Immortality Begins with Smiling Proudly

The author's writing skills are undeniable, but their character and behavior are truly questionable. You can find the author constantly criticizing others in every negative review. I don't know if they're doing this for a living or for fame; with this kind of behavior, it's no wonder their work remains lukewarm.

The only part of the novel that's worth reading is The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. But the part about The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is full of filler words to boost subscriptions. The original Green Willow Manor is stretched into five long chapters, with long passages of self-righteous psychological descriptions.

The guy Xiao Ao was just putting on a pretentious speech the whole time, then got hit by a hidden weapon from Songshan and acted all "indignant." It was so frustrating to watch, I left.

I thought they wouldn't fawn over Ren Yingying? Turns out they've got it all figured out, and look how disgusting it is! But if you don't watch it, you feel like you're missing out. It was fine that you accepted Yue Lingshan and Liu Zhengfeng's daughter in the beginning, but then you rejected them and now you're fawning over Ren Yingying. You're really schizophrenic.

It's so sour, so urgent, and I have a serious case of being a pretentious, artsy type.

Everything else was fine, but the later chapters with Zhao Min were so problematic they almost made me give up. It's not that they couldn't include her, they clearly wanted to, but the problem was that every other chapter there was this whole "destined for each other" thing about Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, with all this talk about Xiao Xiao, mysterious and unpredictable. Seriously?

I'm opening a comment section for new readers. This is an author skilled at storytelling. This is a work that leans towards an ensemble cast. If you don't like the treacherous world of martial arts, you can leave now, because this world isn't for you. If you prefer light novels where the protagonist's actions don't change the story, you can also look elsewhere, because you won't understand it.

In my opinion, martial arts, as Chicken Cha said, can be summed up in eight words: "Love and righteousness, lawlessness and unbridled behavior." In my opinion, the author's writing style is too much of an imitation of Jin Yong's. At first glance, the protagonist seems to have a smooth and successful life, but in reality, he's incredibly frustrated.

Having followed the updates to the latest chapter 37, I feel I have the right to comment on the book's quality. (The reason I mention which chapter I've reached is to prevent those time-travel police and a bunch of haters from flooding the comments section.) First of all, the author's descriptions of the characters' inner thoughts and the causes and consequences of events are very detailed.

The beginning was good, resolving the Lin and Liu families' affairs in a way that was in line with the martial arts world, and portraying the protagonist as resourceful. However, things went wrong later on. The setting of the cultivation ground on the mountaintop, the failure to notice Zuo Lengchan's actions, the forced ambush, the indebtedness, and the entire process of meeting Ren Yingying all…