Becoming a Literary Sage, Starting With The Story of Minglan

The writing isn't bad, and the subject matter is decent, but the updates are slow, and the story is padded with unnecessary details. There's a reason for its poor performance. I'll just leave it as is; either the author abandons the book and I'll delete it, or I'll wait until it's finished before reading.

I suggest the author start by writing about sperm, padding it out to several million words. After several million words, the protagonist finally transforms from a sperm into a fetus. Who knows, that could make the author a literary legend. Why bother writing a melodramatic soap opera or a tragic TV series? Goodbye!

Although the novel is titled "The Sage of Literature," it's mostly filled with romantic entanglements, backroom deals, and petty squabbles. Only a few chapters relate to literature or the imperial examinations. The subplots are too numerous, the timeline too short, and the main storyline is almost nonexistent.

Everything about it is good, except for the poison; it contains all kinds of poison. It gave me goosebumps and made me cringe. He was basically a child who conquered the world at age 3 and dominated it at age 7. And it's supposed to be a slice-of-life story?! This kind of plot and it's supposed to be a slice-of-life story... I haven't been this toxic in a long time.

The protagonist is only born in chapter 30, I'm speechless.

At seven years old, he played polo with a group of seventeen- or eighteen-year-olds. I wonder if his short legs could even reach the stirrups.

To be honest, this is a female-oriented novel, but the writing style is incredibly mature—it's the kind of novel that could be adapted into a TV series! The various domestic power struggles in the beginning are even better than "Joy of Life." You didn't see the main character in the first twenty-odd chapters? Are you kidding me?!

A time-travel novel, the protagonist is born in chapter thirty-three! I'm fucking impressed.

The writing is rather weak; after reading it, there's probably only about one-fifteenth of the actual content. Those who enjoy slow-burn political intrigue might want to keep reading and hope for a breakthrough later on, but currently the entire text is flat and monotonous, with no clear transitions or developments. It's too difficult to follow, so I'll have to give up.

The book should be called "The Legend of Zhen Huan: Step by Step in the Heart," but after more than a hundred chapters, I haven't seen anything related to romance; it's all about scheming and intrigue.