(Chinese) Wuxia / Xianxia novel tracker

Hero: Lin Ming

As with many of the other titles here, the hero discovers a magical item right at the beginning of the tale which turns a weak but earnest character into a legendary genius. The universe is well constructed, the writing is pretty good, and the translation is not distracting. No real comedy anywhere in the story and the female characters are (as usual) written in purely to gaze in reverence at the protagonist after being defeated by him. But things are not all smooth sailing for Lin Ming and there are some interesting twists here and there. Good read and the sequel, True Martial World, while not as well writting, wraps things up nicely.

Hero:Gu Yue Fang Yuan

The hero is a 500 year old mid-ranking cultivation expert albeit one who has followed the demonic path. When he is killed, he travels back in time and is reintegrated/reborn in his 15-year old body but with all his memories intact. Fang Yuan now has only one goal: to stand at the top of the cultivation world.

What sets this story apart is that Fang Yuan does not play the role of a nice guy. He is a cynic and is driven by his own selfish motives through and through which makes the plot rather refreshing. There are some excellent twists which spicen up the repetitive elements of the usual cultivation trope. Good translation. Still ongoing.

Ji Ning is a reincarnated earthling who is given a headstart on his new life due to his accumulated good karma. He is reborn into a cultivation universe with his memories intact and his past life no longer plays a role in the story. The tale itself mostly follows the standard cultivation trope and eventually explodes in terms of scope once Ji Ning leaves his planet. There are the usual plotholes and cardboard characters. The author's attempts at injecting humour and romance into the story also generally fall flat. But the story is a page turner and some arcs are particularly immersive.

The translation isn't the greatest but is miles better than Coiling Dragon (by the same author and translator).

Hero: Qin Lie

The hero is apparently an idiot but he is secretly a 'mixed-blood' alien with hidden superpowers. Besides the superpowers, he also has a secret overpowered device in his head that helps him every now and then. With this premise set, it's the usual cultivation fare with the usual plotholes, loose ends, harems, and stuff. However, it is still engaging and at one point, things become epic; the world building is also impressive with some interesting plotlines.

The translation is well above par and that makes this novel definitely worth picking up.

Hero: Luo Feng

Cultivation trope in a refreshing sci-fi/kaiju setting. Earth has been attacked by a virus that triggers a bunch of mutations in all creatures. This leads to humanity being overrun by the animal kingdom until a cultivation system is discovered which helps humans unlock their inner powers. The first half of the books is kinda sci-fi after which it reverts to the usual cultivation tropes. The world building is pretty decent though. One of the best of I Eat Tomatoes' works.

The translation is above par until midway when a new translator comes in with a bunch of new terms. The terminology reverts after a bunch of chapters though.

Hero: Qin Yun

Teen sword prodigy returns home after years honing himself. He immediately rights many wrongs and then proceeds to become an OP sword immortal. Things soon start assuming epic proportions. Plot holes and cardboard characters as usual but a decent read and relatively short at 739 chapters. The translation wasn't too bad either.

Hero: Qin Yu

Qin Yu is the 3rd son of a Duke in a small kingdom with no aptitude for magic. But he choose to train his body even though it apparently has no long term promise. He quickly becomes OP and the rest is the usual fare, but of much lower quality. The author isn't trying very hard at all and plot holes of stellar proportions abound. The version I read was machine translated for the most part. A human translator pops in at some point, but the quality doesn't improve too much. The story does get a little better eventually and some of the settings are imaginative. But I think I'd like my time back.

Hero: Nie Yan

Man dies but is then sent back into his teen self and gets a chance of a do-over armed with knowledge of the future. The do-over largely involves a VR game named Conviction where he is seriously OP. Fun read, decently translated and edited; there are plenty of holes and cheesy real-life plot threads. Villains are weak and there's very little conflict. Could have been scripted a lot better.

Hero: Wang Lin

Much like Er Gen's other tales, this one too begins with the hero discovering a magical artefact that aids his cultivation. The humour from his other stories is lacking in this one, but considering the amount of time since the last time I read Er Gen's work, it has still made for reasonably satisfactory reading thus far. Update: The quality drops as the tale goes on. Going by the postscript at the end, this was Er Gen's first major work, so it's understandable that it doesn't compare favourably with his other works.

The translation is average.

Hero: Ye Xiu

No magic or weirdness here. Hero is a gaming genius who is froced to start from 0 once again. He uses his vast experience and knowledge to do so and is aided by a bunch of novices that he trains along the way. A credible setting, decent plot, good humour in places. However, at some point the reasonably fresh and funny bit start getting terribly repetitive and boring. Still, it's worth a read, I guess.

There's also an animated and live-action adapation in progress right now.

Hero: Lin Feng

Hero is transplanted from earth and his soul is implanted into the body of a weakling in a wuxia universe. Low quality writing; low quality plots; poor translation at the beginning but gets better after a while. The protagonist gets really tiresome really quickly and every hundred chapters is essentially the same as the previous hundred. There are 2500 in all and they, sure as fuck, are not worth the plod. That said, there were a couple of twists that did surprise me in the 2500 chapters that the author drags this on for. But read only if you have exhausted better options.

There are a few loose ends that haven't been tied up. So there's a marathon sequel out there too by an entirely different author.

Hero:Feng Yu

Summary: A failed investor from 2017 got drunk and woke up in the 1980s. China is just opening up, and the economy is blooming. There is also the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and other financial crisis. He used his knowledge of the future and slowly build up his empire.

The 'empire building' is interesting for a few hundred chapters and then slowly starts getting obnoxiously silly and repetitious. After a certain point, this reads like it was written by a teenager jacking off while daydreaming on public transport. Infantile jingoism and xenophobia pervade through pretty much every chapter after a certain point in the story. Then there's the harem element along with some casual pedophilia thrown in.

The translator tries his level best to do a good job but is limited by his fluency in English which makes for an awkward read at times. The story is worth a read purely for the uniqueness of the plot as its centred around business and finance. But it gets tiresome around the Chapter 700 mark. I suppose it's also an interesting look into the mind of a chest-thumping sexually repressed Chinese man.

Hero: Ye Mo

The twist here is that the hero is reincarnated from a cultivating world into modern Earth where he restarts his pursuit of cultivation. After you get over this twist, the story is singularly cringeworthy and reads like an even worse adaptation of an already crappy Lee Childs (of Jack Reacher fame) novel. The world building does get better though even if the writing does not. However, note that the book is left unfinished apparently because the author had issues with the publisher.

The translation is surprisingly better than the usual fare for the most part. The editor/proofreader is blind though.

Hero: Su Ming

Another novel by the generally excellent, Er Gen. The hero is an abandoned orphan being brought up in something along the lines of a barbarian tribe and enters the cultivation world. As with most Er Gen novels, he is aided by a mysterious artefact that he comes across thanks to a handy sidekick that I'm sure will evolve into a amazing being later on. However, what is refreshing is that the cultivation system is not the usual Qi condensation fare and is more similar to some of the demonic legacy fare. I'm also partial to 'pill god' tropes and this satisfies that itch too.

120 chapters in, it has been very entertaining. The translation has been excellent thus far.

Update after finishing the entire novel: The pill god trope unfortunately ends very quickly. After that it's all about cultivation and some inception-level illusion vs. reality shtick. But all in all, quite entertaining as these things go.

Hero: Fang Yuan

By the same author as Warlock of the Magus World, it's also more of the same fare. The MC's soul has something of a diagnostic system that allows him to track his cultivation. While not as elaborate as the "AI Chip" in Warlock of the Magus World, as a trope, it largely functions similarly. The difference between the two lies in the cultivation systems of the worlds. Here, Fang Yuan becomes a Dream Master, a system that allows himself to manipulate people through dreams and materialise things from dreams. What's also interesting is the ability to traverse between realms via dreams which allows the author to build fresh worlds with fresh cultivation systems every 100 chapters or so. However, things get repetitive at one point especially as the hero is simply monotonous throughout, not unlike Leylin Farlier in WotMW.

The translation is largely above par. I've still not finished this novel. But I've tired of it and am taking a break.

Hero: Jiang Chen

A prince transmigrates into the body of a ducal young master in a far off hinterland. In his past life, he was unable to cultivate the dao of martial arts due to a disability. Now, however, armed with the knowledge of his previous life, he has another chance at fulfilling his dream.

Largely standard fare, it makes for dull reading if you've read other similar stories. Although the plot, while generic, is reasonably well put together, the coming-of-age sections lack excitement; the banter, however, is pretty good. The female characters are typical cardboard cutouts with jade thighs, porcelain skin, and soft mounds. The ending is seriously rushed and the attempt to take the tale to an epic setting is hampered as a result.

The translation is above par. All in all it's not too bad, but read only if you have nothing else available.

Hero: Fei / Alexander

Poor university student from China dies and is transmigrated into the body of a mentally retarded king in a tiny magical kingdom. He, of course, has a cheat: he can level up by going into a Diablo replica and completing levels. Moreoever, he can also take and bring items and characters from and to Diablo's Azeroth. Armed with such a cheat, the retard king becomes OP and goes up in the world.

It's been a fun read thus far. Female characters are the usual cutouts. The translation is mostly above average.

Final call: It gets hurried and weird in the end; but not too bad a finish, I guess. The quality of editing takes a marked drop midway through.

Hero: Shen Miao

This is like a Josei reincarnation plot with Shen Miao, an empress is betrayed by her near and dear ones but gets a chance at revenge when she is reborn into her past with all her memories intact. What follows is pretty interesting at first but tiresomely dull eventually. The sappy romantic angle might appeal to some, but not to me. The Ancient China socio-political setting, however, is rather intriguing.

Giving it a break at the moment esp. as the translation is largely horrendous.

Hero: Xiao Chen

Guy transmigrates into a cultivation world and takes over the body of a genius-turned-failure who is also a young master of a once-glorious clan. He, of course, has a cheat as he is gifted with a legendary 'martial spirit'.

Hero: Shi Feng / Ye Feng / Black Flame

Reincarnated gamer gets a chance to kick ass in a new SAO-like virtual reality game named God's Domain. He of course knows how to level quickly and get all the OP tools. This allows his really weak grassroots guild to take on the huge 'superguilds' backed by powerful realworld corporations with deep pockets and arrogant richboys. In other words, it's SAO in a Chinese LN and harem setting. A lot of rinse-and-repeat tropes of rich boys being arrogant with hero, and hero showing them who's boss. That said, the world and the game setting is well done and the pages keep turning themselves. However, after a certain point midway through, the number of plot holes becomes staggering and progress becomes dull.

Suddenly however, the author seems to have been told to wrap things up. So the hero who took 2300 chapters to get from tier 0 to tier 3, gets to tier 4 in 300 chapters, tier 5 in 250 chapters, and tier 6 in 50 chapters to finish things off. This is while incessantly talking about how difficult it is to level up after the initial levels. The plot also attempts to take on epic proportions in the latter stages but the reveals fall flat on their faces. It could have been really great, but unfortunately was hurried and full of holes.

It's still worth a pick-up if you like the SAO/game/virtual reality setting. There is no love angle though even with the many female players offering to warm the hero's bed. There are some glimpses of comedy. Translation is mostly above par.

Hero: Zhang Tie / Elder Mushen / Qianji Immortal

Hero is an impoverished 15-year-old in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world where cultivation takes precedence over science. He chances upon an OP treasure (or two) that aids him in his cultivation and soon he is kicking ass everywhere, bedding virgins, and saving the day. The author doesn't care if plot holes are rife and Zhang Tie turns from a lvl 0 to a lvl 7 (something which takes people an entire lifetime) in a few months.

The translation starts of being reasonable in terms of quality; but a couple of hundred chapters later, there is a steep drop in editorial standards. I'm at around chapter 300 at the moment, and progress is becoming painful.

I've now completed the 2000-and-odd chapters. The translation quality improves a wee bit at some point, but it's largely still very poor. However, even though the hero is ridiculously overpowered, the story grows larger in scale and the corny sex scenes rarer in frequency. All in all, I found the tale quite imaginative and enjoyable. Give it a read if you can.

Hero: Lou Cheng

Lou Cheng is a kid from a poor family who, by working hard, has made it into a decent university. He is besotted with one of his school classmates, Yan Zheke, who comes from a family of martial artists. Seeing her join the Martial Arts club, Lou Cheng also decides to join. Of course, he soon gains access to a cheat when he discovers a "jindan" inside a fish; it is incorporated into his flabby nerd body and allows him to transform into a genius martial artist ...

By the author of the Lord of the Mysteries, this is more Shounen and set in something along the lines of the modern world albeit with some supernatural elements. What has set this apart from other stories of this ilk is the sappy romance angle as we have front row bedroom seats to Lou Cheng and Yan Zheke's slowly building relationship.

Thus far, the translation has been about par. Relatively speaking, the characters are far better developed than in other LNs. The fighting sequences are boring and repetitive. But 300 chapters in, I'm still turning the pages with a degree of expectation.

Heroine: Jun Wu Xie

Spoiled 14-year old brat die but is taken over by a transmigrated soul who was a genius doctor in another universe. She the proceeds to take revenge on the original body's behalf, then finds more revenge oppotunities every few chapters. If you're familiar with this author's other work, 'the good for nothing seventh lady', writing plots is not the author's strongpoint. The world is vaguely interesting but could have been so much better. The characters and plots would also have been so much better in more competent hands. I speed-read through around 3500 chapters of this dross. Avoid picking this up, but it might be OK if there's a manga/anime adaptation.

Hero: Angele Rio

Hero is a 20 year old earthling (from the future) who is transmigrated into the body of the recently deceased noble princeling, Angele Rio. His AI biochip from his past life also migrates with him and provides him with an OP cheat in this new cultivation world.

The book starts off as a poor facsimile of Warlock of the Magus World. The writing is average at best and, every 100 chapters or so, has a significantly below par plot device which is unfortunate. The same can also be said for the translation. That said, some of the imagination in the book is very good (or adapted from sources that I'm unfamiliar with). That alone makes this worth the read. The end is rushed and underwhelming. Hopefully the author's subsequent books are better.

Hero: Qing Shui

Man transmigrates into a cultivation world into the body of Qing Shui, a weak child who is unable to cultivate. Wonder upon wonders, he chances upon a cheat and thereupon grows OP. His journey takes him from a small hick town to traverse the vast continents of this world as he becomes stronger and stronger.

Much of the same standard fare here albeit with a far more liberal dose of ecchi/borderline hentai. This is largely because the more sex he has, the more OP he becomes. The quality of plot deteriorates after a few hundred chapters as the author confuses himself. The story is dragged on for 1500 more chapters and ends in a rushed manner.

The translation was decent initially and then becomes a mixed bag. Read if really bored and/or horny. Be also warned: his harem has 20+ wimmen.

Hero: Mo Wuji

TCM biologist dies and his soul transmigrates into the body of a mad abandoned princeling in a cultivation world. After regaining his sanity, he becomes a pill god, and somehow, a fighter, and proceeds to become OP once he starts cultivating in a technique pooh-poohed by everybody else. What follows is the usual fare.

Translation is above average. The proofreading is below. The pages still keep turning even if there's nothing particularly remarkable happening. The world-building is reasonably imaginative however there are plotholes galore. The last 200 chapters are rather hurried in comparison to the rest of the series. The ending is not too bad, but nevertheless, a tad abrupt. It's significantly better than the author's other work, Strongest Abandoned Son.

Hero: Huo Yuhao

Bastard princeling with an apparently weak ability leaves home at the age of 10 to better himself so as to seek revenge for his dead mother. He somehow manages to get a super OP power which allows him to relentlessly kick ass. The story ties in to Douluo Dalu 1 and is set 10,000 years later.

The translation is good. The story is pretty much boiletplate and endlessly repetitive. His girlfriend keeps going missing/dying/in a coma for much of the story and Yuhao has to keep reuniting with her. The plot holes are planet-sized. The imagination, however, is quite good and I still managed to read through it all. Most of the side characters have detailed backstories and threads are usually well tied up.

The translation is above par. But I can only suggest that you read this once you have taken a long break after reading part 1.

Hero: Zhang Ye

Zhang Ye is a freshly minted graduate looking for work. His dream is to become a celebrity and he suddenly finds that the world around him has change drastically and he now has a ring around his finger which allows him to access a game interface. The interface is based on a lottery system which allows him to unlock treasure chests with various rewards that can help him in his quest to fulfil his dream of becoming a celebrity. The more famous he becomes, the more rewards he can get. This includes Matrix-like skill loading as well as stat increase and game cheats.

For those who are (like me) unfamiliar with a lot of modern Chinese culture, the plot is rather novel and fun. Zhang Ye's qualifications is that of a broadcast host, so you're essentially delving into the world of Chinese radio and television. There's a "levelling-up" angle to the plot to as he grows more powerful as he becomes more famous. The author however doesn't care about plot holes. He's only interested in the adrenalin pay-off when the hero outdoes his rivals. The author and hero are also, as with most of these Chinese authors/novels, extremely and self-admittedly jingoistic. The book is replete with anti-Korea, anti-Japan, anti-America, anti-everybody but China drivel and is also critical of all languages but Chinese, loathes Chinese people who like any culture but theirs etc. And of course, the author/hero's idea of true Chinese people is that they are Han Chinese :S

All that said, some of the humour in this book comes across very well and there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. There are also plenty of literary and cultural references which are interesting. Much of this is aided by the excellent work by the translator. They've worked really hard to get all the references right and have also linked to sites and videos of the original works.

In summary, if you can withstand the ridiculous xenophobia and jingoism of the author as well as set aside any critical expectations of the plot, this is actually a fun read for the first 500 chapters. The next 500 chapters swing from lame to hilarious while the last set of chapters swing from lame to downright pathetic.

Hero: Han Sen / Dollar

Weakling discovers a cheat that allows him to become OP. Then it turns out that weakling actually has a background - missing father, mysterious grandfather etc. The world setting is very interesting: kaiju + xuanhuan + sci/fi which takes on epic proportions. The imagination is amazing at times and even if there is a lot of repetition, the change in settings keep things fresh. Some of the mechanics are very innovative. While the character development is poor the humour is quite funny at times.

Translation is well above par in terms of grammar and proof-reading. Read till the mid 2000s and taking a break from the tiresome "God" mechanic.

Hero: Han Xiao

Hero is transmigrated into a game he's very familiar with and also gets to start from the very beginning armed with a ton of foreknowledge. He then proceeds to become seriously OP and then proceeds to become even stronger in methodical robotic fashion. What is interesting though is the intersection between the real world and the game world as while the OP is now an in-game character, he interacts with real-world gamers. The world building is also rather fun as is the sci-fi trope. The ending is reasonable. None of the characters have any extra dimensions, but you've become used to that by now, haven't you?

I can't remember the quality of the translation, but I believe that it was above par. Worth the read.

Hero: Ryder Flynn

I don't believe that this is a Chinese novel at all. I picked it up by mistake and it fits into the reincarnation genre; so here it is. The hero is a gamer and gets a do-over when he's reincarnated a few days prior to the SAO-like VR game's launch. He then proceeds to become OP in the game. The interesting bit though is that he can also level up IRL thanks to an overarching plot device. Said plot line is actually quite interesting and pretty epic. However, the poor writing and plot construction ruins the read utterly.

So, from the looks of it, this is an original work in English. This makes the errors and language issues rather dismaying. The random porn introduced every 100 chapters is also poorly done. That said, I speed-read it all purely to see wtf the author was going to do. Read only if you have nothing else to do.

Hero: Jiang Chen

Loser suddenly gets his hands on a device that allows him to travel inter-dimensionally. The other dimension is a parallel earth, albeit an post-apocalyptic one a couple of centuries into the future. The parallel dimension suffers from a lack of safe food and resources while his own dimension lacks the technology of the future. A convenient storage space allows Jiang Chen to take advantage by transporting goods between the two and soon grow OP in both dimensions. Another thing he grows is a harem in both worlds :S Cue in some more fantastic elements and epic universal-scale villains that will affect both dimensions, and the story soon grows to crazy proportions.

Translation has thus far been above par. Unfortunately the non-consensual and underage scenes in the novel make it unpalatable. The Chinese jingoism is also pathetic. Not recommended.

Hero: Mukhoda

Hero is whisked away from earth into a fantasy setting where he, rather than being magic or strength-based superpowers, is given a unique power of being able to buy things from an online supermarket on Earth. What follows is him becoming OP due to being able to tempt locals with food from Earth. Three of the locals become his familiars and they are so OP that the hero waltz through everything. There is hardly any conflict in this tale and it, thus far, has worked like a slice of life novel. There is however a larger plot-line that advance once every volume or so.

I'm reading the official translation which is very good. The story itself, not so much. If you don't binge it, it might work out for some.

Heroine: Lin Qing He

A novel buff dreams of soon being transmigrated into the body of a side-character in a novel set in the Chinese 1960s. She is given an OP personal space where she can put anything from modern times. She is aware of the poverty-ridden situation she is going to be transmigrated to, and therefore fills her space with lots of basic necessities. When she goes to sleep and then awakens, she finds herself in the expected village setting armed with foreknowledge of the plot in the novel. She is now the mother of three small heretofore mistreated children and the wife of a soon-to-be-discharged army officer. What follows is the story of how the side-character becomes the lead and turns things around in a time of great upheaval.

For someone unfamiliar with Chinese society in the 60s and 70s, this was a great read. Translation was average.

Hero: Tang Wulin

Another novel in the Douluo Dalu series. It's very run-of-the-mill Douluo Dalu. The primary conflict in a lovestory between Wulin and his OP crush is pathetically plotted which basically means that the entire story is pathetically plotted. That said, the world building is still very good and the tie-ins with the previous editions as well as protagonists is rather good.

Worth the read if you like the Douluo universe. Translation is at par. Writing is below par.

Hero: Cloudhawk

Post-apocalyptic Earth. Scrawny teen discovers powerful artefact that makes him OP and allows him to rise from the dregs of society to the apex. Fun world and nice character building too. The women are disappointing as usual, but still written a little better than most of the other novels in this list. It's also a little unusual that virtually all characters are "grey" rather than black or white. The writer gets a little philosophical (perhaps a little too much) in this approach largely exploring the tenet that "the end justifies the means".

Translation is about par. It could have been better if the grammar issues were not so annoying. Translator also likes to make up English/Western equivalents to many character names and then forgets about them a bunch of chapters later.

Still reading.

Hero: Zhou Weiqing

A little prince of a small kingdom with broken meridians has a miraculous encounter that makes him suddenly OP. He then proceeds on the journey to rule the world. Some face-slapping for his fiancee who thinks he's trash. Some strong lady in the tiny army of his tiny kingdom whom he accidentally ravishes turns out to be a princess of a super-strong kingdom. And she has sisters. And they're triplets. And they all become his. As do a few other ladies. All this while he accomplishes some additional face-slapping.

The pages however keep turning. This is set in the Douluo Dalu universe, but the world building is quite different. A reasonably good read with decent translation albeit with regular errors.

Hero: Richard Archeron

No transmigration or rebirth here. Hero is a half-breed who is the son of a demon and an elf shaman with a tragic past. Rather than ancient China or a Chinese setting, the world is more European. The world building is excellent as we follow Richard as he becomes a Rune-crafter as well as a mage and warrior and slowly but surely becomes stronger and stronger. The god system with the sacrifice mechanic is particularly intriguing as are the planes and teleport mechanics. There is some good quality character building initially but that soon falls away. There are elements of harem as well which is also half-assed.

Good read. Good translation. But around 2/3 of the way through, the author decides to end the series early and start hurrying things along. Lots of threads are left untied, characters forgotten, and sub-plots ignored. The ending is alright, but unsatisfactory. Still worth a read for the world building.

Hero: Lu Ze

Man is reborn 2000 years in the future when mankind has become a star-faring civilization and has also discovered cultivation. He is reborn into the body of a weak teenager, but has an OP hack which is the title of the novel, a pocket hunting dimension. In said dimension, he can cultivate as much as he wants with no fear of dying. He becomes strong overnight and then it's the usual face-slapping and harem business. The world building is interesting while the characters are typically one-dimensional. The formula is also repeated endlessly. But it's still something of a page turner.

Translation is at par. However the author loses interest (or is forced to do so) in the last third of the book and the end is hurried and unsatisfactory. A number of threads are left untied.

Hero: Meng Qi

By the author of Lord of Mysteries, adult hero transmigrates into a cultivation world and into the body of an early teen just as said teen is being admitted into Shaolin. Hero's transmigration is possibly linked to a Buddhist charm that he has around his neck. As he cultivates at Shaolin, the same charm gives him the opportunity to be part of the 'samsara' system, a stargate-like portal system that lets him take on missions in various 'samsaras' (worlds) with various cultivation systems etc. With this cheat, Meng Qi slowly becomes stronger and stronger.

The story can be a little meandering at times but largely kept me interested. Until chapter 777, that is, which is when human translation ended and machine translation became the only option available. That is where I stopped reading.