The Top of the World
Self-Published
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Description
A harsh world of combat, where strength trumps all.A boy, discriminated because of his lack of strength.But everything changes when a meteor from the sky hits him...
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2015
- Author
- Chao
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 3.9/ 5.0
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- 1,854
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- 1,079,568
Chapters(65 total)
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Community Reviews(10)
- TreyonRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Finally we can read a xianxia novel without chinese names!!!... ahh the suffering while reading those names and trying to differenciate the characters... Chu Xue, Chu Hue, Chu Yue... and so on.
The reading was really good, and had to read from start to the latest chapter at this moment (28).
Didnt noticed any grammar mistake, maybe due to enjoyin the reading and the mistakes being so small that dont really matter..
The i really like the MC, he is earnest in his things, knows when to stand up too! and he is not arrogant!
The story while a little clitche, its awesome.
Let us hope that you advance forward without forgetting the others characters, for example a chapter about Mii side in the mages training would be appreciated since i bet she would be one of the heroines. - CreatureDukeRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Okay , first up , this story is not spectral Regalia Level so don't come in thinking it's gonna be in the number 1 spot quality or anything like that.
Secondly, this story isn't bad and I would call it being on the better half on RR but it is different then most.
Its different as in the MC acts completely different compared to most Mc on RR. He is not cruel, not evil, not saintly, not reincarnated, not a complete genius and born with mega talent, and finally he is not a person who cares crazily about his face and would rather put up with the damn insults rather then going berserk and getting in trouble as he has low status compared to everyone he meets.
I feel many people shit on the Mc but really, I like not having someone become a monster and kill everyone who blinks at him!
Now, some people think that he should get more angry considering his past but... come one he showed us completely that he has endured insults have his life, he can continue it. It's not like he is unhappy with his life like most Mc with his background, he has his love and friends and 2 sister figures who help him and treat him like an equal.
I mean, I completely understand the MC, I'm fine with being the guy who is called gay or a girl or another general insults given to me as long as I have some few good friends, that includes my books and this site :P :D.
Of course I'm not saying I would do the same, as if I had that power it would probably go to my head thinking myself powerful.
Now author, I'm happy you are writing this story has I really enjoy it and I encourage you to write alot more, but I feel that you need to improve and show more of Mii as she seems very flat and a distant character rather then a more important one.
Maybe you should have a little series of chapters of MIi and of her life currently in the story just to make her seem less fake. I think this would really help the story. Also you might want to mention the system of ... everything to the readers again. Maybe he goes and - krunrRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0this story is smooth flowing and mind blowing awesome. totally going to be reading more chapters as they get released. awesome job with the story
- Linklight2Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0Great story. Although I think the training and fight scenes could be evaluated their pretty good. Can't wait for more!
- kariRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5I like how the story’s started. The flow and grammar is good too and although its too soon to make it a favorite, I will still give it 4.5 stars & look forward to more chapters!
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/ ___ \ - DeaDzNaKORoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5OK. Fine, the meteorite did not hit him in the knee, but it's still a great contrast to "I used to be a hero until I took an arrow to the knee " line. (not exactly the same line, but you get the point)
Some people got confused with the level up system, but if you look closer it's really just a westernized pseudo version of BTTH rank-up system. Though I do find the MC needs quiet a bit of polishing. I mean the guy barely fits the plot, but there's that chance that he's just making a front towards everyone and is just hiding the demon inside. A demon waiting to come out and take over... hehehe it's still a cliche either way, but that's not really a problem so here's my score.
STYLE: A good style, nothing to note really. Other than the battle scenes that feels like.... I don't know, it's blurry? For example. Energy ball. How is he holding the energy ball, sideways, up front, back, above him? how is he shooting it in rapid fire, like Vegit*? how big is the ball, like a ping-pong ball, a tennis ball, a soccer ball? You really should describe those balls more. Not too much, just enough to give someone a clear image how those balls are lunched.
Story: Story is good, lots of potential. Though there are too many time skips. And by skips, I mean the progress/activity V.S. Time skip ratio. Too little practice scenes that show the development of power or skill before it's used in actual battle, but these things can be easily rectified. Story is still interesting though.
Grammar: I'm not a grammar Nazi. Good grammar, a bit of grammar mistakes here and there but it's not affecting the mood or the story itself.
Character: Like I said, character is not fitting the worlds' description. And by that I mean, his experience(what is written, not what is hidden) does not match the character he portrays. EX. Naruto tries to be the best to prove he is not worthless, or at least stop people from looking down on him.
Overall the story is interesting, needs a bit of polishing but it is not - qwertyasdf2222Royal Road★★★★ 4.0Reading most the “negative” and “critical” reviews pisses me off for some reason.
Anyway, overall score according to the common standards for such an ff in this site should be around 4-5, but personally it’s a 4 for me.
Style according to the standards on this site deserves a 5. I don’t know if people actually know how to see the style that the story is written in because they critique about style and just bombard random shit that doesn’t pertain to style. The story is not written like a pokemon battle and is much easier to read and digest with the condensed fight scenes, making the story cleaner than what’s normally seen on this site. It does not say every single action that occurs and YES, there are actual proper fists and kicks flying at each other and dodging as well. Personally, I like the style a lot because it does not say every single bloody small action that the mc takes when he fights, but does mention the big moves that come out. The fights are more magus style than a martial artist’s due to the flying energy balls and swords but that’s wuxia/xianxia style for you. Objectively, the style is well done and has good flow. STYLE IS HOW THE WRITER WRITES THE STORY IN GENERAL, NOT THE PLOT OF THE STORY (like how yoda says, “patience you must have, my young padawan,” and not “you must have patience, my young padawan.” See the difference you shitty raters?)
Story is not fantastic, but neither is it bad nor incoherent. Quirks that the mc should have will be critiqued about in the character side. Plot is decent, it’s the normal shallow stories that fans of most ff’s like in this site.
Grammar is SO MUCH BETTER than others of this site, fans and even “critical” people of this site should at least appreciate that there are no glaring mistakes that detract you totally from the story and the story flows well in that sense.
Character development, unfortunately, is not a strong suit in this novel. The mc should have quirks and less naivety due to his past. You can attrib - piens15Royal Road★★ 1.5Same reasons as the one who wrote NOT SO GOOD
- ybivalkoRoyal Road★★ 1.5the story is not bad but the character is boring and tense and slow so u can guess my furstration while reading this stuff
- KnightOfXentarRoyal Road★ 0.5I believe author didnt think through his story, because entire story could be summarised into: “MC does random things without any plot or character development.”
It seriously feels like each smaller parts of story are not tied together into one big tale. MC was bullied his entire childhood for being weak (his society only cares about strength and he hated that) and yet he still grows up as total naive idiot, who gets surrounded by those care-only-about-strength characters (even though few chapters earlier he hated that kind of people!) and he risks his life for that kind of people.
MC knows only 1 decent girl: the maid that sticked with him through his worst moments of his life and even saved his life… and after they kiss, she dissapears from story!!! WTF?!
Instead we get some businesswoman, who is interested only in his strength for her selfish goals and whats worst? MC doesnt mind and even dares to utter bullshit “I will pledge my life to her goal“. That kind of attitude cant even be described as “naive”, when he himself said, that he hated people who only care about strength.
Author, you dont give character that kind of background and then for the rest of story let him act in spite of his background. You cant ignore stuff you wrote few chapters earlier!!!