And it's funny that among the five male members of Phantom, if you swap Tang Nazhi, Yang Xi, Yan Yu, Qi Xia, or Li Xiaowei's gender, their strengths would still be the same. It can even introduce difference types of female characters. And it can provide more complex relationships, too, that is not necessarily a romantic one.

Also, despite how the author explains time and time again that the other races, especially the elves that "does not distinguish between genders", they don't even have a single female Silvermoon guard (basically special forces among elves). It's really funny when you read it when it's portrayed that ALL female beings are to be soft and feminine when they're not antagonizing the MC. And how they compare the female characters with the MC just reeks of "not like other girls". I find it amusing though. Except for Long Miao, the deceased wife of the Dragon King, all strong female characters had to have a tough past to be on equal footing with the men. SYX, Wen Ya, and Fengling, for example. Like, I thought there's basically no difference between genders? Alas, the number is still disproportionate.

How she managed to conjure fire as a beginner to burn Shen Jiayi was not really explained and I can only fill the gaps with my knowledge of the genre. There's even less explanation on how beginners even choose professions to the point that a stone could detect it through color. Was there a change in the battle aura's form? Did the nature of magic change, which is why Warlocks have corrosive effects to their curses? But how did that happen? How did they "choose"? How did Yun Qi's previous Warlock disciples even change professions into Mages or Priests after the Warlock's reputation declined? How were spells and curses even created? None of these questions was answered.

Furthermore, when SYX went to the Howling Abyss, it was said that martial arts seems to have vanished. Which is confusing, because other than the sword, knight, and archery skills, how did they move around? How did they hone their non-exclusive skills? Aren't they martial arts? Does that mean that once a battle aura person gets their weapons stolen and their magical beasts killed, they're basically useless in a fight?

And as much as I adore Xiu, since he's a god, he's pretty simple. He's basically THEE indifferent person who glares at everyone and meets girl who melts his heart but remains a glacier in front of everybody else. I say the most interesting character is Qi Xia, and until the end, not much was known about him. Poor boy fell in love with the wrong person. And next is SYX. As a morally gray character, she is NOT at all a kind person. But she cherishes her people. One thing's for sure though, she is a MASSIVE hypocrite. Or maybe she's just an unreliable narrator. Her internal monologue would really make you raise your eyebrows and sometimes you don't know if it's her or the author who wants to insist that she's not a kind person.

Too loyal, in fact, that sometimes I just have to agree and move on despite the ridiculousness.

Staple arcs such as schools, competitions, bets, face-slapping, secret birth origins, empire-building, and great wars are a dime a dozen here. Plus, we can't forget the monstrous prodigy MC!

One of the arcs I enjoyed was the mermaid continent arc. Satan was just too funny despite the cruel acts he's done. Who knew that Genius Doctor that I read first was a sequel to this

there is one. It was not the main point though, but they were adorable that I personally sympathize with the characters suffering from too much dog food. Fret not, the romance only kicks in about 1000 chapters in.