Am I the Evildoer?

Information

Status

Cancelled

Year

2022

Author

TeaCup

• Chapter 12 - Hei Yu's first defeat
  Apr 3, 2022
• Chapter 11 - Childhood Crush
  Apr 1, 2022
• Chapter 10 - Hei Yu's Blood Thirst
  Mar 30, 2022
• Chapter 9 - Treasures to the East
  Mar 28, 2022
• Chapter 8 - Qin Yao' Amusement
  Mar 27, 2022
• Chapter 7 - First Cultivation Session
  Mar 25, 2022
• Chapter 6 - The Blood Moon Cultivation Sutra.
  Mar 23, 2022
• Chapter 5 - Blessing & Intrigue
  Mar 19, 2022
• Chapter 4 - Zhong Xian's Death
  Mar 17, 2022
• Chapter 3 - Shopkeeper Song
  Mar 16, 2022
• Chapter 2 - Blackwater Town
  Mar 11, 2022
• Chapter 1 - Best Victim Yet
  Mar 10, 2022
• Prologue - Death & Reincarnation
  Mar 6, 2022

Reviews

Community Reviews(7)

• IanFlatRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I wouldn't have expected the first sequence in the Prologue to work for me, but it did. It's the right length; enough to orient me to Qin Yao without getting dull or repetitive. I like her self-justification (no idea if it's actually justified; I hope not!), too. The whole thing grounded me in the 'normal' world well enough that the next sequence came an effective shock.
  And an enjoyable one. I really like the 'gamification of reincarnation' concept. I've never seen that before; very clever. And set in a night market is good, too.
  The red-haired man's arrival moves things along quickly, and 'I want you to do something for me' being answered immediately by 'sure' made me smile. Hey, it's better than hell, what's she gonna day, start arguing?
  I almost never like Prologues, but I liked this one. It's pacey and interesting, and adds just the right about of information, novelty, and mystery.
• CKJ5Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Story 5/5: Am I an evildoer is a cultivation, high-fantasy novel. The MC of Am I am evildoer, Qin Yao, is a serial killer from the 21st century who was resurrected after her execution for her crimes. She quickly adapts to her surroundings and begins killing again. Her actions force her uncle, Zhong Xian, to confront her. After Qin easily dispatches the cultivator, she stumbles upon a boon for herself. I found the overall premise to be very engaging.
  Style 5/5: The story is told from a third-person narrative, something that I  enjoy. The author uses the third-person narrative to show Qin's twisted quirks well.
  Grammar 4.5/5: There were a few typos in the earlier chapters. After that, I did not find anything glaringly wrong and found the writing easy to follow.
  Character 4/5: Qin is an interesting character. I found myself rooting for her as I did for characters like Tony Soprano or Dexter Morgan. The issue I did have is that everything happens too smoothly for her. She kills a cultivator, who had her dead to rights with incredible ease. Immediately after that, she gets a blessing from seemingly being in the right place at the right time. It never feels like she might get in trouble because she gets out of all her problems in half a chapter. I did not read the entire series yet, so that might change.
  Overall 4.5/5: Am I am Evildoer is a nice, well-written page-turner. That is entertaining and easy to get into.
• HollexRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  Honestly it is not a masterpiece, it has problems with coherence, characters, romance or events and it is clear that the author has good ideas but is a beginner.
  But even so, I would have liked him to continue the story, it's quite interesting and it goes out of the typical Xianxia conventions. If you really like Female protagonists, intelligent, evil and without being too OP as well as the theme of Xianxia and the Yuri (Girls Love). Then I would really recommend this story, if it wasn't abandoned.
  In my opinion there should be more stories of this type.
• luda305Royal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  The story premise is what it says on the can. A serial killer from Earth reincarnates in a xianxia world. She gains a demonic technique/inheritance, and pretty much goes on a killing rampage to gain power and cultivate. On a scale of 1 to 10 evil, she's a complete 10.  She's evil, she likes that she's evil, and in her free time, her hobby is evil. If you don't like purely evil protagonists (I don't), you probably won't enjoy this story.
  There are two significant writing flaws that lead to my score.
  First, the protagonist is an evil Mary Sue. Everything falls into place at just the right time, and she executes everything perfectly (or better) the first time.  For instance, as far as I can tell, in about 24 hours, she jumps 7 levels in Qi Refinement. And her demon cultivating grandpa happens to be in the area and guides her to his inheritance. Etc.
  Second, the writing style can be a little rough at times. Stilted language, awkward phrasing, unnecessary exposition.... There's nothing too egregious, but it's a consistent level of background noise that makes it hard to keep turning the pages.
  Also, as far as I can tell, the synopsis doesn't directly relate to the story. It gives you a sense of the protagonist's character, but that's it. (Also, there's a typo in the synopsis: xianixa).
• IllthylianRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Though I'm familiar with the term 'Cultivation' and the stories on Royal Road surrounding it, this was the first I have ever read, and I feel that may have been a mistake.  The style and grammar of this story isn't anything bad, it's pretty standard and though sentences can run on, they still communicate well enough the point they're going for.  However even a few chapters in, I could tell I was missing something, and after six or seven chapters, I finally figured out what it was.
  There's a convention in a lot of media that you will get more out of a genre if you are familiar with that genre.  Tropes in fiction, or easy shorthand in music like using the dies irae to communicate a sense of impending death.  Things you include for experienced members who will catch and see them and go 'Oh, yeah, I get it!'  These things, however, are used because they function fine on their own without any outside knowledge.  You don't need to understand the term 'Chekov's Gun' to laugh or nod when someone finally pulls the gun off the mantle and uses it.  This fiction, it seems, is loaded with shorthand for Cultivation fictions, and the author happily rattles off terms and drops comments like "This is [character], and [character] has also unlocked their 5th gate."  Presumably, this means something.  But the issue is that, to a reader unfamiliar with the genre, it means absolutely nothing.  If this story is meant to be only for people experienced with the genre, fantastic, but there is a shocking lack of explanation or attention given to actually rounding out the world, on par with some of the more basic isekai/dungeonLIT stories that simply expects the reader to already know how these stories work before reading.  A lot probably will, but many who are looking for an actual story will be driven away by the absolute lack of worldbuilding.
  And, sadly for this fiction, the other two aspects that might grab a reader like character and story are also not exactly the best formulated.  The s
• KazorhRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Since the reviews seem to be about the early story, I'll say this so people might not be so surprised: there's a pretty brutal swerve halfway through the story. Demon grandpa be like "surprise, my dao isn't actually about murder, it's about willpower!" despite totally having encouraged people to murder each other just before, the MC decides to be less murderous to defy fate or something, and she ends up making genuine connections with people, considering them true friends, and even helps someone at no particular benefit to herself.
  Which isn't necessarily a bad story, and she doesn't stop being a generally ruthless person, it's just not what seemed to be coming at first. After reading the last few chapters, comparing them to the synopsis and the early chapters where the MC gleefuly murders hobos to create a demonic artifact, the tone is obviously different, it's quite baffling. I can only assume the author didn't have a clear idea of what they wanted to write at first.
  Either way, the story is no hidden gem, it's got a number of problems, some of which have already been mentioned in other reviews, but it was entertaining enough, and it ends on a good stopping point so it being on hiatus (at the time of writing this review, anyway) isn't too grating.
• Sam TolanRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  I love villains and I adore villain protagonists. Give me complicated characters, those who want to challenge the world or who want to burn it all. I want to feel for these characters who are so often more alive than the far more heroic characters could ever hope to be.
  This story tested my love for villains by showing an obvious Villain Sue.
  Like it sounds, a Villain Sue is a subtype of the infamous Mary Sue and Gary Stus and they love to be evil.
  This character type generally shows up as an author's wish fulfillment to be evil.
  They are generally given great powers and abilities to be a more credible threat to the protagonists and make their inevitable downfall sweeter. A true Villain Sue will probably fail, however, and may even win over the heroes, destroying them and undoing everything they did, and so on.
  The villain protagonist here is pretty much perfect. Nothing major goes wrong and everything falls into her lap with ease. There are far too many coincidences and there is no way she should be growing so strong, so quickly. It makes me worried about future conflicts. The way people react to her is pretty terrible too and the world seems to bend to her will.
  I was reading this and just cringed at what was happening. I had hoped for some kind of nuance to this but this is more than a letdown than I had initially thought.
  The writing style is rough and reads like a fan translation of a xianxia. There are a lot of issues with grammar, the robotic dialogue, and other consistent issues that take me out of trying to read this story.
  The synopsis doesn't relate to the story and reads more like a translation especially since it reveals things that happen later on in the description.
  I never cared for that kind of thing admittingly, but this was especially bothersome.
  I had hopes for this story, but I regretfully had been led astray by my love of this kind of character. I don't know if it was the story itself or my expectations that left it as a sour read, but all I ca