The Immortal Register

As of May 30, 2022

It's a pity. This book could have gone even further. I thought that once you leave the beginner's village, it will be a complete world of Xianxia, ​​where good, evil, and demons each have their own way of life, some are concerned about the common people, some seek their own path, and some live freely and unrestrained... The result was a bunch of monsters and demons, and the same old boring stunt of saving the world.

The brilliance of this book lies in its exquisite and three-dimensional description of so-called "low-level martial arts" and "low-level cultivation." Reading about the Foundation Establishment stage at White Bone Temple even evokes a sense of dread, making it incredibly vivid and concrete.

Only then did I discover the origin of the work's synopsis. Zhang Dai, a literary figure from the late Ming Dynasty (remember watching the snow at Huxinting?), Wrote a piece titled "My Own Epitaph": "In his youth, he was a spoiled young master, extremely fond of extravagance, fine houses, beautiful maids, handsome boys, fine clothes, delicious food, fine horses, lanterns, fireworks..."

Here are three suggestions for the author: 1) You've already reached the stage of battling with Nascent Soul cultivators. Try to finish the story within 3-5 chapters. At a pace of one chapter per day, you should be able to finish it within a week, which would be a good ending and a clean break.

I only update half of the content every night, which is criticized and disapproved of by many. The writer schemes to get full attendance; readers, please don't blame the writer for being greedy. Writing during the day and after get off work, it's quite difficult to update once a day. The world is full of trivial matters, and every little thing has to be done.

I really regret subscribing to the whole thing. You've turned a cultivation story into a demonic one. The soul is implanted with a ghostly spirit root, the body is replaced with demonic blood. What kind of cultivation is this? Even demonic cultivation is better than this.

Magical artifact: The Secret Within an Orange. It resembles an orange on the outside, but its inner white pith is inscribed with an array. Its function is to dispel stagnation and suppress evil energy. The orange segments can be filled with spiritual energy stones to power the array, or used as containers to store evil and impure energy.

Born into the eerie White Bone Temple, the protagonist's actions are remarkably ruthless, already displaying the makings of a nascent demon, and even venturing into the inhuman realm. However, due to his strong affinity for immortality and possession of celestial talismans, his path holds hidden potential, for even unorthodox methods can become the path to immortality.

The writing is too disorganized, and the pacing is far too slow. Simultaneously cultivating four paths—immortal, martial, poison, and sword—is pointless and doesn't even qualify as a dark fantasy; it's more of a profit-driven narrative. Furthermore, the protagonist is sometimes a saintly figure and sometimes ruthlessly decisive, with excessive focus on the female supporting characters. The plot is also repetitive and formulaic.