Immortal Path to Heaven

If you get confused by the synopsis this is basically a blacksmith novel with a bit of fightning, arrogant young master, ass licking young master and ascending to immortality with his blacksmithing skills

A cultivation novel that is actually different from the thousands of cultivation novels where the main character is considered trash even when he reaches immortality. The novel reminds of Upgrade Specialist in Another World. The main character has the ability to upgrade weapons in a more efficient manner than other blacksmiths. He has extreme talent in smithing. His talent in cultivation is ordinary, however, due to receiving an object with the devour attribute he can take the blood and qi of beasts to increase his to cultivate faster. Others can also do this through the use of special herbs to increase their blood and Qi. It's just easier for the main character as all he has to do is kill animals. His cheat? allows him to hold attributes in his mind palace? which allows him to transfer and take unique attributes from weapons and apply them elsewhere as he wills.

I was nicely surprised because I excepted a typical xianxia novel with full time face-slapping but no it s not so I recommand it. Well the present cheat is not overpowered but gives the MC a really nice advantage.

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I don't know what the hype is about this novel, it's no where nearly as good as others, I guess it's because it's very mainstream people really like it. If you are looking for something innovative and exciting then don't read this, because it's not it's the same old novel like all other....mc gets powers and smashes everyone....nothing interesting at all, you can predict the end at the start.

Raw name: 通天仙路 Status: 1360 Chapters (Completed). . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

Expedited turn of events to the point that we are not given time to sympathize with the MC when he does stupid sh*t. Rather than feeling that his actions were justified, it feels like explanations were glossed over and his actions become crude and immoral. I have no clue if it's the translation or it's created by design, but so far I'm not invested or impressed. Verdict: Pass.

Don't be fooled by the summary, our MC is a hard working black Smith. It is well paced, a bit slow when in comparison to this style, but unlike those, the plot is not based on stereotypes. The characters are well developed, a worthy read.

A hard working MC blacksmith in a military camp. So far, so good the plot is moving forward without too many stereotypes. A recommended read if you enjoy this genre.

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This is a slow starting novel where author likes to introduce you to the world similar to novels like Record of a Mortal's Journey to immortality. As such, if you're looking for a standard fast paced typical xuanhuan then this is not it. That being said, this is a CRAFTING novel, more specifically a blacksmith crafting novel. MC gains a system where he can easily upgrade his smithed items with attributes. However, he doesn't abuse the system and instead learns how to craft without the system whilst learning many new blacksmith techniques e.g. Adding gems slots, making set items etc. The whole crafting process is very in depth and highly satisfying for crafting fanatics. A little similar to Upgrade Specialist in Another World, this novel although a Xuanhuan, has a more classical Xianxia setting and the crafting system is more fleshed out. The downside so far is its pretty crafting intense (approx 50%) so novel can feel VERY SLOW. The author has introduced a few different blacksmith type arcs (tests, new items) but there's very little drama or excitement which can make the novel a bit dull. The cultivation side is a bit more standard, he gets a "devouring" attribute which he puts on weapons to help him grow faster. Romance starts after a few hundred chapters and then stops for a long while - generally there isn't much. The MC is very cautious and calm, similar to Han Li (RMJI) and is very mature for his age (15). The cultivation progress is slow (in terms of chapters) but fast in terms of age. However, the balance isn't as good as RMJI because levels are split into 5 (which is too many) and so to keep the pacing the author has the MC 'skip' many levels at a time and he can constantly jump 1-2 large boundaries to fight. As such you can't feel the impact of a specific level. This is all confounded by the author not having a clear power structure that you don't really know how strong MC is (he was very strong in first few hundred chapters but because crafting chapters occupy bulk of novel it's unclear how strong MC is later on). The translation quality is great with very few grammar errors while the updates are regular. If you're looking for a more in depth blacksmith novel with an emphasis on crafting then give this novel a read. Translation should be done in 18 months at current rate. I dropped a star from initial 5 star to 4 star as although the crafting is great, author has got the balance wrong (too much crafting and not enough cultivation, drama, fighting etc) so novel can feel dry and difficult to continue reading at times. Update: I've currently taken a break from this novel with <300 chapters to go. One big gripe is he spends half the novel at the same cultivation boundary - because author writes long slow paced crafting arcs and then adds even more crafting e.g. Alchemy and formations, the cultivation time has to take a back seat. These newer crafts feel rushed as he quickly gets to the same level as his blacksmithing without the hard graft we've seen before so it all feels a bit cheap. The kicker is, after waiting for so long for him to gain the next cultivation level he starts getting fast power ups again. It all feels like lazy writing and you wonder why author didn't have a better pacing to the novel. It's not a bad read but if you're reading this as just a xuanhuan then the cultivation side is very dry and slow that I'd probably skip the novel. Read only if you really like crafting and don't mind slower, longer chapters.

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Yeah baby this novel is the bomb to. Tis good to read and very addictive. Fried chicken is delicious and very good for the body. I like fried chicken yeah

There are some cliche elements with the arrogant young master right at the beginning but it didn't make it less enjoyable to read. The cultivation system isn't anything new so far but mc cheat is pretty fun and mostly focused on accumulation and learning instead of instant power-ups. I recommend it to people looking for some light reading.