This anime version was fine, with way more cultivation methodology than I was expecting instead of the focus on interpersonal relationships that really gives our main character's the chance to shine. If you want a comedic cultivation show with no romance and as many fourth wall breaks as our protagonist can manage then check it out though if you want a deeper story that turns out to be funnier because you end up liking the characters more than try any of the other adaptations of the novel.
Everything about this anime is basic (which i have no problems with) but they tend to rely on the same relatively unfunny jokes to keep momentum instead of keeping things fresh. (the sheer amount of sex jokes was impressive and reasonably accepting of the lgbt side of things, fatty mcfatty is a charater's nickname that got old as soon as I stopped being entertained by what it sounds like in japanese and while it tracks that nicknames are based on the physical trait that only they have my mood dropped a little too much as soon as our female leads nickname for the 7th elder was blackie while our ML name for him is black elder...keeping it classy)
in closing check it out even as a test to watch the 37ep cdrama, but if you want something with substance or interesting things happening loos somewhere else
