Unintended Cultivator: Volume Two

Unintended Cultivator #2

by Eric Dontigney

He left to see the world, but the world is a cruel master…Setting out to be a wandering cultivator, Sen has high ideals. Half-remembered stories of honorable cultivators and the kindness of his teachers shaped his expectations.The world he finds is something else entirely. Thrust into deadly conflict, Sen finds himself fleeing the death of a sectcultivator in fear of retribution. As his flight carries him across the kingdom, he finds his ideals challenged by bandits, cultivators, and demon beasts.In the city of Emperor’s Bay he will face the true crucible of his character and skills, and discover the harsh truth that violence is necessary to survive.

Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Martial Arts, Audiobook, Fiction

386 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 2024

About the author

Raised in Western New York, Eric Dontigney has lived in New Mexico, Florida, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. He currently resides near Dayton, OH. He is a fan of photo-realism paintings, coffee and well-made food. He has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy.

Reviews

[Jacob Proffitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second in an action Xianxia series that builds plot and character over time. Read in order.

This book has a marked change in tone and that has two reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that Sen is out in the world and interacting with mortals and other cultivators from some of the existing sects. Being a wandering cultivator makes him something of a target for sect cultivators, people they can lord over and get in fights with to learn new techniques and other Xianxia stuff. This means there's a lot more violence and Sen has to figure out how to respond when people want to take advantage of him.

And the answer to that question is with violence and determination. That makes this a bit bloody and prompts some thoughts on Sen's part about why and when to have mercy. Like, letting bandits live means it's a near certainty that other mortals will die at their hands in the (probably near) future. This is a hard choice for him to make and he struggles with it.

The second cause of the tone shift isn't revealed in this story and I don't find it credibly supported. It came out of nowhere when I tripped across it in one of the later stories while gulping this down after finishing this book. If you care, and want to see if it is supported at all in the text, it's that Sen has picked up a "heart demon" that makes him unnaturally angry all the time and pushes him to violence at the behest of that anger. Sen later blames his killing of the sect cultivator in the early episode of this story on that anger, and that's fine, I guess. But I didn't see that as unnatural, even as I hated this intrusion on his character as he increasingly acts in anger. I just figured that he had enough people choosing the expected worst responses to him that his anger wasn't entirely unjustified.

And then there are the cultivators who feel like he should cater to their every whim. They mete out violence readily and Sen meets provocation with provocation. Which goes about how you'd expect given his training by the best cultivators in the known world.

There are also peaceful parts and people (or entire villages) that Sen saves with the alchemy/healing he learned from Ma Caihong. These aren't exactly idylls, but they serve to break the pace up in ways that make it more interesting even as they give Sen a breather to consider and ruminate on what it is he really wants to be doing.

And he makes a friend (more or less) or two who join him on his journeys and that was fun as well. I didn't mind the tone shift towards more violence and kind of expected it with the shift to Sen being about in the world. And I didn't notice the hidden bit at all which is a problem that didn't actually affect my enjoyment of this book. So five stars and I moved onto Royal Road to catch up with the story there and gulped it down whole.

A note about Chaste: Sen has sexual encounters with two different women in this book. They're willing and it's even a little sweet. We see enough to know the score, but the author pulls curtain before we get much detail making this questionably chaste.

[Murphies_law · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too OP protagonist, too easy progress

The protagonist is in a lot of internal turmoil in this book. He starts of as overly confident and partly wise, then becomes confused and sad and later on again very confident and even hard.

On the one hand i liked that he tried to find his way but on the other i found him too incredibly OP and with so much help and no need of income everything felt way too easy. It didn´t help that every woman (and some men) is attracted to him and every sect wants to recruit him. It read more and more like a fairy tale.

While i enjoyed the author´s fluent style and the scarcity of errors, I would have prefered if the protagonist used a slower but more rewarding approach to finding himself and strengthening his cultivation in the kind of Tao Wong´s "a thousand li" series.

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sen has left Orchard's Reach to see the Ocean and explore the world. It unfortunately doesn't take long for his teacher's lessons to come true. Sect cultivators hound Sen along his trip and he realizes how right his teachers were. His teachers prepared him well for the world, but Sen manages to encounter danger beyond what he's been prepared for.

Unintended Cultivator Volume Two is similar to the first volume in many ways. One I hoped would change but didn't was the lack of overall character development. Sen has a lot of introspective internal dialogue as he reflects on his actions after he made them. At times he's lenient, at times he's harsh, and at others he's like a natural disaster. Much of this happens with little prompting as though Sen is a newborn exploring his surroundings for the first time. Judgement's Gale is trying to get it right at least.

I like the Cultivation aspects of the story despite the lengthy names and the story is just compelling enough for me to continue. I do wonder what the next leg of Sen's journey has in store for us.

[Tony Hinde · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's such a relief to read a cultivation book written well and with immaculate grammar.

I enjoyed this book a little more than the first... and that's saying something. It's wonderful when the battles of superpowered beings are leavened by the intermissions of loving community. We all need a reason to live but it is unsatisfying when a protagonist replaces this heartfelt drive with nothing but an insatiable lust for more power.

Sen is a relatable, sympathetic, and admirable central character. I'd like to spend more time in his company.

[ReadToBreathe · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm dissapointed beyond measure. The first volume was such a nice read but this volume was a total waste. For all the MC's talk about not wanting trouble he just kept diving deep into them. Too much nonsense about honor and yet everyone doesn't have a single grain of it. Cultivators viewing mortals as nothing but disposable and wondering cultivation as nothing but easy targets for fighting. I got bored by the end of it and couldn't care about anyone.

[Scrapper InLa · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, I devoured book two in one day. I’m just utterly taken with this series.
Favorites? The accidental acquiring of a partner, a tail, and a cadre of bad guys. Love the travel, the growing qi.

And LOVED the bloopers at the end.

Tomorrow, I will start book three.

[David U. · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a 3.5

This book was definitely a step down from the first book, but not in a drastic way. I mean, it was an okay cultivation story but after reading the first book I was so excited to get into this one, but unfortunately it fell short for me. When compared to a typical cultivation story like ‘I shall seal the heavens’ (ISSTH) this book feels more grounded, the MC is a lot more introspective and he always questions his decisions after the deeds have been done (like a real person to be honest); however, unlike ISSTH, this book also lacked that ‘it’ factor that could draw me into the cultivation world.

I can’t wait for the next book, but this time with tempered expectations.

[Roberto Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

An easy five stars.

If you read book one then read this one as well. It has all the same good points. It is a proper sequel.

[Mike Goodman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesomeness

This story of a disciple of three of the strongest old monsters going out in the world was fantastic. This book leaves off as he is running from some demonic cultivators.

[Yapee · Rating 3 out of 5]

After graduation, Sen takes some time to tour the country where he discovers that female women of the opposite sex indeed exist and cause him lots of headaches despite him mostly trying to friendzone all of them.

[Tim Niedermeyer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible male gaze combined with a savior complex

[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

the wandering cultivator

Rating: 5/5
Cover: 2/5
Narration: na
Favorite Line: If mercy wasn’t sufficient incentive to leave him be, perhaps death was the only language they understood.

[Ki Taeni · Rating 2 out of 5]

More low points than peak, so I was trés bored. Also wtv relationship between that girl and Sen I was not feeling it at all

Also why was Sen so reckless in this ? I guess he was stretching himself, figuring who he was and what not.

This book started off strong, but the last 10 or so chapters just didn’t do it for me. I might continue the series, or I might not

[Rasel Abutaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

eh felt like it was losing a lot of what I really liked from book one, and the formation of what seems to be a party versus a solo adventure are starting to turn me off

[Michelle Givens · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh well, the first one was great. This one broke the balance.

I'm the story is great I just wish when story's set the whole fost book about the newly started character going out to find their journey the second book wouldn't be that they immediately start harem or relationship. It's a trope I'm tired of, the first was a 5 start for me. This one failed to keep me hooked the longer it was him and her her and everything he did for this girl or that. Til he was just stuck with one.. idk it, unfortunately, turn I to a no for me. Thank you for the journey so far. I hope those of you that stay enjoy the rest I won't be moving forward.

[Artrain · Rating 1 out of 5]

20% into the book, and I've yet to unearth the purpose of the story. You might say its about a wandering cultivator, so its more about world exploration, and you would be right.. if there was any exploration to speak of. The visual descriptions are as lacking as expectations of gourmet food from a Subway outlet. And then is the fact that 90% of the book is just narration, and rest of the measly leftovers are banal elementary grade dialogues.

I was looking forward to this book after the solid foundation build up in the first one, but it falls absolutely flat. The author just cannot weave proper dialogues and real time scenes. Its just pages and pages of description. Can't be arsed to read further.

[A.R · Rating 4 out of 5]

The M.C becomes more unlikable in this one. Stil tries to help people, do the right thing, but with an attitude of "Ugh, do I have to?" Seriously. He keeps trying to slip away, to be away from people. I understand wanting to avoid cultivators, but seeing a town in need of a doctor and complaining that it isn't his problem? Makes him out to be a jerk.

He does get pulled into sect business, ending with a bunch of fights. M.C. is way overpowered, though does get in a bind a few times.

Overall, the action was good, story interesting, just not loving the character.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little short

Although we see a bit more of Sen this isn't as exciting and feels like a stopgap for book 3?
Would of liked more to happen and perhaps some interesting action/ breakthroughs.

[Tim Chappell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

I've read, literally, dozens of Cultivation books and this story is as good as any and better than 95% of the rest.

[Andrew G · Rating 4 out of 5]

A much better story than book one, but still some lingering concerns about the MC.

This book is much more of a traditional cultivation series entry, lots of places visited, lots of fights and situations to navigate, and plenty of character development. However, the pivot in MC’s personality from street urchin to incredibly mature and wise adult is lacking context, and a bit amateurish in my humble opinion.

I won’t go into any specific details, but the story itself is fairly boilerplate for the genre with the unique (to me at least) aspect of the MC being a wandering cultivator with no specific goal or overarching plot in the background. I like this last aspect a lot, it’s pretty refreshing. I am pretty tired of most series who follow the bigger and bigger stakes, and bigger and bigger baddies trope.

There is much less focus on the specifics of the cultivation mechanics of this world as with the first book. Again, this is an improvement, I don’t need to gory and boring details.

The new characters met, the situations that arise, and the fights are all pretty fun and rewarding, another notch in this book’s favor alongside its already strong world building.

However, my issue lies with the MC suddenly being this super wise person (at 20 years old) that deftly, and correctly navigates virtually every situation he finds himself in. It just doesn’t follow from the context of the story so far. When did he become like this? Before he was trained, he was an illiterate and lightly petty thief street urchin. In the brief time we were with that character, we saw no context for his moral framework other than disliking imperious noble brats. During his training, he dealt with the fact he’d have to become a killer, but other than that where is all this wisdom from?

I know we are told that he received a lot of instruction from his masters on a wide array of topics, none of which there were specific scenes for, but how is his decision making so good? Really, he only makes a single mistake in the whole book, showing grace to bandits who likely did nothing more than kill the next group they came across. Other than that, I don’t see any context for his maturity.

I do appreciate, however, that there is plenty (probably too much) inner monologuing about his situations, his approaches to them, and being introspective to further solidly his personality as a good guy.

All in all though, this was a fun read. I like the low-stakes of the series, and don’t mind the fact the MC is a bit overpowered with regard to his combat encounters and his leg up with the masters looming over anyone who would seek to destroy him. Being OP is kind of a feature of this genre, and manufacturing contrived stakes to even the playing field when the good guys are always gonna win feels faker to me than simply indulging, within reason, in being OP.

I am definitely getting started on the third book, and an intrigued by the setup to the antagonists for the next book. My only real complaint about that is how little sense it makes that first, these demonic cultivators carry lists of every other demonic cultivator on their persons, that makes zero sense. If this practice is so universally reviled and these practitioners shown no mercy, I would think there would be more security with this aspect, of demonic cultivators maybe only knowing the names of a few others and certainly not writing them down. Further, how is it they even know this cultivator has been killed in the first place, and within a couple of weeks managed to not only get to the city MC is in, but also manage a big operation to hunt him down. These aspects of the next phase in the story require significant suspension of disbelief.

So the lack of context for the character’s maturity, his almost never wrong decision making, and the unbelievable aspects of the demonic cultivator plot are why I’m counting off for this book. That said, it’s much better than the last one with many of the areas I criticized about book one, so I’m settling on four stars and will continue the series for now.

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[Bert Babb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, just wow! A first class sequel that builds on the initial story.

The MC, a wandering cultivator, meets mortals in his travels and helps them out. This interaction helps him to understand how temporary mortals are and that it will be painful to get attached as they grow old, wither and die. Somewhat like, to us, the lifespan of a faithful and beloved pet which is so much shorter than our own. Of course there are some mortal villains that he decides to instruct as well as the expected arrogant cultivators who are determined to trade pointers with him. Eventually the MC obtains female companionship, traveling companions and uncovers a horrendous secret. The last chapter was an outstanding cliffhanger. I can hardly wait to get to it.

The story is so well written, without character screens, xp or game mechanics, being mainly martial arts and cultivation. The MC does quite a bit of self reflection as he works to adjust his moral compass to the harsh realities of being a wandering cultivator. He also develops relationships with a few cultivators, some of which work out, others become strained. Yet he also gets a girlfriend which causes drama, especially when sects attempt to target her family as leverage. They call it honor but its actually pride.

The MC is a readonably intelligent man who is aware of his strengths, but also is willing to reflect on and learn about areas he doesn't understand. This is especially true when it comes to politics, which is to say human interactions, be they mortal or cultivator. He doesn't want to get trapped in political games and even procrastinates. Still he mans up and does what he needs to do in order to address the situations. He is also willing to seek out assistance to fill in for areas in which he is lacking.

This series is in my top 10 for the cultivation genre so I look forward to further installments. It is also a series that I am highly likely to re-read in the future.

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume two and I find myself ever more in love with Sen who has left his mentors up in the mountains where he had trained for so many years, and decided to become a wandering cultivator to see the world. He had high expectations believing everyone was as noble and honour bound as his three mentors, however the world he found was far from it. During his travels he came across thieves and bandits, spirit beasts and other cultivators belonging to sects who were out to test his resilience and for his blood. Wandering cultivators were not accepted in the cities, sects wanted to have every cultivator under their control, however these were not honour bound, as Sen was to find out through experience first hand, and he was damned if he would let them force him into falling in line with any of them. In Emperor's Bay he was tested to the max, as the sects there came for him, intent on killing him, thinking he was easy prey, but they soon found out how powerful Sen was growing to become. He had just wanted to experience different cities, to enjoy the sea in peace to cultivate and grow, however he was to come to the realisation that sometimes violence was a necessity. I love this character because he is honest, believes and administers justice, holds others to his own high ideals and sticks up for the vulnerable. I love that there is the beginning of a romance in this second volume and the ending is so mysterious and exciting I am dying to get my hands on Volume three.

[Breezy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the first book of this series. I learned mandarin and Cantonese for many years and lived in Hong Kong for 13 years until recently so I have a huge appreciation for all the research the author has clearly done on Chinese words and names, whether he spells them in a Mandarin, Hong Kong, Taiwanese or Singaporean etc. way. His research into Chinese medicine and qi is also very apparent.

However I felt this second book had a very different tone than the first, almost more casual. The storyline with the sex worker Lifen was cliche and contrived. I’ve had enough of men “saving” women from sex work. (We are in the age of OnlyFans—come on.) Lifen’s only personality traits that we know of are: she likes pretty colors (the elixir and the silks), she likes Sen, and she ditched her mother as soon as she could for a random man. Her choices do not track with Chinese/Asian culture—family first. It would have been nice if Lifen was a strong character in her own right, maybe someone who cared for her mother and her employees and wanted to stay, build her cultivation skills at the Silver Crane with the manuals Sen gave her, and protect her people. Sen also becomes a bit unbearable at times—he gets pretty arrogant at certain points. I appreciate when he gets put down a peg or two. For all his introspection, it takes him a minute to recognize his own mistakes and does not seem to do much to balance his ego. It will be nice to see him hopefully mature in future books.

[Anthony Pfannschnidt · Rating 1 out of 5]

He goes from a wholesome, family oriented conservative with firm sense of morality in book 1 to a tree hugging, self centered person who has to be pushed to helping the weak.

Another fun bit is how he leaves ruthless bandits alive to keep hurting others and the author tries to convince the reader that he's doing the right thing by leaving them alive to kill and rob others. Even going so far as to claim that to kill bandits who attacked them would make him "no better than them" and referred to it as butchery instead of justice. Completely contradicting the character he had built up by the end of book one.
He lost his spine and totally drank the blue koolaide. A woke protagonist in book 2, ruining the series.


Where only one star was lost on book 1 due to amateur mistakes in a few places where the author forgets his own story. (IE nascent soul cultivators initially are barely human and don't need to eat/ sleep to them eating and sleeping like mortals at regular intervals without any explanation.)

He keeps those flaws with no sign of improvement as well as the rest of the character demolishment in this very disappointing sequel.

Not even worth finishing free.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Right up front I recommend this book to anybody reading this review. I do not know whether it is intended to be the second entry of a trilogy or the second book of a series. I do try and take it easy on the first book of any new story, but I didn't have to pull any punches on book one. When it comes to a book too I'm looking for everything that made the first one worth reading and then some. In my opinion this book reaches that level. Our main character is now out and about wondering the world and getting into no end of trouble. He makes some good decisions and quite a few mistakes as well. He's trying to figure out who he is and how he should act. We also get a love interest in this book. Lastly our main character finds himself in trouble that may be way over his head. There was a proper ending to this book but some May be of the opinion that it was a soft cliffhanger. At least I could argue that. I am very interested in what happens in book 3. The sequel is slated for a July 2nd release date. But then I will simply say Well done to everybody who had a hand in bringing the story to us, the Amazon readers.

[Bender · Rating 2 out of 5]

Review of Books 1-3.

A decent albeit a tedious read. It's a meandering slice of life'esque read, which (as at v7 in RR) doesn't seem to have an end goal.

The writing is good, but annoyingly dialogue heavy. Like nothing can happen with at least half a chapter of filler dialogues. And then we have the inner monologues to pile on it. Was ok initially, but gets more and more tedious that I was skipping entire paragraphs of conversation to get to the point.

The MC is pretty much unlikeable too. Cynical, suspicious and prone to anger induced violence. Though fundamentally good at heart, he's one of those better kept at arms length, making him a difficult character to read/follow. Well written and realistic given his background, but still unlikeable.

Book 3 was probably the best, taut and action packed despite having the above flaws.

I'll give it a few more chapters, but I'm unlikely to continue.

5.5/10

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally not a fan of cultivation style genre's. However, there is something about the character that I am absolutely attached to. He is humble in his own outlook, he finds every opportunity to learn and grow and even realizes when he starts to take steps backwards.

This time our hero is actually traveling and striving to increase his cultivation. But wouldn't you know, stupid sects keeping getting in his way. He is doing everything in his power to stay away from sects and mind his own business, but these sects keep going out of their way to measure their p... I mean to prove themselves against him.

He inadvertently stumbles across information that he is not prepared for and doesn't quite understand. Hopefully his mentors will know what to do.

Give Volume One a try and you will more than likely dive right into Volume Two!

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to rate this book 2 stars, but I wasn't actually able to finish it, so im going to give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it got better.

So I mostly liked the first book, other than near the end when the author dives into some overused tropes. Ie arrogant young masters, every girl swoons over the MC etc

I was hoping that was just a detour, but unfortunately this sequel picks up right where book 1 left off and dives right back into 'arrogant young masters with absolutely no common sense committing suicide by way of the MCs sword'.
It reads like a parody of a cultivation story.

I think this series would have been better as a semi-grounded take on the genre, similar to Cradle, which it did start out as imo. Or the author should have made it a parody/comedy. Its neither and both though, and being in limbo ruins it for me.

[Mike Hrycyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

As seems to be standard with entries in the Cultivation Fantasy genre (I looked it up, it does appear to be a thing), the books progress through the characters’ journeys as they cultivate and grow. The Untended Cultivator series is no exception. Whereas the first volume centered around Sen’s initial training on the mountain in this volume he’s gone out on his own into the world to learn more, grow more.

I have a feeling that being a wandering cultivator is a very solitary existence with flashes of relationships and interaction. Volume two pretty much illustrates this throughout. Sen has mini-adventures, learns new things, continues to grow. It’s handled well, keeps us interested and engaged and has just the right balance of action, growth and introspection. Dontingney really has a knack for keeping me on the edge of my seat.

Really enjoying this series, will continue to read.