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The Heavenly Throne #10
Awakened: The Ascendancy
If the most powerful masters of cultivation can acquire the most well-guarded secrets of the universe, their path toward greatness will be eternal — and so shall their legacy.
Kai has been doing well in achieving his goal of taking over the entire Avlaim region. Step by step, he has been advancing on this difficult road, but even this is only the beginning.
Now he has to work on bettering not only himself, but his entire organization as this is the only way to obtain enough resources and power to find and save his friends.
But change is not an easy thing, and a few people like it.
With his actions, Kai disrupted centuries of stability and drew too much attention to the Avlaim region. Unions and factions of both Insulaii and other worlds have become interested in actions of a talented novice.
No one wants to stay behind in the upcoming changes. Sooner or later, the Eternal Path Temple will have to face all the serious players of the Trial Worlds. Because this is yet another place where power and skill reign.
The place where cultivation reigns supreme!
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Kai has been doing well in achieving his goal of taking over the entire Avlaim region. Step by step, he has been advancing on this difficult road, but even this is only the beginning.
Now he has to work on bettering not only himself, but his entire organization as this is the only way to obtain enough resources and power to find and save his friends.
But change is not an easy thing, and a few people like it.
With his actions, Kai disrupted centuries of stability and drew too much attention to the Avlaim region. Unions and factions of both Insulaii and other worlds have become interested in actions of a talented novice.
No one wants to stay behind in the upcoming changes. Sooner or later, the Eternal Path Temple will have to face all the serious players of the Trial Worlds. Because this is yet another place where power and skill reign.
The place where cultivation reigns supreme!
Read less
- GenresFantasy
577 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2022
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November 28, 2022
So confused!
Whatever you remember from the last book and building a faction or friends lost and forgotten in some unknown battle…forget it. It is irrelevant. Big powers, unknown benefactors and cataclysm prevail! Never has Kai worked so hard to be turned into a leaf in a storm to be blown around. High Lord? Worthless. Renewal? Taken to extremes works for a time. Systems gifts of Devine level? Just a brief pause in our new pawn’s (former hero) pathetic life- now saved via Deus ex machina.
This book sucked.
It is so disappointing. I love this series. Loved? I’m not sure why he had to become dependent. It was not clear to me any way. God knows I can’t endure reading it again to find out. Perhaps a wiser reader can discover why Kai survived due to a spark named after a color.
Whatever you remember from the last book and building a faction or friends lost and forgotten in some unknown battle…forget it. It is irrelevant. Big powers, unknown benefactors and cataclysm prevail! Never has Kai worked so hard to be turned into a leaf in a storm to be blown around. High Lord? Worthless. Renewal? Taken to extremes works for a time. Systems gifts of Devine level? Just a brief pause in our new pawn’s (former hero) pathetic life- now saved via Deus ex machina.
This book sucked.
It is so disappointing. I love this series. Loved? I’m not sure why he had to become dependent. It was not clear to me any way. God knows I can’t endure reading it again to find out. Perhaps a wiser reader can discover why Kai survived due to a spark named after a color.
December 19, 2022
This series finally cracks under its own weight. The 27 different varieties of cultivation and the 1037 different powers of the main character are just too much. The galaxy spanning plot lines are just too much. Introducing new minor characters for no clear reason is just too much.
This series has always been a mad mindless roller coaster ride. This book is like being on every single ride in the theme park at the same time.
This series has always been a mad mindless roller coaster ride. This book is like being on every single ride in the theme park at the same time.
January 25, 2023
Too much fighting , not enough story
I understand and appreciate technique in describing a fight but, hey, Kai has to survive so the outcome is a no brainer. This book had too many of these encounters and sadly very little forward impetus. All the clones for heaven's sakes. Kai is barely threatened. I kept losing track and interest and have had to force myself to read to the end.
Please please next book remember to tell the story! The story should be paramount.
I understand and appreciate technique in describing a fight but, hey, Kai has to survive so the outcome is a no brainer. This book had too many of these encounters and sadly very little forward impetus. All the clones for heaven's sakes. Kai is barely threatened. I kept losing track and interest and have had to force myself to read to the end.
Please please next book remember to tell the story! The story should be paramount.
December 2, 2022
Huh?
That was mad confusing. Not even sure I understand what that last fight was about. Plus, Kai felt so weak to me throughout this book.
I have read and enjoyed book 1 to 9 in this series, until this one.
That was mad confusing. Not even sure I understand what that last fight was about. Plus, Kai felt so weak to me throughout this book.
I have read and enjoyed book 1 to 9 in this series, until this one.
December 20, 2022
Empty nouns
All the nouns, terms, Forces, Trophies, techniques, abilities, Crydes, and everything else just keep the flow bogged down.
Heck, I'm surprised "Flow" isn't an actual proper noun used here as another Concept to toss out to bog down every other paragraph without really telling you what it does and why.
It's kinda late in the series now, but I'm getting headaches reading all the proper nouns of "abilities" the MC uses in a paragraph. This is how the action goes now: "He used Void, then unleashed Yin which caused the Prana to be supercharged with Yang. Then he reinforced the Shield with Particles and shot that off using Queen's Gambit to pierce his enemy's Cover. That reduced his Energy Regeneration at the cost of his Trophy...."
The non action parts are full of expositional training. The object of story telling is to show, not tell. The MC has waaay too many "skills". It would be better served if the mechanics of the story stayed within the " System" tropes vs the combination of cultivation. Then the 21 abilities, 15 techniques, and 10 Forces the MC uses would at least be easier to remember because they would be explained.
All the nouns, terms, Forces, Trophies, techniques, abilities, Crydes, and everything else just keep the flow bogged down.
Heck, I'm surprised "Flow" isn't an actual proper noun used here as another Concept to toss out to bog down every other paragraph without really telling you what it does and why.
It's kinda late in the series now, but I'm getting headaches reading all the proper nouns of "abilities" the MC uses in a paragraph. This is how the action goes now: "He used Void, then unleashed Yin which caused the Prana to be supercharged with Yang. Then he reinforced the Shield with Particles and shot that off using Queen's Gambit to pierce his enemy's Cover. That reduced his Energy Regeneration at the cost of his Trophy...."
The non action parts are full of expositional training. The object of story telling is to show, not tell. The MC has waaay too many "skills". It would be better served if the mechanics of the story stayed within the " System" tropes vs the combination of cultivation. Then the 21 abilities, 15 techniques, and 10 Forces the MC uses would at least be easier to remember because they would be explained.
November 18, 2023
Ridiculous
I'm a avid follower of this author I have read everything he's ever written and enjoyed it With that being said I'm writing this review halfway through this book I don't even think I'm gonna continue to read the series I'm upset I even purchased before this it was a waste of my time and my money And book 9 when you said you were laying a foundation I said I'll stick with you then when you continue with this book And all it was was description after description of artifacts and weapons and defenses and then the main character finds out about his friends and his lost memory and does nothing I almost gave up then I'm sure you have a reason I don't care you've gone too far off the beaten path The original character loved his friends and family more than anything He was loyal to a fault I'm done
I'm a avid follower of this author I have read everything he's ever written and enjoyed it With that being said I'm writing this review halfway through this book I don't even think I'm gonna continue to read the series I'm upset I even purchased before this it was a waste of my time and my money And book 9 when you said you were laying a foundation I said I'll stick with you then when you continue with this book And all it was was description after description of artifacts and weapons and defenses and then the main character finds out about his friends and his lost memory and does nothing I almost gave up then I'm sure you have a reason I don't care you've gone too far off the beaten path The original character loved his friends and family more than anything He was loyal to a fault I'm done
August 2, 2023
This one was bad.
For the last half of the book, it's like the writer completely forgot how to write. The plot stopped, and was replaced by a series of random disconnected events with zero relation to any of the previous plot elements, resulting in an incoherent and unsatisfying end. Not a conclusion, just an end.
On top of this, the combat is becoming stupid. The characters being obliterated fifteen times and coming back in five different ways before pulling out their seven successive trump cards is tedious. The fights are now filler material for an absent plot.
Hopefully, the series gets better again, because this isn't worth reading.
For the last half of the book, it's like the writer completely forgot how to write. The plot stopped, and was replaced by a series of random disconnected events with zero relation to any of the previous plot elements, resulting in an incoherent and unsatisfying end. Not a conclusion, just an end.
On top of this, the combat is becoming stupid. The characters being obliterated fifteen times and coming back in five different ways before pulling out their seven successive trump cards is tedious. The fights are now filler material for an absent plot.
Hopefully, the series gets better again, because this isn't worth reading.
November 25, 2023
Worst book in the series. So frustrating to read and very long. I don’t think Yuri enjoyed writing this book.
- confusing plot: ad hoc plot twists, too many characters popping in and out in between chapters. He should have just written new chapters for each instead of combining many concurrent arcs into one chapter.
- Kai is boring and pathetic. Counter to how he was written in the past 9 books.
- Ryu is an absolute whiny drag.
- while book 9 did a good job of extrapolating, book 10 has none of that.
I hope book 11 redeems the series.
- confusing plot: ad hoc plot twists, too many characters popping in and out in between chapters. He should have just written new chapters for each instead of combining many concurrent arcs into one chapter.
- Kai is boring and pathetic. Counter to how he was written in the past 9 books.
- Ryu is an absolute whiny drag.
- while book 9 did a good job of extrapolating, book 10 has none of that.
I hope book 11 redeems the series.
August 20, 2023
Yuri Ajin
There is a huge diffrance between the first 4 books and the 6 after that.
The main charector has moved to background, the story is not moving forward just in circles, and moral test??? the main charector has no moral pillars to stand on and 6 suddely is a moral guru????
Very poor. very poor.
There is a huge diffrance between the first 4 books and the 6 after that.
The main charector has moved to background, the story is not moving forward just in circles, and moral test??? the main charector has no moral pillars to stand on and 6 suddely is a moral guru????
Very poor. very poor.
November 18, 2022
bam!
This one was really great! I wish they came out closer together but I am glad they aren’t short as most books seem to be these days. Wonderful adventures in this volume. I can’t wait to read the next one in the series! Awesome 🤩
This one was really great! I wish they came out closer together but I am glad they aren’t short as most books seem to be these days. Wonderful adventures in this volume. I can’t wait to read the next one in the series! Awesome 🤩
November 21, 2022
great story getting pretty complicated
I found myself having trouble following along with the abilities and scenes/settings
I think having a glossary of characters/locations/etc would help at this point
I found myself having trouble following along with the abilities and scenes/settings
I think having a glossary of characters/locations/etc would help at this point
April 26, 2023
And this where it ends. I find myself unable to hurdle the scads of new characters I don't care about to reach the feint vestiges of a cohesive story that remain. It was a decent ride to this point.
June 13, 2023
2.5 stars because Kai is loosing every fight and needs saving again and again…
And what is happening @70% ? One moment we are at the tournament and the next we are inside the planet playing a boardgame?
And what is happening @70% ? One moment we are at the tournament and the next we are inside the planet playing a boardgame?
November 19, 2022
Great read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and progression type of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and progression type of books with lots of action.
November 26, 2022
Amazing!!!
I loved everything about this book. The progression was great, and it had the perfect balance of action and character development!! I couldn’t put the book down.
I loved everything about this book. The progression was great, and it had the perfect balance of action and character development!! I couldn’t put the book down.
November 28, 2022
Good read
I liked the world-building and the fight scenes of the major battles were great. I am looking forward to the next book.
I liked the world-building and the fight scenes of the major battles were great. I am looking forward to the next book.
December 8, 2022
great series
This is yet another great book in a great series. I cannot wait for the next one to come out.
This is yet another great book in a great series. I cannot wait for the next one to come out.
December 10, 2022
Complex storyline
The story had a humble beginning on Earth moved further and further away with each book. Really looking forward to where it will take Kai next.
The story had a humble beginning on Earth moved further and further away with each book. Really looking forward to where it will take Kai next.
February 12, 2023
Good
Though i yelled at the author that I hated him in the end. I still do. Next book mystery redeem.
Though i yelled at the author that I hated him in the end. I still do. Next book mystery redeem.
November 19, 2022
Confusing mess
Needs an intro of what's going on, don't know how long it's been between books, but had no idea what's going on, the only memorable character was the main one and this far along into a series should have been able to read the first couple of chapters and be able remember where the story was going, this was not the case, and so wound up reading along trying to remember who's who and the overall plot line, without really any connection to the story or characters
Needs an intro of what's going on, don't know how long it's been between books, but had no idea what's going on, the only memorable character was the main one and this far along into a series should have been able to read the first couple of chapters and be able remember where the story was going, this was not the case, and so wound up reading along trying to remember who's who and the overall plot line, without really any connection to the story or characters
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