Origin Sea Saga [A Cultivation Progression Fantasy Series]

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The Oathkeeper

Promises are never meant to be broken. That was what Ernith had always believed, and lived by. Unfortunately, others did not.

And so, a boy, who was going to take his first step as a Warrior, ended up going down a completely different path. One that would end up changing the world, and quite possibly, the Sea of Origin itself.

But before that, the boy had to make sure that his Oaths did not kill him first.

Oaths

With his master helping him in laying his foundation, there was nothing stopping Alnea from becoming the greatest Wanderer. Except for his Oaths.

With his Spirit Power increasing at a rate beyond what his body could handle, if he failed in finding the uncertainties in his Oaths, then his dream of becoming the greatest Wanderer might have be cut short in between.

Meanwhile, his dreams were going on a tangent of their own, bringing even more troubles to him.

With troubles mounting from all sides, Alnea Oathkeeper had to make a decision. One that he might come to regret. But if he did not make that decision, then he might end up losing himself...

Thisis a coming of age story about a twelve year old boy, who sets out to create the greatest, and strongest 'cultivation techniques' and 'spells'.

However, before he begins his journey, he must first learn that everything comes at a price. And the price for him to fulfill his dreams could very well be his own life.

Chapter length: 1.5~2.5k

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2023
Author: Kanishka K. Singh

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Rating: 3.9/ 5.0
Followers: 193
Views: 193,394

Chapters(456 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

123urfeeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
the quality of the story is akin to an actual novel rather than a webnovel , the power system from what has been introduced till now seem amazing,.the spin of the xanxia system is interesting. the protagonist has a quality of drawing you in despite of his flaws and the story has all the elements to make it potentially one of the best. good job on the story author and the anticipation of what the story could be and how you've crafted it till now is riveting
Eric VanderlipRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Oathkeeper of the Origin Sea is a progression fantasy about a boy named Ernith who sets off to become the greatest wanderer of the Origin Sea.
Style: a consistent perspective and smooth writing. The sole issue here is how verbose the text can be. At times, way too much tangential detail is revealed and information is occasionally repeated with different wording.
One of the joys of reading is interpreting an author's work and guessing at implied meaning. When everything is spelled out in excruciating detail, there is nothing left to wonder, and the story gets bogged down in a mountain of text. (Hopefully this review is out of date and a serious round of editing has streamlined the story to its full potential.)
Story: Conversation and events flow flow naturally. The pace is sometimes slow, but this is entirely down to the wordiness. The underlying plot progression and worldbuilding is extremely solid. Ernith's Spirit Awakening Ritual and the tragedy surrounding it set up an interesting framework which drives the plot forward.
Grammar: Solid. My need to edit (for grammar reason) went mostly unfufilled.
Character: Great care has gone into the cast of characters. Ernith and his mother come across as fleshed out and sympathetic. Ernith's conversation with the Origin Sea was also fascinating.
Conclusion: Despite the pacing, I recommend picking up Oathkeeper of the Origin Sea because everything else is there. Strong and satisfying world-building. A plot which confidently knows where it's heading. Characters which are fleshed out and endearing. It's a fun read.
NithinsubRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The novel has a very good magic system and all though it takes a while to get to it a very intriguing world order. The MC might be a little frustrating at times, but once you remember that he is only 12 years things actually make a whole lot of sense. This novel is actually the first time I seen a child just starting out on education of his powers done well. Every where else it just skips the whole thing or somehow studies the whole damn 5hing in a couple of days. Here the wait for power- ups is well done and very cathartic once he gets there.
There are of course some cons also. Pacing at some places drags to a stop. Also at couple of points the plot progression felt very forced. However as we get to see the trauma of the MC more clearly it gets more understandable... Mostly.
HaidRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Oathkeeper of the Origin Seas attempts to do a lot of things at the same time - setting up the main plot of the main character wanting to be the greatest Wanderer, building the magical world he will be navigating, and injecting a healthy dose of mystery behind every scene and event - but in its attempt to do all of them at the same time, it falls short in more than a few aspects, which made reading through it rather difficult and confusing. I will attempt to address as many issues as I can below, because I do think the story has potential in more than a few aspects as well-
Style Score: Overall, I think the writing could use a little more work. Sentences run on too long in general, and there is an overuse of ellipsis that detracts from the pacing when they don’t really need to be there. It’s also a bit verbose in the early chapters, where certain lines are dragged out for dramatic ‘reveals’ when the reader can simply infer it using context. Granted, it's a personal style preference that does establish a narrative voice - a unique one at that - but I can't help but feel the pacing would be a little tighter if the excess words were all cut. At the same time, descriptions of the setting are very light. Too light. I never got a solid picture of the city, since the most description there is about it is that the city the main character lives in is shaped like a circle with multiple inner layers. It’s not until chapter 4 and afterwards that the descriptions start coming in nicely, but by then it’s a bit late. The writing doesn’t set a strong enough scene for the characters to navigate through, so while the author may know exactly what the world looks like, the reader is left guessing and imagining on their own, which doesn’t couple well considering how vague the narration can be at times.
Personally, I think using contractions in the writing would help alleviate a significant amount of the stylistic issues. As it is, the story reads stilted and cumbersome because of how fo
Not_A_HatRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
Disclaimer: I started reading this without realizing it was a stub. It was late, I'm not sure what I was thinking, but yeah. I guess I skipped the first book somehow? Anyways, this review pretty much just applies to book 2. Not that I imagine book one is much different.
Actually, I think doing this increased my enjoyment. It gave the characters some back story for me to discover as I read; without that, I'd have probably gotten bored much sooner. It doesn't seem like much of consequence happened, and nothing that wasn't covered in the second book at least.
And, well, it's not like that much happens in the second book either. It's largely consistent of world building in the form of didactic teaching, literally pages and pages of the 'as you know, Bob,' trope. If you're someone who would read fantasy wiki entries for fun, you might enjoy it. If you want a tight plot... This isn't.
The characters aren't awful, it isn't full of clichés, it doesn't have giant plot holes - but most of that is because it doesn't have much at all, once the fluff is pared away. It's a thoroughly 'meh' read, unless your in it for the infodumps.