Immortal Freeloader

Self-Published

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Description

After an injury ruined my sprinter career and took away my scholarship, I decided that living off rich women looking for a thrill was a better way to live than working minimum-wage jobs.

Unfortunately, some kind of omnipotent being disagreed, and sent me to a world of cultivation and martial arts.

With the Freeloader System to punish me.

Supposedly.

Current Schedule - 3 Chapters Every Week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2023
Author: Dirk Grey

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

perfectgeneralRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
There are two approaches to keeping plot ahead of the progression. Either make so little progress that the story is mostly plot. Or make so much progress that the story is mostly plot. This tale takes the latter approach with martial arts and Qi cultivation. Adult themes take the former approach. Fade to black is discussed in abstract. The intrigue and friendship drive the plot to good places. Please help catch the typos, I left a few in my wake as I blitzed through this to catch up. Very entertaining.
SnowslyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Author please do not make this novel into gather wives simulator, have the character needlessly lug his wives around, or have the wives constantly creating conflict force the character to act. However the multiple relationships have been done very well hence far and I'm praying it will continue.
Onto the review.
This books is great. It's a lot of what I've been looking for in a cultivation novel for a while. A lot of novels get too caught up in the cheats or don't use them nearly enough in an attempt to limit the characters power making them seems incompetent for not using their power. This is novel has a great balance. This system is well balanced allowing the author to use I constantly while also allowing them to portray the character having to struggle or demonstrate their skill in order to to take advantage of their cheats. The grammar is good. The main character relatable. It's very good, try it.
lolzmanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Normally, I would leave an advanced review, but given that it's not even double digits in, I will hold off for now. HOWEVER, that shouldn't be taken as any lack of faith that this will be great.
This novel has brought something new to this genre other than quality writing, and that is a relatable main character that is more relatable to more Western audiences without going too far.
I will be sure to update this later further down the track anyway I would recommend giving this a shot its not like its that much of a commitment.
Lazerus56Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The best kind of romp, a comedic and shady system premise and a protag born to use it. a lovable rogue and all that. worth a try for someone reading their 30th system fiction and hoping for something fresh.
It's kind of hilarious to consider that this protag is more aware and emotionally competent than a 1000 average harem protags put in a blender.
deideiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
good storytelling
the mc stays true to his character
story create tensions
there are events in the future that we look forward to
combat scenes are well fleshed out
characters are well written with their own unique motivations
etc
In short, I think that it is rather well written and if you like it or not will really depends on if you like the story rather than how it is told...
DoomfaceRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So far so good, only a few chapters out so far. But from what I've read, it's a unique concept, and I'll be interested in seeing where it goes from dice.
So far I'm also really liking the main character, he seems to be the right mix of self interested but not dickish that I enjoy.
Sephone WildmooreRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story's exactly what it says on the tin - a wuxia litrpg with a gigolo protagonist. If that sounds interesting give it a read, if not give it a miss. If it sounds interesting but you aren't sure why, read the rest of my review.
Cultivation stories are mostly inspired by Chinese mythology and involve a hero getting stronger through various practices, medicines, artefacts and the like. It's an amazingly diverse, rich, and flavorful setting with a satisfying progression story as the hero gets stronger. But what most western takes on the genre overlook is that Chinese culture emphasizes building relationships with the right people (and avoiding entanglements with the wrong ones) over becoming stronger as an individual. The best cultivation stories do show that in an oblique way, with the protagonist being talented but also impressing the right mentors early on to eventually outpace the competition.
But in this story, the Litrpg elements actually force the protagonist to build relationships. After being Isekai'd, he gets a system that rewards him only when people stronger than him help him in some way. This puts the relationship building front and center. I read fiction in part to get inspired, and the protagonist's approach is really inspiring despite his being about 90% antihero at this stage of the story (I'm writing this review with 24 chapters out). I like it because a huge part of building relationships successfully is getting help from stronger people, so the protagonist's approach feels realistic for how one would actually navigate a society like that. It also provides a narratively sound excuse for our narrator to hide his power level. I enjoy a sandbagging martial artist story as much as the next person, but in most of them the justifications authors give for hanging out in the beginner areas while somehow still progressing faster than everyone else just don't hold water. In this story, the stronger the protagonist gets, the fewer people are stronger than h
HughgentRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I'm liking this story.
The concept of being gifted things, and having those gifts be multiplied via 'the system' is fairly novel. The protagonist, by definition, is not 'really' working for what power he receives, but the prose does show the effort required to deceive or scam people. Which really makes this more of a heist story if you squint hard enough.
I will say that the overall writing isn't the best. There's a large amount of "and then the protagonist went here." and "I learned this new skill" which I think is emblematic of these cultivation stories. Perhaps a bit of he learned X skill and here is an example of how it works would spice things up a bit.
I think it's been worth the time to read, but it won't be to everyone's taste.
OrcJizz-4983Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Hilarious reversal of the typical xianxia tropes. Well worth a try if the idea doesn't offend you. Will probably re-review if I catch up with the author lol.
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aboode-99Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
it is a good story and I would like to recommend it to anyone who likes Xianxia novels with little to none cliché the style of writing is good and there is little to none error in the grammar the pacing of the story is relatively fast if there is something to complain about it is
First MC and it is not a big complaint he doesn’t want to kill anyone instead he cripples them and I think this is worst than killing them directly it is like breaking someone’s back instead of killing them.
second I wish there was more world building in general.
and this is just my hope and that is if the MC is going to use a weapon anything is fine just don’t give us more sword and saber I swear to God I am tired of how many Xianxia novels where the MC use sword or a saber at this point I am down to any other weapon even a club is fine.