After the Stand-In Protagonist Retired, the Female Lead Quit

Terrible, boring. The beginning of the plot focuses on the muscular men on the island, but the plot development and the female lead's characterization are completely terrible...

I've read more than halfway through, about 300,000 words... Well, the initial impression was okay, but around the halfway point, the characters became increasingly annoying. The male lead's problem is he's too weak. He's incredibly weak, extremely weak. After 300,000 words, it feels like he can't beat anyone he fights or even encounters. Seriously, dude, this isn't a story about a protagonist who's constantly abused, is it? At least give him some characters he can actually fight! It's either a yandere who's trying to calm down and a seemingly useless character who's suddenly reversing his fate, or a powerful, oppressive sect leader, or some meddlesome fortune teller. And the female leads are even worse—repetitive and obsessive, they can't fight if you don't listen to them, and they even like...

It's rare to see a harem novel with such poor plot points.

My only two desires are for pineapple buns; I just hope they don't get abandoned.

There are quite a few concubines in this harem. Actually, you don't need to write too much. Just focus on developing the existing female leads well. I also quite like the little fox girl. Finally, I want to see Lord Bai Feng!

I've read a little over half of it, and putting aside the issue of avoiding triggers, I'm still unsure which characters qualify as female leads. What I find offensive is the protagonist's personality—he's far too saintly. When someone attacks and severely injures both the female lead and the protagonist, well, he just laughs it off; when they're escaping, someone frames them, almost wiping them all out, and the female lead only saves them when she's unconscious; then when another female lead seeks revenge, he again laughs it off? You're truly invincible then.

It's really padded, especially the Secret Realm chapters. To put it nicely, you could understand the plot in one out of five chapters. To put it bluntly, isn't this just a pure money grab? Is it written with AI? Before I subscribed, it was good, but after I paid, oh my god, it's so padded, and the plot is frustrating. Every misunderstanding is never resolved. No, you can't keep using misunderstandings to drive the plot forward, can you?

The problem is that the plot lacks a clear focus. Your saintess has been captured, and then you're leisurely strolling around shopping, and one thing is barely halfway through before another pops up, making the plot very disjointed and disjointed.

A harem?

So many characters have already appeared in just the second volume! I'm a traditionalist who focuses on one main character per volume. While there's a clear main plot, the writing is haphazard and disjointed. It seems like everyone gets a little introduction and character development, but the overall effect isn't great. Especially the chapter "Searching for the Missing Jiaoren Saintess"—just as the main plot is about to reach its climax, a plot hole is suddenly planted, making me think the author hasn't planned the narrative pace at all, just taking it one step at a time, giving the impression of "not knowing how to continue the plot today, just trying to get by." Even the bizarre subplot of a junior sister from a certain sect searching for a senior brother surnamed Lei...