The Hidden Mysteries of the Great Dao
大道秘辛
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.5M Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Xuanhuan
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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The beginning of this book was alright, but it started to fall into clichés later on. The worst part is that it's only a little over 100,000 words long. You should at least lure people in and sell it to them. I initially thought it might be a top-notch, eerie and mysterious story, but the mess they made after contacting the official organization was really annoying.
The first 20-33 chapters were very well written. However, the later chapters became just another ordinary urban fantasy story. This kind of formula has been overused and lacks any originality. You could say that the first 20 chapters had the potential to become a masterpiece, but after that, it felt like the author was simply writing for the sake of making money. It was a commercially driven, feel-good story, or even a studio-produced work.
If a logical loop cannot be formed, wouldn't I be wary of you if I asked you to translate something important?
[Spoiler Alert] Statistics on the Realms and Stars in the Book
It is mainly used to facilitate the viewing of the abilities of each realm. Most of the descriptions are from the original text, with a small portion filled in by the author based on their own performance. The seven levels of teaching are ordered from lowest to highest, while the pseudo-realms have no clear order (in fact, they are adjusted based on the length of the descriptive text), and the…
It made me laugh.
Is someone targeting the author? It seems like someone's trying to smear him. All these negative reviews are the same. I haven't even read the book yet, and it's making me hesitant. Should I read this one or not? I'll just add it to my bookshelf first.
This book is at least a good one, and some of the inexplicable criticisms in the comments section are truly baffling. I hope everyone can appreciate it slowly and carefully.
Once you encounter the official source, there's no need to watch anymore; it feels like the person in charge has been replaced—the difference is too great.
The writing was really good before encountering the official source, but it completely changed after that. Especially the part about entering the training base, it was like a typical light novel plot, a real waste of the subject matter.
Has this book been rewritten? Why is there such a huge difference between the beginning and the end? What's the difference between the later parts and those wish-fulfillment leveling-up novels? There are so many similar ones... I could even make up the later parts for you...