Dominating All Starts with Mastering the Health Fist

I'm having a reading slump and wanted to read some horizontally-oriented books. I listened to audiobooks for ages and now I'm thinking of crowdfunding some money to send the authors to Chinese language tutoring classes...

I've read at least 40 books with this kind of opening, and it's 100% guaranteed to be abandoned.

This novel completely lacks sophistication. Sophistication is paramount in a novel. A Golden Core cultivator is so weak, what's the point? I think a Golden Core cultivator should at least have the ability to unleash a palm strike covering hundreds of meters. A Nascent Soul cultivator should be even more powerful. In many novels, Nascent Soul avatars are afraid to even enter a volcano.

The world has become this wretched state entirely of their own making. Those who reach the Golden Core stage dare to call themselves Immortal Lords, and those who reach the Nascent Soul stage dare to call themselves Immortal Venerables. They dare to do such taboo things, and they definitely deserve to be dealt with by the powerful Immortal Venerables who pass through this world.

The muscular physique is great, and the rotating magnetic field is even more visually appealing, but the protagonist's vengefulness is just too strong, to the point of seeming almost insane. He truly doesn't let revenge linger. Take Liu Yuntao, for example.

I couldn't continue reading after the third chapter. On one hand, the official government uses "evil calamity" as a year name, but on the other hand, it seems like they're afraid people will know about the evil spirits. The entire book's premise is flawed.

I'm puzzled. We've already added some, why do we need any secret medicine? They've already added points, what's the point of training and enlightenment? Killing ghosts and leveling up is very simple.

I disliked the protagonist's vindictive and selfish personality, so I dropped the book after reading chapter 214.

Please, please stop with the protagonist having no inherent talent but just practicing martial arts and using his muscle to dominate everything. I've read over ten of these kinds of stories, and all they do is max out martial arts skills. It's disgusting. It's really tiresome.

Do people not need brains to write books these days? Is "pushing through the ranks" just reckless brute force? Adding a stat point is considered risky, but preparing beforehand to replenish energy is forbidden. It's all about taking risks, about leveling up first, about waiting. Frankly, I think even a pig with a brain is better than your protagonist. With that kind of brain, how can he survive?