Martial Arts vs Magic, Book 1

Mana Cultivation (A LitRP Progression Adventure)

De: The Veiled Man, Hikaru Genji

Narrado por: Sylvester Frost, Ellory Lane

Someone once asked: What is stronger? Martial arts or Magic?

I answered: Why not simply use both?

In a new world brimming with possibilities—Levels, Classes, Skills, Dungeons, and Monsters—I found myself reborn as a noble family’s troublemaker son.

As a gamer, a magical world and a lazy life as a rich noble's son should have been a dream come true. But there was a massive catch. An absurd quest threw everything into chaos.

[Quest: Make a cult; Save the World.]

How could I, in the body of a useless noble, survive in a world dominated by jealous Gods and nefarious Devils, while treading on their domains?

Thankfully not all hope is lost. A few things can help me accomplish my quest.

A fiancee that also happens to be a vampire. A Magic Academy where I can find minions and allies. Finally—A Mysterious System.

©2025 Hikaru Genji (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

it's not bad

not a bad book. I came here to say, remember the harry potter joke? "HARRY POTTER DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?!" Dumbledore asked calmly. the difference between book and movie. ya your going to get that in these books. the female narrator sounds great but it's like they just sent her all her voice lines with zero context and just said give them a random emotion. it's not every time she speaks but you will notice it. the male narrator is better in that aspect but i assume that's cause he's actually reading the book.

voice acting was great

so the story was good but it's nothing special or unique really. but if you like dying and being reborn in another world stories you'll like this. the performance was amazing and there was nothing specifically wrong with the story. I had a great amount of action. I just feel like this trope's been down a lot but they did it well

I can't believe it's not cultivation slop!

Avoids the issues I have with most stories that involve cultivation or RPG mechanics. The fact that the main character's trump card has major downsides that he needs to deal with ASAP is a nice touch. The ending feels like it happens in an awkward spot (it should have happened a bit earlier but whatever) and some of the dialog can get a bit screwed up (a few instances of odd sentence structure) but if the next books can keep this level of quality then I'll keep following it.

Love it!

The storyline and characters are awesome. I read the books but listening to it is way better!!

vas felt off

dont get me wrong, I 100% prefer male and female vas in a book but between the male va's weird pronunciations for words like "strength" or the female va who sounds like shes trying to get the lines out as soon as possible, I couldnt not put it in the review. overall story has been enjoyable. though I think the author overdid it with the mc trying to hide his origins. I understand it gives you more to write on but some of the stuff he tried keeping to himself just sounded forced. annoying but not enough for me not to get the next book. still, the amount he lies and holds back on saying stuff is getting really old. why bring it up like (spoiler: when he decided not to say anything about the alchemist's lover) maybe itll come up later but his dishonesty got to the point where I was getting frustrated. some of it makes sense but not all of it