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I'm the Great Immortal Hero's Love Interest?: A Transmigration/Portal Fantasy Romance

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Li Shao recently finished reading one of his favorite fantasy series... Only to be transported into it?

And to be cast as the love interest of the budding hero had to be a rich joke! On top of it all, he couldn't help recalling the tragic death that befalls his character as a way to grant the Great Immortal Hero the resolve he needed to liberate the world.

But he refused to be killed off so easily...

Vowing to save himself and push away the ever-fantastical, ever-charming Song Meng, Li Shao begins a hero's journey of his own making. Yet, all is not as it seems... The book veers away from the original plot more and more as time passes.

Is this still The Great Immortal Hero, or has Li Shao's very presence warped the world of Rasheia to the point of no return?

This is a slow-burn MM fantasy. The MC is transported into a novel as the male version of the original female love interest.

375 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2022

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K. Klein

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An author of fantasy fiction and slow-burn BL/MM romance. Every story is chock full of arrogant cultivators, witty banter, magical creatures, demons, and elemental magic. Follow immortals with too much time on their hands as they set out on grand adventures riff with danger and political intrigue! Welcome to the world of Rasheia!

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1 review
December 4, 2022
This has bugged me for a while and I'm a little surprised that no one else has said anything but I will throw it out there and hope someone more educated than I am picks it up to elaborate more in depth than I am able to;

This is a Chinese cultivation novel written by a white woman with only western novel prerequisites. Immediately alarm bells went off in my brain but I decided to still read -- and I can tell you this does NOT read like an authentic danmei novel. It reads like fanfiction. The author is western, not Chinese, and the way she writes is inexplicably different from your traditional danmei fantasy.

Now I'm not Chinese but something tells me that no matter how much research K. Klein/Kaylin Peyerk put into this novel there will always be several cultural missteps that are inevitable in a project like this because the author herself is not Chinese.

That being said, I would like to see a Chinese reader familiar with the culture and genre to review this novel to cross examine their knowledge with what Klein has written before I could in good faith give Klein a good review. Because as it stands it feels like an appropriated book to capitalize on western reader's hunger for more danmei content...
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207 reviews81 followers
December 28, 2025
1. why is a white author using “manga” (japanese) to promote her xianxia (chinese) novel? furthermore, why is a white author (with what looks like zero knowledge of chinese) writing a xianxia novel in the first place? please leave them to chinese authors who actually know what they’re doing.

2. the cover looks like a rip-off of the seven seas mxtx novel covers, and the premise is pretty much the same as svsss’s.

3. “the world of Rasheia”?? good god. tell me you know nothing about xianxia/wuxia without telling me you know nothing about xianxia/wuxia.

4. why are there demons? this is so christian (i know some chinese terms such as 魔 and 妖 often get translated as such, but i hate such translations for the aforementioned reason.)

5. the endnotes are a fucking embarrassment. klein clearly knows nothing about chinese, so it’s truly a mystery as to why she decided to try her hand at xianxia (it’s the greed, and the desire to capitalise on the recent popularity of danmei novels.) here are a few examples:
a. the very first entry is “xīngān”. first of all, where are the characters (心肝, if you’re wondering)? the pinyin doesn’t tell me shit. secondly, you don’t hear these kinds of endearments being used in historical settings. you’re more likely to hear diminutives (and some other terms) instead of endearments like 宝贝 / baby and 心肝 (a possible translation would be sweetheart).

b. the number of endnotes that are just “first name meaning; [insert meaning here]” is laughable. no characters are given. not even the pinyin is given so the reader can narrow it down to the dozens of characters with the exact same pronunciation.

c. “one soul, two bodies” is a phrase that is apparently “taken from a chinese proverb describing one's soulmate”. which is just fascinating to me, because i’ve never heard of such a proverb, and a quick look at my handy dictionary app only gives me 灵魂伴侣 (which could be translated as spiritual partner) as a result for “soulmate”.

d. “achak” does not mean “spirit”. “achak” isn’t even mandarin, which i’m assuming is the language klein is using. i did a quick google search for “achak”, and the only result that could explain why klein believes it means “spirit” is that it is supposedly an algonquin name with that meaning, which would tie in to how klein lists “noelani” (hawaiʻian) as meaning “heavenly mist” and “zephyr” (greek) as meaning “light refreshing wind”. oh, and these are names for temples, by the way. :)

e. i’m not daoist, so i’m not going to go into the butchering of the daoist elements in xianxia, but suffice it to say that said butchering did occur and was evident to someone who isn’t even daoist.


tldr: if you’re thinking of reading this, don’t bother. it’s a complete waste of time, and you’d be better served by reading actual xianxia novels instead of this appropriating trash.
26 reviews
December 9, 2022
imagine being white and writing something from a different culture while simultaneously not knowing damn shit abt said culture and just riding off the coattails of actual danmei novels being published. colonizer behavior methinks.
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20 reviews
December 9, 2022
This is a blatant copy of one of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novels, Scum Villian's Self-Saving System.
Please do not support this rip off.
There are amazing danmei novels out there (written by actual chinese people) you can read and support instead.
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935 reviews43 followers
December 18, 2022
I loved this book it was obviously inspired by danmei this book fits right into those kind of books it was funny serious and heart breaking I am really looking forward to the sequel. I loved the characters so much especially Li Shao and Song Meng I loved how well that they were obviously made for each other with Li Shao's self deprecation and how strong Song Meng comes off to him they just fit so well together. I really loved the plot it starts with the MC finding himself in the body of a gender bent version of a character in a book he read with him trying to deny the strong feelings he gains to save himself with many not so good things to happen and I just want that sequel as soon as possible.
6 reviews2 followers
December 8, 2022
This is a direct ripoff of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's work. Danmei comes with risks for Chinese authors yet here we have a Western one blatantly stealing plot and art styles from danmei culture. If you read the overview it sounds exactly the same as Scum Villians Self Saving System. She should be sued.
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27 reviews
April 15, 2023
As I am not Chinese, I won't speak on the issue of a white person writing Chinese literature, It's not my place, and I'll leave that to the voices of actual Chinese people. I will say however, it did give me an underlying discomfort as I read this work, which felt like a watered down and messy version of Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù's Scum Villain's Self Saving System.

The plot is all over the place and the characters read like cardboard cut outs. The inner voice of our main character - Li Shao, is inconsistent, sometimes rejecting the romantic interest of Song Meng, sometimes making absolutely no effort to stop himself from making grand romantic gestures and blushing on queue. On top of that, his arrival into this world changes the gender of the romantic interest, for seemingly no reason except for to make it a mlm novel. Which is unnecessary and makes for an awkward read when the MC discusses the differences between himself and Fu Guang. Which is also glossed over - the other characters dont seem to so much as blink at Fu Guang's personality changing overnight. Where Scum Villain keeps us intrigued by having our main lead need to work with the book and it's characters, this book just drops the issue completely and has the main character just change the character he is playing on a whim.

Each character seems to fall in love with our MC as well, as he is suddenly "The Heart Changer". Which is an interesting concept. Especially since the MC, once transmigrated into the book is colder and ruder than she was in the source material. This feels like a direct echo of Scum Villain in which the side characters become endeared to the new version of Shen Qingqiu - which makes sense, as the Original Character was cruel and the villain of the title. The contrast here works. It does not work at all, in this book.

What makes Scum Villain work, is that the main character's tone makes the novel in itself, self aware of its situation. It pokes fun at itself, the world building, and its readers. K. Klein seems to try to emulate that, but without that nuance, making the writing just seem immature and unstructured.

On top of that, the writing quality itself just needed quite a few more edits. There were many places where I had to double back because I was confused as to what position the characters were in, who was in the scene, etc. It was a self published book, so I'll grant the writer that, but a few more beta readers and drafts would have helped immensely.

TLDR: Just read Scum Villain.
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606 reviews35 followers
December 5, 2022
This story was wonderful and though I could see the inspiration it took from other novels this felt like it’s own story. The characters seemed real and I loved every second of the story.

I can’t wait for the next book to see what happens to Li Song and the others.
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625 reviews107 followers
November 17, 2022
3.9 RTC when I wake up cuz I was awake all night reading this

No regrets




I'm awaaaaake.

Okay so the things I liked

1. The plot 10/10 I love me some teleport to a weird world trope. Impending doom makes it more fun.

2. The Love Interest. He's a flirty doofus that you can't help but like. Like a Himbo with an ego the size of his dick probably sword.

3. The romance. I'm a sap. It's true. I cry at sad AND happy things. My heart feels full to bursting at sweet moments. It's why I binge read romance like a college student at an all you can eat buffet. Always looking to get my next romantic fix to fill the void in my cold undead heart for some good sappy shit.

4. The cinematic shots. One in particular that stuck out to me was when the MC leapt up with his hand on the "villain's" man tiddy and the scene pauses like you would see in a movie and described so lovingly with care I was just there . I just keep thinking about it even now and just yes. Good shit.

5. Breaking the 4th wall. I love the acknowledgement and the subversion of writing tropes. Telling the story from a secondary character's perspective, who knows they are secondary, is a delight. Filling out the "NPC's" lives in acknowledgement of them being people with their own lives. Talking about an author (who may or may not exist, more on that later) writing the story alongside us.


Now, this wasn't perfect, nothing ever is, though I did have a few observations of things that worked against the story. At least for me anyway. I say this as someone though who has never read a Chinese novel. My only experience with them is seeing screenshots from other people. So there's a 100% chance I don't know wtf I'm talking about because I'm an uncultured swine lol

1. The flow. In non-fighting scenes the writing at times felt stuttered. Like watching an animation where several in between frames were removed and the result was janky. I guess another way to put it was it needed some more transitions to smooth out the writing.

From my current understanding, this is a common look for Chinese novels that are translated into English, as many are translated by volunteers. For a translator, you have to make difficult decisions about how to stay true to the work, but also make it make sense to an English speaking audience. I actually looked up the author to see if English was their first language before I set out to write this review. And from what I saw, yes it is haha.

Though this had improved some by the end of the book, it was noticeable enough to affect my immersion at times. I suspect that it will continue to improve in the next installment.

2. The Background Knowledge. Again, I'm an uncultured swine. There was definitely some background lore that a lot of readers of Chinese novels know but I didn't. The index at the back was very helpful, and non invasive. I just needed a paragraph or two on basic bare bones Chinese mythology for dummies. I realize I could have googled some of it, and I did lol, but I feel like in books it's good for the book to be self-contained where the reader doesn't have to get lost down a wiki-hole to understand what people were talking about ;)

3. The MC. I loved him, don't get me wrong. I just wish we had more knowledge of who he was separate from the fantasy world and how other characters see him. For spending so much time in his head, I felt like I knew very little about him as a person. How old is he? Did he go to school or work before this adventure? What did he enjoy doing other than reading? How big is his family? What are his favourite foods? What did he use to look like? His emotions and thoughts are sometimes hard to parse out and left vague, making him feel a little more flat despite us experiencing the story in his head. Everything we know about him is how other people see the role he is playing, but not about his true self and what's going on internally felt lacking. Again, this was better towards the end and I suspect will also continue to improve.

4. It's never clearly stated if the MC believes that there's an author type deity actively influencing the story. I'm autistic, and have a very literal brain but it'd be nice for me to have what seems to be a core component of this story explained out to me lol

5. The love.... triangle? Rectangle? Pentagon?

This is totally a personal thing. Did not factor in at all with my review scoring but hear me out LOL

I despise them LOOOOOL

I will always root for the underdog. Except these days I just root for every dog to just get together and be one happy romantic mess.

I know it's a trope. You tease people with a taste of someone who has a different romantic dynamic before inevitably going back to the main lead.

Hear me out. Two boys loving each other? Good shit. Three boys loving each other? Even better shit. Everything is better with more gay and you can never have enough! (Also demon king X MC X Egotistical Himbo is hot and YOU know it.) So there. That's my case. Won't happen but a romantic sap like me can dream.

Side note, the tiddy fan service bit cracked me up.

Side, side note, I hope that Fu Yong is tapping Master Yongzheng cuz that boy is fiiiiiiiiiine.
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41 reviews
March 13, 2023
This book was amazing. I just finished reading Heaven official's blessing book five and was looking for some more cultivation danmei romance and found this beauty. Be warned this book does end on a cliffhanger but it's definitely worth the read 5 out of five stars. Desperately need book 2.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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35 reviews
December 21, 2022
A very different take to the transmigration compared to scum villian self saving system, no less as powerful. Absolutely beautifully written. Can not wait for the second book.
1 review
October 26, 2023
As a member of a race that has been written about by everyone and denigrated culture by culture (as apes, savages, blackface, idiots, happy slaves) by people who claimed they did have the definitive view of who I and my face represented, I'm not so offended by this. I understand these are deep questions but there's a huge difference between a writer approaching your culture with admiration and one with disdain, trust me. :)

Here are the differences that mattered to me: I appreciate that she attributes her knowledge to the original sources, didn't try to make this historical fiction at all, didn't try to take credit away from the folks who created this genre or claim she was an expert in this genre--she just said she was a fan. If the characters or scenes were similar to a prior book you could even look at this as fan fiction, lovingly rendered by an outsider who loves this culture. Lots of her caveats are about where she "made up" aspects of her world that were inconsistent with the facts readers are familiar with. Instead, she just took us on a fun mesmerizing fantasy ride based on information that fascinated her. If someone could make African culture sound so appealing that people started investigating more historically accurate stories, I'd be delighted. I wouldn't care who did it so long as they did it respectfully. (The black panther, anyone?)

Also, it's not like the author hides who she is. If you only want to read books by Asian authors be my guest but at least you have a choice and you knew what you were getting into with this book, right?

But taking it as face value as a fun romp with a character struggling between who he was and who he's "replaced," the story was really great. I'd never felt so badly for a transmigrator - he really thinks he's a fake and unworthy of the body he's accidentally taken, and maybe he's right. But now he's stuck and he has to do his best, and the resulting relationship between the MC/ML and the MC and his father are unique and heart-string-pulling just because of that. I'm very much looking forward to the sequel. (Where is it??? How do I get it???)
1 review
April 16, 2023
I'm very thankful that I happened to find it on kindle unlimited and didn't waste any money on this flaming pile of trash.

Here's a summary of why I did not like it:

The cover is an imitation of MXTX's book covers.

The book itself is written by someone who has done zero research on Chinese culture and decided they know enough to wing it and tell an engaging story (spoiler: she failed). That's why you'll experience a constant feeling of wrongness while reading the story.

The characters are very 2d and dry. The main character is a self insert. She- sorry, he acts like a girl in a badly written heterosexual romance novel; he keeps "resisting" the ML's charms (read: he doesn't) only to fall into the hero's arms and stay there.
He also blushes. All. The. Time. Continuously. It's tiring.

Moreover, nothing interesting happened up untill page 107 where I dropped it.

I'd give this zero stars if I could.
1 review
May 7, 2024
Absolutely loved this book! I was initially hesitant about it considering the background of it (white author dabbling in danmei writing) but honestly this was such an amazing read. I am not an expert in the field but have some experience enjoying danmei, and this felt like such a true expression of love through imitation. I never got the sense this was a quick writing hobby, but something the author really tried to put hard work and research of the writing style intended audience. At no point did this feel like a mockery.
The story itself was such a smooth read and so enjoyable I read it in two nights, only stopping because I was at work. I am so excited to see there is an indication for another book for this series and I will be keeping an eye out for it.
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474 reviews
January 14, 2023
Like 2.5 stars. I don't have a problem with the author being white and writing a Chinese romance. I don't even care that it was heavily inspired by The Scum Villain's Self-Serving System and Heaven Official's Blessing. My problem was the main character. He was stubborn in unnecessary times and he often times complained about not wanting to do something just to do it anyways and say it meant nothing. Not to mention that sometimes I had no idea what was happening. I did love aspects of this book and I'm interested in a book two of this story, but I think the author needs to work a little on what she's trying to deliver.
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7 reviews
December 29, 2022
Now I know that there are a good many people bashing this book because it involves a white woman writing a chinese set danmei. Honestly, I feel that it was very well done. No two world settings are alike in any genre and I do feel that with using chinese folklore, she did a good job. The characters are engaging and the pacing is pretty well done. I honestly loved the book and would like to read the second installment to see where it goes. It may not be a textbook picture of a danmei but she took her inspiration and wrote a wonderful story.
100 reviews1 follower
November 24, 2022
A familiar story made unique

It was like Scum Villain meets HOB and cultivates to assend to a new fictional realm of creatures, dragons and demons...oh my! I would have given it five stars, but I hate cliff hangers, even knowing, or, especially knowing, a sequel is on its way.
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33 reviews3 followers
November 19, 2022
Not a huge fan of transmigration but i still loved it.
Can't wait for next instalment.
Definitely worth a read if you are a fan of bl danmei.
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129 reviews1 follower
December 13, 2022
Me re encanto, ya quiero continuar con el segundo libro.
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131 reviews
December 31, 2022
I was lucky enough to beta read for this book. Now that the final version is out, I have it back on my TBR list for a second go, but I really loved the first run!
4 reviews
November 27, 2022
Very good

Very well written. I was really Rooting for the Demon King and then xiange to have More of a relationship.
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38 reviews2 followers
November 19, 2022
CANT WAIT FOR MORE

I love it! Such a good slow-burn, action packed, and self discovery. I can’t wait for the second book. I read this online, but I’ll probably buy a physical copy because of how high this book ranks in favorites.
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15 reviews
May 1, 2024
I had a good time with this book. I started reading it at 7:07pm and just now finished at 4:15am and I am tired and still processing everything I am feeling, But this book was exciting to find since I’ve been trying to find other books with this plot (transmigration) after reading and loving SVSSS. I’ve seen others give it a bad review due to them finding it like a fanfic but the problem is I love fanfics😂 so I can’t tell if this is a bad written book, or a really good physical fic. The plot and all the fighting scenes were not bad, I just read for enjoyment so I’m not too critical. I loved the couple and all their cute moments <3 the ending had me going crazy wondering what was going to happening and my brain stopped when I saw the “to be continued”. Now I’m nervous to see how the second book will go. I do understand why many people would dislike the fact that a white author would try to write this kind of book, hence why I put 3⭐️, I myself feel I’m not qualified enough to speak my opinion on this. But if that fact doesn’t bother you much I would say it’s an okay book to pick up
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