The MC has the annoying habit of being set off by even the slightest confrontation. What makes it worse, is that half way through the book he stops having this problem. He also decides multiple times to save or protect people that have tortured him, enslaved him, and tried to kill him. I get that he’s the good guy and he shouldn’t kill people he doesn’t need too, but its done in such an awkward way that it just makes him look like an idiot.
The companion characters are interesting and enjoyable, but not enough for me to continue this series at this time. There isn’t a clear next step at the end of the book to make me want to read the next. Its a bummer, because the MC’s introduction to this series’s version of cultivation make it look really interesting, but it never recapture that sense of mystery and strangeness.