Making Lies Come True: Tricking Laozi into Cultivating Immortality from the Start

Some of the flaws are that in the second chapter, the protagonist is a centenarian, yet not many people know him; and in the third chapter, he starts rehashing the creation myth of Pangu, effectively turning this book from a promising read into a mediocre one. Later, some readers even said it was increasingly resembling the prehistoric fantasy genre, yet the author continues to deny it.

That's it. The author has no idea what readers want to see. Readers aren't here to see the protagonist display superhuman power, nor are they here to read thousands of words of plagiarized Taoist texts. They want to see how these sages behave after truly transcending the ordinary. They want to see them establish sects and their actions. You don't understand what to write.

I don't understand. Why can't the protagonist just write himself into a myth, portraying himself as the reincarnation of a sage or great being, completing some mission to spread knowledge, thereby gaining the power of his past life, restoring his divine strength, and ascending to heaven in one step?

I hope it's authentic mythology, not some primordial mythology. [Nuwa], [Fuxi], [Dayi], etc., Are all ancient sages and saints, not some witches or demons from the primordial era.

Well, there are some major problems. Within the first 100 chapters, it's mostly just following the established storyline, or rather, the time span for a civilization with cultivation is too short—10 or 20 years at a time, and these are huge, far-fetched leaps. Also, the characters are completely undeveloped, very flat. Characters like Lao Tzu and Confucius aren't well-written either.

The writing style is problematic. It's neither a behind-the-scenes story nor an ensemble piece. Why does it keep focusing on the protagonist? If you're writing about the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, aren't you trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Hundred Schools of Thought? Why is there so little writing about them, and so much emphasis on things like "divine thought" or "this moment"—there are hundreds, if not thousands, of such phrases.

The first chapter establishes a scholarly and eccentric persona through scientific knowledge, while the next chapter popularizes feudal superstition, much like how Marxist-Leninist leaders sing praises of God before a meeting.

This author keeps filling in prehistoric settings, then keeps saying "I didn't do it!" Seriously...

When it was still unchanged at the beginning, it was probably a cosmic worldview, right? Then it was changed to a mythological worldview. How would the outer starry sky change then? Did Pangu only create the world within the scope of Earth, or did the entire universe change together?

The author makes a factual error: the pyramids in South America are the Aztec Temples, which were first built during the Song Dynasty, not even dating back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. You're mistaken; they're not that ancient.