Transcending from the Start: I Created the Abyss and the Netherworld

I once read a novel where, after several hundred chapters, the protagonist became invincible, transcended into the real world, killed the author, possessed the author's body, and then, based on the origin of his transcendence, gradually cultivated himself to become real.

I don't understand what the author was thinking. Giving the protagonist such a huge power-up, yet simultaneously suppressing his strength. The protagonist then goes around causing trouble for himself. I really don't understand. Either you should be more decisive.

Having read the author's previous book and then this one, I'll share my personal assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. The strength is that the author's imagination remains as boundless as ever, and the logic is tight. However, the weakness, like before, can be summed up in three words: too verbose. It's not exactly filler; filler is just padding.

Personally, I think the underworld is rather inefficient. Sending someone there to make soup requires giving them the soup as well; it's almost better to just inject them directly, and be careful they don't drink it all. The underworld uses a streamlined process to reincarnate ghosts. Merit and achievements in life are scored, and this score is used as currency to choose which reincarnation to receive.

These two are quite audacious, actually trying to investigate the secrets of the Netherworld. While the protagonist's version isn't yet as powerful as the legends suggest, since the aim is to create something like the legends, there are still certain taboos to be observed.

The character started with three powerful cheat codes: a transcendent source of power born from illusion, and two sources of time-space reincarnation. Yet, these cheat codes couldn't even strengthen the soul of an ordinary person. In fact, instead of strengthening the soul, they nearly destroyed it. I didn't read any further. Once I got this far, I knew the author's writing wasn't very good.

I noticed that the author's books mostly start from the perspective of the soul and mind, gradually extending to the body, reality, and later to the myriad worlds, which makes them somewhat homogenous. However, each book features different imaginative ideas, which can be considered quite imaginative.

The author's skill level is insufficient, the plot is poor, the writing style is bad (wordy), the imagination is limited, and the scope is small. The behind-the-scenes story feels like a simplistic novel about fortunes changing over time, lacking any sense of a wise and powerful mastermind.

If the story is about the protagonist acting behind the scenes, then the protagonist shouldn't always be the one to do the dirty work. If they can take down the enemy from behind the scenes, they shouldn't be in the public eye (although the protagonist hides their face in front of others, the reading experience doesn't have that satisfying feeling of solving problems from behind the scenes).

The beginning seemed so sophisticated! But after reading a few chapters, it was just awful! I promptly dropped the book.