Abhorent. I haven't ranted like this in a while.
Summary: Yin Xi is chosen as a supporting role and must divide the main couple (or at least dig some pits).
Most basic idea like many others. But here are some details. System does not take part in stories and doesn't help at all. Which was a red flag for me in one of the situations (I'll explain which one in spoilers). In her original world Yin Xi imulsively broke her boyfriends leg who cheated on her and she compensated him with all her saving, when she was devastated of what to do system bound her (almost without her consent) and sent her to experience life and honestly... the aim was to dig pits, but also for her to get experience. I think just for that few worlds would be enough, but author conjured a whopping 10 worlds. Mind you, each arc reads like "forever" because she is so long-winged, liked to include so many references and "examples" that the text grows from standard 3k characters per chapters to 6-10k, which I think for this type of story is a lot.
And it's not even that interesting. The novel was first published in 2020 which isn't the groundbreaking era of transmigration novels. So by this time a lot of tropes were formed and cliches were born. And it doesn't do any nice twist or take on it.
I have no idea why this has such high ranking on JJ, I think placing in the first 1k on JJ is already an accomplishment, considering how many online novels exist there. But the number of people who rated it (highly too) is miseraby small, feels fishy.
I haven't stopped reading it and finished 5 worlds out of principle, but I had enough of it.
What I can shortly say about it, it takes some of the most basic stuff to build the story on, takes itself seriously, authors cares about plotlines and loose ends, but honestly their writing style is plain, bad and boring, stories are not interesting, the narration is just another level of unsophisticated. If it was a trashy novel I would forgive it, but this one takes itself too seriously, having sometimes this patronizing tone. It was as if I'm reading someone analysis and judgement of their own characters instead of making them alive.
But my main problem and why from 3 stars this landed on 1 star has something to do with FMC's phrase she said in World 5.
I think author did not realize what she did there and others did not care much, which is.. a pity honestly.
Problems with this writing style:
Girl, you're writing a book not a thesis.
Too long-winged, takes time to get to the point, likes to make references a lot and mentioning historical figures in an explanatory way instead of intergrating and showing it in the novels itself.
(Often used phrases "for example, this is like what this person did")
A lot of repetition and conveying of the same information over and over again.
Characters feel like they're just cutouts, especially main female characters. Some secondary characters get more development than her. Sometimes it feels like she's just there.
Oh and a weird mention of peeing.. like do we need this info?
I'm not pro at histry, but she uses a lot of historical figures as she please, but later includes in notes - historically inaccurate so don't judge.
I can rant about this style a lot and it still won't be enough.
What sent me off was the narrative surrounding 2 situations involvine r***.
I'll spoil it all-together.
In second world she is kidnapped and brought in to be the new concubine of deposed Emperor, because she was drugged and accupunture was used on her she could not escape or resist, so she could be potentially r*. She calls for the system who, in my opinion, described it in such a way as if "it's ust another experience, you'll get over it". Later she is saved, but this part stuck like a sore thumb.
In world five there is a scene of a man who is drugged and some of items (from system shop like "love at first sight" etc.) were used on him, so he wasn't himself when he went to the hotel and had a wild night, he waked up with the memories of his two prior lifetimes and has a deep psychological reaction realizing he was r*, Men r* is as valid right? In his second life the one who used system items on him ade him succumb and he remembers how he was not himself, but existed for this woman who used him, his wealth and still cheated on him with everyone of significance, but he still begged on his knees crying not to leave him, since he was not himself but was bound by those system items. FMC knew about the r* in the hotel, but she did not have any compassion at the time. That's.. something. But later they became closer as friends, he fell in love in her and she refused him multiple times, he was not obsessive or insisting. But then they had a scene where they talked and he started with "What if the girl was wronged, but she later found a person she loved who unfortunately left her when found about her past, how should we help her? In her response FMC was indignant listing a lot of things. But then he asked her if girst was replaced by a man. Leading to himself, because that's what happened to him. This stunned her (because honestly he was right), like what's the difference, he has trauma. But then she patted him and says smth like "It's all in the past, she can't get to you, people should look to teh future"
Girl, are you serious right now? To me it sounds like "get over it". It's easy to say so.
I am not denying the fact that it changed her perspective, but honestly I was sitting like - what? girl, you lived for more than 20k years, you should be so high and above and wise and know things, but this is something else.
I have no idea why author decided to include this into her story, but it doesn't look good to me.
Now the ARCS, God help me to remember at least something from that forgettable slop:
Arc 1. Very old-school story how FMC is believed by a scumbag to be a rich heiress in disguise, seduces her, but her life is ruined when he realizes she is just a regular person. Heroine of this book did not leave OG host alone for the half her life, persecuted her as a mistress and when she married a wealthy man he used his influence, because they guy was like under a spell he indulge her lawless behavior. Basically FMC exposes her true nature of wanting to climb high and so on.
One thing that repeats itself, someone from the main cast remembers his past life, here the pampering wealthy man was the one.
Also Yin Xi is not against relationships, she finds love with a successful man and she becomes an accomplished elite herself. She had a good relationship with the pampering welathy man, who acted normal after getting rid of the connection.
Arc 2. Boring historical setting. FMC is against her cousine of sorts. She is a daughter and sister to a Duke now. But because her brother serves at the border she resides with maternal relatives where the heroine is. She is a "beautiful beyond belief" but actually a promiscuous, slef-indulgent ransmigrator who fakes her greatness, only thing she has is beauty.
This story has two lifetimes, but FMC knows nothing about the first where she should be in a more prominent position and second is the repeat of bad fate one.
She distanced herself from this family so they won't use her conenction to her brother as a stepping stone for this cousin to get to prominece. As per usual they also evetually overthrew the current imperial family since they planned t annex her Yin family first.
Of course Yin Xi implemented a lot of new things that benefitted this world.
But honestly her target is separating the main CP, but her cousin went through a lot of stuff and couldn't be sent to the prince, with her actions she was later poisoned. Prince also was against FMC's brother and lost, so he offed himself. So her goal was over long ago, but author thinks she makes things interesting when she describes this world as if cross-referencing different eras and where this comes and from what period, as if we care.
Arc 3. She is og wife of a scumbag who worked for his company before she got sick (actually he poisoned her, she was so oblivious to this idea), he did this to not give her anything through divorce settlement because he as successful ma found young and thin wife.
FMC divorced him before he became successful and his company went downhill while she was a successful woman. He also united with young and thin early on, so it didn't have the same flavor.
Basicllay all the worlds explain time again that if one chioce is wrong then everything can change.
Arc 4. Historical + Cultivation. Boredome, it was the longest and most pointless.
She had to divide a fox spirit and white lotus who used her as a stepping stone in his career. Instead she became a cultivator and later to slowly cut off worldy ties involved with her family who surved current dynasty (which is Tang, she also emntioned all the historical figures and future female Empress).
Sounds vague but what happened. Nine-tailed fox stole an artifact, was chased and wounded, she was saved by "white lotus scholar" he knew she was a demon (inner thoughts) and could bring him money and service, they married and had a son, she cultivated with stolen artifact but was caught one day and said for her husband to go and finish imperial exam, he met another female who helped him with his child, this woman saved OG host, but because of reputation she had to marry this white lotus and as respect brough his child and another woman as his concubine. Backyard grew as time went by, her own son had nothing, though her is a house of Prime Minister, but all resources were tilted towards white lotus man, later she was labeled as jealous woman and sent off to nunnery, even her own son deflected. White lotus man when saw his first wife / fox again she actually was the one who said he can get as many wives as he ants, the guy lived a happy life and she helped him become immortal.
FMC's chance was to undermine it.
But the story involved almost like three storyline. First is her main goal. Second is cultivation (she later mainly cultivated to be with the guy she fell for). And third her helping this dynasty to get better before her ties with mortal world are cut. A lot of historical references mentioning, but honestly in not an educative way for me, I am a foreigner who knows little about their history, but if you just mention names it will mean nothing to me. But the patronizing tone prevailed, I wonder how Chinese readers felt for it. The style is often explanatory and she started to mix in everything Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. So it was a lot of philosophy to me.
What I didn't like is as if FMC is the only one smart n the room.
He achieved her goal midway again, but later we had to sit for the political part to end. Cultivation was really bleak. Many characters were present but they mostly had the same revelations and enlightment moments.
Too much to mention but I said what I wanted to say.
BUT I want to give an example of author using too many peeing mentioning. Here two princes visit her, spent entire day, drank tea, went to relieve themselves several times and left. No kidding, it was shortly described along those lines.
Arc 5. Entertainment industry one. Suddenly right. But actually such a standard for transmigration novels.
Also has two timelines.
First OG host is a heroine, she married a fellow actor but was mistreated by his family due to her background, especially his siter who always called her green tea bitch and that she wants to climb social ladder. This ended in divorce, she met a wealthy man when she achieved commercial succes better than her ex, ended her relationship with same notion, later found love with a soldire.
Second timeline actor's sister is exchanged by transmigrator who used system items to achieve her goal, she indeed runed OG's life and turned everyone into admirer. Anyway it was supposed to be a pet story, author likes everything to sound horrible as if she's first ever to do it.
Now we're in the repeat of second timeline where sister = transmigrator. This sister is trully inadequate and basically in her view she is the one innocent and rich and deserves the success, but all those who climbed from the bottom are hypocrites who want to climb and use others (while she does it better than others actually).
Author even compares her mental thinking to a serial killer which is a stretch tbh. But she is indeed mental. But basically she was indulged since childhood and became a selfish brat.
Nothing to talk about her. FMC separated from this actor and his family before they got anywhere (also destroyed sister's space necklace, while her system for the first time helped suppressing sister's system, since it's a huge cheat).
FMC slowly became successful, sometimes having setbacks when someone came out to make troubles. But it's my first time when author just starts mentioning titles of her works with no details to show she had many projects.
While her ex and his sister slowly sttheir way, not to mention this sister couldn't let go of the fact that she is not some hot cake others so want to eat, she is no better than others, but acts as if everything and everyone should cater to her, getting in so much trouble and dragging her brother down too.
The only good part was actually the changes and flashing out of the secondary character, a wealthy business man who was with OG in the first life, was used by transmigrator in the second and how he felt now. He was more of a main character than FMC herself tbh. The rest is just a boring mass.
Starting arc 4 I skipped a lot when met with countless passages that meant nothing.
After this I'm dropping this.
RATE: 1/5. Even if I DNF, but this deserves this rating and won't change my mind.
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