Rescendence

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Description

For 1,000 years Earth has been cut off from the higher energies of the universes. We thought we knew how the world works. We believed that magic was superstition, that ancient legends were naught but the wild imaginings of more primitive, less educated minds.

We. Were. Wrong.

A messenger appears; our 1,000 year punishment for the crimes of our ancestors has passed. Once again we will have access to the energies of the ancient Elements, to the higher energy made of the combined Elements.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: blackflame17

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Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
Followers: 1,132
Views: 373,227

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Community Reviews(10)

BlueBugRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As of 5.5.2018, chap 29
This story has quality. The first couple of chapters are NOT cringeworthy as some of the other commentators like to claim (Probably because the author edited it as of now), instead, it has quite a lot of compelling qualities and even outstanding ones. I would suggest you give it a read.
Story: It is an original story with great worldbuilding and a coherent inner structure. The plot doesn't feel forced and there are no cramped infodumps to wade you through. What really stands out is the author's ability to keep our knowledge to a limited level - not too much that we have no interest in the world, but not too few that we are not apathic about the world. It is a right mix of those two, and so we WANT to learn more about the world and even are frustated that we don't know the necessary details yet.
Character: The focus of the author is on the character relationship and the inner monologue of the MC. They are conveyed in an outstanding way: You always have a grasp on what their relationship is like and can even imagine how they react to each other. The odd shift in character perspective only strengthens that. The inner dialogue of the MC are expressed in a mix of narrator voice and monologue, whatever seems more apt. I quite like that the character developement of the MC is not linear, but feel like this here could be improved. Sometimes the change is too fast, and sometimes I feel like I don't really quite get why he is acting that way. The side characters are more consistent, which does fit with their backstory. It'd be interesting to see how the author deals with someone who wasn't stuck on earth for a millenia, so more prone to changing their beliefs.
Grammar: No grammar mistakes found. Writing style goes into style.
Style: First of all, writing style. The writing style is excellent in conveying the tone and voice. The author doesn't shy away from using metaphors to convey an idea. Sometimes it DOES feel a little bit off, but this is neglible
Fuetakishi FuetakishiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Buenas tardes, amigo, hace tiempo que espero la continuación. La verdad es que tu trabajo es genial. Me gustó el estilo y la idea de la historia, por eso le doy 5 estrellas.
El toma protagonista una decisión muy humana y realista, porque si algo así pasara realmente en el mundo, todos haríamos lo mismo que MC. EXCELENTE TRABAJO. Espero que continúe. Te espero aquí. Saludos.
kaoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
First I liked the style and story idea. So I gave it a 5 star.
HOWEVER...I really don't like the MC. Good job author-sama, you made a MC that I could hate.
God how I hate this MC.
Minimal spoiler....by chapter 19....
The MC makes a decision later that I decided was a very human thing to do. Yet I really hated the MC for.
The decision the MC makes is based upon the following idea:
If you had the cure to terminal cancer, something that could potentially save millions. But the downside is that normal healthy people who take it, will also gain super healing ability like Wolverine. While those who had cancer will get their disease cured, but not get super healing. So basically you save a bunch of lives, but the rest get a really good super power. OR instead of sharing the cure, you just give it to yourself and give yourself super healing and don't share with anyone.
Guess what our MC does?
So I'll hold off reading the rest of the chapters until this book gets far enough that it goes into HIATUS status. I figure by that point, I'll get to see the full ramifications of our characters decision. Whether it will make him a better person or a worse person. Or whether the rest of the world became a better place or worse place if he had only saved as many as he could have when he had a chance to.
SivilRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The first few chapters can be a bit off putting but the story quickly picks up its stride. I am really enjoying where it is going. It is hard to nail down the genre exactly but it looks like it will be heading in a xuanhua or xianxia direction.
Still, it is a slow boil. This is definitely not a "strong lead" novel.
Overall this would be a 5/5 (at least as much as is written so far) if the author rewrote the earlier chapters to match the quality and tone of the newer ones.
WitchCraftRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This is awesome. Needless to say, the review will conatin minor amounts of spoilers below.
Spoiler: Spoiler
Alright, This has a definite Xanxia/ Wuxia feel to it. I love it. it is obviously cultivation based. I really like this fact, it seems well explained as well. I really like how its cultivation from a perspective where there aren't a bunch of super stron dudes around that could kill you right away. (other than the two of course).
Grammar is pretty good, spelling is good. Characters haven't reaaaaaallllyyyy been flushed out yet but I expect this to happen in time.
All in all, I really enjoy reading it and recomend the same!
KulabalukaRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
This fiction is cringeworthy and a bit unreadable until the author cleans up a bit about a third into the story and it becomes much more entertaining because you can now actually pay attention to the story instead of slogging through the writing. The grammar and spelling is all good and the story is fun to an extent and I would advise the read even if you find the same as I did that the first few chapters are nearly unreadable.
LouderBergRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
A decent story with a unique idea but moves very very slowly if you like weak main characters with slow growth this is the story for you
iiLokiRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
read till chapter 29 but still no development on the MC..
ChayimRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
I’m torn.
On one hand I don’t want to shit on a passion project. As someone who also read constantly as a child and aspires to be an author I really admire the courage it takes to put yourself out there. However, on the other hand you asked for honesty and criticism.
So what do we have here?
Some cool ideas that aren’t well executed.
An MC I don’t find interesting or even relatable.
Mix it all up with some grammar issues and what do you get?
A fledgling authors first work.
Beyond the basic advice of show don’t tell and be more descriptive I’ve got some specifics I think would help.
For characters thoughts either italicize them or put them in quotes and treat them like regular dialogue.
Try to keep your tenses consistent. Constantly switching from the present to the past perfect muddies your writing.
”Be” verbs like am/is/was kill flow 9/10 times.
If a sentence isn’t adding anything to the story drop it.
Use stronger verbs. For example.
”It is moving slowly but seems to be heading towards him in an indirect but ominous way.”
Make it more concrete!
Did they grasp at him like the hand of Death decided to come early? Did they slither over the stained carpet making no sound at all?
I hope you continue to write, improve, and have fun. Good luck.
EpicDumpster-fireRoyal Road
★★ 1.5
I want to start this with kudos to the author it's not easy to try new thing, expecially at a young age,it takes courage to put your work up to the public. Keep it up!
It started as a cool concept with some interesting worldbuilding possibility, but all that potential was wasted in the first 15 chapters.
I'm guessing the author age to be in the 13-17 range,based on the "humor" and the Mc Temper Tantrums(wich he describe as "Unreasoning, implacable, eternal: Wrath"). So it's not at all surprising the amount of cringe in this fiction.
The real problem? The MC he's uninteresting, flat and all around boring.
In conclusion a boring MC, potential wasted with plot and story ,edgy "humor" and childlike reactions this story deserve a low rating and i would not raccomend it.