Bloodline of the Wizard

This is a good story which has almost zero connection with the blurb. In fact, the blurb is trash and has likely put a lot of people off a tiny gem. Definitely worth a read.

“Bloodline of the wizard” (Looks inside) no mention of bloodlines at all for the MC up to chapter 43 It’s a decent wizard story but seems strange because the title and descriptions seem to be wrong or something unless the bloodlines are just much later?

Read all the free chapters and I have to say this has a lot of potential. I love these wizard novels and this one breaks the mold in the way it starts, and instead of having an AI brain chip like most of them he has a proficiency system with mysterious origins. Looking forward to see what direction the story goes in, and what benefits that phoenix bloodline and eternal life rune bring

I changed my review we finally got what the summary entailed. We have an op mc who we see working for his power and is actually not 100000 years before he’s strong so far at least. Mc is also slightly ruthless not enough for my taste and very dumb, the stories characters are likable but not enough depth and good dialogue. The world is full with plot armor for MC and the antagonists are weak and is just some deus ex machina villains. In terms of Chinese novels though it’s definitely one of the better ones and my favorite part is the system him exploring and his luck is more important than the system however we also don’t have to wait centuries for him to get a good spell.

I like the character design. The MC is practical without being heartless. But every other aspect of this novel is average at best. Despite being a western fantasy themed novel, the story has all the cliches of a Chinese xianxia. This novel lacks the academic nuance that is standard for wizards and witches. Instead he only learns combat skills. Any knowledge that can’t be used to k*ll someone is ignored by the MC. There’s no research or innovation, just mindless grinding and k*lling. There’s also the standard Chinese tropes of dao and face slapping, and every academic competition has to include some amount of k*lling and bloodshed as if it’s a school for assassins instead of a school for wizards. It’s just your standard xianxia cultivation murderhobo novel with the occasional western nouns thrown in