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With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…
The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of "The Fool."
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This is a story that the author spent months researching. Set in the Victorian era, the author strives to make it an epic masterpiece. Actual factual tidbits from the real world are weaved into this steampunk world. There is rich world building with characters and their personalities fleshed out perfectly. However... Maybe it's best not to get too tied to the characters... The development of the mystical elements are very well planned, with 220 classes. Imagine the richness that will bring! Many things are foreshadowed in this story, so look out for that! As translator, I will try to make sure the release rates are high.
Probably one of the 2 best CN novels of 2018-2019. My House of Horrors and Lord of the Mysteries. Nothing much to add, the high ratings speak for themselves.
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I WILL DECLARE MY LOVE FOR THIS NOVEL SO LISTEN WELL... Personally, this is one of the best CN novel that i've ever read. I'm quite happy that this novel will be translated bcs all this time i mtl it myself, but at the same time not really happy bcs i caught up to raw and it's a long way from the current tl, i can't wait for too long... But anyway!! These things are the reason why this novel is so amazing: 1. WORLD BACKGROUND When i first read this novel, i thought it was like typical transmigration novel. You know.. fantasy world with magic and stuff. Well i'm not really wrong but the world background in this novel is very realistic. I think it's similar to post industrial revolution era in England, 1800s. Also it's a steampunk novel, so there are lots of historical machine and stuff. And the magic here isn't as omnipotent as i imagined it would be. Being an "extraordinary person" is not that powerful, there are serious danger and side effects, so people there aren't as OP as other novel. What i really love about this world background is how the author beautifully combined fantasy world and real life historical era in England. Like how people live and dress and adress each other at that time. The social class was very distinct and thoroughly explained. And how the other transmigrator before MC introduced the machinery to the world so it would start the steam and machinery era in that world. 2. CHARACTER DESIGN I LOVE TAROT! And i like how the author used 22 major arcana in tarot as identity at MC's "Tarot Club". And i realized the Tarot identity is closely or somehow related to the characters. Like MC's "The Fool", represent 'the beginning' in Tarot, and the first member of tarot club. And later in the story MC made fake identity "The World", represent 'the end' in Tarot, so that MC can trade for things openly in Tarot club without breaking The Fool's God like image. So in a sense, MC is 'the beginning and the end' in the story. And Audrey's "Justice" identity, represent fairness, is closely related to her sequence as "Audience" and how she should see things objectively. Because hey, Justice is a double-edge sword right? OK!! Maybe my description is a bit confusing, so i suggest to just read... I love how MC is smart, cautious, quite shameless, witty, and not OP! He has clear main goal, which is to go back to his world, but things happened...so stay tuned~ And the other side characters aren't just cannon fodder for MC, they have real and unique personalities, goals and ambitions. For me it's really great because i'm sick of reading novel that centered heavily around MC. And how other people has no means in the novel. AND I LOVE HOW THE VILLAINS AREN'T TOO STUPID! Tbh idk if i should be happy or worried with this lol. But yeah, some villains are really hard to predict. So this novel's characters always give me surprises. For old readers, you might get confused by the character's names here, some names might changed, like Emperor Roselle, in the old translation and mtl, we read it as "Russell". But it's not really a big deal. 3. STORY DEVELOPMENT I think this story is a slow paced one. And the story gets deeper and more complicated late in the novel. MC is not suddenly become OP nor has a great knowledge to use his goldfinger. MC can barely use and understand 'the world above the fog' at first. He learned things bit by bit. And the plot is always a surprise, Especially in Volume 1 (1ch until 200+ch i forgot) i cannot really tell who's the friend and the foe. Leveling up in this novel is very long, so don't expect MC to level up in just dozens of chapter bcs i read more than 500+ chapters but he's still a.... Ok i'm not gonna spoil you now hehe.. Overall, for those fantasy, mystery and thriller lover, this is a perfect choice for you. Don't be discourage bcs of the Steampunk theme bcs it's not the main point in this story. This novel is full of adventure and mystery, it's like "Sherlock Holmes fantasy style" novel.
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After 8 chapters, Others MC is killing chickens outside novice village. Our MC just finished his put on airs to pretend as an ancient god And after 800 chapters, Others MC is fighting the gods among gods and every punch he does can shatter suns and rend the void in the heavens. What about us? Our MC is... using a mushroom to threaten his glove... and getting in a staring contest with a dog.... That’s why I love the novel
I've read up to chapter 23. Is one of the Cuttlefish Who Loves Diving Deep's newest series. He is the creator of Throne of Magical Arcana, Martial Arts Master, and The Sage Who Transcended Samsara, all of which are currently on this website. Out of the other series he has written, this one is most like Throne of Magical Arcana. The genres for this series are horror, suspense, mystery, steampunk in a Victorian setting, and supernatural/fantasy. This thrilling supernatural steampunk mystery starts a bit slow in order to fully-develop the world, but then it dives deeply into mystery and supernatural elements. Even though everything is still quite a mystery at this point, the suspense is enough to put me on the edge of my seat and keep me there. I am looking forward to the cases the MC will be investigating, and I am absolutely delighted Webnovel finally picked up this treat of a series.
I was interested in this novel when I read the reviews. To be honest, I made several attempts to start reading this novel. But I assure you, if you overcome this, you will look forward to every chapter. At the moment I rate it as 5/5. The author has created an interesting world and characters. I advise you to get acquainted with this work.
Vote this book EVERYDAY okay？I'm crying and hoping a higher ranking, Lord of the mysteries deserves more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This novel is an absolute KINO work. I'm not fond of writing about what isn't in a work, but rather, what is in a work; however, it should first be established that LoTM is devoid of most of the commonplace tropes you find in CN novels. Of course, if you examine it closely, you'll find that it does indeed adhere to some frustrating qualities. Namely, the constant "SASUGA FOOL" and the mental gymnastics Alger especially will go through in order to achieve the requirements for a certain plot point to occur. Nevertheless, these problems are, for the most part, unrealistic at worst, but still within the scope of being believable. All of the major characters in LoTM have well-established traits and personalities, along with motivations. Derrick has his naive-and-steadfast character, focused on freeing his home-city from its foggy jail; Alger has his mature and experienced, sometimes overthinking personality; and of course, Klein with his constant lampooning. Also Klein's stepping counterclockwise four times. And also his tapping his glabella twice. An especially noticeable trait about LoTM's major characters, in comparison to most CN novels, is that they all progress. Not just in terms of their "cultivation" (named Sequences in this novel), but also their personalities. A fault I do have to give, however, is that the development is extremely slow for many of these characters. Of course, that's a given, given the length of the novel. Still, it is somewhat irksome. In regards to the story development, LoTM excels in this regard. There is never a moment where you feel that one scene or event is out-of-place, and you receive a sense of gratification when Klein, or any of the characters, really, manage to piece one event with another using in-world knowledge that was previously already provided. For the most part, the story has either action sequences, or sequences with Klein/others planning/thinking/conjecturing/lampooning about matters. When you have the odd occasion where it's a sort of "filler" chapter, you don't really feel that it's out of place for the most part, as most of the "filler" chapters are there to relieve the reader out of the constant action - and when not doing that, to develop a character some more. And I use "filler" in quotations because, later on, almost all of these chapters will 100% not be filler, as they will have some meaning later on. This is a writing technique used by the author I've never seen before in any other webnovel, in which he uses even "fluff" chapters to insert meaningful information that will tie in together. It's amazing. As for the world building, this novel has one of the best I've seen in my entire life - whether that be in regards to web novels, light novels, or even well-acclaimed stories from the West. It's hard to summarize without an entire novel to write, but in essence, LoTM's lore really does make you feel as though you're reading about the story of a person who is actually real, in a real other world. All the sects/churches/gods and their supernatural backgrounds and lore tie in very neatly, and if you check out the wiki, you'll find that there is boundless amounts of information about the world that was very obviously all planned out by the author from the start. Another incredible detail about LoTM is the amount of settings in which it contains. The story takes place in many different locations, from your "atypical" victorian-era city which is actually full of secret supernatural gangs, churches, and pirates, all the way to the City of Silver, which is separated from the rest of the world and at the technological level of a medieval age. This is in most part due to the varying amount of main cast members in the story, as well as another major point about the MC which I won't talk about because spoilers. And just in case you're worried, none of these locations are forgotten about. In LoTM, there is no "other region" full of more advanced versions of previous characters like in CN novels. Characters of all varying power levels, straight from the middling novice Sequence 9 to a Sequence 4 (already beginning to enter Godhood) can be placed in the same city. This means that the main characters in LoTM will regularly go between new places and old places in its world. Lastly, I should talk about the thematic elements in this story. That's right, thematic elements! Unlike many other online web novels (I know I've said this many times), LoTM contains actual themes and ideas around its narrative. The first volume, "Clown", details the idea of laughing at fate - smiling at circumstances that you cannot resist, smiling at that which is greater than you. The second volume, "Faceless", contains the author's depictions of the lives of normal citizens amidst the ocean of the supernatural. How do they, who are mortal and powerless against the mysterious, the monsters and the corrupt Beyonders, exist beyond the frame of the story of the "protagonists"? These are the type of ideas that the author of LoTM have integrated into his story, and they work very well. For all of these reasons I've stated, LoTM is a wonderful work, and definitely my favourite WN I'm currently reading. And also, the favourite one I've ever read in my entire life, period.
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22 sequence 9 potion and a brief introduction. It had been released by the author even before the release of the book. It was originally posted on the official account on Webchat. As some people told me that they didn't want to be spoiled, I put a spoiler warning. If you are one of those, just stop here. 1. ‘Corpse collector’: The corresponding beyonders are often mistaken for the same kind by the unintelligible undead and free from their attack. They can gain resistance to the cold, decay and corrosiveness of cadaveric auras. They can directly see some evil spirits and understand the characteristics and weaknesses of many undead creatures. 2. ‘Mystery Prayer’: With a high spiritual sense, the corresponding beyonders can detect the existence of some mysterious horrible existence. They master certain ritual knowledge and a small amount of ritual magic. They often become an unspeakable believer to avoid the breakdown of the spirit. 3. ‘Spectator’: The correspond beyonders have a keen observation. Just like watching operas and dramatic performances on the seats, they look at the mortal beings in the form of a bystander, snooping their true thoughts from their expressions, their manners, their oral habbits and their unknown actions. However, wherever it is in an extravagant banquet or in a lively street, the audience is always just an audience. 4. ‘sleepless’: also known as Cultivators, mistake, crossed out. [1] The corresponding beyonders are favored by the night. Even if there is no light, they could have excellent vision. Three to four hours a day of sleeping would be enough for them. The deeper into the night, they get more energetic. Meanwhile, the strength, the agility and the thinking, the spiritual sense, will gradually surpass those of ordinary people. They will keenly see through the unknown danger hidden in the dark. 5. ‘Prisoner’: The heart is a prisoner of the body, the body is the prisoner of the world. Madness shackled, lust constrained. The ‘prisoners’ are strong and perceptive, often with a silent appearance and a crazy heart. They master many criminal techniques, such as unlocking with wire, digging tunnels with soup spoons and killing with seemingly harmless items. 6. ‘Criminal’: Unlike prisoners, ‘criminals’ do not suppress himself. He does not feel constrained, body and heart being under the rule of evil desires. Of course, his conscience has not been completely annihilated and his hear not cold enough. "Criminals" also have a strong body, keen perception and a variety of criminal abilities. Regardless of the knight sword, dagger, longbow, pistol, rifle and six-barrel machine gun, they can fit in well with all the weapons. 7. ‘Sailor’: In ancient times, it was also known as the ‘sea favorer’. With excellent balance ability, even in the deck of the storm, the corresponding beyonders can walk freely as in the earth. The most outstanding ‘warrior’, the wisest ‘apprentices’ must avoid fighting with “sailors” in the ocean or rivers. It is because the latter side is not only powerful in strength, but also more flexible under water than on shore. They can even dive for more than ten minutes without any equipment. 8. ‘Mystery pryer‘: The corresponding beyonders have a comprehensive but preliminary understanding and grasp of magic, witchcraft, astrology, card cartomance and other mystical knowledge. Towards these extraordinary things and the hidden existence behind them, they hold in awe and veneration. So in the group of ’Mystery Pryers’, there is an unwritten rule, which is, trying to avoid hurting others with mysterious knowledge or affecting nature to a large extent. ‘Do whatever you want, but don't hurt’ is their motto. 9. ‘Seer’: Compared to ‘mystery pryers’, ‘Seers’ are more sophisticated. They lack direct skills confronting rivals. But in the field of divination realm, they are more professional, more knowledgeable. They master all kinds of divination methods, including astrology, cartomancy, spiritual pendulums, spiritual numbers, scrying and palmistry [2]. The subsequent promotion is completely different from the ‘mystery pryer’. 10. ‘ Apprentice‘: The initial class belonging to another mage sect. The corresponding beyonders pursue the footsteps of *******. Whether it is the wall or the gate, their passage couldn’t be stopped. It is reported that in their group, the legend ‘Planeswalker’ is circulated. 11. ‘Burglar’: We are not thieves, we are burglars [3], fraudsters. Our dream is to steal people’s heart, steal spells, defraud rules, swindle fate. And all this, starts from stealing what other people carry with them. 12. ‘Singer’: Let us praise the sun! With singing, let us bring courage and strength, bring piety and obedience! 13. ‘Warrior’: They have strength and agility beyond ordinary people. There are no weapons that they cannot use and there is no fighting genre that they cannot master. 14. ‘Readers’: Compared to other class, enhancement of memory and reading comprehension is probably nothing but our road ahead is so attractive. Step up the layers until the depths of the stars. Omniscient, it means omnipotence! 15. ‘Farmer’[4]: Do not underestimate the farmer, especially those who can distinguish among different seed and good at forecasting the weather. ‘Farmers’ has a high strength. 16. ‘pharmacists’: Herbal expert with distinct characteristics of folk. 17. ‘Arbitrator’: The corresponding beyonders have a convincing charm. In general, authority equals to the power. However, if an accident occurs, the fist is a good means of persuasion (by the principle of physics). 18. ‘Lawyer’: We disguise as a lawyer and our true identity is the ‘Lawyer’. We are good at finding loopholes in the rules and weakness of opponents. Also, we are good at taking advantage of the power of order. 19. ‘Assassins’: What a good assassin should possess, we all have. In addition, darkness and shadow is our shelter. Owl-like vision and feather-like agility absolutely don’t belong to the normal. 20. ‘Hunter’: Excellent tracker, outstanding expert trap master, excellent hunters. Maybe we should consider raising a few hounds. After all, some guys hidden deep in the forest and at the end of the shadow are afraid of dogs, perhaps. [5] 21. ‘Savant’: On the occult, we are not an expert. But knowledge equals to the power, like aqua regia, like nitroglycerin, like complicated gear equipment. 22. ‘Monster’: You often whisper words that others can't understand. Occasionally you can even see the adversity that has not yet arrived. In the eyes of others, you are a monster. [1] Translator note: The author uses a Chinese Internet idiom here. Those who stayed up late are referred to as cultivators. Maybe it is because cultivators doesn’t need to sleep or because people who stay up late have a greater chance to fly up to heaven (die). ‘Mistake, crossed out’ is another popular idiom in the Chinese Internet. It is used to state that you are joking in this sentence so that others would mistake it as some serious text. [2] Translator note: palmistry is a Chinese divination method. Quite strange that it appears on a Western Fantasy book. As far as I remember, it doesn’t appear so far actually anyway. [3] Translator note: here the author uses another Chinese word for the same thing. I couldn’t distinguish the difference between even as a Chinese myself. Maybe the earlier is more oral. [4] Translator note: a better translation might be cultivator, the one who cultivate the land. Then it might be mistaken as another kind of cultivator especially in Webnovel. By the way, the one who cultivate the land and the cultivator is Daoism are completely two different terms in Chinese. [5] Translator note: There might be some references here but I have no idea what it is.
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*Sigh* Qidian should just make it so that you cannot review if you have not read anything. 1st thing you always gotta do on this site, Sift through all the reviews to find the ones who have actually read some chapters.
Highest quality translation I've ever seen on a novel, and as a bonus this novel rocks. Also one of the best, and every other novel listed by thestatsguy are awesome, so that proves that the author is very talented. Please, QI don't **** this up, make this premium whenever you want, but please give me 14ch/week at the very least. I'm so torn between reading this here or mtling it. On one hand, it has superb translation quality for now, on the other hand my patience is limited =(
There's no spoiler here. First, i've read the raw and kept up with the newest chapter in China, so I can honestly tell you my feelings about it. This novel is the best i've ever read on Qidian since the day my friend recommend the site(to help me learn Chinese). It's nothing similar to those trash out there which only include some boring stereotypes about the MC keeping "zhuangbi" and facesmacking. This novel really builds a world, you can easily see this, as you keep reading and moving forward with our MC, the world unfolding itself before your eyes. Steampunk, Cthulhu, Victorian era style, SCP...These tags are just tags, they can't describe the true spirit of the novel. The author creates this world based upon these ideas, but there's definitely not only these ideas. It has more. As to what it holds, it awaits you to find out. Due to this author's excellent character portrait, you as a reader will get a feeling as if these characters were real: they really live in that world. It's not fake; at least the author won't let you feel so. I found what I felt when I was still a boy reading the hobbit and the lord of ring. I mean I'm not comparing this novel to J.R.R.Tolkien's great masterpiece. It's just that me as a stupid reader who didn't like reading before at all got this stupid feeling, never mind it if you don't like my words. I won't eat them anyway.
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This story of amazing. In fact it's so good, I'm seriously worried the author won't be able to maintain the quality for long, and these web novels all need several hundred chapters to really show their writers flaws. Good amounts of steampunk, lovecraft horror, and humor. The pacing is great. The mysticism scenes are obscure enough to keep the element of mystery and uncertainty, but still concrete enough to feel like there's something there. One of my favorite parts of the story so far is that humans wielding supernatural power causes them to start hearing voices and increasingly likely to go insane. I think it's an excellent balance to typical cultivation novels, where the conflict basically revolves around ruthless greed. The other favorite part is probably the little sister. The author better not let anything bad happen to her. Wait, does that make me a vicarious siscon!? No it's not like that I swear!
This is one of the best CN I have read. I am reading the MTL because it was just too interesting for me, don't worry no super spoilers here. But I would compare this CN with Game of thrones, many sub-plots are told but in the end everything comes together in a awesome, tragic, epic way. In the beginning it might feel like the typical reincarnation trope, but the thing that make this one stand out is aside from the way its told (GoT style) the amazing World Building by the auhtor. I have read throne of magical arcana but this one here is soooo much better (bigger world) and the author can handle it really well as to when to put which kind of information, and to the reader it feels like gradually uncovering a treasure, or putting pieces of a puzzle to make it whole. Very enjoyable. Small spoiler, also very interesting that he hasn't been the first person to arrive in this world. Imagine someone (other kind of MC) to have already arrived some time (hundreds of years ago) in this world and that person went the kingdom-building road, becoming stronger, building a faction and becoming an emperor and shaping the world into the modern way (steam technology, industrial revolution). Lol, but our MC is clearly going another way (solving, discovering mystery) but still gets help from the past in an unexpected way :) There are about 200 classes( 22 paths to godhood, and each paths has 9 levels/sequences requiring certain potions/materials/ceremonies) and it's always interesting to learn more about this power system as the author is feeding the readers with bits and pieces of new information. There have been 5 epochs in the creation mythology, the current era is in the 5th epoch. In the first epoch the creator was 'created', in the second and following the creator got split into the 7 new gods who created the humans and established their churches (each have their own special sequence paths). But there are still a lot of mysteries surrounding the 'true history' that will be solved along the way (there are also evil churches, organsisation worshipping other deities). MC has the unique power/access to a different dimension. Origin is a mysterie, this dimension gives him certain powers that he uncovers along the way. But the most important thing is that he can pull other 'random' people into this dimension and he gradually established his own hidden organisation where evry member picks the name of a tarot card to maintain secrecy. MC is the 'fool' and the joke is that the other members believe he is a sort of god and fear or revere him. He can control the space and can hide his body/face. In the real world MC is also trying hard to become more powerful so that he can get back into his real world. There is no 'real' cultivation, only the sequences via potions. But people need power/money/whatever to get those but even then these powers aren't without risk ... I love the characters, author's ability to write emotionaly is superb ( and I am only reading the mtl version so that means something). Get ready for an emotional rollercoaster *snif snif*. What I would critizise is that as of me writing this (mid volume 2), author isn't putting enough emphasis on each member of MC's hidden organisation equally. One specific member gets a lot of background story, another a bit less and then another very little. But that's the only thing for now.
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I abolutely love this novel. Entertaining, fun and has infinite potential. No plotholes whatsoever, no annoying inconsistency. Original ideas(as much as it's possible) and loveable characters with actual personality. The collegues, family members are not just props but feel geniune humans. I give this novel my full aproval and spirit stones from now on
(Unfortunate author here, why is listed below Stats.) Website : qidian china Views : 53.49million Rating : 9.2(1629) Chapters : 563 Status : ongoing Rank : 4 Word count : 1.79million author level : platinum No of works : 6 Disscussion : 24871 Year started : 2018 Chinese title : 诡秘之主 At last it's here. Damn I've waiting far too long for this novel because of three reasons : 1. It's the book by my favorite author. 2. It's the best work from my favorite author. 3. It's really so fucking popular right now in China. (just look at the rank and views with only 563 chapters) But he really is an unfortunate author in this site. Reasons listed below. Three of his works are translated here. 1. Martial arts master : one of the best books with romance and action. This is actually my favorite romance novel. And martial arts fights are really sooo awesome in this book. But the reason for this not to be in rankings or popular bcoz one translation is ****, two no updates since atleast 2 months. Even with **** translation it was in rankings sometimes. 2. Throne of magical arcana : This is really one of the best webnovels with western magic elements with elements of science in it. It's basically epic magic, science and church novel. Translation too is really good for this novel but translator updates only 3 to 4 days a week which is also the reason it's not in rankings imo. 3. The sage who transcended the samsara : I wanted to try this. I really really wanted to try this. But it's said to have a very ****ty translation. People say it's a very unique and good novel, they also say translation is **** and end up dropping it. Now I'm really really happy because not only is this epic getting translated, it's getting translated by cktalon one the best translators out there. I only request one thing with you. Please keep the releases stable and I really thank you for taking up the translation for this novel. 🙏