A straight up good read, at least for the nineteen chapters trail read gives. A slow burn for sure without the instant power up a system novel gives, but this gives it strength in it's world building. His 'cheat' gives access to pills and item's, along with cultivation arts. But none suddenly give a boost to some random new stage of cultivation the author had pull out their butt to try and keep the reader going. This is a great thing! Without the huge focus on what realm the MC has reached, we skip the enemies he faces randomly popping up with stupidly high realms for him to miraculously overcome. We get actual story! A empire, a village, an event, and what's happening in them and to who, all deliver a depth I wish I could see more often. Chapters are long and kept me reading far longer than other stories. I've dropped stories faster than I got thru the first ten. The there's not much of the character spelled out for you. You will have to look at the actions and decisions to see the peoples character, as in the MC isn't going to just stop the tale and wax poetic about his morals and goals. It's been so long since I've read a story not seemingly written as a rough draft, this is the closest to an actual novel.I want more!
