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The first 300 are great. The characters peak during the first arc. The story was most enjoyable during these chapters. After 300 and until the timeskip, the new harem members are captured the same way. Be forceful, "r", they fall in love, gg. Lots of tell, don't show. Lots of fights that just feel far too long. It does start shifting after the cultivation jump from mortal to immortal. By this point though, the original charm is long gone. It just feels mundane.

If you like smut, you're fine, start reading if you want. My personal problem is too much PLOT. The plot is moving painfully slow. It is picking up in the recent chapters or else I was planning on dropping it.

It's fine. I'm sure many people will enjoy it in there own way. The problem I have is the MC. Personally not a fan of him basically being OP. No tension in the story at all. Not to mention the martial spirit. It just feels like a wish-fulfillment novel. It's just a fine casual read.

Great. A bit sad I have read the novel that clearly heavily influences this. Which does greatly reduce how unique this would've felt to read. Luckily, I'm enjoy the deviations this novel brings.

Damn good. 5/5 honestly too early to tell from what I read. Just impressed by the progress. Most astonishingly the romance isn't just, I see you, I love you now. Truly the exception amongst novels, particularly cultivation novels.

Frustrating read. Info dumps. They aren't necessary. Its a superficial way of adding background. I say that since the impact of that knowledge is none. It's a detriment to the narrative since the flow of the story is interrupted seemingly every paragraph for a random tidbit of info. Some novels have auxiliary chapters for power scales, levels, etc. I prefer the novels that include the information, as it becomes "necessary" to know. Rather than the author saying, this is all important stuff, here is a whole chapter for info that will serve you nothing. Here is a block of text about a random aspect of the world that doesn't matter at all. The notes act as if all readers have 0 IQ. Both info dumps and author's. The author's notes are intrusive. Random comments in the text, or just at the end of text. They sometimes are simple and harmless like, "memorable visit indeed". Its just pointless to add. Other notes are defensive notes, as if to defend against readers saying why MC is being reckless, or something else. MC goes potion crafting, fear not, we have very necessary info dumps about alchemy to explain things. Author note talks about how MC has shadow guards following him all the time. Next chapter, he is interacting with them. The note is pointless if we can read about these things. I've got other problems but just these 2 make the novel a plodding read.

Its just the usual chinese wuxia story. I'm a bit exhausted of thousand year old beings getting giddy and showing interest in the MC for no particular reason. Love at first site, or through some bonding that lasted less than 0.01% of her life, not my cup of tea.

Basically slice-of-life featuring Chinese "cultivator" in modern world. Its not bad per-se, just not my cup of tea. If you like the face-slapping novels, this is for you. If you're tired of the repetitive plots in wuxia novels but want some of the culture showcased in them, this is for you. Just imagine the usual cultivator in modern world but MC is the already the strongest and just woke up from a long slumber. His goal is a bit iffy. Is he looking for a mate? He isn't really looking at all the world developments that occurred during his sleep. I don't mind slice-of-life, but the face-slapping got a bit too much for me.

gosh darn, thats one gorgeous specimen.

Nope. First of all, "Lord of Succubi". It can be author hinting at the future but at present, the name doesn't quite fit well with the novel. The rest of the title is spot on though. The novel comes off as a modern day cultivation novel but instead its an isekai. It befits the title wonderfully. We have MC curing people left and right with his dual cultivation. The system is basically the only reason MC is alive. MC is incapable of doing anything without it. System gives him quest which in turn progresses the plot and increases his strength. MC's behavior is similar to most beta Japanese MC's. Something the novel does well is space out the girls. Some harem novels just through them at MC every 5 chapters. Novel beyond that is poorly written. At the start of the novel, MC suddenly becomes skilled with the sword while training in the forest for a very brief period of time. Skilled enough to handle bandits roaming around and rescue the first girl. Gets strong weapon from system which saves the day, and several other future days. 2nd Girl from noble family is paradoxical. She is supposed to be a skilled "adventurer" yet falls into trouble the first 2 times we see her on the field. She is supposed to be a lone wolf yet quickly goes on adventures with strangers both times. MC will complain about her in his mind but in typical japanese beta fashion, not say anything but about it directly but rather praise her sarcastically. The money also makes things a bit confusing. She is a C rank capable but takes on D rank quests. Yet this is capable of sustaining the family's lifestyle. MC gets paid in a lot of GOLD by family, although he abstains from taking it most of the time, the amount offered overall is crazy to imagine D rank missions sustain. I can chalk this up as extra hidden stash of gold since they were supposed to be a wealthy family When MC starts "training" different girl, MC for some reason is well versed in the field and knows everything concerning the monsters. The money making schemes from MC are ridiculous. Not to mention the system once again being the reason behind them. TWICE in my reading duration. 2nd time is literally just a more convenient version of the first. Slow progression from the story aspect. Nothing is happening most of the time.

Abysmal MC. You finish a game and what, want to leave the world because, post-game clarity? At the starting point of life yet already saying he doesn't want to be an ordinary person. Boi is 21 years old. Too much tictok influence making these young adults delusional. Bro is depressed becuase he grew up in an orphanage and has no "real" friends. If he played 1 mmorpg, im sure he would have many friends considering how long he can play this 1 game for. Thats just chapter 1. By the end of Chapter 4 he is like; I'm in the game world. I took over the body of a guy who just died by committing 'that'. But now I can have a new chance of life. Also gonna get emotional because we have that 'original body is emotional for family stuff' baggage. He complains about fake friends and relationships in chap 1 yet is ready to exploit relationships and secrets in the game world, his new chance. Literally he just wants everything handed to him. Now another crazy plot point without spoiling anything. MC will get a special item, crazy for a game world isekai. What is particularly remarkable is a few lines introducing it: "We researched it for a long time, but in the end, we realized that no matter what we did, we wouldn't get anything out of it. "..."Obviously, everyone was hesitant. Because this was an illegal place connected to the black market. So no one doubted that they had tried literally 'everything' they could try on that stone. " I was thinking, surely they did THAT. But then the MC does THAT. The novel is a joke. Its not a matter of cliches. Its the way they are presented. Truck-kun works for a reason. Blank screen works for a reason. Trying to write a good reason for leaving the world works if you can write a character/backstory. The force feeding of emotions is heinous. Like a game making the player kill a regular normal small puppy for no reason. Its just there and you have to kill because author wants to artificially create emotions or substance to inflate the novel's ideology. I'm still reading a bit more, seeing if things get better. I held off on writting stuff despite how atrocious the start was. easily 0/10 stuff. I had to write something after reading about Mc doing THAT. Just realized this was the entirety of volume 1. What a great start. Deleting my 2 min older post.

the first point, depends on reader. 2nd point is a "GG im out". Especially if its so bad, it's being called out.

...mission impossible for 99% of authors.

2k chapters is a red flag. Only like 1 exception I forget the name of.

If you like a harem cultivation novel, this is for you. If you aren't sure, read the first couple of chapters. If you like how the 1st female is treated, perfect, it won't go up from there. Everybody is brain dead and MC is smarter than everybody else. The world lacks realism, and everything is lacking in complexity. Just ain't my cup of tea.

Its good. Compared to other "reborn as dungeon monster" narratives, it's miles ahead. Unlike other novels which make the MC spend 75% of the novel in the dungeon, we've been out for a while now. The start isn't that special, but it doesn't take long for things to get interesting. Inner monologues of characters, including the MC, help narrate their own understanding of themselves. You can read about their actions and come to understand that yourself earlier, but, the author still has these narrations to help make the characters come to life. Its great. Later on these moments are even more vivid. The fights are not my favorite, but they are good. They do feel drawn out but also well paced. Weird. This novel won't end soon. Too many things to explore.