Consuming Earths, Devouring Skies

Self-Published

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Description

In the myriad realms, legends rise and fall in the countless eras.

Yan Zaizen, a frail youth with an unfortunate history, meets one of these legends. Will this change his common destiny to something greater?

The story of a boy that just wants a peacefully lavish life with money, amazing food, and a beautiful woman to love.

The story of the heavens that laughs at this.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: KevinAscending

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
Followers: 930
Views: 1,512,675

Chapters(221 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

wrightlRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love this story! It is like a typical Xianxia, but with a few twists to make it more enjoyable for a western audience. It has far less filler, with chapter 82 correlating to around chapter 400 in a typical Xianxia, and the world seems relatively well thought out, it is clear that there are more details about the world that aren't being told to avoid an overly large info dump, but it doesn't feel like the Author ever pulls things out of his ass.
There are a few downsides typical to web novels, the grammar is pretty good but not professional quality by any means, and the characters aren't really well fleshed out (still better than a typical web novel).
Ultimately I would recommend this story to anyone who likes Xianxia stories, as it feels like a well-executed no-fluff Xianxia with a western twist.
blacknmild611Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Excellent story. (sofar 6-3-18) ch.103
very good read for a OP MC; non-arrogant but cold type; wuxia-style; 0 to Hero story.
As it stands I only question why he didn't meet his conflicted love interest already but the arc is taking care of that.
Very few obvious plot holes, I was curious why the Bow was in the wall of the mine shaft rather then the bottom, or why he didn't meet his clan & conflicted love interest earlier... but the truth of his powers and his parents have not been revealed yet.
Story's start might be cliche a little but the path it took is great. Especially a one with full of twists and great content and some adult reality which I appreciate.
Style and grammar are decent, not without a mistake but I didn't notice any obvious one.
Story is properly driven by the characters instead of narrative. All of them have their own agenda and plans which is excellent. don't skip around because minor charcters start the ball rolling on alot of the action plot points.
tenaciouspfcRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is awesome. Read it. The MC may seem a bit obnoxious at first but he undergoes great character developement and it turns this story into an addictive read.
AseloRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story is good; however, I have noticed that as a cultivation novel it somewhat fails. Not only does the main character grow as a person, but he also makes intelligent informed decisions and doesn't arrogantly try to take revenge on people with backgrounds much stronger than him. These are obviously not things that should usually be in a cultivation novel based on the Chinese cultivation novels I have read. Still a great novel though and I do recommend it if you can stomach character growth and intelligent main characters.
ReddoNagaiyoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This has gotta be one of the best novels out in this site, fast releases with zero grammatical errors.
The story is really interesting as well, definitely worth reading.
RikocetRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A 'Xianxia' masterpiece, written in english! 160 chapters posted so far.
Very minor grammatical issues, well thought out characters and great usage of every device introduced to the story. Not at all what you'd expect to see in a cultivation novel. For example experts of the same level are unwilling to start a bone deep blood feud over the smallest thing and actually respect the potential threat of their enemies. When necessary they are willing to make small concessions and lose a bit of 'face' (WHAT?!?). It does an amazing job building tension and making you empathize with the characters if you resist the urge to binge read through it.
Some of the previous reviews really don't do this story justice. As Freeloader said they may turn you off calling it generic and shallow with plot holes etc. but I don't believe those people gave it a proper chance or maybe this isn't their type of novel.
This is the kind of novel you have to actually do a bit of thinking and can use your imagination to tailor the story to your liking (though not at the level of a translated Xianxia where you have to fill in the gaps because it just doesn't make sense). The reason I say that is because there aren't 7 chapters in a row dedicated to some pointless scene in the past to 'build character', the pacing is fast where it needs to be and slows down when necessary as well. You're given enough information to deduce his reasoning and emotions pretty well.
The rewards system on patreon is done well and there are a lot of advanced chapters you can get once you're addicted. Can't wait to read more :)
alfredoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Dude, your work is absolutely awesome. The writing is linear, clean and devoid of any error (as far as i can notice). The story flows like a river, not stopping even once and not giving even for a second the boredom and that sense of repetition typical of wuxia novels. The protagonist is perfect, exactly like someone would expect a teenager, drunk in his own power but not stupid enough to find himself in useless trouble (at most a little unlucky sometimes, but with the power he gets it's fully worth it). But the thing i like most is the fact that every single element in the world building has a purpose, and there are not sides of his cultivation/friends/family or whatsoever that get abandoned during the narration for no reason. Keep up the good work dude
CalaventeRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I liked this story.
the growth of the MC, it's rise to OPness, all of that in a typical wuxia-style, but better, with rises and falls, with followers-cum-friends, with "forgiveness, but only once", with alliances, plots, marriages used as plots or as tools for power.
it was good.
until you went to WN / QI ... and even then I loved the novel so much that I trampled my convictions and went to read on QI !!!
and then, not even 50 chapters later, all new chapters were behind a pay-wall.
I hope you get money overthere and that it was worth it for you.
GL and godspeed !
TyckaRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
The story might be pretty good, but it's not my type of thing. So I just say my opinion on this, first thing is that Mc thinking is absolutely 'stupid' and I hate this. Just think about this he gives all for some random girl who just uses him and still says that he loves her.. It too much illogical especially in world where personal power is all. Secondary, his ties for his so called 'family' they don't give a fuck about him and treat him worse than trash, but he still thinks of saving them from his 8th brother's revange, just why? I just can't logically agree to that kind of thinking. I mean why should he save them, I certainly wouldn't. And finally (just my thing, others might think that's the good thing), his morals, he received art's from that old man who didn't do anything for him and still thinks that he can't learn them because he then would accept himself as his discipline. I mean why not learn them, what's the point of this kind of thinking, when everything in that world is decided by power...
Anyway that just my opinion, and you don't have to agree to it..
lambRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
As a preface I would like to say that although this is nothing new if you read this book’s title, and clicked it you will probably enjoy it.
Like all Wuxia it starts out strong, gets popular, the author promises too much then runs out of ideas. I read up to chapter 96, but the chapters start degrading at around the 80’s. For instance there is an entire ‘chapter’ dedicated to a short gag where the characters show up in a place they aren’t supposed to, one throws up and then they leave. It isn’t even solely dedicated to humor as it is used as a chance for the characters to show off.
There is a very shallow portrayal of really fucked up characters, and how their actions are correct. Some characters don’t even make sense. The main character starts weak, gets strong fast, decides to determine their own fate, yards yada, they win. The only real difference between this book and other Wuxia is that this one references Greek and Roman gods. I’m not really sure if that’s intentional or the author is just oblivious.
P.S. Despite what other reviews say it doesn’t open up to some kind of different, and grand plot line, but people don’t read Wuxia for its story in the first place so it doesn’t really matter.