Reviews of Lightning Is the Only Way by Warmaisach - Webnovel

I am the author of this novel, so of course I am biased to myself. Welcome to my book! I thank everyone for reading my work, even if you don't like it. I have read a LOT of webnovels, many of them translated from chinese. I have seen a lot of commonly used tropes, and as a change of pace, I wanted to create something different. There will be nearly no "Young Masters". Only a very select few. (The absence of at least one idiot is just as bad as overfilling) There will be no "I must save (the Honor of) my Family!" There will be no "Heaven sent lucky chances". Heaven controls luck, and Heaven does not like the MC, at all. I also want to show a real change in Gravis' personality as time goes by. He won't always be a wimp. He won't always be a cold-hearted killing machine. Just as emotions change, people change with them. This is a lot to live up to, but I'll do my best. Updates will be 2 chapters per day. I have a backlog, so updates will be constant. Thank you all for reading!

amazing, what a heart wrenching story with a somewhat good ending.

Wonderful start and great ending wish it could continue, but friendships are forever

Phenomenal story, so far the longest web novel that I’ve read but I was enthralled the whole time. I gets long winded at times but the explanations are effective and somewhat necessary. If you enjoy complex world building and introspective characters this is a must read. An epic adventure spanning millennia with a unique system of cultivation juts an overall enjoyable experience!!!

the story was pretty good till chapter 290, but after that point for me it was a complete pitfall. I really didn't expect any romance or love partner which I absolutely ABHOR In cultivation novels, but there actually is that... I suppose reading your other novels (gems both kill the sun and the one about shang in magic world) made me assume there won't be any romance in this novel.... honestly i could get past romance in kill the sun or when Shang achieve his goal but during the process, no.....

I came here after finishing and loving "Sword God in a World of Magic." And I am happy to say that at least as of chapter 106, the story is similarly excellent! The story also has many parallels and differences between the two, so if you liked one, you're very likely to like the other!

Super duper deluxe whooper of a story billions must read

This is pretty much as good as original cultivation novels go. It is your typical cultivation novel with tropes and stuff, but it goes beyond with its character development and the world is done very well. It's just that some scenes aren't described that well, besides that it's solid.

one of the best cultivation books I ever read. The character development was simply phenomenal 👏

absolutely amazing from start to finish!

I liked it very much. character development 10/10 and the history has a nice pace. very fulfilling ending

It's hard to get into at first, but it was good overall.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I started because i thought lightining was cool and all, but it just got better and better as the story proceeded. It's perfect, loved it. Thanks for this great work <3

a genuine work of art, fully worth the time to read.

Slightly above average cultivation journey. It starts interesting with world building and new characters. Quite few of them are well described and interactions between them are excellent, while other could benefit from more time and colour.The main character design and development are rather strong with plot turns unique/refreshing at times but other parts weak.After a several hundred chapters I found some of the content repetitive and started to skip chapters to see the end. Overall it is a decent book and worth checking out.

I loved the book. I liked the character development. Overall very satisfied.👍

I have read the story from start to finish and I have to say this was an amazing ride. I was never bored and I never wanted to skip a chapter or 2. I had a lot of fun reading this!

I loved reading about gravis. and I want to know what happens next in the primordial chaos and how their trip goes. I usually read several novels at a time but since you had finished this one after I picked it back up I went straight through it. thank you for the amazing story.

Very nice story and intresting idea of cultivation novel, diffrents from others.

this story is utterly incredible, being one of my all time favorites. it's perfect beginning middle and end

Was overall a great story and we'll worth the read. My gripes are that the main character has a ton of deus ex happen which can sometimes be forgivable but it gets a bit excessive. My favorite part is that the author did two things amazingly right, first the romance while added in actually served a purpose and wasn't just a throw away thing for the lulz. And second he actually made the characters (not just the main character but just about all the central characters) have a somewhat believable personality and not just always in awe of the MC because MC plot armor.

The cultivation system is dumb. You temper yourself by fighting a life and death battle with someone of similar strength and if you survive, you get a little bit stronger. That basically means you just keep flipping a coin and getting stronger while you keep getting heads and you die if you get tails once. There can't be so many strong people with this system as there are in the novel. Exponential decay doesn't work like that. The whole idea of tempering is completely dumb. Nothing aside from being a battle maniac matters, no schemes, traps, information gathering on your opponents, training specifically to fight a certain opponent. And what's this about people not able to find suitable opponents? Even if somebody doesn't want to temper themselves, they still have to defend themselves and fight back if you attack them. How does anyone even live with a cultivation system like this? Like they live for hundreds of years while going into each next battle completely blind with no knowledge of their opponent and no care of their own lives. If these people don't care about their own lives, why would they care about others' lives? What's stopping them from killing everyone they see? That's sure to bring more tempering experiences their way. What a dumb world!

Lightning is the only way is one of the best light novels i've read. I usually take breaks from long light novels that spam for over 1000 chapters,but i couldn't take more than a 2 day break from this one. I honestly feel that it was too short, but it is only a feeling. I know well enough that it is perfect as it is right now. I read this after the author finished writing Lightning is the only way and i honestly think that I haven't made a mistake. From the beginning I thought this would be a story about a cultivator that only uses lighting, but i have been proven wrong. There's so much more to Lightning is the only way than it seems. I love the ending and I would love to see a sequel. Anyways 11/10, recommend reading it and have fun doing so:)

Loved the story and the world building, the fights were slightly repetitive, but not enough to pull away from the overall quality of the novel.

Guys just read this novel . I know some one will think that this novel is boring becz of title right ? i am sure of it, becz i am also come in same category but i forgot that phrase " Don't judge the book by it's cover " and it's true . Author has given all of his creativity in this book just read this it will be good i am sure of it . just read the phrase again if you are not sure . Thanks you author for writing amazing novel , i am reading your current novel too and that is also amazing just write more thankyou 😁.

A story that is both interesting and detailed, while also frustrating. Let's go over the good points first. The fights are rather detailed and unique. Most of the time it focuses on realistic actions and mentalities in combat. Taking advantage of gaps, outmaneuvering the enemy, etc. It's usually good. The combat aspect is one of its stronger ones. In the beginning, the character's growth is good. We see him become more mature and face loss, and becoming better for it. The aspect of each element being different and having their strengths and weaknesses is interesting. I'm not sure I would entirely agree with some of its concepts, but a good amount of work was put into it. And it helps make the fights more unique. Now for the bad parts. It constantly complains about how heaven is interfering with the MC and frequently brings it up as if we've never heard it before. You will find this concept interesting in the beginning and then get absolutely sick of it. I get that this is supposed to be frustrating to the MC, I do. But there's a difference between getting the readers to understand the character's struggle, and simply annoying them by endlessly beating a dead horse. Would you find the same joke amusing if it was told to you dozens of times? There is a problem with heaven attacking the MC with bad luck, or absence of luck as it were. And that is...nothing is off the table. Pretty much anything can happen at any time. A meteor falls from the sky and nearly kills someone? Heaven. A big bird just so happens to land under the MC's enemy and save him? Heaven. Heaven is a literal Deus Ex Machina. Does it make sense story-wise? Yes. Does that make it good writing? No. Just because anything CAN happen doesn't mean it's good. It causes shortcuts, allows the author to skip any build-up, and can even ignore explanations. Even if it's "possible" it still detracts from the quality. Despite having troublesome moments, I still enjoyed it and pushed on for a while, but became frustrated later on. Some random person knows one of the MC's biggest secrets. (Won't spoil who) They're barely been interacted with, disappear for dozens of chapters, appear out of nowhere, and know his biggest secret without any hints or build-up to it. It's as if there was no real thought process behind this event. Not only is this weird, but I couldn't be bothered to become interested in the sob story of that random person whose barely even been in the novel. That said, thank you for the entertainment up until this point. And good luck.