I give The Dark King written by Gu Xi 5 out of 5 stars. The novel shows a young man with high IQ trying to find the best ways to uplift his own situation and maybe bring humanity to its former glory. He struggles a lot in the story so he is definitely not only fighting for himself, but also for humanity. Perhaps, one thing that contributes to his drive is the fact that his parents were researchers who's work was of the same nature, to help innovate, to create... more>> progress.

One star I would have deducted would be for very less development of the other characters. As compared to other novels of its genre in fiction, it has very little character development of anyone other than the main character. However, the main character is developed and we are given a great understanding of him throughout the novel, in a way that other novels were in my opinion not able to do. Also I can see the author trying to develop about two other characters other than the main character, so 1 star deduction is still in consideration only.

The "Dark King" name had me expecting some overpowered character so it's entriely because of my own assumptions that I was disappointed to see him take steps to become a Dark King. He faces several heavy set backs in the novel which had the readers cheer for him to win... but actually due to character development we are mostly left to wait.

So, if you like science fiction with some level of mystery and horror, and can also want to see a character learn by mistakes rather than become strong by flukes, then you may enjoy this novel. <<less

Was very good in the beginning but went down hill a the story progressed.

He falls in love with an out of mind nobel girl out of the blue for no good reason when he was 11 years old. The first time he met the girl I as the reader knew that she is just there to drag him down, there was no reason for him to fall in love with her. It was just a forced love by author. Any way he gets into a lot of sh*t because of... more>> it. He goes to prison almost gets rap3d, gets stakes put into his joints on a cross, suffers and looses 3 years of his life in prison for no good reason. And this is just one of the complaints I have.

He treats people he call friends like sh*t and then wonders why they betrayed him. He does out of character things out of no where. For example he has been going around doing things to present a great image to public. He gets some virus which requires him to eat high calorie food like steak and sugar. Rather than getting the high calorie food he asks his subordinates to find some saber tooth crab that is just not available in the city at that time. He tells his subordinates to go crash an aristocrates party and steal the crab. Why though ? Just eat something else for the time being before the crab is available again.

He sticks his leg into too many things at the same time. He is a member of dark church and holy church at the same time. He is a hunter and knight at the same time. He gets into law and a lot of other cr@p. There is just no direction of the story. What does the author want to do ? I cannot understand.

The first part of the novel until he fell in love was 5 starts. Everything went down hill after that. <<less

Incredible and Beautiful

It has a slow start but it is like flourishing flower bud, It gets more and more interesting further the story is, at least for me.

Beautiful and full characters

Excellent Story

Excellent Finish

It is one of the best stories I read and I enjoyed this immensely.

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

It been a good read, quite a good mix of just what I was looking for and surprise.

Then in a matter of 2 chapters this author just ruined it all. When so far the story been fair, the characters acceptable and the setting fun.

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Spoiler

Suddenly he ist framed into prison and all mob-characteri out to humiliate, torture and r*pe our 13-yo MC just because they were payed or got nothing to do. And some side-character loses faith in him, when he literally got no reason to have broken the law like that

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Read chapter 142, before you pick up up this story! Because that's as bad as it gets. Been quite the disappointing and disgusting drop from a story I liked a lot to one thats just gross. <<less

It awesome novel!!!

Author create different unique world. That so diffrent from any regular cheneese novel. Here I always can not know what happens next, and sometimes main character doing something wrong or making mistakes. I like this, that like a real life. I am feed up with cool MC that always right.

At the end I want to talk about negative side of novel. I think it a bit to dark and tragic. Really make reader suffer. Some technical aspects, when author mix science it some times exagarated. For example MC... more>> implement modern technology not very realistic. To fast and sometimes and very scientific. And finall of book is great, but I don not fun tragic ends. <<less