The overall plot progression is actually pretty interesting, but you must skim massive useless info dumps constantly, while suspending disbelief at the constant glaring plot holes. This is a story of a "genius" who is one of the few people in history that is both able to create top grade cards, but also battle as a top grade "ace" in multiple battle styles. They are magical cards that go in a device on your wrist to cast spells of the xianxia genre. In this novel world, most people battle using "cards". I don't know why I kept reading this, and I don't recommend anyone else to do the. The author was clearly just trying to spam as many words as possible without much critical thought to overall plot lines or individual battles. The novel begins at a 1.5/5 and slowly climbs up to a ~2.5 by chapter 200+ before crashing down to 1 at the end. Very disappointing when considering this author's other works. I guess this goes to show that CN webnovels doesn't really have to really on an ad nauseam loop of tournaments, auctions, arrogant schools / personages to move the story along. Even nearing the halfway point, the story feels fresh and flows along smoothly. This novel has surpassed my expectations. That for me makes this series very much worth my while. ![]() more> you that xianxia feeling of continuous advancement, self improvement, and exciting battles without the annoying repetitive elements and nearly copy/paste scenarios (so far, but then I'm nearly a third through). There are some components that make me think of other novels - the training space he gets early on makes me think of Tempest of the Stellar War (another novel that I recommend, though it loses a bit of appeal by the last 2 volumes), the crafting makes me think of Heavenly Jewel Change - but the overall concept is sufficiently unique, interesting, and fun. Not sure if it's technically sci-fi, though I guess the adage is true : "any technology sufficiently advanced enough seems like magic". Fame, wealth, beauties, dangers gathered all around from far and near until finally, he became a paragon of inspiration to all. From a solitary life of survival to his collaboration with his friend to the team’s business of fantasy stories: As card films full of fantastic oddities flowed from Chen Mu’s hands like an unending stream, his own fighting strength rapidly grew. ![]() Through his exceptional intelligence and toughness, he evolved from the weak to the mighty. Although he was not the originator of the federation’s unrest, he was definitely the number one reason for continuously escalating it. With even the elites of the academic world unable to decipher these cards’ structure, his powerful cards were able to unnerve even the federation, causing the greatest Card Creators and Card Fighters to grow frantic, triggering open battles and covert maneuvers among various interest groups - all behind the silhouette of Chen Mu. Claimed to be the greatest team in the history of the card film industry - “Mu Lei” is born.
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