Wan Jie Fa Shen

Wan Jie Fa Shen Review

God of Ten thousand realms is a reincarnated-cultivation donghua about a prestigious Wizard/God who succumbs to the fate of an asteroid in his previous life, where being a mage is rare due to cultivation resource exhaustion. He is reincarnated 3000 years into the past to Ye Xuan, a trash magician character of Sith Magic academy. As all reincarnation-cultivation manhua/donghua, his fate is to regain power at a fast rate and prevent tragedies that follow in the future. Along the road of his cultivation, Ye Xuan meets several characters in which he assists in cultivation and enlightenment thus gathering his allies.

This ... donghua would have been more interesting if this first season didn't focus on small-fry characters like the Lin family and their grudge. Ye Xuan, who is more than capable of anything despite being realms lower than all his peers could have wiped the Lin Family from the map but it's decided that he lays low and endures the grudge which ends up being the main narrative of his first season. The arcs are expected of Chinese cultivation but it would have been more entertaining watching MC fight than watching side characters fight and fail, the story also has a lot of running scenes which uses a lot of the screen time ( can be skipped easily for entertainment )

The main character design is bad. His clothes are typical of eastern style MMORPG adventurer clothing. For a cultivation series, it would have been better to dress MC in a more fluent design which could have contributed to his character development arcs in the Magic guild's training room or when he went to refine his physical strength upon first visiting the Magic Academy's potion refinement facilities. The story lacks development which is why the characters feel empty and distant in terms of personality.

The art/animation quality is substandard which suggests this is production is of lower value than most donghua. Every few episodes it feels like I'm watching a Mafia City advert with how the characters walk and talk. Even more so, when they turn around and walk away (such as the case when Ye Xuan first meets with the Manager and President of the Magic Guild) it feels like I'm watching a 2005 Barbie film with low poly models and bad character rigging.
The Audio is another problem, for some reason the sound designers believe it's okay to use a stock sad music from Audio Library and play it every time the mood gets serious. It was very disturbing listening to the audio, even the door sounds are unnatural.

In terms of enjoyment and overall opinion, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. However, the story is at least tolerable for me to complete it and rate it 6/10 overall. I look forward to a season 2 with hopes this series improves.