The Legend Of The Soul Stealer

Do forgive me for my biased rating to my own novel. Many of the Cultivation novels I have had the fortune to encounter had at some point of time the MC meeting a powerful man from the Mortal World , a man who at one point of time held sway over the fate of entire kingdoms .This man however is now approaching an inevitable death and usually begs the MC to prolong his life . Naturally the MC refuses and life moves on with us readers and the MC himself , getting a lesson in the impermanence of life consequently motivating the MC more towards his goal. Now , this got me thinking . Who are we to decide who gets an opportunity to change his/her fate ? What if one of those said ambitious men from the secular world get another chance ? How would his journey be different from that of a villager or an erudite scholar whose tales we have read of ? This is an attempt to answer that. I personally felt that such an MC would at the very least have his own unique approach and a loose moral complex seems quite appropriate . Don't you think so ? As a general aim however I wish to show you another side to a well known world . What side you may ask ? Haven't we seen all that there is to see in most of the novels out there? True , Some of those are really exciting and a couple (I quote my favourites Renegade Immortal and Daoist Gu (sorry I think it's Reverend Insanity here is it ? ) ) for doing an excellent job in that regard. Honestly I'm not sure . Still I believe that there are many paths still unexplored and a more psychological version of the journey into the Tao seems like a great idea ! One further goal I would like to keep in mind is to 'not deviate' too much from the spirit of such novels. What I mean is as someone who understands and is able to speak and read Mandarin and English equally well (At least I hope so !) I have had the privilege of reading many of the web-novels here in both the RAW and translated versions . As such the least I can do is to provide as 'original' as an experience possible . It's a work in progress so cut me some slack guys ! Anyways to quote Robert Frost there's still miles to go before I sleep! That's all folks ! ** : Do forgive me for the really long and drawn out review but I just couldn't stop myself from dumping everything here ! (Also Comments weren't really suitable for that !) PPS: I have also decided to put this under spoiler tag for now just in case a couple of more helpful reviews come along !!!