Revenge of the Slop King [LitRPG] [Cheat Power] [Harem] [Cultivation] [Reincarnation] [Revenge] [With a vengeance!]

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I know I should probably not be recording this, but can you believe how incredibly unlucky this guy is?

So said a random man pointing his phone camera at the mangled, lifeless corpse of a once-upon-a-time young writer, still clutching at his story's preprint, the one that was meant to finally propel him to fame.

I am terribly sorry...

So said the goddess responsible for his death. Sorry? That's it? That's all he gets? No! He won't stand for this! Make up for this, now!

I'm going to become a wreckingball...

So said the dead man about to be unleashed on the next world!

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2023
Author: K.R.

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Rating: 3.4/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

YayBaconRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Love the whole Minister of Finance ark, felt like I learned something relevant while still being hooked by the suspense of the characters sneaking around, and several groups plotting separately. The author writes with a rare intelligence I crave in books.
Mc is insane with brief moments where he roleplays sanity. This is very hard to pull off as an author, so people jump ship early, before they have read enough to see that it was done well.
worryinglyIntoIsekaiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm losing interest, because the main character doesn't seem to develop at all. He has this resentment that expresses itself as a desire to avert tropes, but that's not really a purpose for existing. It's funny, especially the first few times, but in the end, it becomes quite one-dimensional. And, for some reason, having a one-dimensional character at the heart of the story makes all of the plots and plans and everything seem kind of pointless.
That said, it's an interesting idea, and I think the execution is pretty good. So there's something here.
DominationOrDamnationRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Dolan Dark has once again delivered adequate slop. Not terrible, not great, but since it's slop it's juuuust right.
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sp0nt101Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Okay, so I just dove into the first chapter of "Revenge of the Slop King," and let me tell you, it's a wild ride from the get-go! The opening scene throws you right into the thick of things – our protagonist finds himself in a mysterious, foggy space facing a gorgeous goddess, Athea. The whole "mistake" scenario is hilarious in its absurdity. Like, you're telling me this all-powerful goddess accidentally offed the wrong guy because of a typo in the Book of Life or something? I choked on my coffee! The image of her twiddling her thumbs and trying to explain herself is just priceless.
The protagonist's reaction is gold, too. He's not all stoic and accepting of his fate. No, he's rightfully furious! He's got this masterpiece of a novel, a work of art he poured his heart and soul into, ready to be unleashed on the world, and bam – poof! Gone. His rant about "copy-pasted garbage" and "horny teenagers with personality issues" is so relatable! Every creative person has felt that frustration, that burning desire to create something truly original. And the fact that his magnum opus even had a "cute heroine as merchandise and art bait" just makes it even funnier. The whole scene where he's on his knees, banging the floor and lamenting his lost masterpiece, is both heartbreaking and hysterical. I was laughing so hard I cried.
Athea, despite her divine status, is surprisingly awkward and embarrassed. It's a refreshing take on the typical goddess archetype. She's not all-knowing and perfect; she makes mistakes, just like the rest of us. Her flustered attempts to apologize and explain the situation are genuinely funny. The reveal of how he died – a clerical error! – is just the cherry on top of this comedic sundae. It's so ridiculous, it's brilliant.
The LitRPG, Harem, Cultivation, Reincarnation, and Revenge tags have me intrigued. While this chapter is mostly setup and comedic, I can already see the seeds of those themes being planted. I'm especially curious about the "Cheat Pow
JasmineTeaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's kind of ridiculous this is rated so low. It's a perfect use of satire, designed to mock the mass produced LitRPGs I'm sure many of us have read hundreds of thousands of words of. The humour is probably Slop Kings strongest element, and it's one of the funniest novels I've ever read.
[email protected]Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fast moving story that is entertaining and humorous. Good character development. The story has meandered from being on the run to conquering kingdoms and now saving the world from evil. The main character is just a good man who is trying to be a villain. The supporting characters can see through his struggles from time to time.
TypicalDayRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Everything about it is good. This my kinda of stuff, though the story is cliche, but that's the point of the fiction in the first place. All in all, I'd recommend reading this. There are some rough spots here and there but other than that, it's good.
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aborednerdRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I really like the story as I have read so far. It's a bit light on true harem elements so far, but that's fine the relationships need time to build. The misunderstandings are rather amusing between the main female lead and main character.
Also, the best pun monster ever is in this novel, the horndog.
BobtheturtlescRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This is a funny parody of a lot of the isekai slop that you see in web novels and in anime. It's extremely cliche except for the protagonist, which is the whole point. I'm not terribly far into the story but there isn't much emotional depth to it. However it's definitely an enjoyable read that's better than basically everything it's parodying. Some of my favorite stories are isekais, but much of the genre is garbage and this does a good job of hitting all those story beats while being self aware about it. There are a lot of much worse stories that have far more readers and I would encourage anyone who sees this to at least give it a shot. I found it interesting/entertaining from the beginning, but it gets better a couple chapters in. My biggest complaint is that the author doesn't use quotation marks for dialogue.
supernatural9000Royal Road
★★★ 3.0
I have seen it on a few novels I bothered to read here but why do some authors just add "xianxia" and "cultivation" to their story tags despite the story containing no Chinese fantasy element at all? Sure, there is the "cultivation skill" but it has nothing to do with actual xianxia cultivation.
Other than that, the story is... interesting but often leaves things unexplained or tries to reference something but is super verge about it so I have no idea what. Like in the Theory of Fat and Skinny, I have no idea what he's trying to explain no why he is explaining in such a way that makes no sense. There is also when they were looking at stars in Happy Camper chapter. It took me a lot longer than it should to realize he saw black holes instead of something like Chuthulu in space.
I get the MC not wanting to explain things to the princess because he'll then have to explain even more things, but it's just bad writing if the narrator or MC's inner thought doesn't even bother to explain it to the audience too. I'm trying to read a fantasy novel after all, not a mystery novel where I have to piece things together myself.
Overall, 4/5 for an interesting story, 3/5 for execution that often makes it feel like the thing it's trying to make a parody out of, and 2/5 for the writing(not the grammar but the way it's delivered).