Master of Yin-Yang

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2023

Author

Liam Lam

• 86: Child's Clash with Malevolent Energy
  Dec 20, 2023
• 85: Six Ding Armor Talisman
  Dec 13, 2023
• 84: Expelling the Corpse Poison
  Dec 6, 2023
• 83: Remedying the Wound
  Dec 6, 2023
• 83: Wound Pus Formation
  Dec 4, 2023
• 82: Breaking Through the Copper Armor
  Dec 4, 2023
• 81: Battle with the Zombies
  Dec 4, 2023
• 80: The Copper Armored Corpse
  Nov 30, 2023
• Chapter 79: Rise of the Undead
  Nov 30, 2023
• 78: Green Corpse Qi
  Nov 27, 2023
• 77: Possible Zombies in the Coffin
  Nov 27, 2023
• 76: Discovering Zombies
  Nov 27, 2023
• 75: Learning the Basics of Symbol Drawing
  Nov 27, 2023
• 74：Chen Yuanshan Accepts His First Disciple
  Nov 27, 2023
• 73: Chen Yuanshan Retrieves the Soul
  Nov 27, 2023
• 72: The Female Ghost on the Third Floor
  Nov 27, 2023
• 71: The Ma Family in Northeast China
  Nov 27, 2023
• 70: The Blood-Red Vertical Eye
  Nov 27, 2023
• 69: The Female Water Ghost Saved Me
  Nov 27, 2023
• 68: Method of Opening Spiritual Eyes
  Nov 27, 2023

Reviews

Community Reviews(1)

• E.T.LEERoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Master of Yin Yang grabs me from the premise and setting, but it exhibits many signs of being a machine translation (MTL) with minimal editing. That is the primary reason for my low rating and the only major impression I got before dropping it.
  Style: It shares many of its issues with other MTLs. The delineation and length of paragraphs is rarely sensible. Because the machine relies on context clues, words change based on the context they appear in - an electric bicycle becomes a scooter in the next chapter, and other such strangeness. Any artistic choices that don't properly convert to English go unexplained by the translator, such as the father's nickname. There is also little sense of flow (though human writers can struggle with this as well, so that's not too huge a deal.)
  Story: From what I saw, very novel. I'm a sucker for the setting of a (presumably) modern world where corpse-salvaging is still a notable profession. Elements of mysticism that have faded into mundanity... it's pretty cool!
  Grammar: I consider this Pass/Fail. It passes.
  Character: He Zhihui is a fascinatingly superstitious character from the outset, putting stock in which of his eyelids twitch as a sign of impending poor fortune. He is a passive protagonist in the chapters I read, or maybe just observant and cautious. I don't know enough about him to truly say, but he leaves an impression beyond 'wish fulfillment cardboard human'.
  In summary, I think there's a lot of value in this setting and vibe, but I personally cannot bring myself to read it due to the seemingly thoughtless style of translation.