Unlike most LitRPG novels, this series does not best around the bush about character development and progression. I can appreciate series such as Ascend Online and Completionist Chronicles that show us the journey in its entirety, but the pacing change in WTO is a much needed breath of fresh air. The author knows that he has, and minor spoiler warning here, 360 years to work with and is not afraid to jump ahead by so much as decades at a time of characters only working on themselves and only show us the highlights of their journey. I can understand how this may be unappealing to some, but if you are like me and have almost exhausted a majority of the quality LitRPG series and want something new, this is certainly it.