I watched the anime of "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" and even went back to read the novel, but I stopped after the Spirit Realm arc because it felt like there were constantly minor characters and fights, which made it less enjoyable. Then I found a book called "The First Immortal of Sword Dao". It ranks very high on the charts and has a lot of popularity. The beginning, where it plays the pig to eat the tiger, feels incredibly cool, but as I continued reading, I found it to be repetitive, with various minor characters dying with just one sword strike...