Immortal and Undying, Starting with a Blessed Grotto

A Nascent Soul Stage 5 Body Cultivator can exert the force of ten thousand jin with a mere wave of their hand... This... I could understand ten thousand jin for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but this is the strength of a Nascent Soul Stage 5 Body Cultivator? 😰😰😰

A pill for the Qi Refining level requires over seventy Chinese medicinal herbs? Seriously? A Manchu Han Imperial Feast?! 😅

I genuinely think it's well-written, but it still revolves around the same old issue of cultivation levels. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry who meets the protagonist experiences a sudden surge in cultivation. If it were a case of having resources, that would be one thing, but for those without resources, it's an automatic boost to aptitude—a buff I think is prevalent in many books. 😰

Let me just say this briefly: Some plot points feel illogical, perhaps due to weak early setups that make the story unconvincing to readers. For example, the villain's possession plot—a Foundation Establishment cultivator only possesses a small amount of spiritual consciousness; possession is usually a skill of Yin Spirits or Nascent Soul cultivators, or some kind of Primordial Spirit.

The writing style and the protagonist's personality are both good, but the plot is too clichéd. In this alchemist's path, any pill or elixir is incredibly rare and expensive. Each stage requires different pills. Before the protagonist reaches a certain cultivation level, the formulas for Foundation Establishment Pills, Golden Core Pills, and Nascent Soul Pills are kept secret, and the ingredients…

Now, let me share my impressions of the Nascent Soul stage. The writing is quite good, and the power system, setting, and world-building are all quite impressive. It feels like the plot, with the creation of clones, is hindering the main character's cultivation level. The alt accounts can't use cheat codes, so it doesn't have the feel of the old farming and leveling-up system anymore; it's completely turned into a ruins-based game.

I read 200 chapters and found it rather pointless. The cultivators in it are idle and don't focus on their cultivation; they're always running around outside. Even the three Nascent Soul sects are useless. The Demonic Sect was riddled with holes on its own territory, and it took them ages to realize what was happening.

The beginning was great, and the protagonist's overpowered abilities were decent. But after the creation of the clones, the story became bland and uninteresting, so I stopped at the extraterrestrial chapters. Starting from the Nascent Soul stage, the protagonist's methods become simpler, and his combat techniques become mediocre.

The protagonist attains enlightenment through martial arts! He doesn't have mixed spiritual roots, nor does he possess pseudo-spiritual roots; he has no spiritual roots at all, making him a purely mortal. Therefore, the author provides him with a "golden finger"—a blessed land—allowing him to enter the Innate Realm with a mortal body.

It's normal for martial arts to exist in the world of immortals and heroes. Even in the world of low-level martial arts, the combat power should not be underestimated. However, there is a difference between immortals and mortals. The strength and advantages of cultivating immortality are too great, and it also grants immortality.