
I Have a River of Time
我有一条光阴长河
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.4M Words
- Genre
- Cultivation
- Subgenre
- Fantasy Cultivation
- Updated
- 5y ago
- Source
- Qidian
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Ruthless and Decisive, Free to Do as I Please, Living for Myself: Whatever Feels Good
Decisive and rational protagonists. Fewer clichés, and no bleeding-heart do-gooders.
A List for a Long-Time Reader in a Reading Slump
I started reading in my third year of middle school, which was about fifteen years ago. I've read so much that my standards have gotten pretty particular, and I'm often at a loss for something to read. Even when I find a book, I often can't get into it. I made this list just to share some of the books I've read recently with fellow readers like me. I can't guarantee their quality or that they'll suit everyone's taste; they're simply books I've read, though not necessarily finished. I'm adding th
2024: High-IQ, Self-Interested Novels Without Goody-Two-Shoes Protagonists
Ruthless, self-interested, and highly intelligent
Boredom Busters
Reading is a lot like working, if you think about it. One is for making money, the other for passing the time. Both are part of life. Life has all kinds of pleasures: games, singing, dancing, travel, movies, novels... And books come in all kinds of forms too: poetry, lyrics, odes, songs, long or short, they’re all books. Books can be adapted into songs, music, games, movies... Whether it’s dancing or traveling, I think it’s all a way to relax. We just have different interests. When it comes to b
Books I Like: Darker Stories Without Goody-Two-Shoes Heroines, Cheap Drama, or Harem Protagonists
These are only my personal opinions. Everyone has their own views, and no one has to agree.
Recently Added New Books by Some Old Authors
Books updated in real time
Moonlight on the Pond, Bookshelves in the Courtyard
I’m always running out of books. I’ll keep the old ones here to browse later, and add new ones when I find something suitable.
A Cure for a Reading Drought
A bit of everything.
Great Reads! (Main List)
Protagonists with both brains and brawn! Fantasy, cultivation, sci-fi, games, history... it's all here! Wizards, cultivation, being reborn, games coming to life... all kinds of flavors for you to sample!
Stories with Sound Logic
Mostly stories with sound logic, plus a few dark ones
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A very good highlight of this book is that the golden finger is quite special. It is different from the common golden fingers in other immortality writings and is more innovative. But there are reasons for poor performance. First of all, the biggest problem is the portrayal of the protagonist. Although there is a scene at the beginning where the protagonist deliberately runs back to the rich man's house to save his son who fell into a well, it makes people think that the protagonist is a lively but kind-hearted person, similar to Wei Xiaobao and Bai Xiaochun. But as the story developed, this character soon became unsustainable and turned into a purely selfish person, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and even taking the initiative to do evil. From this point of view, the protagonist is not inferior to Fang Yuan in "Master Gu". But when Gu Zhenren followed the dark trend, he portrayed the character of a striver with high aspirations, overcoming numerous difficulties and fighting for his destiny. Such characters are charming and can be recognized by some readers. In contrast, this protagonist simply relies on his golden fingers to overcome various difficulties, deceitful, slick and despicable. Such a dark protagonist lacks the charm of a great villain and looks more like a successful gangster, which is difficult to satisfy readers. The protagonist was initially taken on a mission and was tricked, and then began to use cheats to actively trick others, so he was not much different from other villains. "The strong are angry and slash at the stronger; the timid are angry and slash at the weaker." The protagonist who constantly causes all kinds of tragedies, uses his golden fingers to destroy and deprive others of their lives, is exactly such an unpleasant coward. What does Darkness Watch? Is it the dark and cruel worldview that makes people excited, or is it that the protagonist is a bad guy who can vent his evil thoughts and desires for readers? The answer may vary. But if the protagonist is just portrayed as a gangster who relies on cheating to improve his martial arts without any effort, and earns spiritual resources by cheating, abducting, killing, and setting fires, it will obviously not attract too many readers. Looking at the reviews of the book, the most common comments that abandon the book are because of the character of the protagonist rather than logical flaws. Some people don't like the protagonist's hypocrisy and pretentiousness, some don't like the protagonist's indiscriminate violence and killing of innocent people, and some don't like the protagonist's cruel treatment of the female supporting sisters who are kind to them. All in all, if the author wants to write a dark style book in his next book, how to shape the character of the protagonist is an unavoidable point. The second problem is that the plug-ins are too large and too simple, which affects the fun of the plot. In the beginning, the protagonist learned about the dangers in the future and grasped the opportunities in the present through the flow of time. Since there are very few usage restrictions, this is already a very strong cheat, and it works well for all kinds of copies. Next, the protagonist developed the ability to learn heaven-defying skills in the long history. At this point, most of the pressure on the protagonist has disappeared. The protagonist can easily overwhelm the same level or even fight across levels without any effort, which makes most of the "oppression" of the story disappear, and the rest is mainly the pleasure of being slapped in the face and succeeding in the conspiracy. Unexpectedly, the author later let the protagonist learn a genius sword spirit that can automatically improve all skills. In the end, even the extremely poor spiritual roots were improved. After this set of punches, the protagonist is already invincible, and the story loses the tension that needs to be constantly escalated and breathed out. These four golden fingers (perhaps there are others later that I haven't looked at in detail), even if divided into four parts, I can write about four protagonists who defy fate and change their fate. Han Li even only had a small green bottle. Goldfinger usually gives the protagonist the opportunity to dance in shackles, but if the plug-in is too large, the tension of the story will quickly disappear. The invincible plug-in requires a different writing method, and the underworld cultivating immortality is obviously not one of them. The third problem is that the logic is irrational. This is common in many novels, but there are really many such plots in this book: Whenever a sect called the decent sect goes on a mission, there will always be a villain who wants to kill everyone else. According to the probability calculation, all the people in this sect should have perished long ago, but except for the protagonist, all the passers-by are stupid, naive and ignorant of the world, waiting to be slaughtered; most of the good-looking female characters are stupid and blind, and no matter how powerful they are, they will be deceived by the protagonist; even the protagonist arrogantly lies and talks nonsense, but the bosses just believe it without investigating. It's okay to do this once or twice, but you'll get bored if you read it too much. The fourth problem is the imbalance of rhythm. In the first one hundred and eighty chapters, the protagonist is in the first three levels of Qi training, but in the early three hundred chapters, the protagonist has already formed an elixir. This plan is an extremely serious mistake. At the same time, at the beginning of the story, there was an insurmountable gap in strength between the first, second, and third levels of Qi training, and these three levels were all about practicing the most basic spiritual energy into the blood. The spiritual energy that forges the bones or enters the internal organs with each subsequent level no longer shows the strength gap between the immortal cultivators. I have to say it looks very strange. It is actually more reasonable to place the battles on the first three levels of Qi training in the entire Qi training period, but the rapid upgrades later destroy the rhythm created in the early stage. Of course, the story of this book is still very interesting. It can be seen that some of the author's ideas are well designed. I hope I can write better and better.
Read 40 chapters. Originally I came here for this golden finger. Let's see if the author can use this cheat in any novel way. The result is still the routine of traditional immortality novels. Maybe I've seen too many of this routine and don't want to read anymore.
Jie Jie Jie actually sets a bottom line for the protagonist. Is it to prevent harmony or to whitewash?
Chapter 150: Still at the third level of Qi training, I would like to call you the strongest
Please add more details + urge 2 more updates.
Whether it is good or not is up to anyone to judge, whether the author's writing is good or not, or not, the novel is there, whether readers like it or not, the number of words is still there, those who like to read it are impatient, and those who don't like it discard it like old shoes. Fine novels can withstand public criticism, are not afraid of slander, and can withstand consideration. The facts are in front of you, whether they are good or bad. If there is anything to argue about, just express your opinion. Every work is accompanied by slander and praise, and the majority will defeat the minority.
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The qualifications are the worst, and it took more than 100 chapters to reach the third level of Qi training. Really, if you are not a very book-hungry person, the routines are still the same as 10 years ago. I can definitely guess what happened next. If it weren't for the writing, I, an old bookworm, could have finished a book like this haha
The author is really good at breaking chapters. I saw 174 pictures on 2019--12--17, so I will keep them for now. Also, could the author please add some details for me?
If you want to be evil, be thorough. If you don't treat Ning Yu and Ning Yan well because they are innocent and simple, you will treat Qin Tianxue like a licking dog. Why do you care about her? Kill her with one sword and she will become an immortal.
To be honest, it's a bit dark. Instead of supporting each other, fellow sects kill fellow sects at every turn. It's not easy for a sect to train a disciple, right?