The Quest for ImmortalityImmortality Through Array Formations

阵问长生

This is my review after I read till chapter 842 in mtl (currently 1015 chaps). The chapters here are divided into 3. So, chapter 703 corresponds to roughly chapter 550 in mtl. My biggest problem with this novel is that It is too slow paced. I usually like this but at the rate the novel is going it's at least gonna be 3500+ chaps long(If author doesn't introduce any major time skip or something else).

MAJOR SPOILERS:
There have been 6 realms of cultivation introduced so far and probably there being 9 in total because there are 9 ranks of formation masters. The mc at MTL chapter 917 is at

Now then...
Cons:
1: Extremely slow paced and trying to defeat the pace of martial unity.
2: Almost no meaningful time skips.
3: Absurd cultivation technique

Good points:
1: Absurd cultivation technique.
2: Extremely likeable characters.
3: Actual character development.
4: Solid story with insane things happening quite often.
5: Cunning and smart (though EXTREMELY greedy) and kind mc.
6: Author is skilled and has likely planned this out.
7: Author posts chapters almost every day.

Overall 7.5/10. Though I do recommend that this should be kept in the bookmarks list for at least 1 or 2 years cause it's gonna be extremely long if nothing changes. 3500+ chapters minimum or 5000+ max or more.
Sorry for bad grammar

Good novel. I’ve read up to chapter 809 in the mtl. The characters are engaging, the power system is well thought out, and the pacing of character development and world building keep up with each other.

You know as much about the world as the MC does as he grows. And you don’t have a massive cheat that makes him OP from the start. He has a few deux ex mechana to give him an edge, but he still needs to work hard to make them meaningful.

And the MC isn’t monotonous. He started out innocent, but has progressed to being very conniving and ruthless to those he believes deserve it.

more than 500+ chapters to reach foundation building

Finally an update

I have read up to 401 chapters on scribble hub. This is a very good novel. Slow pacing but if you've read xianxia novels then you should know how those turn( fast pacing ) out but this is genuinely one of the better cultivation novels in this whole site. Unlike the typical xianxia mentality of weeding out everything this mc ( Mo Hua ) is more Humane. Obviously he is ruthless when needed. The side characters are some of the best from all the novels I have read. They actually have souls and are not husk less puppets that follow the mc. This is a fresh breather in the ruthless world of Xianxia where everyone is actually supporting the mc and the supporters actually work unlike the typical xianxia supporters. Also true to it's name the mc focuses mainly and primarily in Formations. He uses formations in everything be it fighting, hiding, looting etc. UNLIKE some other *cough* Talisman emperor who say but don't.

All in All My personal preference it's 4.5/5
In professional preference it's 4/5

The writing quality is good but it feels like babysitting. It's hard to remain invested in a story about at tween.

This is a good story if you close your brain. A lot plot holes, like the speed that the mc cultivate with a lower-middle-grade spiritual root and in arrays. I am cap 57 and it does not have 1 time skip. How the mc has 10 years and avance in level of arrays in days, not months or years. Same to cultivation, where almost all peoples are trapped in first realm of cultivation all your life, the MC advance fast with a lower spiritual root without nothing to explain.

Really good story. So far the world building has just been the one city and its rural mountain, but the author fleshed it out well.

You can see the MC struggle with a lot, and it is more along the lines of a everyday struggle and less of a "you offended so and so, now you have to run until the story ends".

A lot of wuxia novels have insurmountable realms so the MC has no choice but to endure and I think the author found a good way to use that here. ~up to chapter 360.

A good and slow novel to enjoy. The mc has a cheat but it usually plays a passive role and the mc gets most of his powers through sheer hard work which is enjoyable and fresh. The side characters although not perfect have personalities, they are not arrogant for the sake of it as usual characters in a Xianxia are, making the story overally enjoyable.
A pleasant read to pass the time but not for everyone 7/10