Rise of the Poor寒门崛起

Wait a minute... Published in 2015? 2200+ chapters and still ongoing? Please have mercy, this seems to be needlessly lengthy.

It's going to take so long for all this to be translated, if at all...

I feel like the dark side of MTL is calling to me...

Edit: The MTL here is quite bad. Some chapters are even missing.

So, I've been reading it from here instead:
https://www.fanmtl.com/novel/6951202.html

I find it much better, although there seem to be issues with numerical values in there on the other hand.

Or from here,
https://69shu.com/book/51202.htm
Just use Google translate or something to translate the pages, it's good enough.

I like the stories, but dont like the interaction MC with FML

Don't listen to the whinny ass bitches below me. The novel is good. Better than one would expected to this kind of novel. The progression made it enjoyable and the information made me vividly imagine the ancient china of early 16th century. It's a good novel, read it.

The novel would have been better if MC had more self respect. He is supposedly clever but always falls into traps laid by others and there is a girl with superiority complex who always insults him, but he just takes it. I guess the author could not think of more creative ways to introduce conflicts in this story.

The translation is very bad and im certain it is just an AI translation but a poor one at that as it seems like nobody even bothered to fix massive issues with a prompt. There is alot of nationalism and it even turns into blatant racism at times. It's just very boring and not much is happening as in the mc is just "diligent" and because of that he consistently rises.

Sometimes, you stumble upon a tale not with a bang, but with a quiet pull—like mist curling through old courtyards. If you're burnt out from cultivation power scaling, overdone magic, or another mindless harem, this novel offers an unexpected reprieve.

What caught me wasn’t just the premise of a modern man dropped into ancient China—it was how alive the era felt. You can almost smell the ink and hear the soft rustle of official robes. The author clearly has a historian’s heart (and perhaps credentials), weaving believable, grounded facts into the fabric of the plot.
Some might find the focus on bureaucracy, policies, or old court rituals too dry. Me? I found it deeply immersive. This isn’t a power fantasy; it’s a slow burn about change, idealism, and understanding a world long past.

But let me share something off the page too: A rather bold soul recently took offense at the way I write my reviews—said it must be AI, said it’s too stylized. And it got me thinking... if something I pour heart into resonates with readers, if even one person finds joy, or picks up a book they love because of it—should I really stop? What say you, fellow wanderers?

Because as long as people find value in words, I’ll keep sharing mine. I’ll be reading this novel to the last ink stroke—and maybe, leaving a few of my own along the way.

— InkDrunk Wanderer,
Sipping history from porcelain dreams

I like the novel (mostly due to my personal bias of novels set in ancient china) but honestly, it’s like the author blue balls us constantly with his horrid use of shock factor making the mc look pathetic, I couldn’t care less most of the time but the author doesn’t know how to tone it down so it ends up being excessive, so fellow daoists proceed with caution as you will get frustrated

Based on some reviews, I was expecting to have to push through some cringe early chapters to get to the good parts of the novel.

However, the complaints I saw about the first couple arcs turned out to really exaggerated. The story is great from the beginning. Although it does get better around chapter 80, since childhood stuff is naturally less interesting than when the MC starts doing more meaningful stuff.

I like the story enough that I was tempted to go to Patreon for advance chapters.

Honestly never seen this translation team before and they have the rookie title so... Can't expect much

Hmm 🧐 I say mid