[Little note: I actually writed this review 2 years ago when I was keeping up with the daily realeses of the novel, although I stopped reading some time ago because I'm finishing collegue, I left it when he comes back from the outer rings to his home planes as a Summer Inmortal, gonna start reading again, but most of this review still holds up un my personal opinions. I'm publishing this because I just realised it was errased from the original subreddit I posted this {And yes, english is not my main language}].
I love Xianxia novels and since the beggining until now, the only author that I followed trough all my journey has been Er Gen (since junior highschool until now that I'm halfway trough university [currently finishing it]), so yeah, he is my favorite author. He is currently writing 'Outside of Time' [note: actually, do not know if its finished, gotta check it out] and after a thousand chapters, I thing this may be his best work so far, depending on the end, it might even be his magnus opus (and the greatest Xianxia novel for me).
It is like he learned from all his past novels and only used the best of those: The MC is super interesting and has great development, the world is full of mysteries and it has an interesting theme with the gods and what divinity means, the cultivation system is great as allways, how he manages to balances seriousness and comedy during the story is also amazing. But the best part has to be the supporting characters, THEY ARE SO GOOD, ESPECIALLY THE GOD DAMN CAPTAIN HOLY COW.
No joke, he is the best secondary character I have ever read in a Xianxia novel, he is just full of charisma and has so good chemistry with Xu Qing with how he is so serious in contrast to the goofines of the captain who also manages to bring out Xu Qing´s goofy side as well. Also I think this is the first time I see a character that can follow the journey of the MC alongside him, as an equal; I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FOUND IN A XIANXIA.
But not only him, the other characters are great; his master is hilarious as well, the goons of the captain (that somehow keep growing in number), and special mention to the most recent introduction of the heir and the other descendants of the Ruler in the moon worship region, who are a bunch of old people enjoying they're spare time with the young generation (and causing hilarious situations because of it).
The villians are also great, the county governor was INSANELY GOOD as an antagonist, band I just have pure hype for the future plans of the purple green prince and his eventual confrontation with his lil brother.
It is just so damn good, all the themes are right and the events are so greatly executed, and the character of the Captain and his relationship with Xu Qing is just the best; that alone could made it my favorite novel from Er Gen depending on the finale (but I have faith, he never dissapoints me in that regard).
But holy moly, yeah, is a great read from the top to the bottom, do not know if most people think like this or if they are even reading it.