Dual Sword God, Books 1-2

By: Shadowsfinger

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Includes books one and two of Dual Sword Gods, the epic tale of a warrior who wields two unparalleled swords.

Nirvana Rebirth, book one

A new life starts with the end of another, leading to the birth of an invincible legend. Born talentless into a life full of struggle, Feng Yu thought his dreams were only fantasies, including his hope of becoming a peak cultivator. Until one day, in a strange ancient ruin, he encounters an accident, one that transports his soul to another world, transforming his entire existence.

In the Bright Flame Kingdom, there's a small town known as Machen Town where a boy of age 15 called Feng Yu was beaten to death by the Xiang Clan's son. Upon his demise, a soul that had traveled through time and space quickly took over the body, merging as one new being. It was the soul of a martial cultivator from another world, also bearing Feng Yu's name.

Realizing that he now has a second chance at life, Feng Yu decided to take in his new identity in full stride. He chooses to pursue his goal of reaching the summit of martial arts through the arts of swordsmanship, all while gradually unearthing the powers of his mysterious bloodline and the world around him.

The Door of an Ancient Kingdom, book two

After a tiring trip to the Tydol Mountain Range, Feng Yu had finally made it home in one piece. The atmosphere in Machen Town is growing richer as the date for the Bright Flame Kingdom's Talent Selection approaches, causing many unusual characters to wander about town, eager to witness the battle of young elites. However, because of an unusual prophecy, the turnout is bigger than expected. Young elites from distant lands had traveled to partake in this competition, and a battle unlike anything seen before is set motion.

The mood for an astounding competition is rising to its peak, but so are the underworkings, shrouded by the competing atmosphere. Feng Yu and his newfound friends must now compete against these rising talents and unveil what truly hides beneath.

©2021 Shadowsfinger (P)2021 Podium Audio

Not bad but moves slowly!

Pretty good eastern cultivation novel but the second half of the story seriously drags, like 6 hours worth of audio in a single set of fight scenes with only minimal changes in the setting. I would recommend it though, still quite entertaining if you can handle the lack of progress in book 2.

Interesting but difficult to understand

This was my first cultivation book/audiobook. Hard for me to understand the martial arts moves so I thought a movie would have been much better.

And a short coming on my part, not familiar with Chinese names, I got the characters confused. It’s a shame that Chinese ppl in America did not keep their true first names and chose western ones.

Great story but horrendous narration.

It is so sad when a great story is ruined by terrible narration, I honestly wanted to rip my hair out with how bad this was. The narrator put almost zero emotion into this, i couldn't tell when people were angry scared or anything, the only way I could tell was because the author would point out that people were angry.
I used to think goblin summoner was the worst narration I ever heard but this just blew my mind, people don't say sigh when they sigh nor say cough when they cough... and put some damn emotion into roars.. don't just say roar like a robot. I would have given this a 4 star if he tried even a slight bit but I think 3 is what it deserves.

Felt like the writing was someone first try

Few issues…

characters names are hard to keep up with. There are so many so very similar that you find yourself going back constantly to keep up with the story. This may be I am from western culture and this not used to Asian naming so much

There is a way to much over use of *sigh* *hmm* *he he he* and other ways of writen expression of emotion.

Overall it may go over better if this book was read but when being through audio it was tough to listen to.

It wasn’t a bad story and still recommend it for anyone that enjoys cultivation novels

Why do I like this so much?

These types of books are so repetitive but super good. It’s like every other sentence is: ‘he/she was shocked’ or someone being prideful. I love it when the prideful people get put in there place. Hahaha. Also why is it that someone is so strong that it is shocking, but yet still so weak bc one person just shows up and shows out.
There was a dry spot in the middle though. Also no need for all the sound effects. Lol. Some were good but there were just to many.
Narrator on point as usual. I still feel like someone is super shockingly powerful every other sentence when he reads. Lol. Book is what you expect it to be. Also this book has a lot of other parts in it yet somehow it makes sense.

Dual Sword God Books 1 & 2

This was such an excellent audiobook to listen to. Glad I took a chance on it.

Good story

I thought the story was entertaining. I could get lost when the narration pronounced all the Chinese name of the characters in one sentence. Who is he talking about? Author liked to use the word Change! (didn't like the last version of the sentence? No worries. insert the Scooby-Doo Change function) Still the storyline was entertaining. would of liked to see the characters in a more R rated situation as the author called it. Narration was ok. He liked to make swoosh sounds but not pause sounds. Different. Looking forward to the next installment.

bad narrater

dude needs to listen to some Japanese anime subbed (che is not sounded as chay, dude seriously has no clue, several like that), also, seriously, who reads the word "sigh" instead of making the sound when narrating a book? ugh, way to break the flow via that and similar countless times.

Narrator kills the flow

The story is decent but the narrator chooses to narrate actions like *cough* or *sigh* that happen though out the story. maybe I am picky but I could not finish it.

performance good, second half of second book

1.5 of the entire book is fine. last half of second book has pacing issues. too much omnipresent omniscient pov creates too much side narrative.