Long Zu

I give it a 10/10 for me this was a amazing journey ; and a refreshing view with a unique style.
This story made me think it was inspired by Faust from Goethe & Harry Potter from J.K .Rowling worlds universe with a mix & twist ; very enjoyable journey and experience ; was immersed and enjoyed it a lot 10+

The combat and animation is very packed ; the world is immersive and the plot keeps you wanting to know more and more. It is a refreshing view of MC plot where his not the centre of the story attention and the ... story goes side-ways parallel with the MC ; making the plot interesting and mysterious.
This looks like one of my top 10 favourites ; looking forward to Season 2

Feels like there's a great anime here if they'd done it in maybe 24 or 36 episodes.
I know the manhwa and original novel were popular, but it feels like they've cut down a lot to make the animation, and cut down in the wrong spots. There's a lot of just "acceptance" of out of the norm stuff with no explanation. I think a lot of internal monologue and world building was skipped, while weird parts of it were maintained.
The animation is great, the voice acting is good. Some of the translations were a little dicey but that's normal for the Chinese ... stuff, they always seem to skimp on the subtitle translation quality.
Opening and closing sequence were *chefs kiss*.

Actions scenes were "mostly" okay but hard to follow in parts, having a slightly greater emphasis on flashy lights moving than on actually making it clear what was happening.
I have read the first few chapters of the manhwa and it felt better laid out than this. I think this is an ongoing problem with this style of thing. They cut stuff down from the light novel to make the manhwa, then they adapt the animation from the manhwa not the novel and cut out MORE stuff, rather than adapting from the light novel in the style of the manhwa. That double layering of "adaptation" feels like the flow of the entire thing gets chopped up and a lot of explanation and world-building gets cut. I noticed the same thing with Spare me Great Lord and a few others in recent years. Let alone the butchery that was The Kings Avatar season 3.

Final conclusion: There's a great story in here but you're probably going to have to read the manhwa or the novel to get most of the nuance of it. If you HAVE you will probably enjoy the anime as you will have all that extra information to filter it through.
6/10, but your mileage may vary.

I rate it 5 because of the animation alone. The story is confusing, the story telling is shit, and the main character is pathetic. I don't mind any pathetic MC like Takemichi for example. But he got a very good character development, redemption, and getting stronger little by little. But this dude Lu Ming Fei doesn't do shit. He didn't even train or try or know what he want. He just like being there and being goofy all the time. Just following people and the plot. He only useful when he's not himself or the plot ask him to. Otherwise he just stand there spacing ... out.