Cultivation Nerd (xianxia)

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Liu Feng wanted to be a cultivator who defied the heavens, surpassed all limits, and had jade-skinned beauties clamoring around him. He wanted to fight anyone who got in his way, and shatter the arrogance of those young masters!

Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I'm stuck here.

Jade-like beauties? No thanks, I have an awesome magical energy to study.

Young masters? Life and death battles? No, I would rather read some books on cultivation, and master some techniques that clearly don't obey the laws of physics.

There is a junior who has trash talent but suddenly started advancing by leaps and bounds? And he seems to be favored by the heavens themselves? Yeah, that has nothing to do with me.

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Tags and content warnings are mainly to give me creative freedom later on. This is my first novel ever, so go easy on me bruvs. Any feedback is more than welcome, of course.

Information

Status
Ongoing
Year
2024
Author
HolyMouse

Tags

FANTASYADVENTURECOMEDYMARTIAL ARTSMALE LEADPORTAL FANTASY / ISEKAIREINCARNATIONCULTIVATION

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.6/ 5.0
Followers
17,133
Views
10,919,712

Chapters(311 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • CharactermoodRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Most cultivation stories end up being extremely generic. Having an 'outsider' mc who learns the world as we do makes for a very interesting story. I also appreciate the different realms of cultivation being distinct and well explained. I definitely recommend, and I really hope I'm at 50 words by now.
  • apauloseRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I'm really enjoying this story so far. It's not the first time I've seen a Xanxia insert story with this kind of concept but this is definitely one of the better implemented ones. Might make a more detailed review later. For now just know that this is good and worth a read.
  • Eibon EthosRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This story starts off with a solid premise and a character who remains mostly consistent throughout. With side characters that both support and challenge him in various ways. I wouldn't say his growth is slow, due to his own advantages and lucky encounters, but it is consistent at least.
    My only qualm is how he stops pursing "fundamental knowledge" after a time, and simply accepts magic being magic. Though this could be a red herring to distract and he is going to figure something out later that will all tie together.
    I have just read what is currently free to read, and am excited to see where this will go. I want to thank the author for the releases.
  • abogadorobertoRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Perhaps I have grown old, which I have. And perhaps I’ve read too much, which is probably also true.
    However, I am perfectly delighted to spend time with a character Who isnt overly dramatic, who isn’t necessarily the hero or the chosen one, and who isn’t “rising” or crucial to the ultimate battle betwixt Good and Dr Evil. It’s very slice of life in a way.
    I think this story is more for spending time in the world that was built rather than indulging the reader with “ultimate willpower whatsits”. There was not a single moment in which the main character, against all odds, somehow had the superduper willpower to achieve something. And thank God for that.
  • IDC-Royal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Is the story complete?: NO
    Did I drop the story?: YES
    Is it hard to read?: NO
    Did it do something to stand out?: YES
    Would I recommend it?: YES
    Thoughts:
    This is still very much a cultivation story but with a morally grey MC, and I truly mean morally grey.
    Unlike your typical I shall seal the heavens kind of deals out MC is not actually homicidal and is very genre savvy but not to the levels of being a gary sue.
    His motivations and goals are very clear to understand and it's fun to watch him get pulled into situations he desperately tries to avoid as well as how he gets out of them
    Give it a read if you want something a little more akin to a traditional cultivation story but want a more stable and logical protagonist.
    How I format my review, keep in mind they are for the readers not the authors:
    - The story starts with 5 stars.
    - I remove 1 star if it is not complete.
    - I remove 1 star if I dropped the story.
    - I remove 1 star if it's hard to read (odd word choice, grammar, etc).
    - I remove 1 star if it fails to do something that stands out. (Funny, Unique premise or perspective etc)
    - I remove the 1 to 1/2 if I would not recommend it to read regardless of score.
    Thought: A summary of my personal take.
  • LamoronRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    The story was among my favourites for a very long time. Then the author had a long break, and when they came back the story changed its mood, the characters changed slightly, and it's a bit weird. It feels a bit like the author suffered some Trauma themselves, and it leaks into the story.
    It's still a good story, reflected in a 4-star score, but it used to be a 5-star story. I gave it a lot of additional chapters, to see if the changes had a story reason, because that could easily make sense, but it doesn't seem likely at this point, so I'm quitting.
  • LordDelakarRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    I do like this story, hower I think it has a ton of filler. That is the reason it's not on my favorites it's better to read in large chunks where I can rip though a lot of the filler which can take up weeks of content to get to the meat of the story.
  • WiggyDoomRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    It's a genre that you shouldn't expect much from. If you keep that in mind, it's not bad, not good either but not bad.
    Most recent chapters are kind of nonsense that doesn't fit with the character. The strategist part of the story kind of gets lipservice but no real strategy is there. Again, par for the genre.
  • Mr. MoeRoyal Road
    ★★ 2.0
    Pretty good cultivation noval. But until Mc leaving sect and going to his home clan, there is huge quality drop in story telling, Mc started collecting his harem and started dragging them in dangerous journey. Mind you, he is at qi geathering six star. He cant even protect himself. And he eveing courting death every place he go to by openly asking help for song song whose is famously hated by most because she is a muderhobo and cruel person. I enjoy this novel at the start because it is different from other typical. Now it is becoming more and more like a typical cultivation novel. It is like after book two, author is changed.
  • CopperhawkRoyal Road
    ★ 0.5
    Advertised as a seclusive cultivator delving into the laws and workings of cultivation. In actuality it’s a fairly typical cultivation novel.
    The MC keeps on getting sucked into random plots because of the most random shit and despite affecting at some morals he’s just as ruthless as a lot of xianxia protags.
    The protagonist acts like he’s studying cultivation but he is really just a training freak who we are told reads a lot of books.
    The novel isn’t long enough for me to be sure yet but there does seem to be a trend of male enemies being quickly killed and female enemies escaping or being spared.
    Of course, the MC is a genius at arrays, and an incredibly fast cultivator despite his bodies mediocre talent.
    Not to mention how he and 20 other cultivators were able to beat a group triple their size with similar cultivation levels.
    Oh yeah, I forgot about his fatty friend. Which of course he has. Who he doesn’t know the name of for about 60 chapters.
    He makes quite a few logical leaps in the early chapters and his intelligence is overall very unstable.
    Overall, the novel acts like an interesting subversion, but it’s cliche as they come.
    If I were to give it one saving grace that would be that the writing isnt too bad, but that hardly makes up for what it lacks in story and substance.