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MolagBal

MolagBal 14 Feb 2024, 17:53

3 ⋅ 3

If you, like me came for an evil protagonist then move on... this garbage has an MC that is antihero at best. He's even a simp

An example would be: The people around MC drain women of their cultivation whereas mc dual cultivates for slower and mutual benefits which is NOT what I want from an evil protagonist novel.

what the f#ck is the point of an evil protagonist if everyone around him is even more evil? It really just defeats the whole purpose of writing an evil protagonist in the first place.

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  SorcererHell 22 Mar 2024, 13:27 ➥ MolagBal
  
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  no one cares you autistic incel. this is an anti hero not your generic as fk "evil" protagonist who appeals to virgin edgelords such as yourself.
  
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    MolagBal 23 Mar 2024, 16:32 ➥ SorcererHell
    
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    I just wrote a comment based on my expectations and experience from this novel, so why are you acting so butthurt?
    
    I understand that the idea that there exists people with different opinions than you can be rather traumatic for a snowflake like yourself, but deal with it.
    
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Sage_Pengamat 23 Nov 2023, 06:25

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Hiiiissh...!!
Jujur saja aku sudah mencoba menahan utuk membaca 10 bab awal sudah sangat" membosankan,tapi aku masih optimis dan berharap bab kedepan akan menarik,,tapi,,semakin kedepan semakin terasa lebih membosankan sampai 45 bab dan aku menyerah tidak ada yg menarik,mc terlalu memikirkan diri sendiri, karakter wanitanya seakan hanya pelengkap,,terasa seperti angin untuk hanya memuaskan nafsu mc,hanya dengan beberapa kata dan selesai,tidak ada yg menarik,cerita seakan berjalan di jalan aspal,plot armor yang tidak punya otak,dan 50 bab berikutnya aku sudah kehilangan minat,awalnya aku tidak ingin menyebut novel ini sampah tapi aku benar" tidak tahan novel ini benar" lebih dari sampah,,sudah itu saja,penulis hanya mengetik berdasarkan otak bawahnya cuiiih

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Srijan 15 Nov 2023, 19:08

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Man , wtf is wrong with this novel's

An*l, Absent Parents, Accelerated Growth, Adopted Protagonist, Age Progression, Alchemy, Animal Characteristics, Antihero Protagonist, Appearance Changes, Appearance Different from Actual Age, Army, Army Building, Artifact Crafting, Artifacts, Battle Competition, Beast Companions, Beasts, Beautiful Female Lead, Blood Manipulation, Bloodlines, Body Tempering, Buddhism, Calm Protagonist, Caring Protagonist, Clones, Comedic Undertone, Confident Protagonist, Cosmic Wars, Crafting, Cultivation, Cunning Protagonist, Dao Comprehension, Death of Loved Ones, Demonic Cultivation Technique, Demons, Destiny, Determined Protagonist, Dragons, Dreams, Early Romance, Elemental Magic, Enemies Become Allies, Enemies Become Lovers, Enlightenment, Evil Protagonist, Famous Protagonist, Fantasy World, Fast Cultivation, First Love, F*llatio, Genius Protagonist, Ghosts, Gods, Handsome Male Lead, Hard-Working Protagonist, Harsh Training, Heavenly Tribulation, Hiding True Identity, H*ndjob, Human-Nonhuman Relationship, Immortals, Inheritance, Inscriptions, Kuudere, Long Separations, Loyal Subordinates, Lucky Protagonist, Magic Formations, Magical Space, Male Protagonist, Master-Disciple Relationship, Master-Servant Relationship, Mature Protagonist, Misunderstandings, Monsters, Multiple Identities, Multiple Realms, Mysterious Past, Older Love Interests, Outer Space, Past Plays a Big Role, Pill Concocting, Polygamy, Popular Love Interests, Proactive Protagonist, Prophecies, Protagonist with Multiple Bodies, Reincarnation, Revenge, Reverse R*pe, Romantic Subplot, R*pe, Sadistic Characters, Schemes And Conspiracies, Sentient Objects, Servants, Sexual Cultivation Technique, Sharp-tongued Characters, Skill Assimilation, Skill Creation, S*aves, Soul Power, Spatial Manipulation, Spirit Advisor, Spirits, Stoic Characters, Strength-based Social Hierarchy, Strong Love Interests, Sword And Magic, Sword Wielder, Threesome, Time Manipulation, Tragic Past, Tsundere, Unconditional Love, Wars, Weak to Strong, World Travel, Younger Love Interests
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  SorcererHell 10 Jan 2024, 09:19 ➥ Srijan
  
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  it's not for the faint of heart. but for real tho, it's a power fantasy and the mc is almost always in control. read it. it's good.
  
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God_Unknown 25 Apr 2023, 06:33

7 ⋅ 2

This review was not done by me, I copied and transcribed it from the novelupdates website, if you disagree with the points spoken by him, do not comment on my comment, go to his.

The novel's rating on novelupdates:

Rating(4.3 / 5.0, 606 votes)
5 72% (435 votes)
4 7% (45 votes)
3 6% (34 votes)
2 6% (36 votes)
1 9% (56 votes

Pedram:
Ranting: 5 stars
Jun 29, 2018
Status: c1231 (He has read, by the time he wrote the review, 1231 chapters of the novel.)

Okay ! I guess it's finally time for me to do a BIG and complete review of this Novel after reading it regularly since 2.5 years ago,
First of all, This story start in a way that might throw off some of the new readers, but as long as someone read past the early 200 chapter, they will surely start to see why this story shine and what make this different than others. Moreover the more u go, even after 700-800 chapter, it become even better with all the revelations and samsara plot getting more developed.
Now if you want reasons of why early 200 chapter is not so good, and why it's actually good, read the Spoiler:

There is mainly 4 reason :

The author is kind of amateurish early on, It's his first novel after all, and he added some scene that he thought would bring him some extra attention. but he is already working on this novel for over 5 years and after first few 100-200 chapter, He become really good at it.
A lot of the new readers get thrown off with how Lucky the MC is early on, Like he get great inheritance early on and then again it's shown how lucky he is all time, it's so much that you think it's not normal !... Well Guess what ! It's indeed NOT normal, it's a plot point, but it will only be hinted here and there, while u can guess somethings wrong, it wont be revealed until a few hundreds chapter later. and NO ! it's not that our MC is the son of god or some beautiful goddess is looking out for him from a higher realm and making him lucky ! No, it's a Feeding the sheep to butcher it later, scenario, Some guy who can control the fate of ppl, plan thousands of ppl making them get lucky or be at a certain place at certain time etc so that in the end he can collect all the benefits and most probably kill off those ppl or devour them. and MC is one of those guys.
There is a s*x scene with his first girl, some ppl call it pe*ophile r*pe, but it's neither a r*pe nor pe*ophile, MC told the girl to leave, she came back herself, and both MC and the girl are 13~15 years old, it's not like MC is a 20~24 years old dude, they are just having minor s*x.
And Lastly, Even tho this MC got the best and most favorite Personality for me at current chapters, but early on, he was just a immature kid who was mad over losing his only family member. his personality is not really take form yet in early chapters, he will have times where he will reflect and think if he should have done differently, plus he got inheritance and memories far more than his own life-time making his personality fked up early on, his personality will be made over the years as we read the novel and become my most favorite MC personality ever.

Now about Story Overview :
This is not an story about being Evil, So don't expect a psychopath MC that don't have any emotion or will do evil or annihilate entire clan just coz someone insulted him. But the World of the story itself is quite cruel one.
This novel is actually a really well made and deep one, You can always see author putting in a lot of effort and care for it, unlike most Chinese novels with their filler and repeatable arcs.
The story is deep, like there are hints and foreshadowings all over the novels, hints that u only notice they were hints after 200-300 chapter pass and they got revealed ! or foreshadowings that make u think and Speculate what could this mean and be excited for the new chapters to come and the revelations that you been waiting for !
The Story, specially after you read a few hundred chapters, feel really fresh and unique, it don't have the usual cliche of most novels,
The world building and Mysteries in this series are Top-notch ! the whole series revolve around getting over hardships and going against fate, not giving up and pushing forward toward your obsessions.
At many time in the story you are left with some foreshadowings or mysteries that you can't help but stop to speculate and try to guess, even go to groups like discord and discuss it with other fans, It really make ppl excited and hyped for more and keeping you interested, specially at latter chapters.
Last thing to mention is the later half of the story is WAY more than early, like latest chapter is 4 time bigger than first chapter, it's like the better the story quality the longer the chapters, if you cut chapters into normal Size, then instead of 1231 chapter it would have 3000 chapter right now.
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Now Lets go for a Deep Review :
This story is not your usual simple and wish fulfilling novel, there is a lot of mysteries and hints all over the story, something neglectable that someone said in chapter 400 and many people would forget, might be a hint about something that will be revealed in chapter 800 ! things like this happens a lot.
So I gonna explain some stuff a bit more farther and also giving my review on each part of the novel.
I try to give more of a tease and less of a spoiler to not ruin the fun.
What's the meaning behind the title :

The title is Grasping Evil, It's Zhi Mo and Zhi mean Grasping or Managing,

The meaning behind it is Managing Evil or Controlling Evil,

It can give us few speculation about the novel :

The MC is gonna go on the Evil Path, But he is not gonna turn Evil, and gonna manage his personality and acts, He will control himself to do what must be done, but still have a bottom line and a set of principle that he will no go back on !
The other meaning of Zhi can be containing ! it can mean the MC gonna contain and restrain all Evils ! there is hints of it in the story, of a world of peace, a World where the cultivators and immortals does not dare to do anything evil ! everyone can live a good life in there, but of course for making such a world, you would need the power to back it up.
Many many chapters later MC actually become a Grasping Cultivator which also hint at what I said above and reflect on the whole theme of the novel, which is Grasping Fate/Going against Fate and Changing it.

How is the World and the Theme of this novel's world :

The world in this novel is quite a harsh and cruel one, Pretty much as long as you are a cultivator, you have to be strong or you will lose ur life or freedom !

There is people planning others behind their back for their own benefit everywhere.

There really isn't any rule or anything anywhere, there is some Righteous Dao cultivator who talk big and about being noble but when it come to acting like it, they also love their lives more than anything and if the enemy is really strong, they won't bother to show up to help !

there is also LOTS of demon cultivators or sexual cultivators who drain other ppl cultivation using sexual techniques, be it Male or Female, there is even Female cultivators who raise males only to harvest their cultivation later on ! same for the male cultivators as well.

MC and his brother were also sold as Dual Cauldrons to such a places at start of the novel.

Most of the Sexual/Dual Cultivators will raise or buy Dual Cauldrons and drain them completely, then the Dual Cauldrons either die or get sold again to brothels or whatever.

Pretty much the lives of normal Dual Cauldrons are all miserable.

How is the MC's goal and back story :

The MC in this Story, is different than most other novels, He is not the Chosen One, He is not the son of a God or Goddess, He is not the reincarnation of some Top of the World old cultivator ! He wasn't any strong or Rare Dragon in his past life either.

He is a ordinary guy in this life and he was a ordinary one in his past life too, the Only thing he got better than most is his talent.

Even his Yin Yang Demon Vein which is Rare in mortal world, is just rare, it's not the best vein in the world, there are other veins better or worse, it's like each Vein is good in their own special field. there is no Best for All.

More Spoiler-ish info about MC's past life and his fate :

So the MC and pretty much most ppl in this novel, Get reincarnated many times, they go to Samsara and get reincarnated, mostly without their old memories, if they cultivate and get stronger, they might get some flashback or dreams from their old life sometimes, but its pretty minor and Samsara also try to remove any trace or memory of ppl's past life.

MC mostly was an ordinary butterfly in his many many past lives, pretty much all the times also didn't really had a happy ending. whatever he was a butterfly or anything else. you could say he is fated to be ordinary and fated to never be forever happy.

he is sometimes lovers with a girl in his past life but they all not get happy ending and they both die.

But he never gives up, and in this novel he reincarnated as a human, he don't remember his past life, no memories, he is just a normal guy, but He will go on a Path to become a Grasping Cultivator and change his Fate !

and this novel Main theme is also this, Reunion with his loved ones and fighting against Fate and Samsara.

we also get hints and revelation about his past life here and there, in a nice ways all throughout the novel, there is no info dump or lame asspull that suddenly show us a new plot point.

So yeh, MC is just a ordinary guy not fated to be anything big or get a big happy ending. but He become a Grasping Cultivator to change it.

How is the Romance and Harem in this novel :

MC's Lovers, consist of both new girls who he meet and and old ones from his past lives, They All pretty much got a nice story and back story, Early on in the story first hundred or so, he got a bit more girls with less story, but they become much less in number and each one get a bigger story and backstory too.

BTW ! The "r*pe Victim Become Lovers" Tag in this story is not really correct, non of his Lovers were r*ped, Author does not use the r*pe the girl and she suddenly fell in love with MC kind of thing with MC's Lovers, they all had their own story and back story,

The Romance is not really any Masterpiece, but it's not bad or forgettable, they all have their own uniqueness and honestly I enjoyed all of them. and there is not really too many Lovers for him, They are still in a normal number and I can remember and name all of them and their stories.

But that's only the Lovers, MC also got a lot of woman that he own, Which are called Dual Cauldron, As I said above, The world in this novel is really cruel and with no moral, lots of sexual cultivators who get stronger by draining opposite s*x of their cultivation, MC once capture 17 Females who were raised only to be drained and killed by some old guy who wanted to kill MC. They become his first Dual Cauldrons, but unlike other ppl, he will not kill them or sell them off, he let them live in his World Treasure a happy life of w'o worries. even help them cultivate once in a while, but they are not his Lovers and no real romance. unless special cases.

Later he also get a lot more in a funny way, see spoiler if u want to read :

2 of his 17 Dual Cauldrons who really helped him before, once was accompanying him on a Auction House, There they saw Thousands of Dual Cauldrons put on Display for people to buy them, MC was not there to buy these, he didn't really need these girls, but the 2 Girl with MC knew these girls are gonna be sold and die or have miserable life, got sad and get on the ground crying and begging MC to Buy them all, MC could not reject them since he owe them a favor and bought all 1000+ Dual Cauldrons... lol ! everyone in the Auctions House went crazy and start calling him a s*x Devil from then on lol

What is the Demon Path that MC is following, does it mean he is Evil or what :

The MC here was not Evil, but was forced to go into a Demon Path, now the Demon Path is normally mistaken as the Evil Path and Evil Dao, but It's actually a Path about doing what you want w'o restrain and not giving a f*ck about any moral and consequence and following your obsessions !

So it mean, a Demon Path Cultivator being Evil or not, depend on the person itself and what he want to do,

And since MC here is not really Evil, He do what he need to do to get stronger and reach his goals but he won't go against his bottom line and principle, He is mostly a morally gray character.

He isn't arrogant or full of pride, specially as he mature up in the story and become stronger, his view also get bigger and if there is a guy much weaker than him who is ignorant and insult him, he dosen't even spend the effort of looking at the guy, and just ignore him. on the other hand if someone tried to kill him or his friends, he just kill him w'o batting an eye or caring about his background.

But if he really need some item that someone have for whatever reason, he wont care if the guy is good or bad, he will take that item ! but if there is no need to slaughter, he will not kill ! like he would ask for the item or try to trade for it if the other guy is ok and chill, but if the other guy just wont accept and want to fight to death, he will fight to death for it.

in the story there is both kind of enemies. it's not always idiots who underestimate MC until its too late and they are dead. some of them figure out they are "kicking a iron plate" early and try to mediate with the MC.

how are the Side Characters and Story and plot about others (not harem members) :

In this story, there is a quite a nice amount of side story and plot about others, there are some nice and emotional stories too, some make you so emotional you really feel with those character,

the Emotional aspect of this story is strong, There is a story about a baby girl in he meet Fierce Wilderness for example,

or the Story of Sen Luo, who start as a Mysterious guy in the story with everyone calling him a devil or bad guy, but as MC come into contact with him we get to know of his story bit by bit.

Then there is his Master Ancient Chaos and many other characters got their own memorable stories that either happen in the novel or is told to us that happened before novel start.

backstory/story Aside, Many Side Characters still stay relevant, Author never forget anyone tbh, he remember some ppl and bring them back up that most readers almost forgot ! and I'm talking about enjoyable Good Side characters who had some relationship with MC, not the enemies.

The Enemies all pretty much die after their parts, there wont be c*ckroach enemy that keep on running away or coming back to fight MC which would annoy many readers.

Explain what you mean by foreshadowings and hints that get revealed many chapter later ?

Okay, I'm gonna give you guys an example that I think most ppl know of.

If you watch Game of Throne, you know of a Character named Hodor, who could only speak Hodor. Since Season 1 !

Then I think in latter part of Season 6 which mean 5-6 years later, you see the scene ! when he is being controlled by the stark boy I forgot his name, while he was watching the past events with his power ! then the girl keep yelling Hold the Door to Hodor and the Past Hodor suddenly get a seizure and from then on was only able to speak (Hold The Door =>) Hodor !

At that Time most ppl watching were like

OMG ! So thats why he become like this ! WoW !

Well, This novel is also like that, It got a bunch of such a scene, where there is some hints or something, which will be revealed later,

A last yell or curse from a defeated enemy that u couldn't figure or didn't even notice, get revealed to mean what after few hundreds of chapter !

a random legend or description about some technique or person, get another hint which speculate a relation between them in a chapter 1 years later !

So yeh, There goes my big Review about my most favorite novel,
I won't tell you to Read it or not, But I believe if you read my review, You will know if this story is for you or not ! So you can decide by yourself.
Happy Reading ! :D

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  God_Unknown 25 Apr 2023, 06:39 ➥ God_Unknown
  
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  I agree with what he said, if you think I'm being biased then I recommend going to novelupdates or other review sites and looking at the reviews. For me, I think this novel should have at least a 4.5 rating, I don't know if it deserves a 5, since I never got past 500 chapters, due to lack of translation. Using the way I normally rate novels, this novel is a solid A+
  
  Now let's go to my evaluation. I won't go into details of the novel, since Pedram's comment basically explained everything. For me, this novel was one of the most controversial things I have ever read in my life, like many others, I hated this novel to the bone in the first 100 chapters. The MC was extremely stupid, the plot armor was like a wall and many events made no sense, I stopped reading the novel many times, I bad mouthed it many times in the comments too, but always came back for some reason lol. In the end, when I passed 150 to 200 chapters, I started to like the novel more and more, several things started to be explained, the MC's philosophy, his thoughts, the past, the cultivation and even the world building got richer and richer. With each chapter I felt more fulfilled and involved, when I went to see, I had already reached the end of the translations and still wanting to read more, unfortunately, until the moment the translations stopped, now there is only the MTL. In the end, I say that the novel is worth reading, you will be irritated by the first 200 chapters, probably, but I tell you that all the suffering you will go through will be worth it. Anyway, whether you will read it or not is your choice, good luck and see you in another story.
  
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ShiroYasha 21 Apr 2023, 23:01

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Beginning of the novel is really shaky, even bad, with a lot of random nonsense. But later it gets pretty interesting, MC's backstory is also really good. He's OP and badass, if you can accept and get past the fact that he rapes his female enemies for their primordial yin and keeps them as cultivation cauldrons. I especially liked dao comprehension parts of the novel. Plot progression is really good, which you wouldn't expect considering the start of the novel. Author really improves his writing skills down the road. Story picks up after he leaves this city to join a sect. Try to struggle past the initial chapters. I recommend it.

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lucasjcastelo 30 Mar 2023, 10:02

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I haven't read it, but from the reviews and synopsis it gave me the impression of a novel that divides people. For those who think it's good, they just like it and sometimes they don't even know why they thought it was good, but they liked it. For those who thought it was bad, there's at least a list of 10 pages.

I think it hits the level love it or hate it, I'll take some time to read it later...

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  SorcererHell 10 Jan 2024, 09:17 ➥ lucasjcastelo
  
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  it's only in this site that some people seem to have problems with it. If you look at the negative "reviews" they have massive downvotes showing it's not the majority opinion. From what I've seen from other sites, this novel has overwhelmingly positive reviews.
  
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awesomejerk 28 Feb 2023, 16:49

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Its good for me....don't really get the hate shown here...its very likeable on other novel platforms. Anyway, their opinions are theirs, mine is mine.

Here is my take:

- The MC does not come off as hypocrite compare to other Xianxia novels.
- Has very few pointless filler chapters.
- Plot progression is alright.

Overall I find it better than many typical Xianxia novels out there.

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  SorcererHell 10 Jan 2024, 09:15 ➥ awesomejerk
  
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  It's a very good take on the cultivation genre. The plot doesn't slow down like it does in 99% of other cultivation novels. The mc's powers are really cool and feel powerful. He also doesn't need to be bailed out from every situation and can take care of himself. The writing and translation is top tier. It's a shame that the translator dropped it after being taken over to webnovel. I hope it gets picked up again and by good translators.
  
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Nona Me 15 Dec 2022, 01:37

3 ⋅ 29

No need to read tons of comments or reviews. This novel is bad. Don't waste your time.

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  Matthäus 23 Feb 2023, 03:30 ➥ Nona Me
  
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  thx
  
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    PoisonMaster 4 Aug 2023, 12:19 ➥ Matthäus
    
    6 ⋅ 3
    
    He lied don't trust him, if you read past 200 you will like it
    
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      SorcererHell 10 Jan 2024, 09:12 ➥ PoisonMaster
      
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      You don't need to read past chapter 200 to like it. Either you like this genre or you don't. Reading past a certain point shouldn't be a threshold for liking something. I liked this novel from chapter 1. It only got better as the mc got cooler and cooler powers and explored more of the world and its lore. I know some people get uncomfortable with the first few chapters, but that's on you being a weak minded pussy and not the novel's fault.
      
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Mr. Harem 25 Oct 2022, 03:09

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#panic# This novel not finished yet, please don't give it a finished novel category, I've read chapters until 1268 and it's not the end of the novel, the novel is still ongoing

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  Stygian 22 Jun 2023, 10:02 ➥ Mr. Harem
  
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  Where did you read it
  
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    Mr. Harem 22 Jun 2023, 10:10 ➥ Stygian
    
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    https://novelhi.com/s/Grasping-Evil
    
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      Stygian 22 Jun 2023, 10:29 ➥ Mr. Harem
      
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      Thnx
      
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LollearnTosee 12 Oct 2022, 00:26

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trash novel,stupid protagonist very weak garbage.

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  Marie 21 Oct 2022, 11:20 ➥ LollearnTosee
  
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  I've seen you bash plenty of novels and I'm actually curious what you actually like, lmao. Honestly this is probably the wrong site if you hate most of the series here.
  
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    WarTheHorseman 25 Oct 2022, 17:09 ➥ Marie
    
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    My guess is he likes things with better built characters and plot.
    
    For instance some novels on this website like The Author's POV and Reverend Insanity are 10 times better though out and written than 90% of the rest of the novels. In particular if someone reads western paper published fantasy novels like those of Brandon Sanderson or Peter V Brett and etc. proper authors they will also notice that 90% of the novels on this website are practically fast food.
    I don't mind fastfood novels cause I enjoy wish fulfilment and a lot of these novels are just that High reward per word count ratio stories which is like dopamine drugs if you can self insert as the MC. My only problem is that most of the MCs of these fast food novels are completely incompatible with my decision making so I have trouble self inserting. Anyways different people different standards is all I am saying so he will probably shit on almost everything here if he is used to well written novels who had proof reader and redaction. (as paper published novels do).
    
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      SorcererHell 10 Jan 2024, 09:07 ➥ WarTheHorseman
      
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      idk wtf you're on about, but this novel has great writing, pacing, translations and character/world building. It hits all the key points of a cultivation novel and does it in an interesting and non boring way. It also has a lot of sexual content so if you don't like that I guess it isn't for you. The writing in this novel is better than 99% of other chinese cultivation novels, and a majority of dogshit korean/japanese fantasy novels. This is a power fantasy. Don't come here expecting shakesphere.
      
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    Nona Me 15 Dec 2022, 01:35 ➥ Marie
    
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    This novel is trash. The young daoist above stated his judgment very precisely. This elder felt amazed.
    
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  WarTheHorseman 25 Oct 2022, 17:21 ➥ LollearnTosee
  
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  Try the following web novels:
  The Author's POV - world setting is an Alternate Earth with mana. It is somwhere between western game world fantasy but the power system is close to eastern cultivation as they have power ranks (alphabet ranks like Korean hunters) but cultivate them slowly like in chinese wuxia and learn martial art manuals and shit but there are western game like "Active skill" books
  
  Reverend Insanity - Proper Xianxia with somewhat unique cultivation method (cultivation has the halmarks of Dao and heavenly tribulations and all that crap to level up but for battle people raise Gu worms which you can sort of think of as pokemons you collect in the wild and have to feed and take care of but they live inside your own body and use your mana to unleash supernatural moves)
  
  He Who Fights with monsters - Proper Western Lit RPG set in another world. MC is from Australia on earth and travels there in soul form and quickly learns the ropes of a world that is closer to RPG game and as people level up they lose internal organs and instead have bodies made of pure mana and stuff (author basically made an effort to explain how shit works if you had to have a realistic world that also has RPG ingrained into it)
  
  Also anything published on paper by Brandon Sanderson, Peter V Brett, Adrian Tchaikovsky or Patric Rothfuss.
  
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    sora7 9 Nov 2022, 20:31 ➥ WarTheHorseman
    
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    I'm just here to say I agree with almost everything you said, but He who fights with monsters has probably the most inconsistent MC i've ever read. The politics is also forced in it and I didn't like how Mc is letting sophie girl roll all over him.
    
    As for brandon sanderson, I would say some of his works are epic but some works here can definitely compare to what he has written and probably surpass it too. Lord of mysteries and even grasping evil surpass many works of his reckoners being one example. I don't think it has anything to do with novels being published just that this genre itself might not be to the hater's taste. Afterall you can find huge amount of trash even in published novels.
    
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      WarTheHorseman 9 Jan 2023, 17:43 ➥ sora7
      
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      Nah published fantasy novels have some relatively boring books but they still average out a much higher quality than webnovels simply because at least 2 people were involved in the making of it. (The author and an Editor to make sure there are no jarring plot holes and inconsistencies which I often discover and get annoyed by in webnovels) Also Reckoners saga was pretty nice man ya crazy if you call it subpar (it's a different taste as it's not classical fantasy but a superpowers one)
      
      As for "He who fights with monsters" I have not read much past where the MC had that battle of wills with the god in the seed or whatever so I am not up to date with it if it has gone down hill in quality.
      
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