The Desolate Era莽荒纪

Records of Barbarian Ji of the Primeval Era

This cultivation novel is one of the better ones ive read until now even tho it also has its flaws some of which are chars, mc (is kinda bland and also not realy that good of a char some as most other chars in the novel) , sometimes plot , plot predictability (it was way to easy to guess what happens) and other stuff that sometimes made it more average than it had to be.
But i still liked it, not many things were forced and it is in my opinion a very good start for people who didnt read that much cultivation, since it doesnt use many plot devices, which normaly for an unexperienced reader can be hard to understand why/how they work.
There are also good things like some people below already said not many things are forced (even tho in this case it made many things to obvious) or that the pace is good despite it sometimes go in one of the two directions to much.
Otherthings would be relativly rare use of annoying stuff coming his way.
(This point here is both good and bad) The mc first of is way to lucky aswell as breaks through in levels way to often in fights (it is extremly noticable) espically compared to other people he also is sometimes kinda retarded and brings pressure/'danger' onto himself that is totally unnessary even tho he isnt fully at all times under it i personaly didnt like that very much, even tho later it isnt that bad anymore it still is for sometime realy annoying seeing the second divine retard of death here but hey its not that bad in truth.
Also the ending is ok better than in most novels even tho its simple/obvious.
In the end mainly because of those flaws as well as some decisions made by the author i would give it a 6,5-7 as an novel and for the same reason a 7,5-8 as an cultivation novel.
One thing to note tho is i definitivly think its worth a read espically if you are relativly new/unexperienced to cultivation and like it in general.
For experienced readers it can be both it say in general it is better than average but because somethings that are in it it can very well be seen as below average or unreadable for more experienced people. Reasons for that are mainly (it isnt that much of a spoiler but some people way not like it)
(Btw people who say its above 9 have clearly never read truly good cultivation novels or even good novels in general or simply dont have much exp in it would be at most 9 if you truly errdicated all flaws etc out of the novel made it one level better and than you would have 9/10 but otherwise i cant think of a way you could pass it of as 9/10 (well the most likely possibilty is in fact that they dont know how to grade things 5/10 is average afterall the only way it would come even close to 9/10 is if you consider all that trash what we have as WN in the equation)same is ture for people who truly think its below 4/10 (atleast if you dont consider personal enjoyment))

I've read tens of 1000+ chapter cultivation novels and this one is by far my favourite, purely because there is no "forced" conflict. No young masters I mean. When he joins the strongest sect, it doesn't turn out that it was the weakest branch that's struggling to stay afloat. When he shows off how awesome he is, no elders on his side try to suppress him. When he cultivates, he stays in seclusion and analyses techniques to increase his comprehension of the Dao. This is the only cultivation novel of this level that I've read where ACTUAL cultivation is such a large part of it, and it makes me truly happy.

For reference, I've read this 3 times from start to finish.