It happened once when the ML was forced to take aphrodisiac but after he regained his reason and realized that the MC was afraid of him, he promised that the event would not happen again and that he (ML) would never hurt him (MC). He stayed true to his promise, he only used his dragon form when needed and he never did something without the MC's consent. To be clear, I don't codone r*pe, I'm just explaining what happened in the novel.

he practically never disobeyed or back talked and followed him around like a mechanical doll. Not to mention the fact Xiu was already broken and hopeless making it obvious he would have clung onto anyone who was willing.

In both world's he's ruthless, many plot points the protagonist tried no to trigger happen anyways, he's still a s*x fiend with the difference being he's monogamous rather than poly, and he still destroys the world in the end. How is he different from his book counterpart?

I also appreciate that the MC is not OP. He seems to be invincible but actually he's fragile and the author don't try to give him some cheat armor powers to cheat on his flaws... Instead the author keep the message he's just a normal boy that can be strong using his own strength

instead of the oh so common novel convenient cliche logic " if you're a loser, inept and didn't spend your youth wisely you deserve to be given a cheat power... ". The fantasy of sloths....

The fact that the events were not rotating around the MC, but on the ML yet the MC role is not overlooked was good.. since he's not being put aside... he contributes and take part of the journey/events and meet various characters, grow and didn't suffer from the cliche of getting everything (power, women,...). The "you don't need to be at pinnacle of the food chain or experience catchy the love of more than three characters to experience a healthy and eventful love" was nice.

I also liked that he has some physical issues and trauma (ofc not rejoicing that he suffered) that doesn't not steam from the usual cause being: circumstances (plotting, scapegoething, jealous stepsibling lazy setup...) but physical appearance. I completely approve story that helps readers be more sensible of people with disabilities and such. Usually protagonist in novels are subjected to bullied MC for being poor so it was rare for once that the MC has a sort of physical issues.

The story helps a lot portraying and guiding people to see how people with disabilities aren't s*upid they can sense when something is odd or when people are faking their kindness or friendship. They aren't idiots.

several races in one... Truly a miracle. Haha

i really loved the fact that he came to the realization that he was judging the ML based on the story he read, rather than actually getting to know the ML. I think that realization made the fact that he did fall in love even more believable.

I am a fan of m-m, yaoi and bl novel but this book just not click for me.

there are many little things that made me annoyed.

MC language are a f*cking turn-off. Whenever I was about to be pulled in this magical world, I got a pull out by'The Moe lord', 'Some silly cute person' like Every Damn Paragraph. It's fine at first but repetitive using got me frustrating and it was annoying as hell. I tried to replace these silly pronoun by 'He', 'Du Ze' or even 'Xiu', the reading was way smoother.

The plot was rushed. The protagonist upgraded his power by awakening his bloodline. No training, No cultivating. Not buying it.

The plot armor was ridiculous.

The romance was badly written. MC was straight man who fell for the protagonist (man). I normally love this GFY trope if it is well written; it's my jam. But MC feeling toward protag remained in brotherhood zone until the protag confess to MC then Boom!, I'm gay for you baby. Not buying it. When the fuk did you develop your feeling? When you want to turn a straight man gay, it takes a lot more than just being ab*sed (Lich experiment), guilty (for the fate of protag) and the look of the turner.

MC personality is a kill-joy. He's that kind of guy who is cluelessly s*upid, not recognize a love flag despite it being waved in front of his face. His mindset was also annoying too, It was full of irrelevant garbage I didn't care about and not one bit important to the story and the emotional development of the character.

The repetitive using of silly phrase and pronoun. As mention above, a couple of times, it was funny. A hundred of times, it got real silly. STOP IT.

THE r*pe SCENE. Me and r*pe DO NOT MIX. The one in this story has less damage because at least MC and protag have had s*x before but it is still considered r*pe still. Just reading it make me wanted to drop it right away. MC got double f*cked by two dick, no lube, no stretching, his hole was even bleeding. BIG NOPE. At least protag had taken the consequence seriously otherwise I would drop this.

The s*x scene was mediocre too. Maybe it's because of the author skill, but I got no vibe of love coming from the two. One was physically aroused, while the other only want to possess and conquer.

Istg I still don't understand why people are excited about being penetrated by 2 dicks. It just seems like a torture technique from hell, and I felt so bad for Du Ze. Another really weird thing was the s*x with the gnome transformation which was constantly being described as having the appearance of a 12 year old child.