Yuan Zun
Dragon Prince Yuan

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Ok, This will be a bit biased since I am a novel reader. Just let me tell you something, This Manhwa right here is the epitome of Cultivation. It is one of the few stories that has made me cry.
There is a reason this Manhwa has the tag of tragedy.
Anyways, The best thing about this Manhwa is the Art. It is really good as it follows the appearance described by Author 'Heavenly Silkworm Potato'.
Art: 10/10
Story: It's a cliche but, let's all be honest. The generic plot is the basis of all stories. So
Story: 7
Character: I already said it's a little biased since I am a ... novel reader but, The characters are all great. Wait and see the end of this amazing story. You will feel the urge to delete the memories and see the characters again. There is no way you will not like them.
Characters:10
Enjoyment: Yuan Zun is cliche but satisfying. Zhou Yuan is not a simp. Yao Yao is cool and scary. Tuntun is well, Tuntun. This trio is really good to watch. Also, you will see some pretty generic dialogues. BUT, the best part of the story is yet to come. I call this a sustainable review.
Enjoyment: 9
OVERALL: I wanted to give it 10 but since It is still yet to reach its best part. 9 will be fine.

Story: 6/10

Yuan Zun has a relatively simple plot for a manhua. The story follows a boy named Yuan Zhou who was supposed to be born with a divine dragon blessing. But this blessing was stolen by the Wu Family, a rival family of the Great Zhou Empire. By stealing the blessing, Yuan Zhou was left unable to cultivate and was seen as a disgrace to the Zhou bloodline. Yuan Zhou's determination to cultivate eventually leads him to find a master that is able to unblock his cultivation channels and allows him to freely cultivate. Of course there is nothing given for free in this ... world so the master had one request. He had to protect a girl named Yao Yao. After being sent back to the Great Zhou Empire and finally able to cultivate. The story continues with Yuan Zhou trying to become strong enough so that he could take down the Wu Empire to make sure they pay for everything they had done to the Zhou Empire. The story is fairly average as the majority of manhua has a similar story line: boy is weak but has a special hidden ability that makes him very strong so he sets off on a journey to become the strongest. Another negative about this story, and many other manhuas, is that the story moves the main characters from place to place and they seem to forget the places they have traveled in the past and it is completely forgotten in their world. Overall the story is very simple but it is decently done and is very enjoyable watching our main characters travel from different place to place and meeting and fighting stronger people.

Characters: 7/10

One major problem that I have with a lot of manhua's is the lack of character development. Sure Yuan Zhou becomes more powerful and is able to beat other people. But his character itself does not change at all throughout the story. He stays as this badass ruthless main character throughout the whole story (as of the latest chapter). However the character of Yuan Zhou himself is very likeable and is not someone that isn't a simp. I greatly appreciate that. Yao Yao, our female mc, is a very unique character with a hidden past. We get to learn more about Yao Yao's past but she is a very mysterious person and it is great unraveling the mystery of who she actually is and where she is from.

Another problem that I have with a lot of manhua's is the lack of side characters, as I have stated before. The main character is constantly traveling from place to place and is constantly meeting new characters. This makes a lot of the characters very forgettable and a lot of the times we don't even get to see these characters for a very long time (or not at all). We also do not get to see the transformations the characters have in the story. We only get to see the final product. Personally I would like to see the side characters journey and past to feel connected to those characters. However the side characters are not prevalent to the plot of the story so therefore they are not really talked about after the main character moves on.

Art: 9/10

The art is pretty fantastic and the intricate detailing of the characters and background makes for an enjoyable read. This manhua updates twice weekly (I believe) so it is great that the art style is still done very well even though it updates so frequently. The background is also not forgotten and drawn very well. All these visuals together makes the manhua very visually pleasing and a great read.

Enjoyment: 8/10

I have a personal bias here because I love over powered main characters stories so obviously this story is enjoyable for me. The best part about this manhua is where the main character proves everyone wrong because everyone believes that the main character is really weak but he is able to prove everyone wrong and saves the day many times. If you like op mc stories, this manhua is definitely for you.

Overall: 7/10

Overall, I would recommend this manhua to those who love the shounen genre or the action genre in general. However even if you don't like these genres, if you gave this manhua a chance. I think you will find it very enjoyable and a great read. However this manhua's release schedule is kind of weird because it releases in half's. Meaning that you get chapter 1 and chapter 1.5 in one week. Chapter 1.5 is the last half of chapter 1 and it is spaced out like this to ensure that each chapter is done well. Therefore you might have to wait for sometime to read the full chapter but I guarantee you it is worth the wait and you will be happy that you decided to pick up this manhua.

Yo Anjuros

Here is the story of Yuan Zhou, that one artistic kid who knows how to paint and uses his paintbrush like a spear. From the first few chapters, I saw the potential within such a story which may have been very basic with several instances of the manhua just dumping information about its power system which was a bit confusing but as it expanded became an interesting part of the story, sadly most of the more essential elements were lacking.

Story (6/10):

Beginning with the story, we have a 6/10 plot. Very Basic in its premise of a prince and his family getting cucked ... by a rival kingdom and centers around prince Zhou with his companion Yao Yao as he travels around unlocking powers every other chapter growing plot armour every time he beats a basic villain as he aims to beat the bastards who cucked him. Adventure and Action stories like these don't have to have an exceptional plot and I could tell that story had the potential to become a tale filled with interesting world-building, politics, and fights but unfortunately, it would never hit such heights. The cost to the plot is more highlighted in the conflicts within the story. The characters are all very bland with some exceptions but otherwise, their bland personalities along with very predictable character types make the story's conflicts fall flat. The lack of engagement and creativity make every fight and conflict of the story seem very unfulfilling. And along with Zhou's plot armour stats getting boosted every other chapter - makes it all feel undeserved. The pacing of the world-building and events themselves were fine and the introduction of several locations provided interesting elements of the world but was explained through several info dumps rather than letting the reader explore the world. Preferring to focus on rushing straight into the action and badass one-liners to boost Zhou to greatness through very predictable fights. Overall, it set itself up very simple but the potential was there with the world, its power system, and the politics of it all - but it fell flat on how it was actually executed due to lack of lustre performances from other aspects of the story.

Art (8/10):

Yuan Zun being my first manhua, the quality of art and the panels were all very engaging. The art and style of the story was the best part of it as it captivated attention. Character designs carried a nice pallet of bright colours and the contrast of dark colours in the villains gave of a proper villain-like atmosphere for the characters. The fight scenes - which were given the most attention within the entire manhua - were complimented by the art style and the colours were captivating with many of the techniques in the story capturing your attention though the same could not be said for other parts of the manhua.

Characters (5/10):

Easily the worse thing about this story is the characters. These characters quite simply, are plain as. The only interesting type of character in this story is Yao Yao due to her background being shrouded in mystery and personality being engaging and kuudere type girl as she interacts with the different characters leaving room for growth but other than this all others are bland. Zhou Yuan, protagonist-kun who gets plot armour every other chapter, makes every win feel undeserved. His personality consists of an apparent badass who is badass because he says edgy and cool statements then a more playful side only serves as comedic relief. The backstory of Zhou is all dumped on the reader during the first chapter sets up a complex character on a journey for revenge - simple yet engaging - but this is contradicted when all he does is again, gets powers through some random encounter or latent power then spanks villain. In each fight, he doesn't grow as a character but only receives a new power which serves to spank more villains more after. There is no character development and all are centred around the building of an op character who is very bland beating bland villains as the only thing which grows is his ego and his powers. The villains are very stereotypical as there is no laid-out goal in their actions other than wanting to see the protagonist suffer and die. They have personalities of annoying flies who need to be killed off for the sake of boosting the protagonist's ego but this gets overused and every villain just falls into the trap of messing with Zhou then proceeds to get smacked and defeated instantly. The girls in the story lack development and seem to follow a sort of harem-like relationship with the protagonist as they just seemingly fall down and follow his harem bandwagon as he smacks the villains around even more. In conclusion, lack of development, bland personality types, and a lack of proper exploration of motivations leaves the characters and their interactions within the plot all effectively, very very plain.

Overall:

Yeah, it's got that simple story, it's got the art, it's got the harem-type relationships that reminisce a power fantasy - but this isn't an isekai. It aims to be a military-political adventure shonen-type manhua but through lack of execution in branching out makes it fall flat of such standards.

But very pretty art.