[Updated at Chapter 300]
What makes Ask the Mirror, stand out amongst the other xianxia is how it is written. Yes, it’s a story about a mortals journey to immortality, but this novels adds more to it than your standard xianxia tropes. It is a meditation on the path to immortality, and the stream of thought of those who chose to tread on this path.
The protagonist Yu Ci is one such mortal on this path. He is a man hardened by the path and someone who constantly discovers himself on the path. He is brave, calm and calculative. He is kind, but decisively ruthless if he need to be. It is obvious just how much work the author put into the story just from the way he makes the protagonist come to life.
The world of Ask the Mirror is vast and carefully crafted. It is full of mysteries and as we follow the protagonist we slowly discover new things all the time. The side characters are also well portrayed through the exposition of their thoughts and ideals on the concepts of Dao and immortality. The antagonists are not entirely s*upid, they are not mere stepping stones, and are genuinely terrifying. All these things come together to form a very interesting story.
That’s all from me for now. Thank you!