Tales of Herding Gods

This is a must-read. The author uses a new cultivation system, and frankly, it's really great. The first chapter just gives us a glimpse of how unique the story is. The mc is not dense and doesn't hide his powers. He strategizes most of the time and doesn't just rely on the power of friendship. There might be some common tropes but the plot compensates for it.

It had the potential to be one of the greatest novels but there are minor issues that hold it down. I won't give details. First, no time skips, I understand if people hate time skips but Mc does too much at once continuously without breaks in the first half of the novel. Like entire wars without breaks. Second the drop in translation in the second half of the novel, Third the fast pacing in the second half of the novel, why are we going to universal issues when MC can barely beat the elite not even the strongest of the current world. But the world building and characters and the world are one of my favorite. You should definitely read it

truly, ive taken a few philosophy courses and religion courses in university over the last 2 semesters and many ideas are actually put into this novel very well, such as the idea of the heavenly saint cult using everything for the advancement of humanity to be the workings of the devil, from the beginning this novel has incorporated many real world philosophies and perspectives which i love -by a random commenter.

Writing the review at chap 905:- As of now the story is extremely good and the mystery/secrets in the story is quite well executed. Author had succeeded in keeping the audience in suspense and each and every reveal of the mystery increases the enthusiasm of the reader to continue with the novel. This is quite hard to maintain and a lot of novels tries to buildup suspense only failing every time with the reveal. About the MC, he's dense in romance but it's quite funny. Novel has a mix of good funny moments while balancing emotional moments with a little bit of sidetracking. Cultivation world is d*mn good and well explained. If there's any con, it's the pacing of MCs cultivation, it's quite slow. There's also this trope of events happening whenever MC goes to a new place. Overall a great cultivation novel that does not have a lot of usual troupes.

I'm at chapter 83 the pace may be slow but it's quite fun reading small interaction between the character's, Mc personality and thinking suit his age with character growth here and there. I'm not really good at making reviews so this is it✌️.

A great premise and a intriguing start, but it drags on too long. The passing of it is slow, like dead snail slow. Mc has multiple goal imposed by multiple people. It looks as if he is getting dragged by the current. Mc has a plethora of stuff happening all at one and we are never gotten any ending on it. One problem solve(temporary) = boom = 3 new major problems appear. Reading this has been a chore, there is so much to unpack and never really looks as if it is on track. It’s like Author had stick multiple story line and plot and through it all on a blender.

This is an exceptional novel, the likes of which would never be found in another wuxia. The world-building is outstanding and complex but is given ample time. There is a diverse cast of characters and the relationship of the main character with other characters is not one dimensional but is rather complex. Especially the dynamic between the MC and his "Elders of the Village" is always refreshing and reminds one of home. The only novel I can remotely compare the broader story to is Divine Throne of Primordial Blood in the sense that MC's of both the novels and trying to find a way to cultivate for the masses.
The only negative is that sometimes it gets into an exposition dump and the fight sequences like in many other wuxia novels have a lot of room for improvement.
Score - 9/10