A Welcome Break from the Most Common Types of Cultivation and Isekai
A Welcome Break from the Most Common Types of Cultivation and Isekai
Chinese Cultivation novels, from Coiling Dragon to Against the Gods, were some of the absolute earliest novels listed on Novel Updates. Japanese isekai novels have been around the block for quite awhile, too, with middling popularity before Novel Updates even existed. ... And we
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Created: Aug 5th, 2019, Updated: Aug 6th, 2019
Created Aug 5th, 2019
Updated Aug 6th, 2019
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- MaliMi· Aug 7, 2019 06:22 PM
Truly great selection. If I may add: Running Away From the Hero (Remake).Reply · 3 Likes · 1 · 0 - Fghsses· Aug 6, 2019 05:17 PM
Thanks for selecting these.That said: "I can't believe that 'Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?', 'Apotheosis of a Demon' and 'Tale of a Lax Demon' aren't on this list."Reply · 2 Likes · 1 · 0- Westeller· Author · Aug 6, 2019 07:49 PMI haven't read them, actually. Except for Kumo, but I'm way behind on that one. Kumo is like Word Master; translation hand-offs, inconsistent releases and delays put the novel on the backburner for a lot of people, myself included. It's permanently on my backlog until I find time to, well, reread it entirely at this point.Reply · 1 Like · 1 · 0
- darknova· Aug 3, 2023 09:55 AM
I read them all.Reply · 1 Like · 1 · 0 - ISumimasenI· Jan 7, 2020 08:28 AMYou really should try out nightfall and reverend insanity as well .Both are really unique cultivation novels that set them apart from the common onesReply · 1 Like · 1 · 0
- kijuyi· Sep 4, 2019 03:54 AMMaybe World of Cultivation would fit here haha.Reply · 1 Like · 1 · 0
