[Feel-good power fantasy] + [Beast Taming]
Earth underwent a cataclysmic change, and beasts descended, completely rewriting the rules of human survival. Forming pacts with pet beasts became the only way to stand firm in a chaotic world.
Some people rode fierce-clawed flying tigers that tore through the skies; others summoned crystal-leaf vines to coil around mountains. One lucky person even formed a pact with a starcore worm that could devour metal.
Yet in this age when everyone had a pet beast, Xia Chen was an outcast.
While others formed pacts with pet beasts and fought bloody battles, he stood alone. While his teammates summoned pet beasts to build defensive lines, he remained by himself.
No one had ever seen the creature he had made a pact with, and no one knew where his pet beast was. Doubts and mockery never let up.
That is, until Xia Chen raised a hand and summoned a tsunami to sweep away the enemy ranks, then stamped his foot and roused the earth's ley lines, raising a new Great Wall. Standing amid the devastation of the battlefield, he displayed the power to move mountains and fill seas, stunning everyone. At last, someone asked in a trembling voice, “What kind of divine beast did you form a pact with?”
Xia Chen bent down and tapped the earth beneath his feet. His voice rang clearly across the battlefield. “Here, it's been right under your feet all along: the planet you're standing on.”
A fallen genius (Xiao Yan?), A girlfriend with a mysterious background (Xiao Xun'er?), A cheat code with teaching abilities (Yao Chen?), And a cultivation technique that can be enhanced with resources (Burning Flame Technique? Different Flames?). I get it, I'm watching Battle Through the Heavens.
Having read up to chapter 11, which already features two women, it's highly likely to be a repressed harem novel.
You could give the protagonist the talent of Huo Linfei, whose fortunes change drastically, allowing him to easily seize power. That would be ideal. Ideally, the protagonist should be at most at the second realm in the early stages. If you go too high, the first and second realms you built up earlier will seem weak, and it might even affect the third realm.
It's pretty average. There's a moment of excitement later on, but it's too frustrating. It's not a pure wish-fulfillment story, and after defeating one monster, there's always an even stronger one. If you're willing to persevere and want to see those exciting moments, you can give it a try, or you can just skip to the exciting part. The plot is a bit chaotic in the early stages, but it might get better later.
Flying Earth—a planet with absolutely no abilities can be called Earth? The protagonist also flies around quite a bit; it's written like pseudo-human fiction. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]
That's not very satisfying. Every time you're halfway through a fight, an even stronger opponent appears, and you have to run away again. The planet's energy, size, and power were not described, and the talent of 5000 was not particularly outstanding.
It's hard to give a definitive review. It feels similar to "Battle Through the Heavens" and "The Great Ruler," but they've already exhausted the existing formulas. Trying to replicate that here won't really give you much to eat. If you're new to novels, this is actually quite well-written. However, if you've read many, it feels like you're following a tired old formula. If you like slow-burn novels, you can read this one; if not, just move on.
The premise is quite novel, but aren't you putting too much pressure on the pet beast? You previously set it up so that it could sense everything that moves on Earth, so why can't it sense the female lead? Don't tell me it can't sense anything in an entire city, and then suddenly there's a person kneeling in the female lead's room.
Earth can just find the Gold-Eating Beast and spit it out, so why doesn't it just find its own minerals to eat? And the Corpse-Eating Beast—the protagonist doesn't need to lead it to find food, right? Can't it just find any beast herd or mineral vein on Earth and eat its own food? 🤮
God-like NPCs, God-like protagonists