Cultivation Begins with Heaven Rewarding Hard Work

The beginning was passable; although the protagonist didn't buy any pills or rare treasures to increase his combat power, he still learned almost all the cultivation techniques. It was filler, but at least it was for the protagonist's own benefit. However, later on, it was just constant practice of techniques and helping friends achieve Foundation Establishment.

The biggest flaw in this book is that, for the sake of character development, the protagonist constantly takes a mortal on trips, even extending her lifespan by over 300 years. Every time they settle on an island, to keep their secrets hidden, it's always two people and a bird. If you and the bird are gone for 8-10 years at a time, even a secluded retreat on the island would take years.

The previous text consistently emphasized how incredibly difficult Foundation Establishment was, but now, people even remotely connected to the protagonist are easily achieving it with his help. What kind of nonsense is this? Even a babysitter wouldn't act like this! This is outrageous! There's a reason why their grades are poor.

This book is about a protagonist who always acts like a pushover, supporting those who previously looked down on him. The protagonist is indeed a very good person, so good that he's naive enough not to be taken advantage of and can be friends with anyone.

You say he's cowardly, not daring to reveal anything, hiding everything. The problem is that even though he's cowardly, so many people want to kill him, and they keep threatening to harm him with Golden Core cultivation. It was okay at first, but I couldn't stand it later. With that skill, there are so many other things he could do.

You have a cheat code that grants permanent certification, yet you still need to use a Breakthrough Pill that overdraws your potential after breaking through to the 7th level of Qi Refining. What's the use of your cheat code?

Personal preferences vary, but I love reading novels where characters quietly hone their ordinary skills. Some novels just throw around all sorts of overpowered abilities, making it seem like knowledge is free and cultivation is as easy as drinking water. In reality, it's difficult for ordinary, low-level cultivators to achieve anything they want.

Books on mastering these skills go into great detail before Foundation Establishment, yet Foundation Establishment still requires using boiled eggs—is there really no hurdle that can't be overcome once proven? Isn't that contradictory? Then it gets worse as it goes on, usually ending before reaching Ascension! Similar books are all like this, even the best ones are like this; they're practically all from the same template.

It was clearly a good book in its early stages, what a pity. As someone with a cheat code who could have easily survived, the protagonist was forced to marry a mortal woman to win him over, and he did it, becoming her concubine and sharing the wedding night. What happens to this person afterward? Just abandon her? No matter how you write it, it's a flaw for the readers. I'm speechless.

What I find most absurd is that a late-stage Core Formation cultivator and a late-stage Golden Core cultivator target the protagonist, a seemingly useless person with five spiritual roots, someone who doesn't even have a chance to break through to the mid-stage Foundation Establishment—at least that's how it appears to outsiders. Then, these two near-peak late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators target this seemingly useless person, and it all seems so inexplicable and divine.