Website : qidian chinaViews : 5.64million
Rating : 9.3(928)
Chapters : 2012
Status : completed
Word count : 6.84million
Author : Drunken Tiger
author level : great
No of works : 2
Disscussion : 2720
Year started : 2013
Translated works : Silver Overlord
Genres : Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts, Mature, Xuanhuan
Tags : Army Building, Charming Protagonist, Cultivation, Cunning Protagonist, Demons, Determined Protagonist, f.e.l.l.a.t.i.o, Game Elements, G.o.ds, Handsome Male Lead, Hard-Working Protagonist, Harem-seeking Protagonist, Kingdom Building, Legendary Artifacts, Love Interest Falls in Love First, Magic, Magical s.p.a.ce, Male Protagonist, Masturbation, Monsters, Nationalism, Netori, n.o.bles, Perverted Protagonist, Politics, Polygamy, Poor Protagonist, Poor to Rich, Post-apocalyptic, Pragmatic Protagonist, Pregnancy, Racism, Reverse , Romantic Subplot, Shameless Protagonist, Time Skip, Wars, Zombies
Popularity : OK popular in China.
Last edited : 27/nov/2018
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Website : qidian international
Views : 24million
Rating : 4.2(699)
Chapters : 1216
Rank : 24
Status : ongoing
Schedule : 14ch/week but translating at 24ch/week
Translator :
Editor :
Popularity : Very popular here
Last edited : 27/nov/2018
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Synopsis :
After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the G.o.ds of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between humans and demons on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
Written by Drunk Tiger, this novel is a prime example of fantasy steampunk. Let us journey through the world of limitless possibilities and inventions together!
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**Warning: This novel contains mature content**
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POSITIVE REVIEW :
Let me start this review by saying that this story has HUGE and blatantly obvious flaws. The most egregious being that nearly all the male characters (including the Main Character) act like the creepily perverted guys you find in j.a.panese anime. In fact let me quote the second paragraph in the story to give you a taste of what I"m talking about...
"Those upright chimneys, however, reminded Zhang Tie of his p*nis and the black smoke his seminal fluid. They polluted air like how the liquid polluted his underwear. Although he couldn"t remember who was in his dream last night, for the third time this week, he could feel something sticky inside his underwear."
... that is in the introduction paragraph for our main character Zhang Tie.
No sh*t.
Aside from that, surprisingly this story does just about everything right. There is good worldbuilding in a steampunkish cultivation world. An interesting power system. The MC doesn"t have everything given to him, and really has to work to distinguish himself. He has quite a few moments of real danger that he barely manages to sc.r.a.pe through with intelligence and instinct. No deus ex machina moments or a.s.s pulls.
There is some great Hunter x Hunter exam type situations. The first being a semi-wilderness survival test after just entering the sect, that reminded me a little of Lord of the Flies. Behind the scenes there are political situations as various countries and organizations are in conflict with each other. There are no generic "Young Master" style antagonists.
The big flaws that leave this with such a garbage rating aren"t central to the story in any way. for example one situation that puts people off is
Spoiler
At one point out of nowhere Zhang Tie suddenly gets popular with the ladies despite being an awkward pervert. Then over the course of a couple of chapters he has s*x with hundreds and hundreds of women. It"s the only time he even gets even a second glance within the first 400 odd chapters, and right after it"s finished he goes to another sect to be the scrub newbie at the bottom of the barrel, and it"s never really mentioned again.
These few chapters serve... just zero story purpose, and could quite easily be cut out
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Honestly I love this story. It"s got some of the absolute best and most interesting plotting and situations in the entire CN industry. Yet the author does his best to shoot himself in the foot, over things inessential to the actual story.
One commonly quoted reason for hating this (according to other reviews) is racism. Honestly, I don"t see it. This isn"t set on earth, he just sort of borrows bits and pieces from it, and none of the races and sects are explicitly stated to conform to any in our world. Just think of it this way. The author of this work has a small, almost miniscule p.e.n.i.s. So he"s overcompensating in the story to make the MC better than him in real life, including having slightly better talent because of genetics.
- By Timid(NU)
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NEGATIVE REVIEW :
If you ever wondered what kind of novel written by a perverted racist Chinese would look like, look no further just read Castle of Black Iron.
All the males are potential rapists including the MC and all the females are objects to be used and abused.
A warning to the readers masturbation is a prominent focus of this story as is racism.
Disgusting.
P.s: Also the oldest abacus discovered is Sumerian in origin.
- By rincewind(NU)
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My thoughts : I read this. It"s actually a very good novel. But I dropped it as I couldn"t handle mc"s character.
In my library : Yes