Grand Ancestral Bloodlines by Awespec

Personally haven't reached to those "great 300+ chapters". So far the story isn't much interesting. But chapters fly by quickly at first. Later though more and more I got annoyed about the fillers so started skipping a lot.
The shounen vibe is strong in here. MC suffers, levels-up through pain, "inhumane efforts" and "big risk", sometimes done by himself just for a better foundation. MC's quite edgy, in my "humble" opinion. And arrogant (). My guess is author wanted to mix in that personality of his previous life to not make MC seem as too harsh. As getting to know about that moment just made him seem as ludicrous in the end. Pride seeped not through bones, but soul.
I haven't payed much attention towards the names of whatever parts and techniques of cultivation world and levels though. But there's quite plenty of those. With the long explanations.

The story has some narcissistic vibes as well. For the readers to admire MC's stature.
MC this, MC that. 30 times MC's name being mentioned in a small chapter is quite a usual sight.

Pretty much the only thing I really liked was that sharp tongue of his. But it appears just too rarely.

- there is a LOT of filler.
- the first 100 chapters are basically an introduction. the next 200 are marred by constant failures. then we can see progress.
- i like the MC's straight-to-the-point attitude. no bullshitting. if he don't like you, he's either going to kill you now or kill you later.
- at the same time though, that straightforward attitude is bred from arrogance. an arrogance that more often than not lands him in avoidable trouble. at least up until the 700s where he has enough strength to mitigate some of the trouble his arrogance brings his way.
- something to note: he doesn't often get saved by powerful uncles or reclusive experts. most of the time he just kinda gets into trouble and lives with it until he has enough strength to either break free or run tf away.
- as someone said before, there are moments of hype in the novel, but they are quickly dampened by the very, very lacking endings and the things that happen after.

overall: it's not bad. but it's not great either.

For some reason, after a while the sex seems becomes one of the focal points of the story. It's kinda annoying too especially with how the MC is with it.

Warning! Author is a bit of a sadist. MC's arrogance knows no bounds. First 250-300 chapter were difficult to get through, at least for me. MC was tortured and humiliated, but he was still too proud and arrogant even without having any power. It can be frustrating and annoying. After 300 chapters, it gets better. Ryu is still too arrogant, but he gets some power to act that way, so it's bearable. Cultivation system is really detailed and complex, i would say too much. Ryu has ridiculous, heaven-defying talents, but it often seems he doesn't have any control over his body and cultivation. It's like he's a passenger in his own body. Random things keep happening to him, outside of his control, so the plot feels forced sometimes. He's cultivating too many things, comprehending too much, so his cultivation is kinda slow. There are a lot of hype and exciting moments, but the pay-off is sometimes disappointing. It can build up frustration, if you get really immersed in the novel.

is the r-18 tag for gore?

The premise of the book is really good. The main plot line is intriguing and genuine. It's a true cultivation novel, with drama and consequences.

The biggest let down is the cultivation system, its way too complex. The levels have similar names and no real explanation.

You cant tell if he is talking about spiritual cultivation, Qi cultivation or body. It is just way to hard to follow. This causes you to fall out of the immersion the book would otherwise give.

If anyone ever takes the time to re translate this novel, as it could be amazing, change the cultivation system to a better one.

Every one here says it gets better after 300 chaps ....but is it worth it to suffer 300 chaps just to get to the good bits?

His bloodlines are controlling him and there is nothing more I hate than that shit

%99 filling...

Ngl this novel was able to satisfy me in one thing, seeing my 1 star review bringing it down from 4 stars to 3.9, 250 chapters in waste of my time, MC so stupidly arrogant it’s comical