HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED... the dude's got 8 power levels he can cycle through and his hair gets longer and he gets like...super buff over time. Now he just needs a vegetable name and he'd be complete... (That's assuming white hair =blond in this instance.) Which came first, xianxia or DBZ? ...just saiyan.... (*crickets chirp from bad joke silence*). [...I wonder if Goku and Meng Hao are on the same level currently...]
I started reading issth last night and this thread is good because it has let me know that issth turns stupid before I got too involved. The chinese seem really good at writing the first few hundred chapters of something and then just turning it into shit.
I've believed from the time he first put together his Nascent Souls that he was going to end up with nine. I believed before then that he would end up with 6, because he always said 5 was the best. 5 was Perfect by normal standards.. and he had that pill. I believed he'd end up with 6 and be truly 'Perfect' - like he always was. The moment he hit 7, I just knew it was going to be 9. Now that he has 8, the 9th is soooo guaranteed. Stop stop. ISSTH is good all the way through. The super saiyan thing is a joke. Ignore it and read the series. Don't blow off one of the best series being translated right now because of a random joke thread you read.
Just gonna say this....out of all the xianxia I have read, Coiling Dragon and ISSTH are the only that haven't disappointed me. Don't give it up~
Dude, We are joking here.... Although there are times when it looks to us that this is generic across xianxia, i have to say issth is not your typical novel. There are a lot of emotions and in depth plot al through the novel. Read it through and you will see how regretful it would be for u if u never started reading it.
An ISSTH hater? Come children, come closer. Look at this mythical beast. Low intelligence and a fan of the "prideful, yet ignorant" pose. Do you see his majestic brow, all twisted with dissatisfaction of a good novel? His sneer as he looks at it and makes a quick judgement just based on fourth-hand knowledge? Look at it with the awe it deserves. You can't find such a thing so easily. But honestly, ISSTH is fun. It's also far more developed than other stories. For example, other than powerups, the plot does NOT repeat. We don't see multiple tournaments, multiple arrogant rich kids, multiple harem members sprouting from the seams. Countries or continents are diverse and the cultivation path is STRICT. There's no stupid 20 year old with the cultivation of another country's 1000 year old man. At most, they look young.
Words that Meng Hao ponders are very profound, which is able to move Mount Tai (the reader's hearts in this case).
Pretty sure Goku wouldn't feel much in his Super Saiyan mode seeing as when he goes in the 1-4th super saiyan forms he pretty much goes from, destroy planet to destroy the multi-verse with a single attack power level. While Meng Hao is strong in his 8th anima form my guess is Goku would be if we go by ISSTH standars my guess is Super Saiyan 1 would be comparable to a fleshly body of closer to an Immortal. Still ISSTH and all the other works by this author are more focused on the magic/skills the people can use compared to how strong their bodies or physical strenght is. While Dragon Ball is more physical strenght rules all! Ohh and beams lots and lots of energy beams.
No one here said it turned to shit and you are mistaken, it isn't at all about power ups nor does it have MGA style