Universal Knowledge of the Dao

Self-Published

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Description

"No Father I don't want to be married off to an official of the Big City. I want to become the Chief Librarian, like Second Uncle !"

There is no choice left for Shin Sumi but to escape. Her plan is settled until she finds a strange book that forces her to join the famous Dark Sky Starry Sect.

"What is that book ? Why does it bite me all the time ?"

Will her path lead her to become the librarian she wanted ? Or will her craving for knowledge be satiated by something more... Magical ?

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[English is my second language, bear with me for the small errors please]

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2021
Author
d3trois

Tags

ACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGICFEMALE LEADMARTIAL ARTSSTRONG LEADSECRET IDENTITYHIGH FANTASYCULTIVATIONPROGRESSIONWUXIA

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.3/ 5.0
Followers
590
Views
346,718

Chapters(108 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • bwfoster78Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    A lot culivation stories are so full of horrible people who constantly do horrible things that it makes the whole thing, for me, dull and depressing. This one is a lot better on that front, and overall, I'm enoying it a lot. I also really appreciate the pace, particularly the fight scenes.
  • cyansloth63Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This book is one of the few which can be stomached the whole way for both obsessive and non-obsessive readers (Don't ask which one I am 0.0). The different take on the cultivation from others is also interesting, whit a different view of talent than most cultivation novels have. I find it a fun easy read which can be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of what those Debby Downers who look at the lack of major depth, when this is a light hearted read with just enough depth to make it have a good story.
  • Rodrigo CostaRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    It is still too early to review the story comprehensively, but so far it has been a pleasant and interesting read. I will follow the novel and in the future I will leave a more detailed opinion, just hope she will continue in character in the future and not become some dumb protagonist later on. Thanks for the story author and hope more ppl follow it.
  • ShoelessmeRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    First let me say that I am eagerly waiting for each new chapter.  Its a joy to read and I recomend it for most people who enjoy typical starts to Xianxia. It started out looking like it might be that most unique of creatures, a original charater type for a Xianxia...
    Which leads me to my first problem with the story.
    1:  She went from just wanting to read books to basically not reading any more books. Her fundametal uniqueness as a character seems to have gone out the door and she is now doing the murder hobo thing on every animal she finds.  I could wish her cheat would focus more on the book side of things and less on murder hobo with a steriotypical boring sword.  Maybe librarian and studying makes her better at making and using talisans.  Something other than the freaking overused waving a cliche magic sword around murdering everything for its core.
    Here are two more such problems.  Frankly though the next two are mostly my preferences.
    2:  Op cheat is Op.  Seriously the cheat is a bit too much.  Directly turning low class spirit stones into high class.  if it just purified them with out increasing the amount of spirit in them I would like it better. It feeds on the impurities and leaves her purer power to absorb?  Something more than just getting something for nothing.
    3: Murder hobo on animals aside I would wish that they would do more than just remove a core.  Seriously, skin it for the hide,  use the blood for ink base on your talismans, Something.  Not just 500 dead animal bodies left to rot everywhere.
    Final real issue that is mostly a fixed issue.
    4. Starting chapters have really blocky prose.  Its a bit obnoxious, but the author clearly learns as he goes along and that fades out fairly quickly.  After a bit i stopped noticing.  So good on the author.
  • librarysmilesRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Shin Sumi, a sheltered girl, had an admirable lifetime plan to surround herself with books.
    As we all know, life has a way of interfering with our plans. Shin Sumi was traveling in a forest between home and her local library when her plan derailed.
    A magical book, disguised as a nut, bites Shin Sumi. Since the nutty book was stronger than her, she winds up following directions to join a martial arts group and grow stronger. The magical book helps her
    by refining pills and treasures.
    It also creates entries with better versions of techniques she learns.
    It also records the plants and animals she defeats and harvests.
    Shin Sumi encounters other treasures like
    a bell and a sword.
    However, the magical book is the root of this story. This magical book can
    swallow other books and add better versions of them to its pages.
    It is like an upgraded e-reader. 😉
  • LanatirRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This is a pleasant story about a girl with no talent who gets lucky. Really, really lucky. More than anything, she wants to be a Librarian. I look forward to seeing the path she takes to get there! She doesn't show the arrogance you associate with xianxia MCs.
    My only criticism is that the grammar isn't always right. However, it's not enough to take me out of the story.
  • Jang112Royal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    To be honest, i expected something completely different after reading 2 or 3 chapters of the story. It turns out it's just a regular cultivation story, with a bit of a unique start, so if you want that, you'll enjoy this.
    I was expecting it to be more on cultivating the dao and reading books instead, but eitherway, good book.
  • TooHardToReadRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Quite the typical eastern fantasy cultivation Story.
    I'd say it starts strong, with an independent, book-loving girl. Who rather than marry, flees her home to work in a Library.
    That plan got throughout screwed up.
    The naming is a typical xianxia comedy style. Which I find kinda boring and presumptuous. (Heaven destroying sword or sth. Wielded by a girl that's not even a real cultivator yet... There is not much room to grow that naming sense)
    It's hard to distinguish between inner monologue and 'real' dialogue.
    All in all quite the average cultivation story for now.
  • StillnessRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    To start with, I like this authors take on cultivation. There are commonalities, but one of the things I like about the genre is that it's easy for an author to put their own spin on how it works. I also like the challenges that get put in the MC's way, particularly trying to make it as a talentless mortal in the sect while pretending to have great talent.
    On the orher hand, this story has a lot of issues. The grammar and writing style need work, but that can come with editing. The story itself is rushed and has a level of naritive convenience to make it so. The characters are shallow on the whole. Sumi is the MC, but to me she has never felt like a real person. She has only ever been what the plot demands of her.
    Overall, it's as enjoyable as a cheap hamburger, decently tasty, but don't expect anything great or special.
  • malekithauRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    This is a fairly standard cultivation story that starts out strong but loses its way fairly quickly. I'm sure there are plenty who will read it as it is of better quality than most on RR but IMHO it is ruined by a huge aspect of the story which I'll mention in the spoilers.