitive plot points. Also, it was clearly setting itself up for an m/m relationship both toxic (which is not a dealbreaker) and aggressively gendered (which is).
3. I know there may be an argument to be made about how the uke-seme/shou-gong system means gendered m/m relationships are a natural offshoot of the BL genre, but I've read enough of the things to disagree with that. Stories like Mo Dao Zu Shi, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, and Sha Po Lang all manage to conform to the shou/gong system while making both characters in a relationship fully realized characters with their own strengths and weaknesses. And I didn't even like Sha Po Lang.
4. The Legendary Master's Wife, on the other hand, leans really hard into the "wife" bit. This was particularly evident in all the skimming I did. This is not a healthy romantic relationship, and not even in a fun way. This is just a way to be misogynistic without actually being misogynistic. Although I suspect there was plenty of garden variety misogyny around too. Everything is a sausage fest.
5. It wasn't actually all that bad. The MC's internal screaming at being singled out by the asshole was fun. The asshole himself was fun. And like mentioned before, I do like the alchemy bits. But the skimming told me it was gonna keep going the same way for 5000-odd pages. Which... yikes. No thank you.
6. It's sad really. I've seen this recced so many times that I was hoping to like it. Ah well.
December 16, 2024
3-3.5
Creo que es uno o el libro mas largo que he leido, las primeras 1500 pags mas o menos las lei super rapido, fueron de lo mejor que he leido las lei super rapido y me encantaba pero despues me empezaron a molestar varias cosas como por ejemplo mira creiste que ya conocias y entendias el mundo en el momento que empiezan a arreglar las cosas y volverse fuertes todo lo que hicieron ya no vale nada donde estan ahora vuelven a estar lo mas bajo posible y alli fue cuando mi velocidad disminuyo bastante y fue peor la 3era vez que me lo hicieron, otra cosa que yo no aguanto son los "chistes" de la poca inteligencia en serio me molesta, lo tratan y me tratan como tonta la mayor parte del libro cuando realmente lo unico que hacen es esconderme la informacion para que cuando crea que se entiende algo se sacan otra cosa que todos conocen pero nadie dice, tambien paginas y oaginas de descripciones de cosas que nunca mas se usan ni importan. Se que suena a muchas cosas mal pero la historia es buena y tiene muchisimo potencial aunque hubiese sido mejor mas corta en vez de alargarlo tanto, me gusto el libro pero no lo volvere a leer.
Creo que es uno o el libro mas largo que he leido, las primeras 1500 pags mas o menos las lei super rapido, fueron de lo mejor que he leido las lei super rapido y me encantaba pero despues me empezaron a molestar varias cosas como por ejemplo mira creiste que ya conocias y entendias el mundo en el momento que empiezan a arreglar las cosas y volverse fuertes todo lo que hicieron ya no vale nada donde estan ahora vuelven a estar lo mas bajo posible y alli fue cuando mi velocidad disminuyo bastante y fue peor la 3era vez que me lo hicieron, otra cosa que yo no aguanto son los "chistes" de la poca inteligencia en serio me molesta, lo tratan y me tratan como tonta la mayor parte del libro cuando realmente lo unico que hacen es esconderme la informacion para que cuando crea que se entiende algo se sacan otra cosa que todos conocen pero nadie dice, tambien paginas y oaginas de descripciones de cosas que nunca mas se usan ni importan. Se que suena a muchas cosas mal pero la historia es buena y tiene muchisimo potencial aunque hubiese sido mejor mas corta en vez de alargarlo tanto, me gusto el libro pero no lo volvere a leer.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 24, 2025
It's a super long but really satisfying read. The first 200 chapters might be boring, but once you get hooked on it you can't stop reading. I love the fantasy in this world and especially the main protagnists, both of them. ML is super super strong, every single power is concentrated in his hand. This story overall features the MC's growth, going through each stage, fighting from weak to medium to strong opponents. Very engaging, I did a reread 2 years after my first reading, and I hope to do a third read on this soon!
September 5, 2021
Creo que es la novela con más capítulos que he leído! Me encantó, son unos desvergonzados, la historia está increíble y la relación entre los protas es 🔥🔥
Me mató de la risa en varias ocasiones y me encantó que la pareja principal nunca tuvo que tener drama innecesario, me hubiera gustado explorar un poco más a las parejas secundarias, pero la expansión del universo compensó esa falta de desarrollo.
Me mató de la risa en varias ocasiones y me encantó que la pareja principal nunca tuvo que tener drama innecesario, me hubiera gustado explorar un poco más a las parejas secundarias, pero la expansión del universo compensó esa falta de desarrollo.
April 5, 2025
[i stopped reading for 8 months for no reason so kindly ignore my start date]
i cried!!! i really like leveling up and becoming op type of novels so i knew i would really like it but the world building was also phenomenal in my opinion. reading how their relationship evolved was refreshing. i'm really glad they found each other.
i cried!!! i really like leveling up and becoming op type of novels so i knew i would really like it but the world building was also phenomenal in my opinion. reading how their relationship evolved was refreshing. i'm really glad they found each other.
zahozeno
March 26, 202311 % - zahozeno
Tohle bylo tak zdlouhavé a nudné a příběh se nikam neposouval... Tak jsem si po 3 letech řekla, že to už vážně nikdy nedočtu, a raději to "zahodím".
Tohle bylo tak zdlouhavé a nudné a příběh se nikam neposouval... Tak jsem si po 3 letech řekla, že to už vážně nikdy nedočtu, a raději to "zahodím".
dnf
July 24, 2024DNF
I don't like how Ling Xiao (ML) is bullying You XiaoMo (MC).
I don't like how Ling Xiao (ML) is bullying You XiaoMo (MC).
Read
March 3, 2025dnf 15%
January 4, 2022
Wow where to begin! I completed this novel as part of a group read with a wonderful set of readers and it was just fantastic! I truly enjoyed this novel from beginning to the end. I loved how the MC grew into his powerful self through hard work and perserverance. All the people that always underestimated along the way, had to choke on it! I really love the transition! All the different arcs flowed in nicely! All the main points were not left out! I really enjoyed how this was a do or die world! There were so many funny parts! I really didn't feel the chapters at all, on the contrary it just flew by! I liked the way he named his beasts lol how he took care of them! There are just so many many things I loved about this novel. The ML was OP for sure! I liked that he also had to work hard as well and also got hurt in the process. I loved the MC's and ML's relationship, because it progress over time. You can see the love and the care they had for one another. We got to experience both the MC's and ML's background and it was refreshing! The world building was insanely well made!!!!!!!! The extra was a great way to end this novel and as it takes us back to the MC's family and his past, usually that is never revisited once the character transmigrate.
There is just so much I can possibly talk about, but Exiled Rebels Scanlations did such a great job at translating such a truly amazing novel and I'm really happy I was able to enjoy such an exquisite novel!!! Thank you for your hardwork and translation!!!
There is just so much I can possibly talk about, but Exiled Rebels Scanlations did such a great job at translating such a truly amazing novel and I'm really happy I was able to enjoy such an exquisite novel!!! Thank you for your hardwork and translation!!!
December 22, 2025
I'm absolutely 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭
Even with the crazy amount of chapters, it is such a joy to reread
I honestly couldn't tell you how many times I've gone back to this
From start to finish, it's a blast
Momo with his character development from 'damsel in distress' to 'outspoken bratty badass' and then Ling Xiao who is forever himself, but sort of/kind of softens up (mostly only towards Momo tho)
Truly you can 'thank' Ling Xiao for Momo's growth. What an influence a lover has lol
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I just love these two with my entire being
Their dynamic is absolutely hysterical and incredibly endearing
It's just such an honest, straightforward, and instinctual love. Where most novels are about the journey of falling in love and then soon after coming to a conclusion.
You can forget that here.
They continue for about 600 chapters so you can appreciate their growth as a couple along their adventure.
And my! What an adventure!
Envious.
It's a love truly in a league of its own. 🖤
.
Besides the romance...
𝙏𝙃𝙀👏𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏👏𝙎𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎👏
Seriously though, props to the writer and translator because it's not easy to write out such vivid and comprehensible battles. I can picture perfectly what's happening. It's just so good and can get your blood boiling with excitement. Do you know how many times I've slapped the counter with bloodthirsty glee?
I also applaud the author for their world-building in general! omg!
Love it Love it 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙄𝙏
Even with the crazy amount of chapters, it is such a joy to reread
I honestly couldn't tell you how many times I've gone back to this
From start to finish, it's a blast
Momo with his character development from 'damsel in distress' to 'outspoken bratty badass' and then Ling Xiao who is forever himself, but sort of/kind of softens up (mostly only towards Momo tho)
Truly you can 'thank' Ling Xiao for Momo's growth. What an influence a lover has lol
.
I just love these two with my entire being
Their dynamic is absolutely hysterical and incredibly endearing
It's just such an honest, straightforward, and instinctual love. Where most novels are about the journey of falling in love and then soon after coming to a conclusion.
You can forget that here.
They continue for about 600 chapters so you can appreciate their growth as a couple along their adventure.
And my! What an adventure!
Envious.
It's a love truly in a league of its own. 🖤
.
Besides the romance...
𝙏𝙃𝙀👏𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏👏𝙎𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎👏
Seriously though, props to the writer and translator because it's not easy to write out such vivid and comprehensible battles. I can picture perfectly what's happening. It's just so good and can get your blood boiling with excitement. Do you know how many times I've slapped the counter with bloodthirsty glee?
I also applaud the author for their world-building in general! omg!
Love it Love it 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙄𝙏
December 31, 2020
DNF at chapter 128.
Theres are a few things that I don't really like about this book.
1. I've had enough of bl stories that downgrade women. Honestly, keep it.
2. I don't think the relationship between Ling Xiao and You Xiamo is healthy tho??
3. This is so fucking long so I expect it's at least as half good aa tgcf. But guess what. Even when I read The Earth is Online, I'm not this annoyed about the main character.
I thought I could keep go on honestly, but there's nothing I'm looking forward to in this book. So might as well drop it than wasting my time. But it's not a pure bad story. It has some potential maybe, but I'm not patient enough for it.
Theres are a few things that I don't really like about this book.
1. I've had enough of bl stories that downgrade women. Honestly, keep it.
2. I don't think the relationship between Ling Xiao and You Xiamo is healthy tho??
3. This is so fucking long so I expect it's at least as half good aa tgcf. But guess what. Even when I read The Earth is Online, I'm not this annoyed about the main character.
I thought I could keep go on honestly, but there's nothing I'm looking forward to in this book. So might as well drop it than wasting my time. But it's not a pure bad story. It has some potential maybe, but I'm not patient enough for it.
March 31, 2020
I love reading Chinese novels and this was one heck of a long story and I absolutely dug in it. I was so hooked on the storyline (leaving out the sex scenes) coz the plot was very different. A good mixture of romance, sex, fights with every new different character ( I don't remember the names ) it was worth it. I completed it in 4 days..hehehehe. If anyone has the patience to read will love it.
January 9, 2022
Wow this book was a whole journey. Serious kudos to the translators (both Sri and Exiled Rebels) for picking up and translating all 731 chapters!! It couldn't have been easy.
This is mostly a cultivation story following the main character as he powers up that happens to have some romance thrown in. The story can be split up into a couple arcs, and the scope of the world gets bigger and bigger with each arc. It was interesting to see how things that are considered rare in the first world become much more common in other worlds.
**Warning: Spoilers Ahead**
I did enjoy the world building. There are multiple realms in this world that are divided into low, medium, and high level realms. The story starts out on a mid-level realm called Long Xiao Continent, where our protanist, You Xiaomo, is transmigrated into the body of a disciple joining the Tian Xin Sect. There, he meets Ling Xiao, a demon beast who killed and impersonated another sect disciple, and their relationship gets closer as YXM is the only one who knows LX's secret. Eventually they leave the sect after non-resolvable disagreements happen between them and the sect leader (and also YXM's master), and they go to another school called Dao Xin Academy, where YXM trains how to fight offensively using his soul.
There they get attacked by some people from the Blood Vermillion Clan, who is actually from a higher realm called Tong Tian Continent, who are after a priceless dimension artifact left to YXM by his father. They don't get him but instead kidnap another fellow student, and so YXM and LX travel to Tong Tian Continent to rescue their friend, and a bunch of stuff happens there too.
While all of this is happening, both YXM and LX are leveling up like crazy, especially YXM, who is like a genius among geniuses in terms of how fast his soul advances. He already has very high innate abilities, as his soul is at transcendant level 7 which is a legendary level, and he progresses much quicker than all of his peers.
Thanks to LX, YXM manages to collect quite a collection of contracted demon beasts as well. I loved how each beast had their own personality and how bad YXM was at naming them XD
There were so many bad guys in this series I started losing track. YXM and LX definitely don't have it easy with so many enemies after them, especially in the Tong Tian Continent. First there's the Vermillion Blood Clan and You Zhentian as the clan leader who's after YXM's inherited dimension, and then there's the Tong Tian Emperor who tried to use YXM as sacrifice to become the Almighty, and finally there's the whole Black Spider organization and their leader, Ling Shaoyi. I feel like each of these groups / enemies could've been the main conflict by themselves, but the author decided to throw all of them into the story together, so it was a lot to keep track of.
It was interesting to see how everything was divided into tiers. There are 10 regular tiers for mages, plus two legendary tiers (level 11 and 12) for special mages. Practioners have their own tiers as well, and same for magic herbs, cauldrons, demon beasts, even the spirit eye that was introduced near the end... I can tell the author really likes classification :D
Here's a short scene from the story that I enjoyed, pertaining to YXM's interactions with his demon beasts:
"Wei, do you have any interest in joining with my family's master and great leader?"
Under the guarded eyes of the seven-tailed demon fox, Sheqiu issues an invitation all of a sudden.
At this time, it's not only the seven-tailed demon fox that is in shock, even You XiaoMo turns around and looks at them in surprise.
After a moment of silence, the seven-tailed demon fox asks, "Why?"
Why are you, a distinguished high level magic beast, willing to follow a very weak mage who isn't even capable of defending himself? It doesn't understand.
Sheqiu is all smiles, "I can't explain it to you now, but I can promise you that you will definitely not regret it."
After saying these words, the corner of his mouth suddenly twitches.
The drooping eyes of the seven-tailed demon fox widen in an instant as it tries to hold back an impulse to speak, before transmitting its voice, "Is what you said true?"
Sheqiu nods, "I swear on my name as a nine-winged magic horn serpent that not one word is false."
"Alright, I agree!"
The seven-tailed demon fox accepts readily.
In You XiaoMo's eyes, they only exchanged three sentences. Two sentences from Sheqiu, one sentence from the seven-tailed demon fox. And then the seven-tailed demon fox suddenly accepts Sheqiu's invitation. Strange, simply bizarre to the extreme!
The most hateful thing is, they simply didn't discuss this with him, the master of the bond, deciding among themselves this matter of following along.
You XiaoMo objected resentfully, "Sheqiu, do you not think you should ask for my approval first?"
Sheqiu looks at him with an apologetic expression that is not apologetic, "Sorry, I almost forgot about you. So master, your opinion ne?"
You XiaoMo grits his teeth, what 'almost forgot about you'? Too hateful!
The seven-tailed demon fox walks up to You XiaoMo and lowers its noble head. It asks humbly, "Please, you must accept me. It doesn't matter even if it's an ordinary bond. I'm willing."
This is mostly a cultivation story following the main character as he powers up that happens to have some romance thrown in. The story can be split up into a couple arcs, and the scope of the world gets bigger and bigger with each arc. It was interesting to see how things that are considered rare in the first world become much more common in other worlds.
**Warning: Spoilers Ahead**
I did enjoy the world building. There are multiple realms in this world that are divided into low, medium, and high level realms. The story starts out on a mid-level realm called Long Xiao Continent, where our protanist, You Xiaomo, is transmigrated into the body of a disciple joining the Tian Xin Sect. There, he meets Ling Xiao, a demon beast who killed and impersonated another sect disciple, and their relationship gets closer as YXM is the only one who knows LX's secret. Eventually they leave the sect after non-resolvable disagreements happen between them and the sect leader (and also YXM's master), and they go to another school called Dao Xin Academy, where YXM trains how to fight offensively using his soul.
There they get attacked by some people from the Blood Vermillion Clan, who is actually from a higher realm called Tong Tian Continent, who are after a priceless dimension artifact left to YXM by his father. They don't get him but instead kidnap another fellow student, and so YXM and LX travel to Tong Tian Continent to rescue their friend, and a bunch of stuff happens there too.
While all of this is happening, both YXM and LX are leveling up like crazy, especially YXM, who is like a genius among geniuses in terms of how fast his soul advances. He already has very high innate abilities, as his soul is at transcendant level 7 which is a legendary level, and he progresses much quicker than all of his peers.
Thanks to LX, YXM manages to collect quite a collection of contracted demon beasts as well. I loved how each beast had their own personality and how bad YXM was at naming them XD
There were so many bad guys in this series I started losing track. YXM and LX definitely don't have it easy with so many enemies after them, especially in the Tong Tian Continent. First there's the Vermillion Blood Clan and You Zhentian as the clan leader who's after YXM's inherited dimension, and then there's the Tong Tian Emperor who tried to use YXM as sacrifice to become the Almighty, and finally there's the whole Black Spider organization and their leader, Ling Shaoyi. I feel like each of these groups / enemies could've been the main conflict by themselves, but the author decided to throw all of them into the story together, so it was a lot to keep track of.
It was interesting to see how everything was divided into tiers. There are 10 regular tiers for mages, plus two legendary tiers (level 11 and 12) for special mages. Practioners have their own tiers as well, and same for magic herbs, cauldrons, demon beasts, even the spirit eye that was introduced near the end... I can tell the author really likes classification :D
Here's a short scene from the story that I enjoyed, pertaining to YXM's interactions with his demon beasts:
"Wei, do you have any interest in joining with my family's master and great leader?"
Under the guarded eyes of the seven-tailed demon fox, Sheqiu issues an invitation all of a sudden.
At this time, it's not only the seven-tailed demon fox that is in shock, even You XiaoMo turns around and looks at them in surprise.
After a moment of silence, the seven-tailed demon fox asks, "Why?"
Why are you, a distinguished high level magic beast, willing to follow a very weak mage who isn't even capable of defending himself? It doesn't understand.
Sheqiu is all smiles, "I can't explain it to you now, but I can promise you that you will definitely not regret it."
After saying these words, the corner of his mouth suddenly twitches.
The drooping eyes of the seven-tailed demon fox widen in an instant as it tries to hold back an impulse to speak, before transmitting its voice, "Is what you said true?"
Sheqiu nods, "I swear on my name as a nine-winged magic horn serpent that not one word is false."
"Alright, I agree!"
The seven-tailed demon fox accepts readily.
In You XiaoMo's eyes, they only exchanged three sentences. Two sentences from Sheqiu, one sentence from the seven-tailed demon fox. And then the seven-tailed demon fox suddenly accepts Sheqiu's invitation. Strange, simply bizarre to the extreme!
The most hateful thing is, they simply didn't discuss this with him, the master of the bond, deciding among themselves this matter of following along.
You XiaoMo objected resentfully, "Sheqiu, do you not think you should ask for my approval first?"
Sheqiu looks at him with an apologetic expression that is not apologetic, "Sorry, I almost forgot about you. So master, your opinion ne?"
You XiaoMo grits his teeth, what 'almost forgot about you'? Too hateful!
The seven-tailed demon fox walks up to You XiaoMo and lowers its noble head. It asks humbly, "Please, you must accept me. It doesn't matter even if it's an ordinary bond. I'm willing."
February 21, 2023
This one would have been even more fun if LX was more respectful of MoMo and if their xxxx scene looked less like sexual assault. Because yes the adventure part was fun and MoMo antics were super cute and hilarious but the power dynamic btw the. MC and ML started to get tedious for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2023
Por fin encontré este libro en goodreads y no saben las ganas que tenía de criticarlo.
Muchos ponen calificaciones de cinco estrellas por el romance, la trama, etc, etc. YO le pongo una por todas esas razones porque, simplemente, me maravilla como lo que a unos lectores les gusto a mi me hizo odiarlo.
Para empezar tenemos al protagonista que si mal no recuerdo le decían MoMo, este entra a una secta hace pastilla se vuelve un pro, etc, etc. Pero, si crees que el protagonista sera legendario, podrá ser poderoso por si mismo y tendrá decisiones propias, ¿qué crees? estas muy equivocado, ¡esa no es esta historia! En un principio tiene talento y te dicen que no hay nadie como él pero hay dos cosas que frenan ese desarrollo: su personalidad y el segundo protagonista.
Empezamos con su personalidad: tonta e ingenua. Debo recalcar que este libro lo leí hace un tiempo así que no tengo fresca toda la trama en mi cabeza (weon, son como 400 capítulos) pero lo que si tengo fresco es como odie que el autor se esforzara en hacer a MoMo un tonto. Hay diálogos, acciones, incluso palabras que se fuerzan en recordarte que nuestro tierno protagonista jamas podrá ser el más poderoso ni ser alguien respetable y temido por ser tonto y estúpido. Y cuando crees que ya esta a punto de dejar eso de lado y demostrar ser alguien de admirar... ¡oh! acción tierna o torpe que te recuerda por milésima vez que no es más que un tonto protegido por el segundo protagonista.
Y hablando de él...
No recuerdo ni su nombre weon, solo recuerdo el odio que sentí por el tipo. Recuerdo una cosa de que nació de un huevo, es el más poderoso y creo que ha vivido por mucho mucho tiempo, pero nada más, oh si y su insoportable personalidad. Pesada, insufrible y egocéntrica. Villano o tipo malo que aparecía y estaba a punto de vencerlo es igual a un guión que cambia a su conveniencia y te recuerda que no hay nadie más poderoso que él. O D I E esooo.
Ahora, su relación con el protagonista me pareció romántica, sino fuera porque odiaba como lo acaparaba, no dejaba que hiciera nada por su cuenta, lo trataba como un completo inútil (cosa que el autor hacia parecer a su personaje) y le decía mil y cosas feas. No soporte.
Si esto hubiera sido un enemies to lovers lo hubiera aceptado, ¡pero uno se dejaba y el otro se aprovechaba!
En fin.
En cuanto a la historia es la típica de sectas, solo que agregaron el tema de las pastillas. Por este tema se me hizo disfrutable la trama pues, las hierbas y el proceso de crear estas pastillas mágicas esta muy bien detallado y en orden. Además de que muchas hierbas se conectan para hacer diversas pastillas y te lo explican muy bien, eso si me gusto.
En cuanto a personajes secundarios, meh todos eran aplastados por el segundo protagonista y su increíble fuerza bla bla bla
Hasta aquí lo dejo porque se hizo muy largo.
Muchos ponen calificaciones de cinco estrellas por el romance, la trama, etc, etc. YO le pongo una por todas esas razones porque, simplemente, me maravilla como lo que a unos lectores les gusto a mi me hizo odiarlo.
Para empezar tenemos al protagonista que si mal no recuerdo le decían MoMo, este entra a una secta hace pastilla se vuelve un pro, etc, etc. Pero, si crees que el protagonista sera legendario, podrá ser poderoso por si mismo y tendrá decisiones propias, ¿qué crees? estas muy equivocado, ¡esa no es esta historia! En un principio tiene talento y te dicen que no hay nadie como él pero hay dos cosas que frenan ese desarrollo: su personalidad y el segundo protagonista.
Empezamos con su personalidad: tonta e ingenua. Debo recalcar que este libro lo leí hace un tiempo así que no tengo fresca toda la trama en mi cabeza (weon, son como 400 capítulos) pero lo que si tengo fresco es como odie que el autor se esforzara en hacer a MoMo un tonto. Hay diálogos, acciones, incluso palabras que se fuerzan en recordarte que nuestro tierno protagonista jamas podrá ser el más poderoso ni ser alguien respetable y temido por ser tonto y estúpido. Y cuando crees que ya esta a punto de dejar eso de lado y demostrar ser alguien de admirar... ¡oh! acción tierna o torpe que te recuerda por milésima vez que no es más que un tonto protegido por el segundo protagonista.
Y hablando de él...
No recuerdo ni su nombre weon, solo recuerdo el odio que sentí por el tipo. Recuerdo una cosa de que nació de un huevo, es el más poderoso y creo que ha vivido por mucho mucho tiempo, pero nada más, oh si y su insoportable personalidad. Pesada, insufrible y egocéntrica. Villano o tipo malo que aparecía y estaba a punto de vencerlo es igual a un guión que cambia a su conveniencia y te recuerda que no hay nadie más poderoso que él. O D I E esooo.
Ahora, su relación con el protagonista me pareció romántica, sino fuera porque odiaba como lo acaparaba, no dejaba que hiciera nada por su cuenta, lo trataba como un completo inútil (cosa que el autor hacia parecer a su personaje) y le decía mil y cosas feas. No soporte.
Si esto hubiera sido un enemies to lovers lo hubiera aceptado, ¡pero uno se dejaba y el otro se aprovechaba!
En fin.
En cuanto a la historia es la típica de sectas, solo que agregaron el tema de las pastillas. Por este tema se me hizo disfrutable la trama pues, las hierbas y el proceso de crear estas pastillas mágicas esta muy bien detallado y en orden. Además de que muchas hierbas se conectan para hacer diversas pastillas y te lo explican muy bien, eso si me gusto.
En cuanto a personajes secundarios, meh todos eran aplastados por el segundo protagonista y su increíble fuerza bla bla bla
Hasta aquí lo dejo porque se hizo muy largo.
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