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Xia Feng, an ordinary young man from Earth, is transported to a world of swords and magic, where he inhabits the body of Lucien Evans, another ordinary young man.

Whilst this new realm appears to be a traditional Western fantasy world, he discovers striking similarities between Earth and this mysterious place—particularly in how science parallels arcane magic.

As the saying goes, “Knowledge is power,” but what deeper truths lie within? Through his exploration of souls, magic, quantum mechanics, the Theory of Relativity, consciousness, music, and reality itself, Lucien seeks to uncover the true nature of this enigmatic world.

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Arcane Divine Throne
The Throne of Arcane
TMA
Áo Thuật Thần Tọa
ราชันบัลลังก์เวท
ศึกบัลลังก์เวทอาร์คานา
奥术神座
아르카나 마법도서관
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ireaditall
ireaditall rated it
November 18, 2022
Status: Completed
Throne of Magical Arcana was the first book I read under this author.

There's so much I have to appreciate about this book, if there's a love at first read then this book must be the cinnabar mole in my heart.

Brief mentions

  • MC:- Xia Feng/ Lucien Evans A very relatable protagonist. He dies in a fire and is transported into a new body, new world where he has no clue what to do. He's not very op, his cheat the library is not exactly the most powerful thing ever, it just gives him more resources and more chances to learn. He must learn how to use that knowledge and make various laws make sense in a world that seems like a typical fantasy world with elves, dragons, etc. What I like the most about him is how rational he is, all the decisions he makes are the ones that he believes to be for the best for himself. He never dawdles around when he has to deal with matters.
  • Relationships & Characters:- :- The relationships between characters are rather 3D. They all have feelings that change over a period of time. An good e.g. Would be when MC's identity as a sorcerer is revealed to the FL; she lets him go for saving her, but suffers from moral dilemma as she has done what is basically treason against everything she's been taught since childhood and what she stood for until that moment & that the person she considered her best friend is actually the villain she was told to hate. Another would be a argument between MC and his teacher due to their differing views on a particular finding, the MC while sad doesn't take it personally while his teacher suffers a mini mental breakdown before going back to as it was, though they still argue on the same topic. The relationships b/w other characters are also dynamic if less portrayed. The characters are amazingly done. There are many morally grey characters, even those who nominally belong in the protagonist's camp. Everyone does something to become more powerful, good or bad.
  • Power System:- So here the entire system is based on actual science hence the MC is actually a scientist who experiments and his rewards are cool supernatural powers based on what he has found. This sounds bland but the author makes it appealing.
  • World Building:- The background of the world is based on Mediaeval Western Era, where theocracy dominates the various powers in the world. Nobles have huge rights so both the church & the sorcerers are in cahoots with them, all 3 for their own agenda.
Overall this was an excellent novel, and is my 2nd favorite book after another one of this author's book 'Lord of the Mysteries'.

U may want to give it a try. It starts slow but is worth the wait.
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blobbything
blobbything rated it
October 2, 2022
Status: c607
This is a novel thats almost good, and has some really good moments, but ultimately it feels like it fails to understand its strong points. The Main issue with it is that it spends an ungodly number of chapters portraying the MC participating in "magic" (its basically science) academia and man is it boring as hell most of the time. Part of the problem is that this is one of those novels where the MC has knowledge from modern earth and basically goes "I made this :) " with basically... more>> every incredibly significant scientific theory known to man and is portrayed as some incredibly creative genius for it. I will give the novel credit however; it does a lot better job than I expected at describing pretty advanced scientific concepts. This novel also has some incredibly silly ideas in its setting, particularly its magic system, which (without getting into spoilers) under certain conditions people's heads will explode. At first I found it funny but it got stale really quick.

When this novel decides to have an actual story its pretty good though, unfortunately a lot of the arcs are pretty short and conclude within like 20 chapters. The more dramatic arcs are what make this novel almost good, they are that impressive compared to a lot of other chinese fantasy webnovels. The romance is also pretty interesting, with the main love interest being a pretty unique character to the point where I wish she got more time to shine. Especially at the point where I dropped the novel, it felt like she was slowly becoming a character purely meant for romance moments which felt like a waste, though its entirely possible she plays a bigger role later on after I dropped it. <<less
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Kinky_ensalada
Kinky_ensalada rated it
May 28, 2022
Status: Completed
Ok starting with the MC, I must admit that I liked his construction, it adapts very well to the novel in general. In addition, his "cheat" that all transmigrators/revivers/returners usually have in this type of novel is not very OP, in fact it works perfectly for the second half of the work that deals with scientific advances, of course I don't like it at all that the MC plagiarized 100% from the first chapters with the music of great musicians and pass it off as his own, the same thing happens with scientific discoveries, it is not until very advanced in history that he finally manages to collect and make new scientific theories / musicals compositions instead of plagiarizing them from his library on earth. I didn't like that it was never properly explained how the MC got that power.

As for the description of the world... Oh gosh I really love what Cuttlefish That Loves Diving does with the descriptions of the first chapters of each of their novels, it shows a lot how he does the research of each time to put us perfectly in context of the architecture, type of food, social situation, etc; in their world.

It has a better romance subplot than 99% of other CN novels, though that's not saying much either. But it was entertaining how he won the girl's heart, who discovered halfway through that she was bis*xual and not lesbian (at first she wanted to genderbender the MC lol)

Now, commenting on the true bulk of the novel, this... more>> is based on the arcana aka science in that world.

The author tries to interpret the magical system through scientific explanations present on earth, along with a extra magical that provides the power to perform it aka mana. I understand what the author is trying to do when making the magical society and in my opinion it seems incredible. Those "scientists" can apply new and verified scientific knowledge to their Magic and make themselves more powerful. A way that new scientific research advances society and also added real facts of scientific society with a fantastic touch, for example the concept of "exploding heads" when finding a new postulate / theory that contradicts what you have been taught or discovered, but this time literally.

I must say that the conversations between arcana are what I liked the most about the novel, perhaps because I am also a researcher, so I can understand that other people see it as BS and therefore filler cuz the author focused on those details.

To finish, everything was screwed up in the last 3/4 of the novel, until then the author described correctly, well with some errors and gaps that were acceptable due to the existence of mana, the problem happened with the "quantum" which It is used to describe absolutely everything that is happening at the end of the novel, from the way to acquire a more advanced level of power, the powerup of the MC, the explanation of the transmigration, etc. What bothers me about this is that it stayed with the advances in quantum physics of 1940 where the observer effect was still believed and with this the author based himself to explain the gods...

Don't get me wrong, I loved the union of a magical system with physics and biology, but if you're really not going to do the right research on a field as ambiguous and difficult as quantum physics, just don't do it, the author could have gotten a completely magical / fantastic explanation about what it is to advance to a god, instead of leaving it in the quantum. <<less
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Sondresnurr
Sondresnurr
April 27, 2022
Status: c704
I've liked it a lot for what it is. I got some problems with it and it's not on the level of the author's later work Lord of the Mysteries, but overall enjoyable.

The novel starts by going heavily into music the first 100 chapters or so. I don't get what a radical new "piano fingering" means, but it's still fun to read about how MC starts a musical revolution.

Then it does a total switch into physics and science, as magic in this world is based on understanding the laws of... more>> the universe. Not as in "law of fire" or what you normally expect, but as in "law of thermodynamics", "the uncertainty principle", "quantum mechanics" etc.

Sorcerers base their cognitive world on their understandings and being proven wrong can quite literally blow their mind, which is a really cool concept.

My absolute favorite part of the novel is when new science (arcana) papers gets published and all the preparation, discussing, experiments and arguing around it.

So far from my understanding, the novel has never crossed from real actual science to bullsh*t made up science. Scientific-vise the world is equivalent to 1864, while MC brings it step by step closer to 1960.

It's a pretty engaging way to actually learn something. Definitely recommend it, but I think you have to at least have a mild interest/fascination with physics to not get bored. <<less
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Mishkat4
Mishkat4 rated it
November 23, 2021
Status: Completed
Amazing!! If you are looking for a well built, rational, well explained novel, and also with enough plot without cliffhangers and lovable characters. This is for you. Just be reminded that the FL loves only our ML as a man, otherwise she is interested in women. If it is not a problem for you, as it was nothing to be bothered for me, I loved every bit of it.

Cute, dark, OPness, progression, character development everything fits in. One of the greatest! Not rushed at all.
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kurosaku
kurosaku
November 22, 2021
Status: c715
Really love this story. It is very logical story as MC is not overpowered or anything. He got one cheat, the library in his mind, and it not able to access until he understand the basic of the subject. Even though this story is about magic but every magic and in order for magician to evolve, they need to understand science and mathematics. While it might be boring for the part about explaining theory and discussion about the physics, quantum and etc, but author try to make it readable and... more>> push some joke about reaction of surrounding people. MC character is good and well-develop, I love this story MC character very much. He is not like the typical Chinese fantasy main character that focus on killing, revenge and making harem. MC behavior is an ok normal guy, focus on study and try very hard in everything, make himself stronger, reasonable, not on the warpath and kill everyone that dislike him but not an idiot or going on about forgive everyone including his enemy. Moreover, other characters are good too, they are reasonable like normal people in the society, don't have those annoying type like majority of Chinese novel. <<less
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augustaugust
augustaugust rated it
September 14, 2021
Status: Completed
A great read, even though it was written by a Chinese author, it maintains full immersion into its hardcore mideval setting, from the way they converse to the way they act. &Lt;does not waver between xianxia tropes etc..>

10/10 World building, such detail put into the premise of the magical <arcane system>, the sequences in action also provides proper sastifaction.

Character development is mild and gradual with characters not forgotten or dropped, romance subplot is also very natural. The ending is also filling for the readers.

Though cannnot be compared to masterpieces such... more>> as tr*sh count, ominicent reader, Book eating magician.

Overall a great read. Would recommend. <<less
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jon95
jon95
June 17, 2021
Status: c200
well... I know this mightn't be right but I can't help comparing it to LOM I read before and personally I think it's a level below, so my advise is not read LOM before this one if you want to fully enjoy it.

As a transmigration novel with golden finger this novel is better than many of its genre I read but the problem is that I read similar or ones close to it before, not to mention a better LOM so it's not that fresh for me which affects my... more>> judgement of the novel.

Although I didn't have the same thrill when reading the author's other 2 novels LOM & EAI it's still not a bad one with its unique elements and story.

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I don't agree with the writer believes about religion and god though

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guayaba
guayaba rated it
May 9, 2021
Status: --
I finished the novel today and I've gotta say it was a really enjoyable experience. The scientific developments throughout the novel are really interesting and plausible, as well as the character development. The world-building is thorough and intriguing. All in all, this is one of the best novels I've read from this site.
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whimsical_reader
whimsical_reader rated it
March 18, 2021
Status: c417
Hi! This is my first time leaving a short review, so let's just get on with it and bare with me..

The story is fun, it was a good read. The world building's well thought out (love the middle ages setting), characters were unique, the MC's definitely not a ret*rd. It was great but not to the point of Lord of the Mysteries great. I had mixed feeling about the romance subplot, I think it lowered the rating a little bit. Some things are unexplained yet, so I hope it'll... more>> get better the following chapters. All in all, it was a fun read and recommended. This is a good book and you should give it a try and add it to your reading list. ◝ (⑅•ᴗ•⑅) ◜..°♡
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And I scrolled the tags and it was so shocking to find the "FTI".

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Alztec24
Alztec24 rated it
March 5, 2021
Status: Completed
I both love and hate this entire novel. The ending was so perfectly planned out though that it changed my opinion up to a 5. I will briefly go into the details. Beware spoilers.

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Whatever moron taught this man physics 1 needs to go shoot himself. The magic system of the entire book revolves around your "knowledge" and "innovation" of mathematical concepts. You would expect then that the man would put idk 5 minutes into reading a free textbook on physics or mathematics.

He continuously states blah blah theory of relativity and uses the gay ass popularized e=mc^2 instead of the real equation which is e=ymc^2 where lamda (y) =1/ (sqrt (1- (u^2/c^2)))

I understand physics is hard, I'm a physics student in university. Nonetheless at least read past line four of the f*cking Wikipedia article. None of the content in this nov is original, at least he knows how to build characters.

Never write fantasy again, your style of writing is suited for slice of life or romance not magic.

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poloniapoloni
poloniapoloni rated it
September 29, 2020
Status: Completed
This is a good novel, but it is not for everyone.

3 aspects might drive away readers:

1 - (minor spoiler)

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Several chapters in the begining of the novel focus on music.

They bring a lot of subjective descriptions on music (maybe caused by the nature of the chinese language when translated into english) which do not push the plot forward and can be quite boring.

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2 - (minor spoiler)

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The magic system is based on knowledge.

Because of this a lot of chapters on the mid and late stages of this novel are dedicated to discussions on physics and chemistry and can be quite dull depending on the reader.

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3 - This is not an action packed novel and it is a bit slow paced.

If you are not bothered by any of this 3 reasons, I would reccomend this novel to you. <<less
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RiddleMeDoo
RiddleMeDoo rated it
July 15, 2020
Status: c702
Things I liked

  1. The magic system is unique and I found leveling up through writing academic papers interesting
  2. Makes learning the history of physics interesting
  3. Smart, rational MC
  4. Female love interest is stronger or equally as strong as the MC.
Things I didn't like:

  1. Subpar romance. The romance feels incredibly forced. It would have been better off if
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    the female lead didn't suddenly become straight just for the MC.

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  2. The writing is not great
  3. The later chapters when the MC reaches the top become boring because there is no longer any threat of dying. The MC is too well prepared for any threats.
  4. The story caters to incredibly niche interests. I don't really have an interest in music composition (early part of the novel), and all the quantum mechanics flies over my head (later part of the novel). The sweet spot is when the MC becomes a level 1 sorcerer, then up until grand arcanist.
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VoidCry
VoidCry rated it
June 12, 2020
Status: c750
This novel has one of the best world building, magic system, plot and character development. It is really one of the buried gems.

I think lower rating are because of extensive scientist theories that are used to explain some parts of magic. Those without scientific background or knowledge will not find it interesting enough.

But I can assure the readers that it's only a part of the story, and helps to enrich the plot as well as the characters. Please give it read to encourage authors to write similar well thought out... more>> novels and the translators who let us enjoy these kind of wonderful novels. <<less
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yamibae
yamibae rated it
March 7, 2020
Status: Completed
Good read, some might not like it since the power system and character building aren't as mature as the Author's future novel, Lord of the Mysteries but I think this novel also has plus points that should be appreciated.

The blending of real-world concepts into magic isn't unique but what is unique is that the author hasn't totally butchered it, it's a good mix of correct detail to make it seem realistic yet not deep enough to confuse an average reader. There are however many terms readers might need to Google... more>> to truly appreciate and it is a bit of a stretch sometimes for the MC to somehow blow the minds (literally) of all these ancient sorcerers with Newtonian concepts etc.

The romance in this novel is very good compared to Lord of the Mysteries (non-existent thus far) and the female lead is an interesting character. She shows maturity and independence many flower vase female leads lack in both love and in fighting.

Power systems in this novel are pretty straightforward compared to LoM and the MC progresses pretty rapidly. Fights and scheming are also not as frequent due to the MC's very privileged status and how he spends a lot more time theorizing.

Overall, a high recommend for fans of the author's works and of a magic system related to real world concepts. <<less
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Fegha
Fegha rated it
August 20, 2019
Status: c352
All things aside, the world building is really good. It is the biggest reason I loves this novel so much.

I really like the author's aproach on the magic system and science. It actually makes it so that the smarter the mage is, the stronger can he be.

In a lot other's novel, mages/wizards are always portrayed as someone smart, bookworm, really likes research, but they never explain why you have to be smart to be a mage.

That is not the case with the novel, its unique magic system combines both fantasy... more>> and reality. So people like the MC who has modern science knowledge and good mathematics skill have an incredible advantage over everybody else.

This is really interesting to me as often other powerful mages in other story often rely on bloodline or talent (like having large mana capacity) to be powerful.

Of course, since the author tries really hard to explain magic with modern science theres bound to be loopholes or some nonsense mixed up. But hey, this is a fictional novel, so its okay to be fictional right?

The pacing is also a bit slow, So I guess its not for you who wants back to back action or crazy leveling MC.

As other review mentioned, the MC often resorts to plagiarizing works of our world classical musician and inventors. But hey, he is a transmigrator, he is not talented musician/researchers in any way or have some great destiny within him. He is just a normal modern person who loves magic and trying to survive. He even started to become a musician just because its the easiest way to earn some money. If it doesnt comfort you, later on he plagiarized less and less as he also starts to become a good musician/researcher himself. Of course, that is hudreds of chapters in.

This story, as any other stories, have some flaws. But if you are into learning about the world that the author has created beautifully like the MC and me, then I guarantee that you will like this novel too. <<less
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tyler89558
tyler89558 rated it
June 17, 2019
Status: c349
The novel has a unique approach to magic, in that magic relies on an understanding of the world which can be obtained through science, or as it's known in this universe, arcana. I enjoy the amount of detail that is put into the world, since for me the novel is a window into a world which advances quite like ours, just with magical and divine elements to it. The fact that Lucien, despite reincarnating, doesn't have an overwhelming advantage as compared to other reincarnated MCs is great, since most if... more>> not all of his accomplishments are from his own hard work and careful planning.

I just have to say the novel gave me a newfound appreciation for classical music and scientific achievements. <<less
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sagacity
sagacity rated it
August 4, 2018
Status: c322
Fascinating read. The pace is just right enough and the happenings are interesting.

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Pros

it has quite unique concept of mixing stuff together. I did not expect the music thing to be mixed with fantasy, magic and knights.

The world building is also more complicated than just your normal VR novels

Also, less dragging than your usual cultivation novel. With just enough details to keep you satisfied but won't put you in a dazed of endless words.

Cons

I wasn't sure how he got his library and how he developed his tenacity on the get go when he's just an ordinary person from earth. There are definitely sloppy parts but they are not as glaring as the other novels out there. <<less
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Da reader
Da reader rated it
August 2, 2018
Status: c290
This is a really good novel at first I was skeptical and started reading it and then was hooked. It's about a guy who was reincarnated but has to struggle to reach the top and he goes through all sorts of difficulties in order to learn magic. He is also an accomplished musician and shows the struggles that he went through in order to learn music and compose a piece. The first part of the novel has some really interesting events that takes place that make the reader want to... more>> read more. <<less
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Pedaeus
Pedaeus rated it
July 30, 2018
Status: c310
This novel is awesome. It is very nice that the main character does not piss me off and make completely ret*rded choices based on impulse, the novel is very refreshing to read because it's not garbage like all of the 1000+ chapters of cultivation novels where the character is obsessed with power and followed by a harem, honestly, I am super tired of the cultivation novels where a one level jump from 3 to 4 makes you invincible to everyone below 4. The author of this novel creates a super... more>> immersive environment and does not completely ignore everything written in the past chapters like all of the cultivation novels. <<less
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