Tristar Crescent Abode

Desolate Era #13

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, I Eat Tomatoes, 我吃西红柿

Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn’t know was that there really was such a thing as life after death, and that the universe was a far larger place than he thought.

A lucky twist of fate (one of the few in Ning’s life) meant that Ning was reborn into a world of Immortals and monsters, of Ki Refiners and powerful Fiendgods, a world where Dynasties lasted for millions of years. A world which is both greater…and yet also smaller…than he ever could imagine. He would have the opportunity to join them, and in this life, Ning swore to himself, he would never let himself be weak again!

The Era he was born into was a Desolate one, but Ning would make it his era.

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novel, Asian Literature, Martial Arts, China

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About the author

Associated Names:
* Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi
* I Eat Tomatoes (English)
* 我吃西红柿 (Chinese)
* หว่อชือซีหงสื้อ (Thai)

Reviews

[Lazybee · Rating 4 out of 5]

In every good fantasy novels, the masters of the protagonist will be a heroic figure. And he will surely become greater than him.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: “Be it fortune or calamity…you shall bring it to yourself, and have no one else to blame or to thank.
- Thoughts: Good chapters in this one, with smooth advancements ( incredible advancements in one or two days followed by almost no advancements at all for 30 years, like a car with a broken gearbox) but by now we know this is what we expect already.
Like the previous one, this book does have an almost complete arc by itself. This being a training focused arc, heavily influenced by The Journey to the West, Volume 1
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These are my personal opinions, you may discord, my final rating of the book is not necessarily linked to this system and may diverge from it.
Book Storyline
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 3/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 2/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 3/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 1/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ○
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): ○
- Adult (Y/N): ○
- Mystery (Y/N): ○
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ○
- Violence level: Not even one death in this one
- Tech level: Irrelevant
- Religion level: Fictional Daoism and Buddhism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: Anime, training
- Point of view: main character and extra characters, focused on the main character
- Aftertaste: good
World
- Originality: 4/5 stars
- Variety: 2/5 stars
- Consistency: 4/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 4/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ○
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ○
- Journey (Y/N): ○
- Main scenario: Patriarch something custom made world
Characters
- Total amount: lots
- Points of view: a handful
- Main characters: Ji Ning
- Secondary: Lots, but active only in a couple or two of chapters
- Ordinary: many
- Overall quality: 4/5 stars
- Main: 4/5 stars
- Secondary: 4/5 stars
- Consistency: 3/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 3/5 Stars
- Interactions: 4/5 Stars
- Romance ( Y/ N): ○
- Underworld Crew (Y/N): ○
- Training (Y/N): √
- Notable best characters: The Qi Empire princess
- Notable worse characters: Silvermoon
Setting
- Historical importance: 3/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 2/5 Stars
- Historical score: 2/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 2/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 1/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 2/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 2/5 Stars
- Tension: 1/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 3/5 Stars
- Supernatural (Vampires, werewolves) (Y/N): ○
- Superpowers (√/○): √
- Non-human races (Y/N): √
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ○
- Monsters (Y/N): √
- Historical relevant period: Billions of years
Rules
- Devised system: 4/5 stars
- System complexity: 4/5 stars
- System explanation: 3/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ○
- Type of Rule: Dao skills, cultivation
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 3/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 2/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 3/5 stars
- Cultivation phase: 3/5 stars
Series Storyline
These are scored based on the series up to the end of this book:
- Impact of this book in storyline: 5/5 stars
- Originality: 3/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 2/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 2/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 4/5 stars
- Plot twists: 2/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (√/○): ○

[Mnoraznan · Rating 5 out of 5]

engrossing page-turner.

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

The combination of training, progression, fighting and adventure is still keeping me interested. It is also leaving me hungry for more.

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is non stop fun. This part of the story is a training arc. There’s also a lot of chinese mythology integrated here.