One Step, One Look Back
一步一回头
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 4.2M Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Eastern Cultivation
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- English
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Other names
- Looking Back with Every Step一步一回首Alternate title on Fanqie
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A Veteran Reader Is in a Reading Slump! Looking for Cultivation Stories as Good as Path of the Immortal Pill
Looking for stories like "The Immortal Path of Alchemy". I've read thousands of books on this account and probably posted hundreds of reviews, so I'm a seasoned, serious old hand at reading. I love cultivation stories, and in my opinion, "The Immortal Path of Alchemy" is the best cultivation novel on Tomato Novel.
Tomato Novel's Top Ten Masterpieces
Whether old or new, bring them all out, such as Ten-Day System and God of Theater. The ideas should be clear and the logic coherent. No brainless wish-fulfillment stories. Bring them on!
After Reading Novels for Seven Years, I Can't Get Into Anything, So I'm Looking for Something Fresh and Different
Found a Masterpiece, Absolutely Incredible
Looking for books like "My Wife Is the First Female Demon of the Eastern Jin". There aren't many books set in the Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Masterpieces That Are Truly Worth Rereading
Don't go overboard!
Looking for High-Quality Novels Like Emperor of Immortals and Martial Arts
Fantasy cultivation stories.
Any High-Quality Traditional Xuanhuan Novels That Never Get Old?
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation
A fallen young man
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Body Integration, Mahayana, Human Immortal
Looking for Novels With Multiple Female Leads, but No Harem Protagonist
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Spirit Transformation, Integration, Great Ascension
Tribulation survivor, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Mystic Immortal, Golden Immortal, Great Golden Immortal, Immortal King, Immortal Venerable, Immortal Emperor
Classical Cultivation
Any novels like A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality?
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Great Ascension
I’d like to share my thoughts on cultivation realms. Everyone’s welcome to join the discussion...
Large and Medium-Sized Cultivation Clans, with a Golden Core Cultivator as the Standard Starting Setup
Do People Not Like Traditional High Fantasy and Wish-Fulfillment Stories with Lots of Beautiful Women Anymore?
I'm looking for books similar to "From the Start, I Saved the Female Demon Lord. Now That I'm Back Invincible, Why Are You Crying?"
Looking for Masterpieces by Great Authors Like Chen Dong, Er Gen, Mars, and Wang Yu
Looking for works by big-name authors like Chen Dong, Er Gen, Mars, and Wang Yu. So far, I’ve only found Mars’s Against the Gods.
Novels These Days Are Too Rushed. Hardly Anyone Takes Their Time and Writes Carefully
Don't make me look at any of Tomato's five toxic genres!
Looking for Cultivation Novels About Large or Medium-Sized Families, with Golden Core-Level Cultivators or Stronger
Looking for books like "The Jiang Clan's Immortal Path". I'm worn out by stories about small clans where the whole family is useless and relies on the protagonist to support them. Are there any cultivation stories about a family that can back the protagonist up and show off their second-generation wealth?
A Worldbuilding Scale Even Grandier Than Perfect World and Shrouding the Heavens
The protagonist must be invincible, and the worldbuilding has to be vast.
Looking for Traditional Fantasy You Can Read All Night
Beautifully Written Stories Like Sword of Coming and Snowstorm of Blades
Overlooked Masterpieces
Cultivation, fantasy, or historical fiction are all fine.
Ten All-Time Masterpieces
Share some of the masterpieces on your bookshelves!
Superb 9.9-Rated Novels...
A really excellent novel. You can start it with confidence!
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The content is very rich; indeed, only low-rated novels can have such a wonderful story. I hope the author will keep up the good work and become a master soon!
Seeing that this book doesn't have a rating yet, I'll give it five stars for now. I've already read over a hundred pages, and it's a great story. The protagonist's growth is a bit slow, but it's acceptable. Once you start reading, you can't put it down. The author's writing is excellent, the characters are very well-developed, and the story is described in great detail. I can't even write a separate review. It's a great book to read in your spare time.
For a novice writer, this is quite good, I'd give it five stars. Most importantly, the plot is reasonable, and the characters aren't idiotic or childish. I hope the author's writing continues to improve.
The writing is above average, the plot is engaging and vivid, a fantastic story, I really enjoyed it 😍. But where did the first chapter go?
As a long-time fantasist, I genuinely think this book's rating is far too low; I personally believe it should be above 9.5. The book is indeed well-written, the author's prose is delicate, the concept is grand, and it's not a typical "feel-good" novel. I read it almost non-stop and was always wanting more!
There's no cheat code; the protagonist improves step by step through their own intellect, which feels more realistic.
This book truly gets better and better as it goes on. The author's biggest mistake was incorporating some of their less-than-ideal personal thoughts into the work. This led to the book's less-than-ideal performance. However, once you get past the initial setbacks, the story gets increasingly captivating after reaching the spirit world. I hope readers will be patient and continue reading.
The language is fluent, the writing is smooth and natural, and it can be considered a relatively successful piece of work.
It's really good, and there's a lot of content. I've read 22 chapters so far, and each chapter has a lot of words. At first, I was wondering why I was reading so slowly 😂. It's a cultivation novel about an ordinary member of a family, at least from what I've read so far. The cultivation novels set in the old society depict the entire social structure as it was.
What a pity! The author is highly skilled, yet they gave such a low score! This rating almost prevented me from getting it, but thankfully I saw it; it's better than many essays that score around 9 points.