Master of Yin-Yang

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2023

Author

Liam Lam

• 46: Misunderstanding Chen Yuanshan
  Nov 24, 2023
• 45: Three Yang Fires
  Nov 24, 2023
• 44: Soul Unable to Leave the Body
  Nov 24, 2023
• 43: Spirit Possession
  Nov 24, 2023
• 42: The Peculiar Coffin Shop Owner
  Nov 24, 2023
• 41: Teaching Xu Yan to Cook
  Nov 24, 2023
• 40: The Girl Who Intrigued Me
  Nov 24, 2023
• 39: Desolate Land of the Bereaved
  Nov 24, 2023
• 38: Unraveling the Heavenly Secrets, Inviting Retribution
  Nov 24, 2023
• 37: Those Who Meet a Tragic End Shall Not Rest in Ancestral Graves
  Nov 24, 2023
• 36: Enigmatic Ancestral Dilemmas
  Nov 24, 2023
• 35: Crafting the Enchanted Seal
  Nov 24, 2023
• 34: Unveiling the Mysterious Mark Again
  Nov 23, 2023
• 33: Thunder Strikes the Serpent Demon
  Nov 23, 2023
• 32: The Alluring Enigma
  Nov 23, 2023
• 31: Unraveling Dark Secrets
  Nov 23, 2023
• 30: Unveiling Secrets in Chen Feng's Pawnshop
  Nov 23, 2023
• 29：Azure Dragon Suppresses White Tiger.
  Nov 23, 2023
• 28：Color of my forehead
  Nov 23, 2023
• 27:Eight Character Analysis
  Nov 23, 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.