Cultivation Online by MyLittleBrother

Starting out this novel is well written with consistent development, character arcs, and good plot. but at the ~1300 mark it starts to devolve into true cultivation brain rot slop. decent to read if you shut off your brain but don’t expect any of the characters to make many appearances (other than yuan) and all “treasures” are forgotten

Have you ever read a novel and you just know 'this author is only doing it for the money'... That's how it feels reading this novel, especially the past couple thousand chapters... You cannot convince me the author loves the book with the way he's treating it... and the thing is, the story has/had potential to be moderately decent, maybe even recommendable because the foundations are in place...

The characters, especially the MC (not the reincarnations but Yuan), I've drawn characters on paper with more depth, and it's not even a matter of me not liking his personality, it's the fact he genuinely lacks one. (I honestly prefer his other reincarnations because they still feel human at least.)

Previously, the characters were the worst part about the novel; the plot wasn't good, but it was progressing at least... Now... I think the author is already getting close to the predetermined end but he can't have that, no, he needs to make sure he keeps paying rent, so he started adding hundreds of chapters with either limited or no progress at all. At least that's how I feel reading recent chapters... Normally you would say patience, let the author cook, but based on experience, this is not the author who cooks. This is the author who can't make scrambled eggs. This is the author you're not sure you want to eat from.

The worst part is I can't even say I was ever fully enjoying this. I had doubts early, I noted the red flags, and I kept reading anyway like it's some sort of guilty pleasure thing. You know when you're trying to eat healthy and exercise but still constantly stop at the donut shop. At some point that stops being the author's problem and starts being mine.

...This is just my rant because I decided to stack for 3 months, only to come back and find out most of the chapters are fillers.

P.S. If someone recommended this novel to you, that person REALLY hates you. If you were mind-controlled into ignoring the reviews and decided to read a couple of chapters anyway, I hope you're able to break free early. If not, you'll reach the pit of no return like the rest of us, the point where you've invested too much time and too many chapters that dropping it would make all of that a waste, and we'll see each other in the comment section as the author aims to hit 10k chapters.

I came to read because of the dual cultivator. The author writes well. it's really worth reading, but I like more elaborate plots, when eroticism is the icing on the cake, and not the main motive of the book. From the best - The Mad Immortal.

Very shallow novel - from worldbuilding, MC, interactions and just writing quality.
Don't know why so many ppl like it.
Maybe (doubt it tho) it's beter later, but nah... dropped after several chapters.

А я вижу концовку этого романа, Юань - просыпается, после "искусственной комы".
И хэппи-энд, кома ему помогла, и со временем он начинает культивацию.

А если это "сон во сне", после которого он просыпается и начинает культивировать, и так по кругу. Влияние проклятия.

Well forgive me if my review is a bit lacking in details cos its been a while since I dropped it. This novel reads much like every other cultivaiton slop, with a parallel world of sorts where the mc is obscnely strong, and on earth he isnt (very soon gets stupid strong too and is essentially ruler of the world). its almost entirely jsut faceslapping intersped by some good plot throughout. I was able to forcefully stick through it all the way up until about chapter 1500 by convincing myself that there would be some good plot but it gets incredibly repetitive... Additionally, the mc reaction to 'women' in particular and their actions towards him especially conspiring against him are mostly ignored like he is some kind of brain dead simp, but the moment its someone unrelated to him, its all bets are off... 4/10 for plot, 6/10 for the occasiaonl good scenes.

I've been dual reading this and Reverend Insanity for the past few days, and DAMN is the difference like night and day