The First Step

A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System, Book 1)

De: Valerios

Narrado por: Jack Meloche

"Screw the System. I just want to Cultivate."

Long Fang is stranded in a foreign world where proper cultivation has been replaced by annoying blue screens. He is confused and alone...but not for long.

Completely ignoring the System, he forms a wholesome sect of followers to spread cultivation across the wild world. Blue screens do not take kindly to rejection, however, and Long Fang’s stubbornness soon finds him pitted against increasingly dangerous foes.

To overcome the System tribulations, he must quickly grow stronger and wiser.... But first, he needs to get past that one annoying town guard.

Experience the start of an ambitious LitRPG/Xianxia mash-up. It’s perfect for fans of either genre and lovers of all things Progression Fantasy.

About the series: Follow the path of a Xianxia cultivator in a LitRPG setting. See him increase his powers and carve out a new home in a hostile world out to get him. Rejoice as he spreads cultivation to those in need, each with their own story to tell. In this journey, wholesomeness and epicness go hand in hand.

©2022 Aethon Books (P)2022 Aethon Audio

Good start to a new series

First to get it out of the way, I was given this free copy at my request without any requirement of a review.
that out of the way, this is a fun story to be pulled along with. I found it easy to be drawn in and carried along through the narrative. I found it to be a great story to listen to on my commute to work.
I look forward to the next installment.

Not quite there

I made it almost three hours in before returning. It started out with what I thought would be an interesting concept. Unfortunately the writing just didn’t hold up. It isn’t horrible, just average for a litrpg/cultivation novel.

You need to check it out

It has me hooked, I started it earlier today and am already 5 1/2 hours into it

Pretty Good Cultivation Story

I enjoyed this story and found it had a lot of good cultivation aspects.

The main character easily makes friends and is willing to question and rethink his beliefs when his friends talk to him about them. I find this a particularly important trait in a main character.

I read several negative reviews that caused me to question buying this book. However, I decided to buy it and see what I think. I ended up disagreeing with most of them. My only criticism is that it does seem t like an early work for the author.

One of the negative reviews said that the main character accepted the system was a valid path to power but didn't accept it himself for stupid reasons. I disagree with this, he indicates that if he accepts the system help, that the system could later take it away. (Which is later confirmed.) He is also from a cultivator environment raised on challenging the heavens.

There were other negative reviews, and I'm not going to try to debunk each of them. But in my opinion its a good novel with a lot of fun cultivation aspects. If you enjoy cultivation audio books, try it out!

NPC Lit-RPG

it reads like a Lit-RPG but everyone is NPCs. Main character is thrust into this universe from his own and has to make his way while not being a part of the system. Can't wait for book 2