I Arrived At Wizard World While Cultivating ImmortalityI am a Cultivator in the Wizarding World

修仙的我却来到了巫师世界

To avoid sticking out like a sore thumb, he needs to fuse both power systems. To get resources and knowledge for leveling up, he needed to sign a contract with the civilization. So he can't just walk away unless he becomes strong enough to ignore the rules. Everything is done for the civilization and there are rules to enforce that. The rank 9 wizards are on a hands off approach since they are not needed on most conquests. Lower level wizards are recruited to improve and acquire new knowledge and resources during conquests. So those at the top, pull those below.
The slow progression doesn't feel like that at all. You should be glad there are time skips.

The reason he tries to fuse wizard and cultivation techniques together is that his core basic runes are not suited for combat, and his pure damage output would not compare to a damage-focused mage.

The rank progression is done that way because the wizard system doesn't appreciate rapid growth, especially in the early stages

I partially agree with your next few points, except for the energy retention technique, which is more like a knowledge gap between the ranks; the higher ranks have something more efficient, and so the technique is only useful for the lower ranks or as a reference for the higher ranks.

A perfect example of this would be America vs Wakanda, where America invades Wakanda based on what they know about it, only to find out that they were actually hiding their technology. because to the rank 9 they feel that they are the strongest, they also know which other civilizations have a rank 9, and they have no reason to believe that a civilization that powerful would hide itself.

I haven't read as much as you, (I'm in the 230 and probably dropping); I don't agree on some points. Curious what you think though (I need to vent to somebody)
-some spoilers ahead-

The most intriguing aspect of the whole premise, in my opinion is the fact that he has the power system of an alien and comparably powerful(or more?) civilization. If he can integrate those two, and gain more power, he should. That's his leverage. What I noticed though, the author consistently tattles about this integration where it probably shouldn't exist. Take the magma golem "improvement". He consults the cultivator book about raising the level of magma golems. Cause they know body refinement and stuff. And I could have accepted some reasonable explanation like: "They know how to raise spiritual beasts". But no, the author likes his integration and he’ll get it in by hook or crook.

The whole cultivation system isn't fleshed out. I still have no idea what foundation establishment actually can do. He doesn't seem to get any stronger because of it, compared to other wizards. I still have only the vaguest idea about the connection between his wizard's mental power and immortal cultivation. Additionally, he has the ability to convert elemental power into spiritual(from what I understand), and he still doesn't use pretty much any immortal cultivation techniques. Despite having the knowledge at his fingertips. He doesn't have to pay for it like for the wizard high-tier knowledge. You escape from system novels into cultivation-wizard ones. And what is the only thing the mc gets from his foundation-establishment? A damn inventory.

I also have the issue with the focus of our protagonist. He has a background in alchemy and runes. What is utterly incomprehensible to me is why he suddenly wants to spend time becoming a zookeeper and trying to raise the magma golems. He should focus on his expertise. leverage it, not spend another 50 years getting useless research into some plants.

What I find even more annoying is the way the author handles his progress. It's not really about slow progress. I can handle that. What I can't handle is when the author presents us with a vision of a wizard who after 10 years in a plane jumps from 1st to 5th tier. Then our protagonist takes f#cking 50. To get to tier 2. And the worst is that it happens without notice. We just get time skip after time skip with no updates about his cultivation nor his wizard upgrade requirements. And suddenly, poof, ex nihilo, we get an info dump that yes, in the past 50 years he fulfilled all the checkboxes. And then the author TELLS US what those checkboxes are. It just makes me feel that he advances when the author feels like he should. I know it's always like that, I shouldn't feel like it is.

The distinction between non-orthodox and orthodox wizards feels pointless to me. If it all depends on your understanding of the runes, then imo first advance as high as you can, like level 6 or sth. then learn with your higher observational and mental power. In this setting, I haven't noticed any "foundation" like in the cultivation system. The foundation is your knowledge. And still the protagonist chooses to go at a snail-ass pace.

And finally, my biggest issue with this novel: it feels very contrived. Picture this: A man spends 10 days in lab, has an idea, 5 years pass, he has a prototype, suddenly, his labwork is interrupted by David. He attends to David. 10 years pass. Oh no, something happened. need to go to war. war. 50yr timeskip. proceed labwork. That's the idea. There are also some short-term contrivances which annoy me to no end. Like the spatial tool contract. he pays in points and something. Then we are made aware that it is slaving in a labortory for a 100 years after advancement to lv2. Then, surprise, he also needs to do something after lv3. Just endless annoyances like that. Very little mc-driven plot.

I would like if he focused on some grand undertaking, like whatever he needs lv7 mana well for, or, this I would really want to see, he secretly makes a cultivation sect in some plane. Something that really makes use of the setting, as I feel it's quite interesting. Instead we get: an acquaintance dies, he gets sad, so sad in fact, we get another sidequest I have no f#cking interest in reading.

A depressing time indeed

There are updates already, right now mtl🎉. It's been so long I thought it was dropped, almost gave up on it

Nope 515 is the newest, you can look at the source, maybe hiatus or the site it scrapes from is also not uptodate.

Also i need new stuff to read, all stuff on my backhand is something i either dont want to read realy, dont realy care to continue or have delayed to stock up chapters XD