Don't sleep on this one.

It's easy to misunderstand that this would be another "huh? I guess that enemy was weak" cliche, but if you get past the initial world building and introduction, you will find that the MC is actually not that strong.

Past the first arc, it's revealed that ... more>>

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the MC struggles with opponents near his apparent (peak) level

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At this point, the narrative shifted from a cliched strong MC to mistaken identity.

The character development has been going really nice too. The MC started with a meek mentality, like those "farming slice of life" tropes, but started to build his resolve in his own way.

What I do find fault, however, is how the martial terms are thrown around. It might be lost in translation or merely because the source was inconsistent, but power levels like "transcendent" or "peak" realms are used interchangeably. You may need to link existing murim power levels to get a better idea.

Another criticism you may find is the relationships. It's a classic disciple-master fanatism/one-sided love from the characters he saved, but so far the MC has been treating them like his daughters. <<less

I am aware that not all genres are for people. I personally don't like quite a few popular genres that I see trending on a lot of websites

I went into this seeing a few genres I do like, but it hurt me anyway.

If you like a MC that is dense, to the point where he's doing incredible feats and going, "Huh, why are you guys amazed" (Not a direct quote), then this is for you

I'm disappointed that this is such a popular work.