A Record Of Mortal's Journey To Immotality Review - Review4reader

This is a well thought out and brilliant story and has villains that actually uses their brains which I found to be quite refreshing. But the absolute highlight of this story is the protagonist and whether you will actually like this novel or hate it entirely depends on whether you will like the protagonist. The reason for that is while this novel has does do a decent job of portraying the various side characters, The story completely revolves around the MC (who is average in looks and has below average magical aptitude and has no other remarkable qualities except for his superior intelligence and cunning) and his pursuit of immortality. And since the MC is definitely not the sentimental type he just passes through these side characters with just a passing acquaintance except for one or two that actually manages to leave a lasting impression on him. In fact you can describe the MC in three words as the ultimate pragmatist. He dosen't care about whats righteous or not nor does he care about useless morals or emotions for the most part. He is 100% completely devoted to his goal of immortality and for the most past does not care about anything else. It would be accurate to say he absolutely has no heroic bone in his body as he values own life as most precious and does his utmost to avoid conflict and getting noticed cuz he understand heroes die and dosen't wanna be a just another tragic hero. Although for some this might look like cowardice I for one find this quite refreshing as this novel dosen't have the usual cliche tr*sh villains who shittalk and brag about power level for whole chapters then get steamrolled by the MC in the next chapter. Action for the most part is short and bloody where MC does not s*upidly talk with his enemy about his skills or power for chapters and just goes strait for the kill.

If you are looking for a novel where there's constant action and battles just keeps ramping up for whole chapters then this isn't a novels for you. While there are some long action scenes for the most past it's short and vicious where the MC only fights whenever he has to and actually tries his best to avoid fighting. Most of the times the MC goes to battle that's cuz either when his life is threatened or he has to get a special cultivation resource or something like that.

Another good thing is that MC is extremely intelligent and meticulous and plans things well ahead and always has a backup plan in hand and I don't mean where he gets beaten to sh*t and just pulls up some super shiny rainbow awesome gadget or a powerup out of his arse suddenly. No I mean actual planning where the reader knows beforehand what he's doing and his plans. Now while it can be argued this may lead to some losing of suspense it is absolutely isn't the case. The suspense comes from from when and where he actually uses these contingencies in the fight and since the MC isn't above using the others to wear out the enemy or as a meatshied to test the waters it is absolutely satisfying to watch when he actually pulls off these schemes and dispatches powerful enemies. Also sometimes even his best laid plans are just aren't enough which actually gives these fights quite a sense of realism.

So in final thoughts I do highly recommend this to those that are tired of the usual cliche boring xianxia tropes. But if my description of the MC is not to your liking then I recommend staying away. But for me this is definitely a 5/5

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