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Comment by nll on The Mirror Legacy - Chapter 17
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@nll is someone going to die
@Lunar it's more nuanced than that, in a hundred or more chapters it will be clear why this Manhwa is called Legacy
@nll can you give some spoilers?
@Joyboy Clarification aboutLegacy
Spoiler!
Mirror Legacy is indeed about the legacy and heritage of this family through the guidance of the Mirror. All of the brothers will eventually die, their children will continue their legacy and eventually die as well. With each member dying the Mirror absorbs their cultivation and techniques making the next generation stronger.
There are 2 protagonists in this Manhwa:
One is the Mirror which is the traditional protagonist but also the passive one most of the time, he can help and direct the family but it will take a long time before he can do stuff on his own.
The second protagonist is actually the Family as a whole, if you remember thir father mentioned a Family poem to be used to name their descendants for each generation, the 4 brothers here are the 1st generation and currently the Light novel is at the 7th generation.
@Joyboy Plot spoiler regarding the brothers
Spoiler!
This is a cruel world where proper cultivation was lost when the Mirror was destroyed and all cultivators are "demonic cultivators" to a degree.
There's a cultivation realm where one needs to sacrifice and absorb 3 other cultivators that have a compatible cultivation method and the youngest brother here is one of them because he will choose one of these culitvations against his master wishes (because the master knows and wants to avoid having another disciple becoming a sacrifice).
When they are talking about famine destrying the village 20 years ago it was actually cultivators killing mortals but with the tacit approval of this Sect that is supposed to protect them and one of the brothers will sacrifice himself to win the war against the faction of Cultivators that "don't pretend to be orthodox" and want to repeat the slaughter of 20 years ago.
Finally, the last brother will die from lingering injuries after leading the family for decades because he burnt his foundation to save his son from becoming a sacrifice for another cultivator.
There's a cultivation realm where one needs to sacrifice and absorb 3 other cultivators that have a compatible cultivation method and the youngest brother here is one of them because he will choose one of these culitvations against his master wishes (because the master knows and wants to avoid having another disciple becoming a sacrifice).
When they are talking about famine destrying the village 20 years ago it was actually cultivators killing mortals but with the tacit approval of this Sect that is supposed to protect them and one of the brothers will sacrifice himself to win the war against the faction of Cultivators that "don't pretend to be orthodox" and want to repeat the slaughter of 20 years ago.
Finally, the last brother will die from lingering injuries after leading the family for decades because he burnt his foundation to save his son from becoming a sacrifice for another cultivator.
@nll thanks a lot for the spoilers 👍🏻
Do you have any recommendations or list for these kind of manhuas?
Do you have any recommendations or list for these kind of manhuas?
@Joyboy Similar as in what way?
If you refer to the cruel world maybe Reverend Insanity but that's very different in vibes because the protagonist is the most evil of them all.
If you refer to Manhua as in chinese cultivation stories, I like Serpent Ancestor
If you refer to the Family there's nothing like this I can think of.
For a story about the creation and rise of a clan, there's a Light Novel called "Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family" where the MC increases his cultivation by procreating and making his children progress. He has over a hundred kids, and as the MC progresses his kids become stronger because he can obtain more resources or the kids are born with better Spiritual Roots. It doesn't have the same feeling of Legacy because it's mostly about his direct children and the farthest relevant descendant is a grandson. He has a dozen wives and a lot of concubines but after a certain point he focuses on procreating with high level female cultivators. It's spicy but not "sm**".
If you refer to the cruel world maybe Reverend Insanity but that's very different in vibes because the protagonist is the most evil of them all.
If you refer to Manhua as in chinese cultivation stories, I like Serpent Ancestor
If you refer to the Family there's nothing like this I can think of.
For a story about the creation and rise of a clan, there's a Light Novel called "Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family" where the MC increases his cultivation by procreating and making his children progress. He has over a hundred kids, and as the MC progresses his kids become stronger because he can obtain more resources or the kids are born with better Spiritual Roots. It doesn't have the same feeling of Legacy because it's mostly about his direct children and the farthest relevant descendant is a grandson. He has a dozen wives and a lot of concubines but after a certain point he focuses on procreating with high level female cultivators. It's spicy but not "sm**".
@nll similar like:
- My Simulated Path to Immortality
- A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation
- Top Tier Providence
I find these manhuas where cultivation is all is properly defined and not just anybody can start.
This is good recommendation "Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family"... But do we have any manhuas like this or I have to start reading light novel.
- My Simulated Path to Immortality
- A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation
- Top Tier Providence
I find these manhuas where cultivation is all is properly defined and not just anybody can start.
This is good recommendation "Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family"... But do we have any manhuas like this or I have to start reading light novel.
@Joyboy Cultivation Manhua adaptations started like 7 years ago but with atrocious quality, most of them were cancelled around 100 chapters. Now adaptations are resufacing again with much better quality (your examples) and with time the one I mentioned might start being adapted too (with big white blobs of censorship)
A couple of recommendations which are connected: A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and its sequel Immortal World Arc
A Cultivation comedy (Top Tier Providence) I like that started being adapted recently is Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality (7 chapters)
A novel from an Author in Texas but which resembles chinese cultivation is Return of the Runebound Professor
There are also Donghua (Chinese animations) of cultivation stories, I am currently following Renegade Immortal (the first cultivation novel popular in hte west) and Sword of Coming (it has intricate plot and involves a lot of Chinese philosophy like Confucianism and Mohism), they can be found even on Youtube.
If you want to do your own research, I suggest you go on NovelUpdates website and search based on the tag Adapted to Manhua + Cultivation, but as I said a lot of the popular Novels have a cancelled Manhua (like 2 of the biggest novels: I Shall Seal The Heavens and The Desolate Eral)
Or you can go to Anilist and look at the recommendation for Top Tier Providence
A couple of recommendations which are connected: A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and its sequel Immortal World Arc
A Cultivation comedy (Top Tier Providence) I like that started being adapted recently is Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality (7 chapters)
A novel from an Author in Texas but which resembles chinese cultivation is Return of the Runebound Professor
There are also Donghua (Chinese animations) of cultivation stories, I am currently following Renegade Immortal (the first cultivation novel popular in hte west) and Sword of Coming (it has intricate plot and involves a lot of Chinese philosophy like Confucianism and Mohism), they can be found even on Youtube.
If you want to do your own research, I suggest you go on NovelUpdates website and search based on the tag Adapted to Manhua + Cultivation, but as I said a lot of the popular Novels have a cancelled Manhua (like 2 of the biggest novels: I Shall Seal The Heavens and The Desolate Eral)
Or you can go to Anilist and look at the recommendation for Top Tier Providence
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