Things just happen at break neck speed. Maybe it works if you read the novel. The MC is really a villain, which I don't think is a plus. For example, he nonchalantly murders a clan of innocent people to get some extra XP points. Most of the people he kills are assholes themselves, so it doesn't matter, but sometimes he kills their friends simply for existing.

There are no stakes, you are never in doubt the MC will win, which I think is boring. It isn't even like the MC makes any great plans or anything, he is just OP from the first moment.

No one has a real personality, including the MC. They are just plot devices in a bad plot.

Art is quite good, though I think the MC is not as good looking as he is supposed to be.

Protagonist is the final evil boss character and not secretly good. It’s kind of fun to watch him encounter all of the hero tropes and defeat them one by one.

Also, the MC is a transmigrator. We know this because it is mentioned one time. We never learn who he was, where or when he lived, or anything else about him. He has no apparent personality separate from the guy he becomes. No backstory. No name. No flashbacks to a previous life. No panel showing what he looked like before. There is no adjustment period of any kind. Sometimes he remembers very elaborate plots he put in place before transmigrating. Sometimes he says things like, “gosh I guess this guy I am now did some pretty bad things in the past,” as if he doesn’t remember.

He has one of those game systems, but nobody else does.

Characters appear in the story. Then they disappear from the story.

Fights are solved by who has the higher level and not by strategy, tactic, techniques, luck, etc. The MC has the highest level, so the outcomes are a foregone conclusion every single time.

If you don’t know wuxia tropes really well or don’t know the cultural references, it is impossible to follow beyond “bwa ha ha, I’m evil and always win.” Like, suddenly there are bird people. People are in a realm. Now they are going to another realm. Everyone can fly, mostly. This clan is important. Something, something Taoism.

Highly Recommend
Amazing novel about transmigrator who gets a system to help him crush 'fated protagonists'. Similar to History's Strongest Big Brother, but I'd argue more focused around the central premise.

The MC is casually cruel, he enjoys playing with people and at one point casually destroyed a sect on a whim. I'd argue he truly is a villain, which makes it enjoyable to follow him as the MC.

That said, the so called 'fated protagonists' aren't exactly righteous people either. This novel does an excellent job of showing the other side of typical Xianxia Mass Murdering Chad MCs, and just how evil they can be.
Only criticism of the novel so far is that the MC seems to be powering up too quickly. I am worried that the power creep might ruin the mid/late stages of the novel.


Here! is the novel

This guy is a evil genius. He has a cheat system after regressing that leads this man to dominate the wuxia world. When it comes to girls, minions, weapons, power, and especially cultivation this man comes out on top. He knows and accepts he is the villain, but makes sure every threat (hero) is six feet under so nobody can stop him. Also, he has made a pretty decent harem for himself. The art for a manhua is God tier, it is a treat for the eyes. The fights are really great, they can take you by surprise at times (really when the MC does something.) I cannot guess what will happen next, I just know he is fun to watch.

... Last updated on October 18th, 2022, 4:48pm

Another self-insert MC, pornhwa art, drowned in wuxia explanations. These would be much more enjoyable if they just kept things simple, instead of faffing about with cultivation levels and other lame plot points.

If they'd stuck to the system or stealing luck it would've been nice. But, the concept isn't original (stealing luck is something present in almost every mythology) and it's terribly combined with transmigration//shop system...

The plot is repetitive ,and lacks any tension. It really bores me how everything goes in his favor, almost all his actions could terribly backfire, since the series suffers a terminal case of boxed reasoning and incremental logic (the luck/shop...). I mean some guy you've just met kills someone near you/brutally murders a whole clan, and after a conversation you're another girl of his harem and he gets powers well beyond what he needs...

If you don't want to waste your time, read "Reverend insanity" it's superior in all aspects and the MC acts with reason, not because a system tells him he'll get imaginary points for killing people.

... Last updated on June 24th, 2022, 5:33pm

What if the villain was the smartest one, but he has to face many MC with standard trope powers, like chosen ones, reincarnators, regressors, etc.? If you're ever wondered, then this might be for you. The art is gorgeous.

MC is a villain through and through, not the kind who is somewhat moral. He's cunning, smart and strong, but the way the story started off is kind of puzzling to say the least. He's a transmigrator but somehow, instead of questioning his transmigration, he accepts it in a heartbeat. Similarly, he accepts his system suddenly without any thought without thinking about the motives of the system. Like many other isekai/transmigation stories, neither the author nor the MC put in any effort into making his transmigrator status meaningful. It's just there without any point. Why exactly does the MC want to go against the "Heaven's chosen"? Why does he know exactly what to do without even thinking much? Why is the system built to rob the "Heaven's chosen"? What motives do the MC or protagonist have? I know it's quite unlikely to squeeze so much information at the start, but the author could have just planted these questions and answers at the start and gradually address it. But nah, the author didn't even do any of that, so we just had to close an eye and pretend that the MC is "just a villain". I think it would be better if they introduced him as a agent (like Su Lv xia) whose role is to be a villain.

What's great about this story is the unexpectedly good pacing and decent depth of the side characters. Unlike lousy stories where the side characters exist for the MC to show his Mary Sue abilities, the characters are decently fleshed out with their own thoughts and loyalties. Also, they quickly recognise that he's powerful and don't rush to their deaths which is really refreshing. The pacing is not rushed, nor is it unnecessarily draggy. It flows well and the art is superbly drawn. Both the characters and background are well drawn and nice to look at.


Overall, as long as you ignore the lack of explanation as to why the MC is behaving the way he does even though he is a transmigrator (likely from earth), it's an interesting story.

... Last updated on June 15th, 2022, 8:14pm

(read till chapter 30s)
a direct comparison would be "History's strongest senior brother" the novel not the manga or smth.
Its a wuxia world where the protagonist (villain) plays as the villain in storylines of multiple heroes who act varying levels of cliche and entitled, transmigrators, reincarnators everything.
HSSB is the most direct and frankly an even better novel, it goes much more in depth and is more realistic in terms of characters in this manga the characters just fall for the protag (villain) cause hes just that cool.

Theres other loads of novels where the protag is the 'villain' in a world of multiple heroes, like 'you cannot afford to offend my women'.

(edit after chapter 44, + reading the novel)
okay so this manga adaptation does not do the novel justice. a side effect from the manga structure itself i presume.
Each manga chapter while long, it adapts 2-3 novel chapters. And it skips over a *lot* of details. The main point of this story, as implied ofc, is how other characters will respond to the mc. It's never about whether the MC himself will succeed or not, cause that was never in doubt. Even in the previous timeline (i.e. timeline where the mc didnt transmigrate), this villain was the last boss, he wins every single encounter even in the last life without the system in place. This guy's the real deal.
And the manga adapts his plans and journey.
And while yes that is a part of the story. the main part really is how other characters react to being trapped in his web of plans. They get a lot more development in the novel that the manga simply lacks either because of poor storyboarding and naming (believe me the explanations are sorely lacking in the manga why things work the way they do) or having to condense multiple chapters into a few frames, completely missing the original context.

A lot of the explanations about the system make much more sense when taking the novel into context. The point values are almost secondary and him stealing the protagonists' fate value is also not because he can't kill them otherwise but because it would be inefficient.

Regardless, read the novel if the manga interests you because it expands upon a lot more things.
My original rating does not change however. It's a solid 8/10, very entertaining but its not something that will shake your world.

The art is very beautiful, of course.

Oh also, the translation is sorely lacking for the novel almost seems like MTL but that's another topic.

... Last updated on August 28th, 2022, 9:38pm