Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 55 54. Comments on the Wandering Toad
The Wandering Toad is a great writer of China Literature Group and a well-known writer of online literature. His writing is vast and unrestrained, his style is imaginative and he is extremely creative.

Representative works include "War Soul of Heaven and Earth", "Tianpeng's Horizons", "Demons of Time and Space", "Shushan", "Heavenly Questions", "Full-time Martial God", "Sword of Immortality", "Immortal Gourd", "One Sword to Cut Through the Nine Heavens", etc.

In January 2017, Wandering Toad, as the chief architect, joined forces with four legendary authors, Ma Boyong, Yue Guan, Dancing, and Angel Oscar, to create a parallel worldview based on China's real history and myths and legends - Wanggu Mythology.

In February 2017, he was ranked among the top 2 writers in the second King of Online Literature selection.

The Wanggu Mythology V1.0 series was launched in 2017, with a total of five novels, written by Wandering Toad, Yue Guan, Ma Boyong, Angel Oscar, and Dancing.

Among them, the fourth part, "Shushan Strange Stories", was written by Wandering Toad. It was serialized on Tiandi Chinese Network on March 10, 2017, and published by Jiuzhou Publishing House in March 2018.

The Wanggu Mythology V2.0 series will be launched in 2018, with a total of five novels, written by Wuzui, Ergen, Master Sanjie, He Changzai, and Feng Lingtianxia respectively.

From this Wanggu Mythology, we can see that this is a mythology system created by a group of veteran masters and published on a less famous website. You can imagine how it performed!

The following is an introduction to the four books by the great writer Wandering Toad on the Qidian web version.

The Legend of Zu (2006-2007)

Well! To put it simply, this is an online game where players control magic weapons, flying swords, and compete with each other to see how good their character is.
After a quick glance, it's confusing. Not only is the layout confusing, but the content is also confusing. And it's written in the first person!

It's a book about the online game Shushan. Back then, it probably had quite a few readers. It's like writing about League of Legends, Honor of Kings, or PUBG nowadays. Ten years from now, it probably won't be as popular.

It is really difficult to pass on game literature!

The Immortal Gourd (2010-2011)

There are thousands of magic spells and infinite avenues, but I only ask one question: can you achieve immortality?
Can you achieve immortality? This is a famous question Sun Wukong asked Patriarch Bodhi.

If you can’t live forever, why learn from him!
This book is about a man named Jiao Fei, who started from nothing, cultivated himself to a small degree of success, traveled on the sea, and encountered all kinds of strange, thrilling and bizarre stories. Jiao Fei's dream is to cultivate his primordial spirit, live forever between heaven and earth, and travel in this universe.

The style of this book is completely different from "Shushan". It is a traditional fairy tale. Because it is too traditional, it is difficult to find the highlights. The various settings are also relatively traditional. Judging from the reading tastes of today's readers, it is difficult to read to the end.

The book's language is also a significant flaw: it's a mixed bag of classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese, giving it the feel of a storybook. After reading "Mortal Man," rereading this book can feel awkward. Some of the vocabulary is rarely encountered outside of historical texts.

Especially the descriptions of appearance and fighting are full of elements of storytelling, and it makes people wish that one person would take the stage after another and count how beautiful they are and how many treasures they have.

Full-time Martial God (2018-2019)

This is a chivalrous story.

The introduction is so short that it makes people feel hopeless. For those who don’t know the author, seeing this introduction, they will say goodbye directly.

When others were seeking elixirs for a fortune, he was refining them;

When others found that they couldn't find a suitable weapon, he was refining weapons.

At the same time, he practiced martial arts faster than others.

When Lin Xiao was worrying about not being able to become a real warrior, a mysterious old man opened a magnificent door for him.

This book is a bit over the top.

From the first chapter to the release, the free period started to "splash and splash", and the content was even more exciting than the title.

It's a miracle that it wasn't blocked.

It's so bold.

"One Sword Breaks the Nine Heavens" (June 2019 to present)
The whale has not yet swallowed the ocean, but the sword's energy is already sweeping across the sky.

The hero is still strong even when old, a little swordsman under the moon.

This is a "serious" fantasy novel.

A genius from the Demon Sect disguises himself as a rich young master and sneaks into the Emei Sect to steal the superior Taoist techniques. This book is very dull and strange. I tried very hard to read it, but when half of the page is about the protagonist, I lose the desire to read.

Combined with the above-mentioned books, some stereotypes were left behind, which diluted my expectations for the author. Especially after I labeled him as an unserious author who talks dirty, I completely lost the desire to pay attention to him.

Combined with some of the previous introductions, the general feeling is that these veteran masters are either trying hard to cater to the market, or sticking to outdated themes, or have experienced leaving and returning.

All kinds of shows, such as "not dying if you don't do it", "doing it in various ways", etc., have made these veteran masters, who are clearly trying to restore their dignity, seem to have little effect.
As I write this, I think of the rain demon from before, and I can’t help but sigh.

The market is truly an extremely effective touchstone!
No matter how glorious you were in the past, you have to admit your failure!
【to sum up】

If you like storybooks, you can read "Xian Hulu";
If you like action-packed movies, you can go and watch "Peerless Martial God";
If you like serious cultivation of immortals, you can watch "One Sword Breaks the Nine Heavens";
If you like to reminisce about the past, you can go and watch "Shushan".

【Cang's Ramblings】

This article has been forwarded personally by Toad himself.

I was very excited at that time. This was the second great writer who paid attention to me, commonly known as "flipping the card".

Although, his tone at that time was questioning my interpretation of "Full-time Martial God".

But I didn't take it to heart at all.

Reading a book is inherently subjective.

If the start is exciting, the evaluation will be higher.

If it starts off slowly, the reviews will be mediocre.

The start is ordinary, so the evaluation will be a bit dry.

There is nothing we can do about it.

Because I take the "original" route.

This means that it is impossible for me to go to a book’s circle of book lovers, take a look around, and then write a book review that I am satisfied with.

I have to go and read it carefully.

Think carefully.

Find a more prominent entry point, just like a butcher cutting up an ox, and cut it open and see.

In addition, I am older, and it is difficult for me to adapt to overly funny things that keep rubbing against the edge.

There are several books written by the great Toad, some of which I like and some of which I don’t like.

This is common.

Authors of all levels will encounter this kind of comments and readers.

It is true that it is difficult to satisfy everyone!

Therefore, he ignored the comments.

Moreover, the performance of "One Sword Breaks the Nine Heavens" is on an upward trend, even better than when the book was first released.

This is a good thing!

Come on, Toad God~
As for me, I am still struggling on the road to perfect attendance.

But I believe that authors like me are the real majority.

There is you, me, and everyone!
Please subscribe~
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