Sect Master’s Immortal JourneyThe Way of the Immortal Master

掌门仙路

This work is one of those with really good foundation in concept, world, and power system but the author ruins it with inconsistencies and poor mc. I read ahead by mtling myself and it was somewhat better than what's here but I just couldn't go on after chapter 3250. From 700 to around 1800 it very good and entertaining. It had good portrayal of sect management and dealing with politics in a cultivation world. However after chapter 2000, the author seemingly just gave up trying to write a good story. Inconsistencies, retcons, and bs for convenience got out of control. The origin of some characters, races, or items can completely change in future chaps. Events that were very important to the current plot can also change massively later. Sometimes powers, techniques, and/or items get completely forgotten and disappear.

The power system, which was one of the pillars of the story and genuinely good, was completely broken. Where once the mc and his disciples took an appropriate amount of time working hard to get to the next realm that made it a little bit more realistic, now the mc takes a fraction of the time to the point it unrealistic and somehow his less talented and less fortunate disciples keep up and also take a fraction of the time, sometimes even less than mc. Yet, only when it's convenient for the plot and author, do other characters acknowledge this and treat the mc better. He could spend literally 1 year on something that takes tens of thousands and ppl still go out of their way to make enemies with mc.

My major frustration with this is still the mc. The Mc's character is just garbage. He is a hypocrite of the highest order. He would say he is an righteous cultivator with one of the best morals in the whole universe, he would proudly proclaim to be a principled man. He would condemn others for stealing treasures, using others as cannon fodder, betraying ppl, working with non humans, and colluding with devils. Yet, whenever it's convenient he would do, and has done, everything he condemns and insults others for. The author never has him face consequences for his hypocrisy, infact all characters ignore this so his reputation remains spotless. Instead he uses it for convenience so he can make mc do stupid things.



I 100% believe this would be 10x better if morals weren't even talked about in this. If being righteous was simply being orthodox, it would have been better. Still, even after chapter 2000 there are good parts that are interesting if you want to follow the story of a man building and elevating a righteous sect in a cultivation world that is brutal most of the time. U just have to deal with mc's stupidity, inconsistencies, and Author's laziness and incompetence.