The Fragrance of the Plum Blossom

Desolate Era #45

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿, RWX (Translator)

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, China

Unknown Binding

About the author

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

Reviews

[Umar Mohammed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great conclusion to a great novel series. Ji Ning, the protagonist of Desolate Era, in my opinion is better than both Qin Yu of Stellar Transformation and Linley of Coiling Dragon. This last book gave a very weirdly normal ending for an I Eat Tomatoes novel, due to the fact that Ji Ning was not the ultimate ruler of his universe. The part I enjoyed was when Ning bound his chaosverse just after Iyerre came back to attack it again.

[Saurabh Modi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The series was tied very nicely and the ending was definitely one that’d make me want to read the entire series again. The major plot points get resolved, some new ones get hinted at - but not to expand the series, just to close out original plot.

Other than the finale I did feel that the series suffers from inconsistencies - some parts were just not original or interesting enough but then the series would get very interesting at important plot points. This might be due to how the author’s style is somewhat similar to other books - if you read past books you kind of have less of a mystery here at times. At the same time, it might just be inconsistent quality writing at times. But this is pretty much the only complaint I had in the series. Everything else is well done. I know a lot of ppl complain about time scales and distance/size inflation but somehow it doesn’t bother me much - these are characters dealing with insane scales so somehow I’m able to wrap my head around it.

[Danny Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good ending. I’m glad there was a lot of resolution. The main conflict resolved too quickly which is ironic with how drawn out the series has been. I just wish the ultimate conflict didn’t feel anticlimactic. Really great series though.

[Jason Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ending wasn't so hot, easily could have stopped at the last book and be content

[Dibyaranjan Mekap · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fusion of Chinese doism with astrophysics. Modern earth and IT reference mixed in.

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better story than coiling dragon, worse theme/ system

Still read 45 volumes of this so can’t be that bad despite the repetitive style

Read reverend insanity or 9 star hegemon body art instead

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot Damn.....

Absolutely L O V E D this series.

[Alex P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sad to see it end, as I spent nearly 2 months reading this series in it's entirety.

While this finale book was not bad by any means, I had hoped for more I guess.

[Von Jeric · Rating 5 out of 5]

😭😭😭