The Great Gods Across the Heavens

It's really wrong to start with a fight scene; it's especially baffling.

The Ming Dynasty was killed by those gentry, landlords, and the Donglin Party. The eunuchs were the swords that the Zhu family used to fight against the Donglin Party.

What a load of crap! In the first world, he let go of a beautiful woman who tried to kill him repeatedly. He even realized he was bewitched by her, but he still didn't kill her. He wasn't this sycophantic when he killed those two men before; he killed them immediately! It's poisoned!

This storyline is already long enough, and we still haven't seen any progress.

Emperor Chongzhen was a complete incompetent. The carpenter's death was almost certainly related to him. It wasn't for any other reason than that he was a puppet of the Donglin faction, completely misled. With Wei Zhongxian around, at least someone could stand up to the Donglin faction. But with Wei Zhongxian gone, even if another one were to rise, it would be too late.

Before the coup, the "Embroidered Spring Blade" arc was a solid source of information; after the coup, however, the intelligence of both the protagonists and antagonists plummeted. It's one thing for a mere Jinyiwei captain to assassinate Wei Zhongxian with his personal strength, and it's not impossible for him to bring the Grand Secretary and the Second Grand Secretary into the fold, but why…

The table of contents is off-putting. Forgive my bluntness, but if a multiverse infinite flow story has more than two hundred chapters in one world, it's garbage.

The best opening chapter of "Brotherhood of Blades" in 18 years.

I suggest the author read some history. Limiting imperial power only hastened the Ming Dynasty's demise. A major reason for its fall in its later years was the emperor's diminishing power; his decrees couldn't reach the villages and counties effectively, and civil officials deceived their superiors. The true rulers of the Ming Dynasty were actually the aristocratic families, civil officials, and local gentry and landlords. The author might find inspiration in "History Crusher."

Looking at various historical novels now, some of the most nauseating ones include *Dragon and Snake*, *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, *Tianlong*, *The Great Tang Dynasty*, *Zhu Xian*, *Yang Shen*, the *Legend of Sword and Fairy* series, and *Covering the Sky*. *Covering the Sky* mainly suffers from the issue of realm division. These are all overdone, yet people still write about them. 😅