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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

14 reviews

sahkitsune's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Rape, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Abandonment

lull4o4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

keddy4306's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

If it wasn't for the

extreme dubcon

I would probably give this 4⭐️ I just can't overlook

papapa to save the world

This book does contain all of the good content.

Shen Qingqiu's soul is pulled back to his original body and he wakes up in the Holy Mausoleum of the Demon Race. Sqq meets Luo Binghe's daddy, Tianlang-jun, and snake-bro, Zhuzhi-Lang.

Lbh shows up to rescue Sqq, but gets beat up because his qi is depleted from trying to keep Sqq's mushroom body sustained for multiple days, then busting into the holy mausoleum and fighting two demons. Sqq protects Lbh and we get the sexy coffin scene of the book.

Our boys almost get away, but Sqq has been gargling too much demon blood and has Zhuzhi-Lang, Tianlang-jun and Luo Binghe's tapeworms fighting inside. Daddy demon and snake-bro take sqq and we get a bunch of funny throuple jokes. Liu Qingge comes to rescue Sqq and Lbh tags along. Hilarity ensues. 

We do all the character work for several characters, including the sect leader and Lbh's parents, then defeat the final boss and Lbh gets taken over again by the demon sword. Extreme dubcon happens and we papapa to save the world.

The story ends with

everyone happy and Bingqiu being coupley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Abortion

extreme dubcon

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Homophobia, Rape, War, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Abortion, Abandonment, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

dismal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

jackbifrost's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

mal_eficent's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you're looking for a dramatic, action packed end to this series, you won't be disappointed. While book 2 was mostly set up, book 3 is entirely about pay off - almost to the detriment of the other books. 

There's more meaningful character building in this than there was in the others (partly thanks to Shen Qingqiu finally realising he lives in this world now) and the world building ("filling in plotholes", according to the system) was a little less cartoonish. While I still love the beginning of the series and how meta it is, I almost wish Shen Qingqiu had been willing to invest this much in the world the entire time. The wrapped up storylines for Tianlang Jun and Yue Qingyuan were so incredibly sad but lovely; Luo Binghe's everything was great and sad; learning more about the original flavour Shen Qingqiu was also satisfying but incredibly sad - they're all well written and sad, okay. 

All in all, it's a great ending to a fun, dramatic series. If you're looking ahead to see if it's worth getting into what is considered MCTX's 'worst' series, it really is. Sure, there's pacing issues and hang ups from being a serialised web novel, and the relationship between Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu is very toxic, but by this last book MXTX has improved dramatically and the characters are worth becoming invested in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, and Gore

camryndaytona's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

gquintana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Torture, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Abortion