The Primordial World: Daoist Taiyi

Most fantasy novels seem to constantly glorify humanity's resilience and portray them as the protagonists of the universe. However, the protagonists are always the ones doing all the work, like babysitters, while humans simply shout slogans and others come to their aid, showing no spirit of self-reliance whatsoever.

The early stages felt unclear, as the origins of the various magical treasures were not explained.

Every time I see a prehistoric fantasy novel where the protagonist uses grand formations to temper his character and take on disciples, I feel utterly speechless. Tempering character only produces a bunch of traitors.

Humanity is not the same as the Way of Humanity. The Way of Humanity encompasses all living beings and spirits, and humanity is merely one among them. The Witch and Demon races are also part of the Way of Humanity.

I suggest the author elevate the status of the sages; the low-budget version of the prehistoric world is just too boring, especially since the sages seem to rely entirely on the mercy of Heaven, which feels rather uninteresting. In fact, the status of a sage can be quite high, especially the Three Pure Ones.

To be honest, the writing is quite good, but I couldn't continue reading... Why? It's too traditional... Traditional primordial fantasy, traditional processes, traditional realms and settings. I haven't read many prehistoric fantasy novels, so it's fine. But I've read a lot of older prehistoric fantasy novels, and these were really boring to read... I guess they're not for people like me.

I didn't even finish the first chapter, and I can't help but rant! Aside from Laozi and Xuandu, who were repaying their karmic debts to the sages, no other disciple of a sage could possibly accept humans! Therefore, the Twelve Golden Immortals are all innate beings and couldn't possibly be human!! Yuanshi Tianzun wouldn't even consider them, and the Heavenly Dao wouldn't allow it!!!

Upon opening the book's homepage, the first item displayed is: The work received an honor—stable updates. Open the table of contents; the latest chapter is displayed: Last update... Eight days ago. To be honest, updates are getting slower and slower.

The current writers of prehistoric fantasy novels are all using the Buddhist concept of the six realms of reincarnation. Such a huge plot hole, and they're still writing them. If the six realms of reincarnation were real, do you know what the consequences would be? All avenues for ascension would be blocked, and there would be sons killing their parents, grandsons eating their flesh.

This is a perfectly good prehistoric fantasy novel. The beginning was quite good, but after finishing the Investiture of the Gods, the plot stopped focusing on Journey to the West and started with some side chapters about the Demon Realm. It's just to pad the word count, it's ridiculous. And what's with all this talk about the first, second, and third Demon Realm Messengers? Are you writing this prehistoric fantasy like a cheat code?