Martial Arts Master武道宗师

MAM

I have read a lot of novels and am lookout for new novels with are little different from the norm like Ze Tian ji, WoC etc. This I feel is one of the novels which is written well as is close to best novels I've read. I have read upto latest chapter and my review can be considered more upto date with little bias. I think I can provide a decent review having read upto latest 702nd chapter.

Basic Info:

This novels is about martial arts set in modern world. The martial arts in this novel is like other sports which is divided into professional level and amateur levels. So expect lot of inter-club, collegiate and country fights. The martial arts is realistic and power of person depends on how intelligently he adapts and uses the techniques he learnt to counter the situation which makes fights interesting. Please don't expect people to destroy planets.

The main character obtains a some-what Cheat item which helps him kick-start his entry into the martial arts. However unfortunately it doesn't help him much later and MC has to solely rely his hard work and comprehension of martial arts to become stronger. The cheat item is like ignition of the car so don't expect it to be too helpful once the car has started. The the story has a solid romance rarely seen in cultivation novels.
Even though the main point of the story is about martial arts, the story focuses on how MC develops as he becomes stronger with terms to his relationships with other characters - friends, love interest, his idols, his fans and his rivals.
Good things

No young masters and random xianxia cliches

Very good character development of MC - he evolves from a newbie in cultivation and interaction with girls to someone who can deal with better. His personality and feelings change as he becomes stronger.

One of the best things is MC doesn't always win. So many times he has lost and so many times his club, university has lost. So in many fights you don't know what will happen. There are lot of people and peers who challenge MC.

No harem and one of the best romance I've read in cultivation novels. The MC has to struggle hard to woo her and the process of how the relation develops very interesting and long. The best thing is girl acts like any reasonable person unlike, you know, xianxia girls.

Very Good fighting scenes which are highlight of this novel

Absence of any big cheat. There is a cheat item but that does not play much role in story.

Good dialogues and interactions between different people.

Quite realistic and absence of random powerups or treasures (unlike Invincible, ATG)

Bad things

Excessive tournaments (but fight scenes are all different and techniques used are different so that's not too bad)
There are lot of chapters dedicated to non-fighting chapters.

MC is not very OP like in ATG, MGA. He is strong but there are always people challenging him.

There are some concerns which have been raised which I want to clarify:
Firstly about the Cheat Item - it barely helps him in cultivation.

Spoiler
The main purpose is use in fights but MC barely uses it as he doesn't want to rely on it to get stronger. As the story progresses, it becomes more and more irrelevant.

MC is not OP. At first his speed of cultivation is very fast but that's not unusual. (As we learn later) Later cultivation becomes more challenging and there are many peers who are talented and rival him in speed. So, MC is little OP but not OP like ATG or ED and the cultivation and levelups are very realistic and well done.

About the background of girl he is with is not as simple as it appear and it plays important part in story. But some readers make conclusions too quickly without reading further.

Yes. Initially MC is ignorant about talking girls like some college students. Nothing wrong with it. But with greater interactions with other girls and his GF he improves and is not so awkward with them anymore. This is called character development.

Yes his initial reason for joining is because of the girl. But obviously he later revaluates why he wants to get stronger and is just not only for the girl.

At the end of the day, there are some shortcomings which surely some people will not like but no story can be perfect.I am sad that there are negative reviews for absurd things

which change as story progress. I know the rating is only 3.4 because it's on qidian. That's too bad.I feel the plot, fights, dialogues etc far are very good to overlook reading this story just because of some small details (which I don't understand why are even bothersome to some people as that's heavy nitpicking) . The author is well known and has written very good novels, so one can expect quality from him.

Bottom Line:

Personally I think there are only positive things to say about this novel and pace is quite fast. And once you start it, it very hard to put down. Why I say so? Quite different to genetic xianxia novel and very realistic and very very few things to complain about. There will be very very few people who will not like it. But there are some negative where

reviews even the best things about the novel are written as criticisms and I don't know what to say other than being pained and writing this long of a review. I have not written lot of reviews. But for this I am forced to write as it's very good novel and I don't want people not to read it by being misguided with wrong info provided by other reviewers.I hope the long time I have spent in reviewing will at least force some people to read it.