Its not.

The 'protagonist' is actually very scum. Motivated by his inferiorities he seeks to 'prove' himself to those better than him. In the first timeline he does so by ruining the MC[Now Ml's] life and Yunxiao. After which, he proceeds to live in his own delusions of self pity and little to no respect for anyone but himself.

But what I'm really looking forward to in this novel is the side chapter where the main CP from another Novel of a similar plotline make a appearance here! Very excited

That was my misconception. Xie Sui and Song Yu don't make an appearance here. I read the extra and was thoroughly face slapped. [22/07/2024]

Also, this isn't very similar to MXTX. Those who think so are delusional and haven't read anything else to calm down from their craze. Just because of the walking in the blood rain? There wasn't even any Blood rain except in the most earliest chapter and sometime later in the seventh killing song arc. Calm down please

[22/07/2024] I also feel that the last few chapters were quite hasty, and the conclusion for everything was very roughly articled.

Just looking at the number of chapters while I was still in chapter 87 had made me feel a little sceptical. And The plot became somewhat dry after MC disguises himself and pursues the ML. Like a fellow comrade implied, even the fight with the Queen Mother was more exciting.

the author always telling us that MC is really kind, however toward the original protagonist, his kindness is kinda half half. There's a scene where the protagonist was being bullied, he saw it all but didn't come forward to help him. Only later he beat the bullies, then threatened them to pretend to be the protagonist's friend, but what's the point? What the protagonist needed was someone showing kindness to him. He only wanted a friend, the MC can be his friend. It's that simple, but he didn't do it.

There are many scenes where the original protagonist got bullied and many descriptions how he was badly treated, but the MC didn't do much.

What happened to Ji Wuyou felt like a cop-out until the final battle when it was revealed what he was. However, I still think Pei Yuzhi wasn't exactly sincere in taking him in as disciple and "reforming" him. It wasn't shown at all that he attempted to influence and reform Ji Wuyou.

The involvement of Pei Yuzhi's friends in the final battle was very anti-climactic. All of them were supposed to be revered and the most powerful of their generation, and yet they barely got any screentime in the final battle. The whole battle itself did not live up to the buildup, even the fight against the Queen Mother of the West was more interesting.

it looks like by Chap 50, the MC has already realized his feelings for MC.

Around 80, the MC confessed to ML but ML seems to not be in love yet at this time

And MC seems to don't know yet the ML is actually his other self (from a different timeline or parallel world)

who isn't someone that JUST immigrated to the book, but someone who already lived a long life there, the people surrounding him are very much real to him, more than a character in the book, and if you have someone like that in your life, compared to the protagonist whom you just know for a short while, who would take up more of the space in your thoughts and action? Ofc the ppl close to you. And unlike what was stated, even though sometimes the author mentioned the mc's kind nature, he's not without a fault, he's liked by many but also disliked by many too. Think about how can this two things exist at the same time? Because he's not perfect, he's just being himself. And this is shown clearly throughout the story, making him more than two dimensional character.

I feel quite sorry for the villain cz from the beginning till the end he never had a choice and never had a chance to make a choice. It was especially sad when you see that he actually had some inner strugles before he succumbed to his evil nature.

I also feel sorry for his childhood misfortunes, but to respond to one of the reviewers here who questioned why the MC never helped him directly, in my opinion, it is bcz the villain thought of others as his friends, he couldnt comprehend their true nature, so even if he felt there is smth wrong going round, he couldnt comprehend what actually was happening, and this is why the MC was doing things in the background.

Also even though the MC wanted influence him and change him to the better, he never planned to become his nanny, and in case of the villain that was what required to keep him always safe and as the reviewer proposed to be his friend. He couldnt be there for him always, so the MC just tried to create a bit better environment for him and then take him as a disciple. And even as a master he would not be attached to him at all times. He had other responsibilities too as a future sect master.

I guess you can also partially blame that this time the greater villain behind it all accelerated things, and the MC expected to have more time in accordance with original plot, while he actually did not have it.