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Asian F&SF webnovels - Part 2
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Chris Buckley
Jun 17, 2022, 8:45:02 AM6/17/22
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A large part of my reading the past 5-6 years has been Asian fantasy
and science fiction webnovels (translated). This is a 3-part
description of the genre intended for those who aren't familiar with
it.
Part 2 (this part) describes where to go to find Asian webnovels and
reviews and gives my raw reading log (one sentence plus rating) of
those I've tried.
If you want to look into reading Asian F&SF webnovels that may appeal
to your tastes, there are three sites that you should know about.
1. https://www.novelupdates.com/
A fantastic site. There are no webnovels here. Instead, the site
attempts to track and link to every translated chapter of any Asian
webnovel (only non-pay-walled/not commercially available). The site
is massive; just the forum has over 430,000 members and 5,500,000
posts.
Every webnovel has full details of the original language webnovel,
translation status and group, genre, tags, what recommended lists it
appears on (I find this very useful for browsing), synopsis, ratings,
and the all-important decent quality reviews. The links to individual
chapters are all dated so you can see how active the translation is.
2. https://www.webnovel.com/
A non-fantastic site. Webnovel.com is an English language subsidiary
of Qidian, the huge Chinese webnovel site and legal owner of the vast
majority of Chinese webnovels. About 6 years ago they bought out a
number of fan translation sites and contracted with a large number of
fan translators to continue their work, legally now, and share the
profits.
It worked quite well for a year or two but they over-expanded, leading
to often poor translation quality and dropped translations (very
annoying when you've read 1100 chapters of a 1500 chapter book and it
gets dropped.) Rather than fix the problems they pivoted to
supporting original English language webnovels.
At the moment it's almost impossible to find their high quality translated
webnovels. The following link might work for you:
webnovel.com/ranking/novel/all_time/power_rank?rankName=Power&timeType=1&sourceType=1&sex=1
Once you find one, it will be extremely expensive to read - their only
pricing model at the moment is geared to support production of new
chapters of original work. For example, one work of 1600 chapters
that due to legal quirks has two translations, is available from
Amazon for a reasonable $45 but would cost $260 to read on webnovel.com.
I'm now down to reading and supporting one webnovel being translated
on webnovel.com. If I want to binge read an existing webnovel.com
novel, I admit I find a pirate site that scrapes webnovel.com, read it
there, and then gift of appropriate amount to the story on
webnovel.com.
3. https://www.wuxiaworld.com/
Wuxiaworld is the other major legal source of Asian translated novels. Run
by a long-time fan translator (the first major translated Chinese
webnovel _Coiling Dragon_ in 2015), it offers high quality legal
translations of mostly Chinese and Korean webnovels. Active
translations are free (you can support and read chapters ahead) but
you need to pay a reasonable amount to read the finished books (most
also available as ebooks and some available on Amazon.) They have
an excellent review system and have actively commenting readers.
Their catalog of both completed translations (~60) and translations
in progress is much smaller than webnovel.com's, but it's a good place
to look around and get the feeling of Asian webnovels (especially Korean).
WHAT I'VE READ
The rest of this post is just a straight dump of my webnovel reading log
that I update every so often so I don't lose track of my reading progress.
(I'll get back to some of these I haven't touched in 3-4 years, honest!)
It is meant to give titles to lookup on the three sites above, especially
novelupdates.
Ratings are even more uncertain than normal. As well as normal
subjectivity, how do you rate a 1600 chapter novel (20 paperbacks)
with one rating, especially if it becomes boring after 1200 chapters
(as unfortunately several do)? Anything 8.5 or above I would recommend,
above 7.5 may be good.
Mostly chronologically ordered (the completed novels in order of completion)
_COMPLETED WEBNOVELS_
8 Coiling Dragon - 804 chapters - I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese classic . Many people's first (+me) . Upon rereading, a bit YA,: simplified world, cultivation, conflicts
9.2 Way of Choices (Ze Tian Ji), 1184 chapters - Mao Ni - Chinese, xianxia, leveling,good characters
7.5 Shura's Wrath - 850 chapters - Mars Gravity - Chinese, game-playing isekai. stakes kept increasing past game-playing world to real world to entire universe.
8.5 Only I Level Up, 280 chapters, Korean, game playing isekai, leveling
10, The King's Advocate, 1729 chapters, Butterfly Blue - Chinese. reality game playing, great characterization and consistency, re-read 2.5 times
7.8, Release That Witch, 1498, Er Mu - Chinese, isekai European feudalism
7.5, Night Ranger, 735 chapters, -Dark Blue Coconut Milk - Chinese, isekai, leveling
7.5, Full Marks Hidden Marriage: Pick Up a Son- Get a Free Husband, 2165, Jiong Jiong You Yao - Chinese, pure modern romance (my one trial), not wuxia
7.5, Seeking the Flying Sword Path, 740 chapters, I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese, xianxia
7.5 Desolate Era, 1567 chapters, I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese, galactic xianxia
8 Renegade Immortal - 2088 chapters - Er Gen
8 Ancient Godly Monarch, 2053 chapters, Chinese, xianxia
8.5 The Unrivaled Tang Sect, ~2000 chapters (622-4), Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese xianxia, duoluo dalu(soul land)#2
8 Duoluo Dalu - 340 chapters. Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese xiaxuan duoluo #1
7.8 A Will Eternal - 1315 chapters- Er Gen - Chinese xianxia
7 Rebirth of the thief who roamed the world - 995 chapters. gaming reincarnation, very shallow . Mad Snail author.
7.5 Castle of Black Iron - 2015 chapters - Drunk Tiger - Chinese xianxia. good but improbable reset
7.5 Zhu Xian - 260 chapters -Xiao Ding - AKA: Xiakeluojiao - Chinese Xianxia pretty standard, weak later.
8.5 Martial World - 2277 chapters - cocooned Cow - Chinese Xianxia
8 Gate of Revelation - 767 chapters - Dancing - all world is characters in game
8.5 Skyfire Avenue - 901 - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese sf/xianxia, galactic
8.5 City of Sin - 1439 chapters - Misty Rain of Jiangnan Fantasy kingdom building
9 Demon Hunter - 1058 chapters - Misty Rain of jiangnan - super powers post-apocalyptic
9.5 Library of Heaven's Path - 2268 chapters - Heng Sao Tian Ya - Chinese xianxia, comedy, overpowered but humble.
8.5 Warlock of the Magus World - 1200 chapters - The Plagiarist - Alchemy, heartless protaganist.
8.8 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint - 551 chapters - Sing-Shong - Korean, stuck in world of favorite webnovel that only he read.
8.5 Otherworldly Evil Monarch - 1277 chapters - Feng Ling Tian Xia - Chinese xianxia, reincarnated assassin, harem, separate human.beast,mystic,outer on same level. pagoda.
8.5 Heavenly Jewel Change - 903 chapters - Tang Jia San Shuo - Chinese xianxia, not duoluo dalu but similar
8.7 Joy of Life - 746 chapters - Mao Ni - Chinese, involved politics. less wuxia, excellent characterization, in-depth novel.
8.7 I Reincarnated for Nothing - 203 chapters - Toika Toy Car, Korean. leveling, humorous, good touches, demon lord reincarnated as hero. very aware of genre.
7.2 Upgrade Specialist in another World - 1356 chapters - Endless Sea of Clouds - competent, reasonable characters, shallow world
6.0 Child of Light - 357 chapters - Tang Jia San Shao - His first novel and it shows. written as by a jr high schooler.
8.7 King of Gods - 1585 chapters - Fast Food Restaurant - xianxia, well-done. Ancient God Eyes.
8.8 The Monk that Wanted to Renounce Asceticism - 1512 chapters - A Golden Millet Dream - Chinese Buddhist temple monk in modern world, gaining powers by doing good. Quiet, more slice of life. insights into daily Chinese life. more heart-warming, well translated.
8.4 Returning from the Immortal World - 1434 Chapters - Jing Ye Ji Si - reverse isekai (most action in modern China with cultivation). overpowered in too many disciplines and transition off-Earth not well done at 1200+ chapters.
7.0 MMORPG:Rebirth of the legendary guardian - 856 chapters - Flying Alone - gaming. poor imitation of Reincarnation of the strongest sword god. Very repetitive battles with balance issues (hero massively overpowered but rivals are always close?)
7.5 Seoul Station Necromancer - 208 chapters - Korean - similar? to Only I Level Up. parts good.
8.7 The Second Coming of Gluttony - 489+60 chapters - Ro Yu-jin - Korean, isekai (dual world - modern Earth and Paradise(gods)) Seul
7.2 Destroyer of Ice and Fire - 702 chapters - Innocent - light-hearted, chinese wuxia,good-hearted main character.
6.7 Poison Physician Consort - 489 chapters - Chinesename - it couldn't make up mind whether it was romance,wuxia, political - romance won. Bad priorities of importance throughout.
9 Divine Throne of Primordial blood - 1158 chapters - Zero Fate - Chinese, quite well done and thought out throughout. Nice balancing of powers and growth. Su Chen lost eyes for 3 years.
9.1 Emperor of Solo Play - 191 chapters - D-Dart - Korean game playing. well done, short. reincarnation as necromancer. good characters
8.5 Elixir Supplier - 1006 chapters - Tangcu Yu - Chinese modern - Ancient Chinese Pharmicist, well-done, Chinese elites have all power - not empathetic MC
8.7 Battle Frenzy - 1212 chapters - Skeleton Wizard - Chinese - well done. good complete world building.
8.7 Sevens - 18 volumes - Waka/Yume Yume - Japanese, feudal, MC inherits jewel with 7 generations of ancestors, learns from each to combat possessed sister. political/social as well as powers.
8.5 The First Hunter - 162 chapters - D-Dart - Korean, combat, monsters invade modern world. hard-nosed army assassin is greedy to become over-powered so can wipe out monsters.
7.5 The Great Storyteller -394 chapters - Han Baeg? - Korean reincarnated great modern author liked but was ignoring the writing details, qualifies as literature
8.8 Immortal Devil Transformation - 850 chapters - Not Guilty - Chinese xuanhuan, MC back in time 10 minutes. Well done, politics good, good MC
8 The Charm of Soul Pets - 1689 chapters - Fish's Sky - Overall novel/characters well done, plotted from beginning, details weaker (eg numbers ridiculous)
8.7 Fields of Gold - 743 - Tranquil Fine Rain - Chinese, Female slice of life, transmigration into fishing village girl, able to accelerate farming
9 Mother of Learning - 108 chapters (3000 pages) - Nobody103 (Domagoj Kurmaic) - Original English(Royal Road), time loop. Nicely done, well thought out world and plot
8.9 Lord of the Mysteries, 1430 - Cuttlefish that Loves Diving - Chinese xuanhuan. Reincarnator in Victorian-like era dominated by real-life Tarot powers. Extremely well developed magic/psychological system.
8.5 Moon's Labyrinth - 362 chapters - Hungry Panda - Korean, down and out ex-entrepeneur becomes magical powerful Connector. Well done
8.7 The Lazy King - 16 (long) chapters - Tsukikage - Japanese. Unique story, most chapters told from a different POV, MC does little but sleep as he becomes most powerful god.
8 Gourmet of Another World - 1851 chapters - Li Hongtian - god of cooking, leveling up through dishes
8.5 Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God - 2918 - Lucky Old Cat - Chinese Straighforward MMORPG, mostly well done.
8.8 Scholar's Advanced Technological System - 1682 - Morning Star LL - Chinese - Leveling up through science. From Putnam and other college competitions through Nobel, Fields and beyond. Nive depiction of scientific world.
9.0 The Girl Who Ate a Death God - 34 - Nanasawa Matari - Japanese, Short, quirky dark tragedy of overpowered girl warrior with scythe
8.8 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality - 2461 - Wang Yu - Chinese - well done wuxia in both overall plot and details. Han Li has liquid to encourage growth. Attention to time details (80 year cultivations).
7.8 Stellar Transformation - 680 - I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese early classic. Flows very smoothly but with no depth (lots of breadth).
8.8 Apocalypse Lord - 80 - Light Clear Clouds (Yun Qing Dan) - Chinese. life-skill woman in game that becomes reality. Nice slice-of-life low conflict apocalyptic novel in which almost everyone dies.
8 (or 4) Invisible Dragon - 50 (5K words?) - Duichidak - Korean, one of 7 forbidden Korean novels. Should not be read until after numerous other webnovels (and perhaps not then).
_ABANDONED_
6 Throne of Magical Arcana , read thru chap 135
6 Wu Dong Qian Kun - 400+ - Heavenly Silkworm Potato - over-powered hero succeeds due to continuous plot armor
6 Imperial God Emperor - 1373 read 610 - Warring Blades - over powered hero, given anything he needs.
6 Galactic Dark Net - 470 read 143 - Sonic Nine Light Year - Galactic sci fi. MC never thinks of possible bad consequences and they never happen.
6 God of Slaughter - 1618 read 132 - Ni Cang Tian - xuanhuan, reasonably standard but very unpleasant hero (rapes for revenge). No source of enjoyment in reading.
7 Strongest Abandoned Son - 2257 read 398 - Goose is Old Five - wuxia in modern China. Flowed well, good characters, ridculous plot armor then ridiculous plot.
7 Alchemy Emperor of the Divne Dao - 1502 read 749 - Flying Alone - wuxia, over-powered to the point of parody, but pleasantly presented. Too many immediate needed usages of latest power enhancement. Stopped when overall plot just didn't make sense.
7 Online Game: Evil Dragon against the Heaven - Mars Gravity - read 518 of 1275 (only 518 translated) - same as but more over-powered than Shara's Wrath, with same arc, same impossible real world.
5 Divine Doctor and Stay-at-home Dad - 617 read 121 - Chao Shuang Hei Pi - Chinese, strongly black racist. modern times ridiculous hero.
7.5 Emperor's Domination - read 153 of 3388 - Yan Bi Xiao Sheng - Chinese - reasonable but overpowered from very beginning. no limits on his power or knowledge
7.0 Monster Paradise - read 467 of 1527 - Nuclear Warhead Cooked in Wine - Chinese, over-powered leveling up based on cards/monstersummons, inventive but no depth to invention(just constant new saving features).
6.5 God Emperor - read 50 of 1945 - Flying Fish - Chinese reincarnation Over powered without much thought put into the world
7 Almighty Sword domain- read 1396 of 1796+ - On Azure Phoenix Peak - Chinese Xuanhuan. Initial few hundred chapters good, but then repeats, and repeats. MC interesting, but other characterization bad and MC doesn't change.
6 Lord Xue Ying - read 37 of 1388 - I Eat Tomatoes - Very generic straight-line story.
6.8 Mai Kitsune Waifu 239
End of the Magic Era 70 of 1267 not bad, not worth paying more for (MC knows too much).
6 Nine Star Hegemon Body Art - read 108 of 2000+ - Ordinary Magician - Reincarnation of pill sovereign, but has constant lucky encounters just in time to power him up for the next battle. Nonsense society,politics,economics - author exhibits no evidence of thinking of them!
7 Death Mage who doesn't want a Fourth Time - read 35 of 255 - Densuke - Japanese, not bad world building, and different, but too unfocused. new born half breed Vampire becomes necromancer after living previous lives. lightnovelbastion.com. Perhaps come back to it.
7.5 Shin Yin Wang Zuo (Sealed Divine Throne) - Read 508 of 873 - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese, very good through 400-500 chapters, but author stopped paying attention to realistic plot. (highest priority to keep identity secret, but makes everything but name known). Perhaps come back
7 Rakuin no Monshou - Read volumes 1-6 of 12 - Tomonori Sugihara - Japanese. nice young-adult level novel, no great thought put into realistic world or characters or plot, just short-term action.
7 The Beginning After the End - Read 218 of 356 - Turtle ME - original English. reincarnated king grey as infant. Superficial treatment of powers politics etc.
7.5 Demi Gods and Semi Devils - Read 9 of 50 - Jin Yong - Chinese wuxia novel published in daily newspaper 1963-1967. Broad farce that didn't work with me.
7.5 First Sequnce - Read 179 of 1470 - Talking Elbow - mostly machine translated, might be worth reading a good translation.
7.2 An Unyielding Wind - read to v1s10chap2 - Untranslated author - Chinese. Female lead tranmigrated assassin. Major plot armor, immediately able to overpower surrounding folks. All folks either bad or good.
7.5 Necropolis Immortal - Read 252 of 1338ongoing - Immortal Amidst Snow in July - Reincarnated tomb raider. Major plot armor with clear distinction of good and evil characters. Dropped due to reader and MC having no idea of limitations on power and what will save him.
7.5 The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years - Read Season 1(239)+141 chaps of 630 of Season 2) - untranslated author - Korean xuanhuan. Season 1 decent, but "sequel" (and end of S1) unrealistic treament of godlike powers.
7.2 Star Odyssey - Read 531 of ?ongoing - - Good setup and first "book" (through ~500) though too much plot armor, Characters not behaving reasonably in second book - didn't have a good idea how to handle things given increased power of everybody.
7 I'm really a Superstar - Read 432 of 1696 - - Pretty much pure Gary Stu wish fulfillment in modern China. Hidden system gives always appropriate gifts, gradually expanding fields of superstardom. Superficially nicely done keeping reader amused, though nationalistic and at least once racist. Good depiction of corruption of Chinese society (terrible if others do it, good if you do it!) Dropped when got totally unrealistic in new domains (lots of other things already unrealistic)
6,8 The Baby Raising a Devil - read 45 of 234ongoing- untranslated author - Korean. Reincarnated girl acts cute as 4 year old. Deliberately childlike personality was fine, but simplified world was not.
7.2 Long Live Summons - read 325 of 1399 (only 937 translated) - Xia Fei Shuang Jia - Chinese, harem, comedy, somewhat perverted MC. Shallow but broad world - no effort for depth, just whatever scenery or plot devices are convenient.
7.5 My Death Flags Show no Sign of Ending - 86 of 120 - Atiki - Japanese, isekai reborn in game world as hated villain. Not a good balance between what was known and wasn't known.
7 Pursuit of the Truth - read 195 of 1481 - Er Gen - Chinese xianxia, Poor world-building: introduced new world facts any time short-term plot needed them.
7 Spirit Vessel - read 125 of 1006+ - Ninth Manager - Chinese xuanhuan. some appealing characters. MC complex so inconsistency fine, but other characters and world-building also inconsistent
7.5 Tensei Shitaro Slime Datta Ken - read 47 of 250 - - Japanese very standard isekai importing modern world sensibilites. Everything works very well - too overpowered.
_IN PROCESS_ * indicates reading daily/supporting
WebNovel:
*8.5 A Stay at home Dad's restaurant in an alternate world 2136 - pleasant, fun to read novel of a hero running a restaurant
7.8 the record of unusual creatures, read 117
Acheon Eon Art 467
8 Versatile Mage 1712 of 2331
7.8 nanomancer reborn, 923
7.6 I have a mansion in the post apocalyptic world 1326 of 1593
Guild Wars, 112
8.5 Nightfall 931 of 1118 Mao Ni. Deeply philosophic
Embers Ad Infinitum 41
7.8 Dragon Kings Son in law 504 of 791
Tempest of the Stellar War 700 of 1443
8.9 Reverend Insanity 1005 of 2334 Very well done, completely amoral MC
8 Pet King 664 of 1767, 1473 translated(dropped) Nice slice of life small town modern China
Cultivation Chat Group 481 of 1435 humorous (on occasion)
8 The Legendary Mechanic 1189 of 1463 pure sf
7.8 Super Gene 2173 of 3462
7 Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao
8.5 My Senior Brother is too Steady - Get to the Point - 595 of 765+? - Chinese. Very cautious MC, trying to find a safe place to survive (known to him) upcoming calamity. Takes over much of world to do so. Very poorly translated, not any better than MTL.
8.7 Kingdom's Bloodline - Masterless Sword - 297 of 690+,translation stops at 580. Intensely political and slow. History PhD reincarnated as begger prince 7 year old.
Wuxiaworld:
I shall seal the heavens, read 1413 of 1620
8 Legend of the Dragon Kind (Soul Land 3) 1405 of 1770ongoing
*8.2 Keyboard Immortal 1102 Chinese, appealing rogue main character.
8 Perfect World 790 of 2018
9 Against the Gods - 1930 - Mars Gravity - xianxia rarely updated, waiting on author to finish final arc
Second Life Ranker 394
8 The Grand Master Strategist Vol 1 chap 26 - well done but pure wuxia and politics
8.5 Overgeared 1070 of 1585ongoin
8.5 Yama Rising 739 of 1073+
8.7 The GodsFall Chronicles Book 6 chapter 23
*9 Life, Once Again 790 Korean, intense characterization, modern day actor
*8.7 The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind 383
Transcending the Nine Heavens 1222 of 1483?
God and Devil World 85
Genius Doctor:Black Belly Miss 2330
The Sage who Transcended Samsara 93
Everyone Else is a Returnee 29
Ark - Vol5 chap 2
Sundering Nature, 3-37
Swallowed Star 999 of 1486
The Legendary moonlight Sculptor 19-1 readlightnovel.org
8 Unrivaled Medicine God 1188
*8.8 Martial Peak - MOMO - Chinese, very good standard cultivation (if you can ignore sexism) 3352
Possessing Nothing 193 - Korean
*8.8 Sword Dynasty Volume 7 chapter 57 well done world/politcs/characters dreamsofjianghu.ca Patreon. serious and complex so want to read in batch mode, irregular translation schedule
7.8 Dungeon Defense (WN) 95
7.7 Rise 457 Korean modern gaming updated irregularly
World of Cultivation 216
Isaac 115
Nomenclature of Night - 623 of 824+ - Talking Elbow - Chinese. Well done parallel world. Current Qidian top novel, reading in MTL - could be quite excellent with good translation.
8.4 SSS-Class Suicide Hunter 123 Korean initially good, one-trick pony?
8 Trash of the Count's Family 258 342?
Regressor Instruction Manual 309 poor translation, new translation starting.
*Humanity's great sage - MOMO - 72
8.5 Zhanxian - 533.1 of 1330 (550 translated) - Ren Yuan - Chinese, reincarnated as executioner. well done cultivation but slow (many details)
8.8 Demon's Diary - 725 of 1572 (not all translated) - Wang Yu - Chinese
Kingdom's Bloodline 145
7.8 Deathbound Duke's Daughter and Seven Noblemen - 36 of 164+ - Terasu Senoo - Japanese, female reincarnated as fanatasy world villain
8.5 Utsuro no hako to Zero no Maria - v2 chap 1 of 7- Mikage Eiji - Japanese, psychological time loop. Light Novel available in English.
*8.5 Beware of Chicken - v3 ch 15 - CasualFarmer - English orig,RoyalRoad
Metaworld Chronicles 208 ? English orig
8 A Journey of Red abnd Black 98 vampire - English orig
8 Katekepsis 6.4 - English orig
7.5 Pact 4..11 - English orig
*8.8 Empire in Chains - Aeridinae Lunaris - English orig - nice political philosophy - Act 6 Ch 32
8 Worm 11e English orig
_HIATUS PENDING RESUMPTION OF TRANSLATION/WRITING_
Mao Ni - The Path toward Heaven
The strong,the few true cultivaters on campus (TCC) - Tang Xiao - 309 of 1872 have been translated - low quality, but amusing
8.7 It's not easy to be a Man After Traveling to the Future - 1482 of 1482 - Madame Ru - galactic science fiction, female protagonist
Virtual World Close Combat Mage 720 of 800n
8.2 Superstars of Tomorrow, 507
7.5 Immortal - v4chap78 (1675 in original) - Guan Qi - Chinese. energetic, not well thought out, founding an empire, much more widespread Chinese background than just Confucianism.
7.5 Super Minion - chap 50 - Gogglesbear - English orig, RoyalRoad, perhaps murderbot lookalike in world of Superheros vs supervillains.
8.5 Tales of Demons and Gods - chap 496 - Mad Snail - Well done reincarnator novel, almost abandoned by author (20 chapters in last 5 years)
8.8 Archfiend - chap 517 (Chinese 1638) - Nocturnal Stranger - Excellent story oriented. Cultivation in modern China (worlds gradually knowing each other since WW1).
8.8 World's Best Martial Artist - chap 441 (raw is 1432) - Eagle eats the Chick - Good character behaiving realistically though somewhat simplistic at times., world building
7.8 Adventurers who don't believe in humanity will save the world - chap 146 - Fuji Shinta - Japanese? webnovel stopped, will become anime. 4 people betrayed by others form dungeon team while establishing bonds. Writing a bit clumsy
7.8 Zither Emperor - chap 154 of 1038? (vol 6 of 41) - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese, roughly same background as Douluo Dalu novels. Power of music. overpowered, magic not as well described as others. MC initially very naive.
and science fiction webnovels (translated). This is a 3-part
description of the genre intended for those who aren't familiar with
it.
Part 2 (this part) describes where to go to find Asian webnovels and
reviews and gives my raw reading log (one sentence plus rating) of
those I've tried.
If you want to look into reading Asian F&SF webnovels that may appeal
to your tastes, there are three sites that you should know about.
1. https://www.novelupdates.com/
A fantastic site. There are no webnovels here. Instead, the site
attempts to track and link to every translated chapter of any Asian
webnovel (only non-pay-walled/not commercially available). The site
is massive; just the forum has over 430,000 members and 5,500,000
posts.
Every webnovel has full details of the original language webnovel,
translation status and group, genre, tags, what recommended lists it
appears on (I find this very useful for browsing), synopsis, ratings,
and the all-important decent quality reviews. The links to individual
chapters are all dated so you can see how active the translation is.
2. https://www.webnovel.com/
A non-fantastic site. Webnovel.com is an English language subsidiary
of Qidian, the huge Chinese webnovel site and legal owner of the vast
majority of Chinese webnovels. About 6 years ago they bought out a
number of fan translation sites and contracted with a large number of
fan translators to continue their work, legally now, and share the
profits.
It worked quite well for a year or two but they over-expanded, leading
to often poor translation quality and dropped translations (very
annoying when you've read 1100 chapters of a 1500 chapter book and it
gets dropped.) Rather than fix the problems they pivoted to
supporting original English language webnovels.
At the moment it's almost impossible to find their high quality translated
webnovels. The following link might work for you:
webnovel.com/ranking/novel/all_time/power_rank?rankName=Power&timeType=1&sourceType=1&sex=1
Once you find one, it will be extremely expensive to read - their only
pricing model at the moment is geared to support production of new
chapters of original work. For example, one work of 1600 chapters
that due to legal quirks has two translations, is available from
Amazon for a reasonable $45 but would cost $260 to read on webnovel.com.
I'm now down to reading and supporting one webnovel being translated
on webnovel.com. If I want to binge read an existing webnovel.com
novel, I admit I find a pirate site that scrapes webnovel.com, read it
there, and then gift of appropriate amount to the story on
webnovel.com.
3. https://www.wuxiaworld.com/
Wuxiaworld is the other major legal source of Asian translated novels. Run
by a long-time fan translator (the first major translated Chinese
webnovel _Coiling Dragon_ in 2015), it offers high quality legal
translations of mostly Chinese and Korean webnovels. Active
translations are free (you can support and read chapters ahead) but
you need to pay a reasonable amount to read the finished books (most
also available as ebooks and some available on Amazon.) They have
an excellent review system and have actively commenting readers.
Their catalog of both completed translations (~60) and translations
in progress is much smaller than webnovel.com's, but it's a good place
to look around and get the feeling of Asian webnovels (especially Korean).
WHAT I'VE READ
The rest of this post is just a straight dump of my webnovel reading log
that I update every so often so I don't lose track of my reading progress.
(I'll get back to some of these I haven't touched in 3-4 years, honest!)
It is meant to give titles to lookup on the three sites above, especially
novelupdates.
Ratings are even more uncertain than normal. As well as normal
subjectivity, how do you rate a 1600 chapter novel (20 paperbacks)
with one rating, especially if it becomes boring after 1200 chapters
(as unfortunately several do)? Anything 8.5 or above I would recommend,
above 7.5 may be good.
Mostly chronologically ordered (the completed novels in order of completion)
_COMPLETED WEBNOVELS_
8 Coiling Dragon - 804 chapters - I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese classic . Many people's first (+me) . Upon rereading, a bit YA,: simplified world, cultivation, conflicts
9.2 Way of Choices (Ze Tian Ji), 1184 chapters - Mao Ni - Chinese, xianxia, leveling,good characters
7.5 Shura's Wrath - 850 chapters - Mars Gravity - Chinese, game-playing isekai. stakes kept increasing past game-playing world to real world to entire universe.
8.5 Only I Level Up, 280 chapters, Korean, game playing isekai, leveling
10, The King's Advocate, 1729 chapters, Butterfly Blue - Chinese. reality game playing, great characterization and consistency, re-read 2.5 times
7.8, Release That Witch, 1498, Er Mu - Chinese, isekai European feudalism
7.5, Night Ranger, 735 chapters, -Dark Blue Coconut Milk - Chinese, isekai, leveling
7.5, Full Marks Hidden Marriage: Pick Up a Son- Get a Free Husband, 2165, Jiong Jiong You Yao - Chinese, pure modern romance (my one trial), not wuxia
7.5, Seeking the Flying Sword Path, 740 chapters, I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese, xianxia
7.5 Desolate Era, 1567 chapters, I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese, galactic xianxia
8 Renegade Immortal - 2088 chapters - Er Gen
8 Ancient Godly Monarch, 2053 chapters, Chinese, xianxia
8.5 The Unrivaled Tang Sect, ~2000 chapters (622-4), Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese xianxia, duoluo dalu(soul land)#2
8 Duoluo Dalu - 340 chapters. Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese xiaxuan duoluo #1
7.8 A Will Eternal - 1315 chapters- Er Gen - Chinese xianxia
7 Rebirth of the thief who roamed the world - 995 chapters. gaming reincarnation, very shallow . Mad Snail author.
7.5 Castle of Black Iron - 2015 chapters - Drunk Tiger - Chinese xianxia. good but improbable reset
7.5 Zhu Xian - 260 chapters -Xiao Ding - AKA: Xiakeluojiao - Chinese Xianxia pretty standard, weak later.
8.5 Martial World - 2277 chapters - cocooned Cow - Chinese Xianxia
8 Gate of Revelation - 767 chapters - Dancing - all world is characters in game
8.5 Skyfire Avenue - 901 - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese sf/xianxia, galactic
8.5 City of Sin - 1439 chapters - Misty Rain of Jiangnan Fantasy kingdom building
9 Demon Hunter - 1058 chapters - Misty Rain of jiangnan - super powers post-apocalyptic
9.5 Library of Heaven's Path - 2268 chapters - Heng Sao Tian Ya - Chinese xianxia, comedy, overpowered but humble.
8.5 Warlock of the Magus World - 1200 chapters - The Plagiarist - Alchemy, heartless protaganist.
8.8 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint - 551 chapters - Sing-Shong - Korean, stuck in world of favorite webnovel that only he read.
8.5 Otherworldly Evil Monarch - 1277 chapters - Feng Ling Tian Xia - Chinese xianxia, reincarnated assassin, harem, separate human.beast,mystic,outer on same level. pagoda.
8.5 Heavenly Jewel Change - 903 chapters - Tang Jia San Shuo - Chinese xianxia, not duoluo dalu but similar
8.7 Joy of Life - 746 chapters - Mao Ni - Chinese, involved politics. less wuxia, excellent characterization, in-depth novel.
8.7 I Reincarnated for Nothing - 203 chapters - Toika Toy Car, Korean. leveling, humorous, good touches, demon lord reincarnated as hero. very aware of genre.
7.2 Upgrade Specialist in another World - 1356 chapters - Endless Sea of Clouds - competent, reasonable characters, shallow world
6.0 Child of Light - 357 chapters - Tang Jia San Shao - His first novel and it shows. written as by a jr high schooler.
8.7 King of Gods - 1585 chapters - Fast Food Restaurant - xianxia, well-done. Ancient God Eyes.
8.8 The Monk that Wanted to Renounce Asceticism - 1512 chapters - A Golden Millet Dream - Chinese Buddhist temple monk in modern world, gaining powers by doing good. Quiet, more slice of life. insights into daily Chinese life. more heart-warming, well translated.
8.4 Returning from the Immortal World - 1434 Chapters - Jing Ye Ji Si - reverse isekai (most action in modern China with cultivation). overpowered in too many disciplines and transition off-Earth not well done at 1200+ chapters.
7.0 MMORPG:Rebirth of the legendary guardian - 856 chapters - Flying Alone - gaming. poor imitation of Reincarnation of the strongest sword god. Very repetitive battles with balance issues (hero massively overpowered but rivals are always close?)
7.5 Seoul Station Necromancer - 208 chapters - Korean - similar? to Only I Level Up. parts good.
8.7 The Second Coming of Gluttony - 489+60 chapters - Ro Yu-jin - Korean, isekai (dual world - modern Earth and Paradise(gods)) Seul
7.2 Destroyer of Ice and Fire - 702 chapters - Innocent - light-hearted, chinese wuxia,good-hearted main character.
6.7 Poison Physician Consort - 489 chapters - Chinesename - it couldn't make up mind whether it was romance,wuxia, political - romance won. Bad priorities of importance throughout.
9 Divine Throne of Primordial blood - 1158 chapters - Zero Fate - Chinese, quite well done and thought out throughout. Nice balancing of powers and growth. Su Chen lost eyes for 3 years.
9.1 Emperor of Solo Play - 191 chapters - D-Dart - Korean game playing. well done, short. reincarnation as necromancer. good characters
8.5 Elixir Supplier - 1006 chapters - Tangcu Yu - Chinese modern - Ancient Chinese Pharmicist, well-done, Chinese elites have all power - not empathetic MC
8.7 Battle Frenzy - 1212 chapters - Skeleton Wizard - Chinese - well done. good complete world building.
8.7 Sevens - 18 volumes - Waka/Yume Yume - Japanese, feudal, MC inherits jewel with 7 generations of ancestors, learns from each to combat possessed sister. political/social as well as powers.
8.5 The First Hunter - 162 chapters - D-Dart - Korean, combat, monsters invade modern world. hard-nosed army assassin is greedy to become over-powered so can wipe out monsters.
7.5 The Great Storyteller -394 chapters - Han Baeg? - Korean reincarnated great modern author liked but was ignoring the writing details, qualifies as literature
8.8 Immortal Devil Transformation - 850 chapters - Not Guilty - Chinese xuanhuan, MC back in time 10 minutes. Well done, politics good, good MC
8 The Charm of Soul Pets - 1689 chapters - Fish's Sky - Overall novel/characters well done, plotted from beginning, details weaker (eg numbers ridiculous)
8.7 Fields of Gold - 743 - Tranquil Fine Rain - Chinese, Female slice of life, transmigration into fishing village girl, able to accelerate farming
9 Mother of Learning - 108 chapters (3000 pages) - Nobody103 (Domagoj Kurmaic) - Original English(Royal Road), time loop. Nicely done, well thought out world and plot
8.9 Lord of the Mysteries, 1430 - Cuttlefish that Loves Diving - Chinese xuanhuan. Reincarnator in Victorian-like era dominated by real-life Tarot powers. Extremely well developed magic/psychological system.
8.5 Moon's Labyrinth - 362 chapters - Hungry Panda - Korean, down and out ex-entrepeneur becomes magical powerful Connector. Well done
8.7 The Lazy King - 16 (long) chapters - Tsukikage - Japanese. Unique story, most chapters told from a different POV, MC does little but sleep as he becomes most powerful god.
8 Gourmet of Another World - 1851 chapters - Li Hongtian - god of cooking, leveling up through dishes
8.5 Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God - 2918 - Lucky Old Cat - Chinese Straighforward MMORPG, mostly well done.
8.8 Scholar's Advanced Technological System - 1682 - Morning Star LL - Chinese - Leveling up through science. From Putnam and other college competitions through Nobel, Fields and beyond. Nive depiction of scientific world.
9.0 The Girl Who Ate a Death God - 34 - Nanasawa Matari - Japanese, Short, quirky dark tragedy of overpowered girl warrior with scythe
8.8 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality - 2461 - Wang Yu - Chinese - well done wuxia in both overall plot and details. Han Li has liquid to encourage growth. Attention to time details (80 year cultivations).
7.8 Stellar Transformation - 680 - I Eat Tomatoes - Chinese early classic. Flows very smoothly but with no depth (lots of breadth).
8.8 Apocalypse Lord - 80 - Light Clear Clouds (Yun Qing Dan) - Chinese. life-skill woman in game that becomes reality. Nice slice-of-life low conflict apocalyptic novel in which almost everyone dies.
8 (or 4) Invisible Dragon - 50 (5K words?) - Duichidak - Korean, one of 7 forbidden Korean novels. Should not be read until after numerous other webnovels (and perhaps not then).
_ABANDONED_
6 Throne of Magical Arcana , read thru chap 135
6 Wu Dong Qian Kun - 400+ - Heavenly Silkworm Potato - over-powered hero succeeds due to continuous plot armor
6 Imperial God Emperor - 1373 read 610 - Warring Blades - over powered hero, given anything he needs.
6 Galactic Dark Net - 470 read 143 - Sonic Nine Light Year - Galactic sci fi. MC never thinks of possible bad consequences and they never happen.
6 God of Slaughter - 1618 read 132 - Ni Cang Tian - xuanhuan, reasonably standard but very unpleasant hero (rapes for revenge). No source of enjoyment in reading.
7 Strongest Abandoned Son - 2257 read 398 - Goose is Old Five - wuxia in modern China. Flowed well, good characters, ridculous plot armor then ridiculous plot.
7 Alchemy Emperor of the Divne Dao - 1502 read 749 - Flying Alone - wuxia, over-powered to the point of parody, but pleasantly presented. Too many immediate needed usages of latest power enhancement. Stopped when overall plot just didn't make sense.
7 Online Game: Evil Dragon against the Heaven - Mars Gravity - read 518 of 1275 (only 518 translated) - same as but more over-powered than Shara's Wrath, with same arc, same impossible real world.
5 Divine Doctor and Stay-at-home Dad - 617 read 121 - Chao Shuang Hei Pi - Chinese, strongly black racist. modern times ridiculous hero.
7.5 Emperor's Domination - read 153 of 3388 - Yan Bi Xiao Sheng - Chinese - reasonable but overpowered from very beginning. no limits on his power or knowledge
7.0 Monster Paradise - read 467 of 1527 - Nuclear Warhead Cooked in Wine - Chinese, over-powered leveling up based on cards/monstersummons, inventive but no depth to invention(just constant new saving features).
6.5 God Emperor - read 50 of 1945 - Flying Fish - Chinese reincarnation Over powered without much thought put into the world
7 Almighty Sword domain- read 1396 of 1796+ - On Azure Phoenix Peak - Chinese Xuanhuan. Initial few hundred chapters good, but then repeats, and repeats. MC interesting, but other characterization bad and MC doesn't change.
6 Lord Xue Ying - read 37 of 1388 - I Eat Tomatoes - Very generic straight-line story.
6.8 Mai Kitsune Waifu 239
End of the Magic Era 70 of 1267 not bad, not worth paying more for (MC knows too much).
6 Nine Star Hegemon Body Art - read 108 of 2000+ - Ordinary Magician - Reincarnation of pill sovereign, but has constant lucky encounters just in time to power him up for the next battle. Nonsense society,politics,economics - author exhibits no evidence of thinking of them!
7 Death Mage who doesn't want a Fourth Time - read 35 of 255 - Densuke - Japanese, not bad world building, and different, but too unfocused. new born half breed Vampire becomes necromancer after living previous lives. lightnovelbastion.com. Perhaps come back to it.
7.5 Shin Yin Wang Zuo (Sealed Divine Throne) - Read 508 of 873 - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese, very good through 400-500 chapters, but author stopped paying attention to realistic plot. (highest priority to keep identity secret, but makes everything but name known). Perhaps come back
7 Rakuin no Monshou - Read volumes 1-6 of 12 - Tomonori Sugihara - Japanese. nice young-adult level novel, no great thought put into realistic world or characters or plot, just short-term action.
7 The Beginning After the End - Read 218 of 356 - Turtle ME - original English. reincarnated king grey as infant. Superficial treatment of powers politics etc.
7.5 Demi Gods and Semi Devils - Read 9 of 50 - Jin Yong - Chinese wuxia novel published in daily newspaper 1963-1967. Broad farce that didn't work with me.
7.5 First Sequnce - Read 179 of 1470 - Talking Elbow - mostly machine translated, might be worth reading a good translation.
7.2 An Unyielding Wind - read to v1s10chap2 - Untranslated author - Chinese. Female lead tranmigrated assassin. Major plot armor, immediately able to overpower surrounding folks. All folks either bad or good.
7.5 Necropolis Immortal - Read 252 of 1338ongoing - Immortal Amidst Snow in July - Reincarnated tomb raider. Major plot armor with clear distinction of good and evil characters. Dropped due to reader and MC having no idea of limitations on power and what will save him.
7.5 The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years - Read Season 1(239)+141 chaps of 630 of Season 2) - untranslated author - Korean xuanhuan. Season 1 decent, but "sequel" (and end of S1) unrealistic treament of godlike powers.
7.2 Star Odyssey - Read 531 of ?ongoing - - Good setup and first "book" (through ~500) though too much plot armor, Characters not behaving reasonably in second book - didn't have a good idea how to handle things given increased power of everybody.
7 I'm really a Superstar - Read 432 of 1696 - - Pretty much pure Gary Stu wish fulfillment in modern China. Hidden system gives always appropriate gifts, gradually expanding fields of superstardom. Superficially nicely done keeping reader amused, though nationalistic and at least once racist. Good depiction of corruption of Chinese society (terrible if others do it, good if you do it!) Dropped when got totally unrealistic in new domains (lots of other things already unrealistic)
6,8 The Baby Raising a Devil - read 45 of 234ongoing- untranslated author - Korean. Reincarnated girl acts cute as 4 year old. Deliberately childlike personality was fine, but simplified world was not.
7.2 Long Live Summons - read 325 of 1399 (only 937 translated) - Xia Fei Shuang Jia - Chinese, harem, comedy, somewhat perverted MC. Shallow but broad world - no effort for depth, just whatever scenery or plot devices are convenient.
7.5 My Death Flags Show no Sign of Ending - 86 of 120 - Atiki - Japanese, isekai reborn in game world as hated villain. Not a good balance between what was known and wasn't known.
7 Pursuit of the Truth - read 195 of 1481 - Er Gen - Chinese xianxia, Poor world-building: introduced new world facts any time short-term plot needed them.
7 Spirit Vessel - read 125 of 1006+ - Ninth Manager - Chinese xuanhuan. some appealing characters. MC complex so inconsistency fine, but other characters and world-building also inconsistent
7.5 Tensei Shitaro Slime Datta Ken - read 47 of 250 - - Japanese very standard isekai importing modern world sensibilites. Everything works very well - too overpowered.
_IN PROCESS_ * indicates reading daily/supporting
WebNovel:
*8.5 A Stay at home Dad's restaurant in an alternate world 2136 - pleasant, fun to read novel of a hero running a restaurant
7.8 the record of unusual creatures, read 117
Acheon Eon Art 467
8 Versatile Mage 1712 of 2331
7.8 nanomancer reborn, 923
7.6 I have a mansion in the post apocalyptic world 1326 of 1593
Guild Wars, 112
8.5 Nightfall 931 of 1118 Mao Ni. Deeply philosophic
Embers Ad Infinitum 41
7.8 Dragon Kings Son in law 504 of 791
Tempest of the Stellar War 700 of 1443
8.9 Reverend Insanity 1005 of 2334 Very well done, completely amoral MC
8 Pet King 664 of 1767, 1473 translated(dropped) Nice slice of life small town modern China
Cultivation Chat Group 481 of 1435 humorous (on occasion)
8 The Legendary Mechanic 1189 of 1463 pure sf
7.8 Super Gene 2173 of 3462
7 Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao
8.5 My Senior Brother is too Steady - Get to the Point - 595 of 765+? - Chinese. Very cautious MC, trying to find a safe place to survive (known to him) upcoming calamity. Takes over much of world to do so. Very poorly translated, not any better than MTL.
8.7 Kingdom's Bloodline - Masterless Sword - 297 of 690+,translation stops at 580. Intensely political and slow. History PhD reincarnated as begger prince 7 year old.
Wuxiaworld:
I shall seal the heavens, read 1413 of 1620
8 Legend of the Dragon Kind (Soul Land 3) 1405 of 1770ongoing
*8.2 Keyboard Immortal 1102 Chinese, appealing rogue main character.
8 Perfect World 790 of 2018
9 Against the Gods - 1930 - Mars Gravity - xianxia rarely updated, waiting on author to finish final arc
Second Life Ranker 394
8 The Grand Master Strategist Vol 1 chap 26 - well done but pure wuxia and politics
8.5 Overgeared 1070 of 1585ongoin
8.5 Yama Rising 739 of 1073+
8.7 The GodsFall Chronicles Book 6 chapter 23
*9 Life, Once Again 790 Korean, intense characterization, modern day actor
*8.7 The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind 383
Transcending the Nine Heavens 1222 of 1483?
God and Devil World 85
Genius Doctor:Black Belly Miss 2330
The Sage who Transcended Samsara 93
Everyone Else is a Returnee 29
Ark - Vol5 chap 2
Sundering Nature, 3-37
Swallowed Star 999 of 1486
The Legendary moonlight Sculptor 19-1 readlightnovel.org
8 Unrivaled Medicine God 1188
*8.8 Martial Peak - MOMO - Chinese, very good standard cultivation (if you can ignore sexism) 3352
Possessing Nothing 193 - Korean
*8.8 Sword Dynasty Volume 7 chapter 57 well done world/politcs/characters dreamsofjianghu.ca Patreon. serious and complex so want to read in batch mode, irregular translation schedule
7.8 Dungeon Defense (WN) 95
7.7 Rise 457 Korean modern gaming updated irregularly
World of Cultivation 216
Isaac 115
Nomenclature of Night - 623 of 824+ - Talking Elbow - Chinese. Well done parallel world. Current Qidian top novel, reading in MTL - could be quite excellent with good translation.
8.4 SSS-Class Suicide Hunter 123 Korean initially good, one-trick pony?
8 Trash of the Count's Family 258 342?
Regressor Instruction Manual 309 poor translation, new translation starting.
*Humanity's great sage - MOMO - 72
8.5 Zhanxian - 533.1 of 1330 (550 translated) - Ren Yuan - Chinese, reincarnated as executioner. well done cultivation but slow (many details)
8.8 Demon's Diary - 725 of 1572 (not all translated) - Wang Yu - Chinese
Kingdom's Bloodline 145
7.8 Deathbound Duke's Daughter and Seven Noblemen - 36 of 164+ - Terasu Senoo - Japanese, female reincarnated as fanatasy world villain
8.5 Utsuro no hako to Zero no Maria - v2 chap 1 of 7- Mikage Eiji - Japanese, psychological time loop. Light Novel available in English.
*8.5 Beware of Chicken - v3 ch 15 - CasualFarmer - English orig,RoyalRoad
Metaworld Chronicles 208 ? English orig
8 A Journey of Red abnd Black 98 vampire - English orig
8 Katekepsis 6.4 - English orig
7.5 Pact 4..11 - English orig
*8.8 Empire in Chains - Aeridinae Lunaris - English orig - nice political philosophy - Act 6 Ch 32
8 Worm 11e English orig
_HIATUS PENDING RESUMPTION OF TRANSLATION/WRITING_
Mao Ni - The Path toward Heaven
The strong,the few true cultivaters on campus (TCC) - Tang Xiao - 309 of 1872 have been translated - low quality, but amusing
8.7 It's not easy to be a Man After Traveling to the Future - 1482 of 1482 - Madame Ru - galactic science fiction, female protagonist
Virtual World Close Combat Mage 720 of 800n
8.2 Superstars of Tomorrow, 507
7.5 Immortal - v4chap78 (1675 in original) - Guan Qi - Chinese. energetic, not well thought out, founding an empire, much more widespread Chinese background than just Confucianism.
7.5 Super Minion - chap 50 - Gogglesbear - English orig, RoyalRoad, perhaps murderbot lookalike in world of Superheros vs supervillains.
8.5 Tales of Demons and Gods - chap 496 - Mad Snail - Well done reincarnator novel, almost abandoned by author (20 chapters in last 5 years)
8.8 Archfiend - chap 517 (Chinese 1638) - Nocturnal Stranger - Excellent story oriented. Cultivation in modern China (worlds gradually knowing each other since WW1).
8.8 World's Best Martial Artist - chap 441 (raw is 1432) - Eagle eats the Chick - Good character behaiving realistically though somewhat simplistic at times., world building
7.8 Adventurers who don't believe in humanity will save the world - chap 146 - Fuji Shinta - Japanese? webnovel stopped, will become anime. 4 people betrayed by others form dungeon team while establishing bonds. Writing a bit clumsy
7.8 Zither Emperor - chap 154 of 1038? (vol 6 of 41) - Tang Jia San Shao - Chinese, roughly same background as Douluo Dalu novels. Power of music. overpowered, magic not as well described as others. MC initially very naive.
Magewolf
Jun 18, 2022, 6:24:36 PM6/18/22
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have not read a fraction of what you have.I have read a few of the ones
you mentioned so I will comment on them.
Mother of Learning is the best of any I have tried. It is better than
most professionally written books I have read. It is the best handled
time loop story I have ever come across. The first two arcs are now
available from Amazon and are well worth the money.
I have also completed Ancient Godly Monarch and Martial World from your
list but it was an effort of will to do it. Both spent a lot of time
doing the same thing but with bigger numbers attached and different names
on the punching bags. As well it seemed like in both that every new
"realm" the protagonist moved into the same thing happened. He would run
into(sometimes literally) some member of a powerful group in the new area
and end up in a blood feud with them. And this could have often been
avoided by some common courtesy or a bit of harmless bowing and scraping.
Also after reading them I find it hard to understand how you could find
Tensei Shitaro Slime Datta Ken "overpowered".
I have not read Only I Level Up (Solo Leveling) but I have come across it
because it is getting an anime. Which seems to have surprised a lot of
people because of the virulent anti-Japanese stance the author seems to
have. The excerpts they posted from the web novel certainly seemed
rather overwhelming.
Though not as bad as the bits someone else posted from a webnovel where
the author dedicated a chapter to how much he wanted to kill all the
Japanese including the women and children. He apparently also had a
problem with conjoined twins for some reason.
Thanks for going to all this trouble and I am planning on checking out
some of the novels you have mentioned.
Chris Buckley
Jun 18, 2022, 11:15:06 PM6/18/22
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unfortunately quite common in the standard Chinese cultivation
webnovels and _Martial World_ in particular is very standard there
(it established a lot of the cliches).
My casual reading speed is quite quick (300+wpm). But it now soars when
I read the later arcs of such novels - I'm basically scanning to see
if there's any progress in the high-level plot since there isn't anything
new about the low-level details of the current arc. The best webnovels
avoid this.
> Also after reading them I find it hard to understand how you could find
> Tensei Shitaro Slime Datta Ken "overpowered".
(battling 33 galaxies for instance), but overpowered in the sense of
accomplishing his goals of things like founding a city/nation much too
easily. You can see that done much better in novels like _Valkyrie's
Shadow_.
> I have not read Only I Level Up (Solo Leveling) but I have come across it
> because it is getting an anime. Which seems to have surprised a lot of
> people because of the virulent anti-Japanese stance the author seems to
> have. The excerpts they posted from the web novel certainly seemed
> rather overwhelming.
something I had really appreciated before reading some of these webnovels!
It is somewhat understandable given their histories, but it is a constant
background in some webnovels.
Chris
Magewolf
Jun 19, 2022, 4:04:30 PM6/19/22
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I can not argue with that. Most of the town and nation building was on
easy mode.
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