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The Idle System #3
The Birth
Running away is never the answer.
After escaping from the Rogue Sect, John and Sarah find something new about each other. They're both Siders. Their path of loneliness will now take a turn, finding new allies in the most unexpected of places.
But good things come hand-in-hand with the bad.
Elder Han and his son are not willing to give up their chase. Chris's obsession over possessing Sarah's body for himself is not to be taken lightly. Nor is his father's.
Fight or flight, it's now their choice.
Join John and Sarah in a new issue of The Idle System to find out what happens next!
After escaping from the Rogue Sect, John and Sarah find something new about each other. They're both Siders. Their path of loneliness will now take a turn, finding new allies in the most unexpected of places.
But good things come hand-in-hand with the bad.
Elder Han and his son are not willing to give up their chase. Chris's obsession over possessing Sarah's body for himself is not to be taken lightly. Nor is his father's.
Fight or flight, it's now their choice.
Join John and Sarah in a new issue of The Idle System to find out what happens next!
- GenresFantasyMartial Arts
176 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2019
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January 2, 2020
The first book was okay and gave sense to an interesting concept. The second book finished with the author giving excuses for how his creation can be OP and still retain a story. It's cool that he's OP. This really needs to be changed to the Luck System with how everything turns out. It's a stream of consciousness novella that goes from point-to-point without any substance on the trip. Oh, you need to gather this much power? Okay, he goes around and over the course of one night spends 20 hours killing a million, no wait, a billion low-level creatures to get the power needed. After, we don't care about morals at all. No, wait, we do care about morals, just the mushroom kind. What? Oh no, we actually have a little bit of stats that don't matter. Let me delve into a table of how much a whole bunch of stuff costs, then teleport 6000 times to a planet to get this one thing and get back to where I need to be then cut out the heart of a prisoner cause they don't matter cause they've sinned so much, but don't worry they aren't actually powerful or anything I can hold them down. Oh also, I can kill a being logarithmically more powerful than me because I got lucky. But like over and over my luck grows.
It's an interesting series that has delved out of control with no proper editing. It's a good thing this is the author's first series, but it seems that there is no development from the writing. The plot and style really needs to graduate from a junior-high level of writing if I'm to try more of this series or other works by this author. That, or get a decent editor that will challenge the author to get a better grasp on what needs to be fleshed out, what should be left out, and what needs to be re-written with a better flow.
It's an interesting series that has delved out of control with no proper editing. It's a good thing this is the author's first series, but it seems that there is no development from the writing. The plot and style really needs to graduate from a junior-high level of writing if I'm to try more of this series or other works by this author. That, or get a decent editor that will challenge the author to get a better grasp on what needs to be fleshed out, what should be left out, and what needs to be re-written with a better flow.
March 16, 2019
Good ass book...
Pegaz really putdid himself this time... And the next book is going to be awesome, becaus ethats where he last stopped and we can actually continue the story.
Pegaz really putdid himself this time... And the next book is going to be awesome, becaus ethats where he last stopped and we can actually continue the story.
February 5, 2020
The story seems to be speeding out of control, like the protagonist. The author needs to slow down and think things through. At one point the two MCs decide to go on a first date... they travel for three months to get to the planet for the date. Um?
May 23, 2020
Getting better.
Once the MC settled down on a world and started doing something the story came together. The beginning was still rough but after the second book, there was not much to work with.
Once the MC settled down on a world and started doing something the story came together. The beginning was still rough but after the second book, there was not much to work with.
February 8, 2022
I'm going to continue reading this, despite the 2/5, because of my enjoyment of the systems and the concept but what is the deal with the addition of Sarah? The relationship, her character, and the way she was added in were just absolutely awful. I was tempted to DNF and give it a 1/5 for that alone.
Here's my reasoning:
At first she was trying to kill John, then capture him, but you could obviously tell (during the first interaction and on the balcony) that there was going to be more to her. Then you find out she's a Sider when she's trying to capture John and, all of a sudden, there's a total 180. John (the cautious, level-headed guy who was a businessman in his last life) instantly gives up every useable resource to help her out. Then after 2 days of that, Sarah says something like "I was actually lying this whole time and still trying to figure out how to capture you" to which John says "I know."...can you make a worse story? How lazy is this writing all of a sudden? Who would ever allow that? If you knew, why'd you give away all your stuff, thereby giving her a much better chance of succeeding? It's such a huge character shift for him to go from fairly level-headed and generally skeptical to instantly giving her anything and everything he has despite knowing she's being dishonest with him the whole time. Makes no sense.
Then for whatever reason, he decides to give up 1 of his 9 (for the rank), practically omnipotent, skill slots purely for her benefit. He focuses on getting the skill 'Share' not knowing whether or not he'll even be able to receive any benefits in return. This isn't him being a good guy, it's him giving away a very important resource to someone he's known for less than a week total who has only been dishonest with him until now. Apparently meeting her instantly turned John into a total moron somehow. Anyways, after that, they're 100% inseparably in love within 2 months (of course they are), so John shares with her all of his super powerful abilities, getting almost literally nothing in return, making her roughly as powerful as him. At this point, Sarah's character finally contributes SOMETHING but then we find out she has basically nothing to give. She can only share her poison control ability, which is marginally useful, and the transfer ability for toxic points, which (finally) is actually useful. That is, until John takes her to find another dead system he had learned about. Which he, of course, immediately gives to her rather than taking for himself...yet again, someone he hardly knows, but he's giving away incredibly precious resources on a whim. It just makes no sense, logically, or for his character.
Fast-forward to 5 or 6yrs later, he's trained her and given her tons of resources, all while she still has nearly nothing to add. Oh but now that she's trained, she's basically as powerful as he is, despite having hardly anything of her own to add. Then of course what happens? She says "oh by the way, I was actively lying this whole time. I'm not really squeamish about death and morality. That was only an attempt to trick you into helping me"...to which John replies "I know". What absolutely horrible, lazy writing. Basically, John's like "I know that you're manipulative and apparently a pathological liar but I don't care, I'm giving you everything anyway". It's just a truly terrible relationship that's written like garbage and makes no sense at all. I sincerely had to force myself through it and it wasn't an easy task.
Overall: the relationship is nonsense and terribly written, seems like it was added in without any forethought at all; Sarah needs to find a way to achieve something of her own to contribute (to the relationship and the story); John needs to stop making stupid decision based solely on his unconditional (and unfounded) love for Sarah; Sarah needs to stop lying about everything.
Here's my reasoning:
At first she was trying to kill John, then capture him, but you could obviously tell (during the first interaction and on the balcony) that there was going to be more to her. Then you find out she's a Sider when she's trying to capture John and, all of a sudden, there's a total 180. John (the cautious, level-headed guy who was a businessman in his last life) instantly gives up every useable resource to help her out. Then after 2 days of that, Sarah says something like "I was actually lying this whole time and still trying to figure out how to capture you" to which John says "I know."...can you make a worse story? How lazy is this writing all of a sudden? Who would ever allow that? If you knew, why'd you give away all your stuff, thereby giving her a much better chance of succeeding? It's such a huge character shift for him to go from fairly level-headed and generally skeptical to instantly giving her anything and everything he has despite knowing she's being dishonest with him the whole time. Makes no sense.
Then for whatever reason, he decides to give up 1 of his 9 (for the rank), practically omnipotent, skill slots purely for her benefit. He focuses on getting the skill 'Share' not knowing whether or not he'll even be able to receive any benefits in return. This isn't him being a good guy, it's him giving away a very important resource to someone he's known for less than a week total who has only been dishonest with him until now. Apparently meeting her instantly turned John into a total moron somehow. Anyways, after that, they're 100% inseparably in love within 2 months (of course they are), so John shares with her all of his super powerful abilities, getting almost literally nothing in return, making her roughly as powerful as him. At this point, Sarah's character finally contributes SOMETHING but then we find out she has basically nothing to give. She can only share her poison control ability, which is marginally useful, and the transfer ability for toxic points, which (finally) is actually useful. That is, until John takes her to find another dead system he had learned about. Which he, of course, immediately gives to her rather than taking for himself...yet again, someone he hardly knows, but he's giving away incredibly precious resources on a whim. It just makes no sense, logically, or for his character.
Fast-forward to 5 or 6yrs later, he's trained her and given her tons of resources, all while she still has nearly nothing to add. Oh but now that she's trained, she's basically as powerful as he is, despite having hardly anything of her own to add. Then of course what happens? She says "oh by the way, I was actively lying this whole time. I'm not really squeamish about death and morality. That was only an attempt to trick you into helping me"...to which John replies "I know". What absolutely horrible, lazy writing. Basically, John's like "I know that you're manipulative and apparently a pathological liar but I don't care, I'm giving you everything anyway". It's just a truly terrible relationship that's written like garbage and makes no sense at all. I sincerely had to force myself through it and it wasn't an easy task.
Overall: the relationship is nonsense and terribly written, seems like it was added in without any forethought at all; Sarah needs to find a way to achieve something of her own to contribute (to the relationship and the story); John needs to stop making stupid decision based solely on his unconditional (and unfounded) love for Sarah; Sarah needs to stop lying about everything.
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July 9, 2020
This is a review of books 1 through 5.
This is a unique system of litrpg & cultivation, using an "idle" system like phone games, etc. It is litrpg because the Main Character sees a screen which displays stats/ranks/levels, skills, etc. It is cultivation because of the way the system is setup, and the use of beast cores, etc.
Book 1: This is a great introduction into the series. The book is not as masterpiece of literature, but it is very entertaining and worth my time. My thoughts are that the MC is too OP(overpowered), too quickly, and it moved extremely fast. I assumed he wrote himself into a corner, and book 2 couldn't possibly be interesting, yet I was wrong.
Book 2: This book dramatically expands the scope of how strong the MC is. He may be strong, but that is nothing compared to others around him. This book goes a long way towards showing that he is very strong, but not unbeatable.
Book 3: The MC is OP again, taking on people far above his power level.
Book 4: So OP its not even funny. It is even funnier because the author swears up and down that the MC isn't OP. I mean, he is so OP he , yet according to the author, "he was only able to do it because of a special set of circumstances and abilities." Yes, the ability of being overpowered. lol
Book 5: I didn't think I would like this book since it is told from Sarah's Point of View, not the MC. However, I got into it very quickly. While I still prefer reading through the MC's PoV, this might be my favorite book of the series and
Overall,
This series is great and definitely worth reading. Unfortunately, it is held back by editing and a real lack of struggle from the MC. At this point, I am mostly reading it to see how ridiculous the MC can become.
This is a unique system of litrpg & cultivation, using an "idle" system like phone games, etc. It is litrpg because the Main Character sees a screen which displays stats/ranks/levels, skills, etc. It is cultivation because of the way the system is setup, and the use of beast cores, etc.
Book 1: This is a great introduction into the series. The book is not as masterpiece of literature, but it is very entertaining and worth my time. My thoughts are that the MC is too OP(overpowered), too quickly, and it moved extremely fast. I assumed he wrote himself into a corner, and book 2 couldn't possibly be interesting, yet I was wrong.
Book 2: This book dramatically expands the scope of how strong the MC is. He may be strong, but that is nothing compared to others around him. This book goes a long way towards showing that he is very strong, but not unbeatable.
Book 3: The MC is OP again, taking on people far above his power level.
Book 4: So OP its not even funny. It is even funnier because the author swears up and down that the MC isn't OP. I mean, he is so OP he , yet according to the author, "he was only able to do it because of a special set of circumstances and abilities." Yes, the ability of being overpowered. lol
Book 5: I didn't think I would like this book since it is told from Sarah's Point of View, not the MC. However, I got into it very quickly. While I still prefer reading through the MC's PoV, this might be my favorite book of the series and
Overall,
This series is great and definitely worth reading. Unfortunately, it is held back by editing and a real lack of struggle from the MC. At this point, I am mostly reading it to see how ridiculous the MC can become.
July 6, 2025
This series definitely is not to my taste, I'm afraid.
I still don't like the main character, keep thinking that he's falling out of character a lot, and still think this story has more of an extended outline than a proper story. Adding a romance plot into it hasn't enhanced this but only made it worse for me, I'm afraid. Both the main characters as well as the side characters feel empty and flat, there is no personality in the non-main-characters and the world feels a lot more "broad brushstrokes" without much life other than what they currently need.
This will be my last book of the series, it took me a while to get through this and I mostly finished it so it was finished, not because I really wanted to. Not my style of book, and no longer even all that entertaining. There are some good writing roots in here. It will be interesting to see what they grow into.
I still don't like the main character, keep thinking that he's falling out of character a lot, and still think this story has more of an extended outline than a proper story. Adding a romance plot into it hasn't enhanced this but only made it worse for me, I'm afraid. Both the main characters as well as the side characters feel empty and flat, there is no personality in the non-main-characters and the world feels a lot more "broad brushstrokes" without much life other than what they currently need.
This will be my last book of the series, it took me a while to get through this and I mostly finished it so it was finished, not because I really wanted to. Not my style of book, and no longer even all that entertaining. There are some good writing roots in here. It will be interesting to see what they grow into.
August 12, 2019
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I hate trying to write reviews because there are really only pass/fail results for me. Did I make it all the way through? Yes? 5 stars. No? There would be nothing here to read. In all fairness, if an author holds my attention from page one to the end, they’ve done their job. Anything less than 5 stars is petty criticism from someone incapable of even doing the job let alone doing a better one.
So in respect for the author and their work, I am going to start pasting this along with a generic review I found somewhere. “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Cheers
I hate trying to write reviews because there are really only pass/fail results for me. Did I make it all the way through? Yes? 5 stars. No? There would be nothing here to read. In all fairness, if an author holds my attention from page one to the end, they’ve done their job. Anything less than 5 stars is petty criticism from someone incapable of even doing the job let alone doing a better one.
So in respect for the author and their work, I am going to start pasting this along with a generic review I found somewhere. “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Cheers
April 14, 2019
Who's laughing now.
More OP than the previous books. Not sure what the next book will bring. I really enjoyed John and Sarah's sect tournament. I wasn't expecting the end of this one. The gaming interface in the wuxia world has worked out pretty well. John reaches new highs in his kill count and definitely has some anger issues. That got disturbing. I binged the books in a 24 hour span.
More OP than the previous books. Not sure what the next book will bring. I really enjoyed John and Sarah's sect tournament. I wasn't expecting the end of this one. The gaming interface in the wuxia world has worked out pretty well. John reaches new highs in his kill count and definitely has some anger issues. That got disturbing. I binged the books in a 24 hour span.
March 20, 2019
Another great book
I loved the first 2 books and I love this one, some people might complain about the mc being overpowered and technicaly he is because he takes full advantage of his special traits, but I love reading about overpowered characters so whatever. Can't wait for the next book to come out.
I loved the first 2 books and I love this one, some people might complain about the mc being overpowered and technicaly he is because he takes full advantage of his special traits, but I love reading about overpowered characters so whatever. Can't wait for the next book to come out.
March 26, 2019
I liked it
Book three was pretty good. Had a nice little story arc and wrapped up will. My main critique world be the beginning moved a bit quickly considering the prior conflict between Sarah and John. Other than the unrealistically fast developments there I had a good time reading
Book three was pretty good. Had a nice little story arc and wrapped up will. My main critique world be the beginning moved a bit quickly considering the prior conflict between Sarah and John. Other than the unrealistically fast developments there I had a good time reading
December 3, 2021
I really hope the Bleach anime masks on the cover doesn't foretell a bad story.
This author really wrote a bleach anime fight scene...
I don't know if this is writing on the wall for what is in store for future books, or just a bad choice of scene.
I will give the next book a go, if it continues along the anime path, I will drop the series.
3/5 Stars
This author really wrote a bleach anime fight scene...
I don't know if this is writing on the wall for what is in store for future books, or just a bad choice of scene.
I will give the next book a go, if it continues along the anime path, I will drop the series.
3/5 Stars
January 1, 2022
Anything for Love
John finally falls in love and when it becomes mutual he gives her all of his knowledge and training. They live together, train together, and fight together. Until something happens to take her away from him and he snaps. He goes from being a good bad guy to hell!
Great read and I'm looking for more!
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John finally falls in love and when it becomes mutual he gives her all of his knowledge and training. They live together, train together, and fight together. Until something happens to take her away from him and he snaps. He goes from being a good bad guy to hell!
Great read and I'm looking for more!
Read in 2 days
May 9, 2019
Great fun
I have loved this series and the third one delivers what you hope for and more. The cultivation and story is quite unique and I highly recommend this to all and I can't wait to read what's next.
I have loved this series and the third one delivers what you hope for and more. The cultivation and story is quite unique and I highly recommend this to all and I can't wait to read what's next.
May 17, 2019
Once again, great delivery
Loved it. Now I’m impatiently waiting for book 4. Ive an idea of what I think you are going for with regard to direction, and Im curious if I’m right. Hope your next few books come out smoothly and quickly, preferably tomorrow.
Loved it. Now I’m impatiently waiting for book 4. Ive an idea of what I think you are going for with regard to direction, and Im curious if I’m right. Hope your next few books come out smoothly and quickly, preferably tomorrow.
April 29, 2023
garbage time
Stuff just happens. Barely any plot, simply event after event. With an OP MC who just gets stronger for barely trying.
Worse, the writing is awful. Declarative sentences, with a wandering viewpoint and no flow.
Reads more like ESL than native English speaker.
Stuff just happens. Barely any plot, simply event after event. With an OP MC who just gets stronger for barely trying.
Worse, the writing is awful. Declarative sentences, with a wandering viewpoint and no flow.
Reads more like ESL than native English speaker.
April 2, 2019
Good read!!
Interesting twist this one, will not spoil it. Writing is good and character development is decent. Can't wait for the next release.
Interesting twist this one, will not spoil it. Writing is good and character development is decent. Can't wait for the next release.
August 14, 2019
The "karma-romance" makes my liver hurt.
I want to read the next one. Hurry up and get it written / translated from Chinese or Korean or whatever the original language is.
I want to read the next one. Hurry up and get it written / translated from Chinese or Korean or whatever the original language is.
February 9, 2022
Arch a great book
Loved this addition. The drama and the suspense make this book great. Can't wait for the next one. Keep up the great work
Loved this addition. The drama and the suspense make this book great. Can't wait for the next one. Keep up the great work
June 5, 2022
I don’t quite get what happened at the end of the book and if it’s even possible
May 14, 2025
The writing is horrible, but system and premise keeps me hooked. Sunk-cost fallacy?
February 24, 2024
This was my least favorite of the first four books. A lot of talk about the system, a lot of leveling up, and a tournament, but the character development was on the thin side. Still, an interesting read.
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