Astral Apostle星界使徒

I have read up to chapter 546 and I must say that I am disappointed. The story up to chapter 260 is quite amazing. A 8-9/10 in my book. Chapter 260 is the zenith of the story. After that it is only disappointment after disappointment. It is almost like the author changed and an amature took charge.

- The only problem in the first part of the novel (pre chapter 260) is the reaction of the mc after each simulation. He doesn't react much after having lived tens or even hundreds of years. He only gets one day to cool off and goes straight back. I can't fathom how he can maintain his sense of his original self/identity. Not much explanation is provided here. Later down the line the author claims that the MC has retain his original self/identity when it's impossible to do so. He must have changed after all those experiences. This is a huge plothole in part from the author. On a sidenote , It doesn't get explained from where the simulator got the energy to manipulate the "dream" in order for no time to pass while the MC was missing. The "dream" only explains why the simulator could fool the rest of the souls regarding the passage of time. What doesn't get explained how it achieved that. It is explained that the "dream" would end when the timeline reached the point where that hand destroyed the world. So this is also a minor plot hole
- If you ignore the very first simulation where it was both short and wasn't that well explained or took that many chapters , the other simulations in the first part were phenomenal. The MC truly became the identity he was given . Although he did retain some dinstinct characteristics of his. He was able to make friends , family , etc. He truly lived there. It was realistic. Not in the sense that it is same to our reality but in the sense that those series of actions/plot followed a logical chain. We got to care for the side-characters. His relationship with his wife in the simulation where he established his first kingdom was amazing. We got to see him truly falling in love. I got sad when I saw here getting older and dying. It was also sad how he later died with his best friend before he found that sorcerer tomb.

-Lastly the couple chapter before and at chapter 260 truly redeemed any previous fault in the story. From the moment he used the Destiny Mark and realized he was in a dream to the moment where everyone including the world blessed him in order to be able to reincarnate was the climax of the story. After that point , the quality of writing only got worse. We saw him how he broke down after realizing everything was almost futile. Until the moment of destruction came he was like an empty shell. We saw how vulnerable he was. How human he was. After the start of the destruction we saw his redemption. How he got a glimpse of hope in surviving. Burning his very origin in order to fuel the simulator and reincarnate. Some people might ignore this point but igniting your very origin must be one of the worst if not worst pain there exists. We saw how even igniting his origin wasn't enough. Then those tormented and unwilling souls sacrificed their last part of existence in an attempt to help him. Some of those where individuals he knew. His mother , his sister , his classmates , his teachers, etc. Then even the very world sacrificed whatever remained of it in an attempt to allow even one life to escape the clutches of death. These sequences of scenes were truly amazing. They definitely moved me. Something that is especially rare for me despite the number of novel , movies or series I have read or watched.

- After chapter 260 , the second part of the story , gets progressively worse. The parts until he forms his territory are quite ok , nothing much to find trouble with. The problem starts with the fact that the author seems to forget what happened to the MC to reach thus far. All the character development he had got till now gets thrown out. He acts more like a machine than a human. It's like that redemption series of scenes never happened. Even when he isn't in a simulation he keeps acting like a machine. Like everyting to him is a tool to be of use or not. It's truly sickening how a great character gets ruined like that. Previously even in simulations he didn't act like that. The moments where he behaves like a human get rarer and rarer as time goes on. He behaves more like an AI with the very specific instructions. Anything out the range of those instructions get ignored. For example Princess Mary. The mc interacted with her at the start with the purpose of her helping him. You would expect witht he passage of time he would come closer with her and at least become friends. Nope. He threw her to the side when he took charge in the kingdom. Just because her immediate worth was lower from a certain threshold that he uses in order to decide with who he interacts. Like you given certain values , thresholds and limits to an algorithm and the algorithm operates only around those. Her bloodline wasn't a problem given the fact that he can harvest faith energy from at least two worlds. It was mentioned that her bloodline must be quite special given the Dusk Church wanted her even more than the MC despite her bloodline was quite thin.

-The mutant world doesn't has many issues except the fact it was somewhat short.

- The Curse world was good and bad at the same time. The good part is that the simulation itself was quite interesting and the fact that the mc still retains some human characteristics. The bad part is that the author has started slipping up towards the end. In my opinion this is the last decent simulation.

- The two clones simulations in the world of Gods are subpar at best. You could excuse the kobold clone given it doesn't have many intelligent individuals to interact with. The other clone though. It is the very definition of machine.

- The beast master world is atrotious. The MC acts purely as a cold blooded machine. The little empathy he had cultivated thus far evaporated completely. Tbh he isn't any different than the Philip clone. The author is in denial about this part. His sister ?He only helps her because there are benefits to be had. His relationship with Yang Kai was interesting but got killed quite fast.

- Lastly there are three things to take note of. Chapters seem to be missing. I checked the raws but there are missing from there too. On top of that the writing style has changed to much. It is like an amateur author took charge and is trying to write a typical chinese cultivation novel. There were phrases like " He waved his hand and the sun and the moon seem to dim. Stars seem to disappear. The nine heavens collapse." and etc. This looked especially stupid in scenes where such descriptions have no place. Like he was on a planet and attacked. Then the author used the sun and moon description which is quite stupid. First in that simulation people could traverse space. Second what does the sun and moon had to do with that planet. It wasn't mentioned even if that planet had any moons orbiting. Besides the sun is a specific star. Our star. Other than that in stories it used as a reference point for a huge source of light. Though when you have an interstellar theme , it is and should be mentioned as a star. The second thing is about the translation. It seems three different sources are translating. This results in the names getting messed up. Not to mention the last 200 chapters have been translated awfully. Words seem to get mixed up. Like planet with star and many other things. It was quite difficult to read. When various words , definitions and meanings constantly change , the story also changes. Lastly it seems that author has some superiority complex with our level of civilization. Tbh compared to possibilities our civilization is quite primitive. At the core of it it hasn't changed much since the Roman Empire. The only difference is the advancement and acceptance of science. Other than that humans have remained the same. Even that acceptance isn't quite genuine. It stands only when individuals stand to gain something from that acceptance.

Lastly it should be mentioned that our path in science is only one from the many. We don't even have the capabilities to verify the so called scientific "facts". We have barely made experiments outside the immediate orbit of Earth. How can we verify things that influence the whole known universe.