Arcane Radiance, Shining Eternal

Upon reaching chapter 119, I suddenly understood what I had been wondering about. Many of the initial comments stated that while the premise was interesting, the writing style was somewhat immature. In fact, the author's descriptions of the younger characters often felt somewhat jarring.

At first, seeing that the protagonist was an illegitimate child, I thought he would go through the path of knighthood to obtain a title and become a mage/wizard. But wow, he directly saves the world and breaks free from its confines! I initially thought it would be another story of a mage tower, a floating city, and a medieval mage breaking through the world, but it's actually incredibly sci-fi…

What makes this book special is that it doesn't suppress the protagonist for the sake of plot.

I just hope that if floating cities are really developed, they won't be treated as slow troop transports. I don't expect them to be like Macross, but at least they should be like Marvel airships, or even just like WWII gunboats. I've seen too many stories about building floating cities that are worse than just chopping things up with a kitchen knife. It's so lame.

I couldn't take it anymore when I got to the part about the Elven Mother Tree. I'd been pondering for ages why this novel, with its decent premise, few major plot holes, and relatively good pacing, felt so awkward to me. Then it dawned on me: the Arcane Empire's behavior was utterly disgusting, hypocritical and self-serving.

The most exciting storyline for arcane sorcerers is probably when the protagonist ventures into the astral plane (dimensional plane) and wages war against countless civilizations, races, and even gods. The most famous arcane sorcerer is probably the arcane empire of Netheril, which at its peak captured gods as experimental subjects.

I've currently read up to chapter 290, just reached the Hellish Great World Cluster. I don't think this book is as bad as some reviews suggest; it's still readable. It borrows elements from many other books, including the framework of *The Wizard's Journey*, the Douluo Continent academy competition plot, and elements of the supernatural, games, and collecting.

Just saw the Gods' Laboratory The protagonist of this book is my favorite among the "researcher type" protagonists in recent years. He is not emotionally detached like the protagonists in wizarding stories, he is ruthless when dealing with enemies, he is not a self-righteous saint, and he is not arrogant and looks down on his mentor, or treats the mentor-student relationship as a transaction.

What arcane mage? They're just mechanics, judging them by their arcane forges without even looking at the protagonist's system panel. Are they nuclear forges? An arcane shield generator without the arcane element is just a shield generator. Lots of mechanical creations in the book are just reskinned versions, and the descriptions are all mechanical, lacking any sense of mystery or fantasy.

This novel is alright, why are so many people criticizing it?