The Bloodlotus Blooms

Desolate Era #21

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, 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

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: “The tree wishes to be still, but the wind continues to blow. Although we wish to live peaceful lives, there’s a reason for this war."
- Thoughts: Another good volume on the saga, I'm actually with good expectations for Endwar, let's see the fight of the big ones already. There are some retcons in this book but by now it's already accepted part of the story as is.
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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: 4/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 5/5 stars
- Plot twists: 4/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Ending: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ×
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): ✓
- Adult (Y/N): ×
- Mystery (Y/N): ×
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ✓
- Violence level: War and stuff
- Tech level: irrelevant
- Religion level: Fictional Daoism and Buddhism
- Main genre: Xianxia
- Subgenre: Shounen, Chinese fantasy and mythology.
- Point of view: Main Character storyline with interludes
- Aftertaste: Let the Endwar came
World
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Variety: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 2/5 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: Various places
Characters
- Total amount: lots
- Points of view: 2
- Main characters: Ji Ning
- Secondary: Godking, Subhuti
- Ordinary: lots
- Overall quality: 4/5 stars
- Main: 3/5 stars
- Secondary: 4/5 stars
- Consistency: 3/5 stars
- Connection: 2/5 stars
- Dialogs: 3/5 Stars
- Interactions: 3/5 Stars
- Underworld Crew (✓/×): ×
- Training (✓/×): ✓
- Romance: The Main Character love interest arc finally gets to a permanent resolution.
- Notable best characters: ---
- Notable worse characters: Are the weak peoplo still alive?
Setting
- Historical importance: 5/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 4/5 Stars
- Historical score: 5/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 4/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 5/5 Stars
- Tension: 4/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 2/5 Stars
- Classic Supernatural (✓/×): ×
- Superpowers (✓/×): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ✓
- About the setting: The settings got much better after it expanded being the 3 realms, it's still slowly expanding.
Rules
- Devised system: 4/5 stars
- System complexity: 4/5 stars
- System explanation: 1/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ✓
- Type of Rule: Skill based Xianxia
Xianxia
- Battle phase: 4/5 stars
- Skill innovation: 2/5 stars
- Treasure hunting phase: 4/5 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: 4/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 1/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 2/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 5/5 stars
- Plot twists: 4/5 stars
- Pace: 5/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 4/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 4/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (✓/×): ×

[Mnoraznan · Rating 5 out of 5]

a satisfying read

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic entry! The action is awesome Ning encounters some of his biggest hurdles yet. The set up for the next book is great and I can’t wait to see what happens.