Everlasting Immortal Firmament

This novel is a mix of Investiture of The Gods and modern xianxia. Pretty much everything in the novel is recycled from either Investiture of The Gods or modern xianxias like BTTH and honestly it does neither well, aside from the very beginning of the novel which is really good. The plot evolves with people being captured and Gu Hai rescuing them over and over again, that or him helping them with something. There's quite literally nothing else aside from what happens in between when he's doing one of those two things — sometimes both simultaneously, believe it or not. I didn't bother to count, but I'm pretty sure people got captured over 20 times in less than 500 chapters. . . Sometimes he rescues someone and they get captured again right after. No, I'm not joking. His personality is basically "being smart" and "being good", but his "being smart" is just an overly-forced plot armor which is cool at the beginning, but gets old quite fast because it feels way too forced. Superb translation including explanations of idioms. Many cultural/historical (chinese) references. MC and underlying story that does not follow most of the tropes. Out of all the novels I have read I would say this is in the top 5%. And that includes every single one here if you search by rating or ranking. (Top 100 or 50 at the time of this comment. ) That said. I am dropping this excellent series. i. e. I don't mind tragedy. . . but I prefer more of an upside in my reading. I may take it up again though, after I buy enough chocolate and ice cream for a mood boost. In summery it trash, good for those who are open minded and people who have brain syndrom

this novel is perfect. the many Chinese myths really add to the mystery. MC's ability to copy songs and poetry from the earth is also amazing, especially his depictions. The moment I really liked was when MC read the opposing Empire's poetry and the moment when he read the Dao Laozi scripture. both moments gave me goosebumps. MC's struggle in bringing his wife back to life was also very touching, I often cried in several parts about the character's attachment. what I like most is mc's intelligence and manipulation. and of course MC's ability to play chess (Go). the first time he summoned a cloud monster from earth using go formation and the cloud monster came to life gave me goosebumps. then given another plotwis about the eternal horizon of yin-yang. perfect💯💯

This novel is rather unique in its world building and characterization. The plot and story follow a typical xianxia pattern of challenging ever stronger enemies, but the conflict is never contrived and follows a logical path.