Martial God Asura had the potential to be an amazing novel but unfortunately Shan Liang de Mi Feng messed it up.  Writing is very delicate and it is common for people to make mistakes when writing xianxia/wuxia novels. I hope to improve the writing of others in the genre by pointing out common mistakes. First, I should explain the genre. The genre xianxia/wuxia are primarily from Japanese and Chinese countries. The genres are based around cultivation. Cultivation is when people absorbs Qi from the air to make their body stronger. They tend to acquire magical powers. Also, the world of cultivation is very cutthroat and centered around killing.

Next I should point out common mistakes. The most common problem is that the protagonist tends to be too strong and there is no real struggle. For example, the protagonist starts cultivating for a short period of time and defeats people who are far far stronger with ease That creates a plain and boring story. For example, in the novel, Beast Piercing The Heavens, after approximately ten percent of the novel, the main character becomes so powerful he can kill armies of the high level people with ease. Is there any fun in reading a novel like that? Another complaint is that people tend to do what they like even though it is suicidal which causes me to give up on on reading the novel. For example, Martial God Asura is a great novel, but the main character makes suicidal moves like invading a city to save his friend from a forced marriage when he could have used a status symbol he stole earlier to intimidate the fiancé’s family into cancelling the marriage. Not only is it safer to use the status symbol, but considering the fact that, in the novel, around that time his family died so he could have used the status symbol to protect them. I also dislike it when the main character is so powerful because in his past life he was super strong and so he knows every technique. An example is Emperor’s Domination, the main character knows everything so even if the most powerful people gang up on him it only helps him in some way. It would be one thing, if it was from intelligent, strategic moves, but it is purely from higher level martial techniques. In Stellar Transformations, there have been eighteen chapters devoted to nothing but training. In general, in novels there are five to ten maximum chapters devoted to training and that involves multiple characters training. The interaction makes the normally boring training interesting. At the very end of the first book it has one battle which is barely interesting. Who wants to read a book about training and one sub-par battle which barely hold your attention. Many authors spend too much on training their characters or making them too powerful, a balance is needed.

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My favorite part of the genre is when the protagonist get a special item which give them a small, yet crucial advantage over everyone else, but makes them put in more work. For example, in the Undefeated God of War, the protagonist’s item allowed him to train for ten days continuously without anyone, but him noticing the time passing and he could use it every tenth day. There is no exaggeration that is a legendary item that cause a war affecting the entire world or universe of cultivation in practically every novel. Normally, that is something makes the main character super powerful, but that only benefits him if he puts work into it. That allows him to have a good repertoire of attacks which makes the fights more interesting and he becomes stronger, but he is not too powerful.

This genre is my favorite. It has protagonist who gradually increase in strength and the variety of items to assist the protagonist is countless. It also can extend the story for countless chapter if wanted. It is also makes sense why no matter how strong a person gets, there is someone stronger. In my opinion, the stories are best when the protagonist walks the line between strong and weak and no matter how strong he gets the story has a plausible reason to add stronger people.