Rise of the Cosmic_Emperor by Nate_Quinn

You know this novel is all fine and dandy, has okay smut but the plot in connection to Hal is lacking. I just feel he is always going with the flow which is not necessarily a bad thing but the progression is too slow. It's been 300 chapters and not even a year has passed despite that his cultivation speed till now has been fast but it's all mismatched with the plot speed.

Let's talk about him going with flow, I feel Hal has still not decided what he actually wants or hopes to achieve, yes he is a philanderer and wants to keep on philandering but it's not really matching well with the plot. Despite being a dual cultivator and importantly his dual cultivation technique has no side effects he is still an ant in this arc and he is not actively taking actions to remedy that. He could have dual cultivated with Elsa as she is much much stronger than him but they stopped due to stupid reason. He has been pushed around by the grandmother, Devon , the patriarch , the princesses Tanya and been forced to not be in the dominant role which he has no issues with . And no he is not actually acting to let them underestimate him, he literally is an ant to them and he can't do anything to them.

I know by the end of this arc which is around 200 chapters long he will probably have every one under him one way or the other with help of Plot but that still doesn't make up for the these chapters where he is just letting everyone dictate his actions and being passive altogether.

I don't know maybe some things I said do not Correlate with the plot or my interpretation is wrong but I just feel a little disappointed. People have been commenting in the earlier chapters how this novel is just a copy of profane prince of domination and there are similarities but the main characters of the two novels could not be further apart in terms of charachter.

I hope the this story pick up now that Hal knows his past and about higher level stuff like ordinance, daos, and the primordial principle he has a connection with, I hope he actually starts exploring these of his own violation not just when the opportunity presents itself because ignoring the the laws, daos, and the order connection would just mean the the author wants to drag out the story and just push out fillers Which will be sad .

Fellow daoists, I'll keep on advancing this path and if in my journey ahead I face some difficulty which forces me to change my path or the journey becomes pleasant , I shall let you know .