Way of Choices

I read it this, this book is already translated by different website. Qidian taking this novel and charging SS after 100 chapter is ridiculous. It is pretty good novel though.

This is an incredible story. The elements that form it are humble, and the archetypes that drive it forward are familiar. Yet as you read on, you watch the author take these ****** pieces, and give them a life and beauty rarely seen in any novel. The characters are interesting and layered. The world and society are well thought out, and well expressed - this isn't the tale of a shapeless protagonist slashing his way through every challenge. The MC is but part of a grander story, one significant piece among many, each striving and struggling to accomplish their own goals and motivations. There is a richness to both the character development and world building. Even as you recognize each familiar archetype, you come away *satisfied* by the fullness and depth the author fills in each element. Parts of the story are pure poetry, written with true artistry and a sublime sense of storytelling. This is one of those rare works that make you feel like you have stepped into another world, where the backdrop is more than just painted facades and the side characters are more than a handful of lines on a page. The author manages to capture that fleeting, powerful feeling - the impossible belief - that if you could somehow peek into each alleyway, sidestreet, side-story or side-character.... you would find a fully realized life, moving and acting on its own. Way of Choices captures the essence of what makes a choice interesting. Namely, that we all want things, and sometimes getting those things means giving up something else. Every character in the story wants /something/, and all of them - not just the MC - have difficult or costly choices to make. As a reader, I hope you choose to give this story a chance. I believe you will find that beneath the familiar surface, waits something that is altogether special.

If you want a good level-up martial arts story, read this. If you want a political maneuverings story, read this. If you want a delightful romantic subtext story, read this. If you like interesting characters who are not murderhobos, read this. This is a cultivation novel very different from the likes of Coiling Dragon and ISSTH and that lot. The pace is slow but steady, and will capture you over time.

I actually liked the novel at the beginning. The main character was very smart and determined. I was rooting for him even if the story was incredibly slow. The character development shown by the protagonist made it worth it. BUT I was angry at the choice of his partner. You don't understand what this MC has gone through again and again, his continuous suffering was just too much. You would pity him so hard. In short without spoiling much the female lead is a horrible person so is her family. Rotten characters with superior complex. She is living the princess, carefree life. Yet our poor MC is working like a peasant to live his dream and be with her. I never read a character be so unworthy of the MC like this female lead. I had to drop this novel.

The fact that Qidian has the audacity to make this novel premium even though this wasn't fully trasnlated by them just pisses me the **** off. I would understand premium if and when it is a Qidian original, but this novel has already been translated by other sites and being premium at 100 chapters is just disgusting.

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Just one word.. This is awesome. Characters are very well designed .Plot is good.you won't feel bored reading this one.MC actually thinks before acting and there are no bull**** fillers .to be honest it is a good change of pace .

Also known as "Ze Tian Ji", this is one of the best novels I have read. This is a pretty old novel and used to be translated elsewhere. It is about a boy who is fated to die and comes to the capital to find means to avoid his death. Subsequently, he gets embroiled in the matters of his fiancee, has unexpected encounters, overturns public expectations and gets pulled into the politics of the different factions. The writing is dense and complex, and needs a good translator to unpack its full potential.

The first novel I ever read, very slow paced and the romance isn't anything heart-wrenching. However, the story level is the best I have ever seen with an intricate plot, great use of literary technique and life philosophy that I continue to apply to this day. If you like just reading mindlessly with strong characters, face slapping, megalomania and stomping on geniuses and getting girls then this isnt for you. This is for men of culture.

Really good novel from Mao Ni. The main characters are really likeable and the even the antagonists are likeable and understandable. However the story is a little slow paced at the start as it focuses more on world building and character development. The story becomes really amazing later on and the language used in the story is fantastic.

Exactly how I rated it. Story wise it is just a hodge podge. Just plain bad. Writing quality is pretty bad too. Mao Ni has written a 100 chapter story with a 900 chapter companion book. So many repetitions, flights of thoughts. Zero character development. Boy oh boy. A major waster of my time. World building is done well in the sense that it keeps mentioning all this quintessential chinese wuxia stuff that are great but they are always in the background. Now. the translation is the worst. If you want something far better quality wise, just watch Handsome Siblings on Netflix.

Uhh.. doesn't this have a movie called 'Fighter of Destiny'? being Chen Chansheng as the MC heading out for the capital to study and thus began rising to prominence?

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It is a fairly good read. The beginning of it is pretty slow and as a result can be quite the turn off. However, there is enough substance at the beginning to make it not feel like a total slog. At a certain point the MC starts progressing very fast and as a result kind of makes up for the lackluster beginning. Although there are not parts that particularly fall flat, there are some that are worse than others. But unlike other novels, you don’t need to worry about slogging through any parts. The MC does have a fairly large amount of butt-pulls and plot armor but it doesn’t impede the quality of the story too much. The world building is pretty good but there are certain parts that aren’t done well. For example, it talks about multiple continents yet the entire world is explained rather poorly. One last critique is that the power scale is unbalanced. The final level of the world has too few people and the people at the border to that level have a wide disparity in skill. Overall I would still recommend this. Read until about the Grand Examination, if you don’t like it by then leave it.