Good read, interesting take on the Pokemon genre with a slightly darker take. Given, the regions can be a bit confusing, what with it somehow corresponding to Pokemon regions and real life continents at the same time. MC is also a bit weird, both being the most active and the most passive character at the same time. The relationships between other characters also feel a bit forced and unwelcome at times. Wish there was a bit more to the cultivation techniques other than “These are well know Chinese cultivation techniques, I’ll pull them out whenever they are convenient”, but the focus isn’t there so fair enough.

Decent read with a few hype parts. Enjoyable as long as you don’t take power scaling too seriously. There are parts where MC and his team suddenly feels a lot weaker than they should be, and then there are parts where they just get super strong within a couple chapters, both become obvious from end of MHW plotline onwards. Early fights are very detailed, which is nice, but also a staggering contrast against later chapters where fights and hunts are entirely skipped in favour of finishing the novel (essentially). First half is recommended, second half get progressively worse.