LCD The Sword Dynasty 剑王朝

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  1. jolly-crow

    jolly-crow Well-Known Member

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    In what regard? Having "someone from the past" come and explain?

    I feel it's a bit too convenient to be honest, but hell if I'm not eagerly reading the daily chapter.

    I also have a feeling that, with this novel, the volume beginnings make much more of a bang than the endings. Like how the last volume started with the Prison Break (that was foreshadowed for so long and in the end was dispatched in 4-5 chapters) and then the Empress' mad "Execute Order 66." Those chapters were epic.

    And yet, in terms of how the volume works as a narrative unit, those events were just the setup to Ding Ning's banishment to the border and everything else that ensued, which wasn't all that interesting tbh. Welp, and it advanced the overarching plot a bit, slowly progressing to the day the "two adulterers" (lol) are dethroned.

    I also get a similar feeling with some of the latest volumes in Immortal Devil Transformation (same author), were some of the most important events happen at the start of a book.

    Not that I dislike this though, it's an interesting device to start a volume with a climax. Food for thought...
     
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    Haven't read his other works. I feel like flashback is an important tool not just because of how effective it is, but because this story runs in two directions. We are learning slowly about the past, and more about whether our MC is a reincarnator, or a student, or just the same person. Same time, we wanna know the future of how the events will happen. This is quite a complex canvas for a daily updating series on the part of the author.
     
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    It sure is.

    I can help but recommend IDT. I read it after TSD and enjoyed it quite a lot (got me very addicted lol). I'd even say that IDT has much better pacing that TSD. The later isn't all that good at action, the fights can get excruciating, with no tension whatsoever. IDT is way better at this.

    And Not Guilty is also the same author that wrote Destroyer of Ice and Fire. The reason I gave TSD a try in the first place, though DIF has a rather childish tone iirc.
     
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    I have a deadline tomorrow morning but...
     
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    Mine's on Wednesday

    I've been trying not to start any novels for the past 2-3 weeks...
     
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    Which one is IDT?

    Edit: I found it
     
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    Wait... Time powers? They manage to make a coherent series while the protagonist can turn back time?
     
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    Pretty much, yeah. I remember having the same thought at the beginning. XD

    It's very limited so far, it runs out. And it's not widespread either. You'll understand in the first 20 chapters or so, I think. Don't want to spoil any reveal too much...

    Just give it a chance! (after the deadline)
     
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    The author is back to the familiar hyping... Considering how many chapters have been completed and the consistency, I am surprised at the open endedness of the ending till now. There is hate between the protag and the antag, but the entire arcs of side characters have been done, and they are waiting for second arcs. We have been getting so much info on the female antag. The male one is still pretty smoky, but I assume that is because of the typical notion kf main antag has to be a male. This really is more of a drama with cultivated, than a cultivation drama.
     
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    I know I am just reading a chapter but that song reference had me fanboying FML!!
     
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    So the way to complete the silkworm art is to die and then metamorphose... Standard reincarnation, but well packaged.
     
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    This is rather interesting. The silk worm sword seems to be symbolised by the person rather than the sword itself. To that extent, anyone with sufficiently high understanding of sword arts could potentially be an heir...
     
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    I guess rebirth is the word that must not be said.
     
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    This Fang guy is quite a character, I dare say. F.
     
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    Now that a steed has been mentioned, I wonder what happened to that worm which was sucking on the cold power of MC...
     
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    My man Yuanwu really probably wears a green crown!
     
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    Using his own sword energy to protect yourselves after killing him... Truly ruthless.
     
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    This is good drama yo!!
     
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    Haha... How harsh can she get!! Ugly indeed.
     
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    It looks like the series is ascending to its finish, slowly but surely.
     
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