The Desolate Era莽荒纪

Records of Barbarian Ji of the Primeval Era

Finish read, good novel.

this was the second novel that i first started on back in 2017. the first being ATG. and since then I've read it 3 times. most recent was last year.

it's that good.

no harems and lots of cultivation. that's a plus for me.

i highly recommend.

Well...nope this is literally the same as Stellar Transformation.

Aight. Bet, imma see what the go is

W novel fr, maybe bcz it was my first Cultivation Novel that's why💀. Reread it and enjoyed it just as much.

Much better then stellar transformations, thank God that wasn't my first IET novel. The MC's braindead.

If you want something to read

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Started well... then just got worse and worse. Eventually dropped

Dropped at Book 18 ch 5

Ended up just reading the wiki, the plot was getting annoying for me.


My dao heart is too weak

This one is a really good one so far. It is really different from other xixnia as it actually builds a world that feels real and let's the mc grow in it.
If you expect one of those mcs that's gets isekaied and instantly becomes an emotionless murder Maschine that doesn't make any mistakes, leave.
If you want an actually story with a mc that acts like a real human with emotions and flaws then this is defiantly a recommendation.
I really don't understand how there are so many people complaining how he makes mistakes... Like I know you never made a single mistake in your life, but not everyone can be as perfect as you. There are some mistakes that are just stupid like not giving a f#ck about people he knows and then wondering why they died. But overall most mistakes here make sense in the context of his personality and situations.
It defiantly isn't perfect though and also a bit bland. But for a xixnxoa it is defiantly a sold A- tier so far.

Is this worth reading? I've read the first few chapters and it did not really feel special, underwhelming, even. I've heard about the legends and myths the novel started with in so many novels multiple times that it just felt... overused. Nuwa, Yellow Spring, Golden Crow, Primordial somethingIdon'tremember, Pangu, Grandma Peng (not sure) etc, though they should be normal since they are part of famous Chinese folklore and mythology but just too normal right?

The levels aren't that interesting too, the future paths were laid bare in the first chapters. Then apparently he was kind and came from the same hometown of an influential figure so he was meant to be a high-level being upon rebirth at some divine realm but because of some restriction his power would only be enough to be a knight in there or some sort. Then, he stared at an unknown painting and he got an op meditation skill. Then coincidentally a powerful figure came and caused trouble in the rebirth process so he ended himself up in the mortal realm but he had that op skill so he can grow powerful easily. He was then proclaimed as a genius and with his father being an influential figure in their clan also he can get anything he want. The smooth cultivation process is great but just... for example, the first few chapters actually had not much event happening or conflict (aside from that brief problem in the underworld but i can't even call that problem since he immediately succeeded in bypassing the portal) so there's no chill, no excitement, no blood boiling, no interesting facts, no ominous foreshadowing, just... that. I have no other novels to read currently so I'm desperate to find a hidden gem so I really need a reason to keep going since I would love a novel with more than a thousand chap again.