A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation회귀수선전

Good novel, but it’s just not my cup of tea. The MC suddenly becomes emotional starting his 3rd reincarnation and becomes a dramatic cry-fest with tears in their eyes every now and then. However, this is a weird Korean Xianxia following Chinese plot devices. The plot is only advanced with three things that are repeated over and over again:

1- MC dies and reincarnates, saving the memories/understanding of the cultivation he did allowing for quick cultivation.

2- Using his friend to cultivate a manual, which he’ll pass on to his friend at each reincarnation to improve it.

3- Dies a dramatic death trying to break through; “somehow” this struggle will give him the enlightenment he needs to cultivate further in the next life.

The switch to drama and constant repeats killed this novel for me, especially when we know for a fact that the MC could use a lifetime to find a heavenly fruit or records of it, then use it to improve his talent in cultivation, solving this cycle and the waste of time. But no, our MC is against using immortal alchemy because they use people as ingredients. Had to resist rolling my eyes whenever this was mentioned. Let alone we are just looking for heavenly fruits even if he did use people as ingredients no one will be hurt because you’re actually in a cycle; you’re already cultivating by exploiting X or Y for their cheap labor, just stop being a f#cking cunt and cultivate properly.

Wow

#panic# Whenever I try to view the last comments of someone, it shows an error 'No comments'. I can still see my own last comments but can't see others'.

I can't handle it I need to stack but I didn't find anything good I want to read it however I am waiting for this cycle to end what will I do?

This is peak;

peak emotional aspect, a sprinkle of unknown and mystery, with perhaps the best comprehensions and enlightenments, top tier story telling, peak world building, peak story telling and character growth, with a heavy emphasis on fate. The combination of these result in a work that can go past the boundaries of 'fantasy' and sometimes raise questions in our minds.

I myself read this, thinking a mere 200 chapters would be finished in a day and then I can read two more novels before reading a 'peak' ( in this case, the oracle paths) and I legit got stuck in this one, the lengthy chapters took me by surprise and the characters and their interactions with each other made me emotionally invested in their stories and I had no choice but to click on the next button time and time again.

Note: I would highly recommend this book, if you have not read it, this is as far as you should go; since I will delve into the book now.

However, there is one main problem and a number of minor problems.

The main problem being his 'time' of ascension; I believe there was still much more to explore in the head world. Here are some examples of matters that should have been addressed:

1. Kim hyung: The timeline mc ascended was the first time that Kim Hyung was guaranteed to get a longevity fruit, basically quintupling the time mc and him could spend together. At the very least, one life should have been spent here to find out his limit. Not to mention that since Kim Hyung can create and master multiple techniques during combat, he can be used create counter techniques to every single technique that mc would find difficult to deal with.

2. Colorless glass sword and artistry experience: As we know this artificact is still incomplete and 600 more needs to be made for it to get completed. But what if instead of glass swords, mc creates bronze swords, iron swords, gold swords or treasured swords; ( I don't remember the exact numbers but combining a number of these glass swords would create each of these swords, for example, if all 3000 swords combined together, it would become one single treasured sword)
so like what will happen if 3000 gold swords combined?
Matter of fact why even stop here, what if mc creates 12 960 000 and condense each 3600 to make one treasure sword, now it would be 3600 treasure sword each with the 3 forms introduced for the glass swords... like 3600 heaven? And if they can be even further condensed...
Which is why I think he should have either raised his artistry experience or made tons of glass swords and actually see the limits of this artifact.

3. Serving command space, fate and exploration (hopefully I didnt butcher up the name but I mean the artifact that Yuan Li was after)

It doesn't seem smart to leave the head realm right after getting a golden goose that lays eggs, mc should have explored the whole realm and basically trying to get all the opportunities, then try to find ways to get those in his next life within the time limit. Seeing the 4 wonders was a must. Perhaps, there were still more 'ender cutscenes' ... .

4. Knowledge and techniques : MC should at least understand every technique Song Jin has to some degree; even if they are devilish, he should at least understand the concepts behind them and perhaps there are still some techniques that mc could actually learn. If mc pushed himself, he could live for 1300 years and this time can be used to find and cultivate talents to get some inspiration out of them. Another life should be spent, affecting the world as little as possible and see which talents survive and which die; this knowledge can be used if he somehow gets back to the head realm within 1300 years.

5. Challenge everything:
I believe there is much to learn from helping others' attempt at challenging their limits. For example, can mc make his first master achieve golden core? Can mc's wife reach beyond 3 in the creation law thing? Can mortals with varying degrees of talents reach five origins realm? Can Kim Hyung live more even without longevity fruit? The list can go on but to me, these are some of the more important questions.


Thinking about it some more, the minor problems are actually insignificant and unimportant for the most part; perhaps the most noteworthy one would be: mc not teaching martial arts to almost everyone who was of importance to him... which spoilers but he did state his intent to teach in the latest chapters.

So that is about it.
Thank you for reading this long ass review

It reminds me a original story of omniscient reader

Which mtl chapter corresponds to chapter 244?

Finished reading. Now I will let it stack for a long time I need 200 chapters at the least before I read it again. The Dao Of waiting begins temper your hearts fellow Daoists.

is the mtl legible or will my soul collapse after reading it