Unintended Cultivator, Volume Five

By: Eric Dontigney

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Survival rests in the hands of a madwoman…

Leaving behind the capital and all the changes he wrought there, Sen ventures back into the deep wilds in search of the mad, nascent soul cultivator, Fu Ruolan. It is a final, desperate bid to find the manual he needs to complete his body cultivation.

Of course, in the world of cultivation, things are rarely as straightforward as they seem. Madness takes many shapes, and Fu Ruolan is no exception to this truth. With everything on the line, though, Sen finds himself reluctantly agreeing to a deal that he may well live to regret.

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Really good cultivation story

I love the introspection of the main character. Unlike other stories that portray everything in simple terms of good and evil, this one is very comfortable with the murky grey reality of a culitivation world, and delves deep into the consequences of that. A true gem.

slipping

The series is still really good, but this book and the last have started reminding me about some of the things I didn't like so much in he who fights with monsters. The MC has gotten so OP, stronger than nearly anyone he meets that he spends most of the time philosophizing in a semi emo and edgelord way about how he doesn't want to kill anyone but has to all the time and how everyone wants to use him for their own means all the time and a few other things. the power scaling has also become an issue, where the number of people and beasts who could actually threaten the MC was already low but shrinks to likely countable numbers at this point.
I like the series and will likely finish it but unless there's an interesting twist or shift or something soon then I hope the end game is started soon, otherwise it'll just feel more and more like filler.

better

I'm trying to say that the performance from the narrator was fantastic. that said the tldr for this review is that this is the first story from this author that I've ever consumed for lack of a better descriptor. I blew through the first three books which were phenomenal and I recommended the series as a result. the first say 3/4 of the fourth book was Top Notch. the ending however I did not like in any way shape or form. y'all can argue whether or not it was poor writing or simply my personal taste. my MO is that I go through a story using Kindle unlimited. if I like the story well enough then I double back and pick up the audiobook if that's an option. I had books one through three in audio. after book 4 I did not and I was pretty gunshot when it came to book five as well. it wasn't until I had read book 6 that I felt that the series had redeemed itself in my own eyes. at that point it was a little weird to have one through three and then six in audio. so I went ahead and picked up four and five. at this point it's been a bit and this is only the second time going through this section of the story. I will reaffirm that I still don't like the ending of book for, but part of that is due to a mini cliffhanger. I hate them in a major way, but to be honest they're really only an issue the first time through. with that no longer a problem, the ending of book for becomes a little bit more tolerable for me. my issue with book five was that I found it boring at times. I want to make special note that I'm not saying that the book is boring, only that I found it boring at times. in my opinion things pick back up in book 6 and thus I'm returning to recommending the story to anybody reading this review.

Just an excellent series

I really enjoy this series. Since the first book, I've been looking forward to each new installment and I've never been disappointed in them.
The premise is interesting and the development of the story is quite engaging.
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Good pay offs but loosing me.

Really good pay off's to story hooks long planted. However, the story feels meh at points.