Li Xuan found himself in a predicament after transmigrating without the luxury of a system or plug-ins. To evade notice, he took refuge in a small mountain village. However, one day, he was mistaken for a reclusive expert, he was forcefully adopted as a master by an eager disciple who refused to take no for an answer.
Struggling with his moral compass, Li Xuan initially rejected the disciple's proposal due to his commitment to honesty. Yet, faced with persistent insistence and tempting offers, he reluctantly crafted fictional cultivation techniques. Much to his astonishment, the disciple not only embraced these fabricated teachings but successfully cultivated with remarkable prowess.
Witnessing his disciple's thunderous muscles, resilient bones, and potent vital force, Li Xuan couldn't fathom the inexplicable success. Bewildered, he exclaimed, "I fabricated it all! How did you manage to cultivate so successfully? What kind of monster are you?"
To add to the perplexity, a mysterious Golden Finger manifested: "Your disciple mastered the technique you invented from scratch. Your flawless completion of the technique has enhanced your strength a hundredfold compared to others at the same level!"
A very good read so far(im around c 80). A good idea for the story, don t remember any translation or typing errors, there are not any females so far wich is good, the biggest plus is that main character is not made stupid and forcfully unaware of his impact. Strongly recommend.
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Turned out to be just another generic novel. Don't waste your time. Only dull, boring, monotonous, repetitive text. There are no plot, no conflict, no development. MC is extremely overpowered, his disciples are extremely overpowered. All storytelling is about MC spouting some vague random nonsense, his disciples will make breakthroughs, MC will get a rise in level, repeat million of times. Nothing else.
Before reading, your Comprehension of the Dao should be high, because the Dao(translation) is constantly changing..
very good, It's rare to find a book like this, raw please 🥺
cultivation novel with the main character kind of ignorant of his own ability and a gullible student
i started reading, since idea of mc making things up and his disciples making it work was awesome. i dropped it, since it always ends up in disciples killing people and shittalking. for me it is too much uninteresting parts to continue. even creating new cultivation paths ended up skewed from how it was at start which made it even worse.
You wont regret this one of you like comedy hijinks with your action cultivation stories. It’s got silly misunderstandings as well as amazing over-powered characters. Not to mention it’s very well paced and written, the pay offs feel great when they happen. The translation quality a year back was a tad rough but as of 2025 February it has been rewritten and improved. Can’t wait to re-read this and catch up more. Manga/manwha version when? [img=Feeling it] As a side note, I recommend My disciples are all villains. It has that same comedy/action vibe in a cultivator setting.
Overall, the plot is solid, and I really love the uniqueness of this novel. What stands out the most is how the disciples, especially Xu Yan (the first disciple), get most of the screen time and handle all the classic “Er Gen MC” moments, while the actual MC stays in the background as a powerful and mysterious master. It’s a refreshing twist. As for the translation, it’s generally good, but the inconsistency in names can be frustrating. Sometimes, it feels like even the translator (or maybe the author) gets confused about who’s talking, leading to the wrong name being used. Thankfully, the context and the distinct personalities of the characters make it easy to figure out who’s actually speaking. Another issue is the inconsistency with names for techniques, locations, and realms. For example, the “Great Zhou” country is suddenly called “Da Zhou” in the next chapter. While it means the same thing, it was confusing at first. In later chapters, “Dao” is sometimes translated as “The Way,” which is technically accurate, but I’d prefer it to stay as “Dao” for consistency. There’s also some mix-up between terms like “Realm” and “Domain,” which isn’t a huge deal but still highlights the inconsistency. On top of that, weapons get mistranslated a lot. For instance, Xu Yan uses a sword and Meng Chong uses a knife, but Meng Chong’s knife often gets translated as “sword,” “blade,” or “saber.” I’m guessing this is because all those terms can fall under “sword” in some translations, but it’s still annoying. The cultivation realm of Master, Grandmaster and Great Grandmaster also soemtimes take time to figured out which is being referred to which. Because Grandmaster is higher than Master but Great Grandmaster is equal to Grandmaster in some case. Overall, it’s a great story with some minor translation hiccups.
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I loved. This book profoundly surprised me in terms of the characters' development and involvement with each other. Pure comedy 🤣
Worth reading for a while but occasionally you get multiple chapters where the names of certain objects, techniques, alliances, or countries change drastically. I can't even remember if Meng Chong uses a knife, saber, or blade anymore, and have stopped trying to figure it out. Dahua becomes Great Wilds Demon Lord becomes Magic Lord Every time the reading gets fun and exciting a glaring error appears and detracts from it. The MTL is lazy and inconsistent. The writing and characters are fun though.
this should be much better if the author released at least 20 chapters per day . I know it's impossible but who knows
So. It’s a good story, I like the system and the writing keeps me excited and engaged. The fights are excruciating like some cultivation fights were the character grandstand for the entire fight. It’s some high passes action, I live it. HOWEVER, the characters are the bad guys. The only difference between them and the people they kill is the people they kill are the bad guys. That’s the only difference. They manipulated, extort, and generally have no empathy for anyone else around them. The author has successfully made extremely unlikable characters. The sad part is that it was great, apart from almost any scene with a king involved, before they went to the inner area. I will update this if it gets better but I don’t hold much hope, really disappointing for such a good premise.
After 135 chapters. Very fun and relaxing to read, made myself laugh many times while reading. I would say the world is easy to imagine and envision and story is overpowered with fun elements, looking forward to more.