The Beloved Demon Venerable Doesn't Need Women

I'm promoting my own completed novel, a million-word harem novel titled "Forced by Life," which you can see by clicking on my profile picture. It's a complete harem story with a happy ending, though there are some sad parts. It's all about violence and the female lead will fight back. Sorry if this bothers you.

Similar to the first reader's opinion, I believe the introduction of the character Yao Yao significantly disrupted the novel's original rhythm and style. Most readers likely wanted to see the romances between the protagonist and the various female characters, but Yao Yao's appearance immediately dominated the narrative, shifting the focus too far. While Yao Yao's presence indirectly explained the protagonist's time travel and gave the first female character a reason to continue existing, her role was diluted to merely a sexual function. Undoubtedly, Yao Yao's arrival slowed down the overall pace, completely negating the already weak villainous character of the protagonist, leaving the protagonist without a villainous protagonist...

Hmm, this is my first book review, please forgive any shortcomings. I've been reading this book recently and I feel I have to say a few things, which can also be considered as suggestions from readers. ① The early chapters are really well-written, both in terms of character development and plot progression; it's a masterpiece. The male protagonist calls himself a scumbag. Unlike other novels on Pineapple Bun that feature self-proclaimed villainous protagonists who act like normal people, Qin Cheng shows us through his actions that he's indeed not a good person. But what I like most about him is: even though he's not very strong after being reborn, he clashes with Yu Zhe, and even when he's outmatched, he shows no cowardice. "Even if you can bite off a piece of my flesh, I'll make you pay..."

January 22, 2020. If anyone is interested, you can check out my comments from back then. I had predicted this all along. Putting everything else aside, if it had stayed true to the initial urban slice-of-life story, it would have been a sure thing. Now? Heh, whether it falls apart later or not, I know it myself.

You insist on forcing fantasy elements into a perfectly good harem urban novel. You can't write battles, but you insist on writing them. Wouldn't it be better to just focus on developing more female characters and writing the romance scenes that you're good at?

The Heavenly Palace made me lose my mind. Two novels?

I've seen many people giving it low ratings lately, saying the plot is bad and the characters are broken, but for me, it's very enjoyable to read. There are more and more surprises. This book doesn't have a very large main plot; it's basically a series of daily life events connected by subplots. It's fun to read about the various strange and funny daily life scenes. It feels like the main plot of the Heavenly Palace is there to give each interesting segment a reasonable explanation and a normal development. It's a casual read, you can stop and start as you like, without the frustration of waiting for daily updates. You don't have to constantly look forward to the next bit of the story. Reading it little by little each day is very enjoyable. And the surprises I got were mainly in the later parts, where there were suddenly many things I liked...

The beginning was good, but then the Heavenly Palace appeared, followed by the brain-dead humanoid machine Yao Yao, and now they've started playing with nested dolls—four nested dolls already! Urban setting nests within Heavenly Palace, Heavenly Palace within Gunfire, Gunfire within a small world. The author must have run out of ideas; the plot is incredibly confusing. The protagonist is supposed to be invincible after three months, but that's not even the beginning! Then he participates in some imperial war, enters some small world, gets some kind of strategy mission, and keeps wiping people out of thin air. Is the author contradicting the established rules? Even the Heavenly Palace itself is afraid of the invincible protagonist; the strongest cultivator, Xia Yinliu, is completely crushed. I was thinking Xia Yinliu was supposed to be the strongest, since she was constantly described as invincible in the beginning...

Waaah, Nan finally updated! You must have had a hard time getting fucked all the time next door.

Author, what's wrong? If you've been arrested, just blink.