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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
han yuan grew on me more than i thought he would but honestly you can't help but love all of them
“you are already my unbreakable tether to this world of red dust.”
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-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
son una familia🥺
Another 5* from Priest. Beautiful storytelling with one of my favorite tropes- found family. As expected from Priest, a slow burn where romance really is not the main part of the story but the relationship of the MC/ML is still very central to the plot. I absolutely love the grumpiness and awkwardness of both Yan Zhengming and Cheng Qian as they figure things out. The five disciples of the Fuyao Sect are forced onto a path they weren’t prepared for and we get to watch them quickly go from children to adults. There were some deeply sad moments but as always, Priest gives us just the right amount of humor throughout. If you are a fan of xianxia and love Priest, then this book should be on your TBR!
I really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book because of how slice of life it felt. The final stretch was a bit of a slog to get though thou. Things got plotty and a bit confusing and overall failed to grab my attention much. The romance is light but I enjoyed it. Yan Zhengming was the best thing about this book, in my opinion.
The website where I was reading it took it down and it'll be took much of hassle to find another, and I have no idea if I will be able to acquire the physical copies, so i will be leaving it alone for now.
But either way, I had been liking what I was able to read, and I am sad i won't be able to continue it.
But either way, I had been liking what I was able to read, and I am sad i won't be able to continue it.
no, i dont hate liu yao and no, i dont hate priest. after encountering so many positive reviews and seeing that this novel is only 109 chapters, which is relatively little in danmei, i thought it would be a great holiday read. well, the holidays got a little extended since i spent 5 months with this book.
before my excessive ranting and complaints lets talk about the plot. 'A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.' basically these five mischievous delinquents want to restore their clan’s former glory, but one of them gets possessed. and then another. it’s a long story.
i enjoyed the first 2 volumes, but later on in the novel i found myself wondering 'when is it gonna end? why are they beating around the bush? and WHAT exactly is going on?' after vol2 the arcs tend to be quite repetitive and so very long that at a certain point i was reading it just for the sake of finishing. i liked the characters and at some moments i loved them, but after all they came to be quite forgettable. the ending was so abrupt and like? what happened to the other 3 main characters? genuinely, where was this going? it probably was the lack of direction to the story.
the strength of it i think is the humour, as in any of priest’s works, as always witty and amusing. i appreciate a mystery aspect woven in the story, but again, i didnt really care for it in the first place, as i just wanted to be done with it RIGHT NOW.
if you are here for the romance, forget about it. i expected little romance, and got even less. at this point, i dont even think it can be called bl, well brother love maybe, but by the end of it i was sick. sick of how much people continuously and shamelessly lied to my face about how beautiful and sweet the romance is, because it isn’t. it is barely existent. and truly it is more of a brotherly love, with occasional hugs and kisses, and even in the end i didnt take them as a couple. really, am i missing something? if you are like me and love to experience that yearning feeling that the romance is giving—it was always overshadowed by the plot (which is arguably boring too) and if you thought that SPL had little romance, then this one is definitely not for you.
the whole concept of the story i really like, but if you like xianxia because of complex magic system and cool otherworldly characters (with the exception to yan zhengming), well… consider choosing something else to read. this one was kinda underwhelming.
i felt detached from the story, it felt stretchy and rushed at the same time and as if it was missing something. i can totally see the appeal and why people like it, but to me it was definitely not on par with priest’s other works like SPL or Mo Du.
before my excessive ranting and complaints lets talk about the plot. 'A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.' basically these five mischievous delinquents want to restore their clan’s former glory, but one of them gets possessed. and then another. it’s a long story.
i enjoyed the first 2 volumes, but later on in the novel i found myself wondering 'when is it gonna end? why are they beating around the bush? and WHAT exactly is going on?' after vol2 the arcs tend to be quite repetitive and so very long that at a certain point i was reading it just for the sake of finishing. i liked the characters and at some moments i loved them, but after all they came to be quite forgettable. the ending was so abrupt and like? what happened to the other 3 main characters? genuinely, where was this going? it probably was the lack of direction to the story.
the strength of it i think is the humour, as in any of priest’s works, as always witty and amusing. i appreciate a mystery aspect woven in the story, but again, i didnt really care for it in the first place, as i just wanted to be done with it RIGHT NOW.
if you are here for the romance, forget about it. i expected little romance, and got even less. at this point, i dont even think it can be called bl, well brother love maybe, but by the end of it i was sick. sick of how much people continuously and shamelessly lied to my face about how beautiful and sweet the romance is, because it isn’t. it is barely existent. and truly it is more of a brotherly love, with occasional hugs and kisses, and even in the end i didnt take them as a couple. really, am i missing something? if you are like me and love to experience that yearning feeling that the romance is giving—it was always overshadowed by the plot (which is arguably boring too) and if you thought that SPL had little romance, then this one is definitely not for you.
the whole concept of the story i really like, but if you like xianxia because of complex magic system and cool otherworldly characters (with the exception to yan zhengming), well… consider choosing something else to read. this one was kinda underwhelming.
i felt detached from the story, it felt stretchy and rushed at the same time and as if it was missing something. i can totally see the appeal and why people like it, but to me it was definitely not on par with priest’s other works like SPL or Mo Du.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
so much potential…. and it started off so good…. only for it to go downhill as the chapers went on